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•brI ',is& Thank goodness • we won't have to see turkeys again for the next year — there's just no way you can take a creature seriously when all it does is gobble all day. This is Lucy here by the way, Rich has locked himself in a cupboard with a new project for the last month and steadfastly refuses to come out. So it's up to me to tell you what I'm sure you already know — MEAN MACHINES is going to start the new year as it means to go on — giving you an unsurpossable standard of excellence in all things Sega. I hove the feeling there ore going to be some big changes on the games front this year what with the possible emergence of the Saturn and maybe even some really decent games for the Mega-CDI Either way if its there we'll be covering it — bigger, better and before anyone else,LUCY HICKMAN

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Already promising to be the biggest game of '94 is Mortal Kombat 2 and naturally enough, MEAN MACHINES SEGA brings you first details of a game where fighting's the name but death is a distinct possibility in oil manner of intruiging' ways. Probe Software (programmers of the Megadrive prequel) ore already working on the Mega-CD version which should be the first to hit the streets, as well as the Megadrive version which will follow fairly shortly afterwards.

freak who kept popping up in Mortal 1 and also the old boss Shang Tsung, complete with his ability to change his shape at will.

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Sonya and Kano have been given the boot and have been replaced by even tougher ﬁghters such as Ekirakos, a grotesque monster with enormous WILLIAMS

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The ﬁrst title out of there is the Mega-CD version of Jurassic Pork, in which the progrommershaveactually Ilt tried theplexPorkJurassicIslatherecreatecompletelytoentireNublercom-whichplayercan room in complete 3D freedom, do battle with dinosaurs and manipulate Theobjects.action is displayed in fullmotion video and, being on CD, the sound is literally amazing.

teeth and arms made of swords — his delightful death move involves stabbing his victims with his razor-sharp arms and lifting them up until the the life drains from them.

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Then there's two attractive young ladies — Melina and Catina — one of whom finishes off her opponents with a kiss which promptly inflates them until they explode! Coro is supposedly dead, killed in the last episode but since on the title screen your faced with the message "Goro is dead. Or is her there's a fair chance he may make on appearance since the tournament includes a "mystery" Probeopponent.arehoping to render the graphics exactly from the arcade version (pictured here) so that their Sego conversions are carbon copies of the coin-op. Yet again all the characters ore digitised images of real people but this time the whole thing has been made in a proper film studio and the backgrounds ore digitised too as

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make them like they used to'A quick precis for those of you who weren't there the ﬁrst time around! Drop Zone is a clone of the old Defender type coin-op, Stargate, and was regarded as a class act when it ﬁrst hit the Commodore 64 bock in the early 80s. You control a spaceman patrolling lo, moon of Jupiter, looking for wondering scientists

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and power crystals. Out of the sky come marauding aliens who kidnap the scientists if you don't blast them out of the stars ﬁrst. Trillions of levels, loads of aliens, pyrotechnic effects — it's all very 80s, actually.

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Some of the funniest books around at the moment ore the wonderful scribblings of Terry Pratchett in his fabulous fantasy style Discworld novels. Well fans will be chuffed to hear that stars such as Rincewind and Twoﬂower (and possibly even Luggage) ore jumping onto the Mego-CD — courtesy ofThePsygnosis.actualdetails of the game ore being kept under wraps but with any luck characters such as Death ond Granny Weatherwax will be making an appearance to weave their wonderful magic. More details when we get them.

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have to do all that for him. You can't have failed to work out that it's very similar to • ght Trap, but this is one of ﬁrst Mega-CD titles to use Sego's Cinepok technique for a bigger fullmotion video window and a clearer picture (though it doesn't clear up the grainy picture effect completely).Fromwhatwe've seen, this looks much better than similar previous games, such as, for example, Night Trap. The characterisation is much better, the cornea* has more depth, and it plays much better. Hey wait a minute, this isn't the review you know. For that you've got to wait till next month, already.

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Sega have spored no expense for Double Switch on the Mega-CD. The starring role of "Eddie" in this Night Trap-style, full-motion video escapade, is played by none other than Haim.CoreyYouremember, him out of The lost Boys. d'youWhatmean you don't remember The Lost Boys? And then there's Deborah ex-DebbieHorry,Harry,ex-BlondieWhetd'youmeanyoudon'trememberBlondie?Andthenthere'sthemusic—

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When you complete one you move on to the next, via a sub-game which relates to the table's theme, so, on the Wild West table you have to recapture a runaway train and in the Ghost Town you stumble into a spooky shoot eh? Well, the bad news is that

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A footie and a tennis game are coming to the Megadrive this spring from Codemasters. Tennis All-Stars is a tennis game includes singles or doubles matches (with up to four players) and selection of court surfaces, as well as players who each hove a 'special move'. Also included is the Crazy Tennis option which features bonus power-ups and a 'guest appearance from a leading computer and video game character'. (Dizzy perhaps?)

Hurray! Those Micro Machines programmers from Codemasters have been busily beavering away at something new on Megadrive which looks reeeeally cool. Psycho Pinball is the name of the game, because... it's a pinball game, and it stars Psycho, 'a silver-plated armadillo with one hell of on attitude'. Obviously just having a ball to play with was considered a bit too passe.

By the time it hits the streets, World leogue Soccer will have token a year and a half of development time so that it can live up to the Codies' claim that it will be 'the best in soccer action'. Real teams, with players who have their own statistics and even their own special moves, have to keep filling the old onion bog until they get to the final of the World League Cup. All sounds a bit previous to us, but no doubt the boys will do well and prove us wrong when we see the finished item. NEW CAME BY CODE MASTER MEGADRIVE

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The one thing Mega-CD or, indeed, Megadrive owners don't have for their machines which Super NES chaps ond chapesses do is the brilliant Super Mario Kart (or something similar). Well now Core Design is looking to redress the balance stoning their successful character ever — Chuck TheRock.exact format of Chuck Racing has so for not evolved but from our sneak peak at some very early screens it'll include beautifully bright cartoony graphics with a very prehistoric theme to them The cars already designed are hilarious: really odd shapes and mostly mode of rock — you almost expect them to have square wheels! Gut feeling tells us that this one is going to be a biggie and you con guarantee well be the ﬁrst ones to let you know. Just one thing Core, how's about something similar for the Megadrive?!

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bing and ramming the other competitors on equally necessary Playedtactic.over ﬁve levels the pace is fast and furious as you bottle to complete a level in a top four position in order to progress into the next brutal round. Top positions bring prizes — piles of dosh which can be used to buy bigger bikes or get your present bike repaired. Each computer controlled opponents has a speciﬁc personality which all means bad news for you lot. lookin' good but we'll bring you the whole story very soon.

clubbing lapes awoit the lovable low-brow who can even use his primitive ape's brain to manufacture extra weapons and that, and he can even go shopping for magic spells, which is a bit of a surprise. Codemosters say it will be 'incredible' but then they say that about all their games, though sometimes it's true

Everybody loves dinosaurs these doys, except for Bignose the Caveman, of course. He's constantly being beset by prehistoriclizards in Codemosters Dino Basher, the comedy platform game which will be hitting your Game Gear and Master System (if you have either machine and choose to buy the game) in March. Four islands of monster-

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Ladies and ge en, evidence exists of further Sega full-motion video exploits coming to Mega-CD soon. Arriving at almost any minute now is Dracula Unleashed a horror mystery very much in the Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective mode — ie, it's set in Victorian London, populated by alien Cock-er-neeeez Also, it has the some kind of 'point ond click" interface, the some level of intrigue and mystery, and even better full-motion video, thanks of course, to the new FMV-image compaction technique, they coil YouCinepak.play American investigating the terrifying death of your

spin the bolls and every break off is unique. Sounds like good stuff but we'll get the ball rolling with a review as soon as we con.

Alreadyhimself. Park Place, the developers of John Madden, are busy working out all the details such as perspective and options for the game and so for few details have been unveiled, but this is a soccer sim which could be a corker when it hits the streets in March. Keep watching for further updates.

Man Utd and Welsh soccer hero, Ryan Giggs, one of the youngest and most talented strikers in the league at the moment (and olso the best pair of legs in the game — Lucy) is going to be immortalised on cart pretty soon after Acclaim snapped up the Megodrive footie licence endorsed by the boy wonder

brother in foggy London, and as the game progresses, it becomes apparent that a supernatural force is behind his death, and his name is in the title.

Dracula Unleashed has easily the best full-motion video yet seen, and what's more, the gameplay has much more depth and interaction than old Sherlock's adventures. In total, there's over a gigabyte of vampirical action burned on to two CDs, but don't worry, you parents and Mrs, because even though the game is being rated by Sego's certiﬁcation department, there's no gratuitous video scenes to turn you into a Satanist. BY VIRGIN

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Having got a tasty, and no doubt licsative little CD project under their belts in the form of the steamingly good shoot iem up lo Thunderhawk, Core Design are now moving 1111 onwards' and upwards and are spawning three all new Mega-CD blasting titles — Battle Corps, Skeleton Crew and Sou!star: Malice of the Myrkoids. Lucy Hickman rated up to the Core HQ in Derby to investigate. Sir

"You're eight light years from Earth on one of the misbegotten mining-moons of Mandlebrot's World, completely surrounded by the laser-loaded super-shielded, Insedar strike craft, piloted by blood-crazed biomorphs who make Hannibal Lector look about as dangerous as Bombi-." Fairly self explanatory that bit, time to start cocking one's

hunt down and massacre the evil cryogenics experimenter ond head of the Deadly Enforcement Aggressive Destruction Incorporated (DEAD Inc), Moribund Kodaver and his mutated spawns from hell, the Psychogenix who ore running riot around the Monstro City and generally killing everybody

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some engine as Thunderhawk (only, as Product Manager, Guy Miller insists, with improved everything) Battle Corps is viewed from a 3D ﬁrst person perspective and stars you as one of three super heroes — Jack Cutler, a man, Sharman Valdrosiam, a woman and Dice 'A' Jong, an alien of indeterminote sex. All three hove differing abilities to lake on the might of the Bic morphs -- huge metollic insects such as beetles, wasps jnd centipedes — over six tough levels. The heroes ore actually plugged into their craft which allows them to move at will and even rotate the head while shooting in another direction.

Unlike Thunderhawk, Battle Corps will include bucketloeds of variety and humour. Guy explained: 'There ore loods of different weapons to choose from and we've made the main computer sarcastic as welt — it really takes the piss. We've built in humoui as well as hard-edged hi-tech action to make it on experieme rather than a run of the mill shoot 'em up

"There ore no static screens at all — it's all animated and

Weighing in at a massive 5041bs, Joint wields Krash 'n' Burn Blaster, has a power level of three and a speed level of six. He was conceived as Ygor 9 in 2043 in the Russian Republik then biateknically enhanced and became on. of the infamous Karnage Kommandos. Lured by the promise of countless nu-dollars, he went to the US and was voluntarily

Armed with a Pulverax Plasma- , beam and with a power level of two and o speed level of eight, Spine was conceived as Marlon 7 in 2040 and due to his bristling aggression was soon put forward for BioTeknical enhancement ond seconded to the Anti Subversives Special Services. Redeﬁned in 2058, Krew,Skeletonthejoinedandasre-emergedMarlonSpine

ism of Thunderhawk there's lots more to it with different missions and aliens and a lot more str egy involved.' Looking extremely tasty so far, MEAN MACHINES will bring you a fuller report as and

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a Tri-blast Trosher — this girl is fast with a speed level of ten but a power level of only one. She was conceived as Barborella 27 and re-augmented as a Korpotate Joybim at the age of 16 then subsequently went AWOL After drifting for two years she was spotted by Spine, redeﬁned as Rib and immediately inducted into the Krew. JAY

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up with yet another space-based Mega-CD shoot 'em up entitled Souistar: Malice of The Myrkoids.

The CommandosCryo- hove been chasing these balmy beings for centuries so now they ve caught up with them they're going to make it worth their while which

The programmers also plan a more advanced weapon system, including droid-assisted guns and missiles if they have the space, pagesondownsequences.full-motion-videoandThefulllowwillsoonpopupthesehallowedsokeepthose eyes peeled with a potato peeler cos this is going to be a biggie.

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As mentioned last month this stars you as one of three crock CryoCommandos, you must choose to take one of three ships up to the distant star system, Soulstar, which the brilliant but completely nutty race the Myrkoids are frying to wipe out.

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everyone thought that nice Colonel Brown just limanufoctured toys for Santa to pick up On Christmas Eve and deliver to the boys and girls of the world, But no. Who knows what it was that twisted his mind, but twisted it was, and in the bowels of the Sterling Tower Toy Factory he toiled to complete his plans for town domination.

Football, football, football. You wait years for a football game to come out on the Megadrive and then millions appear all at once. Paul Glancey thought he was going off to Putney to look at yet surprise!wasone...ANOTHERbut,boy,heinfora

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Well, there's a football in Morko's Magic Football, but in reality this is more of a platform game. Marko has to get through six parts of the town, each of which is mode up of several sub-levels, to bust in on the Colonel's laboratory in the Sterling Toys factory and show him where to stick his genetic reactant slime. The football comes into it, because it's a magic football which hAarico can call up whenever he wants, and boot it at bad guys to get them out of the Andway.bad guys there ore in abundance. Mutated monsters, The Colonel's workers, and nasty locals who just don't like kids playing football on their patch. Marko earns points for footballing them out of the way, and gains bonus points for using his boll skills to kick rubbish off the pavement and into the nearest lifter bin. So there's a little environmental sub-strata to the gameplay as well,MARKO'STEAMAtthe

end of each level the Colonel rides in on one of these Mos Verney vehicles, Robotnik-stylo.

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The concept for Marko's was thought up two ond a half years ago by Dornork's big cheese, Mark Strachan. Without an ofﬁcial title it was dubbed •Mark's football Game until the programmers decided to name their little footbolling bloke Domatit'sMarko. pet programming house, The Kremlin, have been doing all the work until now, and Marko's learn of programmers, who call themselves The Cartoon Mavericks, ore currently putting the enishing touches to the gamepkiy, the bosses and the hidden bonuses, so that the game can be released on Megodrive March and on Mega-CD a little after that. Programming and game design is the work of — Warren Mills and Michael Carr, veteran coders both, who hod to take time out from the Marko protect to put together the Master System vers of James Bond 007 The Duel and Desert Strike.

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Jolyon Myers is the graphics designer, who, in between knocking out sprite frames tike thereerIctr tomorrow (over 250 on Marko himself!), has been utting together amusing intrq sequences which I u • rtunately wori nasty to make it past Sego's quality Thecontrol.Mavericks are looking forward to completing Marko on Mego-CD They plan to put extra intro sectoorKes ifdo the game (safe ones, though) and use the eight sample channels in the Mego-CD's PCM sound chip, but they admit that there probably won't be the scope for them to radically spruce up the-- gameplay from the cartridge gome.

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As the song goes, you're once...twice...three times a hedgehog. That's right, Seg's number one game character, cover star and supormodel due to hit tho Alogadrive in his third adventure, and sooner than 'you probably think! Gus an was invited to Sega's palatial headquarters for an indepth look at one of the malor games of '911.

On the other hand, Sego don't just use Sonic to sell mselves, they promote him as a star in his own right And that technique is working when you compare the popularity of both game characters. Even more ;moor. tantly, Sega seem to be putting more into Research and Development for their megostar, with newer and better Sonic games a regular feature in their release schedules. This year has seen Sonic CD, Sonic Chaos, Sonic Spinboll and the Sonic arcade game

C onic is now the undisputed video game star in the world. In ithe space of three years, the spiky blue character has •moved into the realms that only the likes of Mickey Mouse and er, Mr. Blobby inhabit. So what? Well, the very fact that Sonic has trumped his arch rival Mario is connected to the release of Sonic 3. Compare the two. Both are ﬂagships for their companies, but Nintendo use Mario as a brand. The sort of games he now appears in are as predictable in nature as they are dependable in quality.

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The plot for Sonic 3 revolves around Chaos emeralds (yet again), the nemesis, Dr. Robotnik. At the beginning of the game Sonic and Tails glide onto Angel Island on their boat plane, and straight into the island's native, a new character called Knuckles. Knuckles is unmissable in shocking pink, and although he's not bad at heart, Ibitetnikhas tricked him into thinking that Sonic is out to steal the Choos emer game, out to get Sonic, is match for

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Happily Sega hove reinstated him in Sonic 3, and he plays an oven more inﬂuential role than in Sonic 2 Like Sonic 2, you con control Tails on the one-player game just by picking up the joypod. But now, instead of just togging along for the ride, Toils can interact by picking up Sonic!

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The first three stages u an, accurate taster for the entire game, with The first level is set on a tropical island, o host of new fea- huge waterfalls and packed with foliage. tures appearing in forests, rivers, caverns and into the hollow the first few plays, take on abrupt turn when one of Robotnik's The screen becomes on inferno of explosions, and Sonic reappears in the midst of a

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You'll see from the screenshots that Sonic 3 hos a subtly different look to the previous Sonic games. The graphics look some whot chunkier than before, and the backdrops are a lot denser, with lots more folioge and scenery passing in the foreground. The sprites look bigger in relation to screen size than before. The most noticeable improvement is in Sonic's animation. His expressions, acrobatic body twists and acceleration ore more detailed and convincing than ever.

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Sonic 3 will be the most intriguing cart Sego have ever produced. The game as it stands ﬁlls 16 megabits of memory, consisting of twelve scenery stages and numerous acts. What may surprise you is the inclusion of a memory save, The coil has eight positions to store the last act of previous games. The back-up emphasises the size of the game — it's looking massive compared even to Sonic 2. The in-gome architecture is also new. The play area has also been expanded vertically, several screens h;aher than before.

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This electri a new • ition to the armoury. Not only is Son the power t release deadly sparks, but the etic ﬁeld a him attracts all the rings on scr pe as th ﬂow towards him.

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Players can opt for Time Attack trials over a single course, or o Grand Prix set over the best • The zoles are ao styled differently from those in tho main game.

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go realised the two-player mode was we received by Sonic 2 owners, ond they set o reﬁne and improve the idea. At the momer the two-player sub-game comes in six diffe ant parts, ond is a mad dash over ﬁve shor laps. The screen is again split horizontally, but there's none of the odd visual compression of Sonic 2, The smaller versions of Sonic, Tails or Knuo race across simple courses, sel to gain a few seconds on the I It's fast furious and not unlike Doshin' Desperodoes' gameplay (reviewed in this issue).

Instead of TV screens, the bonuses for So are sealed in computers, looking suspicious Apple Macintoshes, In any case, the TV has c ly got better, because a new array of weapons been unveiledl Sonic has three new powers that may retain as long as he isn't hit.

Sonic 3 has two special stages, as opposed to just one, and they like being brilliant. The ﬁrst recreates the 3D effect of the Sonic 2 s stage. This time Sonic is running on a 3D chequered sphere, with the pad used to spin through 90 degrees. He's searching out the blue sph and seeking to avoid the red, Finishing a level lwhich is very hord) rele a Chaos emerald. But where to ﬁnd the massive ring that marks the •ntrance to the level? Search on.

The bubble surrounds Sonic in a protective s but it's on elostic orb that may be ﬂattened at press of a button. Sonic may use it to crush one he wouldn't normally attack, a hi breathe u te ot tive.

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Robotnik, Primadonna that he is, insists on turning up in various extravagant boss guises, and those in Sonic 3 look like being the most dramatic yet_ At the end of the Angel Island level, you face o massive waterfall which Robotnik bursts through in his ﬂying twin cannon machine. Hydrocity's ﬁnale is a bizarre episode in a huge spin dryer. A four armed Robetnik rot central blade to create a di entatingri_so whirlpool. •s;1I Veld" Rasa& lin

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A sad bloke in our school thinks that Sonic was originally mode by Amstrad clod sold to Sego to be mode 100 time better. Also, the guy reckons Sega has sold the name Sonic to Amstrad. I hope this prat is talking bull; please, oh great one, reveal all. Before I go, I remember the thickie that sent the anonymous letter (which

dried powdered __•t oontFeverfew leaf in a hard capsule shell to maintain the potency of the planet. No additives of any kind are used in the manufacturing process and the plants are organically grown. They are pure and entirely natural. So with that out of the way, why not write in to YOB's mailbag. Like the preceding intro, any old crap will do, as long as it ﬁlls up the space. Send your ﬁne correspondence off to: HAPPY SACKS AND FUN BAGS MAKE THE WORLD GO ROUND MAILBAG, COURT,MACHINES,MEANPRIORY30-32FAR-RINGDONLANE,LON-DON,EC1R3ALI.

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What sonorus butv locksitt, he must have• I've never heard such tosh in my entire life. I would 1 like! to reveal all, but sadly that would require a double Polaroid and would immediately relegate 1this magazine to jazz magstatus.

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Ati° never buy a game that gets a low rating in Mean Machines. But then, along comes Digitiser, disagreeing with every review I have seen this year in MMS. I mean, its as if they read a Mean Machines review. then when they get round to reviewing it (years

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later) they say the opposites every point in the review. Graphics, Sound, Garneplay — everything unfairly under-rated, at least half the percentage it gotin Mean Machines Take Jurassic Park for the Megodrive as an example. Now, I haven't played

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going to believe a crap teletext thing with no screenshots and pitifully short reviews. Also annoying is Digitiser's snide comments about Mean Yob, when it comes to their very own •Mon with o long chin' they say there's no competition and that Yob is no match for 'The Man'. Sorry about the excessive length of this letter, but as long as you get to read it, that's what it is meant for.

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ple did this, then perhaps componiGS would stop Itiokino the lor percentage of rubbish they do and start moking something worth buymg. The big guns need your money, so make them work a little harder for it Hopefully we'll see some new and exciting things happening.

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lust happened to appear in Mean Machines Sego a few weeks previously. Hmm I wonder where they got that from, those guys who pitifully call themselves your competitors must be psychic or something. I think it's terrible the way other mags get information from your mag, mix it around o bit then release it for themselves.

YOB:It is terrible, isn't it. Still **at least they know where to r get expert information — so don't just take our word for it!

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E t Believe the Hype", but the harsh reality is that people do. The hype put out by games manufacturers, that is. I've lost count of the amount of times a company has h

forthcoming game beyond all belief, the public has purchased it by the mountain-load, and have ended up disappointed by the end result. Recent examples of this ore Mortal Kombat, Bubsy the Bobcat, and disappointment•ofthe-year Sonic CD. Not bad games by all accounts, but by no means able to match up to the propaganda put out by their respective companies. No I'm not nohow I know that video games companies don't actually give a stuff about the games-playing public, • and are only in it for the money why else woul they blatantly overcharge the customer for their products? So I making an appeal to everyone who buys and ploy video games_ Don't be sucked in by these companies. They hove to soy nice things about their, product or they go out of business. They prey on people who believe their talk and part with their hard-earned cash because of it. The old adage 'try before you boy' really is the way to go here Forget what companies say. play the game yourself and make up your own mind. If more peo-

Paul Brooks, Notts.

Dear PleaseYobcould you tell me if Streettighter II SC Edition is coming out on a Sunday, named 'Street Fight Sunday', because Megadrive Advanced Gaming sold it was If so, how is anyone going to buy it when all the shops would closed 2 And how much is the Copcom

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ly went to pick up my ﬁrst issue of NMS I was bitterly disappointed. It seems that NMS is put together in Australia (not in the UK) whet e the mug is half the size of Mean Machines Sego, the reviews are put together poorly and some guy coiled 'Fatboy' tries (unsuccessfuily) to imitate Moon Yob. This has all been a catalyst for me to change to a Megadrive and Mean Machines Sega. Please inform me why NMS is not put together by Mean Machines? Is the some NMS distributed in the UK?

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Sonic CD. I also appreciote N the comment sections and 1 the ratings that come with each review. My favourite aspect of your 'zinc is the 'no holds barred, tell-it-

Enema said "Watch out for that soapy nozzle", but the harsh reality is that people 011. don't. What you say is absolutely true. You've got to be a gimboid with a head full of Baby Bio to go out and buy a E40 game without ﬁrst consulting several magazines to see whether it's good or not and second giving it a good

H N, Bonyrigg, Sydney YOB:The Australian NMS does use a few pages from our own British NMS, but most of its pages are put together in Australia. Which is why it reads like it does.

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5. How come you don't publish Game Genie/ Action Replay 6codes?Doyou reckon SFII is worth 60 D.quid?J.Mark. Bedford, JAZ:l. It depends on the game, dunnit. Most use 16-32 colours on-screen at once. 2. Yes. 3. No. 4. No. 5. Sick squid and a pack of lemon cakes. 6! don't think any game is worth E60 to be perfectly honif you don't I might do something Is Jaguar XJ220 Should I Sonic

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think is too generous?

2. Aaaah. Shame. Anyway, that's not a question you fudge-packed donut. 3. Everyone's entitled to their own opinions, whether they're right or, in that particular case, wrong.

3. How come Sega Power said Universal Soldier was ace and they gave it 91% whereas your great mag gave it 47% which I

ton Williams, Burscough JAZ:l. Early next year. And what a lolly wheeze they both are tool 2. Yes indeed. Snug as a bug in your pants. 3. It's alright. 4. Donate the money to charity and help starving children, that's what I say. S. it my questions. How about doing a SFII novel to go with one of your future is the best MCD game aport from Thunderhawk? Is EA going to publish MCD game being planned for the MCD? If yes, when will it be released and how much will it cost? Is Mortal Kombat coming out on the MCD?

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3. Whot was your favourite episode of Star Trek: The Next IGeneration?thinkthatever since you left CVG it has gone downhill and MMS blows NMS and every other computer mog off the face of this Earth. Keep up the good work. Christopher Mcivor, Glasgow.JAZ:1. It's a ten-channel modified FM lobbie. 2. Sego's very own model. 3. Best of Both Worlds Part 1. What an episode! When it finished with Riker saying "open fire" I very nearly did my own captain's log in my SPENDER'Sknicks.LOWERINTESTINEDearJazPleaseanswertheseiuhula questions.1.How many colours does the Megadrive use?

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of backﬁring trousers, six bottles of cow secretions, four dozen old-plated castors, ﬁve edible panloons, seventeen fuel-injected pig's ladders, nine eyebrow instigators, a alf dozen switchable sock interreters and a baker's dozen of breadlied universal remote controls. That's what Spender Macgraw of South Shields had for Christmas. What did I get? Eight million questions, the best of which are printed below. If you've got anything you need to know, write to: HERE ARE THE KNICKERS YOU LEFT IN MY BEDROOM MEAN MACHINES, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, ECIR 3AU.

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5 I want to get a 'Screen Snapper" (a machine to take pictures off a screen eg Coro from Mortal Kombot) for my PC when I get one. Where can I get one ond how much does it cost?

1. Will Hunter ever appear on the Megadrive?2.WillSuper FX games ever come out on the Megadrive?

JAZ:I. Get the best-specced one possible. You should be able to just about scrape a 486 with VGA for a grand. 2. No, because you're buying a PC. Or are you not now, in which case I won't answer the previous question. 3. I do, actually. 4. Hang on, hang on. Have you got money coming out of your arse? One minute you're after a PC. The next, you're buying games. Now It's consoles. Flip me. You've obviously got so much cash you don't really need advice. Buy them all! That's what I say. 5. Why not go the whole hog and buy a Macintosh Quadra 850 with a radius board. Then you can launch your own maga-

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1. What do you think the best PC is between E700 and E1000 that you can play Elite 2 on?

3. In Orlando, Florida, they had a game called Weres Walls. Are you going to review it?

Paul Heyday, Oxford.

3. Do you like Mean Yob, I don't?

pingdrip-baboon's bum. 2. Sonic CD. 3. Yes. 4. Not at the moment. 5. Zippyde-do-doh, zippy-de-day, myo-my what a chunderful day. 6. Early next year. 7. Early in the New onMega-CD?games6.upthethatyet64-BITscrapprice?thanmachineSaturn?ledinformation2.InternationalDearSPENDER'SYear.SPLEENQ+A,orJazorwhatever,loConyoucurltheballinFIFASoccer?Whatistheutterlybrilliontthatyourvastintel-hasreceivedabouttheIsthat32-BITwondertobereleasedearlierexpectedatarelativelylowOroreSegogoingtothatprojectandreleaseaSegaVirtueorevenbettera128-BITSegoExcellandnoisn'tonewimprovedwash-ingupliquid)?3.AnynewsofasequeltoJungleStrikeand/oraMega-CDconver-sion?4.AreVirtueFightersandVirtueStarWarslikelytocomeoutonSaturn?5.IstheMego-CD,whenhookedtotheMegadrive,effectivelya32-BITmachine?AnynewsoftheStarTrekontheMegadriveand7.AnynewsaboutthestorylinewhichStartrek:TheMovieis

Mr Inquisitive, Co. Kildare. JAZ:1. Indeed, there's plenty of ball-bending malarkey on offer. 2. What about the 256bit Sega Cheese Waffle? All the interactive movie-style entertainment you could possibly wish for. And it's full of protein and natural vitamins. 3. No news is good news. 4. Yeah. 5. No. 6. News in this very issue. 7. I've actually got a load of plot details from a Star Trek bulletin board regarding the Next Generation movie, which apparently stars all the regular TNG people as well as Spock, Scottie and Copt Kirk. It sounds absolutely fob! 8. Apparently, yes. 9. Keep watching this space. THIS SPACE right here. That's it, here. 10. I've got a headache and can't find my calculator so nob off 'cos I can't be bothered. It doesn't ruddy matter. Anyway, all CDs have the same space available on it, it all depends on how you actually fill it.

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H ere I am up to my eyeballs in tips again — stillexperts soy paper is the best form of insulation when stranded in a car, on she top of a hill in the middle of nowhere when its freezing-cold outside. Pity I can't afford a car. Nonetheless winter is fast approaching and your letters are becoming more and more appreciated. So please keep sending your monumental, occidental, coincidental discoveries to: THIS'LL KEEP YOU WARM PAUL, TIPS SECTION, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, PRIORY COURT. 30-32 FARRINGIDON LANE, LONDON. EC 1R

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here to tell us how: Play the game as normal and hit START to freeze the action. Next press A, 8, 8, A, A, 8, B, A and un-pause the game. The current level ends and the next takes its place. Not bad Vince. the reason your tip wasn't when you sent in the last time is because too therefore

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thought I'd let you in on this: The winged pods carrying all the extras are good for more than one item - having Red or Blue kick the heck out of them is always rewarded by a choke of three. This is especially useful when low on energy and the harbinger of heart-containers ﬂies into viewl Unfortunately this technique is redundant when the lads are in their mine-carts. What a blinding game Gunstor Heroes isl

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The mysterious G' Harrison is 01 to let us know of any Thunderh cheats, which is pretty good goi you ask mel Imagine the ease o with unlimited missiles and arm Well 'G' makes both things poss pausing the game shortly after t off and pressing UP, RIGHT, LEF DOWN. Upon re-starting the o the un extras are f

to reoch the box obove. Now walk them over to the right where they jump on the ruler to the other side. Apparently this part's a bit tricky: Avoid the next magic box in line by having the boys jump over it one at a time From here they jump down past the stapler and Donald's book. Once again they avoid the next magic box in line. Now they fall down the knobs and head left, bouncing bock up to the aerosol. After using one of the choracters to press the nozzle take them to the left; to the sugar bowl and lead them into it, Notice — shock, horror — that neither Mickey nor Donald are able to go anywhere from here. They ore trapped. Yet it is possible to jump into the woodwork but again there is no escape_ Well it just goes to show where inapt games playing con lead a person doesn't it.

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Character vs same Character In Group Battle: On the screen where it is possible to choose from Elimination or Match Play press DOWN, Z, UP, X, A, Y, B and C For the second time Chun Li says 'Spinning Bird Kick', letting the player know the cheat is active.

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•ir diabolical misadvenferes forced to print this discovery of theirs. apparently something very strange happens on 'The Library' stage and it occurs just so: Once Mickey and Donald leap from the gold-ﬁsh bowl hove them walk down towards the books and stapler at the right of the screen. Use one chorader to bounce up and press the sproythen lead them back to the left where they enter the large open present (the Christmas level).

when monster cheats like this get out everyone hears of them: Philip Birch, Chris Charalambous, Luke Faith, Steven Holt, Dean King, Mark McCormack, Graeme McMillan, Rob Mynett (Bandit!), Rowan Piper, Omar Oirem, Colin Williams and 'Lost in 0 Woods all hurriedly told me the news once they found it out. Well this 6.-. 4 lot put last month's jokers to shame anyhow!

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Patrick Malcrone hod the balls to write in from Redditch with his cunning cheat for PGA Tour Golf II, It enables cokko players, such as myself, to win loads of cash in Tournaments Skin Challenge level Tournament

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Your disgraceful attempt at a Street Fighter II mini-guide is on its way back to you. Not only is it a tiresome list of spaciol moves but it includes the S' cheat. people don't

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Usually it is impossible for ﬁghters whose fatality move includes the use of the Block button to rendezvous with Reptile Yet Stephen Wren, Scott Johnson and Darren Cullen know a way round this. For example Scorpion responds to the prompt Finish Him by ﬁrst throwing his opponent then per-

or Skins Game on the ﬁrst tee Next return to the Clubhouse and request a practice round playing from the amateur tees. Once at the ﬁrst tee, restore the last game and from the second hole onwards the ploy continues at an amateur level. What a skankl NE PAM SEGA

minus the Block button. It's important that the move is performed mid-throw mind, otherwise the technique doesn't work. Wren, Johnson and Cullen also point out that the Reptile met by Scorpion is named Scorpion also, Weirdl Champion stuff lads, you get the three free EA games!

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Mark Watson addressed his letter to 'Whomever's reading' Tsch — it's ﬂippin' me innitl The section isn't called 'Paul's Tips ' for nothing Mark! Anywoy Wallsend Watson kindly supplies the posscode for all 195 lands conquered on Powermonger. Apparently it only took him a week to ﬁnd it!

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This game's quite ﬁddly as it goes ond loss of energy during the levels featuring the aeroplane is usually expected. Not, however, if you are Giles Read or even his mate Chuck Frame who hove nine lives and inﬁnite energy at their

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The Game Gear is being poorly represented in these pages of late, but it falls upon you, oh readers, to supply the tips. Having worked this out already Chuck Frame and Giles Read are setting the world to rights -- in so far as it applies to the Game Gear at least, Their second cheat of the month is for Evil Star and is the best tactic for defeating the ﬁrst boss. Oh well done! Here it is any-way: Move the ship as close as possible to the boss, use the special weapon and keep shooting. The boss dies in no time.

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Jonathan Downing scrapes the barrel of his tips repartee with this mouldy old one for Block Belt. A secret level exists but is only found upon having ﬁrst completed the game. Once Wang is turned to stone and the hero is walking off with the girl the screen appears telling players that they hove saved the world etc, etc.. At this screen press buttons I and 11 whilst repeatedly rotating the D-pad in a clockwise direction. When the music fades players enter chapter 71

The way Sonic's release schedule for games is going it seems the little blue hero's being handed chances as it is, without the help of Matthew Oxenham's extra lives trick. Nevertheless the possibility for Sonic's collection of an almost limitless supply exists in Act II of the Sky High Zone, At the very ﬁrst drop hove Sonic career off the edge making sure he avoids the cloud. Upon reaching the bottom of his fall he discovers a platform with a spring attached to it. From here he heads left, rolls into a boll and claims an extra life from a monitor secreted in a room Another spring sends Sonic back to the start of the level from which point he is able to repeat the process, over and over again. By the way, thanks for the map Matthew.

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Awesome Possum is a super hero version of that furry little marsupial that sleeps in trees all days. He sets on a global mission of mercy, taking on the Machinoids, and cracking merry „wquips as he goes.

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Some endangered species ore waiting to lend a hand to Possum's quest. In the rain forest, a lonely rhinoceros goes chorging, and Possum may jump on his back. There's also a giant mutant bee to ﬂy,and the underwater assistance , of a manto ray.

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Because if this is a serious attempt at creating a football game, the only words to describe it are unprintable in a family publicationlike MEAN MACHINES. For starters, the goalkeepers are practically impossible to beat. You get within six feet of the keeper, your striker mysteriously falls over and somehow the ball is in the goalie's hands. Shoot from anywhere and the keeper has saved it. Then there are the bits where the computer teams sneakily take their corners BEFORE THE CORNER OF THE PITCH HAS SCROLLED ONTO THE SCREEN! There are other hilarious oddities I could mention, but (think I've twisted the knife enough. $ is absolute dross.

There are 40 teams for you to play as in Pelel Soccer, but because none of these looms have actually endorsed the game they are generic. For example, the English contenders are Liverpool, Manchester and Norwich, though they're not actually Liverpool FC, Manchester United or City or Norwich FC. That explains why the Liverpool squad is mode up of names like Tosheck, Keogan and Burnes — obviously dyslexic, behind-the-times imposters for John Toshack, Kevin Keegan and John Barnes who aren't fooling onybody. Each player comes with his own set of statistics to help with those, You're Goal' decisions. come with their own exoti-

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that a lot of effort and good Ideas didn't go into the game; they did. League and tournaments, kit changes, action replays, Pale's tips; all nice stuff, but maybe a bit superﬂuous on a cart limited to only 8 megs, and Including grainy video ..• sequences is frankly irresponsible with that memory capacity. But let's not beat around the bush, Pele's problems go a lot deeper. The goalie has magnetic hands, and his feats make scoring more than a tad difﬁcult. Also, controlling the players is often more trouble i than this it's worth. Now that Niegadrive football games have moved into the Superleague with FIFA Soccer, this contender from Scunthorpe is playing to empty terraces.

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line of 'O's, and there's none of those 'look one way and kick the other' tricks. Mind you, that would only matter if the goal keeper wasn't a super-athlete

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Yamoto was the best there was in I he Block Orchid organisation. Her speciality was ending lengthy drawn-out corporate takeovers with a swift killing. This was ﬁne with her until someone pointed out that if a lob wasn't completed to the customer's satisfaction, she too would be oiled. After this, she refused to kill anyone ever again Sodly, large Ninjo organisotions don't take too kindly to this sort of behaviour and put her out of a 101st storey window. Lovely.

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SHADOW MODE: Pressing X, Y and Z simultaneously causes Shadow to melt into her namesake. Moving as a living shadow, Yamoto is invincible for a full ﬁve seconds.

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Tridents a genetically engineered gladiator from Atlantis who gained his name from the pronged weapon used to replace a hand he lost in battle. Whilst the warlike Italians were off killing people, the Atlanteans were using their advanced scientiﬁc knowledge. One day it was decided the continent just wasn't big enough for the both of them, and a contest was announced. The loser's race would be condemned to live under the sea forever. Trident represented Atlantis, and was completely slaughtered when the Romans rigged the ﬁght, The AtIonteans can currently be found under the ocean.

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game you play and get better and belt but it'll take as long to master as Streeiﬁghter. The combo potential is excellent, especially once you start learning the "secret" moves not in the manual. In fact, with the all-new characters and all-new (and very original) moves, this is like having Streettighter 3. The training sections a lot of depth, with the Danger Room bei pretty much an extra bonus game. Ov it'serI one of the best Megadrive games e Perhaps it's time Capcom gave players an all-new Streetﬁghter instead of endless rehashes, as the Eternal Champions team have given their world-beater a real run f its money.

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had few career options open to him other than Gumshoe or Gangster. He chose the latter and become on expert cot burglar However, Larcen refused to kill anyone. One time, he accepted a job from crime boss Taglalini, which entailed placing a box, supposedly false evidence, in another crime boss' apartment. When Larcen got into the address he realised he's been set up. It dawned him the package he was holding was probably a bomb, and he was proved right when it exploded, killing him.

CEILING DROP: Using his d foot climbing spikes, Larcen crawls Remiss the top of the screen, ready to drop down on oahisr foe. He is exceptionally vulnerable to ﬂying attacks here.

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'LIFE DRAIN: Obviously having had second thoughts about this vampire business, Midknight now doesn't think twice about grabbing his opponents head when at close range and draining about 17% of their himself into on invincible gaseous mist, Midknight ﬂoats around and attacks his enemy from above.

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In phased mode, no-one can match Jetta for speed. If you think you can handle this turbo movement, your best bet is to use ﬂying kicks or throws and then retreat to ovoid retribution. You can attack three or four times before •• slowing down again.

Jetta is able to make the molecules in her body move twice as fast, giving her boosted speed with which to dazzle her foe.

A bounty hunter with a bad temper, Blade was mortiﬁed and frustrated when he was refused entry into the A-Team Vowing revenge on Hannibal Smith and his gong, Jonathan Blade set himself up as a lone ﬁgure of lustice, although he wos known to work closely with the police. On one undercover case, Blade was dispatched to deal with a rogue scientist who'd developed a virus capable of killing all mankind! Sadly, thanks to police interference, Blade's bust went sour and the vial containing the plague was broken! Aieeel

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is another character who functions most efﬁciently at a distance Use Tracking Blades to weaken on opponent, then hit them with a Power Drain whilst they're stunned. Watch out for aerial attacks, though..

TRACKING BLADE: A powerful rocketcontrolled saw blade homes in on the enemy and explodes after digging into their

POWER DRAIN: Not unlike Midknight's Life Drain, but works at a much longer range. Blade launches his Power Probe from his wrist • to his opponent's forehead. ot gr damage st though.

A rebellious circus performer and cousin to Czar Nicholas II, Jetta was an astounding gym. nast and martial artist. Her circus troop was unfortunate enough to visit China during the Boxer rebellion, and ever compassionate, Jetta pledged to aid the cause of the heroic underlings by inﬁltrating the Righteous Harmony Fists group Unfortunately, she was wasting her time as a she was assassinated whilst giving a command performance for the Emperor of

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The Identity Change move is only useful against human opponents, who ore much more easily ﬂummoxed. Instead, woit for you opponent to attack and swiftly use the Dragon Trap to give yourself a good position.

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CHANGE: Lead into gold? Kid's stuff. Xavier is able to change his foe into another entity tirely, thus confusing them muddy.

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and bad judgment than a real hero, Xavier was done in by his career moves. After nailing red-hot shoes to the mayor's prize horse and subsequently losing his smithing job, Xavier turned his hand to the 3 noble art of alchemy. Whilst not discovering the legendary lead-gold, gold-lead formula, Xavier did discover a way to create limitless, clean-running energy. Sadly, living in Salem, 1692, Xavier's kinsfolk thought he was a warlock and burnt him at the stake. There's always one, eh

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Here's Sega's answer to reetfighter II, and hat a tasty reply it is. •aturing brill graphics, unning animation, dies of different play odes and superb, highly challenging and addictive gameplay, this really is a classy beat 'em up. One-player mode is more fun than Streetfighter II since there are more play options and the computer opp are far harder to beat. But inoilk, o-player mode, Streetfighter beats it - but only iust. But fabulous though Eternal Champions is, there is a down side - its exorbitant price tag. I really think that E60 is far, far too much for any game, no how big Its memory is.

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Now, young Guybrush is a lesson to all those who dearly yearn for the sea-foring life and adventure, but feel they can't, by dight of their name, or manners or other such matter. Young Guybrush wanted to be feared, though his name only brought scorn, he wonted to be a scurvy knave, though he still excused himself from the table But by taking on the ghost pirate Is Chuck, and solving the secret of the Monkey Isle, he ﬁnally became what he most deorly desired to be; a pirate, hor

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COMMEGamesprogrammers are not usually renowned for cracking gags but the guys who put together Monkey Island must be a riot. This Is sure to be the funniest console game you've ever played. You'll snigger at the sight gags, grin at some of the characters _

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is the home of some dodgy wildlife — vultures, porcupines and grab-happy vultures. Jenny is hidden in some mine cart crazy levels, where the boys are slowed down by knee-deep silt streams, but there's gold in them there hillsf

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This looks pretty spectacular when you first see it, what with all those big sprites whacking each other around, but in the midst of my first game I found that, though it looked like I was smashing Rocky Graziano's teeth out, and though it sounded like I was knocking his teeth out, he was actually losing no energy at all and I was the one losing energy for throwing all those punches! Whether or not you inflict any dam' age on your foe seems completely arbitrary so winling a bout is more down to luck than judgement. The pockaging claims that this is the greatest boxing ever, but the truth is that if you want classic boxers to beat up you'd be better off with Sego's Greatest Heavyweights which has a whole lot more real boxing feel and atmosphere than this lightweight

TheTHEFARSIDEringisviewedfrom a 3-D perspective, from behind one of the boxers. It's up to you whether you want to fight from the foreground or the back. In two player mode you opt to switch positions, giving each person the chance to ploy the near side on alternate rounds. Remember, the ccrtrols ore reversed! AI 1 :27 War:111ITtelma OMR al• MON whouses Oxy-10 onhis be& f. JAKE SUGAR RAY im 257 'RTPOREERM;11LICONG1111EIDEIDi01=EIL]ElELE3Eh01:1:=111=:1 ze GRAZ! PULINGPUNC S During a fight, the strength he fighters is shown .as a boxin glove. This gr the fighters t rests, it bcgifl10 recover. However, the more punches you take, the longer the recovery takes. Physical damage is shown as gradual dilapidation on the face of your boxer. Too much damage and you're looking for a KO. You h e a count of ten to recover••••••••••-•BREAKDOWN 41111 MIME IDDIODEJ Halt 111 Laala REIE1:11:10 101 DO El IZJEll1 my, LJ L:]1 ROBERDURANIly empti t if the guy e 1PRESENTATION ci%lee different ploy modes, with a special password section to get you to the Legends,RingFull key configuration options.GRAPHICS 1 A Interesting .3 I) adopted.ringperspecinreGraphicsorepoorlyanimated,boxerslookweld, omi have hardly any wallet, at SOUNDall eillI 4 Some good baring andcrunchingincludingsamples,boric.un1samplesrefspeechPoormumandnol enough sonic voriety within the game, ,offcultvPLAYABILMf59Anincrediblydiffi-gametocometogripshatinwith.Ahut-gmotto'methodandme-wardtringgemeploymakeitatontamthefirstsession. YTILIBATSAleAfirechallengeposedby the eight legendary lighters is nigh on impossible. V Legends is too dull to introit even two plums bog ohm they've bought E140potentialtheshowed.sideringAmajordisappointmentcon-thepromiseitBoxingLegendsofRingisatthebottomofpugilistpurchases.OVERALL31MMSEGA75 gas nortonHil HEGADRIVE REVIEW 1 irsr

all that, by programming Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing They hod already made lots of Megadrive buddies by producing the John Madden and EA Hockey games. "Why don't we odd on extra dimension to the boring old boxng game formula by putting in a 3D perspective, an incredible revolving ring, excellent animation and a real 'right there in the ring' feel Fight fans will love it!" They cried And there was much •., rejoicing in Boxingland, The Wizard of Sego sow all this and decided he could work his magic to make an even better boxing game. He waved his magic programming stick over a sod old contenders, Evonder Holyﬁeld's Real Deal Boxing, and transgloves of theeople of 4Boxinglandl"cockled,sittingbocksmuglyinhismagicthrone.

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All they hod to offer were two-dimensional sprites that responded more like robots in slow-motion than ﬁghters, and gomeplay as basic as that favourite old playground game, 'Punch the Spotty Wimp in the Face and Watch Him Cry'.

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This looks like attempton by Sega to , emulate ' the success of EA's h. famousseries of sports MARK theupdates:John Madden and EA Hockey series. Unfortunately, they haven't chosen a very good basic game engine to update with (yonder Holytield's Real Deal Boxing. The extra hiegs they've pumped into the cart have been used to speed the gameplay up to more acceptable levels, beef up the sound end odd some really neat samples, as well as adding seven great heavyweight champions to the roster of boxers on offer. But this still doesn't come close to the real 'right there in the ring' feel of the greatest — Muhammad HeavyweightAliBoxing. The graphics are crisp and the sprites are big, but the animation is still relatively basic, as are the range of ﬁghting moves It certainly has a lot more options and ﬁghters on offer than, but my money's still on Ali.

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punch to the head, this is used to gauge the punching distance between the two ﬁghters. The least powerful of the punches, but it'll knock your opponent's heod bock, allowing you to move in with a stronger attack.

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Real Deal's damage-meter system pops up in Greatest Heavyweights too, with meters for the head and the body. These are drained as the ﬁght ers take more and more punishmrni — the more drained they get, the further each punch will knock back the main energy bar. Punch stets ore shown at the end of each round, with a percentage of blows landed against punches thrown. In the event of th 7 1 ﬁght going the distance, the scores of the three judges ore tallied up to give winner on a pointsision MOVES

Greatest Heavyweights has kept the 'create your own boxer' feature from the original Real Deal Boxing, Design you fighter from the selection of heads, bodies, hairstyles, skin colours and trunks then adjust his power, speed and stamina bors at the bottom of the screen — more power means less speed and stamina and vice versa. After each fight, train your fighter up for his next battle — win a bout, and you can choose three of the eight types of training, but lose a fight and you con only pick Differenttwo. types of training build up and,cart'sfighterstwocanteristics.fightingdifferentcharac-Yousaveuptocustomisedonthememoryyoucanresumetheir -venehwsreeracI er you want. It. Just some of the optionson offer! •111.14PI* NOWKDEA111141iTlFlegaiCI EICI El II17:10001=Elf'EDElElElElElM'KlitinatAt • ..ik,1104•41* t papalEODlElEymrA EIDEIEIEI RE1101 DODOEI jallEDDIDA El EEl l CZO • :11 SPUD::1 OW. iant.1 -1334-%-ift,camesoonenomsidROP; Ullellit• • • 717141• • PRESENTATIONExcellentIna°screens.LoadsoflightentochooseIron%andamake.your-own-lighteroption.SMOtiintet-rosondscreenswithwell-presentedpunchstets-GRAPHICSGraphicsoftheheavyweightchampsonofferarerenderedquitefaithfullyVnleOPIIMOilOti'lstiff,andWepantesufferstramthetwo-dimen.satinetboxinggamesyndrome.SOUNDHard.hittingsoundeffects.Neatsampledspeech,witheacholWefamousheavyweightshavingtheirowntrademarkphrase.PLATABILITyaSimplecontrolmethodmakesthegameeasetoplop. VCøuld have done with a Simulation Mode in Muhammad Mi to offer a wider variety of moves to the sea. iplentymentcareetonseinedlighterABILITY."'With10lightersoiler,andaandtourna-option,there'stodo.Thelimitedgarepleygetsbat.mgquitequickly,7674OVERALLA16-Megsoup-upofbanderHolytieldBoxingofferingfastergameplayandextraenoughtomakerealwin-ner.fighters.Butnotsouped-up

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ﬁghters — with purple skin and blue hair if you like — and having the best of the best in the sport for the last century is also a neat move (no guesses as to why Mike Tyson wasn't included!). The sound is good, the sprites are big and really clear and the mass of options ensure you won't get bored in a hurry as you decide whether to restart a new career or retire an old crumbly. But the game is let down by the most fundamental element — the gameplay. There are a limited number of moves and the animation is quite poor which gives the game a distinctly wooden feel which leaves you feeling very let down. Not a bad game by any means but Muhammad Ali Heavyweight Boxing is better.

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For his ﬁnal journey from the heart valve to the brain, our hero decides to leave the safety of his comfy pod and negotiate the narrower passageways clad only in his armoured EVA suit. Luckily it's pretty heavily armed as well as being heavily armoured, which bodes well becouse it hos to endure a three-stage journey through Mr Krosby's neural pathways to confront the Grey M robot at the end of the game.

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feet prove useful for propelling many of the landscape blocks and chests °bout. Kicking a stone onto an enemies' head is enough to stun it out of the game. Chests often break when kicked, revealing a small bonus item which replaces lost energy. Some sliding blocks become rofts or act as keys further along,

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MASTER SYSTEM REVIEW

There are distinct graphical improvements in Duck Trouble over Lucky Dime.

The range and quality of1 backdrops is impressive, as is Donald himself. Similarly, the bosses, in idea and execution are well done, especially the shark! Although, Deep Duck Trouble is really one of a ton of platform games for the Master System, the minor varieties in the section give it some edge. This all said, it suffers from being too easy, and too much like Donald Duck Despite it all, I seemed to enjoy myself playinﬁnite con. times, it seems that rolling through the game will be a

frozen moisture, and the ﬂoor is slippier than a skid pan.

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One feather in those icy pooh will freeze Donald's gibletsoff. The secret is to slide

one. It's just a pity that the game didn't offer more resistance. Sections only begin to toughen up after a fair trek through the game, and even then, endless continues are on hand to let you pass through. Technically, an excellent eon, but still a ﬂawed game for all that.

The Disney games for Master System have always been of a very high standard, and on the face of it this seems lust as good. The game has an excellent look, with great graphics and interesting level layouts. Some of the sections are more enjoyable than others, like the segmentcoconut-dodgingattheendoflevel

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Donald'sREEFSbatty.off-shore salvage digs up this little level, with lots of free ﬂoating through the murky depths. There's a sunken treasure ship, full of chests, and a race with a hungry shark!

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Accloim's new WWF game for CD caters for both fops and brutes. There's a Sunshine coach full of the naffest WWF characters, in full technicolour catsuit glory, and they indulge in as much pre-match banter as in-ring badness.

oven't you noticed what witty people wrestlers ore? Oscar Wilde-type nuggets of wit andgenius just seems to trip off their tongues when they don spandex and step into the ring. Of course, the main objective is not to inﬂict verbal insults, but some serious physical damage.

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Wrestling may look like panto, but there is a system of rules governing play. The main way of winning is to score a fall. When this happens, your opponent is stretched on the ﬂoor, you lie across him, pinning him for a count of three to be declared winner, However, in a noholds-barred match, the way to win is to simply reduce your foe's energy bar to nothing. There are also some unorthodox ways of losing. If you stay outside the ring post a count of ten, you are disqualiﬁed, which also applies if you are caught committing illegal moves- But sometimes leaving the ring is tactical, since the ref has no jurisdiction outside the ropes.

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are mostly cosmetic and presentational, like the Full Motion Video excerpts of special moves, some of which are hysterical. The quantity and range of players is vast, and a good selection of different WM types, including loonies and 'straight' wrestlers should please all tastes. The game itself looks and plays much like Royal Rumble — no bad thing — with fast action and some nice moves.

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Ultimately it's a bit limited for one-player, especially as the special moves are extremely difﬁcult to perform. I was also 'puzzled as to why it's harder to play with a 6-button pad. Also, I thought a tag team event using the Sega tap would have been nice. Otherwise, grapple fans should have no complaints.

There are 20 characters in VAA/F Rage in the Cage, which reﬂects the make-up of the WWF. The Federation is a sort of loose 'club' of invited artistes, who compete for various amounts of time In this way, you'll see some new faces here, who hove just joined, and some familiar faces, like Dibiase and The Undertaker. Each has their own info screen, with impressive digi-pic and even an individual soundtrack!

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The raging cage is a special option,where the aim is to be ﬁrst to escape from a massive steel barrier encircling the ring. The only problem is scaling the structure without someone grabbing your ankles.

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part of the game is the grapple. All other punches and kicks ore just incidental ways of weakening on opponent. When ﬁghters grapple a gauge appears at the top of the screen. Much furious button pressing is needed to dominate the grapple and develop it into a devastating move like a bodyslam or backbreaker. On the mat, there's a host of moves to weaken him further.

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built-in extra to amuse yourself between races. Set on a simple arena shape, smaller versions of the buggies are placed in the four corners. When the game begins, the object is simply to push the other cars off the arena into the surrounding lava. Simple, brutal and a modicum of fun, though it doesn't get any harder.

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ThereCAP'NBIRD'SEYEisatwo-playeroption to Buggy Run, which radically alters the perspective. The whole course is viewed on a single, non-scrolling screen, with both player cars in view, though looking much smaller. The sort of tactics required to race this option ore different to the full-blooded, full screen single mode, but the set-up screens ore the same.

This new Master System racer I taps into the rising popularity of off road racing. Traditional racing cars hove the enduronce value of a pedal police car. Mansell, Hill and Prost must be sick to death of stopping to pick bits of wing 'and exhaust up off the track. The cars in Buggy Run are mode of sterner stuff. They may be fully customised using race winnings, and there's even a battleground to test them out on: less racing and more ramming. Put foot to pedal and indulge in some manoeuvres that deﬁnitely won't help you pass your test.

Each level is played over a series of different courses, each contributing towards a level trophy (beginner, standard and expert). The courses range

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I'm not too keen on Coro's platform games — sure, Chuck Rock, Wolfchild and Wonderdog were all playable enough, but they didn't really have anythin 'special about them. Chuck' Is a bit different. There's •• 'lots of variety in the game.

eloved Ophelia from the hairy palms of Gary Gritter, that Stone Age Adonis, Chuck Rock, settled down to married life. Chuck discovered his new-found rock-clubbing skills could be used for inventing, and after creating the ﬁrst stone automobile (the 'Rockefte') he cornered the market for the granite urban runaround and mode his Meanwhile,fortunethecar business of his less skilled rival, Brick Jagger, was foiling apart, and Jagger decided that the best way for him to remain competitive was to kidnap the competition. And so, as our story opens, Chuck is chained up somewhere, only to be released if his wife hands over the car plant to Jogger.

1411141111 Jr!. play, the graphics are reallywir spiffy and the CD music is a cool mix of ambient Ozric Tentacles sounds and laxly game show numbers. Apart from the music, the comical sampled sound effe and of course that ace cartoon intro, Chuck II doesn't seem to make much use of the Me CD hardware (all the sprite rotation is actu ty done through software and is in the cartridge version of the game), but that doesn't really matter because the game itself is rea good fun. The simple puzzles and the wacky jokes are entertaining and novel, and the action is simple enough for younger players to get to grips with easily and the later levels ore sufﬁciently challenging for case-hardened platform fans. If you got a Mega-CD for Christmas, this is deﬁnitely one of the games yak/ should have on your shopping list.

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But we're forgetting Chuck Junior, the Rock ferally's most recent addition, Being a chip off the old block, Junior sets off, armed with his club, on a platform-based rescue mission, The journey is loden with dinosaur-type danger, but nothing can stop this kidi as long as he's got a clean nuppy and there's milk in his bottlel

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in the ﬁrst, Junior ﬁnds himself under on apple tree with a friendly dogthing. The dog-thing wants to chow down on those apples but can't reach them so Junior needs to club them to the ground. This means getting on Fido's back so that he can reach, but Fido keeps moving around so... well it's not so easy, and you certainly shouldn't try it at home.

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Junior gets a shot at earning a few bonus points and on extra credit by partaking in one of the three bonus games which are played against the clock.

The second game is a rowing boot race in which Junior is pitted against a jet-powered turtle and do who is sailing a tub. ou hove to beat the other competitors by whackingthe club button as fast as poss to paddle to the other end of the lake. If you've got an adjustable autoﬁre the roce is in the Thirdly,bag. there's the sculpting competition. Whock a giant boulder in the right places and, lo and behold, you've got a statue of Chuckie-boy's dear old dad striking a heroic pose. Trouble is, 'NI, you've got to get it ﬁnished in about 15 seconds! Michelangelo never had this trouble!

by a professional TV animator. That is, he animates cartoons for television. He doesn't actually animate televisions. Core say that it took months of effort to get their original storyboards turned into animation, and incorporate the sound effects, the music and the voiceover ':done by that bloke who does a lot of TV ads — one for lager, American accent, no, not Jeff Goldblum, ooh what's his name?) but the result is something which even Messrs Hannah ond Barbera would approve of. Mind you, they ruined Scooby Doo so what would they know?

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In this, the easiest of the skiing events, you just to get down the hill (hence the name) as fast as passible, while skiing through gates of flogs. Pressing B makes your skier crouch so he can pick up some extra speed, but go too fast and miss a gate and you're instantly disqualified. Similarly, crashing into trees or flags and falling over doesn't help.

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It must be the fact that there's more snow in Scotland that I like Winter Olympics more than Paul did. I found the ski events quite challenging and fun, but I agree there is too many of them in the game. Unlike other sports games, it's going to take a longtime to master these events. Winning winter sports is a matter of shaving seconds of times, and most of these events demand very sharp reﬂexes. However, I thought the depiction of the bobsleigh and luge events was very poor, and the mogul and ski-jump events limited. Graphics nd presentation are both competent, but the ound is poor. In the end, if you're interested nough in the Winter Olympics to buy this, ou'll probably enjoy it quite a

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ThisI is very tough. Swivel left and right around the snowy hillocks, trying to keep a left-right 0-pod rhythm, and at the right moment you have to hit a button to perform a leaping stunt. Hit a button at the wrong moment and you perform a breakneck fall which ends the event, leaving your opponent (on the other side of the split screen) to win.

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down on the D-pad to keep the wobbling balance gauge centred, then when you leap, push left and right to keep the wobbling Mr Ski centred. Hold A before you touch down and you'll come to a halt before the cheering crowd, to eorn points for style and distance. This is obably the easiest event.

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FORnow SALE Sega Master System. 5 games. including Mortal Kombat. a light phaser, 2 control pads. E70. Tel Carl on 071-701 7880.ME411MARTMEGADRIVEGAMESforsale:SuperKok-Off,Mega-lo-Mania.E20each:Bailsvs.TheSpaceMutants.Powermonger,E15eachorswapall4gamesforbothMicroMachinesandPGAGolf2.Tel.Stewarton(0461)205849.UKMEGADRIVE,runsallcarts.19cartsUKandJap.like:(UK)SORII.Mercs,Speedball2,Thunderforce4aridmanymore,allfullyboxed,tonsofmac's,allfor£295ono.Tel.Benon071-7205053.buyercollectsMSFORSALE.withgun.3Dglasses.3joysticks,turbounitand12games,includingWWF.NewZealandStory,LemmingsandSpeselball2.vgc,onlyE100,worthoverE500.Tel.081-5533081.alter5pm.buyercollectsAMIGA.mintcondition.1joystick,1mousewithmat,diskboxwithcoverdisksonlyEl70.Tel.081-4614927.Hurry!GAMEBOY,MagnilightandTogsE40,7othergamesinc.MortalKombat,Krusty'sFunHouseandPitlighter,all

only E80 ono. buyer must collect or pay postage Tel (0536) 791020. and ask for ATARIAdrian.

Buyer SEGAcollects.GAMEGEAR plus 7 games, inc. Sonic 1 and 2, good condition, only E99 Tel. Pete on (0326) 40453.

GAME BOY with Magnilight. Tetris and Mortal Kombat C60. also available games such as. Krusty s Fun House. from £5 Tel. (0732) 833376.

FOR SALE. 7 Master System games, Chuck Rock E18. Alien 3 E18, World GP £8, Rampage E12. Lemmings E15, A-Type After Burner £5 Tel. (0484) 8G2S82.

TURTLES The Hyper Stone Heist for American Sega Genesis Megadrive, unused gift E25. Tel. (0923) 353285.

FORRobert,SALE.

American version of Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts for Super Nintendo E25 ono. Tel. (0536) SUPER791020.NINTENDO with SF II

ST. excellent condition, 3 years old. 1Mb upgrade. serious and games software, including Lemmings 2 and Robocod, worth over MOO, ST Formal magazines, worth over E100, mouse. joystick, all in original boxes. bargain at E400 ono. Tel (0483) 31627 (Guildford

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AMAZING! Megadrive, Lynx 2. 8 Lynx games. arcade powerstick, Lynx carry case, mini voice. recorder Fl Racing set, Menacer set, E650, but, I'm selling it for just £450. Tel, Anthony on (0707) 642290. calls alter 6pm.

MEGADRIVE (Scan) JL Soccer. Ecco, SOR 2. SM GP II. Thunderforce 3&4 plus 7 more games. joypad, powerstick. E150. Tel. Tal on 081-470 3666. after 7pm. SNES (Scan). 2 joypads. Street Fighter 2. Axley, Castlevania, Turtles. £150. swap Megadnve game Gun Star Heroes for Game Boy + games. Tel. Taj on 081-470 3666 after MEGADRIVE7pm.in mint condition, boxed, 11 lop games, many accessories. worth E755, will sell for £275 ono. Tel. (0255) 814004. NES GAMES and peripherals (not machine). contact David Mitchell on (0436) 72722 for details. Weekend evenings and Sunday afternoon also Friday evenings, full list and retail prices. available, best price offer taken. Buyer must collect.EXCELLENT CONDITON

MEGADRIVE GAMES, Jungle Strike £30, US SNES

convertor, all leads. 2 pads, E200 ono. Amiga stand for machine and monitor. Tel. Mark on 081-698 8418 (South London area FOUR MANGA Video's. inc. Vampire Hunter D. Akira, Venus Wars and AG Veda. worth about E53, sell for E35 ono. if intersted call Patnck on 081-989 5758. after 5pm. REVENGE OF SHINOBI. Toe Jam & Earl PGA Golf. Gyngoug. California games Lotus. Speedball 2 all E14 Battle Squadron El 0, Altered Beast £5. 3 mags with each game Wnte to: S. Wildig. Skreens Lodge, Willingale. Ongar, Essex CM5 OSU. MASTER SYSTEM. for sale with 8 games. inc. Sonic 1&2. Astenx and Terminator plus accessories, all for E100_ Tel. 10494) 671149,

evenings.Tel.phasergames.built-inMASTERonorpads.MEGADRIVEChnsswapOUACKSHOT27878Tel.offersarcadeSORfor!comeperfectSonicwithFORprezzle'collect(LinosDanielgamesE175andgames.SNES666055boxed.instructions,new,andMonacoPalmerSpeedballNIIIPAMEGADRIVE833484GAMES,HockeyE23.2E20.ArnoldGolfEl5.SuperE15,Tazmania£20WWFE20.gamesallasslightlydog-earedandtheyareallTel.Gileson(0634)FORSALE.with5inc.SRI.StarwingMarto,2pads.sellfororswapforAmigawithandjoystick.Tel.on(0526)352311.area).BuyermustIdealChristmasSALE.MasterSystemII8games,including:2andAsterix,1joypad.condition.£100,soonwhatareyouwaitingTel021-4495746,askforOliver.atter4.30pm.MEGADRIVEGAMES,Turrican,SpidermanCIO.RoadRash.Eswat,Ex-Mutants,Strider,Sonic2,TruxtonE15/Ecco.AlienIll,2,Thunderforce4E20.MortalKombatE30,MegaCDsUSSewerShark.FinalFight£30.JapSilpheedE40,SolFeace,CobraCommand,collectionUKE20.considered,mayswap.Peteon10902)7forsale£25orforanythingdecent.Tel.on081-9931650,forsale.33games.sellfor£130swapforSNES.Tel.Daniel(0283)716053,SYSTEMI,with3gamesplus4otheralsoincludeslightandIcontrolpadE40.Benon(0689)834964,

sale: X-men. Thunderforce 4, World of Illusion. Ecco the Dolphin, Rob o to the Rescue. Splatterhouse 2. all £20 ono, also 2 joypads E9, I'm pathetic at haggling, so you should get a good deal! Tel. Pete on (0744) 21747.

GAME GEAR for sale with AC adaptor, 7 top games. including Wonder Boy and Ouackskit. Tel. Phil on (0604) SPIDERMAN670544.vs, The Kingpin arid Alien Storm (Jan). both mint condition £12 each. 2 for E20 plus postage Tel. 081310 9703, ask for Alex. GAME GEAR for sale with 5 games. Sonic 18,2, Super Kick-Oft. Outrun. Halleyarz. battery pack mains adaptor, 2-player lead, carry case, all for E160 ono, also for sale. Super Kick-Olt E12 (Masters). WWF £20, StreetﬁghterSNESII£30. Super Progotetier £25. Tel. Andrew on 031-312 6557.

MEGADRIVE plus Sonic 2. Sonic. Streets Rage, Wrestle War, Super Monaco plus 2 pads I 1 turbo) E95. Tel, Mike on (0491)

with 10 great games, inc Super Mario Bros and Super Mario Bros 3 and Turtles, only 18 months old, should cost E450, a bargain at only E250. Tel. Lee on 081958 3174. Don't miss Out On this offer!

games, cash waiting or I will swap my carts from E5. excellent Selection. Tel. (0463l 221173. after 2pm. MEGADRIVE and games, I will give you a SNES. brand new with games. Tel. Brian o n (0463) 221173. after 2pm.

GAMES TO SWAP, Flashback on the Megadrive for Street Fighter 2. Aladdin or Ft Tel. Imran on 081-908 2038. Must collect.

MASTER SYSTEM mega games for sale, including Mortal Kombat, Mickey Mouse and other brilliant games. rated over 85%, all games sold at half once or below, ideal for anyone with hardly any Master System games. Tel. Abrar on 071-228 0144, weekend days

MEGADRIVE GAMES for sale, Ecco the Dolphin E20. Streets of Rage 2 E20, Robocod E15, Chuck Rock E15. Sonic 1 E15, Altered Beast £5. all perfect with instructions, the lot 10( E80, Tel, Michael on 071-607

12-YEAR-OLD boy looking for pen friend. Write toiJKaith Powell, 54 Sycamore Crescent, Baglan, Poll Talbot. West Glamorgan SAl2 8PL.

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8 top games. Men acer & 6 game cartridge, turbo pad, cost E480. accept E240 ono Tel. Tom on (0772) 862943 (fully boxed).

I WILL SWAP Megadrive with 9 games, Inc, Jungle Strike, 2 joypads for Amiga with mouse + games. Tel. Gloucester (0452) 527038, SWAP my Megadrive II. 2 controllers, 021-454AmigaAtomicThunderforceTazmania,IV,Phelios,Runner&E50for1200Tel.Eddyon9160.

MEGADRIVE. •4 games including Road Rash and Speedball 2. 2 toypads, boxed, good condition, El 10 or swap for Amiga 600+, Tel. (0268) 287124.

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AMIGA 500 will swap for Megadnve & Mega-CD, the Amiga has joystick. mouse, disk box, Lemmings 2, Jimmy White Snooker. Sensible Soccer. etc. Megadnve must have at least 6 games, Amiga is boxed. Tel. Mark on 081983 3894.

SEGA MASTER SYSTEM 2 for sale. with 5 lull price games. Alex Kidd. Sonic 1&2, Alien 3 and Super Kick-Off, all boxed with instructions, in mint condition, worth E170. sell for E50 ono. If interested. [hen phone Sam on (0737) 248687. after 4pm. Buyer 011collects.Doyou want lo buy a Megadrive with 6 games. including Desert Stike, Cool Spot and Tiny Toons worth E370. sell for E260. if you're up to it. Tel. Doug on 031-552 3396.

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I WILL SWAP my Menacer pack for any 2 of yours, good games. Tel_ Tom on (0224) SWAP571279.radio controlled car with battery and charger. Hurricane Turbo, will swap for Game Gear with.Without games. Tel. (0856) 76204. SNES with standard and turbo joypads, 1 joystick. Streetﬁghter 2, Mario, Star Wars and convertor, mint condition. for Megadnve 2, 2 loypads and 4 games, must be excellent condition with boxes and instructions, or sell for £160. Tel. (0532) 742074, MS cart to Ghostbustersswap.for Double Hawk. Assault City, Double Dragon or Dragon Crystal. Write to: J. Young, Milford House, Main Street, Bickerton, W.Yorks LS22 5ER, please, please, help me WILL SWAP Game Gear with adaptor. 2 Game Gear games, Psychic World and Shinobi. also Master System convertor with World Grand Prix and Predator 2 for Megadrive with 1 game and control pad Tel. (0279) 816950 (Bishops Stortford)_

CD-TV external disk drive. keyboard. remote control. 6 CD games plus disk games. £180 ono or swap for Megadrive. Tel. (0533) 413904.

AMSTRAD CPC464 includes colour monitor, joystick and over 60 games. good condition. bargain price, all for E150 ono_ Tel. Lee on 081958 3174. Don't miss this great NINTENDOoffer!

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WANNA MEGADRIVE with 7 games? Sonic 1&2 94%. Spiderman 91%. Robocod 95%. Golden Axe 947"Q. Battle Squadron 80%. Wrestle War 77%, propad. all boxed with instructions. 2 Tomy Ironic 3D games, all for E200. Tel. 021•378 1544. Nowt

WILL SWAP my Shining Force or Flashback for Bill Walsh's College Football or PGA II. Tel. (0734) 424110. Reading area only. SWAP any two of the following MS games, Super Kick-Off, Golden Axe, Space Hamer, Shinobi. Ghouls 'n' Ghosts arid Alien Slam for Marble Madness. Wolfchild or Bart vs. Space Mutants. Tel, Ian on (0454) 412916. SWAP my MD with 2 controllers and 6 games fOr your SNES with games. Tel. (062784) 221. ask for Jamie. VARIOUS MD games, sell or swap. loads of games available. prices E15-E30. Tel. (0602) 674129, consider decent swaps no time wasters_ please. Games include the Terminator and Olympic Gold, most games swaps considered, especially Sonic 2, Lotus Turbo and Flintstones. ask for Peter ATARI 520STE with 9 games, including Speedball 2. Double Dragon 2 and Italia '90. swap or Megadnve or SNES with a couple of games. Tel. (0323) AMIGA766365. 500 .1Mb upgrade, approx. 150 games, loystock. mouse, dustcover,mouse-mat,diskboxes. etc. worth well over El 000+ will swap for Megadnve 2 with Mega-CD 2 and a few games, or sell for E350. Tel. (0646) 682581 (Pembroke), ask for Richard.

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threw a big bash for the launch of Sonic 2 at Hamiey's toy store. It was the toast of the evening, but maybe one game stole the show 1from it: Sego's new Virtua Racing arcade game. At that party there was a patient queue of revellers, eager to experience the astounding smoothness of polygon graphics. No doubt about it, a classic ,.._had been created. lir

EGADRIVE PREVIEW MrCE.0 101•00•"20M1MT11-14IF EXPERT newERR1FFACIIINEchip,theSVP(SegaVirtualProcessor)istechnicallyknownas a DSP ignal Processor). Thot means it performs multiple calculations that the Mega woulddt normally hove to do itself. Now, the Megodrive is quite fast for a 16-bit machine, running at 12KHz, but even it struggles to find time to do its sums, draw its pictures and play its instruments at the same time. With this other chip, or co-processor, the Megadrive finds itself able to do things it's never done before. For a start it con manipulate polygons, three-dimensionol shapes. Lots of polygons create a more believable viewpoint than 2D sprites. The Megodrive enters the virtual age. But the SVP is not like Nintendo's vaunted Super FX. It's a generation ahead in technology. TIMEg Thefree me optiom lets you choose the fop fens*, Alai&AIPCO • 1111 • ---ko- the other anode cab nets. The Megadave?lilabl„5 q,94/11all ii flat on their lace si then Sego sfl.e Mega version would have a custom chip. And everyone said, tIebylbaborpll'tI,yakO"I

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Virtuo very close of e original. This is not a ing simulation, it's on arcade game. There's no need to worry about petrol or car domage. The aim is to finish first out of a field of 20. The faithfulness of the conversion extends into the area of presentation. We've already seen lots of little features of the coin-op recreated, like the mini-course map which rotates around your car, the identical Game Over sequence and the pit-stop.

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G et your skates on speed freaks and pre• pore to experience the race of your life with Skitchin, a brand new Megodrive bash fromBasedEA on the some engine as Rood Rash, Skitchin combines roller-blading and hitching as you grab the nearest moving car and blaze across the US in the weirdest Notional Championships ever staged, Through 12 major cities, you ﬁght (with feet, ﬁsts or handy lethal weapons lying °round) and skitch your way into the top four ranks to qualify for the next stage.

posterior. Surely everybody knows that mon's best friend is his stick? Well if you're getting into Core Design's new Megadrive game it most certainly is So grab a ﬁrm hold onto your own sticks and listen carefully.Starring you as a rather run-of-the-mill delivery man, Bubba 'n' Stix has out hero kidnapped by aliens and shipped off to a distant planet to be a prize exhibit in a zoo. Bubba escapes but then has the tiresome task of having to ﬁnd his way back to Earth. Fortunately a kindly stick befriends him and helps him in his quest for freedom. In this platform/ puzzle adventure, guide Bubb° through the weird and wonderful areas of the planet, tackling the bizarre natives, boggling your brain with a series of outlandish puzzles and using your friendly neighbourhood stick in a series of cunning ways (such as as a weapon, a step to scale high platforms or as a spoon). Take a butchers at these screenshots for now and watch out for our full review coming soon

There ore no rules and no speed limits but you can earn yourself some dash by getting in the top four or performing a few romp stunts along the way, allowing you to buy better skates, more speed or various safety equipment.Asyoucan see from these shots, Skitchin also includes o typestrackscartsupremacy.dualplayersoptionaddedtwo-playersplit-screenraceandanhead-to-headwhichputsjusttwoontheroadinaforultimateThe16-Megincludes16sound-andmorethantenofobstaclestocrack.lookingoodsoeyespealed

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'yes, he's the wac nsation that's sweepWg the nation with his I madcap antics and colourful costume. Mr Jobby talks to Mean Machines about fame, and how he's coping with being the star of Britain's biggest and brightest Sego magazine. And he may or may not be plopping the odd review comment in as well (not if 1 con help it — Lucy). Until then, whet your appetite (ugh!) with our ten tasty facts about this rising star.

2. It took him ages to come up with the name. 1 up loads of titles, like Plop and Dumpo before I settled on Jobby. I think it's got a nice ring

1 Mr Jobby octually used to be a Shakespearean actor, but jacked when he realised how much joy he brought to kids.

Ms Jobby's vocabulary consists of three words: Jib, Job and Job. (We conducted the interview through an interpreter).

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con Machines would like to make the point that the views expressed here are Mr. Jobby's own, and don't reﬂect the editorial policy of Mean Machines. Job! Job! Oh, and by y, the Morch issue of MEAN MACHINES SEGA

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& Mt bby doesn't let his kids watch TV. "Too much ﬁlth on the box these days".

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