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IVVIFROYAL RUMBLE84 ASTERIX 92 LETHALENFORCERS94 Hands up if you use Right Guard! Mrs Shelley only went in to cash her pension. Will you blow her head off? The choice is yours.

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TURTLES TOURNAMENT FIGHTER 112 WOrIFICI play pretend Streetfighter with my not-verypopular-anymore-moulded- plastic-toy-dolls? Yeah!

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1 THE 1 INCREDIBLEHULK 18 An in the works look at the game which Jaz and Rich 2 helped to design!

DRAGON 22 :Our work in progress looks at the gome of the martial arts master, Bruce Lee's life

ASPECTWARRIOR 24 An exclusive look at a new EA game based on the amazing ("mines Workshop board games'

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FINALBIT Weil, it's Richhere again, feeling a but better oher last month'i violent illness. I really envy you lot, you know. Comingsoon we've got on utterly meg° competition for you. I mean • competition so 'kin ore, you won't believe it, you'll have to wit until next month (at maybe the month after) to find out what it is, but believe me, that wait will be hrotik O. Look out for it!

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BYE BYE A N D Y Thismonthwebidafondfarewelltowel-respectedMEAN MACHINESProductionEditor—AndyMcVitheManyisthetime he'sentertaineduswithhispubsinger rend hi tswhilstche NMlAC itions ockin f gover p the oM pEAu aHIN r ESpages,Andnow,it's all c o m e to an e nd Well no, not really.

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prices hove now been raised to an averoge of E45 00 for an 8-meg game. I'm not going to go on about how Sega are ping us off or anything like that The fact is that carts ore mode Japan and have to be imported bumps up prices badly due to weakness of the pound compared to the Japanese yen. Memory ips ore very expensive as it is However, there is possible solution — a solution I'm surprised that Sego o p t e d . nths ago I had a meeting with Sego's Product Director, Barry Jafrato, discus * I - plans for Mega-CD He proposed that all cart games would be released on two formats — cartridge and CD Blank CDs cost about 50p, with the raw moteriol for carts costing ten times as much The CD versions of each game would be a lot cheoper — soy E20.00, but they would look, sound and play just like the cont game.

Sounds ideal eh? Well, there ore two problems. First of all, you'd need to invest M O in o Mega-CD. Secondly, the Mega-CD only hos in-built memory to the tune of 6meg. Sega were also proposing to sell memory boost cartridges that plug into the Megodrive's cart slot. Without that you'd be looking at multi-toad games. But is that really too much of a price to pay?

Sego must have thought that this idea was, in the end, not viable. However, soles of Mega-CDs nre slowing down. People could do with an incentive to invest in the new • 0 8 Y a • ' v e t h a n a E 2 0 .

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FASCINATING W I STUFF The Street Fighter II souvenir poster book is free to MEAN MACHINES readers. It is for promotional use only and not for resale.

All artwork is ID Capcom 1991, 1992, 1993. If you like the look of our excellent Street Fighter II posters contained in our mega book (free with this issue), look in yo local branch of Athena (they of classy poster fame).

Check out their official range of exclusive SFII posters.

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M of Japan intend to convert their latest coin-op, Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers, onto the Megadrive.

E Our 100% reliable sources from within Capcom have A informed us that the game will be converted onto the most popN ular Sega and Nintendo systems the Megadrive and Super NES. M Capcom have pencilled in a preliminary release dote of June A 1994 (a year after the premiere of Super NES Street Fighter II Turbo).

Following the shenanigans between Sego and Capcom C (that resulted in the change from Megadrive Champion Edition H into Turbo), the company has decided that both formats will be I released simultaneously.

N Capcom have only just only confirmed the conversion, ond E work on both conversions is very much in the embryonic stages.

Thot S being the case, our source was unable to confirm the cart size S or specs of the new game. However, we have been promised that the game will be just as close to the coin-op as E the recently released Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition G (rated by us at 98%), A MEAN MACHINES attended the European premiere of the c.•cade version of Super Street Fighter II. Check out all the info._ a n e

THENEWCHALLENGERS Four new characters hove entered the Street Fighter II arena to take on the 12 established fighters. These ore the new personalities, plus their special moves.

FE'LONG(HongKong)

A martial arts expert, Fel Long is devastating in the right hands. His greatest assets ore speed and technique We reckon that this guy could be the next Guile in terms of dominating the Strcei Fighter tournament

Rekka-Ken (uppercut): DOWN, DOWNTOWARD, TOWARD, PUNCH

Shien-Kiyaku (flaming uppercut kick): BACK, DOWN BACK-DOWN, KICK

HAWK(Mexico)

This native American is slow on his feet, but like Zangief, he's incredibly powerful in the right hands_ If you're wondering, I Hawk's full name is Thunder Hawk. Fascinating.

Condo Dive: ALL PUNCH BUTTONS, JUMP Tomahawk Buster: TOWARDS, DOWN, DOWN-TOWARDS, PUNCH Mexican Typhoon: FULL CIRCLE, PUNCH

CAhiMY(England)

A girl with a murky post, Cammy has plenty of speed and a devastating range of kicks.

RIGHT, KICK 0 Cannon Spike: TOWARDS, DOWN, 1 DOWN-TOWARDS, KICK 1 , 4 0 N This guy used to be a musician, but he's traded in his maracas for martial arts! A bit S difficult to get to grips with and endowed p with some bizarre special moves. i Ace Rusher: BACK, TOWARDS, PUNCH r Double Rolling Sole Butt(!): BACK, TOWARDS, aKICK l Machine Gun Uppercut: DOWN, UP, TAP A PUNCH 1 r r o w : D O W N , T O W A R D S ,

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„ 11F117 Night Storm a flight sim due out soon on the Megodrive I from EA_ o The player takes the controls of a stealth bomber — the most techn nically advanced strike aircraft in the world — and navigates the craft through a series of worldwide missions.

The game features two modes of play; Arcade s Mode which allows players to choose exactly how t NEW GAME many oir and ground targets they want to take out. o BY EA Alternatively, the Campaign Mode takes in nine p MEGADRIVE international theatres and 30 scenarios based on a historical fact and political 'what-ifs?'. The campaign starts with basic training then its on to the real action with complex c air t to ground and air to air missions after detailed briefings at the start of each mission_ i The F117 is equipped with revolutionary infra-red displays; a laser o guidance system which works with weapon control cameras to guide missiles n from plane to target. The 16-meg cart is pocked with 11 different plane views, digitised speech and enhanced bitmopped graphc ics. More news when it comes in. o m • • b NEW GAME i Xiir gin has signed up the considerable but grue- B Y VIRGIN • nV some talents of cult horror fiction writer, Clive C D SYSTEMS • • e Barker to write a series of games for the Mega-CD. • s Working exclusively for Virgin, Barker, a massive computer fan, will • be w involved in the projects at every stage from concept, through story boarding, scripting and design.

• i The best-spiting author of novels like Hellraiser and The • t Forbidden, Barker has not yet revealed the substance of his Sego • h works but you can bet your bottom dollar it won't be pleasant and not : something s to play alone...

• •e• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • OOOOO • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • r i o Iu ical standards, in the form of AX101. Much like Silpheed in plot, the game n is set in the for future (2500 AD) and centres around a mysteris ous Js tronsmission received on Earth. The source is the distant planet Prism. a t The Prismians warn of an impending ottack from the warlike planp et r Geluza, whose armada is only 24 hours from Earth! Not having the a firepower to resist them, Prism offers the use (inclusive a n t NEW GAME or mileage tariff) of its AX101 super ship. The only snag is that Prism is a long way off. Four scouts ore ,e MEGA-CD immediately dispatched, but one is destroyed as you a g BY SEGA try to traverse the Geluzian blockade. n That leaves three ships to take part in this 3D i o scrolling adventure, as they encounter black holes, asteroid fields and s face the Geluzian fleet in space and the planet Gadea. There ore no ti power-up icons, but once the AX101 is located you have access to h n some serious firepower. e g AX101 uses full motion video background scrolling, like that of r( Sewer Shark and Silpheed. The problem with those previous game is the fa lack of interaction and real control over your direction. The makers a l of AX101 ore aiming to make it as action-packed as it is visually exciting.

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V irgin ore behindOriginally some elementary action, andbyIce for the Master System. programmed forwith the Fire Amiga lankhaired computer genius Andrew Braybrook. the game had its hey-day a couple of years ago. It's o platform game for the thinking man, with lots of subtleties.

The player controls a large dog, who scours NEW GAME the landscape looking for puppies to rescue.

BY VIRGIN The graphics ore really colourful but do more MASTER SYSTEM than merely decorate. They change to show the time of day, with different enemy creatures emerging at nightfall. Different climate zones (the Fire and Ice of the title) dominate separate levels. Fire and Ice is worth watching for on the 8-bit, and MEAN MACHINES SEGA is keeping its eyes peeled for a review cart

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Sland kulls,devil's trolls,trumpets robots and other from hell meet forfiends some mutated mayhem in Mutant League Hockey — a nutty new Megadrive game from EA, Featuring 23 manic teams, this is no ordinary game of hockey.

Each team has its own stadium oil packed with booby traps and hazards including ice sharks, mines and ice pits. There are weapons lying all over the pitch — ice picks, axes, dynamite... you want it, you got it! And if a scrap starts on the pitch, no problem you both get tossed into a cage where a some serious one-on-one beat 'em action evolves. The destruction con be reduced by changing the Death Index or increased by using the Special Enforcer characters.

Re-live the action with Puck Cam, a new instant replay feature which gives a puck's eye view of all the mutilation. A great touch is at the end of each period a creature scuttles on a sweeps up all the dismembered limbs lying on the pitch Out in December, we'll bring you a full review of this one as soon as we can.

A Block-busting pucking action in Mutant League Hockey on the Megadtive!

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Dut on your Sunday best 'meep meep' and jump • I •- Rood Runner, coming soon to the Game Gear In medieval times, every book had to be writNEW GAME :i and Master System. iten out by hand, with a goose feather dipped in BYSEGA •n T h i s is looking really smart for a Master bull's blood. In Victorian times, poor scribes like Scrooge's assistant MASTER SYSTEM/ • System gome; basically the idea seems to be to Bob Cratchiti scribbled away for tuppence ha'penny with frostbitten t• run like hell, avoiding the crafty traps set by or GAME GEAR hands. But such scenes are nothing to the hardship endured by writers o : Wile E Coyote in a platform style environment. at MEAN MACHINES working day and night to bring you MEAN •t Full review next month.

MACHINES — THE ESSENTIAL SEGA GUIDE. h Truly a mammoth effort, experts e of the gaming field worked for s MONTHS assembling a glossy bible k of every Sega game you con lay your hands on, including up to date i previews of the latest games. There •n v o l ore detailed ratings and screenshots •o p -t•• for every one of the hundreds of • f• **Vat #00!* N I P • i games listed.

• It's a funny, cruel, startling and • t OpO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O • • • • • • • • O O O O O often heart-warming read. A bit like •h p e NEW GAME life, in fact. Could anything possibly • o T m I N C A N A L L E Y be missed? Well, we couldn't get •f p o BYVIRGIN PVVE m a l t Les Dennis to write the foreword, •a Tt o MASTER SYSTEM/ OWMIS • reviewed this issue on the Megadnve is comand also credit is missing. Credit for • GAME GEAR s ing o p out on the Master System and Game Gear the minions who painfully construct- •• h from Virgin and it's looking ace! t e o i ed the damn thing.

• The some story as the Megadrive version: nasty Termies are taking Oh yes, Jaz and Rich have their • e rp p the world and it's up to you as the con-head Robocop to restore faces on the sleeves and they'll go to the champagne receptions, as a •s aover o peace and justice by blowing the crap out of everything thot moves! reward for their tantrums and cuffing poor writers across the face • •t t Lots of levels, loads of action ond masses of death and destruction, daily for pausing with their pens. But as Esther says, that's life, and • b who could ask for more? We'll bring you the full rundown in o future this excellent book is a Crimble must. From Virgin publishing, priced • h i eissue of MEAN MACHINES, in the meantime, take a peek at these E12.99 'in all good book shops'.

• •r screenshots. r d • t ao r p Cor a zany game you con throw yourself heodlong into check out Crash Dummies out soon on the Megodrive from Acclaim. The two o p ue dummies — Slick and Spin put their unique talent of smashing into things and falling to bits to good use to achieve a set of targets over nr five stages. Their tasks include testing on air bumper d R or landing on the correct spot after plummeting off . o NEW GAME a building. The I b BYACCLAIM better you ore at MEGADRIVE performing these t o tasks the more ' c money you earn. so Fail to get it right and you lose one p of five lives. Tune into a future issue of MEAN MACHINES for furV ther details. s T e 14 i'M4 SEGA r

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• Y o u ore a good guy (naturally) and the bad guys hove implanted • one of their number into your President to try and • take over his brain. It's up to you to race after him NEW GAME • and do him in, without any prior warning otherBYPSYGNOSIS • wise he might just set off the mines he's planted MEGA-CD • on your President's vitals. You have to watch your • step as well otherwise you might waste the boss by • bumping into something important.

• E v e r y t h in g in the game is computer modelled with no digitised • footage and the action takes place in seven different parts of body • including the bone marrow, the main artery, the brain, the heart • valves and the lungs. Psygnosis researched hard for the game by get• ting loads of inside knowledge from a company in the some building • as them who make optical equipment for looking inside peoples bod• iesl Gross! More news when we get.

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ASPECTS OF DESERTS This game is reminiscent of — Desert Strike. True, there isn't a helicopter in sight but the concept is the same complete various missions which usually Involve, btasting hell out of something- But head programmer Jules Burt reckons the comparison is fairly loose. He sold: 'There are bound to be compor.sons with Desert Strike but we have tried to combat this by packing as many sprites in as — Strike on the m a sPs i v e l y changing the lando ape on every level.' Good as Amiga a c k l e d r — their word, in the first level (the s"This game is o ns l y one onywhere finished) s i 9 monster!

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T o celebrate the release of the humungous movie Dragon this autumn, portraying the life of martiel arts master, Bruce Lee, Virgin is releasing on eponymous game on the Megadrive.

After doing a few special moves of my own on the game producer, Don Merchant, he eventually agreed to give me a butche art the game and I con reveal that it's a 'em up (quelle surprise) with you and/or a — mate playing Bruce Lee. The programmers decided against a scrolling boot 'em up like Streets of Rage II and —have instead opted for a you against whatever the computer throws at you' type game whom you must defeat before moving onto the next — opponent (ale Street Fighter II). Whore Dragon 1 and SFII differ in this respect though is the way ,on defeating one set of baddies on certain levels, another set materialise and throw you out, for example, from the kitchen onto on alleyway where more fighting fires up.

You're armed with an incredible 36 moves to thwart your various opponents (unlike Street Fighter II, you could face two or three at a time) and Virgin has programmed it to include combinations which, when mastered con have amazing effects. Many of the foes are featured in the movie make an appearance but some ore exclusive to the game such as a leather-clod female dubbed the Stick Woman because of her habit of driving a stick into the ground then swinging round it to hit you with a A Just two of thedozens of preliminary sketrhes whirr' o r d the fillet devastating blow. Some of your opponents are also armed, such as , U the chefs with their lethal looking 1 meat cleavers • • _ From what I've seen so for (and • • admittedly that's not a lot on the h megadrive) this game is looking pretty hot. The sprites are huge (about I 10 pixels high) and about 10, frames of animation per charoctet .lorro lorro animations) The backgrounds I sow also looked great — ( o really detailed and deem N .11•1011111111111111111k. Li az d d bring you more news on this we'll epotentially great game as soon as 1 1 1 1 1 r r p a i n s t o k u t t l y aomettv4441, laza, isy a h o t h o an tko p e w eon see the Aid roireft. lw e tu l t _h t i n t SEGA

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Apart from becoming one of the top, and certainly the most public, martial artists ever, or Brucie-baby also reckoned he was dogged throughout his life by the family curse — The Phantom. In the film The Phantom appears at certain points and does terrible things to Bruce like look at him in a r horrid way. A nice touch of the film is the way The Phantom turns up, not only at the east the game (as you might expect) but also earlier on if you're doing badly enough to lose your protective mirrors which Bruce maintained kept his nemesis at boy .Win and you five to fight another day, lose (which is highly likely) and it's game over!

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FACT 3 Standard games consist of two

halves of 45 minutes. The field is officiated by three people.

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is as different to your average Megadrive football game as Roy of the Rovers is I Billy the Fish. EA have pulle ut the stops to create an xperience rather than a ere game. FIFA soccer is ne of those games where he marvellous atmosphere, reated by the fabulous ound and animation really oes have a bearing on the ameplay. However difficult may be grappling with the ontrol sometimes, and what ver your doubts about build ng strategies, this is undenibly exhilarating and often ail-biting. Amazing athletic icks, sizzling shots, zinging rossbars and agonising ouls. The clincher must be e use of the four-way. The ame doesn't slow down and I' s easy for players to work s a team. The mechanics of ootball have been so well ubricated here, it's a palpale classic.

DO THE INTERCONTINENTAL The 48 teams reflect the diversity of the styles and abilities within FIFA. As there ore no difficulty options as such, handicapping yourself with one of the 'emerging' teams is a good way of upping the challenge. Here's a global overview of world football.

EUROPE Europe has the highest concentration of soccer excellence in the World, and a huge variety in distinctive team styles.

Doggedness and grim determination characterise those teams whose players ore used to playing in tough domestic leagues.

ENGLAND The English ploy a powerful game, even if they are often mocked for lack of sophistication. Their skills are improving

HOLLAND A brilliant and talented team, with on exuberant style which makes them highly dangerous when their effort is concerted.

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND

The level of their play is out of proportion to the size of their nation. Eire are constantly bringing down giants by deftly exploiting the gaps in their opponents defence

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Regarded as the emerging nations of FIFA, and sure to provide World Champions soon, Africa's teams con be colourful, reckless, slapdash and awesome — all at the same time!

A tole of two hemispheres: the South is the undisputed Master of World soccer, with a clutch of dazzling teams. The North is still a backwoodsman in this particular game.

Stretching in o brood band from the Middle East to Jopan, soccer is only now becoming of interest to Asians. Therefore, their teams are generally week

CAMEROON

UNITED STATES

Show stealers at Italic, '90.

Cameroon is a hard team to coordinate and control, but they play lightning football, and have highly advanced control skills.

MOROCCO Up and corning, but still without the firepower or solid defence to make it at world level. Useful if you wont to set yourself a challenge

Once the laughing stock of soccer, these guys still have a lot to learn, but they're getting there

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This Gulf state represents the first rung of the world ladder.

Qatar ore eager, but their skills ore in infancy.

JAPAN One of Asia's stronger sides, these lads ploy by the book, and hove a teom ottitude. They do lack some of the colour of some American teams.

BRAZIL

Brazil's incredible success story continues, Pick them for the strongest concentration of skill, power and control.

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FOULS Fouls are either off, or on at one of two levels of intensity. At the high level, there are many more bookings, and a few send-offs. It is still possible to commit fouls, even with this option off.

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CONTROL The extent to which you control your men is a tricky one. When you instruct a player to pass, he will do it in the general direction of loypod movement, and with his individual skill in that technique. You can have your goalkeepers controlled by the computer if you wish, meaning fewer goals, generally. Players automatically select shots like bicycles and headers depending on their position and your command.

Showing oil of the pitch is impossible, so a scrolling system based on keeping the ball central is used.

The viewpoint is isometric 3-D, viewed from a high point in the bottom right of the pitch. There is no scanner to show the positions of players, but players under control ore marked with an arrow if they are off screen.

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A We have you in our sights.

LONG BALLS Set pieces, like free kicks, goal kicks and throw-ins, have a separate mechanism to allow you to control a shot over several screens. A yellow box is placed under the d-pad control, which represents roughly where the ball will land. For 'keepers moves, an alternative option is to throw the ball to a near defender.

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one for a draw. The top two teams in each group, and the four best teoms placed third go into the second round. From that point the tournament is o knockout competition.

A league consists of eight teams, either picked by yourself or randomly drown from the pool of 48. You play every team in the league twice before the League Champion is decided.

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The latest, greatest soccer game yet seen. FIFA 0 or' S o c c e r has it all: stunningly animated, J A Z u l ttic ra realisgraphics, unbelievably good sound, fantastic gameplay, loads of moves, a great control method, options beyond your wildest dreams, lull replays and up to four-player simultaneous action! It is simply thersaurus-bustingly superb, fully capturing the tension, action and excitement of football and, with the marvellous sound, even the big match atmosphere. Crowds gather In the office to see people play it - even more queue up to have a go. Just like John Madden's Football before it, FIFA Soccer is set to become a long-running classic. Buy the first instalment and experience sheer brilliance.

A much maligned rule, that thankfully is optional. Off-side prevents the ball from being passed deep into on opponents half, as at least

two defenders must be between the nearest attacker and the goal.

Playing with this off means a more dynamic game.

THE DUG OUT Football is the sublime mixture of the physical and the strategic. As team coach/manager, you hove full control of the strategic element from the sidelines. It's possible to take time out ot any point to change tactics.

LINE-UP Each side has 22 players, each with statistics in 13 areas; skill, speed, reaction, ball control, power, accuracy, agility, slides, bicycles, headers, stamina, passing and aggression. Players also hove positionings based on their team role. Substitutions can be made twice per match

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Another month and yet another flipping intro to write for YOB. I tell you what, you try writing on amusing intro for YOB fifty times. Each one as funny as the last and all completely different. It's hard, I can tell you. And if you don't believe me, try it. Then send the results in so I can have a laugh. In the meantime, send your letters, comments, fine witticisms, pictures, funny postcards a nd photos to: HERE ARE SOME MORE PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCES FOR YOU TO DISCARD, MEAN MACHINES, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, EC1R 3AU.

Dear YOB (well, Mrs Shelley, actually) I was struck dumb after reading the letter by that bag Margaret Shelley. People like you make me sick.

'Promoting the ways of disorder and violence' describes how you hove made me feel towords you.

Games ore the perfect way to release aggression- My friends and I all ploy games and none of us go out and smash up some old geezer's Mercedes after playing Final Fight or get into a spaceship and start blasting people after playing Vulcan Venture, I have never dreamed or hod the urge to harm anyone or anything as a result of three years of almost constant, hard, violent gaming.

You do my head in and I'm not surprised YOB was 'malicious' to you. Ever since MEAN MACHINES started, YOB has only insulted wallies who just aren't

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Dear YOB What's happened?

You've changed both in image and attitude and I lithink you've changed for the worst.

You used to be really insulting and this made all replies really funny. Your

lies to P. Scotteruashion in the December 1991 issue of the original

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Anyway, keep up the good work Chris Spicer, Nuneaton.

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YOB:Insults, eh? You are but a floater in Spender's lavatory. You walk like John In ma n 's trousers. You're so crap the only job you're ever likely to ge t is the one you can fish out of the lavatory pan... a nd so on. Look. I need decent letters to inspire me to gre a tness, a nd on recent form they've been a bout as creative as Nintendo's new a d campaign. Ninfantile.

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Dear YOB Your mag is totally excellent it beats the hell out of any other Sego mag but please give away some massive posters in the middle pages.

Oh yeah, I hate boring people on the telly documentaries who put down computer games as being violent and say computers should banned because computers especially Megodrives ore so bloody good and it's all I do and play on. Anyway, it doesn't teach anyone bad things because you're not replly going to rip someone's spine out are you?

Chris Snell.

YOB:Yes it does. I just did.

By the way, I saw this butcher's van going down the roa d the other day with the slogan "You c a n't beat our me a t" written on the side of it. Is tha t hilarious or what. Lucky I ha d my incontinence knicks tied up tight that day or I could have flooded Lower Regent's Street.

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Dear Mean YOB I have a very serious point to make_ First, it was the Spectrums and the Commodores and let's face it, they were crop. Then came the Master Systems which were good for their time.

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already yesterday's technology — progress is what makes videoga ming interesting.

Second point: That's a pointless argument. Lip up fatty a nd de re gThere's always one slips through the net: This month, Chris Ballard of Henley.

soles took off with the Megodrive and the SNES. Then CD systems came in and finally 32 Bit systems. Five years on things will become 64 Bit and by the year 2000 who knows? Can't the companies be happy with Megadrive and SNES? Prices for big machines will be too much and things will go too far. What do you think?

I am also in mental insecurity after your SF II versus MK section in November MMS, I think you have forgotten SF II turbo is the old SF II upgraded three times. If Midway took Mortal Kombat, gave it better graphics, better sound, more moves, more characters and tweaked it to the perfection of playability. SF II would have a challenger. That's what Copcom has done and because of that there is no contest.

Steve Reynolds, Hoslemere, Surrey.

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Steven Clothe, Newport Pogneit ting someone — it DOESN'T on the Megadrive version Why didn't Sega give Probe the go-ahead for a 20 Meg con• version when it must have been obvious that the sound couldn't fit on a 16 Meg cart. It's not as if MK is cheap at E50_ I'd rather pay more to hove the real thing and not feel let down.

I received my copy of Mortal Kombot on the Megadrive a few days early thanks to mail order and since I am a fan of the coinop I was excited to soy the least.

Imagine my disappointment A depressed and broke Peter then, when I turned up the sound Giles, Market Drayton, through my hi-fi speakers only to Shropshire. find that I might as well unplug YOB:Jaz says he was trying them. to be charitable and was so How come Jaz was observant desperate to fi nd something enough to discover the undeninice to say about it he comable flaw in the gomeplay (I mented, incorrectly, on the ignore this procedure in order to sound. It just goes to show enjoy the one-player mode) but maintains that the sound is IP Guile grappling with his liver problems„ '...just about arcade perfect'. attording to Paul Brookes of W. Bromith.

Has he played the arcade gome? For one, the music in the conversion is completely wrong and although good, just doesn't create the correct atmosphere. As for the SFX, the flying kicks make a faint phutt sound like a quiet fort, Kano sounds like a monkey and Royden's electricity sounds like a blue bottle in a jam Since everybody knows that Street Fighter II has more depth of gameploy, Mortal Kombot's oppeol lay portly in the blood and gore but olso in the digitised graphics, sinister atmosphere and booming sounds No wonder Jaz says it doesn't fell like you're hit-

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what a Spender's a rmpit the game is a nd tha t you should have really saved your money for Street Fighteril. Still,

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Dear YOB You are a lard sandwich and resemble the Elephant man greatly and listen to Nat King Cole backwards, hoping it will send messages to your head.

Well think again Ken Dodd, you're retarded already . Des O'Connor, Burdem Road,

Moutscombe YOB:Irs a ma zing wha t can come Out when you stick a mentally retarded baboon with a huge purple backside a nd buck teeth in front of a typewriter a nd let him bash the keys for a couple of minutes.

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Dear Bent YOB How ore you? I am fine Did you know that on the Master System 1, if you don't put a cartridge in when you see the Sego logo, press and hold up and 1 and 2, it will reveal a snail maze game. Cor wow, what a swiz eh?

Tom Ungoect. White Hawk, Freckle Land YOB:Well done. You're only about six years late with tha t cheat, you stupid great big

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Dear YOB am quite annoyed that Sego bring out a console like the Megadrive and Nintendo wait.

Nintendo take apart the machine (in this case the Megadrive) and Dear YOB produce the Super NES. They Please, please, please, vastly improve upon the Megadrive and created an utterly please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, outstanding machine. They please, please, please, please, improve it by giving it more colours, better sound, Mode 7, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, put more buttons on the control pod and making the machine please, please, please, please, smaller. please, please, please, please send me a copy of Sherlock The point I am trying to make Holmes for the Mega-CD. is that Saga bring out a 'new and technically advanced machine' Martin Kingston, Orpington Kent.

Nintendo has a chance to study it YOB:Piease, please, ond then, surprise surprise, please, please, please, please, brings out a better machine a please, please, please, please, year later, please, please, please, please, Sega ore following the same pattern again by bringing please, please, please, please, out the Saturn. Nintendo please, please, ore intending to bring the please, cartridge based new Nintendo machine out a few months after the Saturn's released.

Sego has not realised the pattern and It is quite annoying being more of a Sego fan than a Nintendo one (and no this is not a gap in the letter to say 'He likes Nintendo so he's thick'. The person who said this has just had five lemons shoved up his nose). Drrrrrrrr! think Sega should be told about this * Fortunate artwork from the anhmtupattern

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otherwise it could carry on until the end of the century.

Neil Romsden, West Wickham, Kent

YOB:I've told Sega and they expressed enormous gratitude.

They simply di dn't realise that this was ha ppening, a nd now A None indulges in some bean rending by thank a nd salute Mr Neil Ramsden of West • skint E. Southrott of Stirlingshire.

Wickham, Ke nt for pointing it computer games are evil! Boo to them! out. Rest assured they will take steps to stop this from happening a ga in! Meanwhile

award you the Purple Nob of Honour. Ma y you wear it with pride.

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Dear YOB I hove a few things the ol' pen would like to express: 1. Your fold-out cover is I'm, change it immediately, 2 I HATE the Nintendo readers who draw pictures of Mario killing Sonic, they should be token out and shot.

3. Do you know any good, fun jobs going in the console game industry? (I'm only 13 but it's a new world out there).

4. Lucy is doing a great job, but then so are oil of you, keep it up!!!

5. Know any good, fun ways of terminating my sister. She is so horrible! What about hypnotising her?

6. Who's Mystic Malcolm?

7. Your mag is fah!

8. People who think computer games ore evil should be locked up.

David Evans, Derby.

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Dear YOB After reading the Street Fighter II review in issue 13 I thought the game was brilliant and I agree that it's better than Mortal Kombat. Could you please tell me if there is any chance of Copcom bringing SF!! out on the Master System?

Christopher Scott, Carrick Fergu, Ni YOB:Yes, it's most certainly, definitely, for sure coming out on the Master System. But then again perhaps it's not. You really ne e d to speak to a certain Mr Jazz erton of Rignolla about stuff like that. I don't really know. But I could tell you how many litres of butane a cow farts out of its arse a week, though.

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already did. 2. After you, sir. 3. Yes. You

could write ads for Nintendo. 4. She is — we can a ll hear her from here. 5. Alright then. 6. The son of my father. 7. Cheers.

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Dear YOB After reading your feature about SFII and MK in issue 13, I thought you were very biased towards SFII. SFII is very good but where ore the deoth moves and gore?

Also, it's over-hyped and paying E60 for it is stupid. I think it is about time you lot in the office woke up to reality.

Biff Morris.

YOB:Street Fighteril is already a superb game, it doesn't need death moves a nd gore to cover over the fact tha t it's a fairly average fighting game like Morta l Kom bat does. Do you realise if we woke up to reality, y ou'd no longer exist. Frightening

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When it comes out will the infrared remote control be a bundle with the game? You know the game will not hove 256 colours like the SNES, how many will it have? Whatever has happened to Rod, has he gone to Megatech forever? Do you know any cheats for SFII yet cos I've heard there is one enabling you to fight Dee.lay Maximum from Super SRI. Your mag is sound. long live Street Fighter Armstrong.

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SUPERSPENDER MINI COMP Nore's a fine mini competition for your delectation. I've managed to swipe five brill Megadrive games from the games room and am willing to send them to the person who sends Gary Harrod the biggest and best photos of Spender/actor Jimmy Nail. Coiled as many Spender pictures as possible — maybe only one good one will be enough and send them off to: HEREARESOMESPENDERPICSFOR YOUGARYHARROD,MEAN MACHINES,PRIORYCOURT, 30-32 FARRINGDONLANE,LONDON, ECM 3AU

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bunch. 4. Fantastic Dizzy isn't coming out on the Game Gear.

He's a perfectly normal heterosexual. His game is, though.

Tur e hell- el it in haunting on the Meaqdriwo. =7s hog m o n Dear s Jazz° t 1.eWhich of the following Megadrive games is the best: r Haunting, WWF Royal Rumble, s Sylvester and Tweety, Road Runner or t Panther?

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Well, it was one of those fine US chain stores, he just can't remember which. By the way, d id you know that you can't buy Ralgex in the US a simila r p ro d u ct is available, though, ca lle d Bengal,.

Wheee, Anyway, if you've got any questions, wrote in to: HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS NO W PLEASE S O UND ME O UT 0 + A , ME AN MACHINES, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE. LONDON. EC1R 3AU.

CREAMHORN Dear Jaz Could you please answer these questions?

1. IS Sunset Riders on the Megadrive as good as the SNES version in all aspects?

2 Ca n the Megodrive produce as good graphics as the Super Nintendo?

3 I s World Heroes coming out on the Megadrive?

4. How much will the six button joystick cost from Capcom?

5_ What's the latest on the Saturn?

Mark Harris, West Midlands

JAZ:1. No. The graphics and sound aren't quite as good, but the gamepiay is. 2. if both machines are pushed to their limits, the Super NES produces better

graphics. 3. Alt the moment it's Super MIS only. 4. Sadly you'll have to buy it from importers who are charging a ridiculous E80.00 for it. S. I can't tell you because

I've been sworn to secrecy. But I wish I could cos what S know is unbel i evabl y twilit

JAMROLYPOLY Big•Up Jaz As you seem to be the don with nuff knowledge, I'd like to put a few questions to you.

1. Will Fatal Fury II be coming out on the Megadrive?

2. When will Sonic Ill be

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3 Why doesn t George Graham splash out some money on the Arsenal midfield?

4. Will there be a six button joystick as opposed to a six button joypod?

5_ Don't you think Ian Wright is the greatest? How about on Ion

Wright Super Soccer Game?

Francis, North London, JAZ:1. No official statement has been issued as yet, but I hear rumours that it might well appear .

2. March. 3. Why throw good money after bad? 4. Possibly. 5.

Yeah. The object would be to hang around the 18-yard box and knock It in whenever the ban is passed to you.

MANCHESTERTART Dear Jana I am about to own a Game Gear

so please answer my questions.

1 Ar e Mortal Kombat and Chuck Rock 2 any good for the Game Gear?

2 What's the best game for the Game Gear?

3, How much will your MMS guide cost?

4 I s Fantastic Dizzy coming out on the Game Gear?

Mr Nobby, Nobby Lane, Nobbytown, Nobbyshere. Nobbylond, Planet Nobby, Near Nob by Sun, Star System Nobby JAZ:l . Yes, they'r e bath brill.

2. Super Kick Off. 3. We haven't decided yet, but rest assured it

Dear Jaz I hove a few questions I hope you can answer 1. Does NH1PA Hockey '94 work . with the Sego Top as well as the EA 4-Way-Ploy adaptor?

2. I'm getting SFR for Christmas, do you think its worth getting Mortal Kombot as well?

3. Is there going to be a Star Trek game?

4. What's the best game on each of the Sego systems?

5. What's your favourite motorbike? Mine's the Yomoho YZF Grant Tarhard, Basildon, Essex.

JAZ:1- Nah. 2. frs up to you. I woul dn't, though. 3. A Next

Generation game is coming soon from Microprose. And it better be good 'cos I absolutely love the series (it's the best pr ogr amme ever seen on TV)? Regar di ng a

game based around the original Star Trek series game at the moment, I nter p/ ay have done a

PC game and Konami released MIS and Game Soy versions - but so for there's no sign of a Sega original series game. 4. Super

Kick OH is my lave game on Game Gear, Impossible Mission is :the rather odd choice on Master System and Megadrive Streetfighter SI gets my thumbsup. Ask me next week and probably change my mind.- 5.

O0000. Gimme a Itimota. Any mode/ will do.

SPOTTEDDICK Dear Jaz Could you please answer some of these questions 1 Wi l l there be a sequel to Night Trap on the Mega-CD and/or games like it?

2. Will there be any more Sherlock Holmes games and/or games like it on the Mega-CD? 4. When will Sewer Shork be officially Out in the shops?

Stuart Harvey, Gl Yarmouth.

JAZ: 1. Very likely. 2. Well me ol d china. Strike a l i ght and bl ow me down If it do look like there is

another Sherlock game coming out. 3. What ha e d to question three? 4. It sh o u t now. a

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those I've seen. 2. Possibly - but it would make the cartridge price incredibly expensive.

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Dear Jaz How would you like to answer these questions?

1. Have you seen much of Sonic Spinball or Sonic 3? If so, ore they looking good?

2, I think Streets of Rage Ihs too easy, will Streets of Rage III be harder ? 3. What do you think of the six button joypad?

4, Are UK games the same as Australian games?

5. This is the eternal question: Which is better on the Megadrive, Mortal Kombot Of Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition?

Thanks for looking at these questions and keep up the norierwork at MEAN MACHINES.

Troy's Wells, Penrith, Austrolio.

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laugh and gets reviewed elsewhere in this issue. Sonic 3 Is still a jealously-guarded secret. But rest assured we'll be getting the exclusive in December. 2. I ruddy well hope so. 3. Feb. 4. Yes. 5.

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CHELSEABUNS Dear Joz I own a Sego Game Gear with a Master System converter and I would be very grateful if you could answer my questions.

1. I have heord that Mortal Kombot for the Game Gear is probably the best version because it only hos two buttons. Is this true?

2. Is a converter needed to ploy American or lap Game Gear games?

3. What is the best game for th.

Master System?

4. Will there be any good Game gear fighting games coming out in the near future?

5. Will there be a Global Gladiators 2 for the Game Gear?

Thanks a lot, Scott Adams, Kettering

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but what the hell has two buttons got to do with it? 2. No. 3. I 've al r eady answered that elsewhere w i t h i n A l t nose., h i v l o T w o / H y, 7 3

gsm, no chemicals added. bi odegr adabl e within 12 weeks, fully-recyclable, hot metal pr i nted page. 4. The future looks a bit bl eak in that depar tment at the moment. 5. Doesn't look l i ke* for now.

AMYDOUGHNUT Dear Jazz I know I am but a speck of dust upon a speck of dust upon a pinhead but would you answer these questions for my infinitely sub-humon mind?

1. Are there any cheats for Final Fight CD? 2 Ar e there gonna be any good games for the Mega-CD apart from Silpheed and Thunderhawk?

3. Are you cool like me?

Bolvis Noppledunk (aka Ben Airbury), Cambridge.

JAZ:1. Wha t do you want to cheat for? It's easy enough as It is.

2. Not really. 3. No. I 'm coo/ like a Pepsi that's been in the fridge for a couple of days that you take out on a very hot summer's after noon after you've been out for an extremely l ong bike ride.

get, or can be found lurking in the bottom of bar gai n bins. Ah wel t c'est la vie. 2. Next year. 3.

Ar ound Christmas. 4. I di dn't know they did. But if they did, they're wrong. 5. Not presently.

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Dear Jaz Could you please answer some questions for me 1. Which is the best FIFA Soccer or Sensible Soccer?

2 Ar e there be any other good soccer carts coming out?

3. When is Jimmy White Snooker coming out on the Megadrive?

4. Is the Amiga CD32 system better than the Mega-CD? 5. Can you rent Electronic Arts games Out because my local video shop doesn't hove any?

Derek Gabriel, Airdrie JAZ:l , FIFA. 2. Who needs 'em when you've got FIFA. 3. Next year. 4. 1 haven't seen much CO32 software so can't really make a comparison. But the har dwar e specs ar en't at all bad and the machi ne does have plenty of potential. 5. Dunn° . Mi ne does.

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Dear Jaz Please onswer these boring questions °bout the security chip lock system 1 H o w come I've bought over 10 new UK games and played them on the lop Megodrive?

2. Do Sega chip-lock every game or lust random ones?

3. Will Sega abandon this idea?

Torn Carroll, Lancashire JAZ:14 2. SOCOUSAP not on games use the Sego security chip.

3. I doubt it very much.

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ICEDRN Dear Jaz Please could you answer my questions?

1. Why did you stop Lookback?

2. When is Monkey Island 1 8 2 coming out on the Mega-CO? 3. When is Royal Rumble out on the Megadrive?

4. Why did NMS say that Blonka is a girl?

5. Is it possible to subscribe to your magazine?

Nobby Stiles Who Forgot To Include his Name JAZ:1.. S didn't. I t was a decision taken by other members of the Mom. They thought It was bor ing. 1 liked It - I thought it was quite nice to take a look at old games and see how they'd do these days. Particularly as some of them are now avai l abl e on bud-

Dear Jaz Please answer these questions or I may doe accidentally on purpose and for absolutely no reason at all 1. Why is the Megodrive and Mego•CD 2 the some price cos the original machines - with the first Mego-CO at least you had pretty lit flashing lights and a lii motor pow. ered disc tray type thing?

2. This girlie I fancy likes the SNES better than the Megadrive because she likes Super Tennis. Are there any good tennis games for the Megadrive so I con hopefully turn her on to the good side of the force?

3. My SNES owner friend says Streedighter 11 is foster and better on his mochines is this true?

4. In CVG it said that the Megadrive was not fast enough to handle S R Hyper, what do they mean?

Mr Person, Nowhere Land

JAZ; t.Sego blame crappy exchange rates and other sundry things on this. Bah. 2. Davis Cup Tennis could well save her. 3.

Bollocks. 4. They don't mean anything. They're stupid.

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S print it anyway. Ashley Gezzodogo reckons o there's a way of controlling the blue whale in level ten of Ecco. Apparently this is achieved by t pressing UP, A, DOWN, LEFT, B, LEFT, C, C, and h DOWN after positioning Ecco next to the enore mous creature. Ashley says its takes practice, ...No phone calls please.

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4 1 1 1 • 1 1 M1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 • 1 1 1 1 9 Raptor attack! A few people also supplied the codes to play as the raptor: POWER STATION: 12100027 PUMPING STATION: 1(2100029 CANYON: M210002B VISITOR'S CENTRE: 0 2 1 G0 0 2 D Raptor pack: Fred Bird, Colin Eddieston, Simon Hudson, Graham Kates, Stuart Lucken, Daniel O'Brien, Carl Quincey, Duncan Robinson.

Hussain Saloh has discovered a code that unlocks every level in the Jurassic Park. Furthermore the code allows players to room the pork as either Grant or the raptor in the other's allotted areas, The code is 02160016. After inserting this, select the options then leave the options straight away. Change the player to Grant and start the game. A level select is now presented. Choose Grant or the raptor to play in any level.

True to form Ed Lomas goes to great lengths describing his latest incredible discovery - every level code for Jurassic Pork for play as Grant, with maximum or no ammunition. There is method to his madness but there isn't really enough room to print it here, suffice to soy this is the most inspired contribution to the section this issue

Easy with Max ammo:

JUNGLE: OVVVVVTO POWER STATION 2VVVVVIQ RIVER: 4VVVVVIS PUMPING STATION: 6VVVVVTU CANYON: 8VVVVVTO VOLCANO: AVVVVVT2 VISITOR'S CENTRE: CVVVVVI4 Easy with no ammo: JUNGLE: 00000011 POWER STATION RIVER: 40000015 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3

PUMPING STATION: 60000017 CANYON: 80000019 VOLCANO: A000001B VISITOR'S CENTRE: C0 0 0 0 0 ID

Normal with max ammo: JUNGLE OVVVVVUP POWER STATION: 2VVVVVUR RIVER. 4VVVVVUT PUMPING STATION: 6VVVVVUV CANYON: 8VVVVVUI VOLCANO: AVVVVVU3 VISITOR'S CENTRE: CVVVVVU5

Normal with no ammo: JUNGLE: 00000022 POWER STATION: 20000024 RIVER: 40000026 PUMPING STATION: 60000028 CANYON: 8000002A VOLCANO: A000002C VISITOR'S CENTRE: C000002E

Hard with max ammo: JUNGLE. OVVVVVVQ

POWER STATION: 2VVVVVVS RIVER: 4VVVVVU PUMPING STATION: 6VVVVVVO

CANYON: 8VVVVVV2 VOLCANO: AVVVVVV4 VISITOR'S CENTRE: CVVVVVV6 Hard with no ammo: JUNGLE. 00000033 POWER STATION: 20000035 RIVER: 40000037 PUMPING STATION: 60000039 CANYON: 8000003B VOLCANO: A000003D VISITOR'S CENTRE: C000003F

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Stage Select: There is the possibility of a stage select for this most stunning of CD games. To access it press DOWN, DOWN, UP, UP, RIGHT, LEFT, A, B then START during the opening demo. The words 'Stage Select' are now added to the titlescreen's menu. Unfortunately this is not a method of skipping past levels to make completion of the game easier as only the stage that is selected is ployoble. Bahl

controller and the shield recovers one notch. By repeatedly hammering the button the ship becomes virtually invincible_

Restore Shield: This is an especially cool tip mode possible by pressing RIGHT, LEFT, A, RIGHT, UP, C, B, DOWN, LEFT, B, A, UP then START during the opening demo_ Basically — once the cheat is installed — all that is necessary is to tap the A button on the second

Voice Test: Like I said lost month it seems that some of our readers are hearing strange voices already, At the risk of making matters worse for everyone there's this cheat which transforms the sound test into a voice test. With the title screen dis-

Extra Continues: With only one continue left to go it is nice to know that a further nine are available at the push of few buttons. During the opening demo press RIGHT, UP, A, B rLEFT, C ,DOWN, C, A then START and the number of continues L E F T , increases to ten. Whey hey!

played press and hold the A, B and C buttons on control-pod two_ Now select the options screen as normal using controlpod one. The speed of the voices is variable with control-pad two also.

Mania mode: Only the most skillful blast-freaks need bother with this one because it makes the game very difficult indeed!

Once again input the cheat as the opening demo runs its course. It is as follows: Press B, 8, A, C, UP, LEFT, RIGHT, DOWN, C, UP, A on control-pad two Start the game as usual and notice there is a number one at the bottom place of the score.

Apart from getting immediately trashed this is the best way of knowing the cheat has worked.

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BATMANRETURNS Both Andrew Costain from the Isle of Manand Bort ScHaek of Belgium supplied this level select for the half excellent/ half average Batman Returns on Mego-CD. On the options screen change the game type to DRIVING. Now press and hold LEFT on the D-pad whilst pressing button B. Next highlight the DIFFICULTY option; press and hold LEFT on he Dpad and press button B. Repeat this routine for every option going down the list.

Repeat the process going back up to the GAME TYPE option.

A ringing sound is heard at which point it is OK to alter the options to suit. Now whenever the game is paused it is possible to skip the level by pressing button C.

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Hidden options screen: Press DOWN, UP, LEFT, LEFT, A, RIGHT, DOWN on the title screen. Incidentally it's easier to remember the cheat as the word DULLARD. Modal Tipsters: Pietro leng, Paul Raley, Marvin Gibson, Richard Gleason, Liam Halley, Graeme Kemp, Dean Martin, Simon Meacock, Michael Powloff, Jain Ronald, Daniel Milward, Winston Oakley, Ciamn O'Donnell, Jamie Ricardo, S Williams.

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Honestly, each time a hit title such as Mortal Kombot appears it's like 'Day of the Triffids' o r 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers'. Somehow everybody mysteriously discovers a secret, special cheat — completely by accident

and with the words 'cor, imagine my surprise' issuing from their cake holes. Divine inspiration or no, here's how to extract the gore from Game Gear Mortal Combat: On the first title screen — the one preceding the character files — hold down buttons 1 and 2 then rotate the D-pod in a clockwise direction. The words 'No w entering komb a t appear on screen to indicate the cheat hos worked.

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decent boss sprites, it looks utterly rubbish and the gameplay is tedious to the extreme. A waste of a superb licence.

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W ation that is Jurassic Park. eByusing DNA found inside foslsilised mosquitoes, scientists chove cloned several species of dinosaurs. By putting them in a o theme pork, they aim to provide m the ultimate holiday e But something has gone hortribly wrong. Doctor Alan Grant and several others have visited o Jurassic Pork before its official topening and the pens hove h somehow been opened and the animals are running wild. Are e you going to be dino-dinner or a con you guide Grant and the w others to safety? e s o m This is a e very averc age r release indeed. e The subgames lock depth, the graphics lock Jurassic character and the sound is exceptionally sad indeed. Even if you're a diehard fan of the movie, you're in for a dis, appointment.

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The action stage is an extremely simple platform game that casts you as Grant (although his hair is yellow/orange here!) blasting dinos in pursuit of the exit. Three different tranquiliser guns are on offer as a means to blast those pesky dinos. look out for medical kits to bind those wounds and retrieve energy!

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O P E R AT I O N D I N O S A U R In this section of the game, you play Alan Grant inside one of the Jurassic Park jeeps, blasting dinos that attack the car, It looks and plays like a very basic version of Operation Wolf. At the end of each level lurks en enormous boss — look out for the massive T-Rex and terrifying Nerodactyls1 Aloe&

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ORIGIN Adirect copy of Sensible's aworci winning Amigo soccer SIMUIOtIOL

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The bought a lime green sofapoor withrelations matchingoforange velour carpet for their sitting room, The Smarts hod Chesterfields and sanded floors The Smegtons drove a deep brown Vauxhall Viva hod Smegton hod an Amigo — whereas ; t a h Monde°. e S mAnd a little r t Johnny s his cousin had a Megadrivel Out young master Smart hod cause to horrumph one day, when Johnny showed him Sensible Soccer, a rather clever football game from 1991, that hod no peer on the Megodrive at that time. How would the Smarts keep up with the Smegtons? Simple, Sensible have converted their own game to the Sego 16-bit, so now there's a way to enjoy football and gracious living — at the some time!

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1111111dit,Peal Sensible have created a clutch of the strongest teams you'll ever encounter. Sources of inspiration for these custom teams comes from strange garments (Clothes City); Education (Bad Spellings); and food (In The Chippy). The team players all fit into the spirit, so if you play the Old Dear's Menu, you may find your star players being 'Nice buffered Roll' and 'Nice Gloss of Milk', The Edit menu allows you to create rib-tickling squads of your own.

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Highly playable it may be, but the problem with Sensible Soccer is that it's taken for too long to arrive on the Megadrive. What sold for £25.00 on the Amiga two and a half years ago looks decidedly dodgy with a E45.00 price tag, especially when for a few quid more you con buy the allconquering FIFA Soccer.

Sensi looks sick by comparison — its forty little sprites and hopeless sound ore absolutely no match for FIFA's stunning, ultra-realistic audio and visuals.

Fortunately Sensi delivers in the gameplay department, and its ultra-fast arcade-style football action is still incredibly enjoyable and highly addictive. But fob though it may be, FIFA offers that and far, far more — and that's what I'll be spending my wad on.

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Before the game starts you view both your own, and the opposition squad, with their playing positions- This screen shows who is playing, 1-11312" what their best position is and star players are marked as such.

Game strategy is also shown, with o variety of numbered formations, and more general tactics like Attack.

Should you wish to substitute during o game, press the joypad sideways twice when the ball is out of play. This brings the dugout on screen. Click on the manager to change tactics, or any of the players to bring someone on.

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So here it is. Sensible has been a while coming, and arrives just as FIFA Soccer brings new standards of presentation to the game. No one could deny that this looks a sorry effort. Despite the excellent surround to the game, with it's sharp menus and well thought out competition structure, Sensible looks like a dog in-game. That's not to say it plays that way.

It's just as great as the Amiga version was, and still offers a mean game of soccer. Its best attributes are speed, and the good feel created by lenient passing and unfussy tackling. Those looking to make a choice should look at Sensi and FIFA a s of . game. FIFA is trying to capture the atmosphere of two televised soccer, whereas d i f f Soccer is on Sensible e r e unashamedly playable n t game, that sacrifices video atmosphere for action. This t y is probably more the game p for purists, who wont be put e s

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There are three different divisions in Sensible Soccer, each with progressively more talented and demanding teams. The game set-up varies within each, depending on what kind of competition you desire_

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Cup are played as in two ports, as home and away legs There are two cups for each division. The first is on open competition, where every team in the division has a throw at it (UEFA Cup, Egg Cup, Maastricht Cup). The second is a select competition (Cup Winner's Cup, World Cup Ciuolifiers). There are six different World Cup qualifiers' groups,

Sensible has affertouch, a play feature giving more subtlety of control and added realism. Hold onto the button as you kick and it responds to the joypad after it is played. This is useful for bending the ball into the net. Holding the button also increases shot power .

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Byhighlighting teams in blue, you can ploy as any number of the teams within the league. You choose to play each other team either once or twice, and select two or three points for a win, You also select the month the i s m league m o commences, which offects the weather and pitch conditions. .

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James Pond is back in the stunning sequel t o Robocod.

Operation Starfi5h is his biggest adventure yet, with over 100 levels of lunar laffs i f you're player enough to find them all!

When it's discovered the moon really is made o f cheese the dastardly Dr. Maybe moves in.

His c unning plan — mine t he delic ious dairy produc ts and undermine the economy of planet Earth.

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Fl5H agent Finnius Frog and tooled up to the dorsals with a crater-full of groovy gadgetry. There's an army of cheesed-off aliens and hordes of Maybe's minions to face before the lunar landscape can be saved and the dreaded doctor dealt with.

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You couldn't hove a game starring Robocop and the Terminator without putting in lots of big guns to play with, could you? The programmers certainly haven't disappointed on this score.

Weapon upgrades are to be found all over the place, either lying around in those hard-to-reach places or dropping out of a smashed dustbin or SkyNet• Robocop can carry two weapons at a time and switch between them at the touch of a button, but if he should lose a life he also loses the weapon he was using at the time. So if it looks like he's about to bite the bullet, quickly switch to the weapon you don't mind getting rid of ond it saves a lot of trouble. You can be sure of it!

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Robo's standard armament chops human foes into small chunks but hardly dents the bosses in the game. Make sure you hove another weapon handy.

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The most powerful weapon in the game — one shot disintegrates a standard Terminator!

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N When I first •#, t h \ saw Robo vs 1 Terminator I thought it 4) was going to be anoth1 . * er of Virgin's 1 nice-graph,11 MPA U L ics-notmuch4A gameplay M titles.

In fact, after playing , the first few levels I reset 1 1 Ethe machine so I could check for David Perry's V Nname on the opening credBut, cynical fool that I o i tTits. am, I only had to play a few levels to discover the A h more truth. Simplistic the game-

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Even better are bits like the confrontation with Robocop 2 and ED-209 (all complete with the correct sound effects, sampled from the films) and being able to shoot off ED-209's gun to use yourself is a very neat touch. Graphically this game is excellent throughout, with excellent animation, amazing sprites (all the robots are brilliantly done) and even the backgrounds ore very detailed.

The gameplay starts off very easy, then the difficulty setting rapidly escalates, so if you're a shoot 'em up novice BEWARE! Also, this is one of those games in which, If you lose your weapons you're in deep dung. Robo's Auto-9 is okay to start with but you don't stand a chance on some of the later levels if you haven't got one of the more powerful weapons in your pocket. All in all, though, this is an ate game, which should provide fans of Robocop and The Terminator with major thrills!

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PRIMO M E C U M AVOID THI BULIMIA, Here we find Robocop on the beat, patrolling the streets of Old Detroit where nasty men hang out.

Robo has to fight off blokes with machine guns and keep an eye out for unappreciative civilians shooting at him from windows and throwing Molotov cocktails and sticks of dynomite ot him.

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Il 0 Mk l t U E L 9 :TEUEL8:UNDERGROUNDBUNKER T H E L U PRIME DIRICTIVEs T AXI OUT RADAR DISNIS Robocop has to destroy SkyNet's surveillance systems before he can take out the main computer itself, and that means getting past herds of Terminators (standards and reds), giant laser connons and even wall-crawling Terminator spiders(I) to destroy all the radar dishes in the complex.

Watch out for hidden passages in this section, and watch out also for the Terminator with the huge machine gun which guards the exit.

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Help! Mother! All we're going to soy about the end of this game is make sure you've got two extremely good weapons on you when you confront the final boss — and be sure not to lose theml

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And to make things worse, at the end of the levet Robocop has to take on a miniature Hunter Killer which patrols a trench of fire!

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1ST 648,000 1 ORIGIN The1 old fairy-tote of Alloidat was asetverted by Disney Wi l de 1 film, andham those animeted to e Illesadrive platform game.

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he scarlet skies of twil I n ancient Baghdad set the scene for the Adventures of Aladdin. At that time a beautiful, veiled young maiden would be token to the highest minaret of the Suitors palace.

There she would tell elaborate tales, knowing that failure to please her exalted audience would lead to death For 1001 nights, she wove myriad stories into one seamless strand, The Arabian Nights.

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COMMENT Aladdin is a landmark game. In many ways a disturbing one.

Even a short play Illuminates the massive effort that has gone into making a beautifully coloured, stunningly animated depiction of the Disney film. Surely the media of games and films are getting inexorably closer? But this game that is technically excellent is elementary in terms of gameplay. The action is basic beyond belief, and totally untaxing throughout. The amount of extra lives and continues offered in so many ways makes it about as thrilling as trapezewalking with a safety net, parachute, jet-pack and 'copter helmet. Though the game strives for graphical originality, the gameplay offers nothing new — being o transparent rehash of Cool Spot. My first impression was disappointment despite Aladdin's incredible appearance. These doubts were confirmed by seeing a rotten end sequence within one and a half days.

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At the start of each game. Aladdin provides you with on instruction screen stall (much the • laid out as ainmark% style of Cool Spot).

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The Genie level pops up after each completed level. An object flashes in the Genie's mouth, the player presses the button to select it. Extra lewels, apples or lives ore awarded until Jafar's face appears You are given one chance for each Genie head collected on the previous level.

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Bonus items appear at various points of the screen. Abu collects thorn while avoiding or breaking the many missiles dropped on him. The level continues until Abu is hit. ' 1 1 Aladdin takes quite a few hits His health meter is shown as a P of smoke Blue hearts restore a small portion of the wisp smoke. Some spikes, lava or boulders cause instant death.

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PRESENTATION Three skill levels, andsome great cat. screencharacter portraits.

Vim many ways the game presentation is •steedard• and unimaginative.

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There's also some excellent touches over and above the usual pinball fare — the mining cart level is well smart.

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Bru ' w a y s racking his brains f to just h i s craving for ice-lollies. To his parents remain unconvinced by each his ten good reasons. You see in Bruno's dreams, ice-lollies are the source of many super powers which serve to aid the little lad his adventures. Just for good measure Bruno is required to eat three before the deliciouslycold citrus flavours take effect. Of course it's nice to have variety and so different flavoured lollies d combinations of the some impart cliff. b i l i t i e s . Here's a taster of just of

The least Bruno could do is keep the confectionery in his gob, but no! Upon swallowing mouthfuls of one lemon and Iwo lime-flavoured ices he spits the whole lot bock out again! Isk.

Lime, Lemon and Raspberry lollies provide Bruno with the power to bounce higher in the air with the aid of a double lump.

Dumb° has nothing on Bruno when it comes to aerobatics, but only when he's Super Ottilont and only once he's eaten three lemon lollies.

; disappointing. The graphics • are a mixed bag — some of the levels are great, some have visuals worse than some Master System games (level one for example). The sound is a similarly mixed bag. However, it's the gameplay that is this game's worst problem.

The action is utterly unoriginal — the platform gameplay is very similar to Cool Spot and Global Gladiators with very little variation between the levels. However, when you're paying over or around E40.00 for a game, you expect a lot more. Basically, what's the point of buying this when there ore games like Flashback, Rocket Knight Adventures, Sonic II and Tiny Toons available for the same price? An exceptionally forlorn piece of unremarkable software and a sad day indeed for one of the country's best development houses.

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Apparently Bruno is something of a Bart Simpson character with a wild imagination but there is no evidence of that here. Instead the player suffers along with Bruno through six similarly styled levels that all feature fatal spikes and the opportunity of falling right off the bottom of the screen with no prior warning. Of course this is very annoying as it is so unfair.

Without these problems the gameplay is extremely obvious and therefore easy. There is no compulsion to collect the jellybabies neither is there any need to take advantage of Bruno's ice-lolly driven super-powers. Honestly I can't think why Sega wanted to license this game at all. wallet-busting £50 price tag?

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On the moon, most of his enemies take several hits to kill.

Those sitting in tanks and cars need more than a bounce — Pond has to use his gun or explosives.

FASTERTHANA SPEEDINGMULLET One new attribute of James Pond is his blinding speed. Obviously all the training of the Aquatic Games did him some good. It's easy to reach incredible speeds on the moonscapes, especially with the old of a slope. Pond is so fast he often sticks to the ceiling. The A button gives him extra speed as long as it is held.

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game of this ilk. On the premise of some terribly cheesy storyline, James Pond embarks on an incredibly huge mission packed like il sardines in a tin with bonus opportunities. Of course ther are variations to the Mario theme as EA has introduced elements of their other most popular platiormer — Robo into the action. Ws all so clev erly designed but so very average as to become quite ow dull after a time. One to appeal to Megadrive a n o r a kowners. w e a r i n g '

Yes, that rib-tickling favourite. These attachments really let Pond fly, as he bounces across huge screen areas.

HELMET With this handy headgear (light and battery included) Pond cannot hurt himself by bumping into the ceil ing or by something falling on his head.

DYNAMITE The red sticks contain a big charge, and the fuse lights as soon as James picks them up. Use them to derail Maybe's monstrous engines and blow walls apart

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A Pond's banging away.

This bizarre consumer appliance appears to be just a sight gag - - pick it up and the screen goes monochrome.

However, picture-ghosting comes to your aid much later into the game

JETPACK Like one of those groovy personal rockets that Michael Jackson goes ape over .As long as you have fuel, you con soar around the heavens looking for isolated booty.

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thought out passwordsystem. which domen make it too easy to continue.

The 'comic' approach and speechore wholly redundant.

Completing each level involves finding and destroying Maybe's transmitter. Cups ore strewn across many levels. In these areas, the necessary transmitter is turned off, and all the cups are needed to activate it.

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I scope is utterly huge, and I don't even pretend to have ! seen it all. The gameplay is o inventive, having a speed r comparable with Sonic, and e puzzles as clever as Puggsy — this is best of both world's v for platform fans. It lakes a e while to get into, partly n because it's so tough, even -10 a from the first levels, but you • soon appreciate just what a m great game this is. o Vectordean have really n improved on the ideas in t Roba to the Rescue, making h James Pond 3 the best in the a . series. Definitely for those people w I I k e a real game T in their h e l a n

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Operation Starfish con be approached from either an arcade or adventure angle. Those looking for points should try and called as many crescents as possible. These spinning treats cover every level, and even more are found cascading out the crescent marked blocks. Adventure fans should concentrate on uncovering as many levels as possible. A special multipath device opens up even more locations when found.

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W guys of the WWF circuit get h from dressing up in spangly leotards and mouthing off like a demented hyenas we'll never t know, nor why these barkingp beefcakes are so damn popular. l in demand they are and also But e bock on the Megodrive for another bout of mindless vioa lence. s Bigger, faster, with new u moves and new competitions, the rsuperstars of wrestling are this time e fighting it out at the annual Royal Rumble tournament where t the only aim that matters is to be h the last one left in the ring — e eliminating all others through fair b means or foul, i There ore several new g wrestlers making ,

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Special moves for all the fighters all of which op kb, guaranteed to cau se .havoc. Seconds out, round one % I F F

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Use D4ad for the direction you want your fighter to run.. throw in.. Combinations of buttons achieve different special moves depending on the wrestler.

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en fi rst storied playing this second WIAIF offering I thought it was more of the same but after cruising through the masses of options then finally playing it for a while I found that there's a hell of a lot more in this game than the original. There ore more wrestlers, more moves, bigger and better sprites who at last have their own special moves, more tournaments and more fluid movements. Unfortunately, although it does involve more skillful manipulation than the A r s t game, there is still an awful lot of mindless button-bashing involved and the game soon loses Its appeal against the computer. Great fun in two-player mode though and well worth a look.

Each wrestler has a special unique move. These cause massive amounts of damage but may only be performed at certain times. O n e a wrestler's energy has fallen below 50 percent, his time hos come to toke a good duffing up. Bestow on him a string of kicks and punches in quick succession and the recipient will wobble about like a pickled old tromp.

When they're in this condition get in close and use the correct combination of buttons (depending on the wrestler) to produce a devastating finishing move V h ist does a sasersault just coshecon!

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LAW OF THE RINGS If you think boring rules and regulations are going to hold you back — fear not A s well as being able to knock the ref over by jumping off the ropes, for example, when in a tag team, everything is a fair cop.

Your partner helps out in every conceivable way. Sometimes when you've got several tonnes of throbbing meat lying on top of you, your buddy strolls into the ring and heaves him off. And if you guide your attacker to your corner, your mote often grabs him by the throat while you lay into him. Alternatively, if you're getting a pounding outside the ring, more often than not, your opponent takes out the assailant with a chair over the head — effective stuff huh?

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ORIGIN l bw CD is based on NW MIllit Herbed novels, and the nit direction of the Deltill tends movie.

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O Padishoh Emperor Shaddam IV. This ruthless galactic ruler desires the precious minerol, Spice, that lies beneath the sandy surface of this mysterious world, Arrakis. Spice is the key to space travel, and also n unlocks more esoteric pathways t h e most potent mind-expanding substance in the universe (after e guarana gum) p Shaddam has deviously sought to protect his interest by allowing two rival factions within his court to l mine Spice on Dune. You are of the honouroble House of Aireides, sending spice shipments while a repelling the growth of your enemies, the Harkonnen on Dune. You proceed by befriending the natives of n Arrokis, the Fremen As Paul Atreides the duties of e Spice production and defence must be balanced t against each other. , o f a r e mAnexcerpt from Jaz's new bookhe 011 from Amerke. o t I C I M O W HAP e osmi..1.• •••• " r e a m . Clo 4 .0 s Snol F r o m m OmPoe y , s t e m i n o n i n c o n s e q u e n t i a l g aDune uses the full audio capability of CD. Every lmessage given by a game character is spoken as well as written in sub-title format. The game text is ashown in a round of languages, including American xAND English! Well howdy doodyl y , i You ttot h i s aThe Fremen are the natives of Arrokis, easily distinvguished by their deep blue eyes (a side-effect of aproximity to Spice). You cannot hope to mine Spice without their help Fremen live in burrows called lwitches. They are a resilient people, able to survive ,• WW. S T1 N . • FoLP fl uon the arid surfoce of Dune with the aid of stillsuits , ' , e clothing which recycles body fluid. The Fremen have profound psychic powers. i n o r I, ORM

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Atreides has the highest moral code of any House within the Padishah Empire. Toll, beautiful, intelligent and intuitive, they regard themselves as blessed by birth and have a duty to others less fortunate. With you on Arrokis is Duke Leto Atreides, your fother. and Jessico, your mother. Leto is a good source of advice, and Jessica helps unravel some of the mysteries of the Spice. In addition, there is help from Gurney Halleck and Duncan Idaho, two stewards of Atreides. Gurney is expert at weaponry and dealing with the Premark. Duncan knows all about Spice harvesting, and holds statistics about stocks.

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Console owners may be disturbed by the lack of action, but Dune has an atmosphere all its own. Using a lot of material from the movie, the game really comes alive with the speech, the animated portraits and the complex and stimulating plot. In terms of gameplay, It takes a long time to get beyond mere conversation and into the strategic element, but finishing the game lakes a long time. One nice feature is the detective element.

Mysteries take some time to Illuminate themselves, but once solved, a real feeling of progress is perceived. I'd actually advise strategy fans to go for the Dune II Megadrive cart, but this is recommended to Dune fans and budding lecs.

What can we say? Fate Fremen art from the Dune vane. Huzzah!

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I agree entirely with Gus — Dune CD is a vast, highly atmospheric quest, oozing polish and originality. The graphics and sound are superb t h e full-motion video employed when traversing the world of Arrakis is simply astounding — easily the best FMV on the Mega-CD to date.

The game itself is remarkably involving, playing at one moment like a Lucasfilm adventure, and then just like a strategy game as you decide what to do with your fremen forces. Be warned though.

If you're after arcade excitement, you're going to be disappointed with this.

Paul wasn't too keen on this at alt. However, if it's a unique adventuring experience you require, Dune CD can't be beaten.

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They are as fast as an ornithopter.

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Go o odcontrol system. Great FillilV n kicker!. d 'Quite a slaw response onsome eisc(mess. d r f u l i the Hying seq r uence in the arm s is magnificent, if redundant. The characters laces look very lifelike.

The location and mopgraphics 'noir pretty poor.

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ITLAYABILITY The genie has a broadstrategy appeal — with detective and board. game type sections.

There's not much maw Sam sections ore spent listening to volt ha sh of story.

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will come to fear the Padishah Emperor. He ulorly calls the Palace to demand Spice.

Y o the allotted time, and keep up production . ut o meet his stiff targets. Only Duncan con send a shipment. Failure has terrim ble consequences... u s t b e t h e r e t • 9 0 0 1 1 4 4 • 0 1111••••••• M O W •• • • • • .• • til o , d i An intriguing spare scene from the going.

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Dozens ol seitchel have to be controlled to win the game. v Once the game has been 'seen', there's no point In doing ii again.

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T Puggsys n o w ot k o f ar t, 1 but when i t comes t o brains he's way ahead of his time.

But t hi s t i m e h e needs help. Str anded o n a n al i en planet a f t e r hi s spaceshi p has been stolen. Puggsy has to tr avel thr ough seventeen different levels. each packed • with cunni ng puzzles. fr anti c games a n d h o a r d ' s o f unfriendly aliens.

Using a uni que system of Total Object Interaction (T011 you ha v e t o gui de hi m o n his quest t o fi nd hi s shi p. and get home.

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S acre-flippin'-bleul plucky Gauls are inThose a 50 BC-type anti-Roman uproar!

The local Roman garrison are fed up with getting smacked around by the super-tough Gauls they're supposed to be subjugating but now they've discovered their secret - Getafix the druid's magic super-human strength potion!

To keep the Gauls weak, the Romans have kidnapped Getofix and have transported him back to Rome to torture him into producing the potion for their armies. So it's down to the heroic Asterix and his rotund pal Obelix to fight their way through six multi-stage levels leading from Gaul to Rome, to rescue Getafix and get him bock to safety while they've still got the potion coursing through their french veins. 4 (

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_ a o o Bottles of magical concoctions help get the guysd across otherwise impassible obstacles by supplyi ing the drinker with up to three shots of magic. l Use them wisely, though, because if you use your three shots in the wrong place you'll need to gos back for another bottle, and all the while the l tim•r's ticking down! i s BOMBS CLOUDS FLOATERS t Blow up baddios Create a vopourMagic platforms type platform which e which act as lifts by tossing these n up to lofty mini-grenades at is enough to give them. the guys a leg-up b heights u d d y , j e s t m o i r e l i k e a t r e e dreamt myself a A 'I'm dreaming of • white Christmas... Well I wish I'd a i r e r while I was at it - it's freeeeeezing in here! n it d l

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The game starts in the Gaul's village in sunny Gaul (aka Trance), Each of the six stages is set in a different country on the road to Rome, and each stage is cut down into a series of 'huts', which ore further divided into 'rooms', But even a Gaul's rooms aren't free of Roman occupation and there ore legions of legionnaires wandering around the decorative platforms therein.

As either Astern( or his Obelix, get from the left of each 'room' to the right in a limited amount of time. To make things more difficult, some rooms are completely impossible, unless Ariterix con use some Gallic magic to bridge unleapable gaps or destroy hostile creatures, LO NG T E R M R E P O R T

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ORIGIN LethalEnforcers so skit sit the everyday, crime-busting life of Amerkem inner-citycops.

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great deal, leaving little to Separate this conversion from the original coin-op. After all, since when do LA cops go patrolling with a Megodrive to loypad enhance in their the hands! gameplay It's a also good to see the game accommodates for the differences between one and twoplayer games, with twice the hoods sticking their necks out when partners hit the streets accuracy and gun control adds to the appeal and makes up for the simple 'shoot-to-kill' philosophy — the chance of maiming innocents plays havoc with the nerves! However success is all down to pattern learning in the end. Though reactions

are tested to the limit, victory Is well within anybody's reach and there are no surprises

once all the missions are complete. Still this is quite a departure from the norm and Is far better than any of the menacer titles available. Gun freaks could certainly do a lot worse and this conversion couldn't have been much better. Worth a look.

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The standard of this conversion's presentationcomports well with that al the coon-op orig. incl. There is an extensive collection of options to choose from.

It's easy to get trigger-happy when ventilating the city's scum but its essential that players remain in control at all times. Rookie officers are prone to standing in the line of fire and clumsy cops are deservedly penalised for any such fatalities. Likewise hostages and passers-by don't take too kindly to bullets and tend to die horribly when shot.

Unfortunately the word 'oops doesn't wash with the commissioner when facing evaluation. Any federal or civilian casualties sustained in ony given assignment results in having to undertake the some lob

GRAPHICS Everyimage seenIs digitised from real-life people andscenes.. This selves tot some dramatic situations. The animation isn't great.

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This is an excellent conversion of the arcade game. It's quite amazing to see images digitised L U C people on theYMegadrive although it's a f r bit gruesome when you realise o m you're shooting real people! r eIt's fairly challenging a nda I loved the practice mode l where you blast hell out of a series of targets in a shooting range sort of scenario. On the down side though, I think the ga me could ha v e been improved in a numbe r of ways. For example, you should be a wa rde d more points if you shoot someone in the he a d or he a rt — these guys drop de a d if you shoot them in the foot for chrissakes! A few bonus or hidde n levels would have a dde d s ubstantially to the enjoyment value. As it stands, Lethal Enforcers provides a re a s onable a mount of fun but it's not going to take too long to complete, a nd the lightguns ore pretty re dunda nt utiles other games make use of them in the future. Certainly

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CYBERPad's CMOS Microcontroller Programming System lets you create your own deadly combinations for each game. Now you can jump, turn right, and kick with one button. You can even switch any button's function with another (including directions)!

Its all your choice.

What's more, only CYBERPad has a 256-bit Memory Module that saves your programmed moves, even after your game system is turned off! For those who take no prisoners, there's also Cyber-Speed Rapid-Firing that shells out up to 27 shots per second. If things get out of control, use Slow Motion to AvorIobOe for both Super IVES and Sego GENESIS MEGA DRWE fight your way through.

Try CYBERPad. Because it's fun to watch street fighters hide in the alley.

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MASTER SYSTEM REVIEW

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Sonic's m world is kept it o balance by the six n Chaos emeralds, d the source of all 1 ; vitality. Careless then of Sonic and Tails to leave the jewels in a position for Robotnik to steal one of the stones, thus destabilising the whole of Moebius.

Sonic's planet has collapsed into a frightening alternative universe, where Robotnik's creations ore much more frightening than before, All the emeralds ore round six zones, each of three stages, and the future of Moeblus depends on finding them all.

CITY Reaching the emeralds first means collecting 100 rings on the initial stage. When that total is reached, you're immediately zapped to one of five sub-games. These involve different tasks: mg up huns of large s, or scaling a of platforms. takes

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Oh dear, I think its jump on the bandwagon and milk the cash cow for all it's worth here.

Sonic is the software giant's main flagship and the past games have lived up to that title.

Unfortunately this game doesn't. In fact, it stops just short of being a pile of old tosh. Sonic himself is as fast and wonderfully detailed as ever but the levels are too short, there are practically no enemies, the backdrops aren't a patch on either Sonic 1 or 2, it's too easy and all in all, not worth the dosh.

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like the ten-ring sets. Picking up the rocket shoes gives Sonic a quick burst of flight.

Sonic speeds horizontally, but -vertical movement is possib second piece of equipis the spring shoes.

• able to bounce over areas and reach in them.

A Soaks rocket-powered footwear conies in handy here.

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The character is as fast a nd feisty as ever, but the layout of the game is seriously flowed. Most of the later stages look superb, a nd have some ingenious ideas, but throughout the question is 'Whe re a re the e ne mies?'. There just isn't enough opposition. Even worse, it's so easy to get into the sub-games, you never ge t to see the substance of most levels. Think on this; I reached the final stage on my third go, with 14 lives a nd six continues!

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Somebits at the old magic are there, especiolk when Sonic gets going.

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USABILITY I tven the task of wiling the emeralds Is not going to stop most players streaming through ihis in days.

'EYE STRAIN As with all Sonic games, the visual designers have really gone to town. Sonic's six stages depict a moss of styles and tastes. The starting point is the familiar Green Hill Zone. Later on is a city zone, complete with skyline; a bizarre mixture of palm beads and robotic, where the coconuts ore made ot metal; and s i n g castle. The

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n a sen of coin dances so Marty , e r.defy all cription, al o )I Spot's s ,bpals have a somehow got themselves trapped in cages at the endb of tortur platform levels. And the funny thing is,l Spot has to collect a series of Virgin Games icons e in order to unlock , these cagesi Isn't life extremely surreal when you're a flagship videogames character?

It doesn't take a genius to realise that you play the Cool Spot in question and you have to get those spots out of those cages.

However, the question remains. How did those other Spots get into the cages and who put them there? it's a question not answered in this otherwise entertaining platform romp and remains to this day in the folder marked UNEXPLAINED in the files of Arthur C Clarke.

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I LASTABILITY K Quite easy with very Mlle variety Sinthe gameplay.

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--------- A lert! Alert, if you don't mind 1, ^ la d ie s and gentlemen! A Mid& Eastern dictator, General Kilboba, has lust invaded a neighbouring country and annexed it to his own so that he can steal its precious no uml resources. If he gets away with it he'll be use them to further his plans for world conquest and then we'll all be sorry!

It's lucky for us, then, that the USA lust happened to have a fleet of warships in the area to help kick out the invaders before they take total control. However, it's unlucky for you that you hoppened to be in one of those warships and now have to pilot a Desert Apache Attack Helicopter into terrain crawling with enemy ground artillery, 'rep, danger with a copital 'D' awaits you as you undertake five campaigns, striking at his weapons factories, releasing his unfortunate prisoners and putting his entire military capability to the torch.

AttISSUPN 13V EMI There are live campaigns in Desert Strike, each with an overall objective, but to accomplish y o u need to complete a series of missions in each worzone It's as well to attempt these missions in order as the they're cleverly linked. In the first campaign, for example, your first target is a pair of radar installations on the coast. If you skip these in the search of tank-busting glory you'll find that the radar has already picked you up and has passed your position on to the tanks so they'll be ready to knock your rotors off before you fire a shot. Do things properly, though, and enemy artillery will be unprepared for any attack and you stand a much better chance.

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The Desert Apache is equipped with three different weapons systems which more or less target themselves on anything within their range. The chain gun is really only useful against very soft targets (enemy soldiers, for example), but for tougher stuff you hove o healthy supply of Hydra missiles and a small quantity of the much more destructive Hellfires which con take out a missile battery before its even got you in its sights. Naturally, ammo is limited, so it's important to keep an eye out for

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I'm one of e thoupo p nd D ls ke for e a w and s y h rod it to e e be one of o rd most the trewarding blasts of its time. This Master System is virtually the same with the same blend of highly original shooting gameplay. What I like is that this game isn't totally reliant on reflexes — you need brains to in order to beat Kilbaba's cronies. I'm not going to beat about the bush — this is an excellent conversion and one of the best Master System games I've had the pleasure to play for months.

and operates the winch when airlifting supplies or people. Before the game you get to pick a winchmon from a selection of officers who may be better at gunnery than winch operation or vice verso, There is one guy, though, who is excellent at both but he's been shot down and is stranded somewhere in the desert until you find him.

He's worth tracking down though, as once he's on board he can get your gun to fire faster and he con make winching up supplies fast and easy — very important when you're surrounded by anti- aircraft artillery!

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Well, a it a minute now, because this isn't m bad — in foct Ws excellent!- Amazingly„ just about everything that was in the Megodrive game has somehow been packed into this Master System cart. The great mix of blasting with strategy is all there, all the missions which start off easy and get really tough I can't quite believe it. T graphics ore ace, everything is ace. The only thing I can possibly fault is that sometimes found myself crashing into buildings which I looked like I should have been clearing by a few pixels. But hey, for ameplay of this quality I n put up with that. All this el-death may not be in eeping with the spirit of ristmas, but Master stem owners should put is at the top of their lists to Santa NOW!

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rIPRESENTATION Nice °Mewed 1 introductions, decentinstivcrians

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Disturbed, they listen s as Krang demands they come to fight a for Splinter in Dimension X — a horribl r paradox in space somewhere between and e Nick's studio ond Cheadle Hulme There Krong has created clone turtles who fight with r the same powers as the brave band, Only the help e of the Turtles' four pals, including April, will help l them now a . x i The four turtles provide the backbone of your n fighting force. Each of the Renaissance painters g has his distinctive weapon and set of moves. iSome characters are more adept than others, n t h e i r h Raphael carries finger knives, and proves to be the most versatile turtle fighter. He steams i across the screen as a turtle torpedo, knocking d opponents for six. From the air, his windmill e attack is a moss of spinning knives. He even a fast long-range attack — a sharp knife o has fireball. u t i n

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MICHAELANGELO Leonardo carries two lethal blades, which work in unison. His most devastating move is much like Ryu's Dragon Punch from SF2, using the blades in a slashing spin. Leonardo has a good long

Speed is Michoelangelo's main weapon. His special attacks are characterised by the Nunchaka rush, on in-your-face dash, with the sticks. The chain sticks ore also capable [ - deadly of producing a fast ground-hugging whirlwind, which is effective over a long distance.

range attack: by striking the ground with his blades he sends a lightning tremor along the ground. Finally, Leo turns into a tornado, whipping his opponents into a frenzy.

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PRESENTATION Atwo-player option, a choice al roundbackdrops andsome difficulty I w the difference in the skill levels,

A sinister mod axe-man type, replete with hockey mask. Casey's a dab hand with the hockey stick, and also has on incredibly sneaky attack, using his taunt button. By pulling down his places a time bomb!

Ray is a curious aqua-person, a mutant manta roy type, and indeed he has a ray attack, which moves very slowly but packs a major punch. He also has a torpedo attack, but again one which is slow.

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STABILITY A The game is very challenging, though this is an ambivalent White. v There are only eight charcwters to control.

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Megadrive pinball game is released the question of how it fares against Dragon's Fury is raised. In this case Tengen's monster scorches Virtual Pinball into ashes!

Virtual Pinball presents such a barren interpretation of the game that it's lust no substitute for the

ambitious design of its biggest rival. Even the analogue tables being played In the arcades of late are far more imaginative.

Hardcore pinball fanotics might find something to amuse them within the confines of the workshop but even then the options are limited. It Is likely that a title such as this could fare better on the PC formats where there is no such thing as Dragon's Fury or even Crue Ball, however console owners generally expect to gain some excitement from their games.

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Its hard to concentrate on a game of Pinball when some fool has their stereo blasting music that isn't to your taste. In appreciation of this problem Virtual Pinball allows players to select a groove before play. There ore eight soundtracks to choose from, one of which is the golden sound of silence Interesting, eh?

4 1 1 1 W 4 The preconceived tables presented in Virtual Pinball serve to 1 demonstrate the basic features available to the player. It's as well 1 to hove a few goes on these first and take note of the way things 1 work for reference during construction of a personalised table.

There are two basic elements to consider before work begins: 0 r - THE BOARD: With a choice of ten different boards on A which to roll the silver ball i the player is somewhat r spoiled for choice. Not that it - matters as the various sur- faces don't affect the trajecA tory of the boll one bit. So a it's just a case of choosing r the look that suits you.

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Construction of the custom tables is carried out with the aid of a tool, This saves a player's virtual fingers from rummaging around a virtual shoe-box for parts as the tool stores every conceivable item in its memory! Once a part is selected the tool is moved around the empty table in search of suitable places to drop things.

Any mistakes are easily rectified by means of the tool's blaster facility.

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When you've got excellent games like Dragon's Fu on the scene, you can on • oum the fact that EA put something like this out. • Sorry EA, a really, really lever idea, but one that lust doesn't work.

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B eing magical person Ronald McDonald he ofathe gingerkind wigof and yellow overalls is surrounded by magical things. He goes for walks in a magical forest, hangs about a magical town and holidays on magical islands. Pretty much everything he touches becomes something rather special too.

So when he discovers a piece of paper at the foot of o tree in the magical forest it takes the form of a treasure map, Actually it's only a quarter of a treasure mop. The missing pieces are who knows where, but Ronald has a pretty good idea where to look, Yes, the thought of a game featuring Ronald McDonald is a bit cheesy and may require an extra pinch of salt on your regular fries to digest.

However the license is being handled by Treasure, the same people who programmed Gunstar Heroes, making this menu of fun instantly more appealing. One player controls the clown in his seorch for the missing pieces of the mop through a five stage platform adventure.

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Di a mond-geosier Rel;iald Mcboria displayed in the form of jewels, He begins his quest with four and by finding extra towel con toiners, may increase this number to eight.

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Ronald makes for quite a versatile if slightly s cumbersome hero and his use of starves as o f an improvised rope is especially cool. t h Regrettably it doesn't take much more than a eday ito savour all the game has on offer.

Since the desire to see all Treasure Land r has in store is irresistoble the inclusion of a fi password e r system makes a speedy completion of the game inevitable. This is a class y product, it is imaginative, wild and has origi features m inal too. With more challenge and a alargerg number of levels to explore Treasure i - Land may well have lived up to its namesake. Instead it's better that a person's small fortune is reserved for something more robust. However the game's still worthy of attention for its novelty value alone.

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ORIGIN The platform game genre ii dusted down and has a katelo Rook facelift.

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BANANA SURPRISE •A n d the surprise is that bunches of bananas often yield super-valuable power-ups. Look out for extra continues [disguised as leavell), 1 -UPsond extra energy. Perhaps the most useful power-up is the boomerang. Most jungle meanies take several hitsus to depkroy. Collect the boomagang ond arty one hit is required to take out anything short of on end 4 f level boss. , • I can't say that I spend much time on the Master System.

However, this month, there has been a veritable avalanche of quality 8-bit product. First Domark's Desert Strike, then Cool Spot and now The Jungle Book.

This is truly excellent stuff, with some smart graphics and compelling gameplay. even took this one home to play over the weekend. Although the killeverything-that-moves gameplay is hardly in keeping with the gentle film, the action is fast and playable enough to bring you back for more. Once the controls have been sussed, the game is a bit easy, but I really enjoyed playing it. One of the best 8-bit games I've played in months.

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DESTROY? YIELD TO MY WILL! owgli's trail of banana -drevaslotion pits him up against some of the most lovable bosses ever devised for a videogame The first boss to bite the dust is the ,hypnotising snake from hell, Kao the games helpful instruction here is simply DESTROY KAA!).

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Wiwi can we soya It's a pinball game and lust i k like Dragon's Fury it has flippers l o t s of them, flashing lights, bumpers, dark, atmospheric backdrops and loads of foul, festering creatures 1un ning obout which you have to bosh with a ball to gain access to the bonus levels.

There's even a storyline of sorts — some 'bint' wearing very few clothes, who's reolly a dragon has captured some goad guys and gals (who are also wearing very few clothes) and stuck them in bubbles. They can only be rescued by your heroic self notching up the points and completing the eight bonus levels.

The bonus levels are very different from the Dragon's Fury ones — as you con probably see from these shots. Surreal art work (featuring more semi-clod beauties) and amazing scaling on the ball gives the impression of realistic perspective which is rather cool The bonus tasks include bouncing balls off birds' (the feathered variety) bonces, smashing spiders and bizarre goblin types who throw their heads at you. Successful completion of a bonus level frees one of your chums from I A the clutches of the dragon and gives you a smart 1 gold pinball which scores four times more points fort a limited period when you return to the proper table.

There's been a bit of a glut of pinball games lately — Sonic Spinball and Virtual Pinball (both reviewed this issue) to name two but being complete pinball nuts in this office, the more the merrier. We'll bring you a full review of this one soon.

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FOR SALE GAMEGEAR For Sale 4 Excellent Games costs E200. selling for E80 ono. vgc Boxed Telephone litaM on 081-948 6326 Hurry!

MEGADRIVE with 15 Games and Menacer Gun and Turbopaa wort E500 sell Or £270 ono Telephone Torn on 10772) 1162943 MEGADRIVE Games for sale: Golden Are Sword of VeinsIllOn. Castle of Illusion. Sexier and Sonic.

EIS each Telephone 10932) 5 8 MASTER SYSTEM for sale E130. 2 4 Pads. 6 Games ncludes Speedball 2 8 8 2, Sonic end Terminator. For mom information erg 1071381 446719.

SUPER NINTENDO for sale. 7 Great Games Converter. all Boxed Worth over e450 sell for £300 ono Telephone Ales 071-794 0794 GAMEBOY for sate with 6 Games, Super Mario 2, Gremlins 2, See:Written, Hock, Othello Tete: £80 Cell Tim on 0572 65214.

MEGADRIVE GAMES for sale: EA Hockey. Lotus, Turbo Chalterege.

Olympic G ol d. £20 - each Telephone Kevin 0592 752026 alter 6orn S upe r and World of IlluSiOnfor STRIDER W r aeach t i or will swap for Sonic Saler E20 e2. Ecco m a the n eDolphin. Lemmings. Cool Spot Write to Melanie 9ST Leverence Road, Frodsham, Cheshire WAG MeS. MEGADRIVE with lei Game. including Sonic 1 8.2, Macs, Streets of Rage, 2 Control Pads, still Bored.

Onhy4 months old Worth £750, Civets sale needed £320 One. Telephoner Andy (0942) 725224.

Also for sate Nintendo Deluxe, Boxed 5 Games E60 Buyer colect ME GADRIVE Games for sale_ Olympic Gold 1E1 5t, /Mace Hat (E7). Aftenburner (C12) and Euro Club Soccer (C17) Phone (0302) 748253 ask tor Jonathan STAR COLOUR Printer LC24-200 E200. 3 Colour, I Black Ribbon Phone 10354) 7 4 0 print 7 4 out.

2 NES, 1 Game each for sale. I with 8 f o rE45, without E30. Call Adaptor e e e on e 071-223 1 0 Marlyn 6817.

COMICS For Sale over 200 al °coo 4 8 Condition Marvel, Worth C3004- sell £150 Telephone Hu* on (0222) 611204 (Cardiff) Weekdays only I WILL SELL. 23 Gansegear Games worth over £300 for wait tor it E 50 ono. Games include Somme Baseball. Tennis etc Contact Simon On(0908) 317069 alter 60m. Not an offer to be missed so gel phoning SNES and Megadrive Games for sale SF2. Star-meg. tit/INF, Road Rash and lots more. Phone Russ on (0487) 813434 MASTER SYSTEM for sale with 2 built in Games plus 7 Boxed Games •E100 Phone Tom on Cambridge (0223) 3521e9 FOR SALE Electronic Gaming Monte Magazine from Nov Sept 9 2 t- o each 9 3 include lei P it reviews all the Idlest Games on every Console a l l write to Simon Law 88 High Neese i n Cron:Mon Devon EX17 3LB. Street.

SEGA MEGADRIVE with I 3 Brilliant M Games i n nickelling Monaco.

Soidareran Gynoug and Streets of t Rage.

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AMIGA 500 with Philips Monitor, 30.

Games including Sweetie Soccer, Mouse, 2 Joysticks E350 ono. Phone Ben 3307) 242039 (Oxon).

GAMEGEAR M t 2 Games. Car Adaptor and TV Tuner for sale. Also Amstrad CPC464 plus Colour Monitor, Joystick and 95 Dames included in overall price of El 15 tenor* 10932) 889009 Surrey area Phone weekdaye 8 James.

MEGADRIVE, 14 Too Games, 2 9 PmControllers worth over E700 with free C o n t aworth c tover £200 for e450 magazines ono 103031 25098 CIALIEBOY, 3 Games. Fatly Boxed 1 E50 or swap for 2-3 Megadeve Games. Teledyne Mike on ( 0 270055 4 FOR SALE Mester System 9 5) Converter E15. Rattan, Spicier Great Basketball. Operation Wolf EIO each For the kiegadrive m an.

Japanese Convener E5, Olympic Gold, D Robnsons Basketball.

Boeotian El 5-20 'ace. Phone 081( 422 8750 ask for Rick Open to offers North London area Person must collect, GAMEGEAR Mains Adaptor. Battery Pace and 3 Games Donald Duck, Sonic and Kick Off E100. Phone Ben (0367) 242039 (Oxon'.

FOR SALE Sega Gamegear. Mans adaptor. Carrier Case. Sonic the Hedgehog. Unwanted get Boxer, as ram Excellent Condition, priced to sell must go, Instructors included Worth C offer 1 accepted Phone Trevor on r05041 398103 60 FOR SALE desert Strike and John s a l Madden 92 for Megadrry• £25 each f oPhone Sion on ()2481 722305 ono alter 4prn r 1MEGADRIVE and 2 Controllers.

C band new and still boxed in perfect •coedition with 8 games SOF12. PGA D Goll2.

Super Kick Oft Madden '92.

Megeoarnes I and Sonic for £200 O ono for more information ring le4461 o 711830 and ask tor ' n ,LOADS OF GAMES for sale • all under o I r o nE25 e d _• some below El 5 Swap your unwanted Megadnve Games for . different o9 e r tor just E4 Phone 021 F 4159 422 iWHAT A BARGAIN/ Megadrive. I Control Pact 2 Stereo Speakers. r Sonic 1&2, all kitty bored and only s £90 Only 7 moots old' Phone tShaun on 081-337 6E134 rllbe waning' BARGAIN' Megadrive Games Lotus Challenge. Sonic 1.12 and Desert Strike £50 gets you lee lot. Buyer must reeled from D uns Salisbury, Wiltshire T e e d 10980) ask for Bob -v on 53622 n e r including Jaguar MEGA CO forasale tXJ220, o n e Cobra Commarid, Sol Feace, Streets of Regis. Super Monaco OP, Golden Axe, The Rei„enge of seinde and Columns. al on CO. Genuine reason for sale. All boxed £250.

Teephone (0380) 724348 POPULOUS 2 Two Tnbes E30 as new and complete with codes Telephone (0287) 660183.

MEGADRIVE • 6 Great Games and Joypad and Aliens 3. Joyseck, for E150 Phone Kunal on 081-508 7333 after 8pm.

GAMES Ecoo E25, JM•93. Euro Soccer E18, Some Italia '90 Eie Weer MOrlaCO El 0, LAMM Of ItluStOn E15, Phone Nick (0443) 740718.

MEGADRIVE Games for sale including Streets of Rage II and Flageback Pieces may vary from EI0-C25 Buyer must collect. Phone (081391 835370 iBromleyOrpingon: MASTER SYSTEM II wit 6 Games including Sonic 1 and Asti Light Phase Telephone Ben (0354) 692958 , BARGAIN 2 Top C.a.. Games on plu Sege Megadnve, Super Kick Off and s World of Illusion £25 each both E45 (0484) 719625.

1 MEGANIVE Games for sale P Gotten Axe El 2 50 Aker 3 £20. £30 a for Dom ono Great Condition dTelephone Matt (C708) 524147 BARGAIN! UK Megadeve plus the E best Foote Game out, SUMS Kick l Off one ESO inckeling P&P X Telephone (0884 I 38964 oFOR SALE "Jurassic Pak' for the American Sega Genesis. rover been n used (40 olo, Phone (0527) 401715 o evenings MASTER SYSTEM lie 2 Control Pads. 6 Games and 25 various computer magazines E120 ono.

Telephone Kristian (Maidstorse I (00221 754308.

MEGADRIVE for sale with 6 Games £170. Phone (06937) 83782 or write to Road.

Kilkeel, Co Down, N keine AIEGADRIVE for sale, including 12 A Games (Cooispot World of ikesion. a Jungle Seise. Ecco. Cluackshot r Golden Axe II, Sonic 1&2.

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Tazmania, SOP II and o Peke/mer), 2 Joypads ( 1 auto6rel n and loads of rrlegS E280 Telephone N (0829: 824288 4pm.. i MEGADRIVE for sake including Meracer set, Sonic 2. Speedball 2 c loads of mags and cheats Al fully h boxed with instructions. FREE Sony o Disisman, 2 Control Pads (I Turbo), all l wort E475 1 Ice E225.

Excellent value Peons 107341 s 781967 and ash for Jamie. TODAY( o THINGS FOR SALE: Amstrad n PCW9512 complete tyllere, some disks E250 PIES with Light Gun and .

9 1 Games £90 BMX for ages 7. E35 BMX for ages 4 10 7. hardly used 6 E70 interested well phone 081-656 4 5920 mere Pnces negoliebre computers bored H UK MEGADRIVE !Good Condition) a takes all cartndees. e Games EA rHockey, Star Control. Golden Axe, b Magical Hal Altered Beast Two o Joypads El 35 Also Hitachi Ghetto Bla ste r with Super We e ks u E40 Phone Matthew after 6pie rAylesbury i0298l 24340 (Price includes postage: ° M UDDY • 5 Games. Te te Super Manolancl, Or Mario. Fortified Zone and Skate or Die Comes complete with 2 Player Lead, Game Manuals and Magazines. Sall tor E80. Call Das on 081 882 0031 atter 4pm ittAMEGEAR for sale • 3 Games only E80 Telephone (0707) 644367 GAME BOY for sale, 3 Garnet including Mario E30 ono Telephone Daeid Taylor on 104051 862483 NEO-CEO 'Scan 60/eZe Joystick.

Memory Card and Cross-swords £240 or swap tor ,Scarf 60HZ). Jag Macabre* and Mega-CD Teledyne (0834 235428.

SEGA Master System II 8 Games, 1 year old, mint condition E150 felepe000 (00021 i f reed itSA Adrian

MEGADRIVE worth E400 selling for C1e5 with Jungle Strike PGA 2, Supe Lemmings Golden Axe 2 Sonic. 2 , Joyeeds it autoem). Games Rack K i Cheats Codes for above garnes Call d s on (0223) 352663 for details Will SEGA MEGADRIVE for "ale with 10 O Games including Ecco, Speedball 2. f f EA Hockey. Word of e t c , .also includes Japanese Converter, R Arcade Pewerstick 2 Joypects.

Games HOldei and about 50 o Magazines. vgc. all for £300 ono a Phone 10241) 59882 d ATARI sr with over 20 Games, R Joystick and 2 Mouses, sell for El 50 o answap II:4 5 Garage& Games 1 also s wit accept 4 Games and a Carry Cage must be In nem h condition Birmingham area Phone 2 021-523 7 and 22 Games for ,MEGADRIVE 2 02 Sale.

SySte(e Convener, Infra C h Master e tea Joypads and much more, will sell eseparately r s or together. Games Include EA Hockey. 2 Crude Dudes.

Sleiledball 2 etc , games tram 15 to 30 all worth over E900 will sell for E800-C650. Telephone Mike (0908) 318701.

MASTER SYSTEM II, Boxed, tem Condition 2 Joypacts 8 Games Including Sonic 2, Lemmings). Nags El 1 5 Telephone Stephen on 10505) e90205 M S CARTS, Transbot, Mod, Global Defence, Spy vs Soy CIO each, all for £37 including free tips boOk. (0202) 603381 6•13pm FOR SALE Street Fighter 2 and Kruse% Fun House with free Universal Adaptor for E50 also for sale English Mega CD Perfect Condition El 75 to E200 wanted Write to Mathew Sawtell 10 Little Walton, Eastry, Kent CT13 ODW Buyer must celled MASTER SYSTEM tor sale with 1 Joypad. Good Condition with 4 Ganes E40 Telephone te4750 638830 MEGADRIVE with 3 Joyeadis, 5 Games Sonic 1 ei2, European Soccer. Buster Douglas.

Wrestlemania • Tice Book E1 X Cal (0784 (24E1805 MEGADRIVE GAMES for sale Road Rash 2 Wondemoy S. Peantasy Star 2, Dungeon' and Dragons, Bo Hazard Bates £25 each Atomic Runner. LeIX Chopper, Midnight Resistance. Elemenlac Master.

Marvec Land E20 each Al boxed with instructions Phone Dive on 10265) 832930.

ATARI LYNX 2 plus 8 Games AC Aclapitor and Carry Pouch as nee cost E250 sell for E150 ono Call James on 10242 What a bargain' , CHEAP GAMEGEAR • Games 2 3 2 2 5 (50, 7 Alien 3, Tattmaele.

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7 p 2 C12 m each. Berlin Wall and ,Sonic 2 EIO leach TV Tuner E35. MS Convener C5_ Magnifier E5 Case £5.

Battery Pack £15. Mickey 2 for MS (15 Phone dal -393 2082.

UK MEGADRIVE for sale plus 17 Games inciereng Micro Machines Streets 2 PGA 2_ Madden Doreen 9 3 . Stoke. EA Hockey, Lotus Turbo, Side Pocket, Speredball 2 Terminator 2 Plus 2 Joy-pads Quick sale hence E375 ono ExCeSerli lArtilla iri. Medea filly allot Ode

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FOR SALE Se9a Ganiegear with 10 Gaines: Sonic 1 &2, Taxman Mickey Mouse, Shinobi, Donald Duds. G Loc arid more plus Car Adaptor Will sell for El 10 ono or see° lot Amiga 500. Phone Mark on (0737) 554101 'Surrey area) MORE IMEGADRIVE Bargains ,Ayrion Senna, 'Nate Want World, Klee Voted E20 each Darwin 40e1, Blodtout Castle or Illusion.

Ghostbusters, Junction EIS each.

Plus SPIES Games. Lemmings EX. Smash TV E25 Bake Ruse C25. All vgc Ask for Dave on (02651 832930, MEGA CD, 37 Cons including Jungle Strike. SCR 142, Road Rash 1&2_ Tiny ICreel and many more, Also 4 CD's inciuding Final Fight, Master System Converter_ Jag Converter Action Replay Game. Genie 4.

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(APPLAUSE) And I'd also wager there's lots of cakes and lelly for backgrounds, and this little blighter throws sweets at his enemies.

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