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We are most chuffed to bring you, the MEAN MACHINES faithful, at this fine and festive time of year the EXCLUSIVE review of Toeiam & Earl 2 — the follow up to one of the wackiest and most original games of yesteryear. This magical sequel slips into platform mode but before your faces fall, turn to PAGE 28 for the full facts.

We think you'll be pleasantly surprised!

Con this sequel to Dragon's Fury, the best

Megodrive pinball game ever, match up to its predecessor and better the other mediocre pinball offerings currently doing the rounds?

AEROTHEACROBAT 112 ROBOCOP3 118 T2:THE MOVIE 120 Undoubtedly one of the worst Megadrive g a me s ever seen. Turn to our review for the full run down — you just won't believe how bad it is

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Tasty tit-bits galore and exciting exclusives to die for with five fun-pocked pages of pure class!

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MEANYOB 34 Is there any limit to this geezer's font of foulness?

Apparently not because he's back again to answer more of your clapped out correspondence!

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JAM'S Q+A 40 Giving you what you wont in his inimitable style, Jazz is back in the Q + A hotseat!

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NEXTMONTH 145 More pop which tells you zilch about the next issue but should bring an interesting smile to your face!

amazing four-page mega-preview bringing the full low down on this astounding fighting fest!

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0 MAL FOOVEKITSUP ea gadri s p l a s h out on this ace compo in c h y c a n win a ' football personally signed by England ace, David Platt PLUS there are.10 official footle kits of your choice up for grabs! Check out the nittyhgritty on PAGE 22. e l a

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Another MEAN MACHINES EXCLUSIVE! We chat to the guys at Probe Software who are behind this shoot 'err up extravaganza which could change Menacer gaming as we know it!

PRINCEOFPERSIA 24 The age old classic comes to the Megadrive. We bring you the inside gen from the guys responsible!

THEBESTOFYOB 106 For three years that oracle of wisdom and witticisms has been rocking and shocking you. We bring you the best of his pearls and put downs'

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must admit I hover-it had much time to participate in the creation of this fine organ this month. The vast majority of my skills hove been put to use in bringing you an a ll-n e w Sego

magazine, called, er, SEGA MAGAZINE. It's on officially licensed magazine — the official tie-in enabling us to bring you all sorts of top secret stuff

before ANY magazine land indeed the majority of Sego's staff) see it. With a bit of luck, we'll be bringing you EXCLU-

SIVE looks at Virtue Racing and Sonic III with mega pics — not scrappy little examples of supreme fuzziness cut out of Japanese mags.

The look or-id feel of the meg is very different to MEAN MACHINES — the style is a lot cleaner, the humour a trifle more 'sophisticated' — designed to appeal to all Sego owners, SEGA MAGAZINE, together with MEAN MACHINES brings you the very

' Ti. the season to be jolly, and here the crew tell you the secrets of their merriment over the festive period: JULIAN 'UTILE PRICK' RIGNALL Julian's Christmas is relatively calm apart from two potential familytiff-leads-to-carving-knife-stabbing incidents. First is dinner. l o v e to eat it, but I'm as welcome in the kitchen as typhoid Mary," he groans, 'I washing up time, of course". second feud erupts when same• produces 'The best of Julian nail' video tope of his TV appear-"Between that and the Bond 'es, we all sat round the wireless lost year," he explains.

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man's icicle " I remember when I wos young, having all my relatives

round for turkey and all the trimmings. Actually, I hated them and only now are they getting the message. We tell them to leave the presents on the doorstep and bog off", CHRISTMAS TIPPLE Hemlock and sour grapes' juice.

CURRENT FAYE GAMES:Super Streeffighter, Elite II, Toejam and Earl 2,

best in Sega gaming every month. I've given it careful thought and can think of no good reason why you should buy any other Sega magazines.

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HICKMAN ristmas makes Lucy go all green and queasy. seem to get a bad case of poisoning' at Christmas, which nothing to do with my 'roistering' on Christmas Eve. Once I was sick in my Christmas dinner. As no one had noticed, I quickly pretended it was sage and onion stuffing and ate it, to avoid any embarrassment.'

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RENT FAVE GAMES:Dune II, bocop Vs Terminator

PICK OF THE CROP OZ 'BONDING' BROWNE Oz goes all mellow at Christmas. MEAN MACHINES resident Lethal Weapon fan prefers to stay at home and spend the day in the bosom of his family. "All my aunts and uncles come round, and we hove a massive Turkey dinner along with sous — a really spicy West Indian dish.

And I don't mind hankies and striped nylon Y-fronts, really, I don't.'

CHRISTMAS TIPPLE As much as possible.

CURRENT FAVE GAMES:SF II, Super Streetfighter II

Ben Price of Orpington launches a new Editorial feature into Gaming and Bogies. At the mog we've noticed how long periods in front of the Megadrive can give you the nose crusties. We were going to get some research done, but we couldn't be bothered. Instead, see Ben here doing his best to get fresh air with his joypod. Expect a six-button version with auto-fire nostril probe soon.

US 'FOOTING' SWAN h, there's nothing like going home toe Scotland at Christmas,' purrs Gus in a wistful brogue. There's many a new - s p o r r a n to receive, and merry locals to entertain. But Christmas is just the rehearsal for Hogamonay he observes, when the tradition is to pee on someone's doorstep, bestowing showers of luck for the New Year CHRISTMAS TIPPLE 'Water of Life' with Pepsi Max ixer.

CURRENT FAVE GAMES:Dune Masters of Combat, Toejom and Earl 2

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L 'IN YOUR FACE' DAVIES embers those presents from his youth: a yo-yo, on and a new pair of clogs. 'We'd stand there, so proud of what Santo hod brought,' he says nostalgically. However, e moving to London, Paul surprised to receive few you letters for the presents ives out. Friends expect to a tin tray commemorating •do's Diamond Jubilee or of Grondod's old cloth cops.

CHRISTMAS TIPPLE Long Island Iced Tetley tea.

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Christmas is a time of joy, but its also time to think of others less fortunate than our-

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1. BOY FROM THE BOLD 3 AD Sadly, not only does he have to buy his own soap powder in future, he also has ginger hair.

2. GAMESMASTER VIEWERS Seasons greetings to its loyal audience, whatever your name might be 3. RIK MAY/41 For being part of the ninsipid ad campaign which wins the 'Hoover free flights' award for product marketing_ 4. TERENCE TRENT D'ARBY Even Shaken' Stevens has a better shout at Xmas No. 1.

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If you thought the 'Jurassic dinosaurs had bite, just wait 'til you clamp on your skis and tackle the biggest, blackest slopes on the mountain Winter Olympics is the most heart pounding, knee-trembling sports sirn you've ever had the courage to face.

And it s going to wipe out everything in its path. e up against the wor lds greatest winter sportsmen in a race mammoth speeds. Competing in ten spectacular snow-capped ents, y ou'll need every last ounce of strength, skill and staying power to beat the rest and tame the piste.

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I don't know any of you hove seen the fob Demolition Mon movie yet, starring the macho Sly Stallone and the weird and utterly wicked Wesley Snipes but if you haven't do so cos it's completely excellent - one of the best action movies to hit the silver screen for a long, long time.

Ever one to snap up a tasty licence, Virgin has whipped straight in there and are already half way through coding the

eponymous Megodrive game The programmers have tried to follow the plot of the movie as closely as possible (although it'll be interesting to see how they cope with the humour which really makes the movie a winner) which naturally means that mass destruction is the t order of the day.

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But in the year 2032, when LA has turned into a sunshine and roses place, with no crime, no hassle and no sex, Phoenix escapes and, unable to deal with his evil ways, the soft cops of 2032 release Spartan to yet again capture his nemesis.

Following the tried and tested (but hopefully not tired) blasting formula of Robocop vs Terminator and Contra, Demolition Man is 16 Meg and includes 12 levels where the aim is to kill Cryo-cons and nail Simon Phoenix. The action

;LID Brace yourself for a roller skating experience to make your teeth rattle with EA's Skitchin on the Megadrive.

This game is Rood Rash on rollerskates and manic action prevails as you roll around the city streets, hitchin' lifts on the back of cars, performing stunts over romps and bashing hell out of the competition until your king of the neighbourhood. More news when we get it elolisemmi

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VI? A new game emerging from the bosom of Psygnosis for the Megadrive fairly soonish is a game going under the working title of Rescue. Presumably so called because you, in your nifty little spaceship, must wander far and wide rescuing extremely

weird creatures who are very reminiscent of Morph from the Tony Hart P/ programme, Why you should wont to save lumps of plasticine, is beyond us, but that s the name of the game and they ore so grateful when you do so.

Your ship is equipped with all the latest blasting malarky which is used to great effect against the heathen swines who try their best to thwart your good intentions at every given opportunity And if

the nooks and crannies in which the Morphs ore stashed become to narrow for your chariot, fret not, you can just leap out ormed with your trusty Uzi (or something like that) and continue on foot Iola Blaster Master). Intruiging stuff to be sure and we'll bring you the latest updates as soon as we can.

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After the mad rush of Megadrive soccer games that software companies seem to have been going through like a dose of salts lately, many of the biggies are changing tack and going for a basketball angle instead, Virgin ore no exception but they're taking a slightly different route with their forthcoming Jammit.

The game features only four players - Slade, Roxy and Chill who battle it out in one-one-one modes only on one of three sleazy back street courts_ After defeating the other two, the victor then goes on to play against the local basketball ace, Judge.

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After going for gold with Thunderhawk, Core Design are taking their game designs to the skies with a new spacebased blast 'em up called Soulstar: Molice of The Myrkoids, Starring you as one of three crack Cryo-Commandos. take one of three ships up to the ski system, Soulstar, which the Myrkoids , ore trying to wipe out.

Destined to use a spiffy 3D engine, the game is still in fairly early stoges but we're promised that each ship hos different abilities that can all ploy their part in depleting the Myrkoid forces. Most of the game is viewed from above and behind your craft ond are rumoured to hove speeds to surpass even Thunderhawkl Each ship is armed with a beam laser and extra weaponry is given at the end of each mission. The programmers also plan a more advanced weapon system, including droid-assisted guns ond missiles ond full-motion-video sequences. From whot we've seen so far this is going to be a biggie Eyes pealed for further updates.

The long-awaited and much hyped Sega TV Channel looks oil set to go on air in the States in January, The 24 hour set vice will feature top games like Sonic and Ecco, as well as playing tips and previews of new releases.

Those who want to hook up will need a speciol video cassette-sized cartridge to plug into their Megodrives, with monthly fees of between $t 0 and $20 for test users. So when ore we in the UK going to get a sniff of it? Well, the first few months will be devoted solely to testing out the system, so it's unlikely that there'll be any movement over here until next winter.

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Peaky Blinder is apparently a cult hero on the rave scene and features on loads of T-shirts. Such is his popularity (although we've never heard of him) that Storm hos built him on entire identity and a ritzy story line to occompeny him.

Peaky was borne from a fusion of trash, mass media, toxic waste and dumped video carts — sounds pretty disgusting, which of

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course he is. But on inner Peaky yearns to break out of his foul exterior and live in a suburban house with frilly pink curtains and longs to be kind to animals. With this in mind, our whiffy hero sets out though his dire world's underground systems and roams around the inner city slums where anything can happen — and usually does.

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4o NEWGAME go I V PROBE go W A R M We've hod it until it's coming out of our ears on the Megadrive and most other console systems as well for that matter Well now Mortal Kombot is coming out on the Mega-CD. From what we ve seen the bosic gameplay, characters and special moves will stay more or less the some however, programmers Probe softwore ore doing wonders for the presentation with some spiffy intro sequences and great sounds and they're deter mined to upgrade the whole sheebang as much as possible, making everything smoother and if possible faster.

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We've got wind that EA are boosting their Sego games output by starting production of Mego-CD games.

The first releases will be CD versions of Powermonger and Bill Walsh College Football Both were decent games in cartridge format, but EA promise that Bill Walsh will include a topper CD soundtrack and a unique Walsh Video featuring digitised footbge of Bill Walsh as he gives out hints and tips on his sport,The god's game Powermonger will also contain a number of unique features including a 30 percent larger play area, 3D fly by at the beginning of each world, new animated sequences and the statutory digital stereo soundtrack. It's also only going to set you bock 0 9 . 9 9 — at last Mega-CD games are actually cheaper Hurrah!

The Notional Viewers and Listeners Association SLAMMED Psygnosis' soon-to-be-released

Wit 'n' Liz as DEPLORABLE when they discovered that the game actually features characters who can be mode to FART' YES! FART! John Beyer of the organisation founded by Mary Whitehouse declared that 'There are a host of computer games glorifying coarse and ill-mannered behaviour. These games are to be deplored because kids look at this and think that this is the way to behave.' So remember kids, next time you have a plateful of beans ond need to expel some

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Madden NIFI.,*'94 crams 16 Meg of mud, sweat and tears into one cart.

To get the crowds appreciation there are no less than 80 teams to play with.

That's the current roster plus the greatest franchise and Super Bowl teams — now you can settle all arguments about how the teams of today would match up to their triumphant equivalents from days gone by.

Or you can immerse yourself in a complete season.

Choose from the 28 current NIFI. teams and play t o their genuine strengths and weaknesses.

Use the battery back-up to save each hard fought game as you battle through to the play-offs. Then if you and your team have stood the test of time go for the Big One — the Super Bowl.

With a new game engine you get closer t o the action than ever before. Enhanced player animations, awesome ingame graphics and deafening c rowd reactions give you gridiron atmosphere on a stadium scale. Plus a tight-endsize-mountain of real-life stats• team logos, strips and helmets, courtesy of our new licence with the NFL. And should you be the proud owner of a 4 Way Play' adaptor you can do all of the above with or against three friends — if you can't agree on who scored the winning touchdown use the Instant Replay feature, wit h a new reverse view function it's a guaranteed argument tackler.

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Adrian reckons the game was charmingly called Body Count "because the programmer has a sick mind.' The storyline centres on a bunch of aliens who hove invaded eorth and stars you are as the lost of the human resistance.

Your first job is to find their plans, discover details of what the aliens are going to do to your planet and stop them at all costs within the tough time limit.

Their fiendish plot Involves roping the Earth of all its precious ores and then blowing the world up when they are finished. You, alone or with a mate, must blow their members to bits,

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To use the new mouse all you have to do is plug it in and move the cursor around like a PC mouse or turning it over onto its back and using it as a tracker — board is the other option.

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Ahat Did someone say, 'the kit of your favourite team?' Well, that's a funny co-incidence because that's just what Electronic Arts, currently celebrating the release of Megadrive FIFA Soccer, are giving away to ten eagle-eyed MEAN MACHINES readers. In fact, they're even giving one of those winners a bonus prize of a quality football signed by England hero, David Platt, for when their own ball gets kicked on to the roof of the youth club by the big kids.

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

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Little did they know that they'd picked up some groupies, who clung to the outside of the spaceship as they blasted off.

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The funk scan allows the pair to view the strange alter-reality of Funkotron. Use at any point to see what hidden bonuses ore sitting in the scenery, or even secret pathways.

Your my best mote, right? Ti & E 2 is a bit of a social experience to play, since it's much better with two at once. The action is maintained on a single screen, which means one of the characters occasionally goes out of view. Both hove separate scores, but teamwork is very definitely the order of the day.

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Even better, it's a much superior game. Okay, it looks like lust another platform game', but I've lost track of the amount of original gameplay features.

Catching the earthlings in jars is tricky because it's so unpredictable, so you won't suss out the game quickly.

There are even special techniques that work on certain earthlings, like the photographers. It's also loaded with secrets — passages, gifts, characters and the hyperfunk zone. The standard of presentation is exceptional, with fabulous backgrounds and animation, and stunning sound.

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Both characters are jam jar sharpshooters.

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This inx likes nothing better than to taunt you, t en stamp on your foot and kick your shins. She also loves to play hide and seek

It's hard to be precise here, as pressing a button can do one of many things, usually nice Sometimes all that happens is another button appears.

She th granny of one of the Red Arrows.

While not performing death-defying loops, she's ropping laughter bombs, leaving the poir in stitches Much like buttons, but these cost money. (See fungus for an extro meter function).

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The vengeful spirit of a dead freisian is a chilling sight. From beyond the Outer Limits of dairy farming, she swoops down to possess your soul in a whole manner of unpleasant and often cheesy fashions!

Fungus is bouncy, allowing the heroes to reach high places of you keep tapping the fire button. If there is a meter beside the fungus, you may pay to enter a trampolining contest Such contests are adjudicated by a panel of judges!

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Nathan Williams, South Wales YOB:Wen, there we have it.

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Anyway, there is one thing that I'm not sure of, in the Jon issue you reviewed Shinobi III for the Megadrive Now, in your latest issue (we get it a month or too late because of shipping) you've got Shinobi ill for review again.

The question is, ore these two the some or different? They look very similar Thanks for the help and please print the letter.

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from issue number two of Mean Machines Sega. I had one, but I accidentolly stuck it on the back of my uroper instead of the front ond now it looks quite stupid, so could I please have another? I would also like to know when you ore going to review Master System games like James Bead, Robocod, Cool Spot, Ecco, Jurassic Park, Roadrunner,tbn - Star Wets, Streets of Rage 2 3, cand Strider 2?

Tyrone Montock, Conning Town, ,r London YOB:Sadness alert! Sadness • leril Sadness alert!. I haven't ot any more transfers left, so „you'll just have to walk down the street backwards and hope pe9ple don't notice.

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BYE BYE BRAIN CELLS Dear Yob I've kidnapped Sonic! If you don't send me Jungle Strike I will subject him to 20 minutes of

Pavarotti and believe me, that's torture, Once I have the game our expense) I will send you Soni a smart little Skodo — cos I k y o u hove been wa ng onel o h I Your

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S H I L LYS H A L LY I N G Dear Yob I have been reoding MEAN • M A C H I N E S for over two years and hove never been fed-up with your page — unti1 now. I blame

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ever and I wouldn't miss it for the world Please answer me one question. Every month I buy CVG and when I read Yob's mailbag there ore pictures all over the page like someone is trying to blow a hole in someone else's head. It's crap It would be better if the pictures had more detail to them. I am not one to complain but this had to come out. Other pictures ore good„ but some are not. Please take notice of what I have written.

PS I would like the £100 if pos ble.

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YOB:Well, unfortunately the Mark I YOB as present in CVG is happy with mediocre quality stuff. Wheros I, the improved, new highly intelligent Mark II model with swivelling nodules have a far higher quality control. I would like you to have the El 00, but sadly it's not possible.

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most accurate, sensible and reasonable magazine for More creative crayoning from Christian Ward of Wolverhampton! reviews, previews, news etc. BUT, as I hove mentioned before, it's impossible to believe any old mail order company, If you could run one yourself it would be fully appreciated by all mail orderers, I'm sure. I hope you'll at least consider the idea, and I'll keep buying yo Dear Yob 1 k Let me start bir sayik haw outboss may every month. standing your meg is I wasn't Andy Davies, Runcorn. Cheshi expecting such an excellent YOB:Yes, our organ is certainStreetfighter II review, Now onto ly outstanding! We have toyed the subject. Throughout your with the idea of setting up a MEAN MACHI NE S mail orde r may there are many mail ord companies and there's nothing firm, but sadly i t's not a more wall-buttingly annoying viable proposition. Lord [MAP than sending out a E35 cheque needs the money to refurbish his luxury Carribean cruiser... and having to wait 4-5 months for the blasted thing to come when it states, "Please allow 2 days for delivery", or something along these lines.

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MEAN Y O B Mrs Shelley is entitled to her opinions but so am I I've had my Megodrive for o year and my Mega-CD for about six months and I can't soy that my kids or I have had any urge to be violent towards anything or anybody and I play my machines for hours love theml I have all the best beat 'em ups, and I love platform games which have greatly improved my patience, my memory, my reflexes and my dexterity - I personal! t r , ,dr 11111L

ly can't find anything wrong with the games we play so stick that in your reefer and smoke it Mrs Shelley. She should realise that while kids have on interest in Sega gaming, this is on excellent hobby which keeps them off the streets. Plus my kids and their motes think I'm really hip.

I really wish the Megodrive hod been around when I was a kid it would hove kept me from g e t ling into so much mischief with y my mates! Sego gets my support pek

against the Margaret Shelleys of this world. She should stick to her hobbies (knitting?

Lighh1) and leave us garners alone. Garners are not just irresponsible teenagers — I'm 31 and not ashamed of it, my gaming interest keeps me young at heart and in touch with my kids which seems to be half the trouble these days — adults ore totally out of touch with their kids and with people like Mrs Shelley things they don't understand they have to undermine and eventually destroy.

I hope I'm still gaming when I'm old and grey!

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Dear Jazz() Could you please help me with these questions 1. Should I sell Sonic 1 and 2 and buy a Game Gear?

2, Could you please explain to me what a CD and G disc is?

3. Which game should I buy, Thunderhawk, Sonic CD or Silpheed?

Sank sit o g ran d p rio n res Forkh d isw minutia - S o k 31 4. When is Sonic 3 coming out and is it any good?

5. Could you tell me some of the Mega-CD games coming out next year?

6. What's the worst game you've ever reviewed for the Megodrive?

James Yorke, Chatham, Kent, JAZ: 1. Doesn't look like it will at the moment. 2. The Megadrive one. 3. Yes. 4.

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To Jazz° I hove some questions for the master. Thank you 1. live heard that Ken from SFR has a death move is it true?

2. Is a Take That or Bad Boys Inc Make My Video coming out?

3. I heard that in Streetfighter III, Chun s i s t e r is one of the characters. Is it true?

4_ Is there a Mortal Kombat 2 on the way?

5. Are there any Tennis games coming out on the MegaCD? David Oxley, Hornchurch.

JAZ: P. No. 2.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaggh. 3. No. 4. Yes. 5. Not at the moment.

DAR I YLEA Dear Jaz Please could your great knowledge of computer games help me out.

1. Is it true that Virtua Racing is being released on the Megodrive and if so when will it be released?

2. Will you need the 3D goggles to play it?

3. Will they come with the package or sold separately and how much will they cost?

4. Which is the best

Dear Jaz I hove a few questions for you, would you be so kind as to answer them please.

1. Now that konami are producing Megodrive games will they convert some of their coinops like Knights of the Round?

2. Is Landstalker any good?

3. Do you think the Master System is on its way out?

4. Is the Nintendo 64 Bit machine in production yet?

5. If it is, do you think Sega will make their 32 Bit Saturn irdc a 64 Bit one?

6. Are there any decent war games on the Megadrive apart from General Chaos?

Ben Avery, Redditch.

JAZ:1. I doubt it. 2. i don't like it much. 3. Yes. 4. No. 5.

No. 6. No.

Door Joz Could you please answer some questions for me.

1. Who could I contact to get a job in game testing?

2. How much do game sters get paid?

3. Do game testers just play

January and yes. 5. Yes I could. 6. Dracuia.

Dear Jaz Please could you answer these questions, 1. When will Streetfighter II come out for the Mega-CD? 2. Which is the better, SFII Turbo on the SNES or SFII Special Champion Edition for the Megadrive?

3. Will there be any new characters for Streets of Rage Ill?

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Megoirive. Is it aKk? Is it leek at 4. Does anybody at MEAN MACHINES dislike Flashback or am I the only one?

Darren Price, Nottingham.

JAZ: I . Why would you want to do that? 2- it's a music CD that also has cocky graphics on it which come up on the TV if you put it into a machine capable of displaying them.

Mega-CD is such a machine.3.

O0000. i'd probably choose Sonic if it vrixa up to me. 4.

Yeah. I can see it's a great game and lots of people like it, but I didn't play it much.

games on an they're ony g Ken Chung; m b rid g e.

JAZ: 1. Write to the firms you want to work for asking whether or not they need your services. 2. Peanuts. 3. No, it's infinitely more involved than that.

SPREAD Door Jazz* Please could you answer these Questions as they are driving me cra'zy .

1. Is Microprose Formula One Grand Prix ever going to come out for the Megadrive. If so when will it be released?

2. Is Sensible Soccer coming out for the Megodrive?

3. Is it true that some programmers ore going to make an Indy Car game. Of so, when will it be released?

4, Are Sega ever going to make a racing game like Mario Kart?

Daniel Norton, North Hykehom, Lincoln, JAZ: I. Possibly. 2. We reviewed It lost month. Doh! 3. No. 4. There's no sign of one yet, although Acclaim are allegedly working on a 'Mario Kart beater' for Megadrive and Super Nintendo.

LEICESTER Jazz°, the King of Gomes Playing How's it hangin' man? Just wonted to ask a few quezzies.

1. When will the wicked Atari Jaguar be released?

2. How much will it cost?

3. Will it really be a match for the 3D0 and the Soturn?

That's it for now, keep up the good work Michael Jackson, Neverland.

JAZ: 1. Next month. 2.

About E200.00. 3.1f the software utilises the machines best features, yes.

WELSHRAREBIT Dear Jaz Please, please could you answer , questions as I am dying to khow the answers.

1, Will Super Star Wars and Super Empire Strike Strike bock appear on o o the l e Megadrive?

2. When will '' Monkey Island -1come out the Mega 3. Will have speech I them?

Rowan Piper, Highams Park, Londo JAZ:I. There's no release planned present. 2. Early next year. 3. All the other CD versions have speech, there's no reason this one shouldn't.

-Shinobi, Super Monaco GP, Golden Axe and Streets of Rage. The new pack will contain Road Avenger (a bit cock) only.

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Jungle Strike on the Megadrive crop? James Herriolt you are an ass!

CHESHIRE Dear Jaz 1. Could you please tell if there's going to be a Game Genie or something for the Mego-CD one day?

2. What games do you get in the bundle when Mego-CO? Ho

Mexborough, South Yorks JAZ: I . Nah. 2. The old stocks contain Sol Apace (cock), Cobra Command (a bit cock) and a disc containing five old Megadrive cartridge games - Columns, Revenge of

Dear Joz Seeing as you know all and MEAN MACHINES is the greatest mag I thought I would write in with a few questions, 1. Is Lethal Enforcers any good on the Megodrive and did you like the arcade version?

2, Is EA FIFA Soccer really brilliant (I hope so because I wont a decent soccer game)?

3. I bought Jungle Strike but after playing it my friend James Herrion said it was crap. Is he o sod fool or what?

Kevin Tebb, Rickmansworth.

JAZ: t . it's cock. But then thought the arcade version was a pile of aid cheese too.

2. Read my labia: yes. 3. What do you expect from a man who has spent his entire life tropesing around the Yorkshire moors sticking his arm up cow's bums.

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everyone! I've hod lots of letters lately moaning that some games are too easy or something. In some cases this is true but for many games its riot I how soon you get to the end that counts but how M so. Take Gunstor Heroes for example, as is the gene eral rule it's no big thing beoting the game — that's r r is the style in which the end is reached. The really y good games are ones worth returning to even after IH completion — this is when secrets are uncovered or cool tricks learned. By the same token, ifs unlikely w a that players will slog through a game, obtaining all h p the level codes if it's a real duffed Instead of coma p plaining why not go back and play through your ty fove games again — there's bound to be something tN i h ey• the moment which is why they claim the excellent e Electronic Arts carts this month! Empty the contents w o s p of your brains onto a piece of paper, squeeze the u Y e re'ei mush into a suitable envelope and send it to this e address. o avm g re t EAT THIS — i r s TASTIER THAN HOT TASTY ram THING, TIPS, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, PRIORY o i a nh COURT, 3 0 -3 2 FARRINGDON LANE, FARRINGs DON, LO NDO N. EC1R 3All. m da s m • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • C ve • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • e he d rr Steve Preston from Newcastle is probably M e si wondering what's happened to his a n Batman codes, Well 1 lost them ist d Steve, but never mind becau n tM obviously rye found them l tm ie again. Close thing, eh? e als Level 1 -1 : 6 0 n sls Level 1 -2 : 7 8 2 d e Level 2 -1 : 8 7 6 6 S sr e Level 2 -2 : 8 7 5 6 eo a Level 3 -1 : 6 1 0 1 d al Level 3 -2 : 1 0 4 7 n a su Level 4 -1 : 1 8 8 0 d n oth Level 4 -2 : 5 2 7 8 yn Level 5 -1 : 1 1 6 8 i w Level 5 -2 : 7 6 0 4 ao s Level 6 -1 : 0 0 2 1 a lm n Level 6 -2 : 7 5 1 1 ysa Level 7 -1 : 1 0 0 4 s !t t T e o hH t e h cr e rd i uy r x g ' a m Dave Carter was under the impression that BOB is an easy go e to beat. Oh, dear me, no Dave! Still Dove has the game fi rmly s u nder wraps now and supplies the full list of codes as proof. . a Andrew R Sharp from Leeds offered the same too. t Planet One: 171058, 950745, 472149, 672451 Planet Two: 272578, 652074, 265648, 462893, 583172 Planet Three: 743690, 103928, 144895, 775092, 481376 Carter the unstoppable vex machine included a list of Action Replay codes for the game which make things far too easy and spoils the game a little. Should anyone really want them lust drop me a line — I've got them in my middle drawer where they shall live for one month only.

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tlEGADRIVE TIPS Despite no-one being entirely enamoured by Capcom's miniclassic: Chiki Chiki

Boys, Raymond Carrel is still proud of this tip. It allows players to access a secret options screen. Press A, B then C on the title screen to get there.

Fury some , not Nigel Ankers from Exeter in Devon. To account for his dissatisfoction Nigel always inputs his special secret cheat which makes it necessary to win infinite rounds to become the victor: On the controls screen select one point and press LEFT plus B. The one becomes a zero — at least it should' Do this for both fighters and fights last forever. Don't forget to eat though Nigel, eh!

This cheat is definitely an oldie but goodies. To play as Geese Howard follow the instructions supplied

by Richard King, Nikolaas Wiechers, Harry INiechers and Philip Raab: Choose the versus game from the options screen_ Before selecting which mode of play you desire hold down A and LEFT simultaneously and press START, It is now possible to select Geese as your fighter for both player one and player two

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MICROMACHINES Ahl The mystery of Ed's temporary absence is at lost revealed: He'd lost his pink pen! Still he's here again with a list of cheats for Codemasters': Micro Machines. First pause the game then:

Herdy and Mat Miller make the Green Dog more playful with these two cheats' For Rapid-Fire Discs: At any time during play press START, then C, A, 8, A, LEFT and LEFT. A ringing sound is heard to indicate the cheat has worked.

For Slow Motion: Begin the game and press START to pause the game. Now press DOWN, A, C, UP, LEFT and LEFT. Now un-pause the game. To deactivate this cheat pause the game again and press LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, A and C.

For a faster vehicle: Press UP, DOWN, A, B. LEFT, RIGHT, C and START.

For improved road holding: Press A, UP, B, DOWN, C, LEFT, START, and RIGHT.

For more powerful crashes (?): Press C, UP, LEFT, RIGHT, A, B, A

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For tougher opponents: Press LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, START and DOWN

For even tougher opponentsl: Press LEFT, DOWN, UP, DOWN, RIGHT, DOWN, A and DOWN

For infinite cars: Press B, DOWN, C, DOWN, UP, DOWN, LEFT, DOWN. Well Ed, it seems you escaped without being tagged alongside those Street Fighter II fools, you skankl Oops.

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Just in case everybody is wondering what Flag 3 changes in the secret options screen on Mortal Kombat (I know I wasn't) Ed Lamas has the answer: Instead of Santa or one of the other shadows crossing the moon on the pit level the letters BYC fl y by or a big floating head bounces up and down. Both these oddities indicate that Reptile is darn th' pit as usual. Well I never did.

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Top of the league with their list of Mutant League Football codes here are Mat Miller and Hardy from Lancashire hot spot Oldham.

Each code takes the player straight to the Mutant League Bowl: Daritstar Dragons: MK3XYSL1 Q Deathskin Razors; 1CK111111H Icebay Bashers: 2CK111111D Killer Konvicts: HGK111111.1 Midway Monsters: 3CK111111F Misfit Demons: .1H1111111G Psycho Slashers: GMK11 11110 Rod Rockers: 5CK111111M Screaming Evils: KLK1111111 Sixty Whiners: CBK111111.1 Slaycity Slayers: LIK111111M minator Trois: MLK111111J rbo Techies: NMK1111 110 le Vulgars: 4CK1111111 or Slammers: DCK1111112

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Playing as one of the '92 teams against the Tengen all-star squad is made possible with Mat Miller and Herdy's long list of key letters for the code seen here. The basic code is DWWD2CHCCSY Insert the relevant character for the team you wish to use Los Angeles: A N e w Uric (NL): R Florida: El C l e v e l a n d : S Missouri: C S e a t t l e : Baltimore: D S a n Francisco: U Colorado: E C a l i f o r n i a : W Chicago (NL): F T e x a s : X New York: G K a n s a s City: Y Boston: H O k l a h o m a : Z Michigan: I A t l a n t a : 9 Cincinnati: J P i t t s b u r g h : 8 Chicago (AL): K H o u s t o n : 7 All-Stars: (AL): L T o r o n t o : 6 Milwaukee: 0 D e t r o i t : 4 St Louis: P P h i l a d e l p h i a : 3 an Diego: Q

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Should anyone feel rushed when having the X-Men retrieve all the Energy Orbs from the Danger Room, take a leaf out of James Sullivan's comic book_ After selecting a super hero lead them to the top right of the danger room. In the corner of the room a small machine hangs from the ceiling.

Have the X, oh..., person jump ond hit the machine. Even if you can't see the machine have the character jump and hit anyway! An explosion is heard indicating that the player now has three times as long to find the orbs!

Once all the orbs ore collected lead the X dude to the top left of the Danger Room where the entrance to the Control Room is located.

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S P E C IA L C H A MPION E D I T I O N Fools — l y room f Three-character name in the hi r S t r e e t Fighter II, right? Well somebody please Initiate i s i o n y bunch of buffoons whose only respite from a life of mental torture is writing utter rubbish and posting it off to MEAN MACHINES. Whichever publication printed this tip has a lot to answer for because it seems a whole truck-load of morons have fallen for the gag hook, line and sinker! Surely the fact that a player enters BERTNERNIE as a name is a dead giveaway. But no! Captain Gullible and the Mystifieds — alias Gory Spiterl, Adam Rays, James Bowers and Amor Khan — all believe that pressing UP, C, MODE and Y together then LEFT A, RIGHT DOWN, Y, B, A, LEFT, LEFT and START (obviously on a sixbutton ioypad for all the difference it makes) allows them to pit their dim wits against Di Maximum from Super Street Fighter Well fellas, I read your tips to a field full of asses and they brayed themselves into a stupor — EETOREI EETOREI EETOREI

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to M E G A - C D TIPS Bashing away at the buttons, defending Metro City, on this rock hard Side is a real mother of a job! But — for those of you who don't have the luxury of a rapid-fire joypad h a v e Mat Miller and Nerdy from Oldham got news for you! Go to the Options screen and highlight EXIT. Press and Hold RIGHT, A, B and START. Now choose o character — preferably Gu From now on the character under your control has rapid punching capay bilities! Cool or what!

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Poor Bobby Buck just missed out on being credited for his Mortal Kombot cheat but has one for Streets of Rage to make up for it. For a level select and secret options screen select tune eleven from the standard option screen and press buttons I and II simultaneously. Car_

Kito This i onrivo 0i n g e but still worth kno s p i t e of the limitation 0 Anthony Cherry from Cheshom in Buckinghamshire reckons it's possible to lower on opponent's energy bar even before the fight commences_ Select a one-player game and press left, topping button I repeatedly, as soon as the fight scene comes into view.

Mark SalHie, who's written in from East Kilbride in Glasgow, claims to have discovered a wonderful cheat for master System Mortal Kombat. Well it's a cheat Mork, I'll give you that much. Should your chosen character be running out of time or being beaten to a pulp - and all this with only one credit left to your name — press any button on control pad two. With the two-player match selected it is possible to choose another fighter; make mince•meat out of player-twos character and re-enter competition with the computer without losing a credit!

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Master System owners rejoice! Two tips this month, albeit for the some game, things are surely looking up! It appears that Grant Nicolaou and Adrian Stacey from The Garage in Cornwall have discovered a glitch in Mortal Kombot on the Master System! When playing as Sonya execute her Square Wave punch, making sure that she's close to her opponent. Should they try to punch her she can fight from different levels from the ground. Grant and Adrian didn't explain exactly how this happens but conclude that it's possible to ieluin tu wiuunti lava' by 'nuking Sanyo jump.

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Where is a land, named Guardiana, which is a haven of peace and lustke, where knights train nobly and rulers rule wisely. but this precious place is threatened by its powerful neighbour, the kingdom of Rune faust. Under the influence of Darksol, a dark adviser, the King of Rune faust wages war on Guardian's. The only hope is the fulfilment of legend — a band of young adventurers called the Shining Force to stop the plans of Darksol.

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VANGUARD The forward of your party should consist of the strongest attackers, and those best able to defend themselves from the brunt of the enemy. The knights and warriors are excellent.

Zylo and Ken are both great characters to lead with. The vanguard should form the bulk of your party.

he fine game of Shining Force is grounded in ng battle sequences. Your force will grow as ou travel, eventually allowing a maximum of 2 characters to fight. Every time you reoch a ettlement you can change your fighting line-up cearding to the requirements of the next battlefield_ When you go into the field, its best to apply some sort of formation, to keep your attack in order:

FLANK In cartoon instances, attacking the enemy from the side is a useful tactic.

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REARGUARD It's vital to hove one strong character to protect the rear of the party from a flank oftack Bats ore particularly adept at this.

GADRIVE TIPS

1. Every character should carry a healing seed into battle, if money allows.

2 . Healing seeds should be used when a character's energy falls below half .

3 . In bottles where water separates you from enemies, use archers and spear-throwers to attack from a safe position.

4 . Ektwore: enemies usually attack the weakest character in the vicinity, and always target your own character.

5 . Try to let your character score the last blow' on an enemy to get extra experience points.

Prepare for some surprises. Only look at these hidden secrets of Shining Force if you can't be bothered exploring for yourself:

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7. Always attack first. Don' moveyour party into a position where they can attack first.

There are special costumes for the female magic users.

Search the cove in Bustoke quarry for Taos revealing costume! Anri's piece is found besides the snipers in the battl• of the Laser Eye

8 . Characters using missile weapons ore unreliable against flying enemies

HIDDEN CHARACTERS Several of the better choraders are hard to locate You'll probably find Domingo and Guntz (Poo) easily enough. But try reading the sign between the two doors in Prompt to find the Samurai. Even better is the Ninia, found hiding behind the bush with the Ninia. yellow dot as you enter Runefoust

_ Search here to find the The Samurai!

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6 . Use your forward characters as a wall.

Enemies cannot pass through an unbroken line (even a diagonal).

To change the names of all characters First name your character. Highlight the word 'end'. On controller two hold A,B,C and Start. On controller 1 press A,C and Start together. Now rename the entire cost.

9. Zylo is at his most effective when fighting in the w oods: .

'10.• Don't allow your fast characters to race ahead.

Pause to regroup and take battles in — ‘stages '4 4 l bDon't take on any more enemies at a time 4 1 is necessary. Many will hold back until than ' come within a certain distance to them you • k12. On higher levels, Blaze attacks cover a wider area. Make sure your attacks get the widest coverage.

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These hove to be dealt with quickly, as new ones constantly appear until all ore destroyed.

The scene on the island is not difficult, Take a ship around all the islands that make up the town to find the route passed the buoys. You must ask the King's permission before leaving the island of Woral.

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The first battle of this chapter looks deceptively easy b u t there is a trap Two sets of enemies: nmges and Golems appear as you advance. Move forward in very tight fashion. In Dragonia first find Bleu, then go into the Headquarters then re-emerge into battle The battle with Kane is quite straightforward

together, as her magic hos a massive area To the right of her throne you'll find the White Ring. This object contains a powerful Cure spell, with several charges. The other items are cursed

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Return to Rudo and again seek Out Krin and Karin. Arming Kane kr Dragonia.

They will direct you to Mishaelo's castle You fight a bottle on the way there. Beware of the Behats. They are very mobile creatures who can cross mountains and their bolt spells cover a large area. Missile weapons ore not much use against I f them.

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CHAPTER 7 You arrive in Prompt, and are promptly imprisoned! But after being released go back and talk to the King. he will let you leave for the Tower of Ancients. At the tower you encounter a new danger — Torch Eyes. These laser weapons will inflict up to 25 points of damage, even on defended characters. It's important to concentrate on them. Using Lyle, you can attack the Torch Eyes from out of reach on the level below.

Sword of Darkness, then go downstairs to the repaired Shining Path.

Use the Orb of tight to open the path

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Do not equip the Devil Lance you find, but storming the Tower liberates two new characters, Alef and Tcwasu. Their magical powers are more advanced than either Lowe or Tao. Head bock to Prompt and collect the

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Use your time in Runefaust town to prepare for the final bottle. Choose your strongest characters. First, send a weak charocter to collect the items in the two chests located bottom right Now, conduct an attack on the left flank, bypassing the A The pilfers beams robots. blue dragons and horsemen.

From a position level with matrix of pillars, you should turn the attack 90 degrees, and sweep along the length of the dragons and horsemen le -

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Once you step through the Shining Path, use the Orb of Light on the eye symbol. Now bottle with the robot forces begins.

Beware of being outflanked in this encounter by the three jets that attack from the right hand side. Tackle these first in an ordered retreat, then use Blaze spells on groups of robot attackers ment in Prompt.

Go up and use the Swords of Light and Darkness to reveal the Chaos Breaker. Remember to equip this amazing weapon! Head back to Prompt and then to Runefaust.

The first battle of the Castle is a major headache Chimaeras and dragons swoop down to attack. A cunning plan is to entice them into the centre of your party by leaving a rout* open to your own character. He should sustain a single attack easily, and the rest of the party can surround the beast Beware: G011 and Luke ore especially impotent against Chimaeras. In this battle, many enemies won't attack until you reach a certain point The next battleground seems to offer a quick route through a narrow centrally ploced path. This is a trap! Take the long route round the left hand side, or risk coming under a hail of loser fire. Of course, an all sides attack is needed to defeat Darksol. Before fighting Dork Dragon, quit the game u s i n g the break option Tackle the end heads first, as the middle has a special Dragon Breath attack Each takes 200 points of damage. Place a weak character on the skeleton squares to prevent them reappearing Thetrap passage in the final chamber. Don't be tempted!

Now a nasty surprise. The pillars turn into robots Send magic in first, as your weak magic users ore bound to be defeated in this battle. Use your slim initiative to rid yourself of as many Torch Eyes as possible (steel claws sometimes opt for a weaker claw attack). Then turn to Ramrodu.

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A II around the world, i".people think they can do as they please.

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They've spent billions developing the Stealth bomber, and it's updated fighter/bomber cousin, the F i l l . With its radar invisibility, the Americans can show the world that they're willing to add power to their convictions. And also trash things and escape before being identified (tee bee).

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P A U L • t h e game. But after a solid • weekend of tortuous playing I find that it's all sadly e x too p etrue. This is a very annoying game.

The c t main e d problem is that everything is s0000 sloowww, and the control response is so bad it t makes you wonder who's been pouring treao into your loypad. Even the simple but cle b essential action of selecting a target is fraught with e frustration. When you're toggling through d e the targets the computer never selects f e the one you want first time, even if it's the nearest one to you, and it's right in the n d of the windshield. To make matters centre i n worse, the target display update always lags about g a second behind your key presses so you have to take everything equally slowly.

Other transgressions against the Laws Of Good Game Production include a very scantily-written manual which skips details which would have beginners mystified. And let's not forget the fad that the missions are mostly very similar bombing runs which are so simple that the only difficulty I encountered was wrestling with those damn controls. Bah! Rubbish.

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Supplying 364 brake horsepower, with a sath o 1 • R O tM I I I M isfyingly illegal mox speed of 140 mph. the Esprit is o aa car that demands respect. A thought made all the vmore sobering with a pouncing 0-60mph perA ' 4 eformed in 4.7 seconds. With that sort of power, you _Punters lima rhave to be the sort of person who either lives life on SteeMeteewE • • • • • • • k i l l • • •••i I S ythe edge, or has a good understanding with the local magistrate Let's take it for a spin 61111 n e t N I K O 5 , 4 1 1 2 C s •1 3 1 1 p e c i a l e d i t i o n o f T o AP p Unfortunately Breaking inu speed limit is fun on your own, but ten times better if S for Lotus II, some other goon is prepared to dash from the lights with you. It can't be often that two Esprits come across one another, but Lotus Domark t •m•moi•II lets you ploy pushed out Fl e 0 ••••••••• head-to-hea before it and tirT e game. This I'm afraid the mode is r former just ployed over a , doesn't stand horizontally p against it. split screen. In aphically the time ••11414 s is better option, both V I ore aiming to n the prequalify sepael and e r with rately, more tracks, t a c l e s and , driving conditions — I par0 tkularly like the construc1 tion kit which allows you to 1 customise your tracks for • maximum (or minimum if • • you're a bit of a girl's •1=1 F o g 1 = 1 blouse) challenge. One of .

4 • . 1 . 1 * . a . my main quibbles with this d " game (although EA can't be i c blamed because it's a cone414 , dition of the licence) is that 9 ; there are no crashes — ? ; whoever heard of a racing _ = game without this funda_ mental perk. All in all, this , PO N S P E E D C-10. CP !rearms .one is in some ways better , I I I P 111PO 04EP4 , than the first Lotus so if you I nit I TO11041Ez P 1 4 I M O 1.11 F T C O i• l O. n 0 1 0 liked that one you'll probaS O 4 * ••••• 4011P 1 0 1 H bly like this. I however, , m a - 1 , didn't.

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Somewhat unusual, this is done on a screen full of sliders. Rather than direct the course of the rood, you select the frequency of bends, cars, and roadside objects. Road conditions ore picked from a menu of icons. Each course has a passcode. These, or random codes may be strung together into a fully-fledged Championship.

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The on-screen concept is beginning to look a little dated, with young upstarts like Domark's Fl giving a better impression of speed.

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Like the original, the 13 stages are marked with their individual terrains or weather conditions. Terrains range from desert and marsh to woodland or city. These affect the handling of the car — for example, sandy courses make for poor cornering — and also affect your driving ludgment; you won't be able to drive at max round the narrow country lanes or in roadworks. Remember kill your speed, not a horse.

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OLAF THE STOUT Olaf is the slowest character (who knows, maybe the dumbest), but has a vital role to ploy, by virtue of the shield he carries Very little can poss *rough this thick wcibdee dist, and it covers She activities of the other two. It has a surpo 'sing secondary use as o glider — and works as a platform for Eric.

BALEOG THE I tlkleog is the companys man at arms He carries e long bow, useful for distance l Eand d a sword for close-up fighting attacks, However, his physical attributes are weak TheIs ord may be used as a hacking tool E 'Eric he His,ternpeiament matchetelt, a s easily the,Viking qu a airs usset . fi s t e is hs physical agility, h a s speed, t ro y jumping abilities and o special charge t m a k attack.

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11 44 KEEP OWECTIV , There are some objects scattered about the play area which come in 4 4 handy. Apples and steaks replace lost energy (each Viking takes up to three 41 hits). The X symbol is a powerful smart bomb that wipes out troublesome enemies. The bomb has a similar effect against landscape objects

logical and just within reach.., but you don't have a scooby! However, there are lulls in the game, particularly early on, when it appears laborious and time-consuming. Also, once a level is solved, you have the password and no urge to play it again. With this in mind, I don't think the forty levels ore going to last as long as it might appear. Many Megadrive owners won't be attracted to these screenshots, and in many instances I don't blame them, but the game looks alright when it's being played. Overall, I think Lost Vikings is endearing and well worth the effort, tailor-made for those who like Melt 111111d yuittes with action as a side order.

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SPACESHIP Fully automated space cruiser, including robot guards, lifts between floors, and a central computer that needs to be knocked out. The spoceship is where you start and ultimately finish.

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Y seemYou live and learn). The inside of the tombs are chockfull of traps — look ou P T li -it...VIC !Jowls. t f o r t h e h e i r o g l y p h i c s !

PREHISTORIA It's prehysterical• All sorts of primordial malarkey, like giant snails, dino-type lizords, and a strange rolling species that must hove become extinct. There's a mixture of bubbling swampland and underground levels, and trees linked by rope- o i bridge. l

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ing price. Horrible, flat Amiga-esque graphics combine with totally inappropriate music, crap sound effects and utterly dull bash 'n' slash gameplay which only marginally improves as you progress. But let's face it, who'd want to progress or even start? Not me that's for sure and neither will anyone else if they've got any sense.

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1 0 advanced than that of 10 -4 1 • 1 Roston, and the game sufi 1e .fers . from being too much 0 like Shadow of the Beast • , 1and Risky Woods. The mag1 ical element is almost because the spells 1 negated last for such a short time.

I But the main weakness is Magic plays a large y o u ' ' S w o r d s originality. It's the coml not game. a n d Magic S O takes r c ethe m of s p o t i o n s , scrolls and rings. plete lack of excitement Potions such as 'Healing' and 'Force Field' are self-explanatory and O experienced when playing may be used of any time. Others, such a Gas and the Midas ring ore this game. All the enemies more mysterious and only have a limited usefulness, which you must Y work on the most basic of work out. The items are found in chests, or bought in the shop 1 attack patterns. By parrying between each level. As you progress the shop's range becomes wider. the right moment you 6 at can kill any creature. It's # predictable from sprite one the end boss. The graph, to ics ore blond, the sound . effects notably poor, and the gameplay archaic. I'd 0 rather have a session on the rack.

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Attention waned and the mystery was forgotten until... A year to the time of the City mayor announced a contest to find the strongest fighter in the world. Immediately those that fancied themselves for the title got bock into the gym. But little did they know, that that previous ' , c l o s e e n c o u n t e r h e r a l d e d s o m e i n c r e d

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This Ninjo has the chilling combination of speed and power, and carries some concealed weapons.

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Okay, he's circumferentially challenged, but being fat is not a block to being a combat master. In fact, he's probably the most versatile character: Looking startlingly like Ryu's move, this jumping punch with 360 degree turn is just as poetic to see in motion. Around 20% damage.

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The graphics are brilliant. They may look indistinct as screenshots, but each of the characters looks great, and the animation is really quite stunning in places. What makes the game look good is the imaginative and vast range of moves: all manner of kicks, throws and mystical attacks. It also benefits from being really fast, and having computer opponents you can respect (and fear!). An unequivocal megagame.

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This charged fist does incredible damage, but opponents hove to be very close to be in range_ Up to 30% damage.

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Useful as a long distance attack, a swift wave of power travels ocross the screen at a low level Only does around 10% damage.

ELECTRICAL DISCHARGE

Certainly the dottiest ond weirdest of the characters. With balsa wood wings and lots of flying moves, he's away with the birds. Some interesting tactics, though: When this works, Wingberger cavorts around the screen, giving a good kicking to most things.

Maximum 20% damage.

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F ew would— argue an provoke angry dinosaur nonewith would a dinosaur who's carrying a gunl So who on earth is challenging not one but three of these creatures from the down of time, seemingly intent on hurrying the eve of destruction?

Surely the lost thing the world needs is a cash supplier to invoke the assistance of some elephantgun-toting dinosours for hire?

Well, oddly enough, these mad Mesozoic-mercs ore on our side.

They ore furious because of a whacked-out scientist's plans to eradicate the entire human race! To prevent retaliation he's bio-engineered the most enormous dinosaurs earth has ever seen and stationed them as guardians of crucial locations in his evil empire.

Only the dinosaurs for hire stand a hope of challenging these monsters and surviving but — owing to brains the size of walnuts — they require the direction of two human beings to do so. This cumbersome combo of the year's most unlikely heroes await your command!

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Sego's own titles are maintaining an extraordinarily high standard of late so it's a bit upsetting to see them make a bit of a bodge of this one. It's a tough game generally though there are occasions when problems facing a player aren't really tricky but downright unfair! For example Iwo players guiding their dinos up a vertically-scrolling screen find being left behind means a forfeit of energy. Also they cannot fall more than three inches without falling off the screen and losing a life! This means two-player games generally result in arguments. It's sad really because the dinosaurs themselves know some cool moves, the bosses are huge and pretty entertaining too if a little easy to outwit. The general consensus around the office k that somebody presented the programming team with some excellent ideas which they promptly went off and made a hash of! As a temporary answer to cure a blast freak's itch

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Being sandwkhed between terra firma and the weight of a falling dinosaur is one heavy situation to find yourself in! With some skill on the player's behalf its a fate the scientists henchmen simply cannot escapel Heard the me eibead the Irish man and the Princess?

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Though their big guns are fine for spraying all and sundry with hot lead any close-ranged attacks launched against the dinos are likely to find them dead! Unless, that is, they make use of some intimate moves of their own Both Arnie and Lorenzo take o swipe with the butts of their guns when seeking to give their enemies a head-ache Reese on the other hand simply uses his butt!

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OVERALIA •.George Bray at ICE Distribution for the loan of this cart. George is a bit of a dinosaur himself, though he isn't for hire. However this is no hard and fast rule, so if you're interested in George or indeed anything he has on offer ait his shor

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ORIGIN The two movie tyborgs w first brought together in a port series written by Miller for Dark Horse Comks.

NOWTO CONTROL Use the D-pod to make Bottoms walk and climb. The Aand B buttons handle . u m i Ln g a n d s h o o tGuide Rabocop around the platform ilevels, carrying out the prime direcntive he's given alike start al eoch gone. .

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Y ou might think its a breeze being a metal-headed superbeing, well think again Just imagine; every time you wanted pee you'd hove to drag out the tin-opener iust to gel yourself undone and then burn yourself to bits welding yourself up again ,Luckily for Robocop, some bright Ispork invented a special zip to save him this agony so he can smugly go the way no tin-can has ever gone before, The Terminator wasn't so lucky — such new-tangled tech, nology never reached him so, ' twisted up inside (and out, poor pp), he vows to take revenge • apieces still intact — is most of the It's up to the player as the nworld. holier than thou Robocop to y b o d y w i t h Stavey041evera barrel! t h e i r b i t s a 1 n prefer this d version over the egodrivel But I think the reasons can be lustitled. The feel of this exquisite blaster is ace, with perps exploding all around. There's loads to shoot, including security cameras and apartment block windows. The game is pacy, and you don't feel so much of a target as in the Megadrive version: you're giving the hits not taking them. There's plenty of presentational faff rarely seen on the Master System these days, part of it being some excellent digiised speech. This only confirms Rola° vs Terminator as

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Naturally this version Is a bit simplistic compared with It's other half but the graphics are still good for the Master System (despite some slow down and flicker) with some really detailed backgrounds and large bosses.

There are lots of different weapons to exploit and loads of fiends to splatter. There's even digitised speech for chrissakesi This is basic shoot 'em up/ platform action but still one of the best games I've seen on the Master System for OgleS although hardened gamer might find toc, simple on EASY]

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SHOOT TO KILL! The utter joy of this game is the huge range of heavy duty weaponry available to Robie — some just lying around while others are hidden under dustbins.

LEVEL 2: THE STREETS OF OLD DETROIT PRIMEDIRECTIVE:RESCUETHEHOSTAGES. Similarsortofstuffonlytherearehostagestorescuewho harebeenstashedonbuildingsbythelocalcrimebosses Notmuchofaproblem—keepaneyeOutlotthehid denbonusroom—andtheTerminatorbossisadoddie.

These Berettainclude Auto-9his which st ois n d ea. for your run of the mill villains but a bit sad against bosses. There ore Laser guns and homing missiles for really kickin' fire power.

The further the player gets in the game, the better the weapons get but woe betide the saddy who loses them! Keep eyes peeled for various energy replenishers lying around as well.

LEVEL 3: DELTA CITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION

PRIMEDIRECTIVE:TAKEOUTTHESECURITYCAMERAS ForSettleobscurereasonRobehastotakeoutallthe securitycamerasinordertoprotecttheOnce.Everything isgettingabittrickietwiththisoneespecialytheboss —hisoldmateRobocap2 —who'saboutthetoughest Mereis!

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Digitised speechandsome nice Westing noises. The music's typical tinny Master System but We stili pretty good.

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MEGA-CD REVIEW S pace: theone-way final frontier. a quiet lay-bys, streetsAlso, (black holes)collection and roodof works_ Travelling home one night (how could you tell if it was day or night?) Puggsy barely glimpsed at the large and ominous asteroid floating by on the hard shoulder. But inside, something was stirring — the fearsome shape of the space pirate vessel.

Crock! Laser-fire strikes Puggsy's shuttle. Vainly he tries to make a jump to lightspeed, but the pirates follow him into the wormhole. But too hasty to seize their prey, they bump the tiny craft out of the warp and tumbling towards a neorby planet.

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The d-pad controls Puggsy in • standard plc:lb:um way, and also affects the way he manipelotus objects.

1 1 P i t h a y Each s al the pletiorm stages has a ptuzzle to be solved to each the exit There d are also eight bosses to beat

The most striking addition to Fuggsy is the extended introduction, using rendered images of the pirate spaceship and Puggsy's croft. The story of his arrival is relayed using some nifty camera angles and special effects. Here ore some 'stills'

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Opinion is divided as to Puggsys 'merits. , People who persevere with it end• up enjoying it a lot.

Others, more used to accessible arcade action are instantly put off by the "floaty" control method and the lack of instant thrills. To its credit, Puggsy CD boasts some stunning graphics and absorbing gameplay, but it 't really that removed m the original cartridge me. Psygnosis have ded in a quality product , but since the company has so much previous CD experience I was expecting a lot more.

ent is the est port of Puggsy. Each may feature up to 20 5 These cannot be carlater levels, and have ter use on that stage. Objects re progrommed to react natully to the effects of gravity, uoyancy and weight. For ample, a beachball is blown a fan, a stone is not. Some jects olso hove specific uses remote co_itrols, water pisIs, axes and matches.u nai m n i o d i • , --

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MIER D E l Puggsy hos two modes of defence_ The first is the classic, but risky bottom-bounce attack, fave of many platform games.

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Mega•CD version isn't really worth getting. Of course, we'll explain the basis of the game to newcomers.

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e game on CD as it is cartridge. The music is er and the added intro l i tis nice, although the extra r i bosses aren't much of a g s threat to Puggsy. It's a thorny question as to y • whether a CD game should i , b e marked down because s the potentially better techb nology has not been utilised. As in the case of Ecco CD, I think it a doesn't matter with Puggsy. The game is as fun to play as s ever, and it's a still a neat combination ofi platformer and puzzler. The added features c aren't going to sell it as a CD product, but a since it retails for the same price, there's no l real grounds for complaint.

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Create your own superheroes by cutting out the barcodes on everyday products. Who knows, the barcode on the magazine you are now reading may have more power than Arnie, kobo dna Termle put together!

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Which just leaves you to hotfoot it down to your local Barcode Battler store and demand: "Free the power or the sad cashier gets it!"

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back and prepare yourself for the most overwrought pinball opera since Tommy. Dragon's Revenge follows on from the Gothic ors of Dragon's Fury, a hellish table of the ghastly and ghoulwhich was pinball heaven. The second instalment comes with equally flamboyant setting.

A remote village is being terrorised by an evil dragon. .ously, the beast demanded tribute of one person every years, and wasn't too fussed with what was offered, er, one of his chosen meals, a schemer named • r v e l , suggested the dragon demand the fairest moid in the settlement instead. The dragon agreed, and Darvel became his consort.

This state of affairs continued until three adventurers irporived to destroy the dragon. However, Darvel hod •uired magical powers and imprisoned them in glass One of the adventurers managed to summon a light; ning-fast orb with her lost ounce of strength. This orb ricochets around Darvel's fortress, seeking E9 foil the Dragon's Revenge.

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ORIGIN lkagon's Revenge is U faikaitil pinball game, and a saglied to the Dragon's Fury , • D e t r game a of 1991.

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D A RV E L At the heart of the table is Darvel.

Her head is surrounded by three lights. If these ore turned to the same colour her face comes into life (using rendered 'real' images). If the lights happen to be turquoise. Darvel jumps out of her setting, and parades round the screen, carrying a precious stone. Hit that for a massive bonus.

A Having hum? Dorval pots on o show.

Dragon's Revenge is a sequel that clearly doesn't scale the heights of its original.

Although the same plot and scenery elements exist, the good ideas are drowned in a sea of mediocre programming and poor graphics. The most important aspect of a pinball game is always the realism of the moving ball.

In that department, Dragon's Revenge is badly flawed. The ball bounces at the weirdest angles, 'sticks' to some features and appears to go through others. Also the flippers are too narrow to give an adequate control over the ball.

Graphics and sound don't help matters by being amateurish Dragon's Fury IS11 seems to border on it . sometimes.

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E R VIEW The Dragon's Revenge table carries features s , that • / • may , f look • like pinball game bits to the fool. ish mortal eye, but ore actually artifacts of great Y r * mogicol significance:

As well as being a pathway, when struck, this skull issues a host of ..reeping noshes. Continued hits boosts the multiplier

CRYSTAL It takes many hits to destroy this cryool. Doing so opens a new chonnol honked by monstrous demon heads

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BOOSTERS Both these channels boost the ball up into the highect table screen.

D R A GON 'S H EA D It spouts home, it spews forth shambling horrors and indeed, it roars a lot. Truly, a multi•talented Drogon's head,

LOTU S Me flower feature is a bend with two gates. The longer the boll stays in their, the more point

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Most of the action of Dragon's Revenge takes place on scrolling pin-table, which extends over three screens. The table is split into three different sections, linked by various passages, guarded with three sets of flippers. The only way to lose a ball for good, is for it to drop into the water below the bottom set of flippers. The boll

is launched from a side channel, with a variable speed plunger .

absoluteagree with Gus that this game isn't Os good as the original but I still think it's quite fun despite its faults. When an original game is as absolutely ace as Dragon's Fury, it's always difficult to come up with a sequel which is as good yet have some originality — you have to give the programmers credit for trying to do something a bit different but the colourfully painted bonus levels are lust too two-dimensional and the effect is flat and lust not as interesting despite the clever scaling of the balls In these areas. The graphics on the main table aren't as.good as the original either and there doesn't seem to be as much to do which is unforgivable for saying this game is more than two years older. I'm a complete pinball freak and if you are too I'd still buy this because it's the best offering on the pinball front that I've seen so far this year — iust don't expect miracles. ,

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There are eight bonus screens, entered by a series of secret passages. each is a single screen, with a fixed task. The first three contain the adventurers who must be freed from their orbs. For each broken orb, the player has another ball to play within later bonus screens. losing the ball in a bonus screen does not cost a life

Athe password option is a useful way of avoiding the boring parts. A selection of options.

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BONUS1 Set on a waterfall, trolls attack by dropping from the sky. They fend off your ball by throwing their heads at youl

BONUS2 The Valkyrie is imprisoned in a tree filled with spiders. 'Nit! Smash the limbs of the tree to reveal the orb.

BONUS3 The third adventurer is held captive by a massive bird, whose nest is on an island. Swooping eagles and tentacles from the lake seek to protect her.

BONUS4 The snake monster lurks in a rancid swamp, with swarms of mosquitoes buzzing at the ball.

BONUS5 The fire-demon lies behind the skull, defended by lava and gargoyles.

G E N E R AT I O N Horrible life-forms ooze out of various points of the toble. They present no danger to the boll, other than deflecting it off course and making its path unpredictable. Bearing names like Boolzhog, the Spiked Nightmare, o them. killing them also reaps some sort of bonus, like opening . the way some secret roone. n d t hto e M i n d s l a y e r s , 92 d M eN SEGA a t h

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The soundFX con be, frankly, trap at times.

LAYABILITY Amodi(Lom of pinball fun, and on interest in the bonus i sows.

'Games last too long. and the poor boll move spoils the game.

LASTABILITY A a good game for taking out and playing with occasionally Playing through to the end won't take thai long wring the password.

Adisappointmentwhenyou thinkthatDragon'sFuryistwo yearsolder.Revengeisclearly hosedin mediocreterritory.

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Y S C HOWTOCONTROL O R E ning around, steering Zool while he i n mid-air and dimbing Me walls. The A, B and t buttons do the 'jumping and 'mocking

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Doing the Guardian of Imagination, Protector of Creative Thought /Wand Defender of Positive Action is a pretty tall order for any antlike Ninia creoture, so it's hardly surprising that Zool, the ant-like Mini') creature who is all those things in this game, was distracted from the controls of his spacecraft and ended up crashing somewhere in the Nth Dimension!

Before the crash, Lot:A had been on the trail of his arch-nemesis, Krool, who has been busy using his power of antiimagination to turn previously innocuous household obiects into raving assassins, Now Zool has to get through seven platform-packed plains of the Home to thousonds of living instruments o f Nth Dimension, collecting a quota of untransPAIN!! Float around on brassy blasts from trumformed obisels, then finding the mystical medallion pets, and bounce on bass drums to collect the which gets him to the next level. hi-ft items which open the exit.

Oh Zoo! hurryl It looks like Krool has even turned his anti-imagination powers on the plot of your game

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THOSELEVELSINFULL zoo' is mode up of seven levels, consisting of three stages apiece. Any of thorn look familiar?

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R - Bananas! Whole Bananas! , b u n c h e s of 'eml Even if they 1idst of this world, you still to skin the big banana 1have boss. \ & s w o r e , also, the impudent corrots and the flying pea1obviously on holiday from pods, t neighbouring Vegetable World ) 1 m ' 4• ° M O M E N T t A couple of issues ago I U heavily penalised The c Addams Family on the a Megadrive owing to the I u fact that I) it's over a year s and II) the platform Tdlion e is unoriginal, tedious and dull. The same can be a Wfor Zoo!. On the Amiga said s It was a first class game, l Occessfully capturing the i mosphere of console atformersplike Sonic R the Hedgehog. The ing is, Megadrive games of this genre have me quite au way since then — this is L where near as good as say, Flashback, p • ocket Knight Adventures D or Cool Spot. At best, Zool isi a very unattractive offer, espedaily when n superior platform games (for t example, Alisia Dragoon) are available for £20.00 — less than half the price of this. h e

E G A DR IVE R E V I E W TOYWORLD Whirling drill bits poke through the wolh and disembodied axe blades drop on lool's hood. The chain. saws may be a bit toothless but they're not to be toyed with, and don't loiter floor the gooey puddles which contain Zool-eating worms.

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It's not hard to see why Amiga owners lapped this up, because Zeal is a colourful and fast • platform game. B ut egadrive players have colourful and fast platform games coming out of our ears and even compared to older games like Sonic and Robocod, Zool, looks derivative and out-dated. Levels made up of sweets, toys, musical instruments and so on have been done before on the Megadrive in Robocod and Cool Spot so as soon as the game starts you get that feeling of deja vu.

The gameplay is practically the same as Bubsy's or Cool Spot's - collect enough objects to let you get through the exit - and it's just as weak. But whereas Cool Spot at least had great graphics and music to distract you from the simplistic action, Zool ranks as average on both those counts and has nothing to make you say, 'Wowl I didn't expect that to happenl', so lirs ironic that the instructions bill him as the Guardian of Imagination and 'Protector of Creative Thought'. It's not a terrible game, I admit, but there are so many similar platformers around these days, a new one has got to hove something original. Zool has no innovations and no reason to buy it.

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HOWTOCONTROL The D-pod is used to select from the lists of plays.. During the game It controls one of the team characters on the scrolling field.

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no Oa the latest game released for the Mego-CD to make use of its impressive custom ASIC graphics chip. The chip enables the Mega-CD to perform sprite-scaling and rotation, as seen in coin-ops like Outrun and Afterburner. In this game, the entire pitch and oil of the players ore displayed in this mode, allowing for very realistic panoramic views ol

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Mr Montana isn't the on s i f t i n g in the commentary box wearing a stupid headset. No, two more pros are sitting there just waiting for play to finish so they can comment on it in an exciting, American manner. Funnily enough, while play is in progress, their headsets don't p p w o r k .

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Aero aspires to keeping himself airborne. This practice is not without its hazards though so thankfully assistance is never far away. Help arrives in many guises: Super-Fly Guy: Helpful items ore stashed in various hide aways. Aero-Wings enable him to fly into the uppermost reaches of his surroundings

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After all their ' troubles with the tRobocop project, h have finally got OCP around to building o Delta City on top of s derelict Old Detroit. e Trouble is, they forgot s t there were people M e and t living in Old a i r brother Detroit, and those o r e goons i people don't really R e f r n want to be kicked out k of their homes, even if ithey are a bit runn down.

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They do not. g Seeing as these folks won't move, OCP have hired in the local gangs of heavies, armed them to the teeth and told them to evict the inhabitants by force.

Robocop, public-spirited soldier of justice that he is, has decided to turn against his old bosses and 'Piotect The Innocent' by marching into Old Detroit then Gunning Down The Guilty. For this purpose he copes armed with his pistol and gets to play with any weapons etc finds on his travels.

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HOWTOCONTROL tandard platilona shoot 'em up Dorcas apply. Uso the P-pod walk te around the landscape and his the buttons to jump and shoot.

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feared worst as soon as I started thi game and witnessed the deformed Roboco sprite which is decidedly eavy and walks as if Vs got something brown and nasty sliding down the Insides of his tin trousers.

The iffy graphics are a c ant feature of the go ut the worst thing abo obocop 3 is the difficulty evel, which is way over the p, even on the easy set ng. In many cases you ly can't avoid getting gets particularly (rust on later levels, bec mply can't fire bullets enough to take out all e thugs before they nail Jen. Compared to Rebotop Termin t h i s looks edly e . a

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When it does come out it should be more accessible than its 18-rated predecessors as the violence aspect has been heavily toned down in favour of a less restrictive certification which should mean a wider audience.

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There's M thing rse than Et ,Ltt hg a m e and N• Robocop 3 tik 1111xItoa I s cafeinto Ohs A l im g o r y quite e neatly with its subd standard i graphics, repetitive and o gameplay much-too-hard c effects. I love and naff sound a good blast more r than anybody and I hate games that e you can sail through with no real effort but there are lim.

Its - Robocop quite resoundingly breaks the as you're faced very early with so many enemies th Robo can't possibly shoot them all. If the actual go play was dynamic eno you might want to pe vere. But it isn't and I sincerely doubt will either.

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3 WAY: Fires forward and and down. Good for dealing holed up in the upper storeys o

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MISSILELAUNCHER: Launches missiles, unsurprisingly,, They don't home in or onythin and th about as powerful as a loser.

Shoots a short-range burst of heat whi incinerates anyth• in the vicinity. More powerful than a laser and better for close-in combat.

Goodselection Cdoptions and ecodefotely Nve set of Robo-art title screens.

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The T800's first mission involves bashing up gangs of bikers at a seedy truck stop in order to equip itself with ammunition and find John's oddress The game later adopts on overhead view of our motor-cycling neighbourhood T800. After finding John Conner's home the scene reverts to the platform type scenario. And so it goes on with the platform section/ driving section pattern repeating itself over and over as the superior 11000 is kept at boy.

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• T h i s short hundred years is the Pirate's cen1tury. With the tacit approval of island governors, he does things for Her Majesty that the navy owouldn't dream of. And there's something in it for t him: money, ships, women, and of course adventure. h ke to the seas off the Spanish Main and live the enegade, a cut-thr a hero.

T h e f a i r q u e e When you're at sea, your ship (or fleet) is view n large scrolling mop. This takes you from port to n less you encounter another ship. When that happens, the crow's nest tells you what ship type and what country's colou o r e flying. You may choose to hail them for news, sail away or fight. Watch out for bad storms or treacherous reefs when you're sailing, Other useful stets when you're under sail ore found in the captain's Your crew's temperament is important, rs according to the amount of food, nd action they're getting. Your utation, along with your health t the authorities think of you is

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The game also lacks a long-term structure (although the sub-plots and scenarios help that). Strategy fans have nothing else like it, and their timbers should be well and truly shivered. But others should note that this isn't an 'action' kind of game.

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When you choose to (which is often) your first li of attack is the cannon. Ea ship can carry a certain amount of cannon. When fighting at sea, both ships are shown in close range. pressing A, you fire cannon from the ships side. A certain gap is required to reload. Direct hits weaken your quarry's fighting strength, but also damage his ship. If you don't want to sink her, ram the ship to board.

When you ram the ship, you're often faced with a fencing duel with the Captain. Using the simple duel commands you reduce the other captain's men and morale. When either go completely, the ship is yours to do as you please. You con add it to your fleet, or plunder and sink it.

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The D-pod controls an on-screen pointer, used to seied different units. In menus, the El-pod highlights different item.

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T HEBATTLEGROUND 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 The plonet is split into sectors, each demanding a different requirement from the player.

It is only possible to build on rock. It is not posEach sector many scrolling screens. The focus of ploy is your base, which "expands - outwards 1is split 1 across .from1your 1command r centre. sible to build on raised rocky ground. Vehicles After a while it may start to look like this: travel more slowly on dune sand.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Screenshats linked to provide a map of all SPICE the available builings.

The spice fields, your goal, / appear as red, of varying ' R o c k / N N W ' "IP This is where the spice is collected, and S A N D converted into credits. Every refinery REPAIR hts flash when a harvester is due to 1 Damaged vehicle uni i urn. t mes with a harvester. The loading pod 1 11 firepair. I 1 a r e s e n t h e r e f 'WORKSHOP o This is where vehicles ore built. r •, at fixed credit prices C

Outposts increase the technological level the base ond also provide you with a c prehensive Kan of the sector.

a p o n RETS/MISSILES wed s defensive units are a useful way of protecting the a • - A n d h a r v e s t e SHIELD WALL r Long walls are constructed s from a series of indiv' m units. a y b vels, new struce 'nt themselves on L b o a u t uy alli l t

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Aawf cFPVICE Your mobile battle units ore easy to control, Click the cursor on top of the chosen unit, then move it and click again to position the unit. Units attack any enemies within range. The more advanced you ore, the more powerful the weapons. You start with Quads ond Trikes, then progress to Missile Launchers and awesome Death Tanks and Sonic Tanks — with their wove weapons.

Carryalls ore a special type of vehicle. They protect the harvesters from attack from desert worms, and speed up spice harvesting by taking the harvesters to the refinery by air.

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Thankfully, It's every bit as classic in the finished version.

The ingenious gameplay is classic in its logic and simplicity — it won't take long to pick up, but the potential for developing tactics is enormous. The game is coupled with an excellent control method: precise, simple and even the short delay in response doesn't detract. But whai makes me love the game is its great atmosphere, which really does capture the mood of Dune the novel. Okay, all this isn't going to sway the doubters who see the functional graphics and blanch at the thought of a thinking game, but this is clearly the best strategy game since Megalo-Mania and demands recognition as a total megogame. .4%

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Peter sudr denly rememP bers who he awas and soon finds himself n fback in Neverland lwhere he has eto once more w don his green tights, reassemo uble his old Lost Boysposse and ttake on Hook oand his pirate fcrew in ten N e v e things I like about r this game l N--a ,1 I F are things n • Is' , A d -t % ,,ch., .,4:•,„4 , a b o u t it. a h -\,L v ,i.

- f f o . 7 T hhike -_, e things ore n e ' ti Ps .A U L dG the graphics, which t t . are colourful and nicely anih music, which o mated, and the I e p actually compares very well d with the fullyr orchestrated p o on e the CD veresoundtrack n of Hook. Alas, the negsion d' ative points leave a more blasting • impression and chief t eamongst them is that, well, As weil as lust lumping a r o u n d l is just another film ithis -fly! But being out of practice h e needs the help of i turned into a platTinkerbell Who is fluttering around certain points in nlicence the k form game, which is reason-the game,'shedding fairy dust g e playable but not what ably stands itent FWhen a c e Pete , P e underneath t e experts could honestly call get%gouge-full of flying ability cwhicha he can n use just by pressing 'fun'. It's mostly little things that prove annoying, such as the jump button twice. H o l d the occasions when it's ,down tlsobulton and he 'jets' fie flies a bit Mter impossible to avoid being hit ng and the times I joyously ,because the lover he stays aloft the power gets and picked up the Golden Sword A rlower h i chislrying h and last it the next second if he's not careful he tends to fall on i s when a pirate suddenly something sharp u s e f dropped on my head out of won. nowhere. It's one of those BRE AKDO WN u l , games where you have to El =HD MI C O = E l El play through the levels a IIV E l L = I El I:3 couple of times and remember what's coming up. That's L J L J EI L I J WEN 1 = 1;11 ID =1E1 not so bad usually, but Hook just doesn't reward the effort LJ 1::1 because the excitement El =I ID E l 01= you're expecting never 3 E l D D appears.

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All you Mego-CD owners will no doubt be overjoyed to hear that Hook is also avoilable on Mega.

CD, It's the some game, exactly, except for the fact that there are very brief snatches of full-motion video in the intro sequence of the CD version as well as badlyacted speech between levels.

The CD version also sports a very good CD soundtrack full of Action Blockbuster Movie-style the

PRESENTATION t‘'Storysequences aren'teeryinspiring, and there ore no option

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GAME GEAR. 7 games, mains 1 over 85%. still boxed, worth MEGADRIVE, 5 games adaptor, carry case, magnifier over £300! sell for E150 ono 3 including Super Kick-Off. Road & TV Tuner. cost E370. set' tor Tel. Rory on (0954) 232558 m Rash II, Tecmo, WC E150 Tel (0296)661533 after 4prn weekdays.

Wrestiemania, Sonic. 2 control AMIGA 500+, iMeg second BRILLIANT Master System pads. E120 ono, Schumacher disk dive, moose and mouse games from E7 to E12 each.

Pro Cat, heavily modified ready mat, 3 joysticks. loads of bargain don't be shy. Tel. Asif to race. 3 sets of cells, very games eg Goal SF1 1 etc on 071-790 5212. alter 7pm new, speed controller. etc. £300 Tel Gavin on 081-422 MASTER SYSTEM with 16 E165 ono. Tel. James on 6216 games, light gin. 2 controllers, (0442) 1375692 for details, plus GAME GEAR games. Sonic 2 all boxed, good deal at E200. every back issue of Sega MM, e15, Batman E15. Bart VW, worth over E400 Tel. 051-608 offers Indy El 0, Taz El 0 Tel. (0925) 7320. after 6pm SEGA MEGADRIVE for sale, 225863, after 6.30pm SEGA MASTER SYSTEM 19 hot new titles plus arcade (Warringion) games for sale, at cheap powerseck. Total price E670, MEGADRIVE GAMES Prices, send lst class stamp worth a lot more, you are a fool ,Flashback. RobocOct, Fatal for list to. P J Richardson. 113a to miss this deal. Tel, (0926) Rewind, Revenge Shinobi Dunstan Crescent Worksop, 632060 now whilst lines are Alisia Dragoon - between E10-• Notts S80 1AG. hot! for full range of titles now. £241 + many PC compatible CM, boxed. tape deck, disk FOR SALE Megadrive games. games' Tel. James on 081-977 drive, 4 joysticks and mouse.

Jungle Strike, Mortal Kombal.

7981, after 5pmweekends.

40 popular games. and word Micro Machines. Road Rash 2, AMIGA 500. 1Meg memory. 4 processing package, all as Flash Back. Cyborg. Justice. joysticks, extra disk drive, new, instruction manuals Tel. George on (0272) 687882 mouse, Deluxe Paint and included, cost new over E600, PC ENGINE with AC adaptor Workbench. 32 original games. price E150 ono or best offer. and 7 games. worth over E350, light gun, approx £1,000 of sell for E250. also Gameboy Tel (0923) 852639, e o u t p m e n t lor sale E250 ono.

50-in-1 cartridge for E150, lust AMERICAN SNES pads & T e l Ipswich (0473) 603497, pysticks, all still boxed. very N E 0 GEO for sale, good E3 a garnet WWF videos for cheap, Jap Game Gear & * sale, all at half RAP, for details conoition, complete with Megadr Ve sties, all cheap. v i e w p o i n t and 2 controllers nng Will on (0672) 20597.

PIES with 4 top games. E70 or Scan Megacinve still boxed. e 4 5 0 ono Tel James on E78, Menacer still boxed £40. will swap for Gameboy or JB King never used E38. Tel. ( 0 2 SUPER 7 6 ) 476165. alterfor 4pm.

FAMICOM sale, Game Gear with games Contact Liam on 081-880 (0226) 204576) after 6pm. S c a r t broken reset button, 1975 Phone quickly to avoid c o m p e t e with 2 pads and GAME GEAR with Super Wide disappointment.

S t r e e t Fighter II. Turbo El 00.

Gear, Master Gear, carry case, FOR SALE Master System II, T e l . (0276) 476165.

4 games, Sonic built-in Sonic S P I E S . 6 games. including also 8 games Inc. Pnnoe of Persia, Shinobi 2. Batman 2. Alien 3, Super Monaco II S t a r w i n g , 2 control pads, carry E60 ono, under 1-year-old Tel b o x worth E355,selling for Returns. Tazmania. Donald (0923) 774080 E 1 9 9 Tel 021-783 2914.

Duck & Chuck Rock. all fully AMIGA 500 40 games, . M E G A T E C H issues 2-22. I boxed, worth E340, sell for E250 ono. Tel. (0742) 304181 mouse. joystick E500+ new. . a sell E325 after 6pm. i M e ono. a nhardly used. l w is s ues , Mega Acton 6 issues.

MEGADRIVE GAMES, Chuck vgc.

M aTel,c (0924) h i 897745. n e ask p l u s The Compete Guide to the for Klemm M e g a d r i v e , free gifts, include Rock E20. SO Rage E315. L. S e g a Battle E4 99 (LB has no ins.), GAME GEAR. 4 games. AC p o s t e r s . video, earphones.

1 0 adaptor E200+ new. sell for b o o k s all excellent condition. loads of mags. all in excellent E150 ono, hardly used vgc.

145 ono. Tel. Brian on (0324) condition, titles range from 484353 Tel (0924) 897745, ask for MM. MM Sega. CVG, Kieron MEGADRIVE including 13 MegaTech. NMS plus US MEGADRIVE with 1 controller games, M. Kombat, Speedball mags and Cheats1ips lor II, S Kick-Off, Rad Rash, JaP and 6 games. including Sonic Sonic II, Street Fighter II, worth convertor. 2 controllers. boxon Sonic 2, Tazmania and Churk over El 10, but will sell for E70 Fick plus books and maga with onStruCtiOnS. worth E495, ono Buyer must collect from will sell for E250 one or swap £200 ono, Mega-CD with 7 Chorleywood. Herts or pay part for SNES with 2 pads. 5 games E200 ono, Megadrive of postage. Tel. Andrew for and Mega-CD together E350 games. inc. Mario Cart. SFII, it details or some agreement on interested. contact Seen on ono. Tel (0732) 362754 (0923) 283604.

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FOR SALE

MEGADRIVE Mega-CD games for sale, Sonic 2, Tazmania E20 each. Road Avenger E22 Castle of Illusion El 5. the lot E70. Tel (0226) 753492.

SELL SNES. Amiga, Megadrive. Lynx. Commodore, all with games for E690 Tel (0243) 775157 for details. Will swap for DX486 PC SEGA MEGADRIVE for sale with 15 games. including Flashback. SOR II. Jungle Strike, JM '92 & '93, Sonic Shenobi II, PGA Golf.

Thunderforce IV Road Rash I, Eswat. Ghouls '6 Ghosts.

Ouackshot and Sonic I, 2 pypads all leads, excellent condition, will chuck-in video driver E425. Tel. Richard on (0472) 388613.

UK SFII for sale, 3 months old, excellent condition, worth E65. will take £55. Tel. Pat on 081 579 1053.

BARGAIN Master System II. 2 controllers, 5 top titled games, including Sonic 1 & 2.

Lemmings and Double Dragon.

E50 ono. Tel. Tom on (0225) 311099 SEGA GAME GEAR. with Wimbedon Tennis. Olympic Gold. Mickey Mouse with car, main adaptor. all boxed, E90 Tel. Neil on (0524) 36061.

AMSTRAD CPC464, green screen monitor, printer modulator, light pen over E150 of games. worth over E500. sell for E190 ono. Tel 061.962 6492.

MEGADRIVE GAMES Tiny Toons E25, EA Hockey E20, PGA Tour Golf E20 or all for £60. if interested phone Bnan on (0232) 838101.

C64, 2 loysticks. mouse, 220 games, Inc War. Sport and many others E100 Tel. Graham on (0708) 552783, alter 6pm.

MEGADRIVE GAMES for sale, Jungle Strike E25. Super Kick Off and Speedball 2 for E20 _Aiach. Tel. Toby on (0483) 1 1M2E5G 3 R I V E and Super A Nintendo games, Alien 2. PGA. l 2Tazmania. Sonic 2. EA 1 3Hockey. Desert Strike. Olympic Gold, Speedball 2, NHLPA '93 Ecco, European Soccer.

Tailspin. LHX. Mario, Lemieux.

Terminator, Ouackshot James Pond, Basketball. F22, Fantasia, World of Illusion plus ()Viers E25 each. For details phone (0922) 403699.

MEGADRIVE. 12 games, Sonic 182, Speedball. Micro Machines, Road Rash, etc Menacer. 2 joypads. E300 ono.

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YOI I'm selling my Game Gear with 9 games, TV tuner. battery pack, AC adaptor gear to gear cable plus carry case. boxes if wanted, all for lust E300, if interested phone (0533) 706270. after 5pm and ask for Chns.

MEGADRIVE for sale. Jap. Scan. including 14 games, leads and boxed, E280 ono.

Tel. Dan on 081-555 3755 (East London) BARGAIN, Mega.CD & Megadrive. fully boxed. 15 games including Sonic 2. NHL '93. Hockey, 2 joypads.

Megadnve carry case. worth over E700. will sell for E400 Tel. (0752) 331376 (Plympton.

Plymouth).

SEGA MEGADRIVE with 5 top games. Robococt SOR. Decap Attack.. Road Rash and Sonic plus 2 joypads (1 competition pro) and carry case. all as new, all boxed with instructions. worth E355, sell for E200 ono.

Tel. (0904) 702891 (York area only).

GAME GEAR with mains adaptor. battery pack. magnifier and 6 games Kick - S Oft u pMortal e r Kombat Mickey Mouse 2, Chuck Rock, Donald Duck and Columns, worth E300. sell for E180 or swap for SNES with 4-5 games. Tel. 061-427 8025.

ATARI LYNX II hand-held console, 3 games, mains and car adaptors, all boxed with full instructions E90 ono. Tel. (0561) 377588, after 6pm.

FOR SALE. Sega Game Gear with 17 games plus AC adaptor only E90. Tel (0707) 371435, after 5prn. Sunday-Thursday.

MEGADRIVE GAMES. John Madden '93 E25. Preditor 2 E20. Streets of Rage E20, PGA 1 E20, Powermonger £25. Tel, Mike Wood on (0494) 423761, daytime.

SEGA GAME GEAR plus 7 games including Super Kickoff. Prince ot Persia. Chuck Rock plus wide gear and main adaptor, all in excellent condition E175 ono Tel Simon on (0932) 228206, after 6pm.

MEGADRIVE, 10 games, 40+ magazines, 2 pypads and Maverick joystick, sell for E350 only Tel. Kevin on (0392) 58078. after Spm. MEGADRIVE for sale, 12 games. 2 controllers, games include: Jungle Strike and Micro Met,hineo. E350 ono.

Tel. Richard on (02971 60451.

MEGADRIVE games for sale.

15 titles to choose from, may consider swaps El 0 £20. Tel.

(0268) 28799b.

C64 COMPUTER 700 approx. games, 3 joysticks. including Maverick, 1 arcade controller, light gun and games and data cassette recorder, a bargain at lust E75 ono Tel. Gregor on ,0259) 752329.

SEGA GAME GEAR, AC + car adaptors + G-G cable and 8 games (Wolfchild, Streets of Rage) E200 ono Or will swap for Super Nintendo and games.

Tel (0733) 264025 and ask lor James Buyer collects GAMEBOY with accessones, 5 games. Trans, Tennis, Rob000d II, Baseball, Blades of Steel, boxed, all for £75' Tel. (0582) 872994. alter Spm. BARGAIN Sega Game Gear with 5 top titles including Lemmings with AC and car adaptor El 80 ono. Tel. (0525) 377144. weekends.

GAME GEAR, 5 GO games. 2 MS games + MS convertor, games Inc. Mickey Mouse.

Sonic 182. SOR. psu El 80 ono, also separate mains adaptor, all boxed, brand new £5. Tel. Michael on (0707) 659652 asap (S.Herts). Buyer must collect.

AMIGA 1200 for E180 ono. in mint condition, includes, many games, paint package. 5 joysticks, 4-player adaptor, t m o u s e and many magazines. will consider swaps Or pan exchange for almost anything!

Tel. (0532) 667835 (Leeds), Serious offers only please.

GEAR. 10 games, magnifier. adaptor, offers around E160 or separate, for more details, call Gavin on (0756) 748465, between 5-8pm_

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SUPER NINTENDO with pads, lead5, Mario. WWF, Probotector and Tennis. 080. great condition, but no instructions for games. Tel. (0457) 763003.

MASTER SYSTEM with 1 pad, rapid lire unit and light phaser.

15 games, including Sonic 18,2. Asterix, Super Kick-011, Wonder Box 3, Populous and the Ninja. worth over E350. sell for £150. Tel, 081-524 1940 and ask for Jamie MEGADRIVE GAMES for sale.

Jap Ghouls 'n• Ghosts E10, Jap Strider E10. games boxed and instructions. Tel. 081-741 8175.

MEGADRIVE for sale. with 2 joypads and 5 games. including Streets of Rage II E110 Tel. Stuart on (0494) 865582 MEGADRIVE back-up system, latest version. need money for PC can send by cash on delivery. Tel. Barry on (0639) 633696 GAME GEAR, 5 games with adaptor, boxed with instructions, worth E250, sell for E125. Tel. Rowan on 071274 4871 BARGAIN. 1Meg Amiga 500 1001. Ouickjoy joysticks. excellence' D.Paint 4. also Amiga PC, Sega, Nintendo. etc. magazines. machines. games (Flashback. Zool, TFX, Silpheed. Thunderhawk, Jungle Strike, Bubsy, Tiny Toons. Gunstar Heroes, Starwing, Axelay. SF2 Turbo, SCE. all Sonic. Man°.

Disney...), all boxed, mint condition. Tel. 081-542 5579.

MASTER SYSTEM. 2 joypads.

6 games. including Tazmania.

California. games boxed, under a year old, E100 ono Tel. Bonnybridge (0324) 812447.

NEO-GEO Scan American, includes. joystick. stereo leads.

NAM 75. Ghost Pilots. Fatal Fury, runs all games, £290 ono. Tel. (0772) 686021.

MEGA DRIVE GAMES for sale.

Alien 3 E20. Ouackshot £15, Desert Strike E20. Mega-loMania E20. Tel Andy on (0743i 368643. after 6.30pm.

GAME GEAR with 3 games and ruby carry bag. games are Donald Duck. Lucky Dime .

Caper. Shinobi and Mickey Mouse, Castle of Illusion Tel 081-770 9384, Monday-Friday. alter 7pm Prices are around £75 to £90.

MEGADRIVE with 16 top games, 2 controllers, Scan and Pal leads, all boxed E200, loads of magazines Tel. (0948) 663974.

SWAPS SWAP my Megaorive with 3 games and 2 control pads for your SNES with 1 game or more. Tel. (0754) 84307 I WILL SWAP Thunderforce 4 Spiatterhouse 2. Micro Machines, Another World or Wolf Child CD for Midnight Resistance, Desert Strike.

Fatal Fury. Chakan or Alien 3, other titles considered. Tel. Rob on 081-552 9760. anytime after 5pm. weekdays.

SWAP WWF Super Wrestlemanta. World of Illusion for X-men, Fatal Fury, California games or Micro Machines Tel Joe on 1,0822) 833139.

MASTER SYSTEM swap Megadrive with 3 games, 1 , for controlled pad or sell E55 ask for Terry ,(0322) T e l432280, . after 5pm.

SWAP Land of Illusion for Master System, excellent condition, boxed, hardly used for any decent game. Tel. (0264) 351789 (Andover).

I WILL SWAP 3 Megadnve games for SFII or Mortal Kombat, if interested. tel. 071• 401 9718 and ask for Ryan.

SWAP Eoco arid Hellfire on the Megadnve for any other decent games, both games in very good condition, if interested. contact Barn on (0233) 633675. after 5.30pm. All games must be English GAMEBOY GAMES to swap: Simpsons, Camp Deadly, Terminator 2. Super Kick-Off, Castlevania, 2. Wanted. Goff, Soper Manoland 2.

Chessmaster, Revenge of the Gator. Write to: W. Yau, 132 Harborough Ave , Sheffield S2 10S, S. Yorks SWAP or sell together or separately, Megadnve plus many top games. Phone now, don't miss out (0442) 891127.

MEGADRIVE 10 games. 40+ magazines. 2 joypads and Maverick joystick for PC386 with monitor. Tel. Kevin on (0392) 58078. after 6pm.

STREETS OF RAGE 1&2, World of Illusion, Super Off Road, Kid Chameleon. Wrestle Wars, Flpcky, Sonic, Fighting Masters (Jae). Gynoug (JaP) and Fl Circus (Jap). swap for your Micro Machines, Jungle Stnke, Tiny Fury. l o o nEcco, s . Rocket Knight, PGA2.

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Muhammed Ali and Winter o n s Challenge. Tel. Will on (0672) 20597 in evenings. NB.' Budget games come as two•s.

MICRO MACHINES or Turtles and The Hyperstone for Wrestle War or James Pond Tel. Fraz on (0227) 471003.

WANTED WANTED Master System convertor for Megadnve. also wanted Megadnve games for under E20 Tel Mark Long on 071-267 0881 Thank you

MISCELLANEOUS ARCADE MACHINE Controller, play real arcade games on a Scart control box, send SAE to: Protek Systems, 28 Churchfields• Bradford, W Yorks B02 301.

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There have been an awful lot of Street Tighter o n e s h a n g the Meg ad rive of late but this corking new offering fro m Sega is the only one we've seen so f a r which could actually be a Street Fighter beater. Nat u rally MEAN MACHINES SEGA — always the fi rst with the big stories — has got the exclusive fi rst play of this little gem.

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Special Moves Occupation: Ninio Assassin Time Zone: 1993 AD Fighting Style: Tai.lutsu (Niniitsu) Biography: A top Block Orchid assassin who was bumped off by her own colleagues after she tried to resign her position, to stop her imparting the sensitive secrets of the Block Orchid Orgonisation.

The Shadow Mode: Allows Shadow to become a 'shadow" and attack for five seconds with no threat of iniury.

Twirling Fan Attack:A cartwheel attack which ends in a razorsharp fan attack.

High Jump Angle Kick:A super high jump ond downward attack at a severe angle

BLADE Occupation:Bounty Hunter Time Zone:2030 AD Fighting Style:Kenpo Biography:A former cop who became a bounty hunter after being socked for beating seven shades out a suspect, Mode's last assignment was to retrieve a deadly viol which a scientist was threatening to release and kill 95 percent of the population Government agents botched the capture and shot the scientist and Blade. The lost thing he sow before he snuffed it was the viol smashing to the ground...

Special Moves Stun Beam: Freezes the opponent for a few seconds.

Personal Shield: Absorbs 50 percent of all damage aimed at him. Implodes if overloaded.

Tracking Blade: Hovers for a few seconds then auto-attacks its target. Cuts into opponent then explodes.

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Occupation:Circus Acrobat Time Zone:1899 AD Fighting Style:Savote/ Pencok Silat Biography:Cousin to a Russian Tsar, Jetta came to China with her circus at the time of the Boxer Rebellion — the Chinese attempt to get rid of foreigners. Her attempts to bring peace foiled when the terrorists, Yihe Cluang cut her safety net and tension wire during her grand finale and she plummeted to her doom.

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Special Moves Flying Choke Hold: Jetta throws off her bracelet and sleeve which wrap around on opponent's neck and chokes them.

Phase: Speeds up the molecules in her body allowing her to move twice as fost for about 10 seconds.

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BATTLE STATIONS The game features a regul fighting tournament where you pick your character and fight you way through all the eight opponents before facing the great Eternol Champion himself. The r other option is to play the tournament in the Battle Room which allows you to choose a variety of random hazards like grenades, stun bolts, mines, electric bolts, floor buzz saws amongst others which could hit you or your opponent at any point in the match,

Eternal Champions is one of on increasing number of games which only comes into its own with the six button joypod.

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Special Moves Dragon Trap: He animates his cane which crushes and bites the opponent for several seconds.

Snap Back: Doubles the cone length and attacks from a distance.

Identity Change: Xavier con change the identity of his opponent but if its reflected bock at him he is transformed for the duration of the match.

TRIDENT Occupation: GkKliator • T i m e Zone: 110 BC Fighting Style: Copoeria Fighting Biography: Trident was created as a fighting chompion by the people of Atlantis, before their city sank. lie was to fight the Romans to decide which culture would stay on land and which would live in bubbles under the sea. The Romans cheated and dropped a stone pillar on Trident killing him and the Atlanteans last hope in one foul swoop.

Special Moves Depth Charge Field: Surrounds Trident with a blue field and engulfs opponents in a blue glow.

Bio-Drain Field: Surrounds Trident in a red glow and halves impact of the opponents attacks.

Bio-Stun Field: Surrounds Trident with a green

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Occupation: Warlock/ Alchemist Time Zone: 1692 AD Fighting Style: Hopkido Cane Fighting Biography: A hopeless blacksmith, Xavier tries alchemy but accidentally stumbles upon a way to create unlimited cheap, clean energy and finds that his alchemy has given him strange new powers. Before he can document his find he's carted of and burnt on the folse charge of being a Warlock

Occupation: Prehistoric Hunter Time Zone: 50,000 BC Fighting Style: Pain Biography: This •N e a n d e r t h a l was the greatest hunter of his time - and the most intelligent.

Having his agricultural ideas repeatedly rejected by his elders, Slash spoke publicly against them and was stoned to death by his own clan.

Special Moves Massive Club Swing: Slash spins 360 degrees and swings his club twice over his head.

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Occupation: Ex-cat burglar Time Zone: 1920 AD Fighting Style: Praying Mantis Kung-Fu Biography: A brilliant cat burglar for the gangster boss, Mr Taglalani, Larcen was set up by the mob and was tricked into carrying a bomb and blowing up himself, the police chief and most of a hospital's patients.

Special Moves Ceiling Crawl: Moves along the ceiling with foot pods and claws, Ends with a deadly ceiling drop.

Ceiling Drop: larcen's dismount from the ceiling. He attacks opponents from on angle with claws and foot blades.

Air Sweep: lorcen jumps back and throws his grappling hook out in front of him at the opponent.

Occupation: Bio-Chemical Scientist Time Zone: 1967 AD Fighting Style:Jeet Kune Do Biography: A Brit. transferred to the CIA to work on a biochemical weapon to end the Vietnam war, Mitchell Mid leton Knight fell victim to his own formula and was transformed into a vampire.

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In a 16-Meg revamp of the 'engine of Evander Holyfield's Boxing — itself a reasonoble translation of the sport on the Megadrive — Sego is rather pleased to announce the launch of Greatest Heavyweights which rather than starring just one of the world's boxing greats, is actually endorsed by eight of the best evert Jump into the legendary skins of the likes of Rocky Mercian° or Muhammad Ali in this sidewaysview boxing sim which features huge, detailed sprites and on array of campaign options. Its up to you whether to play, alone or against the computer, in Tournament mode, Exhibition matches and decide whether to start a new career with an unknown, resume on old-timer's career or retire them for good.

Duck, block and throw punches of all varieties (as long as it's a jab, hook or uppercut 'cos they're the only blows which exist in Greatest Heavyweights), going for the big KO or just a win on points.

This new improved version is compatible with the six-button joypad, but instead of packing in extra moves, the programmers opted simply to refine the control system, which previously hod the player pressing two buttons at once for an uppercut and so forth.

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