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ULTIMATE MORTAL KOMBAT 1 6 Extended and enhanced—all you need to know about the ultimate beat 'em up for the next generation.

WIPEOUT 2 2 Sega his stolen Sony's crown jewel in this legendary fantasy pacer.

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PANZER DRAGOON 2 2 6 Blinding action from the incredible sequel to last year s Saturn hot.

This is bib-powered pest control taken to new extremes.

THOR 3 0 The sequel to the legendary Megadrove RPG Story of Thor hacks and slashes its way onto Saturn CUTTHROAT ISLAND 3 2 ACC161111 r swashbuckling shce 'em u for the Megadnve makes a virtue fencer out of Geena Davis EURO '96 SOCCER

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X-IMEN GUIDE PART Z 58 Akuma, JuggeneeliK Spiral and C010112.6 come onde i the W M *

in the heal instalment el ktined special moves VIRTUA FIGHTER GUIDE PART 2 The Virtue boot squad me pet t h i o . i g h . c a s by SailliNti* Mayor Swan.

THE GOLDEN JOYSTICKS AWARD 8 Your note counts in the back-slapping bash of the year .

SEGA PC S a We review and rate the new Psolitem versions of Ecco the Dollphie.

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REGULARS EDITORIAL 6 Say Hetkil as the team vote for their favourite TV ads in this months fascinating insight into the people who brighten op your lives NEWS 8 The country s so4tware houses weenie from then motet hibernation and show en their nuts Loaded, OverbilL Virtue heftier Kids dad mane CREAM OF SIGA 1 4 The hot top led according to you and Gallup STEVE'S TIPS 5 4 Night hills, and young Master key transfernis into the lips Bat to bring you cheats lot NBA VIftild Cop and Sega Rally OUT NOW 9 0 Wing Arms and Mystaria

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MEAN, VO8 9 7 Incredibly, this month enough of you have stopped dribbling over Claire to lull two pages with reasonably sane letters

N60 8 4 Wobbly import fen with our Imdy little Arctic chum Detend your igloo hem the Sea-ben and avoid ending up as the filling tor a cheap chocolate biscuit_

ObA leaving the rest ot the letter-writing nutters at the mercy of the only man scatter than Yob MEGAMARI 9 6 SUNGLASSES one cantlel owner essential for reading Megammt 50p ono NEXT MONTH 9 8 Issue 43 s exclusives Virtue lighter 3 Mans TT and Sonic IV Or senwilmog els* it those areal ready in time

S AT U R N AGIC CARPET 6 4 The holfilmimt el Bullfrog's 'astride promise - the golden voyage of a flying carpet salesman with attitude GUARDIAN HEROES 6 8 Is this the best meltielayur beat •em tip since Twisted' 22 the Zeldaesh Shoeing Wisdom - the wet al t S I M O NS .

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GAME GEAR PGA TOUR GOLF 96 8 6 Nut wanting to fish a bunch M marauding Norwegians. Steve leaves his balls in the relative safety el a gall COWAN so the Latest PGA.

PREVIEWS FIGHTER ALPHA 3 8 The nevie•ieding saga fights on with this impressive pimple!

SPYCRAFT 4 4 Achvistoe present thee new cousterespiendge RPG, proving that the old guard of software houses still have a few tricks up thew sleeve BRIAN L A Rpen Pot A man at silly mediae and avoid googlies In et/d0 LAM The C RReims I C K E 1 T 1 With lethal lava pits and bothersome birdies it tent lust the ' 9 ,condescendieg 6 1caddies that are 4 honi 1 6 O GEX 5 1 R This leaping lizard A takes crawling up walls to new V heights A L L E Y G O L F 5 0

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R t ' s mor e, t he qua l i t y of m os t games, especi al l y Wha t hi O r d- pa r t y s t uf f , i s i m pr ov i ng e x pone nt i a l l y .

Bul M l f r og's i nc r e di bl y c om pul s i v e Ma gi c Ca r pe t i s a case i n poi nt . But w ha t I r eal l y w a nt e d t o tel l y ou , aIbout w a s a n i nc i de nt t ha t ha ppe ne d w he n Ma r k f r om Sega vi si ted our ne w ga m e s r oom w i t h t he l a t e s t h ver si on of Panz er Dr a goon I I . Fr om w ha t w e saw, t he a di s t a nc e be t w e e n fi r s t a nd s e c ond ge ne r a t i on S a t ur n v games i s s t upe ndous . The r e w a s one pa r t i c ul a r cre eatur e t ha t daz z l ed ever yone. t j us t w i t h i ts si z e a nd not speed, o but t he s he e r de a dl y be a a ut y of i ts e a e c ut i on. We 'l l shar d e t ha t one w i t h y ou ne x t mmont h. The r e i s not hi ng on t he P l a y s t a t i on I c a n see w i t h i qui t e t ha t s t r e t c h of t i magi nati on. I ' d j us t l i ke to , l eave y ou w i t h a pr e di c t i on of aat hi r d ge ne r a t i on of S a t ur n P The MEAN MACHINES team throw open games, w hi c h wi l l be a pa r t the doors of their luxurious new games agai o n f r om t he s t a nda r d of Rally, Cop a nd 1 1 1 room, a beautifully styled dream home o deep in the heart of Farringdon's is , r goi ng t o br i dge t he s e spectacular countryside. Toad E. Journo gener 2s. P at a i ons. n z e r GUS brings us this heartwarming exclusive It I a r e , tEverybody knows that the MEAN MACHINES team are normally unstoppable party animals. As the long winter hevenings continue, however, we're finding ourselves stuck in front of the box i s h a s

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GUS "'The tattier the I comes to me an commercials," s whose favourites d e Ultra Challenge on Europe Iceland 'TV dinner couple and the Vics Chloroseptic "That's brilloantI" our sq eyed editor enthuses. "It like it's recorded on som old camcorder. I love the where the 'concerned mi class wife' figure describ her husband woke up wi sore throat and made a ' mess,' What kind of lerri mess' exactly? It's intriguing.

Over television commercials_ my favourite telly time-fillers are public information films. You don't see so many of them now, but I fondly remember the likes of 'Charlie Says and Tufty Squirrel. Ahh, halcyon days.'

IRE tably, Claire pl e 'n' cuddly card a s k e d bout her favourite television ommercial. "My favourite TV dvert is the one for gas fires with sweet little animals.' she s, hugging her new teddy 'Hambelina'. "I really like it when the dog kisses the d the cat turns around and the mouse" Regular rs of Dennis Norden's rious' It'll Be Alright On The • ight programmes will, however, know the tragic truth behind the commercial - the animals turned on each other soon after the director shouted 'cut'. The pain is too much for our Art Editor and her teddy bear to cope with: "It's not tree! It's not! It's n o r e cries, tears streaming down r face. Claire was quite upset, . o.

MARCUS "I've just got six words to say about crap TV commercials," claims Marcus. "Ahh, monsieur really spoiling usl" Actually, got considerably more than words to say on the subject. e hilariously badly dubbed Ferrero Rocher advert must surely stand alone at the foot of the heap," says, "althougt• there's stro competition from the likes Ricola throat losenges and eggs. Bob Hoskins gets on wick too - don't you just wa smack him one? Of course, all these belong to a cheesy tradition that can be traced back to the Shake and Vac woman an beyond. Did you know she now.• makes cabaret appearances performing the legendary c 'Cleaning routine? And another thing..." Yeah, alright,

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BOB HOSKINS ' "We let Steve play Street Fighter 1 Steve 'triple action Menet r JOANNA LUMLEY The Movi e if he's been good," smiles 1 e Angus 'terrible mess Swan Lucy. "He's such a bright lad - he'll s RUBY WAX 1 go far. We're very happy."

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Aftet years of therapy. Gus has at last found true fulfilment in the games room. I t's where I do all my entertaining." he says.

I ' m so happy."

role-models are diffic on television at the best times, and they're especially thin. on the gr ound in commercials-land. Lucy has a hero in Rockin' Robin, the por red-breasted Northerner wh sings the praises of Rocky biscuits. "They're choc a bl man!" she grins, a recent chubbiness in the cheek 1 department betraying a fondn that goes beyond watching the television commercials. "My n favourite is the 'Diet Coke Bre advert where the office girls watch the brickie guzzle a can pop at eleven o' clock every morning At ten o' clock every morning Claire and I admire G drinking his Coke and munch' his egg and onion sandwiches a very similar way. Not. '

Claire and Gus were delighted by a recent surprise - the patter of tiny paws. Hambelina is their first child. 'I 'm very happy" says the teddy bear,

vert up, ' S t e v e . "I • o n e would gladly give up my ekends to spend them kneep in mud in the Shetlands. arning how to kill people. The Fiat ad is a grin as well. hich one shall we have?' the • kcrap dubbi ng so appalling it could e get him a starring role in thea next Ferrero Rocher ad."

Our s Steve's recently become a bitkof a star himself, getting a favourable write-up for his s !ling prowess in The h . i said I was 'in fine fettle' t s eked well with the more i 'perienced members of the n he beams proudly. So c t , ha t was the final score in this a iWhiling match, Steve? "Erm, n l d d W r a e l n t ' h

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Eurocom were originally entrusted to create Saturn version of the MK3 arcade machine, whi was due some months afterNba P o n version la state of affairs dictated by Sony paying ridiculous fee for a three month 'exclusion' per Dare we suggest this arrangement has worked in the Saturn's favour, as Williams began working on an arcade update 'Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3' some_ months after, released around Christmas. Tragically, this was too late to affect the completed Playstation game, but Eurocom approached Williams with the idea of introducing all the extra r e s from the Ultimate coin•op into the Saturn versi • h e result was a few months extra programming, an a substantially augmented edition of a hit game, all for no extra cost!

MK3 itself is now the classic definition of the beat 'em up. Four years ago Capcom were riding the crest of a wave with Streetfighter II, then, much to their surprise, the 'parvenu' Modal Kombat overtook it in popularity in the States and Europe. on the back of hyped home conversions and aggressive updates that sharpened the gameplay and broadened its gory appeal.

IS IT LIKE THE ARCADE? Yes. Eurocom have had access to arcade code for all the characters, animation, sound files and even animated logo sequences. The faithfulness includes the removal of the arcade's attract mode (lots of tossy stories about the contenders taken out of Ultimate Mortal Kombat). More importantly, it means the inclusion of the seven new characters, including three secret ones not present in MK1 Graphically, the sprites are 85°0 sized from the original, the reduction being necessary to maintain the screen ratio. The midresolution mode the Saturn uses is very close to that of the coin-op, so it looks spot on. At Eurocom. an arcade PCB is running alongside the Saturn version in development, and they look as if hatched f rom a single egg

(COVER anew L d MORTAL KOMPACT The valiant effort to fit this massive game inside the Saturn should not be underestimated.

The problem lies in the 2MB of RAM within which all the moves of both characters, background graphics and sound effects must be kept. To ease this, the speech and fatahlies at the end of each round are loaded separately as needed. The Saturn's superior spot•loading means this shoulli be less intrusive than it seems on the Playstation.

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WISH YOU WERE HERE Ultimate is an opportunity to visit four more Outworld holiday locations. The best are Desert twhere an animated half -buried Cyrax struggles in the dunes) and Hell, made up of pillars of skulls shrouded in a fiery mist. This stage supports its own new pit fatality. Cavern is a palatial environment with the MK Dragon symbol embossed on the floor and Waterfront depicts a riverside scene in a derelict city. This is not pictured, as work on the river is one of the last things to be completed. These new scenes are automatically selected more often than the others when you first play.

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Caused a bit of a stir

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in the arcade version when a bug in the system caused 'Ermac• to appear.

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Originally an unplayable secret character from Kombat 2, she has made the transition to a selectable fighter. Her Spike Fatality is particularly nest

RE P Ti LE Included again in this version, Reptile has had his arsenal boosted with a new Dash Punch, improved Acid Spit, and a new fatality for you to muse over.

S CORP ION Another character who has made it back into this latest version, he has acquired a new Hellraiser fatality that relies more on sound effects than nraphics.

As mentioned before, this is the old Subby from the other games. Again, he dccessed by entering a Kombat Kode. There was initially some confusion with some people believing Classic Sub was actually a new character called Rain.

MI LE E NA She is one of the hidden fighters and can be found by entering the correct Kornbat Kode. She remains largely the same as in the other versions.

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KANO Missing from 2, found in 3, the hard man of the game is back. Check out his Skeleton Removal fatality for Ultimate chuckles. He also has a new vertical roll.

LW KANG The second bloke to make it all the way through, he has the benefi t of probably the funniest fatality: The Arcade Squash.

SHANG T S U N G One of only two characters to have stayed through every game, he has slowly developed loads of morphs, due t o more and more characters being added.

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Yes, he is playable in this version wit hout any cheats. This t ime he retains his robot assassin type character, and dumps the Ninja robe a IA Reptile.

SEKT O R One of the three Ninia Assassins to make the game who specialise in killing specifi ed targets, In this cast, SIM Zero is the man he is atter.

SUB Z L H O This is the new Sub Zero wit hout a Ninia unif orm. Slicker mov es than t i old , , character, but then y ou have .1 !

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Monster machines from the Eurasian engineers.

Heavy and slow-turning, only the cool and the accomplished will be able to handle the Girex craft, but nothing else will get in their way.

DESIGNER D E AT H Weapons play a major part in every Wipeout tournament, allowing confrontations of Hill/Schumacher proportions. A single charge of each Wipeout power-up is gained by running over the coloured pads built into the racing surface. What you get is denoted by a stylish icon: shock-wave, boost, shield, mine and missile are all on offer.

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Just wha t the hell is "reclaimed titanium" when it's a t home? Eh?

A L T I M A VII LENGTH: 5 . 5 KM HEIGHT: 3 5 9 M M E I The beginner con/. I ikit no walkover. Altima li,! 'm e large jump into an intimidating cliff face which introduces the aerodynamic concept. After the fall comes a huge scoop rise out of the cliff tunnel before soaring across an arching scaffolded flyover. An uplifting ride.

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Our favourite: an urban, dystopkan pos t indus t rial nightmare. Ride t hrough what looks like c ommunis t Eastern Europe (or Birmingham). Corners are ludicrously sharp, tunnels dangerously dark, and the smokestack scenery a constant distraction.

WHEELIE WORLD Set in a wheel-redundant future. Wipeout's craft handle differently to those in any other racing game. Conventional left/right joypad movements are used for banking, which is effective for light steering.

More radical turning involves the use of the top joypad buttons which activate the twin air-brakes on each craft, Added to this, is the technique of raising or lowering the pitch of the long 'nose' of the speeder, which affects the aerodynamics at various key sections of each course. True Wipeout skill comes with using all controls to complement each other.

LINK-UP? Note: at this time Sega and Psygnosis are in discussion over a link-up cable mode for Wipeout.

As the game has a limited period of development left, it's unclear whether it will be possible to incorporate it.

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Not entirely surprising considering the history_ Andromeda, a small Tokyo based developer, had been working on a version of the title almost since the first operating system of the Saturn appeared, Work towards the launch of both system and game was seemingly in tandem: Panzer Dragoon first appeared as a demo: 'shooting game', and looked, by the standards at the time, mind-blowing.

When the finished product appeared in March '95, much of that original promise was fulfilled. The game had a cinematic sweep and a sense of drama heightened by amazing end-of-level confrontations.

It also had two obvious weaknesses: it was too short and too linear.

Andromeda have been working on the follow-up since then. Although the game genre is the same, it's quickly apparent that Andromeda have addressed some of the original complaints — linearity being chief amongst them. The team have also had the benefit of a year's development in Saturn programming and the results extracted from the machine during that interval have improved dramatically.

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BIG AREA Andromeda have given the player a greater sense of freedom by increasing the size of the playing area. Each level is wider from right to left, but more importantly, a new sense of height is given. This works best when the panzer is running on the ground, as he can look up at the scenery for an incredibly effective panorama effect.

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WORLDBU1LDERS MEAN MACHINES has seen the most up-to-date version of the game, wh ich still only displays three

levels. The variety within the play areas is more pronounced than the original game, with much more complex graphical scenery. So far, each has one incredible boss.

EPISODE 1 The introductory level is scenically reminiscent of the original game's plot intro. There is initially a running section within a sequence of majestic canyons. Forks in the canyon force you to choose different routes through the levels. The canny player will take the right hand route which leads to a breathtaking assault on a long fortified canyon, armoured trains trundle overhead on towering battlements. The climax to the level is a huge airborne bomb ship which dumps massive crates, forcing you to dodge them like that bit in the Volvo ad.

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Basically, it reprises the level four setting of the the first game — a network of underground tunnels, tackled at a reckless, rollercoaster pace. There's a spooky interlude section where the panzer is menaced by huge spider-like sentinels, but this is all just build-up for the incredible finale. Surrounded by water, channelled onto a narrow bridge of stone blocks, the panzer spots something lurking under the surface of the water. It's your worst nightmare...

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L Thor al so of f e r e d a uni que l y v i ol e nt s t y l e of RP G a gantepl ay. Thor ba by m i ght not ha v e be e n t he s m a r t e s t atdv e nt ur e r ever , but he w a s s uppl e !

And y f or S a t ur n Thor . Anc i e nt ha v e put hi m t hr ough f ur t he r aet hl e t i c paces. At fi r s t s i ght , a nd i nde e d pl ay, Thor doe s n' t s e e m t ao of f e r m uc h pr ogr e s s i on be y ond t he ' I 6 •bi t ver si on. Gr aphi cal l y i t 's v e r y mr uc h i n t he s a m e styl e: s a m e c ol our f ul , s pi c y l ocat i ons, i de nt i c a l ov ' e r he a d pe r s pe c t i v e . Thor hi m s e l f r epr i ses t he ski l l s of k i c k i ng t he f of ' r si f r at s a nd c l i m bi ng l ots of s t e ps .

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111. 7, us t w he n w e t hought weed Ile ell i t al l , s om e one goes a nd c om e s up w i a t af e nc i ng ga m e . Yes, • sl i ce ' e m up. Wi t h a Goons Da v i s s pr i t e as y our her oi ne. Al l ba s e d a r ound a bi z ar r e pi r a t e fi l m so i nc r e di bl y expensi ve t ha t i t j ol l y r oge r e d i t s pr oduc t i on c om pa ny , w h o ha v e si nce s unk w i t hout tr ace. Doe s n' t exactl y s ound I l k . , s ur e - fi r e wi nner , dos s i t? ibis recipe tor success, or otherwise. is . ,Pirate's Gold a f ew years back has lAnyone tackled the pirate 'genre' in gaming - it seemed that Holly wood w i just as reticent until Cutthroat Islau s Geerta D a v t tnis , game is based on - commenced iproduction. You play Ms Davis's fl amesn l i t a t t h haired pirate captain in the game, whic h e c wse you awash y our buckle (whatever •E,ei M o supposed d t that's to mean i o i . i,i n of e beat 'lem up styJc shenanigan& levels - „ l i vm v esuse d 2up 2wit h the odd plat f or o 'm. 1 4do d rst chase to keep t h i n s e1le ic a - int eres t ing. Thrust and pan v ki t hrough hordes of fm nasty blokes wit h n u bigger s words than o you've got, pic k ing L t up useful oblects h and pieces of a fragmented i treasure map n which, whei) g assembled, will e lead the way to l Cutthroat Islane I f for some str ange r eason Geena s Davi es is r eadi ng: sti ck to weepi es.

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1 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 M Th e follows a m e p fi l l 1 1 1 is 1 a n d feared lady pirate MOrgen Adams e n i I 1 1 a piece of a treasure map from her dying father. It is one third of 1a mapSleading the way to Cutthroat 1 . untold riches that are buried there.

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exotic climes is e d by joining the dots on your gradually assembled map. Each blob is a different level of the game, and X marks • t for the treasure.

One or two players can pummel their' way th this pirate adventure in either 'brawling mode' (fisticuffs) or 'swashbuckling mode' (fencing). Play as either Morgan or her bit of stuff Shaw, and blaze a trail across the screen - backwards and forwards as well as left or right in Streets of Rage style - from Jamaica to Cutthroat Island.

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Aside from our obvious duncery in the football stakes, Sega, who 1 1 1 , are not ones to pass up the opportunity for a quick game lie•in, have T : snapped up the rights for the Euro '96 licence, and have been hard at 2 • 1 1 work in order to bring you the game in time for the tournament itself.

1 = 1 Those of you who are in the know will undoubtedly recognise 0 the game as being not too dissimilar to Actua Soccer on the Playstation from Gremlin Graphics, and you'd be right, because it is. Except that it's effectively Actua 2.

When the game was commissioned, the programmers set out with a basic aim: there was to be no resemblance to a run of the mill sequel, as certain other football games now have a habit of being. For a start, the new Saturn development tools have been used to boost the players' colours from a paltry 32 to a buxom 256, and all of the player movements have undergone a bit of surgery too - there are new goal celebrations, the players have a few more tricks up their sleeves, and they have all benefited from an increased number of animation frames.

And the news that will please most of you, is that it will be tenfold better than the Playstation version. In fact, the programmers have used the Sony game as a test run for this, ironing out its faults to make it even better. The graphics may look a bit dodgy in the screenshots, but rest assured that they will improve dramatically by the time the finished version appears. The game is currently 80% complete, but the final 20% is to be spent polishing up the graphics substantially. For those final touches, a team of ten programmers are going through it with a fine-toothed comb, searching out any remaining glitches.

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Euro '96 has benefited from the dulcet tones of Barry Davies. As well as being superior to John 'Fifa' Motson in his commentating, the developers have decided to add lots more to his repertoire of clichés by calling him in to record a whole new batch of speech for the Saturn edition. Apart from the player names and commentary, Baize now gives you snippets of info before and after the match about the teams playing and the weather conditions, and he also gives a run down of how each of the teams qualified, specifying where they finished in their respective groups, and a brief form guide as well. And, to top it all off, he now has little blurbs for free kicks in dangerous positions. But Mr Davies aided the programming team in more ways than one. For the more obscure teams who qualified, he proved to be a fount of wisdom, by providing all the stats and details for the more obscure players that the developers were having troubling finding. All together now, For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's....

Num be r 8 fel t l i ke Chi cken Toni ght. Num be r 10 a nd the t w o defender s m a r k i ng hi m al l de c i de d to make a c onga l i ne. The n t he Ar senal tr ai ni ng sessi on ended.

This s c r e e ns hot is for the be ne fi t of all the pe opl e r eadi ng i n bl ack a nd whi te.

G od has bl essed you m y chi l d. Ei ther rfl., r o r V O i ! r r yes w e nt wr ong.

SOME OF THE CROWD ARE O N THE PITCH The Euro '96 games are scheduled to be played in seven grounds around the country, and due to the official licence (have we mentioned that before?).

Sega have been granted permission to use all of the grounds featured. So, a professional modelmaker-type guy spent over two months creating each of the grounds individually, right down to the last seat. In case you are wondering, the seven stadia are: Wembley (which will host the final), St James' Park, Villa Park, Elland Road, Old Trafford, Anfield, Hillsborough and the City Ground.

'Our' Steve is the one me mb e r of the t eam wh o likes standing on cold, w e t concrete on a Saturday afternoon, screaming obscenities at 2 2 eager individuals. When he's an editor, he'll be able to do it f ro m a comfy swivel chair at wo rk. But who b etter to check out Sega's Euro '9 6 Soccer?

OFFICIALLY, OFFICIALLY SPEAKING Because this is the official licence of the game, the programmers have gone to town by incorporating all of the possible aspects of the tournament. The countries who will be featuring in the finals (16 teams altogether), are all playable, and when selected in the championship mode, will be in exactly the same groups as their human counterparts in the actual tournament. As a result, you can have a mini Euro '96 tourney in your own home, and then watch the real thing on the telly, gaining double the excitement, for half the price (?).

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( if all this lot didn't sound realistic enough for you, the developers are CAs working really hard in the sound department to make the game sound like you're at a proper Hmatch. Special attention has been paid to the crowd songs - they hope to include at least song relevant to each team, and in some Aone cases more than that. Obviously, some of the heard at matches are a little too 'graph Nsongs ic' to go into a nice family game like this, but the constant banging of the drums and T expect Ole jeers from the Spanish, and seats being up, and bottles being thrown onto the Sripped pitch by the English. Allegedly.

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A F (I ANYTHING ELSE? N Well, actually there are a couple of other things. For a start. remember Chris Woods, that old England goalie whose • career has undergone a turn for the worst? Well, at least he E is still playing, albeit in a video game. He's been doing a bit of work on the sly along with a couple of his Premier League T teammates. They were fi lmed doing their best tricks and slapped into the game to give it that extra realism. Also, he H gave the programmers some pointers about what he tries to do in a match, to give the characters improved goalkeeper I intelligence. So now, if you put all of your shots in the same place, the 'keeper will become aware of this and 'learn' to N dive that way.

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her e a r e n't m a ny t hi ngs i n t he w or l d t ha t c a n boa s t m or e s e que l s t ha n Pol i ce Academy, a nd cer tai nl y not s e que l s t ha t ge t be t t e r as t he y go al ong, but S10'000411 i t s t he bi l l . La di e s a nd g e n t t e me n - t h i s I s n t I n s t a l me n t o f t he epic $ The s u i n g a e r n e is that it ate o f buzz and ex c it enlwit t n s t a l m s generated_ When the first f ew arca e machines arrived on t he scene, sales of incontinence part s and rubber bedsheets hit the roof as the gamesplaying public went crazy for a bit of Streetfighter. May be the market's getting bored wit h upgrades?

Streetfighter Alpha is, however, more than an upgrade. The whole feel of the game has been c omplet ely overhauled, enabling even the mos t ardent of fighters to gain s omet hing new hon. playing this. The actual game is set after SF 1 but bef ore SF 2, whic h explains s ome of the 'newer' characters' selection for the game. The best of the rest are back, and have undergone plastic surgery to beef t hem up a bit. And of course there are t he gratuitous secret characters. Ak uma is making his regular appearances in Capc om one-on-one beat 'em ups, and Bison (or Vega in the versions) is play able as we i s the other secret character, but heI e tougher to e secret characters there are a couple of ot her hidden games. You may have seen the t wo ont o one fight, where you and a mate can fi ght Bison as Ryu and Ken. There is also s ome game info that can be accessed giving you info about, well, the game. unsurprisingly. Whatever your current viev, et Streetfighter, I guarantee it will change when you play this.

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Ound styl l e is a favourite of many playprs, as he is o f very easy to pick up a n d n hands of a master. In tiffs edition, KO' s t e sole objective is l i p e k out Ryu, hit k t h a l i n Of all the characters iii the posse, Ryu w teacher, t h e s ot t o, , Arot t s t his skills agalnst his is the one who has benefi ted the least s town mentor' f rom the upgrade. He remains one of a n the best characters in the game. d i however. His fireballs and Dragon n g Punches can all be strung together a wit h standard mov es for s ome t devastating c ombos . He still has his vendetta wit h Sagat, and he is the final t person you mus t defeat in order to a c omplet e the arcade mode. But his c reason for entering is that he has k heard a rumour of a fi ghter wit h s abnormal powers (any guesses?. Still guided by his mentor, Sheng Long, he a is ideal for players want ine tri get hold n d of the basics once agair , '

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Spyrisit - The Great Liam, 1.1 title surely not intlended to be as presumptuous as it initially soleidt) is set in the world of post 1Cold War eipionage. Yeti have the most up to date facilities the ittbdern CIA can oiler to help YOu discoverithe identity ot the assassin behind the murder Of a Russian presidential candidate. It's op to you to track down the killer before he strikes his next victim - the Presitlent at the USA. On the way, the dismantling of Russia's nuclear &sena' wfll cause problems and the Moscow mafia will rear their ugly heads...

The game is knitted together with over an hour of footage shot on 35nim lam by director Ken Berns. T film sequences take the action from the CIA in New York to London. Tunis, Heidelberg and the KGB in Moscow. The footage, also incorporates 400 stills and stock CIA footage. The screen and btoryllne for the game were written by James Adams, Washington Bureau Chief for The Sunday Times.

All the above, spread over two year production life, contributed tior overall budget of $2.5 million Activision's expectations game are mulct staielably running high.

Initial versions of Spycreft will appear on PC CD-ROM and come on a hotly three discs. Satter1OWnei I can expect a streamlined version of the (tame (the Internet option, for example, is unlikely to be includedl later this year, In the meantime. many of the merits common to both versions are already in place...

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Linder Its charter, the CIA is empowered to conduct foreign intelligence e t a t i activities end has no domes t ic security : a w enforcement junsdiettons. All questions of a "grassy knoll" nature will be f rowned upon during Internet sessions,

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The original Brian Lace Cricket was one of the biggest Megadriv e games of 1995. During last s ummer it spent 10 weeks at the top of Gallup's video game chart and f rom July to Sept ember was the best selling game on any format.

Now imagine the diffi culty in Codemasters task in trying to improv e on that_ Do I sense that this message will self destruct in five seconds?

Well, for a start they actually listened to you lot: t he people who bought the game. They picked out a hundred punters who returned the mini questionnaire cards that appeared in the box to get their views on how to improv e on the formula. They took all of their ideas into consideration, and the ones that cropped up the mos t were deemed worthy of putting in the upgrade.

One t hing that Codies want to stress is that this is a whole new game, incorporating many more aspects of cricket than just international matches_ County cricket, World Cup cricket, international

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One of the many new features to be incorporated in this version are the practice nets. if you decide to have a bash at your batting, you can select which type of bowler you want to face, thus helping you to become accustomed to the various swingers and spinners who may be your opponents. You can also make a copy bowl, where you decide on power, pace and placement - the computer will then keep on bowling that same delivery until you decide other. wise. And bowling will or, let you bowl, surprisingly.

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Cockimasters agreed and got to it. All of the 18 teams that play in the championship are available for selection with the player rosters and statistics all up to date from the end of last season. The only style of game to play here is a one day competition, with a limited amount of overs that you can alter at the start. The action is pretty dramatic as far as cricket games go, with the batsmen concentrating much more on attacking strokes and getting more runs than keeping themselves in for long periods of time. Which means that from the bowling point of view, the only main objective is to keep the run rate low, and burn up the overs as quick as possible.

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Different pitch styles are represented by different graphical touches - a dark pitch signifying a hard surface that gets slippery after rain, and a light coloured playing surface signifying a hard and very dry area, The bounce of the ball and the bowling style you should use should change to accompany the conditions.

The fielders have also been improved, with slip catches, behind catches and dives now the order of the day.

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CLUB CLASS All the sophisticated mod cons you'd expect from Saturn golf are present and correct, with all the information you nenri t select the right , club, time the right , swing, and make a right cock up all presented in F,rf•tt / diagrams.

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FLIPPEEt erUN Some of the most hellish courses in the Devil's Open are more like grassy pinball tables. Traditional golf goes out the window when you deliberately aim the ball towards cliff faces, hoping it will ricochet into more useful positions on the green. Some of the games stickier nooks and crannies need some careful negotiation.

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PREVIEW ne t he r publ i s he r s t e p f or w a r d t o r i •l sa k ppiang- donne i n t he m y s t e r i ous S a t ur n• l a t f or m ga m s affai r .

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Dynamics thr ow thiAr hat into the with Gex. the everytlay platform s a P u t t e d reptile a l ounge lizar Yo I t ' s 'totter io less gun the f Crys Dy na m i c s tal,. to be ported 3 D0 10 the Saturn, ood the change

aPixatal 0 and game structure nto Gex is set across numerous stages within themed world', linked by a TV plot device. Appare l y, these worlds are parodies of tel u a l spoof renditions o r aveyar d. itinftle and staters These c l 'toon i c hsettingsfor e s , enjoined by remote controls hidden w i t h t i- screens In the section betyulen stage wlies all spooktlygeminiscent Of Gerhe Caught in the A,s, a lacklustre i Megadrive title of last Ster, but t taws° , Gex has been tiround lo h 31:0 totin. And 9 . 9 % of the h i population do platform, it's a bring Gex to a n e to wider audien v t e h t e h t a e Gex's salamander-esque qualities can ybe t enhanced by lapping up the globular items h e dotted around the locations. These confer a a l range of temporary or permanent abilities in r w true platform power-up fashion. Happii, •• d also give us a chance to do one of ou h w i favourite 'icons 'n boxes 1 i c h w i l l t u r n o n Comeo on baby.t

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• MOTORMOUTH Humour is an oh-so dangerous concept to incorporate in games. For every French and Saunders Out there, there's a Hale and Pace.

Nevertheless, Gex is det ermined to amuse, predominant ly t hrough the 'quickfi re' quips of Dana Gould, a nobody here, but apparently a big TV c omedian in the U.S. There's a remarkable amount of sampled speech, and so far we'v e spotted parodies of Poltergeist and Rocky. A more developed version of , used in Bugl q f e by c Sega t

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As well as jumping to platforms. Gex is quite happy jumping onto walls and ceilings and running along them. As the game progresses, this technique is used extensively to pass through narrow gaps and dangerous areas. Gex also has a pseudo-three dimensional structure to s ome of its levels by allowing you to onto walls whic h are effectively in the background. Gex is , , taces, , It's confusing in concept, but easy to grasp in iractice. although the levels bec ome a c omplex mix t ure of t wo , 2-D planes of action • d f r o m o v e r h e e ll a d , a s h e w a l —mono, 3 k s

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S AT U R N RALLY CHEATS GALORE

Following on from last month's snippet that revealed the Mirror Mode, we now present a veritable Sega Rally tips l est Coming up, we have the cheats to get you to the Lakeside course, play as the Lancia Stretos, access Mirror Mode (lust in case you missed it before), get the Hyper Car, race AM3's top honcho and z oom in during replays.

To play as the Stratos, on the mode select screen lArcade, Time Attack etc.), press X, Y, Z, Y, X, then press C to enter your desired mode.

Hold X and Y, and enter the Time Attack, or Practice Mode, to get the chance to play on the Lakeside course.

For a Hyper Car, hold X on the car selection screen, and press C to select the car of your choice. When you start, the Hyper Mode should be enabled.

For Mirror Mode, simply hold Y and select the course you require on the course select screen.

To race the top programmer from AM3, simply select time attack, and when you get to the 3 laps/free run selection, press X, Z and C together whilst 3 laps is highlighted.

And finally, to change the view on the replays, hold DOWN and button Z. whilst watching them, then use L and R to zoom in and out.

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Cop looks like it will deservedly remain a favourite wit h a lot of people for some t ime to come. To spice up the game a bit for all the c omplet e dunces who have failed to get anywhere, here is the way to get Ranking Mode, and an extra options screen wit h Mirror Mode and book keeping options. All you have to do is hold down C whilst pressing UP DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT on the Sega logo just before the demo of the game starts. You Can thank N. Holden f rom Clayton in Manchester for sending us that one. And for this fantastic piece of info, we have our very o wn Edwin Lomas to thank, as he provided us wit h the gun select cheat. Firstly the Ranking Mode must be accessed, and the f ollowing code mus t be entered on the same screen as before.

Hold C and press DOWN, UP RIGHT, LEFT, UP UP, LEFT, RIGHT. You s hould hear a gun shot. No w start the game as usual, pause, then press Reload to cycle t hrough the available weapons_

TONS I1k' BIG H E A D S , S E C R E T CHARACT ERS Anot her completely useless but fun cheat for Tohstanden. Whilst you are on the mode select screen, hold down the L and A buttons before selecting your playing style. No w choose your desired fi ghter and then start the game to give all the fi ghters massive heads. Also, there are three secret characters to be accessed. Gaia and Sho can be put onto the player select screen by pressing UP,

DOWN, UP, DOWN, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT on the title screen. You s hould hear a noise t o indicate it has work ed. To get the third secret character, Cupid°, who is incidentally only available in the Saturn version, highlight Sho when puk ing a fighter, hold UP

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SHADOWS So it's not exactly the best cheat in the world, but it's better than nothing. To change the length of the players shadows, go to the instant replay option during a game and then hold the R button and mov e the D-pad to change the length and the angle.

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SECRET CHARACTERS Prepare yourself for a tips marathon, as we bring you the entire cast of secret characters f rom the stunning Saturn basketball game. You can thank the Ed Lomas tips bandwagon f or c oming up wit h this little lot. To access them, you mus t say 'Yes' when asked if you want enter you initials, then hold the L and A buttons whils t inputting these initials and dates. 'Secret Player' will appear on the screen to let you k now it has worked.

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Quite why David Waddingt on bot hered to buy this is a mystery to me, but he did and has come up wit h the level codes for any other desperate people who might be stuck on this. I also have a little tip for anyone else who is interested: Don't bot her buying it. It's pants.

Anyway, here are those codes: Level 2: HD6S7KBIKL5KHRBM Level 3: WPNS44943LXKMWGM Lev et4 : HPWSPFH77L2KRWVL

Level: 3MSCINFY?TSIWZYSP Level 6: 8VI DM8F78HZJ HSPL (this is for the Morphus Moors, the h i d d e l t r )

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Andy East f rom West Yorkshire, opened his Nort h and South to give us a snippet of t ipping goodness about the number one Christmas game on the Megadrive.

He reckons that it's really easy to improv e the status of y our team by doing the f ollowing.

At the start, select the options screen and then go to Transfer News. Go to any of the best teams in the world (e.g. Milan, Ajax, Barcelona) and s wap their players for y our reserves. No w go and s wap the team members you don't want wit h your new and improv ed reserves to get a muc h better team.

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MU LTIPLE C H EA TS Davie Hay f rom Portlenockie appears to have shed bucketfuls of sweat and tears to c ome up wit h the f ollowing cheats for Shining Force on the Mega CD. Take a peek at s ome of these. To control the enemies in the first t wo games, restart a saved game, and then as the girl is about to say 'great' press and hold Start. A and C. The opt ion should appear before you start the game.

To name your characters, start a new game, name yourself, but DON'T press end, only highlight it. No w simultaneously press A and Start.

Secret Characters:Towards the Root of Evil.

Domingo: You'll fi nd Domingo straight after Gyan the

BRSK has joined, During the battle that takes place where your party cantos out, he is by the pool of

wat er that s ome enemies are stai,..1.1 S e a r c h around here to fi nd him.

Amigo: l i e is found at the Geppel battle. Before even entering the castle walls, search the third bush (the last one) to y our right and fi n d an excellent healer SecoJt C h a r a c t Higii4: He con be f ound af Solo's battle. As y ou start , the e send one person to check t he wall, dire 2 in , fr y o u r party's starting position. Then y be s , T hfie n d him again - he'll be at the v th 111Cr a l m o s t stria* h t abov h E v i i G o d a w a k e s .

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His lack of good mov es make him one of the weaker characters in the game, but his strength is an asset, and can make powerf ul c ombos and attacks easy. If you do dec ide to play as him he will take some t ime to perfect, so be patient.

lev el 2 • a * • PPP) Charge Up. Level 3. 14 , P P P ) 1 T_Start o with a pumping Hard Punch into a crouching weak pul do the 360 degree spin move with low punch. r p e d o D i v e .

The mult i-limbed character has tricky mov es to pull off but they compensate by being varied and quite powerf ul. She is, however, a bit slow, and often leaves herself susceptible to long range attacks.

Level 2 Teleport • •Level 2: l l i t • H A R D KICK) Go invisible Level 2: • + K) f t iwer ups Level 3: ( • I • + PPP) Character change A attack.

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JUGGERNAUT The first of the two secret characters this month and, if truth be known, he isn't much use unless you're trying to impress a few mates. Getting him in the first place will lake a bit of time. Firstly one or both of the players in versus mode has to select Akuma by doing the cheats we printed in last month's tips. Then when both have him, go to the character select screen after a fight of two Akumas, and the face boxes should both be empty. Now press Up-Left on the pad, and Wolverine will be selected.

Press Up-Left again and Juggernaut's face will appear. Press any button now to select him,

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how to be Akuma in last months issue, so by now you should be fairly good with him, Here are a couple of good combos to help you along the way. Akuma is probably the best all round character in the game, and has lots of different moves to string together. Once found, he is definitely worth playing as.

X MO V E S Level 2: i t di W + P ) Charge Up Level 3: (W w W + PPP) Shoulder Charge.

Any Level: ( • it * l i l a + WEAK PUNCH) Pick up poles Stand directly in front of the pole to do this.

C O MB O S 1. Stan with a lumping medium luck. hollowed by a crouching High Kick, and then straight into the double tist (tireball ',intim and punch)

X - MO V E S Level 2: (l i l t • + HARD PUNCH) Charge up.

Level 3: ( * I I WN , + HARD PUNCH) Super Fireball Level 3' I W• I t t + HARD PUNCH) Super Dragon Punch

C O MB O S I Start with a lumping hard punch, into a crouching medium. hollowed by a hard punch fireball.

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Mi k e S t oc k m us t be w or k i ng a t S e ga UK' s m a r k e t i ng I de pa r t m e nt . Any w a y o u r gui de c ont i nue s w i t h a d o l ook a t t w o of t he m or e i nt r i gui ng r e m a i ni ng char acttws; n la i b ' s Me r u a nd Jeffr y, w h o r e pr e s e nt s t he t hr ow i ng ccont i ge nc y . The ot he r s ar e c ov e r e d i n l ess detai l , but ne x t m ont h w e l l ha v e a c om pr e he ns i v e m ov e s gui de t o Dur al , h i ndeed t he I r on Lady. a r t To access the final boss character go to the character screen and h enter Dow'.

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y meati er i s deed. nod he has t a boo dee w or l d w i t h hi nt- S e c oe v i nc e d a s be of Isis ne c r om a nt i c t r i um ph. t ha t be ha d use s a f e gua r d a ga i ns t t he pow e r of a spel l Whos e pot e nt i a l w a s t o r i p al l = a t t e r apar t. I . h i . a s s i s t a nt a = l e f t a nd e a r he m s i s s ha t t e r e d i nt o num e r ous shar ds. S ot i s hi s l ast w r i t he ' s . t hi s ver y cal am i t y i s l e r s e a o — s od be r evel s i n i t! cause for dismay. For it may give us the T opport unit y lo fi nd what we seek: Marva. An h 'unl e i mi ted supply of the most powerful essence, the very fuel of existence. And with tthe world reformed and the substance e harboured, unlimited power.' a He must share the blame for this madness rwith the many others who have sought power i and squandered Mena on summoning creatures to do their bidding. Freed of the n gbonds of magic, these monsters roam the earth as lords of misrule, terrifying the people 4 a and wrecking nature. p In my master's grimoire, now my grimoire, lies a my only hope. Incantations to levitate, to r protect myself with fire and to bind Mane to tmy will. And the promise of further spells to opossess as I explore the l b worlds on my fmagic carpet. o u r l i v i n g f a b r i c i s I have been having serious diffi culty keeping any n substantial amount of Mana on my person, so I was o happy to find a spell allowing the creation of magical t castles. These act as a repository for Mane which is a relatively sale. However, my first attempt was ill-judged, as I built near a town, and inadvertently destroyed some houses with my perimeter walls. The castle was to come under attack from angry bowmen. There is an art to building castles! With each one comes a balloon which will shuttle to and forth, collecting Mane. At one point. I was perturbed to notice my balloon was resolutely hanging over the castle, with much Mane uncollected.

Then I realised the castle was capable of only confining so much Mane and would have to be expanded. Further incantations made it at once more ornate and effective.

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InSORTINCJ Tr) - I 1 P 4 , 9 On some worlds, the appropriation of Marla is extremely difficult, 4 and on one was made even more so by a meddlesome opposing wizard. Despite visiting all its reaches, it became apparent that I would not possess the Mans I required to restore the world. I then decided on another course of action. Although he had shown me no malice. I descended on the castle of my brother magician and attacked it with my most powerful spells. His walls were soon compromised and the excess Mena spilled forth. However, my balloons could not reach it before he restored its walls, so, taking a deep breath, I lowered my castle and repositioned it within a fireball's throw of his. Only latterly did he perceive my plan and attack my person, but I was too strong. With ruthless persistence, I slowly bled his castle of Mans until my store was complete. Not behaviour I would normally sanction, but these are desperate times.

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A Fri OW'S TREKTISTI O r 1\11AGIcikt, YI AI) DI 15 Only latterly have I begun to appreciate the subtleties of my own and my enemies Mana-power ed spells of destruction. I soon realised that my master's bequest the Fireball spell, would be insufficient to the task. First, I located a gourd that held a more powerful, rapid mutation of this spell. I was elated, but directly perturbed to find I could not use it to any effect The page of the grimoire into which it was inserted was sealed. However, later on that same world, when my castle was much augmented, and my own body suffused with higher levels of Mane, I found I could activate its powerl I have also studied the other creatures and witnessed their own use of magic. The sea creatures have named them Kraken) use a form of electric energy which is far in excess of my fireballs' power. Now I too have located that spell, which should advantage me considerably.

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I spent many lessons with my master 4 l ear ni ng the rudiments of perception beyond the normal sphere of sight_ With this I have been able to pinpoint the creatures of each world and, more importantly, find a quick path back to my castle. Recently I found another strange spell which seemed cogent to this realm of magic. At first it seemed to offer no benefit, but by concentrating on a detailed vision of the landscape. I began to see more than previously, including the position of my wizard enemies and their balloons. I have ordained to use this spell strategically whenever my purpose is lost

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I observe that although some creatures; Kraken, dragons etc. tend to roam solitary, many of these worlds' denizens exhibit flocking behaviour. This I have learned to my cost when blundering into swarms of bees or flocks of taloned birds. In one incident, I came across a legion of strange, cloaked Undead creatures, not far from my opponent's castle. Making their relentless progress. I was delighted to see them assault his walls. This turned to dismay, however, when they marched on and showed equal aggression towards my own fortress.

Initially, I set to recovering Mane within the safe environs around my castle. I have since discovered that though unthreatening, this may not be the wisest course of action. The landscape is filled with triggering points lwhether these are traps or quirks of nature I cannot say). When I fly over these I am aware of a change. Sometimes I find a new gift of Mane or spell but, just as frequently, new foes are summoned. One aspect I can always put to my favour is the portal system: a series of gates styled as mirrors that transport me home within the blink of an eye.

Af t e r a f e w da y s of car peti ng. I c a n see w hy t he cast of ' Ne i ghbour s ' wer e fi ndi ng i t s o a ddi c t i v e .

M C i s a n i nc r e di bl y c om pul s i v e exper i ence.

I ni ti al l y. I w a s r a t he r pi sto n by t he c ont r ol vi tyofofc ont t he r car G U S tsensi he r atinge ol s pet a nd (effecti ve pl a y m e a ns us i ng t he t op but t ons . A. B. 7 a nd C but t ons c ons t a nt l y as w e l l as t he j oy pa di . Al so, t he gr a phi c gener ator , t hough e f f e c t i v e l o o k e d a l i t t l e r ough. I t ' s onl y onc e y ou' v e pr ogr essed a f e w l evel s i nt o t he game, t ha t you r eal i se t hi s doe s n' t matter . Ma gi c Car pet be c om e s an e pi c s t r uggl e be t w e e n your sel f a nd a c l ut c h of ot he r de s pe r a t e • wi z ar ds. The gr a phi c s ar e m or e t ha n c a pa bl e of c r e a t i ng a f a nt a s t i c w or l d t o l oom a r ound, a nd m a ny of t he l ater spel l s ar e sensati onal . M C ha s m or e s ubt l e t y t ha n any ot he r Bul l f r og t i t l e a nd t he r e ar e m a ny w a y s t o achi eve y our obj ecti ves: w or k w i t h t he c om put e s wi z ar ds, s t e a l t he i r Ma ne , fl y gung- ho or s t i c k t o y our castl e wal l s.

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Look be y ond t he s t r uggl i ng gr aphi cs, t he s e e m i ngl y c om pl e x c ont r ol s a nd t he unde ni a bl y epi c pr emi se, a nd y ou'l l H o d s om e t hi ng ver y speci al a t t he he a r t of Ma gi c Ca r pe t .

The m or e y ou pl a y t hi s ga m e t he m or e i m m e r s e d you'l l be c om e i n a c om pe l l i ng par al l el r eal i ty of wi z ar dr y a nd wonder . Bul l f r og ha v e onc e agai n c om e up w i t h a ga m e t ha t r e w a r ds t hought f ul de di c a t i on w i t h r e w a r di ng a nd w e l l - r ounde d ga m e pl a y - t hi s i s a fi ne l y ba l a nc e d m i x of s hoot ' e m up a c t i on a nd s t r a t e gy / a dv e nt ur e . A n d i t 's al l t op not c h s t uf f . The e x t r a i nnov a t i ons , l i k e t he a t m os phe r i c s ound- e f f e c t s a nd t he dr a m a t i c a l l y - c ue d m us i c a l st i ngs, he l p el evate thi s ga m e t o t he r eal ms of t he cl assi c. I w a s l uc k y e nough t o s pe nd a w e e k e nd w i t h Ma gi c Ca r pe t . I t w a s n' t near l y l ong e nough.

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BRILLIANT e" 7 1) As Fat as we 1 can tell, this is W O / an all original 1 idea that Treasure came minlibe up with espel cially foc the Saturn.

1t r -L 1 )t i -.-) Rescue soimi Princess, while giving the badr dies a good kicking A ) novel idea if

hey s ound l i ke s upe r pow e r f ul f os t e r par ents. a nd t he y ha v e ar ms t ha t l ook l i ke c oc k tai l s t i c k s w i t h peas f or muscl es. O ne of t he m i s a r a bbi t cal l ed E dw a r d M . Cogna c t ha t c a n t ur n i t s e l f i nt o a fi r ebal l , a nd a not her i s cal l ed Randy. S o w ho Cr . t he y ? Escapees f r om the Dyl i ebar Me nt a l Hos pi t a l t one f or t he Yob a nor a k s ther e), or t he t r a m ps w ho r um m a ge t hr ough our r ub. bi sh bi ns ever y ni ght ? Uns ur pr i s i ngl y t he a ns w e r is nei ther of t he m , a s t he y ar e t he char acter s f r om Sega•s ne w be a t 'e m up, Guar di an t • r o e s .

Although released by Sega, Guardian Heroes was programmed by the gaming wizards down at Treasure, who you'll know bought us classics like Gunstar Heroes and Dynamite Headdy if you read last month's preview. As they are renowned for their action packed ultra playable games, it comes as no shock that they are following their tried and tested method of beating the crap out of multiple characters in this, their first attempt at a Saturn game.Whilst you are on your way to rescuing the princess (who, in an innovative twist, has been kidnapped by an evil force) you must fight your way through droves of enemies in a bid to secure her safety.

Along the way you may come across a few buddies who can be recruited for short periods of time, and often they can prove the key to unlocking a particularly nasty boss character. But the thing that really sets this apart from the other beat rem ups is the range of storylines.

There are over 25 levels to explore, and these can be tackled in virtually any order, even missing out half of them if you want. The storyline is different for each of the characters, meaning buckets of blood, sweat and tears will be shed before you even get near to finishing this.

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CARTOON TIME The intro has been kept up to the same standard as the rest of the game's impressive graphics in order to set a similar tone. The superb Japanese cartoon style has been transported over as the story depicts the rise to power of the evil clan, the kidnap of the Princess and the warriors who are aiming to get them back again.

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Somet hing that was added after we played the 80', sion is the pause screen. This gives you snippets of info about the 1 character 0 c o m you p l happen e t e to vbe playing. e r -It may not serve that muc h use in general, but helps in places. It tells you what level of experience you are on, and the numbers at the bot t om s how how many experience points you have and how many poi h a v e to go until you can go up another level. To gai t s , all you have to do is battle wit h opponents. Als o displayed are your hit and magic points, curand max imum levels and r character elements, whic h YOU increase when you upgrade yourself at the end of certain levels.

Watch out for this bioke's red hot fart attack.

WANNA BE IN M Y GANG? The great thing about Guardian Heroes is that every time you play, the chances of finding something new is high. This feature serves a real purpose in the multi player mode. For every character you fight against. he or she will be available to select as a playable character in the versus mode. However, they only become available to play as once they have been beaten. As you become more and more familiar with the game, the last two or three characters become fiendishly difficult to find, with you continuously retracing your own steps. And keep an eye out for some of the characters from Treasure's Megadrive game, Gunstar Heroes, who make guest appearances later on

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LIFIELAIZ on of celebrity squares, w i th far better-looking contestants.

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Oh, l ovi e dar l i ngs. don' t deser ve thi s awar d, I mean t he cast wer e super b a nd I j ust took al l the pr ai se.

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LEFT AT TH LIGHTS The amount of different paths you can take is frankly dazzling. At certain points in the game, after a boss has been defeated or you are about to face a particularly nasty stage, you are given a number of choices to decide which path to take, or who to fight. For some of the characters, whole levels are different from others, so to say you never get the same game twice is a bit of an understatement.

Once these choices have been made, the length of the game can increase or shorten as a result. The ending can also be different, depending on who is fought.

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How do t he y do i t? Tr easur e have cr eat ed a not he r m a s ter pi ece w i t h t hi s game, and i f t hi s i s a ny t hi ng t o go by, t he Satur n. S e ga a nd Tr easur e a r • goi ng t o ha v e a be e e e e a ut i f ul r e l a t i ons hi p.

Ever ythi ng a bout t hi s ga m s ooz es cl ass - t he gr aphi cs, the s ound, a nd especi al l y the pl ayabi l i ty. The t hought of fi ndi ng al l t he char acter s t o pl ay as m a y seem l i ke a da unt i ng a nd s l i ght l y bor i ng pr ospect, but t o tel l t he t r ut h i t i ncr eases t he ga m e ' s l astabi l i ty t e nf ol d. The i de a of havi ng t hr e e pl anes of ba t t l e al so a dds a bi t m or e nov e l t y t o t he pr oc e e di ngs , a nd means t ha t fi ght s wi l l be goi ng on al l ov e r t he shop, w i t h c ha os a nd ' hi t t he but t ons and hope ' t y pe ga m e pl a y t he na m e of t he ga m e i n de s pe r a t e s i t ua t i ons . Al l t hi s onscr een m a y he m i s a gr e a t l a ugh - never befor e ha s a ny one a t t e m pt e d t o cr am i n so m uc h acti on. The r e ar e however , s om e secti ons of s l ow dow n, not s o m uc h be c a us e of t he a m ount of char acter s vi si bl e, but because of t he a w e s om e m a gi c spel l s be i ng used. Com bos ar e al so oval l y easy t o do, especi al l y w i t h m a gi c t hr ow n i n. I m a naged a 1 5 4 hi t w i t h l buc hi a nd hi s pa r t i c ular bl e nd of magi c power . S t a nda r d c om bos can be pr e t t y de v a s t a t i ng as wel l , w i t h t w o or m or e c ha r a c t e r s ga ngi ng up on one. t o get up t o 5 0 hi ts. The r e 's not hi ng m or e t o say t ha n i nv e s t i n t hi s hi ghl y or i gi nal , hi ghl y e nt e r t a i ni ng, m ul t i - pl a y e r punc h feast. Aw e s om e .

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Every playet looks excelkont. and the cartoon

style suns the game down to

a tee v Some of the scaling is tohe dodgy .

Super fluid ammarnm makes the characters look awesome

Saxophone cuts, iszry tunes amd funky heats ma& Strange choice for musac, but it all works well,

All the 'argigh'..sienuff and . rang,' nooses are here. and all the funny chants that no•sion ca n understand.

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Guar di an He r oe s i s a n excel l ent pi e c e of pr ogr a m m i ng, typi cal l y Tr easur e, a nd s o many of i ts f e a t ur e s ar e par ti cul ar l y or i gi nal : r eal m a nga gr aphi cs, m ul t i - pl a no acti on a nd c ons i de r a bl e var i ety i n t he c our s e of t he ga m e de pe ndi ng on char acter a nd pl ot choi ces.

The ba c k bone of t he ga m e I s magi c, w i t h spel l s i ns t a nt l y accessi bl e a nd s t unni ng t o be hol d. But I ha v e t o go out on a l i m b a nd w onde r i f t he pl a y a bi l i t y i s al l I t's cr acked up t o be. S om e t i m e s t he a c t i on I s j est t o m a ni c t o feel pr ope r l y i n contr ol , e nd t he huge a m ount of c ont i nue s on t he J a pa ne s e ver si on m a k e s t he ga m e s t r uc t ur e feel t oo 'l oose', w i t h y ou pe ne t r a t i ng t oo f ar t oo qui ckl y. Hope f ul l y , S e ga E ur ope wi l l t a k e not e a nd m a k e t hi s a n unt a r ni shed cl assi c i n t he Ul t.

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Virtually a diflerent game every time you play, and so many characters to fond, and a six playet ophon

Awesome. Multi player be 114111 ups now have a grand master to look up to. And envy.

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seem t o go t oge t he r l i ke Bubbl e a nd S que a k , or t hr ow i ng up a nd al cohol .

T he J a pai tnebls untl e a nd Gs i n To put y, RP ha nd hand. I n par t i cul ar t he Luna r s e r i * * and t he S hi ni ng ser i es ha v e be e n extr aor di nar i l y popul ar , w i t h m a s s cover age i n t he J a pa ne s e speci al i st pr ess. The y go honk e r s f or a que s t t o r escue' t he k i dna ppe d Pr i ncess, w hi l s t r oami ng a nc i e nt l a nds and de f e a t i ng t he m i ni ons of a n Evi l / Dar k war r i or . And i t 's not j ust r e s t r i c t e d t o t he Sega s i de of pr oc e e di ngs .

Ni nt e ndo ha v e ha d phe nomenal s uc c e s s w i t h Zel da a nd t he f or t hc om i ng Ma r i o RP G i s c a us i ng m or e t ha n i t s

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Not so much in common with Shining Force as the Zelda series on SNES A classic Jap-slyle RPG_

Rescue the Princess who has been turned into a swan, and stop the Dark Elf from destroyteg the land. Bwa Ha Ha.

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But, until recently, the European public has been immune to the craze. RPGs would be shipped in by Sega in small numbers and under cover of darkness, almos t apologetically. Shining Wis dom is a surprise conversion of the Japanese game - a surprise because we were reliably inf ormed that it wasn't to be arriving on these shores. But, lo and behold, it plops into our palms, courtesy of a new release policy at Sega UK. While many events of the previous games are remembered and the original characters are part of your new hero's ancestry, the old f ormat of the game has been abolished, and has been replaced wit h a Zelda-style adventure. Gone are the long drawn out battle sequences, and on are real-time skirmishes on a s maller scale. However, the plot and feel of Shining Wis dom, the tracking down lost objects and fi nding the Dark Forces have strong resonance wit h the Megadrive titles in the Shining Force series

The first thing you are required to do in the game is beat up your old grandad, who has nurt ured you since your mot her and father died a f ew years back. You don't exactly beat him up, but use AMC your Acceleration attack on him, This is basically a f orm of speeding up and, c oupled _ammamillEMBIEIL wit h the right Orbs, can make a pot ent weapon. By pressing any of the top three buttons, the numbers underneath your energy bar will start to rise. When the highest number is reached, then acceleration is at its peak, and that is the t ime to use it against s ome of your enemies, in the first case, old grandpa. By running int o him and knocking him to the floor, he will tell you you are ready f or y our journey, and you will begin.

WORLD AT YOUR FINGERTIPS around Shining Force was pretty vast, with t owns and secret caves to visit at your will_ Wis dom seems to have s omehow increased the overall game map, and still added lots more t owns and sub ley- •// els to look at, and caves to dive down.

Take a look at the map, and where each of the t owns are_

Hobbit Village

Water Labyrinth

Hermits Abode Caverns

Odegan Castle Jump Labyrinth

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Reach the Royal Crypt, and if you 1 are 1 going along the right tracks, you s hould acquire a pair of 4 Heavy 1 Boots. Thes e are used to jump t hrough sections of the fl oor that have bec ome weak in their old age. To fi nish the mini level that is the Crypt, y ou have to fi nd the section that will lead to the boss once it is smashed. Find the area wit h a single weak spot, and jump on it to fall down to meet the gang of Elves.

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0 BARGAI n City, ed iu o r e the Castle, contains the first shop you should make a point of visiting. The ms it contains are etty useless on the ce of things, but become essential as you progress. The Angel Wi ng should be bought, to enable a quick warp back the entrance of the dungeon or cavern you are in. The Magic Book gives you the opportunity to save the game whenever you enter a new stage, which is naturally useful, so take two. Medical Herbs never go amiss, replenishing your energy completely in the early stages of the game. They are also cheap, which helps.

Gee, t ha nk s ver y much. You m us t be "the i nf a m ous Dw e e b". w h o thi nks he's har d.

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The m a p t o two halves, and when you begin, e a s t side t h e only side you have access to.

Until you manage to find the Power Glove, then the west side is out of bounds. The only way to get to either side is by the caverns just above the castle. Once inside, you'll see that your way is blocked by spikes, but it is possible to sneak through, even if energy is lost, Charge up your accelerator to full, and then keep running until you touch the statue in the centre. After you have sustained about three or four hits you should break through, retracting the spikes, and continuing your progress. Once you have the glove however, y can fire that at the switch to lower the spikes.

Some sections like Dungeons are pretty well drawn

efIlut some of the enemies are terrible and other sections are bland

val e lbe game s streellest point by any MOW% Poor all round

Shi ni ng For c e w a s m y favour i te Megadr i ate ga m e ever. Fact. S hi ni ng For ce 2 t he n be c a m e m y f a v our i t e ga m e ever . Fact. Whe n I hear d t hi s w a s c om i ng out for t he S a t ur n. I near l y w e t m y l i t t l e panti es. Fact. Yes

you have progre a little f t r into the game, more and more weapons become available to you. Some of these are vital as you cannot progress without them (for example, The Mole Gloves and Heavy Boots). Others, t although important, will aid you in some different areas. Bombs, for example, will open up all sorts of hideaways when placed in the right spots. Keep an eye out for cracks in the rocks as shown) to lead to secret sections,

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And at t hi s m om e nt i n ti me, I c a n f a i t hf ul ly r e por t t ha t I a m not di s a ppoi nt e d w i t h thi s a t al l . I n f a c t i t ' s a w e s om e . The f a c t t ha t t he w hol e gr a phi c a l l ook of t he ga m e has be e n c ha nge d br i ngs f r e s h f e e l i ng t o the i dea, a nd t he s l i ght l y t e di ous ba t t l e s e que nc e s ha v e m a de a s hor t t r i p t o t he bi n, a nd be e n r epl aced w i t h t he w a nde r i ng he r o- t y pe ga m e . The a c t i on i s ver y si mi l ar to Zel da, w hi c h s om e m a y v i e w as a gr i pe, a nd ot he r s as a good t hi ng. Per sonal l y. I t hi nk i t 's good, a s Ze l da w a s one of t he best S NE S ga m e s ever , a nd a ny t hi ng t ha t bear s r e s e m bl a nc e t o t ha t i s s e t t i ng of f on the r i ght f oot . The gr a phi c s ar e s m a r t on t he w hol e , a nd c onv e y a m y s t i c a l a nd a dv e nt ur ous feel . Typi cal RP G t une s t ha t c ha nge i n e a c h l oc a t i on ar e al so par t of t he package. But i t ' s t he pl a y a bi l i t y a nd l a s t . bal ky t ha t r eal l y m a k e t hi s t he ga m e t ha t i t is. I t ' s j us t s o addi cti ve, e nt i c i ng y ou t o fi nd t ha t el usi ve obj e c t a nd t he n c a r r y i ng on pl a y i ng unt i l y ou fi nd i ts m a i n use, a nd us i ng I t t o ope n a not he r pa r t of t he m a p.

I t s bl oody ha r d as wel l , s o pr ogr e s s m a y not be as qui c k as y ou m a y t hi nk . So. t he S hi ni ng t e a m ha v e done i t a ga i n w i t h a not he r t op not c h r ol e - pl a y i ng ga m e . I f y ou have a ny Wi s dom , y ou'l l buy thi s.

Fans of t w o of t he a l l - t i m e gr eats, S hi ni ng For ce a nd Ze l da I S upe r Ni nt e ndo) w i l l be i n t he i r e l e m e nt w i t h S hi ni ng Wi s dom . I t ' s qui r k and v e r y J a p , a styl e of ga m e not us ua l l y a t t r a c ti ve t o Sega. b u t t he ne w m ood t he r e m e see m or e of thi s ga m e . Be i ng br ut a l l y honest, t he gr a phi c s ar e not t ha t gr eat, t he s ound i s i r r i tati ng, but onc e y ou'v e got t he i ni ti al pl ot, t he r e ' s acr e of dunge on r eal e s t a t e t o w a nde r t hr ough. a nd oodl e s of a c t i on

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You wont hod a mote playable RPG anyeeliters With so much to do. I l l keep you hooked for ages.

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s t r a i ght f r om t he pages of Vi z , Da r i us ser i ousl y e x pe c t s us W to i nv ol v e our sel ves i a ba t t l e w i t h i nter gal acti c. . . fi sh. in ifes, a l ong t i m e a go i n a ga l a x y far . t far h away, a pe a c e f ul l a nd- l ov i ng wor a l d w a s a t t a c k e d by hor de s of Ha ddoc k i nt e r c e pt or s , i nter stel l ar s pi kes a nd c oc k l e s w i t h out boa r d c i on e ngi ne s . Thos e w a r m onge r i ng e master s of seafood, ( s houl d t ha t be fin s hm onge r s ?) l e f t l i ttl e be hi nd. eax c e pt a s m a l l s qua dr on of fi ght e r s out t o s he d a f e w scal es. r Leavi ng y ou t o ba t t l e acr oss t w e ni ty o pl us s t a ge s i n a si de-scr ol l i ng shoot ' e m u p t ha t l ook s l i ke s om e t hi ng out of t he ar cades 1 in t he t i m e be f or e S e ga 's pol y gon ga m e s . As y ou go y ou'l l be c onf r ont e d w i t h a v e r i t a bl e sea i l i fe c e nt r e of c y be r fi nny tr i bes a r m e d t o t he gi l l s.

THE GOLD RUN In place of a linear level path, the game has a wide range of stages that fan out, wit h a choice of t wo stages f rom each c omplet ed stage This means you will have to c omplete the game several t imes to see all the areas.

CONTROL JOYPAll GAME DifFICULTY HARD CONTINUES 2 SKILLLEVELS 4 RESPONSIVENESS OKAY

Its like the Sas never ended. Sidescrolling shooter

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BAITED BREATH If there's one part of the game set to concentrate your mind, it's the boss encounters that end each stage. Alt hough f ew of t hem are as visually impressive as the initial face-off wit h the golden ogre (see inset) they each have a f ormidable armoury of attacks under those fins.

GOLDEN OGRE The boss on the first stage, Golden Ogre, is actually a very impres sive composite of animat ed polygons, that swipes his tail, flakes his scales and, et that mout h laser whic h is . a . well-k nown part of fish anatomy. l a u n c h e s

Destroy the Aqua-people by all laser means.

QUITE A CATCH

Bl est your way t hr ough a s hoot out on t he pum i c e pl a ne t

The game operates a power-up system, but not really under your control. Cont inue picking up the shields and it will increase or replenish your powers in three areas; missile weapons (green shield); defl ector shields (blue shields); main weapons (red shields).

Some cage( effects, not quite eye-poppiN for the S . iI u u Some ituly due wallpapou graplucti rand n sprites

"Generally in sheet supply even an the bosses,

The operatic music is very strange. even considering the rest of the game Kind ol ir4rly eicihtles experimental

tail, THE PEARL FISHERS One feature approaching novelty is the occasional opportunity to hijack the baddies to your own ends.

Certain creatures have pearls embedded in their form. Grab these with colliding with the rest of the body and the fish will turn its fire against its former compatriots

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COMMENT Thi s ga m e s houl d be cal l ed 'Ce ol oc a ny t h. Why ? Be c a us e i t s a cool w or d a nd be s t descr i bes w ha t Da r i us i s. A c e ol oc a ny t h i s an a nc i e nt fi s h t ha t e v e r y one i m a gi ne s is e x t i nc t unt i l s om e one dr e dge s i t up on t he c oa s t of Ma da ga s c a r or s om e wher e. Da r i us i s a n e x a m pl e of a ga m e ge nr e e v e r y one t hought w a s l ong s i nc e gone — t he hor i z ontal scr ol l er , a nd e v e n t he hi fi s h mal ar key doe s n' t m a k e i t l ook a ny m or e t ha n i t i s. Tha t i s hope l e s s l y da t e d a nd vi sual l y ver y t a c k y i n pl aces. Vet i n ot he r s i t l ooks r a t he r good, w i t h huge e x pl os i ons a nd a f e w s m a r t b o A l s o , di g t he w e i r d musi c. A n i n al l a s t r a nge ' c a t c h' f or Accl ai m t o make, s na ppi ng up a v e r y Jap y ti tl e. However , w e c a n't de ny t ha t i t s r a t he r f un t o pl ay, a nd a t t he ver y sensi bl e pr i ce, not a t al l r epel l ent.

I v /islets ol bangs, crashes, nclasent And meanings tWPtetty hog standard stuff. h W e d o g o t A s 1 1 0 1 1 1 -1 as,1challenging as blasting 01 gins , Imagine Parodies with M C/ M e mote attitude i t o d "Suttees from belay simplistic and Ni laces

You'll find it MOM 91011 a tad tough, and it does become Nirangely compulsive 'Superficial next to the likes of thundethewk 2

COMMENT Str ange ol d fel l a thi s. I t ' s not e x a c t l y gr oundbr e a k i ng, but i t sti l l m a na ge s t o pr ov e t ha t s hoot ' e m ups ar e al i ve and ki cki ng. The fi s hy feel la a w i e r d a ngl e t o take, but some of t he m or e i mpr essi ve b ( p a r t i c u l a r t y t he bi g y e l l ow fi s h) ar e r eal l y smar t, a nd s how t ha t i t w a s w or t h goi ng for . Thos e of you w a nt i ng s om e t hi ng ne w a nd or i gi nal may fi nd t hi s w on' t be y our k e t t l e of. er , fi sh, but ot he r s wi l l l ove i t.

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ahoy! He r e 's s om e t hi ng or i gi nal fr om t he La nd of t he Ri s i ng S un. A puz z l e ga m e , w i t h c ut e l i ttl e r ender ed c ha r a c t e r s a nd s om e bal l s W t ha t ha v e t o be m a t c he d t oge t he r in l i ne s of thr ee. A ga m e w i t h al l t he i t i o n of J ohn Pfi al oes w a r dr obe . Ma gi c a l Dr op (or Cha i n Re a c t i on as i t 's c onf us i ngl y cal l ed on t he si de of t he boa ) i s s l i ght l y di f f e r e nt i n t e r m s of how y ou m a t c h up t he s e bal l s.

The obj e c t of t hi s i s t o pr e v e nt bal l s f r om r e a c hi ng t he bot t om of t he scr een, i ns t e a d of put t i ng t he m ther e. The onl y t hi ng y ou ha v e t o ai d y ou in t hi s que s t , i s a smal l gr a ppl i ng hook . By s hoot i ng t hi s up t ow a r ds t he bal l s, i t wi l l hook ont o w hi c he v e r c ol our i t t ouc he s fi r st, a nd pul l it ba c k dow n t o w hor e y ou ar e s t a ndi ng. Once thi s i s done, y ou ha v e one of t w o opt i ons . You c a n e i t he r J I C7 send i t ba c k up t o t he bal l s la al r eady i n t he ga m e ar ea, or y ou , • can hook dow n a ny m or e spher es of t he s a m e col our . The obj ect a f t e r al l t hi s i s t o l i nk u p as m a ny of t he s a m e c ol our bal l s as possi bl e. c a us i ng t he m to di sappear . Ri ght , al l t ha t sor ted? Good.

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L A D OF BALLS One of the variants of the game styles is the challenge mode. Each of the characters is given a difficulty level JOVPAD GAME

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from one to four and then you are given a set of twenty

pre-saved layouts of halls, and a limited amount of moves to make all the balls disappear. This may not sound difficult, but trust us when we say that Steve had a full head of hair before playing it, and now his bonce is smoother than a baby's bottom. If you work through the twenty in the order they are numbered, then the difficulty will increase accordingly.

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Its from Japan. if that helps And, ram it's a puzzie game with, or balls Ahem,

A MMON /di The aim is to prevent the balls reaching the bottom of the screen, otherwise it's game over.

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WIDE EYED AND BALL•LESS Surprisingly, in a game like this, each of the wide-eyed and big-mouthed Japanese characters do actually have an affect on the game. On the player select screen, a stat screen will appear when each person is highlighted. If a little icon appears at the top of the screen, that is their special ball. Match three of these up and, depending on the icon colour, all of the coloured blocks matching that colour will disappear. Most of the characters have one icon to help them, and the wizard has two, but these don't necessarily aid all of the time, In desperate times, trying to get the final icon to match up the set is tricky, and can leave lots of balls piled up together, so be selective in using them.

Once the sword has gone, a ll the yellow balls will vanish.

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IiI2\vazwEITI ANK ME BABY! king 'node is yet another variant on the basic u start as you would for a normal game but, at Intervals, another set of balls will fall down the ones you are already playing with. It is then You to clear them as quickly as possible. The you last and the more balls you manage to get e higher your rank. This also gives you some•t o aim for when ypu play again. for a normal game but, at timed intervals, another of balls will fall down under the ones you are them as quickly as possible. The longer you last and the more balls you manage to get rid of, the higher your rank.

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i ng I n i ts r e c e nt r evi ew.

Ma gi c a l Dr op i s a si mi l ar l y a ddi c t i v e t w i s t on a near l y I I denti cal t he m e , but w I mpr oves on Ba k u Ba k u i n i my opi ni on be c a us e i t pr od e ga m e opt i ons a nd l ar gel y str i ps out t he m os t puk e s om e e l e m e nt s of i ts pr e de c e s l s or 's s uga r y pr e s e nt a t i on. As a r esul t, t hi s y I Is l oss l i kel y t o a ppe a l t o ver y y oung pl a y . a g ars ( i t wi l l be t oo ha r d f or m a ny of t he m c e anyway) but e a r ns m y v ot e as be i ng t he c n bet t er of t h • t w o games. The be s t be t f or ,ut h e S a l i ne ' s t op puz z l er .

1t s s e a d w o i fd Movi ng s e e n var i ous s c r e e nu e • hot s of t hi s i n t he n r J a p p r e s s , I ha v e t o d v say t ha t I t hought i t l ook e d e a 011ie pa nt s . And a l t hough i t rr has di s pe l l e d m os t of m y ri pr evi ous doubt s , I sti l l ha v e a e • na ggi ng doubt t ha t i s pr e tt v e nt i ng m e f r om gi v i ng i t a -y bi g scor e. The be s t t hi ng a bout i t i s t ha t i t i s s o o addi cti ve. The num be r of var i abl es on t he f or i gi nal ga m e i dea i s e nough t o w a r r a nt hour s of pl ay, but , conver sel y, t hi s i s al so the m a i n f a ul t . S om e t i m e s t he ga m e can become i m pos s i bl y har d, especi al l y i n t he pr e-saved c ha l l e nge opt i on w he r e f r us t r a ti on s e t i n a nd m y c onc e nt r a t i on w a v e r e d.

But, on t w o pl ayer m ode , i t i s a t op bl a s t a nd i s m a t c he d onl y by Ba k u Ba k u i n t or m a of pl ayabi l i ty. I f y ou k now s om e one w ho can ge t thei r ha nds on i t, a nd y ou ha v e t he pati ence f or s om e r oc k ha r d pussi es, t he n thi s i s r e c om m e nde d.

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Variants on the game gross we good in one player mode— 'But only tor a short while_ as it heroines very frustrating

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o w ha t do aspi r i ng a c t or s do t o br i nto t he Hol l y w ood lime/eight? S om e cr ui se t he c a s t i ng c ouc he s unt i l f a m e c om e * t he i r w a y ot he r s pe r f or m l e w d auto i n na ught y vi deos, w a i t i ng f or t he bi g br eak. But f or t hos e 'e c t or s / a c t r • (we use t he t e r m l oosel y) wi se ar e goi ng now he r e , or w hos e car eer s ha v e o n a nd gone, t he r e i s onl y one t hi ng l e f t t o do: s t a r i n a c om put e r game.

Take t he bl ok e w ho pl a y od Luk e S k y w a l k e r i n thi s Star Wa r s fi l m s . Whe r e has be gone si nce t he n?

Eh? ar rr e i ng i n Wiyng C oemt hi m ng a n dt e t ha t 'As st w he . Nrool t eexactl s om o r t ipo nadt 4t t op of t he ol d CV i s i t?

Ami d he r e w e ha v e t he l atest ba t c h' of Mi es. l ed by t he ba be f r om l a b •ng Ti t a n War s w i t h t he i r t he t ur n ' s a 3 - D s hoot i ng ga m e , l a c s qua dr on. The y ai d y ou as y ou s e t out e s l e a ns w e r a di str ess c a l l fr om t he sun, o f an a s t e r oi d- c or e m i ni ng s t a p l ti on, w R y o u see be i ng m y s t e r i ous l y a bl ow n up a i ntr o. The n, s om e w he r e y a l ong t he l i ne, a l oad of e ne m y s pa c e tcr aft de c i de t ha t t he y don' t w a nt y ou t o h a ns w e r t he cal l , a nd t r y t o w i pe y ou out . eI n trate Al i e n t r adi t i on. i t s oon otr ans t h a t t he di str ess A .

I tc h e r p i l o t s o f y o u No shooting game would be complete without all the gratuitous r weapon power ups, so to keep up with tradition, this game has the full quota.

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Duc k a r ound that na s t y thi ng. S ho some stuff. Fl y t hr ough t ha t thi ng.

eVILL'UlLnAl KIRKTOENTERPRISE Throughout the game a little TV screen appears in the bott om corner, and one of the copilots will tell you s omet hing they think you s hould know.

Most of these are of no use at all, and c ome along the lines of 'They 're turning me into Swiss cheese'. Other pilots sound like a German teacher wit h a lisp. However, others will give you bits of info on how to pass certain parts of the level and others will tell you h o w to kill specific baddies

COMMENT Cue fanfar e, a nd r ol l out thi s car pet as w e pr oudl y a nnounc e t he M E A N M A C H I N E S cr ap S a t ur n ga m e of t he m ont h. Wel l , s om e one ha d t o w i n di dn' t they? A n d t hi s one be a t al l t he w i nne r s ha nds dow n, due t o c r a pne s s of t he t hi r d degr ee. I t ' s not t ha t t he ga m e l ook s bad, i n f a c t i t 's OK i n t he gr a phi c s de pa r t m e nt , but i t 's f r om t he r e t ha t e v e r y t hi ng limes dow nhi l l .

The s pe e c h a nd t he s ound ar e so ba d t ha t t he act or s s ound l i ke Da r t h %fader w i t h a col d. Tr yi ng t o unde r s t a nd t he m i s vi r tual l y i mpossi bl e a nd t he y e nd up be c om i ng a n a nnoy i ng di s t r a c t i on m or e t ha n a ny t hi ng el se. A n d t he n t he r e 's t he shi p. I f y ou t a p t he di r e c t i on pa d i n a ny di r e c t i on t he n y ou'r e pr oba bl y goi ng t o e nd up c r a s hi ng i nto t he si de of t he caver ns, c a us i ng y ou t o bl ow up. i t ' s ver y a nnoy i ng not be i ng a bl e t o s t udy t he on- s c r e e n a c t i on be c a us e y ou'r e s t e a dy i ng y our s hi p. O h dear , v e r y poor . Go away. Cr ap.

The eery plus point of the game Sonic nice graphical touches crop up tram tune to num vSome of the levels are toe similar to each other .

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COMMENT Cr ystal Dy na m i c s ar e pa y i ng us a dubi ous f a v our by br i ngi ng Sol ar Ecl i pse, l ock, s t op a nd c ow pa t t o t he Satur n. The na m e has c ha nge d t o Ti t a n War s, but i t c oul d l us t es easi l y be

'Speech is terrible dm. mg the pew and the dubbing in the FMK bits iesmiibles the Fettero Roche. advent.

Saturn's Pants. The gams is a mess, both to play and l ook et. Any e l t he 3 D be i ng i mpr essi ve i s l ost w he n y ou c om pa r e i t t o P D r a g o o n , a nd t ha t w a s l ast year . P l a y i ng i t I s a fr ene t i c but unr e w a r di ng exper i ence. CD have

; vInibally OK, but as the game goes on and sec. hons get tougher it quickly becomes tedious and borilig

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you won't want to play il - l ot loos And the levels are al toe similar.

ANDCUETHEMUSIC After each of the levels has been successfully completed, you are 'rewarded' wit h a touch more of the plot unf olding to help you get into the story. These c ome in the f orm of the previously ment ioned FMV sequences, and basically s how the team's inv olv ement in the game, Af t er the first mission is completed, the action reverts back to y our base, and instead of congratulating you on a lob well done, a Captain Flash-heart type bloke tells you "That 's not the way we do it round here," and prompt ly gives you a bit of a lecture. And your reply? "You don't wanna piss me of f ! " Amazing. Let's just say we can't see any Oscars on the horizon.

FOVERALL A terrible game that is made worse by dodgy ship-handling and God awful acting One to forget in a hurry.

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Iged . • t h e i r own tariff-free cardboard v • case of Digital Illusions, the Sega Saturn, generate s ome st,-,• 7a n d c Keeping the ball above the fl ipper line is admittedly helpful, but a the real skill develops more slowly, wit h high scores available l for activating each of the f our tables modes . The dot matrix l display changes to Show various challenges set to time limits. t h FIRE FIGHT e The dot matrix display is used to m BUNGEE take out gun-toting vigilantes for T Ramps mos t be shot as your millions a pop. imaginary grunge-head r plummets to his doom.

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Produced tot Ocean by Digital veterans of computer pinball games.

Score mega millions by performing table combos and bonuses.

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COMMENT If y ou' r e c ons i de r i ng Tr ue Pi nbal l y ou s houl d be a r some f a c t s i n m i nd. V i r gi n's Ti l t, a l t hough l ook i ng ver y ni ce, i s not n o w due for m ont hs , a nd t he e x i s t i ng al ter nati ve, Di gi t a l Pi nbal l . is a m e ga bor e . Di gi t a l I l l usi ons, on t he ot he r ha nd, have put t oge t he r a c onfi de nt l i ttl e num be r t ha t sti cks t o t he l ook, f e e l a nd pl a y of t he r eal t hi ng l he nc e t he na m e ) . The e f f e c t i s a game t ha t doe s n' t r eal l y c onne c t i n t he shor t-ter m, as m os t of t he bonus e s r e qui r e e nt e nde d a nd ski l ful ga m e s t o access. P l a y i t l onge r a nd t he hum our a nd var i ety comes acr oss, a l ong w i t h s he e r qua l i t y pr ogr a m m i ng. Natur al l y, onl y f a ns of t he one t r ue pi nbal l s houl d a ppr oa c h Tr ue Pi nbal l , but t he y w on' t fi nd i t w a nt i ng.

COMMENT (JNGS N - RO CKS ct nuitria is used again to lw longship through some outcrops.

Hi t he r e tellies. I ' m Mi s s Fl i pper , t he hi t w i t h t he fl i ps. I j us t l ov e pl a y i ng w i t h t he bal l s as t he y r ol l a r ound t he t a bl e - i t's fantasti c. He. He . He .

Any w a y , y ou w a nt t o k now a bout Tr ue Pi nbal l huh? We l l i t's t oppe r f un ever yone.

Si l ky gr a phi c s a nd s om e smar t e f f e c t s m a k e t hi s a bout as Tr ue as i t can ge t , but i t means t ha t I 'l l be out of a j ob, be c a us e I w on' t be abl e t o cavor t al l ov e r t he ar cade m a c hi ne s as y ou' l l be pl a y i ng a t hom e . Any w a y , y ou shoul d t r y pos i ng on a S a t ur n. I t hur t s your bum no end. But e nough a bout m e a nd my gl a m or ous s how bi z l i festyl e. As m y f r i end Hus s y sai d, t hi s i s de fi ni t e l y one for t he pi nbal l f a ns a nd m a y be i t'l l c onv e r t t he non fl i ppe r s a m ong y ou. I t m a y be w or t h a l ook. Any w a y . I ' v e got a bi t m or e e x pos ur e wor k. Now , w he r e ' s m y e y e br ow penci l ?

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ESOLLITEL One aspect of choice afforded by True Pinball is the viewing perspective. Initially, when we looked at the game in preview form a couple of months back, the 3-D view made things quite difficult, and the flat, scrolling Stop' view was preferred, However, the finished version's ed view the 4.10 • • • • • • hest • both l a realistic u portrayal of t , ia table s. and o comfortable n enough to play on.

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Tables capture the look and layout of a mits and bolts table nicely 'The game s entire repertoire - becalms* famikm very quickly

A O * ball mines well liways stays in ili e t te l * the cameo angle ni vi in ly a t*That Viking music is ttint crazy e m p t s a t s c The chessiness a abluptness and disparate ln a t u re O f m a n y e l t h e i effects is strangely apt for a pinball game n g o r

Should meet with approval from genuine fans , concervabty, get bored l h e l e s s LA neeinfilble einDlint el d depth ter each table ?Thu l ad of a ram save for e scores is I nasty °minis/ion d i c a t e d a True Pinball is both veracious and m vivacious A successful outing o with Ilipoers for Ocean n g s t u s m a y ,

EGADRIVE REVIEW any ani m al s ha v e l e nt t he i r a t hl e t i c pr ow e s s t o v i de o ga m e s - he dge hogs . w or m s and squi r r el s ha v e al l t a k e n t he l i mel i ght. M o t h e r Na t ur e s que e z i ng he r w a y t hr ough t unne l s a nd ov e r pl a t f or m s w i t h v a r y i ng degr ees of success.

Of all the animals you could wish to put through their paces, penguins wouldn't be an obvious choice - our

lardy little Arctic friends are flightless birds who waddle along firm ground, only coming into their own once they've belly•flopped into the water. Indeed, some have argued that their greatest contributi Western civilisation is the tasty filling they pro well-known brand of chocolate biscuit, ny moons ago, however, penguins were the rs of an elderly coin-op which saw our chub. chums skate around, propelling huge blocks ice at blobby little Pac-man type creatures, ngo was a cheeky little puzzle game which nd its way onto a variety of systems, provid• endless hours of fun for annoying adol nts hunched over their ZX Spectrums a C Micros. People like me, basically. Anywa%

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original - each level contains three diamond blocks which look a little different from the common or garden ice blocks you usually push around. Line these three blocks up against each other and your points tally will be accordingly swelled.

Other useful power-ups come in the form of clocks (which

freeze the progress of the tick ing time limit for a while), ice shovels, extra points and extra lives. Watch Out for ball and chain icons, which slow you down, and a curious little icon which annoyingly reverses the

results of all your ioypad presses - forward sending you backwards, left sending you right etc.

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COMMENT gh t hi s i s a ga m e I to pl a y a l ot as a ki d, not a t i t l e I hol d a l ot of tal gi a for . I n fact, I ' d f or got t e n i t e v e n e x i s t e d unti l t hi s Me ga dr i v e c a r bon copy t ur ne d up. Whi l e f a i t hI t o t he ga m e as I r e m e m i t t hi s has be e n gi v e n f ast er str i pes i n t he f or m t he s t or y m ode ( don' t ask me w ha t t he st or y i s - i t s al l i n J a p a nd t he m ul t i - pl a y e r opt i on. None of t hi s however , c a n de t r a c t f r om t he f eel i ng M I r eal l y i s a l i ttl e t oo ol d a nd c r a nk y t o m e r i t any ser i ous a t t e nt i on i n 1 9 9 6 . The s t i c k y contr ol s don' t he l p m a t t e r s m uc h - t he r e 's not hi ng m or e l i kel y t o put y ou of f a ga m e t ha n ha v i ng a car eful l y pr e pa r e d v i c t or y s na t c he d a w a y f r om y ou as y ou w a t c h your sel f hel pl essl y s k i ddi ng t ow a r ds a r am-r ai di ng t e ddy bear . For no obv i ous r eason. Com pl e t i ng puz z l e ga m e s s houl d gi v e you a gl ow of s m ug super i or i ty. Thi s br i ngs snore a f r el i ef t ha t i t s al l over .

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ARCADE MODE Ask your dad about this - he's bound to remember the fun he had as a lad, pushing little ice blocks around increasingly taxing screens. This is a faithful facsimile of the early Eighties fave - you have to scoot around a simple maze of ice blocks, pursued by blobby things which steadily gain speed. You play as the little red penguin Pento, out to quash (or should that be squash?) the blobby Sno-bees.

Manoeuvre the blobby things into compromising positions and kick ice blocks into them, crushing them against walls. While the blue ice blocks disintegrate on impact with their targets, the white diamond Ones can be kicked around any number of times. Just make sure you don't knock them into a corner they're impossible to kick back Out again,

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A simple idea, fairly well executed.

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Not hi ng can c om e cl ose it i n t e r m s of pl a y a bi l i t y a ny t hi ng el se f or t ha t matter . G a m e Gear P G A i s good, but doe s n' t scal e t he he a dy he i ght s of i ts ol der .

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O u r r e s i d e n t PC b o f fi n P a t F o x p o w e r e d u p his P e n t i u m f o r us... h t h e m a r k e t f o r t o p q u a l i t y g a m e Thi s ga m e i s a c ur i ous l y c om pe l l i ng be a s t . a nd per haps uni que i n i ts c ons t r uc t i on a nd styl e. I t s l ooks s e t t o be c om e as di s t i nc t i v e i n t he c r ow dn ed P C m a r k e t as i t w a s w he n i t or i gi nal l y appear ed on t he Me ga dr i v e a f e w year s back. o • w a s n' t s ur e w ha t t o e x pe c t f r om Ecco t he Dol phi n: I ha d he a r d al l a bout t he e nv i r onm e nt a l w t he m e s a nd non- v i ol e nt ga m e pl a y a nd t o be honest w a s n' t t oo keen, b u t onc e I ga v e i t a pl ay I d f ound t ha t a t t he ver y l east i t of f e r e d a bi t of o var i ety - y our obj e c t i v e s var y f r om l evel t o l evel . so i t doe s n' t ge t t oo dul l t oo qui c k l y b u t t o be m hone s t i t 's al l a bi t t oo s l ow - m ov i ng t o ge t y ou r eal l y exci t ed- The gr a phi c s ha v e be e n m a r gi na l l y i I m pr ov e d f or t hi s ver si on, w i t h a hi -r es opt i on avai l abl e. n Thi s i s n't by a ny m e a ns a ba d game, a nd i t ' s cer a tai nl y di f f e r e nt t o y our aver age r un- a nd- j um pa nd- c ol l e c t - t y pe far e, but i t i s a bi t l a c k i ng i n t he t e x c i t e m e nt de pa r t m e nt . I m uc h pr e f e r unde r gr ound a dv e nt ur e s of t he E a r t hw or m J i m var i ety. e d b

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You t a k e t he pa r t of a c a r t ooni s t w ho has be e n s uc k e d i nto hi s o w n c om i c s t r i p by one of hi s ow n char acter s. l eavi ng y ou t he t a s k of fi ght i ng y our w a y ba c k t o r eal i ty t hr ough pa ge s of a r t w or k . You t a k e on a var i ety of e ne mi es a nd s m a s h y our w a y t hr ough f r om pa ne l t o panel unti l y ou c a n br e a k fr ee. The ga m e ha s n' t be e n c ha nge d noti ceabl y f r om t he or i gi nal - t he gr a phi c s ar e sti l l l ow res but be l i e v a bl y car toony, a nd t he a c t i on i s pr e t t y - m uc h non-stop. The onl y m i nor a nnoy a nc e c om e s i n t he f or m of the s pe e c h bubbl e s t ha t c r op up f r om t i m e t o ti ns* and get i n t he w a y of t he acti on, b u t ot he r w i s e t hi s I s a c om pe t e nt be a t ' um up w i t h e nough cl ever bel l s a nd w hi s t l e s to m a k e i t s t a nd out f r om t he c r ow d.

I 'm al l i n f a v our of S e ga r el easi ng t he i r ba c k c a t a l ogue on t he P C - a f t e r al l , t he c om pa ny ha s be e n be hi nd some of t he be s t a nd m os t popul a r v i de o ga m e s of al l ti me - but y ou' d t hi nk t he y ' d be a bi t sel ecti ve w he n i t came t o c hoos i ng t he i r mater i al .

I t's be y ond me, f or exampl e. w h y S e ga ha s bot he r e d c onv e r t i ng t hi s dodgy FAI N s hoot 'er n up w he n P C ow ner s ha v e so m a ny be t t e r ti tl es t o c hoos e fr om. Tom c a t Al l ey cl ai ms t o put y ou a t t he he l m of a s pe e dy F- 1 4 j et in sear ch of " ba ndi t s " t o t oa s t : t he " a c t i on" c om e s i n the s ha pe of c opi ous l ow - qua l i t y , ov e r l ong v i de o bi t s i nter sper sed w i t h s om e unde r w he l m i ng s hoot y s e c • Hons. Wi ggl e t he m ous e a r ound a nd hope t o ge t a str i ke, be c a us e m a k e one m i s t a k e a nd y ou' r e debr i s - so i t s ba c k t o t he star t, a nd y ou ha v e to go t hr ough t he w hol e r i gm ar ol e agai n.

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ISATJESN r t t h e g re a t e s t m o n t h f o r - No Seg a re l e a s e s , w i t h m o s t o w n e rs s t i l l re c o v e ri n g t h e i r b alan ces a f t e r sp l u rg i n g o u t on Se g a l s A M 2 c o n v e rs i o n s .

Acclaim a re lef t t o m ake t h e serio u s s p l u rg e . B e p a t i e n t , t ru e b e l i e v e rs , a s h o p e sp rin g s e t e rn a l .

I:t ARMS SEGA 644.99 1 PLAYER SHOOT 'EM UP MEAN MACHINES first reviewed this about, oh must have been the end of the Second World War now. Which is funny, because that's the Wing Arms theme Rather than do a boring minireview, let's speculate on why it has taken so long for this 'top' game to appear.

When we first saw Wing Arms last year, it did indeed look very topper. kind of 'stilt early in development promising' kind of topper. But it didn't really get any better. And then all this lovely ANI2 stuff came alcrig and Wing Arms kind of slipped out of the picture. But now it's back!

And admittedly, it's ropeyness in parts is made all the more visible by the leap forward in Saturn 3-0 with the AM2 tales. Now, Wing Arms's six level joust with planes, shops and the odd desert-bound oil rig, looks a bit lame. But, there's no denying that Wing Arms is actually incredibly good fun in places, and quite impressive too when streams of ack-ack fire are bursting from the decks of huge aircraft carrier. Also, the stirring martial music is excellent through stereo speakers. you just want to sling on a pair of jackboots and march all over Europe' The concept Is sound - it's the execution that's lacking.

HANG ON GP SEGA 6114.98 1-2 PLAYERS RACING You would imagine that the crew would have jumped at the chance of dressing from head to toe in leather and thrusting something throbbing between the legs (well, 0 U we couldn't resist all the usual hackneyed motorbike jokes). However. Hang On is less than a turn on compared to all Sega's other racers, and that fails to take account of the forthcoming Wipeout. The problem is principally graphics and handling, hut not in that order. Hang On is genera l l y unrealisticandoversensitive in handling, and its polygon courses insipid and uninteresting. Although it's an • a t t e m p t at creating an arcade-style driving game, and it is the only bike game for the Saturn, we'd advise you to overlook this in favour of Sega Rally.

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If I were Acclaim. I'd be mightily pee'd off that X-Men was the only Capcorn title I had in my release closet.

But, as Alan Partridge would say, of course I'm not, I shall leave it to the Tyrol' Corporation of the software world to console themselves with this utterly blinding beat 'em up.

Despite looking a bit wobbly in the arcades next to AMTs polygon stuff. Capcom have a conversion of the X-Men arcade machine so good that it proves they are to video games what 'Youngs' are to seafood. They are 'Masters'. X-Men is a 'conventional' horizontally scrolling beat *en, up, but it impresses each and every time you play with its fabulous graphics. Not only are the colouring and resolution excellent. the most important aspect — the essence of the comic characters — has been respectfully conveyed in the marvellous animations and outrageous moves.

X-Men also differs in some aspect from the MK series that Acclaim were once better known for Capcom have saught to make the game accessible by keeping most of the moves easy to perform, even the spectacular specials For that reason, most bouts are a series of dizzying, dazzling pyrotechnics, which makes the game confusing and exhilarating in equal measure.

Capcom have not stinted in aspects of presentation, with a finish that the term 'craftsmanship' best describes, and indeed, they've provid• ed a full-screen optimised speed version for PAL owners. Although you naughty boys and gals are going to spoilt with top-quality beat 'em ups in the coming months, start your collection here.

MEAN MACHINES gave this the highest mark of arty UK meg. Why did they do that? Was it pressure tactics from our evil Sega masters? No, it was because we played it. The Lectures shown in other reviews of other mags showed how little of the game the reviewers had actually played, whereas we had got many hours into the adventure and still were nowhere near completing rt.

Well, this game is for RPG players. You've got to want to play it to enjoy it Globally the game has met with acclaim from RPG gamesplayers who appreciate titles of this type, It does has some weaknesses of presentation, but otherwise it's an absolutely premium Saturn release.

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S t eased t o a nnounc e t ha t t he pl fio ni s hi ng t ouc he s t o t he S p a t ur n Yob ga m e ar e apl m os t i n pl a c e - w e 'l l have a ful l r e v i e w ne x t r I ssue. The ga m e i s e based sol el y on me, s and i t i s y our t a s k t o s gui de m e t hr ough t he n bowel s of E M A P e Tower s, t r a v e r s i ng al l of twhe fl oor s a nd t he var s i ous m a ga z i ne s I n a que s t t o fi nd Lor d E M A P ! and e a r n y our s e l f a W pr om ot i on by l i c k i ng hi s eboots. At pr e s e nt t he ga m e i s S a t ur n onl y, a nd wi l l ha v e a 3 - 0 fi ght i ng secti on i n w hi c h I t a k e on each of t he pe opl e f r om our m a t . S a t ur n m a t a nd ChV G , i n or de r t o got t o the fi na l fl oor . O t he r t a s k s i ncl ude a v oi di ng t he m a d peopl e on t he 3 r d fl oor . w or s hi ppi ng t he Ma s t e r s . and a v oi di ng t he t i ppi ng pow e r t ha t i s Ed Lom a s . As I sai d. w e ' l l ha v e pl e nt y mor e on t he fi na l ver si on soon, a nd e x pe c t t o see t he game on t he shel ves a r ound m i d- s um m e r of t hi s year . I n the m e a nt i m e , i f y ou ha v e any que s t i ons a bout t he game, w r i t e m e at I C A N ' T WAI T FOR YOUR G AME , YOB'S MAI LBAG , M E A N MACHI NE S SEGA, P RI O RY COURT. 3 0 - 3 2 FARRI NG DO N LANE, LO NDO N, E Ct i l 3 AU.

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Dear Yob, I think you are the hardest person I know, so please print my letter.

Here we go. I am buy ing an Ultra 64 (not), I love Nint endo (not), the Nint endo mag is wicked (not).

Nint endo has always been better than Sega (not). Okay, let's cut out the nots! I was laying in bed last A inight wondering why I purchase the killer MEAN MACHI NES SEGA, and I concluded that it's because it's got you in it. Don't you just wonder why Nint endo are CRAP? Ameel Seshootn, Southend-On-Sea YOB:Well readers, here we have the winner for our mos t pointless letter of t he mont h A n d y our prize is....(drum roll) a one way ticket t o The Isle of Man, and next week 's winning Lot t ery ticket I hope you have a fantastic t ime, and don't ever bot her c oming back. Don't f orget that lot t ery ticket.

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Well s omeone seems to have suffered an ex ploding stick of dy namit e up the ass. I refer of course t o the lener f rom Donald Wok oma in issue 40. Bleedin' hell, take s ome Valium! So what if

Sega publications ever? (You are reading the other one now).No, I didn't win, but I'm not hothered and I didn't get steamed over the mug about it. Also, at least I got a picture published_ So before you have a go at magazines because you don't like how they positioned your picture, think of all the countless thousands who haven't even got a picture in. If I get this letter printed. (No. I won't say 'Please print this letter coz I buy your meg every month, hones t "), then It'll be the new year by then, so I'll just say that I hope everyone had a prosperous t ime in Japan, (I 'm not really jealous. No. Not at all (I)), a grand Christmas, too muc h to eat, a big raise f rom Lord EMAP, a Saturn wit h VF2, etc. etc. A big belated Merry Christmas to everyone. Ho Ho Hot Now I'll c ont inue watching Mirac le on 34th Street. I have the urge to be nice... I'll return, mortals.

Goodbye.

Paul "PJ 9 6 ' Johnson, My Ul ti mate M K ( Mi ngi ng Ki l t) Gus t he Thi r dw ithcries Presidential Citadel,

leads his team forward into battle VOB;He's back. Mr of 'Turn the heating on!; me tinkle's cold".

Paul Johnson, t he man wit h the

addled brain, has ret urned aftep your picture was put I t bit too close to the border of the giv ing us the l o wd o wn on his safari t hrough Elvis' sideys, t o n o w sad corner? Before you slag give us his v iews on losing a s omeone off at least have the brains to CHECK YOUR FACTS! c ompet it ion. To his credit, his robot Sonic picture we print ed a Hell, if anyone should be s hoot ing while back was ace, but this guy their monolit hic gob off it should be must have so muc h t ime on his me. I spend about 6 weeks on my hands languis hing in t he design a Virtua Fighter c ompo, wit h more moves info, background and frames of animation than one of Yu Suzuki's wors t nightmares, and what do I get? I minut e picture of one of my mult iple pages and a single sentence!

But like the Murphys, I'm not bitter. I'm not such an egotistical asswipe that I scream 1 SHOULD HAVE WON! o r say I'll never buy the mag again, just 'cos s omeone else won a Saturn and a load of games. I admit my man Kamrajiri could have benefi ted f rom more mov es and originality. whereas I just concentrated on what I'm best at, Anime style artwork. The moral check exactly what they're looking for and don't just go f or an artwork blitz like I did.

Also, be a pessimist. didn't expect to win, as I've never won sod all, but does that change the fact that Saturn Mag The Stor y of Thor by Dyl an Wynne. Ni c e is one of the t wo best Chol l er Whol l er s! Dr eam on K i d d &

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Institution that he can spend a bit of time getting his paintings just right. Paul, we salute you - you're an artist.

AWESOME GRAPHICS Dear Yob, I'm just writing in to congratulate you and the rest of the staff on becoming 'official' - the mag is looking better than ever. However, I have one complaint!

When I purchased your January Issue I was overcome with joy with the tree CD. In the previous month you mentioned its arrival in the Next Month column of December's issue, Before that you gave away a free EarthWorm Jim 2 review booklet and when I purchased said issue, I was minus my EWJ freebie, simply because there was no previous mention and as a result I didn't know any better and therefore missed out!

I don't want it to sound like I'm complaining but a brief mention in the Next Month bit would help us devoted readers not miss out on our freebies. It might also give you something to write about in that neglected column. I was a tad

distraught as I am a massive Jim fan, and I had no idea how the game woul d be received. I had the game for Christmas and loved every bit of i t Fortunately, I read your 'Cream of Sega' feature and was relieved to see that Jim 2 was highly praised. as I only buy games you review, and only go for 90% or more. Keep up the good work.

P.S. Please tell me Jim 2 got over 9Vii, otherwise I'll look like a pregnant fishl Dylan Wynne, Holywell Wales.

YOB:Obviously the people in Wales are so bloody tight that instead of buying the whole mag they nick the gift on the front to get a small taster. These are the people who go into a shop and read the mag whilst they are there. and then put it back again. Here's some advice for all the Welsh gilt nickers: sell some sheep land your wellies) for a bit of extra cash, and then buy the ENTIRE meg. Oh, by the way, 95'4.

FIRSTDAYOFTHE MTN Dear Yob, I have never really been interested in you before, but now I think you

are brilliant. Could you please put my picture on display because I have put a lot of work into it. Could you also tell me all of the cheats to Mortal Kombat 2 because it's my best game. Could you please send me back the cheats.

PS What I really want to know is how to get to Goro's lair.

Kewn Bradley, Bradwell Gt. Yarmouth.

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Nil111011111 Oi Yob the Knob, In your No 40 issue, you said that you got 7 under par on the first round of PGA Tour '96. Try putting your willy back inside your trousers and beat this: 32 under par for the tournament, PS I think the mag is totally crap. I only bought it because it was the only one in the shop, I'm now using it as bog paper.

PPS Lose some weight you fat git and print this letter or the next one will contain a bomb, OK? W. Inner, Shank/in, Ilse of Wight YOB:Get lost and buy a Saturn.

Keep up wi th the times, Brady Bunch.

And on t ha t note , love y ou and leave y ou.

Needless to say y ou' ll be he a r ing fr om m e again ne x t m onth.

Goodbye, asswipes.

Dear Gus, a r Please could yotbanswer my questions, 1. When will Cool Spot Goes to Hollywood be coming out for the Saturn?

2. Do you like Meat Loaf?

3. Will Road Rash 4 be coming Out for the Megadnve, and if so, when?

4. Will an Earthworm Jim game be comingai 5. l WheAvill Panzer Dragoon 2 be released for the Saturn? d f o r is your favourite Saturn 6. What tgame? h e S What's 7. a t your favourite sandwich? u r n 8. Will Doom ever come out for ? the Megadnve?

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GUS:l. Looks like m b e r now. See the gossip section in news for details of the 'wobbly' at Virgin US 2. Nah, apart from 'Deadringer for Love', 3. I doubt it. 16-bit sequels are a bit thin on the ground 4 Yes, a Jim 2 conversion is nearly complete.

5. Late April or May .6. Sega Rally 7. . Tesco's Cheese and Onion on wholemeal. (cheese must always be grated in sarnies).

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Dear Gus, I have some rather taxing questions for you 1 I maybe going over to the US of A for an extended holiday this summer, and I want to take my Megadnve Will I have to change the AC adaptor and aerial fittings in order for this to work?

2. Does the same apply for a U.K Saturn?

3. If I was to buy a a Saturn over there instead, what would I need to make it work over here?

4. I take it the games run on any version (being on CD).

5 Do EA games require a converter if they are American in order for them to woqi over here on a Megadrive?

6. Will American Saturn ((AM cartridges work on a U.K. achine 1As I understand it, the

Saturn comes with a s,atL edU, but I have an RE telly, I take it I have to buy the separate RF lead. I know the answer will probably be 'yes,' but I know that the Sega PICO also comes with a scart lead, and if you have an RE tele. Sega will do an exchange. Do you think Sega will do the same with the

I rGUS:1. Yes, the TV system and voltge supply are different. It's a npain, don't do it. n2. Yes. 3. You say later you have an RF W ytally. It will not work with that system. n4. No. they are 'locked out by the nSaturn hardware, however an eadaptor bypasses that problem.

5 Most titles, including EA ones, ,do, E6. No n7. Sega now will not generally exchange a SCART lead for RF glead Anyway, keep the SCART llead for the overdue moment you amove into the 20th century and nget a telly that will allow you to appreciate the hardware. d -k .

1 Dear Gus, 1 Please answer my questions about - Sa the 1.

1 t uWhen r n . are the following games going to be released: Road Rash, 1 King of the Spirits, Indy 500, Street M Racer, Manx Ti' and any 1 Playstation racing games IDestruction Derby)?

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2. Is Doom going to be released for the Saturn, if so when and will it be compatible with the gun that comes with Vinua Cop? 3 Are any of the Lotus Turbo Challenges from the Itegadrive going to be turned irellaturn versions?

4. Are any of EA's strikes series coming out for the Saturn (I know Thunderhawk 2 is ace)?

Is there going b e a Sonic me for the Sat ?

6. Have you hear m o r e about 'Roll Cage' the Dayt h a l l e n g e r ?

You mentioned it in th u g u s t (34) issue in the section .7411110e E3 show.

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3. r New. 4 -_ I think we'll see a Strike game early next year.

J 5. Yes, it's under way. Ifia u 6 No, Steve heard about a n possible Saturn version but no ework has been done. , N e v e r

JAGGER Dear Gus, 1, Could you please be fair with this question, because I'm relying on you for this. Could you please tell me the truth, and not that Sega are the best, Just the truth. Right, what should 1 get, a Saturn or an Ultra 64 when it comes Out in April?

2. Are Saga making a 64 bit machine? Will it be called Uranus if it is coming out?

3. Are there gonna be any Earthworm Jim games on the Saturn?

4. Do you like the look of the Ultra 64 (please be fair)? I didn't like Nintendo before, but the U64 look brilliant.

5, Is Rally better than Daytona? I think they are the same.

Jober Al-Shuko, Middlesbrougit

GUS•1. Face some facts: the Ultra 64 is not coming in April. If it makes Christmas Nintendo will be doing we'll Loads, literally millions, of people are having great fun with their Saturns now - just look at the games - and a few sad people are waiting for Mario. Live for today, man.

2. Snigger, you're so funny. No, this machine lust came t of your anus 3 Yes, see lacenic nswer above (yawn) 4, The Ultra 64 stuff looks good. Is that okay?

5. Do you? Then why should I waste time trying to change yoJr opinion, though I think you're wrong.

OAKEY Dear Gus, This is the first time I have written to you, so please could you answer my questions.

1. How long do you think it'll take for the Saturn's price to drop again?

2. Why do all the Ultra 64 games have 64 at the end?

3. Why did you stop printing cash for photos?

4. Is there any talk of a Mortal Kombat 41 5. Are there any more Mega CD games this year?

6. In issue no 40. I noticed that there are three Saturn review only ! a one n dMegadrive review. Is because there aren't very many Megadrive games to review or is it because the Saturn is more

interesting' Matthew Atkins, Shively, Solihull.

GUS 1, I honestly don't know, 2. Because Ni ntendo are entirely lacking in original thinking at this impasse 3. Because I Could 4. Let's just get the Saturn version out first.

5. One or two, if you're lucky.

6. Last month we only had one Megadrive game but more than three Saturn games because that's all there was to review. If more come, wel l feature them

HADLEY Dear Gus. 1. How much has the Saturn version of Virtue Racing been improved over the 32X version in terms of the graphics?

2. Is it faster and better to play as well' 3. Will Fade to Black appear on the Saturn?

4, You said that Bug! and Daytona may be coming out on the 32X. How likely is this?

5. Do you think it is likely that Ultimate MK 3 will be better than the Capcom beat 'em ups?

6. Will it have full sized sprites?

7. Is the UK release of the Ultra 64 going to be before Christmas of this year?

Motaro, The Outworict GUS1. Not much, if truth be told 2. There's more to it.

3 I hope so, but no firm release.

4. Still an outside possibility.

5 I t s a matter of taste, but it's bound to be a stunni ng conversion 6. Sprites on domestic tellies are always smaller to take account of the size of screen ratio.

7 Who knows - not Nintendo, that's for sure!

Dear Gutsy Boy, Please could you enlighten me on a few subjects.

1. Are Daytona 2 and V.F. 3 being developed on an enhanced model 2 board, or a completely new bawd?

2 Do Sega have any rights to the 3D0's M2 accelerator' If so will it be adapted to the Saturn?

3. Will the Sonic Teeters new _ r o j e c t be released for the 3 2 k or it l e t 4..

- What's happened to the review of Fifa 32X? l i s t 5. Could the Saturn handle the -0 Ultra m e f 64's e - - Mario 64? , „ Danny Kerins, Southampton 1 -GUS 1 N o specs of their .- 0 s u e l l o " development have been revealed - Daytona 2 is an imaginary project anyway - no official arcade title of that nature has been nnounced,

a Sega/ M2 linkup being made at the moment, We broke the story nearly a year ago, but there has been nothi ng more substantial since then.

3 Just Saturn. It's a doozy!

4. Sega dr opped the game, so we dr opped the review .5. Yeah, and his army.

Dear Gus, Will you please find the time in your busy and hectic life to answer my questions.

1. Why don't Sega and other big companies set up head offices in Ireland' I only know of two companies over here, Sony and Atari. I mean, Sega make a lot of money from Irish games players so they should show their interest in Irish opinions and set up here.

What do you think?

2. Will there be a Premier Manager 12, and if so when will it be out?

3. I have not bought a next generation machine yet, as I was one of the suckers who forked out for a 32X. I hest want to know honestly, which is the best machine to invest in li.e, who will get the games) and should I wait to see what the Ultra 64 is like?

Patrick Flood, Tipperary Town, Ireland, GUS:1. Sega, contrary to your sad beliefs, are not a charity They are, in fact, a business. They don't set up expensive offices and hire staff Just so they can listen to your obviously don't opinions on the need p h o noef fi c e in Ireland to conduct their business. io I'm sure Heinz make a lot of lmoney h e y out of Irish bak b e a n eaters, but they hard o w e them an audience for it 2. No details of e q u a l , but it sold so man 3. o r r e r . But Saturn is not a m a c h i n e by any means.

There are at least 20 must-have games for it now_ I sincerely believe it is superior to Playstation

Dear Uwe I have some questions woi I want answering. Answer tlmri or NI ea tyou. Or make yoli watch Eldorado.

Or give you a ! a e o n for next Xmas,• a k e you play it for 24 _hotel a day with spam saiwilwiches fur lunch.

1_ In Sega Power (you, I did bl ood/ well say Sega Power) there woe a bit about a 4th Strike game, Saturn Strike. Any news 01 a fourth Strike for the Megadrive?

2, In issue 39. you helpfully a infortilud 05 of &delayed release for Worms on the Millfiadri The article said that Worms would

now be released in March. Special Reserve and Garrieplay. both of whom advertise in your wondrous may, have advertised it for sale (1:.33.99) since last November.

Explain. Now. 3. Also, why did Issue 39's 'free' CD add 49p to the cover price?

4 I s Domatk's Total Football any good? What score did you give it?

5. I Know someone with a Master System. Heill claims it's perfectly good. Could you please explain in words of no mor e than one syllable THAT THEY ARE CRAP! 6, I'm a poor git who can't afford Saturn and only buy a game mew y 3.4.5 months for my trusty VD. Please send me MK3 leveniff it's just for being a cheeky enough rill for asking.

Chris Fiqier, W(Prr, (..yzer GUS 1, Ther e is ne 'news', just pure speculation.

2 Ver y wel l „ tor d Gonad. Worms WAS delayed, as you will know if you attempted to buy it. Mai l order firms prepare their ads in advance, and put in some games they think will be released at the time at the may.understandableMrown n th _ practice of deliberately r i g games they know w a 0 months. Wi th Wor e a r n 17 delayed at quite a fete stage Satisfied?

3. The magi r el e did not say 'Free CD' on the cover_ It said 12.99 with CD. Yes, the may was 49p

more expensive Now, i n t o a record shop and see w a t you can get for 49p. Not v m u c h , sunshine. We give y a n exclusive, unique gi o t h ow a n hour of music and a I get is bloody abuse. Som peopl e. .

4 We di dn't revievii it We knew it was cackuhir. Accitim knew we knew, and c o n s ~ didn't send us a cart and rush-released the game The damage was done by the time the may came out The golden rule: IF IT'S NOT IN MEAN MACHI NES, IT'S S ••T 5.

1 I can't abide techno-snobs. If that's what he's got and he's happy then tine. But they are very crap 6. I have a real problem wi th copies of MK3 littering my desk.

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