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AT A GLANCE Al games ore Saturn format unless otherwise specified Ai.tua Col! 3 0 Alien Trilogy 2 2 Athlete Kings 9 0 Baku Baku Animal i n) 9 0 Bugs Bunny IMegadrivol 7 2 Chaos Control 4 1 Oath Saviour 3 6 Discworld 9 0 Exhumed 5 2 Guardian Heroes 9 0 Highway 2000 4 0 NBA Action 6 4 NIGHTS 5 1 Olympic Games Olympic Summer Games (Megedrivel Pinball Graffiti 3 4 Primal Rage 8 4 Prince of Persia 2 iMegadrivei 8 0 Pro Pinball 1 6 Kens Flying Seaudron 3 1 Rise 2: Resurrection 9 0 Road Rash 7 0 Sea Bass Fishing 1 2 Slam and Jim '96 1 7 Sonic the Hedgehog IMegadrivel 5 0 Sonic 2 IMegadrivel 5 0 Sonic 3 IMegadrivel 5 0 Sonic b keuckles iMegadrive) S O Sonic Southall IMegadrivel 5 0 Soviet Strike l b Sterftgraer 3000 4 6 Story of Thor 2 6 6 Streetfitfitter Alpha Striker '61 Tank 2 1 Tin Tin in rum iMagadrivel 7 $ Virtue Fighter MCI BO

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PINBALL CAA A new eta in tr' ineuvations Like DARK SAVIOUR 3 6 More details on this stunning isometric RPG we wait its eager anticipation

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KEW FLYING SQUADRON 2 3 8 Totally loopy Japanese kitsch from JVC - the company that brought you Pinball Graffiti and Sea Bass Fishing What are talese guys on?

HIGHWAY 2000 4 0 Jett when you thought it could get no stranger at JVC Towers Just cop a load of this CHAOS CONTROL If you can t watt for Virtu.) Cop 2, this II give you the chance to dust off your light gun

F E AT U R E S TOMB RAIDER 14 The graphic adventures of Lam Croft • Tomb Ruder. An exclusive new strip by Paul Peart end Vicky Arnold, based on Core Design's new game.

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There s been a lot of speculation about this so-called milestone in video gaming You know hew it looks We tell you how it plays NBA ACTION 6 4 The top notch games just keep coming - is this the best basketball game yet' We reckon so STORY OF THOR 2 6 6 n your cutlass and swath yam buckle tot Me Instalment of the legendary saga RASH / 0 know - you can t even go for a Sunday afternoon y more without some nutter pointing a comma in yea for some dire DAV sequence It's a disgrace OLYMPIC GAMES 7 0 US Gold unveil the sister title to the impressive Olympic Games • this shares the same stylised look Does it share the same quality ol gameplay 7 SEA BASS FISHING 7 8 Nominations for most bizarre game of the year once again come Item JVC So, can console fishing actually be hin? Turn to page 78 and lied Out PRIMAL RAGE 8 4 From something new to a something as familiar a.. an old pair 01 comfy slippers There they go. little ptentalotic terrors. Bless mit

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PRO PINBALL 8 6 The al el the pinball simulation reaches new heights with The Web - the Pro Pinball table from Empire,

STREETTIGHTER ALPHA GUIDE 4 1 Darr the on . i i t e d Sown' , master. shares his knowledge i4 y e l .nth those hard enough to try it on

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TANK A first look at BMG's now blast am up, a game so nails el makes Loaded look like flower stringing

EDITORIAL Your rendervous with the teem on the cutting er, - ca k in a ca n , , . 1 , • l e c NEWS t r o m Stuff so up to date that even we Etaft i c .know what's in it yet. Have a look on g a8 to find out, page t m i CREAM n g OF SEGA 1 2 What s shifting on Megadnve and , Saturn in the high street, as well as your T nominations for future and current h fare. i s DM'S TIPS 4 2 The pow boy flexes his tipping muscles to bring you expert assistance with Baku Barth, Panzer Dragoon Zwel and more

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Front around the world they flock, eager to learn ti the lest of the master. But he's not in so they'll have to ask Gus. MEGAMART 9 6 We reckon this has bean 1r rediyellow' nit for too long. CL F l IOUs - what about a nio, yellow and bluey green' y o u know you want to

STRIKER 96 8 8 "Ocb, Andy Gray here readers, OW 10 want you that that , go t t o d BUGS BUNNY 7 2 e So what exactly. was 'op"?

And how did cthe rabbit talk? It o whole thing That's what I reckon. s OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES 7 4 o G us school spons days, uncannily reaeared on your Megath ive TIN TIN IN TIBET 7 6 Norge's timeless anyone's's of BeleteMs most lamas (well, only famous) son become a challenging Megadrive game.

PRINCE OF PERSIA 2 8 0 The king of rock aid games returns to reclaim its crown Mortal Wattmeters quake in fear - the turban of terror is back

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1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 1 1 . r l nice i people at Twentieth Century Fox took us to see Those a preview of Independence Day T h e new alien . invasion movie is officially the most successful film ever, 1 having put more bums on seats than even Jurassic Park!

1 alien 'The mothership effects were ace,' says Dan, who ; impressed. was1well 1u g ah mouldy Wotsitr It'll be arriving at a cinema cheesier a l 1t h1othan near you 1 t h e any day now, and on your Saturn some that. Go see it - it's 1;li time 1o after p t with Toy Story for neck and neck 1 1 aMEAN nMACHINES d movie of the year.

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THIS SPORTING S T R I F E You can't walk in the MEAN MACHINES office without falling over multi-sports games at the moment. A pile of worn out joypads is testament to the popularity these button bashing frenzies. But what are the team like at the . —na l l I MI l e m a . . . .

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"Judo was the only really interested in lad," says Gus. "I did three years, thinking it would turn me into Bruce Lee. For the good it did me I might as well have been Bruce Forsyth - this was very forcefully brought home to me after my second lesson. After each class we had half an hour to practice the skills we'd supposedly learned. I was only 11, weighed about 5 stone and really didn't know what I was doing. I was challenged by this hulk of a 20-year old who wiped the floor with me. I remember sitting in the back of my dad's car on the way home, reeling from concussion. I ended up falling out of the car and throwing up everywhere. My dad laughed. Ten hen."

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"I t o be really fit," says Cl h o recently gave up her ship of the local gym after three months of opting for pasta over push-ups every lunch time. 'When I was 12 I went on a 20 mile horse ride. I would have continued horse riding if it wasn't for a distressing experience. My mum had lust bought me all this really smart riding gear which I was really proud of.

Unfortunately I fell off my horse and spent nearly a mile getting dragged along the ground behind it. My jodhpurs were ruined and I had a really sore bum for weeks.' Since quitting the gym, Claire has been all the more determined to pursue her interest in sports. Only last week she got cable TV installed so she could watch Lunohbos V ilo ball,

1 1 1 • 1 , 1 7 "All that multi-sports button1bashing was much easier in the days." says Marcus. 'At least 1old the keys on my ZX Spectrum made of rubber." Before he 1were launches into one of his Nspeeches about how games were better when they were made of 2wood, he remembers a school day story. us ua lly tried 1sports to get Out of it with a forged note my mum, but on this \from occasion I was stuck in this bizarre egg and spoon race that you had to run with both feet inside a sack. I only got away with it by jumping on the back of other people's sacks to slow them down." It is this underhanded sneakiness that earns Marcus a lookalike picture of Doctor Who bad guy the Master . Thatwas Dan's idea of a joke. He'll havoc t n o n "

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A new, lean, an, t jilting fit MEAN MACHINES team is comp with the addition of our new staff writer Dan Jevons. The time has come for Master Jevons to take the spotlight for the first many Editorial humiliations...

Name: "Manuar Daniel Jevons Date of birth: 21st November 1923 (Nintendo clay() Height: 6 foot 2 Weight: Light as a feather!

Marital status: Desperate Hobbies: Films, snow boarding, bunigy lumping, videogames.

Favourite games: Ghouls 'n' Ghosts, Street Fighter Alpha, Quake, Mario 64 iguipll.

Favourite Sonic gamer Sonic CD! Favourite retro game: Defender.

Least favourite games: Dark Castle (Megadnvel, Last Action Hero (SNES).

Most astonishing high score with tyoe_l - C the o m p l dragon e t e darid 100% kill ratio.

Favourite P a nfilms: z Aliens, e r Miller's Crossing, The Usual Suspects, Reservoir D r a g o Dogs, Hard Boiled, Favourite member of Take That: Gary Barlow !the o n only talented one).

Z w e Most embarrassing record: Teenage Mutant i Ninia Turtles soundtrack.

Embarrassing school memory: Falling off the Stage during a performance of Bugsy Malone!

Cak Corner is a new regular feature turning the spotlight on the worst games in history. Each

Claire 'good for her age COLUMBO - Coi dthar d Marcus 'ditty mac' Hearn JIM ROCKFORD Nick had cellars' Paterson SHERLOCK HOLMES Dan elementary Jevons

9 0 i s eWP kM V of new Turd in a Can gm) to the, at, lucky winner of our competition. This month's classic cak the legendary Megadrive game Dark Castle, This dire platformer, released in 1991, had it all worse graphics than a Master System, no scrolling, almost non-existent animation, migraine-inducing sou effects, tiny sprites and music that sounded like the noise cats make when you stand on their tails. So how can you win your spray turd? Simple. if you're a Dark Castle owner, simply send us a photo of the end sequence! Address your entries to Cak Corner - Dart Castle. What we decide to be the most entertaining

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"When I was 13 I the Glastonbury marathon," says Dan. 'I t was only s miles long but we got so behi nd that I t c h e d a lift with my mate's grandad when we saw him passing. We pretended my mate had a sprained ankle so, out of sympathy, he dr opped us of f .half way through the course.

I think that my greatest s moment was down to skill, however. I was a last-minute su in a water pol o match at sch and I scored a winning goal minute before the final whi was brilliant - I knocked the backwards, right over my he It really impressed the chicks. even got a kiss off Clare Burgess Watson, And she was wearing a swimsuit, so you could really...

Dan. - Y eWe're s , sure it was lovely. t h a n k y o u

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AN I ME G I V E A W AY AD Vision have just released the Japanese sword and sorcery classic Princess Minerva. This light-hearted Ani ma action video is on sale now, price E1.2.99_ However, by entering our competition you could blag yourself one of five tapes that AD Vision have given us for our comp°. To be in with a chance. simply...

Name one of the female characters from Streetfighter

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and send it to SAUCY SORCERY at the editorial address. The usual competition rules apply, and all entries must reach us by second post on Monday 16 Sep. ternbec Good luckl

IMPORTANT' We've been inundated with queries about Shining Wisdom since the game s recent UK ielease We mate Met it's impossible to help you over the telephone, and suggest instead that you contact our back issue associates (phone number below) about the availability of issues 43, 44, 45 and 46 These issues cootie') our exhaustive foie-pan guide to the game SUBSCRIPTION b BACK ISSUE ENQUIRIES

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Sovi et S t r i k e i s one of F ethem. w ga m e s ha v e st he Four year of ga m i ng excel l ence, cr i ti cal accl ai m a nd r a bi d e x pe c t a t i on wi l l c om e t o a he a d w i t h t he r el ease of t he fi r s t 3 2 - bi t he l i c opt e r s hoot 'ens up fr ees EA. But Soviet Strike is not merely set to ride int o gaming lore on t he back of the reputation earned by the three Megadriv e games. Two years of programming, wit h the 'Godfather of Strike', J ohn Manley, breathtaking technical ingenuity and a crusade for good old fashioned playability and the Americ an way ensure Soviet Strike of its own place in the sun_ Since Urban Strike the press has largely been kept in the dark until EA revealed the game at E3 in May. Then it bec ame clear that the temptations of an out -and-out 3-0 fest had been resisted. It also became clear to those who played the game for a short amount of t ime i t was already surprisingly together) that the essence of previous titles had been distilled into the new game.

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A. The Soviet angle came rani the original three designers, Michael Becker, John Manley and Rob Swanson, who worked together to try and take 'Strike over to the 32-bit machines. They entertained a lot of different scenarios, different parts o‘ the world, which is part of what the 'Strike thing is, trying to be topical, up to date, and the stuff that w as happen ing in Eastern Europe was certainly exciting and that's what helped them arrive at the particular Soviet scenario.

0 : And w he n di d the y actuel l i t com e up w i t h t he scenar i o?

A: Actually, design started, believe it or not, about two years ago. That seems liki -i0 : You ta l k a bout topi c a l i ty . W he n lthe i i de a w a s fi r s t de v e l ope d pe oyple ha d no i de a t he c om m uni s ts im i ght c om e back, b u t the r e 's gbeen a r e c a nt r e s ur ge nc e i n tRussi a. Wila• t ha t c om pl e te l y i unexpected? m e A: Art imitates life, or lite imitates life a gI'm not sure what the phrase is, but oyeah, that was serendipitous Wha t we .did was produce a sort of 'what it' see. a irid then thingg ;Urn out the vity n d i t r e a l l y W L I S

a t You ta l k e d a bout othe r m e m ber s of t he de s i gn te a m , ha d t he y com e fr om t he or i gi na l 'S tr i k e ser ies?

A J ohn Manley is the only one of those associated with all three prove:erg sions. the Godlether of 'Strike, as it

were! a l A nd he w a nt e d t o ha v e a ha nds -on i nv ol v e m e nt w i t h thi s one as w e l l ?

A: He absolutely has, John has seen us through it since day one

(I: That leads en i s the next gnaw (I on - how m uc h of t he pr oj e c t i s i nspi r ed by t he thr e e 'S tr i k e gam es? W he t a r e t he y key fe a tur e s t ha t y ou w oul d say pl a y e r s of t he othe r thr e e ga m e s w oul d r ecogni se?

A: O ne ot t h i n g s that Jorii a•i d team did was try to analyse, some people 'night say owe-analyse, what exactly makes the 'Strike series interesting, gives it its longevity. So they dissected t h e t h re e p r e vio u s 'St r ike Ve re iOn e Stern

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group results to help them to tear apart those pieces they thought would work really well. So, have they been ins pired by the 'ast three games?

Absolutely, and they 'v e learned a lot from each previous edition, and hopefully that will be

reflected In VHS product also. 0 1 1The 1 1l ook 01 t he ge ni e l e ver y di s ti nc Or %ve — 1 a bi t l i ke, b u t al so a bi t s ot l i ke. ti 1 1 ol d 'S tr i k e g a r . — the " A: --Riglit t We'v e got d C M a r y views.

4 of them is behind the a n d you can One " Switch to a 'classic Strike' v iew also Th is was quite a conscious design not to try arid du the fi rst-person perspective I t 's been done quite well on a lot of other games, and we thought if we

did it, it would be k i n d of 'me too' type thing I t really plays to our strength to keep a Classic 'Strike perspective as the game perspective and try and amplify that for the 32-brt. So it was a conscious decision not to go with the cockpit.

But do y ou ne t w or r y people. m i ght l ook a t t he ga m e a t t hi nk i t's not 'ne x t ge ne r a ti on e n o u g h , because i t l ook s a bi t l i k e t i o n a l 1 6 -bi t ga m e . ?

A. A t i l , aLsulutely. I would say that s a huge concern. But I think the software demonstrates that we're featuring a c ouple of new technolo• gies. One of them is the way we are rendering the backgrounds whic h gives rt a very unique look, and I don't think anyone else has done it on a 32-bit platform. It has fully rendered backgrounds mak ing it look basically photo-realistic, and that's s omething whic h is very unusual. And I think that will carry the day for us as far as going forward with s omething that's taking a new angle on 32-bit machines

FALLEN EMPIRES With the collapse of c ommunis m in Russia in the late 1980s. the Cold War was effectively over — the West had won, But the c ulture of spy stories, James Bond and the fear of 'reds under the bed' have never quite gone away. Soviet Strike takes us into a nightmare scenario where the real fanatics have seized control, abducted President Veltsin and once again threatened the peace-loving world.

Just like the topical Desert Strike, which reared its controversial head when the Gulf War was a monumental world event. Soviet Strike skirts current politic al

issues. Russia is still an unstable country, support for communist factions is increasing, and the idealogues of Stalinist ideas are once again becoming emboldened. A Soviet Strike's rendered intro shows lust how close the prograrrmers haa come to captunng a photo-realistic top down oeWpOrfe, with the actual in g e m e g r a

dangerous amount of nuclear weapons are left under no obv ious control.

Into this emerging s iutation comes the Strike learn a helicopter taskforce whos e primary role is to deal wit h delicate missions and scenarios earmarked as suicidal. They are

small, select and secret.NO one learns ot Inv successes, noming is ever nearoOf oleo tallures, inev can adapt to any badlezone: Soviet Strike covers a vast area of the Russian and Eastern European landscape; Kyhber, Transylvania, Siberia and c onc luding on the capital itself, against the backdrop of the Kremlin.

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A T h e Saturn conversion is being done by a really good group called Tiberon - they've surprised us with the Wredible amount at good technology they've been able to find outler themselves. We've been repeatedly surprised by the performance of the Saturn, we've tust been blown away with how they've managed to keep up with us, Despite a lot of tricks that can be done on the PSX you cannot do on the Saturn, they've pretty much been in step with what we're doing.

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Tal ki ng a bout m e r e s pe c i fi c m a tte r s of gai nepl ay, c a n you gi v e us a v i e w of t he pl ot a nd s tr uc tur e of t he gam e?

A: The 'Strike team is this covert military team assembled by governments to stop wars before they begin. In the case of Eastern Europe there's a bad guy, a madman trying to incite all kinds of bad things and your job is to get in there first and shut down all types of activity before they spread into a widespread war, Part of the fun, which hasn't been se4111 yet, but that we're including through the Full Screen Video, is the news story part of fl, the political side of it which I think is fascinating because we've got a key reporter, and she gives you the angle on i t when you succeed nobody knows about it and when you fail they cover it up, so it's an interesting little political thing generated as a background story to the whole deal But the plot is basically save the world, don't let things get out of hand, We've got five specific areas of Eastern Europe. In the order you'll go through them in the game there's; Crimea. The Black Sea, Khyber, one we call 'Dracula' which is Transylvania, and then to the capital itself.

Now each of these is a very different type of environment and has different types of actual gameplay.

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A: Really, that's something we thought was key. We like to see it as a doing, you need to plan ahead, and you just can't blow everything up. I t think that gives us an edge that some other games may not have. Yeah, h we have missions within missions. For each of the scenarios, you're i going to be doing four or five different missions. n k : Ar e the r e a ny pl a ns t o e x t e nd t he l onge v i ty of t he ga m e 0 ia fte r i t's c om pl e te ? Ca n y ou go back a nd fi nd sonsetki ng ndi ffe r e nt? g A: Well, we have that to an extent. We have scripted certain key things m that go on - for instance, you can follow a particular truck to its destinaa tion and it will trigger another event. If you don't do that, it doesn't itself n ' s s h o o t e r ' y o u r e a l l y The from end of thengem uses the CO capacity in e gesprevious of a way that was impossible In the Strike e compos C G I germs Sophisticated sequences arid videos d lays oat all the weaponry inthe game t o t h SCuu launChef5 8 0 0 rear Te a r herriefe heads i 1 8 N Wn S E G A k a b

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end the game so you can miss it and there will be things you don't k now you've missed. Hopefully talk through magazines and clues will persuade people to go back and play through things they've missed. There's also a lot of video here too, and you can go beck and see slightly different 'trees of repsonses t o how well y ou're doing.

Os I n t he pr evi ous gam es, the r e vospre • t h e r vehi cl es y ou c oul d use- Wi l l t ha t fe a tur e i n t hi s gam e?

A: You're right on That 's pretty muc h it — this is our learning curve, as it were try ing to concentrate on whet we have.

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0 : Vitas t ha t be c a us e of t be w or k i nvol ved i n s e t t i ng up the ga m e engi ne ? I s I t . bi t l i k e De s e r t Str i ke, w hi c h w e e t he b a s k onetime t o w hi c h t he •oque l s w e r e em be l l i s hm e nts ?

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the things we'v e thought about, whic h we might inc lude as an easter egg (Americ an term for cheat( or even as an option is a mode where you can lust go round and s hoot things up, but I'm not sure quite how we're going to handle that. We won't allow that to s poil play '

Gs Le t's ta l k a bout s om e of t he w e a ponr y us e d a ga i ns t y ou dur i ng t he c our s e of t he gam e.

A: It pretty muc h ranges throughout what is modern military technology, most of it Out of the manuel. I hate to plug Janes', but we do have the Janes' license [EA have licensed the famous military publisher) and there was a certain amount of keeping up with what is the real hardware out there now - we wanted to to be sure of what current technical capabilities are S o there's nothing outlandish about that st there's SCUD missiles, CRUISE anti•tank stuff, submarines, big guns [laughs), Pretty muc h if it shoots we' uot it in the game

A: We have that, and we also have other things that occur — I don't want to give too muc h away — inquis itiv e stud, where you will have to interac t with the scenery in Order to c omplete some of the missions correctly. You'll need to be ordered in the way you blow things up so as not to trigger s ome other event, whic h may for ex ample get in the way of someone trying to get through to you.

0 : Thi s l eads l e s oothe r que s ti on a bout t he a r ti fi c i a l i nte l l i ge nc e w i t hi n the ga m s . Whom w e s a w t he ga m e a t 13, w e s a w s e s m y $011411401rS e m • r g • k e r n a de s tr oy e d bui l di ng a nd dr i v e of f In a j e e p vehicle y ou c oul d fol l ow . H ow i nte l l i ge nt a r e t he e l e m e nts l i k e s ol di er s y ou fa c e i n t he gam e?

A: Well, it works at various levels as defi ned by the game designers. What you saw there was actually scripted. So basically what the script says is 'if this building gets shot by a gun, release this men, get into the car', it's a scripted thing. He has a path to follow, he drives down the road like a madman and then he crashes. And that is all scripted by the implementers. On the other side is the bad guy Al, this is stuff like how Vie tanks reaet, and these routines are a lot more complicated. These involve questions like 'does he turn end run away?' if you're realty pummeling him, or does he c ome after you? They can be scared, the can stand and defend themself, and at that level, it s all in code, that's more random and more sophisticated than t l , 0 rt: And p r e i s t ha t Al s i gni fi c a ntl y m or e com pl ex t ha n i n t h e 111-bit ver si on? p la n n e d A; Oh yes, absolutely. We're taking advantage s allt theuextra f cycles f of we have here. We're chucking in s ome stuff so t h a t - well, tanks wia .010 surprise you a little bit. , Its De e s i t not de pr e s s y ou t ha t m os t people' w i l l m i s s al l tha t, s i nc e I t's i nvi si bl e?

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ther e nucl ei 's w e a pons i l evel vedr A: Urre n m yes. There is positive. but not ov ert usage of nuclear weapons in the game 0: Y ou s ound a bi t b o i l ther e. i s thi s s om e s or t of a s ur pr ise?

A: Ilaughs1 Yeah! 1 1 1 1 Or The 'S tr i k e ga m e s ha v e a r e puta ti on for be i ng r eal l y ha r d, r e a l warners* g H a v e y ou s ot out 116,:,te m ake e t S tr i k e as di ffi c ul t, 1 1 r . n o d l y s e e e s s i bk ?

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that for a greeter good The bad guys are obvi-

ously bad guys who are trying to work this reactor to do some wors e damage, as it were.

What we hope to do is capture the thing wit h a good story around it, like any good mov ie the bad guy is really bad, so when he gets it in the end, y ou don't necessarily feel too bad about IL But yeah, it's a very sensitive item that's f ore most in our thoughts. .• Os You w a nt a l i ttl e bi t of spi ce as w el l ?

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A: What we're doing is a unique technology that allows you to. what we call, 'stream' the background off the CD during gameplay, so what you're seeing out there is not tiles or repetitive background graphics. We're actually pulling off new data as you fl y around. So y ou're seeing a basically photo-realistic, non-repealed background that gives it a unique look, I think - not so chunky.

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A: Not now used . W on e l al c ouple of games but they don't have a dollP Olavheld and are pretty muc h contained.

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A! you are limited by CD size, but yeah. We Ihave to try and keep in mind how big the world is so don't get lost in it. so wer keep it at a t people h size. imanageable n k Q: W ha t ar e the r e s tr i c ti ons on t he ga m e i r unni ng w hi l e thi s pr ocess i s goi ng on, tde w ' i t s l ow i t dow n? h aA: No, actually it doesn't. Once we got onto the sCD and started playing, we found it was quicker bthan the dev elopment machines we were work ing eon [mos t dev eloment units use a non-CD storage esystem). For myself it was crucial we deliv ered on the gameplay. We c ould have had pretty backn grounds, but we didn't have enough hardware memory left over to do the actual game. It was a cntical point that we needed to have enough room for the buildings , the explosions, the helicopter.

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I'd like to think there's still an audience Out there u for it.a We 'v e got more depth in it than other games, the object F not being to kill everything on screen, but to play it smart. i Were talking about a slightly more mature audience and we g think our video, our music, will engage them. h I L Wt he r e doe s t he 'S tr i k e ser i es go a l te r S ov i e t S tr i k e ? N o w y ou'v e ha d eS upe r pow e r centr entati m s, w ha t t he n — he l i c opte r s i n space? r A: I I 2l take that idea! We've started already, and although we haven't settled on any idea,, we want to push the technology. We want to do more and better of what we have,o that's all I can say. f c Qs Wi l l I t us e t he sense e ngi ne ? E A s om e ti m e s ha v e a r e puta ti on for 'r e c oy c l i ng' te c hnol ogy ! u r A: I work ed on John Madden '94, so I k now of what you say! I'm sensitive to that. s so I don't just want to pump out another one of these, and in the long run it doese

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Every variety of alien creature has made it over to the Saturn, from Facehugger to dog alien and everything in between.

There are even stacks of weirdo human Corporation Soldiers out to kill you. Lord knows why, it's not like they could have teamed up with the aliens or anything. Still, ours not to reason why, ours but to make aliens die.

Facehuggers are the easiest things to kill, then humans, but every fully hatched alien is a total pig. Probably the hardest things to destroy are the Chestbursters, which are tiny, fast-moving and shockingly resilient. They're not as dangerous in damage terms, however, as a dog or human-style alien. Know your enemy, and know also that it must be id • re t

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And n there's bucketloads of that in Tank, aI 'Return Fire without the brains'-type military game from BMG. You're in command of a, you t 1 guessed it, tank. Across 24 mis s ions of simple strategy and varying h 1 scenarios, y ou employ a huge armoury against y our instructed tari W gets.

And anything else that takes your fancy. Take out buildings, s 1 wit h cannons, mac hine machinery, radar facilities and enemy tanks c -toe guns, prox imit y mines, fl ame t hrowers tour favourite), s mart bombs l , and guided missiles. Trundle across bridges, under rivers and even i t hrough the remains of buildings once you've blasted t hem away.

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There are four different types of terrain in Tank, all of which you can trundle across and ruin in the 24 missions available.

We were impressed by the rivers - positioning our tanks on bridges and firing flamethowers over the water the reflections were clearly visible. Nice one. If you can't be bothered with

bridges (or have already blown them up) then lake your vehicle for a little swim. When we tried it we always emerged unscathed on the other side, if a bit rusty.

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Gremlin are attempting to rectify this with their forthcoming h Actua Golf.

The Saturn development has been underway for only aa few months, because this is an exact conversion of Gremlin's s Playstation Actua Golf. The PSX version is not actually out, and it b turns out that its lead over the Saturn version will only be a few e weeks e Actua Golf is benefiting from the work done on the previous Actua title, n Actua Soccer, as the principles of its 3-D world are the same. tIt also uses Gremlin's in-house motion capture facility for the most realistic golfer animation ever. The game's two stunning aspects h are its flexibility and lush graphic presentation. e p o o r • r Sports range (third if you count Euro '96 on e Saturn as dmA 'net from Actua Soccer).. t h i r d title, at l design stage, is c a tI t u F i ca o tG n o u I la n f T t i golf games (like Valora Valley and Virtue Golf) have e h rendered 3-D environments - none e can match the d sn

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and smoothness of Actua Golf. Start the game and a tn default view of the golfer's rear (I) is offered, but that's just f ih convenience. Various tools let you change the perspective to se view the course from virtually any point. And you can play the s. hot from there too, if you want. e L• a course graphics are gorgeous for a game of this type, and c layers of parallax detail blends the 3-D foreground onto a o 'pai . bitmap background. o o n k d o s u tt e f p u si n o G n rt e h r a Pin I l E l yrcls 3 iron n t Sfrht il i a tn 1 'e sr te m h e i rs yg i e n a g r .

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A golf game with exciting replays? This unlikely scenario has occured in Actua through ingenious and comprehensive camera program- • ming. There are umpteen ways of viewing a shot — panning, tracking, reverse movement or even 'into cam' modes, where the ball zooms into the lens and beyond. Gremlin are even toying with the idea of allowing a golf ball menuurer pay to have their name on the ball, •ch would be readable in extreme close-up. e replays are even more astonishing, with addition of split and multi replay screens. replays show two separate windows, viewing both point of shot and point of landing; mu divide the screen into three, all windows an ' ma te d in real time, with no loss of detail.

!ph_ RAINBOW ARC •Gremlin have come tip with their aiming arc as the central •method of control. The arc points out the ball trajectory, but is more flexible than the one found in EA's PGA Tour series.

Different colours offer flight-path information. With the joypad, the player can manipulate the arc to lower the angle of takeoff, and add 'draw' and 'fade', which curve the ball in flight. The •whole construction of the arc device was intended to make c trol quick and simple without resorting to other menus.

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RIVERVALLEYCOURSE An Americ an-s t y le course, that means

a ridiculous amount of bunkers (or 'sand traps' as those tossers like to call them). Lots of water kicking about, and exotic foliage. Probably black widow spiders.

RIVALOLENMUNITION COURSE Add '-eagles' and you're looking at

a writ. Royal Glen is the epitome of d Scottish country course (not like SI. Andrews, which is a seaside links). The scenery is terrific, the greens kept immaculately and the layouts altogether more refined,

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The -took a hearty stab at the but the f undament al dgenre, ie of getting a 3-0 sproblem t over on a fl at rexperience e screen remains. Unt il now, c perhaps, as JVC pass the efirst Virtua Pinball s im into nour t hands. Mos t pinball , games make a play on how P'realistic t hey are, but JVC's rPinball Graffiti is the fi rst to oactually render the table in P3-D polygons, allowing you i to z oom int o the layout f rom any angle, and even nplay t he game f rom a realt ime ball perspective.

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tOS)11gYOURBEARRIGS You can play the tables f rom a conventional fi xed pos it ion in f ro of the raked table, k nown here as 'standard'. But pause the game and things bec ome more interesting. You can manipulat e the ent ire table, rotate and z oom itt end out in 1-D dimensions. That will let u ex amine all the table elements. Including the nifty transparenc

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HOWGREAT THOUART Climax has a reputation for amazing character art, in their own style of manga. heavily influenced by European folklore. For Dar Saviour, a stupendous amount of artwork, for dozens of the game's characters, has been produced.

r review of Segifs coming e English version. planned s o p h i s t i c a t e d t h a n t h e a Clemsx mast be consulting Oc Software lot v e r a g e r o l e p l a y Ofs inviossibie to int i e shots together on n O w wry dts the g 3 p They -e do show the good old 'mowing plat 0 r bvni g e t n i c p k t y sthalt a p s e y c o tu i m v o e v s

BATTLE STATIONS! An innovative feature of Dark Saviour we reported previously is the battle mode entered when Ryu-Ya encounters a big foe. This has been tweaked so the two proponents face each other in a 2-D standoff — like Streedighter. Ryu -Ya now has a range of attacking moves, slashes, runs, kicks and jumping attacks. The victor (assuming it's you) picks up all kinds of bonuses, bringing a points element into Climax games for the first time!

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From bands to comics to films, it permee ates • t their culture, and more recently has proven to be extremely popular in video s games too. Which leads me on to the mat*el b at hand. ter • e uadron, h o n z o n t a l l y Some of you may remember the original Keio's rs ago. As shoot 'ern. • s go it scrolling shoot 'em up released on the Mega CD a f h premi wasn't bad, but what distinguished it from the rest of p a c k was i • n o Kill° featured a ten year old girl dressed in a Playboy bunny suit nth n baby dragon called Spot. And that was the sanest part of the game. e while such things are common p Now, ins the land of the rising sun, there isn't exactly an abundance of surreal drago t riding bunny girl games over here. At , least, not that I'm aware of. But thanks t JVC that looks set to change. Keio's Fl h Squadron 2 is coming to the Saturn. a e every bit as weird as its predecess . its r e ' s s o m e t h i n g

We couldn't quite work out the specifics of the game's story, but it seems to

involve saving the capital city of Edo

f rom certain destruction at the hands of the evil Dr Pon. On her way, our heroine

Ramp will encounter such 'intriguing' adversaries as suicidal dogs, artillery pigs, killer cuckoo clocks and a giant face whose features keep dropping off! Dali would be pleased. Or a fish.

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•MOTION TACKET Taking a dv a nta ge of the CD medium, Keio 2 features numerous full mot ion video anime sequences, produc ed by one of Japan's mos t prestigious animat ion studios 'Studio Pierrot' (well that's what it says here). In keeping wit h the rest of the game, these clips are predictably 'wacky', but unfortunately our prev iew copy is in Japanese so they're meaningless. Not that

It may be almost as big as Rarni, but it doesn't stop her wielding it in an 'It's a Knock Out' fashion.

Take a swing at the enemy fluffies, or hurl it for a long distance attack.

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You might wonder what Highway 2000, wit h its perf omanc e cars

and urban tracks, has that Daytona, Sega Rally and Need for Speed do not. The brief answer is sex, or at least, sex appeal.

JVC are blatandy trying to sell the game off the back of some young toffy. AKA your co-drivers.

Video footage of 'pretty y oung things' is integrated wit h the

game, and when you mess up. your girl opens the car door and takes to the hills. Nothing less than heating the pack of nine other cars will be enough to keep her tucked up behind her air

bag, II you get the impression JVC are on one-track with this gam you would be wrong. There are six, and all are set within the urban freeway-style environment that typifies Namco's classic Ridge Racer. Highway 2000 is -N1 actually a European restyling

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Control mirrors Virtu simultaneous two-play extra enemies added to maintain lenge level. The objective here is outdone in the scoring stakes.

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I need the money. Work's been a bit thin on the ground recently. It's tha t blasted NIGHTS bloke hogging the Saturn limelight. Everywhere I go Its NIGHTS this, Nightopla tha t. I'm supposed t o be Sega% mascot. Me l Not some lumped up anorexic harlequin in Orly lycral i f the Sonic X-Treme programmers don't get a move on I l l be forced t o take a tr ip down the DHSS with Astol, and Alesa t: Kidd.

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SECRET D R A G O N S SPECIAL E N D I N G SCORE B I G O N FIR S T LEVEL PA N D O R A ' S B O X REVEALED SECRET D R A G O N S There are five secret dragons hidden in Panzer Zwel, two of which can be reached during an ordinary game (Skydart and Type 1) and the other three who can only be accessed through Pandora's Box (Pup, Type 2 and Guardian Dragon). To reach the Skydart and Type 1 you must take 'route 2' through episodes two and three, and 'route 3'

Everyone criticised Panzer Zwei for being too easy on its initial release, but little did they know that completing the game was only the beginning.

The real quest lies in uncovering all the game's many secrets..

t hrough episode four. You must also obtain a shoot down ratio of above 90% on every episode. If everything goes well you will change int o the Skydan for episode five and

the Type 'I for the final episode. Cooll

SPECIAL E N D I N G If Lagi manages to transform int o the Type_l (the dragon f rom the original Panzer Dragoon) in time for the fi nal

episode, and you defeat both bosses, you will be rewarded wit h a special ending that links the story of

Panzer Zwei with its predeccessor.

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SCORE BIG! If you go to the player data screen and hold down the L and R buttons you will be taken to a secret data screen showing times and scores for each individual episode, including the 'Starting Destiny' level. It is possible to get a huge score on this stage by repeatedly shooting the flying granite fish (it appears half way through the level) right in K e e p the blue undercarriage, i n c i d u , ••

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But hey, that would be cheating!

BEAMS AND BUTTHEAD ER...L IKE L O A D S O F C O O L ST U F F !

Huh huh. Huh. Hey Beavis, if you, like. enter the pas s word 'aPjDY 5f F+D TkrEN' at the options screen then you'll, like, warp to your mom' s living room.

Then go into the bedroom and they'll be, like, loads of cool stuff there.

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Akuma is a powerful warrior who trained for years with Ryu and Ken's master, Shen Long, bef ore turning his attention to the study of the dark arts. Like Ryu, Ak uma lives f or the fight, travelling f rom country to country in search of a wort hwhile challenge.

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AZTEC VENTURES! One ol the iniaioi differences beilNeell Exhumed arid the many Doom clones cur t emit? doing the rounds is as premise. Exhumed is set in Egypt in the 1920s, so expect a full comple• ment of tombs, sarcophagi and pyramids. Your play the part of veteran explorer Leigh Singer, an archaeologist who is unwillingly caught up in a nationwide crisis when your helicopter is shot down over Karnak Valley, Venturing in to the city of Karnak you are approached by the spirit of King Rameses Ill, who informs you el dastardly plot to resurrect his body and use it for the forces of evil. II must he stoppedl

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Another innovative feature of Exhumed is the level structure.

Rather than just progress through the stages in a linear fashion, certain 'hub levels have multiple exit points to new areas.

As you play through the game you will acquire six different magical artifacts which grant your character new physical abilities (jump higher, breathe underwater, glide, etc), and by returning to conquered levels you can use these artifacts to reach previously inaccessible places. This adds a new RPG dimension to the game, and you really have to explore your environment carefully if you want to spot some of the hidden

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IRIAN RE NANCE 'ke any Doom game worth its salt, shumed features a full armoury of offensive weaponry, both human and inhuman , struction, including the machete, gun, bomb, Cistol, h omachinemagical methrower, amulet, fire rin 't ao esn ed the mighty staff of Rai As f r you destroy enemies and smas o mopen pots blue weapon power e i orbs are released, which can then be used as ammo for I g hweapon of your choice,Thi t an element of strategy to t t proceedings, as you must alb. o cate power to different we a depending on your situatio o r n. l s o f

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Mao S I L P The plot uehind NiGHTS revolves around the twin : 1 ( worlds of Nightopia (nice happy dreams) and dream 1 Nightmare (nasty evil dreams). For centuries the two forces 1 1 "have - lived in balance, co-existing in symbiotic 1harmony until the arrival of an ancient Nightmare named Wizeman, Wizeman's power was so great tha -he was able to bridge the gap between the two 9dream 1 worlds, and then, using an army of his own -personal Nightmarians. launch an all out assault on 0Nightopia. r 1 : Once he had established his presence in Nightopia he gave orders to his minions to steal all 1 the ldeya (virtues) from every 'dreamer* who entered the workl in an attempt to rob all humans of their ability to control dreams.

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The star h o w l NiGHTS was created by Wizeman to act as Nightmanan a l in the assault on Nightopia. However, NiGHTS'S science got the better of him. True to his mischievous character, he re dgainst Wizeman's orders and refused to attack the defenceless Nightopians As -a punishment Wiieman consioniad NiGHTS to an eternity in the Idaya Palau% Niy ht upt av i p r i w t i w h e r e lie w o u l d r e m a in f o re v e r as a liv in g w a r n i n g t o a ll t hos e who dare. defy the Lord of Dreams Only Claris and Elliot have the power to free NIGHTS, and from within his prison NIGHTS strikes a deal with the two children. If they'll free him, he'll help them retrieve their stolen ldeya so they can defeat Wizeman and return balance and order to the world of dreams.

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.1 i N 4 2 A t e sta 9 control of your chosen character in a fully realised 3D landscape, w r objective being to follow the on-screen blue arrow to NIGHTS and the Ideya Pal W h e n you find him, hop into the middle of the prison to merge with NIGHTS and progress to the main section of the game There is no time limit when vou control the kids, though after a while a giant floating alarm clock (representing morning' will appear and chase after you, getting faster and faster. The alarm clock traces the ground with a beam of sunlight, and should the light touch you, its 'Night Over'.

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Once you've got control of NIGHTS, the game changes as you take l s k y to complete the first course of the level (there are four courses per dream). This involves flying around the landscape collecting the numerous and scattered blue chips, which must then be deposited in the course's floating balloon claw. These claws contain one of the level's four Ideya gems (one per course), and once you've deposited enough chips the structure explodes, releasing the Icleya into NIGHTS' possession. NIGHTS must race against the clock to complete this section, and should the timer run out he will be instantly trans b a c k to his prison leaving the kids t o the ground and drop all the collected chops.

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When all four ideyas have been freed, and all four courses successfully completed. NIGHTS is warped to a new area where he must face off against one of the game's many bosses. These encounters involve some of the most imaginative and spectacular scenes ever seen in a video game, with each boss r ing a different attack pattern to exploit its weakness, When the boss is defeated the player is awarded with an overall grade for the level, and as back to the title screen to select the next dream. Simple!

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Elliot's last dream is possibly the toughest in the game. A desert construction stage with plenty of metal girders to obstruct you, Stick Canyon features several special events including a ride on a metal platt , a nd a ray which turns NIGHTS into a living magnet! • r the Cuttle and Kicles (we're not making thes

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1. SPLASH GARDEN the AFFECTIONA hot summer's day in Nightopia and t le natives like nothing more than to cool by the pool side with tall class of Sat Supposedly. We've already covered level in detail, but needless to say - expect plenty of aqua-based action f your troubles.

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Ni G HTS i s a n I ncr edi bl e e x pe r i ence t ha t c om bi ne s t he s pe e d a nd s i m pl i c i t y of Savoie w i t h a w e a l t h of s ubt l e ga m e pl a y touches. Yes. y ou' l l pr oba bl y fi ni s h i t w i t hi n a f e w da y s but t ha t ' s not t he poi nt. NI G HTS i s l i ke a r aci ng ga m e .

I n c h of t he cour ses ha s be e n c a r e f ul l y f a s hi one d t o pr ov i de a l m os t unl i m i t e d possi bi l i ti es, a nd y ou'l l k e e p c om i ng back Just t o i m pr ov e y our gr a de or see how t he A- Li f e s y s t e m i s de v e l opi ng. I l ove NI G HTS . I t l ook s gr eat, s ounds gr eat p l a y s br i l l i antl y a nd has m or e pe r s ona l i t y t ha n a doz e n ?Aer i es. Wha t mor e c oul d y e a pos s i bl y w a nt ? Mov e over Soni c, t he r e ' s a ne w hi d on t he bl ock.

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L e Village Chief Orden has located an ancient golden amulet from the bot• tom o of a deep lake, an artefact from primordial limes that n holds immense power. But as Orden examines the r instrument of potential good, he realises another e amulet, forged from silver, has been repossessed by an ancient evil, Agit°. t Ordan commisions Leon to seize the silver u amulet, using the power of the golden one and r assistance of six elemental spirits with the n tiniquP ahlImPs Trapped in f antiquity. s t o h i s s m a l l v i l l a g e i n O a s i s o t t e r n s a n y

VILLACE IFEOFTE Thor's adventure begins and returns in his home village.

Orden sends him out on various quests, and guidance is always available. As the plot develops, the adventure takes Thor further from his home and into greater danger-

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Experiment, or consult the many technique obelisks that litter the landscape. The game's rules are literally

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LOST REALMS The look and feel of Saturn Story of Thor is similar to Megadrive Legend of Thor. but the game is less linear, the palaces more byrinthone, and a greater degree of the game is puzzle solving. Leon spends as J o e much time searching for keys and tripping switches as fighting. Obelisks of knowl• edge, offering hints, go some way to easing the player through the game.

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He must first search out the six spirits hiding in the earth of Oasis. These are are difficult to find and jealously guarded by a major denizen. Once a spirit is Leon can summon it by firing his amulet power moiling element. As an example, Dytto the Spirit will appear whenever water is used. A spirit k Leon as long as he possesses magical power, is drained constantly by the spirit's actions.

Spirits wisely is central to gameplay. Here are t three:

Looks like the man-eating star of Little Shop of Horrors, Bawu is the little plant with (supposedly) the big personality. He can gulp up enemies or launch a swarm of deadly homing buds.

Dytto is a delicate faerie, but highly versatile.

She can freeze most foes. and also water spouts to create solid pinnacles. She also has the power to heal Leon.

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moned from any flame. His powers are all fiery breath, torpedo and a ham' a tta c k to ulf a horde enemies. His powers can also be more subtly employed — to remove obstacles and reveal items from trees.

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FREE I C E V I E W Magical scrolls are another dimension to the gameplay.

These work in conjunction with your weapons and also orbs of energy, which are dotted around the landscape.

The most useful artefact is the Rod of Purification, which turns buds into springy plants (jumpgrass) and quite separately releases the tortured spirits of undead zombies and ghouls.

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The r e a r e n't a gr e a t deal of a c t i on/ RP G 's on t he Satur n, a nd as s uc h S t or y of fl i e r 2 fi l l s a m uc h ne e de d ga p. I l oved Thor on t he Me ga dr i v e . a nd i ts good t o see t ha t S e ga ha v e f ound t i m e t o r el ease t hi s i n a m ongs t al l t he i r A A A 3 0 bl oc k bus t e r s . Com bi ni ng a n i nt ui t i v e c om ba t s y t e m w i t h s om e cl ever pussi es a nd a s t r ong stor yl i ne, S t or y of Thor 2 s houl d a ppe a l t o al l t hos e S a t ur n RPG f a ns w ho ha v e be e n f e e l i ng a l eft out r ecentl y. Though i ni ti al l y i t s e e m s a bi t l i near. Thor 2 doe s ge t be t t e r t he m or e y ou pl ay i t, bot h gr a phi c a l l y a nd i n t e r m s of t he ga m e var i ety. Ni c e m us i c t oo.

Stor y of Thor w a s one of t he best a l l - r ound Me ga dr i v e • g a m e s , a nd a ppe a r s t o ha v e be e n a dr y r un f or S a t ur n That, w hi c h i m pr ov e s on i t I n e v e r y way. The f am i l i ar c ha r a c t e r c ont r ol a nd ov e r head pe r s pe c t i v e r emai n, w hi c h m i ght m a k e i t l ook a bi t samey. How e v e r , a s y ou pr ogr ess t he qua l i t y a nd var i ety of gr a phi c s i m pr e s s e s e v e n by = bi t s t a nda r ds . But Anc i e nt ' s m a i n oc c upa t i on ha s be e n t o be e f up t he RP G e l e m e nt s of Thor , a nd m a k e ga m e pl a y l ess de pe nde nt on fi ght i ng. I t w or k * wel l , w i t h al l m a nne r of secr et s a nd ski l l s t o uncover . You onl y s t a r t t o a ppr e c i a t e t he a c t i on onc e t he fi r s t c oupl e of l evel s ar e di s pe ns e d w i t h ( w hi c h

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' The obstacles in this suburban course include the yellow taxis that litter the •, road, and the jaywalking pedestrians who inevitably get under your wheels.

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The road rage saga of Road Rashcontinues - the Megadrive classic appears onSaturn.

Mediterranean architecture lends this course a more relaxed feel. Well, it's fairly relaxed until someone comes up E behind you and tries to club you off your bike. The city stre broaden out into forke -dchoose your path.

NAPA VALLEY - • 11.0km

Improve your bike by winning prize money racing across California.

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The open fields and wide roads of wine country are punctuated by farm machinery, busy junctions lwatch out for crosstown traffic) and forked roads. The side of the road is mudd - stray off course and you'll lose speed before you get back on.

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I us e d t o t hi nk Rood Ra a b w a s pr e t t y cam' on t he al l egadr i vo. The noti ol pr e m i s e has s ur v i v e d i nt o t he S a t ur n v e r s i on but t ha t ' s pr e t t y m uc h i t.

Wha t ha d t he pot e nt i a l t o be a gr e a t ga m e ha s be e n s a ddl e d w i t h uni ns pi r i ng scenar i os, poor spr i tes. di s a ppoi nt i ng a ni m a t i on, i na ppr opr i a t e m us i c a nd t he m os t l oa t hs om e F M V I 'v e e v e r seen.

Near l y e v e r y m i s t a k e pos s i bl e ha s be e n m a de and, i ncr edi bl y, t he w hol e a f f a i r seems l ess i m pr e s s i v e t ha n t he or i gi nal 3 D 0 ver si on. I f y ou' r e de s pe r a t e t o go bi k i ng on y our S a t ur n t he n y our pos s i bi l i ti es a r e a dm i t t e dl y l i m i t e d ( Ha ng O n GP i s n't gr e a t e i t he r - i t 's j us t ba d i n di f f e r e nt w a y s ) but I r eal l y w oul d r ecom m e nd w a i t i ng f or M a n x TT.

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S i nc e t he n, e v e r y t hi ng f r om Wi pe out t o S e ga Ral l y ha s out pe r f or m e d t hi • ear l i est of most ge ne r a t i on r acer s.

Gr aphi cal l y, t he r e i s a c r ude ne s s t ha t t he s pe e d e l t he s c e ne r y doe s n' t qui t e di s pel , a nd t he l ong l a y out s don' t of f e r t he s ubt l e t i e s t ha t br i ng y ou ba c k t o pr a c t i c e t he m t i m e a nd agai n. The be s t a r gum e nt for not buy i ng Roa d Ra s h c om e s f r om E A themsel ves, w h o ar e r el easi ng t he excel l ent Ne e d f or S pe e d a r ound t he s a m e ti me.

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the Pearl b Doan themeI Thanks to TV, however, the exploits of Bugs Bunny, Daffy F Duck, Marvin the Martian, Road Runner and Porky Pig live on. And thanks to Uncle Sega, your Warner Brothers faves have got their own game. True to the current vogue for multi-style games ibit of platform stuff, a bit of shoot 'em up stuff, a bit of, erm, flying through asteroids-type stuff) Bugs Bunny in Double Trouble is a pick 'n' mix affair. The plot sees mad Professor Yosemite Sam develop a robot that requires a brain to function. A rabbit's brain. As the game gets more and more bizarre, the beleaguered Bugs can at least console himself that it's all a dream. Or is it...?

PUCK RABBIT PUCK lure Daffy to chase you, running past the rabbit season signs. As he runs past each one, a flips to show a duck aisle of a rabbit. Get Daffy to unwittingly each one and Elmer Fudd will think duck season, not rabbit season, when he starts hunting at the end of the three levels. Oh, and mind the caterpillar'

BULL" FOR BUGS, Catch the floating sticks of dynamite, and use them to blast your way under the bull ring on your descent. When you're underground, look for the glue, sandpaper and TNT you'll need to sort o the Spanish bull when you're back the surface.

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All your Warner Brothers laves in a Megadrive title aimed at kiddies and cartoon buffs.

Flying carpets, flying carrots and flying rabbits are a common sight in this level. You're looking for the genie inside the th _ P I g i n g to Vizier Yosemite Se ' t _ t o use your clockwork homing carrots and time bomb carrots.

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Escape the clutches of Yosemite Sam. Elinor Fudd, Daffy etc by running, jumping and shooting carrots.

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)iou're ;milting y our way to Mars on a putting space scooter. As you near t he planet, dodge the brown asteroids a

demolish white ast for speci power-u Collect the ing fuel tanks to keep going. Later on, Marvin the Martian will try to knock you off - course.

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You're It. Profess i u n i t . laborator , g o through the library (flying books will swiftly transport you between levels) remem mg to collect the door keys on the way. Inside the laboratory, use the Professor's bizarre creations to defeat

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Whi l e i t passes t he gr a phi c s t e s t w i t h fl y i ng col our s, I ' d have l i k e d t o hei r s s e e n • di f f e r e nt e m pha s i s t o t he ga m e pl a y - a f e w m or e Spaced O ut S unny - t y pe l evel s a nd a f e w l ess Ha unt e d Ha r e - t y pe r una r ound. w oul dn' t ha v e gone ami ss. But ov e r •l i t he r e ' s a l ot of ga m e f or y our m one y a n d y ounge r pl ayer s s houl dn' t fi nd any of i t t oo c ha l l e ngi ng.

COMMENT I 've a l w a y s l ov e d t he Wa r ne r Br ot he r s c a r t oons and I k ne w h o w m uc h w or k ha d gone i nt o m a k i ng s ur e e v e r y t hi ng i n t hi s ga m e r e fl e c t e d t hos e cl assi cs exactl y. I got a l ot of f un out of s pot t i ng ga gs a nd scenar i os t ha t ha v e be e n e x pe r t l y r i ppe d of f . But w ha t a bout t he ga m e ?

The r e 's pl e nt y of I L a nd I t 's s ol i d s t uf f .

Onl y a c oupl e of l evel s pr e s e nt ge m e pl a y l i o n s I ' v e ne v e r c o m e a c r os s be f or e - s om e of t he r est s e e m s t o o w . a de bt t o E a r t hw or m J i m 2 . a l t hough i t ne v e r qui t e scal es t hos e di z z y ga m opl a y he i ght s .

Over al l t hi s I s w e l l ba l a nc e d, hi ghl y pol i shed a nd good f or • c huc k l e . Loone y Tune s fans w oul d be unw i s e t o i gnor e.

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Outperform all other opponents in ten event disciplines.

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TIPTAP Gameplay for Oly mpic Games is the not-so-original button-bashing met hod favoured by games of the genre. It's not so muc h frantic bashing, as steady rhy t hy m that gets the best effect. It's also more difficult to judge the right moment to release as no • angle diagrams for t hrowing or jumping are shown,

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How we love the spectators, judges and pot plants that add such character to School Sports...sorry Olympic Games, Watch Out for the paper-shuffling women at the Discus and the classic Me n standing with Poles'.

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dogs ne v e r go out of f ashi on. t hough

the craze for Tin T i . style haircuts is mercifully dead.

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COMMENT If y ou' r e I nt o Ti n Ti n, y ou' l l be i m pr e s s e d w i t h how cl ose t o t he vi sual s pi r i t of t he c a r t oons I nf ogr a m e s have c om e w i t h t hi s ga m e .

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The de s i gne r s ha v e al so tr i ed t o be i t i v e w i t h the gamepl ay. br i ngi ng Ti n Ti n a nd hi s c hum s i n a nd out of t he ba c k gr ound. Tr oubl e i s, t hi s e f f e c t qui c k l y r eveal s i t s e l f t o be gi m m i c k y a nd Over used. The a c t ua l cameol ay. r ov i ng t he l e f t - r i ght l evel s f r om poi nt t o poi nt , be c om e s r e pe t i t i v e . I n s pi t e of i ts pr oduc ti on val ues, Ti n Ti n i n Ti be t doe s n' t r eal l y w or k w e l l as a ga m e .

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Despite a few improvements, the central mechanics remained much the same as the original, and, unlike its predecessor, Prince of Persia 2 failed to set the gaming world alight.

Tides like Another World and Flashback had already taken the 'rotoscoped platform' genre to new heights, and Prince of Persia 2 offered no significant improvement over its previous incarnation. Still, the game picked up a cult following in the State*, and did well enough over here to to necessi• late another showering of console conversions including one for the humble Megadrive.

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If you've never played Prince of Persia before, you'd be forgiven for thinking that it looks just like any other platformer. However, these 'rotoscoped animation' games always tend to play a bit differently to Sonic or Cool Spot. Because the animation is preprogrammed, when you perform an action on the d-pad the character will carry out the whole of that sequence no matter what!

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COMMENT I bought t he or i gi nal P r i nc e of Per si a on Me ga dr i v e a nd for t he t i m e ( a nd i t w a s qui t e a t i m e a go) i t s e e m e d pr e t t y s m a r t . Ewen t hough di dn' t l ook s o sl i ck, i t r e w a r de d m y pe r s e v e r e nc e s od l i ved up t o i t s r e put e ti oo. Ti m e s ha v e c ha nge d.

I don' t pl a y P r i nc e of Per si a any m or e a nd I w on' t be pl a y i ng Pr i nce of Per si a 2. f or j us t t he r easons t ha t Da n ha s out l i ne d. P r i nc e of Per si a i s a w e l l - k now n l i c e ns e - M r Me a l i e s t s houl d ha v e t a k e n t he oppor t uni t y t o capi tal i se on t ha t w i t h a pr ogr e s s i on oi l t he or i gi nal ga m e , not s i m pl y a r epl ay. I ' d r e c om m e nd s om e t hi ng l i ke Fl a s hba c k as a be t t e r al ter nati ve.

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Well, it's fairly well chartered actually (we have got a map, after all) but it sounds a bit more exciting if you say you're exploring, doesn't it? The coast of Japan is the place, the latest mechanised lures are your tools, and the elusive sea bass your quarry. J\IC's new fishing game does more than just simulate fishing - it takes you through the painstaking preparations as well. You chat to the bar landlord, choose your captain, select your lures, the route, even get a crash course in technique and then go for it. Fishing for sea bass can be a strenuous business, so your Captain will even offer you the chance to have a kip during your journey. So, as you can see, it's all a lot more involved than just idling away Saturday morning with a four-pack and the vain hope of landing a wellie or an old pushbike. And, while we await the British spin on fishing Wirtua Canal, anyone?I we can retire to the lodgekeeper's house to enjoy our hard-earned sea bass for dinner. Yum yum.

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COMMENT You c oul d ha v e k noc k e d m e dow n w i t h a k i ppe r w he n I r eal i sed I ' d boon pl a y i ng thi s non- s t op f or hour s. Vull, Sea Ba s s Fi s hi ng i s. w a i t for i t, P RE TTY GOOD. The scr een s hot s pr oba bl y don' t do j ust i ce t o t hi s ga m e . w hi c h r eal l y ge t s unde r y our ski n. O nc e y ou' v e s k i ppe d pa s t al l t he ga r ni s h i nv ol v i ng y our Captai n, t he m a ps , y our a nnoy i ng m a t e a nd t he i nc om pr e he ns i bl e sci ence s ur r oundi ng y our l ur es t he n y ou'l l be l oc k e d i n a bi t t e r pow e r s t r uggl e w i t h y our fi s hy oppone nt s . I t t a k e s a w hi l e t o ge t t he ha ng of thi s, b u t i f y ou' v e e v e r pl a y e d a gol f ga m e y ou'l l s oon be l a ndi ng s om e t hi ng e v e r y t i m e y ou c a s t out . I t w on' t a l w a y s be t he sea ba s s or dol phi n y ou'r e l ook i ng for , b u t pr a c t i c e m a k e s pe r fect. Any fi s hi ng ga m e h o w e v e r good, i s obv i ous l y goi ng t o be s t r i c t l y ni che, but Sea Bass Fi s hi ng ge t s t he t hum bs up fir om t hi s sal ty s e a dog.

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Following in the footsteps of John Mot s dh Barry Davies and Alan Green is Scothand's finest, Andy Grey. Sky TV's voice of s oc c er delivers his own distinctive style of excite yet-euriously-laid-back commentary, usual' restricting hims elf to winc ing ov er particul hy bone-c runc hing tackles. "Och, that:vviati have hurt r, •"No holding back t h e r e - felt that!". You get the picture.

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Quite why the import version of this game got such a severe kicking in certain quarters is really beyond us. Now that Treasure's latest little gem is finally available in the UK. we recommend that you take a look at a multi-player beat 'em up with a difference. What's the difference?

Well, superb Manua-style graphics; three planes of combat (you can tackle rivals in the foreground, middle and background); up to six (yes, six) players and a whopping 25 levels than can be played in virtually any order. Playing as new characters and discovering their spectacular magic spells adds an extra longevity to a game that already scores high on originality In the tired beat 'sin up genre. You're only likely not to be interested in this game if a) you find the frenzied all-in scraps a bit contusing to follow; b) you have no mates to play it with; c) you're completely mad.

DISC WORLD VIAL99 1 PLAYER SEGA ADVENTURE There's no doubting the technical ac a n t that is Discworld - the vast point and click adventure game • on Terry Pratchett's best-selling series of novels. You play the apprentice wizard Rincewincl who, on an epic quest to discover a dragon that requires slaying, ambles into all sorts of adventures and bizarre encounters dreamed up by one of the country's best-selling authors. The graphics are distinctive and amusing and the animation is smooth. An extra dimension is provided by the voice work of Eric Idle. Tony Robinson and the late Jon Pertwee, How much you like this will depend on whether you've got the time and patience to do ii justice. Having a copy of the solution book to hand also helps. The only thing preventing this getting a higher score is our low tolerance of Pratchett's sixth-form humour, which is obviously one of the most prominent elements in the game.

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The game foiii,cily known as Decathlete is the brainchild of Sega's AM3 division, who used the ST-V development system lpreviously used on such diverse titles as Baku Baku and Funky Head Boxers) to create this 'Track and Field with gags' championship. All the events you'd expect are here - 400 metres, hurdles, long jump, high jump, pole vault etc - but what makes this so distinctive is the exceptional 'solidity' of the smooth graphics and the bizarre caricatures that pass as your team representatives. The US team have the posy Rick Blade, the Germans have the foppish Karl Vain, the Russians have an Eddie the Eagle lookalike called Aleksei Rigel and we have the incredible Jef Jansens - a man with an afro that must have earned him a place in Earth, Wind and Fire during the 1970s. The only really cool character is, surprise surprise, the Japanese athlete, Joe Kudou If you can see past the comedy characters then you'll find no complaints in the strenuous but straightforward gameplay. If there are any real shortcomings here, it's that there's no commentary and a maximum of two players, but neither of these factors should put you off

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A u _ BAKU ! BAKU H 644.89 T T I 1 PLAYER SEGA PC PUZZLE Unfortunately, this 'must have' Saturn game has lost much of its polish in the transition to PC - the graphics aren't as detailed Ithe animals chomp the food without the characteristic saliva splashes) and everything is less smooth than before.

Another disappointment is the music, which is generated by the PC's sound card rather than sourced from the disc.

There is, however, a brand new 'dance mix' of the distinctive Baku music which didn't appear on the Japanese original. The gameptay is still unbeatable, and this is likely to be unrivalled in the PC puzzle game stakes, but we think we'll stick to our Saturn copy

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644.99 1-2 PLAYERS ACCLAIM [ BEAT 'EM UP out games without allowing the games press RShipping to pass judgement is a disreputable enterprise.

Developers Mirage must still have been smarting from which was as close to I the reviews for f the Robots, garbage as games get. This is getting there, with few of the benefits of 32-bit technology, or the ideas of games design of the last couple of S years filtering through. In Resurrection we have a leaden, drab, uninspired and unrewarding rehash of the 2-0 combat game, the kind E Capcom create with unmatched flair. In fact this is inferior to every other example on the system, 2 and that includes Streetlighter. The Movie : R E SVIRTUA U6 4 4 . 9 9 R1-2 PLAYERS RSEGA PC EBEAT 'EM UP CThis can be played as either Vktua Fighter or Virtua Fighter Remix only discernible disadvantage T the of adding the textures for 'Ramis mode' is the loss of light sourcing. slight loss of details in the backI Agrounds similarly can't deter from the fact that this is likely to blow PC novices away. At the very least it show up rivals like FX Fighter to be the impostors they are. Be Owill warned, however - although the disc will tell you the recommended minimum spec to run the N game is a P75, the reality lies somewhere between a P90 and a P133 with a whopping 60 meg hard drive space and 816 meg memory. This really is an essential game though - if your machine is up to it,

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I, Yob. ha v e j us t r e t ur ne d f r om v i s i t i ng m y gur u. Na k i p enee, a c e ibr n ot hihe s r s.

Wa l t ha m s t e a d shr i ne, w he r e he a nd hi s w i f e Ni k k i m a de me m os t w e l c om e . We s ha r e d the s y m bol i c m e a t pi e s of f r i e nds hi p a nd i ndul ge d i n the a nc i e nt r i tual of l i ght i ng each ot he r ' s f a r t s w i t h t he Zi ppo of e nl i ght e nm e nt . I t makes m e so s a d t o r e t ur n t o t he sul l i ed w or l d of ' ga m e s ' and 'r eader s'. H o w pe t t y y our concer ns ar e. Sti l l i f y ou must, s e nd t he m to: M E A N VOW M E A N M A C H I N E S SEGA. PRI ORY COURT. 3 0 - 3 2 FA RRI NG DO N L A NE . L O NDO N. EC1R 3 A U.

ORVILLE Dear Yob, I am getting fed up wit h you taking the mick Out of other people.

I mean, in issue number 44 people are talking about turds and rear ends but it has obv ious ly not occured to you that may be you make readers stop reading your section of the mag due to y ou being so offensive. And oh yes, don't go mak ing any biast [sic] c omment s about this letter.

From Lee Roach (aged 12).

P.S. Don't take the mic k out of my name.

YOB:But 'wads like yourself make It so dif fi c ult t o stay civil. Does your let t er have a point t o make about games? Does it share wit h us what an int elligent y oung man you are? No, y ou demons t rat e t hat you c ouldn't be arsed t o check your spelling and y ou're probably heading f or a 2-week HND in serving chips. By t he way if your fi rst name was cock, t hat would be hilarious. Maybe I should call you Dick Roach,

O C TAV I A Dear Yob, We have a couple of points to sort out (t hey 're not questions, so don't tell us t o sod off to CI and A). So Loadels the havour of the month - the one s from Steven James in Garyrave

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1. LB's opinion: why do you wear pink knickers?

CC's opinion: yeah. I think you've been on that beach t oo long. Tranny.

2, We k now how Sonic got blue So how did Knuckles get his pinkness and knuckles? Uhoh, a question.

3. We have this smelly maths teacher. His knickname is Flo. Any relation?

4. We need boyfriends, and would like you to sell t hem in Mega Mart (we're girls).

5_ We're really sorry you have lost all bowel control.

6. Send us a copy of Loaded.

7. CC: This is a message to all boys. I 'm gorgeous !

Luv f rom L.B. and C.C. aka 'the Two Young Misses'.

YOB:You probably think you're a couple of crazy y oung gals, and so funny wit h it. You sit t here in Maths taking the piss, thinking, 'this is a real latf' Wi l l you be laughing when you're floggi ng Jockey Y-fronts in Li tti ewoods and exchanging old ladies' skiddy knickers which they claim not have used? I think not. No copies of Loaded I 'm afraid, but pick up a cheap man at my meat market,

EMU Dear Yob, I've been reading Mean Machines for ages and have had enough of your pathetic attempts to act hard (which is a bit diffi cult for a piece of turd f rom a monk ey 's arse like you). I don't k now why you bot her putting a picture of yourself on your page, if I looked as sad as you do, I would hide myself f rom the world. I mean take your, er, shades for instance. Complet e and utter rubbis h' Where did you get them, a mus eum?

Worn by t he Roman Flebius Max imus no doubt?

Also, why do you wear armour? Oh no, don't tell me, its t o protect you f rom being t rodden on by y our dog - sorry y our mum. And why do you hav e a massive gun? Oh no, wait, its to protect you f rom hostile insects, all of whic h are muc h larger than yourself. Lastly, alt hough I

.._ould go on forever, what wonder is this?

They 'v e found a way to grow hair on a meatball. Look its Yob's head.

You fat gitt Patrick Morgan, Guildford, YOB:I've never be so insulted in all my life. Well, so cock-handedly insulted by someone who couldn't cuss the skin of a week old cup of coffee (t ry leav ing one in y our bedroom, It goes c opper green, I bet you). You obviously worked yourself up to saying 'arse' for three months, before reverting into the t edious Home Count ies writ ing style of a s poilt lit t le toss.

DAFFY Dear Yob, Right mate, you'd better be thankful! (sic] for this here letter because we had to escape f rom the Albino mental hospital f or headless chickens, hop t hrough Bosnia, jump to the moon and c limb t hrough a polo, jus t to writ e to you. By the way, you SHEPARD'S MARZI PAN CHIMP PASTE [?]. Our mate Albert Looney-legs says he saw your head rolling down Ox f ord street. Is this true? Or is A l . just being a fraggle?

Ans wer our questions or the fat cat will fart your brains out. 1. Who is the funky monkey? 2. How now? 3.

Why is your hair so naff?

Daniel Kemp and Russel Eke, Bright on YOB:This letter is just piece of ••••_ That's all I have to say.

JOANNE GUEST Dear Yob, I hav e been f ollowing y our magazine ever since it started. Because of this, it has made me realise that I would love to do c omput er programming as s ome sort of career. I

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am 15 years old and am very near to my final GCSE exams, so I need a career soon to continue through to college. I have loads of ideas for computer games, it's lust setting myself a starting point. Thank you very much reading this letter and I hope you can help me.

Ryan Wareing, Daventry.

YOB:I can't help but read your letter Ryan, seeing as you send so bloody many of them A tip phoning up Virgin and saying 'I have a great idea for a game • is not goi ng to do it. If you want to be a pro. gramme, or

designer, you're going to have to put some hours in, Get a PC, buy programming books, buy really crap rock band

T-shirts, lose all taste in music, abandon your friends and become really ugly, be socially inept in every situation, l augh at programmer jokes and live on a di et of

Coca Cola and Picnic bars. Develop life-threatening acne, never expect to have a girlfriend and die buried with a copy of Nobby Goes Ski-ing in your coffin. Good luck!

CHANTICLEER 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, especially the Saturn.

However, I can't believe that

Nintendo and Sega are teaming up together so they can get Sonic off us. Why is this occurring? Anyway, keep up the good work and may your magazine live forever and ever.

Mat t hew Buliman, Castleford, West Yorkshire YOB:Matthew sit down, put head between legs, unzip shorts wi th incisors and relax Soni c is going nowhere apart from Saturn and Megadrive (okay, maybe the PC).

There is no way he woul d deign to grace that overhyped door stop

known as - what is it this week? Nintendo 64

MAUI MALLARD Dear Yob, I've had enough of everyone moan ing about their games and their computers. The Saturn is a pucka computer and the games out at the moment are more than adequate.

People just want and want and want what they haven't got. This has a lot to do with advertising, but I won't go into that now. People are confused. The Saturn is the same as the Playstation, but both Sega

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and Sony are rushing their games

and it's destroying morale. To put it simply, steak and chips doesn't taste nice raw! So please stop moaning to the mags and use your ink to ask sensible questions and talk to each ot her peacefully, like we used to before the war.

Sam Foston, London.

YOB:This is obviously the man who wants to be Paul Johnson, lecturing us like some old bid w ho gets her wi ndows panned on a

regular basis. Steak and chips tastes lovely raw, especially when served wi th turd tartare, whi ch brings us neatly back to your letter, which is garbage garnished with a large sachet of runny br own sauce

P os s ibly th e w o r s t l e tte r s pa ge i n t h e w o r l d di v e d to a d e p th e v e n t h e Ti ta ni c 's pa s s e nge rs ne v e r e x pe r i • nc e d. N e x t m o n t h I w a n t a l e tte r f r o m a Tug B o a t c a pta i n. a c a r d f r o m a fo r e ign m i s s i ona r y w o m a n and a pa c k a ge f r o m a s e wa ge o u t fl o w i ns pe c tor .

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people, eating macaroni F wit h c hips seems unus ua l, o r since y ou'r e e a ting pasta s a nd pota toe s : two o separate carbohydrate m sources.

B ut it ' s e actually be tte r t o digest a m ix tur e of these energy sources t o s us ta in you thr oughout y our strenuous life s ty le .

A ns we r ing le tte r s , for example, c a n leave m e fe e ling drained a nd of f . colour, s o I of t e n reach for the macaroni, t he pe nne , even t he linguine tricolore, a fte r a hard da y a t the offi ce. Inc ide nta lly , does a ny one s till have a wor k ing Shaker Ma k e r ? Se nd it t o m e w i t h y our QbA le tte r s a t Gus@Pasta.Chips.

OfrA, Pr ior y C our t, 3 0 -3 2 Fa r r ingdon Lane, London. M I R .

Dear Gus, I'll get r' o the point. Answer my gu n s PLEASE! 1. I ' n i the l Meade, will the new Deluxe Edition be as graphically i g impressive as Sega Rally, or will it f a be pop-up city like Saturn Daytona? n 2. Do you have any firm o information?

A release date?

Number of courses perhaps? f 3.

What about Manx TT? D 4. Which is better Daytona (on aSaturn) or Need for Speed? y5. Ist the Sonia driving stick o peripheral worth it?

Mike Hunt London n aGUS Very amusing, 'Mike'. 1 I t will be closer to Rally than it was U / Daytona 2 . Hopefully November Srelease. Sega are expecting an A alpha disk in August. We expect 2i3 extra tracks, 3 Very quiet on that front. It's being programmed n in Australia and there's a Psygnosis connection. 4. Daytona is the better game, overall. S. It does add something to many driving games. but I wouldn't personally shell out for it.

EVANS Dear Gus, Hope you're enjoying the summer.

Lovely weather isn't it'? Right, now I've buttered you up how about a few quessies [sic)

When will Ultimate Mortal • iArmed it ages ago. nAny chance of Mortal Kombat , bl oaMy mate told me that Mortal kombat 4 is going to be in 30 and wt feature more polygons than Virtue ob Fighter 3. Is this true?

4.neI lust got Virtue Cop and am thinking tc about getting a second guilt ho Are those cheap third party guns e much cop (tee heel?

5. m Don't suppose you've got a Si gun going have you? spare an Graham Stewart, Sheffield tg uo ru nt ??

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GUS•1 Sorry, GT delayed it.

Should be out now. 2. No plans. 3.

He don't know jack. 4. Marcus has a couple (he just couldn't get his hands on official guns) and he assures me they are fine (I've got the official japanese black gun, unavailable here). 5. I love my black gun!

KEITH CHEIBININ Dear Gus. I bet my friend that you wouldn't answer my letter so don't print this or I'll lose moneys 1. What happened to the cheaper white Saturn? When's it coming out over here?

2. When it does corn w i l l we get the cool white Jap nese pads or the clunky black 'play with mittens on' English ones?

3. I'm thinking about getting my Saturn fixed to r i m p o r t games ll

Does J i g on a Scart system really make that much of a dillIbrence? • , 4. What do you think of the Nintendo 64?

Paul Leopold, Kent GUS:I, Sega are not releasing the 'Flash Saturn' over here The machine will be internally rearranged but use a black casing 2. The pads are being changed to Japanese-style dainty ones.

3. Yes, if your telly runs at 60Hz, you get a fuller picture and faster gameplay. 4. Nice, unavailable and has only two games.

MARK LITTLE Dear Angus, 1 I s it true that Virtue Fighter 3 is coming out on the Saturn?

2. I f so, how good a conversion can we expect?

3. I'm a big fan of Capcom fighting games. When are Street Fighter Alpha 2, Marvel Super Heroes, Aliens Vs Predators and Powerbots going to be released?

4. r m also a big fan of Neo Geo fighting games. Will we see the brilliant Ko O f ham? s '95 over 5. Why don' e the SNK memory c o r other games, like Vet e r 3?

Cheers matey, Gary Potter, Somerset GUS:I. Sega confirmed VF3 at E3 for some time in 1997. 2. At that time Yu Suzuki made a statement that AM2 would not convert any arcade game it could not do justice to on Saturn in terms of gameplay. They obviously think they can 3. Alpha 2 and Marvel Super Heroes will get Japanese releases before the end of the year, 4. In October. November 5. . Capcom have decided to adopt that system for all their new' conversions

KIM WILD! Dear 05A, 1. What happened to Doom on the Saturn? How long are we going to have to wait?

2. Have you seen anything of it yet? Is it as good as the PlayStation version?

3 W h e n it does come out. will al feature a link-up mode Ube the PlayStation? It'd bl oody well better' 4. Any other Doom style games on

the horizon? What ad)out Chaake and Hexen?

Craig Baxley, Durhao,

GUS:11. GT intend an autumn release (Oct/Nov) but we've stall to see anything. 3. I ts possible. ars the cable technology exists 4. There are two excellent ones reviewed this issue

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I bought my Saturn on they day it came out, and rve been a Sega enthusiast ever since However. recently I saw an NM runtime; in

my local games shop and I have to

say it looks absolutely tatilhanti Now, I'm in a dilemma. rm realty looking forward to games like

ZOE BALL Dear Gus, I. You said that the 32X is dead.

What about the Megadrive?

2. What's been the best Megadnve mime over the past few months? free got Toy Story already) 3. Wer en't England robbed in Euro 1 3 S o which do you reckon is the 4.

6 best 'Doty game on the Megadrive then? ?

5_ Wha t are your top three Megadrive games of all time?

6. I 'm really looking forward to Sonic 30. Any news?

7. What's the cheapest price you've seen a Saturn at?

Daniel Swayne, Manchester

GUS: 1. Less and less is happening on the Megadrive. but the quality is improving. Sonic 3-D and Micro Machines are going to be / incredible games.

2 Brian Lara '96 3 No, being Scots I can t h i s more clearly than you c . They i p simply failed to score .dough goals to beat Germ y How should they then a k e the next round?

4_ F• 5. a c h i n e s '96, Psycho Pinball and Megal omani a 6 A massive feature next month.

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Cop 2. but Mario 64 is sant s0000

should I do? (honeettyll!)

Bradley Dunne, Bristol GUS:Let's face some facts.

Ni ntendo 64 is not out here until _spring 1997 I t has only two

ga i i s e s when are the next excellent titles out?

You'll be paying through the Ves, nose for the next year Saturn will t h e have two hundr ed tides by s e Christmas.

Many of these are unmissable a r for real gamesplayers.

We e have N64s in the office, and they are great fun, but I'd honestly g o spend money on my Saturn at the o d moment. , b u t

5. Ha v e you tried Worcester Source flavoured Twoglets yet?

They're lush Elsdon Brothers, London

GUS:1, They we incomparable.

2_ V I I . 3- Oh, yes! 4. I T AI N'T S Sege have bought up the I publishing rights to make it a O!

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incredible. I haven't got enough cash to get both systems? Whet

lest Say it ain't so?

SATURN FIRST. 5. I doubt it

JULIA CARLING Dear Guz, We've been sending letters for months We've Vied being nice but now we wont an answer, alright? t. w hi c h is better: Mario 64 or Nights?

2_ How about Tekkon 2 and Virtue Fighter 2?

3. I s that blue bloke with Ci bA on his head really you?

4. Tom b Raider looks ace, but we heard its coming out on PlayStmlion

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Dearest Gus. Your last issue was a bit t 'light' side, but answer t questions and f o t g i v k i 1. H o w many link up g s have there been for the Sat ? Ar e they any good?

2. Wi l l the link up ca e v e r e Out officially?

3. What's the best f t i - g a m e so tar?

4. When's Saturn B. e r n i d n coming out?

5. Gr eat meg. Keep up the good work!

Jeremy Pedlek l , t r nha m

GUS:Last month reflected the lack of brilliant games in the quietest period of the year. You find us back to health this month. 1. One, a dismal effort called Gebockers (import only). 2. Late this year.

3. NBA Action is excellent with a tap. 4. We'll review it next issue!

Official release at Christmas (hopefully).

Well, tha t' s a nothe r round of s a tis fi e d customers s e nt packing. Tune in nest m onth f or a another r ound of 'Beat The Inc r e dible Tony Me s m e r '. Ta da l

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Afterburner. M ortal Kom bat 2, Fully boxed, p er fect condition 1150 (0181) 330 6454 • • • • 1 4

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Victory Boxing, Two Joypads.AII [ still boxed. Plus fr ee Blur Parklife CD only 1199.99 (01222) 731300 WANTED X-MEN 2 Clone Wars fo r Mega drive Phone Rory on (074) 41675 Co. Donegal. Eire MEGADRIVE 2. Two pads. seven games also M enacer Gun 11,10 Mega CD 2 and 5 games 170 will sep ar ate call (01793) 762435 MEGADRIVE 19 games 4 controllers, Theme Park. Monaco.

Moon Walker. Psycho Pinball.

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S treetfi ghter 2. Tiny Toon& Earthworm. Jurassic, Dragons Fury, Zaul, James Pond 2 El 3.

Olympic Gold 1230 ono Brighton (01273) 702509 SEGA MASTER System excellent condition, all l eads and mains adaptor. Buy 9 games including Zool, Jurassic Park. Alien 3, Coo!spot, Terminator.

Robocop. Enduroracer, Sonic 1.

Chuck Rock 2. 2 control pads 170 Call on (01702) 203818 MEGADR1VE AND Mega CD fo r sale With 18 games including FIFA Soccer. NHL '95. Mortal Kombat, Sewer Shark. Cobra Command, six button joystick and joypad. All games boxed with instructions. Will sell fo r 1270 ono Phone lain (01708) 726277 evenings Will sep ar ate MEGADRiVE, 32X. and Menacer.

8 megadrive games. 4 -32X games and 6 in 1 M enacer game. 4 pads (two six button) Games include Virtual Racing Deluxe, Doom. MM96. All fo r 1230 ono, Call Heath er on: (01543) 279305 Weekday evening please.

MEGADRIVE 2 With two Joypads 12 games including MK3. Micro Machines 2. Worth 1400 But I'm giving i t away fo r 1300 o r 1290 Everything boxed Tel : Solihull 684 1624 ask fo r P.D. and Mags with cheats lots of cheats! Thanks MASTER SYSTEM with 32 games 3 adopti ons in good condition all fo r 190 ono Call : (01308) 424709 Ask for Henry.

WANTED: DOES Anyone have Shining Force 1 fo r the Megadrive ? Will pay any r e a sonable price! Ring : (01497) 847203 and ask fo r Patrick a fte r 5pm, MEGADRIVE FOR Sale, boxed, 28 top games inc : Theme Park, Earthworm Jim 2, Virtua Racing and Prem i er Manager. Also comes with stand. Cost 11000 new Sell fo r Bargain 1250 Tel : (0181) 304 3492 MEGADRiVE FOR Sale 5 games.

3 control pads, case Only 1120 Tel : (01296) 330206 a f t e r 6pm any day.

MEGADR1VE, M E GA CD. 32X, two controllers, four 32X games, eleven Megadrive games. ten Mega CD games Many top titles include : Doom, MK1•2,3, Sonic 3, Snatcher, plus more. All only 1 yr old, fully boxed, excellent condition 1600 ono Phone Kevin on : (01436) 831775 anytime.

MEGADRIVE 2 FOR sal e including th ree pads (SG and Competition Pro 2 Et 3) Lightgun, 21 games including Earthworm Jim 2. Mortal Kombat 3, Batm an Forever: Worth over 1900; will sell fo r 1270 Call Winchester (01962) 841268

FOUR MD GAMES boxed. Golden Axe, Mega Gam es 1. S treets of Rage 2 and Strider. M G 1 and S treets of Rage 110 each.

Golden Axe and S tri der 15 each Plus you get a ch eat too!

Call Oliver on : (0181) 993 0278 MEGADRiVE WITH 3 joypads (1 six button) 53 games including : FIFA '96, Super Skidmarks and EWJ2. MCD with 13 games. Also Game Genie and Action Replay 2. Both boxed with instructions Excellent condition worth 1900 Sell fo r 1350 ono Phone (01763) 271918 AMiGA 5 0 0 WITH Monitor and over 30 games with accessories Phone Daniel a t (021 772152 In I rel and, G r eat condition FIFA '96, NHL '96, fo r 120 each Gam e Gear with 5 games 160.

PEN PAL WANTED Aged 14 - 19 Lad o r Lass with any console Tony Tsang, 3 0 Croftm ont Avenue, Croftfoot. Glasgow G44 5LH MEGADRIVE Et 32X for sale. including two pads and eight games, (5 games r ated over 90%). All games and console in original boxes. Original value 1450 selling fo r 1175, contact Chris on 01327 830376 a f t e r 4pm.

MEGADRIVE FOR SALE!! 155 with six button joypad.

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