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A conversion of a amiably ohl Amigo poem What next, Mega Jet se Willy? Our breath remains bated.

NEWS8 We've just flown bads from Chicago — bey, ere our arms tired (tatatatalll Yee, it's CIS time again, where the software industry unveils its wares for the coming months. Join us as reveal the hottest games of the show. Oh, and Mira which is crap apparently.

PAUL'STIPS 48 Paul meditiened for the part of an extra I. tio NOW Flom Brosnan James Bond film, you know. So when you read the credits, keep an eye out for 'Sad Wonnobe Cannery (3ed From Right)!

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MEANYOB 88 After more poison letters from irate parents, Yob returns unabashed to fire off a few more insults at the dim and disadvantaged. Does he mean you? He surely do...

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It has been said that Steve knows everything and has had his cranium especially enlarged, you know.

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MEGMUIRT 96 It may not have Mark selling veg and kath's cafe offering big sausages to nosh on, but our very own Megamart does give you the chance to display your MIMS at a very reasonable rate—

NEXTMONTH 98 Next month, Ws very nicety h e looking at some brand new games for Mc assorted St-go systems. Yap, I'd say that was very likely indeed. What did you expect? Mystic Meg

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May The Force The le With You! The most eagerly-awaited Mega-CD title of all time is here, and we've hod first crock at it. Hey, why not read • what we think of it.-

BRUTAL 80 Gametek enter the Mega-CD arena and bring a 'tinier bunny with them. If Ws good enough for shell-wearing aquatic reptiles, it's good swoosh for mammals whose pact looks like currants.

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It has been a particularly stressful issue this month, but I won't begin to bore you with the details — let's just soy pulling off every one of Modal Kombat ll's Fatality, Ekibality and friendship moves for your delectation caused more than a few grey hairs! Still, the efforts have been worth it, and this month our unrivalled Mortal Kombot II coverage reaches the review stage and receives the full MEAN MACHINES treatment within our collectable 16-page pullout. Also in this issue is Super Street Fighter, and fans of Cammy and ca. should be more than chuffed with our 6page review. Finally, the first thing to hit you will be on extensive CES report, indicating what's to appear in the future — and some of the new 32-bit stuff is nothing short of stunning. But more of that next issue. See you then, me or muckers...

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Update on our sojourn to Brighton last month As you remember, we promised to be on the Brighton Pier on a hot July Saturday, offering Konami goodies to anyone bold enough to demand them — and you did! Gus was accosted by numerous hopefuls brandishing copies of the mag (despite him hoving grown a cunning 'beard of disguise' and eating donuts all the time). The result?

Five happy gamesters, and the pics to prove it. But stem those tears, as MEAN MACHINES will be riding out again — to Blackpool this time. Both Steve and Gus will be on the pier on August the 13th (a Saturday), armed with more games and goodies. The some rules apply: accost us whilst holding a copy of the mog and walk away with a Sony freebie. See you then._

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K itEVE MERRE1 Humblitas Our Editor is, his contribud- to civiliscrtion tion would have been 1 modest, "I would hove invented the lits tle mplastic tits on the end of your IcKes that stop them fraying,' enthuses u 'Ar en't they just the best? Think Steve ofsthe amount of laces we would go through without them And I'd also odd e a magnet, soyou wouldn'tevenneed to tie them And I'd the velcro shirt, too, with arms that came aft easily o invent for hot summer weather," n CHOICE GAMESMKIC Virtua Fighter t HICKMAN LUCY h is unique amongst the team by Lucy thinking of an invention yet to be i invented. "I think its possible to make an personal flying suit using helium. I &Gem g about it quite a lot, °dually. It would have to be tight block rubber, s probably, to be air tight()" Lucy's boyf, Chris, came up with those keyringst with-combat-sounds idea rears before it h become reality. 'Ours would be special, with REAL weapons attached neat bazookas. real machine guns and a e throat-sloshing noise with nit& serrated-edoe hunting knife included. y CHOICE GAMES:MKIC, Micro Machines 2, Dune ° w OZ o BROWNE The u confident figure of Os OtOWne selects the Space Shuttle as his chosen l invention o n l y the most complex device in the history of human engi• d nearing! Os has noticed a crucial l weakness in the current design " 0 you always notice how the files keep i falling off? It's obvious that the grout k strong enough, or they're getting isn't scene e cowboy in to stick Item on. I'd octu U s e some wipeclean heat-resistant Novymora poisoning instead and ovoid allt that nonsense'.

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ANGUS SWAN 'I hove a great admiration for the inventor c0 the Bush toilet, Thomas Cropper (it's tr uel r says Gus. think B u t I could improve on his invention by making those push-button ones easier to use, because let's fore it, they ain't gormo flush on the first attempt, and you gel besieged in the toilet with ernbamassment I 'd also invent the sound-sensitive too, which responds to a handclap l i k e those alarm clocks'.

CHOICE GAMES:Shining Force II, x CLAIRE COULTKARD men G O , "I wish. says Claire with a wistful look S u face, p e "thot r I hod been the fort to on her discover S F chocolate. ) , I would have been Coulthard the Adventurer, bringing La bars and oven chips with a Southern style coating back from the New World.

I would then go on to irmmt the calorie-free mars bar, which would also hove a button on the wrapper to make it invisible to workmates".

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SUMMERCIS Hello! Richard Leadbetter here. You might remember me, I used to be editor of this fine Sega-related tome until I moved onto the equally decent SEGA MAGAZINE. Still, enough of this banter — you want to know about the latest CES Show; what was good, what was bad and all of that. You want the hottest news from Chicago.

First of all, pained though I am to soy it, Nintendo practically owned the show for two reasons. 1. Sego didn't have a stand as such (a small room in the basement was all we gat!) and since just about every third party was in Nintendo's enclosure, they weren't allowed to show Sega gear. 2. Nintendo's Super NES Donkey Kong Country game is basically brilliant and was definitely the best game at the show, period.

Still, there was plenty for Sego owners to get excited about, including the first public showing of the 32-bit Megadrive upgrade, now known officially as the Megadrive 32X. Sounds interesting? Read on...

M A M E 321: FIRSTSHOTS! A pretty enorlmous Megadrive 32X development kit was in evidence at the CES Show. Imagine a tower PC, widen it about three times its length, put a little Sega sticker on the front and that's what it looks like. So what have coders managed to put together

IN'S UMW 31110113 Julian Rignall (another ex-editor of MEAN MACHINES) was game is supposed to be, and once I got hold of this I picture, my breath was t well and truly token away. eSince golf is a pretty static l game, the full graphical l might of the 32X con be -u s e di to create visuals just • -----ieed..._.„.,a.m...nlike this. Were really looking forward to this one... g m e h Some early development shots. This is already looking good, but o according to our source at Sega of America, there will be more w colours, more polygons and a greater turn of speed• How? g Apparently up to a few weeks ago, developers only had kits with one of the SH2 chips installed. Now theyrcan really get to work... Still, what was on show was pretty e impressive already. a t t h i s

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METALNW A texture-mapped game of incredible proportions, this game is less than five percent complete. It's just a rolling demo the moment. Expect to see variety in the londscape along with texture-mapped robots (the one you're seeing there is a ve basic mock-up). Again, this de was constructed around just one of the two SH2s, which explains the game's current basic look.

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Again, a very early demo_ Original corn-op coders AM2 ore once ogai handling the development chores, having already programmed the incredible SVP game. At the mome the game looks quite similar to the SVP version, but with a higher fra rate (ie. its a lot smoother) and loads more colour. The team are currently adding a lot more detail to each frock — expect the finished version to be

Nopel However, Sego of America put together this demo showing the full-motion prowess of 32X, redigitising the intro from Ecco CD Looks pretty good eh? Gone are the days of grainy Mega-CD full-motion video.

This demonstration was more than a match for the digitised full-motion Jaws and Star Wars demos running on the Atari Jaguar stand.

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I've promised Sego not to give away too much here, but being the rebellious chap I most certainly am, here's a sneak preview of other 32X games coming your way.

SUPER MOTOCROSS More polygon action with 15 tracks and three different classes of bike. A 16MEG cart, if you're interested

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TEMPO A musical grasshopper? That's the intriguing idea behind Tempo. The new 32X sound chip pumps out top-notch CD-quality audio in this cutesy platformer.

Despite some rumours saying that 32X Doom has been scrapped, Sego of America did their best to scotch this unsubstantiated slander at the CES. This is their vision of 32X Doom. At the moment, the actual game is under wraps. Expect less levels than the PC version, but smoother in-game action.

Apparently this should be out by November. Perhaps someone should tell the programmers as according to Emoils they've posted on the Internet, they haven't storted it yet.. leepers A bit frightening when you consider that it's coming out in November!

SUPER SPACE HARRIER Speaks for itself really. An enhanced version of the original coin-op using the 32X's super sprite scaling facilities.

ACCLAIMANNOUNCE3211 PRODUCTS We've already revealed that Acclaim ore intending to bring Mortal Korribot II to the 32X, but we have also found about another few titles in development.

First up, there's Alien Trilogy — a game based on the "monster" series of films.

Also, you con expect to see a specially extended version of NBA Jam coming your way. Another title due to appear (which hasn't been officially confirmed yet) is Batman Forever. This game is appearing first in the arcades, using Sego's arcade Titan technology. Converting to 32X from Titan shouldn't pose that much of a problem.

STELLAR ASSAULT No details released at all about this one so far.

Although the demo I've seen of a Frontier: Elite II lookalike running on 32X could be this game. Well check it out.

SUPER AFTERBURNER See Super Space Harrier .

CYBER BRAWL Virtue Fighter ISN'T (repeat, ISN'T) coming to 32X, despite rumours from Sega to the contrary. Instead, we're getting a similar-looking game based around robots.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL Nope. Haven't heard anything about this one, save the name. At least you know whot type of game it's going to be.

MIDNIGHT RAIDERS Imagine Tomcat Alley with helicopters and you're getting close to what this CD-specific 32X title is all about.

SURGICAL STRIKE It's a another 32X CD title, but other than that little is known.

WIREHEAD See Surgical Strike.

FAHRENHEIT Considering that this is the first 32X CD title to be released, it's surprising how little has been seen on this one (ie nothing). If Tomcat Alley was basically Top Gun, Fahrenheit is the Backdraft equivalent.

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MAINVEST INROCKET SCIENCE From that headline, you'd think that Sego have set themselves up in competition with NASA. Which they haven't.

What they hove done though is to invest heavily in a talented team of individuals who ore pushing back the boundaries of graphics: 'bringing Hollywood and Silicon Valley closer'. They're promising to bring a new generation of games to Mega-CD. Check out those graphics. Should be something special, especially if 32X CD versions appear, which is a strong possibility.

As well as Mega-CD versions, Sega are also going to distribute the PC CD-ROM versions of these games in an all-new venture. Crikey. You just can't stop those Sego people can you?

Choosing which Megadrive game was the best at the CES show is a bit of a toll order. Perhaps because the amount of decent 16-bit Sega games on display could be counted using the fingers of just one hond.

The best game was from the same people who developed Sub-Terronio — German coders Zyrinx.

Hard Wired is the name of their new epic, olthough it was also known as Commando Raid at the show for some strange reason riot fully understood by scientists... or journos for that matter.

The game features incredible presentation (FMV in a cart? Yes!) ond is basically split into two sections.

The first is an overhead helicopter bit which (another first here) features polygon graphics and texture mopping!

This is used to depict the very realistic landscope (and no SW' chip either).

The second section is a Gauntlet-style bit with incredible perspectives and calculated shadows. It looks as good as it plays and is basically ace.

No news on any official UK release yet, but it's inevitably going to appear when we're dealing with a game of this quality.

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You want decent platforming action? This has got it and then some.

Sony hove made us swear a vow of secre T h i s game for the time being, but well have more soon.

ECCOIN GilOnWI Ecto II debuted at the CES, raising more than a few eyebrows with its smart graphics, supersmooth gameploy and suchlike. Basically, tho nlien Vortex from the first game has made it to Earth and is again intent on domination of the cosmos Enter (cco, w ho must track down Hu& Vortcn, rInd

destroy it for good. Helping him out is his new mystical morphing ability, which enables him to change into other creatures, including a gull, which allows him to fly about!

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Westwood Studios of Dune II fame) are performing the coding chores, and let's just soy that this gome is looking extremely hot. There's some stunning animation and gorgeous graphics with loads of variety in the game, too. There's a 3D buffalo stampede section that looks especially brilliant. Examine these screenshots and rest assured, for we'll have more soon.

S990 are cortninly impressed by The Lion King, as they're producing a Megadrive pack at Christmas bundled with the game, Huzzah'

CAPONHAVEA PUNISHINGSCHEDULE Located within the Nintendo enclosure, Capcom were unable to show any Megodrive games at all.

However, we did "get wind" of a couple of very exciting projects.

One that you - -19 ( may have heard of in our Gossip 1 Column is MegaMon: The 1 9 Wily Years — F15l compilation of

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Next up is a conversion of an aging Capcom coin-op - Ihe Punisher, It 1 s sideways suoiliny rip vi r i action for one or two players, featuring both the y Falong Punisher (obviously) with fellow Marvel hero, iii Nick Fury. Here's a! pic of the game in action. Are we nice to you or what?

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SAMURAI MINN MR M O M Although it hasn't been officially announced yet, it seems almost certain that Samurai Shodown is heading for the Megodrive and Game Gear_ A Mega-CD version, being released by Sony, has already been announced.

This brilliant oneon-one beat 'em up, originally released on Neo Geo, gave a new lease of life to the tired Streetfighter ll genre with many new features, including weapons for a lot of the characters!

Expect to see a near perfect conversion for the Megadrive, minus the sprite scaling.

MASK-A-IRON One of the most stunning looking movies ever, The Mask, has now opened in America to rave reviews. The story concerns a loser in life who finds a strange mask that enables him to morph himself into an infinite number of different cartoon creations The movie looks terrific and THCI hove the license to produce the Megadrive version. And guess what they've done? Yup, you guessed it, yet another dull platform game. We can't express how disappointed we were when we played The Mask_

TRUELIESON SUPERSTRIIMEHIER M O M INGAMEGEAR SHOCKER!

Yes, you did read that headline corredly. Capcom have dropped strong hints about producing a version of Super Street Fighter for the Game Gear. No release dates or cart size specs have been announced as of yet, but well keep you posted.

altilitet ISSERVED The Justice League is DC Comics' big name superhero teamup comic book, where the likes of Superman and Batman meet up to bottle the forces of darkness.

Sunsoft have licensed the co r i e s a produced a Street Fighter II d i n c o r p o I i many n g of DC's big names. Included in the game are Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Arrow and Batman. Oddly enough, the heroes must fight each other until only one is standing. Only the may they do battle with the mysterious evil-doer behind it all. We can't soy we've ever heard of a plotline quite as bizarre as that onel Having played the game, we came to the conclusion that it's okay, but nothing to worry Super Street Fighter or Mortal

Acclaim hove the license to bring Arnie's latest flick to the Megadrive. True Lies is the story of a secret agent who performs all manner of daring missions, while at the some time keeping his job a secret from everyone — including his wife (Jamie Lee Curtis). Only when the latest bad guy to come along gets 'interested" in Curtis does she find out Arnie's true identity, and then the fireworks begin.

Directed by James Cameron, the movie looks absolutely terrific and should more than make up for the disappointing Last Action Hero, The game is still pretty early on in development, with Acclaim only showing small snippets of the game in action on a monitor at their CES stand.

What we saw looked like on overhead eight-way blaster in a very similar mould to the Bitmap Brothers' Chaos Engine game. We'll have more coverage in MEAN MACHINES really soon.

Ill MOREWM Not content with WNW Wrestlemanio, Royal Rumble or Rage in the Cage, Acclaim are in the process of producing yet another WWF title.

We had a quick play of an early work-in-progress version on Acclaim's sluild Lind Lan report that in terms of looks and eutompluy, WWF Raw (as it's known)

NEWSTAR TREKMOVIE: LICENSE ANNOUNCED Oddly enough, the first Star Trek movie license announced is the Game Gear version! American company Absolute Entertainment are handling the translation. Little is known about the game, but plenty is known about the film.

The new movie is called Star Trek: Generations and starts with a scene from the Kirk period, with the captain, Scotty and Chekov launching on all-new Enterprise. The new ship responds to o distress situation where a passenger ship is caught up in a time vortex of sorts. Kirk saves the ship, but apparently dies in the attempt.

Most of the movie is set in the Next Generation period, where a mad Vulcan is trying to master the vortex. Picard enters the time disturbance and teams up with a very alive Kirk in order to save the universe. Sounds fair enough.

The movie is already getting a lot of attention in the US, owing to the popularity of The Next Generation. Expect to see the game appearing on ALL major gaming formats.

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F or as long as I can remember, The Flintstones have always been on telly. Even as a mere ankle-biter I hove vivid memories of Fred and Barney trying to outsmart Wilma and Betty. Originally put together during the late 50s early 60s to satirise the problems of the time, The Flintstones were the brainchild of Joseph Hannah and William Barbera, ond Fred and his Bedrock buddies took Hannah-Barbera Productions into the big-time. Basically, whilst in the past cartoons had been five-minute affairs which ended with one of a pursuing pair getting diced or electrocuted, The Flintstanes was the animated equivalent of a sitcom. As such, week after week, Fred and • B a r n e y would go bowling, get into trouble at the quarry where they worked, upset their boss or their wives, and still find a solution in time to go to their Grand Water Buffaloes club meetings. In addition, during the course of each episode, numerous prehistoric versions of every day appliances were recreated, with Mammoths acting as showers, birds with long beaks doubling up as record players, and stone cars powered by simple fool power!

Such visual gags have been perfectly recreated in Spielberg's movie version of The Flintstones, with Roseanne's John Goodman stepping into Fred's skins, Rick Moronis playing Barney, and ILM's stunning computer graphics ensuring the dinosaurs taken for granted in the cartoon will wow cinema-going audiences. As Fred goes about his every day business, Neradoctyls act as Boeing 747's, a pig is used as a waste-disposal unit, and a porrot proves useful as a Dictaphone!

The film's slim plot revolves around Fred being pro' "bause me, Mr Mathieu., reald you moted to the Board of Slate pear, me towards Jurassa Park..."

Quarries and used as a pawn in a corrupt employee's plans. Along the way, all the usual Flintstones gong are introduced, and in typical style, Fred and Barney fall out!

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We were given copies of the script ages ago, along with sketches of the characters and their costumes," says Mark 'However, LAP were far from strict. We'v e heard of licences where the company doing the i game can't use a person's face, for example (Ocean's Amiga version of Total Recall is o perfect example), but we've had nothing like that. They've also given us early showings and kept us up to date with flims stills, and we've managed to tie our graphics in with the general look of the game." So would they have minded if Fred hadn't looked like John Goodman? "Yes, because the Flintstones cartoon is a completely different licence; Taito's, I think..

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He fads, he burps, he flicks his snot — it's Paul Bufton. With such antisocial behaviour, he was the only person capable of rolling up to Interplays' latest hero and taking him on at his own game.

O market dominated by platform heroes, and Interplay have certainly come up with the goods on r this front.

Boogerman is quite unlike anything i we've seen before. Adding a whole new definitior g to the word gross, the adventure is more than likely i churn even the most iron-clod constitution. Set to n twenty levels, our hero must battle through over locations with nausea triggering names tike The a Pits, Mucus Mountains, Flatulent Swamps, Sewer l City, and Boogerville. Boogerrnan's task is to save i the Earth from the evil bad guy pertson, Booger Meister, who is y bent on poisoning hell the planet with a h concoction of a bad smells and s smeg. Taking tthe Booger Meister on at o his b own game, the e coped hero will fi ght the toxtins with his own h brand of homee made gases and iuices. o r Boogerman and his collecd tion of snot and e fort-related r tricks ore sure to make._ er, o on impact f when they hit tour consoles in h the near e future.

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PLUFIGII ON With the destruction of the evil Booger Meister as his goal, Boogermon must first reach him But the path is strewn with many a hazard and goblin type creature.

Once the levels are completed, it is essential to get clear.

A task only surmountable by collecting common household toilet plungers. Puzzled? Well the answer lies in his abilities to knock up a quick, but sturdy ladder out of the sink and toilet clearing devices In a cloud of activity our hero can make his % m y up to the next level and one step closer to victoly

CUP OF C LEP 311rCK To achieve his array of body by-product attacks, Boogerman hos to charge his levels through finding collectibles. His snot meter con be replenished by getting hold of a big gooey lump of nose dirt. A can of beans will set those intestines brewing, and the handy caches of chilli peppers stimulate flame-powered fun that can lead to our hero shooting off into the air.

By collecting a milk bottle, the bogies will turn into what are politely known to our American cousins as loogies.

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You have a total of 360 men at your disposal lalthough you don't get them all at once — oh no matey-boy, you have to earn 'em). Every time you successfully complete a mission you get another 15 men in a "queue".

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involve simply wasting all the opposing troops on the level but on others you rescue hostages or blow up the enemy troops.

The strategy part of the • game comes into force when you split up your squadron.

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of the squad sneak past the enemy. V o w s Originally programmed by Sensible 41. Software (creators of A r . Sensible Soccer), this version is being converted by Pane!comp — the team ' I P responsible for transporting Populous onto Sega systems.

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I I T hi games e r e ore many racing formany, the Megadrive — • 1 0 D m e good, some bad and some decidedly mediocre. Originality is undoubtedly the saving grace of H many games and in this realm, ., Codies' own Micro Machines (and pending Micro Machines 2) immediately spring to mind. Now the firm wont to bring similar flair to this new 16MEG offering . .

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111 The first original feature that hits you is that it's a racing game... without any vehicles. I suppose it makes sense really, as it's set in prehistoric times and they hadn't invented the wheel nutter around the track using I er your plates of meat or the t back of a user-friendly dinosaur.

The game is a 3D split-screen h affair with one or two players e progressing through the many n island tracks facing the obstacles . the different terrains thro •T The story line revolves or 2 1 1 the King of DinoWorld inviting . 1 h various tribes of this long ago u land to partoke in the famous s DinoRaces which weave around , the world and end on the steps t of the Royal Palace. The winner is then ceremoniously awarded h the crown and becomes monarch e of the realm. s e 4 0 t The player controls the cave r people, each of whom has indii 111011111dual strengths, but not the c 'dinosaur. As such, although the player can make their dino lump, k it won't jump as high as the rider i so if you're not careful you could s end up biting in the dust. In a lip t similar way to Mario Kart, you can attack or barge other oppoo nents in a number of inventive r ways. The games not due Out u until early next year, and as you n il 'el c astages n seebut this is in fairly earlywe'll you can be sure i bring you we get it 11111.r k -1 •••• 1 n e J I M M I E o 3a 2 MAI SEGA 1 r s

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On the Furnace Island, things really start hotting up when volcanoes spew out huge boulders, Similarly, whilst whizzing around the Swamp Island, tracks are blocked by vegetation which the racers must eat! However, the more they eat, the slower they become.

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Psygnosis obviously like 1 this concept so much that they're reworking their original smash hit game and releasing a sequel for the Megadrive, aptly named Lemmings 2: The Tribes. Okay, so how can they improve on the original?

Well for starters, Lemmings 2 has a plot The sickly-sweet intro tells us the Lemmings have now split into 12 tribes and temporarily put their suicidal tendencies on hold so they can live in peace and harmony and all that happy crappy.

Each tribe possesses port of a special Talisman and the story kicks off with the tribes striving to reunite and make the Talisman whole again in order to avert a monstrous disaster. This change in their routine has naturally freoked out our furry friends and sent them screaming towards the highest ledge. It's your job to play the Fairy God-Lemming and prevent the deadly results of these mass dashes.

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It's the Streetfighter-esque L Ei one-on-one fighting method with the victor T the E l next opponent and the loser going onto A breaking down — literally — into hundreds T of litths bails which scatter around the fl oor ' while the winner does a little victory dance.

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S ince the beat Megadrive invented there ha - a planet een enough 'em upwas releases to form a small — complete with moons, suns and a few stars for good measure. Accolade has now decided to lump onto this particular bandwagon and has come up with what can only be described as a load of old balls or, more precisely, B alk — so called because all combatants are composed of spheres.

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technique over and over again and you can also morph between characters as a special move. Taunting plays a big part in the fighting strategy too — rude gestures increases the punch power of the next player to land a hit. Several taunts in a row have a cumulative effect causing motor damage when perfected. Balls is looking pr e tty da mn cool so fa r , how i t plays w e 'l l re v e a l in a futur e issue of ME AN MACHINE S in our i n-de pth re v ie w.

Each character has a basic selection of punch, kick and lump moves, each of which Is activated by the A, B and C buttons.

However, when these are combined, the game really starts to tome to life. For instance, a combination of the jump button and one of the directional controls sends the player's fi ghter fl ying lust about anywhere on screen — e v e n be hi nd w he re the pl a y e r views the a c tion! S imila rly , should one of the pla y e rs cop too m a ny hits, the y can hol d

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Firstly, the Animaniacs characters ore a pretty hot property. The sort of American import Disney-esque capering animal trio we Brits lap up, they carved a niche for themselves as the one watchable part of ITV's What's Up Doc? (a Saturday morning T V show marginally less unpleasant to watch than having root canal surgery).

In fact, we're talking Post Modernist cartoonery here, as the Warner threesome spend their time commenting on cartoon cliches as they try to 'find work ' within a fidional cartoon studio (see, it's all deconstructionism and ironic analysis — SNIP!). The game fits snugly into the cartoon's pattern, as the characters tromp around a studio lot of separate sound stages, each housing scenery of familiar cartoon/film locations. As the likes of Vic Morrow could tell you, film sets are dangerous places. Diverse props and construc -tions threaten the party, along with irate studio security. Although the game idea and a fair number of levels are in place, Konami are renowned for making major changes in projects as they advance.

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During the game, the three stick together, with you selecting a leading character. The importance of this becomes apparent when you acquaint yourselves with each 'toon's abilities. The big guy (Vokko) is excellent for pulling and pushing heavy objects about; the squat one (Wakko) wields o huge hammer; and Dot, the girlie, has feminine charms which she uses in best 'girl bunny' cartoon tradition to charm in•game characters. The game structure complements this set-up, with a fair degree of lateral thinking needed to pass some of the areas.

The closest comparison could be mode with Virgin's Lost Vikings, a satisfying arcade adventure which came out earlier this year.

Animaniocs could spring into life with its appealing graphics and mix of both thought and trigger-led play. Oh, ond it has a sense of humour.

A k this port of the Indiana Jones experiente. ironic crossseeding of movies; or just re-using the sprite? Discuss.

A In toon world, the word 'Senster• Iles no meaning.

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MEGA SWIV empr Do you want to know how Time Warner's latest blaster got its name?

Well, when SCI (then known as Sales Curve) started writing the original Megadrive version of SWIV several years back, they had hoped to release it as a sequel to another blaster, Silkworm, which they had converted from a Taito coin-op for Virgin earlier. However, copyrights being funny old things and all that, Taito pooh-poohed the idea, leaving SCI without a name for their rather smart vertical scroller. After a bit of mucking about, Silkworm II became SWII and, skipping a sequel, SWIVI Now, some four years after its Amiga debut, SWIV is heading for the Megadrive with on allnew 'Mega' prefix! Spanning seven stages, Mega SWIV is a blaster of the 'old school' with the player guiding a hi-tech helicopter into power-ups and bosses galore whilst battling through skirmishes with the expected reams of ground and air-based foes. However, in order to add a little something new to the proceedings, Mega SWIV has a rather inventive two-player mode where a second player gets to grips with a jeep and, as such, must avoid any ground-based hazards.

So far, only one level exists with SCI busy cramming the rest into the /MEG cart. Expected for a November release, a review should follow shortly..

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I save just bin 'anded un fax urgente. Ah! It iz from zee master 'imself, and it sez..."Greetings fellow tipsters. I bear glad tidings from my water-logged seabase.

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Bystand' latform and ing next to t m on the on object, o• Oh yes, I'm afraid so. Go to the top of pushing in the ucad over to h some direction this tube and and u g e some lava will foil onto the but and pressing A, remove the cover using Stix. find t Bubba can lever u h l S hm dV items obstructing his .tstand clear. Return to the tube and wait e .

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He aim of the ledge, and pocket it S co makes him inflate, allowing on the lower platform. On the doesn't mind, honest. t Hit a lever to Bubba to use him as aktrampou lower platform, poke the red i the right, and line to the door on thei above ._ • ball towards the blue thing, u pop-bang, a litlevel a l x t and hall eat him for you.

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Watch out for the Puffo Fish and those pesky darts.

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Stix goes in the lefthand hole to drain the water, move Bubbo to the right and call Shit Make sure you quickly d stuff Stix into t h i e - .l• wall to get up the other side. t-f009Open the door a tad with Shit Hop into the pool and push the button to drain the water.

Finish off the washed up fish and the last one should be in range of Stix's boomerang throw.

Raise the water again and open the door fully .

Ift of a tricky one here. Hit the button on the right to lower the water. Stand on the sphere and put Shit in the wall. The water will

wning Bubb°, not to worry because when it hits high tide, call Stix and take a leap off the bobbing boll to the high platform.

An encore for the log bit as you loosen the raft here. Insert Stix into the hole on the bottom right and travel left.

At the lower platform, slog the two blobs into the water and skip across.

Now it's onward t the final level.

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Using Stix, lever the baggage over the head of the collecting machine. It will be swallowed by the hole and end up on the opposite side of the level Another handy bunk up This is the biggie. It's do or die time.

Keep your head together and beware of the losers zapping around. At the end of the level it's time to do battle with the monster Robo-Stix.

The answer to this tough section is timing, oh yeah, and avoiding the red robots and their laser blasts.

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The key to this puzzle is the piece of log that falls when you wal on the left side of the platform. Pia Stix in the hole on the right, and iump down to use the button for the water level. Get onto the. section of log that fell down and use it as a raft to that fabulous re-start point.

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Put Stix in the first pipe to make him stick out his tongue. Use this platform to jump to the left and crawl under the spikes to plug the hole on the left to make the watertop up. Now over to the top right-hand corner where the button will make the water completely drain.

Hurrah! Bubb° can now descend without being spiked in the bot by the blow pipes.

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When on the top left platform, push the button. Skip to the right ledge and get the laser to blast the parcel onto the button below. Now it's a mod dash for that re-start point.

Bosh o l d tin con to kick start him and whisk you to the final conflict.

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The fi n a r e w i t h the evil Waldo is a Stix-to-Stix combat round Using the ood and wholesome Stix, Bubbo must thwack the boddie remote-controlled Robo-Stix. But this is up to you. It takes time and patience, but keep at it, and the end sequence is yours. Yippee!

PAGESUPPLEM Onceagain,SEGA i s first for top smart ace games. Issue 8—out now—features the first Megadriue Super Streeffighter review, plus Mortal Kombat 2, onemclusiue review of the incredible Shining Force 2, Virtual Star Wars, Rocket Knight Baftlecorps, Konandis long-awaited Probatector and yet more amazing land very miduslue) Mego-32 coverage.AndWs funnier than usual as well.

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B ydogged chance, inspiration, or dedication, Capcom managed to create a video game beyond their expectations in early 1991. Entitled Streetfighter I I to , iatmildly successful combat game w a of s 1987, which featured an a array of strange characters fighting whose s e qone-on-one, u repertoire of fighting teche l niques went beyond physical and into mystical attacks. Only this basic principle survived into the sequel (with a couple of the more intriguing characters).

Every other aspect of the game was expanded, improved and redesigned. Music, graphics, animation all received the treatment that had earned Capcom respect as on arcade manufacturer. But Streetfighter ll had more.

Games players around the globe appreciated its finer qualities. Each of the original eight characters was a synergy of cool image and action. Their moves matched their personalities; even as personalities they complemented each other. Best of all, in action there was a tangible link between player and character. The potential for subtlety was endless. It was possible, with sufficient effort, to become a master of the game, obliterating all comers, learning the intricacies of each combatant.

In the light of its success, Capcom have since work e d on countless money-spinning updates without creating anything essentially new. The first was Streetfighter Champion Edition, which included the option of controlling the four bosses. Next was Turbo, a souped-up version of the Champion Edition that Capcom released with the intention of curtailing the market in pirate Streetlighter machines. Finally, Super Streeffighter, the most comprehensive update of all, with four all-new characters and locations, digital 0-sound, re-vamped graphics and animations. This is the work that comes before you now.

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However, the sound is even worse than before, with some unrecognisable samples.

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Streetligter addict, this is the perfect fix. Personally, I think it's time Capcom tried something new.

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"Capricious, her personality changes with the weather.

Naive to the ways of the world, her childishness is coupled with her ruthlessness on some days."

Cammy is a British secret agent, who was originally found unconscious on the steps of the Secret Agency Academy. Her performance during guerilla training for the SAS was exemplary, rapidly rising to become Special Forces' top agent, and the natural selection for the World Warrior tournament However, once the competition begins, her erased memories begin to return, revealing a horrible secret!

UK, the stage set in front of a deserted Highland castle, with the Aurora Borealis shimmering in the background. Gloomy, deserted and atmospheric.

Her most powerful attack, the Thrust Kick is on aerial kick, where Commy strikes the target at the point of launch and then achieves incredible elevation. It may be performed within a very tight ran ye.

Cammy combines beauty and athleticism to deadly effect.

So many of her moves are kicks, as her long legs hove more reach and power than her arms. The height she achieves in jumps makes her particularly effective in mid-air. Cammy is suited to fast, light attacks O ne weakness is her specials, which generally leave her quite vulnerable.

C A N N O N D R I L L Cammy becomes a human projectile, flying horizontally at opponents. This special is quick and easy to execute, but if blocked it leaves her open to opponents' throws.

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On the ground, Commy borrows the Suplex that Guile uses to great effect, but she has her own sensational thigh throw, putting those devastating legs into action again.

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The inspiration for TDee Jay came from Capcom's US division. Dee Jay has two passions: kickboxing and music, both of which complement his flamboyant style. He trained in AWestern-style kickboxing on his notive island paradise of Jamaica, but he eschews the restriction of strict fighting rules for the freedom of I in streetfighting. He firmly expression he finds believes he's destined for fame in some shape or . , form.

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The lush Corribean island of Jamaica. Dee Jay's bouts take place against a magnificent indigo sunset, as musicians entertain tourists, locals and dancers.

FIGHTING STYLE Dee Jay is a joy to play because he fights with such conviction. His kick moves are very powerful and are easy to string into combinations. His main obvious drawback is lack of speed. Dee Joy is suited to players who shore his showmonlike temperament,

Hot blooded and reckless he acts impulsively. He makes rash assumptions and is easily brought to tears.

And hes always about to explode".

Like every other young oriental, Fel Long dreamed of stardom in martial arts movies, following the careers of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, and as such it led him to devote every waking moment to the pursuit of Kung Ft). But Fei Long's innate seriousness taught him to place honour, discipline and perfection in his art before cheap glamour and acclaim. Still, he couldn't resist the prospect of proving himself against the best in the World Warrior Tournament,

ORIGIN Native to Hong Kong, Fei Long opts to train in the solitude and tranquility of the Temple The figures of mystical beasts encircle the simple arena.

FIGHTING STYLE Noticeably, more experienced Streetlighters select Fei Long, probably as he's the best all round fighter for fast attack, omple defence and substantial specials. It takes some practice to use his jittery, nervous style productively, but on balance, he's the best of the new intake.

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A bizarre special. Dee Jay powers up his trembling fist while standing still. It's mostly a defensive tactic, but has the advantage of lasting for some time.

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7 O RI G I N With no Reservation . to live on, T. Hawk has moved to a Mexican village, and fights his bouts in the midst of the village market. Entertainers, 1 look on, market sellers3 and1 supporters FI GHTI NG STYLE ) )inevitably places restrictions The fighter's bulk

The twelve fighters from Streetfighter It CE and Turbo have been retained for Super Streetfighter, but tweaks have been made to their profiles. For the most port, this is to extend their range and prowess, but it was felt that some characters were too powerful in the original game.

m lM g r a w e s t f or a ni m a l s . H e pr e f e r s not t o ifi ght , b u t onc e he ge t s a n g r y l ook e o n " . n s e c i a b i e h o t w a r m h e on speed, and to be honest, most players cana not be bothered mastering the disciplines that r playing T. Hawk requires. A cumbersome twrestler, he's suited to close-range ground ecombat, where his throws and holds work dbest. h e h a s a . , u n

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His powerful calves are used to launch him at his opponents. The impact is s a t i s f y i n g . ly damaging.

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His appalling dental hygiene is enough to knock opponents out, but he has other means too,

Fully fledged sister of the • People's Republic, Chun Li revealed her emotional side at the end of SRI. She is simply the fastest exponent of Kung FL; in the world. Of all fighters, she has been the most modified.

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The flatlopped, topranked master of combat karate, and the strongest combatant of the game. Even though the other combatants have risen to his level, Guile still hos on enviable arsenal of moves.

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His ronge of speciols is unparalleled, borne Out of his mysterious 'Shadow Fighting' technique, and he's learned even more since Champion Edition! If you're feeling really evil, M. Bison is the character to pick.

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T h ere are signs that the protracted struggle 1between the Imperial forces ond the Rebellion may be corning to an end. Since the fall of the Republic, a band of dissenters has defied the advance of the Empire across the galaxy. However, the Emperor has poured resources into the construction of a deadly new toy, which he has coyly named 'Death Star'.

The size of a small moon, the Death Star has destructive power capable of obliterating on overage-sized planet. With this weapon of terror, it would seem that the days of rebel resistance are numbered. The Death Star already threatens one of its outposts, Alderaan.

Whilst the Empire concentrates on constructing the Death Star, the Republican strongholds across the galaxy are training eager young pilots for a variety of combat tasks. Secret bases on Tatooine, Hoth, Koloador and Yovin ore the training grounds for squadrons who will harass Imperial convoys and Star Destroyers, repel landing parties and support the rebel fleet. But with the Death Star near completion, the parties are moving into a decisive end-game.

However, all is not lost. By good fortune, and the martyrdom of countless rebel agents, the blueprints for the Death Star have fallen into the lap of Princess leia, Republican Commander. Analysts have quickly noticed a minor vulnerability in the main reactor, linked to the battle station's exhaust ducting. If just one of those rookie pilots was good enough to exploit this tiny weakness, the Death Star could be destroyed and the course of the war turned about.

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11 1 1array of duties for your pilot. It folRebel Assault is a fifteen stage epic, covering a wide lows the course of a career from the training stage,. to designated missions, and even those dramatic moments when things don't go according to plan. Most, but not all of the 1 stages are viewed from the cockpit of one of the Republic's fabulous space-craft, the X1 wing, A-wing or Snow speeder. Some of the locations of the stages will be very familiar / to Star Wars devotees.

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Follow your wingmen and avoid wingtip contact with the canyon kwall. This section is displayed in 3D NOV.

Your shooting occurocy is assessed by your performance on this overhead shooting section.

Line up the moving and static ground targets with your sights, while avoiding high ground.

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BIRR O E S T R AT M I l l Your first duly is to lend on Xwing attack on an Imperial Star Destroyer, a massive fleet vessel positioned above Tatooine.

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A I-Wing poetry in motion.

You return to the surface of your home planet on on urgent mission. Three Imperial TIE Fighters threaten to reveal the presence of the rebel base. Chase them down the familiar canyons you trained in, with the imperative to destroy them all.

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The atmosphere created by the original music and authentic FX lift Rebel Assault into the realms of an experience rather than merely a game. But although the 15 levels cover a lot of game material, the first difficulty level is dismayingly easy to sail through. An average gamesplayer will be tackling the Death Star on his first evening of play. That really brings down the longevity of a game with an incredible atmosphere and some great play variety. Once again, it's a case of showcase over hard case.

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IASTABILITY It will remain a classic title in your col lection, Rebel is clocked far too easily. The passcodesystem was a bad idea.

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T a k e me bock, to a place where I once 1 belonged. A kingdom called Grans, a happy place where we could laugh and sing our songs.

For as long as anyone could remember, a tower stood at the heart of Granseal, the city. This Ancient Tower was sealed, but no one knew why or what lay behind.

It was to this tower that a precocious young thieving rat, called Jippo, stole one night with two light-fingered associates. His opal eyes were filled with a vision of jewels he might find in the ancient place. And he did. Cast into the masonry was a Jewel of light. He set to prising it from the structure. As he did, a terrible rumbling shook the edifice, and dark foreboding crossed the three scavengers' minds. Meanwhile, in the nearby Royal Palace, the King was receiving bad omens of his own.

An awesome storm raged, and through the gloom, he could perceive o messenger serving a darker purpose, a spirit sent to strike him down.

The spirit's manipulator hod a more nefarious project than attacking a monarch.

Even the entire destruction of Grans was not the full extent of his plans. Learn more of the second Shining Force and realise why the people of Grans wore exiled to another land, for from Granseal,

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THE BATILE GROUND Just about all the action in Shining Force II occurs during bottles. Battles take place wherever the forces of darkness oppose. Like Chess, each of the combatants takes turns to move, ond the distance and direction of movement is limited by the battlefield terrain and the character's speed rating.

When characters near enemy units they come within range (the exact proximity is determined by the weapon type), In your role as 'General' you determine whether to attack.

The computer determines attacks by a combination of the attacker's OFFENSIVE strength, the defender's DEFENSIVE rating and a random element. The result will be a reduction in the defender's hit points (HP) When a character or enemy reaches zero HPs, they can fight no longer Battles are won when oil units ore defeated

'FORM TORM TORM Attacks come in several forms. As a rule, the further into the game, the more powerful the attacks you will receive. Hopefully, your HP level will advance enough to handle this.

Here are the range of offensive manoeuvres:

MELEE The most common attack. Unit uses a hand-

held, close-range weapon {sword, club, axe, etc.). Lots of high-powered weapons later in the game make this the most damaging attack form.

MISSILE Usedby archers, spearcarrying knights and artillerymen.

Longer range than melee, but compensated for by less attack power and greater chance of 'fumble' (ie. missed attack).

MAGICAL Mages use powerful offensive spells like Blaze and Freeze. These have a long range, and at higher levels take in more than one target. Magical attacks ore less effective against magical creatures, and have a limited number of uses in each battle.

POISON Certain gruesome creatures may attack with poisoned means. These have a prolonged effect, reducing the HP of victim until an antidote is token.

CIREATI 'RE This category covers many of the other quirky methods used in battles. Creatures like Peter Phoenix use mystical energy sources. This also covers animals like bats.

These physical attacks cannot be 'damaged' in the way weapons can, but they don't increase so much in often• sive value.

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EN RPGs certhinly are, a low-key: breed in this coun-• try, and this is a terrible shame when you consider the quality of games S h i n i n g Force It is so k full of monsters, pu • and character interaction, that it woul keep even the most adept RPG fan glued to their Megodrive for ages. The plot, central to any RPG, is so engrossing that makes you want to get just a little bit fus tiler before saving.

The characters ore beautifully varied in ability, making the battles heartthumpingly strategic.

However, on a slight downside, the control during the overhead view tends to overcompensate, and this can lead to a lot of disembarking and re-embarking when navigating the rivers.

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HOPPING ere's a strong fiscal element to the game, with every small settlement having places to spend money. You can be reasonably sure of finding a Weapon and Supply shop wherever you stop. Weapons shops sell the following item types-

LEARN BY EXPERIENCE Any positive action your characters take, particularly dealing the 'final blow' is rewarded by eXPperience points. XP is used to climb levels. When the required XP for a level is reached, the character's stats ore readjusted up

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It's rare to find a console game with a plot, so it may take you by surprise how involved Shining Force II becomes. Storting with the mystery of the King's possession, it follows the relocation of the people of Grans, the treachery of Golom and the visit to Mt. Volcano. It's a digital fairytale, a Megodrive Myth.

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PM7IMI In the lost game you had to assume the role of either Asterix or Obelix then repeat every level as the sidekick (which was tedious to soy the least). In this new adventure, there is now on option to swap roles mid-level. Indeed, you'll have to change into Obelie every now and then as his puny pal is too much of a wimp to position balls, barrels and othersuch objects next to platforms which are too high to jump_ Coversely, though, Obelix is often too tubby to fit into some of the narrow entrances which Asterix can crawl into.

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ON:Provides the guys with mogicol powers including the ability to float, bomb, create platforms and don a shield.

nothing like a bit of Gallic fun to brighten up your day, and this is certainly the case with Asterix nd his mate °helix. This me is plain good fun. The rites are colourful and etailed and skip along Joyfully to the cheery music.

That said, though, the game is incredibly predictable and is too easy at Nimes. Quite simply there aren't enough baddies to bash and the linearity of finding all the right items in order can be infuriating.

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For a more powerful machine, Arcade's Revenge is just another glossy platformer easily lost in the pile of similar games.

For the Game gear, however, Arcade's Revenge succeeds perfectly. The five characters and their differing abilities allow for more variety within the gameplay, and the levels are different enough to warrant further inspection. In terms of graphics, things often get a little muddled at times but, on the whole, this is one of the better Game Gear releases I have seen.

PoXPILEUIVILAN The hest known character, but not actually affiliated to the X-men His arachnid powers encompass web projectiles, web swinging, wall climbing and that sixth sense which is handy for locating nearby objects and people.

SPIDEY STAGE His first stage is mandatory before you reach the others, and its a straightforward hunt for the beacons in order. Later on, he has the onerous task of defeating Shocker, the cloning sentinels, and Arcade himself.

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AKA The Weather Girl but she could give Sian Lloyd a run for her money. Breathing underwater is effortless for her, and she has elemental powers allowing her command of lightning bolts and whirlwinds.

STORM STAGE A sub-aquatic explorative section titled 'Water Torture'. The key is to raise the water level by breaking the valve seals As she progresses, Arcade's defensive measures come into ploy .

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I've liked this game in oil its incarnations, and it fits snugly onto the Game Gear. It's more platform fodder, but classy at the same time. The graphics are simpler than the Megadrive's but manage to convey the atmosphere well enough, and the characters represent their comic counterparts adequately. What makes this a good game is the variety within the stages, the stiff challenge and the wide range of controls. Success also requires some strategic planning.

The only annoyance comes with the mandatory first stage with every new game.

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y ou know how itup is. Sitting onTaking a tropical isle. of You're soaking the rays. in some the atmosphere. At last the chance to catch up on some of that flower arranging you've been promising to do for the post few months. When out of the blue a bunch of cartoon animals decide to hove a big fight, make lots of noise, and hurt each other, a lot. Typical, innit?

The Deli Llama - bearing more than a passing resemblance to his name sake, apart from the spitting-has spent the last lour yeors drawing out the invitations for the greatest cartoon martial arts caper this side of Papua New Guinea. One by one the invited guests make an entrance, enticed by either the prize money or the chance 4 to settle an old score. Final glory rests not only in ' 1, the competitor's fighting skills, but in a willingness to learn new powers from the Dail himself.

But the question on everybody's lips is does Brutal have the bottle to take on the beat 'em up

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every good game must be gameplay. Brutal is completely devoid of this concept. Too few characters d special moves all point the distinct lack of varier'. The character sprites look average and lack fluid nimotion, tending to main static unless forced walk. What's more the me is a way too easy, and with no difficulty setting, this proves to be another downfall. This is at 'e m up for the younger ga me r with not too many

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LLAMA LESSONS Its bock to school when it comes to specie' moves. Each character has to earn a move by defeating two opponents. Then its off to the Dali's classroom where you ore shown how to perform the move. But it's not quite that easy. A thirty second timer ticks away, ond it's dunces corner for you if you overstep the time limit,

A I wont to be a tree."

A - C D R E V I E W tty ANI-MUTILATION C O M Watch out for eye-popping fun when these bunnies and bears get to a 'fighting Noses stretch, tummies wobble, all manner of onimatecl frolics. But not to worry as characters being made from one hundred percent 'toon material bounce bock into shape even if their prides are a little dented.

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LA's. I nk it's a ly — d an astonishingly bad one when you consider the calibre of beat 'em ups like Streetlighter, Mortal Kombat and Eternal Champions. Brutal tries to cloak its abysmal gameplay with a voluminous presentation of options and animation screens. All these will be looked at once then ignored. It's the atrocity masquerading as a game t will linger longest. The aracter animation is supsedly 'wonderful' I beg differ. The backgrounds ivas if they were drawn a two-year old with ming difficulties, the ponse to controls is oil-like and the moves mselves ore more banal than 'Morning with Anne Quite shameful,

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A Nicely animated introsequence, but how many limes do you want to watch it? v The charade; sprites ore abysmal, worsened by a distinct lack oi any fluidity.

t A SOUND Goadthumps G accompanied by up beat music. v The lighting FX R don't always coincide with the action.

A P P H is is a 100!o IPhit TnhWpm. Plus the action is I delayedby at least C a second between S7 podandscreen.

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Amere flea bite on the likes of MK II andSuperSF II. All presentation and absolutely no gameplay.

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OnSRO nf II v o n t o e of the increased Mega-CO storage and thrown in on upbeat, action pocked intro. The camera sweeps into Wembley Stadium on a collision course with the main scoreboard. Just before the imminent explosion, the screen bursts into life with the greatest footballing moments in a high octane cocktail of fast edits and thumping music, all in glorious WV.

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$ m g There's no disguising I'm one of FIFA's greatest fans, and as such I was quite Impressed with this CD version. The superb gameplay of the original is still there and tweaked to make it even more playable and the opposition are harder to beat now, but I was a tad disappointed that the extra play modes are hidden away — presumably so FIFA themselves didn't get annoyed. Still, CD fans baying for a decent soccer game should snap this up, enjoy the stunning FMV bits and gel ready for the footy game of a lifetime.

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No game would be complete without the hidden extras and FIFA CD more than covers this requirement. A vast array of hidden playing styles are pocked in, ranging from super kicks, that odd twenty five percent to your power, to crazy ball which makes the ball act like a rugby ball. If you're having probs with Identical to the tail with Ike bonus some of the tougher matches, call up the dream team who r oil NW hove never lost a match. More i details of the t hidden stuff in A Tips in the P near H As simple and accessible es the future,

I was absolutely bowled over by the original version of FIFA, but I was even more gobsmacked by the tweaked up CD. The graphics are faithful to the original, and the M I / Is a winner. Even in fuzz-o-vision, the Images had great impact. What did it for me, though, was the sound. The crowd reacted instantaneously to an incident on the field. Although identical to the cart in terms of gameplay, the loading can be a e, especially as it has to re-load at half-time. But these rely minor niggles and this is a blimmin' excellent you have a Mega CD and didn't buy the original go buy it now!

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A b Modern Chess developed r of ancient board games out from Indo-Europe, some of i which had been played before e Christ was born. Probably as a f result of the Crusades, Chess h became a fashionable pastime iof the Mediaeval nobility. Since s then, the game played on the t64 square chequerboard with o 32 military characters has been unflaggingly popular, helped r along by personalities like y Kasparov, Fischer, Barbra o Dickson and klaine Paige from f the popular hit musical.

C Someone at the Software h Toolworks must have spotted e the parallels with George s Lucas S ta r Wars saga: two s sides, good and evil, big ba ttles: and thought it ripe for conP version for the first Mega-CD t chess game.

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At heart the computer plays a workable, if uninspiring game of chess, if you really care to know.

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The use of Star Wars heroes as pieces is novel enough, and the assorted animations are both funny and well animated. At the end of the day, though, the humour is very shortlived, leaving nothing but a fancy-looking but no frills chess game. Granted, it's the playability that counts at the end of the day, but chess is chess and that makes the licence rather pointless really...

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Oh deary, deary me. Andrefti Racing is such a Virtua wannabe, that it makes playing it all the more painful. It all looks so natl.

Once again, it's a terminal case of all options and no gameplay. Three different racing styles, more like three equally drab and ugly excuses for steering a sadly drawn main sprite around a course. Steer well r of this oil slick on the track of race

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Claire's - Hey, my formula 12, turbocharged, height-adjustable chair is losing power. We 'd be tter be pit-stop bound to take a look at the latest from Electronic Arts, Mario Andrelti Racing. Billed as a racing game built on realism, with three different types of car, Andretti Racing is looking for pole position on the starting grid as the race begins.

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Oh come on EA, what are you playat? did piece of pap to 'slip through the net?

Awful graphics, dreadful sound, dull gameplay, crap controls and a fun factor of zilch ore the nicest things I can think of to say about this dire excuse for a game.

Enough said methinks. Oh, except, don't buy it.

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Nonetheless, I shall prod. Why has Sonic 3 only got 6 levels? This would be fine if there were three acts in each, like Sonic 1, but, no, only two acts — when Sonic 2 hod eleven levels! By studying the evidence (the level select helped) and a guess. I can now conclude that Sonic 3 hod nine levels, and three them were pod (Sandopolis, room •, alley, and 7Flying Battery).

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Today I bought you a Captain Scarlet jumper to keep the chill from your chest when winter comes around. As I've always said, please give up your job at MEAN MACHINES SEGA, it's just not suitoble. Why don't you work for something nice like the Beano or Dandy? Oh, and while I remember, why did you wet the bed lost night and not tell me?

Bad Yob! Mummy.

YOB:Ah Mother, thanks for the letter. I'm pleased to say that your pills hove arrived, and I've managed to get you Into that nice old peoples' home at Cromwell Rood. I've put wheels on your zimmer to help you cross the busy motorway more easily, and I enclose a firework to stick into your cracksy for a little extra boost. Now sod off and pop your clogs you old crone, so I can spend the inheritance I found on top of the wardrobe. Luv Yob.

Dear King Yob I am engrossed in Yobland. I love your vain and egotistical replies which gracefully take the rip out of porfedly cute and innocent let.

like to soy that people like myself do find the yobbed ono funny and my house is full of laughter, chuckling, and guffawing when I perceive these excellent pages.

So perhaps Mrs Neurosis should have thought before she wrote such a load of rubbish. Please don't take any notice of people whose numbers of brain cells don't even reach double figures.

Motty Whyord, Nottingham.

YOB:My, worried mothers are the source of such amusement. After all, there's so much for them to worry about: kids not drinking bleach, ram-raiding dashes around Tescos, and forgetting discount vouchers. With all those little worries, I'm surprised they have time to read the mag. Oops. I've accidentally engaged sexist mode...

A No time for Iteastie, as Belle digs tee latest N M Thanks to Steven fasten for this offering. tars And I love those very appropriate titles you give to the letters like 'Chocolate Factory and 'Almond Slice'. They make me realty laugh I was wondering if there is a Yob Club that I could join. I wish people wouldn't keep writing against you when they fully know you're the best thing since cabinets with wheels I gather that you don't get much fan-mail, so I'm hoping to start a trend here. I love your spiky blonde hair and your shiny Esther Rontzen teeth_ In fact I'm getting mine done like yours. Oh, I could go on forever, but I won't. I hope you insult me so that I con feed my masochistic tendencies.

Osman Yosin, London.

YOB:Yes, you can join the Yobland Club. Just send all your money and possessions to the editorial address and within twenty-eight years you

Dear Yob Would you please tell me if my Megodrive gome ore crap because my friend, who is a prat, says they ore rubbish.These are my games: Toejam and Earl 2, Sensi Soccer, World Carmen San Diego, Monoco GPI, Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Revenge of Shinobi, Mortal Kombot, Alien Storm, Super Thunderblade, and

be a fully-fledged member of C.O.N.Y.E.R — Cash Or Now Yob Exposes Rear. As for getting your teeth done like mine: don't bother, a face like yours wasn't made for smiling. I hear that the rest of the Yasin family went out to get a newspaper. Don't you think two years has been a long time just for a copy of the Mirror?

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Dear Yob After reading the letter in the July issue of MEAN MACHINES SEGA from a 'worried mother', Mrs H Kynaston, I felt I hod to write to you. This sod, neurotic woman fails to see that she doesn't have to buy or even read the magazine, therefore avoiding your 'foul-mouthed insults' I would

Hockey. Tell him that he is talking crap as usuol. You are totally ace Yob. You should have your own magazine called MEAN MACHINES SEGA Yob's Style. You would kill all the other magazines. You should have a game

made with you as the hero. Sonic would be kidnapped by Nintendo (boo) and Yob will go to his rescue, He would kill enemies by yelling replies to cock letters. The special attack would be a megaphone Please send me your autograph as I am your biggest fan. Keep up the good work and ask for a pay rise.

Christopher Stewart Glasgow.

YOB:Why can't you do it yourself, you've got a brain haven't you? Actually, ludging by the letter, probably not.

Just because your mate says 'so and so' is crap, doesn't mean he's right. Blimey, does that mean if you soy his Nintendo's a heap of pigeon pap, he'll write into NMS and slag you off! If your games bother him so much, tell him to sod off, and in the meantime do the some thing yourself. I hear Croatia is nice at this time of year.

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game is too easy or too hard. It doesn't matter if a game's too easy, it con still be more fun than a difficult game. As they soy a fantastic shod journey can be better than a long tedious one!

2. Do you get the obsolutely fabulous magazine, Hyper, in England?

3- In your review on Gauntlet 4, Rich said that it was a great team game Bulldustl Whenever I play with my friends all we do is fight, my friends always nick the potions.

4. Why do the English use the word 'brill'?

Dear Yob 5. How much do those cool I gave this letter to my Dad to Kinder Surprise eggs cost? post in London as he's going there soon to attend a confer6. My British friend said that you ence. I'm an Australian, I was can get better things than Kinder born here, I live here and like it.

Surprises called Tombolos, is this true?

I'd like to know a lot more about Britain because I was too young Andrew Quay, ACT, Australia. to remember it when I first visitYOB:This is 1381A territory and should be left to that bozo ed. Do you know that it takes two months for MEAN MACHINES to Merrett, but d o what I can arrive here? Anyhow I hove some seeing as he can barely work out which end of a pen to use. questions.

1. Yeah, but would you pay 1. How come you are never satforty quid to travel a two-mile isfied with a game's difficulty? journey? 2. No, is It a sheepYou always complain that the shearing mog? Or V l e Barak°, or not to worse? 3. Yes, that's Illorake?” is that Andrew because you're Savage'squestion? all related to dodgy characters England exported a few centuries back. 4. Because It's better than saying 'ripper' or 'bonzer'. 5. What am I? The Ambassador from the Ferrero Rocher ad? 6. Yes. They're full of old people holding dirty green raffle tickets hoping to win a joint of Pork to see them through the week.

my answers so much, why bother writing? I'm surprised I've managed to insult you. I imagine turning the light on at night is enough to give you a nasty fright and make you fill your trousers. Incidentally, that would explain the smell emanating from Wrexham.

That and the pathetic fool) ,team you've got there...

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r Yob make me sick, you pathetic excuse for o smelly, burned, turd stained piece of rectum pubic hair, I can't stand you, you smelly baboon's fart with a bad case of anal halitosis. You smelly, sweaty left testicle that has gone unwashed since the day it dropped. You incompetent, walking, vomit-stained, flea ridden carpet of a hideous failure in life, whose only sin was to hove led such a bogus childhood, being laughed at by one and all for being such a sad, shambling, ignoramic mockery. You're a disgrace to mankind, you festering, rancid, ugly, no-style, wit-lacking King of putrid. You cretinous, puerile, half-baked, armpit features, burst appendix face. You brainless, idiotic gimbold. I bet you smell worse than a skunk with terminal flatulence, you stupid git. You incompetent, sadistic letter-answerer whose feeble replies could be bettered by Mr Blobby, Your grasp of the English language is equal to that of a Japanese translator. You elderly piece of hippo cock that has been basking in the sun for too long.

What the hell do you get out of insulting poor defenceless ten year-olds? Does it give you some sort of sadomasochistic pleasure?

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Expect another letter Yob! — I'll be bock.

Darren Ellis (The Insultinator), Wrexham.

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Even Steve doesn't know the answer to that one, but when it comes to Sega stuff he's the cat's winnets. Put him to the test by putting your worries on paper and send them to: SITTING ON THE GRASS AND GETTING CRISSCROSS MARKS ON YOUR BUM M A , MEAN MACHINES SEGA, Priory Court, 30-32 Farringdon Lane, London.

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Dear Steve Could you please use your vast amount of k a g some questions for me .

1. I am going to America and I w want to buy some games for my .

Megadrive.

Will I be able to play ledge these games on my British t o Megadrive without a converter? a n s w 2.

There is a brilliant football e r management game on the Amiga called Premier Manager.

Do you know of any plans to convert this go e or any other

version of it to the Megodrive?

3. In your opinion what is the worst football game ever released on the Megodrive?

4. What do you think is the worst motor racing game on the Megodrive?

5. How good is Virtue Racing,

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mes actually cost to make?

Henry Beaudette, Barry .

STEVE:l. Older games, probably; more recent releases, no. 2. limeogineer have now shelved plans for Player Manager, so I'm afraid not. 3.

Pelt.. Without a doubt. 4. I remember really detesting Test Drive II. 5. Very good, and extremely promising. 6.

It varies, depending on whether the game's licensed, the number being made, etc.

The base level is in the region of E50,000 for cm original product.

M I C H A E L Dear Steve, I am writing to ask if you where, or how I could get a c of Beavis and Butthead for the Megadrive on American impo need on address so I con order copy. Also, will need o converter to ploy the gome?

Robert Lee, Hull.

STEVE:It's not out in the LIS

IFILLEro Dear Steve I'll tut the cock and not say anything like 'your mag's the best' and leave that to the two-bit fools who trouble your trousers.

Now down to the point(s).

1. Via the Megadrive 32, will the Mega-CO be abki to ploy CD videos?

2 Do you think 3D0 and Jaguar will succeed?

3. Will the Saturn have its own joypods, or N W & Megadrive's?

4. Do you read through ev cry letter you receive?

5. When will Monkey Island CD be officially released?

Chris Loveless STEVE:l. Not as stand it. It will, however, feature video-quality FMV — which is must better if you ask us, and will make the Mega-CDs FMV look even worse than it is. 2. The 3130 probably won't, and the Jaguar's lifespan is limited unless the software improves.

3. Its own. 4. Pretty much all, yeah. The really banal ones are best ignored. 5. Virgin have now tied up Lucasarts, so it should appear soon. .

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yet. It's out September time, and you'll need a converter.

Dear Steve Please could you answer these five questions for me.

1. Is it worth buying Barkley Shut p and Jam for the Megadrive if ve already got NBA Jam?

Why do Electronic Arts put yellow boxes on their carts? a Will there be another hensi

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4. What is tho bust racing game on the Megodrive, besides Virtue Racing?

16 people working on MMS, but now you only have 11?

Sion Bonett, Cardiff, STEVE:l. Not without a hell a lot of work. Even then, it's a messy 1 1 1 2 k ..

M y h i formers v e are Sonic 3, p l Dynamite a t Hieaddy, and Rocket Knight Adventures. 3.

Subterrania, Mega Turrican, Robe Vs Term, Biohazard, Cyborg Justice. 4. In time for

Streetfighter 2 have the Turbo

3, Is the Super NES version of

Editigz features? Namely, the spesiel move energy bars at the bottom of the screen and the new character Akuma.

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FIFA better than the l Megadrive's? b .

4, Which version do you prefer?

Chris Moore, Chelmsford, Essex.

is it anyagood? getting European release? If s o Jason i k Jarman, Brighton.

STEVE:l. Sadly, EA have scrapped it. A real pity, as it was looking stunning. 2. I'm with you on that one. 3. Yep, the Turbo mode has been hidden away in a special cheat fermi 4. Yes, Sunsoft will have it out in time for an October release. See our review for the full story (hello, and welcome to cliche corner...).

Dear Steve Please answer my questions 'cuz I love your meg.

1. Is it true that Sega have storied work on Streets of Rage 4?

James To/bot, Reading, Berks 4 1 1 1 k r see y W e don't share STEVE:l. Nope. 2. Ws a mar-i staff writers with NMS anymore, that's keting/ branding thong. 3. . here's an International ver-T sion out about now, but onlyh the teams have changed. 4. e Micro Machines, r e Dear Steve ' I would very much appreciate it if s you could answer these few n questions.

Dear St ar o OMabout to upgrocre to o 1. Whatever happened to Megodiive so can you answer w isometric game Aspect Warriors t these questions,

by Electronic Arts? I saw it pre.

1. Will an Amstrad O M 644 t viewed in December and it colour monitor work on a o looked pretty good.

Megadrive?

2. When I played Sonic 3 in the two-layer mode, I couldn't help 2. What ore the best platfoghic and shoot 'em ups on I but feel o little disappointed. The Megadrive? graphics were great, but it was 3,Con you list these fr I t o all over in the blink of on eye. I worst. Biohazard Battle, kept thinking bock to Sonic 2's Subterrania, Atomic Runner, two-player mode and although Mega Turricon, Robocop Vs. the graphics took a while to get used to, the gomeplay sod IO N hen is Theme coming longevity were much greater Towinotor, CyborgPork Justice, out?

Which two-player mode do you prefer?

5. Is Sim City looking good 6. How come you used to ha 3. Will the Megadrive Sum 2

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2. Is there any firm information, like screen shots?

3. Is there any news on Eternal Champions 2?

Phil Davies, Shrewsbury, Shropshire Yup, the Japanese division are busy on it now. 2.

Not yet. 3. Nope, but on enhanced Mego-CD version with six new chore i s on

:STEVE:l. Nope. 2. Noise.

Thank goodness. 3. Slightly, yes. 4. I hate to say it, but I prefer the Super NES version.

Mainly because it's more controllable.

FINGERS Dear Steve Please put your brain to good use and answer my questions. 1111 1. What is the favourite game in the office at the moment?

2. Which shoot 'em up do you think should buy out of the fol. lowinI : Subterrania, Gunstor Heroes, Jungle Strike, ore Urban Strike (when it's released)?

3. Are there any plans for the following: Sonic 4, Mutant League PGA, Ecco 2, Sonic Spinball 2, and Gunstair Heroes 2?

4 How highly r a t e omork's Fl ?

5. Are either ii W h i t e ' s Whirlwind Snooker or Micro Machines 2 worth getting?

Steven Lawson, Port Seton, Scotland.

STEVE:1. Mortal Kombat 2. 2.

Gunstor Heroes. 3. Yes, no (but what a great idea), yes, yes, and y e s 5. k Both ore looking very good. ,4.

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SCALES Dear Steve Please could you answer my questions.

1. Are EA going to bring out a Premier League Soccer game for the Megodrive?

2. Are there going to be any Likket gullies ail the Muyudtive?

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'REVIEW I N D E X

a barrage This Index is the key to a wealth of information. Firstly, some raw data: MEAN MACHINES SEGA reviewed 112 Megadrive titles and 32 Mega-CD titles between issues 11 and 22. Out of those Megadrive carts, only 25 were import titles; as were 9 of the MogoCD titles. This belies the idea that there's a huge pile of foreign Megadrive games not being released. As is shown later, the quality of import titles is consistently lower than official releases.

Our next finding is that MEAN MACHINES SEGA devotes around 6.6 pages of coverage a month to Mega-CD games reviews and a whopping 24 pages to Megadrive reviews. However, this is an average of the last year, and the peak issues of last autumn hide the general slowdown in Megadrive releases.

On quality, our findings may give some cause for alarm. Of the 112 reviewed, 19 Megadrive games (17%) scored 90% or above Or earned Megogame status. 28 (25%) scored between 80 and 90, 24% scored 70-80 as on overall rating. This means on impressive 66% of games corn. either fairly or highly recommended. But, look at this as a trend and you see a marked decline in games scoring over 80%, as a percentage of the games reviewed in the issue.

Actually, quality peaked in issue 11, with 78% of games reviewed passing the 80% threshold. This highwater mark declines in percentage terms with the big Christmas issue, but the actual amount of games scoring highly stays pretty constant. In 1994, we see the tally recover slightly, then crash away to almost nothing. Quality alert!

It con be partly explained away by companies keeping their best releases for Christmas, but that's a bit rough on Megadrive owners now. It's also a happier story for the Mega-CD. Despite grumbles about software quality, we find a higher percentage of good to excellent gamer — 80% score over 70%. Over the long term the story is even better, with 6 out of 8 CD games in the last three issues scoring 75% or over.

Mostly the Index is for your own personal convenience. Many of the games listed here will soon be bearing reduced stickers or finding themselves in budget ratings. The Index will help you locate them in back issues, for which there is a phone order number on the Editorial page. Happy hunting!

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MEGADRIVE WITH MEGA CD, For sale, Three ioypads. 7 games. and CDX Pro Cart, (Jap version) E200 phone James (0703) 270878 after 4pm MEGADRIVE GAMES, STREET Fighter 2 E40, NBA Jam E32, Olympic Gold E20. Wrestle War E15, Strider E16. Carmen Sandie90 £16, Desert Strike £20. Greendog £19, Joe Montana £16, NHLPA Hockey E20, Phelious E16, World Cup Italia 90 £10, 6 button loyead £15 Tel (0323) 505428.

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Hardly ever used or swap both for Gameboy with just Tetris. Tel Greg on (041) 883 1775.

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SOCIETYMARRIAGE ONROCKS Magazine editor Steve Merrett s marraige to supermodel Elle Macpherson was in tatters last night, when it transpired they ore not actually married at all In fact, their relationship hod been one long dream sequence, much like Bobby Ewing's in Dallas, some years ago. "When I found out is was all over, and Elle hod never really loved me at all, I was shattered," sobbed Steve, offering one explanation for the pile of tissues by his bed. Elle was unavailable f o r comment. St eve Merrett is 33. Al least.

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