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Three yeors on, with oil manner of sod "competitors" now muscling into the marketplace, we like to think we're still carrying on this proud tradition This month for example, we're proud to bring you the exclusive lowdown on games such as Populous II, Ecco CD and Jurassic Pork (to name but three). Also, we've in-depth exclusive features on Robocop Versus The Terminator, EA Soccer and The Jungle Book!
French film, where everybody foolishly thinks taking their clothes off, and talking foreign-like, is clever. 3. JASON ORANGE_ Talentless moron from Take That, foolish enough to think goatee beards are clever.4VIOLET
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JULIAN 'AL' RIGNALL Jaz smiles. "Me? I wouldn't point o gun at anyone...I'd just get Lefty to do it for me". Yes, as Jaz is indeed 'Mr Big' in these ports, he only has to snap his fingers to seal a fate. His bodyguard is Dove Kelsoll, who masquerades as a 'Designer', but is so talentless that no one on the floor is fooled. His moll Glenys gets the lollipop.
MEAN MACHINES office, Dovros is something of a loss at video gaming, mainly down to his single arm, limp wrist and dodgy fingers (which were subsequently blown off in Revelation of the Daleks). Hand-to-eye
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other wish is to present a lollipop to Janet Jackson. 'She's a lovely lady and a shining beacon in the murk that is contemporary dance music — Brother's a knobhead though..."
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is also something of a downer... still, here's a list of ten games that even old Dewy could have a crack at — using just the one finger!1.Olympic Gold 2. Arnold Palmer's Golf 3. Sword of Vemillion 4. Evander Holyfield Boxing 5. Road Avenger 6. Time Gal 7. Phantasy Star II & Ill Et. Shining in the Darkness 9. Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?10.Shining Force
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Rod would give his lollipop to Perry Halley. Who, apparently, is port of a circus made of frocks, dwarfs and sick acts. "Maybe he'd give me my big break,' Rod opines hopefully. "Gm! Andripper Gore for the bullet. She's the nutcase who thinks rock musiclyricslead peopletoSatanism. What rubbish,. .Never mind, the Master has plans for her," he whispers.
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Paul's single bullet is for Hugh Jelly (Julian Clory's outsize assistant). Mistaken identity is the problem. 'I'm fed up with getting asked for my autograph in the street". His lollipop is reserved for his dad, because it's his birthday, and Paul forgot to get him a decent present.
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The reason being "She's for to snobby". Andy's lollipop goes to the lovelyFelicityKendal,'She's the perfect English rose and on angel for putting up with that daft husband of hers," he odds, rapidly losing his grip on CURRENTreality.
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with all software for the machine being released on disc. At the heart of the beast is a custombuilt 32-bit processor, It's based roughly on the existing V60 NEC 32-bit chip. However, Sego have spent considerable time upgrading the (admittedly rather old) chip, increasing its performance considerably. The current prototype processor runs at 27 MHz — that's compared to the Megodrivers 7.61 MHz processor and the Super NES's 3.58 MHz. Comparing speeds isn't the best benchmark though — even if the V60 was forced to run at a paltry 3.58 MHz, it would still process similar tasks a lot quicker. This is because the Saturn chip is 32-bit
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3D0 multimedia machine is like comparing 2D to 3DI Backing up his claims are the stunning graphics chips allegedly inside the Saturn. This chip renders 24-bit graphics by using the sort of technology we use with our Macintoshes for our digitised scans (the Robocop cover this month is a scan) — and Saturn can produce pictures of the same quality! The 24-bit pixels enable Saturn programmers to muck around with 16.7 million colours! And yes, you read that correctly.
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all the glory for this amazing news exclusive! Credit must go to Francois Hermelin, Tokyo representative of our French sister magazine Consoles Plus, for getting hold of the info. We'll hove more exclusive information in the months to come, so stay tuned to MEAN MACHINES!
the current Saturn prototype machine, subject, as they say, to change: MICROPROCESSOR: Custom 32bit processor based on the NEC V60, with speed modifications by Sega and Hitachi to make it run at 27 GRAPHICS:MHz. Custom 24-bit processors with Alpha Channel COLOURS:effects. A massive palette of 16 7 million colours! POLYGON GENERATOR: Capable of displaying and animating 16,000 polygons on-
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example, hove comp System circuitry built-in Power Bose is literally a cart converter, no more sophisticated than some importers' cart converters designed to run import games). Some rumours persist that say that the new machine is compatible with Mega-CD, However, our new information says that it's just not possible — the machines are just too different. In fact, since the system is CD-based, it looks as though there isn't even going to be a cartridge
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The game retains the goodly features of its predecessor, NHLPA Hockey '93, but includes a ruck of added extras, the most notable being a link up with EA's new 4-WAY-PLAY which allows four players to compete two on two. This sequel is much faster and includes a manual goalie option so the ployer can be solely to blame if the goals fly in.
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From what we've been able to wheedle out of our various sources so far, it appears the ganneplay of Sonic's CD debut is going to be much the some as the other two Megodrive games. Naturally there's going to be a few added extras like better animation, Sonic actually speaking and stocks of cinematic interludes as well as a fob new mystery move on the part of the spikey blue fella himself CD music is the order of the day as Sonic battles Robotnik accompanied by II manner of rave tunes!
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Take a look at these exclusive screenshots of McDonalds Treasure Land Adventure, freshly developed from film taken from the official MEAN MACHINES spy camera.
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At first Danny goes into spasms of ecstasy at meeting all the all-time greats of the movie world but things go horribly wrong when his magic ticket falls into the hands of hoodlums who break into the real world to continue their dastardly deeds. It's up to the player as Slater, his daughter Whitney or o particularly well-'ord cartoon cot detective to track down the crooks and foil their evil ends by bashing through six scrolling levels (each a scene from the movie), Tune into a future issue of MEAN MACHINES SEGA to find out more
The evil Dr Maybe has returned to create havoc in the world. His new plan is to mine yogurts, ice cream and cheese from the moon, monopolise and change the face of the dairy market as we know it. Ellen
Pond is bock for his f adventure on the Megodrive in James Pond III: Operation Starfish.
Hot on the trail of the action/comedy movie, Sony ore releasing Arnie's new smash hit — lost Action Hero in a show-no-mercy shoot 'em up extravaganza on the Megodrive, Mega-CD, Master System and Game Gear. The story centres around young Danny Madigan who, with the aid of a magic ticket, accidentally flips into the cinema screen and meets up with his hero and the star of his favourite movie — tough cop Jack Slater (Arnie).
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police, army and lab technicians and destroy wasps, monkeys, mutant plants and even petrol pumps! Successfully blow up the Cybersphere Chamber of Research and Development and the player is transported into the elements of the second film. Check out future issues
This platform action jaunt, Wolfchild, is launching itself onto the Master System and Gome Gear from Virgin this summer full review as soon as possible.
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The game features his struggle against archenemy The Trickster and his beer bottle-chucking acolytes, using his speed powers and thunder flashes. This looks like one of the most interesting Master System products in months, so catch the full review next month.
Not all werewolves sprout ungainly nasal hair and howl mindlessly of the moon y'know especially if you're Saul Morrow, son of a famous if kidnapped genius who's invented a machine capable of transforming humans into lyconthropes (posh name for a werewolf).
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The first movie told the story of the simpleton Jobe, who spent his life cutting grass until Dr Angelo uses him as a human guinea-pig and turns him into a super-human with the use of drugs and I. virtual reality. However, the powers ore too much for Jobe ond he turns into a dangerous psychopath — Cyberiobe — , intent on taking over the world via its 1 computer networks,
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From our early playings we've seen some things we didn't think the Master System could possibly handle — with PowerStike II is seems to get the silly notion it's a Megadrivel Next month's review is essential reading for Master System owners.
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PowerStrike II is a shoot 'em up on a grand scole, from the team that brought RoboAleste onto the Mega-CD. Verticallyscrolling action is the order of the day, lubricated with some great tunes and graphic effects.
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R.MACHINES, we reckon that Jungle Strike is the single most amazing shoot 'em up ovailable for the Megadrive. And now, when you buy Jungle Strike at branches of Dixons, you get a free gift AND the chance of winning one of five amazingly sexy personal CD players!
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ORHIN PROGRESS In capturing the atmosphere of the movie, Virgin chose locofions fomir to those who've seen the respective films. The game's training level takes place on the Streets of Detroit (as seen in Robocop) and other locations include the OCP building and the factory hideaway of Cain in Robocop It (the mechanised Cain even makes a guest Terminator-relatedappearance!).levelsincludetherebelunder-,IndandtheSkyneiHQ.CHPTURING THE fiTMPIPHEREAVarious$fromgooandTerminatormoviessurfaceinthegome,indudi,,qCoin,betterkaownasRobotep Funnily enough, there are loads of Terminoto games alread and Mega-CO (well, two with two more comi ) and one o THE TERMINETPR A fine effort in terms of graphics and sound. finish it, completely destroying its value-for-m rating. S. r outhosedfor the Me °drive oround I IS IT DEFID? TERMINfITED! A classy shoot 'em up released by Acclaim. D. Operation Wolf-style first person perspective gun. Again though, once you've got the hong and negotiated the evil third stage you'll zoo • - !The Mego-CD version of Virgin's original go 111 I I- • II - • • • • • -•• 1 , promises• for more levels and a higher difficul setting Look out for this one: we've already cTwo more games Robacop/Terminator-relot- • soon- First up is a conversion of Terminator II: • Acclaim' It looks like being a game similar in benefits the Terminator supplies. VO III -cr-c _--ift•e IIIIIIII
• The nmackHiycuLosyazcrballfoot•goLid'swileledecidedtoget in on the action and trundled down to the Electronic Arts offices to witness their new soccer expericlot World Cup licenceAThe players go about their business, hopelessly unaware Kra/len° - God of the ioypads looms above..,waiting.
vour in the British public like football. Ordinary men are etavetted to God-like status just for being able to bosh a ball into the bock of a net, Indeed, if Jesus
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ing, instead of hanging around in some God-forsaken desert wearing girly sandals, he should probably come back os a footballer where adoration would be a forgone condusion (having said that it didn't do a lot for David Ike but at least he got to have two women)!Loveit or hate it, you lust can't ignore it, oodKulorly around 1 time of the World Cup when the excitement reaches fever pitch and England managers tend to become more unpopular than Hiller.Sega software developers have finally jumped onto the soccer bandwagon and this year we're going to see an absolute flood of Megodrive titles hittingthe We'vestreets.already had US Gold's Super Kick Off, Sego's Tecmo Cup Soccer and Ultimate Soccer (reviewed this issue). Coming soon is Accolode's Pete Soccer and US Gold's new offering os yetunnamed which will hold the offi-
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First off there's the immediate advantage of being a simultaneous four-player game using Electronic Arts' very own adapter — the Four Way Ploy. Mott Comments: it adds a whole new dimension to game playing. With
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MOVE THAT BODY e ore masses of moves per ploy so e should be with 2000 frames of ion least ten times more than usual footy es). Among others these include. overhead le kicks, diving headers, chest control, no kicks, back heels, goalkeeper kicks, rows, drop kicks, dives and jumps, shielding the ball, sliding tackles as well as player celebrations — knee slide, somersaults, fist air, hugs, shirt-pulling, and barging.
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playing these games all the time". She actually thinks I'll go braindead. No chancel Do you know why adults think games are a bad influence? In one of the papers
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YOB:Coming from the barren wastelands of the Midlands, you probably won't be able to afford the expensive
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You know, YOB me old Buddha,it s not easy being a moior celebrity as I ern. People approach me in the street and ask, ''Arnold, Arnold! How do we go about finding the secrets of the Universe?". And I reply, "You mindless gibbons, do you not know of MEAN MACHINES SEGA the most vital of all organs? Put pen to paper and consult the oracle that is YOB, for he has a large gun, or osk Rizzo, for his answering trousers ore siinable". I then pull out my Uzi and tell them to
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It's very slick and polishedmewlthe company who produced it thinks it's absolutely brilliant. However, it's crop. it's yet another rekased old genre of the sort that we've seen a million times before. Them are few aright& features and its mask is really choosing me off. I'm not going to toil you what it is - you'll just have to goes& just got on answering your letters, wikh is infinitely more fun. If yoe've got anything to say, why not write in. The address is: KNEE MN was 1 RUHLANE,COURT,MEANSALLSTEWARDBARMAILLIAG,MCINNES,PRIORI'30-32FARIINGDONWNDON,ECM31111.HOImonoLAUNCH
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be gone. Anyway, do you know what Sego Power have gone and done? They only reviewed the American version of Streetfighter II, hoping to pass it off as the offi• cial UK review. Hal They could not hope to fool me or the mighty YOB either. What's the use of reviewing o game in the USA that is this moment undergoing changes for the UK release. Whatever happens I know I am assured a proper review of the finished gums in MEAN MACHINES. How about a poster of M. Bison in a futtee issue. He's one of the best characters and usually underrated by crap ployers. I might be back, haste la itt
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month. New and exciting games are what makes this industry ticks - very few players are going to buy the same old rehashed games • over and over again, and some companies are going to
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their new VP odd-on and their continued development of the new 32-Bit Saturn consolehopefully those two tasty bits of technology will inspire games designers and programmers into developing some new, original and highly entertaining new games.
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Hi! My name is Blob -fuce, the King of Blobby Loud. I have the following computers. Megodcive and Mega-CD. The ra% a fat la cake at my school called Adrian Faggot (short for fat git) and bilk il thinksl that the Super-CD will be better. 'cause it's got more colours'. Then I said, "Yeah, maybe so, but the Mega-CD is a lot faster • Faggot-face still seems to thirst< that colours are more
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EGM is an American magazine and it's far easier for them to go and see early versions of games. However, when it comes to previews of Britisk. games, we're always first. It' a
ting addresses mixed up, I live in one of the most boring villages in the world, This village is Sapcote All we have is an archery shop, a
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are adopting 'tasty visulook record. One of the most and game deiplopers of the post few years.% Recently though, we've been getting the return of the sequel syndrome Madden '93, NHLPA, PGA Tour 2, Road Rash II, All are excellent games, but merely rehashes of previous games. Another example is Copcom (my (aye company) —SFII, SF2 '92, Champ Edition, Hyper Fighting
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Because you bused the mag on two things: reviews and adverts. It's ettibarassii g, anyshaoneclaimtooftheissues from before the big split. Have you ever ?mord of a mag titled 'Electronic Gaming Monthly'. It's loaded with a plethora of amazing previews, but looking at the reviews makes one hove an extreme urge to either read your mag or vomit. So the purpose of this letter is to ask you. YOB (your parents weren't fussing about choosing names) to tell the rest of the crew to got their act together and bring us more previews. I'd soy try and have a balance of pages for review and preview, OK? Also, the mog is
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etc. Come on! The level of playing safe has reached on all-lime high! As your magazine has stated before, the most tired genre is the shoot 'em up. I look around and see Desert Strike/Jungle Strike. Thunderforce IV? It's just Thunderforce III with pretty colours. Hellfire, Gynoug, Zero Wing (cue yawn). They may be good games, but originality 15 non-existent_ And now tea h the option to spend c,.270 for some tired games with funky beats. The most original gonlow NI" I've, played for years is Toe Jam and Earl, Surely
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faggot-face over and showed him the Mega-CD Then lie broke the disc troy! (faggotface that he is). He said it was on 'ccident. elmmm, my chin is burning up. Tell the fat git to get lost and get a life! We sued the git 'cause the Mega-CD is a beautiful piece of hardware, and it's useless without the disc tray. I hate him now. Please tell him to get a life, 'cause he's broke my best possession. Yours pleadingly, me.
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issues, like the economy ,Af unemployment. Then ma might be able to afford these games.
think they are in portraying girls as the knicker-clad bimbos of thei tasies.-fanelittlsweaty,Although people think ir MEAN MACHINES is a bit immature, I actually think you guys ore pretty sound in your views, at least where women are involved.
Adam Watkins — get a decent haircut you sad burglar. Phillip Dunn, Sancote, teics CLAIRE:If I hod a Mega-CD I'd send one to you, but unfortunately I'm an Agony Aunt who doesn't deal in these things. If you'd written to Mean Machines, they might have been able to help you.
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Maynard (ge of h Heartbeat fame,though I'm not ad enough to techno fan Stepheri a Flynn, whose tip you printed last month; and lastly, the living, talking mop Adorn Watkins May I just soy your mag is excellent and thank you for the brilliant pies of SFII.
As for she Night Trap saga, I think that warnings on the box might be a good idea in principle, but will it really stop kids buying games with ratings? It may themencouragejusttogetonolderfriendtobuyitforthem.Howmanykidsunder15doyouirknowwhohaven'tSeena15-rated
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through Olde England towne many moons ago, and it come to my attentions of this Sego magazine, that be the best an the shelves. It be filled with coverage on the new Mega. CD, and it be featuring 'Rizzo' Rigricill arid the Mean Yob also be there toe Anyways, oi gathered me army of Long Johns and dio set soil with full head wind to ye rnerrv old towne of Skegness to lay hands on ye plentiful supplies of this organ
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But now I wants to learn more of the delights known as Silpheecl VR. I tried to consult old Ma Peggeriy and her magic, oil-knowing striped bloomers, but she be appearing on Hovis adverts, so yon Mean Yob be my only hope on th' matter. I would shake yon hand, but sodlys ois only got one. Cop'n Long John, (a ship)
was sheuting ever y s i tried to orise his fingersONVa the end my Ded found out and had to take him to the casualty dept, where he y.u,ted for three hours to get seen to. I'm ground ed. Forevei A Septirnus,ir Septimuss ,droom, Exeter YOB:Here's another sod slice of life bought to you from the YOB Kitchen Sink Drama Dept. You've made your bed - now lie in it 0 great King goon ass. triedYouwoman,readersIDearSADNESSOFSEXISMYOBmustbethatrarityamongstofbeingafull-blownnotayoungladorgirl.arenotthefirstSegamegIwhenIgotmyMegadrive,butIstoppedgettingtheothernewhichIwon'tname,becaus,
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the issue of MM.S with Mrs Margaret Shelley's letter Oh A dear,tanyonelb needs counselling it's her. Saying that video games ore evil and are equivalent to drinking or taking drugs Is quitethe most nonsensical statement I have ever heard. Would Mrs er Shelley rather these children watched 18-rated films, or buy pornographic magazines? Video games are generally good fun, nobody takes them seriously. I hove quite a few games machines. but I don't tend to get an urge to go Out and kill people, not to mention the fact most moves are physically impossible to reproduce anyway. Secondly, I am pretty annoyed by the media bias in portraying video games. Each week there is a damning new report on games written by journalists who obviously have no real conception of what they're writing about, and the only people that believe or care about these stories
because I'm and grollil-ed, and boredkecouse of it. The sorry tale started a month ego My little brother iltwo yearsbelow ate anc hoot Somehow he found out from mates of mine that I fancied ,t,' Inav adored) Nicole teigh, one of toy more beautiul classmates. haughtfully he decided to pass 0 1r cole herself, who promptly knocked rie bock, in a public lace. I was humiliated in the eyes of the entire world, and en:nap* thought of justice and revenge Now, my kid brother likes a game of Streets of Rage II. In fact, I used to treat him to a 'pretend' version when he annoyed me, but that hod to stop when I bruised one of his ribs doing a flying kick off the unkbeds in our room. So, after q 4y horrible humiliation at his •,, hands, I showed there was ne feeling,iii-N.by suggesting we hove a two-player cooperative game that. evening. Oh, a forgot to menti that I'd just put suporolue on his joypaci. When we started to play he noticed the stick ines, be , I isaid I'd spilt some coke oq it quickly dawned on him t something more tharterala holding his fingers to the pad. So I had triumphed in the end. and graciously suggested he go and wash it off. But. .1 must have put on more than I meant to. because he was well and truly
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The theN-FORCEsimplysnookerplayingstains,Dodgeaddictive!butandpits,choppersboats,"RacingforhaschallengeultimatearrivedtheSegaMegaDriveminiaturecarsandoversandsnookertablesbreakfastmats!Itmaysoundweirdit'shellishorangejuicejumpovercardsintopockets-brilliant"Arguablyberacegeverw mumpa• soon for MASTER SYSTEM and GAME GEA Look-in "Probably tsomehet layable g I've ever seen on the Mega Drive" s Master magazine N'T GET IT, R • new for MEGA DRIVE • new for MEGA DRIVE • new for MEGA DRIVE ,1•IP 4:AJE?
JAZ: 1. As they say in the positive vernacular, yep. 2. Nope, as they say in the negative vernacular. 3. Unfortunately not. Neither does it play 78's. Or 8-track tapes. 4. Well, at the moment it doesn't look like it will. Apparently, the 'cut down' Mega-CD II will cost about the same price as the current Mega-CD. Doh! We'll let you know as soon as we have a defin
1. Is it true that Streets of Rage will be Sego's first 24 Meg car2.tridge?How much will ChampionEdition and Mortal Kombat cost when released?
3. When will 'Dizzy the egg be officially released?
1. Con the Mega-CD play ordinary music CDs?
3. Con the Mega-CD play ordinary VHS videos?
Mark Gilbert, London
pl I've hod Rings of Power for a fortnight and it's driving me silly. I know it's not the most highly-rated game ever, but it was only E20 and I'm determined to finish it. The problem is I can't 'nd the sextant. I'm presently at e Waterfall to the east of Speed, and west of the Cathedral. I've been all over the area by foot and boot, but the sextant adamantly refuses to to show itself. It's getting to the point where I'm looking for people to fight, just to relieve the monotony. For the sake of my mental health, where is it?
er the foil quess.
2. I have heard that the Mega-CD can ploy films on CD; "lop Gun for example. Is this true?
5. Is there a game similar to Super Mario Kart coming out?
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I. Riley, Liverpool JAZ: It drove me silly too. W I Whoops Whoop!
JAZ:l. Yes. 2. Following a sharp intake of breath and "an exasperated sign akin the sort you'd make when confronted with a gimboid question, hula, through gritted teeth, answered, 'it isn't'. 3. September. And I really can't wait. Honest. Anyway, why
Dear Jaz
1. Is WWF Royal Rumble coming out for the Megodrive?
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2. Is Zelda 3 coming out?
can't Code Masters release Dizzy Gets Chucked into a Razor Sharp Shredding Machine and Gets Turned into Mush? 4. Not at the moment. 5. WouldDearNo.Jazy4
Rich-e ein9 games , , gicl their mint banter g ininded me that it ,e reply to your fine questions- •eith freshly-pressed special 25th annivers ,,answering trOliers at the ready it's time once again t4likive into the mailbag and sort out your queries. If you've got anything - and I mean anything - you no know, write in to me at: AND WM THIS BALL UP I CAN SEE THE CH CLOCK MAILBAG, MEAN MACHIN COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, EC1R 3AU.
4. For one of your features, could you do on arcade guide to Mortal Kombat or SFII Hyper Fighting? Lots of allknowwouldincludingreadersmyselflovetohowtodothespecial
4. Is Dynabloster coming out?
4. When will the Mega-CD come down in price?
3. Will the Capcom coin-op Knights of the Round be converted to console?
so L as to answer my ittle queries?
Neil Holes, Walsall
I hove some questions for you concerning the Mega-CD.
I hod a spare , so I thought I may as well writ, out my questions to the only mog that con answer them. So here they are. 1. Is it true that Sego's version of the Super FX chip will be 100 times faster?
3. Will we see any racing games like F-Zero on the Mega-CD? 4. Last, but not least, has anybody out there got Fantasia second birthday celebration? I have - it's Mrbrill!O'Neill,
1_ What exactly is the lob of a Games Designer? Is it along the some lines of on artist's?
It's true - I've played this more than any other Megadrive game. The controls and gameplay are amongst the most perfect I've ever experienced. 3. EA is the most prevalent company in my alltime lave games list.
I have been to my local arcades and played a game called Vendetta.
2. What is the best coolest, most brilliant game you have ever played on the Megadrive and Mega-CO?3.Whichcompany do you think makes the best games?
ns on Rocket Kriegl as I wet myself with excite-
6. Could you tell your sister publication Megatech not to feature the gatefold reviews, as they fall out the mag! Gavin Richards, Tonyrefail, MidJAZ:GlamorganAhmy lave Neath top. I'll have to get a new one when next season starts! Anyway. 1. Read the review and go with the flow. 2. Whaddaya think? You buy a mag for peanuts and you get a load of monkey drivel. 3. Bo-roog-oh! 4. A bit of jaundice methinks. 5. No. They obviously haven't seen Thunderhawk. 6.
Jaz
2. Will Sego'sSilpheedforthcomingVRbe foster than Storming? I have *seen Storwing and • played it. It beats the crop out of any SNES or
1. What is the crappiest game you hove ever played?
Dear Jaz
To my brother Andrew - keep your mitts off my Sega!
JAZ: 1. No. 2. Binky the Cat went up the garden path. 3. When they finish the arcade game I should wager. At the moment they're working on Streetfighter II: Trombone Edition, the sequel to Streetfighter II: Hypedighting which gives each character special musical instrument moves with which to wreak death and destruction on your opponent._ ntually, yes.
4 Why is Balrog yellow on theMegadrive version?
2. If so, will this give the Megadrive Mode 7 and better quality sound?
3. What do you think of it? I think it's Darrenexcellent!Conley, Eston, MiddlesbroughJAZ:1Notat the moment. 2. ks unlikely. 3. Nob. can you answer my guess about games for the $°drive?FatalFury any good? Who will Sonic 3 have in ii apart from Sonic, Tails, and Dr 3.Robotnik?WillLiverpool in Europe come out for the Megodrive?
I buy your mog every month, and it's Thomasbrill. Craze, Red ruth JAZ:l. Not really. 2. Hammy Hamster, Fanny the Rat GP the Guinea Pig. 3. No.
5. In Mega they claim the Mega CD does not hove scaling or ro tional hardware. Is this true?
I'm bored - so do write a letter to Brains, aski a few questions to be answered.
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3. When will Copcom stop bringing us versions of SFII and start on 4.SFIII?Will Sego use fluid animation in games like SOR III, thut have been used in Delphine games like JamesFlashback?Roberts, Worthing, Sussex
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answer these questions for me.
JAZ:l. Streelfighter II looks as though it'll be the first. So put out the flags and play a big trombone in readiness for the 41Miteal day. 2. Mortal Kombat
E49.99. Streetfighter II hasn't got a price yet - but I reckon it'll be pretty expensive. More info when I have it. 3. Let's hope not, eh? 4. Watch this
After seeing you on Games World and spotting you were sporting a skill Neath top, I decided I would hove to write in with a few questions.1.Any
ment after seeing the screen2.shots?Ina crappy publication (Mega Action) it is stated shot SFII only has 16 colours on screen. Is this 3.true?Ifyes, why don't these use the maximum 64 colour pollens?
1. Are *more any plans to release Vendetta on the Megadrive?
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JAZ:l. A games designer designs games - where everything goes, how it works, where hidden bonuses are, time limits, score... absolutely everything. 2. Silpheed is slightly slower than Starwing, but has far more polygons and is technically much better. 3. Possibly. 4. You must be bored-.
Philip Bell, Pylon, Tyne and Wear JAZ:1. I can't quite remember Its name - it was something like Roboboll. It doesn't really matter - I reviewed it when I was working on on old Commodore 64 magazine called ZZAP! 64 and gave it 2%. It was utter crap. 2. PGA
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on the Megc-CD is such a disgrace, Andrew and Claire Dixon have seen fit to remind us all of the level select for the superior After Burner II. On the START/ OPTIONS screen press and hold the A, B and C buttons then press START to access this
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It's summertime and still there are those of us spending time indoors, puzzling over the next move in some game or another! Still Ws no less foolish than sitting on doorsteps, trying to catch a bit of sun in the pouring rain and getting soaked instead! There's been a Flashback frenzy this month and a wildly animated response to Konamrs classic Tiny Toons, in both cases this has presented us with loads of useful pasuodes and tips. We've even a tip for the menaced The tips are so good at the moment that there's only your weird 'alternative' suggestions to separate their quality and earn the prizes! Keep them coming to: PM SO WEIRD I NEED £150 WORTH OF SOFTWARE JUST TO SURVIVE!, TIPS SECTION, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON. EC1R 3AU.
Flashback to feel left out, Simon Shan to feel like he's wasted his World on Megadrive HTDC Level 3: CLLD Level 4: U3KG Level 5: XDDJ Level 6: FXLC Level 7: KIFB Level 9: EIFLX Level 10: BRTD Level 11: IFBB Level 12: 110 14: 1
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byaiv tley Crue. By listening to lo 6 on the sound test and e ng A, C, A, B then START is now possible to advance levels by pressing B nd UP once the is started.
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David Haslom has on American copy of Battletoads for his Megadrivebut his discoveries should work on the British version too. The first is a trick that warps the toads from level three to level five. After killing the rats and the Space Invaders guide the toads onto the Jet Turbo. On the fifth section along there is a warp zone, marked out by white dots. Haslam's second tip is a reminder that all ravens in level two ore sources of 1-UPs when kicked enough. Finally it is possible to ride the dragons in level one, using them to attack with fireballs as well as fly.
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cheat for the Forever Man is used, ing the undead-dude to t nning of the Elemental Zon ith all weapons and spells. This is achieved by taking Chakon to the platform above the *portal in PRACTICE MODE and having him create a passage s II.
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last month's issue, Henrik dstrup has discovered s cret option screen! Pause the me whilst playing in Arcadede. By pressing C, 8, 8, C, C, A, C, B the secret options screen appear.,!
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Stephen May has this to finalise the Flashback discoveries for this month. By entering PIXEL as the code this makes all the enemies disappear.AMIN
MEW HIE TIPS FATALFURY111111111r-. c.v. ra:Kcon.:RE-gto t.4 111J I clog , • • Though lt fun playing as your favou m in Euro Club eccer,lidevohmohdloHluaPdnanavilluSsemaJtahttaerg611way to ploy as Brazilian or even Argentinean teams — if only to have them lose! James says that, by entering the password screen in simulation mode and simply typing the alphabet followed by the numbers 1 to 9, Argentina or Brazil ore at your beck and call. This only losts for the duration of one match. 111 For unlimited continues on Fatal Fury, press and hold UP on the 0-pod and press A, B and C simultaneously on the continue screen. The cheat awards an extra continue each time it is used but only nine are displayed on screen. Cheers to Owen McCarthy and Ryan Lynch for that. 0 iI 1 1
every one of these people has completed Flashback on its hardest difficulty setting and sent in the level codes to prove Where were you in all this excitement, eh!?
Hall of Fame: MK Astill, Graham Bennett, Tom Blond, Napoleon Boneporte, John Borromeo, Lee Browne, Peter Chetwynd, Stephen Childs, Gareth Crabb, S Crane, Paul Croll, James Digby, Bruce Edwards, Andrew Flood, Neil Foster, Ray Franklin, Atif Ghaffar, Steve Hall, Neil Handbaker, S Harris, Christian Hill, Colin Hounsame, Richard Howse, Stephen King, Gory Kings, Steven Leek, Darren Page, Stephen O'Shea, Gary Peck, Christopher Leach, 'Little and Large', Ben •Jammin' Maguire, Cohn McDonald, Lee Conrad Morris, David North, Noun and Stu, Steve Preston, Lee Stephen Redman, Peter Richards, Phil Riozzi, Steve R, Ian Ronald, David Rose, Michael Rowlands, Wesley Sallis, Simon Seymour, Martin Smith, Nick Smitherom, Brian Stopford, Anthony Ward, Dominic Williams, Stephen Wren, Allan Wright. Phewl
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This is on excellent cheat for Megalomania on the Megodrive from Alan Patten, Merseyside. It allows players to retain the amount of men on on island whilst increasing the amount of men that ore co nod over to the next. This is all achieved by selecting as many men as possible from the man pool, placing them on an island then quickly decreasing the number of people on the island back to ze Its spowny, but it works!
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Brian Doyle supplied us with this list of Rood Rash II codes that give access to oll levels with the Wild Thing bike.
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Sometimes the best tip amounts to nothing more thon an all-out cheat! This is Neil Ingoe's way of thinking, at least and he's provided winning solution to all matches in NH1PA '93. a team to play at their home ground. to the scoreboard the controller into PORT 2. 'Change Goalie' the oppositions keepers are listed here. no keeper for the opposition. (yuk, yukl) to the scoreboard. controller back into PORT game and stuff the opposition!
Brian also draws our attention to the similarity of the codes. Fascinating.
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and loved' this month, isn't it! Well there's a perfectly good excuse for running this one ot least, as Rambo III is now available for just El 9.991 Stuart Kidmore sent us this set of instructions for extra lives, arrows and bombs found in level three. At the end of the level, destroy the wall then ignore it. Guide Rambo to the right of the screen and then bring him down to take out the knife-man in the bush. By killing him 26 times (I) Rambo earns 99 arrows, bombs and nine lives not to mention loads of points
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The combined efforts of James Hale and Kevin Tysdall have recalled these Spiderman cheats. Unfortunately they require a second controller Anyhow, first of all move Spiderman next to the word LEVEL then press and hold the START button on controller Now press and hold A. B and C on controller 1. With these buttons depressed, push UP/ RIGHT on controller 1 ond three exclomation marks appear to the right of the word level. Upon starting the game more web is obtained by pressing A and life provided by pressing B when the game is paused. C allows five seconds of invincibility. Kevin also added that a level skip is possible in conjunction with this — pressing A, B and C together when the game is pousedl However be careful that this isn't used in the caverns as it sets off the bomb and finishes tho gornei
Goodorikey and oil that! This Speedball It clones positively Jurassic/ However Borne McBride has token his trowel and unearthed this cheat to reveal four new teams — Mexico, Germany, Canada and France. It is achieved by pausing the game on the Team Select screen then pressing B, B C, 8, B then C. There is the sound of a bell which
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1: PHQK, DLDL, LLWG, DDLD, LIT( YRWB, LDLD, LLQK, LDDL, DDTZ EXTRA A: PJWQ, WDLL, LIQW, KLDL, LDDG EXTRA B: VNQQ, WLDD, DLQW, KDDL, DLDG
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DIZQ 2 EXTRA: BQWQ, WWWQ, BOWW, QWQQ, GDPO 3: IDQQ, QQQQ, QDWW, WQWQ, YLTD 4: YIQQ, QQQQ, QD0Q, 000W, BLDG 5: KGWQ, WWWW, QGQW, WQQQ, QDRP Stage DPQW,7:WWWQ, WKWQ, 00WC), WGRY The 'EXTRA's referred to are the levels requiring a revisit when Gogo Dodo is topping his foot. Andrew Gallagher is the top geezer who supplied the most complete list of codes however this is a list of other, hord-working contributors: Adam Bewes, Andrew Clark, D Cassidy, Dominic Cavanagh, Ion Harper, Andrew HickirL1 n, Stuart Lee, Adorn Nemenyi, Tuarach, Paul Wickens (sorry dn't use your mops) scoot 1 006342;0P.40•4440)dlti,0e••••••0 -..,••• -•••••••••11 HIDDENTii i 4: MEP 'MP • ...WNW Tare-playerthetheWorldWORLDOPILLUSIONofIllusionfortheMegadriveisn'tdifficultbutit'sincredibleallsame!RichardGillinghamhassavedusallthetroubleofcompilingfulllistofpasscodesforalltheamozingstages.game:Level2:KofS,KofH,QofS,KofCLevel3:KofD,QofS,KofH,QofHLevel4:KofC,QofS.KofD,QofHLevel5:Kof5,KofC,KofD,QofHO..-playerDonald:Level2:KofS,KofD,KofC,QofSLevel3;KofC,KofH,QofH,KofSLevel4:QofH,KofD,KofH,KofSLevel5:KofS,KofH,KofC,KofDOne-playerMickey:Level2:KofC,QofH,KofH,KofDLevel3:KofH.KofS,KofD,QofSLevel4:QofH,KofD,KofS,KofCLevel5:KofD,KofC,KofH,KofS
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game, we've token the best hints from all of the letters received and banged them all together. Just as Flashback promoted such a massive response there's a mini, Tiny Toons Hallof-Fame to follow:
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You could probobly bet on Leigh Evans of Cardiff and Sean Kennedy of Northampton having very sore forefingers and thumbs at the moment. There are two possible explanations:
111111111.111.•••• • MASTEROFDARKNESS A ThankfullyWRESTLER1MANIAThistipwhichallowsplayerstowineverytime,withoutfail,issuppliedbyDavidAndersonfromWiltshire.Itmightseemcock,butitworksnonetheless,Bylur-ingyourcharacter'soppo-nentoutoftheringeachtimeandleadinghimto4thebottom,centreofthescreenitispossibletodrop-kicktheguyintosubmissionthennipbockintotheringbeforetherefereecountsyoubothout.Withtheopponentstilloutoftheringthisguaranteesaninstantwin!Segohovehiddenawayasecretoptionsscreeninthiscool,creepygameandTangTarapdarhaswrittenintotellusaboutit, ai Once the Master of Darkness logo is on screen, press UP and buttons I w and H together. The options screen contains a level select, a choice for invincibility, a sound test and the option of increasing the amount of starting credits. Greot or what! By the way, Jason Edwards sussed th s • one too. • TINYBOYTeddyBoyDavidWilliams has this to offer for Teddy Boy on the Master • System: After losing all credits and the Game Over tune is playing,repeatedly press UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT until a continue screen • appears. Needless to soy this gives you continues._ dohl •••••• AndrewROADAVENGERRichardsmakesus sound like a Generol Hospital with his reference to the MEAN MACHINES staff. So you might say that he's ovided the cure for any Rood Avenger depression any Mega-CD ers ore suffering at present- Then again, you might not! On the screen push UP to select the options — not DOWN, otherwise it sserpyB!krowt'. the game at any time press A, A, A, A, B, A. Finally, to e whole game without having played it through, push A, A, , A, B. Cheers Andrew! Mystified Morderes r! so much discovered a cheat for Sherlock Holmes, he's just blown the game all to heck for all thos who haven't solved all three cases yet. The culprits ore --- arid, remember you don't have to read this: Pierre ArreaulipTravisLorettaNolen IMP M hi SEGA 41
One: They sent in loads of passcodes for Lemmings that amount to these four, key ones: FUN = PFECXODY. TRICKY NBUIRDHO. TAXING = DHODZTHP. MAYHEM = WMZTHPFE, Two: Erm..,not enough room, sorry.
Chapter I Lester appears In large peel. Move: too .1. Up to avoid the tentacles. 2. Down to pull yourself out the pool. 41111r 3.- Walk right into next screen He eac•staters sense squidigy Haws I Stand still and use 8 to stamp on the enemies. 2. Watch out for squidgers dropping from the ceiling.2Continue right. 42 MM SEGA • • • • • • ** *** • •OOOOOOOOOO Chapter II Lester awakes imprisoned. 1. Swing left and right until the coge foils. 2. Bend down to pick up the guard's gun, 3. Run right for two screens and fire at guard. 4. Run halfway into next screen, wait until your friend passes, then stort making shields until 'friend' unlocks the doorSPITEVIRDA6EM•allitt cruel fate that led Lester Chaykla to his laboretoryl to do some particle experiments on a wet and windy night, and ends up with him dodging strange and feral creatures in 'Another World'. Never fear. Using the same principles that allow the crew to deal with a grumpy Lucy of a Monday morn, we've devised a foolproof guide to said alternate reality, with those tricky Lproblems unravelled. A la st (amps eat! 11.Run loft 2. Jump at None, Swing and run right. Two quill • lift... 1. Go down to the bottom. Make sure you are ahead of 'friend as you walk into the room. 2. Shoot immediately! Shoot the glowing line in the wall. 3. Travel up one level in the lift. Power up gun to blast door. Walk right and run up slope4. floorholeopens'Friend'aintheforyoutofallthroughAdark,scaryshaft:1.Rollleft,The first gas trap fires in cycles of ten. The second fires in cycles of two. 2. After dropping roll right. The next two traps fire in single pulses
S.toShootkill,Go right. Make shields on either side, and use the blast routine to kill enemies from both directions.
2.guordMake a forcefield at the doors and walk towards them. The guard rolls a grenade. Step back and the grenade rebounds on him
I OOOOOOO • • • • • • • • • • • • :Cha EV A/•••••••••••••Lester "pea pearl-dialog...•• Dive in go down and left, • replenish one's air supply. • 2. Down again and right. Jump • across the floor monsters to shoot • the power line. • 3. Return to the surface, stopping • • off for air. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • * ************
2. Run to the for right, beneath the hole in the ceiling. Keep making shields as you wait for rescue.
1. Go left and up the stairway, then right. Use the shield, blest and fire routine on another
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I. Walk right post the waterfoll with impunity. Blast the chandelier (this releases 'friend above).Make a shield at the base of the stairs, then blast the enemy's shield and fire.
4. Go down stoirs. Get roughed up a bit, Kick him in the gonads and dive for your gun.
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3. Run left immediately! There are three jumps to make. After the water raises you move right and blast through the thin wall
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2. Head right, jumping gaps, to blast a thin wall to the right. Where the bat is hanging from , the ceiling, shin up the stalactite and return left.
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3. Fire at the light-fitting to squash a guard. The right time is when his reflection in the nearest globe stops in the centre.
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Virtuality: the step Sega venture promises the second generation.
Prof.1967Ivan Sutherland of University of Carolina like moveable virtual objects.
that, where technology attempts to create a believable other world, be might • display it on a normal television or film screen (eg, Sego's Virtue Racing, The Lawnmower Man).
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ATM Ideally you should see, heor ond touch this false world by the aidofILcomputers, 'Virtual Reality' at 'I present is this alternate world dis-.9layed through a visual head-set with stereo sound, and controlled through a glove or trigger. srevoc'ytilautriV'mretrediwoh711IPMIk19.7Virtuol Reality has the thisMegadrivelVirtualityicsheadsets,sheetturethingtactmostmorebody-popping.crapsincetialETHEAD?CYBERPUNKomen-ORBUCK-tobethebiggestinnovationTelevision;orthebiggestfadsincebreakdcmcingorInfact,itsmuchlikelytobetheformer,sincepeoplethatcomeintocon-withVI(thinkitsthebestsinceslicedbreadThisfea-intendstobeafool'scrib-toVIZ.SolearntAboutcyberpunks,teledoldon-andSegoVR;thefirsthomesystem—fortheda—belaunchedyearIfyou'restandingwithabucketonyourheodplayingDactylNightmare,it'sprettyeasytorealiseyou'reinVirtualReality.However,findingawrittendefini-tionisharder.sinceVirtualityhasspawnedallsortsoffringethingsintherealmofvideoandfilm.Virtualityinvolvesthecreationofanolternatereality,bymanipu-lationofthefive4senses.
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Nice graphics are useless unless your control is responsive Two important features of the interlace is the delay between your movements in the real world, and the reaction in the virtual world. Feature two is the meu.iure of response; does the interface accurately reflect your
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frost are offecteu by the quality of the TVs, and definition is limited by the amount of pixels. As the headset has a tracking sensorfor your head movements, it octs as as port of the interface.
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ers. Saga's home VR uses the Megodrive's standard 16-bit processor, so multi-player games ore unlikely. A good engine will use detailed polygon graphics and fast update.
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The headset offers the sights and sound of the virtual world. The headset should consist of two separate LCD screens, showing slightly different pictures, the difference allowing you to see in 3D (stereoptics). Colour and con-
Spoof WW1 dogfight game with four bi-plones. The view is fuzzy, and the game not much fun.
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An arcade shot of Virtue Rating, not strictly a real virtual reality game, hid it doessuccessfully render a stunningly realistk virtual world.
FuturesportRAIDM&STERSplayedin a massive stadium where bouncing robots blast hell out each other.Simple gomeplay, but exciting while it lasts.
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The launch game, packed with the system. A frantic shoot 'em up set in a blasted waste, with enemy hovercraft and 'Nuclear Pirates'.
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Virtuality arcade games. The Sego VR headset is high quality, with good LCD screens and a decent speaker system. Unfortunately, it suffers from some of the drawbacks of Virtuality headsets "fuzziness" and initial double vision (owing to thethetwo screens).
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You won't know what's hit you as you dogfight the deadliest modern jet fighters and avoid everything the most sophisticated missile defence systems can throw at you!
This is the one you've been waiting for
Fly over an accurately mapped world and take out strategic ground targets in a flying game that just gets better and better.
Push your MegaDrive to the limits and take up the challenge of flying the world's hottest jet fighter!
Primary and Secondary targets over six real war zones across four levels of difficulty with a vast array of selectable cockpit and external views It figures that nothing will ever come close!
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Now, hundreds of hours of hair-raising air combat flying thrills are at your fingertips with the most realistic jet flight simulation ever produced for the MegaDrive by MicroProse
Numerous missions each with Get into the heat of the action!
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every 3D game has tried to balance the two requirements of a good driving game: sense of speed and sense of reality. Somehow one always seemed sacrificed for the other. You might make a fast arcade-style game that moves like a rocket, but do-has no landscape features or depth. On the other iagland, you might toil over a racing 'simulator' with tediously slow graphics that make it look like a Reliant Robin with the choke out too long.
It seems that these considerations preyed on the programmers of Domark's new Formula One game like many previous racing games, they have recreated the course layouts of the Grand Prix circuit accurately. Qualifying laps, tyres and pit-slops are, as
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'on, which utilises a s me, with a course m two-player mode, th *fled horizontally, toremaining screen or provide a view for bo players. This option is only available in championship mode. An inter), esting variation is the option to race directly, against the Megadrive, which occupies the second port of the screen. The split-screen, moves slightly slower than full-screen roc- e ing, till very fast.
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A subtle twist to the rat is offered by Arcade m courses ore taken in ord Interlogos first. The objectsixeachlaprace is to pass a required number of cars. Succeed and you move to the next track, get a score, and face a greater quota of cars to pass.
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The Championship option is for racing across a succession of the wodd's most mil events of each year's Driver's Championship. On the construction screen you get to choose any number of the courses, in any order. You (and another player if selected) race for the Domark team against the familiar names of Prost (Williams), Schumacher (Benetton) and (Ferrari). A league table after each eve shown. The first five are awarded tctp
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One ChampionshipWorldisjust a brilliant racing game, wiping the floor with just about every other racing title on the Megadrive. The main feature is its speed. The incredible acceleration, coupled with the extremely smooth update is a stunning coup. Looking at the stills here you may not be convinced, but to play it is to understand exactly what the programmers were trying to achieve, and they succeeded. Thankfully, getting the basics right has been supported with a thoughtful approach to options, including a vital two-player mode, which retains all the excitement, if not all the speed of the solo option. What with ten save positions, four levels and even an arcade variaHon with scores, this cart has massive lasting value, and should become an instant classic amongst Megadrive racers.
Benny Mill gets a ifiseppeirdkrs MA placing on the grid. Not bed for a dead
You con save your progress in the Constructor's championship for a later dote This isn't an innovation, but Fl has a jaw-cracking 10 seperate positions for single and • Iwo-player saved games.
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guidette to four fave circuits: SAN MARINO real horror track. The bends ore as tight as a duck's behind, and there ore loads of gantries and obstructions.NTECARLOrofacourse.Do serious ge to the palm tree setting, nd enjoy the glorious tunnel section. Monaco demands constant attention.ESTORILodesigned
fast and utterly realistic 30 graphics, arcade and championship options, great sound, loads of tracks, fabulous presentation, four difficulty settings, loads of features, plenty of nice touches and marvellous, highly addictive gameplay drive this straight into pole position as the greatest Megadrive race game yet seen. It's brilliant fun and provides tons of long-terminterest both in the form of solo Grand ChampionshipPrixattempts and simultaneous two-player battles. If you're a racing fan and miss this, nominate yourself as nob of the year.
Fuji was featured in the original Pole Position. To its distinctive rounded curves are dad some steep gradients. t's nice to see Fuji again, so often passed over for Suzuka (which is a bit dull,if the truth be told).
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these preposterous curves? Estoril also has a magnificent straight, and a sneaky dan• er area before the lost bend.
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In this driving game, hitting a tree top speed is not fatal, thankfully. It does bring you to a dead stop, and wastes valuable seconds as your car is repositioned. Crashing into cars and some roadside obstacles sometimes results in a spectacular aerial launch. It is possible to recover om this event, but watch you don't blow your engine by revving in the air.
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gears — you can't change speed! Your futuristic car is fitted with advanced 'mono-velocity' technology, which means all you have to do is shoot. oil the enemy does is shoot bock. Your
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Striker is utterly
I'm gobs- , Thismocked.has to be one of the graphimos.gamesCDscrockiestinthecos-Thearestudouslybad,sortof
'cubist'. The sprites are total unrecognisable. But please, please believe me when I say the playability — the part youCAN'T see is TEN TIMES WORSE! The game is easier than Outrun 2019, a game so unchallenging Jeremy Beadle could complete it while carrying a tray of drinks (with bait hands). It's utterly crappily programmed, even Taito's previous Ninja Warriors, a digital horror looks good comparison. Taito are go to get a really bad name if more like this is to come.
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Mess obout on the water, by flying through a flotilla of killer sampons (?) These normally innocuous and serene ships give a speeding Night Striker a nasty headache. Then pass through a series of low bridges before taking on a dual dragon UnquestionablyTUNNELbossthehardest areas are the claustrophobix tunnel tones. Huge spheres roll down on top of the Night Strikers, which must then negotiate a series of sliding gotes with narrow gaps, The 'boss' is actually a series of running chicken thin that try and ram you. Murder mostLONG'fowl' TEEM
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The cityscape is a pile of random buildings, hiding heinous helicopter hordes. Your flightpoth follows the line of the highway, making targets of the terrorists killer cars.
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tection. At full power it sustains up to five hits, before your ship is vulnerable. Collision with plasma bolts, enemies and objects costs one shiel point. their
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Joe's really had enough of chosing villains, he'd 0, much rather sit in front of the TV and forget his Ninici past. Of course this isn't at all possible, for Joe's arch enemy, Neo Zeed, is back from the grave! Having been severely done in at the sword and shuriken of Joe in Zeed's previous bid for World domination, this evil character is understandably sore
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It is the player's duty to exoct Joe's revenge as he tracks the villain down in his desperation to return the power-supply in time for the weekend omnibus edition Joe hos some new tricks up his sleeve to make the going easier .However, there ore seven areas standing between Joe and the final confrontation with Zeed himself. Only with his Ninja magic is Joe assured any chance of success!
One night, whilst watching Far•Eastenders, Joe is suddenly left storing into an empty blackness. Zeed has cut the powerlines! Zeed is obviously throwing down the gauntlet. Joe accepts!
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knack for hitting on that alltoo-elusive special ingredient — atmosphere. Joe Mushashi's character development has now reached a stage where he is the most complete, serious action character I can think of. The wide array of moves available to him make his control superb. If only the situations set before him in this latest venture were more taxing. As impressive and innovative as the power-ski and horse-riding sections are, the gameplay involved is quite basic when compared to the care required for success in Revenge of Shinobi. Joe's wall-hanging technique is made good use of, but the
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Being one of those fortunate people who live their entire lives out of a dentist's chair, Joe envelopes himself in a shield of electricity that ought to ploy havoc with his fillings — only, he doesn't hove any!
For all Joe's fantastic, wall scaling abilities, there's no denying the Fushin magic's benefits. This magic lasts for the duration of a level and affords Joe the ability to jump supernaturally high into the
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MUIN: At the cost of a life, Joe explodes and hopefully takes his enemy out with him. Foolish, perhaps, but then Joe returns to fight again whereas his enemy does not. Obviously this powerful mantra is best reserved for emergencies
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III was reviewed in MEAN MACHINES Issue 5, so why on earth would we want to review it again? The answer is that Sego were so dissatisfied with the criticism the game received in its original form that they pulled it back for a major rethink and now hope that the version seen here is much better. PRESENTATIONTheSWIMISsetcoursesxofalengthystoryandplomeoofanematx-strie.kungluactionTheimagespresentedbetweenIndsareimps-are100SOUNDATheoKosher°workshislimomagiconcemoreonthesoundtracks.AlloftheinadentalePlectssuchassteeleinemiawl.are%mord'Vthesampledspeechisraggedi.ShinueuPhgraph-icsoreofaveryhighstandard.Imaginativespritesanddepthtothebodtgroundsmakethegameexcitingtoundch.VTheanimationislodedimpling.PLAYABILITYAJetrsafunkychor-es-Wstorowtniihis Librilliant Some of his o(htersofies are 'goody asgroovyVUnfo* undmost ()lifetim e doesn'thueuptoMshighsitiandorilk. j intrigue.lackingoctet,featuresaggnikoolatreAleftpredecessorhonechallenge.presentsruttyLASTABILITYOnashordeltdaft•settingthegumsadill,VThoughthisdoesn'ttherepealeddrawingpowerofis(onseguentlyitmaygetondoeshelfoncecompletedOVERALLgasuperbcentralcbutthegameisslightlyinoriginalityandSHADOW—.641 DANCINt.,. Joe impresses with his fancy handwork as he walks with his hands whilst dangling from high places. This is a skill that Joe perfects for the final stages of his mission. WALL-TO-WALL SCARPERING: Norrow fissures ore overcome as Joe springs from wall to wall, defencealsomuchswordhisDEFENCE:DEJA-11U?Thoughthisslowsprogress,Joe'suseofhisasashieldpreventsunnecessarydamage.Helooksamazinglycoolinhisstances. ',111;J:111 8292
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The most important precept of all is that nothing is certain. Good's victory over evil is not a forgone conclusion. As the deity of goodness, , it's your job in Populous II to ensure that you win, by crushing your opposition Your followers ore devoted and will die for you in bottle. There may be no need for that if you ore a god of the big league — you can bring down fire, brimstone and calamity on your enemy, while your people prosper. Prepare for a bottle across 1000 worlds.
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S o you're a Manichaeist? Well, you are if you playPopulous II. Manichaeism is an ancient religion, based around the prophets Manichoe and Zoroastrian. Its a simple ?philosophy — the universe is a balance of two forces, good and evil. Both forces are in constant battle, using the physical elements and the spiritual souls of creation to dominate each other.
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Each level opulous II is a deographical jumble of land resting on water. T op in the top left shows the extent of eoch level, and the initial do show your hardy first settlers. Usually the enemy is some diston way. The worlds have varying land types that influence play: ride land allows fast growth, whereas on barren worlds people
like PGA 2 to PGA — lust tweakings and extra features, but the tweakings make it a much better game. There are double the amount of levels than in the original; the graphics are clearer; and the disasters are more interesting. In Populous, you could use every disaster at the start of the game, which meant there was nothing new to discover. In Populous II you start with only one disaster power, and learn more as you customise your god. The only area where little improvement has been made Is the sound, which is still poor. Although Populous is a little eclipsed by Mega-La-Mania, I'm still well pleased with this assailant update.
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Developing your people is only half the story. You hove a duty to annihilate the enemy, and Mono is your means of doing it. As our followers grow in number, irshhiiiiithey each provide you steady supply of power, or Mona This Mono is fumes Into disasters by you. and visited upon the enemy. On each world there are certain disasters allowed, certain prohibited. Disasters fall into four elemental categories. Heres a selectionof the twenty odd disasters. Ayoung t frolics gaily in lassibollows. Aohl You customise your god os you win levels. Depending on the sca your victory, you ore awarded a number of experience points These ore placed inpne of the six disaster categories described later. IllpJ give your go f a name and may alter his physical representation password is Olven so you con develop your chosen deity. MEDADAIVEREVIEW itt 1::11;3000 o'riTrf311 • Eklo
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The pillar erupts within a selected area, and travels randomly. It wastes cultivated land, destroys settlements and burns alive anyone it encounters.
I remember 1.buying the firstPopulousgamemanymoonsagoontheAmigaandfondlyrecall , that first day PlcravdI it — it was brilliant. However, by day two I'd completely gone off the game. Why? The gameplay was lust too repetitive — you did the same things on each level and I got bored. Quickly. However, Populous II goes a long way to making up for the original game. Although the basic klea of each level is exactly the same, there's plenty more in the way of variety with the player having to work his way up with experience points to glean and extra disasters to make use of. The computer player starts off as a bit of a thick°, but a few levels in Ws a lot tougher, making play a lot more enjoyable. As Gus says, Mega-Lo-Mankr is a tad better. However, If you really enjoyed the original game, you'll go bananas over this one.
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A flurry comes from the landand presently his dear friend Dr Watson bursts in clutching the late edition of the Times, concern and excitement etched on his podgy face. Like on eoger child he approaches the reclined figure of the World's greatest living detective. "There's something in the Times I think you should read. Holmes". 'Murder, Watson?" inquires Holmes. Once again he is delving into London's murky underworld, his genius alone capable of salving three macabre crimes.
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Anyone with vital informaZ tioffers it in a dramatised reconstruction, using real actors shown in Full Motion Video. Diagrams and illustrations also appear. Beneath the window is a range of controls, allowing you to repeat the sequences, end it, rewind and forward it.
E vening descends uponVictorian London, as the sky lies flat, like a patient etherised upon a table. Above the cobbled thoroughfare of Baker Street a marl sits in the restrained luxury of his drawing room, smoking his pipe and watching intently as carriages pass by ond the lamplighter carefully kindles the gas of each iron standard. It is Sherlock Holmes, meditating in the halflight, waiting.
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London's most respected journal, The Times is a vital source of clues. A selection of dotes are available, holding stacks of data. Only a fraction of this is any use, so you'll need to scan through the editions with a *ham eye.
The Notebook is a list of friends and professionals who provide information for each case. Most specialise in an area. For example Henry Ellis is a foreign journalist, H.R Murray is a Chemist. Known as the Baker St regulars, their expertise has on important bearing on your investigations.
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You assemble a case by visiting locations in London. These ore listed in two different tomes:
All of the important people and places of the capital ore listed alphabetically. Only a fraction ore relevant to the case. Check out names your hear mentioned in here. You may move prominent contacts from the Directory to your AfterNotebook.picking the location from either books, click on the carriage icon to go there. Alternatively send the 'Baker Si Irregulars' (friendly urchins) to case the joint, or check your files for additional information.
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The bonus round in Mortal Kombat generally involves the breakage of certain materials, ranging from sad soft wood through stone, steel, ruby ond finally diamond, Tapping merrily away on the A and C buttons works up the concentration of your character with the START button bringing down she powerful blow. Generous lashings of bonus points are on offer for successfully bashing the hell out of the lifeless materials.
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BACKGROUND:Kano's shadowy secret is bership of the notorious Black Drogon cult. He fights for material reward, and is totally unscrupulous.
Well, the Acclaim hype machine really built this one up, proclaiming it the ultimate combat game, beating Street Fighter II into a cocked hat. But, I'm pretty sure that seacept and execution, if not in graphics, MI is by far the superior game. However, I do take my hat off to Probe Software for handing in an coin-op conversion that's literally arcade perfect. The graphics and sound are superb, perfectly mirroring the impressive coin-op's. The digitised sprites and sounds are great and the animation on each of the players is just superb. The gameplay, though identical to the coin-op's, just isn't up to scratch. There's little variety in the way each character plays (apart from the special moves) and the computer opponents are very thick. A single combination of moves is adequate to floor lust about any opponent on any of the difficulty levels. Very sloppy indeed. It took Jaz around two minutes of play to unearth that very serious fault in the gameplay and it works consistently on the majority of opponents making a mockery of solo play. I've played Megadrive Street Fighter II, and it's just as close a conversion as Mortal Kombat is. Take your choice: if you're an MK fan, get this. If, like me, you prefer Street Fighter II save your cash for the forthcoming Capcom
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In the finol two matches you pit your wits against the two most dreaded opponents in the game! First off you fight the mighty fourarmed half-dragon character, Goro, capable of all monner of fist-related tomfoolery with his hondy extra limbs. Defeat this master of combat and you're pined against the evil terror that is Shang Isung. This intriguing geezer is capable of firing off his own special brand of fireball and has the stunning ability to shapeshift into any of the game's charociers and use their special moves! ,of
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On some bouts your blows take the opponent right to the edge of their endurance, but normal blows are not deemed enough to end the fight. 'Finish Him' is intoned from on high, which is your cue to invoke each character's death blow. This is a spectacualr finishing move that gives you a massive bonus, and often leaves a gory mess where your opponent stood_ Expect fireball breaths, decopitations and hearts being ripped out of chests.
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lar to their arcade counterparts and the animation is very good indeed. Sound too is lust about arcade perfect. So what more could you ask for? Well, let me tell you. The game falls short on playability. When you punch someone it simply doesn't feel like you're making contact. The controls are slow and unaccurate and consequently you can't do quickfire combo moves. Another problem is the lack of challenge. On the highest difficulty level most of the opponents can be easily beaten by jumping over their range move and doing a mid air kick, and It doesn't take long to suss out tactics for the ones that can't. Its a flaw in the gameplay that simply can't be ignored. Apparently you could do something very similar in the coin-op, but that's no excuse. Don't get me wrong Mortal Kombot isn't bad, but it could have been a lot
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7 PLAYERSCONTROL: JOY PAD CONTINUES: UNLIMITED L SKILL LEVELS: I RESPONSIVENESS: AWFUL GAME DIFFICULTY;EASY -as ISOCSYADTS1fI lA1,SIP.1 MEGADRIVEREVIEW General Chaos is an concept treated lot Megodtive by the makers• Rampage and Xenophobe,. Select your soldier by movies along the irons with the D-Psd and Pressing C. Move the D otoutodPad the bottle held to whom you want your troops and prell B. Preis A to fire all outvotes. UOSSEVOM111:C111HCNUPERIFA BLOCIAPKII3 SMOOCH Guide your soldiers into bottle and light pour way through the molly lotels to couture the enemy's capital city. , 74 JIM SEGA L ct s face it, when life is just a gigantic pain in theposterior, when your woman has left you ond taken the kids and the dog with her (you loved that dog so much) when you're an oozing mass of acne!" and there's just nothing much to live for, you can't beat a good war to cheer you up. It's a lithe known fact that Genghis Khan proceeded to demolish the known civilised world after his doctor recommended two table spoons of cod liver oil daily, plenty of exercise and a good war to cure a bad dose gout Their muscles aching from so runny sports games, Electronic Arts hove now opted for this car toon wor game to relieve their tensions. General Chaos, the Moronican commander and General Havoc, the hood of the Vicerion forces battle for glory, lands and their fair shore of plundering and pillaging. Their soldiers are each masters of their particular weapons and in five-man squads or twoman commando teams, must fight the good fightand wi
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WhenrI first saw General Chaos I was delighted — lovely cartoony graphics, heaps of options and loads of enemies to blast into kingdom come. But then I started to play and found it was a real waste of what should have been a topper game. The controls are awful — why oh why couldn't you move all your men simply by highlighting the one you want and moving them? instead, you have the ridiculous process of highlighting your man then moving the cursor to where you want him to go, clicking again and waiting for him to shuffle over there. The close combat was a good idea as well but the humorous touch of having the loser shooting the near-winner happens far to often (at least half the time) so it ends up being pointless and utterly infuriating! When you finally get the hang of the controls it's not bad in two-player (although it does get a bit samey) but in one-player the game's very dull. In four-player it finally comes into its own — everyone's a commando, so it's easy to handle and really good fun. But on the whole, it's a poorly executed waste of a good idea.
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two soldiers from opposing squads get too close to each other to use weapons, a cloud of dust flies up and hand-to-hand combat ensues. All other action on the field stops while the guys get down on it. However, if the one who's losing gets fed up (which is frequently) he just pulls out a revolver and shoots the near-victor,
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The person who thought upGeneral Chaos had an excellent idea. Ther 's nothing else resemblin , actionn war game c the Megadrive, and if it had been implemented well, it could have been a classic. But it wasn't and it isn't. The cocky control system singlehandedly ruins General Chaos. For a long time you don't know what the hell's going on — your men are in disarray and the cursor is wobblingabout with far too much inertia on it. Even when you've grasped the basics, your troops never react fast enough and you constantly feel your grip on the game is slight indeed. Also, some 'humorous' touches conspire to make the game pointless. The worst example is hand-to-hand combat, where your skills are made pointless by the enemy pulling out a gun. That 'feature' really disgusted me, as any plank can see it only spoils the game. Despite nice graphics and the multi-player options, General Chaos annoys me too much to go near
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Long ago the people were contented; leaves rustled in the breeze; lambs gambolled in the field and people went to work in natural fibres But on Rayon there was a popular blood sport — sheep hunting The craze became massively popular, and soon the species was extinct, No more wool. Then come the centuries of misery polyester shirts, nylon Yfronts (with brown piping l and welly boots. It's all the people had left to Thewear!aggressive citizens of Rayon were so desperate for something soft against the skin that they sent their forces — the 'Woolies' to conquer other planets and plunder their yarn. Enter Bubsy, the super-hero of superstitch, who would rather be knitted into a toilet-roll cover than let the Woolies succeed. Aid him in his battle, over 16 varied levels.
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The Megodrive is now getting used to a healthy number of soccer sims, and here we go again with Ultimate Soccer, looking to go one up on its predecessors. It comes with oil the options and flexibility that ore part and parcel of any sim these days. There are more countries than probably exist from which to choose, knockout tournament, a league for the dedicated enthusiast and a penalty shoot out for that intense adrenalin rush! As you would expect of such a sports sim this has a two-player option, but this con stretch to on eight player thanks to the all-new Sega Tap. For the ultimate soccer success, developing those dribbling, passing and shooting skills is a must. For the all-round flash Harry, expressions of virtuosity can be seen with the occasional bicycle kick and diving header. But at the end of the day, it's the score that matters and not the fancy footwork, which means that British teams manage to lose out in all departments! Don't worry though, some programmer out there is sure to hove a 'Frustrated Footy Hooligan' sim in the pipeline!
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er option available in Ultimate car is either six- or 11-0-side. Six-aside doesn't mean there's more space on the pitch for players to run around, it is in fact on indoor competition. Anyone who's played indoor soccer knows that there aren't any throw-ins as such because players can actually make use a the walls to get cunning rebounds. It is :also good for developing foster passing reactions because the smaller pitch means finding space becomes a priority.
the greatest tests of any sports sim is the ability to include options to the point of absurdity: 'Hoff-time oranges option, 'Bearded players' option, — you get the messoge. Ultimate soccer is no let down in this department. Options range from the choice of tournament, league or friendly, speed settings, weather settings, back pass rule or nay, extra time, penalty shoot out and so on. Unfortunately, a lot of them on Ultimate Soccer appear to be pretty useless.
If you're a lonely soul it's Super Kick Off for sure. If it's four-player action you're after, check out the more intelligent and challenging .1 League. If you can amass eight players and fancy regular football orgies, Ultimate Soccer is definitely the game you want. wit
the pig skin for the sheer variety of choice of international sides, be it Angola or Argentina, the USA or the UEA. Each team has a rating based on speed, strength and agility with the top sides like Germany, Brazil, Italy and England (oheml) coming out on top. As a player improves, this naturally means they start to choose from the noff teams to indulge in a spot of giant killing. The difference in standards between the best and the worst teams is not as marked as it could be, but if England can get beaten 2-0 by the USA, it's probably just as well!
soccersoccergomes feature a limited two-player mode, Not so Ultimate Soccer Just like the recently reviewed J League Soccer, this game is fully compatible with the Sega Top allowing for multiplayer football festsl J Leogue had excellent fourplayer matches, but Ultimate Soccer goes one better with awesome EIGHT player matches (by using two Sega Taps!). In these multi-player games, you're able to choose which footballer you wont to be — unlike the one- and two-player modes.
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There'sno point slamming the she - •hie door when the horse has already legged it, goalie! Ultimate Soccer is a gamethat promises a great deal ei but ultimately fails to deliv-er. There ore loads of teams (even though their skill differences aren't really clear enough). There are loads of brilliant options including a change in speed, several league modes and different pitch angles. However, I found the controls very confusing and the lack of a player select extremely annoying. It's awful as well the way the pitch seems to roll in waves as players move across it like ship-wreckedmariners! Ultimate Soccer's chance of salvation comes in the multi-player mode — it's a real riot with two Sega Taps and eight players! So what's it to be then eh? Super Kick Off, .1 LeagueSoccer or Ultimate Soccer?
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use of the Penalty Shoot-Out mode. You can soled the team you wish to use for your penalty-related antics and even set it up for up for one- or twoplayer tomfoolery. A very useful option indeed.
remains unavailable in this game is the chance to argue your way out of a yellow or red card. The referees are particulorly sensitive to any malicious behaviour and don't think twice about sending a player off. The strange thing is that there ore plenty of players falling over each other off the ball who escape such severe judgement. It's also odd how the ref manages to discern a nasty foul from a one because they all look more or less the same. At least it moons there ore plenty of opportunities for heated ref abuse and pointless bickering in multi-player mode.
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As is traditional with platform games, Rock Knight Adventures comes with its fair share power-ups, Apples replace one heart of Sporkster's life gouge and banonos replace half of it, There are also plenty of red diamonds to collect for points ond 1-UPs are well huntingworthdown.
One animal in porticular that benefits from all this excess magical energy is an Opossum named Sporkster who, as it turns Out, is a most unlikely hero! His tale of bravery begins when one of the distinguished Sorcerers, donning the title Dark Lord tui iis the Pig Star against his associates, killing-off most of them and plunging the word into a terrible Dark Age!
Komato is the one sorcerer to survive this cataclysm and promptly amasses on elite army, known as the Rocket Knights, which he employs to fight bock at Dark lord. Sporkster is orphanedin the woke of the disaster and so is taken onboard by a Rocket Knight named Mifune Sangelo who trains the young 'Possum into a useful fighter. It isn't long before Mifune loses his life in bottle, leaving Sporkster to avenge not only the death of his parents but his mentor as well!
The fairy-tole land of Elhorn, on the other hund, is rife with animals that possess human-like qualities. This is all due to the land's history of advanced civilisation and a mysterious group known as the Seven Great Sorcerers. This bond of magi created the Pig Star -- a computer satellite used to control Elhorn's weather — and the Forbidden Fire the limitless energy system that provides for all of Elhorn's inhabitants
We've been waiting ages for this, Konami's most incred looking game to ate! Now that it's here players hove the opportunity of seeing forming!thishisSparksterthatgetsrevengeinmostintenseofplat-shoot'emups! Sparkster's grasp. He also happily rebounds to himself this
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Knight Adventures is a bit of a criminal in that deportment, I'm afraid. But if you go straight for the hardest setting you'll feel better for it. Apart from that criticism, the response on the controls is faster and smoother than most, the graphics and animation are so professional it's suspicious, the sounds so cool all you can do is nod - basically the whole thing really smokes! As far as platforms go this is better than the pair I'm wearing...and that's saying something!!
without sacrificing the allimportant gameplay. The large amount of fresh ideas are bound to keep the player in suspense right throughto the final battle with Dark Lord himself. I sat transfixed throughout the whole game anticipated the quality of this game, but I certainly didn't expect such a sensory overload! I'm still buzzing about it now! I thought I'd seen everything that the Megadrive is capable of. I was wrong. Rocket Knight Adventures propels your machine into your face! So long as the more advanced players remember to play the game on the harder difficulty setting Rocket Knight Adventures is and shall remain a classic for quite some time!
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TheSWORDPLAYgaugeinthetoprightcomer of the screen does more than power up Sporkster's rocket booster. It also acts as a power up for his sword attack, By hitting button A our fluffy hero performs a revolving sword attack which protects from all sides. Being a knight, Sparkster's regular attack involves some fancy sword* work, but because Elhorn is a land of magic the sword also gives off o searing fire which kills enemies standing a few feet away. "wr:0,11.001"tllI'07" unt ovq,p109.Le '', , "relamtsNne,',Mot,r,,'14' •mt,, 40, golp"10 1 .4 , 1"re 110 pSi4.4.1660014•114404110•00.1104104kiakku011%0144diAdk„,p„Itnow'woi,,0040did•,4dt44116101PatiletOmdIVO;2112% 10...014111~4Wiribh 71--,00,0•4:\;44fVLi*:(1N/4)D71.70•64'011111,41'lacidaNniIiII..m10'11111 i.11•0 011•1 A01,,11•04,,1A (s AIMPochFromIntimpenEt•tiefittesttotea*sum! REPO I:3 El El J.11 MM1111111111i gomooloni Nimml• • lem Im Ion lool. —A11111111111 -A -A •••A -A A Soso pp ow so my tio kit tikes Spoin dins it amidin on nOm12110•111:Er-.102T-10 GRAPHICS A AetiponsiseatifroisAcutetouches.withommationgrophicsandTheimaginoliondandyoftheissuperb.TheissmoothpaperyofcameAIMpteniteboasandbongsahoy!ThenogtalkiesawayandcoddlyNosoolosioowiththeand(winningly91''RESENTATION*Themoosandtitlestoryoreentertainiag•••••._Mollysettingssashametheresirtotwo,ployeropiateIMABILITYLASTABILIThereoreplemyollevelswilrdiemourageyoutoemploynewsirdlsvAbittooeasy,optpallyOneasymodefunnilyeseughiOVERALL••••••1AbeautifullycraftedpieceofMegodrivesoftwarewithiusttherightbalanceofactionandadventuretosatisfyallneeds.SOUND 91)
Caught up in the latest attack on the ocean bed is Ecco the Dolphin - o powerful young ocean singer who, as fate would have it, survives the vortex. However, he is now totally alone, his pod of friends viciously abducted.
Its down to you, as Ecco, to search the oceons in search of your pod, to seek out clues and track down the mysterious vortex. It is on arduous iourney - an enormous quest that lakes you from Eccors home to the north pole, the open ocean, the lost city of AtIontis and even more strangely, the mysterious home planet of the aliens controlling the murderous vortex.Doyou have the power and the intelligence to take Ecco through the most dangerous journey of his life?
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bottlenose dolphin, Ecco is one of the most agile, speedy creatures in the ocean. Pressing button C pumps up his speed, whilst B launches Ecco forward at great velocity, which enables him to attack the socially challenged members of the undersea community. Button A sends out his song, which enables him to communicate with other intelligent marine life. Holding this button down brings up a sonar picture of the surroundings, enabling our marine hero to get his bearings.
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Not only does Slap Fight took, sound and feel like the coin-op but the original mode retains a cheat from the arcade machine too! Here's how it works: Begin the game as usual, however don't move the ship or touch any buttons. After a few seconds the ship is token out by a solitary missile. Now, as the Slap Fighter into bottle once more it has full, homingmissile
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A new development team made up of program-mers from the Konami vaults looks like being good news for Megadrive owners. Treasure is the name of this team and they are set to make a big impression with their first release, Gunstar Heroes.Ascrolling shoot 'em up for two players, Gunstar Heroes is the tale of two sassy young men carrying weapons into the domain of a mad, bad public enemy. Nothing new in the scenario, but the games levels are split into a variety of submissions, each with a distinctive playstyle. There are ground-based areas, underground caves to be traversed on a skateboard and a sequence requiring you to scale a giant airship. There's also lots of power-up weaponry. Each Gunstar selects a weapon type at the start of the game, but can combine this with another type later on, for all sorts of curious effects.
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The screenshots here tell their own story about how polished the game looks; very much in the ultra-slick, Japanese mode of Konami games, and featuring tons of graphic effects and surprises. The most remarkable features of the game ore the bosses. There's more of them you could possibly shake a stick at, and some are quite unprecede for the Megadrive.
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stock of Sego baseball games out of late but EA's Super Baseball 2020 for the Megadrive is a futuristic game with a difference where you can choose men, women or even robots to champion your teams.The 16-meg cart is a conversion of the Neo-Geo arcade hit and includes 12 teams in two leagues each with 16 unique players. Each team has its hard hitters, goodly fielders and fast runners. There are cash prizes for good performances which ore used to buy powerups for the pitchers or batters. But watch your step because a bad show reduces the prize Areasmoney.oftheinfield and outfield are covered by a special armoured glass so
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But, os we all know, when life is looking rosy, something inevitably goes horribly wrong. And sure enough, one day a brick comes flying rough the Rocks' window inscribed with a ransom note threatening to waste Chuck unless his missus coughs up loads of wongo. Enter sixmonth-old Chuck Junior who, armed only with some Farley's rusks (and a big, bad mutho of a club) prepares to rescue his dad from the clutch ofel his biggest business rival -- Brick Jagger in Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck Rock.
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This new Megadrive platform jaunt (which is also coming out on all other Sego formats, including CD) features six different levels, each split into different zones and including mind. bending sub-gornes_ The player bashes dinosaurs, monkeys, flame-thrower wielding robots, killer flies and that's just before break There are puzzles to solve, blocks to boot about, monsters to ride and baby bottles to collect, As you con see from the screenshots, the graphics ore looking pretty corking with some gorgeous backdrops and humungous sprites. We'll fill you in on the gameploy in a full review next month.
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But it's very rare to get away with such a heinous crime scot-free as the greedy Sordini family found to their chagrin when they wasted their dear Uncle Guy in this new Megodrive game from EA.
The wicked clan may have scooped itself wads of dosh and four palatial mansions but Vito, Flo and kids Tony and Mimi hove also got themselves a permonent uninvited house-guest — yup, Guy, who's a touch racked off about his withtheirdant-witsofthefright-itemspossessnaturalgetsphantom,sion.'Polterguy'.tobackdemise,untimelyhascomefromthegravebecomeHismis-revenge!Asafully-fledgedtheplayertousehissuper-powerstoover400toscorewickedfamilyouttheirnot-to-abun-andoutofhomes.WatchFloloseherwigwhenGuyfreaksheroutachainsowandwitnessVitolosehistrousersatfindingabody in his 110 boot. There's also a Zombie-ize feature which takes over a family member and spooks the others out of thePolterguyhouse. only has a limited supply of the vital ectoplasm that powers his scare tactics and must occosionolly return to the netherworld to replenish his EdobeastsHowever,supplies. are out to spoil the spooky spectre's fun, so watch out. Designed by the creators of Cyberball and HauntingRomport, Starring Polterguy is packed into a 16meg cart and so for is looking fob but tune into next month's issue of MEAN MACHINES SEGA for the full chilling run-down.
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The red booted egg's quest in this Megadrive cartoon odventure is to rescue his eggess (Daisy) from the evil Wizord Zoks' castle in the clouds and turn all his chums into cute and fwuffy creatures again, back from the fiends that Zak has made them, The player rooms around the massive kingdom, solving puzzles, chatting to strangers and tangling with baddies (but never killing anything because that just wouldn't be cricket, old bean).
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444855.MEGADRIVE. boxed, 2 ioypads. 8 games. Sonic 2, EA Hockey 2. Streets of Rage 2, Desert Strike. Thunderlorce 4, Tazmarna, etc. plus 49 mags C220 ono Tel. 071.586 4130
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SEGA GAME GEAR with adaptor. Master Gear Super Monaco GP 1&2. Columns Wonderboy and G.Loc E145 ono. Tel (0235) 526026. PIES. 11 games, robot, 2 joypads, advantage joystick, Lynx, 1 car adaptor, case, 2 games, The Lynx games are new Tel 071-483 2550
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AMSTRAD CPC 464 computer with colour monitor, also with adaptor. 5-star joystick, plastic Covers plus 60 games' will sell the lot tor E99 ono Tel 108681 252678 ,alter 4pm. The computer is in exoellent condition, you won't had a better bargain NES, with 2 control pads and advantage, light gun. 9 games. including Mario I ,2&3. all boxed with instructions. £200. Tel. 107071 074315, PC ENGINE for sale. 8 games. Including Formation Soccer. Motoroader and R•Type. slow motion rapid fire pad, £100 Tel Michael on 10538) 304595
UK MEGA-CO tor sale. with Sega Arcade Collection, Cobra. Commando. Sol•Feaoa and Road Avenger, sell for £225 ono, also swap Megadnve (UK) with star control. Sonic 2 Ecco, Lemmings, 3 controllers, toe SNES vinM 2 games le Mario World. Pilotwings. Ter (0303) 893153.
MEGADRIVE plus Streets of Rage 2, WWF arid Sonic, brilliant condition, plus 2 pads £100 Tel (0727) 874150. (St. Albans, Hertsh AMIGA 5004 colour monitor. 35 games. x-copy, blanks. loystick, mouse. leads. £280 °veil. Alan 520 ST FM, res drive. mouse, games. pro. copy. £130 ovno, Alan 2nd Wire £40 ovno, Alan SM 124 monitor. £50 own°. Star LC2410 printer. £100 ovn0, Epsom LX 400 printer, E75 ovno, avgc. Tel. (0322) 223766. buyer must MEGADRIVEcollect with Super Kick. Oft and Streets of Rage 2 and Jap convertor plus loads of Sega 'nags. books, videos., all this for Only £120 (must collect). Tel. (0484) 538694. ask tor Glyn illirdclerslieel). PS Will swap for Super SNESNintendoFOR SALE with 14 games. also included is an &Scope and AR games. includes S Fighei 2, Ranma I. SM.Kart, Contra 4, Zelda 3, P.Wings. S Tennis and Turtles 4, everything is boxed, sell tor £450. first come, first served. Tel. Edward on 84,0355212281after56prn.UKMEGADRIVE. boxed as new, with 2 control pads, including 7 games: John MaddenSpeedball,4orcederfThun93,
SALE with 3 games including Mario 3 and zapper gun. as new £85. also SNES Zelda III Ion sale £20. Tel Tom on (0733) 557546, before 9pm. PC ENGINE Core Grafic tor sale with 4 games. including PC Kid lb. all as new £110. Tel. Tom on (0733) 557546. also old Mean Machines tor sale. issues 2. 6. and 9-24 Cl 80 each. all as new ATARI LYNX 1 for sale, with large carry case. adaptor and 6 games, including APB, New. Warriors and Golf, everything boxed as new £155. Tel. Tom on (0733) 557546, NES 6 games 4-score, 2 joypads. joystick magazines. cleaning kit for E185 ono Tel 07601 338790. atter 6prn and ask lot Coin Areirew, or swap for SPIES and 1 or 2 games, 2 controllers, any game(s) prof Street Fighter 2. SEGA GAME GEAR. Sonic, Oil Run, Europa, Super Monaco GP II games £25 the lot Tel, 061-902 1526, daytime only and ask tor Pete. AMIGA 500 plus Cartoon Classic Pack for sale (1.5Mb), still wrapped-up and boxed (never used). unwanted present. over E400 of software, mouse, joystick, shop price over E500. see tor C200-C250, great bargain, Tel. Guy on 071733 IAEGADRIVE,1323 toypad, ac adaptor. RF-switch. Sonic 1&2. Road Rash, Golden Axe, Slanotx 2. Quackshol. NHL '93, good condition, E210 Tel Simon on 081 993 1650
Scott on (04831715709, alter fiprn. also Master Systm with 7 games and 2 controllers (1 control pad), worth £190. will sell tor £90 (Woking. Surrey) MEGADNIVE with 12 games. inc. Sonic 2, Shinota for £350 or 11 games tor iPale CD and gameis) Tel 10787) 224055
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MASTER SYSTEM N includes Sonic, pius Asters and lontsiones. 2 pads. 6 months old, all boxed, like new £70. Tel. 102021 603879
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IAEGADRIVE (UK). 3 months old. sell boxed, includes 1 loypad and 4 brilliant games. also includes Japanese convertor plus a Megadrere Cheat Book. worth at least E270, sell for £135. Ter Abdul on 081-640 8049, for a definite bargain.SNESPALSCART with 12 games, 3 joypads (1 auto), super scope games inc. Street Fighter II. Mario Kart. Mario 4. Contra III, Rival Turf. Exhaust Heat, al tor £350 Tel Nice on (0276) 24236. plus JaplUSA MEGADRIVEconvertor FOR SALE. good condition. 7 games, JM 92. Sonic 2. Robocod, etc. 23 joyeads. cheat book. only £225 lel. Tim on 10703) 115210.
Hegadrive games like, Chakan, Aquatic Games, Krusty's. Preighter, Toeiam & Earl, Arcus, Odyssey. James Pond II, Shadow Dancer ,Ecco arid more tor E15-E20. Tel. Mike On (07881891 440. all in good BARGAINconditionJapanese Sega Megadrive with Eswal and Golden Axe, 2 boxed and breed new, Quick sale at £80. Tel Dave on 061-339 9770
Smash TV, 12 Arcade, WWF, Splatterhouse 2. Two-C• Cedes, £27 each. brilliant condition Tel Gary on (0494)
2, Team USA Basketball and more, all in excellent condition, sell tor E200 Tel. David on (0686) 412778, after eipm.
JAP MEGADRIVE for sale with 2 top joypads.sticks, also 8 games inc Sonic 1&2, Shinobi and Streets oh Rage t, all for £250 ono. Tel Joe on (0938) 810205, alter 4pm No post delivery. preferably someone in TEDDYWales BOY. Quartet. no instructions. arid Mains adaptor tor Game Gear all for CIO, Wonderboy in Monstertand £15. Indiana Jones CIO, Sonic 2 for Garne Gear C15 Tel. Tony Tsang on 041-634 8287, between 9 30-11.30pm. Monday & Wednesday evenings only GAME GEAR psu, Master Gear, Sonic. Sonic 2, Columns. Devilish, Prince of Persia, Chuck Rock, Super Space Invaders, Alien 3 Terminator, worth over £300. all boxed with instructions. bargain at el 70 Tel Cambridge (0223) 880705. alter SNES7pmWITH SF II for sale, only £95 one also Megadnve with 3 games only £95 ono Tel (0392) 438513, ask for Helen. AMSTRAD CPC 6128. nearly 50 games. 3 joysticks. TV and radio tuner and monitor, sell for C175. Tel. games476pacts,MEGADRIVE(0494)672426.with2controltaws5games,onlymonthsold(130ono,Tel081-1424MEGADRIVEtorsale.with8£200all88%andabove-Worldof'Simeon.Mickey&Donald,SuperOffRoad.Lemmings.Sonic.Populous.WonderboyinMonsterWorld,F22Interceptor.EAHockey,2joypads,carrycase.goodcondition.Tel.(0702)467438.MEGADRIVEGAMESlorsale,allUK.gamesincludeSORII,Krusty'sFunhouse,andWorldofIllusion,willsellforbetweenCI0-C30,dependingongame.CallRichardon(0222)371515fordetailsAllgamesboxedandinexcellentcondition.MEGADRIVEtorsale,boxedwith6*ernesincludingSonic2,DesertStrike.Lemmingsandotherswith2joyeadsworth£350.selltorE225ono.Tel021-7730832.GAMEGEAR,mainsadaptor,carrycaseand6games,includingSonic.Sonic2.GlobalGladiators,OlympicGold.ShinobiandColumns.worthover£240,selltor£140.allboxedwithinstructions,ilinterestedcontactLewisonStevenage(0438)359135MEGADRIVEand6games,allboxedandinstructions.EuroClub.Soccer.etc.carryingcase,2controlpads.TerLouiseon(0277)208004
EA Hockey. Road Rash, Rob. Sonic I, Action Replay Pro, 2 joypads, I propact. Master System convertor, all boxed and 35 'nags, posters, cover. gifts worth over E360, will sell tor £200. a bargain. Tel. (0483) 770840, alter 5prn.
ATARI LYNX 2 plus 2 games. ac adaptor and carry bag £70 Tel, Ben on (0245) 400112, after 6pim UK MEGADRIVE. 4 games.
SYSTEM II plus 1 pad and 6 games mint cordition. E70 ono. Tel. Kevin on 081-347 8616. or leave
FOR SALE. Super Kick-Olt 1MDj. brand new, worth £45, sell tor £30 Tel. 109921
AMIGA 500, IMeg upgrade, TV modulator. 1 joystick. 2 manuals 10 games. including Final Fight, Dragons Lae, Paperboy. Falcon and brilliant art program. everything in mint condition, absolute bargain at £200. Tel Chris on 081-578 3624.
UKQuickly.MEGADR1VE with Sonic the HeckJehog. 1 joypart. 6 months old, great condition, £85 ono. Tel. 10239) 71 SEGA0366.GAME GEAR to( sale. with 4 great games, also Master Gear worth £270, sell lor £100. Tel. Daniel on (0 MASTER78365160)7
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LOADS OF ATARI ST games !or sale linclutfing Monkey Island and SF SOB II and Sonic II (Megadnve) mill swap. Tel (08321 735207. AMIGA FOR SALE. or will part exchange tar Super NES games, 1Meg upgrade joystick. mouse, and over 70 games, inc. kick-Off 2. Lemmings 2. PGA Tour Golf and many more, for offers and details, contact: Simon on 105251 861721.
PSS 150 YAMAHA keyboard, complete well box and instructions. £40 or swap tor Lemmings, SOB II or any good MD game. Wnte to: L. Davies, 74 Devon Road. Frankley, Birmingham 845 ONP SEGA MENACER tor sale. nearly row, hardly used. extremely good condition. 6game cart included, E35 Tel 038-17281, after 6.30pm
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GAMEBOY games tot sale £12 each, Super Kick•011. Marioland. Choplitter 11, Battle. Toads, GoGo Tank. Terminator II, Double Dragon II. Blades of Steel and Side Pocket, all as new Tel Tom on (0733)
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ATARI LYNX for sale with xenophobe, worth E115. sell tor £70, if interested. phone
PC ENGINE wee 8 games, £100 also 4 player adaptor with I pad. C30.Tel. Char on 10825) MEGADRIVE.762288,mint condition, all boxed plus 2 toypads and Thunder Force di Alasia Dragoon. Sonic. Tel. Barclay on GAMEBOY104251475073.torsale. WWF 2, 'fetes and GB Hoister, excellent condition, £55 ono, also Megadrive games for sale, JM '92 £14. Bulls vs. lakers E23, Mores CI 1, Toraam and Earl £12, WWF Wrestlemania E22, Wrestle War £14. Tel. Kevin on (02691 593950. SUPER MONACO 2 tor Game Gear C17 with manual Tel. Paul on (0752) 338034. alter 5Pre•
.Super Wiestlernania tor Megadrive tor your Alien 3. Moonwalker. Budokan or Road Rash II, possibly consider other games or sell for £30 Contact Sion on (0248) 722305. weekdays alter 5prn or weekends. anytime.
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MEGADRIVE GAMES lor sale, all boxed oath rostractions,1 have Streets of Rage I & II, Desert Strike, EA Hockey, PGA Tour Golf, Road Rash 2 and Sonic 2. all games undo( E25. 1 interested. contact Brian on (0232)838101
WANTED: Mega-CO with Final Fight and Night Trap, willing to play between C1501200. Phone (0738) 36169. alter 5prn
AMERICAN SUPER NES Scan only. 8 games, inciuding Stenos, Street Fighter 2 games edam'. 2 control pads. sell lot E350. no cheques Tel (0252) 511030, after 6pm.
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LOOK I AM SELLING a Commodore Vic 20 complete with keyboard database, book joystick and over 13 games, worth over E120, sell tor £65 or swap lot Commodore 64. Tel. 5234071-635orwrite to r,CoopeJerry1Beechelene. Carlton Grove, Acorn Estate, London SE15 MEGADRIVE211H. 2 pads and 18 games for sale worth Over E700.sell tor E475. including Ecco Sonic, Strider, Desert Strike. Megia-lo-Mania, Street of Rage Tel 071-277 0240
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I WILL SWAP Megadrove for SNES. I have 8 decent games, eg Sonic 1&2, Streets of Rage 182, Road Rash II. Tazmania. etc. SNES must have 5 games.6, preferably SE II, Mario Kart Tiny Toon& all offers Tel Phil on (0242) 621429, efts( 7prn
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BEST BUY PC Engine handheld with 2 games oncuchng PC. Kid II. mains adaptor, boxed, excellent condition worth £300, will sea lor E180 ono Tel Simon on (0702) 295458. after 5pte
MEGADRIVE for sate (Jap), 6 amazing games Sonic, J. Madden '92. MM & DO. World of Illusion. Streets of Rage Wrestle Wars and Ouackshot, 1 turbop joypad and 1 normal joypad, vgc. all boxed. sell lor E250 ono. Tel Richard on (0646) 682581
SUPER PRO FIGHTERS tor sale, E230, real time saver cards only E30, dual UGH £270 Write to. Simon Chan, 55 Dickson Street, Widnes, Cheshire WAR 6NX or phone 051.424 0216
The Pen Pal Club for garners , membesi300OverFree swap serivce, tips & cheats, help & more plus Join now and enter our free comp lo win loadsa prizes' For details send sae to. S. White, 28 Churchfierld, Ware Herts SG12 OED.
Chuck Rock MD tor Super Kock-Oft or VVWF Wreseemania, Tel. (0642) 821192 (Middiesbrough).AFRICAN CAMIAAL I will swap my MS with 12 games. phaser, s.stick and pad for your MD with 3 games, (80'16.) or for your SNES with 2 games 180%41. Tel.Henty on (0279) 812811, with details MS is box edl HI THERE! MS owners, how about Sonic I for either Golf, Simpson or Out Run, than call Leigh on (024A) 811926, allow SWAP3prn.
GAME GEARSonic. Outrun, Europa. Super Monaco GP II games, swap for shooting games, except G-Loc. Halley Wars. Tel 061-902 1526, ask tor Pete.
SEGA MEGADRIVE games, all types old or new, please send lists to W Ennis, 181 HS Haademmenttog. 105 LB Amsterdam. Netherlands, Tel. 020-684•8425, alter 5prn. please state postage arid packing price as well WANTED: Megadrive games. Gameboy. SNES games, bought for cash. Tel. (07451 334965, alter 6prn. please OH Have you got any unwanted Marvel on DC comics, new or old and in good condition? Wee, contact Tristram on (0734) 772229. or write to. 5 The Green, Woosehill, Wolunghant Berkshire RG11 9PG, prices to be NE0confirmed,GEOwanted, with 1 game and 2 controllers, will pay £200E250. depending on game Tel (0939) 210361 HELP. I'm looking forinvade(sSpace90'. on import lot the Megadrete, if you have a copy in good condition, and with the booklet. Ill pay between E25E30 for it II you've got it. please call me on 10768) 899773. after 6pm
e.200? does quick money making interest you Send a sae to: G. Lowe 139 Conway Avenue, Great Wakering, Essex SS3 OBH
Raster'. My Hero, Bonanza Bros, or Space Harrier on the Master System? Then seed an sae weivaeS521,linKilPtoTerrace, Edinburgh, Scotland E815 280. Don't lust sit there. NEVER MIND the cacti' 'Ultima' has stacks of Tips. Pen Pals, Reviews, Swaps, Fee! SAE to AJH. 33 Central Avenue. Spoke, Liverpool 124 3XG.
SUPER PRO FIGHTER (SNES) £285. Wild Card (2,2) (SNES) E205 both machines come with guarantee. power Supply and 25 games over E1000, end out more Tel 081749 7962, some MO games also for sale 'Slop Press* FM Towns and 31)0 information available.
antetotmostlySteel,SuperSuperFORcondition.(05394)worthAlonegames.GAMEBOYDistrict)excellentEMenacerSonicMEGADRIVE535799.uptowantedRobocod,PORSCHES!109081679706Justkidding£22DecapC28,alsoGameGenie,willpayF_30.Tel.Chrison(0494)weekdays5-9pm.forsale,with2,LemmingsaridworthE230,accepti25.Tel.(05394)36609,condition(lakeforsale,with5Hanoland.Home2.etc.withcarrycase.E170.acceptE75.Tel36609,excellentSALE,GameboywithKick-011.Dragon'sLair,Matioland2.BladesofWWF2andTotes,boxed,worth£190sell(110T01.(0634)666055.5pm.
2,SonicwantedSennaGP,Road Rash 2. Lotus Turbo, Challenge. Lemmings, also of hers considered (all above English attest Tel. Ryan on (0483) 417996, evenings (Surrey SWAParea). boxed Super NES with Mardworld plus boxed Propad with Action Pro Replay adaptor arid extra 8 games, includes Mario Kart SI2, Note/mg,Contras. Joe A Meek. I want Neo-Geo with 3 games Tel. Ricky on 071-925 0140 or home 081-368 7486
SWAP your Megadrive with 12 game lot my Master System with 7 games Tel, (0440) 706015. ask for Ross. SWAP Streets col Rage II ion Sunset Riders or Wrestlernania for 2 CAude Dudes. Tel (0239) 613782. ask for Gareth MEGADRIVE GAMES swap, 10 games (quality). any games considered Tel 10436) 76788, ask for /*Wait Jap games also SWAPwelcomemy
FIGHTER FOR SALE, gift from holiday, £230 Write to Simon Chan. 55 Dickson Street. Widnes, Cheshire WA8 6NX or prime 051-424 0216
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Amiga 500 with joystick, MOU5e. many games tor Megadrive cot will see for E225 Tel Paresh on 081-426
PC ENGINE with 9 great games, including Gracious, Salamander Outrun, Space Hamer. Power Drift, Chase HO and New Zealand Story. fully boxed and in excellent condition, only £200 ono. Contact Andy on 051-339 9566
SEGA872077MEGADRIVE, 6 top 10 games. 2 formes. only 2 months E180 ono, it interested. call David on 10222) 766969
I WILL SWAP Mickey on the Gametioy for any Megadrive or Gametoy games. Contact Victoria on (0507) 527244
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MEGARIVE GAMES for swap. Dragons Fury. Gynoug. Megalomania, Captain America.
LOOK111Megadrive games for sale, inc. Revenge of Shinobi and Super Monaco GP both 94% also Master System games Inc. Vigilante and Super Tennis, picas vary from E6E10 Tat Joe on 081 960 0536. after Sore everyday FOR SALE Mogadnve games European Club Soccer. World ol Illusion. Castle of Illusion, Eswat, WWF, flack Tracy £20 eace, all boxed with instructions Tel ()442)
SWAP my Megadrive in perfect condition (boxed) with b great games. including Hockey and Streets of Rage 2 ton SNES with 2 games, or I will sell lot E175. Tel_ Tom on 071624 7166. after 60m. weekdays SUPER NINTENDO with 12 games. 3 joypads. convertor and magazines. tor Mega-CD with 10 games or Neo-Geo with 45, all on excellent condition, games include Startox and Top Gear Contact John on (0225)873301 (Avon SWAParea).
FM LOOKING for a pen friend aged 11 12 oath a Megadrive. Write to: Tim. 4 Addington Road, Woodford, Northants NN14 4ES
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OVER 210 TIPS tot Megadnve. Master System and Game Gear I also Action Replay and Game Germ) codes) 50p per 3 tips Send sae to: Greystones, High Heworth Lane, Felling. Galeshead, Tyne and Wear NE10 eXD No Cheats? Money back'IMPORTANT!
ATARI LYNX for sale. complete with 4 games and carry case E80 ono (boxed), Tel Ryan on 407841432394.
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MEGADRIVE. 4 games. all EA. eg. Desert Strike. Madden '92. vgc. worth over £260. sell for E125 ono Tel 081-876 6795.
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