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unimaginative it's all they tan come up with f or e YOB t i 92 Moll t l U recently went to Yob for a job ckscriee. tioo which tame both: Wag and k tapered, slightly flaky and pebbleu dashed with smoothens. Pool was dism gusted — Woody ever gels rabbit m droppings. e OLA 94 .

Why ore pale boxes red? Why do Elaywattit lihsimrers carry a red plastk 'Minim with them? Twe questions Steve will not be answering this month.

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REVIEWS JELLYBOY Se AI Me lel sad of the pow, E l i w k I N S I V E pl a s m gaols No. TEM arrives- Do bey! We love it, and Jetty Boy is wobably the coolest pink midget ever fmnd 'Wilde a patrol SAls.

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8CRACUt 72 Om ugh% otony vehicles. Core de their bit for the ettalmasment by recycling the •ywaildliog AD of lattlecorps and Tioundeshwah for BC Racer.

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COSMICCARNAGE74 Indeed a bloodbath — but whose reputetien is being taken to the abottaie?

ADVENTURESOFBATMAN ANDROBIN 26 The bat man and Alio batty boy.

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CORPSEKILLER 34 "Awa awry Gowwwdr, shrieks Bridget BMW In this II-movie ramble shoat 'em up, making Barbie look film an Wor d Doe and G a n s like Dame Maggie Saab.

POWERRANGERS 36 You just can't get the toys anywhere this Grisham,. Too Mortar/right, we torpedoed the freighter before it brought a tidal wave of trap to good sfd idigtrty. Get a life and get an Wien Men with eagle eyes.

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0 4is nowt but a emory of C over-eating and crap h films On the telly, whilst you r go r up for the i on laught that is New Ye r. It hassto be said thot 1994 has t been a bit of a duffmyear for so are, and a if it wo n't for the likes of s MKII and Bo berman, Ea hworm Jim there we e times when I wo dered if we were goi g to get any de ent games.

Th nkfully it only se ms to be a lull as the quality of the fo hcoming stuff is loo ing fantastic.

19 4 is certainly goi ng to be the year of t he Saturn, with so e corking stuff on its ay from Japan an UK developers bu y working on titles.

Ho ever, one of the big • est questions of 19 5 is that of the 32 • With the Saturn im inent for a UK rel ase (and we reckon ega will bring its rel •ase date forward), wh t will happen to the little plug-thru? I do 't know, but it'll be fun to watch. Anyway, 19 5 is also the year of t e MEAN CHINE, so join us for the ride, and ha py New Year from all he team.

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01 refused to join in at first, pleoding that he doesn't watch Many soaps. It was only when his secret fantasy was revealed that we realised why he'd tried to cover things up. 'I want to be Willy the dog from Eastenders," admitted our fiesty Art Ed thing I ' v e about older women you see, on account of their greater experia l w a y s ence and maturity, and rust the thought of snuggling up to hEthelois enough d to bring me out .n goosebumps." Yeah and athe rest of us, mate. Shudder

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Surly Northener Tracey Barlow gets the thumbs up less surly but more Northern Deo Ed "That way I could rust go upstairs and listen to my tapes instead of having to get involved in all the petty crises of Coronation Street life. And all ever have to soy would be 1 'ate you, you stupid cow' all the time Having said this. Gus popped lo the toilet, only to return fifteen years later looking compl•tely different.

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Claire's ambition to emulate Bet Lynch was never any secret i t's hor tough but opproachoble exteri• or, coupled with her more vulnerable side, which draws my admiration. She's a typical Lancastrian matriarchal icon with a heart of gold.' Sadly, all Cklire•s managed so for is an extensive collection of leopordskin print leggings, lurid stretch-fibre paalant blouses andgold in:wrings shaped like rolls of toilet

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A Damn, if Rod's childhood pit of Stuart Half showed the jocular northerner swigging a tan of bitter he'd have won a fortune.

Yes, you too can look a complete pri... er, prat. And win oodles of sash for your troubles.

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"I'd quite like to be Simon the nutter from Brookside opines our youthful writer of staves. 'That could save the entire MEAN MACHINES SEGA crew from ste' nal damnation by making them culate leaflets on th videogaming, boarding them up e ey a council house and then i grotty k incinerating them oil in a holy tism of fire." Paul has promised to go to the doctors more

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"What wos that? Socior said Rod nervously when we posed this month's question to him. Breathing a sigh of relief upon our clarification of the query the boy was rather more lothcoming. "When I grow up, I wont to be just like Steve, so it'd hove to be Frank Butcher - ex- of Eastenders - for me. I'd get to wonder round in a camelhair coal with hal o Dunhill hanging out of my mush calling everyone •sicsoogs and then trying to flog them dodgy 'molohs'. It's be great, gor lave a duck,'

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Assisted all your s — and, yes, including a gr F i g h t e r . The 'mate Bottle M. Bison' entures of Guile as he tries to go y to th daloo base. cks, Bison has kidnapped a load a i d e s and is holding m hostage to l t u n . e n t y billion dollars As o lost-ditch p i io i'wart his pla domination, Guile (cilong with Cammy and T. Hawk) is sent to infiltrate his base and finish for good. As he does so we are then introduced to investigative reporter Chun-Li Zang, her cameraman Ekilrog, and sound recordist E. Honda — oil of which are tracking Bison's movements with a hidden agenda. Similarly, Guile also recruits two dodgy opportunists, Ken and Ryu, after they fall foul of Bison's weapon supplier, Spirit, and his dose colleague, Vega.Don't ask us how, but along the way the film makers have managed to recreate every one the Super Street Fighter characters. In addition to the above, we ore shown how Blank° become all green (snigger, chortle), introduced to one Professor Dhalsim (who isn't the slight • est bit rubbery, but does go bald for some reason), and meet Bison's new cronies Dee-Joy und .

Zangief. In fact, the only character we don't remember seeing is Pei-Long, unless he was one thb army blokes who wasn't introduced. sof the game will no doubt be on the alert for all the expected special moves the gon •J• racters con pull off and, to on extent you won't be disappointed. Guile does a couple of somersault kicks, Ryu has a fireball (sort of), whilst Ken shows off his Dragon Punch and H hits Zongief with a hundred-hand slap — sadly, though Blanka doesn't electrocute anyone and Van-Damme never manages a sonic boom. However, the final fight between Bison and Guile features most of the evil General's moves, whilst the rest of the characters also manage to fit into their in-game clothes somewhere along the line.

•Basically, if you are a big fan of Street Fighter the game, this is well worth a look, •Although it gets a bit crowded with so many characters, it draws quite heavily • from the game both in terms of fighting and graphical touches and will hove ardent fans on the constant look-out for little touches here and there.

•Compared to other martial arts films it's a little bit corny at times and Von•Domme never quite gets it right as Guile. Still, ions of the game will no doubt •pee their pants over it, and that's reason enough e it.

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CASILIVANIA lift SATURN Costlevania fans rejoice, for Johnny Morris and his or mucker, Eric 00 B Y K O N A M I Lecarde, are about to make the leap to 4110 S A T U R N the Saturn.

Konami's Japanese coders are currently working on an as-yet unnamed Castlevania instalment which, we are told, makes the most of the Saturn's technology to create what could be the ultimate platfcwmer. The basic 'walk and stab' action is believed to remain intact, but the many bosses and foes our heroes encounter will be larger and more intricate. In other words, very little is known and we've told you what little we know.

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STEVE All credit to Copcom for getting loads of in-game visuals in there, but I would have liked a few more special moves to hove been on show. Not the best oction film I've seen, and laughably bad (especially Blanka) and corny in places, but a fair enough way to pass 90 minutes. 6/10 OZ Entertaining and with an action-packed ending, but I was disappointed that very few special moves were used. Kylie as Commy looked really good, and Chun-Li had some excellent kicks. However, not all the characters fought, and Dee-Jay was mode out to be a coward. 6/10 GUS Kylie raised a few sniggers from me for her crap acting, as did M•Bison's capeRapping antics. But there wasn't enough made of the game characters' special moves and it all looked a bit cheap 5/ 10 CLAIRE The film reminded me of an episode of The A-Team and the sets looked as cheap as the ones in Space 1999, And Kylie just looked like... well, Kylie. Apart from that, it was brilliant 6 / 1 0 PAUL From the peals of hysterical laughter erupting from the audience, anybody standing outside of the cinema would hove thought this was the funniest film in creation. One hundred percent pure pap, but unbelievably funny pap with some top action, 'Charlie, its me: William — William Guiktr 3/10

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RAD To put it quite simply, this is the best film I have ever seen in my life. Or it might be the worst - its hard to tell. Worth going to see just for Blank° who looks like a green Max Wall with red hair. 10/10

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STRIKE M B Whilst video buyers hove had Director's cuts of The Abyss, Aliens 40 B Y E A and countless other films, the ME G A - C D • first ever extended version of a game is set to hit the Mega-CD. Actually, that's a bit of a porky, as EA's forthcoming Super Strike CD mixes bits of THREE games, namely Desert Strike, Jungle Strike and Urban Strike. Using levels and ideas dropped during the trilogy's development, Super Strike is an entirely new game, and the rest of the CD contains the existing three games as a bit of a bonus. Cool. A

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The first RPG on Sego's new machine will 400 B Y S E G A emerge in the form of Virtual SAT URN Hydelide. Bearing the 'Hydelide' monicker of a previous (and dire!) Megodrive RPG, the revolutionary feature of Saturn Hydelide will be the 30 virtual perspective, creating a realistic realtime environment. Sprite scaling is used, and contrasting with the usual run-of-the-mill dungeons, Hydelide takes you to a vast wilderness, with some breathtaking locations. Sadly, the game features Japanese text heovily (it is an RPGI) so buying it on import will be rather a gamble.

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The game keeps the Shining Force style of gameploy, ne but makes the leap to the next w generation in terms of size, S graphics, and sound. Having h already seen the superb sequel to i series con expect something n 'rather special from our chums' at • the i Megadrive version, fans of the 1 Sega R&D in Japan. • ' , n • g F o r c e t 40 N E W G A M E i t4 . B Y O CEAN l MECADRIIIk• e f Revealed o here are the first pics of Oceans forthcoming Manchester r United game. Boasting pixelated t versions of Canton°, Hughes and h Giggs, the game offers two viewe points which can be switched between at any time — one of which is FIFA-esque, whilst the other resembles Sensi. A full preview should appear soon — before Paul Ince gets sent off again, in fact. We hope.

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E Probe ore the lads behind the game, u and it should be out in February.

Saga's latest superstar is at 40 B Y S E G A this very 40 G A M E G E A R moment being converted for the Game Geer. The platform hunting adventures of the succulent young Ristar promise to be translated as closely to the original as possible, although it is expected some minor tucks here and there will be necessary. A review is pencilled in for the next issue.

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Gomes related specifically to children are rare on the Megadrive, and rarer still on the Mega CD, so Digital Picture's Kids on Site has novelty value. Pori game, part educationol tool, it takes the player to a busy construction site and puts the typical heavy machinery of such places at their disposal. Simple commands allow you to operate diggers, steamrollers and demolition machines, under the wacky tutelage of Dizzy and Nuts, two dopey work. ers. Merit badges are awarded for skilled operation. It's simple, colourful and uses high quality video footage throughout.

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This latest episode in the Shinobi heritage exploits the Saturn's graphical potential by displaying all of the characters and backdrops in glorious digital imagery. Not to worry though, as you can see from the pics, the Shinobi action remains the same slash happy mayhem. One downer though, it's only a oneplayer game. Bahl

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SUDON'TSAL Ve vere expectink you. You are vonting gosseep, yez? Valk us Nosy EA's sport domination continues as they prepare to unleash boxing game on the unsuspecting public. Details on game content and viewpoints are rarer than good episodes of Neighbours, but we'll keep you posted What next, though, we wonder: Lacrosse?

After that plus point, a little bit of negativity as Domork hove apparently scrapped their Game Gear equivalent of Roger Daltry — yep, Wizard Pinball is no more as Domark have consigned it to the great game scropyard in the sky. A pity as it was looking quite nice. Over at Sego, it seems Sonic's porent have snapped up JVC's Samurai Showdown for the Mega-CD and Megadrive for release early April. Rumour also has it that a 32X version could be on the cards — and if its half as good as the 3D0 version that will be well worth a looksee. Just a quickie. Ocean may be releasing Soccer Kid for the Megadrive, but were not sure when.

Despite all the gossip and speculation regarding Midway's embryonic Mortal Kombat Ill, the most important thing is will it ever make it to the Sega formats? Nintendo apporentlytied up a deal with Midway whereupon they get first dibs on all their coin-ops for the Ultra 64 system, leaving Sego out in the cold. However, o little sporrow tells me that this won't actually have a lot of effect, ond Sega versions will be hot on the heels of the coin-op.

Konami's proposed conversion of their classic Super NES kickabout, International Superstar Soccer, doesn't look likely to make it to the 32X now, despite an earlier announcement. However, fear not as the game is insteod destined for the Saturn and is apparently set to outplay Sego's own impressive. looking Victory Goal. Similarly, Ultimate Parodius a much. improved version on the Super NES original and already demoing on the Playstation is also set to be converted. Sooner the better we reckon.

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40 M E G A 3 2 X Digital Pictures mode the surprise announcement of a re-release of Night Trap, to take advantage of the improved FMV quality offered by the Megadrive 32X. The game design and film footage remain the some, but the video window is larger, crisper and uses more colours. Out around March, it could well be the first 32X CD product.

Night Trap is on amusing vampire catching game that has been Digital Pictures most successful to date.

PESKIN;TAM US toy giant THQ ore gearing up for their first Sega fl a E r r T H O releases, and handheld 4E0 G A M E G E A R owners should be gratified that the Game Gear will be a prime area of concern for them. Top licenses due in the first quarter of 1995 include The Mask — adopted from the Jim Carrey movie; Seaquest DSV direct from Spielberg's rather fishy-smelling deep sea soap opera; and a handheld conversion of Jungle Strike to be followed by Urbon iket - 1 1 1 1 = 5

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Ocean have gone into Sego 110 N E W C A M E overload, and set to hit the ED B Y O C E A N Megodrive in the next few months 4310 is a sequel to Mr Nutz. Sett on a planet populated by game-programming chickens, a coffee drought has sent the fowl populace mod and they have invaded space to find their muchneeded caffeine (look, I didn't bloody invent this).

They eventually attack a planet called Peanut Place, but squirrel hero Mr Nutz is on holiday there and doesn't take kindly to their feathered intrusion. Spanning four continents and five bases, Nutz II takes the basic format of the first game and expands upon it by adding icons which allow Nutz to fly, turn into a ball of lightning and deep sea dive. Nutz plan to liberate Peanut Place begins next month in our exclusive preview.

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Veteran developers Probe, the team behind the Megodrive version, have thrown the loudest Loony Tooner into a platform leaping japery set in Western and Haunted lands. Viva Master System!

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m i l e l k SEND II N E W G A ME 40 D V D I G I T A L P I C T U R E : 41, M E G A C D Digital Pictures next collaboration with Acclaim is Supreme Warrior, the company's first Full Motion Video combat game. Shot in Hong Kong, the game has all the trappings of a Kung Fu movie, but viewed from a first-person perspective and a degree of interactivity. The plot involves saving a quiet town from the cruel attentions of four arrogont warlords, who you must meet in unarmed combat. You block their attacks and time your own special moves.

Directed by martial arts movie vet Guy Norris, and cast with medal-winning mar tiol 1 artists, Supreme Warrior looks set to be Digital Pictures most polished project yet.

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As planned, JVC have launched their own version of the Saturn: the V-Saturn. It's fully compattble with Sego 40 B Y JVC Saturn, and the standard will be used by other manufacturers, including Hitachi, who helped develop the machine's chipset I Saturn has gone down a storm in Japan, with a million launch sale Details of expandability have also emerged, with planned keyboards, floppy and hard drives and modems, used in coniunction with a special Microsoft-developed operating system!

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ORIGIN Poised directly from the arcade I, the original designers — AM2, A classic created out ol the classic oneon-one beat 'ant up mould.

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The story of V irtu ° Fighter is in cre d ib ly short. The coin-op machine is b a re ly a year old. Wh e n fi rst shown, it astounded games critics, and they we re iudging it fro m on arcade perspective. Although the development team, AM2 , had used the 1992 Virtu e Racing polygon engine, clever p ro g ra mmin g gave a mo re fl u id , cinematic feel to the game. Although the fighters we re constructed wh o lly out of polygons, they came together seamlessly and convincingly, each with their o wn in d ivid u a l character and style.

Nobody expected Virtua Fighter to be on home fo rma t with in a year. But then, nobody expected Virtua Racing to pop up on the Megadrive. It has, and so too has Virtue Fighter, with the ponoply of a home entertainment breakthrough.

Sega announce the start of a 'new era' on their Saturn packaging. V irt u ° Fighter lays we ig h t to that bold cla im.

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The revolutionary aspect of Virtua Fighter is the technique used to construct the characters from thousands of geometric shapes or polygons. Unlike sprites or rendered images, polygons exist in three dimensions. Everything from Wolf's pecs to Sarah's swinging ponytail is polygon built, and moves with stunning realism. Slightly fewer shapes are used in the Saturn version, not that you would notice, but the game retains the impressive light-sourcing technique. This calculates the visual effect of a fixed light source, creating shadows and adding further realism. The most arresting use of this is on Sarah's 'disco floor' arena, where the fighter's features take on an eerie uplit glow .

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Virtue Fighter is the first fighting game to be played in three dimensions_ Bouts take place on a square 'mat', like those used in most martial arts competitions. The joypod's directional controls move fighters right and left, and for ducking and jumping. However, attacks like roundhouses knock your opponent around the play area, and both fighters instinctively p o , ,ition t h e m s e l v e s i n a c o m b a t r e a d y s t a n c e .

Sego show they mean business.

can touch them in the arcades, and now it seems the Saturn is set to cream the opposition in the home. Virtue Fighter is simply the most advanced console game created. It gleams in all Us arcade perfections, glistens with its incredible compulsiveness, that sucks in any casual watcher like a Black Hole.

The control response is magnificent and the things you can do with these guys and gals is bloody incredible, in super-smooth 3O animation. When blows contact they make you wince, a combo executed with fl air can make you grin. Ws the ultimate game for joypad poseurs. The meek may inherit the earth, but the Virtual world belongs to these mighty digital warriors. Ws no cakewalk either, with weeks of learning technique to fight at the harder difficulty levels. However, the mainstay is the twoplayer game, which is so good, you're Saturn will be begging for a rest period during all-night 'winner stays on' sessions among friends. You don't have any friends? Pass it around that you have a Saturn and you can throw a party. Oh, happy New Year!

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The weirdo ninia and Power Ranger wannobe of the pack, who wears a mask and makes funny growling noises. he also tends to jump on to his head.

KOENRAKII This you have got to see Kage uses his leg to toss the opponent high into the air. If you time it right, he can add a finishing kick as the victim lands.

Everyone starts off thinking Jacky is dead cool, but after a fashion he comes across as a bit mince. And he has a weedy voice and a •Limahr hairdo.

NECK BREAKER DROP Jacky hooks his arms round the victim's neck t h r o w s them kward.

KAGEGASUMI Borrowed from Judo, the 'Osotgori' is a leg-sweeping move used on an unbalanced, undefended opponent at close range.

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JEFFRY Mac WILD He daubs himself with Indian-style warpaint, but it still doesn't disguise the size of his nose and that silly ponytail.

The outback wrestler with the way out personality, His penchant is for close physical contact, ond back-breaking tosses.

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Tricky to pull off, as the opponent must be crouching, but a spectacular aerial throw is the reward for clever timing.

As complex and tricky as it sounds. Wolf embraces his prey and throws them over his own bock The effect is pretty spectacular.

AXE LARI One of the few techniques with no known defence. h im Wolf makes dashing motion with a his arm aimed firmly at the target's throat. Pass the strepsi — -

IRON CLAW One for sickas. Watch our Jeff grab the victim by the face in W i d e r style th rant

Virtue Fighter comes on CD-ROM, the format intended for most Saturn games (although the machine has a cartridge slot). A previous flaw with CD is the considerable delay while the disc is accessed by the CPU. The Saturn ovoids the worst excesses of this with a doublespeed drive, and Virtue Fighter is notable for its extremely snappy access, and minimum interruption between rounds, making access not on issue.

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SARAH BRYANT Jacky's sis has learned a kw of his tricks, but if anything she's meaner (and, frankly, a bit tastier).

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ILLUSION KICK Years of aerobics have gone into this one. Sarah executes not one, but two exceptionally high roundhouses in succession.

A nasty combo attack of stunning punches and then a knee aimed right at the face with full power.

PAI CHEN She's pigtail cute, but don't be deceived. Poi is lightning quick and has inherited the vicious streak of her father, Lou.

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TENCH! TOHRAKU A close range throw that happens at a bewildering pace. Poi grabs the opponent's head, then makes, deliberate fall to unbalance them.

A trip throw, similar to Kline's. Poi may react differently by grabbing a kicking opponent's raised leg and using it for leverage

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Yuuki by name, but he's the one who gets Pai's and Sarah's polygon knickers all moist. He's pretty laddish in action, too

LAU CHEN Pais father, who bears an unfortunate resemblance to Terry Thomas or any other moustachoied baddie you might care to mention,

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LASTABILIT1 This is the most instinctive and playable beat sem up I have played, and its realism is only matched by its addictive qualities. With combos to rival Street Fighter, VF odds to this with cheeky moves — you can juggle an opponent with a flurry of punches! Each character has a variety of fighting skills, and the short time-limit adds a real feeling of excitement to the proceedings. This is a stunning game with TV-style camera panning and light-sourced shading, and couples it with action which could hove Street Fighter any day. The Saturn couldn't have got off to a better start, as VF proves that arcade perfect conversions are no longer a pipe dream. Brilliant.

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It's calibrated to be enjoyed by hesitant beginners and heavy duty garners alike. Aclassic, Soloplay just doesn't do tire game full entice.

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The post couple of years hove been a bit on the average side when it comes to Brucey and Dickie on console. Somehow they never quite mode it into the nineties with Tim Burton's vision of the Dark Avenger. But with the recent success coming from the all new animated series, it seems at last Batman and Robin hove once more found their niche in popular crime fighting action - a niche that is due to be converted to Megadrive owners across the Batlas!

Over the past decode or so, standards in animation have dropped owing to a demand for quicker turnover and attempts to get away with less frames per second. That was until a quantum leap in terms of animation and style happened, Batman: The Animated Series took the Batman legend directly from the DC comics of 1940's and 50's. The combination of heavily stylised illustration and all of the classic Gotham criminals and their weekly episodic schemes to take over the world, has captured the attention of a cartoon weary publicin this light Sega hove joined forces with a programming outfit calling itself Clockwork Tortoise, both ofofwho hope to translate the success of the TV series to the Megadrive•

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and low points of the streets of Gotham. From the first level onwards, inventive use of perspective is clearly the order of the day. In a style similar to Zyrinx's Red Zone, the programmers hove set the buildings and platforms at an unnatural angle to create the illusion of height in the game. An even more impressive use of parallax is during the dogfight over the skyscrapers of Gotham. In this section the traffic continues to roll beneath the be-winged pair as they confront armed enemy forces

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Similar in style to an episode of the cartoon, the plot centres on the evil Mr Freeze and his bid to make the planet a cooler place to live. A master of invention ond dastedly megalomaniacal schemes, Freezy-babes has devised the ultimate weKtpon, the Ice Cannon But with the weapon nearing completion, Freeze has heard that the Bat and the Boy ore onto his case and intend to stop him at all costs. To scupper the duos plans Freeze has organised a welcoming party from the most villainous and evil criminols to escape from the Arkhum Assylum and stall the saviours of the planet. Can the mosked crime fightcrs head off the Joker at the pass?

Can the boys in tights put on end to Mr Freeze's chilling global cooldown?

BAT-A-GORICAL I611111 A The lengths people will go to get Power Ranger toys...

A Bat for every generation? It seems to be the case when you cast an eye across the Bruce Wayne history books. Beginning life as a comic strip hero in DC comics, the Coped Crusader made a peculiar graduation to a weekly TV series on the American network. It was like nothing before — and I mean nothing before! Starring Adorn West and Bert Word the programme was nothing more than a mishmash of thin plots, appalling fight sequences, and totally tacky comic strip style 'biffs', 'pows', and 'thwacks'. In other words, a guaranteed success! For the generations of the sixties and seventies this was the Batman they came to love and know. This camp crusading action all came to an untimely end with the arrival of Tim Burton's dark and gothic Bat with an attitude swooping across the Gotham skies seeking revenge for his por• ants' death and decreeing a look for the eighties. The stylised approach to the Batman has now been token o step further with the animated series. The freedom of the format has allowed storyliners and designers alike, the chance to cover more elaborate and adventurous ideas, and the return to the DC traditions sees the rebirth of many of Batman and Robin's greatest foes. A perfect example of this c seen in the forthcoming lkitmon Forever movie where Vol Kilmer steps into Michael Keaton's Bat-boots and takes on Two-face and The Riddler — the latter of whom is played by 'The Mask' himself, Jim Carey.

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Just when you thought you could put your knobbly boots away forever, ANOTHER football game pops up for the Megadrive.

But Rage Software and Sega were keen to show Gus that Striker is 'something different'.

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Okay, you've got FIFA, you've got Sensible, What more could you possibly wont? Right, you've a fetish for Japanese text and four-taps, so you get JLeague on import, but surely that's your lot? Well, Rage aim to persuade you otherwise with their 16MEG conversion of Striker ported from our friendly rival, the Super NES. Things hove moved on a bit since the original Striker appeared, and indeed since Rage produced their first Megodrive approximation of it, 'Ultimate Soccer'. Sadly, that title didn't quite live up to the title (if that makes sense). But Rage hove put that squarely behind them, emphasising that Striker is programmed from scratch, with an all-new engine and freshly researched teams.

Developed between Rage's familiar Scouse HQ and the 'secret development centre' in Chiswick (whoops/ sorry lads — cat's Out the bog), Sega have been throwing their own ideas into the mix, particularly about the evolution of a multi-viewpoint game engine, that lets you switch between three camera angles during the game Rage are convinced that Striker has a ready-made niche; from those who know of the Super NES game's high reputation, and those STRIKER put off by FIFA's overcomplications and Sensible's shortcomings.

Striker is being feted as a SEGA 'good crack' with simple controls and a good playing feel. Sego are confident of success, with Mega-CD and 32X versions already off MARCH '94 the drawing board.

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As such, controls ore single button presses for chip shots, blasts and short passes, but the difference between a short top and a long press is quite pronounced. Also, the ball is heavily affected by aftertouch, a feature you quickly use to your advantage_

I was told the effect had even been reduced from earlier versions, when banana shots of almost 90 degrees were possible!

Chonging selected players when not in possession is a feature that hos been moved from direct player control to the CPU, freeing up the controls for more shots. As defenders, tackling, intercepting and stealing is easier to accomplish than just about any other footy game_

BUTDOTHEYHAVECREWEALEX? Logging mosses of obscure teams seems to be the trend in footy games, and Striker follows it. Over 340 hove been inserted.

Mogs, anthologies and yearbooks provided information on league teams of eleven nations and all the main International teams. Because of licensing details, the names of the teams have been changed — eg. 'Glass Palace' — but connections

should be made quite easily. All teams may be customised, with your own saved to the battery back-up. For the intended Mega-CD version, a mind-boggling 200,000 team roster is suggested! This should ensure it passes Rod's proclaimed acid test of any footy game worth its salt having Crewe Alexandria (or equivalent) programmed in.

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THREEWAY ACTION Viewpoint variation debuts in Megodrive Striker, The standard view is the familiar 3D, with play scrolling up and down the pork. The alternatives ore a side-on viewpoint, like the one favoured in Tecmo World Soccer and Virgin's European Club Soccer (if you con think back that for) Finally, an overhead cam shows the pitch as a plan view. This is a bit tricky to ploy on 1111 for long periods, but is useful for set-pieces like throw-ins and goal kicks. There is an option to switch to the overhead view automatically for these, and the top buttons on the six-button configuration allow instant switching, Virtue Racing style.

Striker is yet another of those games where the Super NES' Mode 7 hod to be converted into megadrive software 3D (see the Street Racer WIP in last month's issue for more on the topic). It looks like there have been no major difficulties, with the display running at 50 frames per second: "as fast as is humanly possible on a UK machine". However, some of the textured detail on the pitch hod to be lost, the indoor pitch hod to be rethought, and now has a bore gymnasium look. Rage ore already working on the 32X version, which a will have no problem scaling with its twin Hitachi processors.

Rage are already talking about italkil111111131111110111 'astounding' visual effects on the upgrade.

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Set on the verdant islond of Coy Noir, the player is cast as a tough marine parachuted on to the island in search of Hellman, Armed with a large gun and ably assisted by your rostafarian driver Winston, and a femole investigative reporter called Julie, the basic aim of the gome involves locating Hellman base whilst fending off constant attacks from the zombie hordes. Just to add a time element to the proceedings, though, the game intro sees the player being bitten by a zombie and the spreading infection means that locating Hellman and the cures he holds is more important than ever.

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blast set against a series of horizontallyscrolling FMV locations. As the screen moves from left to right the player has control over a crosshair sight as the digitised zombies trundle from every opening.

Pressing the A button sparks your trusty gun into life and the zombies are picked off one by one. However, anyone familiar with zombie films will be surprised that Corpse Killer's undead are o little more inventive in their means of attack, For instance, there are Mary Poppins zombies which fly towards you, others which lob skulls and grenades, whilst others ore shadowy figures which, if shot, kill eveything in the vicinity — how kind of Hellman to invent a Smart Bomb Zombie, Should any of these shambling creatures breach your defences, though, a small face icon at the bottom of the screen deteriorates until the player is dead.

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IPTMATIS T4ANDY Every marine is given a Datapod system which offers handy info on any aspect of the people and island, and can be summoned at any time. Similarly, in addition to your trusty gun, extra weaponry such as armour-piercing bullets, Datura bullets which kill zombies instantly (Datura in its raw form also acts as extra health), a Ju-Ju stick to fend off the Black Magic zombies, and assorted bones which Winston uses in his weird incontations. Similarly, the rare Hanja root can be used to double the effectiveness of Datum bullets.

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The first members of your unit to parachute on to the island. They have been captured by Hellman and ore currently being held as hostages — although he's more than willing to add them to his his growing army .

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Dropping the Top Gun style F-111 s, the player is t now the gunner of a highly agile and heavilyh armoured attack helicopter. Naturally your career T starts off on the rookie rung of the ladder, and from o your performance you are judged and hopefully m promoted.

Guided by a central control of military bigwigs and advisers, the helicopter flies c from mission to mission to put a swift end to hostile resistance using the latest a crosshair and joypod technology. Unfortunately the unstable nature of helicopters t means a lot of re-adjustment is required to hit the target dead on, and to make matA ters worse you only have a limited supply of weapons at your disposal. But if you do hit l the deck thanks to some rogue missile, there's no need to worry as the rescue croft is never too find behind ready to winch l you to safety and another mission. Stay tuned to MEAN MACHINES for the full review e in on issue coming soon_ y f

For A r o s e sane individuals previously unacquainted with the Rangers and their gong, it's back to class to swot up on who exactly ore these fighting heroes.

BLUERANGER - BILLY The technical expert and transforming Triceratops.

Heavily armoured Ranger whose hobbies include reading dictionaries.

BLACKRANGER - ZAK First of the mammalian Rangers, in Mammoth identity he is surprisingly agile and powerful.

Owner of the Power Axe.

PINKRANGER - KIMBERLY The flier of the bunch in his Pterodactyl form.

Packs a piece in the form of a Power Bow.

YELLOWRANGER - TRIM Second of the female Rangers who morphs into a Sabre Tooth Tiger. Her ambition is to achieve personal spiritual enlightenment.

REDRANGER - JASON Leader of the Power Rangers whose personal vehicle is the powerful Tyrannosaurus Dinozord and who , :or r ies Power t h es w o r d d i m o n m

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Tomcat Alley and Midnight Raiders ore the first two instalments of Sego's interactive movie releases. Both use similar production techniques, and have the same film crew. Next in line for the interactive treatment is Surgical Strike, which will be followed by Wire Head. In a new development policy, Sego are also planning to release future interactive titles as movies in their own right direct onto video.

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If Barry Sheene (o oncegreat motorbike rider — ask yer mum) had spare time after a race, he wouldn't spend it promoting Sego stuff like Damon or playing with a Scolextrics like Mansell, he'd be busy having more crashes so he could put even more pins in his legs.

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And when David Essex was in Silver Dream Racer, a film about biking, he was so hard he died at the end rather than get all soppy. Real men.

Now 32X owners stand the chance of proving they've got what it takes (and let's face it, they need to!) as Sego recreate the hard-edged thrills of dirt biking (even tougher than Fl bikes) for the Megadrive add-on.

In terms of appearance, Motocross is as close to Road Rash as humanely possible. Viewed from behind the player's speeding bike, the action is set across a series of undulating courses as race to be first across the line. In addition to pulling off fancy riding stunts, huge jumps and slicks turns, you can make your task easier by lashing out at your opponents — see, we said it was like a certain EA game. Of course, Motocross hos the power of the infamous twin processors to scale the textured landscape graphics. Other neat touches include a two-player mode allowing for time trials and extended punch-ups. With a bit of luck and a prevailing wind, it'll be reviewed next month. Here's hoping.

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Feast your eyes o on the ludicrous selection of tips and cheats, and t then check out the ultimate robot smashing h action in the player's guide to Rise of the Robots, only to be followed byethe concluding part to Urban Strike. Yikes! And o next month? Who knows? Maybe even a lleap into the next generation with the 32X, or even a leap to the edge of d the Solar System with the Saturn! Until then, keep your tipping action on ,the boil and send those letters light speed style to: VIRTUA TOASTER, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, PRIORY COURT, 30-32, FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, EC1R 3AU.

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Oh yes madam! I have the complete guide to all of the passwords to all of the levels in this rather stunning platformer storring the lad Sparkster and his rocket pock. But as space is tight, I'm going to publish them in two ports starting with Easy and Normal modes up to level four. Check in next month for the concluding part.

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From the phone calls we've been receiving over the ( p a s t friend couplehas of weeks, our young worm been causing quite a stir • / among you lot_ Some of the lev• 14. els, especially the submersible, •

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Now I know a lot of you sent in tips for this, and naturally they were all the same. So to make things fair in terms of who gets their name in print, I ploced them all in a box and drew out the first letter. A hearty Mexican Wave goes out to Rob *n e t t and his brother Chris, from Ilkley, West Yorkshire, for this totally comprehensive FIFA tips guide.

BIDDENOPTIONS To activate the various hidden options, firstly you have to start o match and PAUSE. Now go to the OPTIONS menu, and with the cursor on the LANGUAGE setting top them in.

INVISIBLE WALLS C. C, C, B, A, A, A, B CURVEBALL B , A, C, B, C, C CRAZYBALL C , A, B, C, C. 8, A, C DREAM TEAM A , A, B, 8, C, C, A, A SUPER POWER B , B, B, B, B, B, B, B, B,B SUPER GOALIE A , A, A. A, A, B, B, B, B, B SUPER OFFENSE A, A, A, A, A, B, C SUPER DEFENCE B, B, B, B, B, C, B PENALTY SHOOTOUT A , B, A, C, A, B

RIDDEN M I ANDSECRETENDING! It was really just question of time before the secret endings to this stunning blast 'em up came through to my hot bed of tipping First off the Mork was Paul 'Brilliant' Bergen with a top hidden level and ending. According to him, on the third level when you are in hot pursuit of the hacker, u should defeat the min kof shooting the first secubarrier you come b o s, climb up and you s s nd an old man. He N you the choice of making some money, If you o silly yes, it's off to on w arena to face a very i odd looking boss. When n int with bullets, its s to one of the hidden t F 'vefinished peppere mop. Huzzahl a d

CELEBRATION! After scoring a goal, the CPU teams have a top G00000allIr cheer, so why shouldn't the humble human player have the some cause for celebration? Well, in fact you do By pressing the A button you can get the some Brazilian comn chant, by pressing the B button you get a hooter, arid the C button sets off a cute little fireworks display.

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MOS 1111If A tasty titbit, and a tidy one considering the steady demise of the Master System, courtesy of Matthew Scoff, Hudddersfield. When entering the level codes reverse the second two letters and your time will be reversed. That's to say, your 15 minutes will become 51 minutes.

Unfortunately however, the maximum is 60 minutes, not that you should really need that much time anyhow.

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SIRINGFORCE TOPITEMACTION Michael Davison, from Chester-Le-St, Co Durham, is here to help you Shiners with a fantastic guide to locating some of the more elusive objects on the team's checklist. When you first find the canyon, head west along the dried up river to o cave, in which there is an unlit fire.

Search the fire for the Drystone. On leaving the cove head further west to a small forest. The forest has a squore paler than the others, step on it to go to the Fairies' village. Inside the main house, check out the bookcase upstairs for the Secret Book.You can also walk around the forest, which is in the village, and you'll come across some Mithrill and Vigor Ball. In the bottom right of the village is a path which leads to a kind of sub game. The items are not used until further into the game when you ore above Grans. There you will find a forest surrounded by water. This also has a similar paler square. Use the Drystone to create a bridge- Over the bridge is a blacksmith who will forge weapons from the Mithrill. A top tip is to save your game first before the forging, and keep reseting as he makes three different types of weapons - three axes, and three swords. The Secret Book is used to promote the Mage to a Sorcerer when you ask the Priest. In a similar style, the Vigor Balls have the same promotion prospects for the Healers, and the Silver Tank for the Archer.

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SYLVESTERANDINITY CNIATCOO!CINIIIII I taut I taw a putty cat and all that! Ever on the cutting edge of tipping, be prepared to get down to some top claw action. To enter the codes press START to get to the inventory. press A and the following.

TO COMPLETE HOUSE LEVEL B, B, C, B. B, A, A, LEFT, RIGHT, and UP TO COMPLETE BACKYARD LEVEL LEFT, A, C, C, C, DOWN, UP, LEFT, B, and B TO COMPLETE TRAIN LEVEL C, B, C. A, B. C, A. B, C, and DOWN TO COMPLETE ALLEY LEVEL C, DOWN, UP, UP, B. C, C, C, A, and TO COMPLETE LAB LEVEL UP, B, C, A, A, B. B, RIGHT, B, and RIGHT FOR FREE CONTINUE LEFT, A, A, B, UP, C, A, B, B, and C TIME UP A, B, C, C, A, UP, C, C, C, and UP

IDMIAIIIIllag:7 AWNSLAOMINTY IN EMIROUND r SNOW I've been receiving some very dubious MKII cheats and bugs of recent, but I must odmit I was a little shocked to soy the least with Jonathan Fords top bug. But here it goes.

Access the secret Test Mode and turn on the One Hit Kills Player 2, the Ooch Nasty!, and the Free Play. Now play a two player game with Kong Lao as player one and any other character of player two. Make Kung Lao win by using only his Hat Throw. Repeat for the second bout and perform his Projectile Hat fatality. Now ploy a second two player game with Kung Lao ogain, but as soon as you start do a Hot Throw (Back, Forward, and Low Punch), and hey presto the other character's head flies off the screen followed by a dripping Fatality,

EASYIfYilCOMPLETION An oldie, but a goodie ond as Alexander Hills from Edinburgh was so downright creepy in his letter, thought 'what the hey, let's dust off those Gears'. According to his top tipping info, if you come fifth in the first race, the password you receive will have 50,000 in it. Change this to 11,111 and look on the race select screen. The '1st ' sign will be on every race postcard. Now when you race again, finish in any position and you will be immediately sent to the next level,

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11( ' 1 1 0 0 the job After last month's scrapes with Malone, it's time to finish off once and for all. The general rules remain the same: 1 keeping an eye on ammo, fuel, and armour supplies. Our first port 1 of call is to rescue and old friend and ace co-pilot, Long Haul, from 1 the high-security Alcatraz installation, and then onwards to the Big Apple. Once you've saved the metropolis, take the 1battle to Malone for the ultimate confrontation in the gem of the/ desert, 4 Up, Las Vegas. Start warming those blades as we hit the skies. up, and away... .

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CAMPAIGN MOIRE 11111811031111111 DESTROYSENSORS These boxes of tricks have to be taken out of action to hide your location from the enemy. Nothing too taxing on the challenge front, but some of the sensors are located in hord to reach places - one is hidden up the corridor near the blueprints, the other in the first of the M-16X crates.

GRAB1111IMIPRMIS A group of hard nuts are protecting the blueprints to some of Molone's new weaponry.

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CAPTORMI M-1011WEAPONS As you get further into the maze of the prison you will come across the crates hiding Malone's stockpile. Waste the crates and grab the

hardware. Watch out for the second crate, it hides on armed guard.

CAMPAIGNMN: NEWVORA' 11611FINWSNI It's time to take a chunk out of the Big Apple Malone's forces have taken NY by storm, and hove even infiltrated the World Trade Centre! e- - entire city. From the start, head east to pick - up the quick winch and make the task at hand slightly easier o . u' v e Before making an g assault on Malone's HQ, o the surveillance buildings t have to be taken out of t action. Once completed o seek out the building with the oh-so inconspics uous Malone sign on the front. t o p t Aanghl Malone's men h in o fit of butchery hove e started to set fire to m apartment blocks and b innocent civilians are e burning alive. Dash in there with rescue ladder to the ready. Not a f difficult operation, but keep your eyes peeled o for those rooftop snipers. r e t h Spy a water tower just to e the south of the top skyy scraper marked on the map and blow it away t for on extra life. o r c h t h e

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RESCUENAFTAMEMBERS The members of the world defence committee have been taken hostage at the World Trade Centre and need rescuing. Before you can attempt to land, head east to Malone's radar site and put it out of action After this land on the rooftop adjacent to the WTC and pick up the members.

DISARMMI HMO Following your successes, Malone isn't going to go out without a bong. The World Trade Centre is wired to blow, and you've got the unenviable job of cutting the right wire to the control box. When completed you're off to the Nevada desert for a spot of poker in Vegas.

secret hideout, and the centre of all dastedly activities. Save the ammo and fuel found at the beginning of the level for later, you're going to need it then I Fly fast, and don't take on any unnecessary armoured vehicles.

CAPTURETHERADARCOMMANDER Intelligence reports suggest Malone's top radar commander is travelling across the city in an armoured vehicle. Knock it out and question the commander until he reveals the locations of all the radar sites.

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Innocent holidaymakers are being held within the city limits, unable to make their escape thanks to Malone's troops and their road blocks. Clear away the heavy artillery so they can get away. Sweeping attacks ore the best method, avoiding too much damage.

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PITBOSSES Malone's thugs are still running the operations in the casino. Run

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RESCUENAFTAATIMOIRS The members of the world defence committee hove been taken hostage at the World Trade Centre and need rescuing. Before you can attempt to land, heod east to Malone's radar site and put it out of action. After this land on the rooftop adjacent to the WTC and pick up the members.

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Which there wasn't by the time he'd finished.

He picked up the handle 'Gale Racer', because he was fast as the wind, we suppose. Bu you're only as good as your last victory and soon everyone was saying they were Gale Racer material too. And thin a mysteri ous invitation arrived, chal!engine him to an LA to NYC marathon, no holds barred, petrol pumps at dawn, Herby goes frinkin' bananas race across the States, which they just happened to call Saturn Rally. So he had to say yes. And Sego noticed that the race just happened to be called the same as their new 32-bit super console.

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Gale Racer has an additional two-player mode not seen in Rod Mobile. In true Milky Way tradition the red car and the blue car have a race. Whoever leads has a small spinning character on the dash — Sonic or Knuckles. There are four two-player courses to pick from, but they're dull compared to the solo tracks.

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TAKEANOTE, MISS JONES Jelly Boy is a platform game. No, really it is. In addition to scouring its many levels for the said jigsaw pieces, bonuses and sub-games galore await our little morphing lump of gelatin. The game's scenario tells of a lightning bolt hitting a tub of jelly, giving life to the titular hero. From here, he wonders the sweet factory searching for the way to the world outside — with the sweet factory's evil owner blocking the exit.

Starting in the factory's toy division (yes, the sweet factory has a toy division. And a snow world, and an Aztec tomb. Hmmm), Jelly's quest sees him fending off all manner of toy-based foes, whilst collecting bonus-giving musical which give him an extra life for every 100 gathered. Similarly, his many morphs are hidden in boxes or shown as icons which, when touched, take immediate effect, A small revolving number indicates the time left before Jelly reverts to his basic form, but hitting a foe changes him back instantly. Whilst further hits rob him of his

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Ocean's test platrmer ay not be uch to ok at, t Jelly y rates s one of the most playable and varied e genre the Megadrive seen. Whilst Jelly is hardly the largest sprite we've seen, never has the old idiom of 'size :sn't everything' rung so true — because what Jelly lacks in stature, the rest of thc,? game makes up for in level size. Each of the seven worlds is made up of eight sub-stages chockful of enemies, bonuses and strange morphing skills, and these bond together to create a thoroughly engrossing game. Depending on the level, our hero changes into rockets, boats, pogo sticks — even a duck — yet the move between the different control methods is simplicity Itself. Everything about Jelly Boy is geared towards playability, and it's a rare game indeed that is willing to do without large, gaudy sprites in order to offer more in terms of levels and power-ups. This risk has paid off extremely well in Jelly Boy, giving Ocean their first Sega Mega Game and you one of the most playable platformers to date. Sod the Power Rangers, this is morphing at its best.

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The stages aren't long treks through pretty but featureless scenery — there's usually a tricky problem or challenge of gaming skills to be overcome, and the result is you're prepared to play levels over and over again without becoming frustrated. Surprisingly, the graphics and sound don't let the package down — they're strangely apt. Jelly Boy's a game you'll keep reaching for.

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Rising from his stupor, Ristar prepares for an interstellar mercy mission. His cute livepointed look is deceptive — only one person ever called him 'Twinkle' at school, and they only ever did it once, ause Ristor was Alpha ntauri head-butting champion three solar cycles on the trot.

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GRA3PING TNE E33EMITIAL3 Ristor's attack method is subtly different to that of his Sego platform partners in crime The bum bounce has been foregone in favour of the head .butt. Ristar extends his hands and grasps any meanies within range. Releasing the button causes the cranial collision. However, holding the button keep' Ristor's prey in.thrall. This can be used to hitch rides on moving boddies, like birds_

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Ristar is unlikely to win many awards, or many accolades. It's rather staid and unoriginal platform format is a good enough reason to keep it out of the heated and hard-fought days of Christmas to mop up the new year Megadrive-owning contingent. But this harsh analysis doesn't do the actual game full justice, since it is an enjoyable, quirky and well assembled little number. The nice and very 1 varied, and g Ristar's There is one special pole on each level that takes Ristar to the bonus game. On t fluid coneach bonus round, the object is simple — get the treasure. Usually this h trol is one involves a test of his pole-spinning skills, but variations include of the most . swimming after a reluctant pearly prize. pleasant g aspects of the r game. Some of the a ideas verge on the gameplay puzzle level, and thepwhole pole-swinging bit —hbonus games et al, is a strongi element in Ristar's leelgood' factor.

You certainly c don't feel as if you've wasted time s If it is just too on the game, even a easy. Not in the same league as Earthworm Jim orr Headdy, but acceptable amongst the younger e age groups.

Joining an evergrowing Prepare to be swept away by a pile of wave of doom. recentlyreleased platformers, Ristar scores extra brownie points for its cute graphics and novel twist on the customary bum-bouncing kiling system. The Ristar sprite is endearing enough, and his platform-laden world is brimming with nice touches (knocking trees over to form bridges, for example) and plenty of foes, but it just seems to lack that essential ployability to take it into the Sonic and Headdy league. Cong rats go to Sega for trying to add a twist to the platform genre, and a year or so ago Ristar would be wearing a Megogame logo with pride.

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Whot does your average ball do? Let's get it straight that we're talking about the standard inanimate object type of ball, not other kinds you might be confusing Tomo with: Tama being the ball in question in this particular Saturn outing (Tama happening to be 'ball' in Japanese). Tama lives alone, playing on his see-saw until some strange interplanetary craft arrives comes and challenges him to solve 30 odd tilting mazes.

If all this sounds bizarre, it's because it's Japanese (no further explanation required), But the twist to this very early Saturn game is that it comes from Time Wa rne r Interactive — part of the US-based conglomerate, produced with a Japanese team of programmers and catchily subtitled 'Adventurous ball in giddy labyrinth' (who uses 'giddy' except in references to aunts?). But does the game match all the cross-cultural hilarity?

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3-D mappingnis one well publicised feature of the e machine, so itvisn't hard to see where theeimpetus for Tama has come from. As a finished gamer it looks rushed, as if the programmers were up against the release deadline. Whether Ibis is the case or not is unclear. But while the Tama idea is quite neat, and certainly original, irs underdeveloped, too easy and lacking in excitement. The Idea could have been fleshed out by a two-player mode and similar ideas, but in reality the options are limited. As for its other weaknesses — 30 levels is disappointing, especially when you can cover most in a day. There aren't enough features, the challenge relying on the stopwatch.

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T h e beat lem up, in 16134 terms at least, has gone about as for as it can go. While Virtue Fighter astounds with its three-dimensional finesse, the Megadrive must make do with MKII and Super Streetfighter conversions, albeit high quality ones. But if there is one last stop for the genre, who are more qualified than Treasure to take the genre there?

An apparently tireless and inexhaustible source of new games, Treasure have genresurfed since the sensational debut of Gunstar Heroes last year — McDonald Treasureland, Dynamite Headdy, the promised Relayer. Is there anything these guys will not try their hand at?

Now they hove a combat game, presently available only in Japan and on import. But with this developer's track record, on early review of Yu Yu Hakusho is nothing less than compulsory.

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LITTLE M A K He charges his trusting scimitar too launch a shock attack. He also has a four-hit head 'n' ball combo rush!

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CREEPYGUY

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ROSYWITCH A flick of the wrist summon .0 deadly bush beneath her foe's feet She isn't averse to pullin o gut her whip and giving them a good seeing to either.

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BROKEN-NOSED MOHICAN BASILFAWLTY So named after his very long legs. They same to aid in the launch of his ground-hugging fireball. His other claim to fame is a handgun, making a mockery of 'unarmed combat'

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He got loads of specials O ne is a mega fire-ball which can be stored and launched later, but it pales next to his six-hit helicopter kick with head-butt fini

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MEGADRIVE REVIEW SPIKEHEAD He has a stud poking out his skull. More interestingly he can turn himself into various whirling typhoon farms, 01 ,4

Yu Yu is principally of interest to see how Treasure I . the 'em genre, for its four-player mode and some of its, shall we say, imaginative moves. All in all, this isn't as immediately successful as their previous efforts. It's the sort of very Jap game that doesn't travel well. As such it may well go the way of Dragonball Z, which it resembles, and never see a release here.

However, the four-player option is enjoyable pandemonium (you don't even need human friends to enjoy it), and the game has a reasonably nice feel. The main problem is a certain sluggishness and lack of imagination on the part of the computer characters — they single-mindedly block you into corners and beat the crap out of you. Don't trek down the shops especially for it, but Yu Yu has a reasonable placing in 'Wonderful world of combat games'.

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TIP FOR T H E TOP The tournament option is a variation pitting tag teams against each other in a series of playoffs for the ultimate prize, Up to eight competitors can participate, taking turns n teams of two. In four-player exhibition mode there's a ieparate score table for this option that charts the victories each human player against his three co-combatants.

GINGERQUIFF

He likes to brandish his large ginger rod and run his victims through. He also has a remote sword swipe.

FORE P L AY The play area of Yu Yu is enlorgened by adding a background plane to the arena Using the Y control on a sixbutton pad, or a combination of the directional and buttons on a conve tional pod, the character is able to lump further back into the back-

v days of i SSF and m MKII, it I takes n something very spet cial to h impress e me in a s beat 'em e up. Sadly, despite the addition of a four-player mode and a neat two-depth play area, Yu Yu just hasn't got what It takes. The moves are dull and just don't flow as smoothly as the aforementioned conversions. The four-player idea adds a good free-for-all feel to the proceedings, but this is very average stuff and the first disappointment to emerge from Treasure. It may be cheap, but buying this Is false economy.

STEVE

ROCKYHULK Not much happening here. He has a power uppercut, but we were bemused by his strange wrist shaking motions that have a stunning effect on enemies (?).

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TheeFlintstones with Wacky Races and a dash of Thunderhawk and what a you get? Not an awful mess ond dual uits from Stephen Speilberg and Dick astardly — you find yourself in possession of BC Racers. Billed partly as a Sega reply to the evergreen Super Mario Karl, Core have transplanted character elements of their Chuck Rock games (although the hero this time is neighbour Cliff Ace and his 'chick' Roxy), and recommissioned the 3-D engine that produced sorli•r hits like Etattlecorps, giving it some gs ntediluvian upholstery.

BC Racers Is really nice, but I don't think it has it just right.

For starters, as far as the Mega-CD is concerned, this is not Mario Kart Replacement therapy —

there's none of the crucial head to he a d action.

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the bland earlier courses very quickly, leaving only half the game to crack.

Some levels look and work better than others — the forest and volcanic stages are sensational, but levels like Blizzard Blitz are unexciting in comparison. All this doesn't detract from a great control, fluid fighting, nice 3 -D scaling a nd the flow of ideas cropping up

on later courses. However the chance to exploit ga me options — like custom tournaments — has be e n ov e rlooked.

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The bikes vats are shosvn in amusing (vaguely) rocky idioms. The speedometer is o bone, and a crumbling rock denoted the bike state of repair, Fall int water or fire and a pterodactyl resc upart of the Pre-Combrion funi all oe s e r BC Racers v is a ne a t i enough c race ga me e but fails m on a coua ple of k points.

First it's a e little too s easy, a whilst the nsecond fa ult is the awful atwo-pla y e r mode. I also got pthe fe e ling tha t some of the plevels were bashed out in a ehurry as some were aextremely polished, whilst rother pretty sparse and aropey. BC Racers isn't all nbad, but Mario Kart it cerctainly ain't. e . i t ' s

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MEGA-CD REVIEW e 1 Looks the best, with loads° leaps 1 ore eight track lond1There scopes, and four tourna- ment levels of each — giving a grand total of...32 I 1think, but don't quote me on it The four tourneys repreAsent S WA MP S T O M P levels of track complexiRight-turn piers and bilge water ty ond thus difficulty. The lat_ter two ore reserved until !you've conquered the nursery courses. The wide-ranging ;terrain includes: !

4 ROCK G M RACE C Bollards, street lamps and B L IZ Z A R D B L I T Z manholes S Icy patches, but no much else.

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ushroom,.. sorry, 32X: Cosmic age. e game's scenario tells of It on a distant prison ship hich is spiralling out of control. With the guards having using the emergency e pods, only one is left so • intergalactic Fletchers and bers decide to slug it out only one is left standing — rightful owner of a ticket to edom, Personally. I'd wait until they'd started laying into each other before nicking the pod, but, hey, never mind...

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1110111110STORY Cylic, Zeno-Lon, Naruto and Tyr ore the lucky fighters copolJle of donning armour. The items required are selected at the start of the level, and add extra special moves to their inventory. For instance, when suitably attired, Cylic the grasshopper has occess to a machine gun knuckle attack and grenades, whilst Zeno-Lan can opt for either heavy

or light armour and add flying lariat and crusher moves to her specials list

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11111''4'4' ORMETHATGO011 Cosmic Carnage features etglrit combatants, each with differing stalks. turong the odd octet there ore snakeAtfre bghters, vicious mutants and insectoid foes• Each has rotor sharp oddittons of some sort, kW% some of the choracters have the benefit of arrnour which con be setecied by the player before the bout begins.

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MEN?' We never expected everything on the 32X match e quality the •• unch games, but Cosmic Carnage is far inferior of existing Megadrive beat 'em ups, some of which have been round for yanks. I can see e basis for using scaling and zooming to get a sense of dynamism but it just oesn't work because the sprites ore too blocky closeup. The remainder of the graphics, and the animation are frankly sub-standard. Along with the character profiles they show a distinct lack of imagination the game design. meplay is the crucial rea, and here Cosmic Carnage fails once more with sluggish, jerky action. orsh words, but Sego hove made bold claims for their kit and are charging a fair whack for it too: This isn't worthy of either.

No, no,no, no, no!

This is on absolute travesty of a beat 'em up which would be awful if it were just

the stars.

T E 0110 V alone a u 32X!r What v e here is n n a sluggish, tedious mixture of beat i n sem up styles which takes g MKII's blood, Samurai Shodown's zoom mode, and Double Dragon V's crap gameplay. With only eight characters and a selection of dull special moves, Cosmic Carnage was never off to a good start, but the actual fighting features dire sprite detection and slow-moving 'action' and it takes so long to wipe out your opponents (even if repeating the same move), that your interest will wane before you realise you've spent money on the thing.

After Star Wars and VP Deluxe, we all know the 32X can do better than this i l k so let's see it proved. kick to the face!

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H Related: Port 503. o Exhibit 1: Pink Goes to w Hollywood: Tragic platform fiasco by T Tecmagik for the Sega h Megadrive video game e system.

Involves taking a well-known y (and lucrative) A licensed cartoon character and running r him through the bowels e a tedious series of of ( platform levels. To ensure maximum variaN tion o in graphic styles with the minimum t requirement of believ ) able plotting, uses the concept of spoofing 'Hollywood' movies, with themed film levels (Robin Hood, Horror etc.).

Exhibit 2. Daffy Duck in Hollywood. Tragic platform fiosco by Sega, for the Sega Megadrive video game system.

Involves taking a wellknown (and lucrative) licensed cartoon character and running him through the bowels of a very tedious series of platform levels. To ensure maximum variation in graphic styles with the minimum requirement of believable plotting, u s e s t a l l i concept of spoofir 'Hollywood' movies with thorned film levels (Robin Hood, Horror etc.).

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Daffy Duck is often Laughter Central (during the.off signalmen's dispute) with its funny foes and bur- • i lesque baddies. There's a creeping cactus man, ,head-throwing skeletons and Porky pig archers. I

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by collecting all the time bombs in the area and taking them to the wall. Many bombs are secreted in unlikely places, frequently through secret passages obscured by walls Me, Daffy Duck?No, it's not me...

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haps her Jodi I tripe e this 1001 gets ed up Joe M o n 'any. Along G U S w i t h Chas and Dave albums and village pantos, we should always make e for amateur hour. ly, at this price, Daffy in Hollywood is a more expensive pursuit than a night Out at the village hall or a es up 'round the 'ol nna'. It looks crap, nds abysmal and has singularly most uninring game structure — hunt the bombs, find the exit, repeat — that I've seen this year To odd insult to injury, the plot idea has already been covered for another unfortunate licensed creature. Call the

Daffy has a bubble gun. Yes he does. Unsurprisingly, this gun blows bubbles, but perhaps more surprisingly, these bubbles are enough to disable any of the myriad foes that stand in his way. even more incredibly, touching one of these bubbilicious baddies sends him to oblivion, thus freeing our bird to uncover more platform delights. Keep a special Daffy eye out for the bubble power ups, which alter the weapon for the better.

COMMENT atever ppened innova• n grow •d? to dynamic A plafform s advenwhich add T E A V i s t u res new twists nd turns the established genre. Not so Daffy Duck.

Watch in amazement as Daffy shambles through a ries of dull stages which ear an uncany resemblance to Tecmagic's dire nk Goes To Hollywood. t really tossed off as you struggle with the unresponsive controls and stilled gameplay w h i c h looks exactly like the Pink anther. I'm sorry but there e no plus points about Is bog of crap. It looks ted, is slow to play and, spite the backdrop nges, is reptitive roughout. In this case, ffy isn't a duck — more e a turkey.

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IrThe hind of music the Mega&we movedon from two years ago_ No use of Dally's legendary wise-cracking.

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ORIGIN Once upon a time there were Idist• 1 big Words called dinosaurs, who

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T a k e control of hardline communist Radical Rex in this platform expose of the underhand dealings of capitalist governments the world over.

Guide unwashed pinko Rexinald across the hazardous landscapes of McCarthyism, Reaganomics and the final territory of Facistnaziland to claim the Golden Sickle of Marx, whereupon all the good citizens of Anarchosyndicalsville receive a secondhand Trabant and live happily ever after.

Oh alright, we admit it, that was all made up.

However, it'd probably have been more interesting than the actual plot of a skateboarding, fire-breathing dinosaur traversing a bunch of prehistoric environs collecting eggs. Just think, you could have a bonus game where you have to sell as many copies of Living Marxism or the Morning Star as possible to scared commuters. Ah well, another wasted opportunity.

REX Rex, as you may hove guessed, is no ordinary dinosaur. For starters, he's still alive in this

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day and age (something of a rarity in itself), for seconds he's not a real one, he's just pretend and for afters he can ride a sk o r d . Now, Rex may not be the first platform game character to ride a skateboard (that was Wonderboy, fact fans), but he's certainly the most reptilian. Once Rex comes across a deck he's an unstoppable skate animal, which basically means he goes very very fast, is practically invincible and can't come to a stop until he jumps off or hits a wall Cont pull an ollie, though

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M I D I lection. y o u n whilst appealRadical Rex, ingr enough in itself, doesn't c add o anything to the really genre (unlike &division's l last effort Pitfall). If this doesn't bother you and you're after an imaginative (if not original in terms of content) platform game which packs a good challenge you could do worse than try this out, but you're III better off investigating Earthworm /Dynamite ddy/Sonic And Knuckles mvirate first.

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If dinosaurs were as dull as Radical Rex then they deserved to die out If you ask me. With very little differentiate it from the kes of Wonderboy and countless other platformers, Rex looks extremely tired and lacks the injection of humour or originality that makes the likes of Earthworm Jim and Pitfall so innovative and playable.

In these days of well animated sprites and intricate backdrops, Radical Rex falls way shod of what we expect, with minimal use of colour and bland and unimpressive characters. The gameplay is adequate with some nice ideas — have you ever explored a repla's internal tract before? but, overall, Radical Rex mes across as a very poor ond to recently-released orm heroes. Destined for extinction methinks.

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Cute sprites and some great backgrounds. The drnosaur intestine level definitely deserves a mention int sheer guts (ha ha ha).

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Fire-breathing not your style?

Well, fret not, for there's more than one way to skin a Catosour. Collecting whiny icons which look not unlike T Time Tunnel from the programme of the some name endows your fresh-faced souropod with roaring abilities (ci bit Simbo in the Lion King game). One single yowl depict, even the fullest r bars, but the pow of the attack increases greatly the more icons you've collected.

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If you gel into Radical gm you'll play It lot some time. ' The breaking of ground deficit makes this more of a rental option than purchase.

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F people pointing at you and laughing in the street? Up a the eyeballs in lord iokes? Well, stop bloming it on to t ur glands — we con help you, Roland. k Yes, there's a place where you can be porky and iproud, and earn big bucks L d s to do is grow a scruffy . have bit of extraneous hair at the ' _ nape of your neck, strap on f f * I e silver codpiece, proctise o shouting at balding commentators and — presto! — r d you're a WNA/F wrestler! All that remains is or you to u yourself a ridiculous moniker, something like t assign h p ternatively, you could just stick with this portable vere w-w p i at might be a bit too much trouble, eh? k tn r K ho i e bf v v et i i ih l n ne e O g' g ' ds e N ep . o ro A s ir l t dt l y e" y o da o r ?n u B Hd o ae y da d et F ni a on r ug t ga iress LargeCaptionsBoxes s hf eEasy Way.' In today's prom oeomme I will beshowing you a large same with a wwto MI text Like this. k frubbish a s l A e h N e lsi e a, s r i n M a i l Mr ; a p N U M M I ; la in Hi s AMMRRNifeRNA n i s h d e o w s i fierilau e . l k A d o l d m t o e h . t o o uEvery character in WWF Row, of which there are ten in all, has their ' gown special signature move (a bit like they do in real life) so you N hcan tell them all apart. The technique for performing each of th specials is the some for all the wrestlers, but the timing varies.

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What distinguishes wrestling from other forms of unarmed combat is thot the participants grapple with each other as opposed to just smacking each other in the teeth.

This essential element has been lovingly restored in Game Gear VANT Raw. Press i joypad buttons to grab your opposite 211.11111111 both number and hit any button you so desire 1 repeatedly to pull off on offensive move from here.

Nice and colowJul ell-round, and dear enoughJor you to we what's going on all the tome. ' Bit difficult to recognhe any of the wrestlers.

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M M E N T With all the often411 sys1 1new : tems, it's me great to d see quality o products n still hitting the Game Gear. Ok, Raw Isn't the most original title, but it is solid action with plenty of options and enough wrestlers to keep the WWIF fans happy.

Things tend to get a little confused because of the titchy sprites and this makes some of the moves a little indistinct, but iNINF Raw is fun enough. Button bashing isn't acceptable on the Megadrive as reflected in last month's pasting, but this handheld version is more than adequate.

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CJAMMENT Acclaim's family of wrestling titles is testimony to the popularity of W M over here, and the steady 4 s a l e s of each new release indicates there's definitely an audience for more. If you've already got one of these games, don't bother picking this up, as it's basically more of the same buttonbashing as before. If, however, you're a fan of the sport and you don't own a WWF game, this is probably the most comprehensive effort so far. Worth a look for die-hards but don't expect a radical departure from the WAIF formula.

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Yogi and Boo-Boo became entimeght stun when Hanna and Barbera first doom* them up. The game is based l e this highly succossiel series.

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N ot only has it hibernation, been a long cold winter's but Yogi Bear, culprit of many a picnic hamper heist, has woken to find a chemical plant bang on his doorstep. Jellystone National Pork, Yogi's natural habitat, is threatened by °cow logical destruction, and Ranger Smith must be warned! Along the way, our smarter-than-theaverage-bear has the added task of alerting his forestry friends and making sure they get to safety.

From high in the snowy mountains, through the treacherous gold mines, and into the forest, its platform action all the way. Each stage is split into levels packed with furry friends and foes alike. During the course of his quest 'ol Yogi can better his chances by picking up time bonuses and pieces of cake to keep up his strength.

But with Yogi only making the occasional guest appearance on the Hanna and Barbera Christmas special, and the action based on good old fashioned platforming, does this hove enough to make it smarter than tha °m a g a cart?

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BLACK FOREZT GATEAU To keep up his strength on the way to warn Ranger Smith, Yogi carries a thick and chunky Victoria Sponge. But as luck would have it, those cheeky woodland wanderers, also recently woken from their wintertime slumber, are more than happy to relieve Yogi of his burden. On the downside for poor Yogi, if the small animals monage to nab all of his cake he has to to back home to pick up a fresh batch, or so the theory goes.

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However if our chubby bear friend happens upon a four-poster, it's not necessarily a rest, because, with a bat of an eyelid, Yogis off to dreamland. In the realm of dreams Yogi has a time limit in which to find a piece of the elusive clock that allows him to continue his quest. Also when Yogi completes a stage Boo-Boo invites him to take part in a challenge with 1-ups as prizes.

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It really is a crying shame when titles like Yogi hit the store shelves. I mean, let's face it, level after level of identical backdrops, pointless pick 'em ups, and gameplay that is more stodgy than Grandma Yob's extra thick treacle puddin, isn't the recipe for the 90s.

A few years ago Yogi may have been passable as a pretty average platformer, but these days it can be classified as nothing more than factory line mass-produced pap. Even if you are a household of younger garners you would be wise to look elsewhere for something more substantial, and to put It quite simply, with more playability. Brings new meaning to the word mediocre.

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O M M E N T It's funny, but to look at Yogi Bear and Infogrames' Smurfs game, you'd be forgiven for getting the two mixed up. Both are aimed at the younger player, both feature mine cart levels, snowy bits and leaping on foes — in fact, they are almost identical in content. However, when it comes down to the playability Infogrames' little blue blighters could have Yogi any day. Yogi bear is of the 'decidedly average' school of platforming, where no risks are taken and where no excitement is the by-product.

Everything in Yogi has been seen countless times before, and it doesn't even have the playability to raise it to average. If you have a younger family member, opt for Smurfs instead — it's more innovative and a damn sight more playable.

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!Ti ng' rang the cuckoo dock as the big ha nd reached the twelve. A whirring from within was the only other noise to be heard, Nom and this was followed by a smolling creaking noise as the clock's two doors parted. This was what the toys hod been waiting for — the wind-up equivalent of Tarby's Palladium days. A hushed awe descended over the gathered playthings apart from the odd grunt from the spinning tops and disgruntled Master System at the back. All of a sudden, Princess Chelsea appeared from the shadows and began to sing.

Nobody knew why she sang, but because she told everybody she was a Princess it was sort of accepted. However, the singing act was supposed to be followed by a duel between a pair of clockwork knights and as Chelsea came to the end of her song, the two tinpot heroes prepared. However, no sooner had the Princess finished, than she had gone. No curtain calls, no bouquet — this just wasn't on, luvvies. She'd have to be back for the final curtain call or she'd never work in this creche again! But if a knight were to volunteer to find the dippy cow, they may just have a show after

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The between level sub-game is a mystifying guessing game presided over by Soltain. It's probably plain as day to Japanese readers, but the exact point is lost on us monophones. Just cross your fingers and pick a box.

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The introduction to Clockwork Knight is a stunning fully-rendered production number featuring the toys. The sweet voice of Chelsea, the gallant antics of the knights — why, even the e - " , most cynical reviewers of our low- rivals 4 1selling 1 6 m a may g r find o l their l , hearts melting.

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_0• eing smug and 1 ous by our pitiful rivals. . But this is Game of the1Month for smug and .: pretentious people (well, " have it first). 'Cause weFdo that's _ what it's good for — impressing your less fortunate a friends. They will indeed marvel at some of c the amazing graphicy bits, andc be impressed by the intro. But when they've u and you're playing it gone alone, s you'll think honestly that...well, there's not that e to it, is there? As platmuch form d games go it's pretty basic. The level's ore short andothe action sedate.

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Sonic 2 for any two good Game Boy n o able to collect or send your game games (Mega Drivel. I am Selling PGA Command, Sega Classics. Sonic CD Tazmania, Streetfighter (US), Chuck first .Contact Vinh t on 081 856 0302 tor and Prince of Persia E180 ono. Phone Tour Golf 1. Dick Tracy and Super Rock, Mickey and Donald. Techno address.

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MEGADRIVE for sale E300 worth Mega CD games Time Gal, Prince of Sol Feace/Cobra e Command tor FOR SALE FIFA Soccer E30. NHL 94.

Persia, Cobra Command Call Steve or E550. E70 worth of magazines tree in Thundertiawk or c Final aFight or anything Caz on 081 5757207. addition. Four pads and 13 games Street Fighter 2SCE, Micro Machines Also General Chaos, Gunstar Heroes, each E25. Gunstar Heroes E20.

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Tel 0865 (multi tap). boxed as new, E180 ono. anything. Otters afor Mercs Galaxy Force Tel Darren 0708 551462 62390 ask for Adam.

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AMIGA 500 excellent condition, 39 EGO FOR a SNES Starwing SF2 Super MEGADRIVE &nMEGA CD games MEGADRIVE 3 joypads 9 games, Star Wars converter Game Genie plus games plus Wordworth. 2 joysticks, 1 wanted. Top games orify, Cash Waiting.

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Island UniversalcAdaptor including Super Streetfighter 2 and on the Megadrive. Send to James GAME GEAR adaptor, rechargeable Plays music CDs. r Stilleunder sguarantee.

Sewer Shark. Menacer with games. All battery pack, master gear. 11 games.

Spencer. 1 Almond Close, Bugbrooke, The perfect Chnstrnas present. Worth worth over £650 will sell for E400 ono.

Mortal Kombat II.E1S0 ono. 0204 Northampton NN7 30X. p o n E480, will accept E230 ono Ring Paul 081 386 2163 ask for Stuart 852833 after 6pm.

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Tournament Fighters, child, Ninja. Altered Beast for Micro cheat adaptors. 20+ cartridge games. 11 Mortal Kombat and others. 0956 E15, Cool Spot El& &Quo Machines Machine, Afterburner, G-Loc, Master of w around E500. Phone CD games, Offers E20. Madden 94 E20, Madden 93 E14, Darkness (0203) 663883 Jonathan.

501607 evenings Darren 05242 62140 i MEGADRIVE MEGA CD live decent Super Kickoff E14, Sonic E5, Spinball MEGADRIVE MENACER plus six MASTER SYSTEM GAME Formula One E22, Ranger X E18, Davis Cup World game cart tor Menacer, Flashback, games all boxed hardly used worth l only used once Very good condition E450 will settle for E320 ono. Phone Tour E22. Tazmania E10. Ultimate Micro Machines, Fl. Aladdin, Batman Boxed with manual l E15. Ask for Daniel Soccer E15, Pacmania E12. Haunting Returns Wort h E200 sell 1125 phone Bradley on 081 500 51323, phone 777 5738.b I WILL SWAP General Chaos for Bio 0686 626752 E17. NHL 95 E35, Pete Sampras £30, FOR SALE or swap - Streets Of Rage, AMIGA 500 PLUS tor sale includes Hazard Battle. Bubsy or Pitfighter.

Jungle Strike E25. Aladdin E28. Euro e Games 1. SR Basket.

Pit Fighter. Mega Club Soccer E15. Contact Mao on 081 Phone Elliott on 0494 563984. joysticks, 50 games and disk box. Sell ball, Revenge ofcShinobi. Contact Adam 672 2607 for E190 Phone 081 500 0103 ask for UK SNES with 3 games, SF Turbo, 0661 830035 Sensible Soccer and Mano 4. Also etc Daniel MEGAPRIVE 1 MEGA CD I Menacer. a MEGADRIVE GAMES Spiderman.

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Menacer Margin Wars E20 Streets of Rage II r fi g h t e r .games. 2 three button control E313, V Racing E40, CDs Wolchild E10. pads, Mint Condition, hardly used, also E15 Castle of Illusion E6 Captain Mal III Ring Mark on 081 2653080 after 5pm 7 Thunderhawk E25,Lethal i Enforcers £35. tips and cheats book. E275 ono, (0784) Ella Mega CD Woltchild E30 Sol it's a bargaini M e g a Others Rebel Assault.

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E30 phone lan on 0992 444855, during weekend Fight (American) E14 Sega Classics d 727878 Lemmings.

Call Pete on (0902) MEGADRIVE and C D for sale with 8 MASTER SYSTEM. joypad, joystick all E15. Game Gear: Wonderboy E4 NICHOLAS BROWN, Lee High Road, i Good condition, instructions. boxed.

E30. Light Phaser E15. Games all E15 CDs and 15 carts including FIFA, Lewisham. London please phone Torn Call Sam 071 376 5387 NLPHA 94, Sonic 3, NBA Jam. two 6 each: Sonic. Operation Wolf. Astenx, n - urgent - sorry for Gibson. Aberdeen Speedball 2. El 0 each: Action Fighter. button loypads only E200.

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7 months u and 15 games Sega Game Gear Andrews 0534 44399. old, still under warranty until April joypads. 0377 256689 including Sonic 1e& 2. Mortal Kombat 1995. Contact Duncan 0844 216993 MEGADRIVE FOR SALE only E190.

MEGADRIYE FOR SALE I control Lemmings and Master System converter Includes ten games all scoring over pad, arcade power stick, SG fighter after Spm. Cost E420 sell for E195. t Karl after 4pm Tel VGC E160 contact 90°i,! Games include Virtue Racing, WANTED any cheap MS games.

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SWAP GOLF game for Game Boy games, classic disc plus 5 CDs E160 I also want to buy Atari Lynx master gear converter, excellent including Final Fight CD, Silpheed, 2 any other games considered. Phone d games Klax, Desert Strike. 0463 condition E100. Tel. 0322 665164.

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Personally, I'd rather come round and kick your Christmas trees over and wazz all over your turkey remnants. Still, it is just about the season of goodwill still, so I'll answer your questions with the respect you deserve. Yeah, right. If you want to send a letter for me to wipe my abscess-filled backside on, address them to: WHAT ARE 'GOB BLIMEY' TROUSERS?, MEAN YOB, Priory Court, 30-32 Farringckon Lane, London, EC1R 3AU But be careful not to cut your wrists on the edge of the paper.

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a WA S P S Dear Yob Yob, what happened to your wit and insults? You ore about as funny as • Jonathan Ross. So since you don't know how to insult people anymore, le. me be the one to show you how, by insulting d r u m roll please...YOUI Yob, you sweaty piece of rectum pubic hair, I hove seen more charm, style, and sophistication in a pig injected with tranquilisers. I bet you smell like an 81 year old man's arse which hasn't seen bog paper since his 16th birthday O h, and speaking of the rear end- my cat's arse looks like your nose. I bet in real life you wear a blue anorak with spectacles and sandals, carrying a packed lunch and your train spotter loner.

David Corcoran, Southport, Met sey5 ide I o w a

YOB Very funny, son. Bet that made you loads of friends on your 'special' outward bound holiday. Give my love to the Care in the Community visitors.

HARLEQUIN Dear Yob Does Darren Ellis think he's really funny? By insulting you he's cowering in his Portaloo home thinking, 'When the men with rifles and bloodthirsty dogs go away, maybe I'll apologise to Yob'. If he doesn't like my opinion, well he can skip to the next letter because he's so stupid to hate something and

still read it. Cmon Darren, slag me off. Anyway Yob change the image, the novelty is wearing a bit thin don't you think? Apart from that, comparing you to NMS's Seal, is like comparing a Ferrari F40 to o Skoda.

Gavin Spence, Scotland YOB If there's one thing I hate more than simple-minded buffoons who can barely

string an insult together, it s a creep.

HULL -40 KINGSTON ROVER Dear Yob Your chin looks like a baboon's bum. You ore less funny than John Major. That plaster covers your •I love Mummy' tattoo. You dribble too much. The people at Digitiser are poo.

Ryu

YOB: Whats the matter with: you, jive turkey? Too scared to use your real name in case mummy finds out? I must admit that your use of such words as "bum" and "poo" really did quite shock me. No, really. I bet you're dead hard.

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ST H E L E N S Dear Yob Everyone thinks you're so tough, you think you're the best and you think you can take on the rest.

Well, I will take you on, And once I've finished with you, you'll end up in hospital. Anyway, answer these two questions.

1. Why is your hair like a turd?

2. Why is your mouth always dribbling?

When you take your armour off you look like a piece of crap.

Jordan Newton

YOB. Well, that letter's short, badly put together and boring - a bit like I'd imagine you to be in real

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Dear6Yob First of P all congroulations on your utterly brilliant meg. It is 100% pure exellence_ Anyway to the point, I tuned into Digitiser the , other 4 0 day because I was off school and had nothing better to do. After reading the letters page I was totally flobbergasted becasue one of the dorks, who probe-

bly tunes in everyday, had written in slagging off MEAN MACHINES. It was about the 'We wer -

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planning to run a series of Digitiserstyle losers illustrations' reply you gave in Issue 26. He even had the cheek to call MEAN MACHINES a sad magazine. This was Digitiser's reply to his letter and I quote. If MEAN MACHINES want to start a slanging match with us, then that's fine. They earn far less money than we do". They also said something about the readership figures: MEAN MACHINES 68, 454 a month, Digitiser 1 .311 miilion a week. I don't know whether they are correct..1 certainly don't believe a word they

say. I think they ore crud. tong live MEAN MACHINES! Mrchoel Thompson, Chestir

YOB Well, they're sort of right, because they count every unfortunate TV surfer who accidentally flips past one page of their oracle (teletext

joke) in the ratings. The sad thing Is, even though their "service" is free they still v A blast from floo rKent post fromKwung can't muster a decent regToHe of Holland. ular following who actually cares what they say.

And we know for a fact they're on crap wages. A penny a page, that's what they get. Actually, we're bringing this Digitiser stuff to a halt now because they're horrid and call Steve a 'Fish Back'. Little do they know that next time he sees them he's going to break their button noses.

WIDNES Dear ' YPlease, o b please p r i nthis i letter. Do you send back pictures that people send

in? Could you tell me the best five games on the

This man has a destbis ter on his head!

From Moost Bohnen of Holland.

Megadrive? My friend Rob says you can ploy Game Boy games on the Game Gear. Is this true? What are your best death moves and fighters on Mortal Kombat II and Super Streetfighter 11? What's the best game for the Mega-CD? Is there going to be Streetfighter title for the Master System? Have you got bored w Sonic games? And finally will Alien vs Predator come Out for the Mega-CD? Gavin Porker, Cleveland ' 1 No. Just no, right?

YOB: .

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L e tossers! Apparently you only ing tget the latest titles for first review tbecouse you agree to award o them over 90% Excuse me, but S isn't this the some Sego Power e that reviewed a 50 c ompl e te SF g II o way back last year? I know Sega Power has lost more than M half its regders, and I sym a with them N really do But g preading vicious rumours a s other magazines is no way to go b about increasing their readership. rIndeed, my advise to Sega O ber o on that score is, they s h o u i c t w iproducing their mug in such a n way t a that it doesn't end up reading . . like a dog's arse But enough n . . .my 0 0moaning. Keep up the of o splendid work that has secured s you the position of premier Sega mag an ple a s e , don't let these Sego Power types get you down.

Chris Quigley, Co Armagh, N Jr -YOB: It's always disappointing e l when people resort to these a sad below-the-belt tactics, but n I suppose in the absence of d

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Deer Yob I'm bock, ta t this time r d , real mod. First of all, may lus t say that when it comes to 4 reviews, MEAN MACHINES is one of the most trusted mogozines on the shelves. Right, down to business. I don't know if you've seen the December issue of Sego Power, but they've been saying real nasty things about MEAN MACHINES and your equally oce sister mag, Sego Magazine. Now, any talent, wit or girlfriends I don't usually write in and gross It's the only thing they can do to attract a bit of attention, on other magazines (except Digitiser, that is. But that isn't a I " There's no way we'd sell out proper magazine), but the things to a company to get a game first — we don't need to. We they've been saying ore simply r i t pride ourselves on our hontoo scandalous to ignore. I don't know if its a case of the green esty and you only need to see eyed monster, but Sega Power Steve on the receiving end of an ira te PR call to k now wha t I are resorting to childish slander, mean. I feel nothing but pity implying that you and Sega operfor the sad dos. Except ha tre d. ate a hidden agenda when reviewing g a m e s Qh.v e r i r e f MAII SEGA 9 3

7. Will there be a game about the hit TV comedy series, Bottom?

Chris Wand, Wigan STEVE:l. Not until the end of 1995, February, and July. 2. I think it's cool. A little weird, but cool. Still, each to their own. 3. Jeez... 4. They aren't.

They ore nothing but a specially-manufactured band of girls designed to eke out your sordid little fantasies using pathetically inept tunes and crap dances. 5. Because they obviously have more sense than you. Try Sinitic], I bet she isn't busy at the moment what with Panto season over. 6.

How about 'Get A Life, Saddo'? 7. No, but there is a game based on Rising Damp on the cards.

TOOSOON , Christmas. By this time, you have T unwrapped your pressies, taken the crap h ones back and changed them for something nice, broken everything, and worn your parents i out s with constant unreasonable demands.

Great isn't it! Now all that's left to do is wait m until they've had too much falling down juice a on New Year's Eve, before going into their g room at, say, five in the morning and wishing a them a happy new year and offering them a z game of Micro Machines 2. Instant chuckles, and i no doubt followed by letters saying 'Dear Steve, what is a good way to remove swelling n from my ear and nose...' These and othersuch e questions will then be answered by our resic dent David Platt/ Marc Almond/ cow's bum o lookalike in response to letters sent to: m e DOMINATION OF THE GRAPENUTS CAA, s MEAN MACHINES SEGA, Priory o Court, 30-32 Farringdon Lane, u London, t EC1R 3AU f o personally think of Dynamite AGAIN u Headdy? I think its crap.

4a 3. Why don't you do a competiDear r Steve, tion where the prize is to go and Please answer my questions on a watch those four good-looking d of sublects variety girls, Eternal?

1. When will these games be out a 4. Why ore Eternal 'So Good'? for the Megadrive: Sensible 5, Why can't I have Easther, y Of Soccer, Megaman and World Louise and Kelly out of Eternal?

Street Racer?

6. Will there be a game with s I As you review games using Eternal in it? How about 'Eternal everyones' views, what do you a Champions II? f 94t PAM SEGA

Dear Steve, am the proud owner a I) Megadrive and a Mega-CD, and I was wondering if you would

please answer a few questions

for me.

I W i l l the Saturn be compatible

with 32X cart games, and will CD-based 32X games work for the Saturn?

2. I heard in another mog (no

names mentioned) that Daytona is coming out for the 32X Is this true?

3. Do you think the Ultra 64 is any cop?

4. With Sega

becoming a maior shareholder in Atari. d o you

think games like Alien Vs Predator will come out for the Saturn and 32X and Saturn games like Clockwork Knight for the Jaguar?

5. The other day I was in a computer shop and I saw two consoles which I had never heard of before. They were called the " No' Scorpion 8 and the Scorpion 16, and the guy in the shop said the) Scorpion 16 was a system which could run any Megadrive game from any country. It cost E69 99, and I was wondering if you hod heard of such a console and whether it was a licensed Sego product.

Dave Yeadon, West Yorkshire STEVE:l. Nope, not a chance.

2. No, they're talking shite. .m.Again. 3. As it isn't out yet do you really think I'm going to comment? 4. Nope. 5. It's

obviously an illegal import, and don't you think it would have a Sega logo on it if it were a genuine machine of theirs?

WITH ME Dear Steve, I think your mag is excellent.

Please answer my questions.

1. Con you play normal Megadrive games through a 32X? 2. I already hove FIFA, shall I get FIFA '95?

3. games forWhat the 32X? 4 How much will they cost?

4. q a Molyneux, Southend-On-Sea Man STEVE:l.

Yessiree. 2. Only if to you're completely FIFA mencoming tal. 3. Space Harrier, o u t Afterburner, Cosmic Carnage, a version of Street Fighter: The Movie, Mortal Kombat II, NBA Jam Tournament Edition.

Enough for now? 4. Between E40 a n d E70 d e p e n d in g o n

cart size,

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AND GET IT 1 1 11 Dear Steve, 11 I hope you and your amazing 10 brain con answer my very 1 sem questions.

1. Mars and Megadrive132X: g they the same thing? . 1 2. Any news on Street Fighter .

III? New characters, the price or its format, for example?

3. How much money do you make each month selling MEAN MACHINES?

4. Can we have an Earthworm Jim or SSfil poster please?

5 Can you please list these genies in order of greatness as. I don't know which one to ask fop': SSFII (I already own the Championship Edition), MKII, Urban Strike, Streets Of Rage 3, Theme Park, Sonic And Knucklt J. Myrock.

Brentwood STEVE:l. No, the first Is a piece of confectionery which, if inserted into your Megadrive, will melt. 2. Nope, no news at all. 3. Enough to keep me in cans of Coke and Bounties. 4. Possibly. 5. MKII, Urban, Sonic And Knuckles,

SSFII, 50R3. Theme Park isn't 11111 out yet. By the way, your first name isn't Justin by a n y 5 chance is It. I hope so.

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of his nice hair. 5. Thirteen. 6.

EA's Dark Castle. So bad it's unbelievable. 7. Jimmy,

4111 5 . 0 Please, please solve this rather long query. I was using the test r mode in MKII and used the 'No S t Damage, Player One' mode. I e v got to the last boss and I killed e , him. Then it told me I was going to the Outworld and hod to fight him gain As soon as the round started, though, he storied to smoke and I couldn't touch him or kill him. Then the time ran out and it was 'Gorne Over,' Please tell me mica happened,

in. Battlecorps, Novostorm, Rebel Assault, Soulstor, Starblade?

2. Where is Loadstor likely to fit into the last question?

Urba n, FIFA, Ecco 2, Mickey, Animaniacs, Lion King. 8.

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h is the better game: Sonic And Knuckles or Sonic CD (I already have Sonic 1)? hst Is a converter between the Saturn and 32X and vice-versa likely?

5. Con remote control pads be used on Mult'-tops and J-Carts to play simultaneously on remote control?

Andrew Ames, South Shields STEVE:Basically, when a ga me 's cheat mode is ope r-

ated it often interferes with the code.

This causes anomalies like the one you e x pe rienced.

Alternatively, it could be Kahn's attempt to take over your house. is your mum acting normally

at the moment...

INTO MY LAIR

mad.

AO! Dear Steve, Would you please answer my following questions.

1. Do you think

the Ploystotion is any good?

2. What is your favourite arcade game? buy?

3. My friend says Virtue Dear Would questions Rage 2. is Aston 3. as saw Cup Which 4.

1. best I Will What In I'm was your and FIFA Steve, 4 Villa? one a between Adorn you and bent is bit it review for 95 your looked do plasm of if who on me be not you a favourite West FIFA buying of in before why would brilliant. answer think Streets Rugby Horn nut. not?

FIFA I you Tennis should go Then World these Of and 95 soy I game for the Megodrive?

Racing is bet5 How many levels are there in ter than Earthworm Jim? Daytona. Please 6. What is the worst platform tell him he's sad. game you hove played? ,t 4.

When will PGA Tour 3 be 7 Please put these in order fro released? best to worst. Lion King, Jimmy Kevtn Thomson, Ayr White Snooker, Mickey Monio, 4 Animaniocs, FIFA 95, Ecco 2, and

o p hr t A Urban Strike ' Kevin's frie nd: you a re sadder tha n a n episode of Which is your favourite fatality S R 8.in MKII? T Supermarket Sweep. Sooty Sweep, for tha t ma tte r. 4.

Cioron McCartney, Belfast E And It's out now.

O STEVE:l. There's nothing to V see on SOR4 yet so I c a n't tell E 2. West Ha m - purely U you. : SEE MY PUPPIES because I s upport them. if l they ha d a fat, ba ld Dear Steve, N only Julian Dicks sprite tha t kicked .

Please answer these few quesY people in, though... 3. Be a tions for me.

D i devil. G o for Rugby. 4. Pete e 1. Which do you think is best out Samaras Tennis. Just because p . t 2 .

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A l Doom have?

7. Will FIFA or Sertsi ap pear 6 ' on - the 32X? , 8. W W will e be a Street Fighter p game where Ken ond Ryu are h h still in it, but up against new a o rharocters.

Is this true? v eGenerations Lost match 1 t9 , Does c up tohthe standard of the im of FIFA 95 and Micro Machines e sive Flashback? e 2?

10 Who r a saw fit to call them 2. Do you have to have Sonic 2 Munchies? or 3 to make Sonic And Knuckles t r to work? i DaviddLister, Arnold J. Rinundlik The Cat, and Kryten, Red Dw i rl 3. Does the Mego-CD 2 play f PS: I'm t going to eat you little music CDs? i purple h fishy 4 Will Virtue Fighters c STEVE:l.

Battlecorps, Rebel, a appear for the Soulstar, Starblade, a Megodrive? If so t Novastotm.

2. Between when? t Novastorm t a nd Starblade. 3.

5. In your opinion, e StliK.h4. Nope , nope a nd thrice what is the best w nope.e 5. No. 6. Surprisingly, game on the i no. 7.r No. B. Nope . 9. Not Megadrive?

G. Hunter, e v le n eclose. It's more like the l Hartlepool 0 . Cadbury's. it STEVE:l.

We ll it w M aI 3 ws a s a1good e nough na Still, me for depends if you like driving or 2a Cat biscuit.

PS: Sod off. soccer ga me really, doe s n't If? X Nope. 3. Yes. And the gui- ARP

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tar. 4. Nope . Ne v e r. S. Me ga Bomberman a nd MKI I light

my lemon.

Dear Steve, We're not gonna creep 'cos we reckon your mog is shite (only joking, but it makes a change from slimy gits who creep to you). Now here's our questions.

1. What order would you place the following Mego-CD games

Right enough's enough. I'm off to pee in Nintendo mag's coffee cups to see if they'll notice. I call it 'Golden Blend'.

And it smells of Sugar Puffs.

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