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That br i ngs e nor m ous t be ne fi t s t o you, as h we'r e gua r a nt e e d t o ge t i t he Me ga dr i v e , 3 2 X all s Game Gear s t uf f and fi m r st i n t he UK. a nd o Satur n games be f or e any of t he unof fi c i a l pr ess. I knnow i t may c onc e r n y ou t ha t M E A N MACHI NE S has t gone offi ci al a f t e r bei ng an out s pok e n voi ce for h so l ong, but I c a n pr omi se w e w on' t l ose our teeth. We have a f unny sor t offi ci al deal . We can , still say w ha t e v e r w e l i ke, a nd r ate games as w e see fi t : a nd w e s a w fi t t o gi ve games l i ke Sega's ow n Roboti ka 4 8 • t h i s m ont h.

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S T E V E N K EYS C DOWN! • The ranks of MEAN MACHINES are swel more by the arrival of Steven (no amusing name) Keys. Steven was one of the applica our recent 'Search for a Staff Writer Comp and was lucky enough to be the sender of the postcard that Claire picked out of the hat. She'd dropped most of the others on the way up the anyway. Steven's hobbies inctude basket stairs so there weren't many to c h o i : _ l s gaming and football. He .. ambitions to one day to t e hallowed ground of the .

Goodoson Park, but seeing as Everton don't need any f 7m programme sellers at the moment he decided to work for us instead.

Welcome aboard - it's round.

IT'S I N THE STARS

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GUS Angus' star sign is apparently means headed Scotsman is in fa and authoritative. Angus's current depression stems from r the recent alignment of the planets Saturn and Playstation.

Hope springs forth f rom the audit constellation, whic h promises rich rewards ind "None of this applies to me anyway,' snapped our irate editor, 'bec aus e I wasn't b was hatched in hell." Is that s omewhere near Glasgow?

IRE ulthard was u to pop out ber, maki r sign is s signify a number of th her character, one of highly unlikely. All the others a pretty spot on t hough - reliabil and a desire for perfection are important to her, although prone to tell the odd fib, - r kind and beautiful and loving son!" Claire protests. There, 's another one.

• s is a o f his r sign, ha r n on ne. a i n if I 'tains, m "so omini or Cancer. However, hrnalists are apparently Geminis, so I suppose that e be my sign." Hmmm. Any the stars predict a future of c owering behind Gus while aintaining a facade of calm iency to the rest of the tea journalists are two-faced, ,,- he confi rms. .1

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One of the joys of manning the MEAN MACHINES telephones is receiving the desperate pleas of beleagured PR representatives, desperately trying to foist the unfloggable. Well, fear not, all you out there in PR Land Crusty Corner is our amnesty on the promotions that most magazines wouldn't touch with a barge pole. You can brag about your success to colleagues in the wine bar lust by sending us your latest product. Simple, eh?

This month, the spotlight is turned on audio cassettes featuring all your favourite characters from Granada Television's super soap opera Coronation Street. The tapes in the 'Street Talk' range comprise such gems as 'Reg Holdsworth - In His Own Words'.

The others include stories of the Duckworths, Rita Sullivan and Raquel Wolstenhulme. You can win a complete set by simply winning our fab competition. And don't worry if you're not lucky enough to come first - we've got five super runner-up prizes of super Jack and Vera Duckworth t-shirts!

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Which Granada Television soap opera features the characters Reg Holdswonh and Raquel Wolstehulme?

ICE MAIDENS KNICKERBOCKERGLORY Slays 'kipper' Merritt TUITI FRUIT! Gus leo hoe' Swan LEMON SORBET Claire larttagroity• Coulthard MINT CHOC CHIP Marcus Loa chest Hearn NOBBLY BOBBLY Lucy 'minion Hill MINI MILK Steven 'harmony Key FREELANCE CORNETS Dave 'Knotty kaisall Jason Dawn French AD OYSTER Liza logo' Merritt PRODUCTION WAFER Ian lucky' Thompson PRODUCT MIVIII Tina 'bag .

SPECIAL H i c k THANKS TO:Big thanks to Mark Ma:.

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EDITORIALFOLLY evict/ Court 1042 Send your answer to us, marking your envelope or postcard CORO CRUSTIES, and keep your fingers crossed. Multiple entries welcome.

NEXT MONTH:Wi n a complete set of Zoop tea cosies.

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• CY is a Libran, which means e's supposed to be a wellbalanced person who weighs up the pros and cons of each side of an argument before she pekes any judgement. cobblers T h a t ' s for a start," our toughtalking Geordie delicately grunts.

The stars predict many surprises for Lucy, not least of which is an Imminent visit to a Swiss fishing school, financed by a MEAN MACHINES whip round.

-0,=••• This month, we doff a respectful cap in the direction of Monty Python's Flying Circus, that enduring foundation for all we know to be good and true about 'alternative' comedy.

MRS ENTITY:It took me six hours to bury the cat last night.

MRS CONCLUSION:Why'S that then?

MRS ENTITY: Well. it wouldn't keep still.

ST EVE Our new staff writer Steven Key is a Libran. He always used to check what his destiny held until the reliability of one newspaper horoscope was drawn into question when it promised him 'a chance to thine in your chosen field." The chosen field the astrologer had in mind presumably wasn't a football pitch - the next day Steve's team was thrashed 3-0. Mr was unavailable for comment as we went to press.

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The l ongbr ewi ng news of a K O N A M I c o n v e r s i o n of DRMAT Kona m i ' s A f V char t-toppi ng I n t e r n a t i o n a l Super star Soccer has final l y been confi r med by the Japanese devel oper s themselves_ ISS was a massive hi t on the SNES last year and came at l ust the r i ght NE W G AME SY

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ti me, after a par ti cul ar l y ti ght year for Konami .

That may be the r eason for the appar ent U-tur n, wi th Konami pul l i ng out of Megadr i ve devel opr mont al together l ate last year. I SS may be thei r final fl i ng wi th the machine_ The game was a bi g hi t for var i ous r easons — fabul ous si de-vi ewed gr aphi cs featur i ng excel l ent ani mati on, a sophi sti cated contr ol system t ha t al l owed tacti cal play,

and the ad o f a live sampl ed c om m e nt . e m I t ' s uncl ear i f the l atter i n the Megadr i ve version, but the game shoul d keep all the spirit of !SS, as these early scr eenshots show.

Al t hough attacked for bei ng sl ow by its critics. I SS has come out t op wi th reviewers and gai ner s alike i n the past. Konami ar e pr edi cti ng Mar ch 1996 for the release date of the most-awai ted footy game for years.

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TA B L E TA L K Pinball is set to get a sever e ki ck up the jacksi wi th Tilt, a potenti al bl ockbuster fr om Vi r gi n devel oped by the r espect NMS team. Ti l t abandons the tr adi ti onal pl an vi ew scr ol l i ng

J t. fol l ows the ball dynami cal l y. You can whi z z r ound the o massive tabl es, str etchi ng t o several screens, and z oom i n on ar eas of detai l f automati cal l y. c The tabl es themsel ves ar e cr ammed o wi th the customar y el ements of a m real tabl e, and ar e al l egedl y p convi nci ng that one may nver ted i nto a real tabl e u mar ket the game. Ti l t is t ing pr ogr ammed e ur r entl y for several r ate, and the most p ilankitious esti mate is a pee. i Chr i stmas Satur n release. n b a l l f o r a Tecnosoft ar e pr oducerns of some of the best a consol e pi nbal l — Dr agon's Fur y on the m b ng Megadr i ve bei ng a shi ni exampl e. Now thei r fir ist effor t on Satur n, t Fantasti c Pinball, is i available for per usal on o i mpor t. I t's bot h mi ghti l y u tr adi ti onal and ver y s bizzare, wi th a scr ol l i ng composi te tabl e and v various bonus tabl e i l eadi ng off. However , the r gr aphi cs ar e qui te overt the top, wi th cute l i ttl eu angel s and hor r i d little monster s spanni ng the h a n d hell vi sual l ayout of the tabl e. Fun. a if you like that sor t of thi ng, but no offici al release date. l v i e w p o i n The Pi nbal l fr enz y that seems to be gr i ppi ng the Satur n is t establ i shed fur ther wi th Ocean'. Tr ue Pinball, pr ogr ammed for t them by Di gi tel Dr eams. The 'Dr eams are Sweden's hottest h expor t si nce Abbe, doi ng for games w ha t they di d for pop a music. They also have a passi on for t pinball, wi th pr evi ous Pi nbal l Fantasti es on the Ami ga. PC. SNES and CO 3 2 (ahem).

The Satur n ver si on will featur e the I nnovati on of a r aked tabl e view, i n addi ti on to the str ai ght pl an view.

Al t hough i n i ts early stages, the bul k of thr ee of the four tabl es ar e in; w i t h themes of 'La w and Or der ', 'El abewatch' (Chris Evans shoul d like t ha t one) and Extr eme Spor ts. The tabl es are constr ucted wi th doz ens of compl ex bo t o notch up, and ani mated featur es like the r oul ette wheel i n the 'c secti on of babewatch. And out for Chr i stmas!

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h i E W 5 M 11 . 1 " 1 " 1P U Z Z L I N G 9D1E1 V1 E 1L 1OPMENTS 1 . 11111 11 Fol l owi ng on fr om the fini shed copy of Megadr i ve l oop, r evi ewed thi s issue, Vi acom have announced a Satur n devel opment for some ti me next year. No mor e details, but w e hope i t updates some of the mor e 'basi c' el ements of the original.

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(B)Tou may have encounter ed some of the fur or e a bout Ti me War ner 's Endor fun game — the puz z l e game wi th i ts ow n ( 0 ) si de-l i ne in subconsci ous messages. (L) The Sunday Ti mes got hol d of the story, hyster i cal l y maki ng i t thei r fr ont page leader. (L) Var i ous pundi ts of the press have l i ned up to talk ( 0 ) gr avel y of the 'abuse' of i nser ti ng suggesti ve messages in games, as the techni que is banned — on tel evi si on or M E 7 SUNDAY TIMES adver ti si ng. I C) Ti me War ner 's Andr ea 4 Si mpson even got ont o •• ' " 9 0 Ri char d end Judy's show 1 1 1 , • • • (K). O ur concer n centr es T o n . , ro cke d • on the gamepl ay itself, i fo rm e r m u lisit •r whi ch is due out on the dercrim in s I abotu•t • Satur n early next year k .

These are the fir st genui ne UK ver si on pi cs of Vi r tue Cop in i ts near -compl ete for mat. The game now has all thr ee levels, two-pl ayer mode and all t he i ncr edi bl e gr aphi c detai l of the coi n-op. The game that ME AN MACHI NE S si ngl ed out at the E3 show i n Ma y has come a hell of a l ong way, a nd pr omi ses to be one of the showcase ti tl es of Chr i stmas. Not onl y does it move amaz i ngl y smoothl y and speedi l y — the gamepl ay is hecti c. We hope t o br i ng you a ful l r evi ew of the game i n the next issue.

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A CHANCE TO SCORE Toy gi ant Hasbr o has ti ed up wi th Tel etext, pur veyor s of onscreen i nfor mati on, enter tai nment, a nd our 'mates Digitises-, w ho defy such categor i sati on.

Anyway, thei r j oi nt ventur e is cal l ed Hyper scor e, a har dwar e modem-styl e devi ce that fi ts i n your Megadr i ve and passes audi bl e messages dow n your phonel i ne, al l owi ng y ou to r egi ster your

top scor es for the most popul ar ti tl es in a char t br oadcast on tel etext and upda t e d regularly.

Hasbr o are getti ng the maga i nto the spi r i t of thi ngs by I nvi ti ng us to put up some scores. S o you'l l be soon be abl e t o fi nd out j ust how wi l d some 'games ani mal s' are. Hasbr o cl ai m the ne w system wi l l al l ow us to fi nd the fir st tr ue champi on gamespl ayer s i n the nati on. The uni t is £30, calls to the system wor k out about 50p each, and Hypes-score doesn't r equi r e any speci al i st knowl edge to oper ate.

The team t hought br ought you Landstal ker on Megadr i ve.

Climax, ar e wor ki ng on a bl ockbuster RPG cal l ed Da r * Saviour. I t bear s many of the tr ademar ks of the classic Landstal ker — i sometr i c vi ewpoi nt, wei r d fantasy envi r onment and l ots of fighti ng.

But all of thi s is i nfused wi th the power of the Satur n — as textur ed pol ygons make up the fantasti cal l y detai l ed l andscapes, and even for m some i ncr edi bl e ani mated monster s, the fir st of whi ch to see is a huge dr agon. Cl i max bal ance all thei r RPG gubbi ns wi th a heavy emphasi s on fi ghti ng and puz z l esolving, maki ng thi s an ar cade adventur e that coul d rival Legend of Thor — a cur r ent Satur n devel opment.

Accl ai m's f ol l ow- up to Maxi mum Car nage is Separ ati on Anxi ety, another ur ban beat 'em up star r i ng the Mar vel web-sl i ngi ng super her o, Spi der man. Thi s ti me he's j oi ned by his ar ch enemy and nemesi s Venom fr om the fir st game, for potenti al two-pl ayer hi-jinx. You have ful l access to both thei r super power si gnatur e webs, as wel l as conventi onal c om ba t moves. Ac c l a i m have gi ven us access to an early ver si on. Muc h wor k is still t o be done on the game sprites.

M Y S TA R S IN Y O U R E Y E S Li s t m ont h we featur ed Ri gl or d Saga, a keen Shi ni ng For ce cl one wi th a host of extr as, that has been w ow i ng t he m in Japan — str ai ght t o no. 1 i n the charts. Our hopes of a UK conver si on ar e confi r med, and the game shall emer ge as Mystar i a someti me in t he ne w year. The pr ocess is onl y del ayed by the huge amount of text and opti ons in Japanese.

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The Satur n str engthens its posi ti on as the consol e for r aci ng games wi th another Set311 pr oj ect due out befor e cr i mbl e — Fl Li ve. I t's a mi xtur e of spr i te-based and pol ygon dr i ven racing, usi ng a champi onshi p for mat similar to the vener abl e Super Mona c o GP series. Gamepl ay is extr emel y fast, and on cour ses like Mona c o itself, all the detai l of the t ow n has been added ar ound the tr ack. The 'Li ve' comes fr om the commentar y that fol l ows each r ace, and the pi ctur e-i n-pi ctur e di spl ay that shows leaders and race hi ghl i ghts — ther e are even pi l e-upel

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THE nonrsErs CLEAR Good news for Mar ubeni on the most awai ted Me ga - CD game of the year. The excel l ent Myst shoul d be r eady for a r el ease some ti me i n Nov e m be r after bei ng beset wi th var i ous delays. Mar si beni r esponded after we said i n O bA last m ont h that Sunsoft and themsel ves had 'fai l ed to get thei r act together '. They poi nted out that was not the case, a nd they will conti nue to handl e Sunsoft games for Sega for mats i n the futur e. wi th other pr oduc e l i ned up to. And My s t is the pr oof of that.

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Sega have made the Satur n even mor e attr acti ve wi th a box deal Pr esentl y on offer at Di xon* . For an extr a £ 3 0 on the £ 3 9 9 RRP you get Vi ctor y Goal and • Cl ockwor k Kni ght al ong wi th Vi r tue Fi ghter . The offer or i gi nated in Amer i ca. w i t h Sega addi ng the t w o titles for free. so it may become a wi der offer.

Cer tai nl y at £15 each for the t w o extr a titles, i t's a bin-ova bl oody bar gai n.

FA R A D O O N Ther e are some ver y early details of a tasty l ooki ng RPG cal l ed Far adoon whi ch, like Dar k Savi our , seems fir ml y r ooted in the acti on adventur e camp. Wi th Sol ei l -type gamepl ay, pol ygon bosses and a vi r tual per specti ve, i t's one to watch. One of its her oes is a bi t of a dandy, wi th his whi te br eeches and fetchi ng feather ed cap!

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Despi te goi ng offici al , not hi ng can stop the waggi ng t ongue of the most sti r r i ng magaz i ne in the Sega mar ket. Fi r st up, an i ncr edi bl e pr oj ect that n o on.

Toy Stor y is supposedl y an amaz i ng pl atfor o n e mer i n fr om Di sney I nter acti ve that rivals Cl ockwor k Kni ght in ter ms of gr aphi cs — and t h e i t's on the Megadr i vel Li nked to a bi g Di sney U movi e Kthat comes her e in 1996, ther e shoul d be h some a cl amour i ng Over the license. s so much hot pedal l i ng on Pocahontas, Not whi p chi wechoped to pr evi ew thi s issue.

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Mi l l eni um whose De l e on 5 game is pr evi ewed this issue, ar e tal ki ng a bout futur e games that coul d utilise its 3 - 0 engi ne and the whol e 'hi stor y' that has been cr eated ar ound the Tyr on cor por ati on.

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First up, we'v e helped ourselves to a Saturn - but that's not all, Oh dearie me no. Not only will our lucky winner cop COO wort h of state-of-the-art games console, they'll also receive all existing UK Saturn titles and EVERY SATURN GAME AVAILABLE IN THIS COUNTRY UNTIL CHRISTMAS. So, if you're up for receiving a veritable skip wort h of gaming goodies, and something to play them all on, just answer our dead s imple question at the bot t om of the page.

Highlights o f the haul ', d u d e the following must-have t This stunning 3-D platformer is still rated as one of the greatest games ever by the MEAN MACHINES team. An essential title for anyone into gameplay.

The biggest-selling series of football games enters the next generation with the groundbreaking 'virtual stadium' process.

Highlights include graphics based on specially fi lmed footage of actual players.

Battle the evil Dr Dark in the Mega Game is neck and neck wit h Bugl f or the accolade of ultimate Saturn platformer. This funny little Frenchman looks superb and plays a treat.

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Steve stuffed five sets inside his jacket, leaving Marcus to take Out the security cameras and guards.

If you want to make our risk worthwhile, and fancy winning one of five brand new 32Xs complete with Virtue Fighter, then give this competition a go.

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Vinua Fighter features a father/daughter and a brother,sister set of characters. What are the two families' surnames?

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Caocom themselves naturally took on the conversion task. That process is nearly complete, and the game should be released in January. Acclaim perhaps saw X-Men as a compensation for missing MK3 on the Saturn. it may go on to exceed that humble estimation.

AT THE NUCLEUS X-Men: Children of the At om looks familiar if you already know Capcom games. Players choose from 10 X-Men characters, spanning the various team incarnations over thirty years. The game uses a six-button confi guration similar to that of Streetfighter, and many of the game's special moves use the familiar fireball!

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Characters now have devastating f ull-power specials which can be unleashed when the secondary bar, underneath the main health bar, whic h measures mutant power.

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The X-Men differed f rom other Marvel characters, who were born normal people and gained their super powers through fate or accidents (eg.

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Tracked down by Xavier and the FBI, he became part of the initial X-Men students, and from then began a long and troubled love affair with fel-

low X-girl, Jean Grey (they are now married).

In Children of the Atom, Cyclops uses his blast powers to the full, with various levels of ruby laser intensity. When fully charged, these attacks are basically unstoppable.

He's also an athletic and fast antagonist.

PSYLOCVE m o b stay Br addock. the m ut a nt si ster of Ca pt a i n Br i tai n, l eader of t he Oricalibur m ut a nt her o team, i s a gi r l w h o likes t o ge t ar ound. S he a dopt e d t he per sona of Pysl ocke after be i ng c a pt ur e d by an I nt e r . di mensi onal bei ng, Moj a. S he Joi ned t he X. Me n a f t e r a ba t t l e w i t h the Mor l oc k s , da r k cr eatur es l i vi ng be ne a t h Pd She was pan of the team that perished in the great struggle againt the Adversary.

However, she was resurrected and chose to stay in Australia. She subsequently stepped int o a mystic portal and disappeared. Some time later a woman claiming her identity turned up at Xavier's mansion. Probes revealed her to be the same person. probably. Sadly. Pyslocke contracted the Legacy Virus isee Colossus), whic h has taken its toll on many mutants.

In the game, Psylocke fights wit h vigour, employ ing her pyrotechnic psi-powers in a confusing manner that might look like magic to the lay eye. She also displays the oriental fi ghting prowess of her alter ego, Kwannon the assassin.

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There he developed his striking a n d literally cool appearance and style_ Iceman has been around since the very beginning, wit h highs and lows in popularity and various mishaps — he was one of the Adversary's victims. But appearances in the animated X-Men and Spiderman and his amazing friends has revived his popularity.

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Unsurpisingly, his team name, Colossus comes f rom his huge size and strength, but it belies a sensitive and high-minded individual. Colossus would never take a life in battle.

However, his ideals have taken a battering through the years, as the morals of X-Men become murkier. He finally turned over to the side of Magneto, s worn enemy of the X-Men, after the death of his mutant sister, 'Hyena. She was the victim of the Legacy Virus, a disease that attacks mutants and has depleted their numbers since its discovery. Some say it is a deliberate device by the hysteric political forces opposed to all mut ant ' their actions.

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Time travelling X-Men like Bishop have confronted the Sentinels in the world they dominate. They are huge, lumbering but formidable mechanisms.

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The equipment is put through its paces in the game, as holograph scenes change throughout the bout.

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T h ey are Treasure - and G us t o o k t h e fi rst in - d ep t h lo o k f at i t h eir d eb u t Sat u rn g am e. l l ver y smal l secti on. ge t t i ng smal l er o f thei r c odi ng power s. The y ' v e squeez ed t he be s t out of t he Moga dr i v e i n m os t of thei r games, a nd i done i t w i t h vi gour and t he i r eye fi r m l y on gamepl ay. Wha t c oul d t he y Tl possi bl y star t out w i t h on t he Satur n? rGuardian .

Heroes has all the hallmarks of a classic. It looks quite dreamy, with a distinctly ornate, cartoonish eI graphics style, and is designed to play in a mental frenetic style - on the edge between controllable and madly uncontrollable. a I Although Treasure have a distinctive style, they've struck out into new territory, with a s game set in the world of 'Swords and Sorcery'. Both feature largely in the scrolling u beat 'em up action. The forces of Darkness - we might be more specific, but r1 ___,...., t h e game's text is still in Japanese - have a t own under seige. Your e1 " b a n d is fi ghting terrific odds, against battalions of h6 armour-clad s waddles , led by ihe occasional monstrous demon. a, The action twists its way through town, forest, v 0 castle and dungeon, scrolling horizontally, Streets e 1 of Rage style. Treasure aim to create six distinct c o n v i n c e d a l l b u t a s m e l l s e c t i o n o f t h e c o n s o l e p r e s s ( a

player characters for the game, though only t wo are in place at the moment . What is complete is the basic engine, whic h can - - -handle an immense amount of action wit hout s lowdown. Work is now underway on the balance of the games levels, playa bility, and a rumoured multi-player option that sounds very exciting.

Treasure's Guardian Heroes is expected in this country s omet ime in the new year.

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B R AV I N Q T H E ELEMENTS One of the game's most prominent features is the use of magical attacks by player characters. These are a showcase for some incredible special effects on the Saturn, as well as being a core element of gameplay. Players have freedom to employ magic throughout the game at will, restricted only by their magical energy bar.

Players have to stop and 'think' the correct spell from a selection of symbols appearing in a thought bubble. Of course, if they are interuppted by an enemy attack the spell is lost. Once chosen, the spell takes some moments to be cast - the more powerful spells taking the longest time (but doing the most damage) when the player is also vulnerable. When pulled off, however, the result is a visual treat, and a major blow to the enemy. Here is a selec-

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T h topbut. e tons on the joypad let you leap between the background and the mid and foreground planes.

Treasure have already experimented with a more basic version of this device in their Megadrive beat 'em up, Yu Yu Hakusho. This was released only in Japan and received little press interest apart from its review in MEAN MACHINES'as an import. There are other features of Guardian Heroes that appear in Yu Yu Hakusho in basic form, and it appears the game was an inspiration or trial run for the Saturn project.

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GANG CLANG One feature intended for the game is a multi-player rumble, via the six-player multi-tap. It seems too mad to contemplate, considering how it works in twoplayer, but all the player characters will be able to take part in a pitched magical battle against each other. Pictures of this group fun as soon as they are available.

IMPROVE YOURSELF The merest sliver of an RPG element appears between levels, as points earned in battle are put towards different player attributes. Choose to make your player devastatingly strong in his strengths or an a l l - • way, it only makes you better at killing things. ound g o o d e g g .

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4 imomg i l l i l l eni um. The c om pa ny has e x pa nde d T . r api di y i n t he l ast t w o year s, w hi l e rheduci ng i ts cor e busi ness f r om be i ng an 1 4111111mmil iende pe nde nt publ i sher t o a l i censed devel oper .

1 The benefits have gone into new facilities that allow them to create sophisticated next l generation games like Deleon 5, their first Saturn title.

The arts of studio-produced e 1 music and professional acting have been marshalled to produce a complex 'interactive s movie', which has no competitive on the format. . s Although the movie cliché is commonly used for games that utilise Full Motion Video, - the appalling run of Digital Pictures titles for Mega-CD, Millenium use it to describe 1 like t Deleon 5 in a completely different way. The graphics are real-time, the 'movie' aspect . h comes from the atmosphere and playing experience, with the game possessing a definite plot. m a The player character is thrust into a futuristic n 1 setting of political intrigue and corporate skukluggery. As a technician for the Tyron t Corporation, a space mining and defence h conglomerate as opposed to the Tyrell r Corporation - a crap dance act) his initial task is simple: o upload a new program into the newly automated space defence complex. Before this b is achieved, however, things start to go badly b wrong, leaving the character with a number of i options: simply defend the base; try to escape n or uncover the truth of what's actually going on. g There are a s number of endings dependent t on the course he takes. u Detcon 5 Saturn is d in concurrent e development with n CD-ROM and PC t other formats. W. t expect a detailed review in the next o issue of MEAN w MACHINES n o f

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These include the MAPS main function: a defence system against aliens. There are schematics for each level, damage monitors, remote views and access to the base's reconaissance and security droids.

And an auto-destruct system. The voice of the VOS was provided by a professional actress, and its functions and styling resemble the 'Mother' computer of the classic movie Alien.

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CHIDEBEJUGGLER Defcon 5 was complex to design because so many of its factors alter in response to the skill of the player. As the game plays in real-time, novice players could quickly be overtaken by events and frustrated by a seemingly impossible game. To counter this, the pace of the game adjusts to how good the player is. Slow players are given more time at the beginning to work out the correct use of the VOS, whereas experienced players face attack situations earlier, and more resilient 'Beserker' intruders, As so many factors interrelate - the amount of ammo to enemies, the reloading of guns etc. - it took six months of testing to achieve the right balance.

The game harbours some real subtleties. For example, the air quality of various sectors of the base changes as you damage the interiors with laser fire, When it reaches critical levels, the computer automatically seals of that area, limiting your access. However, opening doors between good and bad areas will dilute the bad air and keep them accessible. Similar strategies are used t o find quiet VOS terminals, as those by lifts and main corridors are dangerous places to linger.

Within the greater objectives, Delcon 5 offers freedom and variety of gameplay as there are three main game elements. The simplest involves manning the defence system, which consists of five towers.

The benefit of this is reducing the amount of damage sustained in attacks, and also the booty available f rom downed craft.

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RAGE MIDST THEMACHIDE Your antagonists. the Berserkers, infiltrate the base and stalk you with a single objective: elimination.

Their colours change to signify greater ability, and the sudden appearanceof a couple of these guys around a corner can actually give you a bit of jolt.

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tem, a nd not hi ng has a ppe a r e d In t he i nt e r v e ni ng t w o year s t o chal l enge i t. For Cor e i t was massi vel y , successful - t he y est i m at e t ha t $ O % of I l k M o g e - C D ow ne r s I s m Site enno41. hThe hope of the Derby developers is that the vse q the same on the Saturn. This time, they're of stiffer competition (this mont hs Wing u aware el Arms for starters) so are pulling out all the , stops to cre• n ate something ospecial. wThe basis of i the original nThunderhawk is easily seen in the first rough demo. Incidentally, if f things look a bit 'samey', that's becausee only a single level was playable. The game is again split into a v series of campaigns, dictating the terrain, and these are subdivided into short missions Coree have taken r on board comments that the original Thunderhawk missions lacked depth or were too short, i but at the same time aim to keep the game dynamic s and acce sible for those not interested in flight urns. h The 1 0 landscape generator keeps some d of the charedör of the original game, but greater sophistication allows the use of height features, wit h hills scaling smoothly into e view. The enemies are now created from complex polygons. As our pics show, they v look even more impressive close-up, retaining their detail and with none of the pixel'se tion of the old sprite images.

Its hard to believe that a game with so lmuch work still to be done could be out before Christmas, but Core reckon that much of o the coding will be portable from the concurrent PC version, which is nearing completion.

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S The legend of Golden Axe is several chapters a First came the coin-op in the late Eighties, a Si t scrolling fantasy beat 'ern up that wowed t hem u arcades. the r creditable Megadrove conversion followed, be A n of the first essential games on t he machine. one h From there, things went a little pear-shaped. Both t i n s t a l m e n t s tried t o improv e on the appearance, but did nothing t h e p l a y . a Golden Axe 10 was such a poor effort that Sega UK didn't bother to release it. s For the Titan game, Sega have taken the characters and the magical element of the m previous game and applied t hem to the familiar one-on•one beat 'em up scenario. a Foolish, you might think, wit h Mortal Kombal, Streeffighter, Primal Rage et al d sewing up the market, but Golden Axe: The Duel looks, as Mr Kipling might put it, e exceedingly tasty. .

The multi-layered backgrounds exploit the colour facilities of the machine more than any other game we've seen, and feature some neat animations. The characters are bold, detailed and well animated, and the gameplay don't stink either. The other ace up Golden Axe's sleeve is the sensational magic power moves wit h dominating special effects.

The import version of the Duel is Out, and Sega UK have yet to schedule a release.

From what we've played of it, this should hold its own in the combat zone wit hout any difficulty.

LEGENDARIES Several of the ten characters will be familiar to Golden Axe veterans. particularly Kain Blade. Milan Flare and Gilius Thunderbiadet the original trio of heroes. Baddies get a look in wit h Death Adder, the head nasty himself. The other characters are a mix of brute strength and speciality attacks, including a rotund bombadier (Ponchos) and a necromancer who can turn adversaries into frogs (Zoma).

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In addition to their normal or special attacks, the ten characters can employ their magic potions to enhance their fighting skills and devastate their opponent with a massive spell attack. This is integrated within the game using the cute elven characters from the previous Golden Axe games. These pintsized characters flit across the bottom of the screen during the battle. Hit them and they pop a potion, which may be collected and added to your potion meter.

Get enough and you are rea •6 to enjoy a short period of magical empowerment.

The Duel uses graphics scaling to allow the characters more room in which to fight, but the effect is used with more panache than previous attempts like Battle Monsters. The perspective will zoom out and in smoothly depending on where the fighters are in the playfield, which covers several screens at the highest magnification.

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0 f a f t e r l l 8 w t [ o• t e o ' a k s t s u h n e l r i u Tr ooper s a nd P ow e r Ranger s pr evi ews on t he same page! I t r eal l y doe s n't ge t be t t e r t ha n thi s. These guy s ROCK! I 'l l see a ny one out s i de V talhe di sagr ees - l i ke t he dor k w ho iw r ot e t ha t Power Ranger s pr evi ew. Okay, t he l'Ranger s suck b u t t he s e guy s ar e di f f e r e nt eal together . I mean. at he y m ol l y r ock.

So whet if there are similarities? The Troopers improve on the genre. In fact, they're probably a post-modern ironic celebration ol the Power Rangers. Yeah, they're the Power 4 Rangers revival before the Power Rangers split up. The 'Rangers will come and go, but the --f t e • -. . . . . 'Troopers will never , . . , I L die. .

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6 So you put the VR Troopers against a selection of . their enemies, and there's some mechanical _ things in there. And il all takes place against the ' sort of backdrops you'd expect to fi nd in a quality TV s how - derelict sites, swamps, cheaply. b decorated lairs and old Power Rangers locations.

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I You may have found yourself laughing at game of this type before, but now you can laugh with them, wit h slapstick sequences and 'hair-raising' escapades.

Your role in all of this is to decide how Wirehead acts. and whic h directions to take. Wrong moves eat up the battery energy on his hearing aid thingy (ie. cost you lives).

If you are into this kind of gaming experience, then look Out for Wirehead, nestling amongst the similar affairs of Surgical Strike and Fahrenheit, on your shelves soon

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Part of the Wirehead experience is a skateboard trip down a suburban street. It's typical of the reaction-based gameplay and situations the game takes. Whilst trying to avoid the , you also face roadworks, a woman with shopping. oval men and an old biddy's picnic table. Crashing into any Cif these is mildly amusing but, unfortuna • s t s you a life. .

ANTED In Wirehead you are a strange nerdy guy wit h some kind of prototype electronic gadgetry linked into your head.

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T I PS D EPA R T MEN T , M E A N M A C H I N E S SEG A , PR I O R Y r e COURT. 3 0 - 3 2 F A R R I N G D O N L A N E, L O NDO N, E C I R 3 I t t i . T h a n k m o you. n y w a s aH ere' s a l i t t l e i n c e n t i v e f o r al l yo u Sa t u rn o w n e rs . O n ce yo u h a v e p layed w s h a t e v e r g am es yo u o w n , p o p d o w n s o m e t i p s an d sen d t h e m i n t o m e an d ft o r t h e b e s t t ip , e v e r y m o n t h w e ' l l b e g ivin g a w a y a s h i n y n e w Sa t u rn g a m e to r t h e o r , s o g e t scrib b lin g an d l i c k i n g t h o se st am p s! a n g e a f L EVEL C O D E S f Paul a Henrick from Derby has sent in loads of top codes for this top game, Top man! Any way they let y ou play as Brazil in any round you i want.

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We've been inundated with Theme Park codes and cheats so I've decided to round up the best ones, bung t hem in a pre-heated oven for 30 minutes and serve with a chilled white wine and a helping of Basil. Here's a selection of codes, sent in by Adrian Pemberton of Walsall, Christopher Maben from Mayfield and J Foxy of Foxyville (I).

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FAAACLADX8E: This gives you (119,000,000 Adrian Pemberton also sent in this little tip to stop the increase in wage rises. As soon as you hire a member of staff, go to the query screen and highlight him. Then lower his monthly wage a bit and exit. Then, when the staff decide that it's time for a wage increase, they will increase to the original hire price. Cool! He doesn't say how many times you can do this, but you can't have everything,

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This above average game isn't officially available yet, but obviously warrants someone purchasing it, as Robert Hughes f rom Sari London did. He's discovered a few topper cheats whilst battling his way round the Doom-style levels. He says that you have to hold down L and A whilst perf orming the following: To Skip to the next level: Press start on pad two.

Increase the power of weapon: Press X on second pad To restock your ammo: Hit Y on Joypad 2 TO fix broken shields: Hit A on the second controller And t o refill your generator: Press B on pad 2.

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ST A R T W I T H A L L WEAPONS Bit of a useless one this, unless you own a Guickshot Turbo fire six button joypild. Leo M. does, and although you can't actually play the game with it, he reckons that by plugging it in at the start and pressing X it will give you all the weapons, including the BFG 500, ammo for every weapon and 200% armour. Now plug in your normal joypiK1 you can play on, fully stocked.

EXT R A SHI EL DS Leo. who's f rom Abingdon in Oxford.as lo sent in a couple of cheats for the 32X that we just managed to sneak in before the deadline. His first is for Star Wars, and lets you power up your shield on the surface of the Death Star levels.

He says that if you shoot the hour glass shaped thing in the trench, where R2D2 flys you in, it will give you a shield power up. He also adds that if you manage to pull it off in training mode, it will be a great help as you can start Rebel Attack wit h an extra shield.

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e e y to using this map effectively • make sure you do everything the correct order. It won't ruin the game if you don't, but it makes it a h lot easier. There are quite a few rooms on our map that are marked as This doesn't necessarily mean that they're actually empty in the game' it just means they're not of real relevance to the tips, If for some reason you can't work your way out of these rooms then you either need to kill all the enemies in the room for a door to open or find another key. All the more reason , H o w the guide properly,

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Get to room 10 and, as you can see on the picture, you need to hit all four poles and the secret door will appear. The chest inside contains a pendant and in the adjoining room is a cat. Talk to your new furry friend and it will buy your items off you (it doesn't actually talk, but trust me, it would if it could). Now you're ready to face the first boss. It's quite tricky to kill as you have to get close enough to hit the eyeballs that appear in every orifice. Also keep an eye out (no pun intended) for bonuses that appear as you are slashing away. Your reward for killing this monster of epic proportions is the second key. Once this is in your grasp, work your way to room 14 on the far left of the map.

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In the folio 'tch and go back zto room 16, where now be open. l 19 is easy but wat walk in, a Room windemachine starts and blobs down towards you. Take t i m e to save youri game and proceed to 0. The puzzle here Is easy as long as the blocks are positioned as in the picture. This enables you to push s the bomb down without getting it stuck.a The next teaser, in room 21, is also easy - just push the block onto the beam and pushI it round. Now go to room 22, where the puzzle is a little harder. Move the two barrels on the ground to the position shown and then push the top barrel over them to the door. The chest on the now open room contains a rapier. estock at the fountain and move on. The secret room is the same as before, so go in nd on to the boss. This is harder and you must keep jumping and attacking to kill it as it oops. Defeating him reveals the third prisoner, and he tells you about the evil Bloodrake. Go and talk to the king via the teleponer in room 28, and once you have the Talisman, go to room 29 and down to level two,

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Re-trace to 7 and on to ' p u pie but you need to be q n as you go n ignore the bomb and hit the clock. This should stop the bomb's countdown so you have time to move it by the door. Re-hit the clock to let it go off. If by chance you are not quick enough, go out of the room and back in to reset the puzzle. The worms the next room do not have to be killed, but they c release some good power-ups once dead. so it's to you. The best bet is to follow the screenshots for

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Again, the next puzzle is tricky and requires you to push a barrel onto the moving platform and over to the door to blow it up. It may take a couple of tries, but you have to do it.

Rescue the prisoner, and go to the third Orb room, marked 17. To unseal the barrier, you need to hit the poles in a certain order to make a tune. Check the screenshot for the numbers and hit them in this order; 1-4-2-3-4-2-1.

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FIST This is a Nineties game, unavoidably proved by the e tence of woman boxers in the game. The only woman ever to box before was Margi Clarke in Blonde Fist, but that was on Channel Four. No sensible man would mess with Margi, or the bolshy birds in Victory Boxing. And you can square the birds up to the blokes! Let the battle of the sexes commence.

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Bel . O R M E D F O R The considerable front-end to Victory Boxing allows you to create, style and train your own stable of gilist heroes. Initially you find a k by choosing the face. race, sex d height of your model (1) then a . ht m g class from Bantam to Heavyweight. Now you select the three fighting suits: speed, power and stamina using the sliding scales provided (2). What you gain in one you sacrifice in the other two, so it's a compromise. Finally, the can enhance these three factors on a fight-by-fight basis by training in the three areas of Punchball (speed), Heavy Bag (power) and skipping (stamina) (3).

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41‘1 I have t i m e for box i ng too, but not qui t e as m uc h as Gus does. For me, e v e n w he n t he game does s t a r t to set a pace, i t s al l a bi t pl oddi ng c om pa r e d t o V i r t u• Fi ghter . However , y ou c oul d never say V F w a s a ser i ous spor t si mul ati on, a nd Vi ctor y Box i ng m os t cer tai nl y i s. The a m ount of t hought t ha t has gone i nt o i t s hi ne s t hr ough. The detai l ed boxer cr eati on scr eens, a nd t he way y ou can take t he m on a 'car eer a n d save t he i r pr ogr ess t o m e m or y i s ver y i mpr essi ve. The ga m e al so l ooks, de s pi t e t he odd gl i tch, qui t e authenti c. I n t he r i ng t ha t i s a s t he c r ow d are l i mp, fl a t textur es. S ound pl ays a pa r t too, w i t h t he c r unc h a nd t hud of a r eal fi ght . Wha t buy i ng t he ga m e r eal l y de pe nds upon i s w he t he r you l i ke box i ng as a spor t, and w he t he r y ou l i ke any box i ng games you m i ght al r eady have. I f t he answer i s yes to bot h, I ' m pr e t t y s ur e Vi ctor y Box i ng wi l l m e e t w i t h y our appr oval .

IRDS F E AT H E Here, our two champion ladies, Shaz and Trace into a bit of a cat fight: "Ill scratch yer bleedin' eyes a ht I " etc.,.

'The kind of pap we've become used to horn Jap games

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The effects contribute to the wencieg factor.

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Victory Boxing has a lot going for it over a long period of time Lots of boxers. dnd ever more rewarding gameplay.

spor ts, box i ng ga m e s r un the r i sk of be i ng s l ow and pl oddi ng, a nd at fi r s t Vi ctor y Box i ng seems a not he r candi date f or t he w oode n spoon. But t he m or e bouts you pl ay, t he faster y our char acter and hi s oppone nt s get. Thi s i s a l i ttl e odd, w he n y ou w oul d e x pe c t t he pr ogr ammer s w oul d be tr yi ng t o make a good fi r s t i mpr essi on. I nstead. Vi ctor y Box i ng becomes qui t e compul si ve i n one-pl ayer mode, a nd be t t e r i n t w o- pl a y e r once y ou have s om e d pl ayer s t o spar wi th.

The ga m e 's be s t featur e i s i ts feel i ng of sol i d c ont a c t — some of t he bl ow s r eal l y seem t o hur t. The w or s t i s pr obabl y t he r epeti ti ve vocal c ont r i but i on f r om t he r i ng. side, w i t h t ho same phr ases c r oppi ng up over and over . You can see t he gr aphi cs ar e chunky, but w or k extr emel y wel l w i t h some of t he vi ews. You can see t he f un we've had cr eati ng our ow n per Vi ctor y Box i ng i s basi cal l y an al l -r ound good egg.

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The game's title stems from the simple fact that you have to skid to win, That doesn't mean that you don't wipe your arse for a few days, then drop your strides to reveal all, but it does mean that the tracks duck, dive, dip and descend more times than the average Sega Power sales audit.

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Skid your way around the tracks and beat everyone else.

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As the name suggests, this level is situated beside the sea, with the waves lapping up aginst the shoreline.

This time you drive a VW Beetle.

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OW MANIA! , a you decide you have had enough, or get too good at the normal clutch of vehicles, there are a couple of secret characters to be got al If • you suddenly have the perverse desire to climb into a cow, then this is the game for you. The other secret vehicle is an PI car for all you budding Manselis out there, Please note: monotone voice and caterpillar eyebrows are not supplied.

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MMENT Mi c r o Ma c hi ne s w a s hai l ed as one of t he al l t i m e gr eat r acer s, so Codi es band a t ough t i m e t r y i ng t o m a t c h or e v e n be t t e r i t. Thankful l y, Super Ski al mar ke i s • w or t hy f ol l ow - up. The contr ol m e t hod i s r eal l y t ough t o star t wi th, w hi c h I . one of m y onl y gr i pes, but i f you per sever e i t 1100f1 be c om e s easy t o wor k. The num be r of tr acks a nd oar s ar e var i ed a nd t he secr et opt i ons a dd t o t he l astabi l i ty. The J •Ca r t feetur e i s s uc h a cool opti on, a nd c a n n o t str ess how m uc h of a good i dea t ha t i s.

But. de s pi t e I t s e nor m ous m ul t i pl ayer appeal , i t does t e nd t o be c om e it l i ttl e tedi ous w he n y ou c a n't w i n t he r aces, meani ng y ou hel m t o c om pl e t e t he m al l over agai n. Sti l l a good ga m e t hough.

J us t l i ke Mi c r o Ma c hi ne s , thi s i s a j ol l y r acer . Unl i k e Mi e r ° Ma c hi ne s , i t 's not t h sor t of ga m e y ou can j ust pi ck up and pl ay. You need to i nvest ser i ous hour s befor e ge t t i ng t he ha ng of the contr ol a nd t he l a y out of t he cour ses. The car i s t oe wi l d, a nd t he tr acks t oo wi ndi ng. Not t o m e nt i on t he opposi ti on, w hi c h i s extr emel y t ough. Of cour se, thi s al l be c om e s par t of t he enj oyabl e chal l enge, but Super Ski dmar ks never has t he var i ety a nd w s c k i ne s s t ha t makes Mi c r o Ma c hi ne s t he uni ver sal cl assi c. The m ul t i - pl a y e r opt i on i s wel l done, but w ha t i t sor el y l ooks i s an opt i on to r ace w i t h j ust y our m a t e s a nd no c om put e r car . . But sti l l a r eal l y e nj oy a bl e racer.

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There are seven planes to choose from, and to be honest they're all pretty similar, The slight variations between them revolve around the positioning of their cannons, top speed and maneovrability. It's easier to take a nippy Spitfire through the game than the lumbering Lockheed Lightning. WW2 fact fans can view the planes (and all the game's ships) in a rotating viewer with their matching slats:

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M ISSION 2 There are two parts to this. First, a heavily defended oil rig which succumbs after several intense bombing runs. Then you must turn your attention to 0 fleeing aircraft carrier, again disarming and scuttling it when defenceless.

M ISSION3 This takes place in a canyon tighter than a pair of Justine Frischmann's leather pants.

One false move or rashly-cornered bend and you're chasm fodder. The strategy here is to hunt the planes out using the tactical map. You are then forced to take out a landbased rig before sapper. o m o o r

M ISSION 4 This time your initial priority is to protect. Now your aircraft carrier is within the attack range of Japanese bombers, and the dreaded Kamikaze squadrons. When you get a break, retaliate by sinking a few frigates and destroyers. Rule Britannia!

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Walt ' S MY BEST SIDE? The game offers three different viewpoints for you to play under. The cockpit perspective lets all the instruments from the plane be seen on the dashboard, and has the advantage of a crosshair, to help with your aiming. However, the instrumentation and structure limits the view. The chase view is probably the best, and is situated behind your plane. Your area of vision is greater, but the lack of a sight makes aiming your weapons — particularly missiles — 111 more difficult. The third 1. m wee viewpoint initially appears ir . 1 0 , 4 to be a fairly redundant position in front of the p 1 4 ! ( plane, facing backwards, : k t au 4 ' 1 However, selecting this o M l 1o 1 N1 when flying away from _ f 1 _M bombing runs allows you I to dodge the flak fired after G you. This is most effective / 32 when used against oil rigs and aircraft carriers.

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Fr i ghtened pi l ots a tr ai l et di esel skitters.

The variety and difficulty are well balanced,

COMMENT My fi r s t i mpr essi on w he n pl ayi ng t hi s w a s n' t a good one. a nd t he occasi onal s l ow - dow n onl y i ncr eased my fr ustr eti on. But t he m om a nd m or e you pl ay thi s t he be t t e r i t gets.

Some e ne m y pl anes don' t even bot he r t o m ov e fr om your fi r e w hi c h makes i t a gr oat l a ugh w he n y our mi ssi es s e nd t he m cr ashi ng i nt o t he ocean.

The detai l on some of t he shi ps i n t he l ater l evel s i s r eal l y cool , a nd a t l east you can di s t i ngui s h w ha t ' s t o be s hot at. The di f f e r e nt vi ews may a ppe a r poi ntl ess at fi r st but. w he n us e d i n t he cor r ect pl aces, enhance t he g a m e s de pt h a nd I nter est.

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Al t hough Wi ng Ar m s i s dr essed up as a fl i ght si m, i t effecti vel y di scar ds al l t he most bor i ng bi t s of the m e di um - ie t he mechani cs of k e e pi ng y our pl ane i n t he ai r - a nd a dopt s onl y t he m os t eahl i ar atong bi ts - fl y i ng i tsel f.

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EFFit For the i r which I u c a l l the secret of Sim Earth. The newly e , rendered S i m introduction, which sees parts of the city floating off into the cosmos, give you a clue to this.

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COMMENT Sing Ci t y 2 0 0 0 can c om f or t Ably be sai d t o be one of t he al l -ti me gr eat games. Of see i t t ha t way, a nd t he y I can ski p t hi s r evi ew now. c Revi ewi ng i t, I fel t ther e o wer e t w o per specti ves: t he u fi r st takes i nt o a c c ount t ha t r thi s i s t he fi r s t a t t e m pt at s a ny t hi ng as c om pl e x as t hi s for m os t consol e owner s. Ne w c om e r s e shoul d be daz z l ed by t he a m ount of detai l , . and t he qual i ty of gr aphi cs, w hi c h ar e s excel l ent f or a ga m e of thi s type. The seco • n d per specti ve comes fr om ha v i ng seen mthi s ga m e on ot he r systems. I f y ou have. e 1 er ablly agr sl ower ee w i-t ht ha mne ti he t i sPC sl ower or Ma-cconsi ver - dpyou'l si ons ( r unni ng on sensi bl y c onfi gur e d s y s e tems). Thi s doe s n't c om pl e t e l y r ui n a ga m e ,ob a s e d on t hought m or e t ha n acti on. b u t p Si m Ci t y f r e que nt l y bor der s on fr ustr ati on. , l as y ou ha v e to l eave t he ga m e for l ong e per i ods for i t t o r eal l y m ov e for war d. And wone m i nor but sad omi ssi on i s t he gr eat o sni ppets of vi deo fr om y our advi ser s t ha t accompani ed t he PC CD- RO M ver si on. Sti l l n a gr eat game, de s pi t e al l t ha t . ' t

11111m...does...everything... take—so—l ong? Thi s ga m e has be e n a w a y e l l i fe for ate si nce I fi r s t i nstal l ed i t t o m y PC. a nd m a y be I 've j ust be e n spoi l ed. However , If S e ga Ral l y can r un at a fai r l i ck t he n w ha t ' s hol di ng up thi s t ow n pl a nni ng si m?

El sewher e. e v e r y t hi ng i s ei ther p r d f r om pr evi ous ver si ons (l i ke t he eer i e musi c a nd sensi bl e i cons) or i m pr ov e d upon a nd a dde d t o (l i ke the ne w 2 1 s t c e nt ur y bui l di ngs). The c om pr omi ses m a de t o t a k e i nt o a c c ount t he Satur n's l ack of a keyboar d t a k e a l i ttl e ge t t i ng us e d to. but ul t i m a t e l y make for a sl i ck a nd e f fi c i e nt user i nter l ace.

I f y ou'v e seen pr evi ous ver si ons of Si m Ci ty 2 0 0 0 , y ou'l l k now i t's an a bs ol ut e l y essenti al pur chase. I f y ou'r e ne w t o t he fi ne s t game i n i ts cl ass. t he s l uggi s h s pe e d thi s e x pa nde d ver si on r uns at s houl dn't put you off.

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The duck in question is actually Donald, who has earned a new title fo , h i s game. platform l a tFollowing e s t on from World Of Illusion Ibut without Mickey' Donal d goes in search of the lost idol Shabuhm Shabuhm, which has been mysteriously stolen. Cutesy graphics and platform related malarky are guaranteed in the typical Disney glory. Hurrah)

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DOCTOR! Whilst going about your business, you'll bump into the black magic practising, face paint wearing, head shrinking voodoo men. Some of whom look suspiciously like Marcus (only kidding). These will cast spells on you which you'll actually need to progress. One will give you the ability to be a ninja, the other will shrink you to ant size to get through the small passages.

NINJA...DUCKS? The second level takes place in the Ninia Training Camp where, thanks to a curious spell inflicted by the voodoo people. you have the ability to turn into a Hula, a la Joe Mushal. Remember that if you are stuck, Donald can perform a couple of natty tricks with his ninia gear. Look out for some hooks on the ceiling which Donald can grab onto using his pole and swing about on. He can also use his pole as a balance to climb up narrow passe S .

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S w i ng t hr ough the br anches, Tar z an's got to get hor n* - J a ne * got a casserole on.

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COMMENT t hou • II pl ayed. I got m o d fr ustr ated w i t h t he contr ol s t ha t I t ur ne d i t off. But t he n I f ound out I ha d t o r evi ew i t. so I pl ayed i t, a nd pl ayed i t. and pl ayed i t a nd now I t hi nk i t's br i l l i ant! And get thi s: I t s a t ough Di sney pl atfor mer t Shock. hor r or . The gr aphi cs ar e undeni abl y excel l ent w i t h l ots of a t t e nt i on payed t o smal l detai l s, t he tunes ar e snappy a nd t he ani m at i on i s excel l ent.

Anot he r useful f a c t or he m y v i e w is t ha t i t is pl ayabl e too, w i t hout bei ng tedi ous. M y onl y com pl ai nt i s t ha t t her e ar en't t oo many or i gi nal featur es, w hi c h i n thi s t y pe of geese i s a bi t of a pr obl em.

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MACHINES Hearn collects the cross and rolls it out to Key. He knocks a long ball to Swan and he heads it down to Coulthard. She spots Hill making the forward run, slides it through and Hill SCORES! A new feature on this game is the ability to customise your teams, enabling you and your mates to make up your own teams and pit your wits against World Cup winners Brazil, or Manchester - we got beat by York - United,

, With the goal celebrations in the Premier League becoming N EA have added a more choreographed than ever before. whole host of new dances and pigs when a player scores. Goal scorers now T excecute somersaults after a L paticularly good goal, and even the I Klinsmann dive is in there as well! The T post goal noises are back, and by I pressing each button after a score, the L familiar shouts of G00000AAAALLLL can be heard, along The Na tiur a l Law el even br i ng a with tacky horns, par ti cul ar spi r i t to the game, end fireworks. t t j

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C O M M E N T 11 . 111 . " Illerlisally t he pr obl em w i t h sequel s i s not so m uc h t he qual i ty of the gamepl ay. but t ha t t he game suffer s by addi ng not hi ng t ha t makes it w or t h buyi ng. Fi fa ' 9 6 r ather suffer s f r om that. nut al so, t he r e i s a de fi ni t e of fi c e tr ai l i ng t ha t thi s i sn't qui t e up t o the standar ds of Pita '9 5 , w hi c h r eal l y di d move t o i mpr ove on t he or i gi nal . The gr aphi cs on t he pi t c h ar e fuz z i er t ha n t hos e of t he cr i sp Pi ta Soccer , a nd I 'd v ouc h for t he scr ol l i ng bei ng j er ki er . Thi s i s al l al l evi ated by t he ne w opti oes, w hi c h m i ght convi nce Fi te compl eti sts to go for i t. but per sonal l y, I ' d s pe nd bar d cash el sewher e.

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COMMENT As you may or may not know. I do l i ke a game of bootie. especi al l y on a consol e. Al t hough I was l ooki ng for war d to thi s l atest Pita Soccer. I m us t admi t t o bei ng a l i ttl e di sappoi nted. The pl ayer s eosi n t o be smal l er and end I S dol aNed as i n previosis elliellieletors, and the cr owd Sestue sipper to have di mi ni shed somewhat as wi i t i s r i di cul ousl y di ffi cul t to tackl e essplisme wi thout foul i ng them. The custom tosses opti on i s a cool i dea a n d enh t he fun w he n pl ayi ng w i t h fr i ends, but on whol e i t doesn't feel as 'compl ete' as the other s. Sti l l a geed game though.

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De s pi t e these, t he ga m e s l i c k e l sophi sti cati on o r e extr a w e a pons and l i mi ted customi sati en t o t he exi sti ng ones dr i ves away a t t e nt i on. Soni c&I l y i t's ver y over age and vi sual l y i t s mor e SNES 1 9 9 3 t ha n Sega 1 9 9 5 . Enj oyabl e up t o a poi nt but not t o t e m for war d-l ooki ng.

of sprite action and some admirable effects v Lacklustre graphics abound.

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Pond memor i es of w a s t e d af t er noons hunc he d befor e hor r i bl y pr i mi ti ve ver si ons of thi s game came fl oodi ng back. A l o t s ha ppe ne d si nce t hos e days. OK. I sti l l haven't got a l i fe. but gami ng has come ON a bi t.

As i mmedi atel y pl ayabl e as thi s i s i the ba c k - fi r i ng homi ng I a r e especi al l y good fun) i t j ust i s n't sophi sti cated or bi g e nough t o war r ant a pl ace on your shel f of S a t ur n games. Ther e m ot e t e nough l evel s, t he r e I sn't e nough weaponr y a nd t he var i ety seems t o mai nl y s t e m fr om changes i n scenar i o. Al l thi s coul d have been enpasadimi set w i t hout har mi ng t he ga m e pl a y MI S j et. I ' m sti cki ng t o my f ond memor i es.

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j Vertically, the game plays with Intrusive borders that limit the screen size. If, however, you select 'arcade' option, the whole display turns to right angles, using all of the screen. Of course you have to turn y our TV on its side to match it, which is only really convenient if you have a portable.

There are only t wo weapon functions in Layer Section, roughly equating with shoot and bomb. The shot is vertical, with no way of altering the trajectory, and is simple enough. The bombing laser is slightly more complex - a crosshair placed ahead of your craft automatically locks on to targets, whic h will be traced by your mult iple laser discharges. The more you powerup, the more targets you can lock on to simultaneously. The laser is also useful for reaching targets far in the background that your conventional shots can't reach.

Appropriate blast effects and futuristic samples

A rewarding first level and busy gameplay is an immediate incentive to play.

V The game doesn't develop as yip hope.

The last four levels are ridiculous V Too shallow to draw you in compulsively

There's nothing wrong with conventional game styles if they're impeccably piesented.

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MiLIEW ) toon cr eati ons. t he Heber eke ar e a bi z ar r e col l ecti on of fl uf f y mi dgets and mar shmal l ows i n M I basebal l caps. Ther e may be i l some gr eater si gni fi cance w hi c h t he l a ngua ge har r i er pr esents, but I s l ost on us. The y 'r e d e hel l of a c ut e bunc h anyway. r Hebereke Popoon is not the first game to feat, r t mob, , t hbut e it is their first Tetris-type puzzler. I t s also h Marubeni's first Saturn game in the UK, the first of a many we hope. And Claire Coulthard got very excited n the prospect of all these cuddlies coming into the at office at deadline time. And that's the Heberake a Popoon story. Oh, it's heb-a-reccy, by the way. n y o f o u r o w n c a r -

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That's simply a matter of joining like-coloured falling blobs into groups of four, which then pop SO; jumpy things, falling blobs, pop. That's the drill.

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Some deft g r e h : \ bi ng on Angus's par t catches t he little bl i ghter s mi d-popoon.

Claire's favour i te is the bobbl e - ha t t e d pengui n.

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COMMENT Thi s game, t hough not l ooki ng much, w a s qui t e wi del y anti ci pated i n t he offi ce.

Good Tetr i s cl ones al ways ge t a w a r m wel come at ME AN MACHI NE S .

Ul ti matel y I have t o admi t to feel i ng r ather shor tchanged. The si ngl e pl ayer ga m e i s a m egabor e i n m y esti mati on — I 'd r ather pl ay agai nst a c om put e r oppone nt t ha n pl ay on my ow n. And t he fact i t t ook a bout t w o goes t o cr ack t he ei ght stages w a s m i ght y uni mpr essi ve. The two-pl ayer game i s al so deci del y under baked. Ther e seems a l i mi ted r a nge of attacks, a nd t he i ni ti al one — the onl y one r eal i sti cal l y possi bl e on a r egul ar basi s — has no vi si bl e effect! Coupl e thi s w i t h t he bi z ar r e Ossi fies. as bl ocks stay s us pe nde d i f a t t a c he d t o other s at t he si de, a nd y ou'r e l eft w i t h qui t e an aver age puz z l e game.

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A Mum there is PS quite nice v Little else but beans in a downward motion.

A That lolly bouncing stuff used by Tanis ipmes and torturers.

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Hebereke provides more than its fair share of sugary sweetness, but it's bizarre enough for even the most cynical adults to enjoy. Simplistic sprites trundle about the screen, and there's always a crowd of little characters doing their own thing as you play. Utterly lacking in style, yet strangely cool.

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BATTLE BLOBS Things take, in our estimation, a more interesting turn in two-player battle mode. The screen divides into t wo troughs, with players trying to avoid their blobs reaching the top, again by linking groups of four, He who lasts longest wins the round. The opportunity for some excitement comes from creating chain reactions of exploding blocks. This is rewarded by an attack pod, punted across to your opponent to cause some distress

COMMENT The l i ttl e pe ngui n's m y favour i te. And t he squi r el l y thi ng t ha t w a ddl e s al ong the bot t om of t he scr een.

Hoe'• good. Anyway, as c ut e as al l these l i ttl e fel l ows ars, y ou don' t e x pe c t t o shel l out your har d-ear ned to w a t c h a car toon. You expect t o pl ay a game. And ther e ai n't m uc h of a ga m e her e. Thi s i s a fai r l y a m us i ng spi n on Totals, of f e r i ng mor e mobi l i ty t o t he t um bl i ng pi eces a nd extr a t w i s t s l i ke 'w i l dcar d • bl ocks. i n fact, i t 's an e nt e r t a i ni ng combi nati on be t w e e n Tetr i s and my ol d chi l dhood favour i te Conne c t di. But thi s doesn't oven be gi n t o upda t e or a da pt ei ther to a st andar d w or t hy of t he S a t ur n's capabi l i ti es. Cut e pe ngui n t hough.

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SPAWN OF EVIL Kolibri has some natural predators who are too large to tackle and are untroubled by his firepower.

Fortunately these amphibious forms - frogs and lizards - don't pursue the brave bird, but their probing tongues have a sticky and deadly kiss!

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Created by Novotrade, Kolibri resembles their previous hit Ecco the Dolphin in the weird scenario stakes

Free the captive hummingbird and blast the nefarious

unsi ni ngbi r ds ar e possessed of many l ater esti ng tr ai ts and abi l i ti es. They have br i ghtl ycol our ed wi ngs, t he y l i ke t o s up the s w e e t nectar of fl ow e r s w i t l a t be i r l ong t oe gue s and t he y can f e e d on t he mi ng i n gr aceful hover . by vi r tue of thol e i ncr edi bl y fast w i ne moti ons.

Unfortunately, tastes, seen bomibs and energy sturalds have they none. This prfittghly explains why no ether hummingbird shoot 'em ups exist on any format N o other than Kohbri, that is.

Novotrada, the developer who Wheel * you the epic Fero (ppe end two), have ackild these powers 1.1 the hummingbird's 841 armoury. Theneher constructed a largo forest-based blaStathon to po n elys. morukerecrbird thr buNt Is og . Kolibn, a game thek p e t - o n e else can 1.41 tseid-in areas Cgaming i bothered to mad).

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IN AND OUT 1 DA DUSTY BLUEBELLS In Kolibri's countryside, flowers figure largely. They can be nice - like the pretty blooms in a vase; or vile - like the insectguzzling Venus Fly Trap. The nice ones burst into life when you clear them of their waspish marauders, but you must be on your guard from the innocent looking flowers that suck you off to your doom!

Kol i br i once mor e swi ngs i nto he a t e d frenzies of mi ndl ess sl aughter . Not.

'You do as I say a nd this w on' t go off. ' Justi ce - hum m i ngbi r d style.

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Kol i br i shar es m uc h t he same feel as hi s seabor ne pr edecessor , a l t hough he 's thankful l y not qui t e such a de di c a t e d paci fi st. The hassl e of si mpl y keepi ng y our fi r ebr eathi ng hum m i ngbi r d ai r bor ne and al i ve i s compar obl e t o the hassl e of mai ntai ni ng Ecco's ai r suppl y. I t 's a drag„ and i t detr acts fr om w ha t i s ot he r w i s e a fai r l y e nga gi ng game.

Kol i br i 's r eal s t r e ngt hs ar e i ts be a ut i f ul gr aphi cs, s m oot h par al l az a nd i ntr i catel y dr awn hor de s of hover i ng enemi es.

Unfor tunatel y. t he whol e &Hei r i s j ust a bi t t oo wel l manner ed, a nd ul ti matel y fr ustr ates i n al l t he w r ong ways and pl aces.

Kol i br i s t a nds Out as a par ti cul ar l y char mi ng ga m e in t he vi sual stakes. A Mi chel l e Pfei ffer of consol e games t ha t pr omi ses m uc h but never qui t e ge t s I ts k i t off, w i t h f e w cl i maxes acr oss i ts c l ut c h of l evel s.

Ther e's a constant, s t e e p l evel of chal l enge a nd a steady fl ow of ai r bor ne enemi es, w i t h ne w var i eti es steadi l y i ntr oduced t o m ai nt ai n t he i nter est l evel .

And i nter est i s mai ntai ned, j ust about, as you t r y and ge t t he r i ght pow e r - up t o sui t the r i ght set of enemi es, a nd tr y t o negoti ate each t i ght be nd a nd caver n. But I fel t t he game l acked a l i ttl e somethi ng, a nd my be s t guess i s t ha t as so many of t he w e a pons ar e ai med automati cal l y, m os t of w ha t y ou ar e expected t o do i s avoi d t he enemi es' fir e. Tha t 's not qui t e as m uc h f un as ki l l i ng your own, s o Kol i br i i s pl ayed mor e defensi vel y t ha n aggr essi vel y. Ni c e game, t hough.

AGaud rasp d minis for each lent V The sedate pace of the score doesn I aid the games appeal

good nor poor, the effects are delmitely fit for a shoot em up 1 4. A Neither panicutady

Novotrade's stockin-trade, a good control feel is much in evidence Good weapons and introductory levels.

a Loads of lemlis, and • a generous unlimited tries password system.

V Repetitive ultimately, Ildbri 1f a ds to produce dramatic Moments.

Pew slaw* leas ups can match the depth of the wel l -tai l or ed Kol i br i . but few pul ses wi l l r i se pl ayi ng i t.

compl etel y i gnor e t he Game Gear for m ont hs on e nd. t he n al l of a s udde n t he y star t t o r el ease t op games by t he bucketl oad. Oh. s o d k Soni c Labyr i nth. ( Cu. t ha t cr appy. i patr oni si ng musi c t ha t Si m on Bates used t o pl ay on hi s riadi e pr ogr amme w he n r eadi ng out sad stor i es. C o u l d t hi s he i tido m achi ne goi ng out w i t h . bang? The end of Game Gear as w e k now i t? Our l i ttl e bl ack box of tr i cks i s l near i ng t he e nd of t he r oad. Let us al l seek har m ony a nd h comfor t as (Enough! We ge t t he pi ctur e - Gust. Or maybe a they j ust de c i de d t o r el ease a f e w mor e 'tames t ha n usual ? t m a ny que s t i ons a nd so f e w answer s. • i t . de s pi t e these So teaser s s. one t hi ng r emai ns: t he games. The l astest gem t o roll g of f t he Sega ba ndw a gon i s Ar ena.

The o ga m e i tsel f has be e n i n de v e l opm e nt f or ei ghteen m ont hs or so. w i t h Sega m a k i ng sur e t ha t ever ythi ng i s as i pol i shed as coul d be. We ar e pr omi sed t w e nt y l evel s of n "amaz i ng I sometr i c gr aphi cs, " a nd a g ti tude of "w e a pons a nd enemi es. " But mul d does i t del i ver Wite goods? Onl y w e haw, t he answer s. o w n a t S e The further you get into the game the more g weapons become available, You start with a a standard gun and a knife but by ? collecting the relevant icons your weapons T will upgrade. Also on offer are 3•way laser, h single laser, grenades/dynamite and a e mega powerful barook a type gun. y m o r e o r l e e tte -or l oY s s -111 01111Wer i st lemgeomagaa iNOUri 0

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There are a couple of bonus rooms, but you cannot finish the level without destroying a certain part of one wall. Keep 'ern peeled.

Brilliant to keilit at. they really help to add — to the feeling of the game.

What there is works well V b u t there isn't really enough.

I really like the tunes They don't get repetitive which is no bad thing

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During the game if you press start, a screen will pop up informing you of your energy, armour levels, lives, and score. But most importantly is the ability to change your current weapon. By simply hitting left or right you will cycle through all the weapons currently at your disposal. Once you have selected the desired gun, simply resume the game.

A I M Illmt COMMENT I w a s l ooki ng f or w a r d t o doi ng s om e r eal l y bi g games thi s m ont h so w he n I was gi ven Ar ena. I have t o admi t I t hought i t w oul d be another pi l e of Game Gear r ubbi sh. But wai t! Thi s i s a top game a nd make no mi stake a bout i t. The , i sometr i c v i e w i s a w e s om e a / and r eal l y w or k s wel l , despi te bei ng on such a smal l scr een, a nd the s t a nda r d ell t he gr aphi cs i s hi gh w hi c h c om pl e m e nt I t as wel l . The baddi es ar e a - b i t stati c r eal l y. but t ha t i s Onl y a mi nor gr i pe. I al so r eal l y enj oyed doi ng t he , p u z z l e s and tr yi ng t o w or k out w hi c h swi tch ope ne d w hi c h door . Thi s i s ar m of I the f e w Game Gear ti tl es t ha t I w a nt ilei come back a nd pl ay. I nc e . l e nt S t uf f .

FrighthiNy addictive. You lust can't put it down

ter 1111111121 With twenty massive levels, need we say morel Di e Har d - Wi t h a Game Gear. I f you've ever w a nt e d to demol i sh war ehouses teemi ng w i t h ter r or i sts then your chance has come.

Thi s i s one of t he m os t i mpr essi ve, a nd br oad. games r oe ever seen on thi s for mat, w i t h a wel l bal anced mi x of str ategy and acti on. A w i de var i ety of w e a ponr y and scenar i os make up for some r ather pr edi ctabl e a nd doci l e baddi es a n d none of t he puz z l es ar e be y ond a bi t of l ater al t hi nk i ng.

The m os t sur pr i si ng t hi ng absei l thi s absor bi ng ti tl e i s t ha t i t was or i gi nal l y concei ved for t he I l l egadr i ve. befor e devel opment was s w i t c he d t o t he Game Gear. Q ui t e w hy i s anyone's guess, but t hi s is one occasi on w he r e Game Gear owner s

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y o O un. of t he * * v a nt a ge s t he Satur n has over i ts 3 2 - bi t competi tor s i s i ts size. I ndeed, pr i se open the l i ftl e fl a p at O M beck of t he machi ne a nd you'l l fi nd t ha t a gr oat degr ee of y our noechi ne's ir nnar ds ar e taken up by, wel l , pr e t t y m uc h not hi ng. The r easoni ng be hi nd thi s i s Saga's wi sh t o see t he machi ne enni ve as m or e t ha n si mpl y a games pl atfor m. The fi r s t s t a g. i n r eal i si ng thi s wi Ssh i s t he i m m i ne nt r el ease of t he Satur n V i de oC0 Car d. Thi s l i ttl e si l ver gi z mo pops i nto the e m pt y space at t he back of y our machi ne, t hus maki ng i t MP E G compati bl e. Thi s basi cal l y means a t ha t t he Satur n w h e n ar med w i t h t he per i pher al , wi l l be abl e t o pl ay back al l di scs bear i ng t he t Vi deoCD mar k. Any c om pa c t di scs t ha t ar e encoded t o t he 'w hi t e book ' st andar d a s u opposed t o CDi Di gi tal Vi deo, w hi c h i s encoded t o 'gr een book ') wi l l be fai r r game, w hi c h i ncl udes al l bar the ear l i est fil ms, musi c vi deos a nd documentar i es n enj oyed by ow ne r s of t he Phi l i ps COI system. w Philips first launched the format in autumn 1993. and there are currently around 250 i titles on the UK market. These range from 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' l fin fact. VideoCD Is the only format the film is currently available on) l to pervy sex 'education' documentaries. s If you're considering upgrading your Saturn, you have to decide o whether VideoCD is preferable to VHS. VideoCD offers a smaller storo age medium, digital sound la definite plus The little wo, • F i n the flesh, Thes u r e the for music videos or films like 'Pink Floyd - The Wall') n pr i si ngl y con , c t per i pher aln sl ooks e.l i ke and such amusing gimmicks as picture strobing and a l i ttl e br , i ef bock , e , aof ndyour sits machi i ki being able to skip to whatever section of a disc you b cavity at the n like. On the down side, a maximum of 72 minutes of picture can be encoded to each disc, meaning films usually come on two discs. Price is also a negative face tor, with films costing between E15 and £20. The area where most debate has raged, however, is picture quality. While VideoCD has distinct benefits over VHS - namely increased durability and the absence of colour blurring - some distortion g during fast-moving sequences can be glimpsed on poorly encoded discs.

Over o the coming months, we'll be helping you make up your minds with reviews of all the latest VideoCDs. In the meantime • the Saturn VideoCO card will be hitting the shops any day now at a retail price of E170. It comes bundled o with a CD featuring an extended 'director's cut' of the current Saturn cinema advert and STI PEG a sampler of the 17 music videos currently available in the Polygram range you were mg what MPE So, shall we see what's on TV tonight? d for Moti on Experts Grou boffins who ha ically a g f Out ways of co en years mounts of to compact discs. o so far let their Immo to two compression ndards: r Gl :The imaginatively named MPEG1 is the mestic standard. This compresses the picture a m but downgrades the standard and isn't editable.

The VideoCD card's basic functions are outlined on screen by 's is the format used for VideoCDs. u pressing 'A' on the j awed. Be careful to keep the 'fast forward' butEG2:This is the professional, broadcast-quality ton pressed down firmly - nearly every time we pressed it it had ndard. The compression ratio is resultingly c the effect of returning the disc to its intro sequence. although the format is editable. The quality format is comparable to laserdnic pictures. h ill hopefully see MPEGit IMPEG3 was More sophisticated controls, displaying most of the gimmicky funca r b e d into MPEG2) which will allow for the tions, are accessed through the basic toolbar. The only lasting use m transmission of digital video quality pictures do this set of functions has is the index skip facility, useful for lumping telephone lines. to your favourite bit of a film or favourite track on a concert. o r 8 6 M M SEGA e 54

STROBO By selecting the strobo feature you can, unsurprisingly, strobe whatever you're watching. The function highlights a frame of action at a time over short intervals, giving you the fast-moving juddery essentials of your picture. Pretty useless on fi lms of concerts where there's little happening (that's the first Star Trek movie and any Dire Straits gig out of the question, then) but the effect can be quite amusing on action-packed sequences. Fonunately. the novelty usually wears off before a migraine sets in.

1.This picture of Frank Drebin (Leslie Nielsen) in his tab 70s gear f rom the second Naked Gun fi lm seems ripe for s ome closer examination. First, pause the picture

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IDEOCD - T H E O P T I O N p until now, there have only really been t wo options if you d to watch VideoCDs. Firstly, you could buy one of t •nors f rom Philips' troubled CD i range. By the time you is there'll be four on the market, all of which require Video cartridge to enable MPEG compatibility. Philo midge costs around E180 on its own, and the four CDi. achines currently available cost between E300 and E600 w e cartridge included. e other option is that you fiddle about with your mult i ac or PC's innards and make the machine compatible. cessary gear will probably cost around the some as ide0CD card, but you'll have to have real high end ma watching fi lms at all worthwhile. a the Saturn's cost, it currently looks like probably attractive VideoCD option around.

al l ows you to fiddl e about S wi th the pi ctur e, vi a your jeoypad, in all sor ts of ti mewasti ng manner s. Asi de fr om i bei g ng abl e t o 'fast for war d', 'r ewi nd', sl ow dow n or pause a the pi ctur e, you'r e also abl e to isndul ge i n all sor ts of di gi tal V iiggery poker y that doesn't come wi th most VHS machi nes. i c h i o C You guessed it, thl D you perf orm close tips a selected areas of the d ture. This sounds like q d a promising idea f or c films, but in practise ev o thing tends to dissolve into n digitised porridge upon any close examination.

4. Frank Drebin collared. The box at the top right of the screen shows the position of your 'zoom' in relation to the rest of the screen.

Perhaps the most impressive function, and certainly the most useless, is flash. At renewal intervals of your choosing, nine boxes strobe through the picture. It becomes easy to create Andy Warhol-style creations of such celebrities as Sharon Stone, Bugs Bunny and William Shatner. Not a function you'll stray anywhere near beyond the first week, we reckon.

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Although this is certainly an impressive-looking fi lm by late Seventies' standards, it retrospect Star Trek The Mot ion Picture is one of the weakest entries in the series. Unfamiliar additional c rew-members and unfl attering uniforms contribute to an atmosphere that doesn't quite capture the essence of the television series, Worse than all this, however, is the fact the fi lm (directed by Holly wood veteran Robert Wise) is over-long and very ponderous.

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Director Nicholas Meyer rescued Trek's reputation on the first of several occasions with this scaled down sequel. A follow-up to the television episode Space Seed, over-the-top villain Ricardo Montalban returns with an impossibly fine-tuned physique and demonic charisma. Sadly, the same can't be said for certain members of the Enterprise crew.

Scotty (in the form of the rapidly ballooning James Doohan) in particular seems to have undergone plastic surgery to make him look older since the first film, Despite all this. Star Trek II is cracking stuff which involves the characters in emotional conflicts which are perfectly balanced wit h some undeniably impressive effects work Less was defi ni tel y mor e her e. One of the ti ghtest and most i nvol vi ng Tr ek movies.

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Director Leonard Nimoy 's talent for comedy (he had already handled the acclaimed Three Men and a Baby( came to the fore with this. the most irreverent Star Trek movie of them all. In a plot which echoes the first Star Trek film, the c rew find their journey home after The Search for Spock sidelined to 1987 San Francisco. Being forced to pass the Vulcan off as a Sixties drug casualty is one of the funniest moment s in a script whic h never lets its heavy eco theme get in the way of a good laugh, Nicholas Meyer had a hand in the script which, although a bit sentimental, made this fi lm the most accessible to non fans,

I N T ER SEC T I O N ( 1 9 9 4 ) When rich architect Richard Gere drifts apart from his wife Sharon Stone (What? Is the man mad?) he fi nds himself attracted to Lolita Daviclovitch. We've never heard of her either, but she goes some way towards livening up this ponderous TV movie-style affair, which gets even further bogged down when Stone and Gere begin feeling guilty about the effect all this is having on their young daughter. The most striking thing about the Intersection discs are that they're the only ones we've looked at that are in the widescreen format, not that you'd know it from the packaging, Why Philips chose the widescreen treatment for this film, while they released the Star Trek fi lms in horrible panned and scanned versions, is mystifying to say the least.

In case you're interested, Intersection is based on a 1970 French fi lm called Les Choses de la Vie (The Things of Life), you're not. Neither were we, Dul l r omanti c mel odr ama for Gore a nd Stone fans only.

And ther e are better fil ms by bot h out there,

ST A R T R EK III T H E S E A R C H FOR S P O C K ( 1 984) Although the pointy-eared one was absent f rom much of this film, Leonard Nimoy made his presence felt behind the scenes as director. Highlights likely to reduce Trekkers to tears include the 'rebirth' of Spook on the planet Genesis (surely no-one really thought he was dead) and the destruction of the USS Enterprise after Kirk is put in an impossible position by some typically unreasonable Klingons As the fi lms continued to focus more on the characters and less on their technology, this entry perhaps took the process a little too far too quickly. It now seems untocussed and forgettable.

G ood sci •nce-fi cti on that dar es to stamp al l over the Star Trek myth. Despi te this, i t som ehow amounts to less t ha n the sum of its parts.

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By 9the time this was made, Eddie Murphy 's career had been severely damaged by a string 9 of flops and his box-office drawing power was fading fast. This time round, it wasn't so much in question whether he could recreate the magic of the first Beverly Hills Cop movie, but whether anyone would be watching to fi nd out. Director John Landis actually delivers a witty and stylish film, streets ahead of Beverly Hills Cop II, which concentrates on Murphy 's attempts to bust a counterfeiting ring run by the security guards in a theme park. The film's explosive climax, whic h takes place on the rides in Wonderland, is superb.

If you get bored, however, you can always watch out for famous cameos f rom the likes of George Lucas, Joe Dante and Ray Harryhausen.

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Only one character is added, Captain Sawada, and several more interestu ing favourites have disappeared. The game uses digitised sprites that For your pounds you get a virtual baseball stadium perspective, all kinds of rleagues and options and commentary that runs while the game is in resemble the characters from the god .awful film. Althought these are fair action. It's quite easy to pick up and play for baseball, with a sensible S translations, they don't look half as good as the old cartoon style. the backdrops are, however, a complete mess. Grainy, dark representations of tresponse to your batting skills, and opposition that gives you a chance. If 'scenes' from the movie, that look more limp than a week old lettuce. you are one of the weirdos that enjoy these glorified games of rounders, rthis is game of the month for you.

Gameplay-wise the whole thing is devastatingly unremarkable and quite e slow to boot. Why Acclaim, who have both X-Men and MK2 on their books shoved this out is beyond us lesser mortals. e t f i g h t e r r e v i e w , O u t T h Snnotelighter The game Avoid this and get a real malls beat A solid baseball game lot the Saturn that handles all aspects em up 4 e of the s ort well. n .

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The term 'robot' was actually coined by a 1920s Hungarian playwright, using a slavic word for repetitive, tedious labouring work to describe the work of mechanical devices. And what an apt title for Sega to choose for this repetitive, tedious Doom-clone, whic h must be the dullest game for the machine.

It's starts promisingly with a stunning intro, before plunging you into an eerie, gloomy space station. The decorative graphics are excellent, with detailed textures on the walls which doesn't stop the game running smoothly and speedily. Even the styling of your instrumentation is cool, with a rotating sight and wire-f rame map.

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To be fair, Clockwork Knight does have a damned sight more gameplay than Clocky 1, but still not enough in the way of thought-out challenge.

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You puny and pa t he t i c r eader s have succumbed t o the pow e r I that i s YOB. No one i s t i ng t o wr i te l etter s. dar What's t he matter ? Am I t oo ' har d f or you? Fr i ghtened t ha t s I fm i ght r i p of f your heads w i t h my l i ttl e finger . bung i t i t hr ough a mi ncer and send i t ton your par ents i n an a envel ope? I have suspected l s l • r a w hi l e and can't say thi i t's l a sur pr i se. You l ot ar e about as useful as a spasmi c y sphi ncter . Despi te thi s, I ant h wai l l i n g t o g i v e y o u o n e l a s t chance to pr ove you can p i te, bef or e thi s page wr p becomes t he Ma r ga r e t Shel o l ey a nd Paul Keates appr n eci ati on soci ety. S e nd your or nate scr i bbl i ngs o to:YOB'S WELL ' ARD d MAI LBAG . M E A N MACHI NE S l SEGA, 3 0 - 3 2 FARRI NG DO N A LANE. LONDON. I C 1 R 3ALI . l l

CHOCOLATETEAPOT Dear Yob I felt I had to write and congratulate Sega on a great new machine. The Saturn! I have played Virtue Fighter on the Saturn and it's totally amazing! As is Daytona USA. I was overwhelmed by the capabilities of the machine and am getting one the first chance I get. There are a lot of people I know who are stuck for choice between a Saturn and a Playstation. Well trust me. I've played both and the Playstation is pretty cool, but it can't match the Saturn in the software department.

Quite simply the Saturn is the best

calm down a bit before you end doing something unpleasant in your 'if-fronts. I'll admit that it's a great machine, but you can't generalise by saying everything else is crap. In the meantime wait for some more titles to come out or you may start running out of clean kecks.

WATERPROOF TfAIAG Dear Yob I am writing to tell you of my dismay over the publicity that the Sony (puke) Playstation is getting in a certain, so called Sega magazine, le YOURSI Imagine the shock I got when I flicked through the pages of my beloved MMS Iissue 36) and saw (angry tone) a leaflet publicising a potential Saturn killer, the Playstation. Although I threw it away. I am still wondering why you put it in your brilliant magazine.

Was there a cash endorsement by the Sony promotional team? I am not going to call you a traitor for two reasons: 1) I believe you and your team were brain-washed by mysterious Sony freaks and 2) (which is more believable) it was put there by accident by spotty teenage freaks who work in my local Sainsbury's. I myself am a Saturn owner so you see my concern.

Also, there are a lot of biased comments in some next generation magazines, supporting the (doesn't it sound so childish) Playstation, and constantly (in my opinion) slagging off the 'inferior' Saturn, and always saying that )one track) Ridge Racer is superior to (the 3 track wonder) Daytona USA. BULL! Jamie t jamot Cunningham, Luton.

YOB:I have a question for you.

Have you ever heard of a full stop?

You know, that small round thing that shows when a sentence has finished. Look, there's one. And another. Actually they're probably about the same size as your knob. Who cares why the leaflet was there? Nobody ever reads them anyway

FORKINASUGAR BOWL machine I've ever played so don't waste your money on crappy Jaguars 32Xs and Playstations. Buy a Saturn and spend your money wisely, Lee Mountford, County Durham.

YOB:Thank you Mr Arse-lick-as. much-as-l-can-in-the-hope-of-afree Saturn. I think you want to

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Dear Yob am the proud owner of a Megadrive. Mega-CD and 32X. I have heard about the 32X CD, and the 32X CD games. I am, however, confused because I do not know if this is a separate system or runs through the Mega.

CD and it would be of great relief to find out about it.

P.S. Have you played 'Snatcher' on the Mega CD because I had it for my birthday and I finished it in 4 days, what do you think?

Karl D i . x o n ,ft0C YOB:The 32X CD is simply the Can whole kaboodle Magedrive. Mega J. CD and 32X in one, and the games are on CD format. It's not a separate machine. But check before you buy any of the 'games' that they are indeed what you want, otherwise you may end up a crying, blithering heap on the floor muttering to yourself about how bad the 0-Zone layer is. About Snatcher, I think I had better things to do on my birthday.

GB I BON Dear Yob You sexist pig! I am referring to your comments from issue 37, about the sad case 'boy' Keith Watson and his girlfriend who has much more sense than you. You are definitely one of the nerds and anoraks she mentioned seeing as you get paid to play games. I am not talking about the other members d Mean Machines. who I am sure a're only in it for the money and have social lives, but you are sad case. who

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Haven't you got some ironing to do instead? Go arid do the dishes or something, or scrub the crusty crap stains from round the toilet In short, stop hassling me end get lost And I am fust in it for the money You don't think I write this crap for fun, do you?

D e Even though you have the a)rains of a cheese sandwich and he wit of a baboon's backside I r thought I'd write to you anyway.

Y I would like to know why your o hair is so naff and why you b always dribble in your pictures? Oh, and I wrote a limerick for you: There was a young man called Mean Yob, Who always dribbled his gob, He had the looks of a pear, And stupid naff hair, With all the brains of my knob.

Not bad 'ay, hope you like it. would hate myself forever if I didn't say that you were the most tiny and weedy thing it has ever been my misfortune to lay eyes on.

William Evans, West Hampsted, London YOB:Ho, Ho. Wr y bloody funny.

Must have taken you years to come up wi th that. Di d you know that your name is an anagram of Smel a Levi, That's probably what you do for a living - you check the cess pits of the Earth (not Including your home) especially

the ones at Glastonbury, and then lick them clean with your tongue That woul d provide the explanation as to why you have breath that smells like the rear end of a camel, and a tongue that is so caked in cack that the Dulux dog almost put it a a can of paint called Evans Brown

PORKCHOPINA SYNAGOGUE Dear Yob I think your new look is much better, but how about changing your logo? I've had to look at that boring old title for the past two years. Time for a change lads and lasses. Anyway, that's not my reason for writing. I recall that in March when you printed my last letter you said that if a game don't get a review then it's total crap.

Well I'm not to sure about this. I have recently bought Fl : World Championship Edition, which I think is great (I'm an Fl nutter you see), and I would be pleased to see a review. I want to know what you think of it. Anyway, cheers and stuff, Catcha' later.

PS Where's my extra 25p gone?

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Simon We/bum, Woodengdean, BrIghton YOB:Ft:Championship Edition was not different enough from fl (Non. championship Edition) to be wor th reviewing. But talk about spooky.

No sooner had we changed our logo, than this letter landed on my desk And as for your 25p I could give you the usual Wag about rising paper costs and inflation in general, but instead I'll tell you that it's paying for my latest home In the tropics complete with sauna and swimming pool. That's made losing it all the more worthwhile hasn't it?

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Act u ally, h e o ccasio n ally co m es u p st ai rs so I can d em o n st rat e how m u ch b e t t e r I do t h e jo b t h an him. Wh o o p s, a b rief sl i p i n t o m y co m p lacen t , arro g an t c h a ra c t e r t h ere. I ' m s u re you'd lo ve t o h e a r m o re ab o u t m e and m i n e, b u t t h ere' s t h e s m a l l m at t er o f so m e let t ers..

Dear Gus Just a few questions for ya.

1. What happened to the Discworld game for the Saturn, as I have heard it will odr on the Playstation in September" 2. In issue 36 you informed your readers about the possibility of renting a Saturn for E10 from their local Blockbuster video store.

Unfortunately you neglected to mention that they would have fork out an extra E200 deposit Were you aware of this?

3. Will Vinua Cop on the Saturn be. rel w i t h a gun, as was Lethal Ent a r s when it was released on the Megadriveri If not, how much will the gun set me back?

4 When will the Saturn mouse be released, and how much will this particular piece of merchandise cost?

Thanks -Please print this PR.Keates, Gospri, Hants.

GUS:11. Discworld was being put together by Psygnosis. Psygnosis

CARRIER Oh masterful Gus, Please print this letter because the last two I sent weren't printed. I've got a couple of questions for you (well actually about five).

1. Once the Saturn is released will Sega ' I I make good 32X games?

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3. Please place these games in order from best to worst Judge Dredd, Theme Park, Street Racer, Rostra and BSF 2 4. I heard that there was going to be a Splatter House 4.1s this true because In my opinion this game should just crawl away and die? are owned by S o n 5. My mate Arran said (ahem) with . the T r y - - - - - - v that Mortal Kombat 3 - ,was going to be based kony Playstation i •s on the film. Is this true or and ' b not u on s y, ' is he just talking crap? cooperative t e • lain Wilson, Forgetshire, terms with - =i t GUS Wel l the flow of Sega at 'letters is so high, but pre we do our best.

Ans Anyway. Yes to 1. Some your w et excellent 32X stuff in question?, 2. No, I e v e l o p m e n t .

2. There is Virtue Star Wars for the admit I w i o t . The story came to 3 , and Super Return of the Jodi me through 'contacts'. Still, it is is Game Gear bound. That's all at only a deposit. You do intend to present. take it back, don't you?

3. Theme Park, Street Racer, SSF 2, 3. There may be a gun-pack Judge Dredd, Ristar. option, but certainly a single pack 4. I think they guy who came up will come out. with that revolting idea was 4. No definite details as yet, quickly disembowelled.

5. He is, as friends commonly are, talking posh.

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Dear Gus I have a question for you. Please answer itI I just bought Red Zone and have obtained cheats that issue you with invincibilty up to mission B. But on Mission 3, as you exit o of the small base, whose func unknown and you are told to investigate, the game just resets.

Is there a certain 'Fail Safe'in the game that stops these cheats working or have I just got hold of another duff of a game from a truly unreliable shop?

Yours most faithfully, Andy Martin, tottleborough.

GUS.The cheats that we printed previously - level passwords, had no such effects See if the game does this without your cheats. Is so, it's a trip downt' shops for you lad.

Dear Gus, My name is Dale and I am 14 years old. I am the owner of a 16 BIT Megadrive, R ie s, which are the then orece list every game he owns with is of no use to anyoriel. Could you please answer the following questions for me.

1. Is there any cheats or Action Replay codes for the Lion King?

2. Is there a game club which I could join?

3. Is General Chaos any good? My friend told me to buy that game?

4, How find Ermac in Mortal Konibet 1 and 2?

5. How do you find Sonya and Kano in Mortal Kombat 2?

6. What is the difference between 0 Genesis and a Megadrive?

7. Which machine is better, a SNES or Mega Drive?

Your greatest fan in South Africa, &ti e Ames. Cape Town, South Arrice GUS:l. Probably, but I make it policy to completely ignore Action Replay stuff. 2. Keep reading MEAN MACHINES - you're part of a club. 3. Make him an ex-friend quick' The game sucks. 4. Sorry, you seem to have come over all funny. S. By looking at the background. There on the Tsang Sung stage 6 Genesis the American name for Megadrive. 7.

Please, aren't you just three years out of date? MEGADRIVE, you pants.

IRENE HANDL Dear Gus Please could you answer these questions or I'll - NO I will not fall into the sad lad gang and say or I'll rip your head off" 1. I am thinking of getting a Saturn.

Should I sell my Megadrive and save up for a bit or should I save up and keep the Megadrive?It would take longer, but I've got a lot of games for a. But on the other hand, a few (the mag) said t e is dying.

2. I havu a ve 2, with 22 games • n e w titles), ever is boxed in excellent co ri How much do you think I should ask for it if I was to sell it?

3. Will there be any Star Wars games on the Saturn like Dark Forces?

4. Does the Saturn version of Micro Machines have a construction kit?

5. Will the Saturn be any cheaper after Chilstmas?

6 Doe,. playing the Saturn by scan make the picture better or is it lust a different way to play from the RF cable?

Chris, Sandbach, Cheshire, GUS•1, WE NEVER DIEM I challenge you to find a quote that said the

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ne, Premier Manager, Vectorman - it'll be a hell of a Meitadrive Christmas 2 I couldn't gi ve, toss, frankly. I don't sell hardware. It's more fun to go back in 10 years time and have a fiddle. 3. Dark Forces, or some sequel is a distinct

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ibility. 4_ The Saturn version has v a n been started 5 I have no ide S C A R T is a lot better than RE ' s why Sega bundled it. Sony are crowing about handing out RE cables with the Playstation_ Dead smart —1993 machine and 1965 picture technology.

Dear Gus, Please could you answer my questions.

1. Will Casper be Out on the Megadrive?

2. Will Ridge Racer be out on the Saturn?

3. What is the best game on the Saturn?

4. How much will the Saturn be by Christmas?

5_ Can you name these games from best to worst: Panzer Dragoon, Daytona USA, Virtue Fighter Remix, Pebble Beach Golf, Clockworla kKnight.

6. Will Mega CD games wor t on t h .. eSaturn?

Matthew Cowley, Hastings.

GUS:1. Nope. 2. Maybe_ 3 Vi r tue Fighter or Daytona. 4. E399 is the current asking price Ther e is no news of any price change 5.

Hummm, I hate lists — Ramie, Daytona, Panzer, Pebble, Clockwork. 6. They will most certainly not. You don't run a jaguar on lighter fuel_

• GLORIA MINNIFOR Dear Gus ,

Please will you answer my questions in your ace mag that I have always been reading since the early days of Mean Maehines.

1. I heard that a portable Megadrive called a Nomad is coming out in the USA. Will it come out in the UK? If yes, when?

2. I also understand that a similar device to the Super GameBoy is

meGear games on your fl a r t a m Megiadrove. Will it come out here and when? - i n g o" I 3 .Utd_ What has Ihappened to the Man game? haven't seena review u but it's out in the shops t A. When will Total Football be released? t 5. Why don't you put all of the h Saturn news, reviews and previews a m a h e e m r i pulle v t with e their handheld mag called Go!' n Please print my letter, less I might a be forced to stop buying b Machines and but 5 , Sega Power. l 1 Matthew Thomas, Wales. e , GUS:I. Despite the wild claims of s 9 4 .emotti s o n t eo 1 6 the y -— o al r i f f u r a f t

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MDGAMES to swap, loads, MKII, AtM2.

Pete Sarnpros, etc. Master System II. light gun, 16 games. v.g.c. 01443 835492.

MEGADRIVE and 32X for sole with four pads and 19 games, sell for £275. Phone 01484 666411 ask for James. r MEGA DRIVE and Mega CD for sale, 4 pads (two 6-button), MS Converter, 4 way play. joystick, 24 games In total plus Action Replay, sell for £250. Call 01252 621645 (Fleet. Hants) ask for Stuort.

MEGADRIVE and 32X for sal., 12 great games including Fever Pitch, Star Wars Arcade,Jimmy White's Snooker, 3 joypods and loads of mogs. Worth £650, sell for E275. Ring James on 01482 563757.

SEGAMEGADR1VE 32X. 6 button turbo and joystick, multi player tap. 12 top games including Doom, Virtuo Racing N AJam. , BD e l uMortal x e .Kombot IL Perfect condition £275 ono. Tel 01392 423952 Friday to Sunday.

WANTED - TETRIS for the Mogadrive. Cash waiting, will collect. Phone 01522 514685 after opm.

FORSALE 32X, includes Doom and VR. E150. 10 Megadrive games £75. Sonic 1+2. Gods, Another World, Mega-lomonia. Thunder Force IL California • am es, Ft a nt 0 3 y Z0110, R A T G a m e s I I , G k BARG AINMEGADRIVE plus 32X plus 10 of the i best: Doom. MKII 32X. VR Deluxe, NSetol Head, Fred Couples Quarterback t Club 32X. Micro Machines 2, Theme Pork, e Sorn 9 6 . Lemmings 2. 3 control pods r £250 the lot. May split - call Gcveth on 01480 460124. e JAP d ANIME cartoons for sale, titles include %mato.

Samurai Showdown, Fatal Fury, B Final Fontasy, Dro,gonball, Demon City e Invasion and more. Bas 0181 672 3054. a SEGAMEGADRIVE, 3 pads, one 6-button. s cartridge gome holder. 13 games 15 Including Story of Thor. Theme Park, t Bombormon, Urban Strike, Streets of Rage .

2, Sonic 3. etc. Worth £600, bargain at C £250 - consider split. Phone after 6prn 01484 658826. o i ADRIVE and Mega CD with games: MEG Thuncierhowk.

Boseball, Sherlock Holmes. l Sol Noce, Cobra Command, Arcade 0

Collection, all on CD and games such as TwoTribes,NHLPA 93, Sensible Soccer, Madden 94 and 9 others, all for £180.

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MEGADRIVE. Mega CD. Menace( gun, 1 pod. 8 MD games including Theme Park and T2 Arcade, 3 MCD games including Ground Zero Texas, 15 tip books, boxed, sell E200. Also 32X with Doom, VR Deluxe. £130. Tel Dean 378 5553 (Birmingham).

MDplus five games like Golden Axe and Eternal Champions, all boxed, also Includes two 6-button pads worth £12 each. Worth E190, sell for E110 ono. Also cheap MD and MS games. all boxed.

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MEGADRIVE and Mego CD for sale, Menocer, arcade stick 6-button, 3-button joypad. 15 games including Mortal Kombot 2, FIFA 95. 6 Mega Cl) games Including Night Trap. Will sell for £350.

Ring Martin (016487) 51653. Co. Tyrone.

Northern Ireland. only after opm on weekdays.

FORSALEMegadrive, Mega CD, Mego 32X, all boxed with instructions with lots of games and two and 6-button joya.ds.

Action Repl y ocart books.

9 5 ono.

Tel 01733 891330.

SEWNGMEGADR1VE, Mego CD, 32X. with two joypads, 18 games including FIFA 95.

Micro 2, Sonic 3. Doom, Sonic O . SFII SCE.Contact Ustrian 0131 556 6657.

Buyer must collect (Edinburgh). Worth over E1500, sell for L650-E500. Hurry to avoid disoppointrnent. All boxed except Megadrive. month old.

MEGADRIVEgames for salon! FIFA 95 and Micro 2 E25 and Sank 3 E20, all games like new. Simon - 01932 882321.

32X.MEGADRIVE with Metal Head, Star Wars, two joypads plus one 6-button, 3 Megadrive games inc. FIFA. £200. Call Tim (Birminghorn) 471 2378.

AMERICANMEGADRIVE and American Mega CD OW 2 Arcade Power Sticks and 5 games: FIFA 95. NBA Jam. Loridstalker and Anal Fight CD. Good condition, fully boxed. E200. Phone David 0181 459 4152 after 5prn.

MEGADRIVE, 2 years old, dust cover which holds Megadrive and games pads.

3 joypads, 1 programme poor. many mags,31 games including MK2, SF2SCE. FIFA. Quick sale, £325 ono. Contact Barry on 01480 414021.

MDGAMES for sole: Virtue Racing, worth E70 sell for 1.30. EA Hockey and J Madden £10 each. Mortal kombot. PGA

2, NHL 93, Rood Rash 2 arid Sonic 2 E15 each. Also cheaper games for sale.

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MEGADRIVEEuropean Cup Soccer and Shadow of the Beast, used twice. LIO each. Call Thomas 01423 322518.

4SALE!MD1 and MCD1 with 15 games, 10 CD. 5 MD. Includes Tomcat Alley, Sonic CD,Thunderhawk, etc, worth E.650E700, sell for E,310 ono. Willing to split things and compromise. Ring 01943 463143 (Otley. W Yorks) ask for Cohn.

DAYTONAUSA official UK version game in top condition with instructions, E,25.

Phone 01926 330996.

MEGADRIVE and games for sole. games Include Cannon Fodder, Mego Bombermon, Story of Thor and Micro Machines 2. Gameboy games also for sale. If interested Phone Jon on 0181 386 1634.

FORSALE,Sinclair +2A, lightgun, numerous games. also 6 lightgun games. E100 ono. Also for sale Atari 5205TE. a few games, mouse. 2 joysticks. boxed, £ 2 0 0 ono. 0141 649 8912 (buyer collects).

MEGADRIVE with 5 games £70, or swap for Come Gear with any games. Uxbridge 01895 813909.

GAMEGEARgames: Mickey N. M Kombat, Fantasy Z, Krusty, Tefminator. Olympic G. Axe 8, E,5 eachill TV Tuner £151 Plus cowry cases,AC adaptor, £71 Plush Battery pack £71 Game Gear E251 5 game cart (Sonic, Monaco. Columns, Pacrnan. Woody P) E71 Whole lot £1001. Daniel 01883 343835.

MEGADRIVE for sale, 18 games including SFII. VR, Sonic 2. 4 joypods, over 3 0 MC090Zine5, £250 ono. Phone Woody on 0121 778 6388.

LIUATTACKChopper with instructions. swop for Another World on Megadrive.

Phone 01236 735650. Ask for Stephen.

MEGADRIVEgames for sale, EIO each: Micro Machines 2, Sonic 3, Streets of Rage 3, Baliz, Dragon, all In good condition. £5 each, Mega Games 2, Road Rash,Super FOnt039 Zone, Mickey MOU303 Costle of Illusion, Phone 01483 505036 ask for Daniel.

GAMEGEAR, 6 games. ShInobi 2. Street of Rage 2, Wimbledon, Out Run Europa. etc.

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