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(REGULARS) EDITORIAL 6 With more movement than Ex-Lax victims bowel, you know you want to check out the latest in the MEAN MACHINES soap

NEWS 8 More news and pocs than we could possibly fit into this months space. So there's still so things we know about that you don't. But not many .

PAUL'S T IPS 5 2

B A TMA N FOREVER 1 6 Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's got the exclusive story on Acclaim's Batman Forever? We have! A s much as you'd wish to know on the game the film and riddles in general

The first Saturn player's guide? Yee. you bet your socks' Daytona tipped to the hilt. and Dredd given a severe frisking' Shame about that Paul, maybe lime for a replacement.

TDB 9 0 Controversy is the cadet of the day chez seems you don't like being called sad gds.

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itA 9 2 The great replier makes his final personal contribution, with a vintage letters performance.

MEGAMART 9 6 Yob's been doing a spot of redecorating in the back of the may. Do you like his new colour scheme'? Reminds me of something found in the bog alter a heavy night on the curry.

NEXT M O N T H 9 8 And now it's tune to solve the greatest riddle of all! What is MEAN MACHINES next cover...? ;Lees play a lithe game

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(PREVIEWS) SPOT GOES TO HOLLYWOOD 4 0 VIRTUA FIGHTER 2 4 2 CLOCKWORK KNIGHT 2 4 4 Looking like a much more mealy lollow-up to the p-poor original Saturn platformer .

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TOTAL FOOTBALL 4 8 GARFIELD 5 0

( F E AT U R E S ) WATERWORLD 2 2 Do you remember a crap sitcom called Sink or Swim Does it really have anything in common with the worlds most expensive Ida) o va ,

RETURN OF HE JED I G AME GEAR 2 6 dly let us see their latest Game Gear ey xpect to outdo even Jungle Strike •

DENAILITION MA N 7 0 Surprise runner in the stakes Ibis summer, conside never see the light of day .

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IT'S GOODNIGHT FROM Af/M... el l e a nd goodby e . Vep, a f t e r t w o year s a t t he he l m of M E A N MACHI NE S , I ' m bugge r i ng of f t o t he wor l d of t he S ony Pl ayS t a t i on t o l aunch a ne w magaz i ne. I ' v e r eal l y enj oyed m y t i m e a t M M S . a nd ha v e ha d t he pl easur e of br e a k i ng stor i es l i ke MKI I , t he 3 2 X . the S a t ur n, a nd m or e excl usi ves t ha n a ny ot he r Sega m a g — but now t he he a dy he i ght s of 3 2 bi t dom a w a i t . I l eave t he n a g i n t he c om pl e t e l y c a pa bl e ha nds of Gus w h o y ou all k n o w as t he mi ser abl e s od w i t h t he s ha v e d he a d i sor r y, t ha t ' s how w e k now hi m), a nd w h o has s om e ne a t i deas l i ne d up f or t he f ut ur e . I 'l l sti l l be her e I n a ne bul ous f or m as t he mi te's Ma na gi ng Edi tor , but basi cal l y i t I s a di e u t e bubby e , a nd see y ou l ater . I t ' s be e n f un.

Steve re, c i a o , PS: Ac t ua l l y , be f or e I go I ' d l i ke t o del i ver a bi g V-si gn t o t he t ur d. a t S e ga P ow e r f or awi ng c ov e r s t o ga m e s w hi c h t he y ha v e no Sega s c r e e ns hot s f or a nd Di gi t i s e r f or be i ng t he unf unni e s t sods i n t he w or l d w i t h no s e ns e of hum our a nd e v e n l ess e di t orial di r ecti on. Tha t ' s t ha t of f m e c he s t thei sm

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4SN FOR Yes i l l going. So if you have ba e s , than check them up for t e g o r i e s . There's been lots of excellent pics that don't fit into our categories, so we can print them and not pay you if we want, nahl Cash for Photos will be back with all new ideas next month, so until then catch this drop dead gorgeous figure. By the way, anyone waiting for their spondoolicks, don't worry, Lord EMAP's accountants are slowly but surely getting round to ilkeep your contributions coming to: CASH FOR PHOTOS, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, 30-32, FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, EC1R 3ALL (We also accept video footage I. J a m i e B r o w n w i n s 1E15 f o r t hi s r e p u l s i v e p i c t u r e o f hi s u n c l e e n t e r t a i n i n g hi s r a l l i e s i n b e r m u d a s hor t s , b l a c k ny l ons a n d b e e r be l l y . H a s t o g o i nt o t h e r e pul s i v e l o o k s box . N i c e o n e J a m i e .

So S t e v e I t h e m a g w i t h a he a v y h• or t . . . but as he k now s I had t he ne ga t i v e s he ha d no choi ce. Af t e r t hr e e year s on t he snag, a l ot of t ha t ti me as hi e f a i t hf ul l a pdog, I c a n n o w i ndul ge ai l t he ba d habi t s, l i ke c om i ng i n l ate a nd pi c k i ng m y nose, t ha t us e d t o ge t m y a r eal dr e s s i ng dow n. And now I 'd l i ke y ou t o j oi n me. as w e m ov e for wi er d as t he m o s t r epul si ve, ba d m a nner ed, chi l di sh, i t e ever seen. Ca t c h y ou ne x t m ont h. to tiete a n d t o t a l l y eT h ixs mc o net h sl t o p i c a l t r i p d o w n m e m o i r l a n e i n v o l v e s a c c i d e n t s , b o t h si l l y a n d l s eer i ous n , tt h a t t h e t e a m h a v e e n c o u n t e r e d , S e g a m a g t h i s c o u n t r y h a s O Z

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Double jape: when I got to the hospital I fainted after the tetanus jab in my bum!

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FIVE THINGS TO MISS ABOUT STEVE IRE - , Claire was unavailab o m • ment. as she's off sick: a l l started in Zak's diner wit h Claire, the all-import ant 'design fi nger' and a devilish box of matches.

Basically, Claire made a genie by accident and suffered the consequences. Let that learn you kids.

No w she has t o wear a marigok l glove fi lled wit h sated cream, on doctor's orders for ever and ever! Or until next editorial at

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Pa c e w i t h d ihpthat mos-t Serious of pa medical conditions — the paper cut. After sustaining said mort al Injury t o his finger, he found it would not stop bleeding. Bandaids,Tourniquels, cold compresses all prov ed useless. He needed to get it stitched. Later, after taking a chinese burn off a pal.

Paul's hand fell off completely!

1. A l l h i s w e i r d y i d s . a nd the Do c to r W h o one s .

2. H o w h e a l w a y s g e ts the call th a t the s a n d w i c h m a n is in.

3. The pi c ture s o f De i rdre Ba r l o w 'thr ough th e a ge s ' o n hi s m a c .

4. Hi s pr ow e s s a t Se a ha v e n Tow e rs , a c r a p s ol i ta i r e g a m e .

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Sh a n a n d H o w a r d f r o m US Gold.

MEAN MACHINES SEGA is the exciusive copyright el (MAP Images Any duplication, transmission or use ol any of the teal or pictures contained within these earjel without prior perMISS1011 of the publisheis will Result in legal action So der' COMPETITION RULES Employees and suppliers of (MAP IMAGES and then relatives are not eligible toi competitions There is no cash alternative for any of the prizes on otter And you can Nagai those multiple entries too Mild' Do you know, Teo beim calling the subs place 'Market Harbour' lot months, when II s really Market Hakim° I know that because I drove through it the other week Funny that It's still a bit ol an armpit though In my humble opinion But dont wnte me Hathororers How does it leel to he adOOO Sinai them on the telephone Lookin lot games, lookm for love.

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0-SATUPtN PA R Hokey kokey all y ou buddi ng Wal t Di sney-i tes y our ti me is ni gh because Bul l fr og ar e on the w a y t o l etti ng l oose The m e Park on the Satur n. I n the not so di stant past you m a y have seen fr om our gl owi ng r evi ew of the Megadr i ve ver si on of thi s l i ttl e cor ker that w e l i ke The m e Par k, us. A l ot. The onl y teensy weensy l et dow n w i t h t he Megadr i ve offer i ng was t ha t the gr aphi cs wer en't qui te up to the standar ds set by its si ster fl oppy ver si ons. The Satur n offer i ng wi l l undoubt e dl y settl e t ha t sl i ght i mbal ance w i t h the pr omi se of t he same gr ab y ou by the t hr oa t addi cti b u t coupl ed w i t h gor geous r ender ed gr aphi cs, spi ffi ng c ut scenes a nd an all ar ound attenti on t o detai l l i ke w ha t you w oul dn' t bel i eve. or e headi ng t o Bul l fr og m ont h t o br i ng y ou for next issue.

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months ago t ha t I nfogr ames was on t he ver ge of r el easi ng Al one i n the Dar k on 3 2 X .

Whe n not hi ng emer ged w e dug deeper a nd asked, nay, de m a nde d t o k now fr om I nfogr ames w he n w e coul d

expect thi s choi ce war e. The bad news is that after m uc h head scr atchi ng, I nfogr ames r eveal ed t ha t the pr evi ous 3 2 X stories wer e so m uc h poppy cock. The good ne w s is. Al one in t he Dar k 2 A N D possi bl y t he or i gi nal Al one i n the Dar k ar e now likely t o be r evamped for the Satur n. Hur r ah!

Just t o gi ve you a qui ck r un down, bot h games star the ace

detecti ve Edwar d Car nby str utti ng a r ound i n hi s gr oovy deer stal ker l ooki ng i nto ul tr ascar ey happeni ngs. The or i gi nal was an atmospher i c adventur e wher e battl i ng a pl a t oon of l ovocr afti an monster s was t op of the agenda a nd was r evol uti onar y on t he PC i n i ts use of 3 0 pol y gon char acter s a nd 2 D bi tmapped backgr ounds.

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an ar cade adventur e and had our Eddi e taki ng on the venom of a gal l eon ful l of pi r ates, bl asti ng pol y gon- ge ner ated monstr osi ti es and sol vi ng obj ect-r el ated puz z l es. Ful l upda t e headi ng your way w he n w e get it...

DON'T MENTION THE WA R NE W GAME

W o w , t he whol e wor l d and hi s m ot he r (and M I N O S C A P E h i s br other and gr eat FORMAT

a u n t i e Mar y. . . i t seems) is goi ng S a t u r n cr az ya n d t he w or d out on t he str eet is t ha t those l uver l ey Mi ndscape chappi es fr om dow n saaa—r f ar e no excepti on w i t h r umour s comi ng thi ck a nd fast t ha t the fi r m is pl anni ng Satur n pr oduc t s r evol vi ng a r ound the mysti cal wor l d of fantasy boar d game speci al i sts, War Hammer .

The fi r st t w o offer i ngs i n thi s series ar e likely to be War Hammer : S ha dow of the Hor ned Rat cl osel y fol l owed by War Hammer 110,000: Da r k Cr usader s. Li ttl e is yet k now n a bout ei ther a l t hough S ha dow of the Hor ned Rat is likely t o r efl ect War Hammer 's classic medi aeval -esque styl e whi l e War Hammer 4 0 , 0 0 0 is sai d to be set in t he f ut ur e — guns r ather t ha n s w or dpl ay m a y be the or der of the day then.

Ei ther way, you'l l not see a sausage on ei ther for ages yet — we'l l keep you posted.

V E C T O R IAN VA L U E S N E W G A M E Ha v i ng sur veyed t he vi ews of most of E MAP B Y T o w e r s , the gener al consensus of opi ni on t ha t emer ges is t ha t no- one but no- one is par ti cul ar l y F O R M A T h a p p y w i t h thei r gi ven body shape — t oo fat, t oo B A T U R N t h i n , ear s t oo bi g, a nd var i ous a ppe nda ge s far t oo s m a l l ( a l t houghf e w w o u l d a d m i t t o t h a t ! ) a n d s o on. S uc h wor r i es can be ver i tabl y swept a w a y wi th Sega's ne w Megadr i ve pl atfor m exper i ence — Vector man. w e r e tal ki ng bi g ti me smar t-ar se her e, sur r ounded by stonki ng gr aphi cs and s t unni ng ani mati on as he is, Vector man's star r i ng role is fil l ed w i t h a fi ne r obot type t hi ng w ho fr equentl y gets r acked of f wi th hi s gi ven for m, but unl i ke us mer e mor tal s, he can c ha nge hi s shape on a w hi m I nto exci ti ng thi ngs like bom bs 'n' stuff.

Appar entl y thi s is set to be c om e one of Soya's Chr i stmas bi ggi e (al though i t's due out i n November ) — w e l l br i ng you mor e news near er t he ti me.

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MIND THE GAP

Speed, m y pr etty.

Get set for a r ocky r i de w i t h t w o mor e Satur n r el eases headi ng your way i n the far di stant futur e (al l egedl y) f r om Mi ndscape.

First up ther e's Cyber speed a futur i sti c r acers w i t h no cars, no pr oper l y de fi ne d tr acks, i nstead ther e's j ust y ou a nd your tr usty hi gh-tec fl yi ng mobi l e, suspended f r o m a l i g h t b e a m , hur t l i nga t hi gh speeds t hr ough a series of mani c tubes a nd di ps set bot h i n space and on pl anets, hol di ng your desti ny i n your ow n ha nds and hopi ng y ou ge t l ucky a nd away w i t h your l i fe as you choose your di r ecti on a nd go in, guns bl az i ng, agai nst any usur per out t o cl ai m t he wi nner 's cr own.

A n o t h e r r um our i s t h a t T h e Ra v e n Pr oj ect, a hi gh-speed al i en de a t h r i de. is S a t ur n- bound — scant detai l s ar e avai l abl e but aliens, spaceshi ps, r ebel for ces and m uc ho bl asti ng seems t o be the or der of the day. Mor e ne w s w he n w e get it.

RETURN OF THE HERO

One of the most exci ti ng Satur n a nnounc e ments is ne w s of Stor y of Thor on t he machi ne for next year. The pr ogr ammer s of the bar nstor mi ng M i t game, Anc i e nt ar e put t i ng t oge t he r a del uxe ver si on of the RPG, usi ng the same per specti ve but amaz i ngl y detai l ed gr aphi cs. Thi s one has futur e news pr i or i ty.

VIRTUA HANG ON FORMAT

In t he far di stant past, Ha ng- O n was a r ather tasty bi ki ng exper i ence offer ed up for our del ectati on by the cr eator of Da y t ona and ot he r assor ted Vi r tue games. The bi g ne w s is t ha t the or i gi nal c oi n- op is bei ng souped up a nd utter l y 3 0 - i s e d for the Satur n to be c om e t he machi ne's fir st bi ki ng game. i t s in fairly ear l y stages at the m om e nt but bl i nki n fl i p i t's l ooki ng hot. Mor e ne w s w he n we ge t i t

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FLASH IN THE BILACKHAWK Doh, pr etty, pr etty, pr etty - I nter pl ay's l atest 3 2 X offer i ng is l ooki n' g0 0 0 0 0 0 di S a t in t he war -tor n far of f pl anet Tuul , Bl ackhawk is a k i nd of Fl ashback meets Prince of Persia w i t h you taki ng t he r ol e of Kyle. a newl y qual i fi ed fi ght i ng machi ne w ho' s come back f r om Ear th wher e he l ear nt the ar t of ki l l i ng dow n t o a tee t o sor t out hi s evil uncl e, w ho, as j oi nt r ul er of Tuul w i t h Kyl e's t w i n br other , seems i ntent on r i ppi ng the ver y hear t out of t he pl anet t ha t Kyl e l oves.

Ri chl y detai l ed gr aphi cs combi ne w i t h i magi nati ve a nd var i ed gamepl ay i n thi s pl atfor m/ shoot 'em up/ adventur e w hi c h has Kyle j umpi ng, r ol l i ng, shooti ng, cl i mbi ng, bom bi ng, bi di ng, chatti ng, schemi ng, ducki ng, di vi ng and even l evi tati ng at ti mes acr oss l evel upon l evel of hi s father 's t w i n br other 's Dar k Empi r e.

One really cool featur e a bout t he game is t ha t i nstead of j ust mi ndl ess shooti ng i n the ever pr esent c om ba t si tuati ons, Kyl e a nd hi s enemi es ar e capabl e of hi di ng i n the shadows so t ha t bul l ets s hoot past them. I t is then, a case of ti mi ng your attack j ust r i ght t o get a di r ect hi t — you can even bl ast backwar ds wi th a nonc ha l a nt twi st of Kyl e's flexi bl e wrist.

Anot he r popul ar game featur e i n the ME AN MACHI NE S of fi c e is t he w a y that, havi ng spoken t o the desol ate be-chai ned pr i soner s l i tter ed a r ound the pl ace, y ou can tur n a r ound a nd shoot t he m a nd w a t c h w i t h si ck sati sfacti on t he ensui ng expl osi on of bl ood a nd br ai n matter — cool !

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SUBLIMINAL TO THE RIDICULOUS If gui di ng a pul sati ng, mul ti -col our ed cube a r ound a gr i d, m a t c hi ng up cube col our s to fl ashi ng squar es sounds like y ou c up of her bal tea t he n per haps Endor fun, the i mpendi ng Satur n offer i ng f r om Ti me War ner is for you.

The ga m e is bei ng bi l l ed as havi ng "dr uglike" qual i ti es w e l l they sai d t ha t a bout Cok e a nd j uni or Di spr i m di dn't they) w i t h hypnoti c gr aphi cs, a nd subl i mi nal "f e e l - good" messages i ncor por ated i nto the soundtr ack — the voi ces ar e of a fr equency i naudi bl e t o hum a n ear s but ar e supposed t o si nk i nt o your sub-consci ous t o gi ve y ou a boost.

As al r eady menti oned, t he ai m's to m a t c h cubes t o l i ke-col our ed fl ashi ng squar es. Once achi eved, thi s feat al l ows y ou t o absor b par t of the l i fe for ce you ne e d t o pr ogr ess t o t he next l evel but some st ubbor n a nd i mmovabl e bl ocks t e nd t o spr i ng up at a w k war d m om e nt s on your tr avel s t o sl ow you dow n. O ut l ater thi s year we'l l fil l y ou i n mor e ful l y near er the ti me.

DOOMED AS A HERETIC Whehey!

Most excel l ent news — ID Softwar e's Doom fol l ow-up, a medi aeval 3 D bl aster fashi oned i n tr ue Doom - e s que styl e is ti pped to hi t t he Satur n Ki l l t he m al i t some ti me next year.

The name of the game is r unni ng a r ound like a l oon packi ng a m a m m ot h w e a pon cache, shooti ng ever ythi ng t ha t moves but by 'eck l ad, ther e's a hel l of a l ot mor e t o i t t ha n that. Door s ar e col our -coded and can be accessed usi ng t he cor r ectl y col our ed keys, ther e ar e secr et passages, magi c i cons, w e a pon, i nvi nci bi l i ty and i nvi si bi l i ty pi ck-ups as wel l as the opti on t o r espawn m ut a nt s a nd war p t o other levels.

The m os t noteabl e addi ti on to the Doom engi ne is t ha t Her eti c al l ows you t o m ov e the vi ew vertically, enabl i ng you t o l ook up a nd dow n - thi s w or k e d a tr eat on t he PC ver si on so her e's hopi ng t he same wi l l appear on the Satur n ver si on.

DESCENT All r i ght, all r i ght, y ou got us, w e c a nnot de ny t ha t on fir st si ghti ng, I nter pl ay's Descent set t o hi t t he Satur n w i t h a fl our i sh is, on fi r st si ght, a bi t of a Doom cl one. But befor e, you'r e faces fal l a nd you star t getti ng a j i b on, take hear t cos Doom i nspi r ed i t may be but thi s l i ttl e scor cher is set t o soar above a nd be y ond all other taker s.

I nstead of on f oot combat. De s c e nt decks y ou out i n a var i ety of easily m a noe uvr abl e l i ttl e ski mmer s easi l y capabl e of z oomi ng y ou t hr ough t he games mass of dar k a nd di ngy mi ne shafts a nd tunnel s — even upsi de dow n i f you so choose — wher e you'l l e nc ount e r beasti es apl enty j ust r i pe for the bl asti ng i nto obl i vi on. Y ou get a good stor e of di ffer ent w e a pons i ncl udi ng vul can c a nnons and l aser guns a nd the 3 0 + l evel s pr omi se wads of non- s t op suspense a nd acti on. Mor e soon.

PA C AT TA C K Cor bl i mey, i t b l a s t fr om the past ti me as, havi ng sol d bucket-l oads i n the US, Ti me War ner l aunch the anci ent Ms Pac-Man on an unsuspecti ng Br i ti sh publ i c at t he bar gai n basement pr i ce of j ust t w e nt y qui d.

The game har dl y needs any i ntr oducti on — P a c - Ma n is PacMa n w ha t e v e r ti tl e y ou gi ve i t — i t s based on the ol d eat 'em up ar cade classic w i t h 3 6 l evel s of mani acal pi l l -gobbl i ng w i t h some of t he levels dr a w n str ai ght fr om t he or i gi nal a nd a f e w wei r do extr as t hr ow n i n f or good measur e.

Y'never know, t he y say the ol di es ar e of t e n the goodi es, i n thi s case onl y ti me, a nd our futur e r evi ew of thi s classic, will tell.

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T H AT ' S MAGIC Any one seen t ha t bi z ar r e Channel 4 pr ogr amme w i t h t he wacky, so-cal l ed magi ci ans, Penn b Teller? No, nor me. No matter , cos the ne w s is. G a m e t e k have based a ne w Me ga CO ga m e on the der anged duo cal l ed Penn b Teller: S m ok e and Mi r r or s.

The star s of the s how have appar entl y w or k e d cl osel y wi th devel oper s i n the maki ng of the game w hi c h consi sts of a whol e he a p of di ffer ent game-styl es all mel ded t oge t he r in little sub-games.

The f un t o c om e i ncl udes the chance t o per for m t w o ful l y i nter acti ve magi c tr i cks, whi l e other sub-games i ncl ude Mof o the Psychi c Gor i l l a wher e t he super -sensi ti ve si mi an w h i c h c a r d y o u m a t e h a s s e l e c t e da n d De s e r t B u s , an "hi l ar i ous" e i ght - hour deser t cr ossi ng dr i vi ng scene — in real ti me. O u t September , hol d your br eath for our for thcomi ng r evi ew.

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Ma ny of you m a y have seen one of the ear l i er summer acti on movi es. Congo, w hi c h featur es some l ess-than-cuddl y gor i l l as in t he deepest j ungl e. The fil m was al r eady wi ngi ng i ts w a y to the Satur n cour tesy of Sega, but a whol l y di ffer ent Megadr i ve ver sion has been br ought t o our attenti on by Vi acom Ne w Medi a, a huge c om pa ny now set t o make thei r mar k i n games. Thei r M i t Congo sti cks to t he fi l m by adapti ng di ffer ent si tuati ons t o gamestykos — ther e's w hi t e water r afti ng, a 3 - 0 s hoot 'e m up bi t based on the sequence w he n the par ty ar e under gor i l l a attack i n thei r laser corral. and secti ons wher e you pl ay the gor i l l a. Vi acom have t w o other ti tl es on t he go. Shadow, w hi c h is a huge 7 0 level pl atfor m shooter , a nd Zoop, an i ntr i gui ng ne w c onc e pt in puz z l e N I" g a m e s .

Gus' fi r st ti me sor ti ng out t he fact fr om W the ficti on. . . e 'We've hear d of no less t ha n f our ti tl es lcomi ng out on the next gener ati on lmachi nes bear i ng the s t a m p of next year 's fAt l ant a Ol ympi cs, cour tesy of US Gol d. eOne is the to be expected mul ti -spor ts agame, but w i t h pl enty of twi sts (some say t3 D hor se-r aci ng is a par t of it). The other uwill be even mor e i magi nati ve.

Bul l fr og ar e l eaki ng out a f e w mor e detai l s r of thei r Satur n i ntenti ons. Apa r t fr om eThe m e Par k, thei r r ecent racer, Hi gh tOctane wi l l be fr onti ng t he l i ne-up. 14.0 hw a s a sur pr i se appear ance on the PC, a nd eits qui ck ar r i val on Satur n is j ust as not e swor thy. eDevel oper s Row a n for Empi r e softwar e ar e nsupposedl y w or k i ng on Fl yi ng Cor ps, one of those ul tr a-r eal i sti c fl i ght c om ba t si mue x t m

Y O U D O N ' T S AY. . l ator s t ha t PCs ar e nor mal l y so good at.

Not hi ng t o see f or qui te some ti me.

EA have f ound thei r ow n way t o meet the stars - by maki ng thei r ow n movi es, at P i ne w ood Studi os. Thei r l atest, The Dar keni ng, has hi r ed har d m a n star Chr i stopher Wal ken a nd other s to take par t i n a mur der ous tal e.

Mi aoi (i s t ha t r i ght? I Mal l ar d f r om Di sney is set t o be the next bi g car toon star H e is r umour ed to be a Da f f y Duc k for the 90s. Games are al r eady under way, w i t h Di sney I nter acti ve put t i ng the Megadr i ve game together , One fi nal note: US Gol d has i nfor med us t ha t Me ga m a n on GG has been l ar gened and i mpr oved for i ts UK r el ease, so wi l l pr obabl y scor e hi gher than i ts 7 9 % i n the Ma y issue. Those Ca pc om per fecti oni sts.

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LIGHT FA N TA S T I C We goofed wit h our Light Crusader review last ish.

Instead o f the paltry 8 0 % we scored it, it should have read 8 9 %. That wa s to a production error. So it ' great, buy sorry Sega, heads have rolled etc.

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Batman F o rever is the b est fi l m t o h it the U K in ages, an d needless t o say th ere's a g a me in the offi ng, to o . An d wit h such a b lo ckbuster s e t t o fl y in, it wa s a lwa y s obvious w h o wo u ld g e t fi rst d ib s on t h e Meg ad rIve v e rsion.— saw w he n y ou wal ked i nt o t he S out h Hel l dur i ng E3 T w a s a huge v i de o wal h l on t he Ac c l a i m s t a nd.

As e a c r a p Gl or i a E s t e f a n w f a nna be s a ng away, e v e r y inow a nd t he n y ou c oul d hear her say s om e t hi ng l i ke 'i nt e r r acti ve e nt e r t a i nm e nt , t he r e ' s s no w a y f or c ont a i nm e nt o r tsome ot he r s uc h c r a p r hy m e . tBut by far t he be s t pa r t of thhe v i de o wal l pr e s e nt a t i on i wer e t he pl e nt i f ul cl i ps f r om nBa t m a n For ever . Even as t he g y 1 o 6 WIWI S E G A u

bus i ne s s m e n t r i e d t o s q past t he hum ungous l y f a t sods w h o w e r e w a nde r i ng a r ound ai ml essl y, t he y w e r e s t oppe d i n t he i r t r acks by i mages of t he Ba t m obi l e dr e• wing up a wal l . Val Ki l m e r usi ng a t ube s y s t e m t o ge t fr om one pl a c e t o another . and Tom m y - Le e J one s a nd Ji m Ca r e y up t o no good as Two-Face a nd The fl i ddl er — in f a c t , as 'Gl or i a' sang: 'Ba t m a n For e v e r . - a m ov i e you m us t see; t w o maj or star s: Ki l m e r a nd Car r eeeey. . . ' The M E A N M A C H I N E S t i p f or bi gge s t fi l m of t he year , Ba t m a n For ever i s c ur r e nt l y set t o do huge bus i ne s s acr oss t he UK' s c i ne m a 's a nd — as w i t h J udge Dr oci d — Ac c l a i m ha d t he l i cence si gned up l ong, l ong a go t o ensur e t he i r ga m e w oul d be out s oon after . Af t e r r um our s gal or e r e ga r di ng t he ga m e c ont e nt , w i t h s t or i e s tel l i ng of S c a v e nge r put t i ng t oge t her a Doom cl one, Ac c l a i m fi nal l y a nnounc e d that Dr e dd stal war ts, Pr obe, w e r e ha ndl i ng t he c odi ng dut i e s t o pr oduc e a ga m e s a i d t o be 'a cr oss be t w e e n M K I I a nd not hi ng el se y ou' v e s e e n. ' The fi na l ga m e doe s i nde e d take t he be a t 'e m up a s pe c t of t he cl assi c Mi dw a y c oi ner'', but c oupl e s i t w i t h e x pl or ati on a s pe c t s w he r e upon t he Cope d Cr us a de r a nd Boy Wonde r w a nde r a r ound a scr ol l i ng pl a y ar ea, pi c k i ng fi ght s w i t h pe opl e i m m e di atel y r e c ogni s a bl e f r om t ho' fi l m. But t he r e 's a di f f e r e ne e t Batman, hi s f oe s a nd t he ba c k dr ops ar e al l f ul l y r e nder ed, w i t h t he Me ga dr i v e s om e how c opi ng w i t h l oa ds of l i ght - s our c i ng as t he Dy na m i c Duo e nt e r t he i r l atest v i de o ge m s excur si on.

Both Batman and Robin are armed wit h all manner of kicks and punches, mos t of whic h mirror those you'll see in the fi lm. Depending on the prox imit y of foes and the type of mov e selected, over a dozen differ. ent offensive capabilities are afforded to each character. Thus, in addition t o the expected kicks, punc h and aerial assaults, a number of , t hrows and leg sweeps are also on offer. Similarly, as can be expected of a guy wit h a utility belt. Bat man also uses a number of gadgets to stop his foes in their tracks, wit h a glue gun sticking onc oming baddies to the floor, and grenades KOing t hem f rom a distancp

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Every backdrop in Bat man Forever has been ray-traced, wit h the Megadrive's full palette used to give an unequalled level of d e p t h * t he rendering process is a long and drawn out one, though, wit h the graphic artists at Probe first scanning the videos sent by Acclaim US into an SGi mac hine and t hen drawing rough guide lines on all the key aspects c o r ners, recesses, etc. Wit h these ' T rou tidied up into an approx imat ion of g the backdrop, with every circles. h line and triangle recreated in full. " v From here, the light source (or •1111 e sources) is added to the mix, wit h 1 cthe SG-i mac hine automatically tgenerating where the shadows will o fall. Whilst this sounds very easy, rof all the aspects of Batman Forever, it is the rendering whic h s takes the longest with Probe busyp ing several workstations at once as o they wait for the h ht-sourcing to r appear t e d , t h e l i n e s a r e

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Batman Forever is a beat 'em up set across a number of settings immediat ely recognisable f rom the fi lm, Acclaim's US dev elopment team were given free access to each of the mov ie's 70 sets, and toured each wit h a camcorder, mak ing exhaustive notes of colour schemes, hidden passages and the like. This footage was then sent to Croydon-based Probe, who used it to create the game backdrops. Playing as either the Coped Crusader or the Boy Wonder, the player is left t o battle t hrough a series of eight way • scrolling stages, f ending off cronies 'Two-Face' embling an sent by bot Dent. h the Res Riddler and Harvey 1 expanded Final Fight, BF mixes the expected kicking and punc hing action wit h tortuous platform levels, wit h the player requiring pixel-perfect kicks and t iming in order to land on s ome of the smaller ledges.

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Mot ion Capture is a phrase Acclaim are particularly proud to c row about. Basically, It is a mix t ure of real-life action and c omput er gubbins whic h allows Acclaim to create realistically-animated and full 3D sprites — all of whic h mov e like real people. By placing sensors all over a subject person and making t hem perf orm the mov es needed for the game, wit h a c omput er making a note of the position of the sensors. Wit h these points in order, a rough 3D skeleton can be built lip allowinn r.xr'ra ret ail t r Mit , hofe thisasystem d d eis dthat, . for games T h e like Alien Trilogy where the screen h e n flows around the player's character, only one — fully 3D — sprite is needed, as opposed to a number viewed f rom differing angles. The system has prov ed so successful, , Warner Bros used it for a scene in the fi lm where Batman falls several hundred feet into an alley — a stunt whic h would have left Val Kilmer decidedly pancake-like if attempted in real life'

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As mentioned, Acclaim had access to the film's sets — and this invite from Warner Bros also allowed them to work with the film stuntmen. With the actors dressed up as a variety of Two-Face's hoodlums and thugs and performing roils, punches and kicks.

Similarly. costumes from the movie were then br ought in for the actors playing the game versions of Batman. Robin, The Riddler and Two Face, where more moves are used for each of the main characters. The action was then shot against a backdrop wit h a camera Mill The tape was then sent to Probe where the game's graphic artists ported the footage to yet another SG' workstation for inclusion in the game. This system means that Batman f-orever is one of the most graphically-intensive titles the Megadrive has ever seen.

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BANGING Batman and Robin's adventures take t hem f rom the streets of Gotham City, to the Batcave and eventually int o the island retreat where both Two-Face and The Riddler are holed up. The garne's plot follows that of the film almost identically, with Robin introduced into the plot much halfway through the game, unless he is chosen for the two-player team game. And if battling through and saving the day doesn't take your fancy, •Arhy not beat the hell Out of your mates in the one-on-one game Probe have incorporated'

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THE FILM Guile simply, Batman Forever is one of the best films we at MEAN MACHINES have seen in ages. It features a new actor as Batman (Val Kilmer beating the pants off Michael Keaton's version), who is pitted against TwoFace (Tommy-Lee Jones) and The Riddler (Jim Caney). The film starts with Bruce Wayne doing a tour of one of his many enterprises and meeting with a over-the-top scientist called Edward Nygma.

Obsessed with Bruce Wayne, Nygma is desperate to please him and shows the multi-millionaire a device which will implant TV waves directly into the brain. Wayne is far from impressed, though, and fobs Nygma off telling him he is entering dangerous territory tinkering with the brain.

Distraught at the brush-off,

Nygma usos the lrd1Iiit uii lls condescending boss and absorbs most of the man's intelligence — a properly he knew nothing about. Thus, having boosted his 10 he becomes The Riddter, and teams up with Two-Face in a quest to absorb the intelligence of everyone in Gotham, whilst satiating Two-Face's obsessive wish to kill off Batman. Then Robin enters the mix, but we don't want to spoil it for you...

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The Me r i ne r ( Ke v i n Cos t ne r ) w i t h t he m e a ne s t Tr i mar an s e e n t hi s si de of t he l ast Am e r i c a s Cup. Ful l y c us t om i s e d. i t ha s t hr e e hy dr of oi l be a m s t o sai l on. guns a bi g sai l , guns , a n e gg w hi s k on t op a nd guns. And mi nes. A n d guns .

Al t hough t he ga m e t hi s be t w e e n di f f e r e nt i nter l udes a nd tasks, t he basi c a c t i on i nvol ves pr ot e c t i ng a ser i es of At ol l s f r om a t t a c k by t he Smoker s. The b e t t e r y ou do. the m or e i nf o y ou ar e gi v e n by gr a t e f ul Atel i er s. w hi c h wi l l l ead y ou e v e nt ua l l y t o the S m ok e r s l ai r (any be t s on i t be i ng cal l ed t he 'Cor ne r '?) a nd fi na l l y t he f a bl e d l ast i sl and of Ma n. Whi c h ha s a n a bunda nc e of f ood a nd shel ter , a n a t t r a c t i v e w a t e r . pow e r e d wheel , a nd hi ghl y desi r abl e t a x r ates.

I DON'T LIKE YOUR BOATRACE You fi nd y our s e l f t a c k i ng a r ound t he Atol l s, w hi c h ar e unde r c ons t a nt a t t a c k f r om a var i f t .

So i s e c om put e r m i ni ons s how si gns of ar ti fi ci al i ntel l i gence, dr a w i ng y ou tuhe a w a y f r om t he centr al At ol l w hi l s t t he i r c ohor t s ni p i n t o a bduc t t he Atel i er s. I f one s hoo t u r e d , y ou s houl d puss d de s t r oy t he cr aft. t he n pi c k up t he At r e ha goe s under .

ATOLL C PLEB The r a gba g of fl oa t i bui l di ngs w he r e t he goodi e s l i ve.

KI DNAP DI NG HY The s e j um p I nto t he cons. pl ea, gr a b a vi cti m a nd t he n t r y t o escape.

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Any t hi ng e l s e y ou c a n c ount as a bonus .

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Tr ue Li es b y a good $ 6 0 m $70m.

Wi t h t ha t k i nd of money, y ou coul d buy e v e r y m a n, w om a n a nd c hi l d i n t he UK a Mc Dona l ds v a l ue meal . I n fact, y ou c oul d e v e n ' m a x thei r m e a l s ' w i t h l ar go fr i es a nd coke. m os t RFC m e a l s w oul d be i ve. Or y ou c oul d t he Bi g Ma c meal ic of U. M u c h of t t w a s dow n t o t r oubl e d i n t , w i t h st or my seas a nd t he m a i n p e t i n excess of S i m , s i nk l og. Leave t he pl ug i n ne x t ti me, guy s .

I ncr edi bl y, w i t h t he s e t l ost. t he c r e w de c i de d t o r e bui l d i t f r om s c r a t c h t o do t he l ast f e w scenes of fi l m i ng.

Fi l mi ng on w a t e r i s sever al t i m e s m or e e x pe ns i v e t ha n on l and, be c a us e of t e c hni c a l s uppor t a nd pr acti cal di f fi c ul ti es. But he y . i t s f un!

No one f r om t he pr ess has yet a t t i m e of pr ess) s e e n Wa t e r w or l d. The fi l m ha s i t s cr i ti cs a nd s uppor t e r s , but I t , al l gos s i p a nd hear say.

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by Uni ver sal , t he s t udi o be hi nd t he l ast t w o s um m e r bi ts: J ur a s s i c Par k a nd The I l i nt s t one s .

The di r ector , Ke v i n Re y nol ds . st or med of f t he pr oj e c t w he n c ont r ol ov e r e di t i ng w a s taken e l f hi s ha nds . Le a d s t a r Kevi n Cos t ne r ha s s t e ppe d i n.

Amaz i ngl y. m uc h t he s a m e t hi ng ha ppe ne d on a pr e v i ous Re y nol ds / Cos t ne r col l abor ati on, The Body gua r d.

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One of t he m os t s uc c e s s f ul has be e n L t s • ow n ga m e t r i l ogy f or t he S upe r NES w hi c h w or k e d t he a c t i on of al l t hr e e fi l m s i nt o s om e cr edi t abl e pl a t f or m a c t i on.

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Bi g one s . Any t hi ng w i t h an e ngi ne , a nd pr efor abay • gun a t t a c he d, i ns pi r e s i ts ga m e s a nd gamepl ay. As evi dence, t a k e J a gua r X J 2 2 0 , BC Racer s. Thunde r ha w k . Ba t t l e c or ps . And now

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TRACKS Core intends to spread Shellshock across a wide range of global locations, climates and terrains —it's a whopper of a game with the advantage of a store facility which let's you keep an eye on your progress, even down to the extra weaponry and money you have. We may as well list the range of playing conditions devised, each taking place in one of several times of the day:

Shellshock is Cores first next generation console title, leap-f rogging a lot of the 32X work it did in the early part of this year. Many of the game elements c ome f rom Core's familiar canon: heavy weaponry, hostile 3-D wastelands, lots of levels, technical innovation and a 'team' of characters, wit h homeboyee type attitudes.

Shellshock was put t oget her wit h the best kit in the business. The project has Silicon Graphics (high-end graphics rendering) stamped all ov er it. However, the basic idea of the gameplay goes back to one of video games earliest roots: t he seek and destroy tank game.

Core is uncharacteristically defi nite that this will be out for October, mak ing it one of the earliest Saturn third-party (non-Sega) titles. For those tired of wound-up knights and virtual fi ghters it can't c ome soon enough.

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ENAR ITITUDES More than just offering a chance to create funny profiles in the instruction booklets, the characters in Shellshock are intended to have genuinely unique strengths and weaknesses which are reflected in the way they handle the various vehicles in their own particular idiom. The end result is characters you can direct rather than the vehicle being the dominant feature, It was an idea Core developed in Battlecorps, with Capt. Jake Cutter and his two compatriots taking the helm. Our picture quality is a little on the dark side, but show well enough our louche and brooding bunch of mercenaries looking mean enough to steal some hubcaps.

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ANK WHIR Core has created the M13 Predator ban tank, a vehicle going beyond the bound of the run of the mill tin cans oft spotted parading around the streets of Baghdad ,present. Its main cannon can take out opposing tanks with a single hit, there's a '60mm chain gun, and optional surface•to•air _missiles for dealing with airborne resistanc You don't have to settle for that alone, The 'menu of goodies can be lengthened, but only as you collect the cash from successful • ions. Then head off to the 'shop', probaun by a former Treasury Minister.

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An alternative to the strategy-laden full campaign is Core's Training Ground. This area sets up head-to-head confrontations in fully armoured, but limited armed tanks between yourself and the computer, and much more interestingly, with another player. Using a split-screen mode, there will potentially be much more interest in playing against another human.

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Irt ---milltilltomallint UP Never, in the fi eld o f hardware confl ict, has so much been I r . . wr owed, by so many, t o one machine. Ou r magnifi cent man, Gus, takes to his fl ying machine to view Wing Arms. in K I N The reservations come from the undeni 1 lable fact that the game is still very early in development, and these pictures might give a fake impression. They cer1 tainly don't give a proper impression of the speed and graceful movement of the game that MEAN MACHINES at least 5 have marked as a possible future classic.

Wing Arms is strongly reminiscent of Wing War, Saga's polygon arcade dog a in more than just name. The game concept, aerial battles and the fighter choice of a clutch of second world war planes are both in tune with the twoseater C coin-op that claimed its own devotees last year, though not on the scale of Daytona or Virtua Fighter 2.

The action looks to be heavily arcade orientated rather than 'fl ight simmy', soT there's none of that taking off and undercarriage nonsense. Arm cannons, aft; missiles and your off. The missions, however, will show a wide variety. Only two have any shape t h e first has you tackling squadrons ofO fighters above a group of islands in the Pacific. The second isR pretty breathtaking already, a bombing run on a harbour occupied by the mother of all battleE An added attraction is the ships. complete control you have over your S craft — no predetermined levels like Panzer Dragoon.

There's a good four months work Son this project if it is out in left time for its Christmas release. magaz i nes w e r e gi v e n access t o s om e ear l y pi c tur es of a 3 - 0 s hoot 'tom up. of w hi c h fi r m det ai l s w e r e S sadl o y l acki ng. Wha t be c a m e k now n as tm he ' s hoot i ng ga m e ' i n t he UK ga m e s pr e ess ha s r e a ppe a r e d as Wi ng Ar m s .

Wi m t h s om e r eser vati ons. Soi l s a l l ow e d us t o t e s t s om e of t he ear l y l evel s o a nd t a k e excl usi ve de v e l opm e nt n shots. t h s e g o , J a p

MEAN MACHINES will be returning to it when there is more substance to the levels, but the core of the game, we must say, looks mighty promising.

PROPELLER HEADS At the moment there are seven different polygon planes. These cover different military uses and conflicts in recent military history.

Each has its own handling characteristics and may have different weapons_ A strategic element may be added by making some craft more useful for certain missions. Cockpit layouts also vary.

The plane shown in most of these pictures is a version of the Brib Spitfire, one of the most advan in programming.

Cl ai r e seems t o t hi nk k now a bout the di ffer ent pl anes. Au contr ai r e. . .

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From the outset, Wing Arms looks like being a fire-fight. All the planes are equipped with cannons, and at the moment, a single type of missile, that leaves a smoky trace when launched, Plumes of smoke erupt from winged enemy fighters as they fall to earth and when you approach ground defence, huge streams of ack•ack fire trace across the sky.

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Man has inhabited the Earth for as long as anyone can remember, but his failure to look after the planet has resulted in its near destruction. Earthquakes, volcanoes and all manner of disasters have befallen the planet, with man's constant pollution and illtreating of the home world blamed. Eventually, mankind is reduced to a handful of ever-regressing rimitives. It is time for a new order...

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k w to S the u Saturn was easier the Megadrive code. B r pthe of 16bit machine's r rlack i of power, squeezing the s i sprites and moves into 24MEG proved a real headache. With ng the l y Saturn version, the machine could quite easily ,handle sprites ported straight e from the arcade board. The n problems left to work only around, though, were reducing i the number of animations n slightly and the screen ratio. g first problem was solved The fairly easily by cropping out some of the more redundant animation frames (tail twitching, etcl, whilst the second was considerably harder. If you have ever seen the Primal coinop you'll notice the screen it is played on is wider than the average TV As such, if the sprites were to be kept the same size they would take up more of the play area than was ideal — meaning the battle would not allow for the warring monsters to walk away from each other. The compromise came by reducing the size of the sprites by a mere 10% so that they were still some of the tallest yet to grace the Saturn, and that the difference in width ratio wasn't as noticeable.

From the ashes, rulers e r ofgEarth e bd r n a t e d as the planet's climate cooled, t h e tremors heve . awakened them and they d y to resume their T h supremacy e battle for over ne w l y -na me d 'Urth'.

Each of the seven stakes a claim to an area of Urth, claiming the humans within as i r s .

Only one Draconian can survive, as the warring race resumes the battles postponed by their long sleep. Their journeys will take them all over the world they aim to conquer, with the final battle taking place in the appointed gr d of their foes...

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CLAWS AND EFFECT The Saturn's six buttons expand upon the coin-op's four by adding extra punch and kick moves to the action. However, as befits a game featuring duelling dinosaurs, it's the special moves which cause the most interest, and here's a guide to who does what:

ARMADON HORNI CATI ON:A basic goring move, The Primal equivalent to an uppercut!

BED-O-NAI LS:Ar madon curls into a protective ball.

Good for deflecting jumping attacks THE GUT GOUGES:Gouging his opponent's stomach, Armadon's horn is then used to flip them over his head!

RUSHI NG UPPERCUT:A charging move, finished with a goring Hornication.

IRON MAI DEN:Another spike•based move, with Armadon jumping and turning so his spikes crush his foe, SPINNING DEATH:A rolling attack.

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ICE GEYSER:Creates a huge pillar of ice.

COLD BREATH:Exhales a cloud of freezing frost which temporarily stuns it$ victim.

MEGA PUNCH:Four are on offer, all of which are devastating!

PUNCH BAG:Grab 'em by the head and pummel their face.

AIR THROW/ THROW:Pr etty obvious, really.

CHAOS FART OF FURY:A nasty gaseous emission!

POWER PUKE:Beats a fireball any day!

GROUND SHAKER:Just like Jax's floor slam in MKII. GRAB'N'THROW:Just like it say: grab 'em, chuck 'em, BUTT SLAM:Makes Mario's jump attacks look woossie.

BATTERING RAM:A basic charging move.

DIABL O TO RCHA close-range attack which stuns foes.

HOT FOOT:A ground blast which sends them toppling.

FIREBALL,Obvious and I'm not explaining it.

MEGA LUNGE:Another charge attack.

INFERNO FLASH:A huge burst of fire — halves their energy in an instant.

PULVERISER: A stomping move — like Chaos' Butt Slam.

SAL M ON PRIMAL SCREAM:An energy field which stuns closerange cittdckers.

LEAPING BONE BASH:A jumping attack followed by a tearing of flesh. Ace! STUN ROAR:A fancily•named fireball.

EARTHQUAKE STOMP:A high jump which knocks your opponent off their feet_ NECK THROW: Bite 'am, chuck 'em, Again.

CRANI UM CRUSHER:Using his head as a battering ram.

T AL ON THE SLASHER:A two-fisted attack used against jumping attacks.

BRAIN BASHER:Another jump move.

JUGULAR BITE:The name says it all.

FACE RIPPER:Once again, it's too obvious for me to recount.

POUNCE'N'FLIP:A jumping attack where their weight is used to thr ow them, FRANTIC FURY:A manic frenzy of slashing claws.

VERT IGO 1 0 0 VENOM SPIT:Another fireball under a different name.

-ANKLE DRAG:Uses his tail to say 'Get over her e" Familiar?

STING:Another tail-based attack. Excellent_ VOODOO SPELL:Another fireball — but one which instantly stuns its victim.

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The scope of what they guys in Derby are trying to do is pretty frightening. They'r e attempting (and it seems largely succeeding) to squeeze the Megadrive hardware to its limits, and incorporate as many different gamestyles as possible into the mix.

A concurrent 32X version is running sideby-side, with extra graphic detail and effects coming from the superior hardware_ Both versions are set to receive rather a lot of attention. Don't miss next month!

With an isometric perspective to the game, Cool Spot's characters need to be viewed from several angles. To make the graphic process quicker and easier the sprite designs were first rendered on a 3D Studio package, and saved in each of their required orientations, A 'finisher' takes the simplfies renders and adds cosmetic touches.

Spot himself has an amazing range of animations, considering the amount of different actions he can perform. Memor y space, as always, is a constant consideration. ,

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You One of the most spectacular moving characters from the VF2 coin-op is Lion Ratale, the Frenchman who's mastered Preying Mantis Kung Rt. Lion's distinctive fighting style has been perfectly reproduced in the latest Saturn Virtue Fighter 2 demo.

Interestingly enough, VF2 actually features a lot less polygons than VF1 on the Saturn! AM2 have skilfully used texture maps to reduce the amounts of polygons required whilst retaining a level of detail very close to the original arcade machine.

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When the big cheeses saw Tekken running on PlayStation, they told AM2 to make their game just as fast and just as smooth — a tall order considering that games can't get any smoother: the TV d ' t update the screen any quicker!

It might have d i f fi c u l t , but AM2 have done it.

This demo s a l end her father Lau on-screen simultaneously, pulling off their various moves and techniques. Yes, it is incredibly impressive and AM2 have said that apart from a few tweaks to the background, the final game will be up to this quality (if not better). So... the speed of Tekken combined wi th this level of detail? The mind boggles

Shun Di is the Virtue Fighter with a drinking problem. Whilst other alcoholics tend to end up lurching about telling people they're their best mates or falling over, Shun has used booze to become one of the greatest martial artists in the entire world! This demo is lust about a perfect reproduction of the close-camera Shun demo from the attract sequence of the VF2 arcade machine. Again. it's supersmooth, with none of the pol ygon Witching that marred Virtue Fighter 1.

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BOSS-TON STRANGLER Since the days of R-Type. 1t1S1 about every videogame has included "bosses" - enormous. deadly creatures lurking at the end of a level bent on your destruction. Unless they're Sonic game bosses, who allow you to lump on them repeatedly and thus finish the game in less than a day. Clockwork Knight 2 continues the fine tradition started on the prequel by giving you some spec tactular-looking bosses to kill. One of the first you'll meet is this huge snake made up of toy bricks. It zooms around the level in 3D and is a mere taster of the boss-related treats in store for you on later levels. Let's hope they're a bit more difficult to defeat on this game...

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With Spielbergrs Amblin at the helm, the movie version of Casper runs along similar lines with an evil property developer out to knock down an old house in order to build on the land. Before she can, though, a would-be supernatural investigator and his daughter move in to validate rumours of spooky goings-on in the old building. Needless to say, the daughter (played by Christina Ricci out of The Addams Family) chums up with Casper, and is introduced to his three uncles Stretch, Stinky, and Fats° — with the spooks eventually teaming up to try and prevent the house's destruction.

Of course, with Sem[berg's lot at the helm, there was no way Casper's spooks were going to be men in sheets. Jurassic Park bods, ILM, have once again gone to town with their S ' Tnachi ne, and the film boasts more computer. generated animation than any other to date — with the ghosts genuinely interacting with the actors, and spending well over half the film on screen. The film is out already, but Interplay's Saturn game is set for a November release but for now feast Ni uL1• eyes on these, the first ladmittedly foggy) shots.

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Casper: The Game is a large arcade/adventure, with the player stepping into the nebulous shoes of the 'Friendly Ghost.' Set within the film's dimly-fit mansion, the game is an eight-way-scrolling affair with the player moving the Casper sprite from room to room in search of useful objects and clues to open up later stages. The assorted rooms and corridors contain all manner of coloured keys, food and lead weights(!), and these can be added to our hero's inventory ialthough just how a spectral figure carries a lead weight is beyond me) for later use. Similarly, some of the objects Casper finds endow him with new powers, including a spiral icon which, when selected, allows him to take short cuts through The house's many air grilles.

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Any 'front end' to the game, including options or en having the game split into halves is non-existent at present. The programmers are leaving that to the end, concentrating on gameplay first. What they lend is full international squads, pitch I r c o n d i t i o n i

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SOLEIL T O NNES O F CASH! Thanks again to Andrew Clarkson, you need never feel hard up for cash when exploring the levels of Soleil.

Apparently, once your character can jump, go to the Training Ground. Now choose the I mmediat e Course and go halfway to the t wo spinning Fire Traps. Find the red switch under the bot t om trap and jump on it. This will reveal a whole stack of coins. Grab t hem all and simply save y our game before resetting. Start the game as before and do the same until you've amassed enough cash. Cool!

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Once again our spies have infi ltrated Codemasters' HQ and uncovered s ome serious tips f or the all new version of Pis t ol' Pete's tennis game. Hidden in the character selection is the ultimate T 2000 player called simply Robot H e r serve will send the oppos it ion reeling! To access her as a playable character go to the Password screen in the World Tour and enter ROBO. In a blaze of balls Robot will enter the character selection.

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What's more, it has also c ome to our attention that a hidden Space Court is also accessible in the same password fashion. As before go to the Password screen, but this time enter TI ME WA RR and hey presto, you can play on a lunar surface s urrounded by the planets and stars. Watch out f or the low gravity though, those serves can end up in weird places!

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WARLOCK L EVEL C O D E S Not a particularly special game, but nonetheless Graham Dugson f rom Luton did spend a lot of t ime getting the codes together for his f ellow tipsters, so here they are.

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L EVEL C O D E S We think Putty Squad is pretty fab on the Megadrive, so it's hats off to Pete Stitson from North London for this vast collection of level codes.

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LEVEL 19 — SMARB LEVEL 20 - LEGNA LEVEL 21 — RETNLiki LEVEL 22 - DORTOH LEVEL 23 — YTSEB LEVEL 24 — LLIBSAG LEVEL 25 — DEKCERW LEVEL 26 — EZIGRENE LEVEL 27 -- REFFUP LEVEL 28 LEVEL 29 t FVF1 ID- IRARREF LEVEL 31 — REHSINUP LEVEL 32 Y E DI P S LEVEL 33 — ESREVINL)

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B O N U S LIFE According to Micro Machmers Mark Briefly and Dan Parkinson from Chelmsford and Reading respectively, a bonus life is up for grabs on the Roller Coaster level. At the very bottom of the track there are three rolls of wallpaper. If you drive between the end two you will find a blue square with Walter's face on it. Run this over and a 1-Up sign will appear above the car. If you keep going through the rolls, the car explodes and returns to where you left the car.

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It's been a while since we've heard from Dave Franck from Belgium, but here he is with some corking advice for Ecco II on the Mega•CD. At any time during the game turn Ecco to face you and PAUSE the action. Now press A. B, C, B, C, A, C. A, and B and a Level Select and Invincibility will appear. What's more, for a added bonus, if you

go to Level 34 - City of Forever and sing to the History Glyph you will be able to watch all of the Silicon Graphics rendered images in one go.

TRUE LIES SPEC I A L C O D E S Arnie's blast 'em up on the Megadrive wasn't quite explosive as the big screen version, but if you're having problems making progress through the levels try James Pitcher's special codes.

INFINITE LIVES — BGLVS INFINITE ENERGY B G G R L Y ALL WEAPONS — BGWPNS LEVEL SELECT M N C H T SHOTGUN — SHI GN WATCH CREDITS — CRDTS

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Here, alongside t h e guys a t Pro b e n N t o h e is proud t o p resen t t h e u l t l . mate guide t o Acclaimes mo vie t ie h in. Co mp let e w i t h c i t y b lu ep rin ts, e less... no m e a n s t r e e t s o f M e g a .

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DAUCLAWS • Don't waste time on the Dark Judges.

Trapping t hem only earns extra points, and it's hardly wort h the bother.

• If one of the objects you need to blow up is apparently out of reach, try jumping and shooting a grenade to get it. If the grenade doesn't get it first t ime round, it'll bounce around until it does.

• Generally, it's best to stick to bullets and grenades. The other weapons look nice, but the more powerf ul weapons only rt ally come into play against Rico's ABC Warriors of perps possessed by the Dark Judges.

• It's not really wort h consulting the Law Terminals — the main objectives normally run in a fairly logical pattern. Only Aspen requires constant reference to the units.

• Rico can only be killed using the flares he throws. Don't waste t ime and ammo by using ot her bullets on him.

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HAILOF JUSTICE OBJECTIVE:Reach , Counc il chamber.

NOTES:Transport tubes make this level a lot longer than need be. Also, note that the Council guards are extremely resilient to gunfire, so Hi-Ex is the order of the day.

OBJECTIVE: Destroy all Rico's ABC Warriors.

NOTES: A labyrinthian level wit h Dredd taking on ABC Warriors one at a time. Only use Hi-Ex or grenades, and only shoot when they're walking towards Dredd. Two decent hits reduces t hem to just legs.

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CAR CIIINSE from scratch, you'll have to gain it by winning the Expert track, The best of the initial cars to do this is the red car.

JUMP START This inva t i p works on the two later courses which h n d i n g starts. It could save you the best part a $ i n acceleration time.

Hold down 8 (bra e starting lights come up. Start revving the t o a point around 700Orps. Exactly as the lig changes to green, release the brake and you shouldlanp off at the speed of the other racers. Don't over-rev or the technique won't work.

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It's less important to take the inside of the track on the straights than to hit the bends at die light angle.

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The l ong straight is the perfect place to take advantage of slipstream. This effect allows you to go faster than the nominal top speed of the car.

You should be positioned behind the car, offset to one side. The best pos it ioning for the straight is straddling the left-of-centre line.

The final bend is the only tric p a r t of the course. Don't try to slowdown enough to take the bend. you'll ai-hieve quicker times by glancing off the corner and continuing. You won' cr ash of you hit the bend at a shallow angle, a n o t too far round the corner. The mustard c i s definitely the best for this, as you can avoi d any speed loss at all_

player faces a gentle incline and insisfl tent curve to the right. The best posiF tion to accelerate past the opposition isr on the left wall, with the aim of moving to a o point right of centre by the checkpoint flag.

Then m anticipate the sharper bend to the left, as the t road enters the tunnel. The entrance is the one h danger point of a crash on the right hand side. You shouldn't have to slow down on this e section. s t a r The banked turn known as t Etrachio Curve can be tackled in two p ways. Arguably the best is to come from the left, slow quickly to a speed of o about 255km/h and take the curve withi out braking.

A riskier strategy is to go n wider, maintain a speed of up to 290km/h t to the last minute and make a sharp brakt ing turn, effectively treating the curve like aocorner. If you lose control for more than t a second, the strategy is a disaster. half h e t u n n Without exaggeration, the last e bend is the make or break l point — what good and bad laps are ,made of. Go too wide and valuable sectonds are lost, skid too sharply and it can h take an eternity to regain control. Our e advice is to s low to a manageable speed of 280-290km.h, and go immediat ely int o a skid t urn as you reach that speed and the c orner together. Steer aggressively Out of the skid to restart accelerating as you c ome out the corner.

The right turn past the tunnel is literally a junction. Stay close to the righthand side, brake slightly to around 290km/h and start a shallow braking turn level with the pillar in the lake. The mistake mos t drivers make now is a failure to reduce speed further for the next sharper turn at the head of the hill, Speed has to be down to around 260km/h.

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SEA SIDE GALAXY Using the jump start you should make it to I8/17th place by the first checkpoint. There's no need to slow down as you move into the gantried area, Pass the field on the right-hand side. When the road bends sharply to the right, take a daring detour by crossing to the leftmost carriageway. Then slow down to about 275kmih and skid across the carriageway and into the screen-walled tunnel. You'll have to fight against the skid as soon as you enter to counter the sharp left turn that follows. Accelerate as you come up the tall to the Jeffry statue, then brake sharply into the bend, skidding at around 250km"h.

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Many 'experts' think the next bend, the slip road to the bridge carriageway is the most important of the course.

Hitting it is a calamity, as the following section is the only flat-out part of the track. You should keep your foot on the gas until initially on the easy to take this sharp bend at 315kmiti. if - I i you keep control. Accelerate until the shuttle r comes into view. and then your choice is a e dsharp brake and skid, to around 2501cm/h, or a t gentle deceleration and steer into the bend. h a t a w a

Where the race is really won and lost is the final torturous bend at the sailing ship. You are forced to brake under control well in advance to around 230kmih, and also take the corner at a skid. Don't try to push it with this corner, as crashing can cost five seconds or more.

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Stop In the name of loved...foe does his karaoke Supremos Impression, Travel through the platform levels slashing ninpas and using the inscrutable Mushashi magic.

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THE UNDERCLASS There is another side t o the futuristic 'paradise' so pleasant A tribe of impov eris hed and disillusioned pro les live in a fetid alternative culture underground. Initially you ent er this s ewer domain seeing t hem as a threat, but they have their own case against injustice.

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LEAGUE OF DANGEROUS SPORT'S Spartan paitakes in the kinds of activities that normally require a safety harness and personal accident cover. From the game opening. he's jumping off helicopters attached to bungee ropes, zinging clown aerial runways, and doing hand over hand across tight wires. And that's not counting t he high ladders and precarious platforms he scales. Somehow he always manages to keep one hand free. On his gun, that is

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BAT'S To say that Greatest Nine has a couple of options is like saying Matthew Kelly is a bit of a berk — a huge understatement. Not content with offering every Japanese team in the league, complete with little digitised pees, batting averages and the likes, every aspect of the game can be tailored to your liking. Four stadiums are on offer, a choice of night or day matches, and the order the players step up can also be fiddled with. By far the best option in our book, though, is the one which lets the player select from one of a dozen confmentators. As the game progresses, it is supported by views from a pair of Japanese observers, but if the default pair aren't to your liking, they can be swapped for a mote subdued pair or a completely mental duo who scream throughout the game. They're our favourite, they are. • ,

Sport Is going to be very bi g on t he S a t ur n a nd Gr eatest Ni ne i s j us t t he fi r s t s t e p i n w ha t w e can expect. But i t doe s n' t m a t ter how m a ny pr oc e s s or s you have, Ba s e ba l l i s ba s i cal l y a bor i ng s por t . Unl e s s you ar e a bi g fan, t he sol o ga m e wi l l s t a r t t o ge t t o you a f t e r a w hi l e . I n t w opl ayer i t's good f un I l i ke t he r a nge of c a m e r a angl es.

I nc l udi ng a r eal l y w e i r d ba l l 's eye v i e w i n c ha s e m ode . The c om m e nt a t or s ar e al so w e l l i m pl e m e nt e d, t hough t he i r enci tembl e na t ur e w e a r s y ou dow n. I f t he ga m e ha s a ny maj or fai l i ng i t ' s t he s l ow fi e l di ng, a nd t he s om e w ha t r a ndom na t ur e of ba t t i ng. You l ear n t o c ope w i t h bot h e v e ntual l y. G r e a t e s t Ni ne fal l s i nt o t he qui t e pl ayabl e br a c k e t .

• r eal l y l i ke t hi s a p a r t f r om one gl a r i ng f a ul t .

Whi l s t ba t t i ng a nd pi t c hi ng iore easi er t o e f f e c t y e t ever y bi t as c ont r ol l a bl e as in pa s t basebal l ai ms, t he fi e l di ng i n G r e a t e s t I i s awful . The fi e l de r s ar e far t oo sl uggi sh, ha v e pr obl e m s r unni ng di agonal l y, a nd I t s fi ni c k y s w i t c hi ng t o t he pl ayer ne a r e s t t he bal l . S uc h a f unda m e nt a l f a ul t r eal l y s poi l s a n ot he r w i a e s t unni ng game. The S a t ur n' s s ound a nd gr a phi c s ar e used br i l l i antl y t o cr eat e • ga m e w hi c h c a pt ur e s t he s t a di um e f f e c t of a r eal ga m e usi ng c om m e nt a r y a nd TV-styl e c ut a w a y s t o ful l e f f e c t . Si mi l ar l y, t he pl a y a bi l i t y i s t he r e a nd be f or e l ong y ou'l l be s l uggi ng hom e r uns a nd pul l i ng of f i nc r e di bl e c a t c hes w hi c h w oul d m a k e Ba be Rut h gr e e n w i t h envy. I f onl y t he fi e l di ng ha d be e n s or t e d out, t hi s w oul d ha v e r a t e d a s a m us t - ha v e .

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The target sprites are beautifully animated with the pitchers gobbing and pulling then caps, and batters fidgeting around

Jingles and anthems galore Really adds to the stadium atmosphere

The commentary is brilliant — two people genuinely talking over each other! The batting and catching effects are spot-on

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Sig, burly sprites, leads of cutaways. and the ability to view the action from one of a number of views Cool.

moo The Saturn pad's C buttol ts the most important part of playing Greatest 9. Yes, the directional pad is indeed used to add curve and speed to pitches, moves the batter in all directions, and sets the fielders in motion — but without the C button, very little would happen.

The programmers have made Greatest 9 as easy to play as possible by making the C button control everything from throwing, batting and all the most important aspects of the sport.

This way, there's no way mates who are crap at the game can claim they 'don't understand the buttons.' Other functions like bunting and lobbing the ball from base to base are effected using B. But why bother when all you want to do is slog it one

Easy to play as everything is performed using the C button. oThe fielding is sluggish mill frustrating.

Plenty of teams, but more lasting appeal is guaranteed thanks to the excellent two-player mode

What could have been a stunning game is reduced to a very good one due to the crap fielding mode Still well worth a look, though

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r I . m a k e i n J a pa n by of f e r i ng V i r t ue Fi ght e r S e m i s as T par t of a l i m i t e d e di t i on S a t ur n pa c k a ge . The y r e c k on thhe y ha v e s ol d a mi l l i on uni t s i n t he fi r s t si x m ont hs s i nc e tahe m a c hi ne ' s l a unc h. gi v i ng s om e c a us e f or c • l e br n ati on• M u c h of t ha t s uc c e s s m us t go dow n t o V i r t ue Fi ghter . t he pow k e r hous e of t h • m a c hi ne ' s a ppe a l f or s a good f our m ont hs , pr o- Da y t ona . a the one c l i nc hi ng r n t o ow n t he m machi ne. iA M 2 ha v e l ear ned m uc h a bout t he i r ls t ubbor n ha r dw a r e s i nc e t he y put lV i r t ue Fi ght e r t oge t he r . Al l of t ho i i t c hi ng t ha t m os t a s s um e d w a s a gl necessar y pa r t of t he r e pl a y Sect i ons o has be e n l ost. G r a phi c s ar e t he m a i n n ar ea e l a t t e nt i on, w i t h n o w t e x t ur e s . and m or e r eal i sti c pl a y e r pr ofi l e s .

T The onl y c a t c h i s t ha t none of t hi s h is •vei l i abl e t o t he e x i s t i ng S a t ur n well as character graph' g arenas, one for each c iowner . e v e n I n J s pa n. The ga m e i s actor, have also benefit from graphic makeovers. Enhanced ten. s excl usi vel y avai l abl e w i t h t he turing gives stonework more detail and solidity, and the choice of iCa m pa i gn 1 0 0 S a t ur n pr om ot i on. urs improves the appearance considerably. The viewpoint is also s t wi l l t ha t be t he case p e r m ' .

Bu roved to make the player sprites bigger in combat nentl y? t h e s t a t e m e n t S e g a • r eten n the i Mk.1 have is in graphic detail. The flat text s more to eplaced by texture•mapping that t ado follow-up, Virtue Fight aces in particuoutlines and r ook stunningly different, with colour tones. Jud these corny

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New texturing and detail on already phenomenal graphics, luing this near to VF 2 standard.

•The latching of the original has been ironed out and its as smooth as an inlant's arse.

The music is impressive, especially Sarah's stage, vNo musical innovations.

Cool . V i r t ue Fi ght e r r a nk s as o n e of t he gr e a t e s t S a t ur n ga m e s t o da t e . bast t he e nha nc e d gr a phi c s i n thi s ' Be m i s ' m a k e t he or i gi nal pa l e i nt o i ns i gni fi c a nc e .

Sadl y, y ou' r e not l i kel y t • be a bl e t o buy t hi s unl e s s you fi nd a f r i e ndl y i mpor ter , but i t r eal l y does ha v e t o be s e e n t o be be l i e v e d. The ne w l ook fi ght e r s ar e e x c e l l e nt a n d c oupl e d w i t h t he al r eady-br i l l ai nt gamepl ay, c r e a t e s a s a m e w hi c h i s e f f e c t i v e l y VF1. 51

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Pinball Wizard does not let us down. You have to bash a f ew ramps a prerequisite number of times then the dragons around the edge obligingly open their mouths, allowing you access to the Py ramid Tombs.

TH E P H A R A O H ' S T O M B Several creepy crawlies are scattered around and there's a bog Pharaoh-15h type thing on the centre of the room Dis appoint ment number one, the spiders don't move. Hitting t hem though, causes the Pharaoh's face to crack letting a little mu mmy pop out ljust the one mind)!

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Amer i ca ha s S ha r on S t one .

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Gr adual l y e v e r y one on tel l y is be i ng r e pl a c e d w i t h pl e a ti ci ne — t a k e Ul r i ke J ons s on.

And w e l ov e i t. Apa r t f r om the M o r p h bi t s w a s t he r e ever a r e a s on t o w a t c h Tony H a r t s c r a ppy pi c t ur e s how ? S om e one m us t have t hought of Ba t t l e Mons t e r s , t hought of pl a s t i c i ne a nd sai d " Y e a h . Take Ha r t ki cks 1 " nough e . pl a s t i c i ne t o m a k e al l t he fi ght e r s they B u got t s om e bl ok e s t o dr e s s up i n pa ntsomii m n e c l obbe r as wel l , di gi t i s e t he m a nd Shaxaml — w e ha v e a be a t ' e m up. c e t h e r e bouts are played within the confines w Although a of an arena, like most beat 'em ups, the area s n covers more than a single screen. To give you ' t

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THIS COSTUME'S SCRA1CHY We usually present a list of characters for beat 'em ups, and we thought you might want to have a look at this crew. Of course it's special moves ahoy, with some reasonably spectacular morphing effects.

STRAWBELLY JAM

Defeat a dozen opponents in a serious of oneon-one stand offs.

We don't know if the name's a joke or an error. Big hulking puncher, in short.

CHILI A N D PEPPER First Siamese twin characters in clown outfits ever? Probably.

All kinds of duo-activated moves.

D EA TH MA S K Yes, it is Frankenstein.

SH IO N An embarrassed actor trying to look like an exotic sword-fighter.

LA FA If you're into pink garb and make up, this prancing faerie is the gal for you. Non Tory MPs on the other hand...

MAKARYLIDo Horn-headed archer of Doom.

H EA R T H EA T HARN Only has one free hand (the other is grasping his head). Can change into a big blue monster.

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bad as I fi r s t fear ed, b u t har dl y up t o t he ga m e pl a y qua l i t y of M K 2 on t he Me ga dr i v e . G r a phi c s - w i s e t he r e 's qui t e a l ot of good s t uf f her e, s om e of t he moves ar e qui t e ni ce, l i ke t he s m oot h c ha r a c t e r m or phi ng, a nd t he scal i ng w or k s r e a s ona bl y wel l . The pr obl em c om e s f r om t he w a y t he ga m e j us t seems t o ha v e be e n t hr ow n t oge t he r . The r e has be e n no r eal a t t e m pt t o fi ne t une t he char acter s or a dd s ubt l e t i e s t o t he c ont r ol .

I t l i ter al l y i s ' ha c k a nd sl ash i n t he l e a s t s ophi s t i c a t e d N o t t he w or s t i m por t choi ce, gi v e n t hi ngs l i ke P r e t t y Fi ghter , but t he be a t ' e m up s c e ne wi l l t hr ow up be t t e r t ha n t hi s i n ti me.

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presentational screens is good, with South American tribal drums.

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COMMENT I 'm sor r y. but I ' v e got no t i m e f or t hi s a t al l . Ifes, i t has s m a r t di gi t i s e d gr a phics. unus ua l c ha r a c t e r s a nd

manyheaded Hydra with as much ease_ K A F K A Italian-modernist-existentialist playwright?

No, actual. ly a hunc back wiz, ard with two bat minions in tow

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• chicken to 'bring this character to life'.

Well at least he can fly, and the eggs are a bonus,

ALB IOLE This smoky joe turns the power of joss sticks into a series of fog-based attacks_

t he fi ght i ng i t s e l f goe s i t 's o year t ooas l ats. faabout nc y zt w oom i ng, sbut f ar as r A The c ha r a c t e r s ar e d unwi el dy, t he speci al m ov e s o ar e s l ow a nd c um be r s om e , S T E V E iand i t pl ods a l ong a t s uc h a sl ow pa c e i t ' s l i ke w a t c hi ng t w o fi ght e r s ba t t l e i t out i n tr eacl e. Al so, w h a t m a y have s e e m e d l i ke a hi l ar i ous i de a a t fi r s t i n a ddi ng a huge c hi c k e n a nd a bl ok e hol di ng hi s he a d fal l s sadl y fl a t w he n t he i r m ov e s bar el y di f f e r f r om t he m or e ' nor m a l ' oppone nt s . Thi s i s a not he r a v e r a ge S a t ur n ti tl e, Out t o t e m pt t hos e t oo i m pa t i e nt t o w a i t for M K I I or I I I . a nd t he r e 's no w a y i t c a n even c om pe t e w i t h t he M i d w a y cl assi c. As such, i t i s de s t i ne d t o be fi l e d a l ongs i de the l i kes of G ot ha . Gal e Ra c e r a nd Si de Pocket I I i n t he ' ut t e r l y di r e, bur y a t onc e ' tr ay. He r e 's t o t he i m m i ne nt ar r i val of Ki nt a r o a nd co.—

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Whi l s t w a nde r i ng pa s t t he sadi st i c c ol l e c t i on of bl ood- s t a i ne d goodi e s I c huc k l i ng oc c a s i onal l y) i t e m di s c ov e r s a tal l r e d c ur t a i n b e h i n d w hi c h fl oa t e d a l ar ge. ..erns, fl oa t y t hi ngy . N o t be i ng t he t y pe t o s hy a w a y f r om l a r ge fl oa t y t hi ngy s , t he w i nge d w a r r i or l eaps i nsi de.

Unf or t una t e l y , t he na i v e y oung be t fai l ed t o r eal i se t ha t t hi s w a s a di s a ppe a r i ng l ar ge fl e e t y t hi ngy . a nd t o hi s a s t oni s hm e nt i t v a ni shes i n a c l i c he d puf f of s i ne k o- t a k i ng Aa r e i ief Re - a ppe a r i ng i n a gr i m y c a s t l e Ae r o n o w •1,' 4 faces t he t a s k of ba t t l i ng t hr ough evi l m i nw i ons i n a da r i ng a t t e m pt t o r e a c h a n exi t. But w h o i s t he obs c ur e 'l a t i s ha w ho t ur ns up i after t he fi r s t l evel ? Wha t r e l e v a nc e doe s s he t h , i ns i s t on w e a r i ng a s k i n- t i ght l a t e x s ui t ? fi p o s e t o t he ga m e ? A n d w hy oh w h y doe s 7she t .

Aero started life in the prequel to this !aunt battling valiantly against the evil Ektor, a clown come skeleton type baddie

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Dive, spill and shoot the hapless minions that Aero stew bins across, as you search for a mysterious Balashar_.

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S uns o( t ar e be gi nni ng t o bui l d qui t e a na m e f or Aa r e t he Ac r oba t , w ha t w i t h t he or i gi nal f a r i ng qui t e a de qua t e l y , a nd Ze r o The Ka m i k a z e Squi r r el ha v i ng r el eased hi s ow n c ons ol e j a unt . Thus , Ae r o 2 has i nhe r i t e d a sol i d ba s e of pr ogr a m m i ng t o s i nk i t s r oot s i nt o. Unf or t una t e l y , i t a ppe a r s t ha t t he r oot - s i nk i ng l e s t ha s s unk a l i t t l e t oo de e p t hi s t i m e. You see, w hi l s t t he car t pr ov i de s a de c e nt , pl a y a bl e pl a t f or m r om p, one c a n' t he l p f e e l i ng t ha t it s uf f e r s f r om a c e r t a i n t y pe of or i gi nal i t y - de fi c i e nc y . Ha v i ng s a i d t ha t , i t i s a fai r ly e nj oy a bl e ga m e w i t h l oa ds of l i t t l e f e a tur es t o k e e p y ou pl a y i ng on t o t he ne s t l evel . Fi nal l y, t he di f fi c ul t y l evel i s ne a t l y s t a gge r e d — ga m e e x pe r t s m i ght fi nd i t a t a d easy, but t o t he dr ool i ng m ds s e s i t 'l l pe s o a fai r c ha l l e nge t o t he ol d but t on pr e s s i ng abi l i ti es. I f y ou' r e de s pe r a t e f or a ne w pl a t f or m out i ng y ou c oul d do w or s e t ha n t o pur c ha s e thi s, b u t ot he r w i s e s a v e t he c a s h a nd ge t s om e t hi ng a l i ttl e l ess r epeti ti ve.

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Aero hasn't forgotten 1 allowing him to perform a generous portion of stunt -related malarkey.

4 When the winged rodent is airborne there's a;variety of baddierniitCatiog moves that can now1 be activated: • Holding the given vertical direction on the 0-Pad and pressing jump trig , lets these spirals that liot Ohly annihilate any hap- s enemies but are al k s access to previously unfit s tamable platforms. s ERT I CA e PI N n essing the C button in t the air results in a sudden i earthbound dive that a effectively clears Aero's l assagewav of warped minions. It can be used to f break through cracked o piping or hotilitlers as r well!

• , g a St_ ) 1 i Finally, a slide is on offer n to the young bat-hero i when a speedy trot has n been built up, initiated 14 a quick jab on the C but g ton. This becomes a mandatory action that is vital to Aero's progress the later levels of the game.

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As t he 1 6 bi t m a r k e t sl owl y. but sur el y dr i es up. w e ' r e goi ng t o see l ess a nd l ess of t i t l e s a l ong t he l i nes of Ae r o 2. Whe t he r t hi s i s a good or a ba d t hi ng i s pe r sonal t a s t e . I qui t e l i ke t he s e c ol our f ul pl a t f or m escapades. e s pe c i a l l y w he n y ou t a k e a pe e k a t t he i r budge t pr i c e t a gs . Ae r o 2 c om e s f r om qua l i t y S uns of t s t oc k a n d i s ful l of al l t he qui r k s y ou' d e x pe c t . The vi sual s a nd s ound ar e of a good s t a nda r d. a nd t he gensepl ay i s s uf fi c i e nt l y c ha l l e ngi ng. I f S ha v e one c om pl a i nt . i t ' s w i t h t he di f fi c ul t y l evel . Thi s i s a ga m e f or pl a t f or m fans m o s t of w hi c h w oul d fi nd i t w a y t oo easy. Wor t h a l ook .

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* As the pixilated little bat forays through the game he travels past seven different levels, each consisting of three acts each and the occasional boss character thrown in for measure. For example, after level 3 is plated fully Aero is pitted against a furry thing named Boris who spins up and down skateboard ramp. The levels themselves carty certain themes which are aimed at making the gameplay more varied and visually pleasing. level two sees our endangered rodent donning a snowboard for some snow-related frolics, and level seven is a glorified train surfing outing which involves bashing the brains Out of the conductors. ..yea! But worst of all is the fourth level — a designer at Sunsoft obviously thought it would be humorous if they re-created all the classic 70's icons for a bizarre disco level — Beware! Lava lamps and killer jukeboxes abound!

Asia the Acrobat is swarming with odd little features that crop up as the rodent frolics along his lolly little way. Most notably are the merous different methods of getA to B, such as giant cannons, spinning cogs that fling Aero into the heavens. and bell cords that oscillate as you move the D-Pad from side to side. Playing 1 thi s game is kind of like eating a giant Kinder egg, discovering a new goodie to . " play with each new level.

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COMMENT cr i si s i n t he Na t i ona l He a l t h Ser vi ce t ha n a bi d S t o r i d t he w or l d of s evi l t y r a nt . S ur gi c a l S t r i k e an fool l ow s on this heel s of Mi u dni ght Ra i de r s t o br i ng 'i nter acti ve e nt e r t a i nm e nt t o n the d Me ga - CO .

I n a bi d t o br i ng t he m a j or i pow e r s t o t he i r knees, evi l tny r a nt Ha s s e T h a r i s t hr e a t egni ng t o ti r e hi s ar mi es' of ni mcked t he r m onuc l e a r mi so l es on t he m a j or c a pi t a l s of si trhe gl obe . As t he star of t he movi e, t he pl ayer ha s t he e vi l tal t a s k of c o m m a n d i n g . si qua dr on of S TRI KE hov e r cr aft i nt o t he he a r t of hi s k ope r a t i ons . Wi l l hi s evi l pl a ns e s uc c e e d? Ca n y ou t a k e Out tahe mi ssi l es be f or e t he y l aunch? I s i t Mi l i t a r y P r i s on for fai l ur e? Onl y y ou c a n deci de. . .

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To assist you in identifying targets the tactical systems highlight potential threats before they present a risk to the hovercraft squadron. On approaching an enemy target, the on-screen display flashes a yellow sight on the danger area, which once covered by the green weapons system crossbow, flashes red cueing the launch window to release your choice of weapon.

The r e 's no l i on S ur gi c a l Str i ke i s St of t he bunc h w h c om e s t o I nt e r a c t i v e e ga m e s .

The a c t i on see pa s t at an i nt e ns e ci nesnati cs ance t he Cut t i ng i n vi sual s, a got t o qui c k gge r f inw a nt t o I f y ou t oo hi ts. The F M B c ou b i t on t he gr ai ny s i de b u t t hi s i s f ar l oss t ha n s e e n i n pr e v i ous t i t l e a nd t ha nk s t o t he f a s t pace, y ou don' t dw e l l on t he gr a phi c s f or t oo l ong. I n t he s ound de pa r t m e nt , be pr e pa r e d f or s om e f unk y a udi o e f f e c t s , especi al l y t he eer i e m us i c on t he t i t l e scr een. The M e g a - C D w a s ne v e r goi ng t o be i nt e r a c t i v e ' w onde r m a c hi ne ', but y ou c oul d do w or s e t ha n t o pi c k up a c opy of S ur gi c a l Str i ke.

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The mac hine has c hanged its colours to black, f rom the Japanese grey, and overall it s an improv ement . It's looks more of a mean mac hine than John Major's v ideo recorder, but the whole unit is hardly sleek. Howev er it's stur• dy, wit h a fi rm drive door mechanism, fi rm connections bet ween pad and mac hine and good buttons.

The power unit is less bulky than previous Sega machines. as the transformation is done inside the unit. Beware that s ome VCR cables can fit the power port — and they'll blow the bugget sky high! It sounds an unfeasible mistake to make but, well. Gus has already done it...

The Ram battery fits a port in the rear of the machine. It's easy to do, and will allow you to save quite a few game positions and y our machine settings. The manual will s how you how to access this info on the control screens, We can't help but express s ome dis appoint ment that the mac hine is packaged wit h only one AV lead, for Scart only. As wit h the Megadriv e 2, all the AV c onnec t ions are handled f rom a single port on the rear of the mac hine (in fact, it looks like the same port as the Megadriv e 2132X but they will not fit). Check the rear of y our telly to see if you have a 'f emale' connector for y our fat 'male' scart connector (oh matron). Sega estimate that around 130*A will play Saturn the SCART way. We think that's optimistic, and if you're unlucky enough to not fi nd the tell-tale port we have t wo pieces of advice: 1. Get a life and get a decent telly. After all, if you've got a Saturn you s hould at least want a decent t elly picture. Priorities bud, priorities.

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The pad. Well Sega have rework ed it for the UK. Not only is it black, but the shape has changed, and the t op buttons are repos it ioned to work in t wo ways. Yes, very clever but not any more responsive. We only seem to recall s ome prov erb about 'if s omet hing ain't broke...".

If you want to enjoy y our Virtue Fighter together, you'll have saved another twenty squid as well.

Next, the Instruction Manual. Well, it's very thick as you'll discover it covers every language f rom Abyssinian to Zairean, and patronises you techheads types in every tongue, advising you that yes: y ou will be able to play that Radiohead CD, and no; don't bot her trying to load a copy of Burn Cycle.

Finally Virtue Fighter. By n o w everything is set up, the fi ne tuning has been fi ddled, and wit h one of t he great arcade conversions of all t ime set to spin, it's all been wort hwhile.

LOCKOUT TIME you may have a Saturn already. You may have got one at £500 f rom an import er and t hought 'bugger the consequences'. All is not lost.

To play official UK games you will have to get the mac hine converted. One tip about this procedure: Sega will not be prov iding it. Phone and ask and they may advise you to 'go roast in hell'. Then again may be not. However, a friendly import er will stick s ome switches on the back that will 'f ool' the discs int o thinking the mac hine is f rom the right territory. They will, of course, ask you to cross their palm wit h s omet hing approaching E70.

Alternatively, if you've just bought a UK machine, you may want to have it converted to play US and Japanese game. Same procedure, same price. But this will invalidate your warranty, so don't go crying to Sega if the mac hine henceforth explodes. And before anyone thinks of sending anything to anyone, check that the import er is reputable, that they prov ide the service asked for, a timescale and an agreed price. You may want to have these details in fax or writing, daddy-o.

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO C O M E

THE STEERING WHEEL ETA: AUGUST OPINION: Driv ing peripherals are always tricky, but this is one of the best realised yet. It's big and best suited to table-top playing, and it certainly makes Daytona trickier to play.

PROSPECTS The Saturn is bound to have tons of driving games; wit h Virtua Racing, Sega Rally and possibly Desert Tank to consider. Should get lots of use f rom it.

them. Each takes up to six players.

PROSPECTS: These are surefire value, whatever the price. Consider the range of sports games from Victory Goal, Fifa, NHL Hockey and others lined up to infinity.

jewel in Sega's crown.

PROSPECTS. Guns are a tricky one. There use is usually pretty limited (witness the Menacer).

But by creating an early standard, hopefully it will be picked up for Doom clones. They will also be essential wear for Vinua Cop.

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1. We don't speak Japanese.

2. Our tellies work differently.

In fact, everything electrical work s differently here f rom that in Japan. Their Saturns are designed to run at 60Hz, while ours are set to 50Hz. Running a Japanese game on a UK mac hine it would be 17,5% slower, and there's nothing y ou can do to speed it up. Also, our strange telly system, PAL, prr sents problems of its own.

Sega are at t empt ing to 'optimise' the games in these circumstances by reprogramming t hem for UK Saturns. There aim is to avoid features like ugly screen borders, and maintain game speed. This period also gives t hem a chance to make gameplay changes if they are warranted, and make allowances for the difference in gaming culture. And they stick it in English.

Don't confuse these hindrances with the deliberate lt hough not too elaborate) security mec hanis ms that prevent Japanese games playing on UK machines. See 'Lockout Time' for details on how to c irc umv ent these.

However, s ome Jap games will not work very well on a UK machine.

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Eur ope a n m a r k e t ' t he y a nk s w oul dn' t k now a good s oc c e r ga m e i f i t dr op- k i c k e d t he m f r om a c r os s a n a d hoa r di ng) .

Wel l , w e see l i t t l e of ei ther . The r e pogr a m m i ng e x t e nds t o c ha ngi ng t he fl a gs of t he t e a m s l ot w hi c h t he r e ar e a pi t i f ul t w e l v e ) a nd c ha ngi ng t hi ngs i nt o Engl i sh. S om e t hi ngs ha v e even be e n r e m ov e d — t he i nt r o i s m uc h s hor t e r a nd t he pl ayer pr ofi l e s dr oppe d ( t he y w e r e or i gi nal l y f or J - l e a gue t e a m s ) . The (pi ti ful ) t w e l v e ne w t e a m s ar e c om pl e t e fi c t i ons , a nd e v e n a c c ount i ng f or t he w e l l - doc um e nt e d c ont i ne nt a l pe nc ha nt f or si l l y na m e s , t he y s ound a t a d unc onv i nc i ng.

The ga m e pl a y ha s n' t be e n t ouc he d, a nd t ha t i nc l ude s r i di c ul ous of f s i de de t e c t i on, goa l i e s w ho w on' t m ov e w he n hol di ng the bal l a nd a c a t a l ogue of i r r i t a t i ons l i s t e d i n our r e v i e w of t he i m por t ga m e . S o how, a ga i ns t t hi s t or r e nt of a bus e , doe s t he ga m e scor e be t t e r t ha n befor e. Wel l . S t e v e a nd G us w oul d be l y i ng i f t he y di dn' t a dm i t t o pl a y i ng a nd a c t ua l l y e nj oy i ng t he odd ga m e of Vi ctor y Goal .

As s uc h i t of f e r s a di s t i nc t l y a v e r a ge and s l i ps hod i nt e r pr e t a t i on of our na t i on's s a c r e d ga m e . But i f y ou c a n ha ndl e i t. buy i t.

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The de pt h of pl a y a bi l i t y ha s pr ov i de d a m pl e hour s of ga m i ng pl e a s ur e , a n d o n c e y o u ' v e t r ul y g o t t o gr i ps w i t h t h e ga m e ,

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The pa y ba c k . how e v er i s s c r e e n bor de r s t op a nd bot t om . S a t next t o t he J a p ver si on t he s e ar e, m us t be sai d, s e m i - gr ue some, b u t don' t l e t t ha t put y ou of f buy i ng t he ga m e . C' e s t

Mor e playabillity than any other video game racer believe I L A e d t ha t 's j us t t he fa c ts as the y ar e.

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S o g e t fi z z y ( g e d d i t l ) a n d s e n d y o u r a n s w e r s t o : B i z z / M E A N M A C H I N E S C O N I P O . P O B O X 2 0 6 5 , 1 1 - 1 3 S O H O S TRE E T, L O N D O N , W 1 V 5 D A be f or e A u g u s t 1 9 9 5 . N o r m a l c o m p e t i t i o n r ul c s a ppl y .

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MEAN YOB good t o be ba c k . I ba v e be e n t hi nk i ng of a I c ha nge of i m a ge l atel y.

Ever t s i nc e s om e one t hought I w' a s a gl a m r ocker . I ' m m or e of s a s l a m dancer . Che e r s t o egv e r y one I m e t d o w n a t Gl o astonbur y, e s pe c i a l l y t ha t que ue of 5 0 0 pe opl e a t t he o l avvy t e nt w h o l e t m e j um p td he que ue . I hope t he ne x t tit me I c om e acr oss s om e one woho' s e a t e n a cur r y m e nub a s t e r pa s t i t 's sel l by da t e , m Ia 'l l be e qua l l y unde r s t a ndi ng.

Scom e how t ha t ' s l e d m e t o tkhi nk of y our l etter s. — If, y ou s houl d w a nt t o c ont r i but e t o gl oba l gobbi ng. i w r i t e to, THE RE ' S NO THI NG t KE ARMP I TS , S P I TTLE A N D LI A' Q UI E T NI G HT I N MAI LBAG , Ms E A N M A C H I N E S SEGA. 3 0 3 2 FARRI NG DO N LANE , LO NDON, E C I R 3 AU.

noticed a particular letter , f rom Paul Johnson, about this Tank Police Vs. Tank Girl debate. Well, 1 have just one thing to say, and that is WHERE THE HELL DO YOU GET OFF DISSIN' TANK POLICE? Tank Police rule, they,ve been around way longer than this Tank Girl (about 10 years in fact) and anyway, what's this Tank Girl got anyway? I mean she doesn't even look remot ely female, she's half bald f or God's sake! The hair she has got is s ome greasy, green mess and

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KING'SCROSS Dear Yob We still hav e not received the five Ni h o n pounds each.11's too late for any pathetic excuses.We have learnt the dark magic of Voodoo and t onight we will strike.

You will die a s low painful death Your blood will turn black and drip down y our head to f orm a large puddle on the ground.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!

Peter "t he impaler"M and Allan "the psycho"G,Dykebar Ment al Hospital, Paisley.

YOB:Do you know what they call a Cluarterpounder wi th Cheese in France, They call it a 'Royale wi th Cheese' N o kidding_ And I will strike d o wn wi t h greeeaaat vengeance all those who send in crap like this.

You should bo so kicky, lucky, lucky

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SUNSETBOULEVARD Dear Yob Sir I mus t apologis e for the inane scribblings of Mr. Mc Millan and Mr.Gray (that's what the initials stand for). They won't be t roubling you again as they will fi nd it hard to writ e f rom inside a straight jacket.

Yours sincerely, The Mat ron, Dy k ehar Ment al Hospital.

TOEIStrike two, suckers! Just try it again, I dare you. Come on, hey what's the matter,

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Dear Yob I was reading t hrough your redesigned letters page when I stopped laughing at that pervy picture of Mileena (been s pending a bit t oo long play ing MK2 and not getting out ,eh, David Greece?).1

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cies bloody kangeroos_can't she get anyone human? And as for the film about Tank Girl well, even Tank Girl's creator said the scrips were a load of crap (it's true I read it in the paper).

Now look at the Tank Police series which is immensly popular, the original videos came out seven years ago and are still going strong (part of its big success may be down to the "s ex y cat sisters who grace the cover of the v ideos • and let us pray that David Grepcey never gets hold of t hem God k nows what he'll come up with...)

And any way Yob, what do y ou mean when you say "Tank Girl is my mate"? to Well I must tell you this right, Tank Girl doesn't exist, is c omplet ely made up, but then so are you (by my reckoning you probably are Steve Merrett, Edit or and who just happens to do the CI and A pages and si Is on the bog all the time).

Any way, I've said my lot now and l' m going, the only t hing 1;d like t o say is that I just love that new look (very Manga style, big E yes).Sayonara, Ian 1 odd, Sea Mills, Bristol.

YOEI:Well pierce my nipples wit!h a crochet hook! 1 seem to Ilav e caused a one man avt lanche of protest against Taolk Girl wit h my c om• M4 I nt'. Sad you're a onern an fanclub. Anyone who d i msn't wear a belted rainci at stopped buyi ng select i ons from 'Wool wor ths Mange chart' years ago, nd is buyi ng Kylie singles not bad since she went to Deconstrucnon, y ou k now). Any way . I 'm sick of crappy B-mov ies c oming in month after month so I'm sick of the whol e genre, About Tank Girl, so the film's cack, but as

far as Paul Johnson was concerned that was a lucky guess. I 'm glad y ou like my n e w look — at least I can change my lace when I want to.

INSDUTOWNE Dear Yob I have just one problem, and it's the meg! Don't get me wrong the mag is lab and I'm a loyal buyer and this is why I'm writing. You know the way the meg is bound with staples, well I have the problem that after a f ew days the staples tend t o get loose and let the pages fall out. I have nearly thirty mags and have pages and covers mis s ing f rom nearly all of them. I also have a f ew of your excellent sister mags, Saga Magazine, and not one page has fallen out of these yet. Please oh please could you start to bind y our meg the same way as Sega Magazine, as I'm sure this would improv e y our mag even more, if that is possible. Well, that,s all for now, read you soon.

Alden me Grath, Waterford, Ireland.

YOB:I always have those problems with staples, Aiden me old mucker. Here's my tip for storing MEAN MACHI NES. Read issue. Roll up magazine. Lower cricks. Part cheeks. Insert mag up arse. Clench and store for up to one month. Conti nue to add issues to become a human binder. If any other readers have amusing ways in which they store their magazines, writ e in and share the gag'

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Dear Yob Congratulations on the new look. Your magazine is now muc h more c omf ort able to read, and owing to your new look it has a muc h fresher and appealing appearance. Your reviews are n o w undoubt able the mos t informative reading ever due to the addition of animat ion and sound effect ratings. These make a mockery of other magazines' rev iewing systems whic h are lucky to giv e even the price or the release date of a game. I t will be most interesting to see how y our so called c ompet itors will react to y our new look, I also note that you will no longer be donating coverage to the Mas t er system, and while I understand that y ou mus t make room for the a n tear in my eye that I say f arewell to the emachine that got the "ball rolling". I must also cx ommend Sega for s upport ing the Master syst em for such a length of time and maint aining a t steady fl ow of quality titles in it's t wilight years g Finally, about this Paul Johnson fellow. As e muc h as I enjoy his mindles s rantings about his n e is c s omehow compensating for his lack of social ro talent by presenting hims elf as s omeone a bit more interesting.

Paul Johnson, get a life and a p give the other, more interesting readers a ty chance to voice their opinions. ir Chris Quigley, Armagh, Allreland. o iYOB: Yeah, Paul, give the other readers a n g "h o t ff m

chance to voice their opinions!

Don't go hogging the letters page. Chris here woul dn't do that woul d, oh lordy no!

It's not as if he's had about 15 of his Irish epi stl es lintentional misspelll printed here in the last two years. Yeah. give someone else a chance.

As for the Master System I totally agree wit h — hey, no I don't, good riddance t o t hat pile of old toss. I say. We have t o renew ourselves We have to wake each day wi th pride for our past and hope f or our future: was h, shave and go to collect our giro. That 's progress,

More wickedness next month.

More wild partying and repetiive beats at the very edge of legality.

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poster of the movie or cartoon of the Guyver in your next issues, It would make myself and the rest of the Guyver fans around the country very happy.

Terry (The Guyver) Maynard, Surrey STEVE:l . Doh, I'd give it between eight and nine. 2. Nope. Gametek got their fingers burned wi th the utterly awful Brutal and have been scared away from the 16bit systems. A Saturn conversion's likely, though. 3. No. 4. Probably not, it hardly ranks as one of Capcom's finest hours. 5 Thousands. No we haven't - we have no need for one. 6. Eight. 1. Because very little is ever on the screen at one time.

8. As Guyver fans number about three (yourself included), I doubt

-FINAL CURTAIN For some ti me, Com m a nde r Mer r i tt ha d been l ayi ng pl ans for escape fr om t he star shi p M E A N MACHI NE S H e was si ck to de a t h o f War r ant Offi cer Coul t har d's snor i ng a nd di etar y habi ts. E ns i gn But t on was m or e c onc e r ne d w i t h pol i shi ng hi s si l ver m oonboot s t ha n s w a bbi ng dow n Al pha Deck. A n d even hi s onc e l oyal de put y was steal i ng the onl y chai r on t he br i dge w i t h t w o ar mr ests. I t was t i m e t o l eave Af t e r s t a s hi ng some ba k e d beans on t he shuttl e, he l eft thi s fi na l addr ess t o hi s m a ny stel l ar fans

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Dear Steve Please answer my questions or I will bio-boost into the Guyver and terminate you.

1. Out of 10, what would you give Story of Thor 2. Will Elite II ever come out on the Megadrive and SNES? 3. Do you have any cheats for Flashback apart from the level codes and the cheat for walking through walls.

4. The other night I saw Aliens vs Predator in an arcade in Gatwick, but it was a platform game in Japanese. Will it ever come Out On console?

5. How many more times powerful is the Silicon Graphics Workstation compared to the Megadrive or SNES and has the MEAN MACHI NES office got one?

6. How many levels are there in the Story of Thor?

7, I know Elite II has thousands of planets in it. So why doesn't it slow down when you are playing?

B. Can you put a 33 by 23 inch

Dear Steve Tom oi l your Oasis and answer these questions! Please.

1. I already have Dynamite Headdy and Sonic and Knuckles. Apart from those and Jim, what other good platformers are there for the Megadrive?

2. I have just completed Shining Force 2 and so I would be grateful if you coul d put these RPGs in order of greatness: Soleil, Story of Thor, landstalker, Shining Force.

Shining Force CD, and The Immortal.

3. Shoul d I buy Jim on the Megadrive or wail for the CD version to come out?

4. Is the Megadrive mouse any good?

5. What issue of MEAN MACHI NES did you review Headdy in? What percentage did it get?

6. Please list these games from best to worst: Ji mmy White's Snooker, FIFA '95, Jim, Mecja Bomberman, Story of Thor, Theme Park. NBA Jam TE, Cheers, yours ever grateful 1 1 1 lain Watson, Guildford.

STEVE:l. Indiana Jones, EVIJ II, Dredd. 2. l andstal kec Thor, Soled, Shining, Shining CD, The Immortal. 3. Go for the CD version. 4. I t s Ok. 5. Headdy got reviewed about six months back, and got 92%. 6. ffomberman, Jim, Theme Park, Thor, Snooker, FIFA, NBA

LONG lith LK Dear Steve I have been on Mars for the past two years. I have receney discovered that I have two dogs (aged 3 and 15), and have decided to write this letter which has nothing to do with Earthworm Jim. 1. What is the difference between Megadrive 1 and 2?

2. Which is better?

3. Please put these games in order; Fifa. Fife '95, NBA Jam, NBA Jam TE. 4. I have a Game Gear, Is it worth my while getting a Megadrive?

5. Will Bubsy the Bobcat ever come out on the Game Gear?

M Peerless, Edinburgh STEVE:l . The Megadrive 2 is smaller and doesn't have a sound button. The moni tor port is different, too. 2. Both the same. The Megadrive 2's neater, that's all. 3.

Sod of t It's not that hard to work out. Unless you've only got dung f or ,sincerely hope not. b r ao l :l i e r i l e m l i l l 1 0 1 1 i1I N1 1-1 0 i • • • •JI I nl- l . , ..4 "• 1' M e l e s i l,o I , .• . -l 4m L . o r .•eC ro “ , i i l ,n e l o t Y . , e . •••11o, . ••••••-l i en • k e•7 4 1 sZ i .r A n d a l i f eDear Steve 5Please will you answer my questions: .

1. I am getting a Saturn when it is I released and I am getting Daytona for it. Will it include a split-screen two-player option?

2. Will there be an Eternal Champions game for 32X Of Saturn?

3. Will an X-Men game be made for the 32X? 4. Is Dark Forces coming out for the Saturn or 32X? 5. What do you think of X-Men: Children of the Atom?

6, Which is better. Wolverine or XMen 2?

7. Is Killer Instinct any good?

Peter Birkett, Co. Durham

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SIEVE:1. Now,. 2. Nopo. But with Virtue Fighter, Virtue Fighter II and MKIII, who cares! 3. Yap. Capcom's Children Of The Atom coin-op is on its way. 4. There's no plans as of yet. 5. Excellent. One of my favourite coin-ops. 6.

Wolverine. 7. I reckon it is the most over-rated beat 'em up to date. Yes it looks good. but MKII could have it wi th one arm behind its back.

RUM'S RUSH Dear Steve , NI1.have In Dahlia a f e al t t ions theontop, Soleil. near the rabbit, you see two blue boxes.

What are they for?

2. Where is the Awakening Powder?

3. When you go to Saint Heaven, you are told to use a beast that 'shows the path'. Any ideas?

4. You are told of an eloping couple at the beach, but when you see them they just run away. Any ideas?

W. Ennis, Ams t erdam STEVE:l. They don't serve any purpose. 2. At the top of the tower in the desert. You'll have to find the holes in wall of the tower which lead to the top. 3. Use the dog. Take i t up to the door to pass thr ough 4 They have no relation to the plot. Ignore them.

EXIT STAGE LEFT • Dear Steve Please answer my questions or I'll rip your head off.

1. How much is Monkey Island for the Mega-CD? 2. When will Monkey Island be released?

3. Will Space Crusade be released on the Megadrive?

4. Will there be a second Sonic for Mega-CD? 5, Is there going to be a Bombertnan 2 on the Megadrive?

6. Will there be a Sonic 4?

7. Are there any more systems coming out in the next two years?

8. Do you like Zero Tolerance?

9. Will Monkey Island 2 be released on Mega-CD?

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STEVE:l . it's import only, but expect to pay around the £45 mark. 2. It won't be released officially. And you'll need a COX cart to make it wor k on a PAL MegaCD. 3. Never. 4. Nope. 5. I hope so, but Hudsonsoft have no plans. 6.

Probably. 7 I expect so. Nothi ng I can tell you now, though. 8. Not really it's a second-rate Doom clone. 9 Nope.

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THE M T LADY SINGS Dear Steve, Steven, Stevey, Please ans wer my questions 1. I'm confused. Last mont h you gave 23 c odes for Cannon Fodder.

The manual says there are 30 missions, whils t another mag says 47.

How many are there?

2. Do you believe in Deja Vous istcl?

3. Do you believe in Deja Vous [sic'?

4. Ho w muc h will Saturn games be?

5. How old is Terri Hatcher, alias Lois Lane in Superman?

6. Are there any good shoot 'em ups for the Saturn?

7. What about a 'design a game' c ompo?

..10 Harris, Bitterne Southampton STEVE:First a question for you: what the bl oody hell is 'Deis Vousr It sounds lie a planet off Blakes 7...1. 30. We hav emt got the last seven. 2+3. Do you believe in dictionaries? 4. Forty quid, 5. Old enough to love and cherish me. She can look at the 'S' on my vest any day. 6. Yap Panzer Dragoon do ya, fella? 7. How about a 'write an intelligent letter'

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CAL_DL WILD Dear Steve Please could you an m y questions about the 32X? W I N way, your mag is excellent.

1. With all the talk about the 32X being crap, it's games like Space Harrier that give it a bad name. I mean, who gives a rat's knackers about en eight-year old game. Why did Sega release it?

2. In the May issue, you said Alone in the Dark II was postponed. When will Interplay release it?

3. Will Primal Rage 32X be arcadeperfect because MKII 32X was almost there, but not quite?

4. There's this sad turd called Lee Gul!well that said Virtue Fighter for the Saturn was sluggish and crap.

Is he a gutless worm or what?

5. I know that Mega Bomberman is your lave game for the Megadrive, Out do you have another?

Sebastian Davanza Bourtbn-onthe-Water STEVE:l. Because it was all that was ready. 2. There's a huge furore

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mount Alone at the mo. Interplay have no plans, inforgrames (the chaps behind the PC version) deny all knowl edge of it, and if Ocean

could get it they'd release it tomorrow. Let's hope it's sorted soon. 3. It'll have larger sprites,

but won't be arcade perfect_ Whereas the Saturn game will. 4.

He is nothing but a tomato skin on life's arse. 5. Tsp. Earthworm Jim.

Dear Steve I woul d like to say you and your meg are the best, (grovel, grovel please print this letter). Anyway the quest ions 1. Should I get a 32X? The Saturn is incredibly unrealistic (in price terms)

2. If the answer to the first game is yes, what is the first game I should

get?

3. What was the percentage you gave Rise of the Robots?

4. Is the Master System finally dead?

5. Do you think Primal Rage will be another all graphics-no gameplay affair, like Rise of the Flobots?

6. Will Star Trek.TNG be converted to any other systems?

7. Will there be sequeis to the following games: Day t ona USA, Urban Strike, FIFA '95, Doom, Virtue Racing and Street Racer?

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8. What do you think is the wors t game ever, and what percentage did you give a?

Sean Harris, Norwic h STEVE: l. No. The Sat urn may be prcey at E400, but the 32X will be deader than Elvis in a years' t ime.

2. The ans wer was n't yes. 3. Doh, at least 12%. 4. Yap, And a big hoorah for that. You t ry fi nding a game name t o put on the cover every mont h. 5. No. It's by no means the perfect beat 'em up but it plays quit e well, 6. Not unless Mic ropros e convert t heir new PC game t o the Saturn, 7. Only FIFA '96 has been c onfi rmed. 8. Dark Castle f rom EA. I t got 10% if I remember rightly. Ac t ually there was a duff Mega-CD Americ an Footy game whic h scored 8% because it was just a series of stills.

D i f OF HECKIMINE Dear Steve After just purchasing the latest issue of MEAN MACHINES, I mus t say I am greatly impressed. (I'm not pist sucking up to scrounge a free game either). After being c ompletely blown away by y our new look and unmat c hed exclusives (this word is overused in games mags, but when y ou say exclusives you really mean it I t urned to y our Q M page and was really pi._ narked of f The amount of l i s t in order..." or "Whic h is best..." and other such questions was frankly pathetic. So I decided to tax you wit h s ome real questions: 1. Are there any plans f or Primal Rage, MK3 or Descent on the 32X? 2. How do you pronounc e Spirou and Ristar?

3. Is Soulstar c oming out on 32XCD?

4. Are there any decent pinball Sims on the horizon f or the 32X? 5. Why does toast always fall but tered side down?

6. Why haven't you rev iewed any 32X CD products? They 're out, I've seen 'ernt 7. Whatever happened to the Excellent Adv ent ures of Dizzy, Aspect Warriors, Tin Head, Elite, Fireteam Rogue? Have they all been scrapped or what?

8. Any plans f or a sequel to Sonic Spinball?

9. Just one more bef ore I sign of f Are there any plans f or Doom-t y pe games on the 32X, like Quarantine, Rise of the Triad, Descent or Doom 2?

A'enny, Telf ord STEVE: l. Descent is a possibility.

Primal is c onfi rmed, but don,:t hold y our breat h for MKIII. 2. Spear-roo.

Wrist-Star. 3. Now' , it 's cart only.

There's f ew enough 32Xs out there, let only divvies daft enough to buy one AND a Mega-CDI 4.

Nope, 5 Bec aus e the weight of the but t er fl ips it in mid-air. 6. The only ones we' v e seen are Corpse Killer and t he ot her Digit ial Pictures games. And Ac c laim wo mt send t hem t o us because they k n o w t hey 'll get a kicking. 7.

Yap, scrapped every one of 'ern. 8, Nape. 9. There were whis pers of a conversion of Quarantine, but it 's Sat urn-bound now.

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HIDE INTO THE SUNSET Dear Steve I would be mos t grateful if you would ans wer my questions: 1. Whic h is better, Theme Park on Megadriv e or Sim City on SNES? 2. Should I buy a Saturn. a Playstation or even an Ult ra 64 when it c omes out?

3. What good games are c oming out ov er the s ummer for the Megadrive?

4. Should I buy the Megadriv e or Mac version of Theme Park?

5. Why did you change the design of the mag, as I t hought the old style was brill?

6. Why is Phantasy Star IV so very

expensive?

7. What happened to Parodius and Spiderman on the Megadrive?

8. Whic h should I get, Bat man

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Forever or Batman and Robin?

9. Is Rock and Roll Racing any use?

10. What did you give Powerdriv e on t he Megadriv e (the score was absent on my copy)?

11. Why are EAs carts so big, and why the y ellow bar?

12. Whic h is better bet ween Syndicate and Cannon Fodder?

Thank West Ham f or making Unit ed lose the Premiership.

Peter McGarvey, Cook s t own, NI

STEVE:l. Theme Park. 2. E ithe r .Saturn or a PlayStation - they're

bot h excellent. Don' t hold y our breath f or the Ult ra, t hough. 3.

MKIII, Cool Spot II, EVVJ II, 4. Bot h are excellent. Mak e sure y ou'v e

got a good Mac, though. mine's gert slow and Theme Park's a real chore to play because fo the lack of speed. 5_ Because it hadn't been changed f or three years. 6. It's MEG-heavy. 7 Spiderman' s out, Parodius got scrapped. B. We

haven't seen enough of Batman Forever to comment yet. The jury's out. 9. Not really. 10. 79% 11. It's called product branding.

No ot her carts look like them. 12.

Cannon Fodder.

LAST 1EWELL Dear Steve Please answer these questions. Or elsel 1. What is the release date for Virtue Fighter and what will the price be?

2. Will the Saturn and 32X versions of Virtue Fighter be identical?

3. I own a Megadriv e, a Mega-CD a 32X and a Game Gear. Should I bother getting a Saturn?

Andrew Mars/and, Manc hes t er STEVE: l. The 32X game will cost

In the region of E50. 2. Nowt. But the 32X version is very good

Indeed. 3. Yep. Sell everything else to get it.

'IT IS FINISHED' Dear Steve Please answer these questions for you are the best meg.

1. Is the Saturn better than the 32X? 2. Why is the Saturn E350-f400 when the 32X is £170 and they are both 32b1t machines?

3. My friends say Virtue Fighter is rubbish. They are lying, aren't they?

4. When is Virtua Fighter 2 c oming out?

5. Are you going to start back issues?

6. If so, did you do a Belli special, and what issue was it in?

7. Is there a cheat to be Tails in Sonic and Knuckles? My friend says there is.

• B. What 's the best racing game on the Megadriv e?

9. Are Sega really work ing on Sonic Sports?

Kevin Seerey, Bury-St-Edmonds STEVE:1 J u s t as a f errari pne's on

a Metro, 2. Because the 32X is crap, and doesn't have half the

Saturn's power. 3. Do you really need me t o ans wer this. Do y ou have no opinion of your own? 4

Early next year. 5. We already do.

The number's in the front of the mag. 6. No, Games World does the Balls special. Every mont h We did do t ips a while beck, t hough. 7.

He's lying. 8, Virtue Racing. 9.

Nope. You just made it up.

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MEGADRIVE II and MegaCD II for sale, all boxed,excellentcondition, 4 MDgames, MortalKombat II, EarthwormJim,Cannon Fodder,TheStory of Thor,plus 3 MCD games,Pitfall, Bottlecorp, Jurassk Park, and 10 demoCDs. All for E250 ono.Phone 0181 813 1039.

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RingPaul (0131) 229 6670.

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MEGADRIVEplusAmiga 500, loads of games(Amigohas 2 meg)both for E250 to £300.PhoneMark on 0181 983 3894.

MD1, MCD 2 for sale, 6 MDgames, 8 MCDgames, 2 six-button controllers,MS Converter, 2 MSgames,loads of mags, cheatbooks,gamesstand. Sell at bargain price E325 ovno.Bargain! Tel 01442 872077. buyercollects(Hertfordshire).

WANTED! A Speccygame call "Where Time StoodStill" - I will pay E101Pleaseplease phonePeteron (01327) 359578.

MEGACD 2 and Mega Drive. 2 control pods, 5 Mega Drive games, 5 Mega CD gamesand light gun.Selling for E280 ono.

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SELLMASTERSystemwith 2 games, 1 controller, for E40 ono.Phone 01737 767863 askfor Alex onwee&chlyevenings.

MEGACDand Mega Drive 2, SCAR! lead, 2controllers,EccoandThunderhawkCDs, GhoulsandGhostsand Triple Cart (Shinobi, Streetsof Rage,Golden Axe). All instructions,etc E250. Nik on 01737 224110 w/ends and evenings(playsmusicCDs).

MEGADRIVE,Mega CD, 2 gameson CD and 3 gamesincludingFIFA(Int),Ren & StimpyandSensibleSoccer.ExcellentconditionincludesBatmanReturns,Ultimate SoccerE80_PhoneJameson 0181 686 5513 oh and powerpock.

4SALEMegadrive, Mega CD, 32X excellent conditionwith 3 joypads, 2 joystix, 8 Megadrivegames, 11 Mega CDgames, 2 32Xgames, CD' import cart approx 100 mags if not more, all 4 E500 no offers.

01376 515717.

GAMESFORsale: EternalChampions, JungleStrike E25, MutantLeagueHockey, Sonic 2 E20, SuperKickoff and Super Wrestlemania E18. Also will swap Mutant LeagueHockey,Sonic 2 orSuper Wrestlemania, for Mortal Kombat.Phone 01544 388141 ask forTristan.

MEGADRIVEANDMega CD] systemwith Menacergun, 6 Menacergames, 10 CD gamesincluding JaguarX1220, ThunderhawkandSonicCD, 12 carts, 2 controlpodsand arcade table. Excellent condition, E400 ono.PhoneDanielon Camberley (01276) 670368.

MEGADRIVEgamesto swap:Dragon and DinoDini'sSoccer. Will swap forMickey Mania,SensibleSoccer,MeanBean Machine, MA 95. Other • - • I -

1200e.Wien, Austria Austria 1-33 com Contact Karenor attel.

Treustr 59121911 6466.

32XFORsale with Doom,VRDeluxe and 2 6-buttonjoypads, mint condition,boxed onlyE150. Also Megadrive for sale with brilliant games, 4 playeradaptor, 3 3ton bi joypads,boxed in perfectcondition onlyE110. PhoneKen (01892) 523090.

32XFORsale, StarWars Arcadeincluded, only1 week old - worth E230, sell for E20.

Ring01934 643747 after 6pm.

SWAP!MY A500 foryourMegaCDplus wantedFatal Fury andMega-LID-Mania.

Will swap formy okaygames.Phone for a: list after7pmon 01223 262398 and ask forEdward. Hove a goodone!

WILLSWAPKawasakiSuperbikesand F Soccertogetherworth E55 for Virtue Racing or Mortal Kombat 2. Call G3Z 01704 840489.

IWILLswap a Commodore 64 with 450 games, 2 joysticks,lightgun,tope deck, consolepowerpockand Mel along with a condition, for a Playstotion withinRidge children'smountain bike, both excellen Racer.Phone Neil 01228 22783 between i 5pm- 10pm. t MEGADRIVE, 14 gamesincludingFIFA 9 o SSF2,Bomberman, 3 joypods, carry ca lE220. AlsoFIFACDE15, FinalFight £10 Call 0181 983 3788.

AMIGA1299 + monitor + colourprinter externaldisk drive also 2 joysticksand plentyof games. All in great condition, worth E1000+ onlyasking E550 ono.

Interested?TelSwindon 01793 490305 evenings,ask forJason.

FORSALETransbotandCyborg Hunter for MasterSystemnotboxedwithout instruc tionsE.5.50 forboth.LeeMurphy, 10 RichmondRoad,Bebington, Wirral, Merseyside163 70W. FORSALE3 MasterSystdmgames, 8 Mega Drivegames, 3 JapaneseMega Drive gamesfor E160. if interestedphoneJames on01285 655203 after 3.30pm.

ANYONEWANT to swap Mega Drive games,various titles - for more detailscontact C• , on 01473 728054.

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