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And when you've reached the top of the tree in your own territory, expand into the international arena. Milan against Manchester, Munich versus Marseille — it's a natural selection of the greatest teams in Europe.

Now take a giant step onto the world stage. FIFA Soccer '95 features over 200 of the best teams on earth. Discover for yourself which continent is superior in strength, skill and inborn soccer instinct.

Unless you want to be a football dinosaur, you'd better adapt to FIFA Soccer 1 95.

There's only one way to avoid extinction on the football pitches of Europe. By getting to grips with FIFA Soccer '95— and fast. With more than 100 of Europe's native club sides battling it out for 11 league titles, only the ﬁttest will survive.

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First of all, it's fast. EA Hockey pushed the edge of the envelope, but NHL® 95 shreds it so ﬁne it wouldn't even make bedding for your hamster. But if you think you can take the pace, have you got the stamina for a full 84-game season of unstoppable NHL ID action? All-new animation and artwork make these guys look pretty, but beneath it all they're still meaner than grizzlies. Fortunately, there's a 2-on-2 practice mode to give you extra time to perfect those new moves - drop passes, fake shots and kamikaze defensive dives. And this time, if your players can't cut it you can trade with other teams or create your own players from scratch.

Get ready - you're about to lose your NHLO-plates.

Before you strap on your skates for NHL® 95, consider a few basic laws of physics. Like what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. And the one about every action having an equal and opposite reaction. That means for every net•ripping, perspex-shattering slap shot you can unleash, there's one coming straight back at you. And nothing ever came at you like NHL® 95.

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SCI are readying themselves for the leap to 32X as their sequel to the Lawnmower Man is ported over to the Sego plug-thru. Cyberwar exists as a 3-disk PC epic, but SCI are cramming the game and its many cinematic sequences into a 24bit 32X cart. Once again, the player is cast as Doctor Angelo is is chasing the VR-enhanced Jobe through a virtual world. However, Jobe has allied himself with a series of odd VR creatures and is preparing to take over the world from inside his binary domain. All the graphics and design have been ported over to the 32X, and SCI ore currently converting the garneplay, meaning we should have something concrete to see — as opposed to these mocked-up shots — for a preview in the next couple of months, NEW CAME BY SEGA

With the 32X's release date now set for December 4th, the number of games being prepared for the powerful plug-thru is growing at a phenomenal pace. Sega alone currently have around 42 titles in development for the Megadrive 32X — and MEAN MACHINES SEGA is proud to unveil the first pictures of the machine's first fighting game: Cosmic Carnage. The game is very similar in style to the Neo-Geo version of Art of Fighting, with loads of one-on-one action and special moves galore. However, Carnage is set in a number of space locations, and this means the combatants are even more outlandish than the likes of Baroka and lil ol' Jimmy Blanka, The some kind of sprite scaling is used to effectively frame the game's hectic combat action, zooming in and out depending on the location of the characters in the heat of battle- Cosmic Carnage currently weighs in as a 24MEG game, and boasts a wealth of stunning-looking backdrops and NEW CAM BY SECA

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superlative animation. As mentioned, there's the usual range of complex special moves, with some characters even having a range of weaponry to bolt onto their sophisticated armour. Adding to the carnage are some excellent special effects, including some very gory ﬁnishing moves — just the thing whilst 32X owners await the conversion of TheMKII.game is very early in development, but it's already shaping up to be a winner. Cosmic Carnage is scheduled to appear on the shelves early in 1995 — expect a February release and more pictures in the January issue.

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Virtue Fighter II comes up the rear of three other impressive coin-ops: Virtua Cop which brings shooting action into the polygon sphere at last, and Virtue Tank Commander, which again uses the Model 2 board for astounding realism and speed. Lastly Wing War promises the ﬁrst two-player head-to-head polygon game. Of The Beholder set spawn

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Probably the best game the Apple Mac has seen in years is now heading for the Mega-CD some time in the new year. Myst is a lavish mystery adventure set on a series of isolated islands, each with their own set of bizarre contraptions and longunearthed mysteries. As a mysterious traveller you pass through striking locations rendered in fantastic graphics. All kinds of technical trickery are employed, but its the atmosphere and ingenuity of the plot and garneplay that makes this one of the most signiﬁcant Mega-CO titles yet.

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Gallic softies, infogrames, are proudly brandishing their newly-acquired Sega licence and are set to unleash The Smurfs on the Megadrive, Mega-CD, Master System and Game Gear. Set in the teeny tiny world the Smurfs inhabit, the evil Gargamel has cost a spell over the 22-level domain, mutating the once-peaceful woodland creatures into vicious beasts. Initially controlling an ordinary Smurf, the game also puts the player in charge of Brainy and Jokey as they searchfor kidnapped friends amidst the platform-laden stages.Along the way, ducks, sledges and mine carts are ridden, and all manner of bonus recovered from hiding places. A full preview will appear in the January issue No, it can't be. It's a new Master System game!

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,modes, Most people will tackle the conve of Star Wars arcade ﬁrst, which replicates action of the Virtu° Star Wars coin-op, released eartier this year. The coin-op was ogrammed using Sego's Model 1 CG b our interview with Sega Amusements in e 22 for full details), which can produce 180,000 polygons per second, and retails for around E6,000 for the stand-up version. Although the 32X cannot match these ﬁgures, the conversion is exact in terms of stages and bears a remarkable resemblance in appearance and play. The Arcade mode has both 'Rebel Attack' and 'Training option' which offers a brief mission on the surface of a mock-up Death Star, giving you a chance to acquaint yourself with the controls.

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In common with the arcade version, Star Wars 32X offers a choice between one or two-player simultaneous play options. Flying alone, you take the rebel's main assault craft, the four-loser X-wing ﬁghter. As a team, 'Pilot and Gunner puts you in command of the less celebrated Y-Wing croft. In previous Star Wars tradition this is a slower craft with different strategic employments, but in this game there is no appreciable difference in handling. Player one controls the central sight, and also steers the Y-Wing, while player two has a roving sight. Although both score separately, they shore the common mission goal. The game compensates for the extra ﬁrepower with higher target totals and increased enemy ferocity. It is not an easy option, but it's domed good fun.

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this by adding more stages which — whilst generally involving blasting TIE Fighters — ensures the game will last longer than its coin-op cousin. Fans of the arcade game will be well made up with this conversion as all the features of the original are there. The update may be a little jerkier and the action often a little confusing, but this is a stunning game to look at and a frenetic blast to boot.

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For those woeful enough to be unfamiliar with Doom, it's a state-ofthe-art interpretation of one of the oldest game concepts, the 3D dungeon quest. Except, instead of messing about with magic spells and talking dwarves, Doom hands you a gun (if you don't like that one ﬁnd some of your own) and a reason to live: killing. In Doom it's either kill or be killed. Happily, its a rather fun pastime.

If you needed any indication that Sega are going for the gaming jugular with the 32X, Doom should provide one. Gus produced these psychotic ramblings after being affected by the game set to corrupt the Sonic generation...

G et re go into the darkest corridors since Eers, as a avelweparing one of the ﬁrst treats for the and once started, you may never see the light of day °win. winner of Game of the Year award at the last ECTS, and certain the sexiest PC product ever, is due to hit the streets along with the new unit — and ensure the 32X hits the ground running.

You play a lone codet, unfortunate enough to be stranded on Phobos, one of the moons of Mors and probably the unsafest place in the universe. Each terror-tricken ond labyrinthine level has a single exit for you to locate, although the diversions of secret levels and puzzles to solve are common to nearly every stage. You view the levels in the ﬁrst-person, gun poking out in front of you. There are stairs, dark areas, narrow bridges and open areas. By each lurk a range of hideous monsters, which increase in power and ferocity as you progress to each of the three distinct areas of the game.

At the moment, 15 levels of the original Doom were accessible to play, with the game standing at 24MEG. It is unclear how many more of the PC version's 27 levels will be added, although there is talk of the game being hiked to 32MEG. In any case, Doom looks like being a worthy title to launch the 32X, and with its anarchic and fre theme, is set to redeﬁne console gaming as potentially not 'family entertainment'.

The philosophy that dreamt up Doom is interesting in itself. It's the work of a small Texas developer coiled Id software. The team there hod originally worked for a larger company called Apogee, and had produced a highly-successful 3D hunt 'n' shoot with a Colditz type setting called Wolfenstein (a Megadrive version was planned but scrapped by Imagineer).

Sego have been quick off the mark with Doom, cramming a prestige product, only released in March on its original format, into a punishing nine month programming cycle. Progress in the latter stages has been rapid, which is demonstrated by the change between the version of Doom exhibited at September's ECTS, and the advanced copy shown to MEAN MACHINES at Sega. The former was disappointingly jerky and lacking in resolution, but re-writing of routines, has upgraded the game to be more than a match for its PC progenitor.

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However, the rather eerie ﬁgures of John Romero and Sandy Petersen had on idea which would cause more than the ripple of outrage that Wolfenstein's animal shooting and full frontal bullet wounds aroused. They developed the Doom idea to push both player and machine to the limit. The game demands 32-bit processing because of its speed and smoothness while dealing with complex bit-mapped textures used in dungeon grophics. For players it's a kick up the backside, especially PC owners used do a succession of dreary 'interactive movies' and slow-moving Theadventures.32Xversion compares well, easily matching the speed of a 486 33Mhz PC, running on high detail. Sega point to reports that the latest Stateside versions can perform as well as a 50Mhz PC, for which we are talking a good E1300, and that's before you stick a sound card in the trolley meter.

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If anything stands th that both desirable and and t uals unprecedented impact, especially at close range, with recoiling victims, rupturing bullets and blood-soaked corpses left as a mark of your progress_ Ethically, it does have an 'aliens scenario, but most enemies ore humanoid and detailed. Doom was generally seen as on adult game on the PC, but the 32X brings into a new market. One thing the programmers hove ring-fenced for inclusion is the full complement of Doom weapons Starting with a single pistol, prospects look up as you stumble across shotguns, machine-guns, rockets and the ultimate weapon: a chainsaw, with which to embark on a sickening massacre. Sega marketing manager, Mark Mazlovich eagerly brings attention to inclusion of all ﬁve play modes, which covers all ranges of gaming skill. The worst of the — Nightmare mode has already assumed an infamous reputation for Doom players, basically as a reckless spree of mutilation and mayhem!

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No liberties are being taken with a game many would see needs no improvement. Some small changes to the graphics hove been implemented, with the aim of giving the variety and immediocy demanded of a console game. One level uses wooden textures and cobbled ﬂoors to create a mediaeval effect. This is set to be a custom Doom, with a unique 32X character. Sega would be delighted if the game had the some effect on 32X owners as it has on some PC players. Doom gossip is rife throughout PC mags, ond the sequel is causing a stir in circles more used to getting excited over extended memor ,y PCandDrivers. Whatever they might be. There is even a lavish 300 page guide book publishee, with strategies, insights and reﬂections on the Doom 'phenomenon' secrets',

One nice thing about the 32X version is you don't have to worry about loading, and you don't need to ﬁddle with soundcards. Many PC owners missed out on the atmospheric aural effects, that accompany your actions. Explosions and ricochets as you'd expect, but sound is used to create suspense and induce fear — often you can hear approaching monsters before they appear. The pumping soundtrack also puts you right in the mood for murder,

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What you cannot see, ore the fabulous enhancements to sound — crisp samples (including a barber's quartet celebrating your victory!) and music of the quality of the coin-op, Happily, Sega hove included the extra features offered on the previous home conversion — a two-player split-screen mode, mirror tracks and multi- • angle replay awarded to ﬁnishers

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Virtue Racing was ﬁrst released at the end of 1992, exhibiting the blistering power of a new generation of Sego coin-op machiness. Unknown at the time, Virtue Racing was the ﬁrst step in Sego's arcade and console strategy that has led to Daytona, Virtue Star Wars, Virtu° Fighter and Virtuo Cop in the arcades, and the 32X and Saturn machines in the home, with their staggeringly close conversions,Asyou con see, the Deluxe version recreates Virtue Racing on the Megadrive to a new standard of authenticity.., Gone is the cross-hotching and jerkiness of thTs Megadrive graphics. Thousands of extra polygons, more colours ond faster frame rate produce a smoother, cleaner and more detailed conversion. Same of the landscaping features omitted from the Megodrive are back in, and the four viewing angles are more spectacular than ever, with polygon hands included.

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Amongst its cast of relative unknowns, one face is immediately recognisable: that of Ned Beotty as the spluttering Sheriff Wompler. Ok, so he's not as well known as. say. Tom Cruise or Chris Evans, but if you've seen any of the Superman ﬁlms you'll recognise him — he plays Lex Luthor's bumbling sidekick, Otis. Loodstor opens with an impressive intro to set the scene with Tully welcomed on to the Moonbose by his oddball and decidedly dodgy motes as he enters a seedy bar, the interaction then continues as the plot unfolds and the game continues.

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cience, the currency of the future isn't dollars, pounds, or thirty queeg notes, it's camels. And as they've got the likes of Ron Cubb (screen writer for moderate hits like Alien, Total Recall and True Lies) and coding veteran Brian Moriaty (the geezer behind the Zork series) working on this CD look into a world of moonbases and other such sci-ﬁ gubbins, were stuffed if were going to Loodstarargue.isset in the 22nd century, with the player pulling on the driving gloves of ace smuggler, Tully Bodine, who has accepted his most dodgy assignment yet — smuggling the aforementioned humped currency off the moon. However, the trafﬁc congestion within the moonbose's manyroads and tunnels makes rush hour in London look like a Sunday jaunt to littlehompton. As you roar through the FMV roadways, numerous hazards and road blocks stand in your way, and the police are in hot pursuit...

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Tully's reactions need to be razor-sharp on this haul from hell. The lunar surface is criss-crossed by literally thousands of Magalev tracks, and where there are tracks there's trouble. As Tully, the player has the unenviable task of navigating the spaghetti-like junctions to avoid the usual assortment of hauling hazards, rival truckers, trafﬁc accidents, debris, and dead-ends. As if this wasn't enough, the cops ore onto your case and intend to liberally pepper the truck with plasma blasts to bring your smuggling days to an untimely end.

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Forced to run the gauntlet at break-neck speed, Tully is required to keep a hand on the wheel and another on the trigger. As with many Mega-CD interactive ﬂicks, the player controls the crosshairs which act as both route changer and weapon targeting device for the Magalev. Speed is of the essence as a missed turning, or more importantly a missed cop spells doom.

Based on an original design from a the 1980s InternationalBirminghamAirportpassenger ferrying sensation, our hero's Magalev rig is powered by magnetic force. Resting on a delicate balance of magnetism, hits from the cops and debris have the knock-on effect of reducing the clearance between the track and truck leading to some nasty scrapes

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Not content with a cameo appearance as a bad guy in Sunsoft's Aero The Acrobat, Zero (The Kamikaze Squirrel) has wangled a starring r in the latest platform extravaganza from Su Having given up evil after failing miserably to bomb Aero out of existence, Zero has retu to his forest homeland only to ﬁnd it menac an evil lumberjack called Jacques Le Sheets plans to turn it into matchsticks!

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Weather plays a signiﬁcant pad in Kawasaki SB, with you often 'meteorologically challenged' in your races Rain, of course, makes for treacherous driving conditions and tyres should be chosen accord. ingly. However, weather conditions may change in the course of a race, so watch for changes in the sky. The game will also feature bike damage, where minor collisions gradually reduce handling, top speed and acceleration unless repaired.

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T he Megadrive is no stranger to golf games,being perhaps the 'Brucie ' or 'Tarby of the celebrity console world. Sego owners have numerous rounds, from Jack Niklaus to PGA Tour to choose from. But US Gold aim to steal a march on them all with their Mego-CD speciﬁc World Cup Golf.

The game has been developed for no less than five CD-ROM formats, using digitised renderings of the exotic Hyatt Dorado golf course in Puerto Rico. Using silicon graphics workstations and a 3D modelling package, the development team have managed to recreate every palm and probably every rabbit-dropping on the course_ The immense amount of data needed for the images explains why the game is restricted to the CD format. The game also boasts a massive 64 player tournament option, more players than would fit into the average living room! The comprehensiveness continues with menus for fifteen different tournament options, and the creation and saving of custom players.

Our perusal of World Cup Golf was somewhat curtailed by the large amount of programming still to be done, but the structure of the game is deﬁnitely there. Particularly, the main sprite is to be totally restyled, so don't be alarmed at how he affects the perspective in these shots. Just relax, close your eyes and think of warm sandy golflinks. World Cup Golf is reviewed next month in

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Fly due north from the island, and you shouldn't encounter much hardware. Land at the bunker and select Shades. His grenode skills come in useful with all the sandbags in there. Stand in the doorway of the second room and lob a grenade in to clear the mines (A). In the computer room, take the explosives at the bottom of the room, then access the leftmost terminal. Now make a hasty exit! You'll have to plant explosives (button A and B together) at the sealed

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se trouble you at the foot of parked aircraft (B), and fire a rocket between the two planes. The remoinin planes should takeoff — fire rockets rapidly to get as many as you con Then quickly switch to STINGERS When the countdown appears, rotote the stinger sight to it and fire as quickly as possible IC). You should now have control of the air.Head south along the runway, turning to the southwest at the end. Flying due south should bring you past a welcome refuel, and away from the heavy hard-

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the guards on the platforms ore a hindrance fire o rocket before you jump a the gaps). Go all the way down (bow° falling tiles) and take the final passage. through the floor, go right and jump up. ' After using the lift, go down to pull the switch. Before entering the train, walk right for extra health.

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•Grab fuel by going west. You may take a pounding, so return to the bunker to get ' the repair. Now go bock to the power ion and head north. Switch to HELLS. Before you enter the fenced ﬂightto the docked submarine, you must minate the missile battery on the coast in front of it, and the three to the north of it, whose ﬁre covers it (F).

explosives. Set them beside the fence end V the toxic yeasty — be quick as proximity to this 4171"- A L a before they detonate, os waste engulfs the room. Now proceed, torching all guards until you get to the ones behind sandbags. Return to the chopper. Top the joyead, and the chopper will land again, wing you to select Shades. his grenades on the two ining guards, and plant pronto!

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wore lying to the southeast Fly on to the coast, and then follow the coastline to the east. Ignore the ﬁrst bunker, and come inland when your latitude is the some as the second bunker. Switch to HELLFIRES. You need to circle the bunker destroy the tanks and missile emplacements before you land (D). Use Hellﬁres as soon as they lock on. When you land, select Rocco

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AMISSIONreliefafterfive.Replenish and head south to the contact You will be asked to escort him overland. Follow the jeep directly from behind, HELIFIRES armed (K). Use your chopper as a shield from any enemy fire. There shouldn't be too much hassle before the jeep reaches the prison. You must disengage the nearby generator bunker to let enter, but before that, retrace your ft., nearby Selectammunition.Miragefor the generator mission. Jump the first gap, and use a knife on the guard. Jump the second gap and pull the lever. Return to the ml platform and go down. Shoot • • of the contocts until the barrier is ken (L). Leave explosive next to metallicgoup

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east following the track of the road for minimal disturbance. Turn left at the junction and take out the tanks on the right hand side of the rood and to the right of the bunker (P). Now you can land safely. select Rocco. Use a rocket between the sandbags on the first guard in the corner and pull the lever. The rest is easy, though do stop to play the Asteroids machine! (0). When you enter the final room, torch the first guard from the doorway, and make your way to the leftmost terminal on the long desk (R), Enter 'IVAN' as ID, and 'DEATH' as code.

ove to 01 boot (0), the procedure is reversed — u !ﬁres ﬁrst, then rockets and cannon as boots attack from a! sides. Bear in mind they are trying to ram your croft — one collision is enough.

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and cross the m , doing the some in cham right and left. A pathway to the• erator (M) is now open. Plant explosives and leave. The prison gates should now be opened.Select Rocco for the mission. You should consult all prisoners, kill all guards and pull all switches before unlocking the President's chains Push his bed to the exit. One bridge is missing (N)— pull the lever in the bottom right hand cell to restore it. Well done. candonthickens.first,relyingPressure.MISSIONWENThejeepheadsnorthwaronyouforcover.UserockeandthenhellfiresasthefireDonotbetemptedtoobathejeeptofinishoffoneattocoutrunthetanks,justkeepup.A

On the second platform a bridge has appeared. Operate the lava drain in the next room (Z). Go back and cross the ﬂoor to reach the locked door in the bottom centre of the chamber. Plant explosives, dispose of the antechamber guards, then face Ivan in a tricky climax of reﬂexes. Good work, soldier

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parents are killed by the jealous, powercrazed feline known as Scar. It's your task to patrol the platform levels eating bugs, battling the local wildlife and generally trying to reach a certain point the game map that takes you stage. the

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start the game in guise of young Simbo, a play-ful cub who does battle with the evil denizens of his kingdom He's mastered the mystical art of the Super Mario foot stomp, which works on just about everything. Apart from porcupines_ To deal with those bothersome mammals, Simbo overturns them by either rolling or roaring at them. One foot stomp later and they're history.

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The last four levels cost you as the adult version I of Simbo, who possesses a wealth of combat techniques, ranging from two different paw slashes, a standing defensive slash - and best of oll, a superbly animated throw that dispatches hyenas and jaguars in one fell swoop.

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Bigger opponents in the game — hyenas and jaguars, for exomple — require special treatment. Young Simba has to tire them out (so they stop for a moment and pant a bit) before leaping on their heads. Adult Simba uses this opportunity to throw them off the screen, but can use his prodigious pow slashing abilities to sort them out in one-on-one combat.

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Wolverine has been given a bundle of combat moves with which to confront the enemy, and better progress is made by stringing a wicked ﬂurry of blows together. Depending on where you hit your target, different amounts of damage ore inﬂicted. Sample the range of bone-breaking

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As in the cartoon, the Warner Bros (and Warner Sister) are inseparable, and Konomi's coders have ensured the game follows suit. The ﬁve movie sets ore made up of scrolling platformladen stages, each of which contain a series of hazards and puzzles. However, in order to bypass the various problems, the player uses the C button to switch between the three characters ready to put their special skills to use. And, in the time-honoured MEAN MACHINES way we're going to introduce you to the Warner Bros (and Warner Sister), and unveil their many skills.

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Without his Goodfeathers cronies Bobby, Pesto and Squit, but can often be found hogging moving platforms, meaning our heroes can't budge him. Not without a little feminine persuasion, anyway.

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Rita is a whilst Ru is a love-struck pooch constantly shunned by his feline pal Runt makes his ﬁrst appearance in the warm-up level (blocking on exit naturally), whilst Rita appearsmuch later.

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every level using Mr asoos, riding crocs or whatever it takes to corner the Warner Bros (and Warner Sister).

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Animal magic is an inherent part of Soleil. Soon you discover how to communicate with all other life-forms, although this inconveniently leoves you incomprehensible to humans. Many of these may be hired or persuaded to join you in your quest. The animals go to a little cell on your inventory screen. You may trail any two of your menagerie around behind you, using their powers — eg. the penguin makes your sword freeze things, the squirrel makes your sword rebound off walls. Some animals, like the cat, do not increase your powers, but have a single use.

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On rare occasions, Boogermon comes across a lay, which bears an up or down arrow symbol By steping onto the down seats, he enters whole new set of sewer levels — land that Domestos orgot.4arenormally chunk-ful of nger goodies and power-ups, d they also reset all the plungers when you re-emerge (on the up - arrow lays). Take care before you slip down the pan, though, as there may be something nasty lurking under the

B 'functions to the rescue, Boogermon's arse arsenal resembles those dirty little rhymes you used to sing along the lines of in 1966, the Queen pulled down her nicks, she liked her bum etc..":

There's a novel me to attaining extra lives. Collect as many plungers as possible, then assemble them into scaffolding at the end of the level. If the erection reaches the upper level, Booger gets his grubby ﬁngernails on on extra life.

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remarkably playable plat-former. All too often a novelty idea such as this will swamp a game, yet Boogerman's filty habits actually fit into he gameplay really well. Yes, it is another platformer, but it is extremely polished and incredibly playable. Farling at the assorted baddies or flicking bogies is extremely easy to pick up (but, hey, you all knew than and a constant stream of bad guys and bosses keeps the action ticking along. You're not going to find anything radically new in Boogerman but, like Ocean's Mr Nutz, what It sets out to do it does very well. Platforming at its most playable, and worth a go just for the revolting sound effects.

believe), being the must utterly juvenile video game ever created. Actually. I'm quite juvenile, so although there were no belly laughs, I quite enjoyed being able to fart with impunity Instead of clenching my cheeks as normally happens. What matters is the game behind the styling is quite sound — a chirpy and not-very-easy platform romp, which likes to keep you on your toes and pro-vides a nice clutch of secret levels and bosses. My one concern is that things don't change that much into the game. The level graphics change, but the game's distinctive look doesn't make for a great deal of variety, and the layouts are quite linear.

should be made of the excellent sound eff ever hove so many forting, burping and lay ﬂushing e en assembled to such effect. Boog himself, and his boss chu ove their own characteristic utterances — the ﬁrst foe being a country bumpkin with a pet chicken.

BoogermanHowever,issaved by excellent animation and FX samples, and a sense of humour which Lion King, Mickey Mania et al lack.

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G treat Squirrels of our time:1_ Squirrel Nutkin: A member of the infamous 'Captain Becky's Band' who created havoc on the radio with the help of their ring leader, Keith Michelle. Now 'hiding' on the Costa Del Sol.2.

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The play ore() Nutz explores resembles something from a Grimm fairy tall, and is shown as a scrolling mop at the start every stage. All the customary level ideas have been incorporated, with spooky forests containing all manner of oddball woodland nightmares, a series of cloustophobic caverns housing manic vegetation, and a gaudy-looking giants house — complete with a huge tenant acting as a boss! Initially, the levels are simple horizontally-scrolling affairs, but from the dark forest onwards, they are expanded to scroll in all directions, with only one of several paths guiding the searching squirrel to the exit.

For a member of the race supposed to stock up with nuts for hibernating, Mr Nutz has a rather care free attitude to his squirrel stockpile. As he lopes olong the scrolling play area, numerous woodland mutations stand in his way, ready to sap the bushytailed hero's limited energy supply. However, a quick press of the A button lets ﬂy with one of his pecan arsenal, killing anything in its path. If, however, Nutz' nut supply runs out, he can resort to leaping on his foes (not recommended if they ore adorned with large spikes, though), or crouch down ond fell them with a swish

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phically, Nutz is one of best platformers of late whilst it doesn't have the animation of, say, Lion King, the sprites and big and bold, and there's plenty of colour to spruce things up even further. The action Is all pretty standard stuff, but the variety of backdropsand foes ensures Nutz doesn't sink into the quagmire of boredom - and some of the later levels offer a real challenge.Ocean have a real ﬂair fo the platform genre, and Nutz — whilst not the best game In their extensive c alogue — is a good entry the Sega market for them. Give it a go, you won't be tad.

In terms of content, there isn't a gloat deal to seperate Mr Nutz from the myriad of plotformers all ready in existence. However, the developers at Ocean's French office hove tried to make Nutz excel in the graphical department, with the main sprite towering over the likes of Simba, Sonic, and othersuch platform greats, and equal attention given to the oncoming bad guys. For the anorak GWs out there, you may be interested that each foe has two death animations, with some splitting in half whilst others are squashed flat. By far the most impressive effect, though, is the grisly dismemberment of the gome's first boss — the aforementioned giant. As Nutz leaps on to the poor so-and-so's head, the giant's eyes pop out, his tongue falls out, and his cranium eventually explodes. So much for the cutesy element, then...

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This time, though, Interplay are promising something different — as their freshly-converted Clay Fighters are quite literolly that! Converted from the Super NES original, the Megadrive game contains all the high-resolution sprites and backdrops which made it so special, and recreates all the special moves and hidden bonuses.Aswith oil such beat 'em ups, Clay Fighter is a one-on-one extravaganza, with the ployer guiding their Play-Doh pugilist to victory against the other seven. Each three-round battle is set within a time-limit, and the basic oim is to use each ﬁghter's punches and kicks to whittle away the opponent's energy, c'mon, you know the score by now...

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Similarly, Rugby is graphically more reﬁned than EA's classic kickaround, with neater sprites and more animation frames, including fumbles, jump catches, and fending off opponents.

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For instance, whilst FIFA only ever has some eight players on the screen at any one time, Rugby's many scraps and passing routines mean that both teams can be seen onscreen at once — in the region of thirty sprites, — but with no evident slowdown.

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Still, whatever its origins, EA have deemed Rugby popular enough to immortalise as a Megodrive game. All the scrums, conversions and passing of the real thing have been ported over, but you'll have to supply your own dirty songs for the both after each match. Here's one to get you started: Four and twenty sailors came down from Inverness

C onsidering Rugby came about when a dis-gruntled soccer player picked up the ball and legged it towards the goal, it's surprising that Will Carling's favourite sport isn't called 'Cheating Sod.' But no, it was duly named after the place where the spoilsport grabbed the ball (and probably got his head kicked in straight after), which should also make us grateful the fateful game wasn't played in that Welsh town which ends in Gochgochgoch.

'Hee, you're probably 'thinking, 'that's just FIFA with an oddshaped ball.' Very astute I'm sure. Actually, whilst Rugby does indeed use the some game engine as FIFA, Rugby has been written by EA's in-house development team in Slough, who have taken the opportunity to adapt the existing 3D routines and improve them.

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boot in the face. Still, EA's Rugby WC features all the skill and accuracy of the sport, but doesn't involve extensive dentist work after every game — so that's ﬁne by me. For a game with so many moves, EA's Rugby is a dream to play. The joypod buttons effect different moves when the player is in possession of the ball or chasing it, and the range of tackles, shoves and drop kicks are simply awesome. As such, after some initial confusion with scrums and gaining possession, I was quicker off the wing than the meat in a KFC bargain bucket. Cynics will probably dismiss Rugby as a FIFA ripoff, but for me this is the more playable game.Absolute control is offered over the players, and this creates one of the best sims to appear under the EA Sports banner

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GUS' hardlyapplies. A post-apocalyptic setting has been used before to conveniently explain why there aren't many enemy sprites around. In the early levels at least, the main gameploy hazards come from the inanimate backgrounds, and progress Is mostly a matter of watching your step and remembering the layout. That's not to denigrate the good ideas liberally sprinkled throughout — the puzzles, and the Erad power hoist work well, and the graphics are consistent and well toned (however the 'joke' titles 'Joni-tor, Korhpantor etc. are plain noff). But these generations are likely to be lost in the ﬂood of other more energetic platform games this Christmas.

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to the basic one or two-player games, JWWS offers a number of extras to extend its lasting power. The one-player game features four computer-controlled players (the imaginatively-named Tom, Dick, and harry. Oh, and someone called Jimmy), and if these aren't up to your newlyacquired standards, Virgin hove thrown in a number of trick shots for the player to tinker with or attempt. These feature ominous nomes like 'I did this once' and 'The most impossible shot in the world.' Just so you know what your up against! Finally, programmer, Archer Maclean, has also token the chance to odd a few extras over the Amiga original:including more ball animations if you take ages to line up a shot, a faster pan mode, and smoother screen update.

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V irgin's long-awaited conversion of JimmyWhite's is billed as the most realistic snooker simulation ever. Via the many icons shown above or to the side of the play area, the player can add spin to a shot, chalk the cue, and use a targeting line for those difﬁcult shots. So what sets JWWS from the likes of side pocket and that crop Mindscape one of a few months back? Easy, you con view Jimmy's table from any angle: from high above, close enough to the baize to cause chin burns, and from on top of the cue ball. As ever, the basic aim is to pot the balls in order whilst scoring more points than your opponent. However, Virgin's game has chosen to ignore the smoky atmosphere associated with snooker halls, ignored the burly blokes who appear to prefer using cues to KO equally burly blokes, and you can supply your own drinks without paying El 4 for a con of Coke - although these omissions ore probably for the best. There isn't a Jimmy White community service sub-game in there, either. Funny that.

3. Having tinkered with the angle to annoy your motes beyond belief, suck your bottom lip through your teeth, tut a lot, and cholk your cue in anticipation Repeat until they turn red and swear a lot.

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5. The moment of truth. The cue icon reveals a larger pic of the wooden pointy thing which is drown back further to odd more power.

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height — and it's only a 4MEG cart! Every aspect of snooker has been recreated, with the table and balls viewed from any angle, and all manner of realistk shots on hand. The gamets icon system is a doddle to pick up, and allows the user to alter the angle of the cue, add spin and be generally very ﬂash with very little effort. Basically, if you have y preconceptions about oker games being borg, prepare to drop them. S is a stunning and ginal Megadrive game, • one which will outlast en the most ardent of tformers.

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your mates will have killed your pets and reverted to paganism whilst awaiting their turn. Put them out of their misery by ﬁnally clicking on the white boll icon. Alternatively, return to 3 and repeat. By rights the ball should go in...

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At the head of this political timebomb sits Benjamin Sisk°. Previously First Officer on the USS Saratoga, he witnessed to destruction of the ship and the death of his wife at the hands of the Borg. Hoping to be posted to a quiet backwater of the galaxy, Sisko's plans took a nose dive, finding himself at the centre of a political crisis of epic proportions. Saboteurs have infiltrated the delicate peace of the station, and Sisko has to put an end to their plans. BY

IIMMTBAPLAYMATISOPTIONSCONTROL:JOTPADCONTINUES:3SKILLLEVELS:1RESPONSIVENESS:AVERAGEGAMEDIFFICULTY:AVERAGEDAYSCORELocaleandelectallofthegrenades tt ORIGIN I Taken from the Star Trek inspired l'ili series, the game features Flashback. esque platform cntion with an RPG twist, 'GAMENIE•minEEE•lloom•ultnE•BREAKDOWNEDEILEI16MEGGAMEAIMakJOtthepeaceoftheFederationJrhelpingSisk*tostopthe&protonterroristsendhodthensuppliers0MIL Okay, so Deep Space Nine, the TV series,sn't as ab as the that'screw,GenerationNextbutnoreasontodoahatchet job by releasing this shoddy piece of software. I am quite amazed this product actually saw the light of day. The graphics are unquestionably residing on the bargaindards,I'mhaveAtothethecovertakesubjectgathertoevenboarderbelow-average-to-poorline,makingitanmorepainfulprospectruneverywhereandinformation.OntheofRPG,DeepSpaceNinemakesthefatalmis-offorcingtheplayertodistancetoprolonggamelife.Quitesimply,gameisn'tbigenoughearnthetitleofanRPG.fewyearsagothismightbeenpassable,butafraidbytoday'sstan-it'snothingshortofbucketmaterial.PAUL

MEGADRIVE REVIEW sionswhomore,gruntledfrequentlymystery.toAllTAEKNiNeIT'SLIFEJIMofthefamiliarfacesarehere.FromOgo,toQuark,O'Brien,SiskomustinteractwiththemtosolvetheIt'snotallfriendlychit-chatthough,asSiskohostodealwithdeviousCordassians,dis-byStarFleet'scontrolofthequadrant.What'stheplayerhasattimestocontrolBoshirandKimaremoresuitedtocertainmis-AEssentialsoftwareishiddenissﬁbsdepthsofthedamagedSaratoga. raVil..46THOM6kurEssentialTERMINALHELPtothesmoothrunningofanyspacevesselisthecentralcom-puter.Inthecourseofhisadven-tures,Siskocanlogintothenetworktomaterialiseplatformsinthecargobay,controlthepowerontheUSSSaratoga,andeliminatethe•meOEMONOVt11,1i116i111OIUMR.litHAMan,v•5.•ItNOllIAt_AlIIIIASSIAINWAIRSHIP11441.STAIIONWOULDUNEXERVGUIET. MM SEGA COMMENTNow,howcouldasoapoperasetonaspacesta-tionnotmakeaperfectlygoodvideogame?WithDeepSpaceNine,Novotradeshowtheirpen-chantforinnovationandmixinggamestyles(seetheEno-Squadreview)butagainitdoesn'treallysuc-ceed.Atthestartofthegameit'sannoyingtohave to wander aimlessly around the station searching for the right location. Surely as Sisk° you would know your way around beforehand. There are lots of sloppy features, like crewmembers repeating the same phrases, and there's Mile pretence of proper interaction with the characters you meet. The action sequences are slightly better, a poor man's Rolling Thunder/Flashback. DS9 Ltries to be evervthina to everyone, and fails. GUS .E.•••11••• GRAPHICS A The backdrops we hothlul to the set design ol the TV hasseries.vSiska'smem-lockssufﬁcient homes, giving Ike imptession ol ieritiness , SOUNDEE enutemehtehTA'PI andIFXhove been successfully translated to the game. v In-game music Jtends to drone on. ••., 59VAN687111.11BAYA11-1 The Sisko spot! moves Rude quickly from location to lustlocation,"TN.limeritycleaningtopeople gets von? boring. 60 YTILIBATSAIr 58]A There are u fair len missions to complete becoming progressivety harder and hoclet. v Thal toff youcon stop yawniag at nte old thing.ic59DeepSpace Mow tons might be interested in this parthose.Foreveryone ehe there are atanotherspiringWithOVERALLwiserinvestments.drabvisualsandunin-garneplay,thisisyethalf-heartedattemptaTVlicense.

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The action pings over four themed tables, Fairground, Wild West, Abyss, and Trick or Treat. Each table takes its pick from the juiciest traditions of pinball style - ramps, tubes, ball-locks (tee-hee), bumpers, jackpots - and blends them with the style of the playing ﬁeld. For the multi-table mode the Fairground acts as a gateway to all the other tables, but only once you've unlocked the portal to the new table.

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Pinball tables, of course! And they are set to take the Megadrive by storm during the Yuletide period with the latest offering from the men in white coats at Codemasters, PsychoBoastingPinball.atonne of highly complex mathematical equations for the ball and its reactions to the playﬁeld, Psycho Pinball promises to be the most realistic pinball sim to date. So without much more ado, allow me to introduce your host, part- 1 lime pinball, and resident armadillo, Psycho!

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everyday pinball game, the techies from Codemasters hove included bonus stages more fitting to a platformer than a flipper-fest. Accessible from the 3 single tables, the bail transforms into the lovable little character, Psycho, who ends up gallivanting from carriage to carriage on a runaway Wild West train, or fixing a leak in a whale belly.

salivating, and the same boort of person will have a ball with Psycho Pinball. Codemosters hove produced four storming tables, which look and play terrifically and capture the most Important element of all — feel. I feel Paul's being a bit unfair about longevity, no other console pinball game offers more variety than 'psyc h o, and anyway, the rpo int for real fans is amassing higher scores. The layouts are ace, both in number of features and how bonuses are constructed, and the game uses on effective dot matrix display for lots of little sub-games. Graphics are absolutely superb, with faultless scrolling and a crispness to the layouts that prevents confusion when the game is rocketing. The range of speeds and difficulty levels is wide. Psycho makes mincemeat of Dragon's Revenge, Crue Ball or Sonic Spinball, it even tops Dragon's Fury. In short, it's flippin' magic!

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on the pod and scammed a free ride back to the deep blue yonder. Rumours spread of the Queen's return, and in jumps Ecco to save the day. A task that will take him to the end of the Earth ond Time itself. Hold onto your dorsals as we dive into the 16MEG voyage to the bottom of the sea._

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vast distances in a froction of the time. In these spectacular 3-0 sections Ecco must peg it through the rings, above and below water, while avoiding sea-bed hazards. But miss more than ﬁve rings and it's back to the start.

wait until the New Year for It). The first Ecco kept its depth well hidden, with •even the initial stages being very tough. The sequel has a much more •lenient difficulty curve, generally making the game more appealing to the broad mass of gamesplayers. I think this is a fine •sequel, with lust the right mix of elements from the previous Ecco and new avenues of gameplay. However, some people complained that the first game was slow and boring, so I strike a note of caution. You'll only get the most out of Tides of Time if you're the sort of gamesplayer to invest time and mental energy In a cart. If you are the rewards will be

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, The future... Dolphins have mode a ir bit of progress since she days of ing around and laughing at the humans in their aquariums. These guys and gals have not only discovered the power of telekinesis, but have constructed water ways in the sky to link theﬁlmthroughbreakistoughtheControlocean.everyintubesisositeasytotheholdingwater.

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It's quite an evolutionary leap from dolphin to albatross, in Ecco 2 anything is possible! Cliff faces can be a bit of a trial for your average marine mommol, but in the shape of a bird Ecco con ﬂy from pool to pool

the original Ecco. And Instead of resting on their laurels, Novatrode have gone all out to produce the best Ecco product to date. The task is vast as well as varied and incorporates stacks of great new storylines and features - the voyage to the future obviously inspiring the design. er's creative juices. But beware ye of faint loypad, as the difﬁculty setting is rock hard at times and requires thought and reﬂexes. A downright brilliant second outing for dol-

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Mr Knuckles, not sat-isfied with whipping up a right royal stink on the Megadrive, has finally managed to get his pink profile on the Game Gear. Sick to the back teeth of Sonic returning the Chaos Emeralds to the birds and bunnies, Robetnik has conned Knuckles into flattening the hedgehog once and for all so much for being a good guy in Sonic And Knuckles...

GAME GEAR REVIEW 11 -& a'TatCOMMENTAnewSonicIrd„.•41„...,,gameshouldbe,,,,,theThighlightofanyGameGearown-ersyear-STEVEthehigh-lightofanyformat'syear,forthatmatter,butSonicseemstobegoingthroughthesamemid-lifecrisisherethatSonicandKnucklesrepre-sentsontheMegadrive.Therejustdoesn'tseemtobemuchmoretodoonthemachinethathasn'tdonebefore,andthoughthisistheprettiestSonic8-bitgamewithoutdoubt,muchofthegameplayisBLAND,anadjectiveIneverthoughtI'duseontheMaestro.IfyouwontSonicathisGameGearbestatthemo,getSpinball,andasforacareerrelaunch—wellifJoannaLumleycandoit,socanyou,kidl,OFgetyoumypretty! isternie'VLet'sawaitingnowwasRobotniktreasures.tored-handedRobotnikKnucklesChaosOriginallyPIMPERNELPINKthekeeperoftheEmeraldsonMoblus,teamedupwithaftercatchingSonicashewastryingrepossessthepreciousConnedbyintobelievingSonicthebadguy,Knucklessitsattheendoflevelstothrowourboysintopitoflava.tosurrint*ow,everybody'show. anri,oaniSega real ly TripleSonicmakementdepart-thestopsallpulledhaveoutoftheinvisual'toinTrouble's backdrops and characters the best to grace the Game Gear. No longer do we have the mightyVSonittent.shouldbutNothingsmashingcollectingtheUnfortunatelyfargameplay,ouslyonwouldn'tQuitethemselvescharacterscrawny-lookingspriteslosinginthefoliage.honestlythesefellaslookoutofplacetheMegadrive!Buttheincreaseinsizehasobvi-compromisedtheasenemiesareandfewbetween.thisresultsIgamebeingreducedtoringsandspin-throughwalls.new,I'mafraid,fansofSego'sbluehebemorethancon-hangstoughagainsttheHunter. SUNOirFind yourself a TV set with o gem on it and you too can enter the bonus zone. Not quite the spherically scrolling action of the Megadrive, but still a huge challenge as you bounce from pillar to pillar and smash through walls , to grab the goodies. Mpg:row— smr_ mow11 .'ger1111sor-e-- -,,,, moo 0:3'Off raterMilm Age *omit toihokum of bouncy Oases to egg the boys along. V Nothing new though.Aworthy mom. bet ol the Sonic clan— speedy OM. ibis. stacks DI colGraphicallyfun.'edibles—greatLittletealchallenge.Agr,..alWiringproductthatwiNpushtheGeartoitslimit.BOwillbetooeasytocomplete.forsuperiorto the DNUOSPslIdiestion.prisesversions,IwopreviousSonicGameGearbutsadlylockingsur-andgameplayinnova-Thespritesweoutstandinglylargeondsuperﬂuidtoboot.Nottomen-tionthelantasiKbackgrounds.Shamethesearen'tmorebad.tobash.PLASTABILITYThedifferereplay-ingstylesofSonicandTailsallowlorAesplooMoonandon,rtendedIttesponswam.Doltituitysellingneedstobetougher.ifFMWASEGA109

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gon game than Silpheed, which is really just pretty Galaxians. What's more, the trip to Red Eye is action-packed across every kilometre. But the snag is that it's always the same trip. What's great for the odd 50p in the arcade does become a dubious investment at E50. Of course, chasing high scores and even completing the game gives it lasting interest, but Storblode doesn't offer great depth.

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PAMPA E atJustopposedweaponsarmourybuthasBeingRAPTORED11111laATTACKasticklerfortradition,Raptorkepthisclawandteethattacks,thistimeround,DrGrant'shasthewelcomebonusofthatoctuallykill(astothestunbusinessofpast).lookCAMEPRODthe tOMME661Igll-iﬂommommo 112 MM SEGA MACHINEGUN thingszoomandAmiga.year,andseemedbecametinuedAmigatouchline.meseremanahtiW0J415119Iiin5ofDinoDiniandhisGoalarewarmingupontheMegadriveFortheuninitiated,Dinoistheguywhocreatedtheclassic,KickOffallthoseyearsback.Sincethenhehascon-hisplansforfootydominationwithKickOffII(whichtheincrediblylameSuperKickOfffortheMegadrive),buttodisappearwhenthoseyoungwhippersnappersSensiFIFAappeared.HavingbeendeposedfromhisnumerounospotfornearlyaDinohasreturnedwithGoal,anotherconversionfromtheUsingKickOff'sbird's-eyeview,andboastingalltherulestacticsfromtherealthing,Dino'snewiealsofeaturesauniquemode(Zoom-o-vision?)whichclosesupontheactionwhengetexciting.

Dinl has created an incredibly fast kick around which more than matches Sensi in the playability stakes. Goal speeds along at a stunning pace, yet proves eminently controllable, and extremely addictive. Control over the ball is tricky at ﬁrst as there's no 'glue ball', but it soon becomes second nature — as does mastering aftertouch. With plenty of options and gameplay in spades, Goal comes heavily recommended.

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In a distinctly different style to the slow-moving original, Rampage Edition pits Dr Grant or a Raptor against the mercenaries left to ensure potential saboteurs are eliminated. As Dr Grant, the player can use whatever weaponry comes to hand, whilst the Raptor has only its claws and tail to fall back on.

T he inhabitants of !ski Nubarcertainly have caused a stir with the peoples of the world. And the World's eyes are set to focus one more on the small tropical isle following the video release of Jurassic Park. To odd fuel to the ﬁre Sega have taken the story one step further, with mad scientists out to unleash the oversized reptiles on the unsuspecting world.

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film, but what has emerged is a sad, shuffling OAP of a blaster. It fails to succeed as either a platformer or a shoot 'em up, with the action ambling along, and the dinosaurs and mercenaries offering little hassle. Average sums this up nicely, but the film on sell-thruinstead.STEVE

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Dino Dini really has outdone himself with this speedy, but elegant kick about. Graphically on a par with Sensi, the scrolling is silky smooth and turbo-charged. But what really sold me was the challenge presented by the ball control, Often footie games have the feeling that your not always in control, but tackles this problem superbly, if initially, infuriatingly. To top if off the loads of teams and player editor options make this a hot cup contender.

than the ﬁlm, some of the locations may appear to be a little unfamiliar. Both the Aviary and the Rapids sections were unfortunately left out of the Spielberg vision, but add variation to Grant's confrontations with the dinos. More familiar sections include a piggy-bock ride on the Ostrich-like Gallimus, and the mayhem at the stormy docks,

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backdrops giving on indication of the bleak gameplay. Whilst Rampage Edition is a faster-moving game than the original, it's all so dull top play with very little variety. Granted, the dinoriding bit was a laugh, but even this cannot save the game from obscurity. Don't believe the hype, and givethis a

All the expected footy features have been included, with the required number of leagues, cups, kit options and corners. in terms of graphics, Goal looks very similar to Kick Off, but the sprites look better and the aforementioned zoom mode makes on enormous difference. The latter con be brought into play at ony time, with the action focused on after kick off and switched via a simple press of the Start button.

Street.GusGRAPHICS 69 SOUND - 51 Digitised speechfog hod_ i guys, but music and effectsme limited. I--lif---'41111LASTABILITY 47 Polling the curial and pressing bib GSinteresting as it sitionc o 38 OVERALL 51 Attractive but murky digitised characters and backdrops. Well, you lust point the cursor It Justoliet and press the ﬁre WOOS Toosimilar to the dull ﬁrst game to make it worth buying. Limited in varietyandguano ploy,tryoneol konami's phih formersinstead.

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with its poultry range of static screens and enemies appearing singly. The sequel is pacier, with more scenic and play variety. What I would have liked to hove seen is more interaction with the scenery. If you liked the ﬁrst and have a Justiﬁer (you really must play it with the gun) this is actually up your Main

ll's dismal gameplay. Whilst picking off EnforcersLethalthe 1 assorted bad guys and bosses is initially entertaining, Lethal II is shallower than a kiddie's paddling pool, and even playing it with a Justiﬁer isn't enough to keep anyone interested. The coin-op at least had fancy animated graphics.Without them this is the ﬁrst

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your Mum give you the patch on the chin after she slogged you a left hook, or did you cut yourself oving? The tin can you're wearing looks like the baked bean con I threw out just the other day. You haven't been going through the bins again, have you? I'll hove to tell your Mummy! Oh, and by the way, you dribble too much.

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butitmagMACHINESYob,DearMARCSINGERYobYob,MEANisthebestever.I'veonlybeenforacoupleofmonthsitisexcellent.Theonly problem is free gifts. You need more! How's about a Mortal Kombot II or Super Streetﬁghter It Review and Help video or a set of postTerrycords?Jeffryes, Harlow, Essex YOB:Hey, how unbelievable.deservesCAAguyZerocovermountingaboutasuitliketheinSteve'swanted!Honestly,thatguysuchderis•Youcan lust guess that he wears one of those coats that folds into its own pocket, but with the hood drawstring pulled so tight, that the trapped air makes his head look all

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from South Africa, in case you're too stupid to realise where South Africa is. I bet you hove the face of a baboon's bum and are so sad and stupid you'd fail your blood test. But enough of the stupid insults. I'm writing to you because the other doy I went inside one of the game shops here, and sow they hod a game on a NES called SorrKirio It had the some intro as Sonic except Mario come out of the ring instead of Sonic. The game hod Sonic's backgrounds and baddies. Now, what I would like to know is how Nintendo can do this to Sego's license? Keep up the good work on the magazine.

YOB:Yeah, Jimmy Chin. And I reckon it was a 987MEG cart, and you saw lithe day you were out with your girlfriends Claudia Schiffer and Meg Ryan. I bet with your astounding intellect it took you ages to work out how to spell the name of your home town. Perhaps you ought to move to Leeds where you'll ﬁnd it slightly easier. Not that they'll have you.

Robbie Shand, Elgin, Moray YOB:l. He got sick of irritating gilts like you writing in. 2. Let's just say I liked him more than I care for you. 3. Sir to you. 4. Your mate work for Copcom does he? Or maybe he's just talking crap because he knows a gr sod like you

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So you didn't ﬁnd my Captain Picard joke funny, eh? Well, try this poem I wrote about Digitiser.

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readers in the past 6 months," I found it most sickening that Digitiser gleaned some pleasure from it all, They just happened to forget you were still the bestselling Sego mag.Rather than a damning reﬂection on Mean Machines, I thought it most degrading on the part of Digitiser. It only served to assert the quality of your magazine, which despite a loss in readership, still managed to

asses of every Future 'withtreicilDigitisermagazine.backedaloserwhentheyteamedupFuturepub-lishing.Fromnowon,whenvoureviewadisas-trousgame,insteadofsaying'thisgameiscrap',makeyourcrystal,ridstate,ameiscompleteDigitiserl"Christopher

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Bognor. I promptly enslaved this sad mockery of a holiday resort, and I am now using it as a power base to take over the whole world.., past, present, and future! Ahahohahal But it's not enough, - these facile victories only leave me hungry for more conquest! Also, I travelled many years into the post to try and get my black gloves on Issue 0 of Mean Machines, When I'd accomplished this, I went to the future to see how your magazine was getting on, Congratulations,Mean Machines is still number one in the year 2019. And the Saturn is the only new 'Super Console' to conquer over all the Others. As for all your readers... listen to the Master! You will obey me, subscribe to Mean Machines for all eternity. The Master, Gollifrey YOirtes, I have been watching you every Sunday in UK Gold's omnibus editions, and what I want to know is where do you buy all your ridiculous disguises — and why Peter Davison hasn't put an end to your evil ways by putting his hand up your bum like he used to in All Creatures Great And Small. As for taking over Bognor... well, it needed someone to, you just ask Steve who comes from Chichester a few miles thinkIDearFRANKaway.STAMMYobamwritingtotellyouthatIitwouldbeabrilliantidea if

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I am the Master. You will obey mel I hope you have been watching my adventures on UK Gold every Sunday, for I have covered this letter with a special hypnotic spray, so now you will be forced to read my words with interest and admiration for my evil genius. Anyway Yob, I must tell of my recent problem. My TARDIS developed a slight, err— 'navigational error', and materialised in

reader of MEAN MACHINES for two years now, and during those two years, few magazines have come close to your witty, colourful, and informative magazine. Out of the magazines I read, you keep the price as low as possible and maintain on average of 100 pages per issue. It's a pity some people don't appreciate this, namely Digitiser. And before you say, "Oh no, not another Digitiser letter", bear in mind this letter involves your very own magazine

released Equalizer: The Game. jaJustw think you could • take control of Edward Woodword. I love that man, he's great! He makes the sheep go boa!! Hoy you got any big door posters of Equalizer?theI'd pluck a duck to shake his hand ond look into his stern eyes. Just the thought sends shivers through Adornbody. M., Redd' YOB:It was be a dull as though.Redditch,EveryepisodeMcCalltakesontheMob/streetgongs/corruptpoliceorwher,andhehastoresortto

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on improvement over the Picord thing, don't you think? Well, until next time... Oh, by the way, I know this bloke in the United States Colonial Marine

On Wednesday 21st September, not fit to go to school, and generally lounging around the house, I happened to tune into Digitiser on Teletext. "Mean Machines Dying" read the headline for their 'news' section. Curious, I read on. The article was based on sales figures for the lost six months. Sarcastically it read, "Biggest loser, we're horrified to report, is Mean Machines Sego who hos lost over a third of its

ThenAndSoon,babohairyYob(erneout,gavehimaclout,kickedhisassover the Themoon.rest of the morons from JustDigitiserstood in a trams.

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The nob bashers, more like. I'm surprised your hands weren't too cramped to hold the pen used to write this drivel. Try getting out more.

Paul Johnson, Skegness

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Right, sod off that's yer lot.

Yob's back next month with his tales of the Justice Bill demo and his impromptu shopping spree in Dixons.

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been rammed face-ﬁrst into a brick wall, and you hove to wear that armour to cover up the fact you're a weed. And that plaster on your face, did you cut yourself shaving, ore you old enough to shave? Do you get the feeling that nobody likes you? We don't!

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You think you're so smart writing 'clever' answers to people's letters when you don't like what they've written. But I think you just con't handle the truth about yourself. You try to look so mean, but I don't think you look mean at all. I think you look pathetic. You look like you've

YOB:We were planning to run a series of Digitiser-style lores illustrations and screenshots in this very issue, but sadly someone nicked our crayons.MIR

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Dear Yob

4. Will FIFA appear on the 32X? Ste Marron, Liverpool STEVE 1. Nope. 2. A few, as the sound has been generally revamped. 3. E44.95. 4. It's a possibility, but EA are being tight-lipped about their 32X plans.

Adam Pask

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1_ Where can I get a RAM cartridge for saving information for my Mego-CD games?

STEVE 1. It does, but the US and lap machines use a faster frame rate which makes them faster. 2. The Super NES version is marginally faster, due to the machine's slightly superior sprite handling routines. 3. They're both 24MEG, but Megadrive MKII has more frames of animation and is 4Ilh smoothertalloog — thus, something had to go and it was the intro pics.It

2 Has the crowd on FIFA '95 got new chants?

future, I'm afraid. Delphin• are up to their ears in Another World 2 for Virgin, and are looking to the PC CD formats for their next project.

Please put me out of my misery. Will there be a sequel to the absolutely brilliant Flashback?

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3. It also seems the Super NES version has a presentation of the ﬁghters (picture and biography). But the Megadrive hasn't. Is the Super NES cart bigger than the 24MEG Megadrive cart?

concerning the game. 1 I read in a magazine that the game ploys a lot faster on the US and 2.EuropeansameGenesis,JapaneseWhy?Doesn'titusetheengineastheMegodrive?I'vealsonoticedthat the Super NES version plays a lot foster, But I always thought the Megadrive was faster, What's going on?

Dear NoseSteveanswer my questions.

Dew CongratsSteveon a fob mag1 CNN you answer some of my ques-tions?1.On FIFA '95 hove the players got proper names?

Mortal Kombat II on the Megadrive There's no doubt its an eAce1lent game, but I think it s tad slow on the Megadrive. Therefore I have few questions

Dave Franck, Schelle, Belgrum

2. How much will it cost?

is a complex thing, but why is it farts come in a variety of aromas? Just what chemical equation results in a sulphery/ eggy one, whilst others come out wet and smelling of damp washing? And do some sound squeaky? After all, it's all the same gas isn't it? I may not be able to answer these questions, but I know my stuff when it comes to Segarelated questions. So why not put me to the test. After all, at least I keep my brain inside my cranium — probably because I don't need to prove to people I've got one! Send your letters to:

Rise of the Dragon be released

5 Is there going to be a Streets of Rage 4?

4. Will you print a Best of MMS Vol.3?

215. How many colours will the 32X be able to show on-screen?

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like a saved game. • Prince Of Persia, perhaps? Perhaps the system hod been used before you bought it.

STEVE:1. US Gold have shelved II unfortunately. 2. A game based on Fall Of The Republic (the new Star Wars ﬁlm) is scheduled for release nearer the ﬁlm's release date. No details of what system or when, though. 3. It doesnt seem likely. 4. It's on the cards. 5. It's stuck in 'Import Limbo', and looks set to remain so for a f yet.monthsew

1. While playing against Kintaro as Sub-Zero, I did a freeze attack and was frozen myself. Could you please tell me what happened?

STEVE.1. It sounds like you pulled off two freeze moves ma row, whih results in Sub Zero getting iced! 2. Yup. 3. Pong was one of the ﬁrst ever video games, and is a very basic game of tennis with the player controlling a line as they bounce a square ball to their opponent. 4. See the above letter. 5. Yep, 6. Likely.

Jame? Warren, Poole, Dorset

7. Is the Multi-Mega compatible with the 32X?

4. How much will the software

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I have been reading your fob mog for some time, and I hove a few questions to ask you.

IDearDOLOMITEexample.RIMPHStevewouldbemostgrateful

2. Other than Rebel Assault and Star Wars Arcade, will any other Star Wars games be released and for which systems?

13 Since the 32X will have more power and all these custom chips, will the cartridges still require huge and costly memories to produce good games?

3. How much will the 32X cost?

17 Will the 32X work with the Mega-PC?18.Doyou think the Mega-CD will be left in the dark once the 32X is launched? Will lots of games still be made for it?

4. How much will FIFA '95 cost for the Megadrive?

released?We'reSego'swe'reeachguidetothemAWEREABOUTYOUEVERYTHINGWANTEDTOKNOWTHE32X,BUTAFRAIDTOASK...lotofourlettersjustkeepaskingthesameoldcrap,sowe'vedecidedtobundletogetherinordergiveacompletetoonesubjectissue.ThismonthconcentratingonpluginGlademushroomAirFreshener:the32X.goodlikethat.IWhenwillthe32Xbe

6 Will there be an MK III?

2. What is the difference between the Sego Saturn and the 32X?

19. Does the 32X take ordinary Megadrive games?

8. Will there be a game package with the 32X? What will it 9be?Will Daytona USA, Rebel Assault, Virtue Star Wars, Alien, Predator, Mortal Kombot 2, Virtue Fighters, Vidua Soccer,

1. What happened to the Megadnve COIIVOISiOn of NES Star Wars, which you said would be out in April?

2. I heard from a friend if you win 250 games in a row, you play a game of Pong. Is this true?

6. Will the Saturn be able to run 32X games?

11. Is it possible for the 32X to speed up the access time on the Mega-CD?12.Willthe custom sound chips in the 32X produce the some quality as the Mega-CD?

'PRINCE JR0_'. It has nothing to do with any of my games. Cart you tell me what it is?

Clarke, Melton Mowbray,STEVE:ALeics

14. How does the 32X compare to the 3D0

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16. Is it worth waiting for the 'arcade perfect' Mortal Kombot 2 on the 32X?

PC is generally regarded as the best beginner's machine as the majority of the UK's developers use them. For console development, though, you'll need very expensive porting equipment,

Dear Steve

Steven Walker, Kilhirnie, Ayrshire STEVE; 1. You can't yet. 2. Nowt, because you can't get one, dummy. 3. Yessiree, • it has got for more

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I desperately wont to program my own video games. Which computer do you suggest I buy, and which books would be the most Michaeluseful?

10. Will Fahrenheit on the 32X CD have VHS quality FMV?

STEVE:l. December 4th. 2. A CD drive and faster processing speed. 3. El 70 without a game. 4. Between E40-E60 depending on cart size. 5. The Saturn won't be here for ages, so I'd recommend the 32X. 6. It hasn't been decided. 7. Yes. EL Not initially. 9. Only MKII and a Sonic game of some sort have been conﬁrmed from those on your list. 10. Apparently. 11. No. 12. No. 13. nape, Star Wars Arcade is a mere 24MEG, for example. 14. As good as, but with more playable games. 15. 32000. 16. Yup. 17. No. 18. It won't be given a massive new lease of life, but there are some neat games for the two planned. 19. No. 20. No. 21. Yes, it has ﬁve. 22. Is Unford Christie faster than Christie Brown. 23. No. 24. Yes.

so start writing games in PC -.. language before experiment- It 4-Ina with Machine Code or NE= 116.• maybe C (a commonly-used console language when porting games). Any books on learning to program will help. For further info, why not contact some of the UK's development teams: Probe or Core, for

Russ and Nelly, Maidenhead

20. If I have a Japanese Megadrive, will I need to buy a Japanese 32X, even though I've had my Megadrive converted to take British games?

5.cost?Should I buy the 32X or wait until the Saturn is released?

3. Will there ever be on ofﬁcial release for Star Trek:ING?

Super Streetﬁghter II Turbo, any Sonic come out on the 32X?

Dear Steve

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23. Con the 32X do the same things as the Saturn if connected to a Megadrive and Mega24.CD?Does the 32X require a separate power supply?

3. If so, what is Pong?

22tracks?Isthe 32X better than the Amigo CD32?

if you could answer the following questions for me.

21. Will Virtue Racing Deluxe on the 32X have more than 3

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3 Theoretically is it possible for all the best Spectrum and Commodore 64 games on a Mego-CD disc? If so, will it ever Peterhappen?Howard, Rayleigh, Essex

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Gerard Foster, Abingdon, Word STEVE 1. It Sbunds like a dodgy piracy device which

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I'm not going to go all go-ga over your brilliant magazine (although a little sweet-talking never goes amiss), so please answer these questions for me 1. I recently went on holiday to Hong Kong and purchased a Megadrive 2. Will a UK Game Genie or Action Retl =orki

2, Is there any news of Streetﬁghter III?

STEVE:l. Some bloke called Byron Mann. 2. There are all sods of rumours of using MKII-style digitised ﬁghters, but nothing deﬁnite. 3. Not bloody likely.

there hasn't been a game released which is complicated enough to use twelve different buttons! 2. What following? 3. Not enough. 4. EWJ.

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Could you please tell me where I con get hold of one?

AUSTINthink?EGRODearSteveCouldyoupleaseanswer for me? At the recent CES show, the Nintendo game, Donkey Kong Country looked brilliant with amazing graphics. Is the Megadrive capable of anything like this? When is Muscle Bomber from coming out; lw, ego the Saturn at a higher price? Which do you prefer out of Lion King and Mickey Mania?

Probably. 2. Oops, according to Paul Buﬁon that's all lies. See last month's tips for the only cheat in the game.

Dear Steve

Basinstoke. Hamps sihtniwsneckcheres,iSTEVE:tissue.2.It's too early to say. 3. MICH, EVA SSF, VR - but 0' was4 very AUSTINclose!PRINCESSorSteveouldyouanswerthe folloNing questions?1.Whatisthe 'mode'

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how to get on the caotgarbikes in Streets of Rage III, as there is a photo of it in Issue 17. Andrew Shepherd, Allestree, JapaneserhoOofdholy,SIEVE;EasDerbygetgame,

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I have some questions to keep you on your toes. I In the new Streetﬁghter movie, who plays Ryu?

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Dear Pleose,Steveplease, please answer my questions, because I must know the answers. Are Electronic Arts releasin Rood Rash III? If so, when will it be released? Please could you put these games in order from best to worst Earthworm Jim, Mortal Kombot II, Super Streetlighter II, and Hislop, button joypod? there hope of folcoming How much do you get Which is the Daryl Woollard, WorthingSTEVE 1. It's there to switch between

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Ryan Collins, Skipton, N. Yorks STEVENep. Go to Outworld, turn left at Kahn's Palace and you'll see a gentleman's tailor. Go in, ask for the 'Blue _Lycra Special' and he'll take 4111.--41--mow your measurements, Actually, I can't believe you're sad enough to actually wont to own one. Where are you going to wear it exactly!

Dear Steve

to tax your brain.1.InIssue 22 of your magazine, I saw an ad in Megamart for a double Pro Fighter diskdrive for the Megadrive. What is it?

froma great height. 2. February. Probably not, but if Nintendo get the Ultra 64 out for that I'll be very surprised. Mickey Maniathere's more to it.

IDearPALLASStevehaveafewquestions

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