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The hopes and aspirations of over 10,000 athletes will be tested to the limit to achieve the highest goal of all in a fight for glory, a fight for GOLD. •

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• 8 players in network mode on PC CD and multi-players on console.

• Athletes' movements perfectly recreated through motion-captured animation.

• Compete against athletes from 30 countries in Olympic Games tournament and arcade mode.

Olympic Games excels in the playability stakes, combining speed & skill control with breathtaking end-to-end Olympic action.

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A c oupl e of year s a go US devel oper s l i ke Di gi tal Pi ctur es V W' . convi nci ng us t ha t 'I nt e r a c t i v e Movi es w e r e t he f ut ur e of ga m i ng. We now k now better , but w hi l e Br i t devel oper s ar e w or k i ng on games w i t h an a t m os phe r e AND ful l i nter acti ci ty, l i ke Tomb Rai der . Am e r i c a ns ar e sti l l t r y i ng t o he a l i ttl e Hol l y w ood. I f i t 's not di smal actor s I nter r upti ng t he l evel s. i t 's vi sual e f f e c t s di s gui s i ng cl i ched gamepl ay, or basebal l , basebal l , basebal l .

Look at Sega J a pa n — Fi ght i ng Vi per s. V i r t ue Cop 2 — scr ew t he pl ot, e nj oy t he gamepl ay. a nd t he games w i t h pl ot s l i ke NI G HTS ar e fl i ght s of f a nc y onl y possi bl e on computer . S om e Amer i can coder s s t a nd out agai nst t he t r e nd — Shi ny. I d i ncl uded — a nd m or e pow e r t o thei r non- c or por a t e keyboar ds.

The Am e r i c a ns have got one bi g chance t o sor t i t out w i t h Soni c Extr eme. Let's hope t he y excel themsel ves. Enj oy t he i ssue, and w r i t e a nd tel l m e w he t he r you agr ee.

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NEW K I D O N T H E B L O C K We ve kicked Steve out, and sent Lucy packing, both of them older, wiser, and masters of their craft under the careful nurturing and guidance of the MEAN MACHINES team. Now Claire takes a new apprentice under her wing...

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GUS As Euro 96 progre interest in the football championships hinged highs l o w s in the performance of his beloved Scotland.

During crucial confrontations workmates were bemused, and visitors alarmed, to witness the irate MEAN MACHINES editor throwing things at the television screen, screaming obscenities at Scotland's opponents or members of his own team he found to be lacking. Despite their most loyal fan's fervent support.

Scotland's ultimate fate was hanging in the balance at the time of writing. Fearful of the worst, the rest of the team have bribed the owner of Gus's local video shop to hide his copy of Braveheart. It's getting scary erica] h as it is.

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IRE "I've been to Le Mans... our globetrotting art showing off her South of France sun tan. The rest of us reckon she went banger racing in Ipswich and rubbed tea on her legs afterwards, but Claire remembers Europe's premier 24 hour rally in convincing detail.

The food was great - we had a buffet of cured meats followed some excellent afters. My favourite were the praline minigateux with white chocolate wafers. There were some nice tartlets as well h a d them with the after dinner mints.' It seems Claire's attention was easily diverted from the racing. When she wasn't eating, she was watching TV. 'Well I couldn't miss Scotland V England, could i r

MARC Marcus has 96 with the h soaraway Su I t's difficult grumbles. dr c o n n e c t i n g limas all over his poster. 1 keep getting Andrei Kanchelkis mixed up with Hristo Stoichkov• I [lever have this problem playing Fifa." Not strictly true actually, but at least Marcus has had an intensive month of home improvement to keep his mind off football. Many is the day he's arrived splattered with paint and caked in polyfilla. 'It was as going well until I came across this bump under the wallpaper that I couldn't squash down, however hard I hammered it."

Marcus insists the recent disappearance of his cat is entirely unconnected.

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Least favourite soap opt:ia. Neighbours, Eldorado. Anyone remember Albion market? least favourite game! B u t all games are good in their own little way [yeah right, Nick!.

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Unlike Claire, our new designer Nick was unconcerned about Euro 96 " I have been enjoying the odd tart though," he claims.

"Well, it is s ummer after all.

-Drawing a discreet veil over such patisserie pleasures, Nick enjoyed a birthday during the production of his first MEAN MACHINES. "It was great. I got loads of brilliant presents f rom my mates and my folks - a game, some smart CDs, a new pair of flares and a Pamela Anderson poster." An office whip round was sadly less productive. falling s ome way short of the amount needed to buy Nick a chair to sit on while a t work.

"That's OK," he mumbles, putting a brave face on it. "This s loors fine. No. really. It's fine."

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ian Lara Cricket '96 is the sequel to t year's chart-storming Brian Lara AA icket. The follow-up, which has ! ered the Megadrive charts at mber one, was rated 90% by • EAN MACHINES and is on sale • w at E44.99. Anticipating that u'd be understandably anxious to n this summer's essential piece of 16-bit software, we had uiet word in Codemasters' shell-like and came up with me smart goodies for our latest competition. The two lucky nners of our cricket compo will each receive:

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SPECIALTHANKS TO Dorian Bloch id Chan.

Track. Garin al BM, Dave Wilson el EIOC110111C, Ads. Susie Toby. Ken and Haddon at Cote, Steve at US Gold, Edison and Jonathan at Canna Hayes.

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To be in with a chance of winning, simply tell us which team Brian Lara played for in February's Cricket World Cup. Put your answer on the back of a postcard or sealed down envelope and send it to STICKY WICKET at the editorial address. The usual competition rules apply. Two winners wi be drawn from the correct entries on Monday 12 August.

Good luck!

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TOMBCLIMB In Tomb Raider, you're exploring a large 3-D map, You're solving puzzles, you're Willing beasts.

The very original mix has influences of previous games fall classics) that the game designers will readily admit to:

YOURREJUITIPIOR Look to the great Prince of Persia in much jumping off ledges. the ulcerinducing leaps across chasms and the ability to cling to ledges.

YOUPRE S U M Lara has an inventory, shown very 'Alone in the Dark' style, and the objects she carries will be used to solve the game's conundrums.

These range from activating switches to finding objects

YOURRESHOOT= Lurking in shadows of are creatures out for your blood. Lara's twin revolvers ensure plenty of Doom-style shoot outs, but the game's third-person viewed perspective give it a totally different feel

HEBOYPTIFIRS The vast power'of Egypt rose with the pyramids, around 2700BC. It became the great Nation of the Middle East. and many of its incredible edifices remain today; the Pyramids of Giza, and the temple of Abu Simbel, built on the order of Akhenaten, the heretic Pharoah, The vast wealth and inscrutable pictoral culture of Egypt lies under the sands.

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Imagination can then run riot, creating elaborate chambers or tiny corridors. Walls are decorated by authentic textures adapted f rom dncient sources. Finally, dynamic light-sources are added, that take account of intensity and shadows.

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'Lana enjoys working wit h underprivileged children and the mentally disabled. She has a degree in needlework and loves to travel.

Lara's one wish is to ski down Mount Everest wit h Brian Blessed strapped to her back. The simple reason for having a main character as a woman is that if you are looking at a character all the way through a game, the more pleasing on tht• eye it is, the better'.

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SPOT CAMERA Used for the vast majority of gameplay• The camera automatically follows behind Ler& giving a clear v iew of the direction she is facing.

LineOPSIGHT The virtual camera is of enormous importance in Tomb Raider, and has absorbed a huge amount of the t eams attention. There are no less than four basic camera modes switched between during play. Switching between these will be seamless, as if the game was a liveaction movie.

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The camera focuses on an object other than Lara and views it f rom an angle that has her in between t he diagram makes it clearer). This mode can be used to focus on a threat or offer clues for items not in Lara's direct line of vision.

An automatic mode where the camera circles or pans with Lard as its subject. Used for dramatic effect.

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dh IH I H L Occasionally the camera watches Lara pef orm a specific act (eg using an object) f rom a set point Like Alone in the Dark/ Resident Evil

,filMFILMIMIC The thinking behind Tomb Raider's living hazards is strikingly original. To make the game more 'real', many of the creatures are factual animals, whic h react in believable ways. Bears lumber around, wolves attack in packs, circle and pounce, crocodiles waddle and monkeys gambol on all fours. On top of this, impressive artificial intelligence makes your foes harder t o fox_ Enemies will search you out, being either timid or aggressive. Timid enemies may flee your shooting, hiding elsewhere in the level, and even aggressive enemies will retreat if they realise they cannot get to you.

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Pools provide access points to a network of underwater passages. Puzzles, too will f orm part of the subaquatic action, with 'Ara baffl ing against currents and a limited air supply, Lara's s wimming mot ion is divine, but the water effects are truly gob-smacking. Rippling, light-sourced mot ion and transparency created wit h realume gouraud shading programming routines developed by the team.

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The h amazing deal is open to those connected to the Cable TV network, as Sega Channel is a passed along the fi bre-optic network along n h conventional TV signals, Each subscriber wit n has an adaptor that plugs e into their Megadrive carl tridge slot and links it to i their cable signal adaptor. By turning to the Sega Channel like any other, a user selects a game s from the on-screen menu and downloads it c into the Megadrive, and then plays as long as o he likes. There are five 'rooms' covering game m themes of The Arcade, Strategy Room, Family i Room, Sports Arena and The Speedway. n At the moment , the service is being offered by g one Cable company, Telewest, on a limited tryout. The service has been available for , only a f ew weeks, but by Christmas a n d

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4. H O W L O N G D O G A M ES T AKE T O DOWNL OAD? Between 40 and 45 seconds Connection to the system is instant, and their server (which passes out the signal) can handle thousands of subscribers at any time,

5. H O W G O O D A R E T H E GAM ES? Being honest it's a mix ed bag, but there are enough good games to make it wort hwhile for any Megadrive owner. The games also cover all areas of gameplay; spons, puzzle, shoot 'em up and strategy. Judge the list for yourself — Thor, Mean Bean. Ranger X and Sonic 3 are all classics of their time.

6. H O W O F T E N DO THE GAM ES CHANG E?

ELEVEN THINGS YOU NEED To KNOW ABOUT SEGA CHANNEL

Each month, Sega Channel uploads a new CD-ROM whic h has 25 new titles. BO% of these will be different from the previ• ous month. Naturally, popular titles will stay on the network.

1: W H O I S S E G A C H A N N E L ?

Sega Channel is a consortium of Sega of America, TO (the cable company who own Telewest) and Warner Bros. They'll be liaising wit h Sega UK, who are not directly involved_

2. W H A T D O YO U N E E D F OR SEG A CHANNEL ?

You need a cable connection with Telewest, or one of the other cable companies who may soon start to carry the channel. Then you need an adaptor. Telewest will probably offer the adaptor FREE when you subscribe to Sega Channel.

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This works with cable's 'Return Path' interactive ability. However, there is no concrete plan to introduce this, Sega Channel just want to get the system established first.

10. W H A T A B O U T SATURN? 7. H O W BIG IS TH E LIBRARY Sega Channel has access to a mind-boggling 700 Megadrive/Genesis titles, many of which have never been released here. Okay, a lot of these will be crap, but we anticipate users will be loading up bizarre titles like Berenstein Bears lust to 'log them'. It will also be a retro garners heaven.

Again, the potential exists to extend Sega Channel to 32-bit systems, but the company will be concentrating on Megadrive for the forseeable future. So, although Saturn Channel may be a prospect in some years, it's 16-bit only at this stage.

11. C A N I G ET I T O N SATELLITE? No. Sega Channel will be exclusively cable. Satellite channels like Sky work through transponders, which are more expensive to run than cable channels. Sega Channel could work on satellite — the decision is commercial, not technical.

8. W H A T ABOUT NEW G AMES? This is the good part: Sega Channel have signed a deal to 'test drive' unretitles on the system they come out. Demo ver• with limited levels or game.

SAMPLE SEGA CHANNEL LISTING This is the service offered to a lucky set of homas in the South-East of England this month. Would you pay 0 0 a month for these?

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One of the joypad functions allows you to change the angle of sight, looking up or down. This becomes an intrinsic part of gameplay.

As Lobotomy have designed such a lovely translucent, rippling water effect, it's only proper you can dive in.

Waterways and aqueous areas will figure significantly in gameplay.

REASO N 2 : YO U C A N JUMP An ability absent from most Doom-style games is jumping.

Exhumed uses it quite a bit for tiered levels.

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The new character look also mirro rs the hugely popular Virtue Fighter dolls, which are available only as prizes in arcade crane 'catcher' games. The game has been developed first for the arcade, but as it uses the ST-V system (see box) which is very simi• lar to Saturn conversion is proving no problem.

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THE G R E AT TEA SCANDAL! In Japan, Sega are taking every opportunity to use their games to advertise.

Virtue Fighter Kids is one of the mo st blatant, with a tie-in with the Java Tea company (producers of a popular Nipponese beverage). The kids take swigs between bouts, with Shun, who we all know has a bit of a thirst, tossing it back like nobody's business.

Sadly, this will be reprogrammed for Europe, where 'Java Tea' means diddly squat.

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the combat of 1996, considering VF3 will not be appearing now until '97. The latest version at the Sega Graphics Library (SGL) is being used t o convert the game to Saturn, and Sega are confidently predicting a gameplay-for-gameplay match, Alt hough the Saturn may not be able to match the excesses of the Model 2 board, the eight characters techniques and styles will be replicated.

The work done already, s hown here, is stunning, wit h t wo characters rendered in realtime and the familiar barred arenas and backgrounds taking shape.

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The h result of this, depending on your v iewpoint on video game violence, is either the best thing since MK3, or the most disturbing Sigiatil e title to date. Shoot an incredibly ugly monster, then stand back and r watch as his guts spray on to the wall behind. Then do a little dance in e blood and pitter-patter his entrails t hroughout the laval-lif you his ' stand in an enemy 's blood, it will stay on yOur ' , Wand leave trails s be a seen-it-all-before blastemma, but there's no way you've wherever you walk). Yep, this may played anything quite like this. o The closest thing like it on Saturn is probably Loaded, but after playing Overkill for a few minutes, it seems very tame in c omparlif f I ll--n If you wanted to describe eOverkill in the most basic way possible you'd r o b a b l y say like Gauntlet, but with better graphics and loads of W h thal,dakk•alaSSiC y , W S t fancy effects. h - B u like t Gauntlet iron around maze-like levels, blowing away b a d i games i allow entry to the next level), t hge' s dies and collecting keys to pa l t h o muc h more ncompulsive about this souped-up Nineties u something g h g The sheer body count certainly makes it version of the game.

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UNIEWIE CQUIT11011. d ' S T E M Remember Smash TV? No? Well, it was quite a long time ago. Well, Smash TV in the arcade had this unique control system where one hand controlled the directionf o. t..e sprite and the other hand controlled the directional fire. This is exactly how the controls work in Overkill - the standard directional part of the joypad controls the sprite and your choice of four buttons on the right, controls the fire - in up to a 45 degree spray to whichever way the character is facing. This means you can pick the enemies off wit h muc h more ease and it means you waste less fi repower tool

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The Saturn version includes the spinning chandelier in the jeweller's, and the little glass gem cases. Look out for bonus baddies, who try to sneak past your line Of fire.

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The games cognescenti among you will have worked l out this is a sequel, to the legendary Prince of Persia l which was 'Top of the Pops' around four years ago. i Both games were developed by a nutter called Jordan n Mechner, who started them out on PC, then insisted on g porting them over to every format in Christendom a (except, of course, 32X).

Part l 2 takes up where Prince of Persia left off, with various l fanatical towel-head pyjama-wearers chasing the young hero Out of a Persian palace. Once he's made f his way across the sea, he stumbles across a treasure a rn' trap stuffed cave that will test his nubile young body n to the max, and your joystick skills similarly. s POP2 is a platformer, but of a different style to the Yes, o norm.

The levels are constructed meticulously from a f series of flip-screens of tiered platforms. Making your way b through each stage is a nightmare, as false floors. spikes, lava pools and the common or garden longl drop-of-doom lurk everywhere. Luckily, you have an o impressive range of control, allowing you to take runo ning or standing jumps, grab ledges, lower yourself, d crouch and string all these together into sequences. y end goal is the hand of a kidnapped princess and The h fabulous wealth beyond the dreams of avarice. a r d g a m e s

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Play as Sweden. If you so desire. International teams are included to bulk up the usual American conferences and leagues. There promises to be all the statistics you may want, though this option was not completed for the previewable copy.

9 V r e v e a l e d the y o u play, as the c omput er I s tips and snippets of wis dom at the end of each Weminding you of techniques you're not using, or s howing I how they can be employ ed t o t best effect:. q u a r t e r .

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The duvelopment time call be excused when you esee they've obviously wanted to get a lot out of the aMegatirive: fast. isometric graphics without sacrificting gamepkty. Whizz is a busy little beast, indulging in an ongoing balloon race against his l arch-enemy. Who he W e no know. i It's irrelevent anyway, as Whizz's garneplay is more interesting than its plot. You career taround a complex playfield, consisting of isometric islands linked by bridges These are tsealed off by various textured doors, which require you to possess cubic keys first.

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IN S A T U R N OF THE AT SCREEN MO D E , FIG H T AICLIMA The Screen Mode cheat is perf ormed in exactly the same way as in Vampire Hunter hold L and R and keep pressing Up and then Down until it appears. This DOES work in the UK version, unlike the Juggernaut cheat. There is also a way to fight against Akuma, which goes like this. Play the game on whichever skill setting you want (easy or hard), and then win twelve straight rounds winning any six wit h a perfect finish, and any four with a super finish.

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More Vartipire Hunter cheats to kick off this month's tips section, and a couple of snippets to help you through those teething problems you may have encountered. For an easy way to get three hit combos, set your character to Auto Blocking Mode, and when you are playing simply hit all three punch or kick buttons and you'll perform an instant 3 hit chain! fr Also, there is a hidden Screen Mode which lets mt,774• you slightly alter the screen 2 size. To access this go to the options screen, hold L and R and continually press Up and Down until the option appears

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Rez, to beat. Be warned, however - you could complete the game within five minutes if you try this. Look away if you want some lastability. Go to the password screen and enter this code! CZYDRHYP All of the levels will now be open, including Rezopolls.

There are also some other cheats that can be accessed by pausing the game, holding down the R button whilst pressing any of the following button combinations: Down, Up, Start, Right, Right, Z, A, Start, Start, Right, Right.

Electric Shots B. A, Down, A, Down, Down, Down, Up. Down, Right Invincibile Right, Y, Right, Down, Right, Right. B. Left, Up, Right.

Ice Shots C. Up, Right, Right, Y, B. Up, Right, Up. Fire Shots Up, Up, Down, Right, A, Down.

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LI To replenish fuel and energy, • go to the title screen and P press L. A, Z, Y, A, Down, • Down. A sentence will indicate that it has worked.

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During the press and hold A, B. C, and Up and then press L to skip fOrwerff a stage.

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Now step on the icon on the fl oor to receive the Shining Sword!

BACK TO THE CASTLE Take a trip back to see the King, to reveal the next part of the quest.

Before you do, save the game in the church in the castle and have a night's kip at the inn to stock up all of your energy. Go and see the king and he'll tell you about all of the troubles and what not, and open up a secret passage to the next level and the Great Labyrinth. First though, head for the t op left of the map when you emerge in the mound to reach the labyrinth.

GREAT LABYRINTH The object of this level is to fi nd and defeat the four Danns located

in the maze who are trying to revive the giant. There are four of them located in and around the maze, and they require a lot of patience to find. You arrive in a room wit h another set of stairs to take you down to the final confrontation, and four lightning panels for you to slide into. The panel in the bot t om left will take you to a Djinn, so ignore that for the moment , and head for the bot t om right hand panel and slide into it.

These panels will warp you into the different parts of the maze.

When you sr;terge you'll be confronted with t wo passages take the right hand one. Go down and touch the switch to make the panels appear, and then go through the door in the t op right. Go up using the t emporary tiles t hrough to a Pegasus tile. Equip the hat and fly to the right, and go through the door. Now go up, left, and up again to another tile and this time fly to the lef t Go up and then right, travelling along the water until you red , I.

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When he lands, hit him with the same thing and then run away as he spins like crazy. Keep at it like this and you'll defeat him.

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Again head for the bottom left when you're downstairs and you can now traverse the bridge as the sand should still be stone. The yellow key is the reward.

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He'll get stuck and you can let him have it. If that doesn't work, get behind him again (the backs are the weak spot for all of the Djinns) and avoid any of his attacks while laying int o him, When he's dead. go back into the city and stock up on herbs, spend a night at the inn and save your game in preparation for the fi nal battle_

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Well, was it wort h the wait?

Without doubt one of the greatest RPGs of all time has drawn to a close. Or has it? The statistic at the end contains a clue: Items Collected: 71%. Oh well, keep on playing until you fi nd them all.

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The format of I wo-l egged gun-bristling hopping armoured thing game' is unique, even if the scenarios you hop, cruise and hover around are fairly familiar - inner cities, foggy days, snowy wastes and what appears to be my local park. OK, my local park won't look that familiar, but you know the scene, Your 'griffon' is armed with a machine gun, rocket propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles and pitted against a variety of mechanised opponents. For the levels set in night-time, green-screen ttinr-nal inlatiery can be pressed into service for picking your way around ruined buildings and spotting looming targets. To get a bolter view of each area, you can hover in mid-air for limited periods. This only really falls down with its blocky in-game graphics, although the lengthy intro sequence (which employs the new •Trumotion' tech nique) is one of the best we've ever seen.

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All those who speak in hushed tones about Shining Force on the Megadrive should go for this, as should anyone who rated the Zelda series on the SNES. It's the continuing adventures of the Weeble warriors as you play the wandering hero in this vast game. If you're curious about the meandering plot, have a flick through our epic guide over the last few issues Suffice to say this will keep you busy for weeks, and is made all the more playable by the substitution of tedious drawn-out battle sequences for real lime skirmishes. The only flies in the ointment are the rather primitive graphics, but don't let that put you off. If you've got the brain for this sort of caper then you won't be disappointed.

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Mange fan" for all you illiterates out you used to take the mick out of Paul Johnson, Otakuland. there) Paul Johnson. This month I them, but now you're about as YOB•Nice to see you getting out was shocked by three things: 1) My funny as Russ Abbott. MMS is realPi. even if it is ont o the sewage envelope art getting printed in ly good and goes down well with a outlet Skegtossers call a pier.

MEAN MACHINES; 2) The news cup of tea and a brandy snap but Where the hell did they get a SRI ! that the huge US Anime people AD why should I waste my time readcabinet from? Mus t be part of that Vision were c oming to the UK and ing the letters sent to you in the Skegness arcade heist report ed in are doing a competition with your hope of fi nding a decent or funny the Gillingham advertiser Any way . mag and: 3) Well, I walked into reply? It's the same old drivel like, where the flick is Skegness anySkegness Pier. As we know, ' Why do you dribble in y our way? I've just asked the entire "Skegness is s00000 brac ing. pant s r These are the kinds of office and, would you credit it, - I t sea s is a brown froth of fl oating questions people with the ID of a nobody knows. Ans wers on a crap, its air is as refreshing as bird crappy spring-fl owers-of-Shegness exhaust fumes. Coke costs postcard please about E9 a can. As for games. well the newest game in the Skegness arcade is Ms Pac Man. So I fainted f rom shock at the sight of a shiny new Dear Yob, Street Fighter Zero II cabinet I would like to raise a point of argustaring me in the face! ment wit h you. I have read wit h Anyway, it's damn good. I'm great interest the letters submitted riot a huge Street Fighter

by Mr Henshaw of Peterborough. I fan, but this game outstrips have also read letters submitted by all other fi ghting games by Mr P Johnson [both in Issue 441. I a mile. I like the way that found that of the t wo aforemenCapcom brought back tioned persons the f ormer has some Final Fight characters more to contribute to your magain SF Zero ior SF Alpha as zine. I also believe that Mr Henshaw it's been pointlessly renamed here) like Sodom gives more to your sad column that Mr Johnson's pathetic ramblings. It (Katana on the Mega CD) is obvious that Mr Henshaw is a and Guy, but it was a master stroke to bring in juvenile that is succumbing to your needs, whereas Mr Johnson is a Roiento (the industrial sad lonely adult who only writes to stage boss) for Zero MEAN MACHINES when Dear Have you played this Deidre is on holiday. excellent game yet? Any M. Showlen, Peterborough, Combs_ views?

The best thing Afaans nada Ryan Huater's likeness on a scakt ot ore tr.

YODSco you must be Mark though, is that it has the ten Or * 'along Ryan h 5 wolf' at least two Henshaw's 'close friend'. Just how hardest, most terrifyingly unbeattable close do you get. Yob wonders ? I able character ever seen! Sagat? ask. Mean Yob is the biggest waste hope y ou don't 'suck up to him', Sorry, go away. Ryu? Cower in fear, of t wo innocent pieces of paper I but this letter suggests otherwise. pyjama-wearer!

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No chance. have ever seen in my life, And I Hens haw made out he'd rip my All of them are nothing compared don't mean to pry into your sex life, arms off for not giv ing him MK3 to the new girl—Sakura!

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Dear Yob, I thought I'd write to you in order to have a bit of a rant about what's happening to the Megadrive. As far

as I know, the Megadrive is still Sega's most popular format in this country, and yet they continue to neglect the machine in terms of new games. Yes, there was Toy Story a few months ago, but since then there has only been the likes of Cutthroat Island - a truly crappy game. There was a time when the Megadrive had several new releases every month but now they just seem to fart out the odd crap release every month, .if we're lucky! How can Sega continually neglect the format which brought them so much success over the years? There are still lots of Megadrive users out there, all so hungry for new games they would even buy Brian Lara Cricket. I know the Saturn is an amazing machine and well worth the coverage it receives, but come on Mr Sega please don't forget all us poor 16bit owners.

Paul Dennett, Blackpool.

YOB:MEAN MACHI NES is determined not to neglect the Megadrive, but in the last few months Sega have made it quite difficult. I quite agree there should have been more action in the first half of the year, but there were a lot of Christmas games 'clogging the channels'. Now things are on the mend. we have three

Megadrive previews this month, and the promise of half a dozen cream titles to come from Sega.

But it's the Sega Channel that will bring the Megadrive back from the gaming wilderness. I promise you.

munch on a banana. Sonic is nut coming to the SNES or the Nintendo 64 Soni c is only coming to Saturn, Megadrive and Game Gear. What's coming to Ni ntendo 64? Wayne Gretzky Hockey, that's what.

ICHOKEAS ISAY THESEWORDS Dear Yob, Thank you for producing what is the best Sega magazine around, even though I do still buy Sega Power. My cousin owns a SNES and has told me that he wants to buy a Nintendo 64. I choke as I say these words because I own a Sega Saturn, a Megadrive and a Game Gear - there are great games on all of them, especial. ly the Saturn. However, I can't believe that Nintendo and bv man* yot) r Mtchoot tiding for this Ask SafFil tOr Sega are teaming up together some felt tips, et so they can get Sonic off us. , Mik e Why is this occurring? Anyway, keep up the good work and may And th a t w a s Yob for your magazine live forever and a nothe r m onth, hope ful l y ever. a dding a b i t m or e to th e Mat t hew Bullman, Castleford, West de ba te s t h a t s ha pe th e Yorkshire. s oftw a r e w or l d. J oi n m e YOB:You sound a bit confused. Put again ne x t m o n th fo r s ome your head between your legs and more tol l e y 's l e tte r s .

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And st o o d ag ai n st t h em ( w h o ? ) Proud Ed w a rd ' s a r m y And s e n t t h e m h o m ew ard Tae t h i n k ag ai n .

I a m , o f co u rse, a F lo w er o f Sco t lan d , but I ' m n o t s u r e w h i ch sp ecies.

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Dear Gus, m fed up with writing to you. Just print this and I'll keep quiet for at least a week, 1. I'm going to Italy soon.

I presume they sell Saturn games over there - will they be compatible with my English Saturn?

2. If they will be, do you know the Italian for 'FOR USE WITH PAL AND FRENCH SECAM SYSTEMS'?

3. Will Italian controllers work on PAL machines?

4. Why don't magazines review games when they are out for the general public to buy?

I'm not leaving my name because you've probably got a bin in my office with my name on because every time you get a letter from me you obviously throw it away .GUS I . Ther e should be no problem wi th Italian discs, but they won't be any cheaper.

2 Justa wan Saturno, geev eet to meel 3.Yes, all controllers work on all machines. &Sometimes games slip. We always try to get this month's games in the Out Now section.

CHEESE MINGLES Dear Gus, 1. As Saturn games develop, how much can the clipping seen in games like Daytorta and Sega Rally improve?

2. In your opinion, what is the best Saturn sports game?

3. is there going to be V i r t ua Cop 3, and it there is Will Sego, incOtporate a foot pedal, as in Time resift? t7 Cart, Bash Somerset,

GUS 1 The improvement is gradual, but the potential for improvement is finite. Only so many polygons ere possible within a cycle Poor clipping is a result of trying to overachieve and failing cosmetically. In terms of technical ability, Sega Rally represents '861i of Saturn's capacity" (Yu Suzuki, AM2) 2. The forthcoming Worldwide Soccer, but don't tell Sega I said that.

3 I 've no idea, but I hope they come up with a better idea than that crappy gimmick.

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PRAWN COCKTAIL DISCOS Dear Gus, 1. I've finished Fl Challenge on Saturn - will there be a sequel?

2. Is there going to be anything as good as Flashback coming out on Saturn?

3. Is there going to be a Thunderhawk 3? 1 1 . is there a good golf game on the 4, way?

1 1 1 4 1Gokismall, 1 1 k . Essex.

GUS:1. Probably not.

2. Heart of Darkness from Flashback creator Frederik Savoir — an exclusive on Saturn!

3. Very probably.

4 Actua Golf looks superb.

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Dear. Gus, 1, Whole going through the voice test on Virtue Fighter 32X, I found a voice that said 'Sudden Death' I assume this means there's a f a t a l i t y l t mode in the game. Am I right?

Alistair Calms, Grantham, tows GUS 1. No, it's a mode where a single hit results in death.

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Dear Gus, 1. Do you think it's worth getting Ultimate NIK3 if I already have Virtua Fighter 1 and 2?

2. Is there going to be a sequel to D? 3. Is it worth getting Sim City 2000 if I've already got Theme Park?

4. Steve pronounces Sega 'Seega'.

How do you pronounce it?

J L. Musson, I ondon GUS:1. Do you like the arcade UMK3, is the more relevent question? Do you want it at home? If 'yes' to both get it.

2. Not a sequel as such, but the Laura character stars in 'Enemy

Dear Gus. I am hoping to buy a Sega Saturn in the next low months and would like you to answer few basic questions for me.

1. I have an 0141 RF television and a VCR with a scart socket. Could I play the Saturn through thre4LCR, saving me having to get an lead? I tried playing my M e g a d r > through my VCR and the picture 1 went fuzzy. / 2. Weighing up all the pros and 4 cons, which would be the better %, . . . . . . .

buy for a Saturn football game Euro 96 or FIFA 96?

P M Mel , London, GUS1. If it's a PAL Saturn, it should work through the video without a problem.

2. Euro '96 Mats Fifa.

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OUTER SPACERS Dear Gus, 1. Will Virtue Fighter 2 or Virtue Cop be coming out on the 32X? 2. Do you think We worth getting a 32X and Virtue Fighter? I'm dying to play i t Marton Scott, Hemel Hempstead, Hells GLI S:t No. 2. Lat'a be candid. The 32X is not a great prospect if you want the latest games At E199 a Saturn is the sensible long-term investment

Virtue Cop 2, Virtue Fighter 3 or Fighting Vipers?

3. Is there any news yet of Sega Rally 2? If not, do you have a hunch?

4. Do you think Ridge Racer Revolution is better than Sega Rally? Say yes and we'll hurt you 5. How much will the Saturn's intemet connection cost?

6. Will Quake be released on the Saturn?

PS. We meant what we said in question 4!

Paul Rooney, Lithe!'land, Merseyside.

GUS:Go ahead punk, make my day. 1. It's Virtual (note the 1') On. I ts a bizarre robot combat game, much more mobile than VF2.

Players hurl incredible attacks at each other while running around a polygon arena. ft's lab, hugely popular in Japan and set for a very good conversion.

2. It's too early to judge the conversions, but I'm personally looking forward to Fighting Vipers

and Manx IT. 3, No. I have no hun 4. I can safely avoid a mere SHADOW of magnificence.

5. Probably E199.

6. Yes, for Decembe Dear Fungus, ....Please answer these questions for me and my friends Ther e are X) of us, and if you don't answer our letter we will stop buying this mag and start buying Maximum instead!

1, Have you seen Virtue On Wha t the hell is it about and how does it look?

2. Which of these titles will be the best: Daytona Deluxe, Manx TT,

CHIP STI 1 Wha t do you think of XMen.Children of the Atom?

2. Is there any way of connecting the Saturn to a stereo?

3. When will Virtue Fighter 3 be coming out over here?

4. Do you have a release date for the Saturn 27 5. How will it differ from the first one 6. How much will it cost?

Steven Ravvionson, Wavenree, I'verpool GUS:1. Jap version brilliant, PAL conversion: so-so.

2 Thr ough a VCR is the easiest way. A composite input also works, but is fiddlier to arrange 3. Sometime 1997.

4/5. There will be no Saturn,' 2/Flash Saturn launch in the UK_ The rearranged insides will hide in the familiar black case.

6. E199

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Dear Gus, 1 Wi l l Capcom's Du Dragons coin-op r i r i v t o Saturn? Most i i other decent arcade ga e v e been 2 Will t Fighter AIpha 2 come out.an the Saturn? It so. when?

3. Will the Saturn be abl o produce a good conve • r i of Sonic Fighters?

4. When is the sl "' h Championship Mena 2 corn • out on the Saturn?

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GUS:1 Legends of a r e ? Nah.

2. Yes, tor Christmas

3. TheoreticQlly, but I'm not sure if that's being converted now.

4. Nobody's bothering with that at the present. Shame.

5, No idea, write to SELECT

Anything I don't know a in't wor th knowing. Wr ite and ye shall be answered. See ya s oon.

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SEGA SATURN FOR sale with Virtua Fighter. Sega Rally and 2 pads. 4 months old P erfect condition t250 Thirsk (01845) 525312 WANTED: DUNE or Dune 2 for MD i will pay f.15 fo r either.

Phone Ben (01494) 813442) CHEATS for a copy of 600 cheats please send a CHQ or P.O. for i1.50 payable to : K Chan To: 50 Oundle Road Peterborough PE2 9PA MEGADRiVE damaged but usable and fixable, one joypad.

NHL Hockey '94 Game I.15 Cash only You Pay P&P (01788)810108 MEGADRiVE +32X 4 joypads +12 games including Doom. MM 96 + MK3. Excellent condition 6 months old 1150 Tel : (01642) 783077 Cleveland. Ask for Sam.

MEGADRiVE FOR SALE, Menacer with games, 3 pads (one six button) including MK1 + 111, Sonic 2 + 3 and SQ. Cost me 1700+ will sell for £275 Buyer must collect or pay P&P Tel: Anthony (0191) 252 3668 WANTED MEGADRIVE 2 games.

Ballz, Bomberman, Boogerman.

Comm Zone. Earthworm Jim 1ft2. Fever pitch, Jimmy White's Snooker, Micro Machines 96, Pete Sampras Tennis 96, Probotector, Spot goes to Hollywood, S treet Racer and Toy Story. Will pay reasonable prices Tel : Kevin (01920) 877341 MEGADRIVE GAMES For Sale JW Snooker, NBA, Live 95. S treet Fighter 2, NBA Jam, NHL 95, Madden 94. College Football, Lotus 2. David Cup, M. Ali Boxing. Agassi. Super Kick Off, Bulls V Blazed, 2 x 6 button pads All Games only £5 Telephone : (0131) 621 0501 MEGADRIVE 2, Mega CD. and 32X 1 7 games for a price of (.300 including instruction Manuals if you ar e i nterested Tel : (01904) 448668 MEGADRiVE FOR Sale. Boxed as new with 32 Games and 2 joypads. P e r f e c t condition. A bargain at £300 Coventry (01203) 544432 a fte r opm MD1, MCD2. MANY Games. Box of pads/Sticks. 4 Player ad ap tor, All boxed £300 o.n.o. SNES with gun. boxed 175 o.n.o..

Game Gear and games with rechargeable battery pack t70 ono All in excellent condition Tel : (01923) 490215 32X WITH STARWARS and MK11 for £60. With only one game

£50. MD games include Earthworm Jim, Syndicate and Micro Machines 2.

All boxed. Call James on (01372) 468642 a fte r 4.30pm any day. Whole lot 1.150.

MEGADRIVE 11 FOR SALE Brand spanking 4 months old fully boxed +2 controllers, 4 games 1100 or swap for Amiga 500+ which includes Theme Park + over ten other games. Ring (01353) 721673 Must live in East Anglia. Will pay extra L20 fo r a printer.

SATURN FOR SALE INC: Sega Rally, Virtual Cop + Gun. FIFA 96, Wipeout. Datona. Virtual Fighter, Panza Dragoon, Clockwork Knight. Virtual Racer, Victory Goal, RF Lead, 2 pads. Al l boxed as new 1.500 no offers TEL (0161) 429 8865 after opm Week days.

MEGADRiVE FOR SALE! (with 32X) 6 megadrive games, 5 32X games. Worth over £600 for sale a t £250 o.n.o. Call Adam Peddar on : (0181) 788 6849 Oh and two 6 button controllers!

WANTED : ZERO TOLERANCE Please phone (01827) 711775 after 6pm and ask for Andrew SEGA MASTER SYSTEM, Excellent condition, All leads and mains adaptor. 9 games including Zool, Jurassic Park, Alien 3, Cool Spot, Terminator, Robocop, Enduro Racer, Sonicl Chuck Rock 2. 2 control pads 1.70 o.n.o.

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