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Talking of which, you may have olready seen a handful of reviews for the Megadrive version by the time you read this. If you're wondering why we haven't reviewed it, the answer is because at the time of writing it was far from complete. Whilst other mags always go on about their integrity and not reviewing incomplete games, all of a sudden they're willing to break these rules because of Super SF If we'd wanted to review it we would have asked Jaz to do the honours for us, but this would have meant only one person sow it and MEAN MACHINES doesn't work like that. Needless to say, the full review will appear next issue ensuring you'll get the deﬁnitive review, not some apology copied from one article sent from the States Until then, see you next month me old muckers...

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To complement Virtu° Fighters, this really rough combat game (described as a '3D in your face smash-oroma') will be on early Megadrive 32 game. 32-Bit power means the ability to zoom in and out of the action, incredible use of perspective and speed

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Inspired by the new Virtue Star Wars coin-op. this is a four-level shoot 'em up which will be a ﬂagship for the new unit. As on X-wing pilot you play through a fully textured polygon environment to a climax at the Death Star. We ore rea lly hot about this one!

Cop a load of this! This is the future of video games — the Megadrive 32. MEAN MACHINES SEGA was whisked into Sego's UK ofﬁces as soon as the prototype arrived, and we can reveal the ﬁrst details of the machine's imminent release.

The Megadrive 32 is the plug-in device revealed a few months bock, and has been designed so it's fully compatible with the original Megadrive, the Megodrive 2 AND the allnew MultiMega. Its roughly the same size as a Game Gear, and requires o second power supply which plugs in the bock.

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The classic PC hunt and kill game is to be ported onto Megodrive 32 almost in its entirety. Hailed as the perfect mix of graphical excellence and ployability, Doom on the Megadrive 32 should have oil the speed of the PC soon as the

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mission Probe to translate the games over to the Megodrive 32 and Saturn systems. A release dote hasn't been set yet, but Probe are conﬁdent the resultant conversions will be arcode-r3erfectl That means that Megadrive 32 owners could well be the proud owners an orcade-perfect conversion and one which could well be out in time for Christmas! Acclaim are keeping very tight-lipped about the 32bi1 versions, but it should be announced ofﬁciolly within the next few weeks. We'll be keeping a very close eye on this promising conversion, and as soon as there's something to see, you'll see it here...

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Hey-hey-hey, Booboo! Jellystone Pork's most famous resident is about to hop, skip and jump his way onto the Megodrive, as Empire convert its Super NES game over to the system. A scrolling plotformer, Jellystone has been littered with a mixture of picnic baskets and deadly creatures, and Yogi's goal in life is to eat the former whilst simultaneously avoiding the latter. All the usual Yogi favourites make on appearance — Ranger Smith, Booboo, etc — and the action takes Yogi from the relative safety of Jellystone into alpine and rockbased stages. Empire has yet to set a release date, but we'll keep you posted.

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The PC blaster Doom has been riding high at the top of the charts for weeks now, and the MEAN MACHINES crew has been waiting in vain for a Sega version. We won't get an ofﬁcial one until the Megodrive 32 arrives, but in the meantime Accolade has popped up with a similar ﬁrst person perspective shoot 'em up for the Megodrive — Zero Tolerance. You, as one of o crack US Army defence squad, have been dropped on a space station which hostile aliens and terrorists have taken over from where they pion to destroy the Earth. The idea of the game is: If it moves, shoot it. To achieve this feat, you wander around the vorious levels of the space station, explor-

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time for going out and catching o few rays in between sessions on your console, To celebrate the arrival of summer, we've got 10 Vortex Bells to give away as a bit of o lough -- courtesy of Vivid Imagination. A Vortex Ball is basically o rubber mortar bomb which is aerodynamically designed to give the user better throwing powers. They work, too, as poor old Tom Guise from Sega Mog has found out to his cost! If you wont to win one, send us a photo of a member of your family in their most ridiculous beach wear — the defter, the better. We'll print them, and you can have a prize! Simple. eh! Mark your entries:

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ing rooms and corridors, entering lifts, going up and down stairs and nosing around the various nooks and crannies, There are numerous weapons to pick up to fend off the foes including rocket launchers, handguns, laser guns, shotguns, hand grenades and booby traps.

Those crafty beggars at Virgin have swooped in and secured a deal to release every Lucasceis game for the foreseeable future! The chaps behind Zombies for Konami and the Monkey Island series, a reputation as one of the leoding console and CD the light of day as part of the deal ore likely the long-awaited Rebel Assault, with the Mega-CD version of Monkey Island ofﬁcially released at long last. Details of anything has announced. to

idea for Sonic 4 whereupon, old Sonic carts can be plugged in and 'remixed' into new levels! Nothing concrete yet, though.

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the existing cartridge version and the result is this souped-up CD. More effort has been put into making the games computer-controlled fighters more intelligent, and each character will also benefit from more moves. What's more, Sega hove also hidden two extra characters in the game, but finding these is believed to be extremely tough. Eternal Champions CD has a provisional release date of October, but it may only be available via importers.

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name yet, the second has been christened Cybetwor, and sees Angelo once again entering Jobe's VR lair to try to end his menace However, Jobe has created a series of mean motes — including a gun-toting reptile called Ernie. Rumour has it that once again its unto the breach of platform ond puzzling action with rendered sprites being the order of the day but well bring you more info when we get it.

Actually, innovations on the cartridge front are starting to happen as Capcom ore rumoured to be releasing updated conversion of their ﬁrst three MegaMcan games for the megadrive. Similarly, we also hear that Telstor are set to bundle Micro Machines, PI and Road Rosh onto one cart. Again, however, it's just what a little bird told us...

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Fans of Batman's new cartoon adventures will be lumping out of their Botpants, as Sega unveil a new Megadrive caper starring both the Dark Knight and young Robin. As far as we understand it, the game is a platformer, with the dynamic duo taking on Gotham's ﬁnest foes: le The Riddler, The Penguin and, of course, The Joker. Expect plenty of cartoon-quality graphics,and Pows and Kabooms galore. It'll be swooping down just in time to land in your Chrimbo stockingsironic really, considering Batman wears tights.

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On the games front, the hot news is all about the latest Saturn games, even though they're still in a very embryonic stage at the moment. Most stuff you'll already know about, but there's also a rumour circulating that Saturn Virtue Fighting will feature more moves and better playability than the arcade version! This is because, surprisingly, the coin-op wasn't that successful, beaten to the takings by Super SF and MK2. Speaking of those two monster ﬁghters, Super SF is out here in July, and MK2 follows a couple of months later. Super is looking well tasty, but weighs in at a vast 40-MEG, and MK2 is equally hot at a lower 24-MEG. Which will sell the most? Personally, I reckon it'll come down to the price.

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Sonic has just completed his third instalment, EA's Desert Strike is set to appear in its new urban environment, and yet another Street Fighter game is on its way. This new bout of 'Sequelitis' has even reached Konami, as this October sees the de return of Sparkster the Rocket Knight in an all-new platformer. Steve Merrett straps himself in...

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When EA shipped Lucy Hickman over to gay Paris for an exclusive peak at the Delphine-developed Shaquille O'Neal Megadrive game she fully expected yet another basketball jaunt (he is a world renowned basketballer, after all). What a shock then to be confronted with a beat 'em up without a bouncy ball in sight.

EVen if who're not a basketball L freak, you'll almost certainly have heard of Shaquille O'Neal. Al just 21, this guy has really put himself about. As well as being the star player of the Orlando Magic basketball team, he's making a name for himself in the world of music with a wellreceived debut rap album, has starred in the ﬁlm Blue Chips with Nick Nolte, published his autobiography and, of course, appeared in. the recent Pepsi ad. So it seems rather natural that he should progress to starring in his own video game. But how come EA has opted for a beat 'am up and not a basketball game?EAproducer, Don Treager, whose post achievements include

NBA and PGA games, explainedapproachedWe Shag really with the idea of a basketball game like Shag Vs Jordan but I rood that Shag loved crime movies and has a very street image through his rap. Shag Fu is his rap name his street, urban name. It just struck me this could be interesting for a ﬁghting game We were unsure his agent would let us do this but on talking to Shag personally, he loved the idea. It's not Mortal Kombat, were not ripping out human spines, we're ﬁghting fantasy creatures and monsters with a kind of a Batmen-like background to it." Ok, so what's the game all about? Yes folks, it's scenario time...

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basketball team, Shag is transported to another dimension while reading an old Martial Arts book. In this strange new world he comes across an evil Warlord who is desperate to reach the real world and take over. To prevent such a calamity, you as Shag in the Story Mode take on

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So how involved has Shag been in the development? "Shaq has really got into it," says Don. "He has been involved in every step. In foci, we were a little concerned that he was too involved. We thought '.leez — he's going to take over, we'll never get anything done, he's just going to keep changing things without understanding how the process goes' but he hasn't been like that at all —

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This is Delphine's first entry into the fighting genre and they'll be coming up against tough competition since Shag Fu's autumn release date clashes with the likes of Super Streetfighter, Mortal Kombot II and Accolade's New Breed. So how ore they going to Delphine'scompete?projectmanager, Dony

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"He's really into games he's got a Megadrive and a Super NES and a few coin-ops — he's very fond of the EA sports games and Mortal Kombot. So he's got a lot more emotion about it."

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Delphine is perhaps best known for the fob Megadrive Flashback which received worldwide acclaim for it's depth of gameplay and superb animation. Don explained he set his heart on Delphine developing after seeing Flashback at a CES show. The graphics and animation were just the neatest thing I'd ever seen and I wondered if they'd be interested in doing a ﬁghting game. I called Delphine and mentioned it — we both seemed to be on the some wavelength and that's how it

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team thinks Shag is going to be as good as or even better than SFII or Mortal Kombat• Brave words indeed, but saying Shaq will have great gameploy is easy; what have they done so for to make this happen?

He said Delphine's aim was to concentrate on realism — making the player feel as if they are participating in a real ﬁght_ In this way, he said, his

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Cuisset, the programming team used Delphine's famed Rotoscoping technique to produce the impressive animation. This entailed filming all the characters in full costume to obtain a 3D effect but then, instead of playing the film imoge by image. tracing the contours on computer as was done in Flashback, they developed a tool allowing direct transfer, image by image, from the video sequences directly to the advanced Silicon Graphics computer. The grophic artists then redesigned the fighters using the video model established from the graphic charts drown up at the beginning of the project. More than 7,000 designs hove been drown for the animations (and that's not counting the scenery), and 40 people have worked on the project so far. Shag has been filmed in hundreds of different stances with scores of different expressions under the direction of a Kung-Fu expert and the other warriors ore played by a combination of Kung Fu experts and movie stuntmen.

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the game, Bubsy enters a secret passageway which leads him to one of three nutty bonus mini-games: — Frogapult, Bobcat Bungee Jump and Armadillo Pachinko. Continued success during these excursions brings goodies galore, including wodges of points, extra lives and power-ups. In the Frogapult (pictured), split second timing is essential as Bubsy launches frogs onto ﬂoating boats and beasts in order to sink them and pick up the prizes.

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Over ﬁve different worlds and 15 levels including a fairy tale castle, an Egyptian tomb, bi-plane barnstorming, musical madness and pirate swash and buckling, Bubsy picks whichever platform path he fancies then takes on Oinker's numerous henchmen, picks up handy objects such as a portable hole, a dive suit, bazooka gun, biplane and smart bomb and gets up to all sorts of antics such as raising secret walls, opening pits and putting out ﬁres.

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The players ore oil rotoscoped, there's a detailed training mode headed by some chap called Vic (who's apparently a hot-shot American tennis trainer) and, as long as you've got the 4Way-Ploy, there's scope for some tasty four-player action as well. So far the game's only 30 percent ﬁnished but you can be sure that a full review will be on its way as soon as we get it. Stay tuned...

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In the past. Tennis games have often suffered from perspective problems — ie. its pretty much impossible for the second player at the other end of the court to return shots accurately EA Sports Tennis aims to solve this perennial problem by using a TVstyle comera system which zooms in and out of the action. As such, if an area of the screen is obscured slightly, the detoil will be magniﬁed slightly. Little touches like this ore present throughout the game, and aim to make Tennis more instinctive to play. Similarly, with the viewpoint chonging, EA have also concentrated on making the animation as realistic as possible, using the tried and tested Rotoscope system which sees people performing the actions within the game which are then translated in data.

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, Their intention is to allow the gamer to play out the cartoon them\ selves. This will be achieved creating a new system called •Animotion': a box of tricks which allows on unbelievable amount of animation to be crammed into the game. According to Shiny Entertainment, Earthworm Jim is scheduled for release in early October.

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The action follows the exploits of a worm going by the nome of Jim. By a ml cle of evolution, Jim is transformed from a common garden worm to a plotfor leaping hero armed with a plasma blaster — courtesy of o lost power suit which mutates the weorer into a super hero. The suit, however, is the property of the evil queen bee who dispatches her minions to recover it at oil costs. It's Jim's iob to bottle through 25 levels of assorted evil ses and rescue the princess while at the same time keeping the suit from the of darkness.

Aladdin, Cool Spot, and Jungle Book under his belt, certainly has a reputation for turning out extremely stylish platformers. As every gamer will know his games have their own style and feel, incorporating stunning sprite animation. His latest project, Earthworm Jim, has been in development for the past four months on an around the clock basis. Nick Jones the Programming Director reveals that the team working on the project have been practically living in the ofﬁce. The atmosphere is described as 'buzzing' and 'electrifyin due to the team's excitement about the game they hope wit break the platform mould.

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Jim's suit is the business. Simply take creature, odd suit, and there you hove it: instant superhero. As for accessories, Jim cks some heat with a plasma blaster pped to his side. This is not to say that is nothing but a suit. He adapts his not' worm abilities to assist his progress. Jim can been seen edging his way along a rope using his head as a hook. What's more, he can remove his entire body from the suit to use it as a bullwhi against tougher

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The four megs of ROM allotted is a lot for a handheld game, but can be accounted for by the digitised animation and rendered 3-D courses. One problem that golf games face is a delay between shots as the computer calculates and redraws the view. This delay is minimised in Global Golf by an onboard RAM cache, which quickens the display.

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The control systems and best features of existing golf games are in evidence throughout Global Golf. All sorts of play options, like the popular Skins game ore available, and the distance metre, power bar and 'lie' indicator of (dare we say it?) PGA Tour are visible. Despite these, the game still has the ﬁrm stamp of a Codemasters production

The thinking behind Global Golf is to meld the sophistication of golf simulations with the playability required of a Game Gear game basically depth with accessibility. With this in mind, all options, including club selection, stance, boll • Iposition and swing are selected by a joypadlinked icon menu system. Originally the game . was designed with two courses; a 'country course and a 'links' course with plenty of water, but the cart has been expanded to encompass two more international rounds. That's not all the goodies, a

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decided that enough is enough. From now I of these anonymous tips will be credited cat Rainbow. After all, she is on expert gamer nd has helped me out on many a tough level. So well done Rainbow for sending in this lovely load.

This month all of the Mean 1 Team have stars in their eyes. Various members of the crew have had brief encounters with that rare breed, celebrities. Young Oz still drools at the thought of his encounter with the international chanteuse Cathy Dennis, Well, the poor chap doesn't get much time off for good behaviour these days. Whereas Claire has hod a slightly more topical rendezvous with the 'delicious' (her words) Steven Dorff (Dork? — Ed), of 'Back Beat' fame. Now that groovester Gus came into work this very morning with the hot news that he met Jean-Paul Gaultier at the weekend. In fact when I asked Gus who else he'd met, the list just went on, and on, and on... If you've got any star-studded tips for next month, then don't delay, send them today to: "I THINK YOU'RE REALLY FAMOUS TOO, PAUL", SMALL TIPS, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, PRIORY COURT, 30-32 FARRINGDON LANE, LONDON, ECIR 3AU.

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1111Before turning on the Megadrive, plug the control pad into the second playerslot Turn on the AAegodrive and hold down B when the Electronic Arts logo comes onto the screen, Now when the Foley Systems sign comes up, you should hear a funny noise. This tells you that the cheat has worked. Plug the controller bock into the player one slot and away you go. This will give you inﬁnite lives, 99 of every gun, and 9 of every Remote. And what's more, these will be renewed every time you start a level

A small, but tasty tippette here for any Dracula fans. To make the game even harder ond pump it up to full Expert level, all you do is perform the renowned Konami code, ie. UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, B, and A. A huge round of polite applause to Michael (Herdy) Herd and Mat (no nickname) Miller, both from Oldham, for enlightening us with

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For the ﬁnal instalment from the Herd and Miller duo we have a secret scene. It makes you wonder where they get all this secret stuff. Do they hove a Bond-style 'Q' bloke who installs all these added extras? Anyhow, when the credits roll, just press C, B, and A, then press START.

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10. There should now be two options, 'Make new cup' and 'Continue Euro-Cup' 11, Go to 'Continue Euro-Cup' and you should now continue the cup in beginner mode However there is a downside to this cheat as you can't save the game. Still, you can't have everything.

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ii 0.1 0.3 03 0.7 0.9 LI 1.3 1.5 I. Get it together in Denver and you can make some serious trick money. Watch for the two trap romps (2_7 and 1.1). They have obstructions placed where you land, so take the ramps while moving sideways so land in the opposite lane 4.1 4.3 43 4.7 4.9 1 5.3 53 5.1 5.9 CI 63 LS 6.7 63 0.1 0.3 03 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 13 1.9 2.1 2.3 LS 2.7 2.9 11 3-3 1.5 17 19 DENVER ••=-= .4 0.6 O. 1,0 1.2 1.4 ti 11 11 11 2.2 2.4 2.6 3.0 1 3.4 16 1.& .4 2.6 .8 i;:A113,0 1111•11SII 0..110 .6 4.8 5.0 5.2 1,7 1,9 .9 11 13 33 17 3.9 CI 4.3 43 4.7 9 5.1 53 5.7 4.11 0 5.2 SA b 6,2 6,4 6.6 Ride cars until 2.0 unless you need a weapon. Watch out for the frequent crossovers. This is a good course to go thrashing. SANDIEGO , .„.do••%K. 4 4" " •• 6 6 • a mentaryHereLAWOFTHEROADaresomeinvaluabletipsontherudi-skillsusedinthegame. ThereRIDIN'CARSaretwomethodsof grabbing cars; the quick and the safe. Use the safe when you start off, but you'll need the quick method if you crosh out on later levels, as it allows you to skitch from a virtual standstill. Reverse for cars on the opposite lane. METHOD 1(CARS ON RIGHT HAND SIDE) 1. Move to a position just left of the centre line. 2. Use slingshot skate to reach same speed as 3.trafﬁc.Wait for car to appear in main window. 4. Move right and press A together. METHOD 2 (QUICK SKITCH) 1. Position yourself to just right of centre line 2. Watch car in rear mirror. 3. Start grabbing (A) when car is at its largest in mirror. 61 6.3 63 6.7 6.9 1 0.1 0.3 03 0.1 0.9 1.1 13 13 I/ 1.9 LI 13 23 2.7 2.9 &I 3.3 33 17 3.9 CI 4.3 43 4.7 4.9 il 5.3 53 5-7 S.9 6.1 6-3 63 6.7 MM SEGA MI .8 4,0 412 4A 4.6 4.8 CO 6.2 6A CS C13 .0 This city has some pretty thoseareas,twotogethemroadworksextensive-puttoyouradvan-byridingtheclosedIan.andgettingrocketskates_

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mid-air: the angle at which you hit the ramp is the angle you'll continue travelling. Some romps have blocks ahead, so approach the romp with the intention of changing lanes in mid-air. whip (high damage) found at 0.3 in the centre. Very useful to have.

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Chaos Mathematics must have crossed someone's mind when they ﬁrst saw its surface. Miles of barren, lifeless replication, a froctal pattern, having no clear distinction as a whole, yet each acre, each foot, each square millimetre subtly different to those surrounding it.

Aesthetics, or even the quaint systems of late Twentieth Century number theory were not on those ﬁrst explorer's minds, The quest for resources, in particular a plentiful source of Meridium, a prerequisite of the Super Fission energy process fuelled their expeditionary drive. Not native to earth, the element is found on dense planets clustering exceptionally heavy metals: planets like Mondelbrot.

Mondelbrot soon becomes fringed with the forms of a colonial mining operation, and the slow rope of a barren world begins apace, But the fractol arc has at least one twist. The main bio-computer, MOSES lMulticameral Organic Synergistic Energised System) is compromised and infected by a virus, at the hands of a rival mining company. Re-calculating the colonists as a threat to Mondelbrot (computers can show the most poetic logic) MOSES places lives and proﬁt at risk. Back on Earth the decision to dispatch a regrettably expensive quasi-military expedition to disable the CPU is made, and three RAM Armordillos head off for Mandelbrot.

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By the mid-cent. you would be laughed out of Operations for suggesting we send REAL people on an expedition such as this. Human life isn't any more sacred, but hardware is darn m cheaper. The BAMs work by downloading o human intelligence into o cyborg environment. You have three personalities to select from.

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Bandit? The devilishly charming lead role was always played by a lovable rogue like Burt Reynolds or Jackie Gleeson. Off he raced, leaving o trail of dust and battered cop cars. Sure, he broke the law, but what the heckche was just a free spirit in seorch of the American dream on the highways and byways of the land of the free.

Now's your chance to relive those days of dashing from state to state with the law hot on your heels. Out Runners is a split-screen affair in which you race against a computer-controlled car (as in the original arcade version) or opt for two-player mode and joyride the planet in an attempt to beat a friend. With speeds in excess of 400kph, the countries of the world whizz post at on alarming rote, but that's not to mention the obstacles which ,may stop you reaching the elusive qualifying timemiMailboitight litres of engine throbbing beneath yeep/Pmight be an idea to buckle up for this transglobal race of a lifetime.

It seems the inhabitantslocalaren't all that chuffed with the high speed exploits of the boys and their toys. All manner of local transport impedes your passage. It may be street cars in Son Francisco or a herd of elephants on the African savanna_ Whatever the obstacle, they're going to give your ABS a severe bashing.

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There's hardly a country left unaffected by Out Runner's hot-rods The rote kicks off in the US and, after completing the ﬁrst track, the drivers have the choice of heading east or west. Taking the eastern route leads the racers over either the plains of Africa or the historic landscapes of Europe Head west and the action covers the Californian highways through to the Russian steppes. Ultimately, the tracks come to a rapid end on the opposite side of the planet.The action is non-stop as the drivers aren't afraid of getting their feet wet. With a splish and a splosh, it's sea bed fun. Strong., but true

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It's a funny old game. Especially with this frenzy of soft. wore being released to mark the 1994 World Cup in the good ol' U.S.of A. What started off as a kickabout in the pork caught the attention of the Yanks and has become mega bucks. Let's face it, it's not been so foshionable to be a footballer since Georgie Best, superstar, was wearingwomen's underwear. Ultimate Soccer has every intention of cashing in on the seasonal popularity surrounding the big event. With numerous options and even the inclusion of a league system, it certainly wants to play with the big boys.

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always makes them difficult to rate. However, compared to Accolade's previous acceptable efforts, and Tengen's fine RBI '94, Hardball '94 comes across as a bit irrelevent. The new angle that has been taken is one which thrills baseball statistics fans, though there's not many of them in Britain. Othewise the clever rendered batting animation Is spoiled by the poor outfield graphics. Hardball '94 is good enough to satisfy its target market, which is, fortunately, 3000 miles across the Atlantic

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graded the importance of the gameplay. For true PAUL fanatics of the sport, the statistics may be seen as a bonus. But for the average gamer, playabillty must always come first. Even during the boning, the digitised characters appear lifeless, and there is no guide to the distance and speed of the approaching ball. When it comes to the overhead view of the playing field — well what can I say? There is absolutely no need for such poor sprite animation. To top it off the control of the fielders is just abysmal. Hardball '94 has some nice ideas to improve the garners lot, but is caught out even before it passes the first options base.

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MEAN MACHINES SEGA Issues 1+3 E5 each. Issues 2+4+10 E4 each. Issues 11-13 E3 each, Issue 14 E2. Call Jamie (081) 449 3012. MEGA CD AND MEGADRIVE (Both English) 10CD Games including Silpheed, Sonic, Thunderhawk, Sherlock Holmes and More!. 6 MD Games including Sonic 2 and Jungle Strike!! S.G Propad, arcade powerstick. All worth over E800 sell E400 ono. Call 0952 825846 ask for Lizard. MEGADRIVE (UK) AND MEGA CD with 2 x 6 button pads +2x3 button pads eleven games including Street Fighter II, Sonic CD Thunderhawk, Flashback, Micromachines. Coolspot and Final Fight CD. Excellent condition hardly used sell for E300 contacrt Aaron (081) 689 7531 GAME GEAR PLUS TV TUNER car adaptor and 11 games. Master System convertor with R-Type Game Get leather case and carrying case worth over E400 as in new condition. Sell for E210 ono. Telephone Ray on (0829) 760361. after 5pm. MEGADRIVE WITH 11 Excellent Games including SRI plus 3 joypads, one 6 button. All in mint condition. Boxed with instructions and leads E200 ono. (0473) 310482 after 4pm. Weekdays. Ipswich area. Buyer collects. UK SUPER NINTENDO WITH 10 top rated games including Star Wars, Tiny Toons, Mario Karl Joypad and a USA/AP convertor. All boxed up in mint condition. Only E360! Tel. (0494) 433716. Ask for Chris.

Master System 2 for sale, over 6 games, one controller and one joystick. For information call (081) 343 7797.

mint condition would cost over E800 new E450 (0923) 267606

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PGA Tour Golf II £25. European Club Soccer E20. Call Tom on (0684) 574542. MEGADRIVE + MEGA CD II, Arcade POwer Stick + Two Pads, 5 Cartridges including Virtue Racing, Fifa Soccer + Ranger X 5 CD's including Lethal Enforcers, NHL 94 + Sonic. All boxed + in

N.E.S FOR SALE WITH 5 GAMES and 2 control pads. A bargain price of C80. If interested Tel. Umesh (081) 449 3176

SONIC 3, BARGAIN E25, hardly used. Also Mortal Kombal, Ecco, Sor 2 E20 each. Aarlon Senna's Super Monaco 2, JM 92, Sonic 2 E15. Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Soace Harrier E10. Convertor needed £5 Ask for Nick on (0277) 221969 after 3.30pm.

MEGA CD PLUS MEGADRIVE Normal CD's plus Thunderhawk. Ten Carts, including Alien 3, Flashback, F22, Desert Strike. Robocop v Terminator. 2 Control Pads. Joystick, Action Replay Cart, Bargain £300. Phone (0296) 81293 evenings

Adaptor, Battery pack, Kick Off, Sonic and Donald Duck E90. Phone Ben on (0367) 242039. YAMAHA P5300 KEYBOARD for sale. Three chord memories. 100 sounds to choose from, sound mixing facility etc. Free commodore 64 with loads of games. If interested phone (021) 705 4520 and ask for Russell. (Preferably after 4pm on School days) Buyer collects.

MEGADRIVE FOR SALE WITH Street Fighter II, Jungle Strike. Cyborg Justice Shinobi Gynoug WWF Super Hang on E199 Tel (021) 440 3640.

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MEGADRIVE TWO TURBO PADS. Twelve carts, SF2, Flash Back, Jungle Strike, EA Hockey 93. Alien 3, Desert Strike, David Robinsons B.Ball, California Games. Buck Rogers, Maddens Populous, Sonic Good Condition. Buyer collects £300 ovno (0533) 760339 Leicester will not separate pack, SEGA MEGADRIVE WITH MAJIC Drive plus 70 games one cartridge two joypads or swap for Motorcross Bike E350 ono. MEGADRIVE WITH NINE GAMES in all, including Fifa, Micro Machines, Flashback, Cool Spot and others cost E180 Tel (0753) 853275.

Revenge of Shinobi E12, Sonic 2 E16. Thundedorce 4 E18, Eswat E14. Greendog £12. Super Harry on El 0 + SNES stuff. Tel Key (0920) 877341.

MEAN MACHINES Megamart is for private advertisers only. Anybody sending in a trade advert will not have it published. It will be ignored, your cheque will nit be cashed and no correspondence will be carried into! due to deadlines. allow six weeks for your advert to appear in the magazine.

PGA Tour Golf II E25 European Club Soccer E20 Call Tom on (0684) MASTER574542.SYSTEM II WITH TWO Joypads plus live excellent games including Sonic Price E50 Tel Johnathon on (0403) 782293. SEGA GAME GEAR, ADAPTOR, Master System Convertor, Super Wide Gear, and over a dozen games including Jurassic Park, Sonic 2. Mortal Kombal, Lemmings and Chuck Rock. Everything boxed in excellent condition" Worth Loads, Sell all for E160. Tel (0284) 728036.

AMIGA 500 WITH MOUSE, Two joysticks. Disc Box and over 30 games E150 Phone Ben (0367) 242039.

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SEGA MEGADRIVE THREE Pads and 28 games include Sonic 1-2-3, Sonic Spinball, Fl, Eternal Champions, Fifa Soccer, Jungle Strike, TAZ Flintstones, Speedball, Bubsy Bobcat, Streets of Rage and 15 more top titles may swap or sell separate Tel (0527) 517826.

MEGADRIVE GAMES FOR SALE

Memory card, Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting only E370. Megadrive NBA Showdown E32, Snes Zombies E32 20 other games available. USA PC Engine II games only E140 or swap. Phone James on (0934) 833788.

THREE MEGADRIVE GAMES for sale, Sonic Super Hang on and battle soaudron E18 each, with boxes and instructions! Mange video for sale, Lensman, E9.

MEGADRIVE 9CD Games inc Ground Zero Texas Thunderhawk Batman Returns, Night Trap, Final Fight, Sonic CD + more 11 Megadnve games, Aliens 3. T2. World of Illusion etc. +CDX Game Genie Arcade Power Stick + 3 Pads all for E575 (0582) 663560.

MEGADRIVE WITH EA HOCKEY and Jon Madden American Football. Great Condition worth over E100 sell for E65 Phone 081 866 8250.

and Mega CD 9 Games including all Sonic titles, Flashback, Fifa Soccer, Lemmings & Movie games Nightrap, Ground Zero Texas also platform games and computer literature, everything worth over E2000 bargain at E725 Tel. (0494) 439523.

FOR SALE FIFA SOCCER, Mint condition complete E30. Phone after 6pm. Tel: 0287 660183. MASTER SYSTEM FOR SALE with 5 games separate and 2 games built in. Games include Sonic and Operation Wolf. Operation Wolf can be used with Joypad or Light Gun, Both included. E60 ono or swap for TV Tuner. Ring 021 6247906 (Birmingham) BARGAINS! I'VE MANY SEGA Megadrive and Master System games for sale from E3 Too many to list. Please send for a free list to: Chris, 8 Chesterton Place, New Quay. Cornwall. TR7 2RY or ring (0673) 876764 after 6pm on Mondays.

FOR SALE MEGADRIVE ALL Leads £55.00. Speedball 2 E16. Euro Club Soccer E18, Chuck Rock E16, Spiderman El 0, Jungle Strike E26, Quack Shot E20

MEGADRIVE WITH 6 Excellent Games including Fifa Soccer and Street Fighter II. 3 Joypads. 1-6 Button, 2-3 Button, All boxed, Hardly used. All in mint condition cost E370, sell for E170 ono. Tel Matthew on (0234) 213106 after 4pm for NINTENDOdetails.FOR SALE. Excellent Condition with all leads and fully boxed. With it comes two control pads. Zapper Gun and 13 games.

Sell for E250 offers accepted. But buyer must pay postal costs of the Nintendo. Phone Matthew on (0436) 672153.

NE0 GEO WITH 2 JOYSTICKS

I WOULD LIKE TO SWAP Thunder Force IV for Toe Jam & Earl 2 so call 'now' on (0223) 572496.

OLD LOOKING FOR Pen Friend. Write to : Andrew Smith 3 Downside Drive. Ashby DE La Zouch, Leices LE65 20A

BATMAN, KLAX, CORPORATION Dragons Fury. Another World. Mega Games I. Talepsin Thunderforce IV, Ex Mutants, Alien 3. Terminator. F22, Hellﬁre. Rintstones, James Bond, Avengers, Rolling Thunder 2, Lotus Challenge, Marble Madness. Back to the Future Ill. Castle or World of illusion, Mutant League. 05 each! Tel (0724) 848762

books and other free gifts. All for only E28! So if you are interested phone (0727) 846308 and buy the mags. Ask for Dave.

UK SUPER NINTENDO Includes three games, Super Empire Strikes Back. John Maddens 93 and Mario World, Two joy pads and all leads and boxes. If interested phone (081) 950 9457 and ask for Rob. Offers accepted around the E120 Mark.

I HAVE GOT SWAP FOR PAPER Boy and Ind Jones for almost anything. Just call (0243) 864657 the game must be seen ﬁrst. PHILLIPS CDI PLUS FILM Cartridge Four D.V Games Space Ace Caesers Boxing etc. 16 games Voyuer Tennis Golf etc. Two Joypad. Six ﬁlms Swap for Mega CD and lots of games. Buyer collects worth over ELIO°. Phone Gary (0524) 770558. SWAP BOXED SUPER NES with 13 games adaptor games includes SF2 Turbo Contra 4 Starwing Batman Returns. I want Mega CD with games or Neo Geo with games. Contact Ricky on (081) 368 7486

SEGA GAME GEAR, SUPER Wide Gear, AC Mains, Battery Pack, Car Adaptor, Master System COnvertor,Carry Case Holds everything, 5 Games. Mortal Kombal, Chuck Rock. Suer Kick Off. Columns. Leaderboard Golf and California Games for convertor. El 50. Tel. (0259)

MEGADR1VE GAMES FOR SALE from E5 Revenge of Shinobi to E20 Rocket Knight Adventures inc Muhammad Ali Phone Phill (0245) 256450.

50 SNES GAMES INCLUDING Joe & Mac 2, Bomberman 2 and Turtles Tournament. Will not separate. Bargain at E270 ono Tel (0272) 686258/(0831) 267711.

DOUBLE PRO FIGHTER DISK Drive for both Megadnve and SNES (24 MEG) + 15 games. Hardly used 11 months warranty. E270 Tel (0272) 686258(0831) 267711.

MEGADRIVE GAMES E15 EACH Sonic Spinball. Street Fighter 2, Micro Machines, Mortal Kombat, Action Replay. Aladdin, Fifa Soccer, El 0 each Cool Spot, Fatal Fury, Jungle Strike, Jurassic Park, Flash Back. Lethal Enforcers El 5 Meancher + 6 games E15. Russell. 24 Seeking Crescent, Colchester. Essex C04 4RJ.

FOR SALE! MEGADRIVE, Three games. One six button control pad and one normal. Also NES with two games. Plus 20 inch TV. 31 inch computer desk. Goes to the highest bidder. Phone Clinton on (0304) 824382 between 4pm and 7pm.

I AM LOOKING FOR A MALE pen pal aged 10-12. Must like computers. swimming. lego and going to the movies, My ﬁles ambition is to solve a murder mystery and become famous. I am aged 11. Must speak English. Otters accepted from around the world. Frank Bennett Highcroft. Douglas Road, Kirk Michael, Isle of12Man.YEAR

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Powerstick, Joypad. John Maddens '94, Sonic 18.2. Mercs, Euro CLub Soccer, Hellﬁre. Zerowing, Taz Mania, Altered Beast, Road Rash, Streets of Rage (12) worth over E500 everything can be boxed as new. Great Condition. Offers, Richard (0734) 695457.

Final Fight (U.S) with CDX converter plus seven other games E195 ono (0284) 766540 (Suffolk area).

SEGA MEGADRIVE WITH 14 incredible games, featuring Streets of Rage 2 Jungle Strike and Aladdin. Also with extra fay pad. All in excellent condition bargain at E300. Tel Nigel (0494) 724871 after 3pm week days.

WANTED SNES P.0 ENGINE 81 Megadnve Games top prices paid. I also swap games for the consoles above for lust E3 for details. Send list with SAE to Swaps 48 Dawlish Road. Reading, Berks RG2 7SF. Top titles, Top Prices

OLD BOY OR GIRL please write to: Tracy Douglas 414 Blandford Road, Efford, Plymouth, Devon PL3 6JB.

PHILLIPS CDi, WITH 13 CD's Only E425 or swap for a 485 PC Also SNES, Megadrive, PC Engine Hardware, Software and accessories for sale or possible Pk Swaps example Megadnve Micromachines only E24. Phone James on (0934) 833788.

Digital radio with 10 presets had 1 month E70 also Intruder 3 Joystick had 6 months E25. Scalextric 'Road andkhbacFlasE45setRacingGunstarHeroes both E25 each Tel. (0765) 689229.

WANTED ATARI JAGUAR Games especially Alien v Predator and Chequered Flag. Will pay good prices or will Swap Tel: (0266) 880155.

MEGADRIVE ARCADE

WANTED COMPLETE LEVEL Passwords for Mega Drive 'Jungle sseeaPlStrike

12 YEAR OLD BOY WANTS Male or female pen pal write to: Anthony Evitts 7a Marsh Road, Little Lever, Bolton BL3 1RF.

Rghter 2 F-Zero Castlevania contra 3 John Madden 93. All for E200 Tel John (0902) 893426

Please see page 96 for order form.

13 YEAR OLD BOY WANTS female pen friend of similar age. Replies guaranteed. Michael Leak, 8 Gypsy Wood Crest, Colton, Leeds, LS15 9DZ.

I WILL BUY ANY AUTOBOT Or Deception Trans-Formers tor a good once. If you have any please phone (0760) 724070.

AMIGA CD32, 9 GAMES Including Microcosm and Labyrinth, 5 months old, all boxed, mint condition, E270 Call (0242) 513,331.

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SNES FOR SALE 2 PADS 7 Games + JAP/USA Converters Streets

SUPERIOR SOCCER! A NEW High Tech Pli.M features include: 15+ Skills per player, Bribe, Poach, Create your own unique tactics! World transfer market, Prizes! Newspaper interviews Board + Fans Opinions. Pitch Invasions! Write to : 87 (MM2) Fairgarth Drive Kirkby Lonsdale Carnforth Lancs LA6 2D1.

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ELEVEN YEAR OLD MALE Shefﬁeld Wednesday tan with GameGear seeks female pen pal 11+ to talk football and computers if you are interested then write to Math Francis at 2 Gypsy Wood Crest. Colton, Leeds LS15 90Z and a reply is guaranteed.

MAGS, I HAVE 100 MAGS FOR sale and they include videos,

9 Penketh Court. Runcorn, WA7 1BE3.

SPIES FOR SALE wrm MARIO World, Mano All Stars, Waynes World, Wrestle Mania and NBA Jam plus two control pads only E150 ono. tf interested phone (091) 581 6037 and ask for Adam.

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ANSWER THIS..., WOULD YOU like to be paid for your opinion? Send for free brochure. 16 New Watling Street, Leadgate, ConseH, Co. Durham DH8 6DS

MAGAZINES SEGA PRO 18.27 Sega Force 1.5.7,12 Sega Zone 1, Sega Power 2526,2729,32.34,35 Console XS 2, Mega 1,2,4. Mega Action 1, Games Master 1, Megatech 7,10.11.13.14.16,17. Electronic Gaming Monthly, Feb 93, March 93, April 93, May 93, Tel. 0765 689229 All El, also wanted Mega CD with 2-3 games E200

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BOY LOOKING FOR PEN PAL Boy or Girt between 12+14. Please write to Liam Roxburgh 73 Waterside Sefton. Merseyside, Liverpool L30 ORB.

UK MEGADRIVE AND MEGA CD with seven games, UK super Nintendo with Street Fighter Two Plus three games plus ﬁfty Sega and Nintendo magazines. All for E400. Phone (021) 382 7164 after 6prn. Ask for Winston.

MEGADRIVE GAMES TOP 14 games including Flashback. MegaLo Mania boxed. Instructions E200 also Game Gear + 5 games call (0491) 838048.

BOXED MEGADRIVE 28 GAMES and Mega CD 9 Games including all Sonic titles, Flashback. Fifa Soccer, Lemmings + Movie Games Nightrap, Ground Zero Texas also platform games + Computer literature, everything worth over E2000 Bargain at E725. Tel (0494) 439523

Talk about not knowing someone! She was sent down for life (about 6 months then in the old door's case) but on her way to Broodmoor she was sprung by 1her evil cronies and was heard , saying "Grannies of the world ! unite! We will crush them, hal ha! ha!". She was always a bit tipsy on the sherry around Christmas time, well October really. She said that she liked to plan ahead. Well, she is now somewhere at large in the Basildon area — gasp! Live in fear ignorant citizens! Lock all the windows and doors! Keep women, children, and pets

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In the lower depths of the Paciﬁc Ocean lurk palid sea creaures whose bleached white skin indicotes they have never come into contact with the sun's rays. Living in their own dark little world, they meander around with no purpose whatsoever. Which brings us nicely to this month's letters. The similarities between some of the people who write into these pages and plankton is uncanny, and if you want to impart yourviews of bullying sharks and jellyﬁsh, write Op>,.. to: TORI SPELLING HAS A umoquips FACED LIKE A SMACKED BUM MAILBAG, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, Priory Court,30-32 Farringdon Lane, London, EC1R 3AU

YOB:Claire has plenty to say, and it's all pretty boring. You should get together, actually — you'd make a great couple. You're right, she is better looking than Oz, but then again that wouldn't be hard, would it? As for your pitiful questions, rve handled a lot bigger and mealier than them.PAM EARS

Thatinside!was a public announceGrantment.

Anmopitiblon ﬂight of fancy, from someoneto stored to reveal their identity.

How come everyone is having a go at Claire? I think she's really nice, and much better looking than Oz. How about letting her (and Oz, I suppose) review a game occosionally? rm sure loads of readers would like to see what Claire has to soy, I know I would. I hope that all these questions aren't too much for you to handle, better go and lie down now hadn't you? Oh go on then, insult me if it'll make you feel better. P.S. Do you like Penguin Coke Bars? A.

Tabard, Basildon, Essex. YOB:Well, the lesson is you should choose your relatives a bit more carefully In future. I knew an old woman who used to steal oranges by stufﬁngthem down her corset. When they caught her they let the charge drop but she got months for smelling of Now I mention it, your r came on sort of yellowish stationery. I suppose you'll say Ws Basildon bond...

Victorian Fireplace with matching mantelpiece. Anyway, she wos Mrs. Big alright. Not quite the' bit past it old love' she'd have us believe. Not only that, but on her arrest, the C.I.D. discovered that she was the brains behind a moss crimewave in South-East England. What's more, she's wanted in four countries, and has an F.B.I. ﬁle that dotes bock to November of 1963, detailing on incident in Dallas when she was spotted with a riﬂe behind a grassy knoll.

Dear Yob, I am writing to you in response to your wise words of wisdom in your answer to my letter (issue 20), the one about the burglary. Yob, or should that be Mr. Holmes, how right you were If you recall, I was burgled while at my Non's, and you suggested that 'the old dear' masterminded the whole scheme Well, she only did send the boys round to do the biz while we slaved away creating an authentic

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Dear Yob, Hello monkey spanner, I hope you con answer these taxing queries Why does the cartoon of Paul look like Peter Ebdon? Why do you look like Freddie Starr? Why is abbreviation such a long word?

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who thinks that Revenge of the Shinobi is better than Flashbock He thinks the graphics are a lot better and the gomeplay is excellent, is he sod or what?

Neill Collie, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. YOB:Nerds of a feather ﬂock together. After all, he is your mate.

P.S. Do you like Penguin Coke Bars? Give me General Chaos or you will die!

insult people as much as you did. This has gone on too many editions — get hard, get tough, oxycute them. Sorry I've gone cnmpletely off the subject just like you when you said how smog Mr. Blobby was. You see I don't mind if you take it out on me, I don't run off and cry to Mummy because you said I looked like a monkey's behind that's raw.

D, YOB:NintendoScotland. have no Cee-Dee, you have not a Scoo-bee. I love penguin cakes, but it's a b'gger getting those feathers out from between my teeth. I have here a copy of General Chaos... which I'm not going to send you.

the amount of cock MEAN MACHINES SEGA has written about Nintendo over two years. Being an avid reader, I can remember that in the second issue of NMS, after the split, a person wrote in worried that the two mags would start saying "Sega is sad" or "Nintendo is rubbish".

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the rest, obviously I was mistaken.

YOB:And you ore the anti-joke. Imagining using that rib-tickling expression from Wayne's Underworld which everyone else buried years ago. You are sad (ﬁn).

NOT! You are the beast I Sens, Mona.

GERARD MAIM

Jazza replies 'Don't worry you won't read any of that tripe in here". The issues of MMS which followed were free of immature comments, but soon after that, sly remarks began to creep in. Not many at ﬁrst, but gradually working up to at least ten an issue. Reviews were getting stupid because you weren't actually comparing the game under scrutiny with other Sego attempts, instead saying that the game was better than any Super NES cart around. Doh!, what is the point of thatl After all, you ore a Saga magazine, not a "let's slag off the rival console" publication.

From this letter you must think that I am a Nintendo owner and you ore correct, but I also have a Sega so I'm not being biased I purchase MMS land NMS — I don't see any jokes at Sego's expense there) every month, but recently with all the anti-Nintendo remarks being dished out I don't know why I bother.

Dear Yob, Why is Super Kick Off so crap? I was playing it for a few days and it is so crap it is too easy! I would olso like to say that your mog is brill. Also why is Nintendo so sad. They have no good games and they don't have a CD.

Stuart Alexander, Swindon, Wilts

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youWhyDearGROHNONOEDAYMeanGranddad,thechange?Isitbecausedidn'tgetyourpensionor is it because your Zimmer frame was stolen? Please, please, please, tell me why you don't

YOB:When you grow up, you'll discover a little thing called evidence. You use it to back up claims like the ones you have just made. None here, I'm afraid. In fact, your letter Is one long collection of butt noises punctuated by full stops. The (few) references we have made to Nintendo have all been pertinent — who does want a Gameboy Super NES, for chrissake? In comparison, you're just impertinent. Go away.DoorYOB,Ihaveafriend

YOB:YobTanya.stupid. get serious. You are right that women shouldn't be portrayed as weaker than men, but in many instances both men and women are shown semi-clad to give a game an exciting Aboutimage.gays and lesbians. Well, along with all sorts of other people some of them work at EMAP (who knows, maybe even this magazine), and are afforded the same rights, courtesies and prospects as anyone else. Which is how it should be. But for a mostly young readership, such issues should be explored in a more suitable forum than MEAN MACHINES SEGA. Blimey, a serious answer. I'm off for a lie

He has returned from the spirit world with answers to letters too banal to be printed in full. Bloody hell, they must be terrible...

and other games companies ore both sexist and homophobic, and as to that sick idiot in issue 19 who wrote in to suggest a game of his own twisted imagination, I'd lock him up and throw away the key. Games ore bad enough as it is with women being shown with hardly any clothes on, and weak compared to the male characters who have the most power and are always fully clothed. Also there is a great deal of homophobia in games as there are no gay characters to be seen. They exist in life so why not include them? Unfortunately, if you print this letter there will no doubt be many complaints. I wish people would just accept others and stop being so bloody

Chris Price, Frinton-On-Sea, Essex YOB:You want do boys round? You got do boys chill the black puddings lads — Yob's going out on the rood again. So you think I'VE gone soft. You're about as hard as my ﬁrst turd — and that was after a curry. Anyway, you can't run to mummy, seeing as you stay at Mrs Gaskell's orphanage for bed-wetting nonces.

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ALEXMULLET: Unfortunate name you hove there Alex. Not as unfortunate as your obvious lock of intelligence, though.IANCHAMBERS: A cheese grater, eh? My, I bet you don't get out much.

YOB:NowGuile then, now then! Yob is no midget —

Someone tied the monkey down to a So what, who gives a damn!

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Dear Yob-a-Dob, I would like to start by saying, chufty booﬂes on toast with bobble de ﬂibble on top. Tibbles the cat is doing a diarrhoea special in your favourite pair of slippers and when you put them on you will get a strange, squishing sensation!

a short message for Helen Rossendale (lost issue's mail bag) I would just like to reassure you that I would never insult Yob. But I would like to know why you get turned on by a steel clad midget with a Mister Potatoe Head head called Yob?

Cry Baby Booties. Fiibberdy Rob Land YOB;You have an astounding grasp of English astoundingly retarded. I would imagine there's a water area and sand pit in your literature class. It's obviously genetic, considering your sister's little 'complaint'. We're thinking of a 'scratch and sniff' special for Rod (he does plenty of both) the only [MAP employee to smear crushes under his desk. Seriously, Steve and Gus sit behind Claire's desk and watch the workshy git tap away on his keyboard, delete what he has written, excavate his nostril and put it under his desk! Greuuuuuuaagh

is the best write-in column Anyway I bought Thundedorce 4 not so long ago for only £9.95. Our local computer shop must be going soft, ond after I completed it, it says "to be continued...". So will there be a Thunderforce 5, and if so when? What do you think of Maximum Carnage? C&VG ore braindead, they coiled Carnage, Max. Wrong, he is called Cletus

DAVID CRENSHAW: You obviously bring new meaning to 'where's the soap?' Just make sure your Mum doesn't wash her face with it afterSARAHwards...TAYLOR: Steve says he wouldn't use mine let alone his.

DUCKLING VON DRAKE: Ho-ho. Blimey, if we were in 1973 right now, you'd get your own mini-series. Get up to date, Bozo and when did you last look down recently? I see you've been taking English lessons from Dan Quayle. You have a lot to learn, my son, and ﬁrst Is how to pee in a straight line — though with your tiny todger that will take some doing.

YOB:TherePhilipKasardy.Smith. will surely be a Thunderforce V, but don't ask me when. I wouldn't want to say the entire CVG staff are infected with Mod Cow disease, but let's say they are not averse to the odd hamburger. Paul Rand is to sensible conversation what Christy Brown is to international athThisDearletics.Yob,isjust

IDearOANNYRAH'Yob,justhavetosaythatSega

Seriously now on a more seriously serious note, I would just like to publicly humiliate my sister, Catherine. Not only is she an East 17 fan, but she actually fancies Rod Automatic! She thinks he's a Sex God! She wanted me to tell you that her name was Arid l Ultra, but I thought that would be a bit too sad.

MEAN YOB

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2. Will the Mega-32 run Mega- 4CD games? 3 If not, will the Mega-32 be N ,N 4. compatible with the Mufti-Mega? 4 13ear SNetrokN4.k4How much is the Multi-Mega? Please analk,t1;ese 5. And is it true the Mega-32 will questions becelbe I be aroundaroundEl 502

Dear Steve, get here... 4. Yes, but we I have a problem. I got a • printed it last issue and I Megadrive II for Christmas and I haven't got the space to do It • bought Road Rash for itwt, here. N However, I noticed that the ear-

don't want to waste a stomp. tridge is a different shape. I now know that all EA games ore like this. I put it into my AAegodrive and it worked

1. Me and my friends were play. ing SF II ond on the screen appeared some numbers with 'address code" at the top. We Lould change the numbers ubout. What does it mean?

Scott Macdonald

3. For the review of Sonic 3, you .1 saidS it would take a week to complete it without the emeralcisandli 6 days with them. Do you think we ore thick? ilit N, 4. Have you got any cheats for Sonic 3 (not Game Genie or Action Replay)?

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2. In another mogazine it had the Game Genie code for Sonic 3 (AA6T-AAXC) and it showed a shot of the level select There were three extra zones, Flying, Battery, Mushroom Volley, and Sandopolis. Are these real levels or just demos?

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buying the Mega-32 and the Multi-Mega depending on your answers. 1. Considering the shape of the front of the Multi-Mega, will it be compatible with the EA 4-Play add on and the Sego 4-Player Tap?

STEVE:l.Yorks.

Dear CouldSteve,youplease a r my question. While playing Eternal Champions on the Megadrive,1 defeated Trident. Some vines then come up from the water, wrapped around his body and pulled him down into the water, I then defeated Midk night and on of the helicopters come out of the bockground, released a mistile, and reduced Midknight's body to a skeleton I hove never seen this happen again, so please could you tell me how this 4happenedCook,E:EternalLondon.Champions is

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40 4 %di Nib, okay, but when I reset the game, the screen went all funny I turned the power off and on, and it worked ogain Please tell me if the game is faulty or if it's not meant to be played on the MDII, because I would really like to buy Jungle Strike. Thonk41110P lit

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Mega-CD version?

2. Is it worth converting my Megodrive to play at 60Hz? (The US and kip standard).have SRI and know at 60Hz the picture is the proper speed with no IlerdertiW3.Wherecan I get it 4,converted?HasDouble Switch been delayed? I can't ﬁnd it any5.where.MyDad might be buying 0 PC CD-ROM. Should I buy Rebel Assault on the PC or wait for the and bonus stage when I touch a blue ball the picture nearly always pauses for a few seconds, but the music carries

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Megadrive is no longer under warranty, yes. But is it worth it for one game? 3. A church, or wait for the Jehovah's witnesses to come to your door. 4. It's out there. Somewhere. 5. They are both very good. Obviously the PC version looks clearer, but the Megadrive is just as playable.4ow these questions: you play on American or CD game on the UK Mortal Kombot in making for the Megadrive come Out on the Mega-CD? If so when? When will Super SFII be out on the Megadrive? Roxburgh, Liverpool. Only with 0 CDX cart. see last month's issue for the ever pics. Nope, never. We reckon it'll be

IDearNksi•Steve,wouldhegrateful you'd these questions: the Mors enhance the colour palette of the Megadrive? Will there be a sequel to the brilliant Eternal Champions? Will Sonic 3 be released on the Master System or Game Gear? Will there be o sequel to Micro Machines? Will Soleil be any good? Cardona, Gibrohar_ Yes. Possibly. will.2ChaosSonicbuto,4. H% See last month's Work In Progress. It looks good, but it's too early to soli•r glistens as it m s its way down the wizened old man's face. If only he knew all about Mortal Kombat II.

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An unassuming industrial unit in New Malden, Surrey, is the powerhouse of Sega Amusements Europe, unarguably the most dynamic mover in the arcade sector at the moment. Kenji Horii, Managing Director of the Amusement Machine t Division was interested in our Arcade Special last month. After he arrived back from the JAMMA show in Japan (the world's biggest arcade showcase), he invited Gus Swan down for a revealing chat...

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GUS:Thank you for taking time to speak to Mean Machines, Mr Horii. How long have you worked with Sego Amusements?

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HORII:Yes/ They started much earlier, and now, I believe it's going in our favour.

HORILYes. I see your Arcade Special noted how Jurassic Park was like our Rail Chase game. It's actually port of our corporate strategy. You see, in

GUS:Still on technology, does it annoy you when people compare Virtue Fighter with Streetﬁghter II?

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HORII:No, I welcome it. I think it's good for the industry. Now's the time for us to compare the different levels of technology.

GUS:Sonic: The Arcade Game is your one PCB Do you have any plans to transfer more characters from the Megadrive to the arcade?

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project has been shelved because you couldn't get the -10RII.Gettingicense.

the icense for Virtue Star Vars was very difﬁ:ult, but it's been chieved_ The game sn't out yet, but I'm txpecting a version Forthe middle of May, so a release shouldn't be too far away. It's a Model 1 CG game. There aren't any other licenses up and )ming, but our licensteam ore always looking for good ﬁlms.

HORII.We will have many more Sega-branded charocters There's Sonic and Tails of course, and many more.to come, but these are mostly suitable for the home market. They help attract younger children to the machines, but the arcades ore something different. Few arcade games actually require characters to make them successful.

GUS:Like Jurassic Park?

• Ile is very difﬁcult. rage of the character imagingimportant.the image of a character in an trcade game is always potential danger.

GUS:What do they require?

HORII:The game itself is much more important. The depth, the playability• Home video game use is entirely different. People can play half on hour, an hour. Who is going to spend the some time on an arcade machine? We have to develop our games to deliver the fun within a couple of minutes maximum. Our development is concentrating enjoyment within that short time. Making a character game

GUS:But how do you respond to those who say it's a poor use of a license? It's rumoured that Amblin Entertainment (the ﬁlm's producers)

GUS:I see from these ﬁgures that the big cabinets are taking more than the uprights..

HORII That's our biggest problem. Sega ore trying step by step to alter this image, by changing familyarcades,atmospheretheofmakingthemattractiveasplaces.Wewonttodistanceourselvesfromthefruitmachineimage.

GUS:You're doing this through the Family Amusement Centres. How many do you have now?

Sego's most successful; It's not a video game — it's a crane game. In Japan we hove many different types of crane gomes. The biggest seller is UFO Catcher, with 40,000 units despatched. In fact, people don't talk about 'crone games' in Japan, they call them 'UFO catchers'. The most successful video game Sega have hod was Outrun, which sold about 30,000 units worldwide. That's part of the reason sequels,releasedwetheincluding the present Outrunners. Even though it's not CG level, it has been well received.

HORII:Yes, I don't know why that is. I think we still have a lot to learn about the kind of people playing our games.

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main purpose is to grow, and by doing so change the image of the arcade. I don't think we can change the arcode market through our own operation alone — even if we hod 100 centres, we'd still be small. So we wont to inﬂuence other operators to follow our example, join our lead in changingthe market. After all we make the machines, so we have to stimulate the market by changing its image.

I don't really think it's the movement that causes the problem. It's more to do with the style of the game. They ore the ﬁrst of their kind in the European arcades, and the style here is different. We hove faced some difﬁculty with Rail Chose, and we might have the same with Jurassic Park if we don't choose the right arcades. This ride is really for young children or girls, not for experienced gamesplayers

were quite disappointed with it.

I've got one today from Hamley's spreadsheet(showswith daily tokings on each cabinet). See, Jurassic Park in comparison with the others (about 050) is a very good level.

HORII:1 think so. A lot of it depends on the government. As you are giving out toys as prizes, technically it's a lottery, it becomes a licensing matter. It can be quite difﬁcult to get licenses for these machines as it's a matter handled by local government. If they can understand these games ore for children, not gambling, things could

HORII:That I haven't heard. I know it's done well in the States and Japan, and from our income level returns from Hamley's we're very pleased with it. Of course, Hamley's is the perfect site for it as there are a lot of children.

GUS:So you think the machines have been misunderstood over here because of cultural differences. I mean, people tend to think, "What's this? Ooer, I feel a bit sick!".

GUS:Income level — is that how you measure a game's success?HORII:Yes,

Sega'smost successful arcade product EVER!

GUS:You talk about gambling. For many people that forms the image of amusement arcades: rows of fruit machines.

HMI:Five, no six, in the UK: Brent Cross, Homley's, Debenhams, Croydon, Bournemouth and now Reading. We plan to open about 17 to 20 this year — as many as possible

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GUS:Suprising really, as crone games have never been big here. Do you think you could make them popular?

GUS:At any point do you envisage UK amusement parks in

, this sort of this is called a 'Love Chair' or 'Love Seat'. It's designed so a boy and girl can sit together, and in Japan they do. It's not really European or UK style! Also, little children can sit with their parents as well as lovers. It's a family machine, and oars of our strategy to widen interest in arcades as places of family entertainment.

GUS:With those ﬁgures I expect you could tell me what has been Sego's most successful game.

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GUS:This• year?

GUS:Con you give us an idea how much your machines cost? An upright Virtue Fighter, for example.HORII:That's around 900,000 yen, which translates into about C6,000_ This increases to something like our Daytona deluxe set-up, which sells for about 2,200,000 yen or E16,000.

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HORD:TheyIndustries?changed their name to Virtuality. It's coming really soon.

GUS:Oh, I thought the Megaplay machines had disappeared. You're resurrecting them?

Nintendo were big in the arcade market, but now they've eventechnology,anyhonest,disappearedcompletelyTobeIdon'thaveinfoontheirbutifitrivalsCG, they may still hove some difﬁculties. They have no market. They will hove to come back from nowhere to market a high opingcase,product.technologyInonywearedevel-ourown Virtuality product.

GUS:So you obviously see this as a universal system?

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GUS:And ﬁnally, what is your personal favourite game?

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the some form you have in Japan?

HORII:Yes, we hove o new brochure out. It will mean putting out some more hardware We're choosing the games for it very carefully, only big

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GUS:Moving onto the Saturn, there's a lot

GUS:How succesful has Sega World been?

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HORII:Not completely. Even the Saturn is launched, the Megadrive will still has some life As long as there continues to be development. it's o worthwhile market. If Megadrive development continues, there will still be a place for Megoplay in our arcade schedule (Megoplay is the multi-game 16-bit arcade unit)

HORII:You are referring to last year's opening of Sega World, just outside Osaka. It was quite a big area, where we could show our biggest machines. However the real one — what we coil phase one of our theme park idea, opens this July in Yokohama Very big and lots of new machines.

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ENO POPUUN (SUN) Japanese Puyo Puyo clone.

ZUPAPAI (FACE) Colourful platform game like Rainbow GURURINIslands. (FACE) Tetris you play by rotating the screen. TINKLE PIT (NAMCO) Like Pacman for the nineties.

WINDJAMMERS (DATA EAST) Do battle with frisbees. OTENKI PARADISE SNOW BROS (TOAPLAN) Four player sequel to excellent platform puzzler.

MEGAPLAYclaustrophobia.(SEGA)

Multi-play Megadrive games. (latest version: Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog II, Golden Axe II, Shinobi III, Streets of Rage II, Gunstor Heroes, ElioHazard Bottle, Mazin Wars).

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C OF SUE NO CROSS DE PON (SUN) Japanese crossword arcade game'

TOP HUNTER; RODDY AND CATHY (SNK) Side-arms type scrolling shoot 'em up.

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UPER SF II TURBO (CAPCOM) Latest update: extra speed/ • super combos. MAY JINSEN (SETA) Mah Jong, anyone?

WORLD HEROES 2 JET (SNK) Update of the combat game. Two new characters.

FIGHT FALLS (SNK) Yet another neo-geo beat 'em up.

Racing is my favourite. Really, it was a world sensation, people had never experienced that kind of power before It's a fast game. But I feel I have to careful about games I like. Sometimes a good game is not always a successful game. The kind of games we want concentrate on are going to help the home market I don't see a conﬂict between arcade and home. Our policy is to broaden the appeal throvgl -phere of the arcades, creati interest in games for peopir to play them at home_

LIGHT BRINGER (TWO) Fantasy adventure in King of ragons mode.

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NEBULASRAY (NAMCO) Vertical shooter smartened with hidef RACINGbackdrops.FORCE (KONAMI) Poor racing game.

JOURNEY (KONAMI) Shoot 'em up from the iusSPORTfamily.(SAMMY)Streetﬁghter clone.

UPER SIDEKICKS 2 (SNK) Isometric soccer game.

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