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PAULI TIPS 3 4 Davies sorts out his smalls, and vainly tries to construct gags around lists of pass codes. Rather him than me.

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NEXTMONTH 121 Not so much an after-thought as written on the back of an envelope, but then so was Mel and Kim's moister-work, 'Respectable'.

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Software houses have got to get it together. People just AREN'T going to buy rehashes of games they've already got! It's common sense, surely... I could go on, but, aieee! I've run out of space! Byeeeee.

RICHLEADBETTER When the office Master System isn't wowing us all with the likes of Space Gun and Pitfighter, Sego' - premier 8-bit co sole is up for all manner of different usages in the Mean Machines 'environs'. We thought you might wont to spend a potted Day in the Life of the Master System, surely claimant of the epithet 'Most Versatile Games Console'.

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Sticky bun? Mmm, yes!

'pm:By midday the office is well into the work routine, but the Master System's still at the thick of it. Here's a sneaky peak of Andy flicking through the letter filing system he devised. Amazingly the cartridge slot can hold UK and EC letters, in various sized envelopes.

5pmtFinally, as the day winds down, Lucy is preparing for some Industry soiree, and the Master System once again solves the brief problem of what to wear. La Hickman con attend her function, with the perfect head accessory: at once functional and eye-catching, with that stylish dash of the Avant Garde the 8-bit wonder provides.

And of course, we do like to occasionally sit down with some brilliant games like Powerstrike II, Land of Illusion, Master of Darkness and many more. Hip hip for the Master System!

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Purported to be the first alien tourist, Cosmic hails from the • NEWGAME p l a n e t Linoleum out to shoot some good holiday snaps of Earth.

According to the press release, this orcade takes the player through astro-car racing, adventure has graphics reflecting the 'wild robot attacks and °steroid fields. stylised cartoons of the 1950s (whatever Interesting stuff. Further details os and that means) and on its journey to earth w h e n .

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Programmed by Sensible Software, it's looking very close to the Amiga version, and olthough the on-field action may look quite simple, the PIONLAi original Sensible game was . praised for its amazing feel 1 and depth of play. .

Faithfulness of the conver1 sion extends to the funny . team names on the custom V team menus, although 1 some of Sensible's naughtiv er ideas had to be toned down it's rumoured. The finA Perhaps the most sensible 1 ished product is not far off_ holy sun ever— P • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •" • • • • • • • • • •

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According to sources within Sega who sow the game in action behind the scenes at the CES show, it's supersmooth and the 3D is astounding to see in motion. Apparently, the graphics could've been even more detailed, but Sega chose to go for the speed instead.

Virtue Racing is only 25% complete at the moment, with only the beginner level tracks incorporated. There's loads more to go in, which we will be exclusively revealing over the the next few months.

Work continues apace on the Megadrive coin-op conversion of the decode, Virtue Racing. The arcade game was one of the most popular games of 1992, boasting oil-new technology capable of putting over 16,000 polygons on-screen with a palette of over 16.7 million colours.

Obviously the Megadrive isn't capable of anything quite as spectacular, but as you can see from our exclusive Megodrive Virtue screenshots, the game is looking hot The game is the BIGGEST cart ever devised by Sega. The code is stored on a 16-meg cart with a battery backup that enables players to save their best times.

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Nothing cheers MEAN MACHINES staff up more than a freebie. Lucy was therefore most chuffed when film company, Imperial, who gaveJean Claude Von Domme his break in the movie biz, flew her over to sunny California to l o o k - a l i k e , ScottWolfhisbrother cover the making of Double Billy. Marion is portrayed by Alysso • FILM Dragon: The Movie.

Milano as a tough vigilante The plot • BYIMPERIAL The film is based on the classic revolves around the trio desperately coin-op. Apparently, the movietrying to knock Shoka off his selfmakers are currently talking to several imposed throne. games companies about flogging the Lucy spoke to all the stars as well as the licence to convert Double Dragon: The director, the producer, the special effects Movie onto console (including guys (and boy, ore the effects in this film Megadrive). special) and quite possibly the tea-boy and The movie, which should hit the UK next will give you a full run down in a special summer, stars Mr 12 bad guy, Robert feature next month.

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• BOURNEMOUTH Outrunners is set for a version of its own • the opening of Sego's posh Domork ore working feverishly new amusement arcade (sorry, racing game, Jordan Mechner's epic platform to incorporate the fabulous ani- • and the skill eight-player tourmation that's a trademark of • Family Entertainment Centre) puzzler is one of the most widelyin Bournemouth lost month.

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The new AS-1 interactive simuMEAN MACHINES SEGA has the first of many planned atmosphere.Their efforts should • lator ride will get its British prehit the streets around Christmas across the country, with Sega • already passed favourable judgmiere at Bournemouth. The aiming to make arcades ments on Game Gear and Mega• centre also has a shop, Burger brighter, cleaner and safer CD versions in previous issues, • IF King, ten-pin bowling and places, while offering their now feast your eyes on these • karaoke facilities. Sego say most interesting coin-op delectable Megadrive shots, • machines they hove some surprising sites As the lover of the Persian • Bournemouth boasts two of the lined up as future centres, Princess, the player must plough • including a posh London store gyroscopic R360 machines, a through a dozen labyrinthian lev• els of platforms, pits, traps and 11 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • fanatical guards All in defiance • 21 • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • of the evil sorcerer Jaffor, who set ups never quite came to terms with • The show offers more affordable • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • innovations too. A company Live '93 will be the largest ever • called DHM ore unveiling a sysConsumer Electronics Show in • NEWGAME • tem which repairs scratched CDs. • Britain and although most of the • BYVIRGIN They have a Mega-CO repair kit Following his massive success on the • products on show aren't directly • MASTERSYSTEM/GA ready to market, as the system Megadrive, Sir lit-face — the Cool Spot • game-related, we've picked out works on both music and data himself, is making a guest appearance on some of the things that might • CDs. Game Gear and Master System interest the overage MEAN Other small objects of wonder The sunglassed one again faces the villainous villain, Wild Wicked Willy MACHINES reader, with a few are a pair of sunglasses which let and partakes in some hair-raising platform action across loads of peril- hundred pounds to spare. you watch TV 'while you live the packed levels on a guest to rescue his pus-ridden motes. As you can sei, The big thing at the moment is rest of your life by showing from these screenshots it's looking pretty er, well, cool really. Tune in • Home Cinema. There the picture in the bottom next month for more details.

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'93? Well, not trying to stretch out a successful formula to make another quick buck at all, Electronic Arts are

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with a completely new engine for the mega game and claim it's going to be completely different to, and much better than, the previous three.

It'll also have the bonus of the EA 4-WayPlay so that four people at once con bottle it out the American way. We'll tell you more about the game as soon as we know anything.

Gold's new Megadrive offering — Gunship. Oh, and its got some guns and things in it too. And some nasty men to shoot at and a n d . . . that's about it really. Full review coming soon,

Guns 'n' stuff to kill.

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• HARDWARE • F u t u r i s t i c creatures, trolls, aliens, • ALLFORMATS • Rumour tells of a console due 'These • for release in the states that machines • has more twists and turns than a ore not official Sego products plays Super NES, Megadrive, a I t * o twisty turny thing. There are and whoever is producing them Master System and NES games The Action Gamesmaster is is breaching both Nintendo and •r o b o o b y - t r a p p e d ice rinks, crowd Sego's copyright and would be •u i n t e r a c t i o n , axes, sledgehammers apparently a .

• • . - , ,,,, portable with a four inch colour subject to litigation from both i r 16 B i t • " i.i•., 1• 1 1 4 1 0 screen A Sego spokesman said: companies in this country.' a n d chainsaws to resort to should o c o l o u •t a t c h out for further updates hW t r • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •e• • • • • • • • • • n o p p o s a s i t i o n d n i b e s u p e r c o h u m a n s m e p t i o o n o r So chuffed are those very nice lads and lasses at g a Accolade at the release of their latest Megodrive hero, o Bubsy, that they've dug deep into those limitless coffers o and come up with some rather spiffy prizes for you lot. h g u o m d .

I'm sure you've all heard about Bubsy already — ha's a m o o n rather cool cot and star of their latest plotformer in s w h i which he dies in a number of nifty animated ways c h b (that's if you're rather cock at the game, otherwise he leaps around at high speed, collecting balls and not a t t dying at all). So token with him are the yanks that l e they're starring him in a new half-hour cartoon aptly i named — Bubsy Bobcat. t Up for grabs for anyone in need is a shiny new Megadrive, five Bubsy goody bags packed with the game, a T-shirt, baseball cap and mugs and five E20 Our Price gift vouchers. To get yer maulers on these Whyit's that lovabit sexy gems just answer the three questions below, scribBobcal ble the answers on a postcard and send them in to: BUBSYING UP AND DOWN LIKE THIS COMPO, Priory Court, 30 - 32 Forringdon Lane, London EC1R 3ALI.

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' L i e who holds lithe spice holds the secret of the universe... " o r something along thclte lines. This is the basis of the Dune series and also the theme of the new Megodrive game from Virgin Games. The main quest in this 8-Meg strategy/action bash is to collect spice, which is the only form of currency and the source of all the player's buildings, armoury and strength.

The game is being programmed in America by the same development team who created Kyrandia and Eye of the Beholder on the PC — this is their first Megodrive product and

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K IN P R O G R E S S from what we've seen so for, they're pretty much on the right lines.

Arrakis, also known as Dune, is the only planet in the futuristic universe where the mystic5l spice — the most powerful substance ever — grows and the player's aim over nine levels, as one of three houses — Ordos, Harkonnen or Atreides — is to seize as many territories from the two opposing houses, by fair means or foul.

A._ T h e programmer and four -7-graphic artists at Virgin's E 10 million Westwood Studios in California, loosely based the game on the Dune series qnd off the back of the PC version1out have added another house (Ordos) for more variety. British producer, Matthew Spoil reckons Dune II is definitely a winner: "This game is incredibly addictive although It's difficult to qualify what it is about it that is so good — I suppose it's the feeling of being a god it gives you," he said.

"It's quite similar to Megalomania and Populous but in this game you can control so much --- everything that's yours on the screen in foci." He said when the Megadrive gets to the point when it can't take any more due to memory restrictions, this is cleverly got round by the computer automatically telling the player that there ore already enough weapons on the screen.

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you start off the game with just a command centre and 950 spice credits.

The aim of the game is to harvest spice to build up your credits to a certain level, use some of the spice to erect buildings such as power stations, gun factories and defensive turrets, then when you've built yourself up a nice army, go into the darkness and waste the opposing army .

SIZE IS I M P O R TA N T Since you only have a set number of weapons at any one time, it pays to learn the range of all the different defence vehicles and learn where to place them.

The rocket launcher, for own,' pie, has a long range but can't cope with nearby danger whereas the siege tank is good at medium range. Some of the cheaper vehicles such as the trikes are pretty fast but can't dish out or take heavy fire power.

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DUNE EN W O R K I N PROORESE Crank Herbert created a science fiction masterpiece in the guise of his epic book, Dune.

The book revolved amund the powerful narcotic, the spice melange, which is only produced on one planet in the universe — Arrokis, otherwise known as Dune The Atreides family hove arrived on Dune to take charge of spice production for the emperor, who rather sneakily has allowed arch-rivals, the Horkonnens to do exactly the some thing...

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DUNE: T H E MOVIE David Lynch (he of Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet fame) created the motion picture version of the Frank Herbert novel, Although the background scenario was faithfully captured, the movie left out massive portions of the book and had laughable special effects.,. suffice to say, the book is miles better.

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However, the subsequent followups, God Emperor of Dune.

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The impre: e Dune CD intro is a full-mot . i d e o extravoganza lifted stroigi,• from th*David Lynch movo. The result is very impressive indeed. However, the game features a full-motion video section that sees you flying over Dune's barren wostes in an "ornithopter". Graphically awesome, each of your destinations ore rendered in exceptional 3D.

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CHARM TA L K Since Dune is based on CD, Virgin hove given each of the characters in the CD game a "voice". Every phrase in the entire game is stored in audio form on the CD. The result is somewhat eerie — the actors appear to hove been recorded in on echo chamber!

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Conic the Hedgehog is BACK in his biggest and most exciting %,1game to date! MEAN MACHINES has been privileged t ;EXCLUSIVE preview of on early version of nthe game.

There's still a lot of work to do on the o game before it can be deemed finished in u any sense of the word. For example, Sego g haven t even fully fleshed out the aclual , L. h eerio of the game! * Basically, from what we can gather t from the software, Doctor Robotnik is back o again (no surprise there), but this time he's b managed to create a time machine! Now ,he's e travelled to seven different zones - 'of Sonic's home world, Moebius, g end taken control of every r zone — in the post, presenta and the future! n endt of the RobotnikI Brelated ue t that's not the capering!

The mad doctor has alsodsuccessfully a created on evil robot f duplicate of Sonic u the Hedgehog!

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You'd think that time travel would be o pretty detailed, intense mathematical ond engineering exercise — but not for Sonic the Hedgehog!

He merely runs into a signpost saying either PAST or FUTURE (depending on his . destination) and then uses m! the Bock to the Future method of time travel — ply belt along until the critical time-travel speed is reached!

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The Japanese music group behind Sonic CD, known only as Miki, ore the For Eastern equivalent of The KM Their funky tunes include "inspiration" from the likes of: Adomski, Bizorre Inc, Boyz 2 Men, The KLF, Betty Boo, 2 Unlimited (spot the Workaholic rip-off), Miami Sound Machine, Shakattack, Altern 8, T-99

.,OT'S JUST A IQUESTION it It's possible lot least in our preview version of the game) to just speed along to the exit flag on each round and not bother at all with the time travelling.

However, by going forward and backwards in time, Sonic gains far more points and changes conditions in the different time zones. For example, in the Palmtree Panic Zone, the present day stage has no wildlife in it whatsoever.

Travel bock to the past and you can see why: Robo-Sonic's busy enslaving them all! Zap him and return to the present and all the creatures hove returned! This port of the game hosn't been extensively programmed at the time of writing, but we dare soy that there'll be plenty of puzzles in there involving the different time zones by the time the game's complete

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and a lot more besides! The Speci Stage music is worth a mention too copying the lead keyboards of 808 State's Pacific tune note-for-note!

There ore a grand total of 35 piec of music (34 accessible from the Mega-CD's control panel) and the vast majority of them ore excel- lent. Yes, they ore dance t r ip on-screen action brilliantly. off s, b u t t h e y m a t c h t h e

As all Sonic fans know, the game is truly complete when Sonic has collected all six chaos , emeralds. It's no different in Sonic CD — however, the CD Special Zone uses the Mega-CD's special ASIC chip. The result is a course that a looks similar to the battle level in the Super NES game, Super Mario Kart! This section is still being programmed as we speak. However, the object is so use the Sonic spin to destroy several modules of Robotnik's time machines. Destroy them all and the chaos emerald is yours!

Sonic the Hedgehog II introduced a new pal for Sonic: Miles "Tails" Prower. There's no sign of him in Sonic CD, but two new characters do make on appearance.

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ROSY Sonic's girlfriend — helpfully pointed out by her delicate shade of pink and the masses of love hearts that issue forth when she and Sonic ximity, i cellent kidnap t fodder... especially for o r: o i tn n c il k o 's s e l a t e s t c rMod Robotnik sought to match fire with fire with this e cybernetic replica of the aworld's fastest hedgehog. t He's not as fast as Sonic, but i still pretty swift with his jetopropelled torpedo attack.

However, he is more powern ful. His torso-electrifying ! move fries Sonic — even if he's in a super spin!

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Sonic CD introduces an all-new Sonic feature — the Time Attack! Here at MEAN MACHINES, we're constantly bombarded with readers 'phoning in with their latest times for each zone. The CD version keeps a track of the best zone times and allows you to replay an individuol stage in order to beat your best time! This cheeky level select only allows you to choose worlds that you've conquered in the original game

In the preview version we've seen, this is the only complete zone. It's similar to the Green Hill Zone of Sonic I, but with odded features like vertical rampwaysl Swing your pants

to the funky CD tunes. Gloria Estefan — eat your heart out (or something).

TIME ZONES No more palmtrees in the

future! Instead there's a more sombre grey background and "techno-trees". This section has the best music in the game — a classic 2 Unlimited hook meets on 808 State bass and rhythm with some Adomski piano house adding to the rove-tastic cacophony!

Excellent stuff. The lost stage of Palmtree Panic changes the colour schemes again, with a "browner" feel along with a slight remix of the theme

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The Collision Choos Zone gives another sneak preview of how the forthcoming Sonic Spinball may turn out. The platform landscape is crammed full of bumpers and flippars, meaning that all your pinball skills — as well as your platform abilities — are required in order to progress.

TIME ZONES Eighties body-popping music assaults the ears as Sonic confronts a drabber, more industrial series of colours in the future zone. The future boss stage sees Sonic battling with Robotnik in a prototype pinball scene that the evil genius would later develop into on entire island in Sonic Spinballl The post scenario has the some basic lay-out, with only a more pleasant graphical facelift separating it from the present day stage. A bizarre panpipe tunes ploys throughout this prehistoric stage.

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LEVEL PREVIEW There are seven distinct zones in Sonic the Hedgehog CD — each with three different stages.

However, duo to the time-travelling nature of the game, it's possible to access four more levels per zone. Stages

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Robotnik's latest tamperings with the fabric of space/time bring Sonic to the Tidal Tempest Zone. Half the Zone is submerged by the result of on enormous tidal wave. Whilst under water, the screen wobbles uncannily to produce the required suboqua effects.

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TIME IME ZONES T effects of the eponymous Tidal Tempest change little in the effected time

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zones, The basic lay-out of each stage exactly the same with only different music and chonges in the level of technology evident. The future zone has plot. forms panelled by hi-tech control controls. In the future zone, Sonic bottles Robotnik by pursuing him through a maze into on underwater chamber, where the diabolical madman reveals his latest creation!

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TIMEZONES The future quartz zone has been completely mined out by Robotnik's machinery in search of the Chaos Emeralds. Only Sonic can destroy the evil establishment by facing up to Robotnik in his mining control room.

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WA C K Y W O R K B E N C H Sonic gets his first form of transport in the game during the Wocky Workbench level of the game. This stage is set inside a massive factory, with a highly charged floor. Should the spikey hero make contact with the ground,. he's instantly propelled sky-high! Loads of wall-mounted piping enables Sonic to get around each sub-level at sub-sonic speeds! Electrified backdrops tend to make this level a bit trickier at the best of times...

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Sonic is transported to the stars, where he takes a ride on a starship that bears on uncanny resemblance to loads of trombones welded together! An incredibly tough level this (at least in our preview version), backed by on incredibly strange piece of music.

Imagine if you, aspects of Mel and Kim, bocking vocals rather like Boyz 2 Men, a seventies backing track along with a Betty Boo sixties guitar break AND the obligatory Shakatiock piano leo& Horrific eh? Believe it not it actually works!

fat T I M E ZONES The trombone platforms ore replaced by pleasant greenery and classic Roman architecture in the last of the Stardust Speedway with a cocky remix of the amazing present day tune warbling away in the background.

The level three future zone is the most rock challenge in the game — Sonic is confronted by not only Robotnik (in his chariot with a sudden death ray gun!) but ALSO the heroic hedgehog's robotic evil twin, who has a nasty habit of electrifying himself should Sonic come close!

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it I should imagine. What is bothering me a bit is just how often Sega will continue to update their systems. I presume they'll step up titles for the Mega-CD and so forth, but the kind of money a lot of the hardware costs means choosing what to buy is tricky. If I bought the Mega-CO at Christmas, how do I know it might not be ancient history six months later? All of this updating and rehashing seems like a bit of a rip off to me. Admittedly the Megadrive is still very popular but the pressure to get the latest systems means you could be likely to find yourself with o games machine that has hardly any software at all, and what it does have isn't that good. Take the Mego-CD for example, it's got plenty of potential but most of the games on it are trash. I hope the desire to make Christmas bucks doesn't mean Sego take their customers for a ride.

Matthew Wolters, Southampton, YOB:What are you ta lk ing

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1 Dear YOB $ I'd like to offer my condolences to anyone who owns a Master System - it must be awful for you Mickey Mouse,

Cheeseland.

YOB:Yes indeed.

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Dear YOB I know you probably get loads of letters about the following subject but I don't think I've ever seen a reply printed. I'm writing to ask about computer journalism, or more specifically console journalism. I am 15 years old so I hove still got to do my GCSE's.

Should I go on to further education after this? Do you think it is more important to be good at the games or more important to

write well? Are there any courses or exoms I could take that would improve my chances? Is it really as fun as most people would imagine?

Paul Douglas, Blackburn.

YOB:Being able to write is what's most important, so taking subjects that allow you to develop your writing skills ore a good idea - English language, literature, history and stuff like that is very helpful.

Read books too to help increase your vocabulary.

When you think you're ready for a job, go to the toilet... er... sorry... scatological mode automatically activated. I mean, when you think you're ready to become a reviewer, write in to the magazine with sample reviews.

Dear YOB Please, please, please could you send me a photo of yourself so I can take it to school and hove a bloody good laugh at your expense as you ore a pathetic person you donkey, From Mark Harnerry ond Matthew Sawyer, New Malden, Surrey •(aged 11/2 years old, just like how your b ra in works)

YOB:Some readers, eh? You write in and insult me and then foolishly leave your name ond address at the top of your letter. Then you spend the next three months living in fear, waiting for my boys to pull up outside your front door in a yellow Cortina to teach you some respect...

To MEAN YOB I am really excited about opening up next month's MMS (issue 11) and seeing my name. I really hope you print this letter. Right, now, down to serious matters such as sod people who buy (yes, actually buy!) Nintendo stuff. I can't believe that people actually buy SNESs: They hove no future!

I'm sure you agree that SEGA are totolly superior!!! With the 32-bit machine scheduled for X-mos '94, Mega-CD, Virtual Reality and of course the Megodrive getting better games all the time!,

SEGA ARE THE BEST/ From Tim] Forsyth (Yes, a girl!),

emotive terminology, which defies rational analysis, you Birmingham. Ha il Segal cleorly hope to use the religious YOB:Never a truer word mumbo-jumbo of "evil forces" as spoke in jest. on emotional crutch t o help you explain your own failings and those of the society which your generation has created. The real Dear BOY, problems for future generations Three points struck me on read • l i e not in console games but the ecological, political and economing Mrs Shelley's letter in issue 10, Oh, and before we start, I ic problems that ore ruining this am 28, have 10 0-levels. 5 Aplanet. The sod fact about our levels, a B.A. (Hons) and o pro fessional qualification, so you r dren are safer sitting in their lounge playing Sonic than they can't accuse me of being a e are out on the streets, young impressionable reader a Finally, with who doesn't know ony better, l Mrs Shelley. " Firstly, let us clear up a few matters raised by your letter. w If you send a "personal" leto ter to the editor of a nationr al publication, it is likely to l be published and, no d doubt, if it hadn't you would have been the first i to scream "censorship"! s Also, anyone who actualt ly pays attention to what h they ore reading knows a that YOB is, with prejudice to none, sarcastic t to everyone. Also, I a think that you will find l that the reaction of o the readership to t your letter is not due to any brain-washo ing technique on f the port of the c Editor !you are h obviously one of i those people who believe that l children have -

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thoughts/opinions/rights of their own). People laugh at what they find funny ond since this is a games magazine it is hardly surprising that the readership have found you and your views to be both funnypeculiar and funny-ha ha.

Secondly, I notice that both your letters are couched in terms of utter negativity. If there is any malice present then it is on your part because you ore seeking to deny children a popular pastime while offering them no alternatives. You accuse MEAN MACHINES SEGA of malice and threaten them with closure and yet they have published your letters. They, at least, ore prepared to allow people to make up their own minds, not an option you are offering. Your use of the pejorative term 'evil" in respect of console games shows a fundamentally illogical approach to your perceived problem. By using

A Mk is a bit goodthoogh. keep 'gmcenting Dime Wardell (13). regards to your proposed campaign, all con soy is "go ahead, make my day." No, seriously, it will be a good experience for you You see, we live in a democracy which means that you simply can't get your own way by shouting the loudest. You hove to be able to persuade people with factual arguments and to deal rationally with criticism arid counter arguments from the opposing point of view logically.

The tenor of your two letters gives scant evidence of either such ability. Nor, frankly, do I think you have any chance of success for another reason. At the end of the day you do hove something in common with these poor, "possessed" console addicts... You are both in very

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small, unrepresentative minorities Paul Kelly, isle of Mori YOB:How do you stop Margaret Shelley from spitting? Turn the grill down. How do you stop Margaret Shelley from drowning? Take your foot off her head. What goes round and taps on gloss?

Margaret Shelley in a microwave.

J OBYOB 'SFORTHEBOYSit r Dear Ithink that I am a genius because I can complete Sonic 1 Act 1 in 25.43 secs, act 2 in 22.11 secs and Act 3 land killing Robotnik) in 40.50 secs.

PCudbertson, Hull PS: I think your mog is great!

YOB:Thank you for your marvellous contribution to history.

MAKEAGOODJOB

Deor YOB I'd just like to soy how really good your mog is. Not only do you get the best news and previews, but yoti deliver the best reviews. It is so entertaining and funny and you get paid for it.

Plus, Rich is soon going to Chicago... you're oil so lucky.

You all have the best possible jobs ever and are the most envied people since Dominic Diamond's hairdresser. But you get to be bigheads about it. The meg should hove more female writers (not that I am one) but I reckon Lucy does a great job.

So do all of you and I'd like to buy you all a present if I could afford it:

Jaz, a big motorbike to burn off his 'manhood" - you know what I meonl Rich, a designer phone-box with porno interior plus a list of dirty numbers and a big bog of 10p coins (rich, that was below the belt - well, ask Rich what he does involving phone-boxes and parts below his belt).

Lucy, 1000 red roses cos I think she looks dead nice.

Oz, a clothes consultant... platforms indeed Andy, a real Ferrari convertible with leather interior etc.

Rod, well, the other half of his hair would be nice.

Angus, I really don't know what to say, do you?

Paul, a decent razor 4 E would be nice. This is definitely the order of the day. He never looks clean-shaven.

Tom, he can shore with Rod. Frazer. a decent joke book with gold leaf. Also a bin so he can dispose of his "12 Easy Steps to becoming a Brucie Bonus" book like yesterday.

Whatever happened to YOB's gossip column? I wouldn't mind seeing it back. How about doing a profile of each writer's desk plus belongings? That would be ace. Well YOB, now its your turn, go on, I can't take it but insult me, make me feel worse than I already do. I've never been insulted much so go for It. Michael Jobling, Harrogate, N. Yorks.

YOB:Lucy does do a great job.

So great, in fact, that she often blocks up the Mean Machines sewage system, and we have to get somebody with a big rod to poke it down.

Perhaps you're an expert on AOh well at toast it's the fast ow for this issue, somediocremaths to Scott Orders, I suppose.

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MYSTICYOB The return! YOB slaps o tea towel around his head and gazes into his crystal bolls and comes up with these supernatural responses: CHRISTIAN WARD. Did you know that you name is an anagram of RANCID RAW SH•T? Well you do now.

ANDREW FERENBACH of Edinburgh: My, you're the presumptious one aren't you? Every letter we get from you is begging for prizes. Away with you! Away!

COUNT BARCONI: You take the 'b' out of banal PETER EDDINGS: It's all in the wrist action.

MARKBLAKEY of Lincoln: Stick a turnip up your bum and point your face blue and that should do the trick.

SHANIF PATEL of London: Try jiggling it about, but don't make a mess of things' MIKE HAMMOND from Devizes: I'd see a doctor if I wos you. tort A HOWELLS of Swansea: Cheese shops are the best place to do that sort of thing.

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Quartets and ambassadors? Queues and asteroids? No. It's questions and answers!

With you, the delightful, d ear read er supplying us with all your wonderful queries.

And brain-the-size-of-a-planot Jaz coming up with all the solutions. If you've got anything you need to know, why not write In? The address? I'M NOT ASKING ABOUT ROAD RASH ON MASTER SYSTEM SO PLEASE OPEN MY LETTER 0 + A , MEAN MACHINES, PRIORY COURT, 3 0 - 3 2 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, , c l a 3AU..

LOG JAM Dear Jaz, Old wise one I seek your infinite knowledge and enlightenment!

1. If Streetfighter II, Eternal Champions and Streets of Rage 3 are going to be 24 megabits, how much will they costa 2. When roughly will they be offidaily released?

3. Will the price of carts ever come down?

Christian Ward, Tettenhall, Wolverhampton JAZ:1. Both will retail with the wallet-bustingly huge price tag o f E59.99. So start saving now! 2. October a nd sometime after Christmas respectively. 3.

They all ready have - check out Sego's E19. 99 game range.

4 Will Streetfighter II be coming out on the CD? 5. Will Electronic Arts be releasing some games on the CD? 6. Will Flashback be released on the CD? 7. Which is the best beat em •. Streeffighter II, Mortal Kombat u p or Eternal Champions?

Trevor Baker, Aspley, Nottingham.

JAZ:l. Because we both used the same piece of official Sega artwork. 2. Not until you see how good the games are. 3.

Surprisingly, it looks exactly the same in real life as it does in the screenshots.

Not at the moment. 5.

They have no plans a t pre s e nt. all their CD development is ha ppe ning on 3 D0 . 6. US Gold do have plans to release a Flashback game on CD - proba bly the sequel. 7.

Streetlighter

LOGGING Dear Jaz, 1, Will there be any cricket genies on the Megadrive?

2 Will there be any games like Star Wing (SNESI coming out on the Megadrive using the Super FX chip?

3 Will there be a football management game on the Mega-CD using film footage?

4. Is there any new Sego hardware coming to the shops?

Dorren Gilley, London JAZ:1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. Yes.

rib FIRE Dear Jazza, I own a COMO Gear and would appreciate it if you could answer the following questions.

1. Will Ecco the Dolphin come out on the Game Gear?

2 Will Road Rosh make on appeorence on the Como Gear?

3. Is Lotus Turbo challenge going to be availoble on the Game Gear or just the Mogadrive?

4. Is a Tazmanta 2 on the way?

Chris Larholt, Galleywood, Essex JAZ:No, no, no a nd probably not.

LOI 1 l'EHRISTMAS RITHIVIS LOG Dear Jaz C A P TA I N ' S LOG Dear Jaz Please con you answer some questions for me, 1. Why was the cover of the August issue the same as the one on Megadrive Advanced Gaming August issue?

2. I am saving up for a MegaCD. Do you think I should get a Menacer as well because of new games being released like Mod Dog MocRee and Space Pirates that work with a Menacer?

3. Is the Jurrasic Pork CD as good as it looks in the screenshots?

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Dear Jaz Please can you answer my quec tions 1Is Mortal Kombot coming out for the Master System?

2 I f so. when will it be released?

3. When will Ultimate Soccer be released for the Master System?

4. Is Streetfighter II coming out for the Master System?

Poul Denney, Anclove JAZ:l. Yes. 2. I t should be O ut by the time you read this 3.

'1st of Never. 4. You wish!

Please, please could you answer these questions about Master System games.

1. Are there any plans to bring o decent beat em' up to the Master System?

Streets of Rage, Renegade and Pitfighter are all crop 2. Wilt Streetfighter Sonic 3 and Rood Rash ever be released on the Master System 3. What 2 do you think of Prince of Persia, WWF, Steel Cage and Populous for the Master System?

Alex Doeh ler, Redditch, Worcs.

JAZ: P. Morta l Kombat? 2.

Sonic 3, probably, but not the others. 3. Zzzzz.

Q+A LOG OFF Dear Jaz, 1 A r e there any good Megadrive baseboll games out yet, e st haven't seen ony being reviewed in your otherwise fob mogozine?

2. Here in Sweden we have a whole bunch of them like Tommy Lasorda, Sports Talk Baseball etc.

Are they any good?

3. What happened to Joe Montana '93?

Carl Grundell, Ellenborgsv, Sweden.

JAZ:I. Never heard of Ha rdba ll UI, Sportstalk Baseball or Super Me ga Spanka Baseball? Check . .

1'em out if you're a baseball fan. 2. Personally 0 speaking, i think baseball sucks. Therefore my opinion of them wouldn't be very helpful. 3. Who cares?

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Dear Jaz, Could you please answer these questions 1.When will the Megodrive 2 come out and how much will it cost?

2. What do you think of these games:Tiny b o n s, Rocket Knight Adventures?

3 Wi l l Top Gear ever come out on the Megadrive?

4. When Sonic Spinball comes out will it be the best Sonic adventure yet, and how much will it cost?

Spenser Barr, North Humberside, Hull JAZ: 1. Some price as an old one. 2. Both are very nice platform games. 3. Who needs in when Lotus is already available? 4. It's not an adventure. irs a pinball game. Price?

Probably about E40-E45.

Dear Jana, I own a Master System and would like you to answer these questions: 1. Are there any good flight sims or shoot em' ups on the Master System?

2. If so, what?

3. I am thinking about buying GLoc. Is it any good?

4. Will Road Rash be released on the Master System?

5. Finally, is Wimbledon Tennis any good?

William Mankelow.

JAZ:1. Nall. 2. Wibble . 3. it's pretty good. 4. For the fiftieth time this month...

N 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 M 5. It's alright.

-LOGPRODUCING C O U N T RY Dear Jaz,

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I am a Megodrive owner and would like to ask you some questions: I W i l l the old Megadrive work with the up ond coming Mega-CD II? 2. Will two six buttoned iciypads come as standard with the Mega-CD II? 3 A re there any confirmed reports of

Streets of Rage III being a 24 megabit cort?

4. Will Streetfighter II be on the Mega-CD and will there be a price rise on the Megadrive?

5. Are there any simultoneous two-player platform games on the way for the Megodrive or Mega-CD? 6. Is there any official release date for Mortal • f Kombot on the Megodrive?

7. Is Final Fight 2 coming out on the Megodrive?

8. Do you know anything about .1 League Pro Striker?

9. My friend and I wish to become computer game designers later in life. What kind of courses should we study?

Neil O'Riordon, Gorey, Co. Wexford,

JAZ:I. Yep. 2. Dunne), 3. Yes. 4.

No a nd no. 5. Yes. 6. i t should

be out now. 7. Copcom have announced no plans to release Megadrive version as yet, Anyway, it's cock. 8. Yeah. it's bri l l - especially with four players. 9. Design a nd computer programming.

LOG CUTTING' Dear Mr Jazz° ll could your knowledge of Please computer games help me out; 1. Is Terminator really worth buying for the Game Gear?

2 A re there any Ice Hockey games on the Game Gear? If not, will there be any releases in the near future?

3. Is it true about the Megodrive 2 being E50 and the Mego-CO 2 being E 1 50?

4. Will Batiletoods ever come Out on the Game Gear/Master System?

AJun Rees, Sandhurst. Berks.

JAZ:I. No. 2. No. 3. Sadly, no.

4. Guess wha t? N000000000.

LOG v A Dear Jaz, I would appreciate it if you could answer these questions for me, I W i l l .1 League Pro Striker be officially released in Britain?

2. Which is the best tennis game • Davis Cup Tennis, David Crones Amazing Tennis, Andre Agassi Tennis or Grandslam Tennis?

3 I s the CDX worth getting?

tD A V I S

4. Ho w much will the VII 'add on' cost when it's released?

Scott Keene, Chopelfields, Coventry J AZ:I. Apparently, yes' 2.

Davis Cup. 3. Only if you wa nt to play import CD games although having said tha t later Me ga -CD titles like Sonic CD only work occasionally with i t - a nd that's with the new, improved CDX, so Sega might well have sussed Date, out. 4. There's no price available as yet.

_itEEP Lilt A LOG Dear Jana I am a Master System owner and would like to know the answers to the following questions: 1. What's best out of Global Gladiators and Wonderboy for the Master System?

2. If you buy a Master System game in the USA will it work on a British Master System?

Steve Woodcraft, Kempston, Beds.

JAZ:i. Wonderboy M. 2. Yes.

LOG J A M Dear Jana own a Megadrive and have just read about the new Arcade Power Stick II and I have heard it

is out now. Could you please answer these questions about it.

1. Is it out now? If not, when?

2. Is the actual stick and buttons better than the original?

3. Are the slow motion features etc. any good?

4. Ho w much is it?

5. Should I buy it if I wanted a six button joystick now?

John Burner', 'cotton, Avon JAZ:I. Yes. 2. I ha v e n't tried it myself, but I hope so 'cos I thought the original buttons were really smeggy. 3. Not really. 4. Dunno. S. That's up to you, really.

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B limey, for a week I go bock and return to Rochdale to this — a mountain of envelopes and post-cards the size of a Triceratops' dung-pile! Right, here I go for a rummage around then. ..ugh. ..oh, hello Ed 'discovers Ed Lomas in the muck and filth), where were you last month? Watching Jurassic Park perhaps? Too scored to put pen to paper? I don't blame you!

What else have we here? Oh yes, Alan Wightmon's no-good-toolate codes for Flashback. Never mind here's Alan's poetic little ramble which he also included that I'm sure he thinks is very funny. Am I ever to live this Sonic II thing down? I don't think val._ Paul Davies — what a man, On Games-Master Sonic II he goes as fast as he can.

Over a minute, need I soy more, We are all laughing and rolling about on the floor.

That's enough of that for one month I think. Tips ore what we're after, so send in every monster tip that you know to this address: JURASSIC TIPS, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON EC1R 34U.

Well, what do you know, its Ed 'Pinky' Lomas to kick things off this month with a password that pits your character against Ranker with maximum power attributes. Yes, Ed endured hours of torture to bring us this code and so, for his sake not yours, buy or rent this poor game and try this out: M N XRPO IM7. Yes, I know we've printed a code for this game before, but this one's better, alright!

Yes, another old one but it's so superb that this cheat deserves a look. Especially since J Brant included it in his brief history of Megadrive hints and cheats. This level select is only possible after ploying the game through and completing it once. Once this done, press A, B, C, RIGHT, D and START

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an old Megodrive title, though it's still one of the best. Perhaps this is why Andrew Flowers couldn't contain himself any longer and reminded us all of this prehistoric, infinite Shuriken trick: Changing the Shuriken count to zero and then waiting with the START button pressed on the option screen.

Thank you Andrew, but you'd better keep those hoop-and-stick hint.; te, e h .

HUMANS How Ed Lomas discovers these cheats is beyond mel This one for Humans allows players to omoss almost limitless tribe members. Ed says that any level where there is on extra tribe member to rescue this is what to do: Rescue him, pause the game then restart the level. Repeating this provides the player with as many tribesmen as you deem necessary. By of Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' film, it's still a girlie name 1t h way so what if Pinky toego

by Ed, because I say so! is the central character

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There's always one game in the tips section that doesn't seem to belong. Like a cheat for Jennifer Capriati Tennis? Like what? Well how about a secret configuration screen for example. All that is required is to input the words CON and FIG on the password screen ond the secret options screen appears.

Shakespeare wrote and told us that He didl He did'

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Another onel This time from that ancient historian J Brant — see the ESWAT cheat for on explanation. For a harder game insert the letters ORA ND. R A M.. as the first four sections. Also, for the best player attributes in the tournament input I. .C A PRI All. Get It? Amazingly J Brant also Included a cheat for Wani Wani World, even though he doesn't own a copy of the game.

The guy's a phenomenon!

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Yes, Gills en Seger Weiits, we do find that European Club Soccer is dull to ploy. So were as happy as you ore to find that your THREESHREDDED WHEAT password enables the players on any chosen team to launch the ball about three times harder than usual. The other password — QUITTER - that allows you to quit a match and win the game, even if your team ore currently losing. For example, a match quit when your team ore two-nil under becomes a three-two victory! We're also very happy that our surnames ore slightly easier to pronounce than Welits. Gillis has also discovered a way of prompting an extremely hard b a n a n a writes, is achieved by holding down the C button for a while and then letting go to s h o t . aTshot h so i shard , that it seems to fly unleash h e TV screen. Jeepers Creepazoids, from the Welits, is this really true?! We don't know 'cos we couldn't be chuffed checking.

Hmm, photo-copied cheats, eh Owen McCarthy. You

wouldn't be sending this cheat off to anyone else would you? Well, it is a great cheat and very frustrating for the opponents team. It prevents the opposing team from making their next play should your team hove only a marginal lead towards the end of a match_ When the description of the lost play is displayed on screen, for example '16 sacked, 4 yard loss', hold up on the D-pad SR C K ED B Y # 5 9 and repeatedly tap the C button. Usually one of 4 YA14 your team's players runs . off into the distance 1) leaving the clock running L 0 and the opposition 5 5 paralysed! Cheeky!

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FATAL FURY In all honesty Fatal Fury is the only threat to Street Fighter II on the Megadrive — if and when Street Fighter II is released of course! Ian Leech knows this. He also knows of a cheat that provides infinite time for all tournaments and it's this: On the options screen choose the time-limit as 10 seconds. By pressing A and LEFT simultaneously the 10 second time-limit changes to on infinity sign. Ian, along with Steven Hollis, Steven Topson and Stephen Porritt (is this Steven thing weird or what?) has compiled a list of all the secret moves

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OKI In keeping with the tradition set by last months nosh Back hall of fame Jungle Strike is honoured by a similarly enthusiastic response from lust about everyone who reads the magazine and owns a copy of the game! This is a full list of decent level codes, contributed by all those people mentioned below: Level Two: RLSFR9V7GFB Level Three: 9V6JDYBKNI67 Level Four: XIMY9XTIHZD Level Five: VNG3941MPYRP Level Six: WSJB4G.IDX79 Level Seven: THG DIMG CM Level Eight:

ones available to eo on menuoren't illustrated al.

Geese Howard: Dragon Throw: As an opponent jumps towards him press C and away from them.

Richard Meyer: Back Hand-Spring: Push back twice.

Hand-stand Kick: Down, down/ bock, back and B Tung Fu Rue: Hurricane Punch: Down, Down/ forward, forward and A. Hurricane Kick: Down, down/ bock, back and B.

7GRSZBXWILN Level Nine: N4SFY756MCJ The Cast: Keith Anderson, Simon Bognall, Andy Bontock, Greg Cook, John Cutter, Joe Dean, Dell & Jan, Mork Durbin (squiggle), James Edwards, Gareth Evans, Terry Gale, Philip Gray, Ross Hannan, Ady Hughes, Richard Jarvis (sent his tips on used bog paper!), Alan Jevons, Dean King, Adrian Lee, Arif Mansoor, Paul McKenna, Mott Miller, John Monaster, Adam Reed, Terry E Reed (mega Dad!), Simon 'Skidders' Skidmore, Paul Thomas, Steven Tuffin (who's codes we actually printed - so blame him), Philip Wade, Mark Wilkinson, Mark Williams,

Bolden: Cobra Clench: When standing next to an opponent press down, down/ back, buck and C. Michael Max: Super Skip: Press forwards or backwards twice, depending upon which direction the character intends to, er, skip_ Terry Bogard: Slam Attack: Down, up then A. Super Shot King: Down, down/ bock, back, back/ up and B.

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hot a fine name Hayden on-Boron is, eh? Luckily for im he gets to see it here cause his Lemmings cheat is uite out of the ordinary. On e oil fall down' — level 13 fun nd level 1 tricky — speed the lease rote up to 34. Next turn second and third lemmings t ois lemming walks off the half atform dug by the third lemd ing. At this point it is possible to im every other lemming into a Lem t i c motel g g e r s b u t i g n o r e t h e f o u r t h .

MUHAMMADALI HEAVYNEIGHT BOXING Andrew Mcivcw, probably inspired by Chris Eubank's recent interview in Q magazine, fought to send us this cheat which pits your chosen boxer against any boxer in the heavyweight championship. After playing the first match this provides the basic code for the cheat. By taking the first three characters of the code, follow it up with any of the following for whichever motch you feel your boxer con handle: 801 Rank Boxer: —KEH7Z 7th Rank Boxer: — E M U 6th Rank Boxer:-5C77Z 50i Rank Boxer: —B4N7Z 4th Rank Boxer: —2N47Z 3rd Rank Boxer: —W7C7Z • 2 n d Rank Boxer: —WXB7Z 1st Rank Boxer:-4XE7Z

JGorden, who lives at Mayfield Gardens in Aberdeen has a crap collection of games — or so he tells us.

However, he's blown all his chances of receiving any decent software from us by supplying two sheets of hopeless posscodes and cheats. Here's one of them, it's for John Madden's Football: Final: 0475121.

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James Tweed also tells us that the code H070007Z, when entered in the tournament mode, allows the player control of Ali with a ranking of one with no wins nor any losses. The opponent he faces is named Al Muhammad and most likely beats the pixels out of Ali. When this happens the winner loses his head, literally, and has the rees torso!

MEGA40 MANIA This one is excellent! Believe it or not there is a hidden version of 'Sinister' in Megalomonia found by James Tweed.

All that is required is to enter JOOLS as the password and a variation of that creaky old coin-op, shoot 'em up appears!

XNMEN Whoever sent this one in forgot to include their name, so for familiarity's sake this person is now named Cornelius Dangleberry. The cheat allows players to select any level and requires two controllers. After switching the Megodrive on hold down the C and A buttons. Press START on the title screen then unplug the controller, Now plug the controller into port two and press START. By plugging a controller into port one and pressing START any level is selected from the •ccess panels at the right-hand side s c r e e n .

MX ATTACKCHOPPER Usuolly when people write to us with tips they, well, they write to us. Even if it's just to tell me that I'm crop at Sonic II Not so the man John Wood from Kings Lynn. This stern fellow is as direct as they come and merely states that these are the codes for the NORMAL level of the LHX Attack Chopper game on the Megadrive. They ore as well.

Level One: SDAAAIHA Level Two: DAAAQEA Level Three: DAAAYFA Level Four; DAAAAWC Level Five: DACAIWC Level Six: DACAQVC Level Seven: DACAYLIC Level Eight: DACABHE Level Nine: DACMGE Level Ten: DACARFE

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It's time for Ed Lomas' monthly Road Rash II lip — and you thought he was confusing in the August issue, well gel a load of this! On the password screen, this cheat is best described by substituting the password with 1234 5678.

Bike: Add or subtract multiples of two to '2' and the opposite to '6'. It is mainly guesswork as to what bike is chosen.

Level: Add or subtract to '5' AI M EE_

and the some to '8'. For example adding three to those numbers from Level One progresses the game to level Four However this doesn't always work.

Money: Add or subtract multiples of two to '1', '2', '3' or '4'. Different amounts of money ore obtained from this.

Qualified tracks: Add or subtract to '7' doing the opposite to '8'. These are not in any set pattern so it doesn't work every time.

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2. BacktrcKk left and go up. Make a shield ond blast the door, but allow the guard to roll five or so grenades down the stairs. Then execute himl 3. Run left and go down the hole, being ready to power up as you go.

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4. Power up and blast the guard's shield straight away.

Go down the hole and shoot the power line.

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1. When your copsule lands, run right. Use the shield, blast and shoot method to dispense about four guards.

2. Run right and your friend bursts bock onto the scene.

3. In the next screen a stray bolt knocks the ground from under your feet.

Your bacon is saved by a savage good Samaritan, but luckily friend arrives just in time.

4• Crawl towards the levers on the right. If I can just reach...

5. The evil one is toasted and the second lever opens the skylight. Crawl back to the centre for rescue and The End Sequence.

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BUBBLE BO • LE Now, this one's not nearly as old as Alex Kiddl There are two tips, the first is for an easier game and the second provides Bub with a magic shoe, • ock feather, three sweets and three a s . t h e easier game

simply lose all of Bub's lives and begin a new game — without continuing. Not only is the game easier but Bub has a holy water potion The second is accessed on the Play/ Select screen, Move the cursor to password, press PAUSE and push!, LEFT, DOWN, UP, I, UP, I, UP. Finally the lad responsible for these cheats, David Gordon, sent this password for level 199 and it is: 3V9K4MMB.

NINA GAIDEN Sergio Bonnici has written from Australia with sheets of tips for Master System games. This one for Ninja Golden is about the best of the lot and provides unlimited ninjo stars and fireballs. All that is required is to have ninjo boy wait until he has 999 combat points before using any ninja stars.

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On the sound-test select track 01 then 11. By pressing buttons I and II simultaneously the two secret options appear.

Whey hey! Whoo Hoot Well it's not that good, but Giles Read writes with this cheat for 9 lives and a rapid progression to the end of the game in one fell swoop! Pause the game, hold down both buttons then rotate the

Here, here, here (x100, 000) are your codes or Chuck Rock on the Mega-CD oh Captain Anonymous.

Level Two: GOON Level Three: PDPKKN Level Four: JWNIXF Level Five: ISFNVP

Jemes Whitlock tempts everyone who's struggling at Mega-CO Ecco with the final code in the game.

OCFWUVHS welcomes Ecco to the machine and the final battle.

Another code — ANWXCHBO — takes Ecco to The Library which is a sort of film thingy about dolphins.

Very nice.

The game is laughable but this level select is useful nonetheless. Mark Todalewski's PAUSE the game and press UP, A, DOWN, B, LEFT, A, RIGHT, B, UNPAUSE and START gag does the trick.

tigudeness Sewe Shark is extremely compelling, so a continue cheat is a bit useful isn't itl After attaining the name of EXTERMINATOR or BEACH BUM pressing A, C and START on the closing credits allows players to continue.

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'HOW TOCONTROL Silpheed has a pretty basil cootrot mode. The D-Pad wives yea left and right as well as "in" and "out" of the screen, deeper into the scenery. Other than that, standard shoot 'em up fare.

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Implosion fires rage on some of the vessels, making them look like coals suspended in spoce, voiceless infernos deprived of the oxygen to let them burn. The remainder of the once proud force huddles around the gravitational field of Neptune, using it to maintain a stable telemetry.

This chaos has come about by the devious but brilliant strategies of the terrorist Zacarte. By kicking the computer network on Earth, it was possible to disable the fleet long enough for his own forces to overwhelm them. With his massive firepower now ringed around the home planet, a fullfrontal counter-attock would be suicide.

However, Earth command has one last trump — SA-77 Silpheed. The fighter is small and nimble enough to penetrate Zacarte's fortresses, and powerful enough to take therm out. A squadron of Silpheed are enter,' ing the inner solar system as we L s p e a k .

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MAN I Silpheerd is armed with two complementary weapons systems. The main system is the front-mounted cannon. This is a rapid-fire unit that fires in bursts of six, This is enough to destroy most small enemies in a single shot. The weapon may be mounted in four different w T h e main weapons are located on both wings of the $A-77, m i x e d combination of the following four systems is possible.

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Fire directed in a concentrated F i r e spreads along one side, line in the flight direction. f r o m 90 to 0 degrees.

Fire directed forward, but in a spreading arc. Very effective.

Fire homes in on nearby enemies.

COMMENT Lawkst Silpheed is something for Me ga CD owners to positively crow about.

Polygon graphics on home consoles reach a new high with this exemplary shoot 'e m up.

The ga me starts in simple fashion, a nd in truth, shooting squadrons of aliens is basically the same all the way through. But the fa bulous areas the ga me takes you through, with tumbling asteroids a nd screen-sized laser bolts is an astounding roller-coaster ride. The massive dreadnoughts bring a whole new meaning to the term 'boss' (though the actual bosses the mselves are quite weedy).

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visual rewards as you progress; all the best levels are de e p in the game. This has to be the most atmospheric shooter ever, with brilliant cut sequences a nd the constant chatter of your co-pilots a nd the computer.

At last, a Me ga -CD ga me that combines effect a nd action perfectly.

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Throughout each level, the Silpheed encounters free-floating crystals By shooting these o bonus item is released The movement of the bonuses makes them hard to collect, but they should be pursued:

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SA-77s infiltrate Zacarte's base, built entirely from hexagons. A series of corridors and narrow trenches are flanked by massive photon cannons — brief warnings of their approach ore givenl As you proceed, massive shield doors open to reveal the extent of the base, while pillars rise to smash your craft.

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Sectors V, VI & VII ore classified — left for you to discover. However, Sector VIII is the first climax of the game.

The SA-77 intercept a massive dreadnought fleet, on its way to destroy Earth's fugitive command. A vast sequence of space pyrotechnics follows — ships explode in a shower of criss-crossing laser. Zacarte's lumbering giants display the weakness of their bulk compared to the hornet-fast attacks of the Silpheeds. Now onto Earth

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COMMEN Silpheed is simply the most impressive game ever released for the Mega-CD. Why can't all CD products be as amazing as this? The Mega-CD's hardware is immediately put to good use, with some absolutely awesome intros and atmospheric CD sound. The ingame graphics are better still with awesome space fleets, alien planets and fabulous space stations.

After this, the Galaxiansstyle gameplay may seem a little bit of a letdown.

However, the blasting action grows on you and with each level completed, the alien legions gain even more speed. By about level five, the action is incredibly fast and intense — and the jaw-dropping graphics are reward enough to spur you on to attempting to complete the next level.

Silpheed Is one of the greatest shooters I've played in a long while — and an ESSENTIAL buy for LMega-CO owners.

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en eating, sleepi _ cocking your pants is the soul function of your life, it getsna ob i' rdull — even if you ore only six months old. Or so thoughl Chuck Rock Junior until his car company boss dad gets kidnapped by his evil rival and the youngster is forced to leave the security of his cradle and go out into the big, bad world of plot. formgames.to rescue his dear Papa, Making his debut on the Game Gear, Chuckie boy toddles i through four levels 0011,, nastiness, confronting terrifying dinosaurs and the like, picking up fruit and baby bottles and bashing bricks to gel your way thr ough befor e the

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DRIVE REV! four years since plucky Jason defeated the Plutonium Boss and4 the radioactive mutants • 46 under the Earth, Since 1then 1 1 our 1 1 superhero has " 1-relegated 0 his trusty super.. i c l e , SOPHIA, to the garage, - taken to wearing shocking-pink hot-pants, dyed

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ARMINARM The inventory menu screen indicates how many weapons have been collected and used. Choose om here the special weapons for son or the vehicle to use.These may be replenished en route as well as red hearts to bump up the energy meter and gold stars for an extra life. The driller allows the player to bore through tough walls, the hover allows SOPHIA to fly and the j e t alone. t ip a c k , p J a s o n a t o m a fl ya

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The music and sound effects ore great too. Quite simply, for shoot 'em up fans who are are a little tired of pretty graphics and limited game. play, get Blaster Master 2 for a fun game that'll keep you hooked for ages.

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OVERANDUNDER Jason and his crate are seen from different perspectives depending on the section of the game. At times, Jason is inside the vehicle, seen from a side or overhead view. Small ladders and passageways indicate where Jason must leave the vehicle, whereupon he is seen on foot from a side-view. When he enters the lair of a boss he's seen in a larger side-view. In the overhead view there may be hidden passages which the vehicle con pass through. However there ore power-ups to collect these are: Vehicle speeds up Vehicle slows down Increases fire power Bomb — detonates everything on the screen

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The box looks horrible, as do the first few screens, th bland sprites and chunkesque backdrops. It's not until you're right into the second stage that you realise it's a lot of fun. Cleverly, there's a wide range of gameplay, with overhead maze sections, platforms, puzzles and boss fighting. Even better, the graphics improve considerably as you progress, with some neat effects (check out the fire level). Although the concept looked bland when I started, all the features su as power-ups, special weapons and secret passages got me really involved. You do need to get hooked, because as you traverse later levels, that pile of continues shrinks ever rapidly.

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A decisive bottles between Islam and Christendom were b being fought. Deep in eastern o Europe, at the heart of the strugu gle, the Slav people relied on ttheir courageous but utterly cruel 5leader, Prince Vied of the 0Drocule.Though, he held the day 0in a great battle, his love, Elisabetto, was lost. Cursing y ungrateful God he swore defie ance of death. As it was spoken, ahe was condemned to an eternal state between life and death, r with a craving for human blood. s He became Dracula; Vompyr. a Centuries passed, but his g presence remained. Now, in o1899 he is drown towards tEngland, and a young girl called Mina, the incarnation of his h Queen. Ha has trapped her e fiance, Jonathan Harker in his fBalkan castle. Only by escaping ican Harker worn Min* of the impending shadow, resting in the n aearth of Corfax Abbey, l ,

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Count Dracula is feared throughout the world as a filthy abomination. Pity the game will be too. Psygnosis have produced such a tacky load of tripe it will freeze the blood in your bones. Okay, the gameplay isn't as infuriating as the Mega-CD version. But I don't rate the game any better, as it's just a rehash of their Galahad game, probably using much the same programming engine. Each level is a charmless platform monotony of finding a motionless sprite and then an exit.

There's no logic, point or depth (or 'ambience' as the writer of the game's prodution notes likes to call it) to the game beyond that. For the most part the graphics are bland and inappropriate: Where the hell did the giant tarantulas, the barn, the scorpions, the zombies and the drunk-men-lying-althe-bar come from? Not the excellent movie this supposedly comes from. A proper Dracula game could be blood-suckingly good: this just sucks.

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GET ME OUT 0 THIS! Harker, having lost his Transylvanian guide-book, often finds himself lost in the assorted Inns, barns and convents he passes through. To reveal the exit he must find a friendly local. Strangely, this motionless figure thinks of an object, which is enough to uncover a pointy exit sign at another place in the level-

Amen lying OH the floor, just like the movie.

FIENDS AND COHORTS Along the way, Harker encounters Dracula's fearsome henchmen (women?) in end-of-level fracas.

Each takes about eight hits to defeat. There's the evil coachman, who lashes with his ten-foot whip (coo-erl); the three Vampire Devil's strumpets — all cackles and flowing frocks; plus multiple manifestations of Dracula as on old magician, and a young assassin as well as a 20 foot high fireball spewing madman_ V .

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And as a game in its own right it's sub-standard, completely unoriginal and filled with annoyances. The controls are very sluggish indeed, things fall down from the ceiling without warning which makes the going very frustrating, collision detection is poor, the general game design and plot is crap, the sound is average, the graphics aren't much cop and attention to detail is shoddy — for example, when the main character walks up and down slopes his legs tread in mid-air, rather than on the ground. After a couple of sessions I felt no compulsion to play this pustulent, putrescent platformer any more. In fact, personally I think EVERY Megadrive platform game available is better than this. Even the irredeemably crud-infested Dark Castle...

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A twhich the edge of the cosmostolies o forlorn rock no one bothered give a proper name to One such case is Punt. Pum is the home of two dossers of the necromontic_world - o n o l d laky drinking incontinent old chino Liz land their coll lection of rabbits). Unsurprisingly, no one goes to o f visit. a Except one day, a strange spangly force m o g i c i o n c ."Molly would wouldn't she?

M r_ut o " T i i Rabbits are being held q u o l in a series of lands, t e e located off doors in a W o d corridor of Limbo. r l Eoch W land has different scenery elements, but the d i basic layout of platform levels is P a z much the some on each. Wiz and r t Liz, Collect the rabbits in two y .

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TIME TABLETS At the end of the round each tablet converts to three seconds of extra time.

BONUS LETTERS These blue letters form 'Bonus' at the bottom of the screen, allowing entry to on item laden bonus round.

I ME PILL ne rabbit holds this, only releasing it in the last 20 seconds. It offers a vital 30 second reprieve

MAGIC FRUIT Each player has a fruit-o-meter. Rabbits release the fruit with each one collected increasing the meter, to the point where a magic item of that fruit is granted.

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In between rounds, the wizards travel to Pum to mix spells. Any two fruit items make a spell (including the some types).

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Apart from the scenario, I quite liked this new offering from Psygnosis. After marvelling at the pretty graphics ( and they are fairly special), I at first thought the gameplay was too simplistic — but then you realise that there's much more to the game than running around like a blue-assed fly — you can't finish the game that way and you actually have to use your Isom* (Ws lust a question of whether you can really be bothered). The gams really comes into Ws own in two-player — mindless dashing around like crazy can be fun and is In Wiz and 1.1x. This game's not the classiest thing I've ever seen nor the best but We a ood laugh and worth a look.

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Wiz and Liz don't meet in solo games, but two may play head-to-head. The screen splits horizontally to show the action of both players. The aim is simple: get out of the level first. Players play for control of a fixed number of lands, with best of three rounds in each. There's no spell petit to the game.

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Gunstar Heroes' fast-moving action is astounding. We thought we'd seen it all on the Megadrive but Sega, once again, ignore any preconceived ideas about their machine's limitations and call upon it to scale and rotate sprites all over the place. All characters are incredibly lively, there's no danger of finding any idle sprites in this game! Other than the path that Red and Blue tread, pretty much everything else on screen is alive and dangerous! The acrobatics that the central characters display add to the excitement and their determined stances strengthens the player's resolve in helping them win. Success isn't easy either, and there's no doubt that the completion of this game requires a lot of skill with a pinch of luck. The Seven Force is an absolute nightmare! Just lik e the kind of roller-coasters that bear warnings for people with nervous dispositions and the like, you'd better prepare yourself for a real white-knuckle ride with Gunstar Heroes because it's that amazing!

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The fourth, selectable stage of the game takes place iri Block's base. After blasting their way through the melee that protects it, Red and Blue encounter something that is unexpected within — The Dice Palace. Here is where Gunstar Heroes flies right off the sensible scale and lands in Choosville for good. A boardgame-like display is presented, a dice is thrown ond the 'lumber dictates the fate of the player.

Lucky heroes may find themselves in the 'Happy Item Room' where a small selection of weapons and energy replocements are laid out. Elsewhere things get rather more serious!

'Curry and Rice' — a kind of mutant Mr Puff Pastry — challenges Red or Blue to a session of unarmed combat. Volvalion is a swirling, golden serpent which traps an unwary hero under its coils. Finally Block makes his stand in a two-legged, bubblecar nightmare machine, tossing a dice to decide upon which form of pain he inflicts next. Help!

4 At Red and Blue's disposal is an array of offensive moves that require some skill in their deploy.) l o b o ment: A.4 SLIDE-KICK; The lads dive feet-first at the enemies legs, causing masses of bone-breaking damogel JUMP-KICK: Larger enemies require a more elevated approach' their destruction. A jump-kick causes the some amount of damage a slide but looks cooler!

PUNCH: The least impressive of oil moves but still pretty useful against the likes of Curry and Rice (one of the bosses in Black's base) HANGING: No, Red and Blue don't charge around with a noos ill at the ready! Their hanging tactics involve dangling from one 0 7arm whilst blasting their enemies with the gun in the other.

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Gunstar Heroes is one of the most incredible games I've ever seen on the Mega drive.

The graphics are fantastic, with an amazing depth of detail and a lot of attention paid to the animation. Later levels see remarkable displays of scaling and rotation that put even the Super NES to shame, such is their brilliance. The sound matches the standard of the graphics with a huge variety of crunchy, thrashy tunes holding the atmosphere of the action and really booming, echoing explosions.

And for once the gameplay matches the high standard of presentation. There's so much variety in Gunstar, every level is completely different, going from a deadly board game to piloting a space fighter.

There's loads of cool weapons too, which is lust as well because there's zillions of enemies too. The Iwo-player option really rounds everything off, and there's not so much as a hint of slow-down even when the screen is completely packed. Gunstar Heroes most definitely is Ribena, in fact, it's E5000 worth of Harry the Lime flavour. Camp outside your local software palace until this is released and buy it immediately.

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Tails Force: ails' somersault assault drains the heroes' energy away like crazy. Fortunately its lightning Zap is less of a problem.

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MEGADRIVE REVIE W revered around the world.

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Making a use of the things that d they find, things that the everyday folks leave behind. Ha o ha, what busy little chappies they n dressed in their little bowler ore, . hots and tartan shawls and led ! p by ir A dear, old Uncle Bulgaria. Why l do n we love them so much? Who knows, perhaps it's because they a all sound like Bernard Cribbens. m Then again, perhaps not. e Whatever the reason, you con rest t assured that when there's litter h to be picked, the Wombles of Wimbledon are always on the a job. t But of course, Wombles aren't ithe only thing that Wimbledon is s famous for Nope, there's tennis

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It seems like a pretty daft idea bringing out a Wimbledon license months after the tournament. Still,

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HEGADRIVE REVIEW •ROBINSON'SBARLEYWATER ,There's tennis and there's Wimbledon, the t famous tennis tournament in the world. 's Wimbledon Tennis lets you take part in championship against seven other opponents. Each has individual strengths and weak nesses in such departments as serve power, footwork, forehond and backhand control.

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ORIGIN Asequel to the original Powerstrike, hem the team responsible for the 'Aleste console shoot 'em ups.

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Fortils bent on your i o n come from oil directions, straddled with all manner of armoury. A salty selection of their piratical vehicles:

JTHTUEI Like strange Mayan sculptures, these shuffle through the jungle, spewing bullets a-plenty.

THE FLEET Pothunter flies above a dense shipping lone, packed with battleships, Multiple hits are needed to pull the plug on these chaps.

SHY SHIPS Heavily armoured and heavily ormed, their only weakness is their slow movement.

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A fan-shaped firing mechanism that widens as you upgrade.

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A selection of mad machines await travellers who , reach the end of the level. Rather than the sleek•h-lots-of-guns look, the Sky Pirates hove opted some lavish designs that resemble fish, Roman galleys and flying saucers.

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r C II is one of those rare O games to savour, that M makes the Master M System perform E beyond all reasonable N expectations. The creators of RoboTAleste for the Mega-CD have worked equal wonders on the 8-bit. From the first seconds of the game there ore tons of deadly sprites flying about, plus the game plays at a breakneck pace. The graphics improve as the game progresses, with all sorts of novel effects and imaginative enemies. This is lust a simple blaster, but one of such quality I'd say Master System owners must get it.

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COMMENT Visually, Puggsy is a dream— the backgrounds are magnificent and the sprites are large I and well animated. found Puggsy fairly tricky to control a lot of the time. It's a damn big game as well, with loads to do — only problem Is, although there's masses of oblects to interact with you don't really need to to complete the level so they end up being superfluous. The main thing you need to enloy this gam., apart from a lot of tolerance of the cheesy tunes, is a whole heap of patience because although, as Gus says, ttie puzzles are fairly logical, the actual execution of some of them drives you F 'you're trying to cross a pit via r some bouncing balls, will he o stay on? Will he hell! I can uenvisage many people lust ngiving up in disgust (as I did) dbut for arcade adventure tfreaks, this is definitely one you'll want to s e . h e t w i s t l i k e w h e Small hints boxes offer n clues to what you should be doing. Open the box and a flickering outline of an object vital to solving the level appears.

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DIRNR D99RI Points and lives are available if you take an object with you as you leave the level.

Some rare artifacts ore worth much more than a simple shell or a used gun. Search levels for valuable looking items.

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sive system for manipulating objects — there can be up to 20 on a single level, Combining objects with others, or taking them to the right place yields points and may lead to further discoveries. Objects also read in a physical sense — with gravity, inertia and weight.

When holding an object, Puggsy may not jump as far,

depending on its weight; objects c pushed or stocked others. This makes important at what height Puggsy carries the object. One final trick is using an object to pull Puggsy over o ledge. He con get a grip on a wall or platform and then leap over.

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Each area of the island has a boss controller that blocks Puggsy's progress. There are five in total, including a pirate parrot on his rocking galleon and a massive raccoon King who has the Beadle-esque ability to drop his hands at will. Polly needs to be slapped with a wet kipper, but killing the King is done by using o complex set of switches and rolling balls.

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P ity the minor superthemselves hero. Whileon Super Mon and Spider Man flaunt the Comicworld stage in cape, tights and spandex, more modest characters like the Flash receive scant recognition At an early age he discovered he was the fastest 'thing' in the universe, which meant he always won the Egg ond Spoon on school sports (kw_ But even though he grew up using his powers against the forces of evil, he never got the recognition of his DC and Marvel counterparts. He become a specialist hero Thinking it was because he sountl• ed like a disinfectant, he even considered becoming 'Jeft', until the famous non-scouring cream cleaner appeared. Probe's surprise Master System release could be his final chance to steal some glory, as he bottles The Trickster, so chose him.

CONTROL: JOY PAD CONTINUES: FOUND SKILL LEVELS: I RESPONSIVENESS: OK GAME DIFFICULTY: !WARD

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HOWTOCONTROL The 0-Pad moves flash 01041 the platform, Up and down makes him jump higher oe drop to lower platforms.

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ArCITY C E N T R A L " The Flash's headquarter's are at Star Lobs, located in the heart of Central City. His surveillance babe alerts him to the acts of the Trickster, who is systematically robbing the gem vaults for campaign funds.

FLASH IN THE FRYING PA N Flash starts off in the inner city, in the midst of the Trickster's campaign to be elected mayor. Thugs ore waiting on the rooftops for our speed freak, throwing bottles of Becks and potato peelers when they see him. Flash has to watch out for the spiky traps that lurk below innocent-looking pavements. Plus the threat of the deadly traffic cones!

AELIN FA C T O R Y Beachthe ent sir of eachlevel to confront the vetticulor boss. Collett flashes and Mod! bonuses.

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The second levels are set in a theme pork which is more unfair than Fun Fair. Flash is at home on the Switchback, but flying saucer patrols lurk. Crusher gates must be negotiated on this level, but both sections hove nifty secret passages that bypass most of the dangerous bits.

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M M E N T Sometimes games lie upon a knife-edge of like and hate. I've felt both ways about Flash whilst playing it. It looks quite good for a Master System game, not as polished as Mickey Mouse or Sonic, put plenty onscreen and fast-moving. The levels are large and have more than one route, which gives a sense of space and freedom to the game. Secret passages, and a range of bonus items add variety to the speedy platform format. Right, that's the like part. But sometimes this game is bonkin' infuriating!

The traps can be nasty, and the aims of some levels obscure.

Some hair-tearing is guaranteed. Occasionally It looks and Lplays crap, but on balance Flash is really quite cool.

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I agree entirely with any reviewing comrade on this game. The Flash is a fast, highly playable platform romp with some decent, well-defined graphics and okayish sound. Whilst some liberties appear to have been token with both the character (The Flash is a lot slower than his comic counterpart) and reality (Flash symbols and spikes in city streets?), the game has got it where it counts. Yes it is a tad frustrating at times, but it's almost certainly one of the better Master System games we've had in for review recently.

AThere's a lot to cock level. live graphics aren't very pal. 'shed, and looked tagged together.

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GRAPHICS The sormdprog r o m m e t h as a t l e ast e rrt e ri m e n t e d

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The smelly third level is set underground Carved heads shoot ankle-level flames, and other chiropody problems await a Flash who runs across the rows of teeth. Finding the exit becomes a hunt for the obscure, requiring sewer skimming and lever-pulling.

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V Discovering the secret passages shoriens the game. Leech are easy to leer...

Flash's powers ore based round speed. He can jump buildings, sometimes needing the aid of springs. Pressing the direction of movement twice puts on a super spud. His first attack is a spin move, which wastes most enemies. Flash also carries a molecular disruptor, which kills from close range.

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ORIGIN %all never guess what—this is the sequel to Chock Rock

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C huck makeRock a buck. wasSeeing alwaysthat a man civilisation who knew washow forever to demanding more sophisticated forms of entertainment, he came up with an idea that was to revolutionise theme parks beyond prehistoric man's wildest dreams By capturing a 20th Century mosquito that had some how found its way into a time warp, he was able to extroct the blood it had drown from another species, separate the DNA and thus pre-create a monster from the misty and distant future. To ensure that these new monsters were contained and unable to put Chuck's contemporaries in danger, Chuck set up a vast reserve. It was a success. Thousands upon millions of curious neanderthols flocked to see sights they could never

S P a u Chuck oroendsix levels, bashGuide singenemies, (Westing power tops eand genetally having a swell time. '

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have imagined.

They flocked to discover the wonder and mystery of the future, They flocked to.. .Cow Park.

Cow Park mode Chuck more bucks than he could imagine, and after he sold film rights to some bearded git he made Intriguing-. no, fascinating. even more. But lealousy has been part of man since the dawn of time and it wasn't long before Chuck was mysteriously missing. As the Rock family soon discovered, he hod been kidnapped by a certain Brick Jagger who has since taken to demanding vast portions of Chuck's weolth_ Having a devoted family as Chuck does, the rescue is down to his son - six months old and mean with it, and armed with a club bigger than himself, it's down to the bambino to do the family name proud once °gain, This Megodrive plotform game sees Chuck Junior bosh his way through six levels, each one split into o number of zones. As well as clubbing the endless enemies on his toil, there ore plenty of power-ups for Junior to coiiad, a whole variety of creatures to use as transport and bonus levels to master. So.._ save Daddy and save the day!

lUBLIC IRANSPORT While most of Chuck Junior's environment is swamped by creatures bent on thwarting his rescue, there ore still some souls who hove it in their hearts to help the valiant toddler out.

Junior can jump on a host of animals and ride around on them. This might enable him to reach power ups otherwise out of his reach, or mean he is protected from spikes or enemies.

In the case of the prehistoric ostrich it means that Junior moves a lot faster and is able to make giant leaps.

This is very slick indeed. As can clearly be seen by the screen shots Chuck Rock II scores full marks for graphics. It's swarming with colour and crowded with huge detailed sprites. There are loads of clever and amusing touches - the Brontosaurus eating a caveman, enticing monkeys with bananas, the level that takes place purely in torch light and so on. The gameplay reflects an equal devotion to quality, the controls being quick and the movement smooth.

Beneath all this though, Chuck Rock II is still lust another platform game, borrowing all of the previous tried and tested techniques and offering nothing new to the genre. It is a fun game to play, but if you're very familiar with platformers the whole thing will no doubt seem very out worn. Chuck Rock II manages to ovoid the trap of making everything too simple (although it's best to avoid the easy level) and there is genuine incentive to make progress, but once I had made it through much of the game and got over feelings of smug satisfaction, there's no getting over the fact that this is just another game likely to join the platform mountain. If you feel you're short on platform experience Chuck Rock II won't fail to fulfil. If, on the other hand you've already had a gutful, I can't see how this game will prove all that different.

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ON THE CLUB SCENE Junior has his father's talent for clubbing and it's a good job too because he has to make use of it very often indeed. On top of the usual forward strike, Junior can also bash downwards by jumping first. Another little trick that the clever half pint is capable of pulling off is balancing on his club. This ability comes in useful when Junior finds himself faced with objects moving towards him that he can't destroy like boulders or spits of fire. He gets on his club and they fly right by eaving him unharmed At one stage Junior can even set fire to the end of his club to see what's going on in dark caverns.

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Yes it's another platform game, but let's not get all narrowminded about such a stoneaged concept! There are many original features lurking in Junior's prehistoric journey and hundreds of sight gags to accompany them. Junior himself is a laughably cute character but, as with his father's quest, the humour doesn't stop there. It's like playing through a Flintstones cartoon as scruffy looking dinosaurs are batted about the head, rocks smashed and monkeys fed to great effect.

All this prevents the action from being overly predictable. To further this cause the bonus stages are lively and fun, adding variation to the overall•mix of good taste.

Son of Chuck is quite different from the usual standards set by platform games in general. It offers some new ideas and presents them all in as fine a way as possible.

Though Son of Chuck hasn't made me go ga-ga it didn't take much for my growing to like it a great deal. Check it out.

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There are o number of bonus levels in Chuck Rock II that enable Junior to accumulate more life. The first bonus screen involves Junior jumping on the back of particularly spongy onimal and trying to knock all the apples from a tree. The second bonus section is a little water race involving lots of rapid button boshing. Another bonus stage involves the ole button bashing technique again as Junior takes to carving out a figure of his pop, and finally there is a mine cort section where Junior has to survive until the ride is over.

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As you might expect, this restores Junioes energy. Milk bottles are often hidden in or between blocks and other obscure places so always check every nook.

These simply give Junior bonus points that are converted into extra life when he scores enough.

' I P T o state the - obvious,these only prove useful when there are monkeys around. They can be used to entice monkeys to a particular spot where Junior con lump on them and then onto something else.

Rftr C e r t a i n large rocks are movable. By jumping on them Junior can reach the otherwise unreachable, or by placing them in a bed of nails he avoids iniury.

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PLAYABILI •Very easy tocalm nal and the response is quick and smooth. No problems with colli• siondetection and so an,

LASTABIL There are enough levels and things are tough enough to keep you plugging away for a while.

'As is the problem with plattomer', compleekm leaves little incentive eve' to return

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Aerobiz is for one to four players.

There are always four airlines competing, with the computer controlling any vacant slots. Each player selects a home city to start, and begins to create a network from there. Al the end of each quarter and the year, a comparative graph shows the performance of each airline. The winner is the player who reaches the goals of profit, passengers and cities first. There are five computer difficulty levels.

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S global travel. Much as they are an essential port of i the Modern world, there ore aspects of air travel that n leave us all feeling helpless and frustrated.

Who is it, for example, that always schedules the c Three Amigos as e the in-flight tmovie? Are h those mini cans e coke really of 1 meant to 9 quench your thirst?

6 And why do you always need to go to the toilet as the duty free trolley passes, and your 0 progress to the back of the plane is made at a s S 1 funereal pace.? , Aerobiz 11 j answers none 1 e these of 1 t A searching 1 a questions.

But N • it i does allow I you • r to set up and expand an airline of your own.

Routes, fares, l • A hotels and buying fleet is oil your responsibility. The i • I only thing you don't have to choose is chicken or n SIPANA I R I rta.

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R has e • r r - cr c m N e v Y • s o ,s• h : =( • o v • , z e • e ) r • r A e The first thing to do is establish a 1 v i r route For this you need slots 1 o You hove thrue negotiators who a travel the world arranging slot l c 1 at any of 22 cities... Each slot u enables one flight to fly from thcrt t I t city. Slots take three to nine i a months to arrange, and their are o a limited amount, depending on r n the airport's size i , Hey, if /oaks just like one of those string sculptures, but on a global scale! s l e

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MEGADRIVE REVIEW Few games look this cock, but all the memory and programming effort has gone into a complex and realistic simulation that I haven't been able to stop playing. Despite the complex rules, it's incredibly easy to pick up. It might sound a tedious idea, but with multiple players it soon turns into a commercial battle, with all sorts of dirty tricks used to boost profits and put your opponents out of business. The control system makes play a little slow and laborious at times, but it's clearly set out. There's loads of depth to this simulation, but the most important fact is that it plays in a logical and rewarding way. Only strategy boffins will appreciate the quality of this purely strategic game, but it's a real gem.

Believe it or not Aerobiz is a pretty good game.

Plotting your flight routes, reaping in the cash, T O M r a i prices, sing laughing at your sad opponents as they fail to match your expertise and then suddenly they're using YOUR routes and stealing YOUR profits. It really gets your mind racing as you try to think your way out of a situation, advertising flights to the next Olympics or even cutting Into the opposition's profits with your own cheap flights.

Ws strangely addictive in one-player mode, but the real fun is playing against human opponents and beating them into the ground.

Guaranteed to turn you into a power-hungry, devious worm.

Definitely one of the better strategy games on the Megadrive.

WiSENTATION two save gomes, some pleasant intim shots and a very cleat presentation. .Pleying the game is quite slow, due toimmeressary messages and slow lext•typing.

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GRAPHICS The globol route maplooks good when it fills up.

Lots of like little touches and 'funny' giaphks.

• Okay, this game isn't up lot any graphics awards, it is very poor.

Indeed it was. Bring on the dancing girls twthwithl

RgUTE 3 1 , Setting up a route demands sev•ral considerations:

PLANES What type of pion,- to fly.

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Fla Earn How many flights each week? .You need one slot at each airport per flight. Running routes with

few flights is unprofitable.

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How much to charge. If you hove a monopoly you may charge extortionately, but passengers may still stay away.

A route costs money to open and shows as a black line on the global map If the line is in competition, it glows yellow. Lossmaking routes show up in red.

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What's more the controls feel just right Os you weave your truck about, powering off ramps into the air, bouncing off the walls. It's spoton. The only major difference is that some of the tracks are different from their coin-op counterparts. However, this game's main problem is that it's a little too easy. By swapping all your credits for cash right at the beginning, you can notch up your top-speed to the max, making it fairly easy to beat your opponents even on the HARD setting. This isn't such a problem in two-player mode

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f--11 The D-Pad moves yaw players I the buttons have various 0 about, W risks depending on your teems current activities.

T O C — 1 O 0 NB M s T o She tile issit/Pitch h v e Re 'l O oS i b nb r s TOPLAY L ai nHOW . be Players must mbat, pitch and field in on auattempt to o score runs by getting players around the bases and sp 'home'. Them team Mat scores the ep ost •oints we the winners. o w e r 9 2 -AI M SEGA o p

S national league bringing • w i t together men, women and even u robots in one all-new and p sparkly stadium, the 'Cyber e Egg'. Things have got a bit rwarped here in the future, what with i t B comes with a unique set of cladding players in armour to enhance their natural playing teams, some with strong pitcha a b i l i t i e s , and ers, some with wild hitters, but any team con be s replacing improved by purchasing power-ups_If a player gets 7e . 1 1 1 F — E M Z L I - : salaries with fed up with striking out in the league, there is #b on-the-spot always the opportunity to challenge a friend in the get into a cash prizes. two-player mode. At the end of the day who knows per Novelties aside, if Super Baseball 2020 will be a field of dreams or l Sasebo all of the usual nightmares, l 4 2 • ' t u ri s t i . ches 0 T fparat 2 h . m ot 0 e Basebal i n games o Providing a team has Ls i the e acquired enough cash vakgadrive and the 'easy to they con make buy i ijontror nature of the game n power-ups to irnprove t 111.ans that initially there is a either their batting or i to gel enthusiastic abo ' pitching abilities. Once l wn e graphics succeed in c the i b power-up has been at r allocated to a player that player starts to glow and their skill and , Oell, a and the use of closestrength immediately improves. It is always best to save powerselids to the thrill. Having rt ups until they are tactically necessary_ There isn't much point in k • did in to 2020, though, I g increasing the ability of a player who is already very good. i e We feeling that much of it I Power-ups are generally best for ployers who have come into n of a hit or miss affair. ebit the game as replacements for injury. nbatting g and pitching, it se as much luck as skill that t ensures success. I never felt h like I was completely in cone of my team. The more I trol a played the more I felt I was properly getting to grips with t my team but the level of conm trol still left me a bit o bemused. In two-player s mode 2020 proves a lot more fun p and it is here that Illuseball h fans are likely to get 11 e 1r te hp e

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PRESENTATION

Because all of the players wear special equipment there are a few little tricks they can pull off, one of which is on uncanny ability to iump exceedingly high. This means that hits that would otherwise be heading for the stands con be reached. The best way to judge when to jump is to watch the ball's shadow on the pitch. There are jump zones that line the fences and enable the fielder to jump even higher than normal in an attempt to catch the really big hits_

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Rookie, Pilot, Veteran or The messenger of America's Ace. There ore two n displeasure is the F-15, a gleamEuropean areas — one ding testament to man's inventivewhich recreates the now defunct tness in the business of destructhreat from the Warsaw Pact htion. The worlds greatest jet notions, and another based in Finland/Russia. The familiar efighter. This new simulation enlists you in the Air Corps, flying Middle Eastern trouble spots ore w one of these babies through six featured, with you flying to bomb owor zones, in countless missions Damascus from Cypriot/Israeli ragainst designated targets. The bases and then giving it to lstark choice of promotion or a soddom from airfields based in dmilitary funeral is decided by a Bohroin, The nostalgia trip of your flying skills. b post American involvements fin, ishes up in Vietnam. Most of the c weaponry you face is standard o Soviet equipment! Sons-8 rockn ets, Mig-29 and Mig-25 fighters. f l Es I B R I E F I N G o ro e ••• S O O * 1 • • • ••••••• W I

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Missions ore compiled from a list of potential targets, with a primary and secondary selected for each run. This gives a random element to the game, with hundreds of possible target combinations. The more you play, the further you hove to travel. Luckily, the game has a 'Time Warp' facility to speed up travel over long distances.

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This was originally a brilliant PC game and the basic concept of the game has translated well to the Megadrive.

Although the action is a tad on the 'samey' side, there are plenty of missions to undertake and different difficulty levels to heighten the simulation's accuracy. So, F-15 is rather smart eh? Well, um, not exactly. The PC version was absolutely fob.- on a swift mega-spec PC, but was very slow and jerky on a less impressive machine. The Megadrive just doesn't have the raw mathematical power to bring this game off. The result is a simulation that's slow to update and doesn't exactly convey supersonic speeds! A nice try though and better than Domork's MiG-29 — but EA's LHX Attack Chopper is still the ultimate game of its type.

PRESENTATION

In common with other flight sims, F-15 lets you toggle your viewpoint of the gome ot any lime The range of views is about the most extensive yet: you may look in any directions from your plane as well as going external and following the track of your missile or seeing the 'chose' view of your plane.

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W beyond the world we know of three-dimensions and elook at the point where real becomes unreal; and the irraltional becomes tangible. This today oh? Got ao respect. our journey takes us to ctime, a normal suburban house. o What could be lurking in m the cellar? A rusty prom? eCoal for the fire? What if .some unclean spirit pos. ssing a biker's jacket T t ided to gate-crash o your a lovely home. t sThis is exactly what happened to the has e charming Sordini family e n — Pops a mafia merTchant s banker, Mom w loves e animals so much she has a full of them, Junior is interested in nature — so he iwordrobe o pulls the wings off butterflies. And little miss is a Take That fon, so they all deserve l f to have the living shinolo scored out of them. Every room of their sprawling house is lavishly decorated, ibut mtheir dream home has become a nightmare — blood drips from walls, ond jobbies parade around the gbathroom i with impunity. It's all part of the Polterguy's plan to drive them out..

A rather hs intriguing shot t c of an enorZh mous great hole in the oi wall. Utterly ne fascinating. e f Polterguy's activity starts in the underground vaults, and he often . returns there. Drops of Ecto fall from O the ceiling. Polterguy must move n through the cellar collecting enough to reveal c a glowing spot on the floor that opens the door to the Sordini's home. Sometimes a letter falls e instead and picking this up adds a spell to m Polterguy's list (see spells). In the cellar o Polterguy is vulnerable to demonic powers, r with bats in coffins, claws erupting from walls e and cascading skulls. If the icon of Polterguy's face shrinks to nothing, th e r n e is over. w e g o

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Polterguy arrives in the real world by interrupting the Sardini's dinner. After the chandelier falls, the family scatters throughout the house. Polterguy may go around scaring them for as long as he has Ecto power. Shown by a green bar, this reduces steadily with time, and even more quickly as Polterguy possesses oblects. When the Ecto bar is empty, Polterguy returns to the dungeon to collect more.

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%Pi I AT E V E R POSSESSED YOU? Possessing objects is easy. From where Polterguy is standing, some objects are marked with a glowing cursor. If A is pressed, Polterguy leaps into the object, and then back oat. Soon the object starts to tremble, attracting the attention of anyone in the room. When they approach something horrific happens.

Possessions ore either one-off events (like the shark in the fish tank) or you may hove control over a poltergeist obiect for some time.

OH N O W GO, WA L K OUT THE DOOR The aim of the game is to scare the family out of each room, and eventually the house. By possessing objects, each person gets gradually more freaked until they run out the room screaming. The reword for this is bonus Edo. If Polterguy pursues them consistently, they'll lose their nerve and run right out the house. Once everyone has fled, Polterguy moves to their next abode.

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Haunting's a completely inspired idea for a video game. The clever concept stands head and shoulders G U S a b pile o v of e the derivative platformers that make up the majority of 'new releases'. Even better it's original to the Megodrive, not some computer conversion. The presentation and humour is top-notch — utterly superb graphics and really ingenious spook effects. Add to that the brilliant kitsch score and sampled effects and Haunting justifies itself as the best programmed game since Ecco. But the only doubtful part of it all is the gameplay itself. Scaring is great fun, but that part of the game doesn't provide any real challenge. You can't die as such, only run out of Ecto and be forced to return to the underworld. That section is the only part that can kill you off — but it's also the dullest section by far, and isn't much fun. Because of this, I think Haunting won't have enough lasting-appeal for 'serious' garners, but as a family game it's 'dead' good, and EA

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MEN?' I can't tell you how cheesed off I am by the masses of similar games being released.

That's why I thoroughly enjoyed the new EA release that is Haunting.

The concept of R I C H h u ily n t members i n g downand famscaring the cock out of them is an utterly original concept. The level of humour is superb. The brilliant samples, coupled with the fabulous comical effects make this a game that you'll come back to again and again until you've seen the entire game.

However, like Gus says, once you've seen the entire game, some doubt lingers as to whether you'll come back for more. As It is, if you're as bored as I am with the usual mounds of platformers and shooters, go for Haunting. Having seen this brave step EA have taken in producing something new, I implore other comanies to follow their lead.

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SPELLS TROUBLE Polterguy's spells allow him to regain his Edo power, ward off demons in the house or give the Sardinis a super score. The most interesting is the Zombi e spell,

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GAME GEAR. excellent condition with Sonic 2.

Lemmings. Shinobi, Columns, adaptor included. all items boxed with instructions, El 25 ono. Tel. 10661) 822827.

MEGADRIVE GAMES. 18 for sale, inc NHL PA Hockey, Sonic 2. Toe Jam & Earl, John Maddens, Fighting Masters. Mercs, Rolling Thunder 2. all English C10E15 each, also 3 Japanese games. Whiplash. Alien Storm and Magical Flying Hat Adventure. Tel. (0245) 471100.

LYNX II for sale ,with pouch, sun visor. comlynx and ac plus car adaptors. and 9 games. Inc. Siun Runner, Hard Drivin' and Road Blasters, all boxed, in good condition, £200 ono. games maybe sold separately, buyer must collect. Tel. 10245) 471100 (Essex).

FOR SALE Ecoo the Dolphin. boxed with instructions. 2 months old. offers, E35 ono. Tel. Simon on (099387) 521.

AMIGA 1200, external drive, approx. 100 disks, in disk box, mouse. joystick. E350 ono Tel. James on 10508) 493601 (Norwich area).

Aw • MEGA UK MEGADRIVE games, Streets of Rage 2, PGA Golf 2, excellent condition, boxed with instructions. E25 each.

Tel. 081-459 1269, ask lor Suia, MASTER SYSTEM 2, 2 control pads, light phaser, Alex Kidd, built-in, plus 6 games (boxed) including Sonic E80 Tel (0625) 876463.

UK MEGADRIVE. 2 control pads and 8 games. including Super Kick' Oft, Road Rash 2 and John Madden '92. all complete in perfect condition worth almost E500. will sell for E200 ono. Tel Nick 104941 727037, after 4pen MEGADRIVE for sale, 4 months old, complete with box, 2 control pads, 5 games, Streets of Rage 2.

Ecco. Road Rash, Desert Strike, Super Wrestlemania. worth E300 new, sell for £180 ono Tel 10728) 723371 (Suffolk area).

AMIGA 500, hardly used. with joystick, mouse. 4 disks.

8 games and mains adaptor £200. Tel. 081-789 0513.

GAME GEAR. 6 games and adaptor and carry case, will sell lot £180 ono Tel Daniel on 081-981 8615, buyer collects MENACER Pro sale, good condition, boxed, will sell lor E40 ono. Tel. Glenn on 081981 8615. buyer collects (London area).

MEGADRIVE games for sale. inc WO Illusion Ecco (C20). Fantasia. Forgotten Worlds (E15) or the lot (C60).

Tel Sean on 081-395 6149.

UK MEGA CD & Megadrive, boxed with 14 games, including Flashback. poypads Jap adaptor scan lead and mags £325. Tel, (0708) 226263 MEGADRIVE for sale with 8 games, inc. Sonic 2, Speedball 2 and Menacer set, all in mini condition with cheats, boxes and instructins and loads of issues of MM and MMS thrown in, sell all for E225 ono. Tel. Jamie on (0734) 781987, nowl SELL JAPANESE Megadnve, Bulls vs. Lakers •Super Kick Off and 2 joypads for only E110, also sell Street Fighter 2 for E35 and Super Soccer for E20. all in perfect condition, boxed and with instructions. Tel 071-254 8526.

MEGADRIVE for sale. 11 games, such as Desert Strike. Ecco the Dolphin, arcade slick and normal control. included Megadrive book and Masier System convertor with game included, brilliant deal only 2 months old. E300. Tel. Joseph on 10932) 842366.

MASTER SYSTEM 2, boxed with instructions, perfect condition, only old, includes Alex Kidd. built-in.

Wonclerboy1111(Sega Pro 90%) and Moonwalker, all for £60. or swap for Game Gear.

Tel Dan on (0726) 61265. after 3pm.

MASTER SYSTEM 2 for sale, with 6 games including: Sonic 2 and Donald Duck. sell for E100 ono Tel. (0235) 814006.

PC GAMES. Indy Last Crusade, LSLI, Chuck Yeager Combat. EOB, Rick Dangerous II E5 each. Tel. Peter on (0326) 40453.

Tel Peter on (0326) 40453 GAME GEAR for sale, t 2 games. Terminator. SO Rage. eic, all accessories. inducing TV tuner, worth over £550, sell for £210 ono.

Tel 449 7850 (Hertfordshire) and ask for Jonathan Also Megadrive for sale, 6 games and desk E180 ono.

FOR SALE Megadrive with 2 pads. powershck and 8

games including: Jungle Strike and Micro Machines E250 also for sale.

Gameboy with a handy boy and 4 games. Mario 2, Teets.

Star Wars and Terminator 2 E100 Tel Andy on 081-645 3933 FOR SALE SNES. mint condition. includes Mario World. SF II. Final Fight, Mario Karl. 2 joypads, only £170 Tel, 081-688 4624. now!

MEGADRIVE GAMES lor sale, Turman. Spiderman, Sonic 1, Mercs, Eswat, Truxton £10. Chuck Rock, Strider. Ex-Mutants £15, Alien III, Thunderforce 4, Road Rash. Sonic 2 £20.

Fatal Fury. SOK 2 £25.

Game Genie E20. CD Black Hole Assault E15. (seers considered Te l P et e on

(0902) 727878 MEAN MACHINES issue 0 July 1990, mint condition, E25 ono. Write to: David Grant, 47 Verulam Way. Cambridge 084 2HJ

kMART Olt I'm selling my Amstrad CPC 464. tully equip with keyboard, monitor, chetah toystick. and over 60 top games, such as Black Tiger, Gouts 'n Ghosts, Midnight Resistance, etc. selling for E70 Tel Matthew on (0788) 890935, MEGADRWE with 16 top games, extra controller Scam and Pal leads. Japanese adaptor, all boxed, in excellent condition, very cheap E325. including a lot of magazines. Tel. Mike on (0948) 663974 in the evenings JAP MEGADRIVE plus Mega CD with Pro COX cart, allowing any games to be played. includes Sewer Shark, Road Blasters and Jaguar, all for E250 Tel. 061-336 8727 WANT a Sega Mega-CO 2! only £199. MD 2 only E99.

Scart only rm afraid, Sega Fighting 6-button pad E25.

Sega mouse Only E35, Sega MD 4-player multi tap £35.

Tel. Chris (0273) 883035.

MEGADRIVE for sale. with 9 games, Menacer Gun. 2 poypacts. all official and boxed, worth over E500. for sale at E280 ono. Please contact Chris Miles on (0442) 259996, evenings or weekends GAMEBOY for sale, boxed, good condition, includes game-fink. Tetris, Terminator 2 and Super Hunch Back. £80 Tel Richard on (0745) 813584 SUPER NINTENDO, 7 games, universal adaptor, 2 joypads E250 for the lot. also Sega Megadnve, 7 games, joypad, ssowerstick, adaptor. magazines and videos E200 for the lot. Tel. (0843) 596984, and ask for Sihn.

Urgent sale al both.

GAME GEAR plus 8 games.

Lemmings. Columns. Smash TV, Chuck Rock. worth E365, sell for E260 ono, Tel. 081-558 9169. weekdays (E. London area).

MEGADRIVE games: Lemmings. LT Challenge, T.Force 4, and WO Illusion E25 each. 2 for E45, or 4 for E85, boxed and instruction, also MS convertor with SKOft. Speedball, &Tennis.

Populous and light phaser E50. worth E162. no swaps and no negotiating Tel. Arvy on 0 8 1 , 813 8 3 0

MEGADRIVE GAMES for sale, Alien 3. Pittighter.

Krusly's. Super Kick-Off, Arcus Odyssey. TJ & Earl, Aquatic Games, Shadow Dancer, Castle of Huston.

Sonic & Space Harrier 2 E20 for both, the rest are El 0E20. all in good COnChitOn. Tel Mike on 10788) 891440.

EGG FRIED RICE! I'm selling a few of my top quality games, Desert Strike E18, Chakan £18, Tazmania E20, Terminator 1 E15. Sonic & After Burner II E20.

Pitlighter Et 7. Alien 3 E20.

Shadow Dancer E16.

Krusty's El 7. Tel_ Mathew on (07881890935.

MEGADRIVE games for sale, Two Crude Dudes, Magical Flying Hat Streets ot Rage E16 each, Golden Axe II, Sonic I, Wonderboy, Monster World. Ghouls 'n' Ghosts £20 each. Altered Beast El 0, Japanese convertor E5. Tel. Daniel on (05821715349 ELEVEN Sega Megadnve games tor sale, including Desert Strike. Sonic II and EA Ice Hockey, all games boxed with instructions, all games are official copies and all are in perfect condition. prices range from El 0 to £30 Tel, Lee (0272) 350710.

MEGADRIVE with 12 games, including PGA Golf, Powermonger, Road Rash.

Speedball II, F22 Interceptor, JM 92, EA Hockey. David Robinsons', arcade powerstick, 2 further controllers, also Japanese convertor, will throw-in 20 map. worth in excess of E750, quick sale needed.

E350. Tel. 051-920 0347, after 6prn, FOR SALE Super FaMICOM with 1 joypad. internal convertor and Street Fighter II, sell for E130 one Tel (0274) 835586 and ask for Mark. Also Japanese Megadrive with 5 games, 2 pypads and carry case for sale EIS& plays all games.

SUPER NINTENDO (brand new), UK'PAL version. 1 control pad, Street Fighter II, Super Mario World 4, E115 ono_ Tel Mark on (0778) 344094.

MASTER SYSTEM 2 for sale, with 6 games, psu and 2 control pads_ E60 ono Iperfecthoxedy Tel Mark on (0778) 344094.

FOR SALE Game Gear, boxed as new. with 6 games inc. Sonic 2. Donald Duck and Sonic 1. accessories include, wide gear. car adaptor, mains power pack. worth in excess of £300. will sell for E170 ono. Tel. Dave on (0708) 478468.

SCART English Magadnve. controller, psu. Corporation.

Dragon's Fury, Marble Madness, Shadow."Beast II (boxed & instructions). E125 ono. Tel Mark on (0778) 344094. Bargain!

MEGA CD games. Sewer Shark (USA) E35, Switch (Jap) E35, Tel Bath (0225) 338587.

SWAPS MEGADRIVE will swap my Super Kick-Off game. official, excellent condition for your official Flashback only. must be vgc Tel i 03221 556801.

SWAP Ecco. Ghouls 'n' Ghosts, Arnold Palmer Golf, Double Dragon 2, Desert Strike for any decent game or swap all for Mega CD and games or sell, prices from E15-E30_ Contact Andy on (0744) 811280 AMAZING collection of Megadrive SNES games for sale or exchange. I'll also buy any recent MD/Mega CD games up to E20 paid' SAE: Michael Herron, 120 Glebe Gardens, Glengormley. Co Antrim, N. Ireland 6T36 6ED or phone (0232) 84473, not mornings - thanks!

MEGADRIVE with Flashback and Sonic 2, will swap for SNES with 1 or 2 games Tel 'Tim on (0832) 735207 I WANT to swap my Megadnve plus 2 games, including Sonic 2, Super Kock-Oft lor a SNES with 2 decent games, preferably STF II and Super Mario or others considered. Tel Steve on (0527) 62765. alter Om. MEGADRIVE GAMES for swapping, Sonic. Revenge Shinobi. Super Monaco GP Sword of Vermillion, Golden Axe, open to otters Tel (0323) 505428 BOXED MEGADRIVE with 7 games. 1 controller with boxed arcade power stick, I want USA SNES with games Contact 081-368 7486.

BOXED SNES with 10 games, 2 controllers plus Action Pro Replay. I want Neo-Geo with games.

Contact Ricky on 081.368 7486.

MEGADRIVE with 3 games to games, also for sale 4 , Megadrive games. Tel, a 10582) 583025.

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SWAP my Megadrive. 2 joysticks, 2 games for Amiga 500. Tel. Matt on (0705) 781824, GHOULS 'N' GHOSTS for sale only E20 or swap for any other decent Megadnve game Contact Kevin on (05331885043 WILL SWAP Mega game Fantasia or Ouackshot for Grand Slam Tennis or PGA Golf. Tel Mel on 021-358 4102. after 5pm.

WILL SWAP Madden '92 for Flaskback, also both Test Dnve 2 and Italia 90 for Super Monaco 2. Tel. Paul on 091-266 8378, SEGA MASTER SYSTEM Ninia game to swap fort Sonic the Hedgehog. Tel 031.551 3893. ask for Max. MEGADRIVE GAMES to swap or for sale. Cyborg Justice. Chakan, games wanted are Micro Machines.

X-Men. also to swap or for sale Sherlock Holmes, CD. wanted Time Gal. E25 per game, strike control pad E5.

Tel. 081-575 7207 I WILL SWAP my Megadnve with 4 games for your Amiga 1200 and games. Tel Alam on ow -543 6878.

ATARI 520 ST. Ouickloy. joystick, mouse. over 50 games,arnany top tales (worth over E300), sell for E165 or swap for Megadrive and games or SNES and games Tel. (0733) 62803 iPeterboroughl SWAP MD with Sonic 2 Streets of Rage II, 2 controller for SNES with 1 or 2 games Tel. (0442) 876848.

WANTED cheap printer, for use with Amstrad CPC 464 in good condition if you can help, please phone 021-554 6714

PEN PALS Hit I am a 13-year-old boy looking for a 13-year-old girl pen friend, I like sports. music, computers, animals and riding. Please send a current photo to: Thomas Murray. Sunnyside Cottage, Gatesicle, Kingswells, Aberdeen AB1 8PP 15 pen - pal. either sex al similar age, Y must be prepared to write regularly. Please write E Damien Fahy. 26 to A Beechwood Avenue, Chatham, Kent ME5 R YO - all those Megadrive lovers I'm a boy aged 14 O looking for a girl pen pal.

L roughly the same age. Write D Man Willis. 2 Ivy Villas, to b Branlham Hill. Manningtree, Essex C011 1SX. All letters o answered, photo if possible. y .cherrio, auvoir, adios. r amigos. e I am a 14-year-old boy HI. q looking for a good looking 14-year-old u girl with blonde or i brown hair, photo included. Please write to: r Kevin Aubrey. 7 Warren e Road, Ickenham, Middlesex UB12 s 8AA.

MISCELLANEOUS WANTED I WILL BUY used Megadnve games at • ,Writing stating the games you ' I t hwish e to sell to: Keith Johnson, Flat 56. 380 rHotwess e t a Road i Howells. lBristol, Avon I358 ANT. UK p rM E i GA -c e or. Night Trap or any Fight good C D game, willing to pay between E150-E175. Tel w i t h (0250) 883341.

F i n a WILL BUY Megadrive MegalCD Master System games. swaps from E4. Tel. Brian on (0463) 221173, after 2pm.

MEGADRIVE with decent games will swap my SNES. Tel Brian on (0463) 221173, after 2pm.

COMICS WANTED. First 20 monthly Judge Oredd magazines and Every Toxic Call Roddy on (0862) 892633 WANTED URGENTLY! Tes[ Drive II for the SNES. will pay good price or swap for decant title Tel. (0900) 826062. ask tor Mike.

CHEATS ior Megacu ive Master System, Gamegear. just send El plus SAE to: A. Low, 1919 Paisley Road, West Glasgow 352 SW LEADS TO CONNECT Amstrad CIM-844, colour monitor to Megadrive.

Superb picture. Send E6.50 to: Thomas Burns.

Cloysbare. Cliffoney. Co. Sligo, Ireland WANTED MEGADRIVE contac ts to swap games, etc. Tel_ (08021299435 or write to: 4 Annan Court, Aspley, Nottingham and ask for Pip, 100% reply, also Rolling Thunder II Scant version El 0,

MESSAGES GET A DISK DRIVE ton you!

SNES now' 24Mon model for Turbo SF2 only E279. No time wasters! Tel, (02731 883035. Hurry,

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Landstalker is lavish, actionpacked, taxing and extremely deep. In just about every department: graphics, playability, game plot and size.

Landstalker defers to nothing else. The programmers have produced a really solid-looking isometric 3D, with amazing stone and wood textures.

There's a vast variety of locations and landscapes, each with it's own excellent soundtrack. But Landstalker is made a classic by the involved plot that surrounds your adventuring. The story adds another dimension to exploring the vast dungeon areas, making it as much a brain game as an action adventure. The more you play, the more you realise this is by far the best adventure game on the Megadrive.

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This remote strip of land is reached by raft from Ryumu, Inside are sacred relics of the golden goddess set around a tranquil pool and spectacular waterfall. However, the setting has been defiled by thieves arid kidnappers, using the place as a base, and preparing elaborate ball and spike traps for unwelcome 1)1 visitors. elf e wafer biscuit. I bet it's something V

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Pitfalls often prove lethal as Nigel's journey progresses so this becomes a bit irritating.

Other than that the game is a marvel. Not only is it visually magnificent but the interaction between characters is always entertaining with a great line in humour supplying light relief on occasion.

Every location in the vast adventure is richly depicted with as much core applied to background images as the main players. Consequently the eyes are always entertained by places and characters visited many times before in the course of exploration. Sego also provide an outstanding musical score, yet again, with a consistently good mix of soothing madrigals and rousing marches.

Landstalker is guaranteed classic status in no time at all.

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Not being a complete soddies, we at MEAN MACHINES refuse to trot out the usual line of fish puns and instead will tell it like it is The evil Dr Maybe has returned to create havoc in the world. His new cunning plan is to mine yogurts, ice cream and cheese from the moon's rich supply, monopolise and change the face of the dairy market os we know it. Milky, milky! FISH has discovered his plot and has sent their top agent, Pond, to sort him out.

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, skis, rocket boots and anti-gravity boots. Pond also drives a lunar buggy, a drilling machine, a giant moon-worm and a minirocket. The game also introduces Pond's new side-kick, Finnius Frog and follows their quest for the world's salvation. Tune in next month for further updates.

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This sequel is much faster and includes a manual goalie option so the player, not the computer, can be solely to blame if the goals fly in. The 13-meg 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 to save up to seven players' place.

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