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LOADED COMING TO SATURN! ntoftht blggtsthlts In IlIlt '95/ur1y '96 h.. s, without .. doubt, bttn on tht PI .. yst..tion. In f~ct , It shlpP'fll 250,000 copits on its flnt week of rtlunl And ytp, you gutsstd corrtctly, It's comins to hturn Injust .. ftwmonthsl DtvtloptrsGrtmlin<lrtturrtntlyworklngonlht5.. turnconvtr slo n<lnd <lrtconfldtnt of brlnslns" top cl .. ss rtsult your w<ly <lsurly nMlly.

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This was lifttd from tybtr (fustlts Pop Will Eat Ihtlf's IlIltst <llbum, Two Fingers My Fr ie nds, and has bttn dtK rlbtd by some lIS ~The btsl music on .. ny g .. me , Evu t ~. II .. Iso fUlurts lop路dln gr..phlu from loooAO velerlln Greg St .. ples.

Allhe moment, Gremlin hnt only m.. nllged to complete the f1nt levtl of the hturnvefSion, but work on the (onverslon shouldbt pretlystr.. IS htfotwllrd from now on. In f..ct, Wt should bt ilblt to brins you iln In路dtpth prtvltw of the Sllmeuurlyuntxlmonlh.

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KIds today eh? They're not liKI' they wert in my doy. They're 01/ oggress!V1' psychopaths, up to theIr eyebolls in (rock. That's what Tht Sun toys, and I'm nor about to orgue. Indud. Sega themse/~s ore ready to reinforce our perception ofthit HONEST FACT with a new arcade gome planned/or reltoil' this wmmerVlrtuo Fighter Kids. Developed by AM2. obviol's(y With Japanese bilorro tostes In mind, VF Kjdsisbased,HeSonicFighter,ontheVirtuoFighttrlgomeengine.Basicolly It pits Super

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TURN ON. TUNE IN. PLAY GAMES. For some t,me now Sega have been attemptmg to create a cable channel th at subscribers Cilfl tune in to and play games on. In much the same fashion as the pay-as-you-watch system for videos in the States, those with Ihechannel have a vast rangeofgam es that they can pICk from ilt the to uch ofa button.Sega have been working on the project wi\h t echno-boffins

Generallnstrumen\. and It was Oflgmally intended to be available last summer.

TOilccessthechannel,subscriberssimplypluganadapterintotheirconsole,poaytheir monthly dues and away they 80. Just when (or indeed if) we can e~pect to see this system in general use intheUK is something that the m"rketing sharks are st iii arguins about. but needless to say, we'll keep you tuned m

Saturn to get internet connection facilities in '96!

As promiJf!d by Stgo of )(lprm wlltn tht Saturn was /int launchtd, tht! Solum will rut/vt art In tttrtf!tI modrm connwiort o/tht course ofthlJ ytrlr. Tht uni! WDS actually unvf!ilf!d at a nnmt Tollyo toy show, Qltllough Sf!9 Q I!ovrn', actually modt Q big dral out of It ot oil/But, JUft rflough, tht! usn for thiJ Ubox" ort o/moft Iimitlf!JS, QI/owing Saturn Qwnt" O(Ctu to tht inttrnd, and Indud to PC !o(ilititJ and AV rquipmrnt too.

Of COUNt, tilt joYPQd will limit tht rangt of options on Qfftr, but onu St90 hovt rtltQud tlltlr ktyboard, it should hI! poniblt! to QCClH$

andrrcriVf! tht/ul/intrrntt Jtrv/cr . Untllthtn, Stgo will providr Q "umber of CDs with him-

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SEGA RALLY IS FASTEST SElliNG CD GAME IN HISTORY! lote~t poll hos reveoled thot Sego Rolly is the historyl Theprf!Vious record holder was Destruction Derby on the PloyStotion. Stgo Rolly ~old on omozing ro, 000 odd copiesinitsfirstwed,ondit'sstillsellingbythebuc/(· et lood (in/oct It was still numbtr one in the chorts os SfCA SATURN MAGAZINE went to pre!!). Sego'~ Andy

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If you weleono!' of lucky people who had tho!' pll"asuro!' to play our o!'xco!'l1 o!'nt do!'mo disc a couplo!' of months ago, tho!'n you'll probably ro!'mo!'mber a Iraill"r for Sko!'lo!'ton Warriors, a spoo«y gaml" hailins from thl" States, Wo!'lI, tho!' first versronsofthl"samo!'aro!' bl!ginnins to appo!'ar and whill" it couldn't beclas sed as "sround·brl"akins",thl" final version could bea p!"o!'ttycompo!'lIing hack 'tm up, Ro!'lo!'aSo!'d by Playmates in tho!' us, tht game hasn't actually been sIgned up for rell"aSo!'in tho!'UK)'I"t.butl"xpc-ct to hear an announceml"nt in tho!' next month or so - it's pretty certain that II would do fall1ywo!'11 over ho!'rl" AS you can see from the pictures, Ihe gamo!' is your Iraditlonal hOllzontallyscrolhnsslasho!'r, and although it may seem quite basic at the moment, there are somo!' nico!' louches to be found in tho!' graphics. More on this ono!' who!'n Wo!' ho!'ar news of UK distllbutors

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KNUCKLES APPEARS IN SONIC ARCADE GAME! After'evel~tlonslastmonthofSonic 'sbel atll!darrivalontht

Saturn, we can now brlnll you some more pkturesofthls (urlous beat 'em up title. Conclusive proof that Knuckles

J 15 alive and well comes Inthe shape ofthneshots showing him sbring down Sonk in rndineu for a

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SUPER BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU E~f)' now and then. a title turns upon import that realty does make you wonder about Japan6e culture. Super BiS Brotheris,well,a shoot 'em up I suppose,exctpt rather than intersalactic space ships doing the shooting, ifs people in little more than their pants. The kind afenwonments they move t hrough afe like pa5tiches in the/ollontyPython style. Even 5tranger though are 'lOme of the things that you shoot

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Croydon, and we extensively played on an earlyverSion of the game. The three chapters follow the plots

been hard ilt wor~ on it new game for the Sillu," based on the exploits of John McClane. Dfipitethe

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lack of Bruce Willis endOfslng the product, the g<tme

stilllool:.s to be iI major UK software title of 1996, and hiisones~ialfeilturetosetitiJpartfromother

games· it Is actually three games In onel Sega Satllrn MagazlnewiJs treated to il special previewlns session at Probe'sheadquartefs In

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ferent sl.mts on the o1ction theme ThefifStiJdventure, known simply ilS Die HiJrd. tilkes plitt Inside it los Angeles skyscraper (modtlltd on 20tn Ctntury Fox's hudquarttrs) on a dtsperatt rtscut mission

plttt)offtringi finalty,inDleHilrdwlth il Vengt,jlnct.thtilCliOn moYts to New York, and becomes ~ kind of dflvmg g~me With tht ~n objtalvt to h~lt txploding bombs across theClty,With a choice of 15 cars, the game runs In 3D (looking vtry much tikt anotntr Pt~ySt~tlon title, Twisttd Metal) with aU manner of skids and

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mayntm btfort a final stand,offln tnt Ptnthoust sUlt t, andonti"ltway,McClantmayshootatavarltty offoes, Cilrs, drinks milchints and comput tl tqulp· mtnt in a starch forhlddtnobJtctsiindgltnadts, Tht gamtplay is rtminlsctnt of Fadt to Black Of Lont Solditf(a3DcommandogamtonthtPlayStatlon), and looks to bttht most promising ofilll tht Itvtls wtobstf'Vtd ThtstCondchapttf,DitHardtf,plactsJOOn McClant insidt a Wilshlngton illrport oYtHun by ttl10lists in an atttmpt to halt thtlr activity and Uvt hostagts (can you ~ a pantrn tmtrglngl), Afttr a Itngthyfoyerconfrontatlon,tht action SWltchts to tht funway, tht surrounding Virginia countrysldt briort a final htlicopttf showdown. All thiS sounds rathtr tXCltmg. but onCt wt sat down to play thiS Itvtl, wefourwllttobt thewukest of the Itvtls by far The action takes plact in.a Virtu.a Cop styleenVlfonment (Indeed,thlsItvtlIs comp.atlbltwltnthtVC gun),wlthenemlesrun. ning at you (or hiding)

nagewhlCh was thoroughly enJoyable Scheduled for a summer release, Probe stili have a lot of twu king todo before the game Is released, and despite looking rather rough around the edses (tspecl.allythtst<ondlevel).thiswasextremely enjoyable to play, and could be a definite best-setler. f •• llteractmart

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Well. you've pfobably rulised now, but we're going to apologise for this one too, Yep. the flFAtlps prmted In Issue #4 dldn'twork,Webl~mttipsdoltEd

Lomas forthis extreme bungltry, and would like to alert our readers that young Ed hasrtctivtdilstvtrt ki(klng in one of EMAP's darkentd corridors for his troubles, Ed h~d hoped to bflng youthtcorrtCltipsthisiSSut,butht's findins it prttty h.ard to punchcht~ts in on ajoyp,jld wlthout,jlnyfingers Next ISSue though, they should amvt

R:~;~=~n;:: ::::~~~i:~:I::I~;~~~nn~h;~~~~:; ::~~:;~:~ before someone sn~pped it up for rele~se in this country. And, this month comes the news th~t THQ h.. ve signed it up fortheir first UK S..turn reluse.

Which naturally,comesasa pleasant surprise to us, as It seemed that little interest had been generated in Ihislltle.Actually. it'S one of the very few import games that actually managed to score well in reviews over here, and achi~d a whacking 81% in our Sister magazine Mean Machines. proving that It is indeed worthyofaUKrelease Developers THQ had been scouting around the import market for a number of months, waiting for a top product to snap up, and when they saw this scrollingsnoot'emup,theyknewthiswasthefirstproductthatthey should Sign and release Amazingly enough, t his is another one of those retro-type games with an arcade remimscenceand huge scfeen路filling bosses. While It's not exactly what we'd immediately thmk of as state-of路the-art. It IS a pretty inYOlving and huge game Splayedacrosssi~ huge levels. In the Hunt places you inside a war路hke submarine and leaves you to battle with the monsters of the deep.Asyou'de~pect,there'splentyoffishles around ,butmore

dangerously. you'll be expected to destroy si!wr dragons. giant octopi andridicu~slylargerockets.Asisthestandardformostgamesof

this type, In the Hunt hasan amazing amount of action on screen at once and at times becomes so chaotic that you'll forget just exactly what it is you're supposed to be shootmg THQ are undecided whether there wil l be any changes made fOf the UK release of the game, but seeing as everythmg isalreadyprettyimpressive,it"s unhk ely.

However, they are more likely to sort out the slowdown problem that plagues the game when there's too much on screen at once. A UK release IS yet to be announced, but you can expect to see this intheearlymonthsofsummer, maybe even as early as the end of April. And we'lI certainly be keeping you posted on it until then.

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matchstick swimmers of yester year, and in are full -screen sprites arriving amidst a riot of colour. As in previous games of this type, the games include swimming, javelin, discus and shooting. Naturally, this will be released to coincide with the arrival of the Atlanta games in summer of this year and will (ome complete with an official Olympic game licence, Also deep in development at the moment is a US Gold Saturn football title. Takmg much of its inspiration from th eir Megadtlve (and pX) football game, Fever Pitch,this 32-bI! version will retain thegameplaybut rid ilselfof much of the novelty features that were found in the original game Although there's no actual screenshots available at the moment, expect to see a much more grown-up affair than the brash Fever Pitch.

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Taking Its Inspnatlonfrom real live episodes in the CIA. Spycrafthurlsyo u into the shoes ofa CIAagentona mission to uncover a murde rerofa Ru ssian head of state, and break a rmgofcorruption fife inthe Russian governrne nt Ifa llthissoundsjustaliltlefarfetchedforasoftwarehouse torecre ate, then take mto considefatlon the fact that Activ,sion have employed a former head of Ihe CIA 10 contllbute tothe game and a real author of spy novels to write the script, which ultimately, should mean complete authentiCity Within the game.

In Spycraft,everythingfrom Cflme scenes to secret buildmgs to police re cords can bi! accessed,and all information found can bi! used to solve the ulti mate puzzle. FMV action scenes arl!' interspersed with puzzll!' sections m akinsthisbot h an in<rediblyexpensive game to produce and a deeply involving strate gytille At the moment. Spycraft is bemg readied foraan early April PC release, and Ofl ce that's out of the way, the programmers Will begm work on the Saturn conversion What's particularly interestmg about this game is that the programm ers have put together a whole internl!'t site dedicated to Spycraft,where users can accl!'ssinformationandtrackdowndailyupdatesregardinsthegame.Ofcoufse,if the Saturn's moclem equipment is released by then, It'S high ly likely that this facility will bl!'come available too. More news on this one as it comes.

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Prosrammed by Tallo. the very same people responSible for DarillS. Hat Trick Hero is something ofa step backwards for the football genre, Arrivi nginabox with artwork reminiscent of the '974 World (up. Hat Trick Hero boasts a host of

Kevin Keegan wannabees With action more SUited to a Master System than anythinselse.

Bellew' us. not hing in this game from the gut-wrenchingly awful gameplay

tothepOltheticgraphicsareworthyofanappearanceontheSaturn, pXor Megadrive. However, it is pretty good for a laugh. even though it's a pretty expensive one at that. Honestly,lt"s difficult to believe that anyone actual Iy hOld the chee k to seriously conSider releasing this on the Saturn. and even th oughthe Japanese may not classfootbOlIl as their favourite national pastlme.su rely no one. not even adle hard fan is going to consider buying it.

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W:~hO:~: ~;:I:;'~O:.A;:!'~~e~:~c~a::a~nn~~:~i~~n~h:::~~:~;;~ ::~i~St~: S~turn's puulers got off to ~ somewhat shaky start with Hebere ke's Popoilo, there's beenafairfewPuyoPuyorlp·offsthat have done fairly well 0 nth e import clf(uit.AndnowOataEasthaveunleashedtheircontributiontothepUllleworld, alt hough we'll be d~mned if we c~n pronounce the g.me's title.

So, gameX features all the g,eat action you'd expect to see in anyquahty Tetfls clone, although therearea few significant differences betw«n this and puule rsofthe past. most significantly the abihtyto hoover up colour edblocks and place them wherever you want on screen. While t his d~n't exactly add whole new dimenSions to the g~me, It is quite an innovative twist and Will certainly please die·hard puzzle fans However, we still don't think it has as much appeal as Baku Baku Anim~l. whiCh is easily the mostentertaininggameofltstypeavailable,B utseeingasthis is fairly unlikely to see the light of day over here, It doesn't really ma tter much Unless you're an absolute puzzle freak of coulse, and then you'll pro bablyalready have bought It by now

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solt's ilbitdifficulttotelirully.

Anyway. Wrinkle RIVer Story is the latest RPG to appear over thefe. and although It'S stili not anywhere near finlshtd, It's rtctlYlng il falf amount of atten路 tlon from the Japanese press. It's qUite d,fficul t to tell whilt's soing on. built seems ilS if thiS is a CfOSS between a shoot 'em up and a tr.1ld,tlonal RPG, wllh an abundance of absolutely huge enemies and plenty Ofspectilcular explo Sionstoo As we said, the re's not much information on thiS one ilt the moment - the

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e gol our firsl look ill Dilrk Silvlor ill IheT~lmilen show In Tokyo, (limn's gilme hilS been produced by Kiln Nilllo, Ihe miln f3mous for Shining Force 3ndlilndslillker,3ndiluseslheliltesllechnologytocruteiln3m3zing3D polygon en~l ronm enl where our hero mo~es 3bout lookln8 for bouble lu~ing Ihe pl3yer free to pan In ilnd oul,and rolilielhelmil8eiltieisure,Obvi ouslythlsl,. bit of iI noyeity ilt the moment, il nd for ilil we know il ml8ht be the best thln8 ilbout the 8i1me. HiI~ln8 silld th ilt, ilny e)lt un see thilt the 8rilphks ilre pretty dilmn , millt ilnd we're 8etting mighty excited ilbout this. Hopefully we 'll be ilble to bring you iI full pre~iew next month, plus news of iI UK releilse,

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anyone down thls)'ur, and had plenty oflop·quality products on disp1,),among the lames on offer were FIGHTING VIPUS, MANX TT .. nd VI RTUAl ON. SEGA SATU RN MAGAZIN£ was therl! 100, and brings)'OlI th is spec:ial report Whenever Seg.. release iI new afcilde game, there's always iI certa,n amount of e)(Cltement that surrounds It Not only do they promise iI brilliant new trtle. but you can ~ almost guaranteed that they'll be pushing ~ck t~hnology bound~rles tOO. ~ga had many products on show thIS ~ar (includtng ~ga Rally, Indy SOO. Virtua Cop 2 and RaIl Chase 2). but the showca~e produc;ts were the ones created

by AM reseafCh departments Alllhree dMstons of the team had products on show. and all three of the games were te<hntCally brillIant In fac;t. by the Ilme)'OU read thIs, most of the games WIll be out In larger arcades. so for the best test. get )'OUrselfdownthere '

VIRTUA FIGHTER 2 - PART 2?

After a phenomenal success on both home and arcade formats WIth Virtua Flghler 2. AM2 decided that something had 10 be done to curb that gap In between Virtua Fighter 2 and the arrIval of Virtu a Fighter l0bviouslytheycouldn' t create a whole new game-all oftherrenergles were betng put into Virtua Fighter 3 (of which we've slill seen nothing) whiCh is sure to bestunnins So. they got the code for VirtuaFIghter2and besan to play around wIth It a Irt· tie. FIghtIng Vipers IS the result BasedonVirtua Figh ter2.thisisa flghtlnggame wIth a more ·Western" feel All of the characters use the same basIC mClYeS as the Virtuil characters, but Ihegame has a very dIffer· entfeel.lnfac;t.graphically,tcouldbeltkenedto Tekkenor Tekken 2-gone are the purIst charac;tersof Shun Oi. Sarah Bryant and Ak,ra Yuki. and in are more chaotrc, bnshtlycoloured characters wIth a more Sireeifighieryfeel about them. There-s nospec;al spectacular mOYesas such-thecharac;ters have retatned a pure flghllngfeel. but a few of them have weapons, ahhough 001 of the fireball type

EIGHT NEW CHARACTERS! There'selghtcharac;terstnFlghttngVipers(alongwlth the rumour that there's a cheat to play as a fighttng Somc). plusa boss character too And allhough the characters all take therr movement from Virtua FIghter 2, the game is played very dIfferently Fcr instance, defendtng IS a lot more importan t than ilwas mVF2.and AM2 have programmed the game especially to be l ike this This makes II easier to fighl back if someone has unleashed an especially potent combo on to you. and even ifyou'recornered,there's stIli ways to get out oflhe situatIon. Also. the cam· era angles ~wltch around much more in Fighttng Vipers than they do in VF2. and thefighttng ring is dIfferent 100 Instead of slrpping out oflhe ring and losing the round in VF. Flghttng Vipers is played out tn a cage. sothe sides of the r Ingcanbe used toyouradvilntage However. a p~rtlcularlyhardpunchcanbreakthoughthe SIdes of the rmg ilnd flmg)'OUr opponent rIght out of the fighttng arena and inlo thed,slancel

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option, there are a number of head to head cabinets out in some arcades. If you want to pl~y ~g~inst a real oppo· nent. this;sdefinitely th e best way to do it It's also good be1:ause If you stay on as the winner, you won't ~Iw~ys know who your neKt opponent will be!

WORK HAS BEGUN ON AHOME CONVERSION! As revealed in S€GA SATURN MAGAZINE If!, work has already started on t he Saturn conversion of Fi8htin8 Vipers, L08ically, this shouldn't t ake to lon8 to appear,asitbaSicallyusesthesameg~meengineasusedintheVFseries

However, the time lag between arcade releases and home conversions will always be significant. as if both versions were re leased at the same t lme,th ere would be less hype surrounding the title, And besides, they have their work cut out at the moment, creating new characters for Virtua fi8hter 3,Expecttosee the first picturesofa home converSion within the next three months,

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IN YOUR HOME BY CHRISTMAS! Despite the non-availability of Saturn

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released (probably around Christmas of this year). AM2 did an amallngjob on Virtuil Fighter 2- in fact this is probably the closest home conversion of an arcade game ever seen. However, AM2 are even more proficient now, and with the help of the new graphics library, which the team afe now fully used to,

Iheycan produce even more technically perlect Iltles.As is usual ina home conve rsion.VuSuzukiisCl'YCrseeingtheproject.andhil5 a l50mention~that

he would tike to continue the fighting Vipers series, In much the same wily as the collective VirtUiI Fighters havcprogressed.

Ifs difficult to say how popular FighlingVipers will be in this country, as

despitebeingtechnicallybrlliiantaswellasgfeattoplay,lfsasomewhat more low key release than VF2. Howeve r, the game was created with the westernaudlenceinmlnd,anditwilicertainlyap~altoTekkenandStreetfjghler fans.Vlrtuafan5willnodoubtloveittoo.althoughonfirstlook.its~msVf!ry

different from thedean. realistic graphicsofVF.Bul,onceplayed,you'li Instantaneouslybeabletotelilfsan A.M2 game. and asa stop gap for the VFseries, ifs certainly a worthy addi路 tion. As we said before. the best way to find out what you think Is 10 get down the arcades and see for you rsetfl Look out for a full playe(sguide in a couple of monthsl

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from top companies such as Nameo, and Midway. Segil well' filr and away the most pOpulilf choice for the maJority of visitors. The Sega stan dhilda ~iders) and ilt times, the crowd gathered around the si.-player Man. TT machine was reachingaridiCl,lloussize Thl"rl"'s a few reilsons for this. Of course. ilH the milchines were on free plily all day. so it WilS Inevltilbleth~ttherewould be queues Butth~t's by the by. The main ruson everyone was so eXCited was thiS was iI new gilme from AM1- filst becoming one of the most well -known game programming teams In the world When they milke a new game, It'S feillly something to get excited about HOWeVef, lhefe·Sanotherreasontoo.AlmosteverySegii com·op gil me will eventuilliy be converted to the Silt urn. so it's illso iI good giluge of how filr your httle blilck 00)( will be pushed 6'9 months after the coin·opis releilsed

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BETTER THAN THE REAL THING! As you've probably gathered by now, Manx n iS;ln almos t exact repli"l of Ih!' Isle of Man TT Races held annu<llIy between June and September TheTT

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ilil three days of the show. luckily SEGA SATURN MAGAZINE was on hand to play the game to death and fortunately, we can report that thl!' ntar-flnished title Is IOilds better than

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VIRTUALLY BECOMES AVIRTUAROID! There's a choiceofeisht robots in all and each comes equipped with th re1!' major·destruction weapons - different for each character. However, what's unique tothis same is the control system, The robots and the weapon sare controlled usinS two joystICks, one of which controls the left Side movements of the robot. while the other handles the light side of the robot. Toju mp,both le~rsarepulledapart , There'salsotwobuttonsforeachofthel~rs,and

these control the weapons, and the runnins movements of the drOld,O bviously, this may ta~e a linle time to set used to, but has been implemented purely to make the same more in·depthand fun to play

TARGETTED AT MANIAC PLAYERS! Al though Virtual On (or Cybertroopers as it's likely to be called in this country) can be played inone·player mode, the best ent ertainment will be s'eaned from a headto head banle, played out in a two-player linked up cabinet At the moment, these have yet to appear in the UK,but lookout for them as they're due to al/lve any day now,

Although Virtual On is stilisoms through IIgorous testms procedures m Japan, andasyet the same stili isn'tquitefinished,AMl have already annou need that they'll be con~rting this title to the Saturn over the ned few months, There's few details on the conversion at the moment. and AM, are unsure of how to convert the same's unique control system, but the final result should look andplaye)(actly the same as the arcade game. Early d~lopment shots should be available Within the next thre1!' months (you can be sure tha t we'll bebringins}'Ou more coverage

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Don't expt'ct to hear Siltan's dark and booming voice demanding use of the putter from hiS impish caddy Inst ead t here is the familiar precision control method wh en takmga shot.thesundard choice of c1ubs.optlonstoadjustdirectlonanddrivingstance, and all of the rules associated with Ihegame Valora Valley Golf actually looh quite similar to Pebble Beach Golf. Obviously it doesn't have that filt bloke. Craig Stadler, nursmgyou round the course The tutoring voice in Valora Va lley remains faceless Actuallyitsoundsabl t likeSatanwlthanAmerlcan accent. Pebble Beach Golfwas not pilrticularly impressive but altrrough this shares a lot ofils char· acteflStics, the absurdity of the courses themselves area considerable departure ilnd enough to mefit It being considered in its own right

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LOW UP THE SLICHTEST MISTAKE mean,whenyou'retheAnti·Chrislyoudon'twanta game that'sgoingtobetheepitome ofl eisure,You want hellish sand traps, torturous five par holes and morefrustriltion thiln the average mortal could bearlSo,lhere'sonlyonethingforityou'regolngto have townstruct a wurse that perfectly Suit s your temperament ilnd personality. What this meilns is

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whICh forces him to utilise his h<lbitu<ll talents hke stlCk,ng to thlOgs, using his t<lil <IS a whip, and flickingout his tongue Intruepliltformtrildltionthereilrenoendof foes ready to extinguish Gex's tentative exist ence, be they zombies, killer tomatoes, urtoon chilr~cters, kung fu expertsorJungle beasts. Lucky for him then

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it's not all for the better, Why, we haven't seen a decent II:PG on t he Saturn in months. The ones that are around atthe moment are just too fussy (Virtual Hydlide) or too damned clever for their own good (0)

So It'S with plenty of back-slapping and cheering that we welcome the Shining Force team back into the foidthismonth,Naturally,there'sootmuchhfeleftin the Mesadrive anymore (especially not as r..r as II:PGs So),sotheteamhavede<idedtoupsradethem~lves

anddevelopfor t heSaturn.TheresultlsstllireminlScentofa 16-bit same, offering not much at all In the wayof30tflckeryor fancy effects, but as you'd expect f rom the crew, the adventure is of top class quahty Set once asain in the scenic territory of Parme<ia, Shi ning Wis<.!om casts you ils the new younS guardlet. sonofagreathero,startinsoutonhlsfirstdayasa soldier. Just hkeour lI:ad you've got a bit of trouble settlngout of be<! and are already late for your big day.

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There'sevensomescalingandfotationandstufflfs pretty nice looklnsfor an isometroc adventl.lre same, we'd have to say In fact, nice lookinscould be applied in several terms, as Shining Wisdom is shapins I.lp to be one of the t>est examples of the genre to hlta Sega platform We all know how ace t he Shining Forces were, and Slven the amOl.lnt of time thiS latest installment has been in production itshol.lld becrackins. look out fora full r/!Vlew and Showcase in Ol.lr very nelct Issue WI' canhardlywalttOSlveYOl.lallourjulcyinfoandopmions. Honest

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BAD GAMES ARE GOOD DEAR SATURN MAGAZINE, Fifstofilll letme(onl!ratulateyouonYOUfmilgilzlneilndtok~pupthegood

wolk. It hilS brightened things up a little for me as I am complaining about when I \¥tnt into the local games store and bought iI ~iI ~turn only to find out you nffi:!· ed;ln!lf cable sepilrate It took about 3-4 weeks before I got the cable and therefore" had some fun on the m;J(hllle Of course I bought VICtOf)' ~I along WIth thilt olnd ilfter iI couple of !.hot!.1 wu not ImPfe!.sed WIth it ilt ilil The good thmg IS thilt there setms to be a lot of biIdgillT\e!. for the Saturn ilnd illsothere iSii few excellent galT\e!. such ilS Virtuil Cop ilnd Sega RilIIy If ilil the gilmes were ilS good as these two then I wouldn't be ilble to affOfd the other gilmts which IS a good thing Keep up the good WOfk ilnd less of the bad work. Oh ilnd by the way fYe illways respected Sega BnKt Shilling/ow, Cakuhle/s, Scatland. ~

Whilt ' brilliilnt ilrgument. Yau know, I rully rully like the filct th~t the milJority of prasrammn on the TV ~re ~bsoIute "~p. beauw otherwise I'd house-I'd Just sit there like ~ zombie, stilring ~t the Krten. fortuniltely my license-fee funded choice is eJctremely limited, munlng I only w~tch the goggle box for about ten minutes every week. Hoorilh fOf the Khedulersl neverle~vethe

X VF2 180 DEAR SATURN MAG, The day after VF2 Cilme out I went to my Memory Milnager screen and found thiS me!.sage VlrtuilFIghter2XVF2180 But I've never plil~VF2 on my Saturn. I cleared it and pl~ all my games and put in ilil the cheats I know for VF, but It didn't come back. 00 you know anythmg ilbout thiS. Of hilS It hilppened to iln)Ult elwl I was illso woodenng If Ifs worth buy· mg games from Americil aftel ~ng hS fOf iI con· ...... rterl Andjl, Hull,S. Hllmm

notreollyenthusJostlCilboutgilme!..whithshouldlgetllalreadyhaveabubbleJet p"nter, 16·BITsoundcard and a lot of games for my PC. and am only really ge ttlng the Saturn for oilytonil.VFl ilnd the video card By the way, IS Silm Single 01 noll If she IS SIngle ~sk her to leply in person to my ~ddrtsS. She·sgorgtous. setyasam! 1

Pluwpleilwpluw please Pf"ntthls 111 your next edltlon 'COS after wilting about 15 trrnes iettersnone have been pt'lntf"d PS Whiltilre my chilncts of you sendlllg me a Saturn for nothlngl ~ya'lIhom~ 1

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Our ildvlce Is 10 get the sluff for the PC ilnd Ie~ve us illone, with your blim· min' - Huff respeckin-, .. Irudy. PS You hilve none.

OH MY GOD - ALTERED BEASn DEAR 55M, Since bUyIng my Megadllve WIth Alterf"d Beast a few years ilgo I have been a dedlCat· f"d Seg~ g~mer As time went by I got the urge for somethlllg more than 16·BIT. "Hello Megil'Co" Whoops, goodbye Mega·Co. Slightly annoyed at the I~ck of any good titles on CO (except Thunderhawk) I waited. "Hello 32X" fr, let's walt and see er. no thanks. Another year long wai t and here it is. "Hello Saturn". Sut wait. what's thegleyoneeveryone·stal~ingaboullidecidedtote!.titout,hmmm.notbad.But

Sega ilre convertlllg Sega ~ilily and VF2. Hmmm Thepo"ntisltwasso/sobelweentheSaturnand theotheroneunlillpur· chast<! ISSuts 2 and 30fSSM (sorry. I missed iSSlJel) and then got to playVFl 011 the Saturn. Thiltwas It SOLD_ I am now the proud owner of a brilnd new Saturn and a great game with iI gun -VirtuaCop Thilnks~rymuchforsettlngrrghtanthespeculatlOflandhearsayaboutthe

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DEAR SATURN MAG, Flistly I'd II~etoapologlseforthe rather pathetic ilttempt at a Ihleatening filx In the summer Dunno if you received it or not (We didn't - SSM). I WilS too drunk to remember. 'cos II was ilfter a HUGE party. so sorry ilbout thaI Blah blilh, your magaline's great. now le!"s get tOlhepomt MyoptlOl1s for (hllstmils [Oops. bit Iilte - SSM) are A) A Saturn With vldeourd or 8) A Iilstr printer, new sot.Indurd, connection to the Internet ilnd Windows '95, ilnd Icould probably get iI couple of gilmes ilS welt. In your opinion, considering I am

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Thilnks T,infactwewish more rudtrs would send lelttrs liktthis, beuuse then Wt could cha rgeSega comminion on e very Silturn we sell for them. (ome on re ilders,helpus pily the rent. Lie if you haveto,wedon'tule.

Anywily,ilsasubscriberyou'Uaulomiltlnlly be sent iI gift,e nhanced velsion ofSATU~N MAG for NO UTRA (OST. Which Is why II pays to subscribe. In the UK,at lust.

WHERE ARE THE NEW OLD GAMES? DEAR SATURN MAG, Vour mag IS Simply the busllle!.s. but£S99fortheComagisabit pushy, hey, shave off one quid and make everybody happyl1 Where hils all Ih-e ImaglnallOO gone In gamestht"Sf' days. suppose 10 be next

generation programmers, yth alright whatever you say All of these 2D fighting games stilcks of Sf2 types, how about the old IK+, that was three,playtrsimultilneousilss,klckingmilY' hem, Come on progrilmmers update IK ... or

SlreetfighterAJphaand Mortal Kombal3 Ultimate. And what about St'ga's own RPGs like legend ofloor, Mystaria elcl Maybe you guyscould,as they say, pull some stringsl I'm sure that. when PAL releases offer the same arcade quality as the origillal versions a lot more games will be sold ,which IS a good Ihlflgfor everybody, rlghtl Ohandonelastthing,lflweretosubscribe to your magaZlllewould I stili receive the free gift With every Issue (prtvlew video, demo diSk, post Cilrds etc)1 For the moment I can buy it at the Virgin Megastore III Brussels (wllh everythillgon itl,butthlsmeansl have to tfavel over an hour 10 gel it. Oh,and thank you for prinllng my letter

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WISE-ASS KID DEAR SEGA SATURN MAGAZINE,

ble will ru n full screen, full speed. Most other developers are cottoni ng onto this practice, and hopefully pretty soon this little blight will be tlildlCilted from milnklnd's history forever,luvlng us free to frolic In iI new gaming Utopia. Sadly though, asanover· Sofas subscriber you'd min out on illi our fr« gifts. ~ you'll have to trilvel from Utopia to Brussels to pick up Salurn mags with fr« stuff on them. But don 'l worry, we'll let youknowilmonthOl'~ l n~nc:elfwe'vegotanythingreol/ycoolpianned.

Ho 1'10 1'Io! Santa and his httleelves here rvejustbeenonmydelrverytoalltheht.

tie kldd,es out there andd«idtd to test a little boy's Stga Satum before 1'1e80tltl got home with the boll and opened the package up and took the brand spanking new all black Saturn out and went st raight to my TV to set it up. Shock, terror came over me as my TV didn't have a SCARl socket In the end I found myselfscUf' rylllgaround In my sack looking for an I1F ullit buthoufslaterandstilinoR Funitl gave up hope 01'1 dearl What iI shilme thill little boy w,1I be dlSilPPOlllttd If hiS TV hilsn't got a SCAIU sode! Planned that one well didn't you, con all the mummies and daddies IIlto bUYlllg a Saturn fOf their kids and If their TV hasn't got a SCARl socket then the mummies and daddlts will have to cop out (let me ch«k my book) ahl f1699, doesn't matter does It, It's only a few bob, I mean if they can pay £299 fOf a Saturn and one pad with no game then that will be alright won't 1t1 At least a warning on the packaging would help the old folks when th eybuy Saturn bought as a replacement for a Sega Megad/lve (which comes com· plelewithanRFunitll Nice stunt you pulled but Ith lnk the stuntman's deadl Comment please /1

I'LL DO ANYTHING FOR WORMS O'SSM! WOrmsl Yes, that's right Wormsll have a small question aboul Worms; when is Ihe realreleasedate,beCiluseinissuethr«ofYOl,lrglorlOusyetobviouSlymlsmfor~ mag.itsaldth~trtWOl.lldbereleilsedinOecember.So,fooIthiltlwilslprilnc:edaOOut

I,ke a prat to eight different shops that sold Saturn games only to find Ihat Worms could only be bought on the PlaySt~tlOfl and PC CO ROM format Now, I love Worms. esped~11y after I had a goon It on my male'S PlayStatoon and he h~d great trouble in grt\lngmetole~ve

I will do anything to get Worms. even ~that means seiling my Salurn and buy· ing a PlayStation which, funnily enough, would make me stop buying your mag and start sending you hale mail for telling lies.

In"dentally, h~ you r.een the new Saturn advert lately nol You'd hiM! thought ~aWOl.lldhiM!advertlsedVirtuaFighterlorSegaRally.~,eJlptCtaletter~

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month of eMer happiness or hate, it's up to you Pressurel Pressurel Pressurel Hal Hal H.,

. . , Vou'" a bi t of a smart·ilnI: for ill3·yur old aren'tyoul Our comment Is ilS follows - "We just write the magil zine, milte, Much ilS you've got iI point and It migi'll hilve been nice for Stgil to point out Ihal the Silturn is SCART·com· patlble only, don't tilke II out on us, Plus this little boneofconlen l ionhnbeen chewed toduth by the unine etement of ourever·vociferous rudership". So there you go,

. . , Yes. it Is coming out. Honest. It'll be out soon. In fact, it should be out be the time you rud Ihls, So you should ~rt your attittide Pfoblem out, ~nny, Next time you accuse us of lying we'll be round)'OUr house with' contingent of cyber·nin· Jas.And Shergar.

AHuntrr, (j/r"gormly. N.lre/ond.

FULL SCREEN FOR BELGIUM! DEAR SATURN MAG, Flfslofall,fd like to say that your mag is brilhant-In fact it's almost ilS fun to ftad It than it Is to playa Saturn game (I must ildmlt. I wasn't 100 hot on Sega games Inthepast(lu~tobeilNlntendofreak), bute'vers,"celheSaturncameout,I've

been hooked on It hkeSuptrgtue Needless to say that I rate the console very high· Iy. elleept fOf the PAt ~rSlon, that Is Why? I'll tell you 50Hz and black borden! As far as I know Europeans versions have always suffered from these problems, mak· ing them not only less attractive graphically, butalsoa lotslowe rNow,lhis isn't toobiga problem with platform games (like Bugl),bul it is a dlsaste r for fighting or raCing games Sfoga have resolved the problem partlaltyby releasmg Virtua Fighter Remll[. Panzer Orilgoon. Victory Goal .. in full screen. H~r, Bug!, Daytona ilnd Shlllobi afe all suffering from the nOIOllOI,l$ "50Hz syndrome· In Issue 1 you stattd Ihat both Virtua Fighter2andStga Rally will beleconfigur edto run full screen and al full s~ This, of COUlse, Is wonderful news. What I want to know however, is whetherotl1er developers than Sega Will adopt a similar formula (li ke Rayman from UbiSoft) I'm particularly looking forward to X·Men,

LOVE YO DEAR SEGA SATURN MAGAZINE Sin.ce being Ihe proud owner of a Sega Saturn, I've been in a dilemma over which magam'lt to subscribe to, the f;JYOl,lrrtes bemgyourvery own SATURN MAG Of the Sega Power mag H.w'"g reOid them both fOf the past th,« issues I have made my declSoon..

Most Important IS the contenU of any magaZU'1t SATURN MN:. is well wlltten, full offacts and comes with a sense of humour Sega PI:MIer {ontalns more rubbish than fact and has a sense of humour which comes aCloss as bemg stupid and not funny at all.

Se<:ondly the presentation, While SATU~N MAG is presenled 'Perfect Bound' With 100 pilges of absolute glory. Sega power Is presented With Ihe cheaper 'Saddle Stitch' and has a mere B4 pages, of whICh Ihe adverts are about the most interesting finaltyyour milgazme IS called by the magIC words "Stga Saturn" of course AJIl"RocM,Lrkrlter, , . Well,that'slhiltsettledthen.

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myselfl I. Is the Segi Arcade I1.acer st eeling wl1eel worth getting?

1. Will tl1ere be any pedals coming out for Saturn racmg gamesl 3-Wl1en you next makc a demo CD pleasccould you put a playable demo of Worms on it.

4 Is the aICade game Virtuil Stllker comlflg out on tl1e Saturnl If so, when?

5. Will there be any football management games comlllgout on the Satuml 6. Will tl1ere be anytl1lng coming out on tl1e Saturn to make It more powerful. like a n upg rade for exa mplel PSGreatmilg' AndyChilds, Chtlttnhlm.

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better tl1an VFl? 4 Wl1en will the Saturn Internet Pack come OIlt and

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MYFIRSTTlME OtlrSSM This Isthefirsttlmel havewflnen to you SO can you answer tl1ese qUe5tions for me because It will l1elp melnchooslllgallewgame 1. In issl,le 3 of tl1e mas you pu t in a Virtua Fighter 2 playtrsguide, I thought this was excellellt but what doP. 0 alld K stalld for and wl1at are tl10se numbers In brackets?

2 Can you put tl1esegames In order from best to worst Worms. Sega Ra lly, Virtua Cop, Virtua fighter 2. Mystafla. Cyberla. True PInb.J1I 31nSegaRaliyaretl1ereonlytwocarsto choosef/oml 4 Will Guardian Heroes be translated Into Enghsl11 5 IS Mortal Kombat 3 comillg out on the S~turnl

. . , "Plspunch, OISdefend,Kls klcklndlhenum. benlnb"ckth1tandfo,Ih-elmountofdlmlge you Inflict upon you'opponenl. l : No, sorry, wedon 'l do th" . JNothtre's asterelur, .ndlo.cctn lt, coniult StlaSiturnM'gulne lssut·4. 4: Yep, GulrdllnHeroe, I. belnl lran.b ,ted.tthe momentlnd should be In t he .hopsbYlfound ente,llmt· s: Ytp,lnd lt'. t.,.

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ME 'OLE MATE DeIfSeglSlturnMlgulne Congratulations on tl1e releaseofYOl,lr maga zine. ifs bloody brilliant. Could you be a ma te and a nswer me th,sqllcstlon Iha~purcl1asedaSatulflandll1a~heard

from your mag, naturally. that 98" of PlayStat,on gamesarecom,nlltotheSatulfl,So,pleasetelime when tl1C5e games I hst below arc gOlflg to be released or rf they are gOlflgto be relcased. Theyilre.

Loaded, Ultimate Doom, Res,dent Evil, Syndicate Wars, Tekkel'l l?

Please prmt my letter because I've Ilever had oncanswered before and it could even cure me from my mental depresslofl. s.o my hfe is in your l1 ands Ju,tln Hllder, Wembley, London.

AI!!;,. lolded Ind Ult lmltt Doom will definitely be out ~ on thtS.,u,nwlthln. few monlhs, .hhou,h thtre 's no offlclllwo,d,tllfdina Iht other titles. You'll jutl have to WIlt Ind lte.

SABOTAGE! Otlr Bi,Time Sillurn Mil Plea$!." could you answer my quest lOllS or I'll saoo· Ugc next months batcl"ll l.AreScavengeruslflgll1eSegagrapl1icslibraoy to develop Scofcher and Amokl 1 Do YOI,I think TIme Warner should l1ave made a telrturedandllgl1\·sourcedvefsionofVirtuaRaClngl 3. Wl1at Is the a~rage m~abyte count fOf games such as Oay1.on.land VirtuaFlgl1terl/ 4 When arc OarUtalkers 2. ToI1 5111n ~.lInd St~gl1tet'Alphacomlngoutl S. ~rt from Virtu.) Cop 2. what ot~ games that

you know of WIll be compat,bIe WIth the Virt~ gunl 6. WI1ich design applicatIOnS 00 AM3 and AMJ and Capcom use 10 d-'op thelf gamesl

awayffel!pDStefS/ PS.VourcoverCOinissue311~sleft meslel!pless.

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GO GETTER Inqulfles are wl1 atl l'i aveand answers are wl1 at I want let"s get down to busi ness I 1 What's the best portable television to get With my Saturnll wallt something With a scart connection 2 Ale Sega going to releasl!a new video card to go With the better cI~ss of CO films belllg pro· duced/ 3 What's gOing on With the mousl! for tl1e Saturnl Will there be any games It can be uSl!d foil Canwee.pI!ctapalflt,ngpac~agl!ofsome.'lldl

4 I hatethejoypads that come w,th the Saturn. Are there any beUer ones ou t there and wl1erewould I go to get onel Slmon Runell,B, IIlol

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MINES These un be la id down In series of five ilnd they cause a Iillrly drntlc slow· down to your opponent and ilft ~t laid ilfe the start of jumps so that your

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The rocket Is iln extremely useful weapon, but unfortuniltely hu no tilrgetting control, so you'll hilve to be iI good ilim 10 use It.

HEAT SEEKING MISSILE This is probably the eilslest weapon to use ilS it has a lock-on device which means it's ill most Idiot proof. You do lose a bit of speed when you Iilunch it, but It's; deadlywupon, unless (ounteracted by the shield.

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Admittedly, this was a pretty disappointing conY1!rsion of the game, but nev· ertheless, It proY1!d that Psygnosis were open to publishing on ot her formats.

Then two months after that , information was leaked regarding an almost com· plete Saturn conY1!rsion - and a good one at thatl This came as a surprise to everyone, Including SEGA SATURN MAGAZINE, as we thought that Sony would probably bung Psygnosis a load of cash to keep them Playstation only, but it ~ms that Psygnosis afe determined to publish most of their previously Playstation-only titles on the Saturn. Which, obviously, is good news for you _.

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They're fT1Of'e used to designing atbum covers for Pop will Eat Itself and The Shamen than creating graphics for spotty young oiks playing computergames, but they've definitely bJought their distinctlYe style to the game, brightening up the proceedings no end. In fact, initia lly, the agency was only brought in to create the icons, but everyone at the Designer's Republic was so impressed with the game that they decided to do all of the other on·sc reen options for Psygnosis tool

HAfIlBRAKE T1IINS! There's two different classes to enter into in WipEout - the~, or Idiot, class, and the Rapier class. The former is the standard class which can be accessed at the beginning of the game and is played at standard (still pretty hlst though) speed. The latter can only be accessed after completing all of the tracks In Venom mode in either first, second or third pl ace. Rapier mode Is around 50% bster than Venom mode and as a result, provides you with a complete new game to master.

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Victory Goal was frankly closer to an own goal. and WIth the match 10 shambleslttoo~adesperateequaliserfromflfA·96toredress t hebal.

ance. Now a late WlOner IS on the cards in the shape of the sensational furo '96. The astute among you WIll recognise thiS as the PC and Play5tatlOn tltle~nownasActua Soccer ~r. lt'sarnval oh the Saturn heraldS SOfl'le COI'lsKlerable changes. least ofwlliCh IS Jts sug· gestrve~name

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WJth Euro'96 taking place In EnglandthlSJune, tl1edevelopers at Sega have created what IS essentIally Actua Soccer 2. InsteadoffiddmgJt as an indlSCflmlOateaffalf between IOternatlOnalsides. furo'96 Will stIck very closely to thIS summers cup competition. ThIS means that all the respedive groups are 10 there and that the sides themse1ves will larg ely matchthelf present status Even extra commentary has been added by Barry Oavi es, picking upon issues that are partIcularly relevant to the competilion Actua Soccer was created by Gremlin and wowed people With Its stunnIOg graphICs and animation coupled With Its instant play.ibihty. It uses larger Spfl testhan flfA'96andearlylmpl'esSlOnssuggest It plays faster too. Whllethere's nothlOgespemlly IOf'IOYatr.oe in thegameplay, It'S the attentIOn to detail that nas pl'ovided Actua WlthareputatlOl'1asthebestfootbaIISlmtodaleWJthEuro'96'safflvalonlhe Saturn. thiS reputatIOn is I,kelyto be furtl1ef enhanced WIth impl'Ovtments In animatlOn and game logIC. as well as SOfl'le extras thrown 10 to celebrate thiS IllustrIOUS cup competItIOn

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MOTSON OR DAVIES? Motson or Davies' The ~rdent football fan h;ls;I favourite. Let's look at thellcredentl;lls John Molson haosa near encylopedlcknowledgeof football,but his obvious bias towards Liverpool proves iHitallng Inthe extreme Barry Davies, a lot cooler, isthe moral bilckboneoffootb all, recognismg ,ts more profound roots Of course, this is pub wisdom speaking. but if I'm asked to choose between the two, Davies is the man. likewise with the commentilry in hilO '96 DaVies' apprO",'h IS more sedilteilnd spilfse and ilS a result more effect,ve than Motson'Sin FIFA '96 He mighllhrow In Ihe odd jil~ at iI players expense or get ilil

fired up when thtaction moves into the r8 yard box. bUI II dOl"sn't hilve t hat sild manic quality that Motson seems to adopt Wh~t'~ mort, In kttplng with tht contintnt~1 fetl of Euro '96. Stga havt ~I~o ~tcurtd the COmmtntary of Germany, France and Spain's great commentators so, If you want. you can listtn to tht action latlnostylel

MARK '1M UP! When one of your players comes In to posseSSion of the ball a tflangle benea tn his feet marks him out and points out the d"ec!IOfl he Will stroke the ball Nothing partrcularly unusual aoout that adm.nedly BUlmEurO"96.you路1I wanl 10 keep an eye on that marke, for other reasons When the Inangle starts to flash It means you're In shootrng rangt But tht marke' also changes shape. ~nd each shape denotes an opportunrty Players WIth a ellcle beneath them mean they are ready to accepl a pass Ifllchangesloasquare,this mtansthoiltplaye,sarein position for you to cross the ball intotneoo)lI fall gDeS well a player might try a volley from the cross If the shape ehanges toa stafYOu have to act fasl because It meoilns a cl'lance at a special move has ansen This might be something flash Joke a back heel Of shimmy. 0' even an arfOgant stlikefOf goal

The Infamous commentary th~t came at the the end of England's victory in the 1966 World Cup r.eems to ha~ rung true As far as majOr sporting events afe concemed. It's been all over for tht last 30 years Now. at last, a major sporting evenl has finally found ilS way to these shores. EurO'g6 takes pi ~ce In June and has a rtpul~tlon for being tht most important football event out路 side the World Cup. After the qualrfylng groups have betndtcided,the top 16 international European sides battle It out for the coveted trophy.

AshOSIS,Englandd,dnlhavetoqualrfy.whlchisabrtofartlrtfconsidenng Ihe shambles the side has been Inovef the p;lst couple of years Play Ing atWemblty. England are In a qualrfyrng gfoup with Holland,Scotlandand SWitzerland The other three groups afe he~ded by Denmark tht cup holders. those super路efficient stalwarts the Germans, and the flamboyant. If temperamental.Spanlsh The top two teams from each qualifying group goon to the quarter finals where it becomes a knockout competition Wlththt revelattonsofole' Tel"s resignation from his poSition as England coach Immedlalely foUowlng the European Cup. should we r.ee this as his managerial swan song? Or IS II an attempt to absolve himself of the blame for a team of dead ducks? Only those magIC go minutes have the answer Inthe meantime. hefe's a list of the league groups~ndthedattsand~nutsofeachandeverymateh

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ics of the game, At present only 32 COIOU fS are berng used and this will change toa huge 2561 The whole look of the game will go through an overhaul to get all of those Euro logo's in there and ofcQurse Goaliath,the lion mas cot likewise, the ,mimatlofl IS st,lI being touched upto supersede what has~n

seen on PC and PlayStation already_ There are now more goal celebra lions ('2 inall)to takeina ll of theEuropeaneccentrlCltlesdisplayeddlwngamoment of footballing ecsusy. The seven venues for thetompet,tion have all been pain5takinglycopiedintothegame,~ndeventhecrowdchant5have8one

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From the orl81nOlI Street Fighter game, Birdie and Adon make a comeback ,

illong with two renegades - Sodom imd Guy - from that other Capcom cluslc, Flnill Fight. There are iliso two illI· new chafilcters Inthesh ape of Nuh and Rose , both of which display more than iI passing resemblance to famous Street Fighter II stars, Guile and Chun l l.

Whilt these changes mun In short, Is thilt there ilfe now four new characters and four new fighting styles to master and oppose. The fe'nmp doesn't stop there however. You' ll not ice from the scrtenshots the bar runn ing along the bottom of the Kften beneath tach chilrilcter. This is a power bar, and when it's sufficientty ch.uged up you can unlush a super power move on your opponent and sit and gloat while It takes devastat ing effect. There are three levels of powe r to make use of, and when you reach full power on 1~lthree , asupermoveuslngalithreepunchorklckbuttonswlllluveany

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SODOM: And Indeed he does, sod 'em that Is. Sodom Is one of the ddectors from Final fight In which he played the part of a particularly nasty boss. He hasn't mellowed either. His weapons - a Sill carri ed in each hand - are used for slabbing and general impalemenl. If that gels a Jltt le boring for him he 's likely to execute the odd throw or drag his opponent along the ground for max imum chafflngeffect.

least, notasfaraswe know. Rather, he wan· ders about practising his psuedo-ninjil techn iques on any willing victim. He's very fast and agile and hlsgymnilst ic expertise enables him to somaSilult Into throws l His super attacks see him perform a mu lt l· hlt combo and a un iquely majest ic aer ial attack.

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faces In Sireet Fighter Alpha. He sports a large blonde qulff and a palrofgukyspecs,butthere'U be no flush ing his head down the toilet. Those rudy to gripe aboutGu ll e'sdeparture, gfipeno more because Nash 15 In fact remarkab ly similar to him us ing both son ic booms and flash kicks as his special moves.

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STAI: Press the attack button quickly and Thorjlbs his sword out , Doesn't do lots of dillmillge. but you cilln quickly re~illt the process,

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dest roy the purpose of the game ilnd playas Streetfighter character Akuma Longl Yes, w hy playas iI superhero in this superhero· based beat 'em up when yo u ca n control a normal m artial arts character from a different game? Why did you buy X· M en, ex actly? Anyway, if you've got no imagination and want to cont rol Akuma i nstead of the characters which the vf!ry branding 0 fthe game would inti mate you like, we' ll tell you how. Because we're okt li ke t hat. PS - Beware, there's no characte r portrait for Akuma, so you might not

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NO PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Although you'd never accuse Guardian Heroes of being an RPG, the beat 'em up purist that you ire, it does borrow certain elements from the popular adventuring format. Chief amongst these is the experience sy stem which improves the performance of your character. Each enemy slain adds experience to your total, and once you've amounted enough points your character scoots up a level (indicated byan on-s<reen level Up fiash). At the end of eitch game level your character's energy bitris beefed up according to your new level, and you're given the chance to boost characteristics such as strength, magical ability and so on, with one Status Point awarded per new level gained. What a fab idea.

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we rt darting to look ill bit tired. But thlm, il gainS!;liI upectiltions, they (ilme up with Darkshlken.

StreetfighterAlphil'lOd X-Men: Children of the Atom

all at once. The clever chapples.

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sional beat 'em ups, which are evil and must be destroyW,bulthis is no Neo-Geo-style genre plagia-

rismexercise,Allthreeoftheabovementionedtilles scored heavily for origma lily, and of them ilil the best (caimyoulseives, St reetfighter fal'ls) had to be X-Men. For st arters irs the first t ime comic book superheroes have been successfully translated to game format. Many games havetried,but apart from (m aybe)SpidermanontheMegadriveyearsand years ago, none have tllumphed in captu ring the atmosphere and abilities of the vallous awesomelypowered protagonists. We were beginning to think the X-Men were Just too powerful for one game to contain But they've all survived the tranSition perfectly Basica lly,X路Menlsthebest2Dfightinggameyou'li getfortheSaturn,Maybeever,ormaybeuntiIMarvel Super Heroescomesoul. But for now it's certainly the best, But why? That's what you want to know, isn't It? That's all you slags ever want from us,information. What are we, your personal slaves? Well,for once I don't mind telhngyouwhy, because this game is so dear to my heart I fell I mayburstifldonot profess my love for it immediately, Forakick-off,it'sarcadeperfect.Apartfroma coupleofframesofanimationmissrng{andyou'li never notICe) everything from thecoin-opisthere, In

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last month's O;lirius Showcilse would Immediately have known. So that's got you hnn't it, you fairweather fansl ThouSht you (ould get aWily with missing OIn iuue, didn't you18ut indnd you've gone and missed all the In·depth Infotmatlonon iI

game we'te about to priise right in frontofYOLI. Well thert's a subsClip-

tions ad In every Issue you fools, so you un't uywe didn't give you the opportunity to keep ahud. ~18ht.

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shoot 'em upset in the depths of space Not real fish. obviously, but

soundtracks. For rndeed,much of Darius is plagued by some fat b,nt warbhng away hke an Qld Spice advert. But don't worry too much. be<ausethe sounds of your own mass destruction doa lot to drown her out And ifit bothers you that much, the,e's always the volume SWitch (tip -use this to turnltdownj Nowthere's an obvious argument against Darius' exislence. It"s 1996,fergosh sakes, and we demand polygons. multiple perspectives and tr i· dimensionahty in all things. Well if you want to think like that, go ahead you pedantIC bores. but you'll be denying yourself a p,ettyslice of the enjoyment cake For Darius is actually ace. Everythrng might be zD. butdon't let that distract you from th e general beautyof it. The gilmefeatures some huge bosses. billions ofspfltes on screen ilnd riots of colour ilil over th e shop (espeCially in the gorgeous backgrounds). Plus.

Irs one of the toughest shoot 'em ups I've pla~ in iI

giant robot fish. Not many ,eal fish would bemuchofa match for a fully.

longtlme.lfsreilsonablychallengrng(twodays worthjon Eilsy mode. and a considerably more testingfeat on Very Hard. Plus the option todlooseyour

equipped space fighter. But they look like fish nonetheless. And they act hke

route thlOugh thetwenly·six levels {you need only complete seven to finish the gamej adds further

fish. Apart from firing lasers and missiles from every part of their bodies

longevity mileage Even once you've beaten Darius there'll still be plenty of stilges you haven't seen. and each one has it"s own personahtyand hazards

Although thafs pretty standard piscine behaviour up the Humber Estuary.

Ifs not like Panzer Dragoon or any of those clever modern games at all-all these fishies are in glorioustechnlcolour zDand the background scrolls constantly from right to left. Irs an old school. kick· ing with the class flavour (as it were) shoot 'em up where power·ups and RSI -inducingjoypad move· ments make the difference between life and death

Darlusdoesn'tmatch uptoVirtua Fighterzasa showpiece for the Saturn. but ifs stili game enough for most players to get a kiCk out of There's more going on at once thanyou'lI find rn most any other title at this time. andyou 're guaranteed freneticism Fo'getyour32·BIT p'econceptlonsand try it

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rnilll hospitill type gillrnt where you, Rolf Harris I-like, get to save all the little animals from starvat ion and I life onthe strHbl VH,yoU con make ilI differen,el Aduililly, maybe thillt's tillking things a little fu, Biliku 8aku isn't rully likl!' animal hl»pit;lll;llt aiL Not even ill little bit, But there is ilIn abundanc t ofsrnililifurry Crtilltures In this gilme, iIInd they.llil need feeding too. Amazingly enough, th is novelty title WillS deyel·

oped by AM). the Vtry urne people who were behind Segl blly(both In the arcilides and on the SlIturn convtnion). although people lookins for an OIbundanct of)D trickery or astounding speciilll effKb will probably be very dlsil ppolnt~ .

What8akuBakuanirnaldOl"s offerthough,issomeofthemost addictive puzzle play since Tetris. In fact the basic premise of the game is very similar to Pajitnov's dassicmatch up similar shaped objects-in this casevesetables-Into some kind of logical form before they reach the top of the screen, More than one veggie along with its respected owner means that the whole line will disappear (the crying, starving animal will chomp away through the whole lotJ and fall on to the opponent's play area. Sounds too simple for a machme such as the Saturn? Well, that's all there is to it-almost. The real skill of Baku Baku is to line up as many rowsoffrUlts (is possible and by settmg off just one line, all owing a chain reaction of sequences to follow. And yes, that's really all there is to it.

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However, despite the title's amalins simplicity, the action Is SUlprisinglyaddictive, (even though in one player mode, it's very easy to complete). This is mamly because in two-player mode it's probably one oflhe most competitive games you'll ever come across. There's nothing quite soglee.inducins as acti· vatingawholesequenceoffruitsontoanunsuspectingopponent. then watching their face drop as they begm to lose control of the proceedmgs and the blocks become eve.rcloser to the top of the play area.

If you're already a fan of these typesofgames, it's likely that you will have already encountered this ina numberofdifferent guises, and nothing much really chanses wheneve.r a new one comes along, but at least 8aku Baku has an excellent novelty attraction, plenty of silly graphics and bfllliantsiapstick music This results in a mOfe atmospheric play than most gamesofthistype,andasusual,theactionishopelesslyaddictiveThere'sseve.nstagestoconquefin one player mode and the time It takes todothis slm· ply depends on the degfeeyou become addicted to thegameplay.Playitonceadayand it may take a week to complete. Play it continually, and you'll cfack itin a couple of hours. But in a way, the point of this title Isn't to finish It, as the most enjoyment comes from playing it over and over again agamst someone else.

Attheend of the day, whether Of not you'll enjoy 8aku Baku largely depends on what type of gamer you are If you're after a game that boasts te<:hnical excellence with move.sto learn and seuet featurestodlscovef,Baku Baku is hkelytodlsappoint.

However, If you just want something that's great fun to play which also offers inuedibly addictive action, then Baku Baku is about as good as it could ever get

FARM There's uptofive~nlmilsthiltciln be selected fOf play in Baku Baku Animal, ilnd eilch one has their own prderred choice of food . Remember, to make lines of fruits disappear, you must match them WIth their animal owner-but don't be too hasty If you wilste the animals onjust one fru it then you'll get into trouble later on In the game, when the an imals become mort 5piiHse So for your Information

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Primarily it's in the graphics, the game utilising a host of omera angles from which to view the game,includingplentyof frillyslllff todowi t h those Inevitable sta ts that appear In hordes, Apart from thisthough,there's little to let you know tha t this Is 32'bit American foot ball. The game logic Is fine generally speaking, but one-player mode does Involve a few ~brow raising moments when the computer miraculously manages to fead your play perfectly or execute pin-point accurne thlOWS, But it's In multi-player mode th at you can squeeze the most fun out ofNFl-96,chillienging all-comers to a bit of the rough stuffilnd engaging In the usual bilnterandabuse As yet this is t he only Amellcan football game aVililable for the Sa t urn. al though the John Madden series is also destined toappeilr In the near future The cautious among you may want to wilit. but Should you decide to rUSh out and get NFL '96. rest ilssured thilt while it sUcks trenchantIy to the familiilf 16-bitfOfmula, it IS nevertheless iln expanSlveilnd entertaining game .

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pretty grut ucept for one thing: the progfilmm ing_ II would not be fair to rubbish every single ilSpect of Hang On from t he outset Although the

graphics are distlnclly angular (check out those hexilBonalwheels!)andsomehowlil{kinginlmagination, they do the job m depicting a pretty realistic

environment that moves at great speed Also, unlike the temble import gilmeDeadHeat,thereis~nice

degree ofvilriety in the backdrops. A choiceofthreecOllrsesisavaitable ffOmtheout~t.withthreemore

becoming accessible when the first triohavebeencompleted-andthe qualrtyofthegr~phicscertamlymakes youwanttos~theseotherlevels_

Unfortunately, the sOllnd doesn't do theearsanyfavours-themotorblke nOises are certainly Flymo-esque and t he music is pretty nondescript The aural barrage would have been bearable if thegameplaywasgood-afterall,theorig inaIH~ng

On-and most definrtely Its Super seqllel-were excellen t coin-opsfortheirtime,craftedbyacertain Vu SlIzuki no less. Unfortunately, this area of the

weight to either the bike orthe rider, meaning that leanmg into corners is totally unrealistic-very fast, with not much drifi evident. Just pressing the pad slightlyieftorrightresllitsinalaughableon-scr~n

performance from your bikeras he lurchesuncon vmcinglyabout. This over-leaning makes fora most unsatlsfactoryexperrencewhenplaymgWlththejoy-

p.d HangOnGPdoeshavethedistmctionofbeing the only Saturn game that actually benefils considerably when lIsed with th e Arcade Power Racer thanks to its analoglle capabilrlles, YOll have far more control over the leaning prowess of your bike (although why a similar measureofcontrol isn't available with the pad remains a mystery) With its varred courses and choice of bikes (including some hidden ones, and a bizarre Street Hawk lookalrkecapable of gargantuan velocities), Hang On GP is inlti~lIy an attractive game, despite its occasional graphical weirdness and obnoxious sOllndHowever,thehandlingofthebikeisiOwell, "unb ike -Irke" that the game loses a lot of ItS attraclion Ofcourse, the big question has to be- is there really room for another road racer on the Saturn marketwhileSega~ ally(hampionshiprulessllpremel

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In such iln environment it gilme like Titiln W~fS stilndslinlechar'l(eofsurvival.ltc~thehead

on 3D pefSpectlYe and makes iI bit ofa shilmbles of it The movement of the ship is almost comkal . llJll tels up and down, left ilnd right like its got the hic cupsorsomethlng . ltmilkesnegotlallngvall~and

caves decidedly frustraling and this, coupled with the ovef-sensiliveconirois meansthattherearea lot of ilnnaying collisions. Now this wouldn't bt SO bild if it wilsn'tforlhe~uallyfrustratingrestartpolntsEach 1~lonlyhasabouttworestartpolnts

which means you're constantly drudg· ingthrough the same terlltoryt lrne after time.

The environments that your ship traverses aren't actu~!lyall that bad 10 so far asthe 3D scenery all scrolls very smoolhly and there's no Sign of clip· ping or anything nasty like that . The

be the awful fMV sequences that fill out the story Irne and tlY and iovokea bit of atmosphere. Ican pic· tureitnow_ .. Theytheyall~re,putt rng thefinishing touches to the FMV sequences In t he game. Actors

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technique in preparation of the big fin ale,thedirec· torandci nematogfilpher~rearguing .. boutdepth. of·field ratios, .. nd the special effects team were pen· cilhng in the finishing touches on ttl!! computer Finally,it all came together. anci they got the take.

Smihng, each of them sat down .. nd ht a ~If·satis· fted cigart"tte. Ttterewas silence. Suddenly. one of them jumps up. "The g.. mel Oh my god, ~'ve forgotten about the gamel " Confused replies; "What game~ What are you talking abouU" "You knowl The game thars supposed to go With these FMV sequences. Dr was it meant to be the other way round1" In a rush. they head down to programmrng central and knockout the gameQVernight with the help of some strong coff~ and a few cut corners.

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colours lackrng subtlety and variety Ttl!!chaliengesthem~lYesare

equallyuninsplrrng Vour sh ip dodges under andover st~1 girders. shoots downt~rs and tackles airborne enemies, all with the same piod along predictabihty, Asyou'd expect. there's a boss sitting there at Ihe end that you hammer away at In the usual routine. Once destroyed it's on to the ne.t level. pauslngofcourseforthewholeFMV bit In between, And so It goes, There ale a lange ofpick.ups available In ntan Wars Ttl!! main ones are the shield booster, the mls, silepick· upandthestandardfire ~r·upThereare

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[Afterthefirstmlssion,thenewguyCross. you in ot her words-comes back having flown a blinder and de5troyed t he boss, Vour maverick slyle offlyillg however, takes some other members of

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you won't have time to admiTe that cutle or ttl e quaint vltlage. Thi s baserlOtiS rally, a ndt hefe's no time for slght-suingl Asyoutan see,theTe iI rel!lght difftrtnt stretthes of roadw ay th at present some sort of problem, but with the corretttuition you'll be speed ing round the COUTse with the best oft hemllet the race begin ...

After a quick start, and after a bnefperiodofspeedydflving alongthl" main highway, you sud· denly begin your ascent into the

hills. This isa hard left corner, and must be taken as shown in thedlil-

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Another snaking bend where a change down to second gear is lequlfed. After this. swing round as dose tothe right as you can, but try not to mount the raised areas of mud as this can lead to horrible spin-outs and much gnashing of teeth Once out of your slide, put your foot down, change up and head fOf the final bend The end is in sightl

A small me:.:ican encampment flies by the middle section of the course, and for the first part of the section,there's noneedfof anyswervingatall,Simplyshiftslightlyto the left and rightwhilst remaminginthe centreoftherwd,befofetakingthefinal bend on the left sideofthe rwd.This

As you pass the checkpoint, swing to the right (whilst keeping in fourth gear) and hug this side of the road until you reachthefinalcorner,andthenpoSitionyourselftothe left for a good racingline. Dnft to the right before head, ing for th e final two tricky corners

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Once agai1 SBlA SATIIRH MAGAZINE rebrns to the preniere next generation 311 fighIi1g game, with more iHlepth techniques and tactics exposed. 1lis month, we take a look at the WB:i the ...... bination attack system _ and examiIe the game's lead character -Aki-a Yuki -S&I'OIy the most powerIU lighter in the world!

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that's why we've tOilckled him first.

Although he Is difficult to lurn (as In the

fjrstVF),onctmasteredheisbyfarthe best fighter In the game (unlike the first VF). What must be stressed from the very beginning is that he plilysqulte unlike any

of the otherfighten, a nd if you 're used to

the likes of Sarah or Jacky, you',e not going to adapt as quickly to Akir;ll as you would to uy,L1u.The adv.lInt.llgH iIIrethat Akjr;~,'ssheerweillthofilltt;J,cksiitclose·

f;llnge Is enough totilke c.ul! of any sltuiltion. Still, htrt's a slightly martin-de pth pros and cons list for Akira.

ADVANTAGES I. His special moves are incredibly powe rful . somt of th tm un inflict mo~ d ~m· agtthan throws from Wolf or Jtffry. l. Stg~ iIIn d AMl willnttd to him to be tht cooltst ch~r.llcttr, so ht does bentfit ~ lotfromthtbest·lookingmoytsl 3. At dost r~ngt, ht h~s tht ytry best iIIttilicks and ~ hugt choict of thtm to boot.

4. Suppltmtnt!nghisclost·r~ngtfightingstillfurthtrlstht r~ngtofPiIIi·stylt att ack reYtrnls.

5. Ht h~s tht Stun P~ lm of Doom (SPoO)1

DISADVANTAGES Akir.ll hu iI distinct disiidYil nbgt iIt r.IIngtd ,rtbcks, rtvttllng only In cJose.r.llngt bouts. lfoppontntskeepatildistilnct.thty stillndfilrmo!'echanctthinAkir.ll. iln illYtr.llgt It~ of speed· Silr.llh, Pal ilnd Uon for tJ(iIImp~ can dart in, strikt a nd dillrt out btfon! Akir.ll ciln rtspond. ). His sp«iill moves, although powtrful, iIIft txtremtly difficult to txtc:utt com· partdtoothtrchill t'itCttrs.

4. Ht hu no sequtntial button p~sing comblniltJons, apillrt from a er.llp PP iII nd PK.

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AUlA HAS TIE BEST ATIACK II TIE GAME! At rut ttst of Akira masttry has to be tht Stun hIm of Doom (usuilily rtftfftdtoastht5PoO). ltbtginswHh ill simple PiIIlm to th t chnt and follows up with ilnimrntdiilttrtvtrU body chtc:kilndfinlshts wlthAklriltutnlng and ptanting two mort pililms intotht hilpltssoppontnt 's bilek . Tht~uill

movt ~s pretty simple, but tlit tntiA! thing isteeuttd in Itss thilln ill st<Ondl This Is Incrtdibly difflcult but If you millS· terit,tMttwilrOsilA!irnmtnse.Fora start, it's Incrtdiblydilmillglngilndsec· oodlyitjustlooksthtbusinnslTht djffi· cultyltvtl of this tnoYfl alont is tnough to put most people off,so follow SEGA SAT· URN MAGAZINE's tteommtndtd

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I. P~s G+P+K for tht Stun Palm This Is, ofwu rse, tlittasitstPiIIrtoftht tnoYfltoptrform.Simplyp~silllthree

buttonsiltclostr.llngeforthlsll'lOYt. l.PttssbillCk-down/fofw.1rd·P+K This is tht trut ttst of timing. You ntedlo Aklra hassomtofthtmosttrulyttrrifyingandindtedtfftctlvecomblnilltlon start tnttrlngtM COr11lT1i1nd ilS tnt 5i11tum attilleks In tht gamt, and ht rt Is wht rt we begin to go Into dtpth on thtm.1t must rtspondstotntfirrtG+f'+«_.Tht besaidthatthtrtilrtmany,millnymort(wehilven'ttYt!nbtguntotouehonth~ downIfoowiIrd·P+KPillrtshouldbtfinishtd which ustAklr.ll·s knee asafioatlngttc:hniqut), butthtst willbt pltntytobtgtt· off Immediilttlpfter the G+f'+K has hit. ting on with. Howtytr, first of all , wt'li discuss tht oft·mtntlontd Stun Pillm of Thl sCiluStsAkir.ll toptrformiishorter, Doom. shilrptrYt!rsionofthtrtvtrstbody check. ). PttSS COMBINAnON METHOD #I: SEQUENTlAL BUTION PRESSING bilek·P Everycharacttrhaswhalwewillcall"bullt·in"combinat,onssuchasPKs.PPKsandofcourstPPPKsThese This Is prtt· are strings of moves which the fighter knows alrt~dy and that you can access via what is usually just a case tytasytolnpvtbKausethen!'o'etstbodychtd:oftht of sequen tial button·preSSing Akira is the worst character for this (w,th just a measely punch·kick combo) bistpilltofthtrnovebkesillwhiletofinishandyoushould Wit h lau being the best. All ofthest were revealed In the moves list published In issue three. This method is bthammeringthatpunchbuttonforallyourworthl by far the eaSIest way to score mult,ple hits

SURE·ARE KIWNG TECHNIQUES

Akinl hiS two primary moves for scoring ill floating hit. Thtusltstisonthalfofthtfotwarddou bltkiek for which ht Is famous (fotward·fotward·K) . This Is suppostdtobtfollowtdupbyanothtrkick,butin filct, its rtcovtry timt is so short you can immtdiillttly follow up with ilil m .. nntrofdtvashtingtechniquts.

Thi s move Is pilrtlculilrlytfftd;ve wht n behlndtht opponent. Tht stcond good float ing move Is Akira's knee. Tht only probltm htrt Is t hat tht mOyt is sodif· »

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Th,s is somtllmts known as ~ (ounttr. although slnct wt've used Ihal phrHt tlstwhtrt, wt're going to (ali It by Its proptr name路 the rtvtr路 sal. Any throw that is used onyou that UStS P+G prtssed together is prtttycheesy and a cheap way to score a hit. AM2 have decided that you can escape such throws by pressin g P+G shoftly therufter. Timin g IS essential here路you have to prtssyour P+G 10 tscape almost simu 1101路 ntously,soforthtmOSlparl,yOU need to antic pale when a cheap throw Is going 10 be used on you If you perform a move Ihat needs a lot of recovery time (like most of Wolfs or Jeffry's) you ought to be preSSlnglhose buttons like mad during that short period of t ime Perform,ng a throw reversal seems to bt tht only ttchnique that appurstoworkduring recov trytimt.

lurnillg how to coullter is essenti~1 in pulling off Ifuly s~ctilcul~r floiltIllg comblllil!lons In exilmilling this. we'lI ched out the three stilges Illvolvedilliinyilttilck.

Att.ckC.Il".tlOIl This Is the time tilken for you to input the move. be it a ~pecial move which hils iln intticilteJoyp adcombin ilt jonorjustpre~s lng thepunch button

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This is limited to ~I (whoroukl do it In the first game). Kage ilnd Ak,ril Bilsially. this Involves ilnticlpatlng iln atuck ilnd executing the ilppropnate reverSilI move slmultilfleOUsly (full ~ list in SEGA SAruRN MAGAZINE is~ue three). Pai and Kageilfe~limited illwna! they can reverse.whilslAklra can reverse~nything but the commands todo it ille more difficult. It's illsoworth noting thill Wolf hilS a reYefSill too· but it isn't so eff«t~, onlyWOfking on mid·~1 kicks aimed ilt him.

The iIdviIntages oftnese ~Is areotMous· if you can anticipate illl opponent's move. you can KtU<lIIy use it toscore danuge ~gainst yourfoel This is ~n essentlill technlC/UI! 10 remember because ITliIny so-called Akifil and Kage maslers complete· lyignoretht~Is. OOsoiltyourpenll

The move Is now In full force and if you connect with the opponent, it hits and you are for this split-second. invulnerable (uniessyoul opponent hits you ilt txoc f!ythe Silme moment ) . Rtco .... ryTl m.

Afttreverymoveanamountoftimtelilpsesbeforeyourchilrilcterciln perfolm ilnother technique· this is known as rtcoverytime Typically. speC!~1 moves t~ke fill longer to recover from. The difference In recovery time Is what makes floating combinations possible.

Countering Is pretty straight·forward You receive extril damage If you milnilge to hit your opponent during point two (if he misses you) or duro Ing point three Whilt is illso good is thilt if you ~re usIng a move which floillS theopponenl (such as iI knee), the force involved ilctuililysellds Ihem flying hIgher InlO the ilir. This means Ihill your bilsic floating com· bos aregUilriinleed to work and you hilvelhechanceofscoring more hits VIii more ambiUous combinations

BASIC MOVE COMIIIIllTlONS A~ lra Is different from the oth er Virt uil fight ers in that he has moves wh ich he ca n seamlessly ch ain t ogethe r. For example, a dou ble handed pu sh is achieved by pres sing down, pull ing bilCk and pressing forward s w it h punch. A deg ree of ti me is required to · cha,se" the down pa rt of the move. so why not start wi t h a low kid.1 This way you Ciln chain two hits t oget her wi t h mini-

mum effort · ilndt his Cilse, the double hilnded push is filr Some more examples follow

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COMIIIIll_ METItOO ,j3: "lI.OAllNG' lITS This 15 by far the most difficult way to tXe(ute ill combo, but It is tssentlal that you leilrn It-hence the small section on "f)oatlng" seen in lasl month's Mas te, Class If you aren't clear wh al It mea ns. basically fNfry cha racter has at least one move t ha t sends an opponent flying into the air when It hits Once this occurs. the opponent is helpless until he lands on the ground Ouringthis tlme.yoo·refreetolnflictwhatfNfrhitsyoudeslreThr~examplesoffioating

combos were In lut month's Master Class. but baskilily any charilcter who h~s iI knee ilttKk (forw~rd·kod) ciln score iln usy flo~t

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Toa{(~sst heth reehidde n characters-Gaia, Shoand Cupido-gotothe t itl e sc reen (w ith Press St art fl ashing up) and press Up, Down, Up. Down, Right, Left, Righl. Left. You'll hear Ellisshouttolet youknowt hati t's w orked, Now start any type of game and the two bosses, Ga ia and Sho, wi ll b~ a dd~dtothe right·ha nd sideof l h~ screen,ToselectCupido, high· light Sho, hold Upand press any button,

The long·awaited Gun Select che at is fi nally revealedl The hidden option will allow you to p;iuse the game and select any of th~ weapons at any timeincluding a special ultra-fast vt rsion of th e Machine Gun - wit h unlimited ammol Simply press the Start button t o pause, then reload by shooting off th~ screenor pressingCtocycl~throu g h theweapons,

Start the game up and w hen the SEGA screen appears, hold C and pres s Down, Up. Right, Left, Up, Up, Left, Right . You'll hear a noise and th e option will now be acc~ssible from the cheat m~nu (see issue 4 for det ails). By the way, you'll need to have the Ranking Mode options already saved in your Saturn for it to work,either by completing the gam e or by using the cheat,

SEGARAUY

To race against on~ of AM 3'Stop drivers on th~ Desert course, s~lect n me Attack, Choose any cou rse and any car and wh~n

your~achth escreenwith"3 La ps" a nd"Free Run·option s,high.

light " 3 Laps" and press X+Z+C at the same time, You'll start as usual,onlylhe shadow car will race off and get 52 second laps on the Desert (ourse, By the w ay, this is another feature not Included in the inferior American version of the game

DIGITAL PINBALL These cheats should be en tered on the title screen with "PrI!'SS Start Bulion" on it Tht)' 8 i~ you a varii!'ty of mesSOIgts, like the programmer credits. t he version dates and ot her exciting features.

C~its· C, B. A. A, B, C, Y, Z, X. Down, Down ~lld Numbers· X. Y, Z. V. z. C, B. A. Up. Up Sound ProVoerslon· X. x, Y, Y, Z. z.A. A, B, B,C,C Pluma Pro versiOn· Up. Up, Down, Down. left. Right. ldt. Right, B. A, X

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got iI massive number of them. To play as any of the chalacters listed. answer 'Yes' when asked If you w ant to ent er your Inillals, then hold the L an dRshoul· derbuttonsw h lle ente ri ngthese lettersanddates. ·SecretPla~r· wiU" p pea r

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The re's a hidden video clip of Durill bfeilklng up to reveal her real humanform - Kage's mother. To access it, complete the game on the Hilrd difficulty setting, including beilting OUfill first time. It mil)' sound feilily hard to do. but it Ciln be milde Incredibly e<tsy by setting PI~yer 1 to "No Damage" ilnd Player 1 to "Smillitst' el"lergy bar from the options screen You'lt still need to p[iI)' right through the game. but)'Ou u n only lose wrth ~ I1lng Out

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Once ilil of the teilms have been beaten, you play again With extended team rosters; secret opponents and hidden power·up modes

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t>tCiluseit'shardtoascertillnwhiityouilctuallydo,ilpiHtfromWilndefilroundilnd look ilt pretty objects. which Is why action filns should definitely give Ihls one iI

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However, if you He iI bit of murder mystery and suspense on your gaming, then Ihls should suit you down 10 the ground The story is enough to gIVe youn~r

lIilmers nightmares-il doctor hils gone mildrnilneilrbyhosprtill ilnd h.lcked his piltients to death. unfOfluniitely,he'sillsodoneilfunnerandil's up to his daugh. ter LaUfil 10 sortoul the mess (hterally). Todothis, she must enter he, father's

twisted alter-reahty ilnd solve Ihe many puzzles which ilrepul beforeh erSalvlng IhemUSUilllyentilllsfindlnSkeysentwinedwlthlnrottingcorpses,openlnSbo~es,

dodgIng illtilcklng knights and generally avoidIng being killed bysomeunS<l voury obJ'd While tht In-gamt action is definItely not to everyone's taste. the story can be really gllpping at tImes, and the graphics, although in a smilll WIndow art rtally crisp,clear,andattimes,dlsgustinslysory,PeopleillreildyusedtoplilYlnsgilmes of this type (such ilS Myst or even some of the RPGs on the Mtgadrive). mily find thilt the action iscompltted all tosoon-most oftht puzzles ilrereliltl velyeilsyto solve, although thtre Isont in pilrticulilrthilt"s absolutely lock hard-b utgamers new to thIs genfe may find that this will last them a fair old whrle, Not perftct by any means, but the best gilme of ItS type aVi"lilble on Satufn at the moment

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release. And thilt's exactlywhilt's hilppenedwlth Cyberlil. Releilsed on th ePCilCou· pleofytarsago,itwasn'tverypopularthenlt'shkelytobeevenlesspopularnow.

Thereilsonsfor thislireverysrmpleCyberiilrehesveryheilvilyonthegame plot, lIndinfact.mostofyourtlmeisspentobservrngwhat'sgoingon.Eachlevel hilS very speclfk tasks which must be completed before progressing tothe next sectiOn, and at the begrnmngofthe game, each level is playtd oul as either an Isometflc or close qUilrters combat gilme However. ilfter the first few levels. this sud· denly SWitches to a first person perspectrve shoot 'em up. Unfortunately, there's too many levels of these In one go to mil~e them much fun .

Throughout the title, the grilphlCS remain pretty spectacular, and if you hildto assess the game on toots illone, It would score very highly. It's Just that Cyberla tiles too hard to be everything at once Stili, not bild

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T::n:~~~~~~:h~:~:~ ~~~:~ ~:a~r~(~eSr;~ ~~ :~I~~t:r~nh:;:e:;t~:mes begrnnrng of the gilme It's sometimes difficult to see why thiS enjoyed so much attention Inthe past-although the graphicS areoftop·nouh quaht y,theactuill game is sometimes repetitive and lacks a distinct learning curve-there'50nlyso many moves to memollSe. Of cou rse, this dotsn't make the game ilny less fun to play, and Tohshin Den Sis fun toplay-itJust restricts the longevityofthelitle somewhat Nilturally, if you compare it to the awesome Virtua FIghter 2, Toh Shin Den S nowhere near touches It in terms of plilYilbihty or sheer quahty, butt hatdoesnl necess.lllty meiln that it's not worth buying While it mily not howe the depth or amount of mCWM the;lt Vf2 holds, it's fa" to Sily th;lt it's a different type of combat t,tle-ooethilt depends more on specta<ulilr speclill moves and weapons.

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to see this converted on 10 Iheir shiny new Saturn? Well. you'd be surprise d When thesf' titles are converled well,they're among the most popular games yo ucanbuy

-espe<iallyiftheycomeeqllippedwlthbonustablesandwbgames But. Ocean's pinball Isd,fferent. It doesn't go In for anyofthosefancyadd -

ons,lflstead"toffers,rnlpinbaliandnolhmgelse.lsth,sanexcuse because the programmers (ouldrl't be bothered to program anything extra Into the gamf', or do they really like stfillght pinball ilnd nothing else? Hmmmm

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money earner, so It'S no wonder thilt companies are clilmberlOg O\Ier themselvestorushoutSlmulatlonsWhiitisqulted,fficulttobelievc:though,lsthiitthe end result is sometimes very filr removed from the originill game US Gold's version ofevc:nts only hilS one course to play on, which Is iI bit ofil poor effort 10 Itself.and becomes very boflng very quICkly And although the graphics are pretty fine (this is not a difficult feat lOagolfgame),theactualgamelsab,tdlfficulttopl ayTh's isn'tbeuusethecontrolSilred,fficulttogetusedtoorthestiindardlSSet to a high level or ilnythoog like that Nope, It'S because not enough attention has been paid to the way the game has been put together The different Views of the course avoul· able are a bit thoughtless ilnd ellilt" ilnd whiltever shot you decide to Iilke, the ball doesn't necessarily follow the chosen route Setter than Pebble 8eilch Golf. but then that's no reoilson to btly It

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