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The world's most famous small mammal, probably, takes another step forward— and a few backward. MEANMACHINES is their to record the nest giant leap for hedgehog, and now echidna, kind.

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PAUL'STIPS 46 Pali is seal a sweetie, the love knell have already hol m flooding in. let's see if our languid!, love-struck youth con raise a quill and present some dreary tips,

MEANYOB 106 Praising letters, altiosive knees, leasing letters, moaning letters, sod hitters, trends letters. Tab has them all, usually hanging out of his back pocket and stuffed his underpants. Care to have a rifle?

Ws taken for granted eath month that these letters stand for 'Question and Answer' But Steve's little am. ner could be anything from Quite AVCir(Hie to Quertions Abrogation, or Quaint and Adorable.

MEGAMART 112 think of it as the car boot sale meets the Information Superhighway, it you will. All the advantages of home shopping without the chipped Charles and Di mugs and the smelly pensioners.

NEXTMONTH 98 Last maelles sped Nest Month page was shocking, by the simple losi that SONSCOOt actually spent more than two seconds producing it. Don't worry, it will never happen again.

MEGADRIVE EARTHWORMJIM 60 Dave Perry does it twin. Doesn't hi always. Earthworm Jim really does take

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DOUBLEDRAGON V 26 Another ezchosive? 'bind so.

This time Sony's new future-mystirol game-inspired movie-inspired fete de fight.

JELLYBOY30 One too many games of this =NI you might turn Fergus. Rubber infant platform fun.

MICKEYMANIA 34 No, Disney's star hasn't done a 'Liza M' and checked into some loony bin. We preview his new fabulous adventure, a tribute to his star-spangled showbiz career. Shucks!

ECCO2 MAXIMUMCARNAGE42 "Can he climb? Can he heck! Jumped off • wall mid broke Ids neck". But unlike the Spidermon of the schoolyard song, the star of Acclaines new beat 'em up is a feisty wall-climbing web machine.

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1 1 1There's 0 a lot of pes1 simism regarding the console 1 9 Industry at Ihe mo, p i t r.thievery DickMit p o rTom, head and Harry all-too keen to disi asl al fad in l to miss it waiting end. I hove but one mesi moansage r forn all these ing minnies: you're talk1 I'm. in a very ing crap. priviliged position where I get to1see 1 all the1latest releases ond machines first, 1 and from 1 this 1 handy vantage point, I can see a very 1 bright1 future indeed.

The Megodrive has loads more mileage in it, as the 1 1 Jim, likes1 of Earthworm MKII, and Mickey Mania 1and1the 32X is prove, quite simply stunning. If there1is one thing holding us back, it is these self some 1whingers 1 spouting on as if they were the most1informed 1 people on earth. Whether they like it or not, 0 video, games are here to stay and ore now as much 4 a part of our culture as videos and music I mean, if newspapers 4 1 are jumping on the bondwagon, they're not likely 1it if they 1 can't sell a to do few more issues are they?

1face it,1on hour or Let's two on SSF II or whatever takes 1your fancy . is as

good a way to pass the time as any a n d if your motes ore busy dismissing games as old hat, plonk 'em down in front of some of your faves, and just watch the results.

Video games are for from dead, so don't let anyone pronounce them so just yet.

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Remember we said we would be in Blackpool next month giving out free Sony gomesl Well we didl Actually, that's a lie, as the way the deadline of the issue has fallen, we're actually ELECTRONIC • 4.1 L I S M • P d a going up tomorrow. But Mystic Reg has already told us we had a fabulous time, and who are we to argue. After Gus slummed it alone in Brighton, Steve agreed to keep him company at Blackers, on the condition they stayed in a swank hotel, and spent the entire company profits in the Pleasure Beach (while pretending to be pursuing some 'reader interaction'). If you were lucky enough to profit by one of our prizes, congratulations. The rest of you suckers remember it pays to read MEAN MACHINES, and keep your eyes peeled.

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OZBROWNE Our resident Funkmersles, 01 certainly keeps the rest at the team incheck when it comes to grooving tunes. Oz didn't really get into the record buying scene until late,, and his first buy was Azurite Franklin's 'Who's looming who?' SiiIl to better hisgcrooning to the Lion , be an y t than hi n King soundtrack. h a s FAYEGAMES:Mortal Ameba' II, Allen 3 ANGUSSWAN Nam knowingly outstyled, Gus kicked off his trend setting horn day one with his recordcollection penuriously based on lap ol 'Double Detch' by Malcolm Mdkiree. But the truth will out, and after a heavy dose of anspitilsable gaming tensile (Pele), he finally resealedhis cool purchase wet not from his ownmoney. He'd received a free voucher with a new pair at Cloth's Commandos and traded it in. Actually, it's about time he bought some new shoes.

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LUCYHKAMAN It seems that our lacy kwesra the k r one console imrosionby picking out 'Toning Japanese' by The Vapours. At the team oge of 9, a trip to Woolies saw het cannilyNon to the bond's success. These days, it's not uncommon to witness the arrival ol Ms Hickman dad in a red silky kimono in readiness for the day ahead, armed with a lew raw fish tochomp on.

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STEVEISIERRETT It was a heart-wrenching moment for Steve as he revealed to the assembledcrowd that his firsi vinyl inquisition was i n the Kaftan', by B ARobertson (entool early Eighties scot musol. Steve teed to justify hit choice by inilormingus that it was BA who penned the highly esteemed 'Vegan' signature tune. Thus, thanks toO A, on entire nation of innocent IV viewers were given 30 seconds advanat warning to change channel.

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CLAIRE (CHATHAM) Under Claris demure loos& lurks a passion unknown to the test of the crew. For Claim is an undying LeoSayer fan, In fact, she is so dedicated to her pop idol, it almost 'nought tears to her eyes as she recollected the immortal mine& of buying her lint Leo 7". remember as a lass, hasslingme Mum and Dad to drive I village to boy the single aher'd seenhim onTOTE'.

He's gorgeous". And the single in question, 'When I Need You'. Aaarrghl FAYEGAMES:Bubble and Squeak, Earthworm Jim PAULBUTTON Bock in the heed, days of break dancing, Paul etimois he was a bit of a body popper. Reassuringly, he points out this activity never involvedpieces of lino outside the local Aida. Instead, a MOM pivote substitute was the kitchen Boot. wasn't the inconvenience ol not being able to gel near the fridge that annoyed his Mum, but the c ons ta nt r e pe titious be a ts of H e y

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Shown on these veryof pages are the first film stills to emerge from the Australian set of the new Street Fighter movie! With Jean-Claude Van Damme popping his pecs as Guile, and ably (?) assisted by Kylie Minogue as Cammy, our heroes are locked in battle against the eternally-evil M. Bison and his many minions. The film is set in present-day Shadaloo in South-East Asia, a place devastated after seven months of civil war. As the battle

escalates, the world is on the edge of global war as General M. Bison (played by Raul Julia — Gomez in The Addams Family) strengthens his evil cause by kidnapping a party of relief workers.

With the S20 billion he is demanding for their release, he plans to expand his army and drive through his plans for world domination. Having given the authorities 72 hours to concede, the world awaits its fate, In a last-ditch attempt to defeat Bison's plans, Colonel William F,

Guile is ordered to locate and infiltrate Bison's secret base, and free the hostages using whenever means he deems necessary.

Enrolling his intelligence officer, Cammy, and two fallen hero street fighters, Ken Masters and Ryu Hoshi, a plan is hatilied to infiltrate Bison's domain. As Guile's team is assembled, Global News' chief reporter, Chun-Li and her assistant, Honda, ore there to cover the story — although her innocent looks prove deceptive...

Guile's plan involves the team attempting to infiltrate the notorious Shadaloo Tong masterminded by known Bison consort, Viktor Sagas. As the plans comes together, we are promised more scraps than a bacon factory, and a host of other recognisable Street Fighter heroes as the plot unfolds. With a PG rating, Capcom ore hoping the film will hit the UK's silver screens in time for Christmas. It looks like it will be a Street Fighting new year...

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et is then assembled on ing some horrendous bosses. The multi-player a mosaic unleash-I game, on room, the other hand, is more arcade orientated, with the players collecting as many power-ups as possible in order to lay complex traps to kill their opponents. All the usual Bomberman goodies ore there, including multi bombs, the ability to kick bombs, and devices to extend their range. However, one rather neat new addition, are a series of cuddly kangaroos which effectively double Bomberman's lifespan and also allow him to jump, kick blocks, and run faster.

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More gossipy goings-on within the Sego scene..

Let's start with that fantastic (ahem) ITV show Scavengers.

Movie giants, Fox, are currently showing immense interest in the video game scene. Amongst the likes of Alien 4 and The Pogemoster, they were also contemplating a game based on Scavengers. However, the programme hasn't exactly set the world alight (con you imagine an ex-Blue Peter presenter as a hard-edge space marine?) and the game is a non-storter.

Namcco are busy building up a healthy Sego catalogue, and their first two releases — are Starblode for the MegaCD and Poc-Atiock 2 both— hove been snooped up by Sego. The former is looking very nice indeed, and the second takes the basic format of the Tetris, adopting it to the rotund smiling one's character. Also, watch these pages for news of Secret Forces from Core. To look forward to, methinks...

Without being too disconsolate, I'm afraid it has been a bit of a slack month for good news, with even more games falling by the wayside.Virgin have scrapped plans for the Megodrive and Mega-CD versions of Demolition Man (the latter of which would have featured speciallyfilmed animations of both Sly and Wesley), and the weird death-on-ice, Dino Blades is also a Megadrive Dodo.

We've also heard from a little birdie which tells us that Elite may not be heading for the Megadrive either. And Core's plans for Heimdall II on the Mega-CD have died, too Ah well, we'll end on a lighter note with news of a new, totally original footy game for the Mega-CD, courtesy of Hudsonsoft The Japanese heroes are busy writing a footy game featuring all manner of digitised footage and using a Sensistyle overhead view. Probe

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40 N E W G A M E 40 B Y S E G A 4. MEG A D R IVE a l Always one to lump on the new machine bandwagon, Core Design are aiming to bring all the thrills, spills and silly trousers to the 32X and Saturn as they unveil Tee-Off, an ultrarealistic golf game. Using real

maps for the courses, and a mixture of vectors and bitmops for the courses, Core aim to make Tee-Off the 32bit golfing benchmark As of yet, the gam*I . only exists as one short hole, with the Saturn version looking considerably more detailed with more backdrops and ground detail. However, we know you're all excited obout new 32bit gomes, so here's a real, live screen shot to tide you over until the full preview appears. s i ji.

He's big, he's tough, we've seen him in the buff. O r something. Anyway, it's the Punisher, he's very, very hard and he's coming to a Megadrive near you soon so be very, very frightened.

He's not your run of the mill superhero — he doesn't wear tights,

IINGINGETINTOARAGE Already being touted as 1995's answer to MKII, Primal Rage is a rather smart coin-op starring a series of bottling dinosaurs — and Tengen ore rather pleased to announce they'll be converting it to assorted Sego systems late next year. Primal Rage is a oneon-one scroppothon, with the mighty beasts using their toils ond special moves to proceed to the next bout, with digitised animations giving the game a real B-movie look. Tengen are also overseeing the coin-op's production, so ore hoping to ensure the

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and he's got super-powerful weapons and combat skills.

Converted from the Capcom coin-op, The Punisher has our eponymous hero joining forces with another Marvel Comic marvel — Nick Fury — as they blast their way from here to kingdom come. Shoot first, ask questions loser, that's their motto. and they don't lust rely on the fantastic weaponry that's up for grabs, as they're pretty good with their bore hands. Looks good, more later.

00 N E W G A M E 00 B Y T E N G E N GO M E G A D R I V E resultant conversions ore as close as possible. There are no concrete detail regarding the game's release date or developers, but we'll be exclusively unveiling this monster of a beat 'em up as soon as there's something to see. v Not ye r average New Age Traveller,

00 N E W G A M E 40 B Y C A P C O M 40 M E G A D R I V E The Megamon games ore some of the best-selling console titles ever with over 2 million of them flying off the ioned, those mega Megaman games are coming to the Megadrive, courtesy of Capcom Although a European release has not yet been ' finalised, Megamon: The Wily Wars sounds like a corker. It's a compilation pack with . enhnnred versions at L t i m

MegaMan I, II and III pocked onto one cart. Capcom have spruced up the games in all departments and included a new bonus section and a l l bosses Gosh. More news when n e w we geld.

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According to the chaps at NC, the Mega-CD version is almost identical to the coin-op, with all the original's scaling and massive sprites surviving the transition. Samurai Shodown should be heading for a February release alongside a Mega-CD conversion of Fatal Fury Special, both of which we'll be investigating next issue.

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Once again, Probe are handling the programming chores, and it should be on almost identical conversion of the brilliant Gome Gear version, we'll have a full review in our very next issue, so we will.

Already lining up as one of 1995's blockbuster movies, Fox hove announced thety ore 41110 B Y F O X currently developing Megodrive, 32X and Saturn 4110 3 2 X games based on Die Hard 3.

As with Accloim's Alien ox will opt to combine the events of the came, with the player donning John Jond whittling away gangs lead by Alan Ill's bad geezer, Jeremy Irons. Details details have yet to be confirmed, but we believe set to pixelise Brucey (Willis, not Forsythe), g a very close eye on this indeed.

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In addition to Tee-Off, Core's plans for 32X domination now include conversions of both Sou!star and BC Racers. Both games are currently being expanded for the Sego plug-in, with Soulstar set to benefit from considerably faster 3D effects and a handful of new levels and bosses. Similarly, Core's plans for a 32X BC Racers will include a selection of new characters, the possibility of a splitscreen two-player mode, and extro courses and hazards. There's nowt to see of either conversion at the moment, but Core ore hoping for their dynamic duo to be ready for February next year.

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V I V iI a one-way t ' sI ticket to Boredom Contrail I haven't had a g on decent gome to play in i n d weeks. Only the likes of Socks g u This teetering pile of the Cot. o old pee s follows the story of President Clinton's cat and n t the antics that he allegedly ? r gets up to in the White T y What next? The House. h s Presidential Poo, which edetails e the knockabout hijinks of America's first log as it e wends its way through m Washington DC's sewage system?sAnd there's Clay t and Art of Fighting, ighter :•th o of which are fighting •mes b that pale into infinites, I dots when compared to e •od ol' Super Street Fighter o n •Currently on test over here is a rather interesting idea from New Leaf Technologies; it's called a FloshROM. Basically, you saunter down to your local major software retailer, buy yourself one of these and tell the kindly grinning geezer behind the counter what game you wont, Johnny Shop Boy then presses a couple of buttons and hey presto! You have your desired gome on the cartridge. Should you become bored witless of that game you con cruise bock down to the shop from whence it come, get the game erased and another one put on instead. And you can do this as many times as you like, Or, if you really like the game, keep it and buy another FloshROM cart. Software houses spend less on manufacturing zillions of cartridges and those savings can be passed onto you. This system is currently on test in a couple of US states, but if it's successful, it could change the way we buy games.

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Take Sonic, 'needlemouse' ( common or garden hedgehog, if you will). Not noted as the fastest or feistiest of animals in nature. In fact not even noted in Japan at all, since it's indigenous to Europe. After a stint with the Japanese imagemakers, the timid drinks-milk-from-saucersand-gets-flattened image was dropped in favour of being the world's fastest video games superhero. But after three Megodrive outings, the 'living dangerously' tag is getting a tad familiar. So the success of one spiky quadruped has evolved into another, Sonic's enemy turned mate, Knuckles.

Knuckles, for those who missed Sonic 3 early this year, is an Echidna. When that's at home (home being Australia, New Guinea and that general neck of the rainforest), an Echidna is a marsupial, a strange hedgehog-like mammal with spines, a long snout used to eat ants (its main diet), and an inquisitive nature. It's several times bigger than a hedgehog. But in the game, Knuckles is much the some size, pink instead of dirty brown, and doesn't eat any ants.

Sonic fans should not be misled into thinking that Knuckles is just another stunt friend in the way Tails seems to have been. The naive little fox seems to have suffered at the hands of Sego's fickle affections. He was 'in' for 2, 'out' for CD, played a supporting role in 3, and has had the bum's rush for Sonic and Knuckles, But in the latest game you can play specifically as Knuckles, and the character has impressive abilities of his own. In fact, he even seems to have an edge over Sonic in the 1 muscle department. Perhaps Sega haven't considered the ultimate nightmare — young Knuckles arrives as modest unknown co-star, then by his brilliant performance begins to take over the career of the established starlet, just like what happened to Bette Davis in 'All About Fur Echidna , 4? It could yet happen... ' K n u c k l e s t h e

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Sonic and Knuckles is a further example of Sego's taste for innovation in the last year, as o means of keeping garners' interest olive. After the SVP used in Virtual Racing, and the arrival of 24MEG carts, comes the plug-through connector on Sonic and Knuckles, allowing you to explore new effects on previous Sonic games.

The idea of the game being 'bockwordly compatible' goes back to Sonic 3, when there was a fair amount of confusion cis to three secret levels, plug-in carts and the like. At that time, rumours abounded of a deluxe Sonic 3 cart, supposedly of 32MEG size, which would feature an extended version of the game. Not surprisingly, this would have miffed the many Megadrive owners who could only afford the standard edition. Perhaps wisely, the idea never

You could be forgiven for losing the story with concern to Sonic, Robotnik and just how exactly Knuckles fits in. In '2', Tails and Sonic confronted Roboinik on the Sky Fortress, to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds of Moebius After successfully retrieving them, the pair escaped on their trusty bi-plane. Landing on a nearby tropical island, they find Roboinik has also escaped the wrecked fortress, and recruited Knuckles, by deception it turns out

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Sega are stressing the fact that Sonic and Knuckles is a stand-alone game in its own right, and not just an enhancement for previous Sonic games. Nevertheless, most potential buyers will anticipate the feature that allows you to plug in Sonic 2 and 3 and play as Knuckles, adding a whole new dimension to gameplay, by virtue of his special powers.

And another thing! With Sonic 3 specifically. the game opens up new levels in addition to those of the stand-alone game. The precise nature of these is not yet known_ Sadly no new levels are offered on the other two Sonic games.

After a scuffle, the emeralds ore lost throughout the island, and Sonic has to face both opponents, before defeating Robotnik in his airborne Death Egg contraption again. Now, the Sonic and Knuckles plot begins, as Robotnik's contraption falls to the island, settling on the crater of the volcano. The chaos emeralds ore once again lost- But on element of mystery surrounds the relationship of Sonic and Knuckles.

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Knuckles brings a new set of moves to Sonic gameplay, which changes the game scenario significantly. For example, playing the first level as Sonic requires the assistance of Knuckles at an important switch, which the Echidna can just bomb through himself. Played in conjunction-yeith Sonic 2 and 3, the extra powers will open up new areas of layout.

WHOM Hill The first zone, split into two stages, that soon make you realise the game isn't going to be a pushover. Grassy knolls, long-stemmed grasses and the bouncy, spotted toadstools that give the level its title and character.

The familiar Sonic runways are .-elsossow formed by larger than life foliage.

PARACHUTE Sail gently to terra firma on these redcap parachutes, allowing you to travel to inaccessible mid-air areas

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SAMPOLIS Ancient Egypt is the inspiration for this twopart zone, a rollicking and rather fast combination of sand-dancing, Indiana Jones-style rope-swinging and archeological exploring (part of the section takes place in Pyramid constructions). The dune and sunset parallax backdrops look stunning.

ELASTICSNARE A new feature, which must use some lovely inertia programming routines_ Passing this trap activates one or both bungee snares that hinder Sonic or Knuckles until they spin free.

ABSEILING Perhaps dangling is the best description for this feature, as neat animation shows Sonic spinning in three dimensions as he descends through the ruins.

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SPINBARS These were featured in Sonic 3's underwater zone, giving Sonic something to grip. Now they're revamped to appear in other zones, and Sonic now swings around them for extra momentum.

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It will not take long to notice that the Sonic and Knuckles 'engine' is the same as that of Sonic 3. The engine is the programming system used to piece the game together, and it produces the general graphical and aural presentation; gameplay feel; and style of the game. Re-using game engines is a common thing, EA do it regularly with their sports range updates. Sonic 3's engine was different to thot of one or two, being put togethet

by STI (Sonic Team). The size of sprites and backgrounds were noticeably increased, and levels were structured to have more height as well as larger width, making for more exploration. Sonic 3 also had a 'theme pork' feel, with various contraptions fitted into the londscape, which affected Sonic's control or gave o great burst of speed In all these elements. Sonic and Knuckles does look like a close relative of its predecessor, but this is not to say it's not on all-new game. Completely new scenery has been created, with more refinement and less chunkiness than Sonic 3, levels are all newly designed, and the contraptions ore all original, In many ways, creating something from an existing engine has allowed the programmers to make a better game. They can see the ports of Sonic 3 that players enjoyed and make more of them in Sonic and Knuckles, while stripping out sections that didn't work.

One obvious example of this is the save game mode. Much was made of Sonic 3 having multiple save positions, that allowed you to start from any level previously attained.

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LA ming been Home Alone twice, and currently Getting Even With Dad, Macoulciy Culkin is now preparing to enter the cartoon medium in Fox's Christmas biggie, The Page Master. Mac plays a wimpy kid by the name of Richard Tyler who is terrified of absolutely anything — we're talking about a kid who would wear body armour in a Baseball game.

The film's brief filmed prologue starts with Tyler returning one day from a day's simpering, only to be caught in a torrential downpour which escalates into a full-blown thunderstorm. Spotting a decrepit old library, he heads for it only to encounter the spooky Page Master of the title whose hooded appearance sends our unlikely hero scuttling for cover.

Retreating as fast as possible, Mac stumbles down a set of stairs only to find himself coming to in a world made up entirely of cartoons and nursery rhyme characters and where Mecca's three animated allies are voiced by the likes of Whoopi Goldberg and Patrick Stewart.

With the film set to appear sometime in November courtesy of Fox, the Megadrive interpretation of Mac's adventures is coming from Sega themselves. With the film a rich source of animation ideas and characters, it fell to Croydonbased Probe to cram the film into a 16MEG cart. And this is what they've done...

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MOVING ON UP For the most part, Poge Master is a platformer, with the player guiding Richard as he runs, jumps, slides and destroys anything in his path with a well-timed bum-bounce or whatever weapon he's holding at the time. However, to odd a little spice to the proceedings, Probe hove included a 3D section which sees our hero riding a magic book to his next destination — with a scaling system akin to the Super NES's Mode 7 capabilities. The 3D section was added midway through the game's develop ment," said Tony. 'Originally, the plan was to keep it 100 percent platforms, but we felt it would be a nice touch.' So for, though, the only Megodrive game to use such a 3D system is Tengen's Lawnmower Man, so was it hard getting the scaling routines to work? "Noh, we just used the same programmed"

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"In the film, the Richard character must find a library ticket within each area in order to make it to the next. The whole film is set within the original library location, with Mac moving from scene to scene trying to get out via the book which acts as on exit, hopefully taking his mates with him.

As he progresses he gradually gains the courage he's never had, so he should emerge less of a coward," The gome's design was pretty much set out in concrete.

"We always wanted to write it as a platformer," Tony elaborates, "and the many locations in the game and the plotline of finding the ticket just fell into place perfectly, as did using an open book as an exit. All we did then was break the three worlds into 12 smoller sub-levels, using key loca-

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As Macco legs it from book to book, he encounters characters from on assortment of nursery thymes and childrens' classics.

Lilliputians from Gulliver's Travels leap out from Pan's pipes, Long John Silver makes an appearance, as do Doctor Jeckyll ond Mr Hyde, and there's even a 'Golden Brick Lone' which has nothing to do with the yellow one in The Wizard Of Oz, of course!

"The enemy sprites ore identical in movement to those of the film," offers Tony. "The Macaulay sprite itself uses over 200X0 frames of animation, and the rest have been copied and animated from the sheets we've had for reference from Fox themselves.' In terms of research materials. Fox hove helped Probe throughout the gome's lengthy development, and the game's ten animators hove hod numerous videos of the film's action as and when they become available. "They've been really great,' Tony affirms, 'they even let us adopt some of their characters and odd a few of our own to the game. They realised that we somehow had to make a game from their story, so were fairly easy-going.'

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PROGRESS 11111111 Williams' Double Dragon series is one of the big grossers in the game market — $350m in previous • sales, and games over almost every format. The phenomenon hit the Megadrive on instalment two, part three arrived last year and now part, er, five is up for preview. So what happened to four? We may put that in 'Great Unanswered Questions' in the future, but at the moment, five, ' V, or 'Oh no not more of the same old scrotums', is the matter in hand.

D ouble Dragon V differs from its walk 'n' thump predecessors by being a Streetfighter-mesque one-on-one beat 'em up. It also ties in neatly with a new 11 Double Dragon movie that was filmed last year, and is due for imminent release in the States, reaching these shores around Christmas.

Developed by Trodewest, he game uses the same characters as the film, and the same setting: a brooding Los Angeles in 2007.

The city has been devastated by the 'Mother of all Earthquakes', and as a result the populace are a bit on the stroppy side; looting, assaulting and pillaging type behaviour.

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In the games story mode, you play one of the three goodies, Billy and Jimmy Lee, or their pal, Blade. The heroes are set upon by the 'colourful street gongs each with their distinct mode of dress and behaviour.

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T he film follows of Billy and Jimmythe Leestory struggling to survive in terrifying New Angeles in 2007. The empire is ruled by the evil Kogo Shuko (Patrick) who kills Jimmy when he refuses to join his organisation.

Billy swears revenge and with the help of the beautiful Marion, infiltrates the dictator's H a But Marion gets kidnapped (quelle surprise) and Billy finds Shuko has token over his brother's body so the twins ore ultimately pitted against each other in a desperate battle of good versus evil, Patrick's role as the megalomaniacal Koga Shuko is something he relishes. He said: "This guys so vain and such a total megalomaniac, lust a powerhungry guy. He's got a destiny and he's got to fulfil it and what he's doing is right He's o fun

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Patrick has never actually played the Double Dragon game but at , he does have the T2 arcade machine of in his house. "That game was delivered to me the day the riots started in LA. It was surreal. Damn TV is going and they're burning down the city and there's me and my wife and

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I he would be the Megadrive equivalent to f Foot In The Grave's Richard Wilson. For years Jelly Boy and Mr Wilson have been hovering t around the edge of fame, but whilst Richard Wilson h found fame as Victor MeIdrew, Jelly Boy was left to e wallow in obscurity. s MEAN MACHINES first met up with the little pink t hero two years ago when Steve went to see how a the original Mortal Kombal was shaping up, and r the pair kept in touch ever since. During that lime, Jelly Boy was set to appear under the EA bono Sony hod on interest — he was even touted as ner, af possible game tie-in for Rowntrees, the people who P make Jelly Babies, and, even worse, as a Mr Blobby game! Thankfully, he was saved this fate r worse thon death, and after these plentiful flirtao tions with virtually every software house imaginb able, the Megadrive version will now be released e through Ocean as one of their first forays into the Sego ' market. s Why the fuss about what, to all intents and purposes looks like just another platformer? Because n it's not, that's why. Jelly Boy is a massive, sevene world epic with our rubbery hero morphing int dialat i w series of weapons as he fights off a selection of p extremely odd bad guys. Now, as the little wobbly wonder prepares to take his first l faltering steps into the Megodrive a world, it was only right that we t were there to most him. We're f good like that... o r •I m e r w A Please, no imi lokor tokam a s 0 T V Mmm, s want to got t bold of your a itio juin r apples, , , 4 0 7 11.111111

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MEAN MACHINES has had a long and eventful life which, through the years, has brought us into contact with some of the weirdest scenarios ever. We've had blue hedgehogs with attitude, clusters of balls fighting eoch other, and we're about to encounter a time-travelling Dolphin. Jelly Boy, however, has the most intricate scenario ever. "Originally, the game was going to be set within a theatre," says Probe's chief tester, Tim Brodstock, "ond Jelly was going to make his way through a series of plays and behind the scenes of each. But the games changed so much since then, that sort of fell by the wayside." Instead, the story starts in Swirley's Sweet emporium with a big vat of jelly being hit by lightning and giving life to our glutinous hero — a Rowntree's equivalent of Frankenstein! Anyway, to cut a long story short. Jelly Boy ants to escape the strange sweet shop, but needs access to a special lift. To goin access, six special objects must be collected and given to the lift operator.

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Not actually an ode to the great mouse , Methuselah, of Disney corp. Uber 1 r 4 T I arch-mascot F i z r 1rodent and star of countless (count sem) video games, but it nonetheless typifies the continuing enthusiasm of his following. Now Sony are ready to unleash another manic Megadrive Mickey extravaganza, his 'Timeless Adventures' no less.

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D espite the tried manytopretenders who hove displace him, Mickey Mouse's position os first and greatest cartoon hero is unassailable. The integral relationship between himself and Disney is unique in the entertainment media, unparalleled perhaps, until a certain Japanese corporation linked its destiny inextricably with that of a small hedgehog.

Before then by comparison, Mickey had been looking a little jaded. Like all great movie stars, he had become a bit of a recluse, taking few roles and his public were perhaps beginning to forget him. But the new media of video games presented him with fresh opportunities, and Mickey rose to them with aplomb (a bit like Joan Crawford gamely doing TV soaps after the Oscars dried up).

And Mickey has an advantage over those whippersnapper rivals He has a legacy, he has a history, and port of that history are some of the greatest and most innovative cartoon shorts of all time Having been brought up on a diet of Deputy Dawg, Tom and Jerry, Sylvester and Tweety ad infinitum intravenous cartoonery, we fail to appreciate the impact that early shorts like Steamboat Willy would have had on audiences well over half a century ago. At that time Mickey was the cutting edge Now that Mickey has been 'pensioned off' (this is his 66th year) it's time for that contribution to be recognised in tribute form, which is probably the best way of interpreting Mickey Mania. It's a playable nostalgia trip through his career highlights, and befitting his adventurous character, the game seems to attempt some innovative effects previously unseen on a Megadrive. For Mickey, no expense has been spared.

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GOOD TRAINCTION Mickey Mania falls into the long tradition of platform games on the Megadrive, but its looks, design and attention to detail put it in a higher bracket than some of the monstrosities we've seen pass by this year. That goes without saying, even before the game is ready to for a complete review, The standard of animation is particularly high, with thousands of frames expended on characters like Pluto, and the bosses (another high tradition of platforming respected here). Other 'little touches' show the evolution of colour in the early cartoons, hairlines across the 'film' of Steamboat Willy, and numerous cameo appearances.

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IV P R E V I E W At several points throughout the game you notice effects where the programmers have forced the Megadrive to work beyond its predictable spec. Many of these moments are cosmetic, but not to be unfair, some like the Moose hunt section are actually part of the gameplay. Highlights include: DEPTH Mickey hitches a ride on a crane, and you can't but notice how it changes perspective fluidly, appearing to swing in front of the screen.

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As well as objects, there ore puzzles. Mostly these ore simple, but often subtle. From the first chapter, where bells must be rung, through the chemicol experiment in the mod d lab, the brain must be engag Some pro lems might not even make the selves opporent, but solu• •••••*:•,. tions do.

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nia has been l o p e d H e r s Tal p ro g ra m m i n g team who h• r k e d closely with Sony and its sister company Psygnosis on previous platform projects like Shadow of the Beast, the unfortunate Dracula Megadrive game and Puggsy. Although Mickey is looking suitably Disney-esque, it also bears the ornate background and large sprite hallmarks of the developers.

Steve Riding, the Producer of the project explained how Travellers Tales provided all the sample code when Sony bid for the license for j Mickey 65th birthday game. It was their ability 1to work to what Steve calls an 'insane' deadline 1that put their seal on the project. They submitted the original pitch of a birthday tribute through a selection of Mickey's most memorable outings. The original plot, designed by Iwo ex-Sony playtesters, was refined as the game took shape.

Steve confirms Disney's well-known reputation for keeping tight control over their licensees. "Disney insisted that they provided and approved every frame of animation throughout the game, and also put forward ' their views on music and speech". However this wasn't a problem. "While initially we though that this would be a major pain," admits Riding, "in the end it proved to be a significant contribution to the high standard of the project".

Travellers Tales won't admit to more than a general influence from previous Mickey games, but Steve confesses to admiration for Dave iPerry's Aladdin, which he describes as a 'milestone within the computer game industry'.

Seeing it as a target he says: "I sincerely believe in Mickey Mania that we have gone one step further. We hove huge animati a u t h e n t i c Mickey speech and the most beautiful backdrops that I have ever seen in a console game'.

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It was a whole new style of game. n What could we call it, a swim 'em up?! And while t other inferior products emerging at the same h headed towards a watery grave, Ecco, with time its e highly atmospheric, utterly original gameplay caused mighty waves with the Megadriving pubo lic and became one of Sego's best-selling games r ever. Never ones to pass up the chance of milki a good thing, Sego are trying the same again ing g a sequel — Ecco II: The Tides of Time. with i From what we've seen so far, Ecco II looks like n being a true sequel, and boasts a whole new storyline and many, many new features, Coders a Novotrade have been given a huge 16MEG cart l play around with — twice the size of the origito E — enabling them to really go to town variety nal wise c on the graphics and gameplay front. In the first c adventure Ecco was pretty much confined to the but in this new offering, our smiley o ocean chum has defied the laws of science and can not t only breathe outside the sea but can take to the h skies and fly as well! He's also mastered the art of e morphing and regularly changes his shape to one D more suitable to his surroundings. o His new powers are courtesy of the storyline which again has Ecco doing good deeds and l righting wrongs at the bottom of the sea but this p has him moving forward in time and his time new h skills are all courtesy of the evolutionary process.

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G A M E TYPES N O O T There's none of that girl's blousery in Rampage, 1 though. Dr Grant has many more weapons at his PERCENT COMPLETE E M• U P sal and for from putting enemies to sleep, he sthem into oblivion in a variety of inventive 1111 1 1 gruesome ways. He's also much more versatile r is now able to ride dinosaurs arid Itu.kle rope • sand other such tomfoolery. Hurrah!

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Due to a bizarre scientific mishap, I am now communicating to you telepathically via the lifeless body once known as Oz Browne.

Yes that's right my friends, while busying away in my top secret tips research lab, an overload of tipping excitement blew up the experimental apparatus I was working on, sending me into the fifth dimension. Luckily my loyal assistant Blade placed my spirit form into an empty coke bottle until I can be rematerialised. But fear not my chums, the Mean Team have had a whip round to send me off to America where help lies in the hands of Dr Diablo-Sanchez.

There's a bit of a problem, though, as they've only managed to club together sixty-five new pence. Oh, and a felttip pen. As for now, my mind control of Oz's body will be my only means of contact with the outside world. Still it's not all bad, in my formless state I have the freedom of the ether to gather a crop of the finest tips and 4 6 MAI SEGA

Well this isn't technically a tip or a cheat, but a strange occurrence nevertheless. According to Daniel Lin from Leicester, you can make Sonic breakdance. To witness this strange event use the LEVEL SELECT cheat (MMS Issue 21) then RESET your Megodrive and hold A to activate the DEBUG mode. Go to any level and press A, B, and C and watch Sonic strut his funky thong!

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cheats to be found. But before I get the ball rolling, don't forget that you could be the proud owner of a shiny new cart by sending in your top tips and cheats to the following address:TOP OF THE TIPS, MEAN MACHINES SEGA MAGAZINE, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, EC11? 3AU.

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Remember the intro to the cartoon show? Remember the kid with the ginger hair who was the driver of the Pinkmobile? How on earth did he get his driving license? And how did he reach the pedals? Beats me_ But hence forth to the cheat 'lovingly' compiled by the omnipresent team of Mat Miller and Mick Herd from Oldham, Plug in both pads into the Megadrive, switch the little devil on, and hold A and C on pad one and B on pod two.

You should hear a crash after the Techmagik logo fades. During the game, if you PAUSE and press C. a cheat menu will materialise. Press LEFT or RIGHT to change the stage, B to make you invincible, and A to restore your health meter. Sadly, the tip doesn't improve the game's playability

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Following on from The fabola hidden characters incident of a couple of months back, comes the speech sample test courtesy of Poramdip Guru from Rochester in Kent.

1. Select YES to enter your initials.

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3. Hold down START and the corresponding button to hear the speech sample.

MOREREPTILEANTICS! And there's morel Julia C. Davy (Miss) from Virginia Water, Surrey quite rightly sets the record straight on the SubZero/Scorpion reptilian features cheat published in Issue 21, According to her there is a for easier way to achieve the some results, Select a character who can get to Reptile (ie. Rayden, Sub-Zero, or Johnny Cage), get the normal double flawless and fatality. When you come to Reptile, lose both rounds. Finally, when the continue box pops up, press START on pod two and all the characters highlighted by pod two will have that scaly old skin

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ROMP 11TERMINATOR WARPZONE The metal clad duo have become quite an item in the world of Tipstering Hardly o week goes by without some new location or other being discovered and rushed to me. This mo n th s instalment was penned by Graham Hope from Co. Durham, To get to the Warp Zone you need to find the toxic waste tank next to the step ladder in the Toxic Form_ Stand next to it and press UP N o w in the Secret Room, climb the chain just low enough to climb. Climb it and go right collecting the extra life. Find the three round objects

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_In11 '1\ 4 11 After months of waiting, Acclaim's conversion of Mortal kombot II is finally here — and managed to live up to all the hype surrounding its release. As such,many of you are probably busy twisting your joypads into every conceivable direction in order to pull off the Fatality, Babolity and Friendship finishing moves. If you're still struggling, fear not as Steve is here with the definitive list of moves to ensure your foes are well and truly finito. What's more we not only list the moves for the Megadrive game, but next month we'll be printing every Fatality within the brilliant Game Gear version, too-.

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PRE-MISSION BRIEFING 0 kay, listenyour up! The real keyfor to two success is in choosing team.

Look characters who can back each other up. That is to say, you don't want to be playing the Thug if the second player is the Scientist who's going to steal all of your power-ups and cash. So weigh up all of their attributes carefully before setting off. For the sake of this mission I will be taking the Navvie and the Gentleman into the battle zone. As for general rules: 1. Keep shooting at all times - you never know what you might hit by accident, 2. Take as much time as you need and keep going at a steady pace.

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4. If you come to a dead-end with no keys available, try everything from special attacks to plain blasting. It may be just a case of deactivating something.

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LEVELONE - THEBEGINNING This is your opportunity to get to grips with the characters and the terrain. But don't take things too easy as there are plenty of monsters to overcome. The general rules apply as before but, in particular, don't miss out on the cash, as you'll need it to buy extra lives and health.

potential hazards. Forward thinking pays dividends in this maze of mud pools and wooden bridges

BRIDGETOOFAR Byblasting the blue monster on the island, some cash appears. More importantly though, a small bridge materialises allowing you to cross and grab the other gold keys, opening a further bridge to more cash and k

KEYTOYOURHEART After grabbing the first Death Zone Token (INT), make sure you pick up the set of gold keys to the for right. A passage will open through the bushes uncovering a cache of food, cosh, and special power-ups

LEVELTWO - MUDRIVERS To avoid getting coughs in cross-fire remember some of the islands and peninsulas hove small outcrops from where you can reoch and destroy

WHICHWAY?

There are two choices of route when it comes to completing this level. By taking the route north you risk life and limb at the hands of the four-way launchers, but then the power-up rewards are greater. If you're low on health a for easier option is to the east as you can take out most of the opponents from the safety of another island.

LASTSTEP Only half a staircase? First go to the right and pocket the gold keys. Voila!

Up pops the entire flight of steps.

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Don't exit through the first portcullis if you've found the secret grotto of hidden powerups. Instead, head to the for left where the wall has opened giving access to the lost set of gold keys and the final node Activate the node and it's time to make a sharp exit through the gate morked B.

HIDDENPOWER-UPS Instead of continuing north after hitting the node, return to where you found the first set of silver keys and you'll find the gold set. As if by magic the wall to the left has gone, so follow the path to the bottom killing the beetles Pick up the set of gold keys, find the third statue

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LEVELTHREE - STEAM Now the pressure is starting to build right up to a good head of steam. Timing is essential for the release valves that shoot out life-threatening lets.

Now that's a bit of a give away, isn't it? Kill the big guy to the south and then hit the s w e CENTRALRESERVATION Don't forget to make your way l to the centre of the maze. The l wall may seem solid, but with t a quick blast you con claim the o map. c l LEVELTWO - TRAPS a It's time for yellow monster fun! These beasties take severi al hits before going down, so m keep a'shooting and a'moving a What's more, warp zones tend f to materialise before you hove u the chance to explore fully. l l h o u s e .

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SCALDING Ouch, that hurts! There's no way you can walk through the steam, instead you have to switch it off by blasting the tubing next to it.

ALLFOURONE Do you really need this cosh? If you pick it up, you're asking for trouble from its four youidiuns.

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It's decision time. There are several different routes to completion, but to grab the cash and power-ups try the left-hand corridor

WARPWALL You can't get to this node by normal means. To get to it, stand on the square tile and shoot the wall

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What! No way out with some bald goon lobbing bombs at you!

The only language he understands is the gun. When he's smoked, the door will open.

LEVELTHREE - REVERSE Things get a little crazy when the enemies turn out to be mirror images of your characters. You'd better be swift over this level.

LEVELFOUR - WAYOUT This is the last chance saloon for

Be quick getting into these rooms, as the only way to get in is by nabbing the purple nasties as they exit. Your best bet for power-ups is to head for the top right room first to find the keys.

ENTERTHETWILIGHT ZONE Walk into this wall and it's secret room ahoy! Grob all of the stuff and then stand on the circular tile in the bottom right corner to return.

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rests on its robot army and force fields. Deactivate the force fields by destroying the power supply either side. Take it step by step and keep grabbing those DZIs at the first opportunity.

NOEXIT! Now that's just fine You've mode your way up the hall of death ond now you can't get out! Of course you con. Walk south a tod until you find the pod. Shoot it.

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Well, troops, here we are at the final conflict, Avoid damage at all costs as the final onslaught takes oil you've got. The scenario is simple- the four generators powering the Engine's external force field must be destroyed before taking on the machine.

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The ether sizzles with plasma blasts l discharged from the hilts of the warring factions. l In a desperate bid to snatch the precious suit, i Psy-Crow vapourises the thief's craft, only to witt ness ethe suit's plummeting descent into the Earth's atmosphere. l Returning to Earth we find the crow in hot pursuit i of hisMpotential meal ticket. The pace quickens as the worm realises his dirt-munching days ore rapidE ly coming to a close. But what's this? There's a largeNboom overhead as something hurtles into view. IWith a crash and bang, the white object from aboveEcomes to a sudden standstill.The race is still W on, however, and the crow opens his beak in anticipation- of this tasty morsel.

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LICOPTERHEAD reps no need to worry if tm falls off a high ledge as his worm talents allow you to use his head as a helicopter, resulting in a soft landing.

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Now o cartoon wouldn't be a cartoon if it didn't hove bangs and crashes. All kinds of squeaks, poings, and thuds, punctuate the platforms of peril. And to give or Jim more personality, he shouts out cries of pain and glee. Groovy!

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DRAMATIC INTERLUDES There's never a dull moment when Jim's in town. Aside from his movements in motion, the team at Shiny hove included quirky tricks for Jim to perform when left idle From his operatic performance, to accidentally blasting his head to smithereens, Earthworm Jim's comedy capers are ceaseless.

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ORIGIN Accolade's tollow up to Bubsy, the 'interactive cartoon' that typifies many a Megadnve platform game.

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'm reporting for Nati m a April ! e2035. , My assignment is a rare entiew with Bubsy Bobcat, legendary riety video games entertainer in the last decade of the twentieth century. • Arriving early, I wait for him off-stage, as Me takes one more encore from the eager rowd. He shuffles off into the wings. pying me, he smiles, "Come to my dressing room, it'll be more comfortable to talk there".

He relaxes with a tipple and listens to my questions, about his early days as a video games star.

"Ahl I'm glad you asked me about that. I remember those early games with such fondness. I mode my debut with Accolade in 1993, with 'Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind'. It was fun to do, the sort of frothy platforrn-actioner that was popular with th youth of that time. I very much enjoyed the wisecracking role I had. But some said I ran too fast, and hit enemies off-screen too easily.

1 think we've sorted those problems out with th sequel Bubsy II — In the Amazatorium. I play myself again, but this time as the tour guide of fabulous building called the Amozatorium. It kind of 'Die-hard' video game for fluffy animals, i n g was set on thr , c h filled with horn n s , and lots of impossible leaps. I did all my own stunts, you knows.

At that, Mr Martin-Cruz, Bubsy's faithful time-served agent knocks on the dressing room door. The entertainer sighs wearily, puffs his makeup and bids me adieu.

U . . . ' • • • • GAMEAIM Make your way through 30 levels of the Amotatorium: jumping, shooting and playmg sub-games for points,

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's architectural w o n l u io b y eporcine terrorist Oinker P. Hamm. More unpredictable than Peppemmi A am o z aont chilli , powder, Oinker has turned all three floors of the Amozotorium into a death trap. The only hope h a s lies in mild-mannered janitor, Bubsy Bobcat. The building's three b einto two e wings, n east and west. Each wing has floors ore divided a series of five rooms, decorated distinctly in the style of the Amozatorium's five themes. By b o s l l m e t i c o l p e s , six wings of five rooms comes to a gr 1 of 301

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AERIAL Washes whiter? Who knows, but this airborne level is a departure from the rest of the game.

0 Oinker's minions take to the air in their mognifi- 4 . 4 ) cent flying machines: flying pedalloes, dirigibles and bi-planes. Luckily Bubsy is armed to his feline fangs with front-

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MEDIAEVAL In days of yore so the ale-song goes, Bubsy steps into the spurs of your knight errant, exploring the castles, pleasant woods and parapets of the Middle-aged untryside

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M E G A D R I V E ' R E V I E W If- -like its predecessor hos dark recesses on every levels! Walking into these shady door'ng a bit of a gamble. Some whisk you to another port of the same level, while albportals to three bizarre sub-games that give Bubsy a break from the left/right action.

FROGAPULT A shooting-gallery game played out over a target-filled pond. Catapult the hapless amphibians as they trundle into range.

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There are those who dismiss platformers as being too alike in content and action.

Certainly this is the case among many of today's offerings. Yet Bubsy has a certain edge over the rest of the competition, and that edge is called fun. Sure there are faults, some of them irritating - the scrolling coming to a sudden halt after a good sprint and the untimely deaths but the characterisation is so charming that these faults ore soon ignored.

Bubsy 2 is what a platform game should be. The levels are immense and stacked high with goodies, and the baddies are nicely stompable. This is not to say the sequel is a tired and traditional platformer, because innovation is present. The level select presentation is beautifully done, but I do. hove a problem with the experimental music section.

If it's platform bobcat action you're after, you can't go far wrong with this offering.

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ed • p s ' , shall we say, before. The most commonly employed is the 'Nerf Balizooka r b a l l fire-arm that proves most effective. Smart Bombs ore self-explanatory, while the portable hole allows him to make a Python-esque exit from any level. The diving suit is useful for water sports, and Bvbsy looks lovely in rubber.

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GRAPH! The original f -Bubsy was just about as frustrating a game as you could find on the Megadrive.

I –ifk A l t h o u g h the character was capable of speed, the game didn't allow you 1 pace, and 1to 1get up adeaths accidental were a constant hassle. The sequel has cleared up all the problems in the playability stakes — Bubsy is given a chance to show us his tricks.

Overall, this is a lot more Involved than the original, 'crammed' is the word I would use for 30-plus levels, three sub-games and a dual player mode.

There's a good variety in the graphics, and the stages are huge, much in the some Vein as Sonic 3.

Although it's enjoyable exploring and using the Items, I sometimes think quantity has taken precedence over quality, with some rather bland layouts.

That said, there's always some feature to crop up and surprise you. Bubsy L i g Isn't exceptional, but it is solidly entertaining, and if you liked the original, you'll be very satisfied with this

• One t ' p l a y e r game. Playing ,i s either the 'frie , f l i o n , the main character is ioined by a flying corn .

Working cooperatively, they can use banana shots to clear enemies out of the way.

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- inventive *tensed backgrounds, that work best on the Mediaeval and Musical wads • Soappy sprite-handling in places, and some colour dash.

SOUND Bubsy talks a lot A nice range 01 ' The experimental changingmusic system does not work well.

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LASTABILITY Aload ol levels, I and the subgames aren't to be sniffed al.

VIO0 many ecoro lives and credits than ate required.

Alot of development work. at the typically competitive Accolade price.

There is a lot of platform competition out there.

As Accolade put u b s y never u p ' with his selection of soundbites, quotes and quips, especially when he cops it. This is a bonus or on aggravation, depending on your comic taste.

Also, the programmers have attempted a system where the music changes mid-level to match the action. If not totally successful in practice, it is t on original idea.

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Athy sequel,even a fine am Filled with meaty chunks. Will bemostappreciated by the hatdcore01 platform addicts.

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Bubble: "Squeak, we need to have a man to fluffy animal chat."

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Bubble:"I'm afraid I have some bad news. You see all of our fluffy chums have been abducted in a evil plot to rid the world of, er... fluffy animals."

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Bubble: "Saddle up. It's time to go out there and kick some kidnapping butt!"

Sweeter than sugar-coated frosted Sugar Bombs, cuter than a whole mountain of pink fluffy teddy bears, two new and unlikely heroes grace our consoles in the guise of Bubble and Squeak. Bubble, the humanoid of the two and bearing an uncanny resemblance to Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes fame, has enlisted the help of his chum Squeak, the blue fluffy one. Together it's platform high iinks galore as they explore and help each other through the fondant iced-gem landscape. But this is no simple platform affair, as there's creepy crawlies and puzzles to boggle the mind.

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COMMENT On first sight of Bubble and Squeak I had that 'not another platform feeling'. But as soon as I got into the game, I realised that this was something new, something different.

Everything is highly polished, from the characters' animated mannerisms, to the control system. But this Is no veneer, because under the icing lies an extremely tough puzzler. The character interaction does take a while to get to used to and equires nerves of steel, but • nce mastered is very • layable. On a slight down, ide, the music is essentially he same throughout all the evels, and the backdrops lack variation. But these minor faults dwindle into, Insignificance when you consider its sheer size and number of levels. In a world of platform clones, I'd delinitely go for the cute option.

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HELPINGHAND What are chums for, if not to lend a hand when things get tough? He moy look blue, furry, and stupid, but Squeak is an essential part to the pair's success. Bubble can position his mote by calling him and then asking him to stay where he is. When in stationary mode, Squeak can perform a number of tricks including giving his baby-faced pal a rocket boost up to unreachable platforms.

Their acrobatics ore used to propel them jointly towards the exit pole on each level

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STARSIN THEIRPOCKETS*** Unlike most other platform heroes, the two friends don't have the use of a stomp attack. Instead, Bubble has on unlimited supply of shiny stars to lob at enemies, but poor old Squeak is weaponless. That is until he comes across a bubble gum machine.One chew on this magic bubble gum gives him the super power of being able to give Bubble a piggy-back, while at the some time annihilating enemies with death bubbles

GAME AIM Bubble and Squeak must walk together as a team over 45 larets release all of the impristmed animal prisoners and locate the exits.

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5 Home at last. Our two chums celebrate another A I fine level completion with a rtyhtto handshake.

3 Squeak can't jump, so these ramps allow Bubble to spinball him to the next platform.

I 'Don't worry rit catch you',said Squeak remembering Bubble's blue fluffy animal joke from yesterday.

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SULIGAME During their travels, the two chums must locate and collect submersible icons. On completion of the level they are transpulled init./ Ilia Uulius yunia, u Porodius -esque submarine blast "a m u p W i l t e h n u t f n r t h n ce -

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MEGADIRIVE REVIEW COMMENT Platform games are like wine, are they not?

Sometimes you gel something in a fancy shaped bottle that's pink, ever so fizzy, and ends up tasting like cat's pee. Likewise, you get some fancy platform games that promise much but offer little. And then you get unassuming little vintages like Bubble and Squeak. Behind the bland exterior is a rocket of a platform puzzler: full-bodied, subtle and bound to mature over time.

There's acres of satisfying gameplay, with strategy mixing with action in the same way as the much underrated James Pond 3.

It's very much like a Millennium game, but with clever additions, like the rising water level, which adds a frisson of panic to many of the later levels.

The assured presentation, crisp graphics and responsive control make this a Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, not a Country Manor. So light, subtle, so buy HI

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The absence of an on-screen timer may fool some into thinking this is a lackadaisical affair. Not so. a more original approach has been adopted with the water level that rises inexorably, threatening either of the characters left on the lower levels.

GRAPHICS Extvemely polished, with intricate mainsprite anima. lion.

The backgrounds are a bit on the scum side.

SOUND ---' tunes that bounce Jolly, feel-good 1 manenicely along, I' Not a great deal i ol variation in the 1 music or FX

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L sional world of the Second World, the Sorcerer Sett Ro o reigned supreme. Unsatisfied n with just one world at his comg mand, Sett decided he wanted a Earth to add to his collection. g With his latest genetic concoction, o Sett prepared to destroy the i Egyptian empire, placing him firmly on the throne. But n humanoid the heir to the t throne, Ahmet, escaped to h enlist the help of Leotsu, his grandfather. e In a momentous conflict, good triumphed over p evil, a exiling Sett to a life wrapped in bandages. r The year is 1994. Humanity a lived free from the threat of has Sett - for many fruitful years. But for d oil these years, the Beast has lurked in the shadows i stalking descendants of Ahmet. m Finally, having abducted the o Nezu, Beast can deliver a boy means for his master to return. n While on tour with his team in Tokyo, Shaq discovers a shop full of antiquities. This is no ordinory shop, for the owner tells Shoq of the danger that faces future generations, and being a bit of a hero Shaq jumps in to help. Quite how slaming a few dunks and being tall will help, though, we don't know...

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Delphine have done a superb lob on the movement and feel of the game.

The characters are animated using loads of frames and detail, giving a more substantial feel than Conrad in Flashback. The backdrops have been meticulously designed, and even change their colour palette if previously played.

But — and this is a huge BUT — the sprites are criminally small. And being so vertically challenged, the special moves can look rather pathetic. Similarly, • whilst on the subject of specials, this is pretty much all the gameplay consists of, and bouts are easily won by repeating a particular move. As such, battles between characters often seem a little hit or miss and never seem to feature the some skill necessary in the likes of MKII or SSF. A good effort, but Shag Fu loses out in the playability stakes slightly and is thus no real competition as MKII prepares to steal the throne.

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Shag certainly has been set a tough task, and to think he was only playing in a charity match in Tokyo. After leaving the shop, he finds himself in the Second World, consisting of three islands, each of which are split 4 into a series of smaller stages.

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Playability-wise, on its fastest speed Shag Fu really gets your juices flowing with its frenetic action, but the game relies too much on special moves — victory often coming by repeating one over and over — and comes across as quite wooden otherwise. There's a BIG programming flaw in the one-player game too — on EASY and NORMAL setting, you can beat any opponent by repeatedly pressing the B button.

Occasionally you might have to jump as well but such a fundamental weak spot in the CPU player's intelligence shouldn't have been allowed to slip through the net. Apart from these gripes though, it's a good and competent game in two-player mode but far from a classic.

DELPHINEMACHINE 1 . mers have now turned their hand to the beat 'em up genre.

R They hove used an advanced version of Rotoscoping to digitise the characters directly from full-costume to animated sprites. e a d nmoll& A m o d i o , . . o w n e d a n d r e s p ' eMethane gun for c an arm?

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Their mysterious captain, The Jester, invites you to play ball in a 3D fantasy sport arena.

Each of the sixteen fighters ore well equipped with athletic special attacks. An air of hysteria and menace surrounds the bizarre atmosphere of this strange ring, set aside for boll-on-ball combat. All laws of nature no longer seem to apply. Apart perhaps for one — survival of the fittest. The ball is in your court.

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F e w Fir:ARS' The setting to Ballz differs from other beat 'em ups, most noticeably in the arena, which extends in three dimensions.

As a result, the 0-pad is used exclusively to work around this circular fighting zone, which is viewed from a camera angle which changes subtly to catch the best view of the action. The combatants, as you can see, ore constructed from a dozen or so simple spheres, combined and animated into discernible characters The effect of depth is cleverly simulated by the spheres growing and shrinking as characters 'approach' the camera.

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Eight of the sixteen fighters are selectable by one or two players, the last eight being retained as 'boss' characters, much like the original Streetfighter II machine Each character has around eight to ten special moves. Would you believe a pile of little circles could produce characters as diverse and idiosyncratic as these?

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Bailz is an absorbing beat 'em up which is not only realistic to play (we're talking lots of little labs and combos here), but, more importantly, fun. The special moves are both good to look at and easy to pull off, nd the added bonus of 3D nds off this beautifully iginal slant on the beat em up genre perfectly — not to mention the brilliant action replay system. If I have one gripe it's that some of the moves connect when it looks like they

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C L O W I L I D O M I N AT I O N The fight's victor is entitled to control an instant replay detailing the entire lost round.

Amazingly, this can be rotated to be viewed from any point on the arena circumference, magnified, slowed down and speeded up, and even elevated to on overhead view. Also, during play, the monitors show pictures which often match your special attacks.

Divine's bottom spank is marked with a howling mouth, and Kronk's baseball bosh is followed by the appearance of a stadium.

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SOUND Fearsome, most muscular of the orb-people, but not when his little horn balls slip off his head.

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In play, many of moves are ingea their c nious t e and spectacular, bottom spanks and treerswinging i replacing bland s - fireballs and dragon old punches. I can predict that new players will be frustrated for a day, thinking the actual game is 'hit and hope', but learning the characters yields results.

Finding lab new attacks, like Boomer's self destruct lengthens the lifespan of BOW.. Play is fast but also fair, and skilled players can put in dazzling performances which are well worth watching on the replay system. The closest thing to Virtu° Fighter you will see on an unexpanded Megadrive, and a fob, fob game.

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A face A secret mission. A mission on which the future of humanity depends. It's a good job he's got some guns and stuff then, eh?

In Accolade's latest adventure the player is launched into a labyrinth of 3D perspective corridors packed full of aliens who want to pump you full of lead. As a Special Forces operative, on excellent sense of direction, the reflexes of a cat, (oh, and deep pockets to keep all of the stuff you find) ore essential qualifications.

The scenario covers 40 levels of labyrinthian mayhem, ranging from the smoky depths of the outpost's basement, to the final battle at a location no less grand than the alien's space station.

But beware if you have a nervous disposition, as you never know who lies in wait just around the next corner...

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At long last some fresh gameplayl Megadrive Owners have been kept waiting quite long enough for this game format to hit the stores. And I'm glad to say it's a pretty decent effort on Accolade's part. This is challenging stuff for the Megadrive, and rather than try to tart up the graphics, using loads of memory, they've concentrated on the gameplay. There's great atmosphere and a real sense of the unexpected.

Even when you think you've cleared a room, another little nasty jumps out of the woodwork, taking you completely by surprise. I was, however, a little perplexed as to the need

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In the fine tradition of Doom on the PC, Zero Toleronce also contains an option to link up two machines. Accolode have developed the cable that joins the two machines via the second joy port, relaying information about the other player's character. But beware, because in this mode there ore double the oliens and the some amount of power-ups, turning it into a alien blasting free-for-all. With both of the machines running independently, the choice is yours as to whether you team up or gn your own cc/p c ways, but as they say, two guns ore better than one unto

GAD.RI E R E V I E W I'm really quite surprised how good this is. We're conditioned to think the likes of Doom are possible only on big PCs, but Zero Tolerance, while lacking the refinement of that classic, still conveys a great 'hunt and kill' atmosphere. Tension builds up as you skim the corridors, the graphics moving with adequate speed and smoothness to keep the whole thing playable. Nice touches, like recoiling corpses and blood-smeared walls make it appeal more, although Zero Tolerance has a scrappiness of presentation which is most apparent in the link mode — a fantastic idea that is woefully underdeveloped. Cooperative play is great, but surely a duel option could have been added? Enough gripes, though, about one. of the few original gameplay options for Megadrive owners this year .

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seu begin your mission with nothing but your bare fists to stern the enemy tide_ But you ain't gonna get very for like that, are you? So before you get really stuck in, its absolutely essential to get tooled up. Scattered around the various locales are all manner of bulletspraying machinery, from the humble handgun to the mighty rocket launcher. It ain't all guns and glory though, as numerous obstodes hove to be tackled with equipment found during the adventure_

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T is also for triumph: winning through against all the odds. I is the signifying letter of tricky, also.

Difficult, demanding, challenging, aggravating. also stands for tennis. A royal game, steeped in heritage, and one with which the British have a love/hate relationship. This year we slumped to a new low: Britain's team slipped from the first division of the Davis Cup notions into a backwater of mini-African states and principalities. Chin up, though.

The skills we lock at tennis, we make up for with the top video games players in the world, who can get their laughing gear round this little number. e l e l l e e r •

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• (tap) SOFT SLICE • (held) HARD SLICK Slice shots travel high and deep into the opponent's court. The harder slice has more pace.

They are used to pass a central or net-placed opponent.

C (tap) LIGHT TOPSPIN • (looki) HARD TOPSPIN Topspin makes the ball travel low and fast, and also diffkult to return. A diagonal crosscourt topspin shot can be very hard to intercept.

MEGADRIVE REVIEW

TIL PENNI& EYERWUR

There are 32 pi t o pick from on the tour roster, all of them real players from post or present tennis circuit (who con forget McEnroe, Borg or Vitas Geruliatos?). But you'll search in vain for any big stars of the moment, apart from Henri Leconte, or indeed for any women The 32 encompass a wide range of skill levels, but the game gives you no impression of how they are ranked_

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G U S W hn e n the label revels in its authenticity and comprehensiveness, some of the omissions are glaring. Where is women's ten-% nis? Where are the stets I allowing you to work out the good from bad players?

Also, the programmers should be aware of the rul where a service strikes the net and travels over, bouncing within the service box. This should not be a fault. The game is a let down for other reasons. T players move limply, seeming to resist your efforts and their slow response to command ruins the game when rallies become brisk.

Easy opponents are not calibrated by any subtle lapses of skill — they basically don't bother going for the ball, whereas the good players play a tiresomely predictable net game.

There are alternatives which are more fun: Pete Sampras; and more realistic: Davis Cup Tour. EA Tennis, with its dalek speech and zombie-esque gameplay should be banished to court 14.

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COMMENT The Megadrive version was a flawed masterpiece, the Game Gear version's flaws don't seem to matter so much. It's cool. Sonic Spin boll is a classy outing on the Game Gear, the sort of stick in and burn out kind of game that makes a train journey a pleasure and a lunchtime fly by.

There ore only four tables, but you'll be struggling with the non-stop nature of the action. The tables even seem bigger, probably due to the screen's smaller area, but I've no real complaints.

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Fast, fun, and furious with a highly addictive edge. v The later levels lend to be on the difficult side.

j LASTABILITY COMMENT Game Gear owners wont good quality solid games that are fun on the move, and this is Sonic Spinball to P U L a tee. Whilst it may not have the panache and quirky features of the Megadrive version, it does have everything else. The impressive speeds and scrolling are dealt with very well by our 8-bit friend.

Similarly, the tables have been successfully trimmed and simplified to deal with the smaller screen, and all the humour and fun of the original version have been maintained. Admittedly the levels ore on the sparse side, but my feeling is that this is more in tune with the Game Gear anyway. Game

v As with its prude(SUM it stumbles la this department. It needs loads more levels.

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T he littleman. green keeper of was not o happy Aszoo custodian planet Mars' only zoo, he was fighting a losing battle. The Doleks were refusing to mote, the Cyberman hod a rusty codpiece (again), and the Mysterons had come down with sore throats. Besides, people didn't visit zoos anymore. They'd rather go to the cinema and watch rubbish like 'Invaders from Earth'. Something had to be done A new attraction hod to be found.

The 'keeper leafed through his book of rare earth creatures. Under 'Hairy Antipodeons' he spotted an interesting creature with bushy eyebrows and a menacing leer. But they already had a Rolf Harris somewhere... But there! A strange species with the promising title of 'Tazmanion Devil'. He would hove one of them, and from Mars there would be no escape...

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knife through butter. The sequel is quite a bit tougher, but tha t's cold comfort when a pla tform g a m e is as cold a nd calculated tha n this. Everything is set to a ppe a r in the same place.

Although you can whizz round the levels like a turbo-charged Testarossa, the sparse levels give the game the pace of a Reliant Robin. Graphically, it's still pretty, but not bre a thta k ingly so. A ra the r perfunctory release from Sega.

7177 SPIN MIGHT 0 ND manic spin attock has multiple uses. Foremostly, it's an attack moneouvre. Striking most martial's mid-spin defeats them, though some require several hits.

Secondly, the momentum from spinning allows Ica to climb walls, or even to defy gravity and travel across the ceiling_ Lastly, in areas of soft earth, the spin onabloc, Tot to bur r ow his way to

new locations. Spin also makes Toz faster and enables him to jump further,

The arigi nal Tazmani was a big hit becouse it offered a new sta dard of graphics on the Megadrive. Two years on, the 1 visual impact has gone, and although this sequel is harder, more inventive and

Toz's method of examination is digestion In other words, he'll eat everything he finds. Steer him towards useful objects like energygiving birthday cakes and credits, and away from bombs and dynamite. Other oral highlights include the 'box of rocks' and petrol can, which project stone missiles or fire from his mouth respectively.

ginal, it suffers from i ng old hat. Not only k t, but it's a bit of a chore ato play. You're forced to t think your way through t each stage, but once the strategy to complete it is in eplace, you can traverse le r els with your eyes closed. dOnly the bosses test your ereflexes. By no means bad, sTax 2 clearly lacks the pace of Sega titles like Gunstar i Heroes, Sonic 3 and other gplatforming greats. n e It's the Martian channel tunnel. But d sadly, this one is ahead of schedule! t h a n t h e

GRAPHICS Ascompetent a portroyal ol the cartoon chatoder as youcould hope to owed. Many nice hockgroundscenes. ',The lust level looks o bit tatty.

MI that pulpy fee Avery style musicsounds tam Seines. v This is the Nimeties.

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Toz encounters some Wonderland-esque potions in his travels. These alter his size, either enlarging or diminishing him for a short time, A tiny Tax can't collect items or kill enemies, but can fit in places normal Tax cannot. Just toke Big Tax on the rampage.

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Now, when you're a grown up, sometimes you long for burger, egg and chips, instead of l'escargots and Cajun guinea fowl. But does the same apply to games? Con the simple fare on offer from Sony's edutainment package interest the average reader of the big words that appear in MEAN MACHINES?

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Fun and Games is e v o i d of any sophistication. Each of its segments would have no interest for an adult. But I doubt Fun and Games is of much use to a child either. The games part of the deal is already catered for by hundreds of other more exciting Megadrive carts. The 'fun' sections are all much fun to do in real life with real materials (apart perhaps for the music section, the strongest of the four).

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AlMYPACKET The package covers four brood areas. These ore selected with a pointer on the options screen. You can pause at any time, ond use icons to exit a particular section.

Sint A bizarre inclusion, perhaps to add a balancing 'feminine' segment to match the 'male' games bit. It has two sections. Stylin' fun is basically dressing up a digitised dolly; Mix and Match is the old seaside game of making funny composite people out of a set of top, middle and bottom thirds.

Ohmy God! Freak eiedrkal charges have causedGus and Lucy to morph!

PAIN! A simple canvas and pen lob, with a row of icon tools like shape fill-in, symmetrical draw, and pre-prepared drawings which perform the same function as a colouring book.

WSW A simple, single stove music creation package, capable of producing short tunes with chords of up to three notes There are plenty of sampled animal and tinkling noises, and a selection of pre-written tunes, most of which you will recognise.

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The only defence from global destruction lies in the recovery of the treasures of Rule.

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es it the more depress" . i n g to see such an average platformer come from an already great product. The characters from the series have been reduced to bungling level leaping sprites with clumsy attacks. Any lasting appeal is found in the fact that it does have a certain air of the cartoon. But once again it's a case of shoddy programming resting on the laurels of a license.

confusing situations, or nalternatively to give you a lift back to the start of the level, where you can select another more suitable character to finish off the level,

ife .s ongs m o. t c -001 a l w Oh dear, mediocrity rules l -okay. I did actually enjoy o .

0 • P r this game for a little while n but although it's graphicalA s o r h ly sound it's miles too easy i at first, much too hard later d o n o • can only really m ATell rite where ss when you play as — al tthe Jewels las as the other characters • 4old 1 Men 1 1 C o oRule are are crap, there's absolutely for IIIgpull o your ' • nothing new here and even beard off — i at the cheapish price of whisker by lwhisker!

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Weare two. Great, isn't it? Two years ago,MEANMACHINESSEGAwas launchedwith the promise of being the biggest and bestmugcovering the format. Happily, we'vesucceeded, and the figuresshow it — we're the best selling Sega mug of all. We knowmany of youhave been loyal readers, and contributors. For you, and for otherswho want to catchup with history, and learn someREALLY behind thescenes stuff that was never meant to be told, join uson our nostalgia trip...

ISSUEONE The launch of MEAN MACHINES SEGA was presided over by Jaz Rignall and Richard Loodbetter.

They both knew they hod to get it right, and they were both cocking themselves. MEAN MACHINES was already two years old by that stage, and had been a wild success story. But with the launch of the Super NES, it wasn't practical to cover so many formats in such depth, so the decision to split was taken.

The Nintendo part of MEAN MACHINES become NMS, the world's first official console may.

MEAN MACHINES SEGA was to stay independent. This inevitably led to complaints from readers, who thought that NMS was

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'biased' and that both mogs slogged off each other! This was nonsense, since both mogs were written by the same pool of writers.

The Editorial team at that time looks massive, compored to today. Jaz had been with MEAN MACHINES from the start as Editor, and Richard had been his Deputy for a year. Oz, our faithful Art Editor had also been with the old Moon Machines from the start.

The reviewing was handled by Rodion Automatic and two whippersnapper staff writers, Paul Davies (who later moved to NMS) and Angus Swan. Incidentally, the Dep Ed of NMS was a guy caled Steve Merrett, but we don't know what hopened to him. Rad hod arrived a year previously, when his cheeky cartoons of the

team sent in to Yob hod led to a job offer from Jot. As he wasn't doing anything else', as he puts it, he accepted and MEAN MACHINES hod a Senior Staff Writer.

The Design and Production side were just as important.

Production Editor wos Andy McVittie, die-hard Northerner (now Editor of NMS) who was always talking about Parkin.

However, he did write very funny bits for the Editorial page. Oz was joined by Dave KelsoII, on ex-scooter boy and psycho-billy band member who had previously designed hot-air balloons. It should have been chaos...

NAUGHTY VMS The first issue, which featured Michelle Pfeiffer in block latex on the cover was a bit of a corker, it must be said. We never featured Michelle or rubber on the cover again, which I think is a bit of a shame. We also had a covermounted video, an unparalleled cover gift, which featured the most awaited game of 1992 — Sonic 2.

Inside we had loads of news for games which then took ages to appear (Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker, for example).

Review-wise. there wasn't much of note, apart from a really dreadful Smash TV conversion for the Master System, and a horrible spoof sports thing called Aquatic Games. The strange thing about that one was that everyone became addicted to it — even though it was poo — and would hove big tournaments.

SAT BELLS It was definitely the season to be merry as Crimble 1992 approached Issue 2 was dominated by Sonic 2 across all formats Both Paul Davies and Tom Guise (ex-Megatech now of Sega mug) weie ulmusi hospitulised by the game Paul for his delirious enthusiasm and Tom because he

borrowed the pre-production chips one night without telling anyone. Picture the scene when Paul Glancey, Megatech's Editor orrives in the morning to find probably the only set of Sonic 2 chips in the Western Hemisphere missing! Tom arrives late (not unusual) to get a mega drubbing. Ouch!

December saw Lucy join us as Deo Ed, after presiding over a mog called N-Force (now 'tragically' in that great newsagent-inthe-sky). And we were in the mood to party. Party One was the Sonic 2 bash held at Hamley's Metropolis. Abiding memories of this 'lavish launch' are: 1. Sneaking past the PR woman at the door who was like Edina out of Absolutely Fabulous 2. Oz getting Cathy Dennis' autograph ( -ping down the dumper) 3.

Diamond hosting chatlDominik ust a s s h e w a s s l i p -

'The first issuecover featured Michelle Pfieffer and black Latex.We never featured either again, which is a bit of a shame."

lenges and being ignored 4 .

Running out of food and drink someone using a megaphone t o tell people to back off from the remaining sausage rolls.

Then we held our own party: just 75,000 people at the Gamesmaster Live event. Held in Birmingham NEC (where they make Gladiators) it was a threeday event which left us utterly drained.

That Christmas issue was a 15 denier stocking filler. We led on Ecco the Dolphin, a huge exclusive on a game which blew Rich and Gus away A d d to +hot Wor l d

of Illusion, Mega-lo-Mania and Streets of Rage II, and it really was the golden ago of Megadrive software

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THENEW YEAR Asexpected, things were a little subdued after Christmas.

Because things were quiet on the games front, a silly controversy emerged at the time. Basically, some rival mogs (many of which ore now pushing up the daisies) were miffed that MEAN MACHINES were getting on so well with Sego, who were regularly inviting us round for tea and biscuits, exclusive reviews and previews, things of that ilk. This followed a policy that Sego enforced of not sending out preproduction copies of games for review.

Sega was worried about piracy ond chip copying, which had happened with Sonic 2. For a time, if you wanted to review a game, you hod to do it at Sego's headquarters. To be fair, this situation hod been imposed on Sega UK from overseas, and they

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did everything in their power to provide decent facilities for us lournos. They also NEVER tried to influence our independent reviews. However, various Editors, who were livid at our Christmas exclusives, tried to suggest we hod been 'bought'.

Rich scotched the tiresome rumour in his issue 5 editorial.

THE CRUELLEST MONTH As spring 1993 fell upon us, the big news was the Mega-CD, which Sega kept teasing us with release dates. The machine hod already been out in Japan for a year and a half, with not a great deal of success, so they were racking their brains on how to make it work here.

They marked the launch with

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F E AT U R E q the new Pirate TV' campaign — an inspired set of TV ads matched by a bizarre poster campaign. The skull and crossbones logo would become familiar for the rest of the year, along with the controversy surrounding one of its first games, Night Trap.

The game was a corny but enjoyable aliens-chasing-teenagers romp, but the fact it used digitised video sequences got some Tory MPs and 'family campaigners' in a storm. MEAN MACHINES of course took a more calm view, and defended the game on BBC and ITV. But we were to have our own holy roller debate with the emergence of Mrs Margaret Shelley, a mysterious, hysterical figure who wrote in to complain about the evil, satanic influence of games.

Next month's mailbag was filled with outrage from MEAN MACHINES readers, As Yob said: "Mrs Shelley has certainly stirred up a hornet's nest. Now she can sit on if . But little more has been heard from mod Shelley and her Campaign to ban video games since.

Further celebrity status come with a guest appearance by an emerging north London band, East 17, who came in to challenge the staff. Terry and Brian were good enough lads, but strangely kept big parkas and ski-hats on for the whole time they were at the office. They told us over a drink that they enjoyed 'the birds and the holidays' (they were about to go off to Hawaii).

Then their car come.

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The summer of 1993 was surprisingly fruitful for games: Shining Force, Cool Spot, X-Men, Land of Illusion and, of course, Jungle Strike rolled through the review process. MEAN MACHINES was also putting together its Turbo Tips video, which proved to be sheer torture for Paul and Gus (Rod had now left the may to work on NMS) At that time Rod, Gus, Paul ond Tom Guise were shipped off do some training in Peterborough. It was like going back to school for three days, making boring pencil marks in the margins of photocopies. The boys worried themselves with whether the company would pay

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their meals if they ordered a la carte and emptied the mini-bar, and just what exotic range of channels the cable TV offered.

BANANA SPLITZ The run up to Christmas 1993 was both exciting and stressful.

Mortal Kombat and Streetfighter II were slugging it out for the beat 'em up crown. Most other mags were beguiled by Acclaim's marketing, but we come down on the side of Streetfighter, and later on most admitted we were right. However, witness the recent rematch...

Rich had been disappearing for days on end with Jaz and the rumour was a new project. It became Sega Magazine, on ambitious new launch that would complement MEAN MACHINES and seal an official relationship with Sega.

All well and good, but what about back at the ranch! The MEAN MACHINES platoon had been reduced to just Lucy, Gus and Oz, as Paul Davies moved to NMS, Rich took Sego Mag, and Jaz announced a shock departure to move to California and work for Virgin Interactive.

Putting out the 148-poge Christmas issue under this pressure was taxing, but we were justly proud of the result, emblazoned with a world exclusive of Toejom and Eon 2, one of the best platformers of the year. And then, on the week before Christmas, Megatech was sold The decision was a shock and a surprise But a small readership, meant the team's talents could be used more profitably.

From the Editor's soot come Steve Merrett, who assumed Rich's old position, while Tom went to cause trouble at Sega Magazine. The new magazine was launched at a glittering do at a posh west London club (so glittering we had to wait in the pub next door eating cheese rolls and pasties while they got ready) It wos the cop off event of the year.

SINCETHEN The Cluistmas period ww bruising time for Sega and Nintendo, it transpired. A lot of people moved on from their jobs

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in the early part of the year Other mogs were being gloomy and snipy, printing . 1 ) 'Is the games boom over?' articles. Instead we chose to be upbeat — Konomi's awaited Castlevania game, Streets of Rage 111,4111 Sonic 3 and Virtue Racing with its SVP chip, showed that game development was very much alive.

And don't forget NBA Jam, which wos launched at a basketball party in a north London warehouse, where guest 'celebs' Bad Boys Inc, demonstrated they play basketball as well as they sing tie tragically).

But the first quarter of the year was also a time of mounting excitement surrounding the new 32-bit systems.

First the finished specs of the Saturn, and then the surprise announcement of Megadrive 32X. We were in on both, and we'll be there to cover this next generation, as MEAN MACHINES goes into its next two years. Stay with us.

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chill out, and enjoy the games.

We don't need this squabbling Nufl said? ion Beveridge, Hastings

I've just got time to answer a few of your snotty scumrags before pushing off for a few weeks in Benidorm, leaving the rest of the team to collapse with asthma in London. By the way, thanks whoever sent me the bogie collection — most tasty.

Before I go, I'll tell you about the new government bill I'm sponsoring as member for Birch'em and Hanghimhigh. It outlaws all those previo ly sneaky acts you thi you can get away wit — like leaving a log floating in a train karsi or forting under a continental quilt and waftin it up by lifting your legs. Sundry offences will be tried with the blanket punishment an enema delivered with a tent peg and sprayed with Impusle 'Avant Garde'. That one was dedicated to all you Silvkrin drinkers out there. If you've got anything for YOB, send it to BACK DOOR DEALINGS, YOB'S MAILBAG, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON EC1R 3AU.

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YOB:ls this lust me, or is this pretty irrelevent? All I can see are a few readers' pants filling with rusty water about something that doesn't have any relevence to the gameplay. I think the Japanese are a lot more relaxed about this. In their games, pubescent girlies regularly get the hots for little furry creatures and no one kicks up a stink about that.

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lilliCALS Dear Yob I expect you've hod billions of letters replying to Tanya's letter in Issue 22. Still I thought I'd write with my thoughts on her 'sexist and homophobic' complaints. I can't help but think 'does it reolly matter?'. I mean how many people actually buy games depending on who you rescue and how they dress? Video games ore there to be enjoyed, not as a platform for political arguments. Of course discrimination con creep in. For example Dee Jay in SSF 2 is just a stereotype Jamaican, always smiling, as if. But Tanya, how many game share storylines about killing the impending onslaught of Gay Rights activists?

Sego and Nintendo seem to be fair companies, but at the end of the day, they ore in business and wont to make money. So while homo sexuality is

still very much a minority, it's bound to take a back seat in games development. Not because developers ore fascist homophobic gits, but because right now the demand for gay heroes simply doesn't exist.

Anyway where does it suggest that Ryu and Chun-Li are actually straight?

What I really want to say is, sit

Dear Yob This isn't really a letter to you, but rather to all the employees of Mean Machines and Sega Mag. You people are always preaching to us about how terribly hard you work, and what a long and arduous task it is creating a mag If this is the case, then explain why you make references to 1Y programmes on in the middle of the day Cog. The Mighty Morphing Power Rangers). Also how do you test entries for the Vinyl Insult? I reckon you spend half of your time slouching, watching TV, and listening to music.

Bradley, Milton

YOB:The compulsory working day starts with Anne and Nick, A Country Practice and we try and catch that 'Scene' Schools' programme on sex education whenever it's on.

Funnily enough, we test the 'Vinyl insult' CDs on Gus' Multi-media Mac CD, log pants.

'WNWCONTROL Dear Yob I think your mog is completely fob. I think it is so good that you are worthy enough to give me a copy of Virtuo Racing.

Chris Datgliesh, Oundneshire

YOB:I'd rather reem a rodent, Senor, than geev you a free game.

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to be superceded in less than a year.

I believe this can best be described in a 'cryptic' sort of way. Let's imagine that 16Bit technology is based on the third step of a staircase, and that 32-bit technology is based on the sixth step.

Well what Sega are trying to do in order to bridge the gap, is take one step at a time, but ore charging the consumer substantial amounts of money for the privilege. Take the Mega-CD, not quite 32technology $ it?

Yet Sego They're omiale thoveyew readies review beak yet, YeHe of !Medd, Ne ? are prepared , to charge 0 7 0 • f o r a limited add-on. Now to climb the next step, another addon is on the way. This boasts 32bit technology, but not quite Dear Yob Saturn quality. What's more, to I'm a bit confused regarding the lure existing Mega-CD owners, number of different machines Sego claim this add-on will offer Sego ore releasing. Okay, there's VHS quality FMV. In contrast, the Saturn, Megodrive 32, Mors, Nintendo intend to progress to CDX, and God knows what else I beyond the sixth step with 64-bit know Sega are trying to take the technology without any 'ininitiative in bringing us the latest between' malarkey, and it only technology, but personally I think costs ENO. What are Sego playthey should set their sights on ing at? one machine. In doing so, they Christopher Quigley, Co Armagh could spend considerable time YOB:Are you this Chris developing the ultimate gomes Quigley from my old school? system, instead of releasing We called him 'Christi-flairs' pointless odd-ons that are going

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becau7of his sad cramplene lervear. You certainly sound the same.

Oh well, basically Sega owners have that horrible thing called choice.

They can have Megadrives, (cheaper) Mega-CDs and now a 32-bit upgrade without having to shell out the E500 the Saturn is expected to cost. How dreadful! I'm sure the majority would much rather sit waiting on a bent finger like you for machines that have no actual screenshots or even a finished design. It's a bit like choosing to go to Spain on holiday now, or sitting tight until flights to Venus become available.

FINNY SNOWS Dear Yob Oh, thank you Mr Yobl Thank you! You've brought immense joy to my existence yet again. You'd never believe how long I've waited for a Dr Who game, and along comes Mean Machines and announces that Sego ore working on one right this minute. Hurrah and huzzah for the worlds most intruiging magazine. Sego had better not mess it up, that's all.

Arid now, a highly amusing joke for your entertainment.

Captain Picard - 'What machine is that, Mr Wort?'".

Worf - it's got a needle and thread.. .It's a genuine Singer, Captainr.

Picard - 'Make it sew!"

Ha, ha, ha Good, eh?

Paul Johnson, Skegness

YOB:Terrible sorry, sir, but 'm going to Jove to escort you from the premises. Y'see, you're not very funny and there's been a few complaints from the other readers. Out you go mate! And don't bother comin' back!

PEN 7 Dear YobI 4 T Am I the only one on consoleworshipping Menet Z (arid Curth Vwell)Ewho thinks that the as

boxes for the new Meqadrive 32 are sod? They look like they're

odec a r c l b l e box artwork for Star Wars is just a couple of B-Wings and on explosion in orange technicolour Let's hope that the game ore better than the boxes And if the Megadrive 32 needs on additional power supply. Mega-CD owners will hove three of the socklihg things! Each one should really have its individual socket for safety. All of this and no Daytona. Tragic. By the way, A. Camel was right, you do look like Freddy Starr!

Head of Protoplasmic Research, Planet Z

YOB:It's Freddie Starr. And the box artwork you saw was the US version. Which no one else is giving a second thought to at the moment, probably because they have friends and no odour probems. It's the game I'm more concerned about. It's meant to be based on the Virtua Star Wars coin-op, which I completed In three credits!

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Dear Yob I felt I hod to put print-head to fan-fold to bring up a point which no-one seems to hove picked up on (or they're keeping quiet about it). This 'point' is that a great many software manufacturers keep releasing updated versions of their existing titles. A prime exampl e i3 EA with thei r

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of John Modden/Bill Walsh, EA Hockey, takers Celtics, Rood Rash, PGA Golf, etc. Now to add insult to injury they are adding five minutes of FMV to their titles and releasing them on CD! Quite honestly I don't mind the endless rehashes, but wouldn't it be a stonking exercise in public relations and common sense to give existing owners the chance to trade in their old cartridges? A game that springs to mind is Flashback. I bought it as soon as it came out on cart, and now, twelve months later they wont us to buy it again on CD with no extra game ond a few new FMV sequences thrown in. Surely most people will have a copy by now. The only people who won't have a copy will be new to Megodrivin', and if they've any sense, they'll buy the discounted cart after the release of the CD. Can you make any sense out of this situation?

Shaun Davies, Barnsley

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hove done. Are you ill or something?

Rik Balbooer, Derbyshire

YOB:Ws all down to EC Directive 154/Z2 which officially stated that people like myself and Viz magazine were "not to be as funny as they used to be". Now that I have to comply, I find it really hard to take the p " s out of twonks like you. Take your surname — you sound like a cross between a nutty log and a monkey's ass. But if I can't put down saddoes in Derbyshire, there's no hope really, is there?

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that is something we've mode clear in our reviews. CD versions are usually only for those who want to get the little extra benefit the Mega-CD offers, when they don't already have the original.

And the software companies get a little more exposure for their games, ich normally hove ry short shelf lives carts. It's mutually beneficial like that, but it should never replace original developments.

Dear Yob You're a pathetic drawing, whoever drew you should be strangled How you come to be in Mean Machines, God only knows! My colleagues and I feel that you need a new image, flat hair with a centre parting, and a nice frilly pink frock. Less of this dribble winge pop pip, time to get down to the nitty gritty. I know your secret. You ore a Nibletion baby.

If you don't admit it, I'll...er...um, make you sleep with my English teacher Mrs Hoggill Charlie Whizz-Pop, Chinng Wigle YOB:I am not a drawing! I am a free man!

I already wear silky lingerie — the stuff you sent me that smells of haddock. I feel wonderful when I wear it. I think of you...

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A Making pions for Nigel again. The nal-footed bete by Will '94,

Dear Yob Are you losing your touch? You don't insult people as much nowadoys. I don't think the 'worried' mother was very insulted by your John Major-esque answer. In the reply you should have called her a fat, old, grey, wrinkly, technophobic, old fashioned boll of fungi covered mucus. A few months back, you probably would

Dear Yob Oh the innocence of youth. And there I was, thinking that Guile was a mature sensible

sort of man who would never insult people when he could just as easily beat them up.

Obviously I was wrong. For tho benefit of Guile and other rnale3,

please let me explain my affection for Yob. Potato head?

Indeed, no, no. A firm jaw, and no nose, an attractive feature on a man. And a midget, you say?

Oh dear me, you poor misguided child. Ask any woman in the world if she finds Ronnie Corbett attractive, and she will answer, "Yes, Guile I do indeed," in a most fervent manner. Steel clad, don't all women love a man daring enough to sport the latest Paris catwalk fashions? Toll, blonde, and handsome is no longer what women want.

Overmoist lips and heavy brow is the man of the nineties. I enclose a match, do with it what you will.

It symbolises the flames of our passion. I live Yob! Helen, Rossendale

YOB:There seems to be some confusion over my height. I'm not one of the Ginster's men, though I do have a well-filled pasty. Thick set is the most accurate description for me.

But after her last letter, I have to tread very carefully where Helen's concerned, I got some stick from Yobena about it, and believe you me, you don't give that woman a pointed object if you can help it. But to for the match, anyway.

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More plop:11314, faster paced.

4. No. 5. No. a. E50-E60. 7.

Dear Sieve I have a few questions about the Megadrive 32.

1When will it be released?

2. Will it use J-Carts, or 4 Way Play adaptors?

3. Will it ins e the number of

Claire and Gus both got colours 4. Will iton im tv e teen? the sound quality? spanked bottoms. Claire, because she forgot to add p . Will it produce FMV, if so how, clipping paths; Gus, because ..., good will it be? he likes it.

6. What size will the carts be, eg 24-Bit, 32-Bit? 7. Who are producing the games for the system?

Alistair Meek, Burnham-on-Sea. Somerset Dear Steve STEVE:l. Nov e mb 2 . No. 3.

Please could you answejny Yes. 4. Yes. 5. Not o i t s own, questions for me as I've written but it Improves the Megain many times, but never had my CDs'. 6.16-32Megs. 7. Sega, letter printed in your brill mag.

Acclaim, Sony, Konami, 1. Will SSf 2 on the Megadrive Accolade etc. be the Turbo version?

2. Will a sequel to Dungeons and Dragons be released?

3. I heard a rumour of a 16-Bit

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I'm fair cheesed off this month when I hear that Pierce Brosnan is about to start filming the new Bond movie Goldeneye. It should have been me, shouldn't it? Never in the annals of magazine publishing has an editor ever looked so Bond-esque. I even wore a dinner suit to the last industry dinner. The compensation is that I and my assistant, Pussy Galore, are here in charge of the best Sega mag question and answer page around. And another (completely unrelated) space-filling thing. Why does Chris Evans think he can just jump the queue at Chessington or wherever, just because he's there with Rachel Tatton Brown? It's a bloody liberty, and one we won't forget when he's slipped down the slithery light entertainment dumper. Watch out for Gaby, mate. Send your calls for aid to THE VEGAS CHAPEL OF LOVE Q&A, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON EC1R 3AU

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4. Who are yo l o v e characters in SSF Dear Steve 2 and • MK 2?

P l e a s e answer my questions H W Yip, Landon ) 1 .

Is Virtue Racing Deluxe corn-0 STEVE:11. It's not, but a s e c r e t ' ing to the Megadrive 32, o r- - " Turbo mode is rumoured should I get Virtue Racing for the to be includ- Meg ad ri ve?

2. Will Operation Wolf and Operation 3. When should Knight Returns come t hon Rocket e

Sega Mouse, and if so, what Dear S t are they?

Oh e v grew e on 3. What mores Pete Plea e s Samaras better than Davis , , Cup, 'cos I didn't read the review?

4. Any more news on Whirlwind Snooker? arcad e of the psion 5. Being a bitwon ofc tri icnkgat nut, I was vet o ,n. if anything would be 2u n arrivirr on the •i : h e r e any S the Megocfrive? n a k e Meg9drive, Graham nAhaek e Gooch for example? r r 6. Why should I pay C150-odd o a i P M eP "

Dear Sieve I have o few questions that I desperately need answering.

1. How do you expecinere mortals like myself to affot'd (undoubtedly class) games like Virtue Racing, which are a Lemplelely unfeasible E70?

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Thunderbolt ever come out for the d r i v e ?

3 k n o w that two awesome rocin ' Megodrive 32, Are there ony othq ers planned? g OzaDownson,Kendoi, Cumbria m STEVE:l. I f you can wait, ge t eDeluxe. s 2. No. 3. Motocross, o which is alledgedly awesome. r e c o m i n Dear Steve g tCould you a n s w e r these o questions about MK 2? t1. Is it true that if you hold one of h the buttons for 30 seconds withe out getting hit, you will morph

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Is this true? • t 3. Is it true that there ' , m i l hidden characters? t4.r e e My friend said that he did a cheat where you con morph into anyone, .s this possible?

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STEVE 1. No. 2.

No. 3 . Yes. 4. If you play as Shang Isung.

ER improved versions for the Megadrive 32?

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Dear Steve

Dear Steve I nave a cov

about EA gonna' on tri.e %%waive. please put your vast •ntellverice to use ond answer thorn I. What has happened to the Aspect Warriors game said was due out in 2. Are EA anaging out Soo Hulk on the Iii(egoorrve?

3 Are EA OlOrl - J •othas.ossAles any 19 to do with t o Games Workshop? b r iJones. n gBuckley. Owyd Simon o u t been dumpe d. 2.

STEVE:l. It's No, be gorra h! 3. None a re slated for release.

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some own a Megadrive, n d / hove a 'h n tio s e u q /need k Sirn City be released a r Will the Megadrive?

2. n Will a s forMK 2?gore code be needed w e hng?

•rIs SOR 3 really worth geti n 4. Will any classic Megoarive g such as F/FA arid titles. ,

The reason I'm writing is that I have a few weird problems with the CD version Mortal Kombat.

1. During the game r e ore a few moments where there isle sort of 'click'

noise,

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2. Also there are short breaks in the game, ie. before and after the 'Finish Him' message.

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good pat o ss update l it . eas bilit y o f a F l P A

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he changes into another character, and during these interruptions he appears as a blur Could you please explain these 31er odd problems? ranck Dove, Schee, Beigium

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HENDRI) Dear Steve „.

Firstly, I want to congratulate you 9on your very nice magazine.

No • 1.AProbabiy l b a nnot. s .2.

STEVE: . 3 I f you're a big fa n of the series. 4. There's a

Mortal Komba t was found to have a hideous bug in the final c o n fr o n te tn . If your copy is one of those affected, I'd ge t in contact with Acclaim about it.

B E R -• 2. Is there going to be a version?

L -• 3.Icon How much will they cost? .4. Will we see Virtue Fighters I • _ in any format?

• Witicocks, Chesire OKaren • STEVE:l. Tragically, it's been Z te 2 Yeah. 3. Lots of dumped. money. . Only on Saturn. 32X (getscoits 4own robot fi ghting Dear Steve Please answer..

1 Wh e n *ill Demolition Man CD

game. m i n g o a t Dear? Steve

LIZA MINNELLI Put you( loof to goad use, stop lazing about in the sun, and answer irly questions.

1. Are share any plans for a mas-

sive role playing game for the Mega-CD, using all of its storage capacity?

2. I love the Outrun coin-opjWll it come out for the Megod r1 32?

3. Are there anymore Terminator games planned for any system?

4. Will Core-eior make a Thunderhawk 2 or something similar?

5. Is Chuck Rally any good? Is it better thon Mario Kart?

• Cohn Livingstone, St. Brelode.

Jersey STEVE:l. Lunar l i v e r Star is tha t very game a nd Shining Force CO. 2. Not the original.

3. No. 4. Battlecorps is sort of similar, 5. Too early to say. I t' now called BC Racer.

This bit is called the endpiece. Sounds a bit rude, doesn't it?

Flashing the word 'endpiece about the place could get a mag closed down.

Anyway, an endpiece is a bit of anomaly. A bit like your appendix, with no real function, but you can use it to say 'see ya next month', and swallowed chewing gum won't stick to it and kill you. Byeee!

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