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38 STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 2

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The legendary Street Aghter crew returns once more ar.cl Sega SatlSll Magazine are fIrlt on the case as usual. In this i'Idepth Showcase 'NI! introduce aI of the new Characters, reveal some of the latest rT'IOVeS and prepare you for combat

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Capcom's latesl coIn·op Is a combination of two of its legendary beat 'em ups, and it's looking absolutely awesome. f4.1Ong last we get the chance 10 discover who Is the hard· est: the Street Fighters or the X·Men. Cool.

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ExcJuslvelyrevealed In last months Issue, we lake a Closer look at the latest rac· inggame to issue forth frornthe AM stables. Is this the game to steal Sega Rally's mantJe?

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For thOse with an insatiable appetite for fighting gamesall of us probably-we've iot six pages of coverage on the latest Virtua Fighter instalment. We even show you how 10 execute some of the new moves on offer.

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Robots - we lOve 'em at Sep Saturn Magazine, especially when they're involvt!d in creatina manifOld destruction. In V'lt1ual On they do)Jst thaI, so check out our four pages of

coverage on these giant mech warriors.

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18 REAL 80UT FATAL FURY Strange how things nappen realy iso't it? After waiting ages

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for Doom 10 arrive on the Saturn, up pops Hexenjust behincl it. A bit like buses realty. Arr{Way, Sega Satum Magaline gives you a taste of this Id classic.

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44 FIGHTING VIPERS ContWluilg on from last months il·depth cover· age,W8contiooetoW!specteaChoftheChar· acters in delail,Hstini their moYes and 01Tefing a spot of advice on combatlechnlqueS.

52 TOMB RAIDER With the game now complete it's time to put on the thinking shorts and cut a path through some of Tomb Raiders beaut~. dangerous and PUZZling environments.

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Because RghtingVipers Issoace,Sega Saturn Magazine wanted to know more. And belni the investiiltive soutswe are, we sought out Hiroshl Kataoila,AM2's biiCheese for an Interview.

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80 OAYTONA USA (CC EDITION ) Atterwe brought you exclusive Shots of the much awaited Daytona sequel last month, we thoughl W80Ught to keep you aR happy with some more coveraie. So here it Is!

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66 STREET FIGHTER ALPHA 2 68 WORLD SERIES BASEBALL 2 TOMB RAIDER EARTHWORM JIM 2 IMPACT RACING _ REGULARS _ _ _ __

06 NEWS 32 LETTERS 34 Q & A 65 REVIEW INDEX 76 TIPS 94 OUT NOW 98 NEXT MONTH

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rather than ree l off what sections of th e mal! I'm particul.. r happy with this month, dKided Instead to make a statement about Exhumed, th e 3D Doom clone OUT NOW on Saturn. Well, as

a PC owner and a bill Quake tan I just have 10 say that I am mightily imprened with what the SilturniSilchievingwiththisgame.Q",ilef,ankly,lt'sbrillianl.Tht}D is Incredibly but it's the design of the game thilt makes it so 8.e;at-youwon'tfind a more

cunn lnglycraftl!dadventureonSaturn. OrPCforthatmatter.l'vehadadisturb.

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Doom inst ead bfiause they -don'! like the look of it". Well, GET YOUR EYES TESTED. Exhumed lookS - ",nd plays · absolutely briiiiilliantly. Go oul now.

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Call The Cops!

Virtua Cop 21s Almost Here!

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nyoneWhO'l beenPlayingVirtuacopllnthearcadelcouldtellYOUju st how sexy this shoot 'em l.Ip sequellookl . Now with the game nearing completion, ~ ill sEGA SATU RN MAGAZINE have been given exclusive accelllo Ihe Ihlrd and final episode in Ihegame. Needltss to u y,lt'l

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In Issue #11 we ,evealed screenshots from the first two stages In Virtua Cop 2.

Everyoneagn~~thattheylookedalmostidenticaltothearcade,andthiSiSequally

t,ueofthethird and final stage In the game. H;wlng pursued the nefar ious gang of hoodlums across town. everywhere from the shipyard to a car chase around the city's streelS. the action now centres on the underground and the final attempt to foliow the gun·tottingcrims totheirhideout.

NIIIU AIOM THE IINDEAGROlJII) File3,the'R;iiIUneShootOut',begmswlth our budding Dirty Harry types moving tentallvely down the stairs while enemies pop out from behind WoIlis in ever inc.easingnumbers.Oncetheticket bamer has been negotiated and the platform cleared of unwanted scum, it's onto t he train it§fOlf for a crazy.ide to the gangs lai •. Fortunately ail this shootingdoesn·t take place in the rush hour. Ifitdid there'd be thousands of

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with gang members popping up from behindseats.occa· sionaliywlthana.mtighllyheldaboutt henedofanunfortunatecommute,·come·hostage

0VEIIGR0UIIl ON THE UIIlERGROUIIl The action on the tube (or the subway as Ame.il:ans cali it) gets ali the more tense when the constant shot-fOf-shot mayhem moves onto the roof of the train Enemiesrai§fO thelfsoon·to·be·mushheadsbel~nthecarriageswhile

you go racing towards t he stalion. There's also plenty of hangmgout of the sidewmdowsofthetrain,you, foes flingmg thei. guns despalfingly as t hey take a bullet to

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Afterallthethr,lIsofthetralnride,ifsamatteroffol!owingthegangtotheir hideout. This involves travelling along intonspltuous grty oorrrdon while the underworlds finest tome tfuhlng down through the ceiling and the II~e. There ~re some fe~11y mce to\.lthes-likebullet ho~ left inthew~1I when you mlss-whidl m~rkVC2out .IS not only more det~iled tnan its predecessor but the ultimate shootrng game on anytonsolt Unfortunatelywecantell)'OUhttle_th~nthls~boutthefin~lscenes t\euuse, after all, we don·t want to spoil the surptlse

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wit· ness the return of the 'Justke Shot'which awards you withextr;l point\ if you do the decent thing and shoot enemies in t he hand holding their weapon, rather than mow them down in an Indignant wrath. Obviously this mnns there's more room to work on your accurilCY. ilnd filCk up the poIntsofcourse Just hkeVirtua Cop, maxlmisrng your score opens up further options. even when you've clocked t he gilme. There's a huge amount of secret modes and SIKh to U!lCOYef, but we've been sworn to secrecy.

What we will ~ though 15 that they are well worth u!lCOYerrngl Thilt"s all on Virtua Cop 2 for now.but knowthisallyou Saturn faithful out there - next month we're reillly going to be going to town on the game WIth Ilillll" :;''";:~ ,.;;"'.~ of nth and C'IIery trigger happy

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Tenn!sS.I"nesh,lveh,ldahabltofbelns,.. therspinelen .. ffilirsontheS .. turn, Hopefully .. 1I of this Is .. bout to (hilnge with the rei use of Bruk Point, Oc:un's fore)' into the world ofwell·sh.. vtd Iilwns .. nd consistent British filllure, The s .. me fuhlfesfollfCOllrtvilrliltlons, Intilldlng .. tilfmu court sltu .. ted beside s .. hotel .. nd pldllresqlle be .. ch. Up to four plilyen ciln compete .. t ilny one time (pl .. yinS dOllblesobviouslyl .. ndilmlxtureofinterniltlon.. lpl .. yerstochoose from. We'll hilvt .. lovelyptevlewnelltmonth.

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with iI dose of shoot 'em up ilction thrown In. The curious ilmons you may be wan· derinswhat"s happened to it, seeinS <IS its releilse diltewils orisinally set f or September. Well. since then it's ~n renilmed (rimewavt, and because programmers ilreperfectionists.they'vtdelilyeditsreleaseuntI12othNlM'mber totweakitabit here ilnd there. So with any luck we should hilvt iI review in next month's issue.

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(Of whenever) has IIny contNt ;nspited JIIch twlsh 0/ cont1OVf'ffy- Theftnll' Xgo Rlllly nme Attack results ""ve been plll9ued with I

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second uparlltlngf/nt ond second plocellelgh St~enson 0/ Alwrthorpe, Wllktj/eld Is ,he lucky winner with 0 time ofzoSJ,$4, whilst un/uckyJohn 1'ibbot 0/

leicme,comeJ In 0 close second with l.SJ,S71 Evell more unlucky Is Oarmn Ware, whou time 0fz.SJ,S8 wos decolred ""Id becouu it comn/or exactly the slime address liS lelgh's elltl')'. So tht spaw")l third placer Is IIIn McKell,'e ofPrllsley, who wolla away with on ellc/u· five Segll Rally i"cket ond Segll T·shlrt. Our top two bothrtceive thisprl'e, Qlong with TENSotu",gomn/or John ond Q YEAR'S SUPPl.Y offree gQmeJ for le/gh. Well done, evel')'Ont, eVf'n /f1Ou didn't win 0 prize, Or get the rules right, for thllt motfer,

ACTIVISION PREPARE MECHWARRIOR Th"tbelf1Bt~{aseWf!路requlteple .. sedto announce that the company is intent on bringing thegameoototheSaturnaodWf!'vebeen lud:yenoughtocatchagllm~ofthefirstplayab!e

codeofthegilrmo tfpiverecently been fl'prieved from an exde in another dHnension, you won't know "bout this brilliant first pe~n perspective shooter. And to be honest we don't know much it either, mostly because conceptually. this Is going to be quite a bit differ!:'n! from the PC OI'iginal with the emphasis mon' on actIOn than simulation. Still, it should be a good game: what with the MechWarriof pedigree and all of

that. so expect more meaty COYI'rage in iI forthoominslssuc oflh,s fine magazifle

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INCREDIBLE HULK InCfcdlbleHulk-The Pant heon Saga has been In development for

some t ime now Alias! we ca n bring you a few screenshot s from the game Although previous Incredible Hullo; games have had the

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Howevu, on tho.e two page. we .howed you picture. of the fint .ectlon of Dark Sav10r_ now that the lame b complete , we can reveal that this accounts for 1" of thit frankly enor· mou. role·playlnllamel Believe UI when we SilY thilt Duk Savior b perhaps one of the blllut ridfOlilmu enr created. with five different parallel dlmenlions (more on that later) and around 100 dlffuent endlnl.1 The programmers of Dark Savior · Climax • had In mind an IPG that would offer month. of gameplay with many dlffuent, worthwhUe way. of playing the lame throulh. From what we have . een of the finished Japanese title, It would appear that they have been most .uccenful.

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by Governor Clutolllen the Third. With only the brain. of a common mathetlclan he bring • • trlct disdpllne to this prison Island. In his book, there Is only one rule ~ Death to all thost who violalt public ordtrl ~. It'. btCluSf of his ndlstlc personality that most of the convicts btu halred agaJn.t him.

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Nick and Mal are ordeled to accompany Villain to Jaller'. Island on the lUle tran.port . hIp "Gllon". Thil Ipedllly created vUIIII, ulld 10 tran. port condemed pri.oner. and con· \.'" '\\.. talnl a .pedally con.tructed cale/ceU into which Villain IIl1curely placed J However, while the .hlp 1I1t11l mort than 580 nautical mllu away from Jaller'l IIland, Villain 1 InaUnctl are aroulld by the IUmulaUnl effect of my.terloul .ound wave.! Suddenly, Villain IIcrete. an acid lib liquid that dlnolvu the callel cell and quickly ucape. lnto the

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HOW DOIS IT WORK! Th~ bones of Dull. SavioJ is that it's an isometric 3D advenlur~ game. sort of In th~ styl~ of Landstalker on th~ Megadfiv~ only this time a mixture of sprit~s and t~xtur~d polygons ar~ used to d~pict th~ Island and its denilens.

Although it looks like a tradltionallsomelric 3D gam~, Dull. Saviol is much more. You can view th~ landscape from many dlff~r~nt views thanks to a cunning n~w syst~m known as th~ Hyp~rion p~r5p~ctiv~ (s~e lat~r), which Iitnally takes Landstalke r into th~ next dim~nsion.

Usin, the H1111rion PI"III~ti" lithe wI110 SIICetll ollbl. Iml (abon). ne plllf_lwi"bGlI. on"OYllbG.ltndJoulllt1Ito~Htilellltoloclt'lle'ttr {willthlljll.torr~""ltotb.rigllt).Onc.lhlllr'llrllpuU.d.th.bGxpllt­

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ship. Your performance on the ship dictates which of the five paths Ihrough the game you're going to ~mbark on (s~e later also). It's your job to make your way through th~ various uus, talking to the convicts, (oll~cting obJ~cts and ~arnlng valuable experience points which allow Ryu-Ya to gain pow~r and combat prow~s$.

Although It might look complicated. Dark Savlor Is pr~tty ~uy to get to grips with and from our hours' of gam~play W~ can say that it's probably Ih~ pr~mi~r Saturn RPG.

llRST IMPRESSIONS We've be~n giving Dark Savior a bit of att~ntlon now and th~n sinc~ th~ flnlsh~d lapan~s~ version arriv~d In th~ offices and w~ can r~port that it's a top gam~. A v~ry top gam~ ind~ed. We are also happy to inform you lot that It is definitely gelting an official rel~u~, with full-on English languag~ action sch~d­ ul~d for a January 1997 launch. If you quite liked Shining Wisdom and its Ilk. you'r~ going to flip ov~r this.

Where would the world of role·playlng be without a bit of fighting. One thing's for sure, It would be a most dull place indeed, consisting of much solving of logic puules, walking about and talking to peopl~ (yawn).

Thankfully, Dark Savlor Includes a fair smattering of fighting, mostly in the form of a rather brilliant one·on· one almost·like·Street Fighter (ombat syst em. You and youl opponent face off in a best·of-thr~~ rounds sc~narios, using normal attacks, special moves and blocking In ord~r to w~ar down your opponent's energy bar. There's even a Super Mov~ energy bar you can build up. Brilliant eM W~ll, that's not the cleverest part. Dark Savior allows you to stun your foe Into submission, whe reupon you can capture them and add them to your ranks of fighters. So the ntxt tlm~ you g~t set upon by some hideous creature, you can us~ your last conquest to do the fighting Instead of Ryu-Ya. Brilliant ehl Well, the further you gtt into the gam~, th~ bigger and more nastier the creaturn you fight... And ~nry on~ that you engage can be added 10 yourleaml

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Althou.gh the landscape may be .lmilar at many points, the storyllne ar\d the dw1lcten dw\j:e radically, u do many of the obj芦ttvn and puulH. With the ftvot major panllel. .pawninl arowul.lOO endings, thJ.gune Is HUGEI TlWISI'ORlSHtPADYOOUA(STlIIt TlWISI'ORlSHtP'ClPlAlnllOOM

THE HYPERION PERSPECTIVE Land.talker mllht h ave bun locked In the Itometric perlpectlve. Dark Savlor bn't. U.ing thl! left Ihowder blltton or the analollle controller (If YOII haVI! the NIGHTS pad), YOII can look arollnd In jll.t about any direction. The right .howder blltton It lI.ed to .eroll around, allowinl yOIl to view yet more of .cenuy.

The 'Yltem 1I ab.ollltely brilliant and mllterin, it lIa mll.t. Sometlmtt hidden object. are rpealed with the HJPerion Perlpectlve and later on, potentially fatal drop. into the aby.. Ire avoided ONLY by IIl1ng It! Other than that, the controll are rathu Ilmpll!.

Thl!rl!" rllnnln, and Jumping. Attacking, talking and examinlnglrl! all donI! with thl! .. me blltton. Thl! Invl!n路 tory .y.tem, Ill0win, YOII to check Ollt YOllr Itlt. and booty It allo avaJ.lable ar\d luper路.lmple to IIle.

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cenlfill flimsy premln which br;tnds the product. However,none un match the mighty Lemon, oneoflhe xavtnSflr-afflllated tums and the bods responsible fOfAmok . You ciln Imilglne the pitch the crutlve turn put fOfWilrd to Ihe producer to try and sell the Idu. ~ Erm .. It', like Thunderhilwk. Underwater". At whkh point the producer will h,ve shilktn his hud wurlty ilnd picked up his fllofn . Doubtless as the chief ru,hed the door the Junior tuboy proa~mmef will have blurted Ina last ditch attempt " With a

frOSI ", "81ngol" thmb the plOdlKtr 路Wlth ill frogl What genlusll won'l dIsmISS thiS ,de.. after illII" And we shouldallbeglildthilthelhoughtthilt,luders, beciluseAmolclsshilpln8uplobeavISlOflof~li颅

ness. Mmdyou, I rnlght be mythologiSing the whole proe:ess here, w,th my lies. It's mo,e I,~ely that lemon got Amok off the ground by s~lng off its wonderful g'aphlCsenginetoanlmprcssedroomofschedulefs

You can imagine the pitch the creative team put forward Thunderllawk. Underwater". " their little cotton socks.

Bless For Amok ut,hses some of the fiashlest 30 graphl(s the Saturn has hosted for some t,me Not m terms ofspced or colour, but In te.ms of detail Amok askS)'lXlr humble Saturn to handle no small quantity of objects at anyone time. Without rccou.setop.oe:cssorslowdown And,ofcourse, It's got a frog Not any old frog, obvlOl.lsly Otherwise It might have Toad of Toad Hall and the game woold'vc ~n crap.Justduv,"garoundlna httlctoad car with Ratty a"d~avc"orwhocvcrltwasButno,thlsISiha,d

frog, made out of metal A kmd of robotic mcchanold frog vchlcle,ln fact. armed With many guns. bombs and missiles And it IS this mechanlul frog)'IXI must guide th,ough the various mlSSlonobJcctivcs sctyou m each stage These range, as usual,from rescuing hostages to blowing things upand blowIng other t hings up Nothlngpartlc, ularlyfancy about t ha \. you may think Truth be told,maybe

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down shghtly,leavmgyou f,cc to head stra,ght for danger rather than spcnd all)'IXI.tlme faffing around With maps The weapons of mass destructron have been toned up slIghtly, aloog With t he scale of t he enemy enforcemcnts, For eumplc, by level

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Wellnow. • tlil,tthty',eblck,.ndthlstlme they'vcbrOllghtthelrg.muS<orcher,theirlud title, Wit Impressive enough In Its ur'Y 30" completest.te. • nd hils moved on consldCIOIblyslnce then.

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Anyway, despite the SOIturn having been blessed with some awesome race games 11'1 the last

mentlol'l the compellng bikes, which all conspire to make your hfe extra extra hard Not that they need to bother, really, because your nimble lightweight vehicle provides enough trouble of lIs own, bounc· In garoundm~n l"allyatthesll ghtestbump.Aslsso

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as bcing the trach themselves Scorcher Initially won a lot of attention for IU gr~ph lcs. The courses are carefully- nay,lovlnglyproduced In full 1011'1 about ~ llllloncolours, and rendered to follow all kinds of curves and shapes Bu1 given that this was about eighteen months ago, th ings have moved on considerably In this fast, paced world of technology However, having copped a butche(s at the lateu 90" finished version, we can uythat Scorcher ullI looks hot The light sourcIngaddsalotof~tmosphefe,there'sanawfullotof

roads,de deuil and the clever cllp-maskll'lg ensures that the whole thing runs super-smoothly £venlf

ass~ultedforouropinions.Luckilyforus,we'renot

sure yet, but It looks like Scorcher might be theume by name and nature. There area few bugs yet to be Ironed out, and some potentially f~tal slowdown 10 eradlcOlte (which the tum promise they'U do). So far, though, this looks to have been worth the wait And boy,what a wait It 's been, Keep your eyes peeled for a full,evlt:W next month. Or the month after.

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of the tItle Also, it's great to see that the link-up OlSpectS of the g.me are "tually bcrng cocled In the Saturn ~rsion (unli ke WipEout ~nd Destruction Derby. for Instance). Whal Is Ollsoqulte amusing Isthe Olbility to use magic to transform your opponent into an euilydestroyed (and probably stinkIng) pigl So.alllnall.ltwould.ppearthOltGTlnter.1ctl~

are on to a winner with Hexen. How the finished product mOltches upto the similar Exhumed rem,lns to bc seen. but wIth the Id softwOlrepedig,eebchind the title, 11 should be a clanlc In the making.

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DOOM UPDATE We were going to bring you more Doom action Ihismonth.Howev.!r.ittransplresthOlttheSaturn codehOls~nsubstantiatlyrevampedslncelast

Issue's mlnl·showcase. Developers Rage Software are concentrating on reducing the raggedy nature ofthetextureSOlndarelntentonmassl~ly

imp.oving thegame's fluidity. CompatIbility with the anOllogue p.1d is also beingcoded_More nut month

qua.l.lty PSX titln over tha current flood of qua.l.lty DEAR SSM, sahu'n lamH, Ho.,.fully this d mtlon will change uOWld ChrIstmu, when Stla are pred..lctinl they'll.ell nla. of Saturn., I thought I would w,ltc In wit h ~ Fantasy ~bout a gimc I im looking forwird, to.. ~.

Iwaswalkingalongfeellngdejectedbcl;ilusccverybodycouldkicksindlnmyficc, H\lUaht whcn I s~w i B~nncr, sutlng, GRAND TOURNAMENT,INTRODUCING, THE FIGHTING VIPERS, so I, ~nt illong to pick up i few hlnts,._ There won i W!ry Beautiful young I~dy, drcsscd In. Red, w~itlng for hc r Bout.-. I onked hc. if she would tuch mc to DATIl? UP YOURSI Fight, ilfte •. She wld OK,._ She w~s ~ very good Tuchcr~ But if I crred, she rully OEAR SSM, gaW!, mc, thc Bum's .ush,_ lItcrally,1 might add,_ But in iI while,l uccedtd, herI "n't ~g,ee morc this thc comments m~de by ~rI Sw~n In Issue 11 ~bout the D~tel c.pect~tlons, and I think shc brKled mc , as I, did, her_I asked her name, shc - wid Actioc'i Rcpl~y "rt,!dgc, For £50 ~II you get is ~ tot~1 of 45 diffe.ent g~mc codes, only CANDY~ ISild, Wcll CANDY, rW! gOl a Sweet ToOIh._. Shesmiltd. -Impishly, ilnd SEVEN of which ~'e fo, UK g~mes (thc ,est fo, bloody importsl), which includes oldfell into my arms. THE END. Ish g~mes like VIctory Boxing and Shinobl-x..

I know it's a little ~ak,_ but I'd be happy to s.ee it ~---.-.=.--___ on the box COYtrit wys ·Entcr newchuts~s furthe, g~mes printed In the Milg, as I'm-fasllyplused, ~re ,elused - FI~sh EPROM Technology muns th~t all new cntries ~rc ~dded to the b... ilt·in cheat men ... •. WHATI Flash Regirds EPROM Technologyl New cntries ~ddedlll And what of the PltllFurncu, O/lford, "high speed comms port". That's good for thc 11ICk)' few who own both ~ S~turn ~nd a PC to (onnect it with. The rest of • You'" a _rely danltlOWllJulJvI.dual. us haW! to w,~k up high 'phone bills to gct p~ssed on to

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OEARSSM, As i devoted fin of SSM and i complete ~gi fruk I felt in uncontrollible urge to write this letter.. , WAKE UP SECA. WE NEEDSUPPORTI Whenlfi rstconslderedthejumptoaNextGen consoleitwasawetlthought·outand,eseard,ed

If only they would ,clnsc ncw codes to magiulnes like this esteemed p... bllcatlon, and print them fo, us likcthtydid with thc 16·blt Action Replay a nd Game Genic carts,

dt(lslon.AllmycolleaguesownedPI~yStations

rmsurcth~tminypcoplewillactuillybuythecirtfldge

knowing whilt cffects It Ciln mike to top title games after s.eelng them printtd in magiuincs, I hopt you will be print· Ingsuch(odcsl nSSMsothat~"nusethemtofindothc,

whlchputthatp~rtl(l,llarconsolehlghonmylist.

codcs~ndm~ybtsendthcmtoyou.

But I.ud the press, did some trials, ~nd milde what I think was the best declslon, l bought the Saturn.

What i plt<e ofk!t It IS, As a former Megadrivt/Meg~<D owner (whkh both were the buSlnCSSI)I"nonlysaythatlw;nastoundedby thediffe.ence. Graphla and sound ilrtout of this

Hoptyou can help all us Datel Action Repliy"rt (con ned) owncrs, DrwhI KlmmlrtgJ, Addam, Midd~b"'''9It,

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The only ,ul p.obIem I c~n s.ee now Is ma,ktting stritegy, Now thit both consoles are, well, illot less thiln I paid for mine, Segi'S rtturn must (ome from gilmes ilnd OICCessory w~. There does s.eem, however, to be .. sm .. lI problem with this. Tike i look iround the high street PliyStilioc'i shelves outnumber Saturn shelves three to one. How (in this bc, aren't Sony new to ill this, aren't Sega the best at gilmes and utes, where Is all the support wl!'re used tol When you rCid press advertisements both consoles ire well established, with what looks like i comparable ~mount of gimes iVilllilble. Why then is the high street so dlfferentl This, after all,ls whe,e most pcople make the dMlslon ind pu rchasethelr console, Am I the only one who has noticed thlsl Am I the only onc with any (on· cernr TheSiturn Is i brllllint devtlopmen t. don't sit on your Iilure!s Se gil,givcus the support now we'W! bac ked you r horsel StcvI!Ecktrsol/, OwlltUlI,Holi/ax. ~

To be fAir, Stev., th.I.l.n't so much S.la'. fault .. that of your friendly local retailer, ThaJ'ra the onH that c h _ which lamH to d.ock, and at the moment many of tham IHm to ba favourtnlloadJ of rather insipid-

~ YOW'I' b: about the mUUonth letter _ 'ft had ~ maidnl this complaint, so it', obYiaWlty a bona of contention out then, We can't print ~ H _ don't Itt, OaYid - and &fvtn the scardty of Action Replay owna" (npKWly onH who adually like the thin&) wa',. not 'lOa U it's _rth tha 'pace, PIWl, most ~H an d up alonJ the UnH of "Play Sub-tero in paisley colo,,"" 01 "Crash the lame evt!ry Ulna you jump", which d onn't IHm partialluly worthwhile,

I DON'T UlfDDSTAJfD anTAlISM OEAR SSM, What a.e ~ga dolnglln Issue ID Chirles Uvesey wrote in and wld that Sega arc going to conW!rt ill thel. best gimes on the PC. Arc Segi stibbing us FAITHFUL S~turn owners In the b~ck Of what? I mun, wc might as well haW! gone ~ nd bought aPCand getthebestofbothwo.lds,butnowedid,,'t.~dtcidedtostl(kwlth

Sega through the 3JX to Megi-CO to MultiMeg.J which as wc ill! know ~,e crap ind aren't worth a ptnnybut stili wc bought them , It tookSegil three tries befor etht)' (ould come up with the ~mnlng S~turn, Now wc find oot thit wisn't worth the money elther-cvel)'thlng the Silturn'sgot the PC ilrcady has or Is going toget . The PC his Internel access, all of the best games that ale on theSiturn will come 0 ut for

Iln.Uit1<~1 thePC(whatarethebetsthatthePCcon~rslonswlll

who cannot enjoy Ihe gam ln ll phenomenon that Is Guardi an Heroes Is not fit to own a Saturn. The computer equivalent of social servlces should come round and find a foster home for Kamran A West's machine. What more tould youwat'lt from a gamel I'vejust finished It

be better than the Saturn'slj. One reaS(ln I boullhta Saturn over a PC was so I could play Saturn..onlygilmes

by Seg;il. I know Segil have to make money to keep their oompilnythrlvln8.butwhilteverhil p~nedtoIOYilhyl ~lnReilrdon,Bl!'clrton,london

I nSlorymodeforthefirsttlmeandl'~stlllgotslx

PS If you don't p.lntthls I will know I'm rlsht ~

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TIll ACCIPTABU PACE 0. GAMDfG DEAlt SEGA SATURN MAC; , Rlght,ilccordln8 10 myfimlty "this computer thing Is illI crap, why not go outside ilnd play?". Why oh why do I constantly hut quotes simil ar to this onel Filmlly illways mock computer !lames for no .tuon. It's like they've been programmed by an alien rilce to destroy all compute. lIilmes. WHY? Have you ever been told off by your mum for belnll inside loo muchl Parents note: Wf UKf SEING INSIOE 50 STOP NAGGINGItI ChrIJHouJon, OInq.8uclu.

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TO THE AWESOME POWER THAT IS SSM, Theotherdaylwas playing snooker al Ihe local club andthOUllht "Why notha~ snooker on the Saturnl". Picture this-Embassy Pro Snooker. It could future all the top players such as the likes of Step hen Hendry ~nd ~onnle O'Sullivln. It tould ha~ full tommentary non-stop, and of course Ihetypkal Saturn excellentllr aphlcs. t'd also like to add something, because lately people who enjoy vldeogam esare belnllslallgedoffasbelngsad.Thlslsnotthecase.lamanexcellentsnookerplayer and enjoy playing football and crkket.I'm out with my males a lot, I'm a massive Slur fIn ton Also I have a study relationship lIolng (hi Helen), so there. My Satu rn justpassesalongthoseborlngSundayafternoonsinthenouseandmakesmylifea lad more interesting.

more flnales to discover, not to mention playln ll as other charolcters and the two-player option. It's a crowd pleasertoo,wllhmyslx·pla)'C'radaptor(purchasedfor thisgolme) I spent severoll hours olfter the pub with four mates playing various team/every man for hlmself/all gang up on one person·type sltuoltions and It was ol foln· tastklaugh.

I suspect you only printed Kamran's letter to provoke cont roversy, SOolS a meilsure of your success could you print the number of let1ers of support for GH t hat you received th is month.

Thanks folks, I'm off back to bed.

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V1rtua Copsortofa way before I find a Stratos rally car of all thlnllS, ofS egaRally fame. From here I dri~ Ihroullh the countryside at brukneck speed but with a twist -I'm being rammed and shot at by these bIddies again bvt being the drivln ghot· shot lam It's not long before I'm al my final destlnatlon -t heArena.

Here I have to defeat one by one Ihecharacters of Virtu a Fighter l before g ettlng the prize. Unfortunately I've illways had problems with Aklra so It looks fl ke I'm sluck here until theendofOctoberl Steveno!Bosnlll.

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~ Th'Saturn. _ HOW PAR CAlf I PIT UP YOUll BACK PASSAGll DEAR5SM, Your m~g rules. tile SSM tum olre olce and yes, I have to olgree with Sam. Rich does look like Ooltl outofStarTrek. I canjusl Imagine him saying "Inexp IIcableCaptaln.

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I would li ke to congratulate you. Not only do you provide a fantastic molg etc etc but your NIGHTS review was Incredibly accurate. It does deserve all 96". I, not ten minutes ago, completed this masterpiece of programming. The IIlItches with Ihe game you thoullht are also correct. Yes. the game Is too eolSy, but yes you will return not onlytogetanAlnallthe levels but also to seethe cute Nlghtoplansdev elopand IIrow. I still can'l get over just how good NIGHTS really Is. Oh. and InCidentally, anyonestrulIgllngtogettotheend:keeptrylng.TheendlnglsmostdeflnItelyworthlt.

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2. I wisdead eXCited when I he.rd abollt)'Ollr second demo CD comong Ollt. However, I reckon thit they ShOllld be more regul"., SOIy "bolll once every th.ee ISSlles HOW J,W,IITreisuredoaseqlleltoGuard,inHeroesl 4 Why don't YOlldo posters InYOllrm.g.z,nel SFlnilly,lthinkYOllshollldpllttheamO\.lntofmemory

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m RYU... TIlE UIJIIoUTEEXPIIESSION OF EVl For years, Akuma has been shadowing Ryu's ~ery move, occasionally Jumping in to challenge himin battle. The reason behind the evil one's Interest bec omesclear: should Ryu succumb 10 the same power as Akuma , he is transformed into the deadliestfightereverseen.

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OlD ZANGIEF_ All RIGHT FOIl COMEDY VAlUE! Theold Z.lngiefw.ls kind of He the fat boy at school: large,hulkinS,at.ldrepe1!ent But get to know him a bit, spend a bit of time witn him and you might actually slart liking him. Or maybe not. Still this is the code you need to access the Roland 8rowningoftheSt reet Fighter Universe.

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you find out how to access Shin Gouki - a super路powered version of Akumal Resilient to damaSe and ~cked to the eyeballs with powerful moves such as multipie air flreballs, Shin Gouki reaUy is Power Made fleshl How to set him: Highlight Akuma and then press start button and hold it down then press: Down, Dowro. RiShl, Oowro, Right, Dowro, Down, Down, left, Down, left,Down,thenholddowroSlartarodpress.lnybutton.

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bit of " d iust,ous one, On he, way ~ck, ,d'fihed by the mountll ln .Ir and looking forw.l.dtoa l1feofusyleisure. herplilneuashedkillingeYtf)'OflebutherhKkyself.

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ATASTER lIut to whet yow . ppettte, hele'• • tu ter of what you can expect from some of the levels in Tomb Raider. Obvioutly thinp I n tougher ... you move through the pme. Wc'll only . how you some .nJppt'tl from the first two worlds because we don't want to . poll the whole p.me for you. We beJin in PelU._

TIIII c:rn. A$1.a0l enters the gates to the city prope r, she immediately . . . . . . . . . .M.faces a pack of wolvu. Provldinll her guns are at the ready, she'U aim automatically, although she has to be facing in t he direction otlne Provldlng they're dispatched effectlvety, she can go ablt.TheactlongetsabLtmoredlversewhenLaragetsthe spot of swimming_Thl$ will lead her to whole chamben

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WORLD 1: VILCABAMBA Tnvtlllnl among the snowy Ande. mountain topt. Lata. finds h Cl'Mlf at the l a te. of. Jott Incan city known I t VUcabamba. contained with In the mo untain Itstlf. The fMV muo piKe Iho_ Un', guide getting attacked a nd killed by wolVI!t., the giant doors open, 10 yOIl know there'. goin g to be a few of these knocking a bollt.

na CAVUI Lua's first stop!!tts h~r walking through Ih~ cave entrance 10 the mountain, Before sh~ knows it thete are dart missiles firing out of the wall., JUlt like t h~ opening 10 RaldelJ of the Lost Ark. There aren't many enemies In this opening area, although once Lara finds her WiIlY into Ih~ beginnings of th~ city, crossing rope btldges as.he gOl!'S,there's the possibility that I he 'U h.aw 10 contend with a bear.

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Providing you do away with the endange red spedes w andering the place, the tasks start to revolve a round lots of athletic jumping from pillars untll you enter a giant labyrinthian room where there are four doors under the names of

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. . . The lndWllon of the walli: and fenCflin 'iJhUnJ Vipers was obrioWlly esHntial in brinJinJ the June to Satutn. What difficulties did this pTeHnt)'Oul HX As you'd expect a large number of polygons Is essential but their area sile is 01150 Important.

When a large polygon appears on the scrCl!'n then drawing it is difficult. If you displilY a big w;r.1I completely, no miltter what you do, when the . . . What was the first devdopment a.mera pulls bilclr. the chMllc1er beromes too work you d1cl on the converslonl small $0 you can't draw thilt many big polygons HX Converting the Virtuil Fighter"l S(GA UTUItI IUG4lI M( _Id lIu tt tUM; It» Con~1y preserving the force of the chilntc1er's progntm was first, however,ln Vlrtua or JI:pu .IM Mlrnlllllt.ou (.bM' "1.1112,.,. size while drawing these huge wallsls really dlfFighter "2 there ilre no WilUS socreilttlIelrtil....adcotrt.Q'. ftcult. lfthechantctersweredisplilyedreilUy Ing the walls and fences was where smilU then dntwing the walls would be quite we started. On the Saturn, creating those big walls was one of the simple But, when they're big it's much hilrder. most dtfflcult parts of the progntmming so In order toget thilt out of the way we stilrtedon this first .SM What cliffIcultia did the interaction betwHII the tighten and the wall bring out1 ISJilWu creating the walli: the Iongfft part XX It's essential that the way the charac1ers bounce off the walls ofthecon.ersionproce5l1 Is recreated Identically to the arcade Fighting Vipers. The reason HX No, not really. Rather, as it was neeeswhy is that the players want to be able to use the techniques of sary for usto develop a lot of very being able to throw their opponent agaInst a wall and have them advan~ programming techniques ilnd the bounce back In e;w:ac11y the same way as the illcade technique designers also had various Ideas they want· would Because of this we had to recreate It precisely this point of ed to try and do so this was the most time a technique's IdentlCill use is essential to making the Saturn vcr· slon seem Identical to the arcade version and it tilkes a lot of work consuming. to accomplish . . . . What were the: main difficultia)'Ou faced in brlnJinI 'fihtinJ Vipers to the Saturnl ISM How .mooth was the: process ofbrlntlnJ the 'IJhUnJ HX Because Fighting Vipers has walls. unlike Virtua Fighter 2.

Vlpen chuacters from the arcade to the: Saturn1 Did any of the: Vlpen cause any partkul.af difflcultied there are illot more polygons being used Furthermore, each time the armour Is smashed lots of broken pieces are sent HX It was very hard. The chantc1ers detilil is extremely minute flytng so that also u~ m.any polygons. No matter what we ilnd complex. To make this detilil stilnd out was very tough, do we have to use lots of polygons and that's really hard to Amongst the characters, Candy 'NOIS particularly difficult. She has a very cute face If her face doesn't look exactly the same It won 't do. look cute it took us along time to get her face just right . . . How much more compUcated were the paphJa for '1IhUnJ Vipers CMl!r V1rtu.a fllhler 21 What tompUta. ISM ~Iy. COn-ftrting V1rtu.a Fighter 2. mUll ha" helped tions did this cause when producing the Saturn wer· AM2 in brinJing.IJhting Vipers to satutn. What kind of help .ion oflheaame1 HX The biggest difference 1$ that the chilrac1ers In HI( If you're talking about to what degrCl!' Virtua Fighter 2 was FightIng Vipers have various types of armour attached used asa reference, then the arcade Fighting Vipers also is very 10 them. In Vlrtua Fighter ~ they're only wearing ordisimllar to the arcade Vlrtua Fighter 2. Virtua Fighte r "2 was used as nary clothes made of cloth but with the armour the baSis for Fighting V1pers so the programs are extremely close. there'sanlncredibleamountofmlnutedetalllncludThe original programs are similar tothe degree where you could almost say that ifVirtua Fighter 1 hadn 't alleady been done then we couldn't have created Fighting Vipers. The fundamental sections ale the same, Rather than being helpful the most necessary

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ISM The.pHd. of the ao:Uon in 'lahtinJ Vipen Is aim quicker than in VF:t.. What dlfflculties did this cauwl

XX From the coding point of view. fOf example. in FIghting Vipers there are a lot of very fast punches. The colliSion detection for whether a punch hits or not is extremely complex Indeed. It was necessary for us to create newcoUis!on detection routines fOf Fighting Vipers. _ Vtrtua Flahter 3 wed. the Saturn', hip-resollltion mode thrOllpout, whiht Vlpen \11ft It more ,pu1naIJ. Wl\y was thisl XX In order to create the surface of the walls. no matter what you do, cleating a vast number of polygons IsessenUal so this time we reduced the resolution a Uttle, this was one rea· son, one more reason was for the shading of the polygons. [n the case of the Saturn, If you use a lower resolution. the shadlftg control ofUght and dark can be used SRI The Nlan«: betwftn the scrHn resolution and the number of polyJoru: Is alwayt a fartor.

When did you dKtde tNt It wasn't pot:llble to Nve Flptinl Vlpen in hip resoNtion1 ID( That was decided at the very beginning of development. We decided that this time we wouldn't use the high.res mode and Instead have lots of polygons and use shading instead SRI How Ion, did It take to complete)'OUL work on Flptin, Viper" Did. YOIl flnbh ahead of Khed.we or on timd XX [t tool: about eight months.

Generally speaking we finished a~cordingto schedule.

ISM What was the fHlinllikit amonlfl the convenion team dUL' in,thosefinalwetJu? ID( 1 think we aH wanted to return home as soon as possible and relax, The final two to three weeks were honestlyverydlfflcult.

1111 Now that ",htin, Vlpen if complete, what if JOUL opinion on the finished. pmd KX It's an arnde conversion but with regards to the consumer version v;lIOOUS original features have been Included For example. the tr;Uning mode, playbad:. mode etcetera. I feel it was really great that we were able to put so many of these original consumer modes in.

IUI WhidllUpect of the ,ame are YOIl most prOlld of, and why?

XX It's something we talked about at the beginning but when you breat. someone's armour It's a gleat fee\ing rm really happy that weoould convert this 0Ye1 perfectly to the Saturn version. lM!ing able to represent the breaking of the armour and walls to the same degree as the arcade version Is the thing rm most proud of. .III'ind.ln, the hidden option. and Heret. h.u become ",methin, of a tradition In AMI title •. How did YOIl decide wNt to Include In "shtins Vlpers1 KIt As for me, I originally Intended It for both the team's and the users' enjoyment. Ifs already on sale In Japan and the users are playtng with It presently. The users are saytng 1t'1 really great fun, so now I have the feeling that it's more important than I first imagined. Everyone's delighted With these extras

_ What abollt the panclal <laugh) The team thought It would be Interesting so they put it in for both.their own and the users' enjoyment.

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'W PleaM tell ut a little about the indu.lon of the bear, XX The bear was originally from the background of the Old Western Town stage. It was standinl at the back of the stage. It's a popular mascot character for Ffghtlng Vipers.

ISM BM and M.ah.luMtm to be vel)' IlmUar indeed.. What are the d.Jft"erIrncft between the two ch.aractelSl XX BM Is the boss character He's tremendously strong so whenever a player Is vet1US another player, the player who uses BM becomes excessively powerful The balance Isn't very good [n order to get the balan«: right for the Saturn player vs player mode we reduced the specification of BM and created Mahler SSM Now that fllhtin, Vipers Is available to bllyin Japan. can JOll tell III a little about the reaction J'O'I NW Nd to the lame from the pre.. and the UNlSl ID( Fighting Vipers was originally an arcade game however, due to the extra features such al the bear, Hyper Mode and Training Mode etcetera everyone has laid that Ifs really fun to play. It seems that these points are really enjoyable for everyone.

SSM Do you have a me..ale for your fanl outside Japanl XX I've been to America several times and met playe rs but [ haven't yet had the chance to meet any European game players. t{ there are any opinions from users who've played Fighting Vipers and enjoyed It. rd certainly like to hur them. By all means, ['dreal· lyenjoy receiving their letters,

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Probably the element of Daytona Circuit of most interest 10 owners of oldfangled Daytona are the new circuits themselves. There are two on offer. known as National Park Speedway and Desert Highway. They're both tougher than the old hacks 5erv~ up by primitive Daytona USA. Here's a brif'fguidetolhepalrofthem.

If you really take your racing games seriously. you'll be pleased with some of the minor features offered by Oaytona CCE. A10ns with the usual rash of

replays and ghost modes and so on. you're able to keep yourself Informed of how your current performance Is going while you race. The Time Comparison option tells you how fast your lap is and how it compares to the fastest times achieved on that stretch, allowing you to work out where your weakest racing areas are. Or make your little brother feel bad when he sees yourtimes,dependlng.

Ghosts,asanypa ranormalresearcherwillteU you, come In all sorts of shapes and sizes.

Now you might think ~What the Jlggtns has this got to do with Daytonal Get on with it alteady,youftnk~.butthi5doeshavesome

relevance. You see, Daytona had a Ghost Car mode, which allows you to "raceagainst the spirit of the best lap time. Like In Rally, Daytona CCE offers six different types of ghost car, depending on how you'd like it to look. [t could look Hke a normal soHd car, or

DESERT HIGHWAY Looking totally unlike any eJdsting Daytona level, Desert Speedway starts you off near a strip of tumbledown路looklng shanty shops In the middle of a scorching stretch of sand. From here It's an uph1llsprlnt, taking In some gorgeous sights along the way - such as the hol air balloon which rises into vlew over the edge of a mountain road. Also look out for the train that shoots Into the mountainside tunnel in a manner of which Freud would no doubt be compelled to comment upon. This is one of the best-looking levelS going, even if It Is a bit on the yellow side.

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wanna flyyyy sky 1\11II8h, on a hooorse or In a caaar". Thus sang the war路

bly bloke on the old Daytona soundtrack. Worming players as to the choices of transport on offer. Well, not quite. But had hI': done, the lyrics would have been completely coned. this time round. the vehicle selections would be slightly more difficult to fit Into a rhythm. That's bKause all-new Daytona presents players with a menu of EIGHT diffe rent cars. Weirdly, not a single one of them is the original red 'n' blue Hornet (although there is actually a

car called the Hornet In there, oddly enough). Instead they're all Rxy revamped motors, each with their own abilities and handllng personality.

Along with an individualised bodywork Job. too. Some cars are ~ter suited to some tracks a nd play styles than others. and even once you know the param~ers of each vehicle you'll still have to experiment before finding the right one for yourself, We're not totally sure what they're all like yet, because the nuances of the control method have yet to be sorted out complete. But rest a$$ured we'll give you the full low-down before you get your hands on the game. So thal'll be next month then.

MIGHTY SPLIT-SCREEN MODE UNVEILED! One of the most exciting developments in the new Daytona is the addition of a split-screen two-player mode. Those knockers who said It couldn't be done were already force路fed their words by R;illy. Daytona compounds this V路f1lcldng by being even better than Rally in terms of sraphlcal aceness.

Whilst it's necessary to lose a certain level of detail to get the split路screen action running at the right spud, the beauteous colours of Daytona remain Inta ct.. At the moment the cUpplnsls a little intruSive, and work has to be done on shrinking the speedo which currently impinges on the players' view of the hOrlton. Apart from that, though. It's cool. All the tracks and cars are fully playable in head-to-head mode, along with lovely extras such as the time comparison which tell you how badly you' re losing. ~finitely worth the price of the new game alone.

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Alpha 2.the latest fruit of their Intensiveeight·year labour. is doubtless the version most geared towards SF experts. It features way more moves than its prede· cessors.andnotmerelylnthequantltyofspecial attacks available to each character. Along with the familiar standard and special attacks. there are now

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Theresull isa product polished to the point of perfection.Whllstifseasytogetlntoandaccessiblell also features unparalleled depth whICh ensures it"1I stay at the front of your coflection for some time to come. Of course, as with all fighting titles it's LOADS better with two human players. I fact, we advise you buy a real opponent if you haven't ~Iready got one just so's you can get the most out of Alpha 2 M~ybe not an essential purchase if you' re a fairweathersupporter of the genre and you already own the first Alpha, but anyone With more than the merest inkling for the series will love this. It's fast. tricl:y. addlCllve andjustgenerallyall.round awesome .,

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Capcom will think of it. Just look at their other success stories X·Men. Darkstalkers and the first SF Alpha all scored over 90%in this magazine. and there's still Marvel Super Heroes and Street Fighter vs X·Men tocomel Hooray for Capcoml Lord of theJunglel

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1~ liJj'Uj~11 It's a game that people in Blighty don't tend to give much credence, but that, like American football, seems to have cut a bit of a niche for itself on the console. World Series Baseball was quite a success when it was released, and this sequel looks like maintaining the standard.

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what your attitude tothe sport it self. This kind of success naturally engendered a sequel and here it is lookmg much like its pr~ecessor but pretty fine with it Behind t he mne of stats, the rules of ba~balla reactuallyquiteslmple,AplayermO'Y'eS

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You'd be forgiven for Ihinkrngthat the gameplay in WOfld series Baseball 2 IS rather shallow, At first. hrttmg the ball seems a mattef of luck morethanjudgmenl,andwhileit's easytogetcurveontheball,p,tch路 Ing feels likewise, a bil uncontrollable. More than anything this is familiar isingyoufselfwlththesubtletieslnvolvedinthegameplay,and once you begin 10 master the game, the extent 10 which players and teams vary makes itself more appafent World Series Baseball 2 features all of the teams inlheleaguemeaningyou'vegothundr~sofplayefs

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Iyauthentic·lookmg rUin Method ~"d fl)l" lara. 'wlmllll", I. ~rtlular envlfonments. Ifs the urge Ita~dl out u btl~l.tt.rty let (abeln). ' lilt to explore which makes ofvaPPli., with . satl (1IeIow).

Tomb Raider compelling The pace of the action is pretty laid-back. so anyone expecting an Indiana Jones expe.ience has another thmgcomlng.Theempha· SIS of Tomb Raider is far more on the puzzle factor .It~·.

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Since then they've successfully claimed the JO roving blnter genre as their Yf!:ryown, producing a string of tit les along Thunderhawk lines, such u Shellshoc:kand 9attlecorp •. Tomblblderlsthelatest polygonised thoroughbred from their sta ble, and the flnt to future a normal human being in the starring role.

Basically. the game works like thls -you're set to work in a number of 3D levels. which may be e xplored freely at your leisure. However.cer tain sections of each stage are usu· ally sealed off by locked doors or summatandyou'vegotfindlhe corre<:tkey/lever/objecttoopenit (or whatever). Along your travels you'lI meet upwllh numerous wild animals {bolh real and mythical) which yoU're invited to shoot with you r guns or avoid with your sele<:tionofacrobatl{skills.Thereare harsh platform arrangements to conquer. long falls. underwater swimming sections and all manner of other non·violent threats to your person as "l:ell Theobjectofthegameislores<:ueashedload of ancient treasures from long·forgotten temples and the He. There's a plothneabout how t ara Croft (your cha racter) Is hi red by myste. ious corporation to seek out the three partsofa mystical antique thing This C.opsupin the form of intermissions between levels. where there's a bit of horseplay with someothe. cha.acters.VOu see. along with the vaflOUS rep.esen· tatlves from the animal ~lngdom. Tomb Raider also features a numberofnon·playertreasurehunlerson the same trail as yourself. Some you'lI get talk ing to.

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toonse.ies, 'ilnge of ad ion figures, lunchboKes, pyjamas etc etc etc. Well now ht's BACK, gilmesniks,ilnd this time he's in iI game ilgaln. Of course, we shouldn't mock Shiny for the proliferative nilture ofhrthworm. Forstarten, they're p.ob,l bly rich enough to buy our m il guine ,IOd sack the lot of us. Plus, ofcoune, they had to find somewilytoutnilcrustoutofwhiltissobrthe oniyShinycharattertom,lkeittogamHshelves. tf you wilnt to persuilde someone to buy your developmenthouS<!fo.ilhundredblllionthoUSilnddoll ol rs

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Sure, it's a reasonably playable game, butifonlytomaintaintheircuttingedge reputation you'd think Shiny would have at least had a bash at soml'lhing new for the flagship con· soles. The graphics look tiny, the con· trois feel overlight and t he music sounds like t he Miami Vice cops jam· ming With The Power Station - all widd ly guitars and power-sax Mosl hardcoreplatform fans will probably alrl'ady have played this on their last machine. Given that.anyonewhosefirstconsoleistheSaturnproba· bly won't know what a plat form game is. Obviously. those fans that haven't seen this before wil l find some relief from the runny·jumpydrought in Earthworm's charms.Themajofltyofplayers.though,witldoubt· less remain somewhat unimpressed. I"m sure if Shiny bothered coming up With some new ideas for the Saturnspm·offl"dbl'dancingajigofjoy.screaming Earthworm Jim's praises in the street like some kind of possessl'dChristlan lunatic,Sadly,though,dl'sp,te my deep and abiding affection for the cha racter and his funny cartoon on thetelly, I can't rec:ommendthis game to anyone but the most dle·hard enthusiasts

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dui with the frustriltlons of modern motoring. OldthatguyJust cut you up?

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firellsthatoldcouplelntheAllegrod,ivlng too slowly? Time to make use of your HalfOfd rnlssileildd-onsllstheblokeintheEscort,lghtonyour bumperl Slmply.elease ilflre WOlII and watch him burnl You'd haw the str~ts empty In Wftks I tell you.

I can't realfyt"'ke full Credit fo,this innOVOltion, It was,afterall,inspired by playing Impact i1.acing. NC"s n~,acin88ame.Thist,tleseemstoha~poppedout ofnowhere,sol'lIstartbye~plainmgwhatit'sallabout.

Players choose from five cars (varying in speed,grip, armour and we'ghtj and then take to the race circuits, Each race consIsts offour laps. every lap having a time limit. If you fail to complete the lap before the t,me runs out. your race is over, Beause ofth,sthere are pick-ups on the track which eortend your time, as well as pick-ups which improve your front and rear armour But what'sthe'lmpact'allaboutthenlSpe<:ificallyitpomts tothe other main concern of the game which 's to destroyother~hidesasyougoroundthecircuits,

Provided you destroy enough cars. you'll get theopportunitytoupg,adeyourweapons in a bonus level The miorture of racing and combat might make

you think of WipEout but therea,e some very reald,fferences between the two. To beginwith,lmpact l1acinglooks more contemporary than futuristic (although one level sees you looming down a space highway) and rather than using weapons to slow the progress of other vehidesyou'reactuallyouttodestroy them, In terms of graphics I'd s.aythe two are pretty much on a par Impact l1acingfeatures some brilliant light sourcingand thee~plos,ons oKtually look considerably better than what you'll see on WipEOI.J\. 60lh the speed and ani· mation in Impact Racing are very impressive,lhe cars moving and sliding

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To play as 8Myou need to complete the game as any character on Very Hard dlfflcuttyandbeathimattheendofthegameltwillthenbepossibletoselect him in any of the multi-player modes (not Arude) To ptay as the bear from the background of the Armstone (Ity stage,)'OU need to be pLaylllg on that boKkground in any mode, then finish your opponent by knocking them through the laltings at the giant bear If they goin the right direction, you'll be abte to select the bear when you play nextl Vou can access him In any mode and he uses mostly Sanman's moves

To get the "Wall Oisp OnfOff"' option in the Option+ menu, go to Itaining mode and perform every single I"TlOYe for four of thecharKlerssothat"OK"appearsnexttoeachn,lmeYol.l need to spend qUite a bit of time b1'lngmg up the name,watchmg how to do it. then performmg it properly, bot It's • • • •~ wortht~haSSIe If you play through the game in Hyper Mode with the difficulty on Very Ha rd as (andy, then play another game, Candy Will lose more clothi ng than usual when shegetsher.Jrmour removed Once you've done this chut once, you can select Cilndy In this mode by holding the X button and choosing her with A Of C To get an extra version of Candy _aring Hawaiian shorts With a Ukelele on her bilek. finish the game on Normal d,fflcultyas Cilndy. She has all ofOndy's usual fl"IOYes, n well as one of Ral<el's - 00 P to hit With her Ukelele To lIet Candy wearing a school uniform, finish the game With regular Candy on Very Hard difficulty All of her moves are exactly th e same as usual 80th of the ext,a versions of (andy nn only be selected in the modes other than Arnde - Training, and Versus,

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and ~'d explode with h.ippinHs. Perhaps luckily for us Stan hasn't ~n fit to lend his gravelly New York vocal chords to this production. SO we won't be exploding. We will on the other hand. still be highly exdt~ about this vcceUenl surprise development in games history. What nm? Wolverine vs Mcgaman? The Avengers vs The DilTkstalkers? Or perhaps Five Star in Rcsldent Evil World?

Mutants and martial artisa can be frlellds, thilt Is the lesson Inherent In X·Men vs SF. To illustrate this point. each player cont rols not Om:' but two diffe rent characters, each with their own energy bar. Not at the same time, Obviously. but in a tag, team stylee. This doesn't lust mun one character leaping on screen after the demise of the first (a lthough that happens too). It's a tactical thing. see. Say yourfirsl flghler Is floored or dizzied bya top-notch combo-hllling a fireball and two Fierce attacks wlll swap them over for your st(ond combatant, who'U be ready to rock. Indeed,they'll appearon·Krten rocking, flying Into the arena with an illtuk. After this they'll pause and pose for a couple of sKOnds. which leaves them V1.Ilner· abie. Clever players can tven work this swapping Into a combol Yet another example of Capcom Improving the concepu In their fighting games.

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The back8rounds for X·Men vs SF are pretty bizarre, to say the least. Aion8 with the now familiar Wo rld Wa rrior-style backdrops in the fresh air around the planet, there's a selection of less logical settings. Like In the middle of a TV stud io filming a quh show, for Insta nce. Or in the middle of a crowded shopping centre. There must be some kind of plot device which explains these locatio n s, although we're b lown if we known what It Is. Pe rhaps Magneto's trying to steal all the tins of beans or something. Anyway, the really Interesti n8 thing about the backgrounds is that some of t hem exhibit distinctly Children of the Atom·esque degreesoflnteraetivity. For example, there's a street scene populated by cithens and startled cop pets which, should it take sufficlent bashings, gives way to drop the charaeters into the sewers below. where their combat continues. Ace.

Ryu r~tums to the fray, just for the fun of It, as usual. This time he's got a Cyclops-style mega-fire· ball attack for mulliple hils. Still a highly versatile character and probably the best Street Ftghter. (haTHe· the Guile cionI!' from Alpha comes good for X·Men vs SF. His fighting style Is highly dif· ferent from any of the other characters. Very handy against characters like Storm and their ranged attacks. One of the mOTt Impressively 5uped-up SF characters, Dhalsim now boasts flame-throwing capabilities to rtval the Human Torch himself. The hugeness of his flaming attacks is quite sensational.

Wearing a dinky little hat Cammy makes a welcome reappearance with a stack of new moves.

Chief amongst these is her new Spinning Crush. which is not unlike Bison's Psytho Crusher crossed with a fiery missile, Mystifyingly, Ken - who is almost exactly the same as Ryu - has made it into this mix-up game wher e you'd think character variety Is highly important , Nice hair, by the way.

ThebigbossofSF-MBison· realises his power pales in comparison with Magneto. Still easy touse and pretty darned nails, but his open fighting style

Th e great thln8 about th e Saturn eonversion l of Ca pcom games is they've always got hidde n optlon l a nd l ecret characters, so you always get to play as the bon. We ll we'r e highly doubtful th al 'U h a ppe n with X·Men VI Sf. That 's because Apoca lypse, the e te rnal a8en t of Alma ge ddon, is th e boss in this title - a nd he ', not I ma ll. In fa.ct, he d oesn 't fight like a normal chara cte r at a ll. He's so big h e can only Just fit his fist onto the Icreen. If you want to kick him in the h ead (which you h ave to ), you 'll n ee d to p e rform a Super Jumpl Lord knows how h is sp ecial moves list would fu n ction . And h e ca n 't dodge , either, be ca use he 's too huge. BilI lca.lly, Apoca.lypse iI totally rock a nd a ll mort a ls musl tremble at his presence.

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whence the Cammelster salutes and squeaks · Orders complete, slrl", Which leads us to believe

the events of the game take place before those of Super Sheet Fighter 1 Turbo.But, right. she's got the Icar on her chin from hll'r alleged K fap with Bison when she escaped his thrall. SO what 's going on thenr Is she fe ·brainwashed after Super Sf1 Or Is it a blrthmarkl Or whatl How come Charlle', In It. as weiH And If It does take piace befofe Super, right. how come all the charact!!'f' have the neat new moves which they conveniently fo rget In time for the Street Fighting tournamenll Come on Capcom -sames trainspotters demand to know when In you r Street Fighter mythos Ihl s alleged mulanl learn-up lakes placel tlu.t

MUTANT X.f'OWER SllIIlES S11IEET FKlIIlBIS! Throwins the SIrHI Flshten and X-Men losether I. more Ihan a matter of Ilappinllhe already-coded characters onlo new backsround •. A. arcade fan. wtil know SF and X· Men both have noticeab ly differenl playlns . Iyle., .0 Capcom needed 10 find . ome corn· mon sround for th e protalonbt •. Well they didn 't bother, reaUy, and.o Ihil title play. more Ilke X-Men than SF. All the Street Flshter charaden have had some of their move. and combos upsraded. to compete with the ea.lly.performed elsht·hundred·mllllon hit X-Men.type . uper move. on offer.

Dhalslm, for In.tance, hill a SfOOVY new mul tiple flrebaU attack which I. capab le of . even hili without break Ins Into a , weat. Thb make. for a mo re actlon-p acked·looklns (and feellnl) lame experience. The SF influe n ce takes the form of making l ome moves harder to perform, with more twisty joy. tick m a noeuvru re.pon.lble for the better attacb.

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Pull off enough specials and connect with a few punches to charge up your Super bar and then use a senes of compleJ< joystick moves to dfect a dev· utating (if it hits) Super Spedal, thai's the plan.

You'll know when this happens be<:ause a portrait of your cha racter framed by a sunburst appears on the screen. whereupon they blue into action with a string of moves, followed by tracer Images. Super attacks fulfil multiple purposes. They're a handy way out of a Jam and Ihey're a spectacular way to finish a round. Every character at leasl two Supers • and Rogue takes it to new levels of greatnessl

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The racing fields of the Sega release schedule have lain fallow for too long, my children. The time to strike with a new gearstick is now! Call the faithful to their gathering halls! It's Sega Touring Car Championship!

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fterwhat mut t be one oflhe biggest b\llld-ups In the h iltory ofv1dl!'Oga mel , Sega'l utte rly astounding Virtua Fighter 3 h a s finally hit the UK a nd SEGA SATURN MAGAZINE w as

first In line to get a look at the m achin e a nd mOl t Importa ntly get a good playtelt. So, a fter our In-depth examination of the ba ckdrops, check out the good s on the cnaradeul Well, It's finally here, And yes, It Is totally remarkable and better than any arcade flghtlng game ever seen a nywhere. Just as we suspected. If you've followed our VF3 coverage over the months. you'll know that Mode13 technology surpasses everything you'd evu seen before. You'll know tha t the new backgrounds with different levels of height add hugely to the gameplay. You'll know that.. well,VF3 Is the futurel In this last VF3 featu re for the time being, we give you the lowdown on the characters in the ga me, Including small moves lists designed to due you in quickly on some of the new techniques found In VF3 - it's by now means a complet~ lisl, bul il's enough 10 get you going and to show you Just how AWESOME this game is.

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This new game b being developed by Came Arts· ont of Japa n', mOJI respected names. These ;Ut the guys behind the acclaimed Silpheed on Mega-CO and of COUISt! the recently releued Gun ufiffon (u.ted at 88" In luut -9). Gtandla. howeve r. looks like beins one of the most spectacular iooklng RPGs todale.

So what's 10 grea t about it eh? Well, Came Arts are rcmowned for their

technical expertise, with a huge understanding of the workings and applications of 3D. Unlike Dark Savior. this isn't just an action RPG· a hugt rangt! of options are available concerning Inte ractlvlty with obJect sand peo ple. So, whilst you can rotate the landscape around like CUmax's clas· sic. Game Arts have also worked on making the surroundings very rtal.

Also, unlike Dark Savior, all of the objects are real· time 3D textured poly gons · not Just scaled sprites.

Stili not convinced about the brilliance of Grandia . even with these brilliant screenshots? Well, get this: Game Arts have enlisted the aid of one of Japan's foremost computer graphiC rendering artists to produce the visuals along with a member of the world -renowned Skywalker Sound (owner: one George Lucu) 10 come up with the audio side of things.

We'll be following the progress of Grandla over the coming month.· can It match u p to the ex pected brilliance of Squaresoft·s forthcomi n g PlaySlatlon RPG, Final Fantasy VII? Only time, and Indeed us, can tell.

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