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GUN GRIFFON 2 4 It's a foul, mad, lima nearby vegetation Yes, KING OF FIGHTERS 2 1 The Nut Gee classic strives on Saturn with no Inotovauve Ise Warfel Duisi R systeim NHL POWERPLAY '916 3 2 Not so may hockey sticks as we head ler a multiple edema on the ice with Mc Bonk DARK SAVIOR 3 4 The latest pictimes from Climax's revolutionary new RPG READERS' SURVEY elf for the rigours by tackling our gargantuan readers's survey form. SHINING WISDOM GUIDE 56 Lit bps guru Stove be your guide through 1 thi s , forthcoming Weeble fantasy.

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REGULARS EDITORIAL 6 A fascinating glimpse behind the scones of the daily turmoil that bears hull on Ukase very pages. Welcome NEWS

And vetily they brought unto the masses died' news of such wondrous entertainments as Syndicate Wars, Adria Golf mighty amusement& . B a coni-operated d M o m a n d VIDEO CD 1 2 Light danced beam then very ayes Lel The pictures took lorm and moved in magical lormatitms, CREAM OF SEGA 1 4 Competition was fierce among the contenders, who strove fur a coveted place ia hew peeple's affections. SIEVE'S TIPS 5 2 The inquisitive journeyed to the cave of the tips wizard - for aitt ice, the strange little Man imparted spells to his bravo and foolhardy apprentices

OUT NOW 6 8 The travellers gathered round to exchange tales honk the city stones et a magical flying carpet, fearsome automata and moghty-shouldered Wie ne r s We r e Whis pe r e d in r e v e r e nc e .

MEAN YOB 9 0 the arena of combat bore witness to fearsome struggles tor supremacy— none i t seems, were a match for Ow mightiest warriet of all OhA 9 2 Many flecked to loam at the foot 01 the master, and Mileh Was learned thorough dedicated serf•sactoftce patient perseverance MEGAMART 9 6 Curious holds dented the people — • ninny fled m fear from the terrible sight that plagued their mum, NEXT MONTH 9 8 And what of the future Well

REVIEWS

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VALLEYGOLF 7 8 re hellish round of golf at the Devils Open, 7 • 1 • 1 . 1 1 T r A t a t i l t :

ONE IN THE DARK 2 8 0 arch's back in the sequel to a ever appeared on Saturn - a 9 aser in anyway All dear' Good.

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PREVIEWS VAMPIRE HUNTER A taste at Dart Stalkers DED some of the most remellent characters ever to rLadies and gentlemen -Pep Will Eat Itself SOCCER DELUXE It my word - mato esueordinurr Wi l this he a Filliareaterl • CONGO

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,ye went to Toy Story, courtesy ot )isney UK. Want to know what .ye thought of the fi lm/

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ELECTRICDREAMS Of course, we're one big happy family here at MEAN MACHINES, and all satisfied with our lot. But if the opportunity to do a bit of moonlighting arises, none us will look a gift horse in the mouth...

RE en working for Bullfrog y." admits Gus. ''They've uite good to me, giving me e bit part in Theme Park. I'm the comfy sweater-wearing father of the family that gets sucked into their TV at the beginning. They've promised me a promotion - I'm going to be one of the ride mechanics next month." Gus ambitions to loin the navy: I f I could be anyone in a game I'd be Admiral Blocky in Wing Arms. That trick of talking out of sync with my lips would make a great party piece. -

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8 re s been putting those rmidable thighs to good u acently, understudying for arah Bryant in Virtue Fighter. ince Sarah had a make-over nd moved on to VF2. the post as been vacant on the original ame. A chisel and hammer on ensured Claire looked the art. "The best bit's getting to eat my brother upl" she uses. "I hope to move on to Baku - I'd like to be the green bird that cries when mputer loses. But I can't fit into the costume."

AR _ S arcus has been spe spare time playing Sa Cyberia. "I think what attracted me to the ro chance to play voyeur and leer that chick copping off with that bloke. It all gets a bit uncomfortable later when I get ked unconscious, but to take the rough w' oth." Marcus has an u 'rig ambition: I 'of d the squidgy green e l oToy v eStory game. Th 't many lines to learn and t 'ye o got the looks fo r'•

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Sarah Bryant was chosen to represent our Cluuurrm because of the size of her choller whollers and her super sonic athletic build. Clur has recently taken to cartwheeling across the office, shouting 'Hi ye!' and felling male members of staff with expertly executed kicks. She puts it down to premenstral tension, but we know better.

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LUCY S TR ID E * Lucy has the same distended body as the suave and sophisticated Kimberley Stride. Miss Hill strenuously denies that she in fact resembles a ten-pin bowling skittle with her kit off, and the rest of us will have to wait till the next Christmas

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Our clean cut Steve Key has been likened to Virtue Cop's Smarty. It must be the dazzling blonde hair and baby blue eyes that has the chicks swooning for PC Key.

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ORROBOTNIK Steve 'hadmk• Monett METAL SONIC Angus 'spatial' Swan AMY ROSE Claire Meablus KNUCKLES THE ECHIDNA . Marcus C o u l 'Casino t h a Night Hearn MILES r d PRO WER Lucy 'Tails' CHAOS EMERALO Steven Super Sonic' Kay MRS ROBOTNIK Lira Merret KOOPATROOPER Tina Hocks

SPECIAL THANKS TO. Sieve Leigh and Paul Button

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been put to 9 e r ro as sexy scientist H e y , Stride in Blom: Machinehe reel freezing in that clobber," she moans during i , rare fag break, "and I'm getting a bit tired of being strapped to th incendiary device, but at least I get to take the clothes home at the weekend." Lucy's ambi to play Woody in the Toy S game. "Or anyone who wears decent pair of trousers."

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of Virtue City recently ain't using a broom to do it. It's smart being Smarty off irtua Cop. I've been taking out ps and zooming around on patrol - and I haven't even got a driving license!' Steve has lofty ambitions for his future role, 'I • tend to play a certain blue gehog in this year's new nic game. I've already started ng my face with chips in 'rder to cultivate the perfect • ire."

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This triple disc set, assembling the highlights of a 1990 benefit gig that was previously only available across three video cassettes, is a very promising start to Castle Communications' Video CD releases. This epic concert stars a motley crew of rock 'elder statesmen': Dire Straits are dull, Cliff Richard is cheesy and S t a t u s Quoareannoying.O n the otherhand.Robert Plant and Jimmy Page are still nails (if a little geriatric), Paul McCartney is in Beatles-friendly mode and Pink Floyd are defiantly magnificent in the lace of a rainstorm. A lucky dip that usually comes up trumps :• • 1• 1,

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Second-only to The Sex Pistols in notoriety, The Clash first made their mart in 1977 and continued to present politically-edged punk until they disintegrated in the early Eighties. This is Video Clash gathers eight tracks, from thew second through to their penultimate albums. Highlights include the rousing London Calling, the melodic Train in Vain and the Levi's advert lave Should I Stay Or Should I Go? While this CD illustrates their musical versatility, all but the most recent tracks here now sound badly dated, and the group's well 'ard posturing now seems merely quaint. Encoded in 'block-o-vision'.

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/ 1 4 i S S A G E T O LO VE I S M OF WIGHT 1970 Another well-packaged Castle release. This film, shot in 1970 but only completed and edited in 1995, is a revelatory and frank document of the last great music festival - the bitterness and disappointment of the organisers leaves as great an impression as the music. And that's of the greatest vintage - Jimi Hendrix (in his last UK performance, merely two weeks before he died), The Who, Free, and The Doors all sound excellent, even if they sometimes look a bit worse for wear. An essential snapshot of the end of an era As with the Knebworth discs, the encoding struggles with the numerous crowd scenes.

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"Sit back and enjoy the carnage and the capers in Above The Law!" gushes the Steve Priestley-style I.A W narrator in this blocky compilation of motorsport pileups. His hilarious voice-overs specialise in patronising comments following the unfortunate drivers' mishaps. "Let's impress the crowd with a wheelie, he chirps after a motorcyclist raises his front wheel. quips atter the pour bloke falls Hm m , "off. "He h got e that wrong didn't he r The highlight of the whole CD. however, is his stern warning that sometimes the unexpected can catch you unawares G ood grief... X O C I E >CCP:

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Scotland's drippy AOR boys in fifteen videos that span their singles career up to 1993. Wishing I Was Lucky, their first and best single, kicks everything off with an unbelievably tacky promo that sees the lads sucked into their television sets with 'hilarious' consequences. From thereon everything was smanened u p a bit.I f youcanmakei t throughSweetLittle Mystery, Angel Eyes (spelt 'Angle Eyes' on the sleeve) and Sweet Surrender you'll be rewarded with a selection of tracks from the wilderness years before they resurfaced with the unintelligible promo for Goodnight Girl. A well encoded spoonful of syrupy smooth soul.

A rarity on two counts - a Video CD Western from the otherwise quiet Philips. This impressively photographed movie tells the story of Matthew Quigley (Tom Selleck), an American long-distance marksman who travels to Western Australia in 1860. He soon Finds himself up against a dastardly rancher Marston (Alan Rickman) for refusing to shoot Aborigines and up against the barmy but beautiful 'Crazy Cara' (Laura San Giacomo) in an entirely different sense of the phrase. Tom Selleck projects a roguish charm that the film itself never quite matches, and Alan Rickman is, well, the baddie. You know the routine. Well made and well encoded, if ultimately unengaging

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SECOND SIGHT PDZr elains the ponorarnic viewing systern that allows you to A w from the side and rear as *tell as to the fore Gone are the multiple 'depth' perspeci.ves ° S positipns. HowPver, the raga t e r n displayed in the top-right corner has o beentlybpdated. This shows y e l d of vision arld all enemies within range % l i te A i'ie wfe a tt.is thy yello s which appear when en miss are potentialfi hostile r s a t h e red zones t lat indicate firing enemies, Lrger enemies are ly t matked oft triangles on the g a m e t h e

TRIVE H A R D E R BE BETTER In PDZ the greater your efforts, the more spectacular your • p r o g r e s s . Your dragon will evolve as you travel and his form • i s dictated by a tally of points awarded at the end of each episode, There are three categories of points; two completion points we awarded for finishing a level so these are effectively 'in tlitWag'. Technical points are granted if your perfokmance tfrodt'hout the level and on the boss warrants th e m , * ptactice is indeed beneficial. Finally route points are Oven if you choose fitly accidentor design) &snore taxing path through.the !eye. See the separate box on routeing. Scaling the hierarchy of dragons brings more than cosmetic I .0t sAg a l a c t i o n . You will find the dragons' sight become more aillbresponsno, their shoot more e r f u l and their lasers able to tratk more targets, as w b e i n g 'able to sustain more damage More advanced drag° c a n make evasive movements or rolls, s

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A brief, unchallening introductory level set in the home village. Lagi is earthbound and men• aced by some of the remaining maurauders. Beasts of burden run wild in the confusion. A huge ship looms overhead and attempts to crush you, the last survivor of the carnage.

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MUSICA N O VA The stupendous music for PDZ is noteworthy for more than its atmospheric qualities. Andromeda's composers have been some of the few to utilise the Saturn's on-board Yamaha sound chip and generate the music realtime, rather than record them as individual CD tracks. As well as showcasing the chip's power (it's the most powerful piece of hardware in the machine) it offers a crucial advantage — in-game loading without breaks in the action.

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COMMENT Panz er Dr a goon l ook e d a tr eat, e v e n i f t he ga m e pl a y s oon pa l l e d t hr ough ov e r fami l i ar i ty. Panz er Dr a goon Zw e i i s a s i gni fi c a nt s t e p f or w a r d. We sti l l ha v e a ga m e t ha t c a n be a dm i r e d f or i ts br e a t ht a k i ng vi sual s. but Andr om e da ha v e done m uc h t o 'l i be r a t e t h e pl a y er I r ons t he fi x e d r out e s a nd l i m i t e d m ov e m e nt of t he or i gi nal . The c i ne m a t i c f e e l i s e nha nc e d by gr e a t l y i m pr ov e d e f f e c t s a nd s w e e pi ng pa nni ng s hot s . The r e ar e sti l l pr obl e m s - m a i nl y t ha t t he ga m e doe s n' t pos e e nough of a c ha l l e nge - but pe r s e v e r e nc e ha s pr ov e d t ha t c om pl e t i on of t he doe s n' t ne c e s s a r i l y e nt a i l t i on of t he ga m e . The r e h he r e w a i t i ng t o be ov e r e d a nd. i n t r ue Hol l y w ood f a s hi on, t he e nd is l e f t w i de ope n f or a sequel . I c a n' t w a i t .

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PRACTICE MAKES... In order to hone your skills before you enter combat proper, there are two training levels to potter about in. Scaled to easy or difficult level, the easy section drops your griffon into barren territory sparsely populated by enemy vehicles and a nasty boss in the shape of a rival griffon. The more difficult practise level drops your griffon into the middle of rolling pastures and charming woodland. Both of which you can destroy with your impressive array of weaponry. There is more to kill on this level, more aggressive opponents and two especially troublesome helicopter gunships to contend with. On both levels there is a strict time limit to adhere to - you must destroy all other vehicles and cross the designated boundary in the al a i lsre i s , v e l i t e r a l l y , u p .

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The terrain is the only hospitable aspect of Operation 'Bloodstorm' - a level that introduces some persistent and well-armed opponents in the most easterly location in the Eurasion Conflict - Ulan Batol. Most dangerous of all here is the black 'mega griffon' - a vehicle that pits you against an N A opponent with all your OWn gility and firepower.

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JAMMU IMPOSER Blocking is a standard tactic for all beat 'em ups, but this game also has a dodge move that can enable you to bypass fireballs without sustaining any damage. By simply pressing Z button, your character will dip into the background for a split second before returning to the foreground to continue with the fight. Timing is essential, because if you dodge too soon, then the fireball will strike when you're unable to block. If timed to perfection, other non-projectile attacks can be avoided but this takes many more precision button presses.

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The standard 24 characters are not the only blokes and blokettes who you can control in the game. When you manage to beat all of the other fighters, you move onto the spaceship home of the first boss: The SkyMother. The first boss is Saisyu Kusanagi who is a martial arts character, and the father of Kyo, one of the other fighters in the game. He is immensely powerful for an old bloke, and possess a stunning finish if you get near to beating him. However, if you defeat him in one round, Omega Rugal takes his place, and an even greater foe awaits you. Rumour has it that they are also playable with a cheat, but nothing is confirmed yet...

BIAS! MUM Ti l t PAST The KoF F94 version featured all but three of these characters. Billy Kane, Eiji Kisagari and lori Yagami are the newcomers who replaced the original American team. Also, the SNK boys have managed to add at least one special move for each character and then some for others. And, as has become a norm for most fighting games, there are super special moves that can be executed when the power meter is full, or if your energy is in the red.

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SHADOWS AND FOG Loaded originally made good use of Playstation cus tom effects, light-sourcing and translucent fog. The light-sourcing has proved to be no real problem, with the game's excellent atmoshperic dappled backdrops recreated perfectly. The static visuals make the game dark and moody, but intermittent effects, like flickering lighting, bring the zones to life. Fogging, a perennial programming problem for the Saturn, has proved more difficult to reproduce. Early attempts created ugly cross-hatchings as poor representations of the game's smoky explosions, but using a finer filter, these are looking much healthier near the final product.

ALL FOR ONE Gremlin has left one man to battle with the Saturn's dual processors in the bid to bring Loaded to the Saturn. And from the most recent 'build' Richard Evans is doing a steding job. Indeed, the version we saw was too fast! Richard set about producing an early version using one of the SH2 main processors to run the game before attempting the complex task of dividing the work between the two. In the end, one handles all the graphics while the other calculates game logic. The Playstation origin of the code prevented experimentation with custom hardware like the Saturn's VD1 is 2 really jolly good for backgrounds. 11 c h i p w h i c h

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EAT MY POP Loaded boasts music by well-known Indio band Pop Will Eat Itself. The two tracks, 'RSVP' and 'Kick to Kill', come from their current album Dos Dedos Mis Amigos. RSVP has already charted in the 'hit parade' making Loaded the only game to feature a commercially released single. The techno tracks suit the game's industrial look perfectly. And defying assumptions of market-led impetus for the project, the band genuinely do like playing the game. Apparently, a demo disc given to them of PSX version was overheated and rendered useless within the space of a weekendlong session.

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The level of detail used in the game is, quite frankly, amazing. Everything you could possibly want in a football game is in here somewhere, if you want to look. Things like the substitute warming up on the side of the pitch, and the cards being held up to indicate when he's coming off, and the superglue-like marking of the best defenders are unparalleled in any Megadrwe football games thus far. And just in case that wasn't enough, the artificial intelligence of the computer-controlled players has been tweaked sufficiently to provide many a frustrating offside decision and realistic goalies that aren't as easily fooled as in previous versions.

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TH E G A ME ' S TH E S A ME Incredibly, Virtua Fighter Animation succeeds in preserving the spirit, and even much of the feel, of the original Virtua Fighter in a 2-0 environment. While what moves you are able to execute are nowhere near as sophisticated as those you'd use on Saturn or 32X. the end results look similar, with each fighter maintaining their strongest traits and tricks from the original game.

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At last! The cheats you've all been waiting for have finally arrived, and we got them. After much toil arid sweat, we finally worked out how to do it And was it a relief! The amount of people we've had phoning up asking for these is unbelievable, so you can all stop now, and cheat to your hearts contentl To execute these you have to start the game, pause it and go to the options screen and enter these codes. Then go to the pause menu, highlight Resume Game and press A to bring up the menu. Invisible walls BBBZAAAZ Curve ball ZABZBB BAZBEiZAB Crazy ball ZAZZZZZZZZ Super power AAAAAZZZZZ Super goalie AAAAAZB Super °Re m ZZZZZBZ Super delete , AZABAZ Shoot out AZBAZB Stupid ream AAZZBBAA Dream team

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This fairly amusing shooter was officially released a few months back. In a bid to spice up the game, a couple of cheats have been added. For a new 'abnormal difficulty' setting go to the 'Game Start' and 'Option' screen and hold X. Now press Z, C, L, B. Left. R, L. The new setting should now be available on the option screen. To get nine credits press X, A, L, R, Left, and then hold L and press X, C. Z, A. Right, Right. Now start the game and each player will have 9 credits at their disposal_

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TOY STORY Numerous rounds of applause must go to Andy East from West Yorkshire for being first off the mark with some Toy 1 . , Story cheats. Not yet available officially when he sent them in, but by the time you read this it should have just made the shops. Anyway, for a level skip cheat, on the title screen enter A. B, Right, A, C. A, Down, A, B. Right, A. The eagle eyed among you may have noticed that this spells ABRACADABRA. You should hear a little chime when you do this. Now start the game, pause it at any point and then press A. This will skip you on a level. For invincibility get to the second stage (you can use the level skip if you so desire) and and collect 7 stars. Now jump into the toy box, and duck down for 10 seconds, and you should become invincible

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of London, where the closest we get to Stateside is a Zinger meal deal. There's also not a lot of call for tanks around here, although bombs are something we occasionally experience. It was, in that case, more culture- than Snell- shock to come across Cores heavily styled tank battle game. The background to the action are various 'ongoing international situations' which sounds very much like the protracted producion history of this very piece of software. But it's ready, and now is the time to, though we loathe to say i l d e Ass'.

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Action is v iewed f rom a fi rst-person tank-top perspective inot a reference to early 80s fashion attire). Alt hough the tank rotates and mov es f orward conventionally, it is possible to spin the turret wit hout c hanging the direction of movement_ This technique c omes in useful later on, when enemy tanks are more sophisticated in their tactics. Other areas of interest in the turret are the c ompass and radar. Thes e are particularly important because many levels involve heavy f oliage cover, so work ing out where you are going and what stands in y our way is easier to do using these devices. A further c urio is the tactical map, whic h depicts a plan v iew of the tank wit h all objects s hown as s imple vectors. Des igned as a nay device, it looks more like an early v ideo game and you can actually play 1

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4. A R R I D O S H O M E LEA P Arridos features one of the most exhilirating and useful jumps in the whole game. Set on the very final turn, an artificial ramping raises the track high above the level on the other side. There is little danger of losing the speeder in the chasm, and every opportunity to gain a huge advantage by using a speed-up at this specific point, which will catapult you well over the line.

EUIMW system ope in randomise d as symbols o display. Passing pad' is e c e s s a r y to attain its power, " t a i l e d , weapons have a single use, though this may be replenished. Only one charge may be carried at any time. When other craft use weapons in the vicinity of the player, he/she will be warned by an audible signal, detailing the weapo used. ROCKET Standard offensive device. When fired, a rocket will continue in a straight line until impact with a vehicle or wall (thus must be aimed). The effect on vehicles is loss of speed and disruption of trajectory. MISSILE Advanced rocket design. Missiles have on board targetting and will seek out opponents in front of the player craft. To be effective, missiles must be locked on before launch (denoted by a small tracking rhomboid on heads up). Effect is similar, though pronounciKE to rocket.

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SHOCKWAVE Mistaken for missile, but different effects errsloyed. Shockwave featillis similar tracking device as missile for lock on, but has a primarily disruptive effect on targets, by interuppting systems (induces a characteristic 'bouncing Shockwaves are tactical weapons t employed in areas where handling is paramount. MINES The only system & protect speeder rear. Act'Rested, a stream of primed mines is • ejected from the back of the speeder. Contact with these results in an explosion, speed loss and disruption. The trail nature of mines allows spreading tactics at narrow points in the course.

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cam, m ot or i ng r ound t he be nds . Al s o. t hum pi ng m us i c s oundt r a c k s r eal l y a dd e e nj oy m e nt . A n d i t 's ha r d as wel l , c h m e a ns t ha t i t 'l l ne v e r l e a v e y our a t ur n di s c tr ay. But a f t e r thi s. I di d ge t qui c k go of t he P l a y s t a t i on ver si on, a a l t hough I a gr e e w i t h w h a t G us s a i d a j udgi ng t hi s as a ga m e i n i t s o w n r i ght . s i m pl e f a c t i s t ha t m os t of t he S a t ur n o rs i nt e r e s t e d i n Wi pe out w i l l w a n t t o e t hi ng: I n i t be t t e r t ha n t he IP A n d t he s i m pl e a ns w e r i s t h • t by m uc h, but e nough. How e v e r . II Wi pe out , a nd as a r e s ul t i s a l w a y s to be a t op ga m e .

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Fantastic. Multiple chuckles all round. The only thing worth watching cricket for in our humble opinion. However, since the arrival of Brian Lara Cricket, there has been another good reason to partake in the otherwise dull bat and ball sport. Thanks to Codemasters, one of the most boring games on Earth became the third-best-selling Megadrive game of last year. And now they've returned, to dash any hopes of anybody ever stealing their crown. Brian Lora returns to iron out all of the problems, and add a ton more to make this the definitive cricket aim. Even though it remains, in fact, the only one.

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HISTORY Feeling a bit nostalgic are we? Well then let this game take you back in time to some of the most rnemorable (if there is such a thing) cricket matches that have graced the batting strips across the globe. If you fancy taking the roll of 'Beefy' Botham in his awesome innings that single handedly rescued the England team from the brink of defeat, then you can. Or if the chance of completing the record-breaking 501 from Mr. Lara himself is your idea of fun, then guess what? This game will let you. Other Historic games include Lards other record stand of 375 for the West Indies against England and the Nat West Trophy Final from 1993.

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At the start • a t match on the BBC, you always get Jeffrey Boycoff and his halfmoving mouth giving a pointless description of how the 4 0 114 O 1 J 1 1 , . pitch is going to hold up, and how it will affect the bowlers' swerve, swing and spin. Even INNEm e though 'Bows' i s t / t is. l i And it makes a difference to your bowling. The n i rharder v e r sand i drier the pitch, the more pace and bounce you'll get with the faster bowlers, on, and the spinners and swingers get a lot more tturn. h Likewise e l when you meet a damper pitch, l amovement m e of all the bowlers is dramatically the p i t reduce* c *1h L 7 , r 't• .• d a t a

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is ga ly t h e s a m e as i t s r br other , b u t r e s t s s ur e d m y f r i e nds t ha t t hi l i es be t t e r t ha n t he vial. Ever y l i t t l e f a ul t I c oul d pi c k out f r om fi r s t ga m e a ppe a r s t o be e n r e m ov e d f r om ver si on, a nd i t i s as t o a pe r f e c t i l l egadr i ve c r i c k e t s • o u c oul d ha v e pos s i bl y hope d for . The gr a phi c s ar e not gr e a t , b u t t he y do t he i r •r equi r ed j ob wel l , m a k i ng i t feel pr e t t y i sti c w i t h t he good a ni m a t i on. A n d t e l t he oppone nt s ha v e boon al i bi s I t's bl oody e a s y on S unda y l e on Wor l d Cl a s s m e a n ye m a s t e r e d one s e t t i ng A * e t o t e s t y ou out a ga i n. A n d or s a c t ua l l y dr op catchwal I t w a s e t ha t e v e r y t i m e i n Lar a I t h a t a s hot w e nt i n t he air, y ou w e r e not t hi s t i m e . The m a i n pr obi n I k e . i s t ha t t he one pl a y e r t t y t e di ous i f y ou' r e SO w i t h i t a nd y ou e nt of Lor a a t hi s

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Alpha, If this little beauty receives the publicity it deserves, then prepare to be brainwashed. That concludes my lesson, so for homework play the game and let Capcorn give you a lesson in 2-D fighting games. It'll be one you won't inrc3Pt

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'ggest showpiece of the game is btedly the Super Move. These xtravagent, dolled up versions standard moves can inflict impressive dam. unsuspecting opponents if pulled off at the t time, and can make you feel like the smuggest gamesplayer on Earth. By executing the move when your opposing fighter's energy has diminished to the lower levels of panicdom, the final blobs drain away and you are rewarded with much jubilation as the screen flashes wildly to show your supreme victory. A word of warning, however: don't try • these moves on someone who (a) bigger than you, (b) harder t you, or (c) both of those, as you at likely to get your head kicked in for being a flash get.

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The ten fighters on offer aren't the only ones you can play with in the game Once you manage to get through to Bison, he becomes a playable character once defeated. Akuma for Gouki for those who have got the import version) can be accessed by finishing every fight, i.e your second winning round with a super move, and when you get to your final character, he will appear to fight you. The third warrior is Dan, who is a little trickier to find. You must win five fights in a row, without continuing, and at the end of fight, hold Up, , e first two punch Check cot Al,wix,s buttons. He will then appear to fight against groupd here Mee Ere vou. Of course, there are easier ways to do this, with a selection of 'heats that we already have at our disposal. But 'II have to wait until next month to discover

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NO, I T CAN'T BE. ALREADY Yes, as you may or may not have guessed from that heading, the sequel is already well underway, sot prisingly titled Street Fighter Alp So , what's new? Well for a start the characters from this game ar it, and a few more of the old batch make a welcome return. Zangief back, as is Dhalsim, and another Final Fight character is also going to make an appearance in this game. Remember the army guy who chucked loads of grenades about the place? Well it's him and he's called Rotento lust in case you were wondering. We'll have more news on this as and when we get it.

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COMMENT Wow. Aw e s om e . M u m , a ne w pa i r of pa nt s f or m e i f y ou pl ease. Wha t a f a nt a s t i c game. The r e i s n' t m uc h a r ound a t t he m om e nt t ha t I can s a y t ha t a bout a nd m e a n i t 1 0 0 1 4 . The S a t ur n has a l r e a dy be e n s poi l t by A- Me n, a nd n o w t hi s ha s ar r i ved i t i s s ur e l y s e c ur e for a l ong t i m e t o c om e . I f X - Me n w a s pur e ba s h- a t - t he - but t ons t y pe acti on, t he n t hi s i s pur e ga m e pl a y . I t ' s one of t he f e w ga m e s t ha t I w a nt t o k e e p pr a c t i s i ng a t so I c a n i m pr ov e m y c om bo t a c ti cs, l e a r n oppone nt s ' m ov e s a nd t he i r w e a k ne s s e s . I don' t k n o w h o w t o s t r e s s thi s e nough. b u t e v e n i f y ou a r e t i r e d of S t r e e t fi ght e r i n ge ne r a l , a s I w a s be f or e t hi s c a m e i n, i gnor e y our fi r s t i m pr e s s i ons a nd go s t r a i ght f or t he j ugul ar . Thi s w i l l hook y ou i n e v e r y way. The w hol e ga m e e ngi ne ha s a ne w f e e l t o i t. w i t h e nough di f f e r e nc e s f r om t he ot he r v e r s i ons t o m e a n e v e r y one w i l l be pl e a s e d - t h e gr a phi c s a nd m ov e s ar e r e de fi ne d, a nd t he l evel ba r now ha s 3 s t a ge s f or e x t r a pow e r , a nd t hr e e c ha nc e s f or speci al m ov e s . I f I ba d t o fi nd f a ul t w i t h t hi s , t he n i t w oul d ha v e t o be t ha t i t t ook t oo l ong t o ge t a n of fi c i a l r el ease, but hey, w e c a n' t ha v e e v e r y t hi ng!

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The game benefits from having multiple options to play under, with the programmers avoiding the problem of having lust the one game style. Obviously, there is the standard one player versus the computer mode, and the versus mode, where two human players can pit their wits a , gainst each other. But also included is training mode, • which is perfect for learning the combos and moves for each character as it throws you in against a 'gormless' fighter who has infinite energy, and there is unlimited time, so you can spend as long as you like perfecting all your moves. We are assured there is another, hidden, option called the Dramatic Battle. This takes the form of Ryu AND Ken lighting Bison on a single background, as you would for a normal fight. Two human players can play against Bison, and they share the same energy bar, meaning that of one person is getting caned, then both the people are. Unfortunately. Ryu and Ken are the only characters who can fight Bison, but their similarity and easy moves mean that mega combos are possible, with both players ganging up on the other. Rest assured that as soon as we find out how to do it, we'll he printing it in the mag.

The r e a s on t hi s ga m e ' s r el ease w a s s o l a w key i s s i m pl e - pe opl e a r e t i r e d of t he ne v e r - e ndi ng S t r e e t fi ght e r s a ga a nd a r e l ook i ng e l s e w he r e f or t he i r beat ' e m up thr i l l s. I ' m not a pa r t i c ul a r f a n of 2 - D be a t 'ens ups , a nd w hi l e I r e c ogni se t ha t t hi s i s a fi ne ga m e w hi c h r e pr e s e nt s a pi nna c l e in t h e S t r e e t fi ght e r ser i es. I sti l l f ound i t m uc h l ess hos pi t a bl e , l ess i nv e nt i v e a nd a gr e a t de a l l e s s c ha r i s m a t i c t ha n A- Me n. I actual l y r e ga r de d X-I sten's ' ba s h- a t - t he - but t ons ' s t y l e as a ge nui ne vi r tue, a nd ha v e l i ttl e i nt e r e s t i n s pe ndi ng l ong hour s t w i s t i ng m y fi nge r s i nt o ne w c ont or t i ons t o l ear n ne w s pe c i a l m ov e s . S t e v e a nd I ar e a t l ogge r he a ds ov e r t hi s one. S t r e e t fi ght e r a ddi c t s wi l l doubt l e s s feel bor n a ga i n a f t e r pl a y i ng t hi s . I c onc e de t ha t i t ' s a n e nga gi ng s pi n on w e l l - w or n t he m e , b e t feel i t be l ongs i n a r ut I ' v e l ong s i nc e l os t i nt e r est i n.

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So what makes Valora Valley so different? Well, not the game engine for a start - it's all highly reminiscent of Saga's seminal Pebble Beach Golf. That's where the similarities with traditional golf games end, however - Valora Valley is a bankers twist on possibly the most boring leisure pursuit ever devised. Whereas golf is usually a leisurely stroll through gently rolling courses of immaculately tendered grass, Valora Valley is more like a thinly turfed assault course punctuated by the occasional lava pit and towering peninsula. Golf is stretched beyond all recognition as you are forced to negotiate your way through holes that play like pinball tables. At the Devil's Open, the last one back to the clubhouse gets fried alive... Hole 6 r oot 3757 CONTROL JOYPAO GAME DIFFICULTY CHALLENGING CONTINUES NONE Skill LEVELS RESPONSIVENESS OK

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THE HOLE STORY Golf games. and the laws of physics, are turned on their heads by this sophisticated version of crazy golf

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None of the holes in The Devil's Open are what you'd call conventional, but three of them present especially difficult landscapes to negotiate. Valora Valley is never harder than when it demands a ball to be knocked up steep inclines, across 'Islands' or over sheer cliff faces - the second, fifth and eighteenth holes present all these challenges and more • •

Knock your bait past the robini statue er.o tr ,os bizarre likeckkng cake' arrangement

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CLUB CLASS •Detailed and reilistle, lending a real sense ol scale to the course V Water looks a little disappointing

Players' smogs and sweepisig tracking shots are smooth and detailed

Lt_E 11things get tricky, help is at hand in the shape of four 'special moves'. When the option to select some or all of these moves appears alongside your swing bar, halt your upward swing at precisely the top of the bar for the chance to select the move of your choice by stopping your swing alongside it on the way clown. Then,, optoon turns your ball into a barmy comet 'among a traN of fire °Va l rho COMO

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COMMENT TIRE S of t t h e de v e l ope r s ) ha v e got t he i r m one y ' s w or t h out of a ga m e e ngi ne t ha t w a s fi r s t P e bbl e Be a c h Gol f ar i d n o w thi s. O w ne r s of P e bbl e Be a c h, w hi c h I l i ked, w i l l ne e l ot s of si mi l ar i ty i n l ook, de s i gn a nd pl a y m e c ha ni c s . I f t ha t doe s n' t put y ou of f , t he n you s houl d be i m pr e s s e d by t he gr e a t e r c ha l l e nge a nd v a r i e t y t ha t a c our s e • • bi z ar r e as V a l or . Val l ey of f e r s . The i m a gi na t i on of t he c our s e de s i gne r s has r un r i ot, m a k i ng t hi s m uc h m or e i nt e r e s t i ng t ha n y our a v e r a ge r ound.

Psycho is to be used with cautoon - rotor baN becomes an unstoppable wobbly wonder and can easily fly clean coif the course altogether

Unt i l t hi s c a m e a l ong t he r e w a s not hi ng t ha t c oul d t e a r me a w a y f r om m y f a v our i t e c ons ol e gol f - l ast y e a r ' s P G A on t he Megai dr i ve. Af t e r t he di s a ppoi nt m e nt of Wor l d Cup G ol f e nd t he r ather t a t t y - l ook i ng V i r t ua l Gol f. i t w a s a r el i ef t o di s c ov e r t he s l i c k - l ook i ng, and s l i c k - pl a y i ng. V a l e r a Val l ey. The r e f r e s hi ng t hi ng a bout t hi s I s t ha t i t c a n be e nj oy e d a s s t r a i ght gol f or . by s e l e c t i ng t he 's pe c i a l m ov e s ' opt i ons , can ha v e i ts f a nt a s y e l e m e nt s e x pl oi t e d t o t he ful l . Ta c k l e d a t e i t he r l evel t hi s ha s al l t he pl a y a bi l i t y a nd f e a t ur e s y ou w a nt f r om t he ga m e , c om bi ne d w i t h a n unc om m onl y i m a gi na t i v e i nput i nt o t he de s i gn of t he m or e out l a ndi s h hol e s . I t ' s not al l pe r f e c t . how e v e r - t he c a ddi e s ar e c onde s c e ndi ng a nd t hr e e of t he hol e s ar e s i m pl y a nnoy i ng r a t he r t ha n c ha l l e ngi ng. Over al l , t hi s i s n' t r adi cal e nough t o s w a y a ny one w i t h no i nter est i n pl a y i ng S a t ur n gol f , b u t a ny one el se w oul d be w e l l a dv i s e d t o put t hi s one t op of t he l i st.

hetrelleetent ditties that mhos some pace into the proceedings

;7.115111A A Lillie to speak ol. but the 'hie', 'psycho and cyclone' effects ace quite eriterimmng

a The shish el lid extra options add a new dimension to the more traditional aspects of the game Sth and 15th holes are lust too frustrating

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IMPORT1E651 ADVENTURE

Grace Saunders goes imaissineh.., Private Investigator Edward Carnby has been contacted by his friend Striker, who has since disappeared investigating the kidnapping of Grace Carnby follows in his trail, tracing the pirates to a bootleg liquor operation they are operating from their den at Heirs Kitchen, California, Once theft' simple moonshining pales in comparison with the unspeakable Ito' r ont kJrking under the house, and in the galley of the moored ship. Infogratnes Lovecraftien adventure trilogy made a huge impact when it appeared on PC between 1992 and 1995, the grisly adventures of Edward Carnby br e a * g new boundaries in i graphics suptiMcation and goriness. 1 The second instalment of the trilogy is i th e first Alone in the Dark game to Ia p p e a r on Saturn in Japan. Edward - _ difficult, adventure having , beenlongest, minimally tweaked. and most 4 2 . , _Carnby's Bemiesingily. however, he 0r -s • • .••) d i s still not alone, and 1 , 'a anliv in the dark. - llit 6 ' 4i ! * r

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Originally a PC game written in 1993 - the first sequel to the groundbreaking Alone in the Dark.

Private detective Edward Carnby investigates the kidnapping of a small girt braving pirates. voodooand the untlead on the way.

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RACESFAVOUR You play most of the game looking down, or along, at yourself in the form of Edward Camby. As you wander around the various locations, camera angles change to present a cinematic feel to the proceedings. Once you've escaped from the house, you'll inevitably find yourself kidnapped by the pirates. At this point, you instead play as the little girl Grace. Unarmed and practically defenceless, you must find ingenious ways to use the diminutive girl's size to defeat the pirates and help free Edward. _A

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The first Alone in the Dark game concentrated on Edward Carnby's efforts to escape a haunted house by making his way from the attic, down through various rooms and eventually swimming an underground canal in the cellar. Needless to say, all manner of spooks and menaces stood in his way of the kicking and scratching private dick. Alone in the Dark 2 saw Carnby add a vicious head-butt to his repertoire of aggressive moves, the game also refining his rather awkward gait and kicking motion. Alone in the Dark 3 was perhaps the most coolly received of the three, widely criticised for being too small and too easy. This bizarre Wild West adventure saw a very definite end to the Carnby saga - Infogrames apparently want to go back and refine the existing games before considering resurrecting the private eye for further instalments.

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COMMENT Ha v i ng ha d s uc h f ond m e m or i e s of pl a y i ng a nd c om pl e t i ng t he fi r s t t w o Al one i n t he Da r k ga m e s on PC m a ny m oons ago, i t ' s di f fi c ul t t o e x pr e s s h o w di s a ppoi nt e d I w a s pl a y i ng Al one i n t he Da r k 2 on S a t ur n. Yes, I f e l t l e t d o w n by t he ba s i c pol y gon gr a phi c s , t he a w k w a r d c ont r ol s a nd t he unf a i r l y s t a c k e d odds , but in a l l f a i r ne s s t he ga m e i s pr a c t i c a l l y i de nt i c a l t o t he one t ha t fi r s t i m pr e s s e d m e on PC. A n d t ha t ' s t he pr obl e m . P r e s e nt a t i on a nd e x pe c t a t i on of ga m e s ha v e c ha nge d s o m uc h s i nc e t he n, a nd Al one i n t he Da r k 2 ha s s t ood sti l l . As i de f r om s om e e x t r a de t a i l on t he c ha r a c t e r s ' faces a nd c l ot he s , a nd a t i nny dr um m a c hi ne - s t y l e a c c om pa ni m e nt t o t he s oundt r a c k , t hi s i s unc ha nge d f r om t he P C ver si on. Al l t he or i gi na l 's f a ul t s a r e pr e s e nt - bi z ar r e c a m e r a a ngl e s obs c ur e i m por t a nt a c t i on a nd t he ga m e f r us t r a t e s In a l l t he w r ong pl aces. Thi s i s c om pounde d, how e v e r , by sense not i c e a bl e s l ow d o w n i n CD a c c e s s i ng w he n ne w c ha r a c t e r s or l oc a t i ons ar e l oa de d up. The oppor t uni t y t o e nha nc e , or e v e n upda t e , a s a c s i nt r i gui ng ga m e ha s be e n m i s s e d.

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V There is a once we,41 game underneath all this, but you won t Wollti to spend too long looking foe it.

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t he ha nd of Fa t he r Ti me. and a l s o f or s om e l a m e nt a bl e a s pe c t s of pr e s e nt a t i on. The di s c access i s una c c e pt a bl y i nt r us i v e w he n i t fr eez es t he act i on. a nd t he c ha r a c t e r c ont r ol i s of t e n bl oody f r us t r a t i ng. Al s o. w a i t f or t he E ngl i s h l a ngua ge v e r s i on.

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01111111111 It's from Japan, and its got cute char. acters and it a driving/shooting type affair.

Erm, this is kinda like Mario Kart but with guns. And special moves. Basically. you have to chase and destroy your opponent.

hi s ga m e ha s p l a s t e r e d al l ov e r t he J a pa ne s e S a t ur n m a ga z i ne s r ecentl y. For t he be ne fi t of t hos e t ha t ha v e n' t seen a ny of t hos e m a gs ( w ha t . y ou m e a n y ou c a n' t r e a d J a p ? ) rigida I s t he i r ba s i c f or m a t - l oads of pages. m os t of w hi c h ar e a dv e r t s , l oads of ga m e s i nv ol v i ng y oung J a pa ne s e gi r l s t a k i ng t he i r c l ot he s of f ( we k i d y ou not ) . RfoGs a nd w e i r d games. The s e m a i nl y s t a r c hunde r i ngl y o u t . c ha r a c t e r s w i t h no a n d eyes t ha t a r e a l m os t as bi g as t he i r he a ds . Al t hough t hi s ga m e dos s n' t s ui t e fi t i nto t he l a t t e r c a t e gor y , i t pos s e s s e s all t he ne c e s s a r y c ut e ne s s t o qua l i f y I t for s a t ur a t i on c ov e r a ge i n t he J a pa ne s e ga m e pr ess. Your obj e c t i s t o t r undl e r ound a n a r e na a nd l oc a t e y our oppone nt , be f or e l e t t i ng r i p w i t h a f e w s pe c i a l a t t a c k s a nd bl ow i ng t he m up. O f cour se, t hi s be i ng a c ut e s y t y pe of ga m e , y ou don' t s e e a ny l i m bs or i nter nal or ga ns be i ng s pl a s he d al l ov e r t he pl ace. Whi c h i s a bi t unf or t una t e r eal l y. Any w a y , t hi s i s a l s o t he S a t ur n' s fi r s t l i nk - up game, w hi c h basi cal l y m e a ns t ha t i f y ou a nd a m a t s ha v e t w o S a t ur ns . a l i nk up c a bl e a nd t w o c opi e s of t he ga m e , y ou c a n bot h pl a y on s e pa r a t e t e l e v i s i ons . So i t al l s ounds pr e t t y good t he n, e h?

IRMA MARIO KART? Well it is in a way. The action follows the character around from a behind-the-player perspective, a la Mario, and you drive lor float, or fly depending on who you are) about as the rest of the area rotates before you. This is useful for showing most of what is directly in front of you, particularly in the distance. When you have the person you want to be

the crap out of in your sights, then a small Lock On target will appear over them, meaning anything you fire will home in automatically.

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Bearing in mind the popularity of one-on-one fighting games (and especially Virtua Fighter) in Japan, the people that developed ers decided to incorporate pointers from that genre. As a resutt, ng the special attacks comes in a similar fashion to VF, with pulling off moves in both games. But even if this bizarre hybrid of styles was successful in the Land of the Rising Sun, it's unlikely to be as well received by gamesplayers in the UK.

oPoo The intro is the only halt decent thong in the game Would loolt more al home on the SNES

vWee Nothing even worth mentioning ••• ' ? i l k

viPsets, Annoying, repetitive, dull Need we go ont

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Thi s i s t he bi gge s t t ur d l 'i r e ba d t he m i s f or t une t o pl a y i n r e c e nt m ont hs . I t ' s m e a nt t o be a l i ght - he a r t e d s hoot i ng t y pe ga m e , ge a r e d m or e t ow a r ds t he m ul t i - pl a y e r c r ow d t ha n a ny t hi ng el se. but i t f a i l s on al l t he a bov e c ount s a nd m or e be s i de s . But f or t he i nt r o, t he gr a phics l ook l i ke t he y ha v e be e n por t e d s t r a i ght f r om t he S NE S Ma r i o Ka r t . The pl a y a bi l i t y i s n o w t i n t w o pl a y e r m ode a nd di ppi ng be l ow c r a p i n one pl a y e r s o h o w a ny one c a n e v e n c ons i de r pur c ha s i ng t hi s i s be y ond m e . The s ound i s pa nt s a nd t he a ni m a t i on i s pr a c t i c a l l y none x i s t e nt . Al l I c a n s a y i s t ha t t hi s w a s a bi g f us s ov e r not hi ng i n J a pa n a nd w on' t do w e l l a t all her e. I f a ny y ou ha v e a ny s e ns e a t al l y ou'l l l e a v e i t on t he s he l f t o ga t he r dus t . Abs ol ut e r ubbi s h.

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vSocks. Silly speech that sounds totally out ol place

leTurdy So boring thole is no reason at all to play

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The game features el. from, each with th e ir. the game. Certain cha close range attacks w useful with long range character is the Sheriff the quickest people to avera o u all ro

acters to choose ngths to exploit in are more adept at rs would be more But by far the best as Kid. He is one of and also has an ailing he has good

OK. t he S a t ur n' s fi r s t l i nk up ga m e i s a r eal di s a ppoi nt m e nt , b u t l e t m e c ount e r ba l a nc e S t e v e ' s poi nt of v i e w w i t h s om e pos i t i v e a s pe c t s : t he speci al m ov e s ar e e a s y t o e x e c ut e , a nd fai r l y s pe c t a c ul a r ; t hi s i s one ga m e w he r e t he pe r s on. M A R C U S al i ty of t he pl ayer s r eal l y coni es t hr ough i n t he w a y t he i r c ha r a c t e r s be ha v e on s c r e e n ( m uc h l i ke V i r t ue Fi ghter , a nd t ha t ' s w he r e t he si mi l ar i ti es e nd) ; a nd gansepl ay c a n ge t qui t e f r a nt i c a nd t e ns e . Unf or t una t e l y , t he g a m e s l i m i t a t i ons i n s c e na r i o a nd c ha r a c ter s l el l pr e t t y fl a t a nd s a m e y ) c r us h a ny r eal s t r a t e gi e s y ou m a y w a n t t o de v e l op ov e r t he c our s e of y our ga m e s . Thi s m i ght have be e n w or t h s om e a t t e nt i on as a budge t ti tl e, b u t I c oul dn' t hone s t l y r e c om m e nd s he l l i ng out s e r i ous m one y f or w ha t r emai ns a bi z ar r e nov e l t y ga m e w i t h a str i ctl y l i m i t e d l i f e s pa n.

eCack Easy in one player mode Boring in tw • player You needed a nem doorstop anyway.

OVERALL In u m you hadn't gathered by now, this blows goats Please don't bother with this, for your own sakes

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Ul.MR/ ands up al l t hos e t ha t ha v e boon to S pa i n on t he i r hol i da y . ? i l m m m . m os t of y ou by t he l ooks of i t. N o w ha nds up al l t hos e t ha t s a w a t i ny l i z ar d as t he y c a m e out of t he i r c ha l a t ot a pa r t m e nt a t ol l i s a l A h h h j u s t as m a n y sti l l . Fi nal l y. a nt a nd y our ar m s O f y ou t r i e d t o pi c k t he l i t t l e bugge r s I l tap. or tl y t o fi nd t ha i r tai l s fel l of t ? Al l e t y ou. I t hought a s m uc h.

Yes it is a somewhat sad fact that these poor little reptiles can 'detach' themselves from their waggly bits, in a desperate ploy to escape the clutches of pesky predators and inquisitive fingers. But what you don't realise, is that they then hobble off and watch TV Well, at least Gex does, He is a one hundred per cent couch lizard. Slobs about all day, watching the Neighboure repeats on UK Gold. Until one day that is, when he Is mysteriously sucked into the or goggle box by a mad insect inventor. His crimes: for lapping up too many of his creepy crawly chums. So now, in order to escape from his TV hell for Eldorado as we refer to it in the business) he has to roan , it around the set collecting remote ,.controls and videos to set himself free.

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Free yourself from the telemsion set you have been sucked Into by m od insect inventor

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DON'T ADJUST ,YOUR AERIAL At regular intervals in the game, you'll come tale blobs (well you tn, describing them') that warp you to other areas I of the level, or bring a access to bonus stages. c Finding them is easy r enough, as if you walk o past the spot in which s appear for you to jump sI into. The bonus stages pt consist of mainly ah collecting the bugs te however many you manage to collect in the cy set time determine how ha many lives or other such er rewards you will reap. se• Th e later levels have oh away in doors, and to fiI open them all you have sdt to do is press Up. tih ane tgs i,e ctw ha er yp w s ih li ld d e n

IT'S T H E F L AT U L AT O R The game sometimes attempts to use humour to bump up credibility. The first time you hear the speech and see the poses it may raise a wry grin, or produce a full-blown chort but after that, everything leaves you decidedly stoney lacec However, there is one boss in particular who is virtually guaranteed to raise a giggle every time you see him, arid he is, The Flatulatorl He starts by drinking a strange concoctio which has a chemical element that causes his bowels to release toxic farts. As a result he gains a sudden rush of speed and goes shooting, belly first, across the screen, MEAN MACHINES can now exclusively reveal how to access this feat at home, by doing the following: Drink 10 pints of lager (if under age, 10 pints of Top Deck shandy), eat 2 plates of Tandoori Chicken, gobble 3 tins of Baked Beans, and then eat a packet off All Bran. Then stand back, and wait. Air fresheners are an optional extra.

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ULM CRUSTY • CLING-ONS Well, it got your attention anyway, Being as he is a lizard, our Gexy boy is equipped with all the latest mod-cons that any self respecting gecko should have. The biggest asset is his ability to stick to almost any surface, enabling access to the most tricky of places by walking up walls, and along the ceilings. This may ail

Some nice Lunches when Goa is walking along the ceittoos unimaginative in the other set liens.

Gen is pretty well drawn, and his very luardy moves and attacks Not that Wares attack people anyway

seem like a fad, but some sections require Gex's suction pads to progress to the more elusive sections. The bonus, as far as you are all concerned, is that all of y our mov es (sticky

tongue, and tail lash) are

all still usable,

VAmnokilik rho speech is great once or twice, but it s overused here to terrible ellect

'Som e sections can be deceptively hard while others ate lust plain boring

COMMENT Wel l i t s t a r t e d of f be i ng a pr e t t y e nj oy a bl e ga m e . The r e w e go. You c a n' t s a y I di dn' t t r y t o l i ke i t. but t he pl a i n a nd s i m pl e f a c t i s t ha t t hi s i s pa nt s . Bi g s a ggy Y-fr onts. c om pl e t e w i t h ski ds. I t h o u g h t t hi s ha d t he pos s i bi l i t y of be i ng a r eal l y or i gi nal pl a t f or m e r , a nd w hi l e i s doe s i nt r oduc e s om e ne w i s h e l e m e nt s t o t he pl a t f or m fi e l d, i t be l ongs i n t he J ohnny Ba z ook a t one c r a p ga m e pl a y c a t e gor y . The di f fi c ul t y pi t c h r anges f r om i ns a ne l y ha r d t o 'i s t ha t i t ?' easi ness, s o y ou ar e c ont i nua l l y bui l di ng up f r us t r a t i on l o s i n g l i ves on t he s a m e pl ace, a nd t he n w hi z z i ng t hr ough t he ne x t t w o or t hr e e s t a ge s . A n d t he n t he r e 13 t he s ound a nd s pe e c h. Funny onc e , t he n a m us i ng, t he n a nnoy i ng. Al l i n one e a s t m i nut e . You he a r one phr ase, a nd by t he e nd of t he l evel y ou' l l he a r i t fi v e m or e t i m e s . I n fact, I t s s o a nnoy i ng I c a n' t he l p k e e p w a l k i ng r ound t he of fi c e s a y i ng ' Li k e t he s l i m e boy s , ni c e t ouc h. T a k e i t away, i t's dr i v i ng m e I NS ANE !

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COMMENT P l a t f or m e r s a r e n' t e x a c t l y fl a v our of t he m ont h. I n fact, I c a n' t r e m e m be r a t i m e w he n t he a t t e nt i ons of de v e l ope r s a nd ga m e s . pl ayer s ha v e n' t be e n m or e f oc us s e d e l s e w he r e . Thi s has c r e a t e d a c l i m a t e w he r e a S a t ur n pl a t f or m e r has got to be al l t he m or e i mpr essi ve, al l t he m or e or i gi nal a nd al l t he niters c om pe l l i ng i n or der t o m a k e a n i m pa c t . A n d t hi s fai l s on all t hr e e c ount s . The gr a phi c s ar e out gunne d by w e l l - e s t a bl i s he d t i t l e s s uc h as Bug! a nd Ra y m a n a nd t he ga m opl a y , w hi l e not qui t e pl um m i ng t he de pt hs of t he unbe l i e v a bl e J ohnny Ba z ook a t one , i s fl a t a nd r e pe t i t i v e . I f or one w a s ha v i ng fl a s hba c k s t o s uc h a nc i e nt 1 6 - bi t t i t l e s as Root w hi l e ne got i a t i ng t he c he e k y l i t t l e l i z ar d u p a nd d o w n hi gh w a l l s a nd a r ound s pi k e y bl oc k s . Thi s w oul d ha v e m a de a fi l m, i f ha r dl y m e m or a bl e , Me ga dr i v e ti tl e. The S a t ur n de s e r v e s be t t e r .

• Vtkainti sections can be deceptively hard, while others are just plain boring.

MARCUS - Coul d have been really good, but is sadly a bit of duffer. This will Gen en your nerves.

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rhis quirky, in many ways sad, scrolling s hoote r.

is ALwort h Some dttentioorpurely by

being so r e a s o n a ti ty problem with Jill the Saturn's fancy p r i c at ec d .hnology T h is e that s ome of the old but good game

NFL QUARTERBACK CLUB ACCLAIM E44-98 1-4 PLAYER SPORTS Strange when you think Ar a l ' Can Football was the game that r e " m a d e the Megadrivebacki n1992.Peoplethinki t wasSonic, but John Madden '92 was the thole that year, bringing sports games to a new height. Acclaim's Quarterback Club is a bold attempt to do a Madden on Saturn and in many respects it succeeds. Where Madden was the first to bring a stadium feet with a pseudo-3D perspective. Quarterback uses all kinds of virtu& gubbins to make you feel you're participating in televised gridiron. The graphics me 4 1 1 1 1 1 e 1 o p h i s t i c a t e d b u

covers every conceivable position might want to Way the game from. presentation aspect of the game is confidently handled and the four-plover option will have strong appeal for gaming communes. We eistlind it a bit difficult to get worked up about a game with so many stops and starts, oral so much compl strategy With little accompanying action. But that American Football' fault, not Quarterback Clubs.

Agood start to football simulations, but bestdppreciatedby the sport's existing fans

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styles are being left behind. To date, the only alternative horizontal scrolling shooter is Parodius. That looks better than this but is way easier. Darius at least challenges its players with 30 odd levels of demon fish and molluscs purnmet into space scampi. The visuals ege

casionally wonderful, and ec music. It you il like l t to choose the d unpredictable ie option. make e your game this ofnthe month. s tl y tt : t s

Not the pinnacle of shoot'OMupping. but the bestfish-in-space title ever'

...iii Without doubt ‘n e ofe the vbesteg r , Magic C. m e s s ,e d Bullfrog's ability to create abstract and original game i a n d their growing skill in rezdttmegemeplay. Magic Carpet may appear to be a wandering, oversized shoot 'em top at first glance, but it soon reveals itself to be an epic struggle, with its 75 levels demanding total anelltiOn, uusle, bravery and perseverance to craw m e have denigrated this ..-iimi.., fine conversion for not adding to the PC original. Those were created for Pentium process. PCs, so conversions to this

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themselves. What the critics should have spent time on is playing gargle.on It'sremre level arethe a tribute ,.,a engrossing than just about any other Saturn release .. . far this year.

Toy Story c le a rly not a Saturn same. But it's presence In Out Now is warranted by it being ,.....reviewed by MEAN MACANES seveiel months ego and being too important to miss the official release date, T ,Story has been widely flagged as 'the first next gioneration Megadrive aide by an optinOtio. l i e and ai . s t bog 16-bit gall, by other miserable guts. We think it sets a ni.. .iitc la rd. It's the w ,of a British developer. 'Reveller's Tales, who I 1 t squeezed even, l but u sof performance out of the hardware. Vibrant backgrounds merge with huge digitally animated sprites to create the characlers and t .••‘. e settings of the new movie, which evreyone knows is the first computer-generased motion picture. The beauty of the game, which We failed to fully appreciate on the original review (haying not seen the movie) is that each of the nineteen sections actually correspond to the movie plot. AM the characters play a part — from the aliens of Pizta Planet to the scary-with-.1-heart-of-, gold mutant WW1. ;got POW does the game integrate the scenes, it tries to vary the gameplay. There's a bias towards platforming, tout r1.\ (there are also more ambitious 3-0 levels set on the road and inside the grabber machine. The programming is slick and you really do feel the benefit of a 32Meg cart. Games like this don't come up too often, whatever formapVou have, so if your Megadrive is ern kept active t h i s an obl i ga tr

Asolid and rewardingconversion of one of the bestgames yet devised

One of the biggest games of 1996 and a sign ot life in the old 6 -

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PUNYINSULTS1 itt, Dear Yob, Where do you get off telling people where to stick their lives and girlfriends? Normally you either say 'Up a baboon's backside,' or 'The rear end of a camel'. Well I'm sick of it. Now I'm goi ng to take the piss out of you. Right, let's get this over and done with. First of all, Sega Power, I am an owner of one Sega Power mag and I have to admit that it is not that great, but you're not that great either, Take your hair for instance, absolutely CRUD. You'd be better off bald. And what about your baby habits like

dribbling? You could have filled a whol e swimming pool by now with all that gob hanging out of your mouth every month. Do you think it looks hard or something? I often wonder if you suck your thumbs as well. And finally, your height - you're a puny little maggot Right, now I have a few questions for you. 1. How much do you get for I t

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1 stinking job of yours? 1 2. Do you have a girlfriend, and if so, why on earth does she 1 want to go out with you? 1 Planet 3. Who made up the name Yobula? Very original. Probably a 1 right twit. 4. Who does your hair? 1 Y r 5. Do you like Warhammer? Please answer these questions 1 and print my letter in your mag. Or I will be forced to squash your1tiny body and shove it 1 up a baboon's backside. 1 David Scholes, 1 Addelstone, Surrey. YOB:Such insults 1 mean nothi ng to me. They aren't even 1 original, dog breath.

IPION YOB:Yawn Yawn. How funny you are. You know what I think? I reckon that whilst your mother was sl oppi ng out, you accidentally popped out as some kind of mutated turd. Because she is so ugly anyway, she pr obabl y thought that she was looking i nto a mirror and raised you as her own. It wasn't until you started goi ng all furry and crumbly

1. I earn more money than you could ever hope to earn. I hear the sheep-fondling business is sl ow at this time of year Yob's&gay pumps and starts to whine C,aire seek M e e w ' H ec wt •u anyway. 2, Well, I was r r y , co e mine. OVIn r v Nod seeing your mum, but o me you, 9,tf • q41 a n e than (as turds do l that she then then they had to became suspicious and deci ded to put her down, so I'm single at the moment 3. Actually those were flush you away, di sowni ng you. From there you compl eted your your mother 's last words. 4. Vidal Baboon, the same bloke who metamorphosis into a human. At least it explains why you stink of flavours your breath. 5. Does Tom Cruise? faeces.

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Dear Yob, Hello, you are a fat knob with a creepy hairstyle. I like it when people write in insulting you, so here's one to add to the collection! You are the ugliest piece of arse hair I have ever seen in my life. Nobody likes you, face it. Go and slit your wrists and make everybody happy. You are so bad, your mother threw up at the first sight of you. Oh, and tell your mother I've got her undies and I'll bring them back next Thursday night. Your mother is so old, she owes Moses a tenner. Insulted yet? Well here's some more. You are the fattest little git I have ever come across in my life. I bet you smell like a pig's backside after a curry. I can't believe I wasted this time and energy on writing this letter. I bet you've never had a girlfriend. They probably all say you are a fat little turd with no friends, and who could blame them. Go shove your head down a bog that your horse, sorry your mum, has just crapped in, and you'll probably look even better, not that you could ever look any good. Go and shove that stupid stick (surf board) you're holding up your rectum, but don't forget to take your head out first, You are the little sweaty bits that can be found up somebody's arse. Go arid crawl up the arse you came from! Goodbye Turd Face. Chris Purdie, Hi gh Wycombe.

Dear Yob, I have a big question to ask you. Will any of these games come out on the Megadrive: Doom, Gr ound Zero Texas. Road Avenger, Thunderhawk, Sim City, R-Type, Zero, Nebulus, Predator 1 and 2, Rick Dangerous, Test Drive, Bubble Bobble or Casino Games? (Sorry about it being so long, but answer it or I'll set my mates dog onto you). Why do you have the same dribble on your mouth every month? Asswipe. Oh,...um....what should I write next Ah, Claire will you marry me? And Lucy. will you date Yob as you both suit each other? Marcus why don't you go and propose to a Master

System? Mr Sex God, Heaven YOB:What? Casino Games? Bubble Bobble? Do me a favour dick wad, and sor t your life out by trading all of games you have (judging by your tastes, you'll pr obabl y get about a fiver for them) and buyi ng one of those joke disguises wi th the glasses, nose and moustache. to cover up the shame of being such a pleb. Then slowly re- 4 introduce yourself to society, 1 starting wi th English for Amoebas, and soon you'll be deemed wor thy of my attenti on by asking sensible questions.

OUTHICKERS ANONYMOUS Dear Yob, "I read your comic all tne time and love it! It's the best. YOB:COMIC! COMIC! Cheeky sod, what do think this is the bloody Beanol -HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!1 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAIIIII I I laughed for hours and hours when I read the letter from John Harper in the August issue. And what you said!! I just had to write in as I knew it shattered your cool image. Well maybe cool is going a bit far. When I used to get fed up with my Master System and throw it out of the window. I used to pick up MMS and laugh my head off until I fell asleep. I know you will now crawl into a bottomless pit and never let yourself be seen again as I have brought your dreadful past out into the open, but all I can say is good luck. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Stuart Marshall, Norwich, Norfolk YOB:Dreadful past is not how I would describe your letter's influence, more like dreadful sap, What can you possibly gain from going HAHAHAHAHA, other than melting anything your rancid

breath comes into contact with, is beyond me. Tell you what, why don't you climb in your tractor, stop chewing your bits of hay,

and then drive into a lake. Hope you can understand all of those long five-letter words in one go,

WILYNDMATES Dear Nobby No Mates, I've worked out why you don't like Christmas: because your family has

disowned you and you have no friends, therefore you never get any cards or presents, your piece of day from a baboons butt. Just one question: If all the people who write to you are such pathetic of human excrement, then how come you were put in charge of dealing with them? The answer is that the other members of the MEAN MACHINES crew decided that you are just as pathetic and they thought that you'd fit in just perfectly (and it would keep you away from doing any damage to the actual running of the may). Seeing as your only other vocation in life is to be a toilet cleaner for elephants suffering from diarrhoea. Oh, yes, and what exactly is wrong with the Game Gear? I mean it's better than your choice of system, the Game Boy and Spectrum. David Devon.Jenkins, Bishopsteignton, 41 YOB:This guy's handwriting and spelling was so poor that we all had a big argument about some of his words - day or clay? The sensible people said it was clay, the people who understood how stupid this person is reckoned it was deg. Whatever it is, anyone who draws humorous references from Australians is a prize tosser

anyway. A copy of the book 'Handwriting for Dunces' By Dag Clagger is in the post. Well done.

NNW SABO Dear Mean Yob, I am very interested to know just how good I am at PGA European Tour 2. My best score is 236 1.52 under par) for 72 holes, at Wentworth. My best score for 18 holes is 56 (16 under par) at Wentworth. Am I simply the best? Or is there some super human anorak who would dare suggest that he is better than I? If anyone reckons they can beat me, do not hesitate to contact me. I have a gut feeling that I could be World Number 1 Kenny (the boy) Highland, Hayes, Mtddx. YOB:There we go Anorak challenges anoraks. Get in touch if you can shut him up. Le t n o o n e s a y w e d u c k the i s s ue s o f t h • da y . Once a g a i n y o u r • • d e r a di s pl a y y e a r i n t e l l • s t e . J oi n e a n e x t m o n t h , w h e n m a y be P E E ! J o h n s o n w i l l 11 de , c i de t o b o r e us a l s tu p i d . A g a i n .

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Dear Gus, Firstly, congratulations on a superior magazine, brilliantly written, Now onto the questions 1. I am a great Star Trek fan, so is there any chance of a Star Trek game on the Saturn? 2. I'm also a great SF2 fan. Since Super S Turbo was 300 only, is there a n c e that Cepcom will releaseft. or maybe a compilation a games, on Saturn? of all SF2 3. Jimmy White's Snooker was brill on the Amiga, any chance of Virtual Pool or Virtual Snooker coming out on the Saturn? 4, Any word on the rest of biXs sports games for the Saturn? 5. Any new versions of classic Megadrive games (Ecco. Streets

of an n o yin g even t s t h at it ' s a jo y t o L relieve i t b y i sw erin g yo u r O t t A an f t ers. You l i t t l e let e in in g l i g h t s w i t h sh i u r earn est l i t t l e yo qsu est io n s. I t a l w a y s s m akes u p f o r... B ein g o i n t o t h e sh o w er last f and d isco verin g uere' s n o hot th l w at er... Sq u eez in g l t h e t o o t h p ast e t u b e u n t il yo u a d m i t t h e re is n o t o o t h p ast e lef t ... Sleep in g n e x t door t o so m eo n e w it h a p aran o id c a r alarm ... Co m in g in t o co n t act w i t h Co f f eem at e o r an y o t h er ' n o n d a i ry c re a m e r' w i t h o u t t h e p ro p er p ro t ect i ve clo t h in g . B u t yo u m ake i t al l b earab le. Win g yo u r w o rd s t o . YOU'RE T A K IN G T HE P O WL MEAN M A C H I N ES SEG A, 3 0 - 3 2 F ARRING DO N LANE. L O NDO N. EC1 R 3 A U .

of Rage) coming to the Saturn? 6. Will the 10 player Bomberman game be a straight conversion of Hudsonsoft's Hi-Ten Bomberman, or will it have loads of new features? 7. Please tell me when Virtue Sonic and Virtue Fighter Kids are coming to PAL Saturn( Kevin Hutton, Eccleston, St. Helens GUS:1. Interplay and their affiliate, Spectrum Holobyte, have traditionally had dibs on Trek, but neither has come forward with a next yen proposal. 2. I doubt it - Alpha is the apex of Streetfighter and Capcom have enough beat 'em ups as it is. 3. Very slim. 4. Madden's has supposedly undergone reprogramming and we've heard mailing on Hockey for months. S. There may be something on Ecco at E3. 6. No details of new features at the moment. These are arcade titles only at e mo me n t

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I got a Saturn for Christmas, and I have a few questions that need scoing out straight away. 1. Why do you get a Scan t lead when you buy the Saturn instead of an RF unit? Yet on the Playstation you DO get an RF cable. Because of this I had to shell out an extra £20. 2. Will there be any manager games i.e. Championship Manager, or Premier Manager on the Saturn? 3. What games would you recommend out of Sega Rally, Panzer, X•Men and MK 2? 4. I also have a Game Gear and I

fi n d i tharderand harder to find games for it. Are the games beginning to dry up in this department? William Queen, Glasgow GUS:I, Long and boring. Basically, boxing both leads would cost another 620_ Sega researched potential buyers and found BO'i, would have SCART

compatible tellies. The picture quality on SCART is FAR better than RF aerial, so it makes sense to gi v t buyers the best possible packateM decent SCART monitor/telly costs about E170-E200. 2. After the success of Premier Manager, its not to be ruled out 3. All, except MK2 j e excellent, but wait for Panz 4. There will be fewe Gear titles, but Sega want to hatfoa few stunners for the handheld

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MB Dear Gus, Because the Saturn now has Wipeout. Tostunden and Destruction Derby, will the Playstation be acquiring any Saturn games? 2. Will these games be out on the Saturn. Doom, Biohazard (Resident Evil) or Twisted Metal? 3. When is Road Rash coming out for the Saturn? 4. Will it be better than the Plavstation version? 5 Does the Fla o n have more corn I g for it? 6. Thunder o n the Saturn has 24 miss , u t in Gamepro it said that ttr aystation version had 37 Whetie this? 7. What's your best Saturn game? B. W I on the Saturn is so crap, how can you say it's good? Scott Wright, Ilse of Wight GUS:l. None of Sega's AM titles for sure. 2_ Doom is def. Biohazard is probable Bio - nahl 3. Due this summer. 4. I hope so, that was crud' 5. Development is roughly equal now 6. Gamepro got it wrong. 7 Sega Rally. 8 Despite being graphically crap, I enjoyed the Grand Prix mode Sad, I know.

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the best I M e g a d t i v e 5. What douh RPG stand for ' 6, How much did you give Samurai Showdown? 7. How much did you give Lethal Enforcements? 8. How many bits are there in a Mega CD? 9, Why don't Sony make games for the Playstation and Namco do? 10. Are Sony going to make games for Sega anymore? 11. Is Doom on the 32X any good? 12. Is the rumour that SSF2 Turbo is coming out on the Game Gear a big lie? Name and address wit hheld (l)

GUS:11. It's not to do with size. The 32X is much more powerful than the Megadrive. 2. 93•4. 3. It was 95%, but we'd give it 88% now. 4. Landstalker. 5. Role-playing game. 6. 50-something. It took a tanking 7. Can't remember. Hey get some back issues. .It's a 16-bit CD drive. 9. Sony do. It's called SIE. 10. Yes, through Psygnosis. 11. Yes. 12. Lies.

SPEARS Dear Gus, Please answer my questions. 1. Why can't the Saturn and arcade versions of games be released at the same? 2. The Saturn can run up to 60 frames a second, so why do games like Sega Rally and Daytona have to run at 30 frames per second? If they ran at 60 frames per second their graphics would be arcade perfect. right? • 3, 1 Why 8 b didn't the Saturn Daytona have e i ba.two•player mode like Sega Rally? . 4. Why isn't AM1 and AM3 making games for the Saturn?

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GUS:1. Why would people go into Itarereades? Weald films come out on video at the same time as at the cinema? 2. Frame rate is just one consideration. Rally and VF2 actually run at 60 frames, but this requires excellent programming skills. 3. Lack of time. 4. They are: Sega Rally and 111111111111004h AMI APA1 is B a 4 producing Virtual On. 1 11 1 11....9

Dear Gus, Your mag is _Ought every single copy since itbegan, so can you answer these questions... 1. Now come the Megadrive can have the game Toy Story with the level called 'really inside the claw machine' which is very like Doom, but can't achieve the a c t u a l o

lama 2 Being as the Megadrive is going out of fashion, why don't Sega

lower the prices of the games? 3. Is Fifa '96 off the 32X any good? My Dad was going to buy me it for Christmas only because he wanted Fifa) but when he saw the grap ,1 , 4. Please give me a Saturn! WAdam Smit h, Cov e b aGUM. That r Doom Its stun not anywhere i l s standards n2' I t still costs as c h to make t them, but theree loads of bargoin a software outthere. l 3. It's crap A real mess. l 4. Sorry, that's a demand, not a oquestion w e d o n

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Playstation game Discworld being released on the mighty Saturn? 4. Do yoirhaye any informalbn i.e. release date, price etc. for Resident Evil on the Saturn? 5 Do you have any plans to covermount any playable Saturn demo discs? 6. Are Sega planning any sore TV ads as the last one was really cool?

4 I t was an April fool from the arch-fools. 5. Indeed. 6. Nope. 7. See gossip... 8. Ask Eammon Holmes 9 He's worse than that, he's a one-hit wonder. 10, No.

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would just like to say that Lucy is better than Claire Thanks again. Jaime Slater, Oxford GUS:l. April and E44.99 2. See the MP 3. Yes. It's only a couple of months away. 4. I ts not even confirmed for Saturn 5. We have secret plans for all

Dear Gus. Please could you answer my 1 simple question. Are there going to be any more decent games for the Game Gear? James Keenes, Upper Boddington GUS'Maybe

questions for perusal. 1. Is the Saturn better than the Playstation? 2. When is Striker '96 coming out on the Saturn? 3. How do you select the hidden car on Sega Rally? 4. Does CI b A stand for queer and aging? 5. You like Shun from VF2. .Conitigencies Eva Foot Ift0171 the half way line) / 6 winter. . There'll be more ads come GUS:1. Yes. 2. Someone says May, but I doubt' It. 3. See Sieve's tips for that sort of guff. 4. Oh, I'm sure. 5. No, I like Wale. Shun's your dad. Dear Gus, Please could you answer my

Dear Gus, I think the new pic is great, and please can you answer the following questions. 1. Do you know the release date and/or the price of the stunning Guardian Heroes? 2. Do you have any news on the brilliant looking RPG Dark Saviour? 3. Is there any chance of the

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1 I n issue 41,1 saw clops of an arcade game called Sonic Fighter. Will this be released on the Saturn? 2. Why have Sega released three Sonic games for the Game Gear but haven't made any new ones for the Megadrive? 3. Why isn't the Nomad coming out in England? 4. In Sega Pro it said ''Sega release a Nintendo Ultra 64 add-on for the Saturn and the first game for it is Mario 64." Is this true and if so when is it coming out? 5. Why do fools fall in love? 6. Is a version of Chaotix coming out for the Megadrive? 7. Seeing as Nintendo bought out Mario 64, are Sega planning to bring out a 3-D Sonic platform game for the Saturn? B. How did they get all the animals to talk in Babe? 9. Is Jas Mann from the group Babylon Zoo a transvestiet or is he just trying to makç a fashion statement? 10. Have I spelt Tra vesbet right? Gary Russell, Brandok Suffolk GUS•1. Depends how It does in the arcade 2 They're taking their time. S expensive. . S e g a t

Dear Gus, 1. What happened to X-Perts, as I haven't heard about it for ages and I read somewhere a while ago that it would be released sometime around now? 2. Why hasn't Doom been released on the Saturn yet? 3. Is Quake going to be released for the Saturn? 4, I read somewhere that a company were developing a Saturn 2. Is this true and if so will it be a new 64 bit machine or will it be just a different case for the original Saturn? .ovesok.. e l i k e n o m m , 5. Will the Megadrive version of International Superstar Soccer be as good as the SNES? 6. When is Sonic 4 coming out and will it be a platformer or a heat 'am up? 7. Is the Sonic beat 'em up coming to the ould Vinua i ighter be ;possible on the K Megadrive by ousing the SVP vchip, or some oother chip like that because it is n ?dead smart? 9. Are the 32X and Mega CD dead? Doug Forrest, Barrow-in-

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MegaCDgames? l ',c k oming out on the Mega CD? 2 3. Do you think that Super . Skidmarks on the Megadrive is W worth buying? 4. Will there be any chance of Xi Men: Children of the Atom being l released on the Mega CD? l 5. Is these any chance of a t faxdmodem add on being released h for the Megadrwe or Mega CO? e Samt Kasap, SE London. r GUS:1, There aren't any. e 2. To be frank, I'm aware 'of none. b 3. Yes, e 4. Never. a 5. Never never. n y n e w g

Furness GUS:l. X-Perts has been spasming about in development Hell for donkeys. 2. Ask GT that. 3. Yes. 4 This is rubbish and unsupported conjecture by 'Next Generation' magazines trying to maintain flagging reader interest 5. Should be. 6. More soon. 7. Maybe. 8. Unlikely. 9. The 32X is twitching.

see y ou ne x t m onth. B ut the n maybe not . Because. you see, I won' t la s t long in t his bus ine s s because I ta k e everything s o personally. Apparently.

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