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MEAN MACHINES get first dibs on Probotector, the Megadrive homage to the Contra series of Nintendo games. Many have conjectured on just how good it will be. But only we know. Care to be enlightened? PAGE 16, mucker.

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With Acclaim, Core Design, Imogineer and Konami already planning world domination for these machines, the future is looking very bright indeed.

What's more, Sego's homegrown stuff is simply stunning, too, and we were blown away when we saw Daytona ond Virtue Fighters in their home formats — they ore nothing short of fantastic, and will be unveiled within this very may real soon.

And what do Nintendo throw back in on attempt to get even? An adaptor to play old Game Boy titles in colour through your Super NES! Blimey, I bet that got Sega quakino in their boots when news got through! It has to be said that there has never been a better time to be a Sega owner and, as always, MEAN MACHINES SEGA will bring you all the latest news first. If you want all the latest news and all the biggest games first, this is the place to be. Our exclusive looks at Probotector, Micro Machines 2, Lawnmower Man and Marko should convice you of that — but the best is just round the corner. See

UTMtREVELSCOMMENCE Of late the crew have displayed an interest in Revels, those chocolate coated candies which form port of the Malieser family of nibbling snacks.

But a packet of Revels is rather a hit and miss affair. The office consensus is that they should make separate packets of orange Revels on their own, os they ore most delectable. Come on Mars! Until then, register your protest by sniffing out the coffee ones and popping them back in the pocket.

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BACK CHAT Asking people out is one of life's tribulations. As you'd expect, the Cas s and Mato Hurls of Mean M a t h i e u do it with infi nite style.

STEVE MERRETT Now that our Editor is contemplating the Big One (with an English Rose called Liza), chat ups will soon become a distant memory..

However, masquerading as married has served him well before. "You look like my first w ife," he menF tions in pauing to his intended.

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LUCY HICKMAN "There's no such thing as a faithful boyfriend" remarks Lucy while indulging in conversation with a likely lad. It's not so much of an *pillion than a suggestion. But La Hickman would like to make d ear that this doesn't make her one of those 'free love saps'. " I only say it on the fi rst meeting to break the ice.

If he ever strayed with me it's legs that would get broken".

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l Forest of Dean Pic of tree, from place where EMF came from. Look there's the potato-headed singer swinging from on upper branch. (Darren Knight) 2. 'Liquid Sleep'.

Wombscon of a two-headed baby. Yum. (Matthew Monk) 3. Relax in this gypsy restaurant, with an annoying old git playing the violin in your ear. (Mr and Mrs R.E Harris) Keep 'em coming...

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Mr Alan Kernlo of Edinburgh has denied the brutal antics of his sibling, but the family resemblance is unmistokeable. People of Scotland — Live in Fear! Thanks to Ian Shaw for the expose.

Os is lost for words when he's around girls. He prefers to let the language of love speak for Itself. However, Dave Keisall of PC Games has offered sumo potential lines: "Do you like texture-mapping? I like it": or: "I know the mirror mode cheat for Virtue Racing", or: "Voulsz Vous lower avec mon Sonic heis, co ' air? ".

ANGUS SWAN Sadly, Gus has watched Saturday Might Fever too many times, uttering stinkers like "I' m dynamite baby, gonna make me exp lo d er' . Lately he's taken a rather cheeky and more physical attitude to wooing. Stop 1: approach politely with, "You seem to have something on your Hp..."

Step 2: Leap forward for the snog — "Me! ".

CLAIRE COULTHARD Claire's a bit saucy when it comes to chat ups (but then the Darlington dandy is a bit saucy about most things). She casually remarks how her victim's trousers match her duvet, suggesting she'd like to make a closer comparison.

(Claire was last seen walking down the King's Road with a man wearing Biker Mice From Mars slacks).

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II the fighters have their Own ial skills which con involve use of weaponry rather an just hands-on fight• A n d , because the hters are invul-. ruble, there ry little bloo _ No b ore — they ju - et tired and bow ut. Whether this have as much appeal as the Mortal Kombots of this wo ell just have t-a• w a i t and see. ' Watch this s

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On a recent 40 M E G A - 3 2 visit to Acclaim's HQ, MEAN MACHINES were the first to see some of the stuff the US programmers are working on, namely a stunning beat 'em up called Duel.

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, the game uses live actors to ensure the games computergenerated characters move realistically. The five minute demo showed a man fighting a huge monster, using whatever he found to lob at the creature.

The action cuts from scene to scene as a film would, and the action and animation looked second to none During the fight, the human is thrown through bushes, slammed into walls and generally given hell, whilst the creature flinches from rocks thrown at him and other such attacks.

Such realism was achieved by positioning electrodes linked to a computer to the main joints on two actors' bodies and letting them fight the battle scene by scene. As they do so, a series of cameras ore filming from different angles, allowing the programmers to create a realistic skeleton from the images the electrodes produce.

Acclaim are the first development team to be granted a Saturn licence, and they'll also be using the technology to launch into arcade games, part of a diversifying push which will also see them producing comic books Their first full game has yet to be decided, but keep reading MEAN MACHINES for more exclusive details.

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Behold the first pics of Urban Strike — EA's next biggie for the Megadrive and the followup to one of the

best games of '93 — Jungle Strike.

Yes, it's another MEAN MACHINES exclusive and although EA ore keeping very tight-lipped about the whole caboodle at present, rumour has it that although there will naturally be similarities (ie. heaps of blosting Fld in $ r seven shades out PArIZT• of all and sundry) this is going to be very different from 401: the previous two in the series with more missions of greater intricacy (which, as the name suggest will A revolve around a b city), greater weaponry and a wider range of vehicles from which to blast your stuff. Sounds like a belter and you can be sure we'll bring you a complete update as soon as we con.

A A taste of things to come from EA's Urban Strike.

SPOTMtDIFFERENCE Virgin's zitty platform hero — Cool Spot — is 40 B Y V IR G IN bock again for on all-American 4 . MEG A D R IVE sequel on the Megodrive with Spot Goes to Hollywood. The streets of London may be paved with gold but Tinsel Town is lined with glitter which our pustular hero is hot to get his hands on.

Little has yet been revealed about this promising new release — due to hit the streets at the end of this year — but we're promised a 3D viewpoint (probably isometric), all the characters will be rendered and Spot's aim is to land himself on Oscar.

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The game revolves °round a band of outcast warriors — the Fire Team

INN'N'GAMES Sony are mix0 NEW GAM ing education with pleasure with their MO B Y S O N Y new edutainOP M E G A D R I V E 1 ment package for the Megadrive — Fun 'n' Games. Mini-games such as Whack-A-clown, Mouse Maze and Space Wier rub shoulders with music and on packoges 1 with a few mind-bending puzzlers thrown in for good measure. Out later this year we'll bring you further updates on this one for the kids' as

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The action has the player jumping into the skins of one of five very different fighters: Shadowblade, a cat-like creature who is part thief and part-ninia; Chance Torakozi a young human whose speciality is martial arts and philosophy and who con turn himself into a fantastic birdman; Broc a lizard-like creature of • great intelligence and strength who's a bit of a whiz with a bazooka and Aja Dora a beauty whose razor sharp senses act as a radar for the group Over four enormous worlds, the player guides a Fire Team Rogue through levels of hand-tohand combat, puzzle-solving, mazes, role-playing, flight sims in what Accolade describe as a Zelda-style, retro-Star Wars-Tolkien-esque adventure. Sounds intruiging and you con be sure we'll bring you all the latest gen on this one as soon as we get it.

EA ore currently putting the finishing touches to a Megadrive conversion of the PC hit, Wing Commander.

Originally developed by Origin for Mindscope, Wing Commander is a 3D space blast boasting some of the most detailed graphics of the genre.

The game is set during an ongoing battle against the feline Kilrathi warmongers and the player is left to blast their woy to a series of checkpoints. The PC game was famed for its cinema-style intro screens, but was a little shallow in the gomeplay department. EA hove apparently taken steps to counter this, but the full MEAN MACHIN • a l all next

ViottiIDOfALAWN In this rather stunning issue of MEAN I D B Y SCII MACHINES you may hove already M EGA- CD browsed through our fob and exclusive work in progress on Megodrive Lawnmower Mon. Well the good news for Mega-CD owners is that the game is to be converted onto their machines.

Also based on the virtual reality movie, this version will run along roughly the scrre lines as the Megadrive versions but with a lot of added extras.

So far it's looking stunnin and might well be the one which elevates the Mega-CD into the upper echelons of the video game hardware ratings.

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Boasting all the features of the 16-BIT game, Spinball is readying itself for a July release, while Chaos 2 follows on from the first game, but has several additions to the basic platform action. The most impressive is a Sonic CDstyle 3D sub-game, but others include the ability to play as Toils and fly everywhere or a new spin attack from the mighty blue one.

There's also a new character making his debut J e t — and you can meet him when the game is released in October.

This is the news we at MEAN MACHINES hove been waiting for! ' Bomberman is finally coming to the AMegadrivel Probe are the team hanf dling the conversion for Hudsonsoft, t and we expect the game to emerge via e Virgin early in 1995. There ore no A With Itombermon you ton travel the world, meet new friends — then other firm details, but we'll be keeping bomb the bleeders! r a very close eye on this one! m mak o n t h s One of the most suco 40 N E W G A M E cessful comics of all f time is coming to the u 4 . B Y S U N S O P T Megadrive c o u r m tesy of Sunsoft. The Death Of Superman m4 . M E G A D R I V E was so popular that i it sold out within n gdoys of its release. In it, on evil baddie called Doomsday killed off Krypton's finest, dying in the process himself. aThe game will be a multi-stage beat 'em up leading to nthis confrontation, although as of yet there is nothing to dsee. Needless to say, though, we'll hove it first._ e b b i n g ,

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Featuring Stroke Play, Match Play, Threesome, Foursome, Skins or Stableford game, Global allows you to practise your stance and spin techniques on a 3D rendered course with variable weather conditions to spice up the oction. Full review coming soon.

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very issue) Codemasters are putting their might behind Psycho Pinball — due out on the Megadrive later this year.

Featuring six massive themed tables, reams of bonus sub-games and up to a four-

player option, this is definitely one to look for. Catch up on all the gen with the EXCLUSIVE MEAN MACHINES work in progress in our very next issue.

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Over six levels, you as Aornie must put your brain and tool-box to work to outwit the TV gremlins and powerful channel bosses. His only weapon is his trusty snout as he journeys through Children's TV, the Wildlife Channel and even spooky Horror Vision. More news wh g e t it.

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The early bird has always been there to get the worm, but by golly he's a little gossipmonger, tool First up, he brings news of a new Sony licence which they have yet to confirm. Mickey's 65th Birthday is a plotformer starring the pensionable rodent and initial reports suggest that this is going to be the hottest thing to emerge from Sony yet. Along with Virgin's The Lion King, we reckon this could be the year that Disney games come of age...

Anyone still interested in the Street Fighter series? Well, the latest news on Copcom's forthcoming Super Street Fighter cart is that it could weigh in at a massive .40-MEG1 This could jeopardise a UK release, but stay tuned for more details...

If you're of a more strategic bent, though, perhaps a possible conversion of Maxis' stunning PC epic, Sim City 2000, would be more to your liking.

In . - ieva • o - • gi eer a v e way — and if it doesn't go to cart, the Mega-CD market would be the perfect platSequelitis has struck EA again with the word out that Road Rash III is revving up rather nicely. In the meantime, Core ore getting ready to unleash a genuine sequel to Thunderhowk ...Mindscape ore all set to launch a fob Mega-CD version of the PC blinder Dragon Lore which has you seeking out allies, learning the art of dragon-riding and ancient combat before taking on your foes in a tumultuous battle.

Now, it's time for death corner, as more announced games make it to MEAN MACHINES SEGA's very own obituary column. Sego's Young Indy was the first to buy the farm o n d such a youngster, too, while Gremlin's Madness: House Of Fun has died of old age, a bit like the band it was based on. Finally, EA's Face Plant (a cross between Skitchin' and Road Rash, but on snow) died on the slopes prematurely. Impossible Mission 2045 is a little better now, though, and should be out in January 19951 We'll round off with news of two new plotformers under development in the UK. The first is the fourth in the James Pond series coming from Vectordeon. No details yet, though. Finally, Probe were busy puffing together on brilliant plotformer called Jelly Boy which starred a morphing main sprite. This stunning game was originally picked up by EA who has since dropped it, however. Word is that Imagineer are sniffing about, and that Ocean have had a look. Nobody has signed it yet, though, but let's hope they do soon, as this is a corker just waiting to happen.

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YOUR ' EMY HERO Konami sketch every aspect of their games out in detail before they put finger to keyboard. One of the first things decided was the background details of the heroes and the main antagonists. Meet the gang: Ray Poward: Roy was born in a slum and soon fell in with a street gong He was selected for the team by Squad Captain Doyle who sow Poword's feisty nature and trained him into a powerful but cool soldier. Roy is an all-rounder with average height and endurance.

Sheen° Etlands: The sole girl in the unit, and on excellent fighter. She excels in guerrilla tactics and jungle fighting. Identical to Roy in every aspect But with longer hair.

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Doctor Geo Mandrake: As mad as a hatter, but on expert in the field of genetic engineering. He is believed to be developing biological warfare machines, and rumour has it that there are two sides to his personality...

Squad Captain Doyle: The leader of the Contra group and mankind's lost chance...

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Small is beautiful or so the saying goes and that was certainly the case as far as Micro Machines Codemasters' zany Megadrive racer — was concerned with the whole country going mini-motoring mad. On the other hand, bigger is sometimes better as they're hoping to prove with the new, improved and enlarged sequel — Micro Machines 2. Lucy Hickman went to investigate.

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you probably remember Micro Machines — the nutty racing game where players leapt into micro-vehicles and hoofed around some utterly nutty tracks such as tea-tables, pool tables and sand pits — well this sequel runs along roughly the some lines only there's going to be more of it.

At least twice as big as the original (Micro Machines was only 4-MEG), Micro 2 will wing in at 8-MEG or perhaps even 12-MEG, with twice as many tracks (54 planned at the last count), better sound, improved playability and souped-up graphics.

Producer and main programmer Pete Williamson explained that although 16-MEG games may sound more impressive, his programming team's unique compressing techniques means it's unnecessary to bump it up to a 16MEG cart which means less production costs and a cheaper game for Joe Public. Hurrah!

Pete admitted he hod a real challenge on his hands making an already stonking product even better but he reckons he's on his way to cracking it. He said: "One of our first aims was to improve the graphics which some critics complained were a bit 8-BIT looking — we're going to soup them up." This will be achieved by increasing the column mode from 32 up to 40 which means a higher resolution and ultimately much better defined and detailed graphics.

There are more vehicles — around 16 of them whereas Micro 1 only had seven — including boats, hovercrafts, ATVs helicopters, 4x4s, jeeps, dragsters, stock cars, beach buggies, and various types of sports cars.

"There's also greater interaction with the backgrounds," says Pete. "For example, on the tree-house track there are knots on the branches which wobble and fall off if you hit them which means when you repeat the circuit, the track and the racing technique is different."

So far the game is looking pretty promising but the guys have still got around 40 tracks to invent so keep your eyes pealed on the next issue of MEAN MACHINES SEGA when work will have progressed and we'll bring you a full update of this potential corker.

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1111000000M! Micro Machines 2 will be the next in the line of Codemosters products which will come out as a J-Cart which is the equivalent of a Sega Tap or Four-Play but is actually built into the cart, allowing up to four players to play a game simultaneously. Pete reckons this is what's going to make Micro Machines 2 really special. He said: 'The four-player game is really good fun — it seems the more players you hove the better the game gets, The three- and fourplayer options, like the two-player mode of the prequel will be raced full screen, one track, with four individual racers or two teams of two. Pete also means to improve the one-player mode by having eight computer opponents and making them more intelligent than previously.

MICROSCOPIC Yet another extra feature of the game is a special bonus section the programmers are devising which has players racing in even smaller Micro Machines (although if they get much smaller they'll disappear!) — quite how it will fit in with the main game is as yet undecided but more of these quirks could be on the cards.

This Virtual Reality malarkey's all very well but when are they going to invent virtual grub? Virtual cake, virtual Mars Bars and virtual chips — all the fun of a pig-out without the fat-accumulating calories.

Lucy Hickman was quite taken with the idea so she was picked to feast her eyes on Tengen's new Megadrive movie conversion — The Lawnmower Man.

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V irtual Reality, eh? Its destined to beAccording our future, so the experts would have us believe. toor the premise, we could all be wondering °round in a beautiful world of our own design. It could become o bit of a disaster, though. Just imagine, wandering down what looks like a paradise garden and stopping to inspect what appears to be a cute fluffy bunny but what is actually o ten-ton truck which effortlessly knocks you flat — I don't think they've invented virtual death yet, have they?

Which brings us, in a very roundabout sort of way to Tengen's newie. You probably oil remember the film The Lawnmower Man — the tale of the rather barking Dr Angelo who thinks it would be a really great idea to pump the hapless retard, Jobe, full of mind-bending drugs and hook him up to a VR machine to try to improve his IQ. Needless to say it all goes horribly wrong and the mild and gentle Lawnmower Man turns into a roving psychotic monster with a God-complex nnd a penchant for killing. A lot. Eventually he retreats completely into his Virtual World and hooks himself up to the world's computers.

What starts out to be a really scary concept soon turns into typical American schmaltz movie, with the usual snot-nosed all-American boy popping up where he's not wanted.

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Lawnmower Mans Virtual Worlds use 3D scaling effects which look like those created by the Super Nintendo's Mode 7 capabilities.

This is apparently impossible on the Megadrive but somehow Storm have managed to emulate it These stages oil run roughly along the some lines and involve steering yourself from a first person perspective (you can see your hands in front of you) through gaps in pillars, walls, bridges and such like, avoiding collisions and blasting any approaching foes.

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And God said "Let there be light so I can read my fab MMS without squinting" and there was light.

Then God said let there be cute, fluffy lickle bunny wabbits and it was so.

But bunny wabbits can't answer letter pages so God put them all in a cute, fluffy lickle pie and ate them. Then God created Man b u t Adam couldn't keep his hands off his snake or Eve's apples so God created Yob. And he was good. And he is good. So there you go. If you've any gems to share with Yob write to: MICROWAVE LIVER RECIPE MAILBAG, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, Priory Court, 30-32 Farringdon Lane, London EC1R 3AU

PHIL Dear Yob I begin my letter with a little anecdote. I was in Safeway one day, and I picked up the the official SEGA magazine. I turned the front page, and flicked through. A picture of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation caught my eye Being a trekkie myself, I naturally went on to rood the article. And, what did I find? The game isn't being released over here! And why, I asked myself. The answer was in the story. Sega have decided that we will not pay E59.99 for a game like this. They only want 'quality' games to be brought out at this price, such as Street of Rage 3, Streetfighter 2

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and Eternal Champions All of which have been done in one form or another hundreds of times. As for Streetfighter 2 or Eternal Champions, both games are almost exactly the some. Its a waste of money buying both.

But, the only game which even ventures vaguely into the realm of storship command is Streetfighter, which is great. I know that maybe some people may not buy the game, but what really annoys me is that some fat little git in a Sega office has decided for us that we won't buy it Do any of us like decisions being made for us? If Sega have put out questionnaires or asked the public about the game, then disregard it. But if not, please print it Sega depend on us, the public.

They need us. It is not the other way round. So, to sum up here ore Sego's two suggestions: 1) Buy a Mega-CD then buy the "Next Generation" game for that. In effect, don't buy a E60 game — buy on add on and the gome for over £200 — very practical, I must say. 2) Go through importers — wait for ages, ond pay whatever the importer decides — not too good, eh? Corry on the fight.

Douglas Thomson, Lanarkshire YOB:Up the workers! Tories out! My wha t a little revolutionary you are. Pity you don't ge t worked up a bout a real cause, instead of the 'Free the Sci-fi ga me license campaign'. Wa k e up a nd smell the coffee: Star Trek: TNG is nice

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I purchased the Saga Master System game entitled Sonic Chaos recently.

When I switched it on and the title screen appeared I was impressed by the improvement in the graphics compared to Sonic the Hedgehog.

One problem, I think it was too easy. I hod the game beaten in my first game.

Because of this I hod the game discarded into a dark damp corner and I haven't touched it since. I think Sega should concentrate on making their games harder. However I am sure that a copy of Micro Machines for the MS could take up the time I have to spore! Please.

Ronan de Bholdroithe, Co. Galway YOB:Hol Ho! Ronan.

Wha t a cheesy japester you are. Ge t lost a nd get your own Micro Machines

CONNIEM U M Dear Yob When I first picked up yotW magazine I was very pleased to see you did plenty of reviews of Master System and Game Gear Games Then you got fewer and fewer reviews, they also were graded down to one or two pages. When Mega Drive games get up to six pages, I am disgusted with this. I wont to know why you did this?

Matthew Monk, Witham, Essex YOB:To a nnoy you, of course.

Rich Leadbetter lives ne a r you, a nd told us a bout your skiddy Y-s a nd prized collection of chemical toilets. So we hatched the plan a bout the Game Ge a r reviews. And see, it worked!

Dear Yob First of all, the magazines great, keep up the good work.

Now, why I really wrote in. This letter isn't a sob story (honest) and its all the God's honest truth. It begins like this.

I woke up on o chilly Sunday morning, early, as my dad had to go and decorate my Non's living room. I got out of bed to find a rather lorge hole in my bedroom window, probably why it wos freezing in there. I rushed and told my mum and dad that icicles were forming around my bedroom door. I then began to run myself a both, for some unknown reason the water was as cold as my room, so I boiled some water in the kettle to heat up my both, and guess what, yep, the kettle blew up. The day continued, to cut a long, very long story short, We arrived home that night to our house (with a fixed bedroom window) to find that we had b en burgled.

Token in this heist were all of my Mega Drive & Mega-CD games, along with the consoles themselves. For my birthday I received a generous sum off money, which also is gone. My mum and dad ore buying me a new Mega Drive and later in the year a Mega-CO, but can't afford new games as well. Could you please help me out by sending me either Costlevania of Zombies, please, pretty please etc.

Grant Torbard, Basildon Essex

YOB: Sorry, the best I can do is offer my advice. Basically, I think your Gran did it.

Think: have you checked her loft lately? And that copy of FIFA hidden under some surgical stockings — where exactly did that crop up from? The old dear had you round on the flimsy pretext of 'doing up the living room' and gets a team to do your house over when you're out. Simple, but brilliant.

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Dear Yob I'm writing to you to say a few things. One of them is that I love MMS, its much better than all the other magazines, (who should stop getting their info from stray demented bog-cleaners, they're so rubbish that I wouldn't be surprised if they were edited by toilet seats). Secondly I just like to soy something, which by the way you might think sod, "in the jungle," this comment is courtesy of Jack Hobhouse, Mickey Jenkinson and others. Thirdly, don't you ust hate all those questions people ask Jaz in O&A like "will my bitz turn blue if I dip them in water, -and "Is it true Sega is bringing out a new machine called the Quadrupledrive which will be 245,623,132-BIT. Well I just have one thing to soy to these sad cased dorks, "What do you think, you cheesy cleaners, well I'll give you a clue: NO".

Also I think you're great! And I love to read your comments to the letters every month. Although you will probably write some sod comment at the end of this letter, which will take the rip out of me, could you pleoseeeeeeee print this letter! @BOXTEXT:Hetier Eggtishaw, Bryanston School YOB:Yeah they are s a d -goons like you who can't string a sentence together. seen a l m o s I've t a sdangleherries with a better s a d a s

grasp of the English language. And yet, it appears you probably come from some kind of snob school that costs a packet. Is there any justice in this world?

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Dear Yob I am writing to soy how appalled I am with the prices of games I think it is stupid. I can understand people paying E40 E 5 0 of their quidlets on games but 60 quidl Now all I am saying is which idiot at Sego said lets make SFII Special Championship Edition 60 quid? It is stupid. While I am on the subject, when will EA get it into there skulls that we don't want sequels to games like John Madden and NHL? I am not saying the games aren't good quality, but what I am saying is we want some new titles please 410' Stuart Maddison, Stanley, Durham.

YOB:That Maddison touch for topical debate — we've been talking about this for years and now here it is in all it's glory. Hey, you touched me man, I mean, you really touched me... I'm deeply moved.., and so were EA and Sega when I passed on the message. Now SHUT YOUR NOISE you whinging hippopotamus flea!

BENDOVER Dear Yob I have been reading your utterly brill magazine for 10 months. And every issue you get two or three letters which are just gibberish with no meaning at all. For example in the March issue there was a letter (if you can call it that) from on idiot who calls himself Boz, from Bozshure? And a git from Northonts called I Powell, just in the vain attempt

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to get there letters printed. So I'd just like to say to H e l e n , Rossendale Lams all you vegetables out there: Save your ink, because YO B : H e y I prefer Yob taking the dogs droppings out of some- H e l e n ! You one who has clearly token their time writing a clear k i n d a caught and understandable letter, m e off guard W Smith,Suffolk ( n e a r l y hod a YOB:Gibberish? Shimmy scrabble surely nick l i t t l e accident neck. Immy not. Febrilicious mivron East coast t h e r e ) . But this tag nuts. i s a family magazine, so can't really let rip across the Gear Yob letters page.

And what would Do I go in the Guiness Book of Records, for being your husband the first girlie to write in? I think not. I'm actually writing this letter, to tell you how lonely I am. My say? Has he seen this letter? husband, is, as I write, playing landstalker, I have, It could never in fact become a Landstalker widow_ Consequently, my self esteem has fallen so much, that I hove work: we'd just end up like those taken to writing letters to comic magazine type saddos in things. Can I iust take this moment, one of many, to tell you, Mr Mean Yob, how extroodinorily sexy I Deirdre's photocasebook. But I'll find you. I would like to rub your shoulders, that are be thinking of no doubt burdened with insults from nasty little boys who write into you, I would love to massage you, and the next your feet, that have probably walked through time I'm turbo-charging through Rossendale... oceans of insulting letters from children (hey I think you know what I'm getting at here) However, I will now conclude my letter, but before I go, can I just ask why so many readers complain A K K S n i t , Dear Yob about the high price of games? Yes I do agree that they are extortionate, but why the hell don't they I hope you realise that your magazine's front cover just rent them? It's cheaper than renting a video, (at looks like a dogs ass and your reviewers ore mega only E3.50 a week, folks) and lets face it, most ugly. I'm glad to see that you've loads of cheats (2 games take less than a week to complete anyhow pages, wow!). Why does your magazine cost so I've never bought a game in my life, yet, being a much!. Why did you give 85% for Sensible Soccer? I woman of the world, I've played all of them. mean the players are microscopic, like your brain.

Anyway, I will now depart, and leave you to your It's the worst sports game, ever it deserves 5%. You exciting life. think you look so hard but your face is like all dribbling and snotty. In the December issue why are you always going on about Spender? I love him. Please,oh, please tell me when Mortal Kombat II is coming out for the Megadrive.

Ramshid Ashimkak,Wrexham YOB:II really figures that you love Spender. Rancid, since you're clearly one of the family, obviously his illbegotten love-child. You're so foulmouthed, I recommend you go suck a Fisherman's friend, but I wouldn't imagine you've got any mates.

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Dear Yob MEAN MACHINES is the master of Sega magazines, but it hasn't exoctly been the most perfectly presented magazine. For example, pictures have been laid over paragraphs, making them unreadable, ends of reviewers , comments appear to have gone wolkies and I c i t h i t s

/ But I had to wet my jeans with laughter at the howler in the preview of Star Trek: The Next Generation (issue 18). According to whoever wrote it (probably new Ed Stevie-boy), the new 1 set of games ore due for a long painful death, c because they are— "under the Hospices of a Spectrum Holobyte."

Nice one, lods and lasses for brightening my p day! t Steven Browne, Hammersmith. i YOB:Wrong! Gus was the culprit, and he's o pretty shame-faced at that one. Not really n s u n

an auspicious happening for someone with an ENGLISH degree!

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Dear Yob Please answer this important question. Is the Icecop Zone in Sonic 3 video game heaven, where oil platform games go when they ore completed? If riot, would it be possible for me to marry this zone, as I think it's the best section of any platform game war by miles. But its not worth 60 quid. I'd only pay big bucks for V.Racing and I can hardly wait for it to be released.

Bubsy the gutted Bobcat, sad plot. farmland (Marioworld) YOB:Sadly, Icecap Zone has turned down your proposal, saying it doesn't want to marry a one-brain-celled pillock. However, Pete Soccer wants to go out for a date with you.

NKR EARST Dear Yob What with all these fat-ossed old codgers protting on about the so called "evils" of console games — what a load of stinky, hairy old buttocks! These plonkers all have their collective ideas about "making children violent," but they've forgotten one blindingly obvious thing: to osk the kids themselves! I feel much better after getting that off my chest.

Dean Hayers, Corshalton, Surrey YOB:Yawn, It's time for my tea. Do you know your name is an anagram of 'Say he a nerd'?

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3. Subterranea, Ma y ; Probotector and Grindstormer probably late Summer.

4. Probably. Feel is going to be a radically original shoot 'em up, a nd looks very hot. 5.

Hasn't it already? Axelay looks a bit dated now. 6. It should be miles better. No, but Psygnosis' Troll due out later this year is pretty similar.

Ground Zero Texas, Dragon's Lair and Monkey Island coming to the 3 D0 ?

5. Can the Jaguar and 3 D0 play normal movies with an adaptor?

6. For the 3 D0 can you buy a cartridge drive, and how much is it?

Samuel Wong, Penang STEVE:l. Wa lt for the Saturn.

2. The Jaguar a nd 3 D0 can play movie CDs a fte r an MPEG

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rSt s having a horrible dream. He was sittin h i s computer, ready to answer th pile a d e r s the 1 month before. "let's see...when is Supe Streetfighter...".

Steve thought for a secon q u e r i e then began to type his reply. But something d;' s was wrong. The words, they were kind of... t h a different. Suddenly, he realised: They were tnot his words, they us'. Steve was typh a Gus' words ing, yet to be appeari "be?

Had Steve not on screen.

How coul d dismembered Gus' body some three days g r ago, after catching him in a bizarre witchcraft o w ritual involving a rooster and a scented n lavender candle? He had to warn the readers f with all that voodoo it was too dangerous rto write to him at: WHOSE LOLLY DAY IS IT o EH, CLAIRE?, CAA, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, m Ipp•ory Court, 30-32 Farringdon Lane, London r i m R 3AU. 1 0 1 1 1 1 M 1

NAOMI Dear Steve Could you use your vast knowledge to answer these questions.

It is essential.

1. Which offers better value for money: Streets of Rage 3 or Virtue Racing. Also, I found SOR 2 easy to complete. Is SOR 3 harder?

2. Which is better: Subterranea, Probotector or Grindstormer? Is Probotector the some as the awesome SNES version, and which has the biggest, beddest robots?

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3. When ore the above coming out?

4. Will there ever be o Gunstar Heroes 2? What do you know about the game Feel?

5. Could the Megodrive ever produce graphics as good as the Mode 7 bit in Axelay?

6. Is Second Samurai better on the Megadrive than the awful Amigo one? Will Lionheart ever appear on the Megadrive?

James Phillips, Birmingham STEVE:l. We ra te d Virtua's VFM down because it's so expensive, but it's the be tte r game. SOP 3 is a bout the some difficulty.

2. Only Subterronea is fi n-

Door Steve I.Where hos Jaz gone? He was my favourite editor ever! Steve is alright, but Jaz is better. Please bring him bock!

2. Will Sega bring out a machine to neat Nintendo's Project Reality?

3. Is there going to be o Streetfighter III, because I'm fed up with Streetfighter II and Turbo?

4 Wha t is better - Megodrive or Megadrive 2? and why?

5. Please list these from best to worse Fifa, Sonic 3, SFII, NBA Jam, Eternal Champions and Streets of Rage 3.

Please answer these questions. as I'm dying to know.

Troy Harris-Speid, Luton STEVE:l. Jaz was deposed in an office coup a nd exiled to life on a Californian beach. 2.

The Saturn will wipe the floor with PR. 3. Yes to SFIII, but it's not compulsory to buy it, you know. 4. They're both the same. 5. Fi fa , SFII, Sonic 3, NBA Jam, Eternal Champions, SOR3, answering your letter.

MISS FERGUSON Dear Steve I am o Malaysian reader of your magazine. I am going to get a new system so could you answer these questions 1. Should I get a 3DO, Jaguar, or the Sego Saturn.

2. Can the 3 D0 and the Jaguar play Mega-CD games and laser disc movies with on adaptor?

3. Is the Power Plug coming to London and how much is it?

4. Are Lunar, Double Switch,

cart is installed. They can't play Me ga -CD games. 3. No, but the PowerBreaker stops you frying yourself by cutting the flex of your lawnmower. 4.

Only Double Switch a nd Dragon's Lair are 3 0 0 bound.

5. I think we've covered tha t one... 6 . No.

BETTE Dear Steve I own a Megadrive, and was wondering if you'd answer these questions.

1. Will X-men the arcade scrolling beat 'em up ever come out on the Megodrive?

2. What's the best scrolling beat 'em up for the Megadrive?

3. Do you think I should buy a

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1, Will German games work on my UK Megadrive?

2. If so are they cheaper?

3. Which console is Lethal Enforcers better for, Megodrive or Mego-CD? 4. When will Mortal Kombat come out on CD? 5. When will Super SEM come Out?

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CD? 7. When will Rise of the Robots come out on Megadrive/ CD? Chapman, Selsey STEVE:l& 2 . Most will not, and they a re n't any cheaper, anyway. 3. Both are virtually identical. 4.

Early Summer. 5. Later this year..6. In a word, no. 7. June

IsE N A Mega-CD? 4. When will Streets of Rage 3 be out?

5. Are any of these corning out - Warriors of fate, Golden Axe: Death Adder's Revenge and Cadillocs and dinosaurs?

Adrian Miles, Port Talbot STEVE:l. Thankfully, no. 2.

Streets of Rage 2. 3. Ws up to you. 4. Soon, my pretty, soon.

5. Na p e , nope a n d nope.

VERA BENNETT Dear Steve Your mag is utterly brill and no other mog can even rival it.

Please con you answer these questions. I'm going to Germany with my school and I wonted to know:

Dear Steve Please could you answer some questions.

1. Is there an actual cheat for SFII to fight Di Maximum? Hove you tried it out, and how do you do it?

2. When I'm fighting Vega I've noticed that he jumps onto the wall then does on a ir suplex.

How do you do that?

3. What does the 'Mode' button do on a six-button joypad?

4. Ho w do you see the digitised picture of Chun-Li on SFII? Do you hove to use the same choractor all the time?

Andrew King, Easthope STEVE:l. The DJ cheat is a hoax. 2. The Una Drop - hold down for two secs, push up and kick, then pe rform the drop like any other throw. 3.

It toggles button functions. No games use it as yet. 4. Just

beat the ga me on level e ight, in either mode.

MARIA ANTOINETTE Dear Steve Would you answer these ques• tions 1. What game should I get for my birthday, Ground Zero Texas or Winter Olympics?

2. How's Star Trek getting on?

3. Is the Mego-CD on the Nintendo coming out?

Robert Clayton, Essex STEVE:l. Do yourself a fa v our and ge t neither. 2. Quite nicely, tha nk you for asking, should be on import now. 3. I presume you me a n the 'CDXA' tha t SNES owners have been crossing the ir legs over for two years. The answer is no (snigger).

CAROLINE Deor Steve Could you help me, because noone con onswer this question. I bought X-men from the review in Mean Machines, After trying the game at the shop I t o o k it home and stuck it in my kip Megadrive.

Instead of the game, the screen went block and a funny tune played Try as I might, I couldn't get it to work. I changed the game at the shop, but the some thing happened with the second copy. What's going on?

Anthony Ion, Perth, Australia STEVE:Seems like down-unde r is getting a taste of lock-out chips. It's because y our cart and MD have diffe re nt origins. You'll have to buy Jap games or get your Me ga driv e converted by a specialist hardware shop.

ALIEN MOTHER Dear Steve Please answer the following.

1. Is Star Trek: TNG anywhere neor as good as Star Trek Judgment Rites, on the PC? 2. Ho w much will Super SFII be?

3. Are Mega-CDs worth getting?

4. Is General Chaos worth getting?

5. Will the Sego Saturn be 32-bit

or 64-bit?

6. Are there any more Sonic games coming out on the Game Gear?

7. When is Mortal Kombot 2 coming out?

Paul Brierly, Preston STEVE:l. Not quite, Judgment Riles looks flashier. 2. I 'd say around E60. 3. Your choice entirely. 4. No. 5. 3 2 -bit ma in CPU, with 6 custom processors. 6. Yes: Sonic Drift, Sonic Spinball a nd Sonic Chaos II. 7.

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CRUELLA DE VILLE Dear Steve Wouldst thou answer my questions, sirroh? Thou art full of the milk of human kindness.

1. If both the Megodrive and SNES versions of Mortal Kombot were 16Mbit, how come the SNES version has all the animution frames and all the sound FX and speech of the coin-op whilst the MD hasn't?

2. Is it possible to manufacture 32Mbit or even 40Mbit carts?

3. What did you think of Mortal Kombot? Personally, I think there were too many glitches thot should hove been sorted out in beta-testing.

4, Con a Mega-CD disc really hold 540Megabytes, as in 540 1 Meg Amigos?

Lord Garth %/oder, Phobos STEVE:l. It's not lust a case of memory space, but how the progra mme r fills it. 2. No re a son why not. Sega a re looking at really massive carts, a nd also compression techniques.

3. As we said i n the review, close but no cigar. 4. No pay a tte ntion class: 1 MegaBYTE 1 0 2 4 k ; I MegaBIT 1 2 8 k ; so 1MB(byte) = 8 Mb(bit). The Me ga -CD holds 5 4 0 Mb.

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to try some those sma NBA Jam we've all been learning on the Megodrive recently Borrow some sho squeeze into some crusty trainers ( the o that stink of cat pee ) a turf out one of Mum's stri vests. I can see it now.. .a Pity I've got to stay indoors then, eh? Read all your tips, see if they work and type 'em all in! Bob. Guess I'll hove to make do with a thimble and a sprout instead. And while you're all basking in the sun, here I am. In doors. Double bah. Send your radiant, really original, sunny tips and cheats to: SUMMERTIME — AND THE CRIBBING IS EASY, SMALL TIPS, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON. EC1R 3A1J. What? Prizes? Oh, yes!

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Stephen Hauker of Chester provides the full list of shocking fatality moves for Sego's spectaculor fighting game. These moves are only possible in the last round, when your fighter's opponent is ready to die from one small hit. In all cases a heavy punch realises the horror once the opponent is edged into the correct position.

Blade's stage: Position the opponent with their backside approximately lcm from the centre of the fan.

Shadow's stage: The opponent's posterior must touch the second sign in from the left hand . dgn so they're facing the first sign. i gage: Align the opponent's bock e th She edge of the last hut on o the left. Hit them into the centre f • t otic's stage: Position the other hter with their bock to the cenh f tre of the screen and rear foot e t -s h crete.

I c e Larown's stage: Have n the challenger obscure the r s k lamp post on the righte c lhand side so only 3/4 of it is e r g. u You block the light from the n $eheadlights with your body. s • • •— • g e : e The opposition's leading t in front of the left side stathand crosses j n o ue; u their bock facing . the centre of the screen. You n square off on the opposite side of the statue s t t h o e n d t a h r e k l c e o f n t s i d e o f t

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By entering 02160016 as the pass-code a level select is provided for Dr Grant's benefit, However first, says Dean Martin of Northern Ireland, select the options screen and leave the screen. Change the character to Grant and hit start. The level select should now appear .

Slash's stage: Set up the hapless loser with their front knee touching the left side of the pyramid in the back ground. Your character stands to the right.

Trident's stage: With the opponent's head close to the centre of the mermaid's pot, and their back to the centre of the screen, your fighter stonds to the for right of the screen.

Xavier's stage: Move to the right of the screen positioning the opponent's rear foot near the wooded base of the fire.

Officer Murphy isn't just a Robocop it seems — he's a Robodetective tool What next — Robo-commissioner? Anyhow there's a secret stage in the second level of the game. Hove Robocop use the second wire he comes across to glide into the building to his right. Upon dropping down, lead him to the left and out of view. Jump him onto an unseen object and push UP. There ore extra lives awaiting his success. Ironically it is Peter Murphy from Dublin who discovered this cheat.

Lee Atkinson in Spennymoor is so hyped about Eternal Champions, he's decided to blurt this advice out to one and all. Upon finally meeting with the Eternal Champion don't allow your fighter to drop their guard. It is important to defeat him using only one energy bar, OK lee. Whatever you say, man.

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wbury, Berks Thanks to G Taylor •codes for Toe especially excellent nture. second, funked out Level Three: C6T2 Level Five: PT28KZFK2YJO Level Seven: D9489128AT6 Level Nine: JPIFKEW9WZOCI Level Eleven: T5QOCE2JA8PQ Level Thirteen: JP8QIIAPC84N Level Fifteen: D920C269)015E

David w 0 Should u n g e o n explorers find themselves lost or I h e a l t h , lead them to place void of monsters. It's OK to have enemies on screen, so long as they're restrained by barriers! Now have the explorers wait for 30 or 40 seconds until o spring-like noise is _ heard. Waiting a further 30 or 40 seconds sees every single wall and barrier magically transform into exits!

Pat I What o cool c h o i r l He owes a lot to Lewis MenSOn who's small tip leads the yellow funster straight to Coin World. H small pill on screen — ignoring the power pills — then have him ea

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NE as the password, Lewis Manson from Wootton eni 0 c 4 a reputation for killing the first dragon in the game. y o u tan to fi n d the last boss, lead Wonder chimp to the very top of the tower 0 • h i m jump to the right. He travels left to the end of the platform, then up. Here he stovers a small heart with which it is easier to defeat the final guardian.

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Philip Walker, who's no relation to John at all, has this to for Virgin's Jungle Book. After the Disney logo disappears UP, DOWN, UP, DOWN, LEFT then RIGHT on control-pad start the game to reveal a level select. !

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alevel secret in 41 Robocop Vs Terminator. In fact there are •probably several but Philip Walker hos found just one. Here's how to find it: On Level Four there is a tall slack of barrels with a ladder to the left of them. As Robocop jumps right and into the barrels, keep holding that direction on the Dpad as he falls. Once inside the barrels keep Robo heading right and he enters the hidden room. Thank you for your co-operation, /

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lri - . W h o ' s Jim? And why did he start crying over something Lucy said? r _ l a y i n g off the whisky — that ht to help.

EGADRIVE TIPS Wo rkin g yo u r w a y through Pan i c On Funkotron's seven t een st ag es isn't p a r t i c u l a r l y h a r d , b u t It ' s u n likely you'll u n c o v e r t h e full ran g e of b o n u ses an d hidden s t a g e s on offer. Jo in u s a s w e exp lo re the planet an d t ake you to p laces you've n e v e r d r e a m e d of.

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T H 1I G I R L Y1 (2 JARS): E IesNormally found N in bushor trees. Attack her

W from a distance.

T 2 B A S E /B A L L K I D a fairly (3 JARS): Lobs harmless tomatoes. l Attack him from a lower level. Don'tLwaste Super Jars on him.

N 3 COW G G H O S T (2 JARS): Uses its invisibility

to sneak up on you. Use the Funk Scan to find it, and lob jars in the air to capture it. If it gets too close, use a Funk Move to escape.

4 CO NST RUCT I O N W O R K E R (5 JARS): Don't stay on the ground when he makes the ground shake.

Lob jars from a nearby platform or jump over him and drop them on himl 5 NAST Y W I L L I A M (5 JARS): • Slow-moving, lob the jars up at him.

6 R I C H L A D Y (5 JARS): The lady offers no resistance, but her Poodles attack. Drop two jars on each from above.

Panic Attacks ore useless against the mutts.

7 T O U R I S T S (MEN 6 JARS, WOMEN 4 JARS): Pull down on the pod to protect yourself against the flash. Use the time between flashes to lob a few jars. Get them away from other humans as its impossible to duck if hit by another. They can't use their camera when near you, so get in close!

8 O PERA S I N G E R (7 JARS): Lay jars near him so he walks on to them, or keep jumping over him until he peeps out of the box.

When he does do, drop loads of jars or a Panic.

9 M A D F A I R Y (4 JARS): Pretty harmless

unless you get hit by her laughing dust with other humans about. Lob jars up at her, and use a Funk Move to ovoid the bogs she drops.

I 0 D U C K (8 JARS):

Stand still and lob jars up. The duck appears, so hit the deck. Before using Super Jars, wait until he's close.

BOGGY MEN (4 JARS) Mostly invisi-

blet, so use the Funk Scan to locate them.

They hang out in groups, so keep lobbing jars in the air.

mommonne••••••• CHILLiN F IEL DS Funk through the first wall to a cove. Use the Funk Scan to search the bushes in the correct order for extra bonuses.

F U N K Y F O R E S T : NO PASSWORD Push up after the third bouncy fungus to a secret stage (the zone is near the 'Danger' sign).

Enter the Hyperfunk zone between the two fungi up to four times Gain extra Funk by copying Peabo.

EL C H O I C E - 0 GRANDE ITY67KMJCV5F Go through the left door for lots of presents STYLIN' S TRE E T

NEMO= H O M E Y S T R E E T A secret spot lurks just to the right of the second fountain, and a second on a platform just above the restart flog. Shark awaits on a ledge to the right of the first cliff j u m p into the cliff wall to find a cache of goodies. If you re-enter this area and keeping jumping, you enter a secret sub-stage.

MAC D A D D Y MEADO W Nowt really, but jump on to the bows just above the flowers or they run away.

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E4NOZ9ANX1 9X Put money in the first machine to lay on the bouncy fungus and bounce as high as possible before spinning and landing on your feet for extra points. Walk into the first cliff wall and use the Funk Scan — tadal Trixie's Rendezvous! Buckets of coins galore!

U PPER F U N K Y T O WN Get the Super Jars from Genzer and walk right off the edge of the cliff. Jump left on to a hidden ledge, and Funk left through the next two walls. Carry on left and down to a secret cave, ond Ft' through the wall on the right Jump through the roof to the right of this cave. Use the Funk Move to bypass invisible walls until you get to a room with two arrows. Stand between them and push up for infinite Super Ja Head bottom right in the fi pool and swim down and along the second tunnel from the top to get to Lowanda's Cave After ! leaving the second pond, jump bock over it to some secret platforms, a present-laden bush is on the third.

SN O WY ST REET Drop down into the first hole and Funk Move through the right. hand wall. Walk right and use the Funk Scan to find a door — Trixie gives infinite Funk. At the end of the stage, to the right of Bloono, there's a secret path containing loads of goodies

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•• g • ia Hood for the first cliff face and n talk to Smoot. At the end of this - ;9. ' . . • • y stoge, jump on to the top-left g t platform and press up. Pickle a h Place is revealed — as is the first fr of Lamont the Hippo's fove e o things. w u SL UMPIPS SHACK p g Talk to Slumpy, and head left. rh Funk through the first wall to e t Fins Shark.

-h SL A MMIN SL O PES: e EEIN Scale 1 the first hill and walk past the . two meters. Press up to find a6 secret K L 1 spot. Don't jar the lady and her poodle. Jump on the X 9platform you see and jump first A F to find o secret ledge. again Press the button and ride the bubble to the left, using the Funk Scan as you go. Jump up to hit the Funktivate Zone, which reveals a door to Trixie who doubles the value of all your presents.

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Go right to Bloona, and follow the arrows to the left.

Use the fungus to bounce up and jump left on to the bubble. Ride it to Ae, t h e end, then drop down. Use o Funk Move on the wall to the right to find Sneak Street.

HIP H O W N WAY Walk left post the fungus to a wall. Funk Scan it to find a secret spot. Walk right towards Otis and jump into the woll to another hidden location. Peobo is to the right ond down, and is hiding in a bush. Talk to him and return to Otis, then repeat this pattern. Use a Funk Move against the wall to the right of Otis, and Lamont's Picture is yours.

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P E S K Y PL ACE: VDTQC)XFN12X6 Swim left for air and Super Jars.

Don't capture the fat lady and her dogs. ' T H E CATACOMBS Head down and right to find Homey. Move left to a button at the bottom of the pit Jump down and use the bubble to iump left into the wall to Alexander's Hangout.

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HAPPEN' N HIL L S Funk Move through the wall to the left of the bouncy fungus to find a door to a hidden spot.

LA PL A C E D U FUNGUE Get as many Earthlings as possible before entering the water.

Swim right to reach Way Cool Cave. Talk to Chester and jump right. Push up in the small ditch there to uncover Eyeball Alley.

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Put a coin in it and two arrows appear. Push up and you find Lewanda's Party Hut. T HE BIG SL IDE: VYTQFC8A15L7 Jump at the end of the first slide.

Look in the bush below. Jump right to a platform and Trixie.

Your food now gives double energy. Press the button by the two construction workers and Funk Move through the wall to the left of the door. Wolk left until you reach a cave. Press up between the meter and the button to get to The Fan Club.

BO O G IE D O WN CAVES Walk through the righthand wall into a cave full of Boogymen. You find a room containing Lewando. At the end of the stage, bounce up and right to find a platform. Jump right again and walk right to find a door to The Rubber Ducky on the secret platform.

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L E V E L 1111: T H FUN KOTRONI M O O N TE8Q-X03 Go up and talk to Otis and Shade. Go right and climb on the bubble next to the 'X sign.

Stay on it until you reach a platform adorned with four arrows.

Walk left and press the buttons until the door to Chester's room appears. The door between the arrows leads to Slimy Slug Spot.

Go back to Shorla and she gives you loads of presents MAYHEM MO UNTAIN Walk right to the end of the stage and mount the bubble to the right of the water Ride it until it bursts, then jump up and right to find a platform. Jump to reach a bubble which takes you to Trixie who gives yo FunkVacs.

Go to the start where two arrows ore next to the fungus. Press up for a secret room. Walk left to swim down ond into on exit.

Walk left across the fungus to Lamont's record player. Search for three flags next to each other and go into the /pvall beiow

IMEIMP L1E V E L 1 5 : T H E B O T T O M L E S S PIT : TZ9C)FC9LKXAR There ore four exits on this level which oll lead to a different section.

1st LEFT:BUBBLEBOULEVARD. Follow the arrows and press the button to make Peabo appear with his boombox.

2nd LEFT: ROASTIN' ROAD: It costs a fortune to stop the flames but you must go left to The Fire Fight.

1st RIGHT:THE HYPE HILLS: Drop into the ditch to the right of the meter to find Harney. Follow the arrows to The Door Dilemma and enter the doors in this order! ,3,4,2 to find Shark). Go through e door on the right. Turn the flames off and use a Funk Scan behind them. Go through the door for another secret location and press up under the right-hand arrow for Pillow Place.

2nd RIGHT: HOT'N BOTHERED: Don't fall into the flames!

THE CRAZY C H A SM There are two almost identical chasms linked by the doors, so clear them one at a time.

T HE FINAL BATTLE Push the button with arrows pointing at it to see Peobo. Head down and right when underwater and left at the bottom to find Another Dead End. To finish the level, swim down and right until you can't go any further. Go left and up HO ME ST RET CH MEADO W Keep on eye out for fairies JARO ME' S PL ACE Funk Move into the 1st wall for some presents. Keep playing for a fob end sequence ond bonuses for whatever you hod left.

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According to the rumours, X is preparing to unleash his nuclear arsenal on the world in revenge for his Iwo humiliating defeats in the first two games.

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tering of new moves music. What can be I l seen k is the 'law of diminishing returns': Sega are putting vastly more in, and only getting slight improvements for it. However SOR3 looks and plays great — with a better feel than 50R2, and is only marred by exceptional easiness.

Axel, in particular has been made too powerful. With this in mind, I still think SOR2 is the definitive Megadrive beat 'em up.

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That said, if only Sega had lavished the same care on the gameplay, and added a few new elements. The same bad guy formations roll on for a quick bundle, with the bosses adding the only real variety to the proceedings. To me Streets Of Rage 3 doesn't take enough risks. There are moments of Inspiration, but it isn't until later in the game that any originality shows its face. In X's lair, a puzzle-solving element is added as the players search for him, and must find and smash the terminals which seal off certain areas. If these ideas had been littered throughout the game, SOR3 would easily be a Megagame.

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Fancy a break from the beat 'em up japery? If so, Streets Of Rage III has the answer. Ten walls stand between your character and freedom, and must be smoshed using whatever combination of kicks and punches you deem necessary. By the way, did we mention there's a 'CB chasing you just to hurry you along a little...

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However, the programmers have been a little too ambitious with the sprites and have crammed as many large ships on screen as possible. Sadly, this is to the game's detriment, as they often break up, muddle the screen and slow the action right down. It's still very playable, though, and despite its faults is a solid blaster which offers perfect alien-killing relief from the recent spate of platformers.

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GO(RECON)FIGURE The assorted power-ups swing between high-powered concentrated lasers and wideranging smaller bullets.

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ORIGIN First appealed on the Amiga in 1987 COurtiny01 Rainbow Ans. This is the updated Inegadrive version,

BREAKDOWN

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' J o v e you noticed that you get all these super-heroes running 11 cial line is that they're saving you from an evil alien empire?

Well, MEAN MACHINES SEGA can exclusively reveal that that's 1 all poppycock — it's actually these super-heroes starting the a scrap quite simply because they like it and if there wasn't any rintergalactic squabbling they'd be out of a job. Thus, they go o to the empire head and insult his mother, w ar breaks out up and u the super-hero is kept off the dole for another stint of mass destruction. Easy eh? n The latest hero to wangle himself out of retirement is you, d as Bren McGuire — the leader of the United Planets Freedom l Farces.

Having beaten the Galaxy-busting Machine years before on the starship Avalon 1, this time the evil so-and-so's i back and bullying some beauk tiful wench's planet. Being a e hunky, macho type, Bren h immediately rushes to her aid e and, dressed in a ultra-hard Turrican assault suit which is a equipped with all the latest d killing devices, starts some serious lass-kicking over 15 levels in order e to save the universe. s s Am O n c e . M E C K I V i r s y m i E I . c ft W O U 8 4 0 A N D 1 1 1 1 Wm u l, t rill WM O W S 0 0 1 1 R . N W a L l o m s I N hs i N S O U L T S t O x l i -s Ng o sW f4 1r 0 O cn S k e n s s a v i n DIAMOND:Extra points The Turrican assault suit is on g elaborate and formidable m affair which, of course, can a be boosted to greatof heights n \z k ,. i ./ n It d h SMART BOMB:Three provided aper life — takes out almost any a nthing on the screen in one blast, w d e t a l SINGLE FIRL.The basic weapon h tyou start with. Pretty tame stuff e hwhich needs boosting — and o oquickly f f f p i i •••••••••

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powered little number which is good for tough enemies but doesn't hove the ronge you often need.

I OR THOU SIMI DIE REBOUNL Bounces around at odd angles and the best for taking on lots of foes attacking from different

directions.

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Adds on to your chosen weapon and although not very strong takes out enemies

without having to oim

The levels are oil lobyrinthine affairs which must be searched carefully to find the plethora of extra lives and other powerups on offer and, eventually, find the exit. Many places can only be accessed with careful handing of your ever-present plasma rope I n other tight

spots you'll need your energy wheel capabilities — when the going gets tough, curl into an

almost indestructible ball and roll out of trouble for a limited time You can only lay mines and throw bombs in this form, though, so watch your step.

MULTIPLE:A powerful spread shot — very effective on open ground

C O M M E N T s...

- - I t ' s ages since we 've h o d a \ :‘ 1 I was 7..-P.- d / e c e Megadrive, n t shootso'em up eagerfor the ly looking forward to this — W o v a v i a n d I wa sn 't d isa p p o in te d . wr-.L.0. responding to your every !1 b I I t/ a massive range of ta b a nd varied weapons a nd lots of l c oc different things to do a nd on to explore. The ga me is also really challengv om ing, whichrdoes make a refreshing change. l sm to the point of frustration, It's toughealmost tl but not quite, aso although it'll take you ages hi to work through n the 15 levels, you're gua ranteed toi kkeep coming back until the bitter end — rather s e dthan give up in exasperation.

Another good ga p point is that although there is an EASY setting a d e you can only complete two worlds in m it so r you won't sail through in a r Turrican is hardly original but hurry. Mega f e eyou sometimes c a n't be a t a really good blast , e which this aundoubtedly is a nd I'd recommm c mend it to anyone. e— t ....• . l N

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-LEVELH -of the five worlds is divided BEoch into three levels. These include a jaunt through The Machine's bio• labs, a trip underwater Otech twhere you can't use your wheel, bomb or rope), with the whole caboodle culminating in Ssmart the deep dungeons of the Allen where you confront your SQueen arch-enemy. At the end of each level you inevitably come across boss — includEciingbizarre-looking a pink plasma moss with Sboggle eyes and lots of mouths!

spritesandWickrounds— partkulaity the bosses. v There's nothing really special heie andsome more unimation would have been a bonus.

SOUND Goadsampled week and blastingnoises and okay tunes

RATABILITY Controls like a dream with loads of when, warmly and death.

V Canbe ImmoMg at ones andtheme's not a lot of originality involved.

The Turrican concept is nearly six years old now, but this Megadrive version is as fresh as ever.

Although the basic running a nd blasting action has been left intact — and rightfully so — never before has the game seen such detailed graphics. The backdrops are the most incredibly intricate I have seen, a nd the va rie t y of b o th the

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aliens and the settings is stunning. However, extra praise deserves to go to the programmers for a dding even more features to the original game. Gone is the large laser which used to extend whenever the fi re button was extended, replaced by a rope system which allows the player to swing from pla tform to platform. This is a stunning blaster, a nd one which I 1whole-heartedly recom. t i r5 4 d

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Anunoriginal shoot 'em up butone that's guaranteed to providemasses of fun.

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GAMEAIM Guide Mork° iltrough 12 platform levels, booting boddies, scoring points and savinghis lawn front • green gunge.

A fter running away from the big boys in the pork because it was HIS boll and they wouldn't let him score a goal, young Marko occidenta stumbles upon a dastardly pl which is more dastardly than very dastardly thing indeed which has gained a double fir at Cambridge for dastardliness Toy factory boss, Colonel Brown, has roped in some wicked scientists and, with the help of their secret gunge concoction, is transforming all the cute, fluffy animals in North Stillington into gunge monsters which he means to help him lake over the town!

Marko gets roped in on the good guys' side when his boll accidentally lands in a puddle of this gunk and turns into a magic football. You as Marko must now use your bolls as ingeniously as possible in order to save your town.

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They gave him infinite balls. The one thing that could make Marko's on interesting twist on the platform game was thrown away with this feature. If you had to negotiate one ball all the way through a level, or had a limited supply, then the game would be a lot more taxing and subtle. In its present form, Marko is attractive to look at, but doesn't set the pulse racing. It's not bad, measured against Other platform games, just not exciting enough for demanding MM SEGA reviewers.

Morko's journey through all ospects life, dealing with all the you'd expect to find therein.

Many levels involve a task which needs to be completed before Morko can move a The levels include: FOREST:Snokes, ducks and other woodland folks all bar Marko's path until a wallop with his boll deem the way. kAD NOR

SUBUROLA:Always the some street funnily enough — Radnor Road — where Marko copes with policemen on pogo sticks, kilter pigeons, and a comedy chappie who eats Marko's ball when aimed at his hood. Marko also braves some of the houses where ghosts and slime monsters assail him

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A R I V E REVI W COMMEN I was quite prepared to give Marko a sporting chance — even 201 t h o u g h it's t h e r • 1 Irtform C I F a f f a i r . The graphics ore pretty smart — lovely cartoony effects and some cracking animation, with Marko himself having loads of comic expressions — and there are 12 large levels.

Unfortunately, like so many before it, Marko falls down woefully on the gameplay front. It's not that it's dire It lust isn't much fun and painfully repetitive. After a full day's play, and, having found out all the pass codes and played through all the levels, I decided I'd be quite happy if I never set eyes on it game again.

Marko rnvy appeal to ardent platform/ puzzle addicts but being a mere mortal I wasn't too Impressed. Oh, and I don't like the way the horror of vivisection is minimised (as It is in the intro sequence) or the way Marko bashes up innocent pussy cats and the like.

BALL-BOUNCINGLY GOOD Our young soccer kid has mastered the art of manipulating his ball to maximum effect. The footy is always at hand by pressing C and in addition to kicking it at foes to put them out of action, there are various other moves at his disposal. Here's a run down of what's on offer!

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KEEPY UPPY BALL:Before fi it on his head, Marko con ploy a mean game of keepy uppy — pretty useless really but a great exercise in ball control.

GOLD BALL:After picking up the white gunk, the gold ball appears on Marko's head and after a few nifty tops, explodes and destroys everything on the screen.

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HEADING BALL:On me ead my son — no probs for Marko. With quick flick he can balance the on his head like a pro thus fe ing off enemies attacking from above.

MAGIC GUNK:Lying around the platforms is a pile of white, shiny gunk which works for Marko with varying effects.

ALovely cortoony graphics, nicely &own sprites ond tacks al animation.

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S trawberries and cream, brown legs aplenty, Barbra Streisand, the occasional slob in the bock and, of course, heaps of rain... Yes Wimbledon will soon be on us again with loads of strapping athletes screaming for new balls and, once more, the creators of this great game (ie the Brits) will be put to shame. To celebrate this great British institution of ours, Codemosters has taken the number one mole seed and put his name to an all new tennis game.

I'm sure the game needs little explanation: leap around, hit the ball over the net with your stick with mesh in it, keeping the boll within the white lines. You can also shout at the umpire a bit and generally win fame, glory and wads of cash in 33 tournaments covering 28 of the world's top courts.

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One of the best ond indeed revolutionary features of the game is the new Codemosters J.Cort. This handy little.widget includes the equivolent of a Sego Tap or Four-Play built into the cart, allowing up to four players to ploy a game simultaneously. Just how Codemasters have managed to include this on every cart and still put the game out for £44.99 (or possibly even less) we've no idea but they certainly deserve a resounding round of applause for innovation and their continuing tradition of putting things out as affordably as possible.

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A The idiot ton pick up. Just select the shot and adjust it with the joypaci.

There are a number of different shots at your disposal, all of which con be practised in the Tutorial Mode. This allows you to try out either the automatic serve, which is fairly soft, or manual serve onto which you can put speed and spin. There's also the lob, drop shots, random smashes and a great diving move which doesn't seem to do much good but gives you a good laugh all the some

A Tease two.emtwe action on a sombre playing surface.

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narily tennis0 1 1 I don't games but I confidently predict this game will be as big as or • bigger v an Codemasters' e Micro °chines. Pete Sampras n ennis is the most ayable, easy to pick up d fun tennis game I've er played. You get aight into it — starting gently against the mputer but soon encountering really challenging opponents who all have different playing 1 techniques which really keeps you on your toes!

The two-, three- or fourplayer modes will of course keep you going for ever — it's just one of those games which you'll still be pulling out years from now. Graphically it's great, likewise the sound with tab sampled speech and loads of rowdy crowd noises. The realism is phenomenal — the attention to detail Is such that everything you find in a real tennis match you find here. My only quibble is that the perspective can fool you when you're play., ing on the far end of the pitch. But the piece de resistance has to be the incorporated J.Cari — four-player action for the some price or less than a regular cart — who can argue with that, eh? Not me ,that's for sure. Go out and buy this. Now.

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A Sometimes you feel like a strop with the Umpire and his abominable decisions.

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Shall I ten you what I like about Pete Sampras Tennis the most? I'm the best at it in the office, that's what! I could put this down to a number of things. 1) I'm lust great. At everything. 2) I'm a spawny git. 3) The game is so easy to pick up, it's unbelievable. Personally, I'd be happy to stick with the first reason, but I have to admit that No. 3 had a lot to do with it. Samaras Tennis has the most instinctive controls of any tennis game, and the assorted lobs and slices are a doddle to pull of. In addition, whilst serving is equally simple to master, i real smashes, thus ensurt ing you learn new tactics t as you get better. This is a the most-played game in k office at the mo, and the for e me it rivals Super Tennis on the Super NES t s — and that's the highest a f• w i h v i e l 6 0 PAM S.E GA e

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Challenge which is a single match on whatever court you fancy for up to four players playing either doubles or singles. The Tournament is a knockout for 4-8 players who play against each other in turns until a champion emerges. Finally there's the World Tour which starts off easy but gets progressively harder as you make your way around the world. The password system helps, though. There's also a choice of three surfaces — clay, hard court or grass — which actually make a lot of difference during play. There's also on action replay ond a slow motion replay so you con savour your triumphs (or weep over your cockup01

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Then one day, quite coincidentally, Mickey a nd Minnie Mouse arrive on the scene to save the day! Hurra h!

As one of the marvellous meeces, tour the rooms of Castle Beanwick, me e ting up with all the Disney hives such as Donald a nd Daisy Duck, Donald's e rra nt nephew's — Louie, Huey and Dewey — Goofy and the learned Horace. Each sets you a puzzling task which must be completed before you've even got a hope in hell of stopping the earthquakes a nd saving Beanwick from certain slumdorn.

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RIVE REVIEW C O M M E N T Being a bit of a scatter-brain, Horace has got his library into a bit of a muddle — in fact, its a downright shambles! Your job is to help him clear it up. In Coke (easy) and Medium levels this involves finding the books with letters and placing them in alphabetical orders by jumping on them without touching the floor. In Challenging Mode you guess the eight-letter word in the some way but a book "platform* is removed every time you hit a wrong letter.

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Using a hammer, smack down on the objects in the order you think they're in — Goofy's gives you clues by telling you when you have picked the right tools and when they're are in the right order. You have seven goes to get it right.

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oughly enjoyed playing this game — for the little time It lasted.

The graphics are all very jolly and faithful representations of all 4 the Disney favourites, it's easy to get into and control, the puzzles are fun and the whole thing is quite refreshingly original.

Unfortunately, this game is likely to be too easy for most of you reading this mag, it's very, very basic I s t u f f a n d u n l e s s y o u ' r e a

complete novice with no brain or co-ordination at all or a young child (at whom I suspect this game is aimed), you'll sail through 1it in a couple of hours even 1in Challenging Mode. I hate to use a cliché, but it really sost one for the kids.

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GRAPH' Not having offended the School of Domestic Discipline for Ducks, Daisy's portraits are a bit dusty so you have to clean them using a ladder and a feather duster. As paintings are uncovered, simply match it up with its identical twin, get it wrong and the dust sets in again. You have to hurry though cos the gallery lights are on the blink and it soon gets too dark to see.

Bright and colourful in hue Disney style and laithful representations ol all the maincharacters.

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Once a task is completed, you're rewarded with a pressie from the room's keeper. Once all the tasks are done and five gifts received, return to each room and give each character on appropriate present. You're then rewarded with a mogic bean which when thrown into the magic wishing well, takes you to the root of Beonwick's quaking problem. Bewore thought If you give a character the wrong object they'll keep it until you finish the puzzle all over again.

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ing this (you should be getIf you're my age and r e a d l ting a life, incidentally) you'll remember games like 'Simon' and 'Mastermind' and 'Pairs' (also known as Conundrum). This attractively packaged kids' cart is basically a collection of these simple puzzles based around the beanstalk scerio. Initially it's good fun, if completely 1 taxing, due to the pretty pictures and Gpleasant presentation. However, 'Ultimate 1 Challenge' it is not, the overall challenge U won't stretch the average six-year old. For a Schild under that age it's charming enough entertainment, but there's not enough depth for those who have progressed beyond Wendy houses and sand pits.

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MEGA-CD REVIEW I pleasant experience waking up fully clothed on ' an unmade bed, especially when you make a habit of it. But considering the lime I had at the d Pleasuredome the night before, I was lucky to get i back to the apartment in one piece. d Sorry, did I say "apartment"? I meant shoen Anyway, I got up, ran some water and box. douched quickly. There were three messages on ' the vid phone.

One from Karyn moaning at me t for standing her up, another from some phoney s selling used wheels. But it was the last one that o gave me a jolt like a strong block coffee. Work, no m less. Some kid with a rich daddy bought it while messing about with things she shouldn't. u He thinks I'm the private dick who can work it c out. I'm touched. h s o r t o The city you live in is a rather unpleasant place. f Prepare to walk through slums, industrial yards g and low-life haunts. You travel between these e landmarks by the subway system, which is relat tively safe. u p a s c o m e t o .

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Imagine an interactive Blade Runner, with a fine script and a well-crafted interface and you've got the fundamentals. The story is genuinely intriguing, and the game only

GAMEAIM Solve the mystery al Chondra's • morgue yourseit death, whilst avoiding a trip io t 1 ime.

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I first encountered Rise on an Amiga a couple of years back, but the lengthy E loading times put me off. This Mega-CD version, though, has kept accessing to a minimum, and allows the excellent Cyberpunk scenario to filter out as the locations and characters are introduced — using suitably bleak graphics and unobtrusive speech. This isn't one for the younger games-player as some of the language and events are a little dubious, but for the rest of us Rise is a welcome diversion.

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Unfortunately, that means turning up for the occasional date and not hitting on any other chicks. But you love her, honest.

GEircellendycontrivet moody, sinister street scenes, R animations to using solidify the atmosphere, A P H SOUND ts about everyone you run into IhasJusomething to say, and there's C background always noise.

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Happily, every. thing isn't laid aut on a plate.

Once you've salved it, the game Is useless.

FN I 6EDEO an interactive adventure, the game uses a and click interface. It's easy to collect sand store them, talk to people and visit places. The mein bulk of the game is puzzle solving and listening for clues, but there is some donger as well.

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ORIGIN s , Tengen's RBI updates are amongst I the most eagerly-awaited releases in the Slates, Testi new version leo. hoses updated Oats_

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Only the Americans could possibly creole a A e huge success out of something British school kids only mp play if both Football pitches and Netball courts are being i Yes, tucked away in the corner of every school playeused. ringnfield lies a small square playing area which, at least t a year, sees a gaggle of boys and girls gathering to ionce laugh o at A) the way girls throw a ball overarm and B) the cspanner kids who can never hit the ball. a aIn Tengen's latest addition to the RBI series, they've m included all this year's league and player slats and beefed n up ithe options. But, apart from o raised area for the pitcher sto stand on, this is still Rounders if you ask us... l n l o i w o i n f D

always avoided Baseball games the plague because they always bog the action down with options which swamp the gameplay. RBI '94 has all the options you could ever as for, but puts the playabil first. Because of this, the player can then jump straight in and hit the ball without worrying too much about muffed shots. I found myself really getting into the swing of things because I didn't have to worry about how good my batsman was.

All the team stats are there, but never infringe on the all-important action, malc• ing this the best baseball game yet. Tengen will ha to go some way to top th

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Nothing new, but well animated.

Gooduse ol inset bases

RBI Boseball 9 4 tuutures all the rules and quirks of the real thing. However, Tengen have token the chance to improve the animation and odd more realism to the game. Fights break out amongst opposing ployers, its easier to steal bases, and a pitching machine allows players to practise. The best

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Tengen, on the other hand, have tried to 'nuke RBI '94 as user-friendly as possible. Skill is stilt needed to hit those elusive Home Runs, but it's odds-on that you'll hit the boll first time, Similarly, pitching is equally simple but con;T:!.. trollable al l

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I've never pretended to under. stand Baseball, and all previous Megodrive games of und twice as confusing. RBI '94, cuts the crap and makes the sport accessible to all. It's really easy to control and get into and, once you've got the knack, means you can hit the ball almost every time.

It's not too easy though — skill is still very much of t essence. On every other front — looks, sounds, options — It's perfectly fine with everything you could ever need for a really good,, long-lasting game of Baseball.

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T h i s review is part of the MEAN MACHINES 1 'International Relations' course. The lecture is given by a man with fuzzy hair, a Seventies' penny- — round collar shirt and is shown in black and white.

The situation in Third World Wa r simulates the present global scenario. There ore a core of industrialised nations, often grouped together as 'the West' which possess a lot of the world's economic muscle.

Another group of nations are seeking to extend their influence by developing horrific new weapons and embarking on oggressive campaigns. International politics is at its most unstable now, because of the break-up of the 'Superpower structures', The Soviet Union has collapsed, and the USA is finding its military commitments a financial burden. Will you, as the leader of another nation, take advantage of the power vacuum, even if it leads to o third World War?

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first booted it. Ok, it looks like a dog's dinner, but it more than makes up for it with depth of strategic play. KOEI's Aerobiz is probably the closest game to compare it with — an unashamedly complex game of variables and long-term scenarios that seems nightmarish to about 90% of Sega owners and appeals to the rest. Third World War isn't up to Aerobiz's standard, though: it's only for one-player, the game spans too long a period, and there are other factors you long to control, but can't. That's not to say I didn't enloy this rare breed of game, which is well suited to the CD format.

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GLOBAL VILLAGE The world has been carved into forty areas Sixteen of these ore the major player nations, which you may opt to control.

The other regions are passive nations, the perfect prey to your conquering tendencies.

One way to improve cooperotion or defend against atiock is to sign treaties with your allies

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Ever seen Robocop, where the happy family sit around playing a board game called 'Nuke 'em'? If so,you'll already be familiar with Third World War's premise. Yessiree, travel the world, crushing or bartering with anyone who gets in your way, and if it all gets too much wreck all your progress by forcing your rivals into the nuclear alternative. For a strategy game, Third World War Is one of the best presented I've seen, but it could do with a shot in the arm in the lasting appeal department — after all, positioning tanks and making the same decisions doesn't exactly sound like a varied diet, does it? Not bad and something different for Mega-CD owners, but rather too samey for me

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MASH When you invade another country, after selecting forces, the screen splits to an isometric-viewed battlefield, where you have some control Over your ground-bosed forces.

Destroying all opposition confirms your victory.

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C O M M E N T I'm sure Laughing Salesman is absolutely hilarious. Sadly, I don't speak fl ue nt Japanese a nd their humour leaves me colder tha n a Penguin's pants. As a result, il came down to this CD epic's gameplay to save the day.

Oops, there doesn't seem to be any. The closest thing I can compare it to is Switch which we saw last year, but at least that ha d visual gags we could appreciate.

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This, however, is nothing more than a series of odd animations linked by a seemingly endless bout of speech. An interesting oddity, but only for fans of Japanese comics and trivia. Preferably ones who speak the lingo.

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In tha t sense it's quite a n interesting insight into their bizarre attitudes to women a nd work. The game plays like a dra wnout cartoon or talking novel. In fact, there's so much chat, the ga me quickly becomes a bore. At least in Switch the humour was mostly visual. He re , the only thing to laugh a t is the odd grotesque groping, a nd the strange (a nd pretty scary) Laughing Salesman himself. ,d4

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"Would you like to join the RAC? I really think you should, sir".

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synthesised violence which poses no physical threat whatsoever, to the participants. Oh my! Needless to say, Moiled Kombot is the most significant danger to the youth of today since the nuclear bomb, and no mistake.

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Which is, of course, why so many of you will be interested to hear that Acclaim's Mega-CD conversion of the infamous coin-op is finally finished and ready to roil.

Anyone who has the slightest knowledge of the modern video games industry should be well aware of the game format by now. Mortal Kombot is the second most popular one-on-one special move-laden beat 'ern up ever, and has already been successfully ported over to just about every other format i n e x i s t e nc •.

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There's a rather nice techno-y soundtrack playing olo so you could probably start a disco if you bought a copy. hod a big video wall.

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In America, Mortal Kombat has been rated an MA-17, which means it cannot be sold to any* . o n e under the age of 17.

No prizes for guessing /itythot is. However, since the game has received the highest posn American arm of the i company ore currently debating t whether to bother hiding the gore , with a code or just leave it in. s It's highly unlikely this is going to happen in the UK, i though, as the tabloids absolutebwould love something like that. ly l e r a t i n g a n y w a y , t h e

Mortal Kombat's popularity is undeniable. Just about everyone with a console owns a copy and the arcade games still rake in heaps of cash. Which is where the problem with Mortal CD lies. Yes, like the other versions it's very well produced and a highly professional job. Yes, it's got all the gore and has better graphics and the rest of it. But I expect most Mega-CD owners already have it on cartridge, which renders the CD version somewhat redundant. If you haven't already got Mortal Kombat and you quite fancy getting hold of it, now's your chance — this is the best version you're likely to see.

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Door old Goofy seems to have fallen on hard times. Once a big I Michael Eisner's ruthless purge of Disney in the Eighties. He was dead wood. He was dead meal.

D So now he's a janitor in the Ludwig Von Drake museum. And i mig h t be about to lose even that position. The curator is d u b ihe s if his 'Extend-o•hand' device is fit for the job. As Goofy's janious torial arch-rival, Pete, has muddled the exhibits, now is the time to n find out.

It's either an extra fiver in the wage pocket, or signing on e down the bru. y s t a r , n e v e r o u t o f a s t r e t c h l i m o , h e w a s a

Goofy's 'wonder device' is on extending hand (a 'wacky' toy kids used to play with in the Sixties when, in fact, they watched Goofy cartoons) Th e hand may be used to swing fro m platforms, pull Goofy up, or push enemies away, and may be fined with a boxing glove for added

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these, Goofy makes his journey marginally easier. One 'troption is a birdhouse, which releases a couple of sweet blue-birds which whisk enemies away. Another lights a rocket fuse which flies madly around Goofy, offering protection A t the end of a level the tin cone is found. Goofy can choose to drop some of his spangly balls in here for bonus points.

The museum is split into four distinct historical eras; Prehistoric, Colonial American, Mediaeval and Wild West (rather Americocentric, in the view of the Mean Machines anthropologists). They ore all share common features and ploy much the same, but the styling changes and each has charocter features, like the dino roller cooster in Prehistoric.

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The main sprite looks nice, the rest of the graphics ore okay (although I'd expect more from a Disney affiliated product) and the gameplay is standard platform fare which just didn't make me want to play beyond the first level. It's certainly not big enough — although it doesn't completely fall down on the lastability front because it's more challenging than it at first appears but all in all I'd give it a miss.

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Battletoads! The amphibian commandos with the slimy exteriors and the hearts of Oold ore back, in this sequel to their astroadventures and fist-related frivolity which only recently made it to the Master System.

Details of this mission remain sketchy, But we have surmised that her Royal Rottenness is once again behind the incursion, and the crack toad team has leapt Into action.

A las at freit-finvImred Skittles adios.

A feature of the original game which has been retained is the variation in gomestyle between the levels, With the bulk of the game playing as a scrolling beat' em up, the stream of levels is broken up with levels like the descending shah of stage two, and forced-scrolling stages, like the skittle level,

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The graphics are blocky and crap, the game reeks of poor sprite detection and overall sloppy programming, it's very little fun (although I do like the bit where his hand turns into a sledgehammer) and putting out a sequel so vastly inferior to the original is unforgivable. Avoid at all costs.

Battlemaniacs comes hot on the heels of the 8-BIT version of Battletoads, which is two years old but still a hell of a lot of fun. It's a pity that Battlemaniacs is a clear regression from Battletoads in every way.

Graphics, sound and game design are all markedly inferior. Added to poor collision detection, it makes a pretty limp sequel.

Elottlemoniacs h challenging, but / not partisulatly playable.

BARE KNUCKLE Intense gym training has left our heroes with unusually large forearms, of Popeye proportions, in foci. These ore employed in the course of battle, with a range of combat moves for each character.

Mid-air moves become kicks, and when the toads get into a flurry of blows, they often whip out a concealed hammer to bring down on the heads of their unfortunate adversaries.

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The 'Super' game is far from that. Played on a 'graphically challenged' backdrop of miniscule islands, the player chases lurid green 'battleships' with the aim of sinking them in a brief action sequence. It has all the action of a crossing to Rotterdam by North Sea Ferries, but without the free buffet.

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Possessing a Cyberdeck opens a whole new area of the game — the Matrix. This system is a massive computer net, linking all the worlds terminals.

Entering it requires a Data jack, Cyberdeck and one of the kiosk terminals located around Seattle.

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As the FMV scrolls the assorted landscapes past, your aim is to blast the enemy planes to kingdom come.

Of course, it's not just the weaponry under your control, as somebody still has to guide the plane to a pre-determined destination. As such, not only must you switch between weapons in the heat of bottle, but ensure you don't cop any hits from the enemy guns and missiles. The downside is that you never have complete control, but the programmers at Sego's US development camp hove tried to compensate by adding all manner of nifty options to keep the garde flowing.

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MUST BE URVE COT 'IM! When on the tail of o fleeing enemy plane, the main bulk of the action is revealed in all its simplistic glory. As the detailed landscape scrolls beneath a first-person perspective view of your F-1 4, a cursor wobbles about the screen waiting for you to position it on the escaping plane. If you manage to do this ond keep it there long enough to press one of the fire buttons, a 'Lod On' message appears and a missile can be launched. All that needs to be done then is wait as the screen switches to that of a missile launching and a plane exploding. For the most port the explosions and effects are very impressive, but if IOU look very closely there are some rather obvious bits of cotton holding some of the planes in the airl

With everyone harping on about ; the ever-closing gap between games and films, one horrible side-effect becomes worryingly apparent during Tomcats action: the love scenes. As you weave around the sky picking off the enemy, the CD whirs and offers helpful and sarcastic banter from a female wingmon (wingperson?) called Ratchet. Depending on your performance, she's a real short-tempered girl and offers sarcastic comments and grudging praise. What next? Toe jam leavEarl for a girl called Jenn ?

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J ust youalong thought theSega rush of footy games waswhen all over, come with their late but nonetheless valid entry to the genre: World Championship Soccer on the Megadrive.

Played across a horizontally-scrolling pitch, World Championship Soccer offers the player the chance to lake part in this year's World Cup, replay the lost two World Cup tournaments (including the one where Stuart Pearce and Chris Waddle sponged their penalties over the bar.

Gits), or customise it to create your own. The group set-ups are all authentic, putting all the first round teams against each other and there's even a mop of America showing exactly where each match is to take place. Wow! All the expected shots and rules hove been incorporated, and humour has been included by way of a series of cartoon-style interludes including the usual suspect pile-up of players whenever someone scores a goal and a comic style ref putting on his best comedy show while doling out the red and yellow cards. No release date yet, though, so keep 'em peeled for more news.

converted onto of O no of thip top TV•then as d ue l d s ia nt d i eo s ncourtesy has been Accolade. In this high speed racing extravaganza, play a s s u m e the role Me tough teenage driver Speed Racer, controlling the topper Mach 5 or play th mysterious Racer X in his Formula 1 Race Car — The Shooting Star.

Over seven progressively difficult levels, in six high-octane tracks and over 4 legs, the driver zooms through scenarios based on the TV show including Dong Pass, Snake Track and the Volley of Destruction. Take on torrid computer opponents or drag in a mote for some split-screen two-player action.

To win the day, drivers must pitch themselves a n d triumph — against 16 mega-wicked villains such as Captain Terror, Snake Oiler and Gang of Assassins.

Mach 5 can be souped up by adding a variety of widgets like Canopy which shields against ricocheting bullets, gripper tires to combat oily roads, auto jocks for jumping short distances at highspeeds and chopper blades to mow down opponents and slash through obstacles. Sounds pretty cool but check out the next issue of MEAN MACHINES for the full review.

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Pinched from his parents as he loy gurgling in his cradle by an evil demon, his parents ore killed and he is turned him into a hideous beastie.

Shadow of the Beast II, originally written by Reflections for the Amigo, kicks off with the player cast as this wretched beast creature. Desperate to restore yourself to human form and avenge your parents' deaths, the game's platform environment throws up a series of puzzles and battles as you explore the vast ploy area. The puzzles ore of the object-related variety, and will eventually take you on to a confrontation against the demon.

Fortunately, there are some friendly bods about, ncluding a wizard who doles out fancy spells. You get weapons to aid you on your quest including a boll and chain type affair.

EA's Megadrive Beast II was pretty poor all round, but Psygnosis claim they've improved every aspect for this CD version. Take a peek at these screenshots to make up your own minds about the graphics, and we'll fill you in on the

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