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Go on, it'll be lots of fun. I eme Park, last year's smash hit, is now available for your Mega Drive, and it's as good as ever. Compete with 19 other power freaks to build the world's best theme park, and make a packet of cash on the side.

GASP! As your customers defy death on 30 pant-wettingly cool rides, including 9 all-new ones and the option to design 4 of your own.

CACKLE! As they spend vast sums of money in your 16 different shops and restaurants. LAUGH! When they're violently sick as they try to eat a hot-dog on the 360* Rollerwister.

Hire a variety of people in silly costumes , then fi re e Yep, it's japes aplenty in the world tofhthe funfair, so why not come e m for the rider , - - - along j u s t f o r t h e h e l l o f i t !

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COVER STORY I l i v ait iml l i Yor E Arailli a E Ai R T H W O R M Z s t iI lI i f A JIM I '2 4 Shiny unveil the sequel to last year's mega. platformer, with unparalleled access for MEAN MACHINES to their development materials.

1 This astounding WIP is the definitive 2 to what's happening with guide Jim II All pies A garuanteed to be C blur-free.

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ED I T O R I A L 6 AKA the quick-cash zone. Special message lu the greedy mum not prepared to buy our may — Bog Off Darlin'.

NEWS 8 Last m onths manic E3 stop press is followed by Steve's cutting lowdown on the massive LA show. No punches pulled, and more coverage than any other console may.

PAUL 'S T I P S 5 4 Tips is garnished this month by the first maior Saturn lips, but there's plenty for you other punters, including E XICLUsrvE Fever Pitch tips direct from the programming team

Yob develops a mouth on him again, after a few m onths of laying off the letter writers. But you all deserve it, he says, and next month's 'Star Letter' will get a fat hp as well as a verbal stuffing

ClEtA 9 2 Would like to apologise to those offended by the new and tasteless pie of Steve on the karsi, as seen in ObA. And we'll be adding a big smelly fudge log Pelt for them next time round.

mEGAmART 96 Does this still go on? Does anyone care? Oh yeah, its a much-valued service for our readers and an integral part of MEAN MACHINES. Along with the crappy ads near the back'. Welcome to the anus of the may.

NEXT M O N T H 9 8 Literally a visible swollen pile on the rear end of MEAN MACHINES. We care SO much about this page that we think about it for the ii0tole month.

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Cool Spot gave platform games a real leg up when he fi rst came on the kilegadrove.

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Pay lap all for the mov ie rights like Acclaim did. This is, of c rse. the animated Batman. Who cares — if s rock, and t's fun

MICRO M ACHINES 2 — '96 3 4 Ifs the game that should be outlawed for addictiveness and causing strife between friends. And this utterly exclusive feature is the new barnstorming sequel with even more features.

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Pe e always seem a bit surprised when Codemasteis' tell ses rump straight in at No. 1. With games of this callbre a really any big enigma? This is one s ummer pudding

QUEST V 84 THO s fi rst Ntesadnve s ame is brinier than a can of hotdog usages We're all heading for a case of the bends.

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GAME GEAR EART HWORM JIM 7 8 E A C L U S I V C This issue's fi rst exquisite and essential Game Gear release.

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issue o f t h e n e w lo o k M e a n W Machines. O n ce ag ain , w e e have t h e b est possible m i x o f Sat u rn , After last month's ritual humiliation of our beloved l Meg ad rive an d asso rt ed Seg a- relat ed Editor. normality returns to Editorial this month. Yes, news, p review s an d review s, alo n g c Cash For Photos is back! Another month of moneyw grabbing sods is here in all manner of strange poses o it h t ip s g alo re. T h e reaso n w e can dredged from the deepest recesses of our minds. So, do t h is is t h at w e are co m m it ed t o m wit h no further ado, let's get on wit h it... keeping o u r m ag at at least 1 0 0 e pages t h ro u g h o u t t h e s u m m e r — t unlike o u r p u n y rivals w h o are f alt erSL EEPI NG o ing at t h e 8 4 an d 92- p ag e m ark. T h e DAD IN t main b en efi ciary o f t h is is yo u , w h o h MAKE UP can exp ect m o re co verag e as w e ihave m o re sp ace t h an an yo n e else.

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PEOPLE BITS The worst thing I've ever eaten...

for putting tights on his head and pretending to be Baraka. What a geezer...

KI T KAT IN G O B One of many KitKats in gob (a full selection next issue), and one of the first.

Nice one, Oscar, have £10 on us...

OZ BROWNE nipper, my Dad a d to get home work late t after the rest of us 0 h e was having steak a i n g a cheeky young japester. I grabbed a piece of meat from the edge of the plate and stuffed it in my gob.

As I walked away laughing I found it was a horrible bd of gristle and spat it in the bin.

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Oz's worst nightmare is to do with a 'Grin To Get Them In' Wagon Wheel. 1 was chewing away on one,' he offers. 'and my brother started laughing and pointing. I asked what was up and he said that he'd pushed a greenfly into the chocolate and, sure enough, when I looked down at it, there was a horrid bit of green mush and legs sticking Out' Oz has never grinned to get one in since.

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tale: 'my Mum used to make this stuff and the only way I could stomach it was to eat it when it was piping hot as my freshly-burned mouth then couldn't taste it. However, often left loads and, as a punishment my Mum forced me to eat a huge portion cold. It was the worst thing ever...'

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COVERED I N M U D My e r Dolphin (snigger. Is that your real name?) is a slimy sod. Literally.

Beautifully contrasted by the white car behind which we hope you covered in handprints afterwards. EIS on its way.

'KI CK M E ' SI G N O N T EACHER'S BACK Much more realistic than the last effort we had.

Notice sleeping kid at front of room, Ever school has one. 0 Bailey (not THE David Bailey!) wins E15 for this.

WOT SIT S IN EVERY O R I F I C E No covering letter with this, but out of all the Wotsit pics we got, this filled the most orifices. It was the eyes that did it. Get in touch, and we'll pay you. If you can still breathe after all that, that is...

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ULTHARD le girl, Claire wanted a e. Sadly, her Mum said no but the little lass bought one anyway. However, her Mum found and confiscated i t and Claire was sent to her room until dinner time. On sitting at the table. Claire was handed her meal and tucked in to the white meat. 'What is it?' asked young Claire, pointing to the chicken. 'You know what it snapped her Mum, sendIng little Claire into fits as they imagined her Mum had served up her missing pet..

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PAUL BUFTON Whilst being all continental and working in France, Paul was served up a huge steaming dish of what appeared to be Tuna casserole. Eating it with gusto, he dabbed his face clean and asked the waiter what it was. 'brains casserole, monsieur,' replied the garcon cheerily. Yiiik!

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Hello. S teve here. I w e n t to E3 yi know. No really I did. I was in LA, hom e to gang shootings, th e fattest people in th e worl d, d i rty ai r and crap telly, b u t also hom e to the al l -new Electronic E ntertai nm ent Exponent s h o w where all th e l atest Sega 32b i t and Megadri ve stu ff was on show. A bi t l i ke CES but better. Sadly, I arri ved back too l ate l ast month to get m ost of this i n , b u t l et's go wanderi ng through th e show's two m assi ve halls, cram m ed w i th next year's hi ts. As Alan P artri dge says: 'join m e...'

N AV Whi l st t he S e ga s t a nd w a s al l ver y bi g a nd i mpr essi ve, i t w a s sur pr i si ng t o see t he S a t ur n t uc k e d a w a y i nt o a da r k cor ner — especi al l y si nce i t w e nt on US r el ease dur i ng t he shi ne!

Sti l l . S e ga ha d a ver y i m pr e s si ve sel ecti on of s t uf f on show, w i t h s uppor t f or t he ai l i ng 3 2 X ver y i mpr essi ve i nde e d. Oddl y enough, t he r e w a s no si gn of the Me ga dr i v e / 3 2 X m ut a t i on. d m Ne pt une . t hough. Lot ' s t a k e i t m a c hi ne by machi ne.

S AT U R N I n a di ngy l i ttl e cor ner , gr e a t w onde r s l ur ked. . .

V I R T U A F I G H T ER I I Actually, this was lust the demo of Pai feeling around that we showed you last month. Looked smart, though.

V I R T U A F I G HT ER D EL U XE An experiment by AM2 to see how the Saturn can handle shading. Looked excellent and completely lost the crap polygon disappearances of the original Saturn code. Doubtful for release over here, though.

VI RT UA COP A stunning conversion. Only one and a half stages were on show, but this looked incredible. Knee-capping, shooting bi ddi es in the nuts — it was all there, and enhanced by brilliant screen update. Apparently, a gun is being developed for use with the game,

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NBA ACTION As far removed from the crappy Megadrive game as possible. More rotational gubbins, but per hi ps lacking the finesse and variety of Acclaim's NBA Jam.

GRAND SL AM B A SEBAL L 28 learns await in this Hardball lookalike. Guess what? Yep, scaling and rotation ahoy (am I sensing a trend here?), but not really a huge amount over RBI and any other Baseball games you'd care to recall

CONGO Based on the Michael Crichton movie, but was never working when I walked past. Ah well, i ts a diamond recovery mission apparently - - shades of Jurassic Park Mega-CD, perhaps...

FREE R U N N E R An adventure game along the lines of the hoary old Activision classic, hacker. Invade a massive polygon-

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Rendered sprites are the order of the day, as TI LL G Spidey is dropped into a •I S A NAVI CONFIRSID A O F I C I A L rather smart 3D play area.

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SATURN UN LAVACA ON • 3661 o a IPICI• Looks similar to past I I I I R TAOS SOW LAVACA IPSICIL IS Spiderman games, but I D TO SI I SA, . SITS VIVITO, TIOI111 graphically superb.

S I AS ISACNISIS W S W NIGII1 III DRIVIDOS 'SWISS TSAI SIGA L WOULD NOI I I I I I I S I MI I I I AUTUIRS• WI LT RILIASILS I SCUDI DAYTONA USA AI D SOMAS I DI VICTOIT SOAL. Two robot cops of the future team up

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ABSOLUTE PENN A N D T EL L ER' S S M O K E BY MIRRORS Crap idea for the Mega-CD and Saturn by Absolute. Avoid.

against a variety of bosses and the like in this split-screen blaster. Not a lot to see, but 33 weapons and over 2000 attack patterns makes it seem quite promising.

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generated Website as a murder investigation begins, wit h you acting as a binary Colombo.

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Complete arse, this. Although the graphics are . once again Capc om have trotted out the same t me code. Yes, there are new characters, but Street Fighter is starting to look rather dated now. As bad as the fi lm, and that's saying something.

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BARKL EY: S H U T UP A N D J A M II Yes, again_ Still no sign of a release. Or improv ement .

BEYO ND Z ERO TO LERANCE Didn't look hugely improved, _ b u t played as well as the first

VIRTLIA H A MS T E R Yes, Virtue hamster. A skateboarding hamster, wit h only a rocket pack to help him, must flee his cage prison — whilst avoiding other animals and reptiles that rather he'd stay. Yes, really.

KOLIBRI The 32X's equivalent to Ecco, wit h a Hummingbird taking centre stage. Kolibri the bird's world has been disrupted by a pair of crystals whic h have mutated his mates into all manner of ugly beasts. Fly. Kolibri... fi nd those crystals and save the f ores t _

M E G A D Ft IVE Ther e w a r e m or e ga m e s on s how for di e Me ga dr i v e on Sepga's s t a nd t ha n t he r e w e r e for t he S upe r NES t hr oughout 113. Whe r e 's Kong now. Ma r i o. i tehehohobeh. . .

GARFIELD

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Making a game based on a cat that sleeps all day and eats Lasagne can't be I • • V easy, so Sega have . t hrown Garfield through time, leaving him to explore platform locations based on a variety of fi lm genres — including horror and Casablanca. Good likeness, familiar gameplay.

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VECT ORM AN This looked really cool. Vectorman is a platturmer starring a robot hero made up out of disembodied bits.

The animation is tops, and there's loads of blasting action as VM battles through hordes of similar-looking robots.

X- PER T S A team of counter-terrorism experts have been sent to infiltrate a renegade undersea nuclear base, and the player uses each of the team's special skills to make their way to the reactor core. It's going to be a huge 40Megs, fully rendered, this looks like the Megackive's equivalent to that Bugs tv show. But without Henry from Neighbours.

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Probe's vision of the film is a cross between MKII and Final Fight, with the player guiding a fully-rendered Batman through similarly rendered levels, Robin is there for a second player, and the animation uses Acclaim's motion capture gubbins and looked pretty good. A bit early to comment on how it played, though.

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F O R E M A N F O R REAL BOXING George Foreman, unlikely boxing hero and big cheeseburger fan, steps in for the motion capture treatment next in this smartlooking boxing sin). Huge, fully lightsourced sprites battle it out as the player's George sprite pummels 20 opponents into hospital. Looks promising.

Another motion capture lobby, featuring top player Frank who was digitally captured batting and stuff so it was ultra-realistic. Big sprites, and will be Out on every conceivable Sega format.

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NBA JAM: (. SATT E URN) Wow? What a conversion. The Saturn version of NBA looked topper - - arcade per. fact, in fact, The sprites are enormous and move fast, and the computer-controlled teams are both intelligent and varied, A corking conversion.

CUT T HRO AT ISL AND The film looks a but of a duffer, and Acclaim's plafformer dumps a cutlass-wielding Geena Davis sprite into a slash 'em up world of Hook extras. The Megadrive verakm was barely playable because it was so early, but had a monecart level. Yippee.

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SEPARAT I O N ANXIET Y The sequel to Maximum Carnage, and whilst it looked very similar to the spazzy original, wer e assured it plays a lot better. It picks up directly where Carnage left off with loads of people to hit and web. Oh, and it's all rendered, too.

A L I EN T R I L O G Y ( SAT URN) Although only a very early PlayStation version was on show, the Saturn game is said to be identical. A Doom clone, there's plenty to shoot with aliens leaping on from the walls and Facehuggers aplenty. The early version looked promising enough, and we'll be tracking this cma very closely

he S a t ur n i n a bi g way. The onl y bl egadr i ve ga m e on s how w a s Wa t e r w or l d, a nd s a dl y m os t of t he Satur n s t uf f l i sted bar e w a s n' t vi si bl e ei ther .

W A T E R WO RL D ( M EGADRIVE) The film has been hot by more gossip than an episode of Coronation Street, but

REVOL UT ION X Yep, the Aerosmith game. An Operation Wolf clone, this looked very ropey indeed.

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System 3 are handling the coding, and the game is a mix t ure of game styles with the player guiding a Kevin Costner sprite through a series of 3D shoot 'em up bits wit h rendered sprites and backdrops galore. Coo.

WORMS A conversion of the Amiga mix of Cannon Fodder and Lemmings.

Said to be extremely playable, and converted by original developers, Team 17.

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AMERC I AN SIMMS TNT BASS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS/ OUTDOOR TOURNAMENT My feet hurt, I'm tired, some fat sod has just dropped Doctor Pepper down my leg, and you expect me to be happy about this kind of duffer? As for the second one: how many Bass

Another rendered effort, but this time a 30 war game wit h the player scouring a post Cold War world in search of supplies and food — using whatever means necessary.

ROL L C A G E ( SA T U R N ) Only the PC version has anything to see, but Team 17's Daytona challenger sounds promis ing

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tournaments take place indoors!

!ECHOS KARTOON KO MBAT Weak-looking beat 'em up.

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PO PEYE This has been hanging around longer than a turd f rom a goldfish's bum. Great, there's a Game

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PRI M AL RAGE The Megadriv e version was on s how alongside the Game Gear one. But you k now everything about this already. Actually, when I was looking at Primal this bloke sidled up alongside me, coughed to disguise a fart and walked away leaving me to look like a smelly sod. What a git,

EN DORFUN A puzzler wit h the player guiding a ,rolling cube across a grid play rea. The aim of the game is to match the colour on the top of the cube t o that of a square elsewhere on the board. It's all very simple in theory but requires logical and lateral thinking as the action hots up,

T - M EK ( 3 2 X) Controlling a I -MEK tank the player is sent into a series of battlegrounds to face off against other MEK Warriors in a fi ght to the death. A one or two-player game, T-MEK was at a very early stage but looked very impressive nevertheless. Just what the 32X needs.

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HI-TECH BEETHO VEN•S SECO ND: Q U EST FOR T H E M I SSING P U P S This is getting stupid now.

Movies, Games and Video's ever-present video release is given the gamet reat ment . I think I'm going to try my hand at writ ing knitting patterns if this keeps up. Who decided there should be a game based on a turd fi lm like that?

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HUOSONSOFT THE SPACE ADVENTURER Anot he r w i m py stand. but Da t a East ar e keen t o s uppor t t he Satur n. a nd ar e set t o unl eash a l oad of f or t hc om i ng coloo.ops t o t he machi ne.

CREAT URE SH O C K Argonaut's Saturn conversion of utterly pants shoot 'em up. Mor e playability promised: but isn't it always'

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I really, really wanted to see the Saturn version of this. But it wasn't there. Arses. Still, we'll soon have a Saturn piccy of the game.

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Hasn't really progressed a lot in the last year, but looks promising.

Probe are handling the c oding on this,

capcom's first interactive movie has just completed shooting. CI A agent, Jack Fremont, is caught up in a whirl of double-crossing and danger. Gals, guns and gameplay are mixed with Jack's quest to stop a terrorist organisation But not necessarily in that order.

ST R EET F I G H T E R L E G E N D S Convened from the coin-op. and nigh-on identical.

Legends returns Ken, Ryu and co, against Guy, Sodom and Final Fight characters.

More of the same, but arcade perfect Guile's mate, Nash, is

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NEW HORIZONS A puzzler starring characters from Ghouls and Ghosts. Not on show.

NI G HT WARRIORS: D A R K ST A L K ER 'S R E V E N G E The coin-op sequel looks arcade-perfect on the Saturn. Huge sprites, 14 characters, and combos ahoy make this a bit of a corker if you ask me. A little similar to the X-Men, though.

DEF CON 5 Ray-traced interactive movie with mixes shoot 'ern up bits with strategy moments. A rival to Wing Commander III?

ROMANCE OF THE THREE K I N G D O M S IV: W A L L O F F I R E Glossy RPG wit h loads of digitised pics and animal noises.

ST R EET F I G H T ER : ANI M AT ED M OVIE G AM E Only vid shots were on show, but apparently the game will feature footage whipped from the Ani ma SF cartoon. Cast as a Monitor Cyborg the player battles with the Street Fighter heroes and learns their moves ready for the next opponent. Sounds like a familiar one-on-one beat 'em up, but we'll have to wait and see.

Those divvy girls were looking for the joypad for the vid promoting this one!

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Fi nal l y a ba ndoni ng t he CD. J V C ar e S a t ur n- b w i t h l oads of r ather sneer t s t uf f on t he hor i z on. And Ti me Cop. Sni gger . Thei r s t a nd w a s a bi t f unc t i ona l and t he y w e r e gi v i ng out l oads of pl asti c bi ke c ups f or some r eason, but t he i r S a t ur n ti tl es ar e goi ng t o be wel l w or t h k e e pi ng an eye on.

M ISSION: D E A D L Y SKI ES A flight sim using fully light. sourced graphics, with the player going head-to-head with a variety of computer-controlled foes. In Order to add pace to the game, JVC have also taken the liberty of adding 'special moves' to the play• inventory — the first time a has done so — and this allows pilot to select from a number of turns and downward spins to get them out of trouble.

CENT RE RI NG BOXING Normally, boxing is a bit of a crap thing to convert to a console, but JVC's Centre Ring looked brilliant.

Polygon fighters slug it out with a number of camera views giving a real TV feel to the bouts. Stunning to watch, but as yet unplayable.

SPL I T R EA L I T I ES A strolling beat 'em up, Split Realities mixes magic with fighting and RPG bits. Set in a futuristic city, the players steps into the fighting pumps of Solo Axelrod who's task in life is to restore the balance shattered by an evil magician_ His home world has been somehow linked with a demon-infested city. and someone's got to sort it out.

Guess who?

A Daedalus clone, with more than a hint of Alien Trilogy. Take your squad of space gooks through a labyrinthian maze of corridors as you attempt to destroy the very core of an alien invasion force.

SCREAM ING WHEEL S Not actually on show and expect the name to change, but we're promised a 007-style feast of driving action with oil slicks and guns galore. Blimey.

( Errmulkmic C y, BMG ' s s t a nd r Sadl l ooked l i ke a bi g shoe box r a ppe d i n bog r ol l , but ? wi nsi de l ur ked S a t ur n c onver si ons of 3 0 0 s t uf f . r S3 D BASEBAL L Rendered and luvverley-look- ing Baseball slim Looked excelwith loads of TV-style 1 lent, viewpoints. Cool 7 o c k l - G EX The 300's only decent platformer comes to the Saturn.

Starring a versatile lizard (called Gex, funnily enough). who battles bosses in the oldfashioned way. Not on show for Saturn, but the 3 0 0 game was fun

BL AZ ING DRAGONS Created by Monty Python bloke Terry Jones, BD is an adventure game. Nothing to see, but it could be similar to Discworld. Then again, I could be talking out of my bum.

M AG I C CARPET Not a lot to see, but Bullfrog are planning to take the icons from the main game screen in order to give full-screen scrolling that will blow the skidders out of your undies.

Bullfrog are also planning a series of new surprises for Saturn Magic Carpet, all of which will be unveiled in Our forthcoming WIP reel soon.

SO L A R EC L I PSE One of the nobodies Out of Babylon 5 stars in this, but the game looks better than Channel 4's crap rival to Star Trek . blasters with baddies straight out of Baftlestar GalactiCa. T N G , A f a s t p a c e d 3 D

WING C O M M A N D E R III It's nice to see Mark Hammill's still working Luk e Skywalker himself stars in this Saturn conversion of Origin's space opera which sees veteran pilot Ham mill taking a group of novices up against the

OF F - WORL D I N T ER C EPT O R 3D blaster, with incredibly detailed graphics. Another 3 0 0 port. lion-like Kilrathi. Malcolm 'Generations, Tank Girl' McDowell, Ginger 'porn movies galore' Lynn Allen, and the bloke who played BM in the Back To The Future series are co-stars, and Origin spent over E3m filming the three hours of live-action video which surround the basic blasting action And, yes, a Wing Commander IV is also planned

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SA ar e wel l i nt o t he now w a v e of machi nes, a nd thei r S a t ur n s t uf f w a s a m ongs t s om e of t he m os t i mpr essi ve a t t he show.

FI FA 9 6 w a s by for t he m os t i mpr essi ve, but Ma gi c Ca r pe t a nd V i e w poi nt de s e r v e preklek, too. The M6 ga dr i v e w e e .l i ttl e unde r - s uppor t e d, t hough, w i t h a not he r tr i o of i ce hockey. Am e r i c a n footbal l a nd basebal l games on t he i r w a y a nd no si gn of FI FA 9 6 f or t he machi ne. M y f e e t w e r e bl oody ki l l i ng m e by now.

The old Megadrive favourite is given the Saturn treatment and the result is a game even better than the 3 0 0 version. Large sprites, detailed backdrops and a variety of tunes only go to accentuate the already playable basic game, and all-new cities and rivals have been added. Again, more as soon as we can get it

F I F A ' 9 6 one ofthegames of the show for me. FIFA on the 3 0 0 was good to look at but a little dodgy in the play stakes. FIFA 96 for the Saturn. though. has more playability with the players using all the volleys, passes and flicks imaginable set against a panning camera which offers views which would leave John Motson speechless — and speaking of whom, apparently he's going to be dubbing the commentary for the UK game! Actually the in-game speech deserves a special mention as it is literally full commentary with the US game boasting 'Flynn passes to Boyd... he shoots..! Brilliant. We can't wait for this.

can confirm International Superstar Soccer is being convened to the Megadrivel YES? YES! YES! YES! A rather neat isometric killathon was on offer. too. But only for the Saturn.

MAXIS SIM CIT Y 2 0 0 0 Well excellent, this. Build a city, build it some more. Watch aliens

invade. Tax people to death.

Brilliant, and a true Saturn classic.

NAMCO MADDEN' Not on show, but expect the same panning stuff as in FIFA. PGA 96 is due, too.

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CYBERSLED A very early version the coin-op was on show which looked arcade-perfect. Cool. Their new air combat coin-op esd on show. too, and looked very nice.

Sammy's Megadrive version left a lot to be desired, but Saturn iewpoint looks even better than the Neo-Geo version. Huge shaded sprites abound in this stunning. looking Zaxxon clone. Fast and very playable.

RISK A snow-boarding game which was originally a Megadrive game called Face Plant. Uses the Road rash engine as the player boards down a 3D play area, riding bumps and punching anyone in the way. The 3 0 0 version was the only one on show.

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READYSOFT A smar t s t a nd done out like S i nge 's castl e f r om Dr a gon's Lair.

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BL ADE RUNNER The big news as far as Virgin go. Westwood Studios, the team responsible for Virgin's forthcoming PC strategy blaster, Command and Conquer, are handling the programming duties, but as the licence is newly signed, there's nowt to see. According to Westwood, the game is set within the Blade Runner universe, with the player cast as a Harrison Fordstyle character Out to kill off rogue Replicants. More soon.

S P O T G O E S T O H O L L YWOOD Forget everything you know about Cool Spot! His latest outing drops him into stunning isometric worlds based on him genres. Looking really good, with nice alliMS and it plays nicely, too. I just hope they do a bit more with the pirate level in the final version...

Beavi s and But t he a d w e r e on ha nd f or cr ap Pol ar oi d phot o oppor t uni t i e s , but by fi r t he bi gge s t but t he a ds w e r e this l e • t a r dwear i ng w e i r doe s w ho s pe nt t he enti r e s how m i m i ng sur pr i se a nd shock. Si ts.

They w e r e on ha nd t o pr om ot e a ne w Me ga dr i v e puz z l er cal l ed Zoop w hi c h i s sai d t o be t he m os t addi ct i ve t hi ng s i nc e an el even y e a r - ol ds ba t h Onto.

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Graphically excellent Lair-style thing wit h the player escaping f rom a mad scientist's castle.

SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE IRON H EL IX Originally touted to appear through Microproser Helix is an excellent Doom/Daedalus clone

The reason for the saddos with the lycra. A puzzler, Zoop drops the player into a crossfire scenario where they are under attack from four sides. The only way to escape is by collecting a series of power-ups, but with hundreds of opponents on the move it ain't easy. Corning to Game Gear, Megadrive and Saturn.

PHANT OM 2040 A 60 level shoot 'em up based on a cartoon yet to hit over here. Adequate, but nothing special.

A H H H ! REAL M O N S T E R S Great title' Taken from the Nickelodeon cartoon, Krumm and Oblina is a 25 stage test as the monstrous trio attempt to blag their way into their midterm exams. A little like Lost Vikings in that control switches between the three monsters.

set to appear on the Mega-CD. Keep an eye out for the import review.

alp BUST-A-MOVE Stars Bub and Bob out of Bubble Bobble. A puzzler in the Tetris vein with the player lining up colour coordinated bubble for points galore. Worthy of a UK release.

URISOFT CONVERSE HARDCO RE HO O PS ( SAT URN) A big duffer this. A basketball game set on a variety of US courts. No scrolling, and looks more a Megadrive game than a 32bil whopper. Probably won't be imported to these shores. I hope not.

1 1TH H O U R Much-delayed interactive movie for the PC. A Saturn version will follow hot on the heels of the completed PC code. Apparently, although it's very late it'll blow our socks off,

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Packed w i th the most amazing features you've ever seen in any ice-hockey game, it couldn't be more exciting, more addictive or more realistic.

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THE M ASK After more s how appearances than J immy Tarbuck, The Mask fi nally appeared in an 80% c omplet e form.

And looked rather smart. The Carrey sprite whacks people wit h a hammer, flies through air vents and girns wit h all the style of his mov ie counterpart.

Looks promising.

J U N G L E ST R I K E (GG) A very early version on show, but impressive nevertheless. Loses a little in the s ound department. but ot herwis e it's all there.

U R B A N ST R I K E Surprisingly, the Urban conversion is more advanced than Jungle Stroke! Mos t of the missions have survived the conversion, and THO reckon it 'll be out in September.

M ICHAEL JORDAN IN THE W I N D Y C I T Y (GG) A bit poppy this one. The crap SNES game is bunged onto the Game Gear — and looks identi

cal! Still a turd, though.

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level, running across luverley backdrops, and battling big sprites. Very pretty.

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JET S KI R A G E Never got to see this one. I was probably in the bog drying out fat boy's drink f rom my leg.

M ADDEN '96 I sense a trend here. Nowt to see,

SUPER R ET U R N O F T H E J EDI The surprise signing, and looking quite good. The SNES shoot 'em up has been squeezed into the Game Gear and looks quote good! Only the Death Star raid and Chewie killing people levels were on show, though,

WORKN I GDESIGNS POPFUL M A I L RPG with big colourful intermission screens. From the people behind Vay.

Basically, E 3 was a stunni ng show which, after some of the dross M egadri ve stuff we've p u t up w i th through tha l ast year, really gave the Sega scene som ething to look forward to. The Saturn, wh i l st tucked away in a dingy corner, had pl enty to see, and the l i kes of V i rtue Cop and VF2 are wel l worth th e wai t.

Similarly, th e thi rd p arty stuff, as seen in Cool Spot I I and M KI I I were equal l y hot.

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FIRST PRIZE W I N N E R OF M EG A D R I VE + 3 2 X + D A KINE HAT !

As ever there can only he one winner and Sam Whitfield fro m PPttictrPe,

Suffolk impressed the judges with his fantastic rendition of the blue flash and bad old 'Botnik egg-head, Excellent work my son!

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Frey. Surf Foddder rockst I t rest use of characters and ir i1 t i e !

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A But not t hi s m ont h. Thi s thol e w e hams pl e nt y pr i z es will try to match your pref1-17 O F l This months giveaway, courtesy of genic good guys, Ubi-Soft. has a T-shirt flavour plies of eac to r it. That's becausing wer e giving away the most successful fashion item of the erence, but sup W i t 20th century. Namely, the T-shirt. Well, not one T-shirt but about, oh 80 of them. i are limited. harac Ubi-Soft have given us 10 limited edition T-shirt for each of the game's eight charac• 4 4 11 g Acan you failM tars, totalling 80 prizes. How to want one of this year's alternative brady h bunch. If you win we'H try to match your preference for 1 tSurf Sister, Frankie, Ralf, BM Eor others, but ! as these Vs .are so exclusive, you may have to take what you get.

P PRI S : c o iBut it would be a pretty lame compo without Street t Racer the game itself. The ground-tweaking. neck-breakStreet Racer on ing speedtest scored highly three months ago, with its ' egadrive, each innovative programming from Vivid Image and unique s four-player 3D head-to-head. But money might be tight with a four-player c at this time of year, so isn't it lucky that we've got five ti-ta , o copies to lust give away? And five four-player multi1

m so you can't miss that shoulder-to-shoulder action. taps p So what do you have to do to get your hands on the booty. Well, it's one of our -infamous design-'em compos. You see, Ubi-Soft are already thinking about the next generation y versions of Street Racer, and there may well be room for new characters. We want YOU to design a new character; a drawing, an idea, whatever. e Send it to us at MEAN STREETS COMPO, MEAN MACHINES M iSEGA, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, EC1R 3AU. Makz. e sure it arrives before the '1st August. Normal competition rules n apply.

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1 Needless t o say, w e were t h e fi rs t t o 1 greet h im... t a t M The w or m t ha t t ur ne d i s back.

E a r t hw or m Ji m. be s ui t e d her o of S hi ny ' s s t unni ng Me ga dr i v e debut. hats r ecover ed f r om seei ng hi s l oved one ki l l ed by t he c ow he i na dv e r t e nt l y l a unc he d at t he s t a r t of t he fi r s t game, and l a c e s t hi r t e e n a l l - ne w l evla. els a nd s ub- ga m e s . Fe a t ur i ng a hos t of fami l i ar faces, •W. 1 I I sees a f r e s hl y - r e dunda nt J i m tr ai psi ng of f t o t he Pl anet Of The Mons t e r s w i t h hi s m a t e S c ot t i n sear ch of a hol i day.

Keweeer , r a t he r t ha n t he r est and r e c upe r a t i on t he y e x pe c t ed, t he P l a ne t Of The Mons t e r s actual l y pl ayed hos t to. . . wel l . t r uckl oads of sl aver i ng r epti l es a nd hai r y beasts.

Whi l st J i m a nd S not t fl oe, i n t he m e a nt i m e t he i r ol d m a t e Peter P uppy ha s be e n bus y on t he fami l y fr ont, a nd i s t he pr oud ow ne r of a fami l y of 6 0 0 pupa. Thi s be i ng t he w e i r d w or l d of EW..11. t hough, a 4 1 1 1 1 g e n e t i c d

f or m ed i nt o t he vi ci ous m ons t e r s popul a t i ng t he p l a n . . . et 0 w he n ups e t . E nt e r J i m 's ar ch-enemy, Psycr ow. has sei z ed upon t hi s as hi s c ha nc e t o t a k e over t he pl anet w i t h an ar m y of pe r m a ne nt l y ups e t pups w hi c h he i nt e nds t o us e t o i nv a de t he gal exy a nd fi ni s h of f Ji m f or good. Thr ow i nt o thi s unl i kel y m i x a mar r i age be t w e e n P s y c r ow a nd Pr i ncess Wha t ' s - He r - Na m e w hi c h J i m m us t stop, a ne w S a l a m a nde r out fi t , a nd a br ace of ne w w e a pons a nd i deas, a nd y ou ha v e t he fi r st of sever al m i s s i ons wet t o tax our l i mbl ess h e 2r ,o .

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Earth and other such ic nil. Indhriltially, these e n ' t of much no?. ; but if Jim touches all t e e durinb the cours t h e level, he is I l,t r ewar ded wi th a pass o r d when he reach t he ' e nd, • t h r o u g

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Onging them over de si t h e Super NES code, Wi t Andv Astor writ ing half the levels and port S u p e r NES to Nick Jones whose handling the code, and vice versa• Listening to criticisms ot the first game, Jim il features more variety than the original, wit h rnore hidden areas. special power-ups end sub-levels. Shown herenis hall the tirst stage --Tangerine Dream — whic h acts as a warm-up to the mai g e n i e and allows tne Os ier to rr c e athaMseNes p a b WIth i Jim's l i new t i e s . f aAlians

d'rWORMING MY WAY' BACK TO YOU BABE s is !he norm in a sequel, Eli/ MI endows our wormy wohcier with even more special moves and abilities. Before the game is released in October, Nick and Andy aim to make J im dig, clamber, and s wim — in addition to his customary running and jumping mov es b u t here's what's in so far...

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I idi t iflorenoon artist Mark I graphic A tot of e first Earth n i Jim's — stages dreyv their t tames frorr4 people work ing at Shor)y. t For instance, 'Andy r o i d s ' yvas the brainchild of oMegadriye coder, Andy Astor, and this the le linitial briefs On the levels c o. A/though trend is set tO cooa re into the segue/ i plet ed s o iM n c l u d i n g e vel names ar sobteet to chiinge, here** Shinv's f cite a film, r : Slot a level w a di sees Jirn digs t d g c . • weird.

Singing thefor soiltreasure of El b and archeeol • a goodies c orenz a o' ls S lo i l Named e d aflor the crap Nia14'• p e r f o r me r s wreak a twisted •.,.. , revenge. Very TanLk o r e n z o ' s • M O 9003 _ r A S o i l Ith‘huh.

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T h e greatest battle of • all: - Eart hworm J im and -Wo , r m Bur ger A food-based stage, yvitoi J im h i s incredibte suit against the taxman-. ill T No, h e Fiyin• Ki ng Peter . a Poundf And Mat r y 'N, e • "t i r er l y elsewhere. a g e , s n tclv:B W rid A a m o 'G e h T G nowt to do with Disney Just wanton car, l ath Peopl e E The Cathedr al The fina evel l l , J im t get r i e , the church on t ime ;rt order to stop the for 0 fl ying oliv e level set o d e a riving touch - 7 the walls. we d d i n g between Psycrow and•W lu– a S stb n o d rJim e h . n r-ld e t's4 a h entity whic h gratis anyone Stupid enough P Ilt rih ) i n c e s s to • v ers Fort hous e V/i,e-,-,. att the worst circus . ' ' .

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The actual J im sprite is considerably larger than before, and Shiny's animators have taken the chance to invent one of those names graphic artists like to coin for the way he moves. That name Is Animat ion II (Jim I used the first Animotion), and Jim's actions are taken f rom a real worm wearing a ho-tech suit. Actually, that's crap. Animot ion II means that J im is drawn full•size using a series of rendered and detailed squished down into the e g a d r i v e . For the sequel, Shiny have images, t over N frames just l to make him run, jump and do all the keit_g-razy things he is renowned for. The same system has also . 4s t been used to bring the large supporting cast to life, and S h i n y ' s office is littered wit h sketches of the game's villains in a variety of poses.

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77•••,, The learn behind EWJ II are r i s i b l e for s ome of the greatest video games of our time. Nick Jones, the guy handling the Super NES code was resporelible for co-creating the Wally Week games for t he'Spec t rum alongside Shiny boss, Dave Peri extremely cool Statquake for Bubblebus over ten years ago.

Sadly, we can't credit Andy Astor with % any cool games as he used to work on dull cadw cam stuff for big companies until he saw the light h i work ed on J im I. Wit h the recent acquisition and lofsShiny by Interplay for a fi ve-game deaf, - t g the mix, but he is hoping to got a few weeks to 1 to so he can add a level of his own design. r 1 himself Here's hoping.._ 1a 1p 1h oi nc i a or ut ni l s i t kS et l e yv t e hC ar 11 t o ;1 Dw 1 aw 41 vt eo t

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Now. a f t e r t w o a nd a hal f year s of f our scr eens, S pot has r e t ur ne d — but i n a f or m so f a r r em oved f r om hi s pl a t . for m de but . Yes. S pot ha s made t he upgr a de t o t he 32b1t k i ngdom , w i t h Vi r gi n's sequel l e a di ng on t he S a t ur n and 3 2 X f or m a t s be f or e s huf fl i ng a l ong t o t he Me ga dr i v e a l i ttl e l ater . Aba ndoni ng t he si de-on v i e w of t he or i gi nal .

Spot Goes To Hol l y w ood opt s for an i s om e t r i c pe r s pe c t i v e w i t h t he l i ttl e r ed dot , r unni ng a nd j um pi ng t hr ough a ser i es of fi l m - r e l a t e d l evel s. col l ecti ng r ed t ok e ns as befor e a nd e m i t t i ng al l m a nner of hi p s que a k s a nd bur ps .

The ga m e i s be i ng c ode d by Vi r gi n's US di vi si on, a nd t ha t 's w he r e w e w e r e gi v e n an e x c l us i v e pe e k a t t he 5 0 % c om pl e t e code. . .

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Tho tr ai n strike bi tes deeper.

My name's Ber nar d Brass law!

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Cool Spot pr epar es for an eveni ng of lurve...

SPOT PLOT Back gracing the cans America's 7•Up cans, f ollowing exploits in the first game, C Spot fi nds himself adorning a left in a cinema projection room A s the game opens, a fully-rendered tro sequence sees Spot peel himself off the can and start looking around the room. However, as Spot wan around the darkened fi lm caniste oiectionist returns and Spot ing f or a place to hide. Run es to the fi lm projector. Spot into the machine's inner workings, but gets snagged up in a reel of fi lm rently playing. As the intro chan we see Spot landing on the r and being pushed t owards one seven fi l m genres. A huge g sporting the level title pass over Spot's head and the game begins, as does Spot s main task of getting back to the safe of his can oleo

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ARTIE nc levels are all spoofs of popu genres and titles. At the time of writin 's first port of call is a pirate world ideas from 'Pirates Of The Canbbea 'Mutiny On The Bounty' and, as such, fe ideas including huge sharks, peg-legged s men with beards only ever seen on old ladies (and Brian Blessed), and planks to walk. With the game roughly 50% complete, the order in which the levels run has yet to be decided, but currently in development are horror, sci-fi and advent stages, with assorted nods to the likes of Star Wars, countless Dracula and Franke B-movies, and a certain Fedora-wearing Mr Jones reflected in the graphical themes. 'milady, more specific film scenes have also been recreated, including a stunning mine cart ride straight out of 'Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom' an a jeep sub-game with Spot r to out run a pursul y trying j Rex. The name of t level? Triassic Pa ily enough.

Forget everything you know about Cool Spot. No longer is the little red blob an ordinary sprite. Nope, with the advent of the Saturn, Virgin US have gone to town with a number of SGI workstations and art packages to bring Cool Spot bang up to date as a light-sourced sprite exploring a rendered world. With the ideas down on paper, the programmers then plot where en• sprites will be on the game map. From here, the object is then as a series of small vectors in 3D Studio la snoot design package) u a full 3D image has been created. The image is then rendered with artists setting a definite light source for shadows and effects. This tern is then repeated for every frame of animation the object uses which in the case of the game's scary trees (which lunge, swipe a link together with a skipping rope), is a very time-consuming process. Needless to say, but before we're swamped with phonecals from wishful thinkers, no the Megadrive versi will not be rendered...

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MISSION IMPROBABLE Spot Goes To Hollywood is a forty-stage epic, with the little hero running, Jumping and shooting his way through sprawl levels based on a number of film categories. In keeping with h abilities and missions in the Megadrive game, Spot's basic mission to get to the end of each stage as quickly as possible. However, life ' ne v e r that simple and bonuses galore dot the way to the levels ex' Red 'Spot Points' punctuate the scrolling stages and for every 100 c lected grant the player with an extra life. Similarly, all manner of ha dies are out to stop him — including trees, pirates and ghosts — a basic gameplay is fairly familiar, though, the Virgin US gu 4l 'also keen to add puzzle elements to the basic mix. As such, f o Spot to progress past seemingly impassable points, switches o must be tripped and smaller brain-leasers solved. ul d e Nape, , idea what's going i on here_ t h e r b e a v o i d e d o r s h o t w i t h h i s Before programming even began, every f aspect of Spot II was put on paper. When a the game first entered development eighm teen months ago, the team started work on e the Megadrive code with the basic idea of pl ing Spot in the isometric play area. However, d with the release of Saturn development kits and S the potential for placing the red hero in a full p dered play area, the time-consuming Saturn o soon has taken priority. Every character within t game has been plotted and placed with the p game engine from an original paper sketch, and o the game maps and intro screens have also been ported in the same way. The benefit for w Virgin US of doing this is that the sketches c e then be scanned into one of the SGI workst r . denng, or lust as they are for 4 , t i ons , ready for ported conversion into 30ready and rem, W inclusion in the Megadrive and 32X ver-

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NBA J a m ? Nal l ! Fi fe? Hm m . o maybe. Wha t a bout Mi c r o ne s 2 ? N o w y ou' r e tal ko i ng. We ' d be haMar dc hi pr essed t o fi nd m a ny ot he r i n t he annul s of M E A N MACHI NE S t ha t m games scor ed t he huge 9 5 % I I scor e t ha t Code m a s t • r s de fi ni t i v e r di d l ate l ast m year. And t he har d w or k acer w a s al l done by o Super soni c, Code m a s t e r e hi ghl y - pr a i s e d devel oper s. I t w a s i nevi tabl e t ha t a sequel t o n the sequel w oul d fol l ow, a nd w e w e r e ov e r the m oon t o be of f e r e d t he c ha nc e to br e a k o one of t h e bi g ga m e s e t 1 9 9 5 .

Supersonic are once again behind the wheel, t and they are seeking to add the experience that the PC version of Micro Machines 2 has given s them. No t only are they planning an expanded version of last year's hit, they are also adding a breakthrough construction kit that should take the game stratospheric.

For the sake of recap, the Micro Machines series is based on the scale miniatures by toy giant Galoob. They began as toy racing cars, but the phenomenally successful range has expanded to take in rescue vehicles, helicopters, bikes, balloons and airships, even astronauts and a gnatsized version of 'Airforce 1' the US President's personal jet.

The game reflects the plethora of vehicles by pitching all kinds of craft against each other, and within the kinds of setting that you would play

with them — gardens, garages, school desks and the dinner table. The game also uses the patented J-Cart, which plugs four joypads directly into the cartridge. Taking things further, Supersonic devised a

Some of the brand new g environments sound very promising, and the seen are crisper and more detailed than before. graphics on the ones Already in place in the • on Camping' level which has dragsters risking I and limb on a barbecue, replete with bangers (as in sausages, not old cars) primus stove. The gymnasium has you tackling fitness equipment, swerv' round dumbbells and racing up treadmills. Generally, there will be more specific hazards within each environment as the 'sudden death' nature of the game is one of its best features. Other tracks in progress include:

SC I EN C E L A B Chemical-filled sinks and bunsen bur ers.

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40 of these are in all-new 'environments'. By environments, Codemasters mean the distinct background graphics and racing conditions — a gymnasium, for example. There are three or more tracks for each environment. The balance of 25 or so tracks are made from environments of the previous game. Richard Eddy, of emasters explained how many garners may e missed the environments found later in cro Machines 2, because it became too hard.

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Over the next six pages y ou'll see the efforts of various teams trying to br ing the arcade triumphs o f Sega's A M2 team, t o life on home formats. A M 2 do Virtua Cop; Time Warner bravely tackle the veteran Virtue Racing; whils t Sega show off Ifirtua Fighter on 32X. Be careful — it

i dl i ng sur pr i ses out Of t he ha t has become m or e or less r out i ne for AM2 , S e ga 's j ewel in t he c r ow n I M O de pa r t ment. At t he r ecent E 3 s how in Los Angel es, w he r e t he i r Satur n V i r t ua Cop conver si on took pr i de of pl ace. The coi nop, a pol y gon r e w or k i ng of the s hoot i ng gal l er y genr e. was thei r ow n cr eati on.

V Cop i s a bout a qua r t e r Col n. pl ete, a nd A M 2 ar e keen t o s how t he w or k t he y ha v e done. Not onl y i s V Cop on tr i al , t he ga m e i s a j udgm e nt on t he S a t ur n i tsel f, a s t hi s wi l l be t he fi r s t pr oj e c t t o uti l i se t he ne w Oper at i ng System, or OS. w hi c h w e fi r s t m e nt i one d i n t he V i r t ua Fi ghter 2 Val basi cal l y of f e r s a l ot m or e , pr ocessi ' l a s t ng power , by si mpl i fyi m ng o tnhe t ov e r - c om pl e x pr ogr a m m i ng pr ocesses of t he h . n.

Satur O The vi sual s m a y l ook basi c S here, but t he y fai l t o c onv e y the i ncr edi bl y s m oot h m ov e ment, w hi c h has al r eady be e n achi eved. Wi t h a fr ame r a t e of 6 0 fr ames per second, t he Satur n wi l l be abl e t o r epl i cate t he s a m e pa nni ng, l oom i ng a nd scr ol l i ng of t he coi nop. The detai l of faces, ba c k gr ound t e x t ur e s a nd gor y effects c om e s l ater . The ga m e uses t he sets, vi l l ai ns a nd by s t a nde r s of y our typi cal Scor sesel Coppol a movi e.

Basi cal l y i t's t he G odf a t he r w i t hout t he pa s t a or w e ddi ng scenes.

Al so a nt i c i pa t e d i s a l i ght gun t o r ecr eate t he ar cade exper i ence per fectl y.

Pr evi ous l i ght - guns f or 1 6 bi t machi nes ha v e be e n di s a ppoi nt m e nt s , but w i t h A M 2 de s i gni ng t he i r ow n guns f or thei r ow n game, w e ha v e hi gh hope s . G u n a nd g a m e s houl d be out t or X m a s !

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A distinctive feature of Virtua Cop is the lock-on sight. When ene (rues are about to fire, a circular target marks them out, and two bars rotate around the edge towards top and bottom. When they ineet, the target fil fs and you sustain a hit. The system is there to give you an Hied of what targets are more deadly. It may seer to - oversimplify the gameplay, but AM2 point out that it rids the game of any confusion over where the enemy is shooting from.

Resides, you can hit foes even before they are auto-targeted.

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S a t ur n Vi r tti n Ra c i ng f e a t urt e s t he e x pe c t e d a r c a de a nd pr acti ce m ode so, a n d t he s e ar e s uppl e m e nt e d b y a G r a nd sPr i x opt i on w he r e 15 t e a m s c om pe t e acr oss ut he ga m e ' s t e n tr acks, w i t h t he pl ayer upgr p a di ng thei r vehi cl e a s t he s e a.s on . 1 pr ogr esses, O t he r de l i ght s still t o be i nc l ude d ar e a spl i t-scr een t w o- pl a y e r m o d e a nd p e r f e c t c opy of t he a r c a de m e ' s musi c, b u t h s h a p e s u p no a nd i ts l i ghtg wi l l be r eveal ed w h e n t he ga m e i s r el eased on t o t he S a t ur n s t a r t i ng gr i d i n S e ot e m t --

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All the characters are prei sent, and every one of their moves, throws, c ombos end counter-attacks has been m cartridge. In fact, to make sure, We programmed into this gargantuan 32MEG unearthed our Japanese VF fi ghting guide a and tried every technique know! a n d indeed, we weren't disappointed. d The game is stilt at a very early stage of edevelopment. Alt hough all the mov es are in, it's impossible to actually hit your opponent. Also, the code used to change the different n camera angles is very early, wit h onN a f ew different perspectives in there at the moment .

However, even at this early stage, its fairn to say :nat Virtue Fighter 32X could well be the . their system for ages. If the programmers can best cart mus hroom owners have seen on e is a tall order, but totally achievable wit hin the retain all of the coin-op's gameplay (which confines of a E G cart), Virtue Fighterd could well end up in a something of a must-buy scenario. f o r t h e ' m a g i c m u s h -

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Featur i ng t he or i gi nal ga ng f r om t he l l i bi t ver si on. Ra w on t he 3 2 X f ol l ow s essenti al l y t he same pl ot t hr e a d — namel y pum m e l l i ng t he he c k out of each ot he r i n ei ther Oneon-One. Tag Team, or al l Out car nage Be dl a m a nd Rum bl e modes. But bui l di ng on t he popul a r success of i ts pr e v i ous i ncar nati ons, t he Ra w pr ogr a m mer s ha v e e nha nc e d t he ti tl e i n accor dance t o t he 3 2 X ' s gr a phi cal i m pr ov e m e nt s on t he kl egadr i ve. Fi r st up, t he exper i • nc e has be e n gi v e n a f r e s h l i ck of pa i nt t o r enovat e t he i ntr o a nd pr e s e nt a t i on scr eens — di s pl a y i ng far super i or di gi t i sed i m a ge s of t he i nf a m ous wr estl er s. But f ar m or e i mpor tantl y. t he i n- ga m e char acter s have gr ow n f r om m e r e spr i tes t o gi a nt s t ow e r i ng a r ound t he r i ng i n t he i r tr i ed a nd t e s t e d f ashi on.

On t o p of thi s m or e moves ha v e be e n i ncl uded f or t he char acter s, a nd f or t he I M F a fi c i ona dos , t he r e ar e ne w obj e c t s t o bung a t each ot he r i n a s pot of ext r a- r i ng i l l egal i ty ( w a t c h out f or t he l i fe t hr e a t e ni ng fi r st ai d hi t!). But f or now feast y our eyes on t he pi es. a nd l ook out f or t he r evi ew i n a f or t hc om i ng i ssue.

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Undoubtedly one of the best games set for the first wav e of the Saturn launch software, Panzer Dragoon blew everybody in the offi ce away. So in read'. ness for the next generation of tipping I've managed to get my hands on some superb cheats to really get the adrenalin thumping.

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WIZARD M O DE Here's one for those people who thought the game was a little bit too easy for comfort.

To make the game extra fast and tricky, firstly complete the game on Hard and enter L, R, L. R. UP DOWN, UP LEFT, RIGHT on the Difficulty Select screen. The words Wizard Mode will appear and you're away!

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Those miniature racers speed into the tips section again thanks to Mark Crowther from Derby. According to Mark, if you take up the Challenge mode on the Bricks 'n' Trees level, complete one lap and then move towards the middle of the screen for a handy level warp!

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CHANG E CHARACT ER AT T RIBUT ES Gavin Weir f rom Hinkley has kindly sent in a collection of tips to drool over for the ring slinging extravaganza better k nown to us as VVVVF Raw. To change the character attributes for Diesel, Owen Hart, Barn Barn Bigelow, and Yokozuna, s imply go to the character select screen and press B to view the stets_ Now at this point press the following buttons at the same t ime depending on whic h character you want to change: DIESEL D O W N , C. A, START OWEN HART U P START, C. A BAM BAM BIGELOW C , START, A YOKOZUNA UP, C, A

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PITFALL: THE MAYAN L EVEL SEL EC T Even t hough we printed an extensive Player's Guide to Harry's adventures a couple of mont hs ago, it's clear that several gamestrels are still having a hard time. So as ever — if in doubt, cheat! — and here is the level select thanks to Charlie Rain f rom Handsworth, Birmingham. On the title screen (after the logo has crashed down and the options have appeared) press B, RIGHT, A, DOWN, RIGHT, UP B, LEFT, A. UP RIGHT, and A. No w mov e the cursor back to the START option and push UP to reveal the different levels,

L EVEL C O D E S Once again Dave Franck f rom Belgium comes, to the rescue. This mont h he's been work ing on nicely rendered Powerdrive f rom Rage. Cheers Dave.

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PETER 1 PERFECT Spot-on accuracy whenev er passL ing to f ellow team mates, makes Peter A an integral part of any team.

Place him in the heart of the action Y after successive attempts have failed, and watch him pass the M length of the fi eld for a golden goal scoring Opportunity.

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PLAYER'S GU AM& h ey p u sh , t h e y shove, t h e y sco re g o als n o w and ag ain .

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Ing ' c h a ra c t e rs f r o m US G o l d s 9 0 % sco ri n g F ever Pi t c h a r e b a c k . but t h i s t i m e t h e y ' v e co m e t o h elp ! H o w e v e r u n likely i t m a y s e e m f ro m t h e l i k e s o f B a rg e r and G d i v e rm a n t h e y ' v e in vad ed t h e t i p s p ag es w it h t h e in t en t io n t o h elp i n a n e x c l u s i v e P l a y e r ' s G uide t o a l l t h e m o v e s , g ro o ves, and h id d en c h e a t s yo u co u ld p o ssib ly n eed .

M E A N M A C H I N E S h a v e b een i n t ouch w i t h t h e c re a t o rs o f t h e g ame t o g e t t h e in - d ep t h re p o rt on t h e e s s e n t i a l w e a k n e s s e s an d st ren g t h s o f e v e r y s p e c i a l c h a ra c t e r i n t h e g a m e an d a l l o f t h e i r sp eci fi c t e c h n i q u e s .

TOURNAMENT MODE Now's your chance to build up the ultimate team of special players that will lead you t o success.

In your first round against Kuwait you must score more than three goals to qualify for the option to recruit a star player. In the fi rst selection the choice is between either Marco Th e

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aik Marker Rigatoni' wit h his amazing adhesive marking abilities, or Peter 'Cheesy Keeps' Stilton — goalkeeper of the rich and fl ukiest The best option here is to enlist Cheese Boy Stilton as soon as poss to prevent your goal f rom being torn apart by a barrage of high velocity cannonball attacks f rom the opposition.

Once old Stilton is in place and guarding the goal mout h, it's t ime to get to build up a secure defence. Now this is the correct time to employ the passionate Italian romancer, Marco. Place him in the centre of the defensive wall to make sure that all of the opposition attacks are brought to a sudden halt by one of the greatest markers in the business.

As the tournament continues, other players will be wanting to join up with the team, and as with any football team, the key to league success is careful positioning of t he right man in the right place. To assist you in your managerial responsibilities analyse the f ollowing info on the players and their talents.

The perfect player for any rugby side. Barger s omehow ended up playing football, He will defend and tackle his way through most players using his right arm to gently place them to one side – NO T , not to over complicate Try his . patterns as he is a bit heavy on his feet and liable to lose the ball on sharp corners. Abov e all, remem• bet Barger is best in a defensive position and has a very average shooting record.

J E R G E N ' C H E AT ' GDIVERMAN Once described as the best actor to ever grace a football pitch, Gdiverman may be quick and agile, but he has a terrible reputation f or t hrowing himself face first into the ground on sight of another player. Using this downrigh• cheating technique, Gdiv erman can con the ref into setting up a freekick and swing the balance of the match. For best Gdiverman results, wait until he's surrounded by other players outside of the box and go for the old freekick approach.

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rPLAYERS GUIDE L-7 ERNIE 'LE STRIKER' C O N T A I N E R Ernie, younger brot her to Eric, has a right foot on him like a cannon, and his ability to curve the ball to near right angles is a bonus to any team_ Not Only is his power a pleasure to witness, but

it's also a key tool in weakening the opposition's as they c ower in the path of his pace, ball control, and twisting. Only Tricky comes anywhere near his talent, but even he can't match t he sheer power of the continental goalscorer

MA R C O 'MARKER' R IGA T ON I Marco's special moves cannot be used by the player, but stick him the right spot and admire the boy and his tenacity when it comes to sticking to and stealing the ball f rom players on a break. Sign him up as soon as you get the chance,

ICKY 'TRICKY' DISCORAMA Tricky is the crème-de-la-creme of any footballer on a Fever Pitch side. He is fast of the mark, able to control the ball even when twisting and turning away from his opponent, and what's more, he has an incredible ability to jump tackles while still controlling and holding Onto the ball,Use Tricky to charge the other team and run the wings allowing his speed and ball control to leave the other side gobsmacked in a trail of his dust, But watch out — his pace may be impressive but his shooting skills aren't quite so hot!

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R P L AY E R S G U I EMD FREE 6 E BALL-BLAZER' BIKOMOZO Last, but certainly not least in the Fever Pitch hall of 'pain is Bikomozo. With the ability to slog the ball so hard it reacts wit h the friction in t he air and instantly bursts into flames, Emo is the ultimate front man for any success hungry team, For the best results, team Emo wit h Playmaker, ensuring Playmaker feeds the y oung goal destroyer with plenty of opportunities, Now sit back and watch the score shoot through the ceiling.

KICKS

Firstly use the directional mark er and place it on the point of the mos t outer section of the arc in which you want the ball to go and hit the B button. Then mov e the marker into the area of the goal that you want to target and press the 8 button to set the height. Now don't forget to pound the B button once more to send the ball rocketing into the net. Use the 0-Pad to set the after touch onc e the ball is in fl ight

PLAYING D IR TY

ON THE BALL! Now you've studied the players special abilities opt imum positions , the time has come to take to the pitch and practise these mov es to really send the results sky high and to the top of the league.

No one likes a dirty low-down rotten cheat, hut also, no one likes to lose - so use your opport unity to f oul off the ball as much as you want.

During a thrown-in, if you press the B button, this will kick the opposition to the ground and leave him rolling in agony. What's more fl ying headers lheadbuns li are another source of foul play that is guaranteed to result in a bonecrunching collision.

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From the corner flag cross t he ball wit h the A button after picking out the player you wis h to pass the ball to. As the ball is crossed, carefully wait until the ball is in position, and then use the B button to head the ball into the top right or left corner of the open goal. If you are crossing the ball during a f orward play, use Tricky to run the wing and then the B+C buttons (C six button) to cross the pass. Again wait until the ball is in position and use the B button to send it home and dry, Alternatively, if the ball is crossed y ou can use the B button to slide your chosen striker into a goal scoring opportunity. Don't worry if these moves seem a bit tricky at first, as practise is required to master the control system_

The B+ A buttons (Z six button) on the used together act as a backheal pass to create confusion and space when confronted by another player. A top tip here is to use the backheal to allow the forwards, Emo and Ernie, to get forward into position. Also, in a goalmout h scramble for t he ball, backhealing is a cunning met hod to give the t eam s ome extra space for a golden opportunity,

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ow m a ny t i m e s ha v e y ou hear d gr ow n ups w hi ne on a bout consol es a nd how w he n they w e r e ki ds t he y us e d t o pl ay out s i de i n t he fr esh ai r ? nettely how t he num be r of r e por t e d cases of pne um oni a ha v e dr oppe d over t he past c oupl e e t decades. Sti l l s 'pos e t he y ' v e got a poi nt a nd s t uf f , a nd t ha t ' s w hy w e ' v e gi ven our w hol e he a r t e d s uppor t t o US Gol d a nd t hi s amaz i ng Fewer Pi tch c om p* .

So w ha t ' s i n i t f or t he f or you?. . . We l l t w o l uc k y f uns t e r s wi l l s pe nd a w hol e w e e k t r a i ni ng t o be t r ue f oot ba l l i ng star s at t he w i de l y accl ai med Bobby Cha r l t on I nt e r na t i ona l S por t s School , a must f or any f oot ba l l f a n!

For t he w e e k t he w i nne r s wi l l be gi ven fi r s t cl ass t r a i ni ng f r om ful l y qua l i fi e d, exper i enced coaches w ho wi l l c onc e ntr ate on de v e l opi ng f oot ba l l i ng ski l l s t o the max. Wha t ' s m or e t he y ' l l ge t a vi si t to Ol d Tr affor d f or a t our a r ound t he gr ound, a nd e v e n r ecei ve vi si ts f r om t he star s. But t ha t ' s not y our l ot, as fi v e l uc k y r un. ner s up wi l l sti l l ha v e fun on t he consol e f oot y fi el d w i t h a c opy of Fever Pi tch for t he i r Iltegasirive. Wha t ar e y ou w a i t i ng for ? Gr ab t ha t t hi nk i ng cap, a pen, a nd postcar d, a stamp, a ns w e r the que s t i on bel ow, a nd r un as f a s t as y our l egs wi l l car r y y ou t o t he near est pos t box t o tr y y our l uck f or a pr i z e.

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11.1 a m e the Fever Pitch character with a passion 1 chips, beer, and fighting. Is it? for A. 1 1 — Billy 'Bashing Bunti ng B. — Barry '10 Bellies' Barger C. — Bernie 'Blighter' Reefer 2. What's the name of the player who throws the ball in Baseball?

A. — The Bunger B. — The Pitcher C. — The Lobber 3. Who is Bobby Charlton's famous TV weather personality daughter?

A. — Michael Fish B. — Ulrika Johnson C. — Susan Charlton Now pop your answers on a postie (postcard, not a friendly Royal Mail employee) and send them on their way to:FEELING HOT. HOT HOT! FEVER HOTII, FEVER PITCH COMPO, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, EC1R 3AU.

RULES Normal rules of entry for EMAP Images competitions apply. In the event ol a tie a Wn. ner will be selected from correct entries. The Editor's decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Winners will be notified and competition results printed in a later issue of MEAN MACHINES

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Unravel the mystery of Green Row. where the peasants are disappearing The answer lies in a mufti-level pup ile dungeon

and l op. Today. I ar r i ved ba c k i n Gr een Row. m y hom e t ow n. a f t e r some year s of tr avel l i ng a nd ga i ni ng D iexper a r y of Davi id, ee nti gn l e ml a n Adv e nttur i ence n fGor ands a nd hee r gay par l our s of t he capi tal ci ti es of Eur ope. i n the ser vi ce of our gr eat l i ege. Fr eder i ck. I c a n har dl y say i t pi m e t o r e t ur n t o thi s one hor se t ow n, but i w a s s um m one d by an ur ge nt pl ea fr om our l or d.

I s t a r t e d t o smel l t he p t s s om e mi l es out . As I passed t hr ough t he decr epi t envi r ons of t hi s Bl ack For e s t ba c k w a t e r ( f a m ous onl y f or cher r y cr eam s ponge a nd a da nc e w he r e m e n sl ap each ot he r ' s but t oc k s ) . I per cei ved a f uneasi ness. At fi r s t I t hought i t w a s m y appar el of t i ght j odhpur s a nd l ol l y t hr e a ds a nd s houl de r - l e ngt h c oi f f ur e d bl ond l oc k s t ha t unne r v e d t he fi l t hy w r e t c he s on t he waysi de. On r e a c hi ng t he castl e, I di s cover ed t ha t act ual l y t he r e ha v e be e n s om e str ange of a bduc t i ons of l ate. The t ow n' s popul ati on i s dr oppi ng f a s t e r t ha n f r om chol er a i n t he t ow n wel l . The pe opl e ar e ful l of r abi d tal k of de m ons pr ow l i ng gr aveyar ds a nd t he l i ke, and t he w hol e affai r l ooks l i ke c a s t i ng a n unw e l c om e s ha dow over t he a nnua l cheeses ni f fi ng festi val .

OUT ON THE TOWN• Things c ommenc e 1 sleepy t own of Row. More comatose than sleepy, as most of the townsfolk s to hang around Zombies (must be the 'shock' of all their relatives' being abducted, not short of memory for trivia animationsl. In any case, not much goe on in Green Row,

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The Arcane arts work their way into a game which employs the mind as much as the hand. The old chestnut — 'elemental magic' rears its head, with icons to collect correspond to Earth, Air, Fire and Wat toggling with thes the magic screen, sorts of spell combinations come about_ Some of these are just general battle spells, whereas others have spa uses which you must er.

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 : = Tr easur e wi l l obv i ous l y t r y I . 1r 1ha nd a t a ny t hi ng: : t he thei fr enz y of Gunstar ; t he m a d. l ess of He a ddy : t he bossi ness of Al i e n Sei dl er a nd now • f ul l y - fl e dge d m e di a e . val s l a s h- a - t he n i n t he f or m of Li ght Cr usader . The e nd pr oduct, a f t e r a ver y pr otr acted c r e a t i on ( w e fi r s t pr evi ewed t hi s as Rel ayer , ear l y l ast year ) i s a fai r t e s t a m e nt t o thei r pr ogr a m m i ng ski l l a nd i ngenui ty. Li ght Cr usader i s a hi ghl y or i gi nal m i x of puz z l e sol vi ng, obj e c t m a ni pul a t i on a nd c om ba t .

The s t r e ngt h of t he ga m e i s t he w a y i t gel s these e l e m e nt s t oge t he r i n t he f or m of a huge dunge on que s t .

However , t he r e i s a da nge r t ha t t hi s s ubt l e mer i ts of t he ga m e c oul d ge t l os t a nd f or i t to appear , wel l , a bi t bor i ng. The fi r s t l evel is t oo ge nt l e an i nt r oduc t i on, a nd s om e ti mes, j u• t w he n t hi ngs ar e ge t t i ng qui t e exci ti ng, t he pace sl ackens of f a nd y ou ar e l eft t o wander . I al so t hi nk i t 's our dut y t o pass out a qui t e - e a s y - ga m o w a r ni ng f or Li ght Cr us a de r — i t's al l t oo easy t o save and c ont i nue . Tha t 's a sheme, s i nc e t he game l ook s f abul ous, i s i nt el l i gent l y c onst r uct ed a nd f r e que nt l y gi ves r eal pl ayer sati sfacti on w he n y ou ov e r c om e i ts hur dl es. Knoc k s t he s hoddy l i kes of Adda m s Fami l y Val ues i nto t ouc h, w he r e t he y bel ong.

One of the levels of the maze is constructed • around the sub-task of collecting four coloured orbs. These are encased in four statues, in farflung rooms. They each have a puzzle which h to be solved to free the orb. We won't give away the answer to any of these, though they each h a vaguely scientific solution: colour, astronomy, •• geography...

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But i n t he f ut ur e w e can see s mor e l eaps a nd f ur t he r ebounds. We 'r e t oo s ophi s t i ec a t e d f or l ow - t e c h w he e l s .

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The y ar r i ve unk now n t o us Br i t t e nni s 'e x pe r t s ' w hos e k now l e dge of t he ga m e extends f r om t he l ast w e e k of J une t o t he fi r s t w e e k i n J ul y — and bar el y pa s t t he pr i ce of a punne t of str awber r i es. Whe n Semi pr os t ook t he ti tl e, i t m e a nt I ns t a nt s t a r dom . I n Br i tai n, t e nni s i s Wi m bl e don a nd Wi m bl e don i s tenni s. Al t hough w e i m agi ne t he Wom bl e s w oul d t hi nk ot he r wi se.

Code m a s t e r s s c or e d a si mi l ar s hoc k vi ctor y w i t h Sampr as l ast year . Nobody ser i ousl y consi der ed t e nni s be i ng a bi g hi t on t he Megati r i we, w i t h t he pi l e of ot he r si ms al r eady out, but t he qua l i t y of t he ga m e t ook i t t o num be r one. We guess t he y ha v e si mi l ar hope s f or thi s y e a r 's i ncar nati on.

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Ri ghtl y, Code m a s t e r s ha v e avoi ded m a k i ng t he ga m e I tsel f unnecessar i l y c om pl i c a t e d — a l t hough t he r e i s t he c ha nc e to de v e l op speci al t a c t i c s a nd s hot s . I nst ead, t he y have s ought t o i m pr ov e t he a t m os phe r e of the game, t o m a t c h t ha t of r eal t enni s.

They ha v e succeeded. The pl ayer r eacti ons, the c r ow d, t he um pi r e a nd a ni m a t i ons al l combi ne t o pr oduc e a ga m e t ha t ' s gr eat t o w a t c h as wel l as pl ay. Re i nt r oduc i ng t he Car t f or fr ee f our - pl a y e r e x pa ns i on i s an added bonus . Thi s I S t he de fi ni t i v e 1 6 bi t tenni s ga m e of a ny for mat. Don' t l ook a ny fur ther .

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Wel l pr e pa r e t o fi nd out now , as w e take y ou on a t our of t he s ubt e r r a nenan l abor ator i es of Accl ai m. For i t's her e t ha t al l t he i r ga m i ng exper i ment s t a k e pl ace. Her e. on t he ope r a t i ng t a bl e w e see the J udge Dr e dd spr i te, hi s body gr otesi tuel y s t i t c he d t oge t he r fr om t he par t s of ol d Al i e n 3 a nd Star gate char acter s. Obvi ousl y he 's r eady t o be r eused as spar e-par ts i n a not he r game.

Gr i ef, w ha t ' s t ha t smel l ? Ah, i t's t he of f a l car ts, fi l l e d t o t he br i m w i t h ol d WNW a nd Ri se of t he Robot char acter s.

These ge t t ur ne d i nt o dog f ood.

However , i f y ou t hi nk t ha t s i ght i s gr i m, w a i t unt i l y ou see t he 3 2 X l ab.

Her e w e see c ount l e s s r ow s of 111-bi t spr i tes s t r ung f r om m e a t - hook s . a w a i t i ng ' t r e a t m e nt ' . Pr evi ousl y, Mor t a l k om ba t 2 a nd Q ua r t e r ba c k Cl ub char acter s coul d be f ound her e. Thi s t i m e t hough, i t 's l i mo f or t he NBA J a m spr i tes t o be pum pe d ful l of 3 2 X s upe r ser um. And l ook, he r e i n t he s e c oc oons you can see t he r esul ts. See how t he c ha r a c t e r s ' heads ar e gr ow i ng bi gger . Ma r v e l at h o w t he i r r avaged fl esh t a k e s on m or e col our s. Am a z e at t he w a y t he i r gr ai ny di gi ti sed scr eams i ncr ease i n qual i ty. Yes, 3 2 X N B A Jam i s c om i ng.

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Ther e's no doubt i ng t hi s I s the cl osest • r s i o n of the c oi n- op t o date, but not di ffer ent e nough f r om t he 'Whi t ver si on. The ne a t ar cade i dea of ha v i ng a m ode t o e x pa nd t he pl ayer s' heads i s ther e, but apar t fr om t ha t a nd be t t e r s ound, ther e's l i ttl e t o di scer n be t w e e n t hi s a nd t he Me ga dr i v e car t. Thi s i s a ver y ha l f - he a r t e d conver si on w hi c h s e e m s as i f I gua na ar e goi ng t hr ough t he m ot i ons t o ge t i t ont o the 3 2 X . Whi l s t i t i s ni ce t ha t Ac c l a i m ar e Suppor ti ng t he ai l i ng pl ug- t hr u, t i r e d r ehashes of Me ga dr i v e c ode ar e not t he way t o save i t. Wi t h t he scal i ng pot e nt i a l of t he 3 2 X . t he r e was ever y possi bi l i ty t ha t the s pr i t e e x pa ns i on i n t he c oi n- op c oul d be r e c r e a t e d t o m a k e an a l m os t pe r f e c t conver si on. However , as t he pl ayer s ge t near er t he e dge of t he cour t, t he y s i m pl y become bl ocky. Sti l l , N B A J a m f a ns can r evel i n a not he r ver y pl a y a bl e conver si on of t he coi n-op, but for t he de fi ni t i v e ver si on w a i t f or t he S a t ur n game.

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You k now , I 'v e A be e n w r i t i n g th i s a ol um n f o r a b o u t a s l ong a s I c h can r e m e m be r , a nd I 'v e s e e n , ome th i n g s , I c a n te l l y ou. s Na ti ons ha v e fa l l e n, n e w one s h ha e v e be e n bor n. Da n n y lBa k e r's c a r e e r ha s e x pl ode d a l nd th e n fl o p p e d . B u t s om e thi o ngs d o n 't c ha nge . P e opl e a a re s ti l l w r i t i n g " w h a t ' s be s t: Me ga dr i v e or S NE S ? " o r " ha , g Ma r i o i s a f a t p o o " l e tte r s . a An d n o w th e r e ' a l l th i s iS a tur n/ P l a y S ta ti on to s h a s n w e l l . A n d J a gua r . A n d 3 D 0 .

Why don't you just stop it? Why don't you all just go away? There's only so much a man can take before he decides to visit the home of each and every Mean Machines reader and stick ground glass under their eyelids - and I've taken just about enough. So do yourselves a favour, write something at least partially interesting to me at YOB'S ARSECIIJAKE MAILBAG, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON EC1R 3AU. If next month's section isn't full of vibrant, witty letters I'll be paying you visit. So thinking-about it you'd better start running now.

RIDICULEIS NOTHN I GTORE SCAREDOf Dear Yob I am absolutely sick and tired of people complaining about the Saturn! The machine isn't even out in England and people are complaining. There are some cool games for the machine and more being planned. If games such as Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA, and Panzer

Dragoon are being released for it the Saturn can't be bad! In my opinion the Saturn can hold its own against the likes of the Playstation and Jaguar. The Saturn could turn out to be really cool, so give the machine a chance.

Lee Mountford, Ferryhill, County Durham YOB:Absolutely, and as for the Saturn giving the Jaguar a run for its money, I'd been keener to add that even the Megadrive can keep up_ Have you seen Kasumi Ninja?

What a pile of donkey's arse! One of the special moves is a scotsman lifting his kilt!

DONT ' MK DONT ' Silting .

Dear Yob I'm writing to you to voice a particularly strong opinion of mine. I'm sure you'll prefer it to some of the crap you get sent: 'Yob, you smell like a baboon's bottom, tee heel'.

Anyway, I just want to express my gratitude to Sega for finally realising the potential for RPGs on the Megadrive in this country. For many years Japan has had the benefit of hundreds of great RPGs on most console formats. In England, as I'm sure you'll agree, there have been few RPGs released until now, except a few pap ones that somehow infiltrated British stores. Super NES owners have had some great RPGs and adventure games — the Final Fantasy series, Zelda, and the new Chrono Trigger. So I thought it was about time the Megadrive turned out some stunners. Now what has happened? First Shining Force, then Landstalker, Shining Force II, Soleil, and Story of Thor.

All outstanding games, and all released in a relatively short period of time. Megadrives have finally been blessed with a truly great range of RPGs. Thank you Sega.

Enough bootlicking. Now I know this isn't ClEtA, but I'd like to know if any other RPGs are planned for release on the Megadrive.

J Thompson, Derby YOB:As you said, no it isn;t Yes, plenty of RPGs are planned. I hope you sleep better at night.

Really I do.

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I'll take a few photos of your remains, photocopy them and send them to every member of your family, who will undoubtedly laugh their ugly heads off!

Tim Keeley, West Bridgford, Nottingham YOB:Hmmm, 'rip off my neck and spit down my throat.' Not very original are you. I imagine you probably regale your mates (or mate, more likely) by quoting hilarious lines from your favourite sitcoms. Bloody hell, I just bet the streets of Nottingham rock to the sounds of old Barry Cryer and Les Dennis. The word 'tosser' sums you up admirably.

Dear Yob If you insult any more of the good people on the Earth then I'm afraid you're going to wake up with a very large crowd around you. I'm going to rip your head off and gob a big. phlegmmy down your throat. Next I'll shove your big, over-sized head up your backside, so far it will look like you're pregnant. Then I'll rip out your spine and use it to cut your still beating heart out. Finally

Skate, n o w deformed for life after a nasty roller-blading accident.

UNPLUGTHE M i n ANDDO1711111MI AFAVOUR Dear Yob After reading your mag for about two years now, I felt I had to write in to tell you that I now think that people who play games are sad gits. All you have to do is read some of the letters to realise just how retarded gamesplayers are. I used to play games and thought that they were the be-all and endall, spending hours playing down the arcade and in front of my home consoles, but now I'd much rather go to the pictures with my girlfriend. Why don't you guys just wake up and grow up! Just think about all the money you could save instead of wasting it on foolish carts.

Paul Keats, Harpenden YOB:My, what a revolutionary concept. However, what's wrong with doing both? Nobody said you have to spend all your time playing games — that was your choice.

Personally, I reckon that you just sent this in to prove you have a girlfriend (although no real proof is forthcoming). Who are you trying

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to Impress. Besides, when she sees sense and chucks you, I bet you'll find solace in your copies of Desert Strike and other games you've 'grown out of ' Patronising pillocks like you are always keen to pigeon-hole others in order to make yourselves look better. Just get on with your life if you're so pleased wi th it. Besides if you're too cool to waste time on games and stuff, how come you've got time to write to us. Washing her hair is she? Yeah, right.

O n t heo beck f this g e wer o egsome r a notes. . . . but no MBIM•L Doh!

Dear Yob I'm offended! As one of the few girls who buy your magazine. I couldn't believe it when I saw that disgusting picture of Mileena in your pages. Do boys really think that all girls look like this?

I feel sorry for all those spotty adolescents who have nothing better to do than dream about female characters in games.

Fricia Montesque, Leeds sorry about hat, the black strip didn't quite come out properly. And, sadly, all boys do think girls look like that. I know I used to...

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Dear Yob I read your comic all the time and love ill It's the best. Please can you answer my questions' 1. How much is Mortal Kombat 3?

2, Will it be on the Megadrive?

3. Is it worth getting?

4. When is Alien vs Predator coming out?

5. Is that for the Megadrive?

6. How much will it be?

7. Is a PC better than a Megadrive?

B. Could you say hello to my girlfriend Lisa?

John Harper, Essex YOB:COMICI COMI C what doeyou , C h e kthink y this is, the bloody s o Beano! d , You can stuff your questions where the sun don't shine, or post them to Dennis the piggin' Menace...

KWA-KWAA D I M KWA-KWAA Miff_ Dear Yob

I would like to make this letter short, so ro get straight to the point. In the CI&A section of Issue 30 (June), John Blewett asked,-

4. I want to design game for my PC. Is this possible' 5. If so, what equipment do I need —Well I agree with Steve on his answer, but he blew it on question five because my answer would be all you need is Klik 'n' Play, which lets you tnake fast running games in Windpws wit hout having to use programming. But it helps if you have a scanner, a Pentium, a sound card, speakers, and a microphone, so you can put your own sounds and pictures in y our games. There, that's shut you up. Now you have to apologise for telling John Blewen a complete and utter lie.

Phshp Reuben, Ram ford, Essex YOB:Nobody likes a smart arse.

Shouldn't you be out telling people 'you don't wanna do that?'

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No w a s Ci l i a says.

'Tara k w n o w '.

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Dear Steve Can you please answer my questions?

1. Can you list these games from best to worst: Street Racer, NBA Jam: TE, Theme Park, Fever Pitch.

2. Can you play a Mega-CD on a Megadrive 2?

3. Which one is better, Road Rash 2 or 3?

4. In MEAN MACHINES No. 32. someone wrote a letter asking what the words at the bottom of the screen were for. They are cheats. If you go to the options screen and type them in you will get to extra leagues on the tournament mode 5. Which is the best football game out on the Megadrive?

Zayd Mamewoolab, Walt hams t ow STEVE:l. Theme Park, Fever Pitch.

NBA, Street Racer. 2. Yep. It looks rubbish, though: like Jimmy Krankie sitting on the Jolly Green Gi ants knee. 3. Two, and it's cheaper. 4. What words? 5. Fever Pitch.

Dear Steve Please can you answer my questions?

1. On Theme Park on the Megadrive can you go on the rides like the PC? 2. Will MK3, Ridge Racer, Doom and Dark Forces come out on the Saturn?

3. Will there be a Virtua Fighter 3?

Billy No-Mates, Homeles s 1. No. And you can't 'be' the boss either. 2 MK3 and Doom will, the others aren't planned as of yet. 3.

You bet your eyes there will.

Dear Steve Oh master of all, please answer my pitiful questions. Demi-God of gaming, 1. I have a Megadrive 2 and MegaCD 2. What games should I get?

2. I'm going to get a 32X for my birthday in July, and a Saturn the year after. Is that a good idea?

3_ Are any of these games going to appear on Mega-CD: Fatal Fury, Samurai Shodown, Theme Park, any X-Men game, Primal Rage?

Phil Doyle, Gloucester STEVE:l. Mortal Kombat Earthworm Jim CD, Eternal Champions CD. 2. About as good as burning E150 when you need to save another E400. Forget the 32X, it's deader than tanktops. 3_ Vep, yap, yep, nope.

dead and buried. Do yourself a favour, hide it and w i l l pretend this letter never happened. 2.

Hahahahahahahal 3. Nope. They're both as good as each other. 4. No, it died when Accolade passed away. 5. Probably not if I'm honest.

But I hope it is.

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the Master System?

3. is the Saturn better than the Playstation?

4. Is the New Breed still coming out on the Megadrive?

5. Will Virtue Fighter 2 be arcade perfect on the Saturn?

Stephen Wis eman, Lint on STEVE:l. None. As far as everyone in the world is concerned i t's

Dear Steve 1. Do you know any cheats for Haunting?

2. Is there any news on SF III? 3. Is the new Spiderman game any good?

4. What do you think of Batman Forever?

5, What should I buy, Virtue Racing or Street Racer?

6. In landstalker I have the sunstone from Greenmaze and I don't know what to do with i t The lighthouse has turned into the crypt.

Could you tell me please?

Akeel Ahmed, Woodf ord STEVE:l. No. 2. No, Capcom are too busy tossing about with the awful Street Fighter: Movi e game.

Which I hate. 3. If you mean the new Acclaim one, I reckon it's too similar to Wolverine. 4. I've only seen a very rough version, but it looks quite polished. 5 VI I . 6 Walk left to Porkoss the beaver and ask him for the 'Kettle of

Your meg is just brilliant and no mag can possibly beat it. Could you possibly answer my questions?

1. What is the best, Neptune or Saturn? Why? 2. How much will they cost?

3_ Could you put these games in order from best to worst: Urban Strike: Probotector; Cannon Fodder; SSF II, MK II? 4. Are there any more Sonic games coming out for the Megadrive?

5. Is there going to be a sequel to the crap Turtles Tournament Fighters?

Joe Jones, Canterbury STEVE:1, Saturn. Because it is truly 32b1t, and not a Megadrive with a duffy 32X stuck into its guts 2. The prices haven't been confirmed, but the Neptune will be around the E200 mark, and the Saturo E400. 3. MKII, Cannon, Probotector, Urban, SSFII. 4. I expect Sonic 4's on the cards, but we haven't seen owt of it yet. 5, No The Turtles are so old now they'd have to call it Mi ddl e-Aged Whinger Turtles.

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1. What games are coming Out for the Master System?

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1. How muc h will they both cost, Steve, sir?

2. How muc h will the CDs cost for each system?

3. I've looked in all the major games retailers but I just can't fi nd the Saturn or Playstat ion anywhere.

Where can I find them?

4. Whic h system has the most capabilities?

5. Which system has the mos t games on the cards?

6. Do Sega have any games planned for the Playstation, or the other way around?

7_ Which one would you rec ommend?

Carl Griffiths, Sout h Wales STEVE:I. Prices haven't been set yet, but expect to pay bet ween €350-€400 for each 2. Around the €30-40 mark. Again, it hasn't been confi rmed. 3. Virgin have import s of both, as do mos t s mall shops.

but wait f or the offi cial machines because none of the UK games will work on a foreign system. 4.

The PlaySt at ion is s light ly better graphically. 5. About the same 6 Nope. 7. Wait to see how t hey 're priced.

JET M A N Dear Steve Yo cretins, how' s it going? Your may's great, fantastic, I've read it f rom the first issue, etc. All the usual rubbish. If you've got time, make my pathetic little day and answer my questions.

I. Soon I'm going to the States. and I thought I'd invest in some cheapo games. Just one small problem Occurs: Do American Genesis games work on an English Megadrive? And if not, why not?

2. Have Sega stopped producing a certain t wo joypads_ I refer to the procurable /sic/ one and the infrared one.

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3. Lastly, got any cheats for Bart vs the Space Mutants (it doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it — no one has/. Or any for Chuck Rock II, Streets of Rage II or Revenge of Shinobi.

Daniel Moore STEVE;1. They should do. I've got a US MKII and it work s fine on my UK Megadrive. 2. Yep. 3. Yes we have. Loads, in fact. None of whic h we're going to tell you, though.

MONTY MOLE Dear Steve Last mont h I got a paper round and I am saving up for a 32X. I have some questions about the Megadrive and 32X, please could you ans wer them.

1. Is it wort h getting the 32X in

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4. Will MX3 come out for the 32X? 5. Are there any SFII games coming out for the 32X? 6. Is Road Rash coming Out for the 32X like the CD version?

7. Why is Alien Trilogy not coming out for the 32X? 8. When are Virtua Fighter, Primal Rage and Daytona USA coming out on 32X? 9. How come Corpse Killer, Night Trap and Supreme Warrior and Slam City are on CD only and not cart?

STEVE 1. DO NOT BUY A 32X! YOU WILL REGRET IT SAVE A WHILE LONGER AND GET A SATURN - IT'LL LAST YOU LONGER THAN A RANCID BLACK MUSHROOM WITH STUFF-ALL GAMES. 2 Nope. 3. Nope, shan't. Can't make me. 4. Probably not. It's coming for the Saturn, though. 5.

Nope, but SF: The Movie is Saturn-bound. 6. Nope, but the Saturn version looks nice. 7.

Because the machine can't handle the graphics processing needed.

The Saturn can. Getting a hint at what I'm saying yet? 8. Primal is due in November, the others aren't going to be converted to the 32X. 9 Because of the oodles of graphical data they store.

BUG-A-BOO Dear Steve I have bought a Mega-CO and I desperately want the Secret of Monkey Island (the game). Please could you answer my questions.

1. Will Monkey Island ever be released in the UK? 2. If so, when?

3. If not, why not, and where the bloody hell can I get an imported version.

Thanks very much.

M• • 'hes, W Sussex STEVE .1 Pr obabl y not now, I'm afraid 2. Like, never. 3. Because the Mega-CD sells bugger all games. Buy one from any importer who can get you a copy. Obvious,

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2. How much will it cost?

3. Is TJ and Earl coming out?

4. What do you think of Star Wars Rebel Assault?

STEVE:l. Yes, but not for ages. It's called Policenauts. 2. About E40. 3, It's been out for ages. I've got a question. what are you on about?

4. Looks great, all the playability of a room full of carrots.

BEAKY Dear Steve At the moment I want to buy an RPG for the Megadrive. Alas, I am in a dilemma though, as I do not know which one to buy. If you could answer these questions it would really help me choose the right one.

1. Could you please list these in order of best to worst. Shining in the Darkness, Shining Force 1 Er 2, Landstalker and Story of Thor.

2. Is there a difference between adventure and RPG games, because you classed Shining Force as an RPG, but Story of Thor as adventure.

3. Will any RPGs that play like Arcane on the SNES be released?

4. Wasn't there tons of unheeded hype over SSFII? Andrew Royston, Wirral STEVE:l. 1. Landstalker. Thor, any Shining Force game, the other one 2. There's more role-playing in Shining and the fighting is more strategic, whereas Thor is very arcade-based 3 . Nope. 4. Yep

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1. When are Sega going to stop making Master System games?

2. Is the Incredible Hulk on the Megadrive worth £9?

3. Why are SNES games E5 to £10 more expensive than Sega counterparts?

4. What is best overall. Saturn or Sony Playstabon?

5. Why is Theme Park on the Megadrive not quite so good as the Amiga version?

6. I've heard the Ultra 64 is superb.

Is this true, who makes it and how much will it cost?

7. Are EA going to bring out a FIFA '96 and NHL '96 and a decent original game like Road Rash III? 8. On the Playstation, why is Ridge Racer the only decent game available?

9, The Saturn and Playstation have not been released, but in Virgin they have them?

S TE V E worth the plastic it's made out of.

3 1 .Because of where the carts are made.

Y e s 4. Both about the same. 5. It up. 6 The Ultra 64 hasn't tis eShut r been d a yseen in any way, shape or .form_ A price has yet to be decided 7 Yep. Do I sense a touch of 2 the . old sarcasm there? 8. What Iabout Tekken? 9 Yes, and? t i s n ' t

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2. Which is best to buy: a 32X or a Neptune?

3. Is Theme Park ever to be released on the 32X? 4. Can you give me a cheat for the Lion King on the Megadrive?

5. If I buy a 32X, which games should I buy with the vouchers?

Jonathan West/halo, 1 - rr CS you a fiver lSTEVE:1. e y w u uI'd t t give , Dunno, really, check MegaMar t to see what the going price is. 2 Neither. Buy a Saturn. 3. Noels. 4.

No. 5. MKII. Er, that's about it.

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COOKIE Dear Steve

Will you please find answers for the following questions: 1. When will Scooby Doo be released for the Megadrive and roughly how much will it cost?

2. Any news on Sensible World of Soccer for the Megadrive?

3. Are there any plans for a football management game on either Megadrive or Game Gear?

4. Could you rate these game from best to worst: Micro Machines 2, Madden's '95, NHL '95, Cannon Fodder, PGA Golf 3.

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N o p e 4 Mi c r oI I , Cannon Fodder, PGA, NHL. Madden. By the way, you live in Gus's • home town, you know.

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Includes import Street Fighter joystick. Also nearly every issue of MMS for sole. Will split El each or CIO for lot. PhoneJames on 0442 825204.

MEGADRIVE ll for sale (unboxed), 6 games including Mega Bomberman and Road Rash One 3 button pod and one 6 button pod (boxed) £125 including postage. I would rather swap for Amiga if possible.

Telephone Stuart 01603 897029 5pm-opm.

MEGACD2 with Batman Returns, Lethal Enforcers with gun, Rood Avenger and SonicCD, £170. Coll Stewart on 01387 263480 after 4pm.

SNESWITH 12 games including MK2, Superstar Soccer & DK Country. Phone Mark after 4pm on 0171 736 1668 (London) for E140.

MEGADRIVE ONE, one pad, Mega CD One, Me.g 7 a Mega CD games, Action Replay 2 cartridge, Menacer Gun and 6 game cartridge, 3 2 lot cost £800, will sell for £300 ono. whole No,offers, will not split, Clacton 01255 X 434517.

1 IWILL swap Zool on the Megadrive for 2SonicSpinball. Phone 0115 527 446 and ask M for Liam.

MEGA with Road Rash 2, EARugby, eSOR2,DRIVE Boltz, MK and one control pad for g £150 or swap for Amigo 600 or 1200. Call aAndrew on 0933 317602.

MEGADRIVE, J-League, Super Kick Off, 3 d pads lone 6 button one turbo), KART lead, rJapanese convertor, Master System converitor, 12 Master System games, all £110 ono.

AlsoSNES, Street Racer, 2 pods, 2 other vgames £100. Richard 0223 322273. eMEGADRIVE & Mega CD boxed. Over 15 ctop CDgames plus 3 carts. £300 the lot.

Games seperately £20. 0378 628238 after a7pm. rMEGADRIVE games;Ecco, Kid Chameleon tJamesPond 2, Afterburner 2, £15 each. All ingood condition. Phone Alex 0952 r727705. iMEGADRIVE games for sale: Flashback d£25, Tazmania CIO, Urban Strike £30, Winter Challenge CIO, JamesPond 3 £20, gWBAJam £20, Risky Woods CIO, Batman eReturns CIO, Truxton CIO, Shadow of the Beast 1+2 £15, Thunder Force IV CIO. gPhone (01827) 873414. aMRNUTZ in sex scandal with Dominik Diamond! He's not actually but I would like m swap Megadrive games with yout Any eto gamesconsidered. All my games are in sgood condition. Please phone Nikolai at

any time on 0436 676788.

MEGADRIVE and Mega CD for sale with 7 Megodrive games and 5 CD's plus 3 demo CD', Menacer with 6-game cart and 2 joypods, all leads. Everything in excellent condition, worth over £800. Will accept £500.

Buyer collects. Phone 0151 284 1137.

FORSALEGame Gear with 10 top games includingSonic 1, 2, Sonic Spinball and Cool Spot. Also has TV Tuner, AC adaptor and carry case. Al! for E130 ono. Phone 0369 830216 (Scotland) and ask for Dale after 5pm.

MEGADRIVE games for sale: Strider, Spiderman, Biohazard, Lemmings £10; Fatal Fury £15; Sonic 3, L Stalker, PGA European Golf £25; MKII, SSFII £30; CD gamesWolfchild, Final Fight CIO; Silpheed £15; FIFA, Battlecorps E25; Mega CD also for sale, all offers considered. Must sell all phonePete (01902) 727878.

MEGADRIVE with 8 games and Python joystick worth £390, yours for £250. May swap for another console. Craig (0141) 6370310.

MEGADRIVE games for sale: Micro Machines and Ecco the Dolphin £25 each or swap for Streets of Rage 2, Virtue Racing, Urban Strike or ThemePork. Phone Nathan 0181 449 8846 (Herts) - other games may beconsidered.

MEGADRIVE with 16 top gamesincluding FIFA 95 and Ultimate Soccer. £500 new, sell for £130 or swap for Amigo 500/1200. Tel 01926 428290.

I'M AN 11 year-old girls looking for a 1011 year old boy or girl from overseas.

Hobbies are sea life, films and art. Write to Adele Chapman, 59 Rookery Rd, Bournebrook, Birmingham 829 7D0, England.

MEGACD, Megadrive, 17 games including Eternal Champions CD, MK2, Snatcher, FIFA CD+ 15 demo CDs, 4 joypads (Arcade Stick, two 6-button), foot pedal, convertor; boxed,%%goodcondition, worth E I 500, sell £350 ono. Bargain! Be quick! Phone Kerry 0181 459 0342 CSICECCE plus hundreds ofconsolemags for sale!!

SWAPGAMEGEAR & 6 games for SNES & 3 games, must be good condition.

Interested? Phone Daniel on 01363 772915.

MEGADRIVE, Mega CD, 14 carts including Bomberman Snooker, SFII, 12 CDs including Thunderhawk, Double Switch, Silpheed, over £1000 in total, sell for £450. 0151 709 5819.

SEGAMEGACD with joypods, 10 CD games, boxed as new £260. 12 cartridge

gamesfrom CIO to £25 including Rood Rash 3, Micro Machines 2,Urbon Strike, Power Drive. Please ring Ernlyn (01442) 879538 - or £420 the whole lot.

MEGACD with Sonic the Hedgehog, Ecco the Dolphin, Final Fight, Ground Zero Texas, Puggsy, FIFAInternational Soccer, RoodAvenger, Jurassic Park. Excellent condition, boxed as new and with instructions £200 ono. Phone Andi on (01305) 257030 after 5.30pm.

BOYAGED 11 looking for a penpal. My hobbies are sport and art. Anyone good for a laugh write to: Michael, 6 Wheatfield Drive, Huntingdon, CombsPE17 1SH. FORSALEMegedrive's "Soleil' and "Mortal Kombot 2" £ 5 each ono. (01206) 826275 MEGADRIVE swap if anybody has got any decent fighting games. I could swap Tasmania if interested. Ring Joseph (01623) 660886.

32X FORsole with Star Wars Arcade and VRDeluxe. Perfect condition, all boxed, worth E250, sell for £120. Also Megodrive for sale, 10 excellent games, includes two 1 button joypads, one 6-button and joystick, worth £400, sell for £170. (01344) 775516 MEGADRIVE 2 with 19 games: Urban Strike, Sonic 2, 3, Sonicand Knuckles, SSF2, Virtue Racing, PGATour Golf 3 plus 3 joypods (one 6 button, 1 arcade stick). Worth over £800, sell for £350 ono. Tel (0121) 608 8251 ask ForDot phone alter 5pm.

MEGADRIVE wifh 3 joypods, Speedball 2, Shinobi, Jungle Strike, Euro Club Soccer, Eswat, Spiderman and Donald Duck • all for £75. Master System 2 with game CIO. MasterSystem with 6 games £30 & more bargains. Tel Kevin on (01920) 877341.

NIGHTRAPWANTEDfor Mega CD. Must be ingood condition, willing to pay £25. Call Ben 01895 443672.

NINTENDOENTERTAINMENTSystem: two joypads, two advantage joysticks, seven games:Mario I, Mario 3, Mega Man 3, Star Wars, Robocop 2, Duck Hunt, World Cup. Alsoincludes Zapper and games carry case Everything boxed with Instructions, brilliant condition worth £270, sell for E150 ono.

Call Nitesh 0181 909 3596.

SUPERKICKOFFon the GG, CIO ono. Tel 0181 491 6805 ask for Ben. MASTERSYSTEMwith LightPhaser, 4 games with light gun, 6 games for MS £70 ono. Tel (01294) 832826 buyer collects.

SEGAGAME Gear plus 5 games andmc3gni fier glass £65 ono. Phone 0181 746 1970 Michael.

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