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URBANSTRIKE 20 The third pert of til's plueomenally successful helkopter combat series. This time the bottle rages in the head of the city — bringing new hazards like zebra crossings and traffk jams. We investigate.

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1 1 1 ing rather 1 month. As you've 0 probably seen on the A a n t front cover Acclaim bagged with this i special issue, we've scooped everyone to the hottest of the year — r game Acclaim's Mortal Kombot We re feelpleased with ourselves this

Yep, we were the first people outside of Acclaim themselves to get a peek at the eagerly-awaited conversion, and by golly it's looking good. We didn't just stop there, either.

Rebel Assault finally fell into our grasp for a lostgasp preview — a proper one, too, none of this nicking shots from American mags! On the whole, it has been a good month for games. We've seen Urban Strike, Accolade's newies (and a very early Bubsy ll's looking smart, too), and Probotector and Micro Machines II were so promising we went back for more! And that's without even mentioning our look at the first 32bit titles.

Basically, this a really smart time to own a Megadrive.

The software scene has never looked so promising, and we're the only mac) who can give you a full overview of what's happening — none of this 'two screenshots equates a fourpage preview' crap here, moteys. If you want the most up-to-date info on the Sego scene, you've got it in your hands, Why bother with anything else?

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Welcome to Shop Your Parents — the port of the show where WE invite YOU to reveal the utter sadness of your elders and betters.

This month- remote control curtains. Hard to believe, but you con get a handheld that controls your Draylon drapes, thus making that tiresome trek to the window a thing of the oast. Have your parents been misguided enough to buy them? Let us now, in return we after a little incentive.

AMEN Dear Mean Machines, I've noticed the remarkable similarity between your Streets of Rage Ill cover of March and the box artwork of the SOR3 game from Sego. Are they in any way related? I think we should be told.

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GREATEST? they are in fact one and the same So impressed were Sega by the magnificence of our cover, that they bought the artwork for themselves. The artist is Simon Williams, and isn't he clever .

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Just like Dawn of the Dead, in fact, 1 which is one of my favourite horror movies.'

1 Steve's improvement: When all the shoppers 1 watching Tiffany strut her stuff, you see ore 1 in the crowd picking pockets and bog me i snatching. l CHOICE GAMES: CICKII, Mortal II s LUCY HICKMAN -

The Vki 'It's my life', by Doctor All-bran.

Actually, Lucy would prefer to be in the advert that uses this provocative theme. Women ride along the beach in skin-tight lycm and a woman gets excited playing football.

Lucy's improvement:I appear on roller-skates pulled by half a dozen rotweillers that savage anyone on the beach that gets in my way.

CHOICE GAMES:Stor Trek NG, Micro Machines 2 OZ BROWNE The Vid: 'Give me just a little more time by Kylie Minogue. The Aussie stor is in a cafe, and while waiting for a cappuccino and buttered scone she launches into a major song ond dance warbling routine.

Oz's improvement: I'd be, like, the waiter or the barman, and I'd soy 'cut that rocket out, or I'll have to put you out — I've got other customers, you know'. And Kylie would be dead apologetic, and I'd say 'tuck yer blouse in girl, you look like a trollop'. (Oz likes Kylie) CHOICE GAMESNirtua Racing, Streets of Rage II ANGUS SWAN The VieDeeper and Deeper' by Madonna.

Ms Ciccone visits a really Seventies club in NYC, wearing a feather boo, has a few' lies' (drinks) and turns up her nose at all and sundry Gus' Improvement:Wel, I'd be there in penny . round collar, Crimplene flares and other retro gear from Vivienne Westwood, and I'd look ten times better than Madonna, who would come out of the ladies with her skirt tucked into her knickers and we'd all laugh at her .CHOICE GAMES:Vidua Racing, Skitchin' CLAIRE COULTHARD The Vid:'Pray' by Take That. Set on on isolated beach, prob. just outside Great Yarmouth. The boys temporarily lose control of their shirts, which frequently leave their bodies.

Claire's improvement:, turn up on the beach in espadrilles with a picnic box and a deck chair. And then Jason (the one nobody fancies — the beardy-weirdy) stands on a jellyfish and I apply some Savlon to it, and we get to talking, and eventually go for a snag in the dunes (Claire's usual holiday routine).

CHOICE GAMES:Dragonball Z, Space Invaders, Facman

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By now we imagine you've had a good look through the Acclaim supplement attached to the front of this very issue and marvelled at the exclusive Mortal Kombot II shots printed there. Well, here for your delectation, ore a few more, Megodrive Mortal II currently weighs in at a staggering 48MEG, but developers, Probe, have yet to compress the data down to the 24MEG cart Acclaim have planned for, The version of the game seen in these very pages and those of the supplement are token from the first ROMs Acclaim have seen of the conversion, and MEAN MACHINES SEGA were the first people outside of Acclaim to get a glimpse of this eagerly-awaited conversion. At the time of writing. Probe have completed the recreation of the twelve fighters, and were busy onimating the backdrops.

However, such is the complexity of the game so far, the version we sow used Sub-Zero, Reptile, and Scorpion — which are coloured variants of the same sprite! Nevertheless, we were impressed by what we saw.

Mortal Kombot Irs sprites ore considerably larger than those of the first game, and the extra 8MEG available is right where it should be - up on screen All the arcade game's •Babolities', 'Friendships' have been odded, and Acclaim are also hoping to leave the gore intact. After the release of the bloodless Super NES original, they received a lot of flak regarding its ommission, so it seems likely the blood will remain but the game will be categorised on '1 8 ' by ELSPA's new ruling system. A welcome decision if it happens.

Mortal Kombat II is currently scheduled for release in September, but for the definitive guide to what must rank as the most eagerly-awaited game of the year see next month's MEAN MACHINES SEGA for the complete lowdown.

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has been a bit of a quiet month on the chit-chat front, but what soy we start with a duo of new film licences?

Well, Acclaim ore rather chuffed to announce that they're probably going to bring Arnie's sword-wielding romp, Crusade, to the Megadrive sometime in 19 5, with the Geeno Davis all-girl pirate escapade, Madame Cutlass, also due to the conversion process at the same time. And, hey, another dicky bird tells us that Allen 4 — which is currently undergoing scripting in Hollywood — will be snapped up, too.

On the home front, Konami ore busy searching for UK developers so they can put together a development centre over here, overseen by the teams responsible for Probotector and Rocket Knight in Japan. Over to Psygnosis now where the scouse developers have got a neat-looking lemmings clone called Benefactor, and hove finally confirmed that Dropzone is heading for the Megodrive About time, too Let's talk hitches now. It seems like Core's Chuck Rally has got a flat, as gameplay problems ore likely to delay it until August. And as for Kick Off 31 Imagineer's first Megadrive title isn't likely to appear until at least September due to all manner of problems at Enigma Variations, the team behind it. Original Kick Off graphic ortist, Steve Screech, is now beovering oway on the existing code, and it sems likely Imagineer will add a European tog to its title as they've missed the World Cup. Also, Master System owners looking forward to Dropzone should un-bait their breath. It may never happen.

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Nope, your eyes do not deceive you, these ore indeed the first Megodrive screenshots of Capcom's forthcoming conversion of Super Street Fighter! Currently weighing in at a rather massive 40-MEG,eorly reports indicate that it's a very close translation of the mighty coin-op indeedFel-Long, Cammy, THawk, and Dee-Joy have survived the transition with all..their special moves intoct — although a few of Dhalsim's elephants seem to hove disappeared! — and the 40MEG used ensure that the game is as close to the coin-op os feasibly possible.

The one snag is that, because the game is so memory-intensive, Super Street Fighter could weigh in at o hefty E100! As such, there is no news about a UK release.

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Set in the prehistoric ages, Dino Racer is a 3D split screen, two-ployer challenge where ancient creatures of all descriptions race over eight fantasy islands — Glocial Island, Furnace Island, Jungle Island, Desert Island to name but a few.

There are eight different characters to choose from but you can forget about groovy vehicles — the wheel hasn't been invented yet — you'll just have to make do with bore feet or climb aboard a mighty dinosaur to solve the posing problems facing you. Each dino has its own special abilities which can be topped up with the wide range of power-ups scattered around. Looking good but we'll bring you more news when we get it.

One of the Megodrive's greatest platform heroes - Sparkster — makes a dramatic comeback in October of this year. l'ep, Konomi's sequel to Rocket Knight Adventures is currently 65% complete, we are proud to present a smattering of screens from it.

Set directly after events in Rocket Knignt, the Devotnidos Army has returned and has provoked civil war in the land of Elhorn. And just to add to the mayhem, the leader of a satanic sub-division of the Devotnidos wants Sparkster's head on a a plate.

Thus, the only way Sparkster can save himself and Elhorn is to destroy the Devotnidos troops as he propels his way across the games eight stages. Well bring you on exclusive Work In Progress next issue. Stay tuned...

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A one or two-player game, All-Stars offers both Basketball and Soccer action, as Buster and Co bring a series of special moves to each sport.

As ever, Montana Max is in charge of the opposing side, but thankfully the Toons hove a series of tricks up their sleeves. A release dote has yet to be finalised, but it should hit your Megadrives sometime in October.

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BY P S Y G N O S A 111 M E G A D R I V E We mentioned that Psygnosis were releasing Second Samurai in the gossip column a few months back, and we were right — and here's a picture to prove it.

Second Samurai is a crossbreed of slash 'em up and platform genres, with the player controlling the titular hero across a series of demonridden locations.

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Sony have ripped the guts out of the hit Megadrive arcade adventure — Flashback — and reassembled it with alleged huge enhancements for a brand new Mego-CD experience.

The scenario's the some: eminent scientist, Conrad B Hart freaks out a little on discovering the Earth's rulers ore extra-terrestrials.

Rather than do the sensible thing and keep shtum about this and the fact that the worlds molecular density has gone off the scale, he stupidly writes a thesis about it resulting in the aliens spiriting him away to a faraway planet, wiping his memory and leaving him to rot.

The aim's to return Conrad to Earth pronto achieved over five massive levels, by asking questions, collecting clues and gadgets, splattering hostile life forms, eorning dash. Whatever it takes, whether it's walking, running, fighting, skiing, ducking, diving or chatting, Conrad must get home and save the world. Check out the next issue of MEAN MACHINES for further details.

Vivid Image, the team behind the Amigo original, are converting the game, but it will be their lost freelance title before they commit them. selves to Gallic Soft co and new Sega licensee, URI Soft.

Details of the fruits of Vivid's new callaberation are scarce, but word has it that a driving game is on the drawing board.

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Sega or r. watery plot very much Ws t h e under no doubt it will star our hive dolphin swimmi s of the ocean, using his radar system to deter foes, s ries of the deep, interacting with all and sundry himself going with pints of fresh air and highly nutritional fish and things. Sounds good and you can be sure we'll bring you the full low-down next issue.

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To celebrate Mars' tie-in as the official World Cup chocolate supplier, they're offering ten 1966style England football shirts, ten World Cup footballs, and 100 Snickers bars!

Not bad, eh? All you have to do to win one of these rather neat prizes is answer the following multiple-choice question:

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Things go hcwribly wrong when d scientists stumble upon a recesd sive gene in the field of DNA l which causes incredible i strength and near invulnerability n in its recipients. g Only one in a million individuals ore capable of housing a this gene so the powers that be b select four parahumans os o guinea pigs and form the Matrix Alpha — a geneticallyu enhanced crime fighting force t who fight the;r way to justice. w But, as usual, the gene i mutates and four potential Matrix t candidates go astray, become bad guys, form a danh gerous mercenary crime organn isation called the Overlord and a generally cause a gigantic we t pain for the good guys.The Overlords u are a deadly combination of genetic enhance. r ments, black market cybernetics e and lethal martial arts training so it's going to take all your fighting skills to put 'eat in their place.

Choose from eight characters or play the Team Mode which is a no holds barred fight. Battle alone, against a mate or hone your talents in the training room. But what's going to set this game apart from the many other beat 'em ups doing the rounds? All the characters ore drown using 3D computer-generated models, using Motion Capture Technology technique in a game they claim produces animated characters with the most realistic movements ever.

The New Breed has a bigger fighting area than most, spanning several screens. In addition, the characters can pick up and use weapons. More news on this game when we get it — it's still early days, but check out the screens on this page for a first taste.

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Somewhat miffed, he joined the Overlord where he wouldn't hove to hold bock. He con manipulate electrical fields for either attack or defence as long as he con find conductive material to channel them. His special trick is the ability to teleport.

This girl's one of the one in a million' who already possessed the recessive gene which she activated herseff. She's one of the best martial artists in the world and carries a number of weapons, her favourite being her katano blade which has been known to cut through steel beams.

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Video game legend says there are but seven game genres. Thus, playing it safe, Accolade bundled as many together as possible It's hard to describe what makes a good Megodrive Igame. Some games look pretty overage, but hove on elusive quality which keeps you coming back. If its a truly excellent game.. you'll still give it a bosh even after you've finished it The most attractive games ore those with loads of gameplay variety so you never become bogged down with the some old thing.

For the success of their latest project, Accolade are banking on the games-playing public feeling the same way because, in Fire Team Rogue, they've taken the most popular games genres — platform, RPG, flight sims, puzzle, beat 'em up and shoot a m up — and packed them oil into one 16MEG cart.

Using a lantasy/sci-fi theme, Fire Team Rogue recounts the story of Ammon DUm (Earth) being caught up in a power slruggle between the two great powers of the universe: the Spiral Arm and the evil forces of Umbra. The balance of power T h e hangs with the Dark Toils — a weapon of incomparable power.

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STRENGTHS:Rom a Prince of the Thunder Rain tribe, ShadowBlade, like most cats, can see in the clerk. He's a natural hunter and fights with silent weapons, though he most comfortable with his twin Tycu swords A trained Soikanon warrior, he is also on expert in Martial Arts and metes with a dancer's grace_

FULL NAMENim Koumol Brombito Bra< RACE:Bokourvio STRENOTHS:Broc is the thinker of the team Logic rules his actions but his massive strength is such that if logic coils for knocking down a wall with his bare hands, so be it H e prefers shooting weapons — this bigger the better This guy is on a personal crusade to avenge the slaughter of his ancestors and to stop the Umbra from spreading.

FULL NAME:Ala Doe RACE:Eiwynn (Elf) STRENOTHSLA highly competent fighter, Aia, with, her higky tuned senses oats as the group's rcKkir — spotting disturbances and detecting new life forms. She's also a dab hand on the engineering front — effortlessly diagnosing any problems the ship may hove Ajo turned to the 'room when her father was killed by the Umbra as he tried to guard the Dark Talis

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First there was Desert Strike — a game with helicopters in it. Then there was Jungle Strike — a game with helicopters in it. Now there's Urban Strike — a game with helicopters in it. Lucy Hickman flew down to EA HQ to rendezvous with the American top brass via a video-link. n o s e d Strike caused a storm when released on the Megadriving LOpublic in 1992 — selling phenomenally well, no doubt due to it's addictive, 30 shoot 'em up style gameplay (although cashing in on post Gulf war jingoism undoubtedly helped). Then last year came Jungle Strike — a truly ace sequel with bigger, better, more difficult missions and a vast choice of vehicles. The question is, will Urban Strike be a good game in its own right or has EA sequelitis struck again with more of the some being trotted out?

Game Director, John Manley argues that there's a lot of life in the Strike series yet: "A lot of what makes the Strike series work is the storyline and there is always a new story for an action game.

When we are making a game, particularly a sequel, we'll keep what was great in the original game and build upon that. We try not to make just an upgrade, but to make a game that's great in its own right so that it doesn't destroy the first one and so people will go bock and ploy the previous games and still hove a great experience." More on the game's unique features in a moment.

But first the scenario...

The year is 2006, the countries of the world are finally at peace with the New World Order protected by the United Nations Special Task Force. But media mogul and multi-millionaire, John Smythe, is tired of all this girly peace and fancies a bit of aggro.

So, after stock-piling a mass of cutting edge weaponry, he sets about taking over the world — starting with the destruction of the USA. Over 13 levels, which ore 50 percent bigger and a good deal harder than those of Jungle Strike, you must stop him in your new high-tech air/land! sea crafts, start• g off in the Phoenix Thunderhowk Attack Chopper

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There's the Phoenix Thunderhowk Attack Chopper which is loaded with the best in 21st Century weaponry; the 20-seat Osprey III Transport Chopper which is heavily-ormoured but carries less weapons which is ideal for rescue missions; and there's good old-fashioned feet. The latter adds an entirely new aspect to the Strike series which involves hopping from your 'chopper. During the Alcatraz mission, for instance, your aim is to rescue a downed pilot, and to shoot holy hell out of any enemy in sight, of course in true arcade fashion. If your feet get a bit weary, though, you can always climb aboard one of the enemy's abandoned Ground Assault Vehicles which are equipped with a gun and a side-mounted rocket launcher.

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STRIKING FEATURES As well as the new levels, weapons and vehicles, Urban Strike includes o wealth of new features including smaller objectives during the course of a level such as defusing bombs by cutting the correct wires via on interactive control panel. You must also collect and drop objects in the right locations before progress con be made. Said John: 'In the level where Air-Force 1 has crashed on the suburban area, you may hove to go into the wreckage of a highway, remove the wreckage, carry the car on your hook and take it to the emergency services.

You may also hove to pick up a water tank and drop it on a burning house. There will also be more air-to-air combat — there can't be many tanks moving around the roofs so you have to stop the plones screaming by. "Other new features include better power-ups and smart bombs which destroy everything on the screen, time limits on some sections, and new audio-visual movie stunt effects such as car explosions and flame outs"

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W O R K IN P R G R E S S As The Who once said that deaf, dumb and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball.

Unfortunately, Steve wasn't free so Lucy Hickman rolled down to Codemasters to get in on their new pinball experience.

T been pretty sub-standard — Sonic Spinball, h Virtual Pinball and Dragon's Revenge (the sequel to e cracking Dragon's Fury) all got a lukewarm the response and deservedly so. Codemosters ore now p trying to break the mediocrity mould with 16-MEGs i worth of Psycho Pinball which, if first impressions n are anything to go by, looks like it could be a winb ner. a For starters, there's a tat packed into this game l with one main table which leads off onto themed lsub-tables which lead onto bonus games or one of r several mini-panel games — all with different playing e styles — so it's going to take a long time to wade through it all (provided the difficulty setting is l at the right level, of course, and all indications are e that it will be). a As is the Codemasters style, Psycho Pinball is s very bright and carioany with the most bizarre e "ball" ever. As the graphic designer, Paul Adams s said, Psycho looks like a mixture between an aardo vark, a panda and a cat but he's quite versatile and changes his costume for each of the themed tables f (the ball that is, not Paul Adams). l Codies boast that this is the most realistic pinball a game ever with a ball which really does go where t you flick it, instead of following one of a few set e routes.

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PANEL POWER As well as the bonus games leading off from the sub-tables (god, this is getting confusing) there ore also a number of panel games up for grabs — at least three for each sub-table so for These include games like Blackjack, Shoot the Cowboy, and even a mini-Space Invaders to name just three Completion of these, of course, leads to points galore and there are certainly enough points to be had. The biggest hiscore is going to be 99 BILLION'

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Last month we brought you the EXCLUSIVE first look at this potentially-stunning racing sequel from Codemasters. Muchos work has gone on since then so once again Lucy Hickman zoomed down to Codies' HQ to see what was going down.

T h e story so far_ The original Micro.

Machines, with it's cortoony graphics and zany mini-racing gameploy caused a storm in the Megodrive world lost year.

Capitalising on its success, Codies ore now working flat out on the sequel — provisionally coiled Micro Machines 2 — which they plan to make bigger, with twice as many tracks, vehicles and players. Souping up the graphics, sound and bosic gameploy are also on the agendo.

One of the more ambitious ideas that Micro 2's producer and main programmer, Pete Williamson is working on is to hove EIGHT players competing at the same time. It sounds impossible, but if you cost your minds back to the first Gome Gear version, simultaneous two-player action was made possible by one player using the A + B buttons to steer and accelerate and the other using the D-Pod. He's going to try the some thing on the Megadrive. Pete freely admits the idea might not work (particularly for people like me who suffer from chronic flight,. tus— the tendency to 'steer" the joypad - - when playing a racing game) but he's going to give it a damn good try Another extra touch Pete has included is for more interoction with the backgrounds. Every level will hove at least one of these unique features such as high winds blowing you in the Treehouse level, a corn on the cob bridge spinning at high speed in the Dining Room and a cooker which fries you in the kitchen. - - - There are many ways to play Micro Machines 2 — various combinations of ployer numbers, alone or in teams, Challenge games, a League for one player, Time Trials and even a Mini Micro Machines which makes the vehicles even smaller. More advanced players will be relieved to hear that if they achieve a record score they re allowed to bypass the easier levels should they snuff it.

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T he so far: Meantime weofhave learned thatstory Colonel Bahamut, hero the Super NES battle against the alien invaders, has amassed an army of cybernetic allies following his failed attempt to seize control of the surviving humans.

The Earth government hove created a special 'Contra' team to trate Bohamurs lair and k ill him. This team is mode up of two humans, a wolverine mutant, and a small special-weapons droid called Brownie.

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Whereas most boss creatures appear at the end of a stage and require a number of hits before they give up the ghost, Probotector's span several screens and provide a running theme throughout a level. For example, during one of the stages, on oval robot appears using a claw to pull itself towards the player. Shooting it seems to have no effect, but it continues its pursuit across several winding corridors — sprouting gyrocopter blades in the process — until a second claw emerges and fastens itself to the ceiling. Only now is it remotely vulnerable, but when shot the device's 'arms' extend to take it out of harm's way, so only short bursts of fire have any effect. Another rather neat idea is what is currently entitled 'Zodiac,' At the end of this stage, Bahamut drags the player into a computer-generated world before dissolving into stars. These then reform into astrological signs such as Taurus the bull, Sagittarius the Archer and the Gemini twins which then attack the player!

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LAN YOB c Ines read n ask me if d n y t h i n g except edit this mungy lette page. Well, last week: I was meant to stand in as presenter the Little Picture Show, that cra p y v id e

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Dear Yob, I am on extremely worried Mother, I believe you are poisoning the minds of young innocent children, with your foul-mouthed attitude and abusive temperament. Are you obsessed with throwing insults at people? Is it the only pleasure you have in life? People hove to resort to writing garbage to you because it seems it's the only type of language you understand_ Why don't you try being kind for once? You might gain some respect.

I realise you will probably proceed to call people new devilishly funny names, which should please all the half wits who think y o u ' e l funny.

But I assure y i r k there - 1 1 ore many who think your poor 111% , attempts at humour are in very bad taste.

In your magazine you accuse games of being unoriginal and put them down for this. I believe that you are the most predictable person with the least originality and talent I've ever came across.

Every week you churn out repeats of lost month's unamusing insults, why don't you do something new for once in your life?

You must have a fair amount of intelligence to be allowed to write articles in this magazine, why don't you try and use it? Just try and be a little more creative than John Major for once in your boring life Mrs. H Kynoston,Camorthen YOB:Thanks, 'Worried Mother'.

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YOB:You HAVE a social life?

Oh, you must be fitting in your letter-writing to video games , hope when they yo the one that's leftseparate can smany girlfriends. I f I were l at O w n be nyou, I'd be really interested in -t aa new development called the 1 1U, .4 1 1 1 d g'Sega Life'. It's so real, it's 10" o sunreal. Rather than lust a sinlDear l o Yob, bgle room and monitor screen, t issue After reading y ethere are literally thousands about the including some i t of locations, and loads of winteractive characters! Don't 'Sego Mors' I was quite SW prised. 7 edelay — get one today! I can't This has got to be a 'joke, ereally blame you when I think right? What's next? The 'Sega nthe Smurfs are the only Venus' obviously. If this is dnotable thing to emerge from true, what should I buy? aHolland. Apart from that horLook. I 'm a great fan of the t rible cheese with the red Virtue games which ore also e 1110 coming out on the 'Mars' s and the Saturn. What shall w I do? Buy Virtuo Racing on i the Megadrive, then work t Dear Yob, for three years to get a hRecently, whilst on a holiday in Mors — which will by yRhyl, I discovered an arcade full that time be an old oof seemingly 'bogus' machines machine for its uFor instance, a Street Fighter 2 r

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a Megadrive with Altered Boost and Dynamite Duke which I hod breakfast yesterday. The only I have left ore 100 years' worth of bird food, a tin of meatballs, an owl, mushy peas and a packet of custard. I was wandering if you had interesting recipes you might share with me? Maybe you could send a team of crazy crocos to save me, if it's no trouble Please write back I'm lonely d I'm losing my sanity.

Yours with a pinch of salt Jones, Somewhere In Space.

YOB:Yes, try this: take the owl, the meatballs, and the bird (Trill is preferable). and them up your ass. Then nd the rest of the time rting breadcrumbs and not wasting our time. This recipe is available on a sheet to any-

you, enjoy y( as it's the only chance of reentry you'll ever get...

CABBACEV Dear Yob, I am extremely sod. For • Christmas I asked my Mum for a game called Super Street Fighter Turbo on the Megadrive. On Christmas I did not get what I wanted I owned the Megadrive for two years Now I can't play Super Street Fighter Turbo I was very sad. I wonted to complete the game I was extremely sad.

Anthony and Louisa Cel, YOB:No, no, no. You ore STILL extremely sad. You cannot write properly, your sentence structuring is abysmal, and

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time, and then get on improved version of Virtue Racing? I will have no social WILL anymore. And then the Saturn 1 arrives! I'm going totally crazy! I 0 also like other games, such as the Streets Of Rage games and all Street Fighter games Where should I get the money to buy them all? Sego is totally ripping me off don't know what to buy, so , ' please print this letter and give me an honest answer I ' m d e s p e r a t

machine with no punch buttons, a Snow Bros machine without a two-player option, and a Sonic machine The said Sonic machine hod exactly the some title screen and demonstration of different zones 'but the demo only lasted two or three seconds!

Has this arcade bought new cabinets ond placed the old games inside? Is this legal? As for the

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colours, which can't produce impressive polygons without a DSP chip.if I'm right about this, send me a game (or a Saturn???). I would be very happy with the following: Virtue Racing, landstalker, Sonic, Spinball, Eternal Chi:mules, Mallet Legend or the Sonic extra level update disk.

A N o u s , N Fixed Abode YOB:At the t im Dear Yob, .

R o bo ee/ Toe rf m issue, it wasn't tdeemed h e possible to create a I bought issue 19 of your rather fob mug and found the April Fool 32bit add-on. However, It can inside. I was looking at the be put down to a thing celled Saturn, and I was very excited progress. by the way, I'm sure when I read about The Mars' But you would be very happy with then I remembered what you've a Saturn or any of the above printed a few issues back, the me, I'd be happy with a large one with the Robocop Vs. Termie laser or a wad of cash sticking cover. In the Saturn-special, you out of my back pocket. The said that it wasn t possible to difference is, I don't write into make it compatible with any premagazines d e m a n p them... vious systems, because it's that different from anything seen yet You connot make a 32-bit console with thousands of colours out of a 1 6 much less bit o n e w i t h

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way through, and that goes for the graphics, too. Some of the levels have very atmospheric and well-drawn backdrops and the bosses are great, too If you had taken the time to actually get into the game and finished it, you would have realised that the later levels ore a lot better. I hove now completed the game and the end sequence is spectacular, with a large digitised shot of Dracula from the film, and then a scene where the castle collapses.

I usually think your mug is one of the best for reviews, but this time I think maybe you've gone o bit too for with your criticism. I doubt very much that you used an earlier copy of the game so you have no excuse I have never hod reason to cornin about your excellent maga- sine before so please, don't give me the chance to again.

Simon McCollum, Letchworth YOB:Don't bleed my head, man, I just do the letters. A s far a l bas Steve's concerned, 1111F Dracula is one of the worst games ever. Ws lust a blatant rip-off of the existing Galahad code, and an attempt to make a few quid on the back of a decent licence. Also, shoul a game try to impress at the start, and not force p l a y e r to keep playing ont e -

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Landstalker. 4. It seems likely Capcom will incorporate the Turbo moves into the forthcoming Super SF conversion.

5. Yea, but not if you've got PGA 2. 6. Yup. 7. Nope . 8 Like this: 'Eternal Champions Is any good.' Easy, huh?

add-ons for the Saturn?

7. Are there any other Mega-CD one-on-one beat 'em ups planned apart from Rise Of The Robots?

8. Are there going to be any new systems released within the next two years?

'I JOE Dear Steve, Please answer these few humble questions for me (beg, sniffle), 1. Who in your opinion is the best all-round character in Street Fighter 2?

2, Will Body Blows on the Amigo ever come out for the

As he toss i n g dream. A g g o l e m was k i n g down the houses in f d h o o d hom o u t h b o u rn e . •T m fo d v r.S g lu itp w a s n e h where it was stuck to the pavement. Miraculously, the golem stopped. Steve replaced the plunger and the stone goliath resumed its destruction. Rushing the plunger to the village council he showed them its powers. Heroically, he burned the plunger and the creature collapsed. A tin of Quality Street was his reward, but it vanished when he woke up. Just as it had when he saved Southbourne from ants by pouring boiling water over them...

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1. Will there ever be a football management game for the Megadrive. If so what, and when will it be released?

2. What is the best joypod for the Megadrive?

3. What is the best adventure game for the Megadrive?

4. Will Super SF Turbo be released for the Megadrive in the near future?

5. is PGA Euro Tour any good?

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6. Are EA thinking of making another FIFA? 7. Will the coin-op, Tait() Cup Football, ever be released for the Megadrove or any other console?

8 A n d , lostly: how can you soy Eternal Champions is any good - it's crop!

James Pretty, Hammersmith STEVE:My, that's an unfortunate surname you have there, my Pretty (snigger!). 1.

Imagineer are working on Kevin Keegan Player Ma na ge r, but there's still no firm release date. 2. The six-

Megodrive?

3. Does World Heroes look any good?

4. Is Art Of Fighting 2 going to be converted to the Megodrive?

5. If you had a modem, would it be possible to hove a twentyplayer beat 'em up or a racing game where everybody con• trolled a fighter or a driver?

6. Can you soy hi to Whitam?

Fred, Afford STEVEI. Ken. 2. Probably not - but who needs it! 3. It's a n average be a t 'e m up. 4. Yes, but not for a while. 5.

Theoretically the driving game should be possible, but the be a t 'e m up would proba bly only be a tourna me nt where two players fought a t a time. 6 . No.

IRON-k N TRANSFERS Dear Steve, Could you answer these questions for me please.

1. When will the VR unit be released for the Megadrive in the UK? 2, How much will it cost?

3. When will the Saturn be released in the UK? 4, How much will it cost?

5. How much will Saturn games cost, such as Virtue Fighters and Virtue Soccer?

6. Are there going to be any

9. If so, when will they be coming out?

10. Is Fatal Fury 2 coming out for the Megadrive?

11. If so, when in the UK? 12, Are there any new wrestling games on the way?

S.I Morrison, Irvine STEVE:l. No firm date, but Sega ore still hoping to have it out for Christmas. 2. It hasn't been confirmed. 3. No t until mid-1995. 4. See 2 .

5 . 2 a nd 4. 6 . Yes, a food See mixe r, a sa n d wich to a ste r a n d a full car a dd-on complete with gears a nd steering wheel - in other words, see 2 a nd 4.

Again. 7. Nope . 8. There's rumours of a 1 6 -bit handheld, but nothing new from Sego a pa rt from wha t we've told you about. 9. See 2, 4 a nd 6.

10. It's out on imp o rt now. 11.

This is becoming a litany. I'll give you a clue, the answer appears somewhere in this pa ra gra ph. 12. Yes, Acclaim have a nothe r PAW ga me on the cards.

tions for your brainy self.

1. What ore the Friendship and Babolity moves in MK2?

2. I am totally mad about computers (especially Sego) and I'm quite good at art I t is my dream to design computer and console games. Please con you tell he how old I have to be to get a job with either a console magazine or a leading company?

3. Is it me or are Nintendo totally crop?

Becky minter, Grately

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IE AND Wyatt"' Dear Steve, Please put your large noggin to good use and answer these questions.

1. Does the Mega-CD play audio CDs? 2. How about a cheat for Road Rash 2?

3. Is Cliffhanger on the Megodrive any good?

4. In on American comic I sow on ad for a Sega game requiring 3D glosses. When's it coming out in Britain?

Jamie Glkhrist, Edinburgh PS: What's 49x6527 divided by 62?

STEVE: 1. Yes. 2. How a bout you get stuffed? 3. One of the worst things I've ever ha d the misfortune to see. Last Action Hero being the worst! 4. It's a game called Jim Power.

There's no release da te for the UK yet, but I can tell you now it's nothing more tha n average a nd the 3D doesn't work tha t well. The answer is 5158.4354839, can I go now?

Dear Steve, I own a Master System, so here ore some questions I need to ask you.

1. On Mortal Kombat is there a cheat which allows you to get the spiked pit working, so that when the 'Finish Him/Her' message appears they can be punched into it?

2. Will there be a Mortal Kombot film with all the gore in it. If so what certificate will it be?

3. When MK2 hits the streets will it be coming out for the Master System? If so, will it include all the fighters, their death moves, the bonus character rounds. And when will it be out?

4. Please list these games from best to worst: Robocod, Fantastic Dizzy, Krusty's Super Funhouse, Cool Spot. Cosmic Spocehead, Jungle Book.

Martin Smith, Southshields STEVE:l. Nope . 2. Only a SF film is pla nne d, with JeanClaude V a n De mme starring as Guile. 3. Acclaim a re n't releasing a n MS version. 4.

Kru sty, Cool Spot, Jungle Book, Robocod, Spacehead, Dizzy.

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STEVE:l. Whe n you have defeated your oppone nt they are e ithe r given a gift or regressed to a baby. Basically, Midway were going to the other extreme to appease the censors who kicked up a stink about the gore. 2. You could start approaching the companies now, a nd send in plans and things. However, designers need fluent Mac skills a nd a good eye for design, so it'll be a while before you're ready to join a ma g or c omp°. fly full-time. 3. I don't know, are you crap?

A COPY OF PELE Dear Steve, Please answer these questions for me.

1_ I'm pleased with Tengen's conversion of Gauntlet. Is a conversion of Atari's Gauntlet 2 on the cords?

2. Will 1993 Fl World Championship Heavenly Symphony be released for the Mega-CD in the UK? 3. What about Monkey Island?

4. Why don't Mean Machines use more photos for screenshots than screen grabs?

5. Please explain the different between pulse code modulation and frequency modulation.

Gareth Crowley, Thirsk STEVE:l. Nope . 2. Nope . 3. As soon as JVC ge t their UK Sega licence. 4. because screenshots take ages a nd are never as good or flexible as grabs.

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Ill'ENCIL SETS Dear Steve, Please answer these questions for me.

1. What's the best platform game on the megacinve at the moment apart from Sonic 3?

2. Do you think I should get 50R3, Super SF2 or MK2 for my Megadrive?

3. Is Castlevania any good?

4. Will the following games be out for the Master System and Game Gear: SOR3, Sonic 3, any Street Fighter 2 games, Sonic Spinball?

5. Are there any Snooker games for the Megodrive? If so where can I get them?

6. I have a Japanese Megadrive, why won't the following games work on it: SF2, Jurassic Park, Robo Vs Terminotor, Sonic 3, Rocket Knight, Aloddin, Tiny Toons?

7. When is SOR2 coming out for the Game Gear? And will Lemmings 2 be coming out for it?

Chris Chin, Sherborne S I E V E l . Dynamite Headdy but it's not out yet. Ha tt! 2.

Well, as only 5 0 R3 is actually out a nd is the only one likely to be out before September.

I'd recommend you ge t that.

3. Yup. 4. Spinball is heading for the Gear, but that's it. 5.

The only decent one is Virgin's Jimmy White licence, a nd that's not out yet. 6. because of a little device known as a 'Lock Out Chip.' 7. No release date yet, a nd no.

His eyelids e r e d Os he fell i R E M sleep. Steve tossed and turned, but a strange smile overtook his peaceful face and his left leg twitched every few conds for no arent reason. t what was he aming about...

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Welcome to the Mean Machines satellite, orbiting twenty miles above the Earth. I am Captain Paul! Here I sit at the Central Control Podule playing games day in day out, but I care not. It is my trusted duty to the fair citizens of Earth to explore the dark infinity of the MultiDimensions, seeking out new and better gaming tips. Sod? Yes. Lonely? YES! But it my chosen path, for I am The Groovy Gaming Guardian! The Joypad Jive Commando! Proud servitor of the dark cosmic force known only as VIDEON! Of course, I am not without friends. Well, visitors anyway. Often, my intergalactic chums stop by.

There's Xantos-9 from Planet Theron, the League of Squid-onauts and my dear pal Whitley Strieber, alien investigator. All hove joined me in my many daring games adventures at one time or another. But don't go thinking I've forgotten you, my chuckling gamesters.

Without your perpetual stream of gaming lips, my cosmic task would be impossible. So stay vigilant and if you find any console secrets contact me via your Captain Paul communicator watches or, if you're not a member of my Cosmic Games Legion, send them to this address, CAPTAIN PAUL, HEAR MY CALL! I HAVE A TIP TO BEAT THEM ALL! MEAN MACHINES SATELLITE, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, EC1R 3AU, EARTH. Now, seeing as you're here I may as well give you a tour of the inner sanctums of the Mean Machines Satellite.

Gamesters Assemble!

Join me now, gamesters, Os I enter the Brain Room of the mighty Mean Machines Satellite.

To the ungamed eye, it might look like this chamber is filled with a mish-mash of flashing computers and whirring machines, but to any member of my trusty Cosmic Games Legion it's obvious what is here. None other than VIDEON-1, the Supreme Intelligence! It is VIDEON alone that writes,

d o n t h e pages of Mac r o w i n g on row cosmic flux from beyond the Multi Dimensions, he combines this untamed matter using the

brute power of his galactic mind. Even for such a mighty mental force,VIDEON can only perform this task once on Earth month. Normally only Professor Merrett is allowed to read the untreated words of V1DEON, but just this once I'll let you

First stop, Professor Merrell's laboratory( Its here that our super-psychic leader spends his days constructing bizarre new gadgets for the crew. In fact, here he is now, fitting Claire's brain bock into her Robe-Girl body. Why if it wasn't for The Prof she'd still be nothing more than a brain in a cryogenic pickling jar, just like that Walt Disney fellow. And speaking of Disney, here's a pair of top tips for his Aladdin game.

On the desert stage, stand underneath the washing line, facing right, so that when Aladdin leans forward his head is directly underneath the Mickey Mouse ears. If it's done correctly he should gain an extra life. That one comes from R Robinson of Rotherhom.

Also, enter the option menu by pressing start and then enter A, C, A, C, A, C, A, C, B, B, 8, 8. A digitised picture of Dave Perry should appear together with a level select and infinite energy option.

Gamester David Yelland of Stafford supplied that one.

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down A. Now when Sonic appears press B. He should turn into a ring. Use A to cycle through the different objects, press C to put them down and Bto turn back into Sonic. By pausing the game and pressing A you can return to the Level Select screen. Krrk.

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LEMSELECT Krrrk... kchk...Videon has a hot new tip for Sonic 3. Krrr-b-b-bchk...Level Select. Without Game Genie! When Sego logo appears at beginning of game wait until background turns black and—kr-IA...quickly enter UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, UP, UP, UP, UP. A chime should sound. Nrrk. Now when the title screen appears, press down and a new option should appear underneath the normal ones.

Select it and, by the moons of Zontos, the level select is yours.

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Silence fool! Krrk. When the title screen comes up, press UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, LEFT, RIGHT, RIGHT, A, A, 8, B, C, C, A. 8, C and Start. Sonic should now be invincible for the whole game. Krrk. There is more. Input. Input.

WIN111T-PL4YIR MODEEVERY IIMEI When playing the two-player mode...krdc...seleict Tails and pick Balloon Pork as the course.

Now fly over the balloon nearest the check point and drop onto it when the timer reaches 1. Press left when you hit the balloon and keep it held down. Tails should go through the scenery and fly right up to the top of the level, thus beating your opponent every time Krrk. Videon out.

When selecting a krrk...chug...chug...level using the Level Select cheat, hold

ECCO Here we are in the Mean Machines Hall of Fame. This is where we hang all the pictures of our good buddies who've helped us in our many adventures. This picture, for instance, is of Ecco the Dolphin. Why, n e v e r forget how he helped us when the evil M Bison attacked the Satellite with his army of robot warriors. Using his mastery of Aquatic Kung-Fu, he defeated the strike force single-handedly, giving Professor Merreft time to crack the code on Bison's deadly Graviton Bomb! Anyway, here's a level select for Ecco's own game, entitled Ecco the Dolphin. You con thank gamester, P Brodie of Sydney, Australia for this one.

Enter a level and make make Ecco turn around to face in the opposite direction. As he turns, pause the game so that he's facing you. Now enter RIGHT, 13, C, B, C. DOWN, C and UP. Do it correctly and a Debug Menu will appear allowing you to select any level, make Ecco invincible, speed up the tempo of ony tune, read all the messages and even face off against the final boss.

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Ah, here we are in the Lethal Lounge. It's here that the Mean Machines Crew hone their gaming powers under the close observation of Professor Merrett, up there in the viewing booth. Boy, you should see it when he sets the Fatal Factor up to Ten rap-ray beams fly around, circular sows slice through the almost-indestructible Throngdinium walls and of course, there's The Incredible Folding Floor to face! Still, this training is essential if top crime-busters like Oz-Man expect to survive the hoz ards of Superspace. Why next time he could be faced by the dreaded THREE HIDDEN CHARACTERS FROM MORTAL KOMBAT as discovered by gamester, A Mothers of Belfast Okay console fiends, here's how to get 'eml

RERUNSONYA You may select any character except Sonya.

1Enter the DULLARD cheat (Lost seen in ish #14, gamefreaks!) and set the PLAN BASE to 4.

2. Now enable FLAGS 0, 2, 5 and 6.

3. Set the 1st MAP to 'WARRIOR SHRINE' and get fighting!

DON'T get Reptile out on the first PIT stage you come across. Be patient, gamesters, and wait until you get to the second PIT stage which should be on the 1st Endurance Match. Try and get a double flawless and a fatality (if you get hit, you won't be able to reach Reptile, so just keep getting beaten until you get around to the PIT stage background ogain. You have infinite credits remember!). Now you get to face the Reptile! Never feor though, you only have to hit him once, all thanks to Flag O. Sonya will now appear, except that she looks messed up and performs some all new moves such as a freezing Sonic Blast and a strange hologram attack that acts like Scorpion's harpoon.

REPTILIAN To get Reptile Royden to appear in The Pit, use the same method, but do not select Rayden as your character and set the PLAN BASE to 1 Reptile Royden can perform a cannonball aftack, a wrestling clothes-line and a squishy uppercut among other things

REPTILIANCAGE Getting a Reptile Cage is a little more complex. Firstly, you cannot use Kano, Liu Kong or Cage. With the four characters that ore left you con use the some method, but, with the exception of Royden, the PLAN BASES must be set as follows! Scorpion • 2, Sub Zero 2 and Sonya - 4. Also for Sub Zero the 1ST MAP must be set to PALACE GATES. Reptile Cage can perform a green freezing fireball, a Dragon Elbow punch and performs a deadly floating spine-removal fatality.

Stephen Buckley of Rochestown has sent in this tip to make Sub Zero or Scorpion look like Reptile. Go to secret options screen and enter FLAG 3.

Pick Sub-Zero and get to Reptile. Then halfway through the match press A, B, and C on joypad 2 and press START. Now, when player 2 goes to select Sub-Zero or Scorpion, they ore green just like Reptile.

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Inside this jam jar is Shrunken City Of Kalibas, capital city of planet 0oberon-10, the homeworld of Lucy Hickman AKA Lady Lightning Why is it so small?

Well, it was miniaturised by the evil warmonger Borakus as a display for his trophy room. That was until my Cosmic

Gosh, that name brings memories. Why I haven't those chappies since the Cosmic Superheroes Colouring Annual lost year, when we oil teamed up to defeat the dreaded Krool and his Insect Legion. If only we'd known this cheat, maybe Claire would still hove her human body!

On the fifth level, there are some barrels on the ground.

The last barrel cannot be destroyed because there's a bad guy in it who runs off the screen. Shortly after this happens, an icon-dispensing bird flies onto the screen from the left. If you follow it you con get right to the end of the level whilst continually recharging your energy.

Legionnaires rescued it from his rocket-powered Battle-Planet.

Unfortunately. Professor Merrett

SHICHIN' Of course, between adventures the Mean Machines Crew often enjoy some light recreation, which is why we hove the massive Games Arena! Here we race around on roller-boots, catching lifts on the back of maintenance droids. Unfortunately, Yob always wins thanks to his telescopic throngdinium °rms. Still, maybe we'll stand a better chance thanks to Ed Hayden from Windsor.He's sent in these codes for all the levels of Skitchin", which come complete with large sums of money and

Who is the mysterious Ranger X? He who travels the cosmic highways on his space tricycle and commands the power of the awesome Energy Galactic! Who knows, but one thing's for sure, he likes fruit! On the third level of his game there ore tiny red apples on the trees. Shoot them down and then catch them to recharge your energy.

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couldn't return the city to its normal size, but if you peek inside you con see they're quite happy.

Why, right now they're having a little race and from the look of it they're using these oil-new Micro Machines tips tool UNLIMITED CREDITS During a race, pause the game and press 8, DOWN, C, DOWN, UP, DOWN, LEFT, DOWN Unpause the game and you'll have unlimited credits, TOUGHER OPPONENTS First, go out and find friends who can ploy Micro Machines better than you. Then ploy °gains, therm Ho ho, just a joke, gamesters Actually, pause the game and press LEFT, DOWN, UP. DOWN, RIGHT, DOWN, A and DOWN. Tougher opponents ore now yours.

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Last month, you'll remember how the Mean Machines Crew uncovered a dastardly plot by the Miniature Man, who'd shrunk President Clinton and hidden him in on NBA Jam cartridge! Well after we rescued him, Professor Merrett was contacted by Dennis Huddleton of Odsal through his psychic stethoscope, informing him that yet more people were still trapped in there!

To free them, just select "YES" to enter your initials and then input the following three letter codes. Don't enter the last letter of each code though, just put the cursor over it. Then hold down START together with the corresponding Joypad button.

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blast? Oh, I see, this is about Lotus II - the game. Heh. well anyway, if you type in POD PLEASE as the name for Player One and start the game, a hid-

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And Me l the Little Mermaid. If she doesn't have a head oche or isn't washing her hair. Or going to Skaroid-6 for the rest of her life. Why, those cheeky young hams, they're always hiding sausage rolls under the settee and throwing cream buns at each other. But I love them anyway, so here's a level select for their game.

Turn on machine, hold down buttons 1+2 and press UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT A chime should sound. Go to password screen and find a level select.

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It's one of the Zum Guns used by the rror Men of rs. After we battled them beyond the glass goteway, SubPI ( a s he was called then) wrestled the device off thev i c e that reverses any image! And look, it seems Sega u s e d it on their new game, Viriva Racing , because it has a mirror model Just consecutively attain pole position in each course and a new reversed Virtu° Racing icon will appear on the game select screen. Choose it and you can race all three courses the wrong wayl

TiltJUNGLE INK Here in the Mean Machines library can be found the Jungle Book, a mysterious tome documenting every known shrub in the Multiverse I t was brought bock from one of Professor Morrett's expeditions to Planet Jungulus. Unfortunately, he also brought back a symbiotic alien vegetable that stuck to the back of his neck and tried to take him over. After much struggling we (Molly removed it, but the Prof still shows the scars — he now has tomatoes instead of ears.

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Turn on the game and when the Se-go logo oppeors, hold down buttons 1 and 2 together and rotate the D-pod. A chime will sound when the Virgin logo appears, showing the cheat has worked Start the game ond you con select ony level you want Mark Richardson of Liverpool provided that one,

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ROUND 1- BLAZES ROUND 2 - FIREWAY ROUND 3 - MAGMA ROUND 4 - VOLCANICS ROUND 5 - NITROGEANS ROUND 6 - NEATRON ROUND 7 - DRAGON ROUND 8 - MONSTER ROUND 9 - SLAYER ROUND 10 - FREEWAY ROUND 1) - IFONLY ROUND 12 - PAULINES ROUND 13 - CROSSROADS ROUND 14 - FIGHTER ROUND 15 • TAKEOUT FINAL ROUND - KNOCKOUT Enter BARWARS and you can win each fight with one hit.

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In 1977 BS (Before Spielberg), George Lucas introduced us to a plucky band of freedom fighters. Starting on the desert planet of Tataaine, we met adopted farmer's son, Luke Skywalker, and his two recently-acquired droids, R2D2 and C3-PO. Whilst prising lumps of grit from R2's shell, Luke inadvertently triggered on SOS from what appeared to be a princess. The rest, as they say, is history. Luke consequently teams up with Jedi master, Obi-Wa n Kenobi, smuggler Han Solo and his Wookie sidekick, and Princess le i°. Together, they joined the rebel alliance against Lord Voder and the evil empire, and a classic trilogy of films were born.

Such is the popularity of the Star Wars films that, even in these days of Jurassic Pork-style effects, they still make fascinating viewing.

Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return Of The Jedi were, at the time, groundbreaking films which not only had a solid plot running through each, but featured more alien species than countless B-movies.

JVC's Rebel Assault is predominantly based on the first film, with the player making their way through a series of attacks on the empire which culminate on the epic journey along the Death Star's trench as the rebels attempt to locate its weak point — a small exhaust port — and split it open with a missile. However, on your way to this target, the player is dropped

into a serieson of Hoth ice stages, Luk:AL adventures duringreminiscent The EmpireofStrik Bock, which also mark the appearance of the M o r t alert, haircuts taming in at empire's AT-AT Walkers. m i d n i g h t As of yet, JVC don't hove a UK Sega licence, so Rebel Assault is stuck in limbo. However, the CD is currently with Sego for analysis and should be cleared for release for in September. Fingers crossed...

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Tomcat Alley has gone some way to redress the balance, but NC claim Rebel Assault will combine film footage with playability more so than any other CD title, There are three distinct game styles within Rebel Assault's chapters, For the most part, the action is viewed from behind the player's current ship, with the it:typed moving the ship within a narrow area as the pre-filmed backdrops whizz by. Similarly, there ore several levels viewed from within the ship, and these offer the player slightly more control as they pick their way through a maze-like caverns.

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The player, however, isn't cast as Luke as originally thought, but as the unnamed 'Rookie One' — and these are his wingmen...

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Ha rris: Harris's father was one of the key figures of the old' rebel alliance, and as a result th r is expected to live up to

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Lieutenant Tu rla n d Hock: In charge of communications on Tatooine.

Lucas Arts have strived to make Rebel Assault as close to the George Lucas movies as possible — even down to the way the screen fades in and out. The action starts on the planet Tatooine with the Rookie player training to join the rebels.

From here, the action progresses on a quick tour of duty to a rebel-held ice planet which is under attack from the Empire. Last this long, and you've earned your wings, and ore whisked

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I n Japan, comic series of the likes of Drogonboll Z ore immensely popular with children and adults alike. The volume of material pushed out on sagas like 3•3 eyes and Ronma might seem huge to us, and the lurid-coloured paperback back-to-front format of the editions, stacked in their thousands in Japanese bookshops are for removed from our Dillons and Woterstones with their glossy seasonal novels and hardbacks.

But the Japanese go one step further and turn their literary creations into digital forms.

Dragonball Z is just the latest. The exploits of Goku and the Super Soya people of Vegita in their struggle against Friza and his robot cohorts have been distilled into a one-on-one beat 'em up. Before you groan, it's an idea not totally locking in originality...

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WORLDS APART The fighting arena in Drogonball Z covers a larger area than other games. Freedom of movement is possible by the screen splitting. As the player's seporote, a vertical division appears. Also, when one player takes to the air, using his levitation powers, a horizontal divide splits the ploy ing area.

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CrOPCI) He is a descendant of the Super Soya, a people of secret power. He studied martial arts under Mutenro (the turtle wise mon) ond joined the greatest ever Martial Arts society. He is the number one warrior amongst the Soya, but wishes to garner even more power.

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TRANX Vegita's son, he has an immense understanding of combat. He despises the robotic legions of Doctor Ger°.

nurAit Also a pupil of Mutenro, and a close friend of Goku• His favourite technique is 'Kienzan' our 'round mind cut', when he casts his mental energy into a devastating 'Immehame wove'

The ringleader who brought about the destruction of \legit°, home of the Say°.

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Member of the Ginew special squad. This ruthless fighter carries on, even when he's down. His mouth-based eraser gun can change the pattern of the stars, such is its power.

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d The larger beat 'em ups. playing area, allows you to draw back and b decide tactics before going on for u close contact, and many of t the special attacks are long range. And there are many special attacks, including the amusingly over the top energy beams. The visuals are a bit jerky, and the character animation isn't state of the art, and yes, the split-screen is sometimes more confusing than helpful, but whether by accident or design, the programmers seem to have got the playability just right. At the price Its a luxury, but don't be afraid to indulge.

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comment s for Dragon ball Z and, like Gus, my first imp sion was that my relic was justified. The graphics are far from stunning, the controls dodgy until you're used to them and it appeared for to slow to be any fun. However, once I got into it, I found it was just another Streetfighter clone and actually had an enormous depth to it with Its plethora of special moves, fighting styles and unusually large playing area. Dragonball Z really does offer a new slant.

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Surely see that the answer to all there problems is to wear a loin cloth! Look at Tarzan: surrounded by ferocious beasts aplenty, but did they ever touch him? Nape. It's the loin cloth ysee — they were scared to give him any grief or otherwise that flimsy pouch would go flying! The some sort of principle was employed by the Celt 1 army. The thought of thousands of Scots' willies waving in the wind as they ran at you at full speed was enough to freak the bravest warrior out.

This idea certainly worked for Mowgli the man-cub, which brings us nicely to the point of this intro as its platform action aplenty as Rudyord Kipling's and later Disney's) Classic Jungle Book wings onto the Megadrive.

Having lived in the jungle since infancy, Mowgli is none-to-pleased at the prospect of returning to human society but return he must as Shere Kahn — the man-eating tiger — is back and wants nothing more than to fill his face with tender man-cub.

Mowgli's guardians, Sagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, are along to help the young 'un on his quest over the ten jungley platform levels where bonuses, extra weapons and point boosters ore there for the taking while the beasts of the jungle try their best to thwart the man-cub's escape plans.

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ADRIVE REVIEW WANT TO BE LIKE YOU Like Cool Spot, Global Gladiators and Aladdin before it, The Jungle Book is an unashamed a platform game. And like most games of this genre there ore pick-ups aplenty en route Here's a run down of some of the more useful ones:

Mowgil Head:An extra life usually found for out of the man-cub's grasp. Can only be reached by leaping energetically on on obliging snake.

Gems:A certain number of these must be found per level before Mowgii can progress to the boss and ultimately the next level.

Wowee, whoopee-doo and salutations — it's another platform game from Virgin which is not at all like Cool Spot, Global Gladiators or Aladdin. OK, you've caught me out: it is similar. Very similar. But to be fair, I do like this one more than all the others. The graphics are spot on — typically lavish, colourful and Disney-esque with massive sprites and excellently represented characters from the cartoon and the jolly Jungle Book tunes are present and correct. But what about the all-important playability?

Well, platformy it may be with the usual leaping from place to place, collecting power-ups and shooting foes, but it is good fun — especially with the bonus levels and hidden areas thrown in for good measure. However, like many before it, this game is much too easy — I reached the eighth level on my first go and although I probably didn't reach all the hidden areas. This doesn't bode well on the lastability front and, sadly, unless you're a Disney freak, it means it just ain't worth the cash..

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A few weeks ago Virgin's Aladdin was given 'Game of the Show' at the ECTS In London.

I thought it was a ridiculous decision, judged entirely on appearance alone. Jungle Book has been conceived out of the same mould, and may receive the same fatuous accolades. In fact, Jungle Book is nothing more than a re-styling of a concept which was a restyling of Cool Spot which was a restyling...There's no doubting this game's beauty. A phenomenal amount of work has gone into tiny details like flies, MowgII's animation, pastel-shaded backgrounds, and falling leaves. But in gameplay terms it's appallingly regressive. How can a game be piaytested properly when you traverse threequarters of its levels within a day? It's on attractive, seductive game, but with a lethal lock of lastability.

Virgin are innovative developers, and have produced many breakthough games (Dune II comes to mind), and will no doubt write many more but, sadly, Jungle Book is not among them.

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I t has been 28 bloody years 1since England have won the World Cup. In fact, the last time on English player held the trophy it was in its original Jules Rimet shape, which has since retired to Brazil's cup cabinet because they won it three times.

What's worse, we won't get another crack at it until 1998, because Graham Taylor couldn't select a team capable of demolishing the port-time fruit-pickers (or whatever) of San Marino. Still, even al' 'Turnip' ond Laurie McMenenenenemy can have another go at lifting the trophy, as US Golds official licence runs on field. It boasts more tactics and options than any other of its kind, and allows the player to customise the game in virtually every department — including the addition of England to the squads available. If only it was that easy in real life...

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C O M M E N T World Cup '94 is the Burger King of lcHsty ames. u want alter the the ball sticks to a player's foot?

You got it. You want to select an upfront formation to outflank the opposition on the wing? You got it.

Sadly, however, there is very little meat behind all these options. I've spent a lot of time playing World Cup but at the end of the day, the actual footy section just can't cut it. It has momentary glimpses of genius, including the best passing action of ANY soccer game, but the action is a little too pedestrian.

Similarly, it's breath-takingly easy to beat the opposition with the usual tactics nearly always resulting in a goal. To be fair to US G, they have tried to counter this by adding a series of tactics screens which can be accessed during the game, but this only serves to interA /Wily bow les a rupt the flow of a match and, to be honest, I doubt if lel kagala many people could be bothered. World Cup '94 is a slick-looking footy game, but is completely outplayed by the likes of Sensi and FIFA.

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They exhibit about as much intelligence as the real England squad (and I'm not doing 'ver lads' down, as I'm from Scotland, thankvermuch). Take a free kick and any nearby player is likely to run in the opposite direction from the ball.

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However, at the end of the day, Dropzone is still a Defender clone with the player saving scientists whilst blasting aliens out to kidnap them.

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You might expect the most poignant character on the comic canon to be approached with core when a video game goes into production. After all, it's not all storming ond superpowers with the Hulk. Which is perhaps why US Gold have taken so tong to produce their licensed game. So, just what have they done?

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This has been in the hands of developers, Probe, for over a year and a half. They even received advice from a senior figure in game journalism (his anonymity is respected here), but the end result is a complete non-event. All the rage, action and brute power the Hulk represents has been lost in this pathetic, production-line platform beat 'em up. It's not even a good example of the genre. Just like Virgin's Superman .debacle, console programmers have an unerring ability to make superheroes into super dorks.

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Dragon picks out key fights scenes from the ilm, starting with his fight against a chain-wielding sailor, and moving on to a fight against a cook armed with a meat cloKiver_ Digitised pictures lifted from the film set the scene for the forthcoming fight scenes and keep the player posted of Bruce's life. Similarly, the game follows Bruce's entry into the world of films, most notably a two-stage fight on the set of The Big Boss.' Other aspects have been taken from the film and cleverly used in the game, too, including three mirrors Bruce's dad gave him which ore used to symbolise his remaining lives, and a series of sub-games

which test his speed and agility and were used to gouge his increasing prowess on the big screen,

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Dragon is the perfect e for a t 'em up licence. the film,

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As with most beat 'em ups, BitiCe'S energy is shown as a bor at the top of the screen.

Directly below this, though, is a secondory bar which denotes the power of Bruce's 'Chi' — mystical power. By moving to the left-hand side of the screen and pressing the Start button in conjunction with the pad, Bruce's move configurations ore altered slightly, adding such special moves as somersaults and speed kicks to his inventory .

otttakes up to eig people at a time, characters come readymade as cleaver-wielding fs, and cinematic enemies attack Bruce as he goes through life. From the early version I saw, Dragon seemed like it was going to live up to the film's promise, but the final game is let down by some hideous game flaws. For example, during the heat of a fight, Bruce is often stunned and there's no way of bringing him around, thus allowing the opposition to claim even more of his energy. In addition, the assorted moves ore a little slow to pull off and this makes the levels even more frustrating. Dragon could have been such a good game. It looks good with its massive sprites and clever moves, but fundamental mistakes leave Dragon in the 'rniSsdpd opportunity category

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EGADRIVE REVIEW I'm not a Bruce Lee fan, and I haven't seen Dragon, bull know a good

Tinge sprites, and superbly. detailed backdrops. instantly mornsable from their

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First, as Steve mentioned, the 'powerless while stunned' syndrome. This trick is used when an opponent is too easy to beat, so the programmer takes the control of the character away from the player.

Secondly 'repetitive move syndrome', in this case Bruce's flying kick. I'm also unhappy with the lack of moves — even taking the two other Chi modes into account — hardly matches up to Eternal Champions 60 odd moves, or its choice of eight characters, for that matter. Dragon's an attempt to give a new gloss to combat games, but the mechanics lust aren't r e .

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Variedmusk and all the usual bills, punches and groans.

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me always hal to get to grips with.

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A sDragon', a child, Bruce wasquite known as the 'Little which Lee proves prophetic for this handheld recreation of the events of his life.

Charting his progress from petty crook to martial arts expert and movie star, Dragon is a scrolling platformer reminiscent of US Gold's C64 licence of way back.

Starting on the boat from Hong Kong to America, the action contains both fight scenes and object collection, with the former coming into play via a series of kicks and punches, and the letter used to replenish any lost energy or add a few extra points to Bruce's score. This mixture is then repeated as the player guides Bruce to movie stardom and into countless scrapes.

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Dragon was never going to win any awards for its similathy to the movie, but the game has more tha n enough ne a t ideas inspired by the film's People jump fight Out ofsice c e ne s .

blocks, and band saws are o a real danger, and these [ v i m platform stages collodium bonuses and kicking the crapolat the games many assailants_

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Unlike the Megodrive game, Game Gear Dragon's levels arc loosely based on large parts of Lee's life as opposed to specific fight sequences As such, the first level sees a young Bruce fighting his way across the steamer taking him from Hong Kong back to his native America, whilst later on the game jumps forward a few years to the set of 'The Big Boss.' Each stage is made up of three smaller levels, with a larger fighter acting as a level 'Boss.'

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A The ice factory is trickier than a Wails tangle twister..

The fact this is totally unconnected with the Megodrive Dragon is a good thing. The closeness is bears to Virg obocop vs Terminator is not so go Like RVT, It's nippy, slick and reasonably playable. t The graphics ain't too bad as well. But in common with too many Virgin games of the mo it's a bit too easy. „Play it only on hard, and even then another notch on the challenge ratchet would have been nice. All in all, It's rather well suited to the ame Gear: pick up Bruce nd give him a spin as and en you feel like it

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BEHIND Y0000OUI As befits a mprtials arts legend, Dragon presents Bruce with mote hazards than the likes of VanDemme and Seagal could ever cope with Band saws, spiked pits and an assortment of chain and weapon-toting fighters and ninlas. Bruce's energy is displayed as an energy bar to the top-left of the screen, and is whittled away whenever he concedes a punch or lands on something sharp.

A A aka variety of small smiles.

Thc hatidtops don't change a great deal.

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LASTANAM A Some of the boss• as are tough, and the addition ot more andmore hazards invoke it a toughie.

The levels ace a Mtn sindkr, and dm hardly laminas angeress.

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Simplisticbutplayablestuff.By nomeansaclassic,butoneof themostoriginalGameGear plaHormenforquiteawhile.

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T h is century, the twenty fifth, will be the one for exploration, for explanation; for reconciling the paradoxes of the known galaxies; for discovering that which is unknown.

Starfleet is committed to this endeavour through its pan-galoctic armada. We are not the 'Space Police'. On the contrary, the maintenance of the Prime Directive, forbidding unecessary interference in other cultures, is our strongest aim. We seek to bring understanding, conciliation and security to those within the Federation.

Nevertheless, our envoys, like the Galaxy Class Enterprise under the command of Capt. Picard, are ever vigilant for threats to this security. Only a quarter of this Galaxy is known to us, and the influence of mankind is limited even in this narrow sphere. But we are ready.

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The game is licensedfrom the char. otters Enidelements of the ING televisionseries, created by Gene Roddertherry.

Weapons are the last-ditch option when encountering craft. You are normally given a chance to negotiate with interlopers like Romulans entering the forbidden zone. If you do fight, the battle takes place on a 2-D grid, with the state of the Enterprise shown on the right-hand side

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ship's computer is just one illustration of how it has made its way into the game. The presentation is also adequate, even if the graphics are not cutting-edge Megadrive stuff. It also gives the impression of a being a massive game.

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The Enterprise enters a nebulous area el space.

TERRAINCOGNITO The secondary section of the game is set on planetary surfaces. The Enterprise transporter may send 'away teams' of four persons to investigate planets.

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1101fSKM JUMP Movement between planets is effected by Impulse and Warp power. The navigation panel splits the galaxy into systems and satellites in a series of sub-menus.

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Your task will be easier if you get to know the ship's less obvious functions. Sensors provides extra information about anything on the main viewer. The ship's computer has a wealth of (authentic) information on the Enterprise, Its easy enough to scroll around the bridge to these stations.

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Developedas an original Interactive Movie, Tomcat MIley's scenariois sort lop Goo in flavour.

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Granted, there's a massive mount Interaction on thenot player's part,abut the of 111 atmosphere generated by the conversations between your wingmen a dd a sense of urgency to the missions. Similarly, a lthough most of the blasting is lust a ma tte r of putting a crosshair on a ta rge t, this is never as easy as it sounds a nd adds to the chatlenge. This still isn't the perfect CD ga me , but it's a lot closer than Sega have got before...

F LY B Y W I R E Lucky Tomcat pilots use on advanced HUD (Heads Up Display) that oversees all the functions normally associated with joysticks and flip switches. The icons on the HUD ore ranged in columns on either side of the display.

SMALL MISSILES

These ore the standard sidewinders armed for missions Your plane carries up to 15.

LARGE MISSILES More powerful, these missiles ore retained for larger targets. They take longer to 'lock-on'.

AIR/GROUND This control toggles between air and ground targeting_

RADIO Occasionally you need to respond to a message from base or your wing-men using this control.

CAMERA Activate recording on reconnaissance missions with this icon.

EVASIVE Your Tomcat comes fitted with electronic anti-mis-

sile technology. It's activated from here. You ore limited to nine 'evosives' per mission.

Interacti movie time again, but this one's more like interactive MTV. The ling cutis film 1 slick and fast, with brilliant use of the MegaCD's access. Also, the Cinepak FMV shows another gradual improvement In quality. With the standard limitations of the format, it's not hugely interactive, more a reflexes game. I would have been happier if you hod a chance to select various evasion routes rather than be presented with a limited number of avoids. However, it's an original concept, executed well and once more inferior CD hardware comes up with something better than the tawdry CD-1 can manage.

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LIVING SOAP To make you feel you're flying with real buddies, and not just dummies in uniform, the 'goodies' have personalities. These are developed in the video sequences between missions. Your navigator, Dakota, has the serious hots for the hotshot female of the squadron, Ratchet. Watch his pathetic attempts at getting a date There's also a bullish commander, who looks like Father Dowling.

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11 1 1 E1 t ABI 69 Y A B I VFM Fast and rather lurious to beam with, it strikes you asinteractive Top Gun. Limited and slightly repetitive gameplay over the succeeding levels.

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One involves taking out a bridge you already photographed It's sometimes necessary to fly a rescue mission if your wing team is brought down

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T he with pursuit Sensible of lootballing Soccer CD. excellence The Megodrive continues cart was a No.1 hit for Sony, amidst on otherwise patchy year. It was also a truly deserving success, against the chilling backdrop of releases like Pole Soccer (will we ever let Accolade live that down?).

As Take That sagely put it in their song, "everything changes but you". At first glance Sensi CD would appear to a copy worthy of the Sensible Canon. Do deeper benefits lie beneath ownership of the shiny disc version, or is this just the second round replay?

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PIUSCACHANGER. Most of the game options and controls ore preserved, and differences in ploy ore barely detectable- Sensible is still a fastmoving, high-scoring easy-toplay game, attracting the some admirers and its occasional detractors.

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sible, right. I wasn't expecting much nge ma perusal of the preview game, and ee c t proves me right. However, no tears, since Sensible Soccer is a great soccer game and no harm has come to it. Most of the gripes mentioned in the cart review have not been tackled, notably a lack of experimentation with the graphics. No one with the original should even consider this, of course, but those who missed it might.

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SOUND

Sound is one of the main areas of change to the CD version.

Using the CD as an audio access source, games ore accompanied with the life-like noise of the terraces (Tronmere Rovers, actch).

Chants, songs, and individual voices may be picked out, and climactic moments find a response from the 'crowd'. The only snag lies with the disc access. The slight delay means the crowd response logs behind o goal. Not a big point, but it adds a surreal edge to the game.

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This delightful conversion is even more appealing In that it adds a game style to the Master System's large catalogue that it didn't previously have.

There's no other 8134 equivalent for Ecco in terms of depth, detail and enjoyment. The dolphin handles beautifully, and the newly designed level layout starts to test the player much more immediately. This looks much like the Game Gear version, but I felt that the screen area was just too small to play satisfactorily on the handheld. On the other hand, this is subaquatic bliss.

T heJapanese love Especially with chips. But thedolphins. worldwide success of Ecco the Dolphin on Megadrive signals that they suspended the advice of their palates for an even yummier gaming experience. At MEAN MACHINES we were Similarly impressed with Novotrade's first game, lavishing abundant praise and a 96% rating. Wisely, Sega have chosen Novotrade to pilot the Master System through the treacherous waters of conversion. The spirit and essence of Ecco is retained in the basic gameol and sequence of levels has been changed. Savi space aliens is still itie hidden premise, though.

Ecco communicates using sonar beams directed at other sea mammals (not fish — he just eats them) The Sonar beam also triggers puzzle switches and, together with the swim button, becomes a weapon Arguably its most useful function is providing a circular mop of the surrounding cavern

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p ed with bad living. Once o termed 'a misspent youth' (a criticism now usually reserved for o video games), pool evokes visions of smoky l rooms, grimy pint glasses and large pot-bellied h bikers wearing Metallic° T-shirts. A rather accua description actually, but what would you rate rather s have? Spotty Stevo Hendry and the paunchy middle-aged Snooker nerds? Nay a thanks! l If you are too scared to get mum's new w trainers scuffed by entering an iniquitous den a a Pool room, then I suppose this is the safe of y s b e e n a s s o c i a t -

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Pool comes in many forms. The most common called 'Eight Ball'. Played with fifteen balls, players choose to pot either solids (numbers 1-7). or stripes (9-15) Whoever pots their quota first gets to sink the block to win.

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features realistic ball movement and plenty of options, playing it on o Megadrive was never going to be as good fun as the real thing. Mindscope hove tried to incorporate loads of different games styles to counter this, but the end of the day it still results in a rather tedious art. if you want to play Moot, stick with t real h i thing. Like fruit machines, you're neve going to got a decent Megadrive adaptation.

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a 16-bit console emerged N from Sego's Japanese offices has o there been such excitement in the t video game market. Whilst eagerly-awaited games come and s go, i new developments on the technology front cause much more of a n stir. The Saturn rumour mill began c nearly two years ago with stories e circulating of a 3 2 /6 4 )4 system bt o a stin g producing games even better than .h those °e C of D any arcade. During this time have stated that it df r reports i would/wouldn't be Megadrive comi v e patible, it would/wouldn't be 64bit, ar Sonic/Mortal Kombat/Virtua and ns Racing would be the first game for it. dt Itcrwas a at last January's CES that the dreams pu a became a reality, as the first pics bm of l the 32bit Saturn and concrete details were unveiled — along b e with the first games for it: Virtue l o Fighters, Virtue Soccer, a nameless fi plotformer and a shoot 'ern up. And —n gospl — Daytona Racing. And g came the Mega-32: an add-on then s your Megodrive which offers for o semi-Saturn compatibility.

The f Mega-32 plugs into the top of a Megodrive rather like the 8bit Power Bose, and Sego a im to have it in the shops in November for a meagre E150. The machine is compatible with both the Megadrive and mega-CO, and Sega claim the new units processing power will give CD users the VHS-quality FMV they have craved.

Everybody is eagerly awaiting the 32bit stuff, ourselves included, and most of the major software houses and developers are readying themselves to jump on the 32-bit wagon.

Psygnosis, Acclaim, Virgin, and Core (amongst othersl are busy planning for the future, so we spoke to those in the know about their plans for the Mega-32 and also take a closer look at three of the biggest games set to coincide with the unit's release. r

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Daytona Racing coin-op. Never before has there been a game so graphically I detailed yet so playable, and Sego's Mego-32 conversion is even faster than the arcade f game!

The Daytona coin-op differs from the likes of Virtu* and post road racers in that it is the most t realistic-looking game yet. As the cars whizz around the assorted circuits, light reflects off their h surfaces and the graphical detail is so intricate it's possible to see the tread on the tyres!

Similarly, the cliffs, trees and rocks which make up the backdrops are equally detailed, creating aemovie-like feel to the action. r Mega-32 conversion contains all the coin-op's impressive features, and is currently 60% The e complete.

All the racing graphics have been completed, and Sego's Japanese coders are now busy ensuring the game logic is correct — including the original's spectacular crashes — whilst ' adding a series of options screens and generally tidying the game up. Sega ore aiming to have s Daytona Racing ready for the Mega-32's launch in November, and if the conversion gets any o better it looks like we'll be having very merry Christmases one and all_ n e g a m e e v e r y o n Theother refers show o level of intellie genceunknown previously. w a n High t resolution s ensuresimmense t o b e a b l e t

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After much rumbling and speculation, at last Sega are ready to unveil the first games for their new 32bit machines.

With the Mega-32 addon due out in November, and the Saturn sometime in 1995, MEAN MACHINES went behind the scenes on the first titles for both and found out who's working no what for the systems...

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UK development A t earns ore as of yet tto receive their tSaturn/Mega-32 development kits, However, Sego h hove already sent out a ebook of specifications on tthe machine's sprite hanidling, palette and prom cessing power, and from these a nume ber of teams have o put together a series of sketches f for proposed w games. As we r understand it, i Acclaim and t i ers are the only teams with 32bit kit, n and they are in the 1g Virgin's develop- p0 ro cess ofUS putting , . t o g et h er Duel — see

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Initially, the player competes against thirty other cars in a race against the clock. The basic aim is to pass one of several checkpoints within the allotted time and also try to ensure you're within the first three past the post. In all, there ore three courses, and the number of computer-controlled racers competing are reduced until just the elite remain.

If you've got any PC or Amiga-owning mates, you may already have heard of light sourcing and Gouraud shading. Basically, these are what combine to create the assorted effects which odd so much realism to Daytona's sprites and backdrops. Light sourcing basically gives a point from which light strikes each sprite, and the Mego-32's powerful processors then adjust this so the car's shading is altered whenever it turns — just like sun reflecting off any moving abject Gouraud shading is a complex algorithmic process that makes smooth blends out of shading tones, letting colours merge instead of being placed starkly against each other.

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more details — and Hoopz respectively for the system. Sega, on the other hand have a slight advantage in terms of time, and Virtue Fighters, Virtue Soccer, Daytona and Virtue Racing Deluxe should all be ready in time for the machine's launch — along with another 25 home-grown titles and, according to Sega, 30 third-party games.

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Duel: A small demo exists in which a humanoid character uses whatever objects come to hand in a fight to the death Accla im used real actors linked up to movement analysis computers to ensure the animation was as realistic as possible. Acclaim are also using Sego's 32bit system as an entry point as a coin-op manufa hirer.

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new licence (of the third Batman fi lm no less) and one for the 32bit systems late next year_ Acclaim's American division have put together a rather smart Alien demo, b u t whether this will eventually evolve into something else isn't known.

VIRTUA FIGHTER adding a series of increasingly intelligent opponents, special moves galore S treet Fighter One-on-one beat ups bangand up to date byMaster and the kind IIofbrought pier:ability the likes of Tie'em Ar Kung-Fu Kung-Fu would have killed for. But where does the beat 'em up go from here? Easy, into the third dimension...

Although the basic aim of Virtue Fighter is the same as that of any other beat 'em up you hove ever played (best of three timed rounds, etc, you know the sort of thing), it's the polygon fighters which have to be seen to be believed. As the screen pans around each bout, the fighters behave more realistically than their sprite-based rivals could ever hope. Over 1500 polygons go into each fighters, and these are then light-shaded and coloured to create images which resemble surreal cartoons.

The Mega-32 version of Virtu° Fighter is identical to that of the coin-op, and Sega are also rather proud that the home version runs even foster than the arcade game! We're all massive Virtua Fighter fans here at MEAN MACHINES and, as such, can't wait to get to grips with this version. As soon as we've seen it, so will you...

ARGONAUT Creature Shock: A few PC shots of this have appeared elsewhere, but Argonaut ore awaiting their kit so the Sega conversion can begin. A morphing

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CORL ULSIGN A few sketches hove been put together for an as-yet-nameless 3D blast.

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WHAT'S TODAY'S SPECIAL? There are eight Virtu° Fighters in all, each with an individual style and a series of special moves. Including good all-rounders such as Akira and Jacky, but more specialist fighters including Jeffry — who's particularly adept at throwing people — and Lou, who has a neat line in leaping on fallen opponents' stomachs!

LET'S SEE THAT AGAIN One aspect which has been improved for the Mega-32 version is the 'Action Replay' mode. Although a panning comero keeps tabs on the action mid-fight creating a movie-like atmosphere to the game, after each game a series of new viewpoints are given during the action replay — including on extremely impressive behind-the-head view of the proceedings. Just watch those kicks hit homel

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Saturn! Imagineer have yet to start K03's 32bit development, but they aim to have it in the shops at the time of the machine's release_

KONAMI Apparently the Japanese development division have token delivery of the first kits, but news of what they're up to has yet to be revealed.

PROBE Croydon-based Probe are currently working on the preliminary design of ten games for the machine Disclosure agreements mean they can't reveal exactly what, but secondary rumours indicate that Acclaim's Judge Dredd and Alien Trilogy licences make up two of them. So far, the programmers have put together six months' worth of preparatory work, and Probe were expecting their development machine by the start of June.

PSYGNOSIS Scavenger 4: Exists in an early PC CD version as a series of static images, but actual gameploy has yet to be designed.

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Virtu° Fighters: See main Preview.

Virtu° Soccer: Imagine FIFA viewed from an assortment of Match of The Day angles, with the screen cutting to give the optimum view of the action. Voila! Virtue Soccer...

Knight Game (title to change): A stunning-looking plat. former starring a clockwork knight making his way through a puzzle-filled world of toys. As the knight stumbles across objects, the view changes to give a better look at what they are Stunning...

Dragon Flight (title to change): The best example of the 32bil machine's screen update capabilities yet. The player guides a dragon and its rider to and fro across a fractal landscape, shooting the oncoming enemy sprites — the dragon can be viewed from a number of angles and the detail makes PC flight sims look like a Spectrum game.

VIRGIN Hoopz:Virgin's first 32bi1 title is a Basketball sim.

Apparently, the US HQ has a complete office given over to its development, and the game will feature massive sprites and a series of games viewable from a succession of viewpoints Creature Shock:See Argonaut .

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Virtua Racing for the Megadrive S and have been suitably impressed by the its playability and o last vectors have you? Well, cop a , load of these screenshots, and prey pare yourselves for Virtue Racing o Deluxe. u the Mega-32 using the same With hardware as the Virtu° coin-op, ' Deluxe is a carbon copy of the specv tacular Sega arcade game, with the e three tracks recreated in every detail. b Virtue' Racing Deluxe isn't just a cono version: it IS the arcade game. The coin-op quite literally will be brought u into but we at MEAN g your homes, MACHINES reckon it's thunder will h probably be stolen by Daytona. Even t this is going to be one hell of a so, conversion... y o u r c o p y T h e — view is o going to blow you sway f AOnosecond to the Wert of mayhem.

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SO WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE THE SATURN? our Megodrives later this year, you may be asking how the Saturn still fits into W iSego's plans. Quite simply, the Saturn isn't t likely to be aimed simply at games. At the time of writing, very little had been decidhed. A price for the machine has yet to be t set, as hove the precise specifications, and heven the mock-up we showed you a few e months bock wasn't the final version — in Mfoci, Sega haven't decided if the unit will hove a cartridge slot yeti According to e rumour, Sego are currently looking at g how the Saturn will measure up against Sony's forthcoming PS-X and o thissystem, in turn will determine the entry level they 3 decide for their 2 machine. s Whatever they e decide to do, though, we'll let you t know. t

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Hardcore is still in mid-development, so a plot line hasn't been firmed yet. However, due to the ultra-violent manner of the gameplay and the story screens already inserted, it should cover an alien invasion line, with you playing the crack commando out to free one of the Earth's colonised satellites from oppression.

The six levels of action feature three changes of scenery. Only the first is up and running and it looks very nice, thank you, with intricate metallic bas-relief backdrops plus the heavily. armoured main character. Several weapons will be programmed into the game, which will be needed with this amount of sprites flying around screen.

Hordcore is determinedly non-linear in design, making players think their way through the game. Access to different areas of the base depends on finding ond activating door switches, and some of the bose defenders appear as 11 1 , c h a r a c t e r s t o b e r e s c u e d .

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Just before you reach for the en, Mrs Shelley, relax. Hardcore s a very above-board project from wedish coders, Illusions, to be ublished later this year by sygnosis. As part of the recent evival in side-scrolling platform ' hooters (Probotector, Mega urrican) it's probably the timeliest and tastiest) titbit that the syggies have lined up.

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ELE R I C DREAMS The developers behind Hardcore are Swedish team, Illusions. An unknown quantity on the megadrive, they have received acclaim for their Amigo pinball hits: Pinball Dreams and Pinball Fantasies (with justification, as these ore ace gomes). With those successes behind them, they sent demos of Hordcore to a long list of UK developers. But only two bothered to contact theml The fact that one was Psygnosis delighted Illusions, who intended to develop Hardcore as a joint Megodrive/Amiga game.

Project Director, Fredrik liliegren is quick to reveal though, how the Megadnve game has the edge over its computer rival: "you con hove more things on-screen on the Megadrive than you can on the Amiga. So the Amigo version won't see quite as much action". a '"••""'"'ii,

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Originally entitled Troll, Flink first appeared in Mean Machines several months ago in our news pages. Since then, though, Flink has undergone several changes adding a more arcadey feel to its once puzzle-laden levels.

A n evil demon has smothered Flink's village and the surrounding area with a blanket of smog. As a typical video game hero, Mink embarks on a mission to chase the fog back to its source, and this involves leaping and jumping his way to the end of each scrolling stage. As he does so, he encounters the locals who hove been turned into maniacs by the fog, and these must be avoided or killed — either by jumping on them or by lobbing objects at them. In all, Flink's journey spans six themed worlds made up of fifty-three levels, each of which throws up more and more vicious foes.

The version of the game we played was roughly 80% complete, with the main bulk of the graphics up and running. However, the game got too hard too soon and Flink's German programmers are busy tinkering with game engine to rectify the problem. Mink is set to leap on to your local software emporium's shelves sometime in September. Expect more news between now and then.

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One of the game aspects still under considertion is Flink's spell-casting capabilities. As Mink meanders across the levels, he comes across stooped troders carrying large rucksacks on their backs. Jumping on these guys stops them in their tracks, and repeating the process adds whatever they were carrying to our hero's inventory.

These items are then used at predetermined points in the game — for instance, at one stage Rink needs a shrink spell so he can enter a tiny entrance — by calling up a cauldron and mixing them together. Getting the exact recipes, however, is another story

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