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III is also the best looker in clubland. Twice as many on screen colours as previous PGA TOUR outings mean that the only thing looking rough, is the rough. Digitised golfer animations make the ten featured pros the smoothest swingers since Sinatra. Up to four players can battle head-to-head in tournament, match play, skins or shootout mode. And you'll be glad of the new ball cursor interface which lets you draw, fade and arc the ball with unprecedented accuracy.

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that? Socior said Rod nervously when we posed this month's question to him. Breathing a sigh of relief upon our clariﬁcation of the query the boy was rather more lothcoming. "When I grow up, I wont to be just like Steve, so it'd hove to be Frank Butcher - ex- of Eastenders - for me. I'd get to wonder round in a camelhair coal with halo Dunhill hanging out of my mush calling everyone •sicsoogs and then trying to ﬂog them dodgy 'molohs'. It's be great, gor lave a

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•Compared to other martial arts ﬁlms it's a little bit corny at times and Von•Domme never quite gets it right as Guile. Still, ions of the game will no doubt •pee their pants over it, and that's reason enough e it.

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s of the game will no doubt be on the alert for all the expected special moves the gon •J• racters con pull off and, to on extent you won't be disappointed. Guile does a couple of somersault kicks, Ryu has a fireball (sort of), whilst Ken shows off his Dragon Punch and H hits Zongief with a hundred-hand slap — sadly, though Blanka doesn't electrocute anyone and Van-Damme never manages a sonic boom. However, the final fight between Bison and Guile features most of the evil General's moves, whilst the rest of the characters also manage to fit into their in-game clothes somewhere along the line.

•Basically, if you are a big fan of Street Fighter the game, this is well worth a look, •Although it gets a bit crowded with so many characters, it draws quite heavily • from the game both in terms of ﬁghting and graphical touches and will hove ardent fans on the constant look-out for little touches here and there.

KylieGUS raised a few sniggers from me for her crap acting, as did M•Bison's capeRapping antics. But there wasn't enough made of the game characters' special moves and it all looked a bit cheap 5/10

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and with an action-packed ending, but I was disappointed that very few special moves were used. Kylie as Commy looked really good, and Chun-Li had some excellent kicks. However, not all the characters fought, and Dee-Jay was mode out to be a coward. 6/10

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AllSTEVEcredit to Copcom for getting loads of in-game visuals in there, but I would have liked a few more special moves to hove been on show. Not the best oction ﬁlm I've seen, and laughably bad (especially Blanka) and corny in places, but a fair enough way to pass 90 minutes. 6/10

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reminded me of an episode of The A-Team and the sets looked as cheap as the ones in Space 1999, And Kylie just looked like... well, Kylie. Apart from that, it was brilliant 6/10

is set to hit the Mega-CD. Actually, that's a bit of a porky, as EA's forthcoming Super Strike CD mixes bits of THREE games, namely Desert Strike, Jungle Strike and Urban Strike. Using levels and ideas dropped during the trilogy's development, Super Strike is an entirely new game, and the rest of the CD contains the existing three games as a bit of a bonus. Cool. A review is, as they say in

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ed for the Game Geer. The platform hunting adventures of the succulent young Ristar promise to be translated as closely to the original as possible, although it is expected some minor tucks here and there will be necessary. A review is pencilled in for the next issue.

Acclaim are currently bringing Stargate over to the Game Gear — but don't expect a conversion of the action game we previewed last issue. Instead, Game Gear Stargate takes the form of a Tetris-style puzzler with the player dropping tiles marked with hieroglyphics into a circular play area. The basic idea is to match three of a kind, thus removing the line — but all the time you're doing this, a computer-controlled opponent is doing the same, and adding extra blocks to your line! Probe ore the lads behind the game, and it should be out in February.

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the 'Hydelide' monicker of a previous (and dire!) Megodrive RPG, the revolutionary feature of Saturn Hydelide will be the 30 virtual perspective, creating a realistic realtime environment. Sprite scaling is used, and contrasting with the usual run-of-the-mill dungeons, Hydelide takes you to a vast wilderness, with some breathtaking locations. Sadly, the game features Japanese text heovily (it is an RPGI) so buying it on import will be rather a gamble. MEGA

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After that plus point, a little bit of negativity as Domork hove apparently scrapped their Game Gear equivalent of Roger Daltry — yep, Wizard Pinball is no more as Domark have consigned it to the great game scropyard in the sky. A pity as it was looking quite nice. Over at Sego, it seems Sonic's porent have snapped up JVC's Samurai Showdown for the Mega-CD and Megadrive for release early April. Rumour also has it that a 32X version could be on the cards — and if its half as good as the 3D0 version that will be well worth a looksee. Just a quickie. Ocean may be releasing Soccer Kid for the Megadrive, but were not sure when.

Despite all the gossip and speculation regarding Midway's embryonic Mortal Kombat Ill, the most important thing is will it ever make it to the Sega formats? Nintendo apporentlytied up a deal with Midway whereupon they get ﬁrst dibs on all their coin-ops for the Ultra 64 system, leaving Sego out in the cold. However, o little sporrow tells me that this won't actually have a lot of effect, ond Sega versions will be hot on the heels of the Konami'scoin-op.proposed conversion of their classic Super NES kickabout, SuperstarInternationalSoccer,doesn't look likely to make it to the 32X now, despite an earlier announcement. However, fear not as the game is insteod destined for the Saturn and is apparently set to outplay Sego's own impressive. looking Victory Goal. Similarly, Ultimate Parodius a much. improved version on the Super NES original and already demoing on the Playstation is also set to be converted. Sooner the better we reckon.

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Digital Pictures mode the surprise announcement of a re-release of Night Trap, to take advantage of the improved FMV quality offered by the Megadrive 32X. The game design and ﬁlm footage remain the some, but the video window is larger, crisper and uses more colours. Out around March, it could well be the ﬁrst 32X CD product. Night Trap is on amusing vampire catching game that has been Digital Pictures most successful to

Hot on the heels of the 89% version,cartridgeratedcomesActivision's Mega-CD update of Pitfall. Sporting a specially-recorded soundtrack, recentfootagestagesextraandfromtheTV ad as an intro, the CD looks and sounds a great deal better than the cart game. Sadly, we didn't have space to review it this issue, but if you're a MegaCD owner make sure you get this It's coo-ell

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The story of Virtu° Fighter is incredibly short. The coin-op machine is barely a year old. When first shown, it astounded games critics, and they were iudging it from on arcade perspective. Although the development team, AM2, had used the 1992 Virtue Racing polygon engine, clever programming gave a more fluid, cinematic feel to the game. Although the fighters were constructed wholly out of polygons, they came together seamlessly and convincingly, each with their own individual character and style.

Nobody expected Virtua Fighter to be on home format within a year. But then, nobody expected Virtua Racing to pop up on the Megadrive. It has, and so too has Virtue Fighter, with the ponoply of a home entertainment breakthrough. Sega announce the start of a 'new era' on their Saturn packaging. Virtu° Fighter lays weight to that bold claim.

Poised directly from the arcade I, the original designers — AM2, A classic created out ol the classic oneon-one beat 'ant up mould.

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A massive hardware battle is about to be fought. In theblue and white corner is our pal, Sega and his new Saturn. To be honest, he faces more than one hungry opponent eager for a slice of video games market action. But the biggest and meanest of them is a newcomer to video games hardware, a serious newcomer. Sony's Playstation machine is set to sweep into Japan on a wave of media hype, weeks after the Saturn launch, and was in danger of stealing the limelight from the sexy new Sego platform. David had just one shot to stop the Goliath in its tracks. Wisely they loaded up Virtu° Fighter in the sling.

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set to cream the opposition in the home. Virtue Fighter is simply the most advanced console game created. It gleams in all Us arcade perfections, glistens with its incredible compulsiveness, that sucks in any casual watcher like a Black Hole. The control response is magnificent and the things you can do with these guys and gals is bloody incredible, in super-smooth 3O animation. When blows contact they make you wince, a combo executed with flair can make you grin. Ws the ultimate game for joypad poseurs. The meek may inherit the earth, but the Virtual world belongs to these mighty digital warriors. Ws no cakewalk either, with weeks of learning technique to fight at the harder difficulty levels. However, the mainstay is the twoplayer game, which is so good, you're Saturn will be begging for a rest period during all-night 'winner stays on' sessions among friends. You don't have any friends? Pass it around that you have a Saturn and you can throw a party. Oh, happy New

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The revolutionary aspect of Virtua Fighter is the technique used to construct the characters from thousands of geometric shapes or polygons. Unlike sprites or rendered images, polygons exist in three dimensions. Everything from Wolf's pecs to Sarah's swinging ponytail is polygon built, and moves with stunning realism. Slightly fewer shapes are used in the Saturn version, not that you would notice, but the game retains the impressive light-sourcing technique. This calculates the visual effect of a fixed light source, creating shadows and adding further realism. The most arresting use of this is on Sarah's 'disco floor' arena, where the fighter's features take on an eerie uplit glow

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Virtue Fighter comes on CD-ROM, the format intended for most Saturn games (although the machine has a cartridge slot). A previous ﬂaw with CD is the considerable delay while the disc is accessed by the CPU. The Saturn ovoids the worst excesses of this with a doublespeed drive, and Virtue Fighter is notable for its extremely snappy access, and minimum interruption between rounds, making access not on issue.

Tricky to pull off, as the opponent must be crouching, but a spectacular aerial throw is the reward for clever timing.

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This is the most instinctive and playable beat sem up I have played, and its realism is only matched by its addictive qualities. With combos to rival Street Fighter, VF odds to this with cheeky moves — you can juggle an opponent with a ﬂurry of punches! Each character has a variety of ﬁghting skills, and the short time-limit adds a real feeling of excitement to the proceedings. This is a stunning game with TV-style camera panning and light-sourced shading, and couples it with action which could hove Street Fighter any day. The Saturn couldn't have got off to a better start, as VF proves that arcade perfect conversions are no longer a pipe dream. Brilliant.

STEVE fest has to hove its jump kicks, and Akira's combo pray' face full of the things.ad6

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Saturns shipped over to good ol' Blighty? Yeah, thought so. Well, to celebrate the ent release of Kick Off III for the Megadrive, Vic okai have put one of the 32bit wonders up for grabs — including the Virtua Fighter CD! Kick Off III . takes Dino Dini's code one step further with the addi-

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opinion of this comps minipn, was a game more aptly named than PsychoPinball. Codemasters have done the devil's work in producing the most wicked way of misspending your youth, while never leaving your bean bag in front of the telly. There was no doubt in the crew's mind that this is the best pinball game you can get, which explains our glowing review in issue 26 If anything we would want to revise our ratings upwards!

want you to design a special MEAN MACHINES-themed Psycho pinball style table. What you put in is up to you, but it should scream MEAN MACHINES at us, sweetie, and it would be a smart (and possibly prize-winning) strategy to use some familiar pinball features, like droppers, bumpers, ﬂippers (notch) and multipliers Feel free to add explanations and captions to your diagram.

In any case, Codies are so chuffed with creating a new underclass of dribbling pinball maniacs, they're running a compo, with prizes to rival Wheel of Fortune or the National Lottery! Not one but THREE(!, again) .1i 32Xs ore up for grabs, courtesy of the generous gentry of deepest Warwickshire, plus a host of fabulous Psycho goodies, as modelled by scary pierced types from hordcore bonds like mittsExploited.TheTogetyouronthem, we

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Wonder somewhat amiss from Batbod's e and Mego-CD outings A trusty, if t sometimes hotheaded youth, Dick is always hand to fight crime ond translate the odd int out from the Bat computer. More often an not the weak link in the dynamic duos 's TV series, ending up in deep trouble and uiring help from his partner, Robin from the nimoted offering is far more independent and lays a more equal role in the team. In fact, in • twist of fate, Robin frequently ends up helpng out the Coped One. Not one to miss out on e self-suffiency lark, the Boy Wonder's new iound confidence means, in gameploy terms, at he gets stuck into the action in the guise of *player two.

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been throwing their own ideas into the mix, particularly about the evolution of a multi-viewpoint game engine, that lets you switch between three camera angles during the game Rage are convinced that Striker has a ready-madeniche;fromthosewhoknowoftheSuper

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I was told the effect had even been reduced from earlier versions, when banana shots of almost 90 degrees were possible! Chonging selected players when not in possession is a feature that hos been moved from direct player control to the CPU, freeing up the controls for more shots. As defenders, tackling, intercepting and stealing is easier to accomplish than just about any other footy game_

Striker is being feted as a 'good crack' with simple controls and a good playing feel. Sego are conﬁdent of success, with Mega-CD and 32X versions already off the drawing board.

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Just when you thought you could put your knobbly boots away forever, ANOTHER football game pops up for the Megadrive. But Rage Software and Sega were keen to show Gus that Striker is 'something different'.

Okay, you've got FIFA, you've got Sensible, What more could you possibly wont? Right, you've a fetish for Japanese text and four-taps, so you get JLeague on import, but surely that's your lot? Well, Rage aim to persuade you otherwise with their 16MEG conversion of Striker ported from our friendly rival, the Super NES.

Things hove moved on a bit since the original Striker appeared, and indeed since Rage produced their ﬁrst Megodrive approximation of it, 'Ultimate Soccer'. Sadly, that title didn't quite live up to the title (if that makes sense). But Rage hove put that squarely behind them, emphasising that Striker is programmed from scratch, with an all-new engine and freshly researched teams.

NES game's high reputation, and those put off by FIFA's overcomplications and Sensible's shortcomings.

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a bit tricky to ploy on 1111for long periods, but is useful for set-pieceslike throw-ins and goal kicks. There is an option to switch to the overhead view automatically for these, and the top buttons on the six-button conﬁguration allow instant switching, Virtue Racing style. Striker is yet another of those games where the Super NES' Mode 7 hod to be converted into megadrive software 3D (see the Street Racer WIP in last month's issue for more on the topic). It looks like there have been no major difﬁculties, with the display running at 50 frames per second: "as fast as is humanly possible on a UK machine". However, some of the textured detail on the pitch hod to be lost, the indoor pitch hod to be rethought, and now has a bore gymnasium look. Rage ore already working on the 32X version, which will have no is

of 'reward for the player'. Rather than be faced with a simple 'you have won' screen, there's an substantial end sequence to the game, port of which that took a surprising amount of memory and a few late night sessions. In the some spirit is the brilliant hidden tabletop football game which, as is often the case with hidden games, is almost as compulsive as the main program

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blast set against a series of horizontallyscrolling FMV locations. As the screen moves from left to right the player has control over a crosshair sight as the digitised zombies trundle from every opening. Pressing the A button sparks your trusty gun into life and the zombies are picked off one by one. However, anyone familiar with zombie films will be surprised that Corpse Killer's undead are o little more inventive in their means of attack, For instance, there are Mary Poppins zombies which fly towards you, others which lob skulls and grenades, whilst others ore shadowy figures which, if shot, kill eveything in the vicinity — how kind of Hellman to invent a Smart Bomb Zombie, Should any of these shambling creatures breach your defences, though, a small face icon at the bottom of the screen deteriorates until the player is dead.

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Set on the verdant islond of Coy Noir, the player is cast as a tough marine parachuted on to the island in search of Hellman, Armed with a large gun and ably assisted by your rostafarian driver Winston, and a femole investigative reporter called Julie, the basic aim of the gome involves locating Hellman base whilst fending off constant attacks from the zombie hordes. Just to add a time element to the proceedings, though, the game intro sees the player being bitten by a zombie and the spreading infection means that locating Hellman and the cures he holds is more important than ever. is one of the captvred marines. Neale Sailor!

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Every marine is given a Datapod system which offers handy info on any aspect of the people and island, and can be summoned at any time. Similarly, in addition to your trusty gun, extra weaponry such as armour-piercing bullets, Datura bullets which kill zombies instantly (Datura in its raw form also acts as extra health), a Ju-Ju stick to fend off the Black Magic zombies, and assorted bones which Winston uses in his weird incontations. Similarly, the rare Hanja root can be used to double the effectiveness of Datum bullets.

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Guided by a central control of military bigwigs and advisers, the helicopter ﬂies from mission to mission to put a swift end to hostile resistance using the latest crosshair and joypod technology. Unfortunately the unstable nature of helicopters means a lot of re-adjustment is required to hit the target dead on, and to make matters worse you only have a limited supply of weapons at your disposal. But if you do hit the deck thanks to some rogue missile, there's no need to worry as the rescue croft is never too ﬁnd behind ready to winch you to safety and another mission. Stay tuned to MEAN MACHINES for the full review in on issue coming soon_

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Racer is little more than a console conversion of an old Sega coin-op called Rod Mobile, This predated the groovy CG technology of Virtue Racing/Daytona, and created on impression of speed by scalar means: using a sprite scaling chip to progressively enlarge sprites which make up the track surface and roadside objects. Seeing the same technique used rather shakily in Gale Racer has led one ofﬁce wit to describe the track as being mode of slices of Viennetta.

Gale Racer has an additional two-player mode not seen in Rod Mobile. In true Milky Way tradition the red car and the blue car have a race. Whoever leads has a small spinning character on the dash — Sonic or Knuckles. There are four two-player courses to pick from, but they're dull compared to the solo tracks.

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So this is what people are passing off as 'Next Generation' software is it? Well, If stuff all gamplay, drab backdrops and ﬂickery sprites are the way ahead, I'm off to buy a Master System. Quite simply, Gale Racer is an insult on CD. Graphically, it is abysmal with rotten sprites affected by equally terrible sprite detection which can never make up its mind if you hove hit an opponent or not — you can only tell if you slow down slightly or the dashboard tips up! The 'action' is little more than guiding your car across a road that, after mere seconds, strobes and starts to hurt the eyes and to add insult to injury, the sound will give you ear ache, too. An awful game in ever respect, Gale Racer has the look of a title rushed out in a matter of weeks. Avoid.

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System racers, I can only urge you not to rashly buy Gale Racer because you're desperate for a new Saturn disc. It's a shaky conversion of an ancient coin-op that fails to impress in every deportment. The scalar 3D is particularly poor — jerky, messy and distinctly unconvincing. The actual game is simplistic in the extreme, with a simple 'beat the clock' target and no sense of other racers to battle with. The enemy cars even follow set patterns. The two-player mode offers little respite. The only thing I can approve is the rendered intro and the windscreen wipers. Don't despair, as Daytona and Time Warner's Virtue Racing conversion are only a couple of months away

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Ill remember when all these bloody platform game characters looked the same. Miner Willy? A small white murky sprite. The some goes for bloody Technician Ted and Herbert Week, too, They don't make 'am like that any more. Buggers. Anyroad, what is it with folk that they need a one of these new-fangled sprite things that can do everything except make bloody tea? Honestly, in my day two sodding frames of animation and a crop jump noise and we were well away.

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game. No, really it is. In addition to scouring its many levels for the said jigsaw pieces, bonuses and sub-games galore await our little morphing lump of gelatin. The game's scenario tells of a lightning bolt hitting a tub of jelly, giving life to the titular hero. From here, he wonders the sweet factory searching for the way to the world outside — with the sweet factory's evil owner blocking the exit. Starting in the factory's toy division (yes, the sweet factory has a toy division. And a snow world, and an Aztec tomb. Hmmm), Jelly's quest sees him fending off all manner of toy-based foes, whilst collecting bonus-giving musical which give him an extra life for every 100 gathered. Similarly, his many morphs are hidden in boxes or shown as icons which, when touched, take immediate effect, A small revolving number indicates the time left before Jelly reverts to his basic form, but hitting a foe changes him back instantly. Whilst further hits rob him of his collected notes

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When Ristar comes across an attractive metal pole, he's tempted to get swinging. Accelerating in the direction of rotation sets him up for o stratospheric boost — but only if the release timing is right Most of these poles help Ristar to inaccessible places, but the pole placed at the end of he level is used to calculate a height bonus, which rises with the angle Pi. tnt leaves

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Ristor's attack method is subtly different to that of his Sego platform partners in crime The bum bounce has been foregone in favour of the head .butt. Ristar extends his hands and grasps any meanies within range. Releasing the button causes the cranial collision. However, holding the button keep' Ristor's prey in.thrall. This can be used to hitch rides on moving boddies, like birds_

puzzle level, and the whole pole-swinging bit — bonus games et al, is a strong element in Ristar's leelgood' factor. You certainly don't feel as if you've wasted time on the game, even If it is just too easy. Not in the same league as Earthworm Jim or Headdy, but acceptable amongst the younger age groups.

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There is one special pole on each level that takes Ristar to the bonus game. On each bonus round, the object is simple — get the treasure. Usually this involves a test of his pole-spinning skills, but variations include swimming after a reluctant pearly prize. swept wave of doom.

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Ristar is unlikely to win many awards, or manyaccolades. It's rather staid and unoriginal platform format is a good enough reason to keep it out of the heated and hard-fought days of Christmas to mop up the new Megadrive-owningyear contingent. But this harsh analysis doesn't do the actual game full justice, since it is an enjoyable, quirky and well assembled little number. The

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If all this sounds bizarre, it's because it's Japanese (no further explanation required), But the twist to this very early Saturn game is that it comes from Time Warner Interactive — part of the US-based conglomerate, produced with a Japanese team of programmers and catchily subtitled 'Adventurous ball in giddy labyrinth' (who uses 'giddy' except in references to aunts?). But does the game match all the cross-cultural hilarity?

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nerolly oblige ou con search for Toma's unﬁt the cows come home. Well, that's how get it. On one level in every gr a brown cow is positioned. To the cow to get it in tow, then I to the exit. When the set of levels is ended, you travel to one of six separate bonus screens. These are variations on the Tomo mazes, but wi hozards_ The is to collect all bonus tokens wi the time limit.

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An apparently tireless and inexhaustible source of new games, Treasure have genresurfed since the sensational debut of Gunstar Heroes last year — McDonald Treasureland, Dynamite Headdy, the promised Relayer. Is there anything these guys will not try their hand at? Now they hove a combat game, presently available only in Japan and on import. But with this developer's track record, on early review of Yu Yu Hakusho is nothing less than IMP GUY

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The beat lem up, in 16134 terms at least, has gone about as for as it can go. While Virtue Fighter astounds with its three-dimensional finesse, the Megadrive must make do with MKII and Super Streetfighter conversions, albeit high quality ones. But if there is one last stop for the genre, who are more qualified than Treasure to take the genre there?

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summon .0 deadly bush beneath her foe's feet She isn't averse to pullin outg her whip and

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long legs. They same to aid in the launch of his ground-huggingﬁreball. His other claim to fame is a handgun, making a mockery of 'unarmed combat' ahcdnaginylstchiapgrYu'suY)%--Dragonball Z. Like Dragonball, the characters hove a second bar denoting the strength of their magical energy, which is drained by certain special attacks, and needs to be recharged leaving the barenluvreth2tiI•f

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with beat 'em ups, we can guarantee you'll never have experienced some of the wacky specials the Yu Yu ﬁghters have up their sleeves. From the sublime to the ridiculous, the eleven ﬁghters have some bizarre s:einutro

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despite the addition of a four-player mode and a neat two-depth play area, Yu Yu just hasn't got what It takes. The moves are dull and just don't ﬂow as smoothly as the aforementioned conversions. The four-player idea adds a good free-for-all feel to the proceedings, but this is very average stuff and the ﬁrst disappointment to emerge from Treasure. It may be cheap, but buying this Is false

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The tournament option is a variation pitting tag teams against each other in a series of playoffs for the ultimate prize, Up to eight competitors can participate, taking turns n teams of two. In four-player exhibition mode there's a ieparate score table for this option that charts the victories each human player against his three co-combatants.

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of its, shall we say, imaginative moves. All in all, this isn't as immediately successful as their previous efforts. It's the sort of very Jap game that doesn't travel well. As such it may well go the way of Dragonball Z, which it resembles, and never see a release here. However, the four-player option is enjoyable pandemonium (you don't even need human friends to enjoy it), and the game has a reasonably nice feel. The main problem is a certain sluggishness and lack of imagination on the part of the computer characters — they single-mindedly block you into corners and beat the crap out of you. Don't trek down the shops especially for it, but Yu Yu has a reasonable placing in 'Wonderful world of combatgames'.GUSvimInthese of SSF

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Not much happening here. He has a power uppercut, but we were bemused by his strange wrist shaking motions that have a stunning effect on enemies (?).

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He has a stud poking out his skull. More interestingly he can turn himself into various whirling typhoon farms,

He likes to brandish his large ginger rod and run his victims through. He also has a swipe.swordremote

The play area of Yu Yu is enlorgened by adding a background plane to the arena Using the Y control on a sixbutton pad, or a combination of the directional and buttons on a conve tional pod, the character is able to lump further back into the back-

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Secondly, one of the biggest flaws is the game's easiness. Players of moderate prowess will dispense with the bland earlier courses very quickly, leaving only half the game to crack. Some levels look and work better than others — the forest and volcanic stages are sensational, but levels like Blizzard Blitz are unexciting in comparison. All this doesn't detract from a great control, fluid fighting, nice 3-D scaling and the flow of ideas cropping up on later courses. However the chance to exploit game options — like custom tournaments — has been overlooked.

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TheeFlintstones with Wacky Races and a dash of Thunderhawk and what a you get? Not an awful mess ond dual uits from Stephen Speilberg and Dick astardly — you ﬁnd yourself in possession of BC Racers. Billed partly as a Sega reply to the evergreen Super Mario Karl, Core have transplanted character elements of their Chuck Rock games (although the hero this time is neighbour Cliff Ace and his 'chick' Roxy), and recommissioned the 3-D engine that produced sorli•r hits like Etattlecorps, giving it some gs ntediluvian upholstery.

this is not Mario Kart Replacement therapy — there's none of the crucial head to head action.

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Cylic, Zeno-Lon, Naruto and Tyr ore the lucky ﬁghters copolJle of donning armour. The items required are selected at the start of the level, and add extra special moves to their inventory. For instance, when suitably attired, Cylic the grasshopper has occess to a machine gun knuckle attack and grenades, whilst Zeno-Lan can opt for either heavy or light armour and add ﬂying lariat and crusher moves to her specials list a booby ram dirty sod.

32X! What ve here is a sluggish, tedious mixture of beat sem up styles which takes MKII's blood, Samurai Shodown's zoom mode, and Double Dragon V's crap gameplay. With only eight characters and a selection of dull special moves, Cosmic Carnage was never off to a good start, but the actual ﬁghting features dire sprite detectionand slow-moving 'action' and it takes so long to wipe out your opponents (even if repeating the same move), that your interest will wane before you realise you've spent money on the thing. After Star Wars and VP Deluxe, we all know the 32X can do better than this let's see it proved.kickto the face!

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Daffy has a bubble gun. Yes he does. Unsurprisingly, this gun blows bubbles, but perhaps more surprisingly, these bubbles are enough to disable any of the myriad foes that stand in his way. even more incredibly, touching one of these bubbilicious baddies sends him to oblivion, thus freeing our bird to uncover more platform delights. Keep a special Daffy eye out for the bubble power ups, which alter the weapon for the

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Take control of hardline communist Radical Rex in this platform expose of the underhand dealings of capitalist governments the world over. Guide unwashed pinko Rexinald across the hazardous landscapes of McCarthyism, Reaganomics and the ﬁnal territory of Facistnaziland to claim the Golden Sickle of Marx, whereupon all the good citizens of Anarchosyndicalsville receive a secondhand Trabant and live happily ever after.

can ride a sk ord. Now, Rex may not be the ﬁrst platform game character to ride a skateboard (that was Wonderboy, fact fans), but he's certainly the most reptilian. Once Rex comes across a deck he's an unstoppable skate animal, which basically means he goes very very fast, is practically invincible and can't come to a stop until he jumps off or hits a wall Cont pull an ollie, though

Oh alright, we admit it, that was all made up. However, it'd probably have been more interesting than the actual plot of a skateboarding, ﬁre-breathing dinosaur traversing a bunch of prehistoric environs collecting eggs. Just think, you could have a bonus game where you have to sell as many copies of Living Marxism or the Morning Star as possible to scared commuters. Ah well, another wastedthingdayhe'sdinosaur.guessed,Rex,REXopportunity.asyoumayhoveisnoordinaryForstarters,stillaliveinthisandage(some-ofararityinitself),forsecondshe'snotarealone,he'sjustpretendandforaftershe

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differentiate it from the kes of Wonderboy and countless other platformers, Rex looks extremely tired and lacks the injection of humour or originality that makes the likes of Earthworm Jim and Pitfall so innovative and playable. In these days of well animated sprites and intricate backdrops, Radical Rex falls way shod of what we expect, with minimal use of colour and bland and unimpressive characters. The gameplay is adequate with some nice ideas — have you ever explored a rep-la's internal tract before? but, overall, Radical Rex mes across as a very poor ond to recently-released orm heroes. Destined for extinction

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Yogi's not superhuman, and like everyone else he needs his beauty sleep. However if our chubby bear friend happens upon a four-poster, it's not necessarily a rest, because, with a bat of an eyelid, Yogis off to dreamland. In the realm of dreams Yogi has a time limit in which to ﬁnd a piece of the elusive clock that allows him to continue his quest. Also when Yogi completes a stage Boo-Boo invites him to take part in a challenge with 1-ups as prizes.

Everything in Yogi has been seen countless times before, and it doesn't even have the playability to raise it to average. If you have a younger family member, opt for Smurfs instead — it's more innovative and a damn sight more playable.

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for sale E300 worth E550. E70 worth of magazines tree in addition. Four pads and 13 games including Sonic 3, FIFA. SF2. Jungle Strike, PGA Euro Tour. Sampras Tennis_ Excellent condition. Tel 0865 62390 ask for Adam.

MEGADRIVE + MEGA CD with two cheat adaptors. 20+ cartridge games. 11 CD games, Offers around E500. Phone Darren 05242 62140

GAMES MEGADRIVE Aladdin E32 Shadowdancer E15 Captain Planet Ell Margin Wars E20 Streets of Rage II E15 Castle of Illusion E6 Captain Mal III Ella Mega CD Woltchild E30 Sol Feace Cobra Command E28 Final Fight (American) E14 Sega Classics E15. Game Gear: Wonderboy E4 Good condition, instructions. boxed. Call Sam 071 376 5387

MEAGDRIVE MEGA-CD including 19 games, classic disc plus 5 CDs including Final Fight CD, Silpheed, 2 six-bulton pads. arcade powerstick. worth over E1000 but selling for E600

EGO FOR a SNES Starwing SF2 Super Star Wars converter Game Genie plus Joystick and pad or E20 for gameboy inc game. Prices include Make chqfpo payable to Michael. 52 Dryden Street, Nottingham NGI 4EY E2 for big GAMElist.

twelve games; includes live 90%+ games ThundeMawk: Batman Returns, Silpheed; Final Fight: Monkey Island Universal Adaptor plays imports. Plays music CDs. Still under guarantee. The perfect Chnstrnas present. Worth E480, will accept E230 ono Ring Paul (0223) 565404

MEGADRIVE MENACER plus six game cart tor Menacer, Flashback, Micro Machines, Fl. Aladdin, Batman Returns Worth E200 sell 1125 phone 0686 AMIGA626752500PLUS

1INTION!

MEGADRIVE GAMES for sale or swap. FIFA Soccer. Zombies.

I WILL swap Street Fighter 2 and Sonic 2 for any two good Game Boy games (Mega Drivel. I am Selling PGA Tour Golf 1. Dick Tracy and Super Hang On hem El O. Call Jason on 081 590

I WILL swap my U.S. Aladdin or Bulls Vs Blazers for your U.S. NBA JAM or U.S. Shining Force 1 or 2. Must be able to collect or send your game ﬁrst .Contact Vinh on 081 856 0302 tor

SUPER NINTENDO games for sale brand new boxed unused: FIFA Soccer, Turtles. Tournament Fighters, Mortal Kombat and others. 0956 501607 evenings

FOR SALE or swap - Streets Of Rage, Pit Fighter. Mega Games 1. SR Basket. ball, Revenge of Shinobi. Contact Adam 0661 830035

NE0 GEO FOR SALE with Fatal Fury E160 I also want to buy Atari Lynx games Klax, Desert Strike. 0463 221173.

Legends of The Ring, Greatest Heavyweights or Kickboxing. Phone Stuart 0708 477470 weekdays only. MASTER SYSTEM with three games including MK and Sonic 2, controller and extra joystick RAP E130 will take E60. Daniel 061 928 1441. MEGA CD with Sol Feace. Cobra Command, Sega Classics. Sonic CD and Prince of Persia E180 ono. Phone 0387 MEGADRIVE720660.

MEGADRIVE GAMES Spiderman. Biohazard, Strider E10, Fatal Fury, Ranger X E15, Sonic 3, Et Champs, SRI E313, V Racing E40, CDs Wolchild E10. Thunderhawk E25,Lethal Enforcers £35. Others Rebel Assault. Battlecorps, Final FightAll offers considered, may swap. Call Pete on (0902) 727878 Lemmings. NICHOLAS BROWN, Lee High Road, Lewisham. London please phone Torn Gibson. Aberdeen - urgent - sorry for delay 0224 GAMEGEAR571279TVTuner car adaptor, MS converter. 3 games - Shinobl. Donald Duck, Super Oft-Road E140. Telephone Gareth 0638 720914 after 4pm. BARGAIN BARGAIN BARGAIN for sale Sega Game Gear and 15 games including Sonic 1 & 2. Mortal Kombat Lemmings and Master System converter VGC E160 contact Karl after 4pm Tel 0734 615657.

ni SWAP my Megadnve with seven games for a SNSES with at least three games or more Tel (0754)820307.

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SEGA MEGADRIVE and 11 games for sale. Includes Street Fighter 2SCE and Gunstar Heroes. Also includes six button pad - that's two pads in total. All together an Ideal Xmas gift for El 70 no offers 081 5391183 after 5pm.

NIGHTaddress.TRAP,

MEGADRIVE GAMES for sale: FIFA E22, Mortal Kombat £25, Olympic Gold E15, Cool Spot El& &Quo Machines E20. Madden 94 E20, Madden 93 E14, Super Kickoff E14, Sonic E5, Spinball E22, Ranger X E18, Davis Cup World Tour E22. Tazmania E10. Ultimate Soccer E15, Pacmania E12. Haunting E17. NHL 95 E35, Pete Sampras £30, Jungle Strike E25. Aladdin E28. Euro Club Soccer E15. Contact Mao on 081 672 MEGAPRIVE2607

FIFA Soccer E30. NHL 94. Street Fighter 2SCE, Micro Machines each E25. Gunstar Heroes E20.

Madden 92. Thunder Force III each E15, Game Gear with Mortal Kombat. PGA, car adaptor E95 Call Enc 071 266 MEGADRIVE0650.

1 MEGA CD I Menacer. includes games,CDMega7ﬁghter.Streetalsoplays

SNES U.S.SCART Smash TV. Street Fighter 2, U N. Squadron, Bomberrnan (multi tap). boxed as new, E180 ono. Tel Darren 0708 551462

allow six w eeks for your ad). crt to appear in the maga/inc.

Classic Collection and Sol Feace/Cobra Command tor Thundertiawk or Final Fight or anything Also General Chaos, Guns tar Heroes, Ferran GP MD for Mickey & Donald, VVWF Royal Rumble, PGA Golf or almost anything. Otters for Mercs Galaxy Force 2. 0369 5760

MASTER SYSTEM GAME Formula One only used once Very good condition Boxed with manual E15. Ask for Daniel phone 777 5738.

tor sale includes joysticks, 50 games and disk box. Sell for E190 Phone 081 500 0103 ask for Daniel

SWAP GOLF game for Game Boyany other games considered. Phone 0663 762502 alter 5prr ask for Alex_ MORTAL KOMBAT II swap for Boxing

AMIGA 500 excellent condition, 39 games plus Wordworth. 2 joysticks, 1 mouse with mat, keyboard cover, double row disk box. Instructions. cosi ENO, sell for E325. Tel Derek 041 1387 9009 plus you get 20 free blank disks. CHEATS WANTED for FIFA Soccer on the Megadrive. Send to James Spencer. 1 Almond Close, Bugbrooke, Northampton NN7 30X.

CO32 AMIGA. 7 games. Gunship 2000. Sensible Soccer, Liberation, DIGeneration, Total Carnage, Oscar. Diggers plus 6 demo discs. 7 months old, still under warranty until April 1995. Contact Duncan 0844 216993 after Spm. Cost E420 sell for E195. WANTED any cheap MS games. Send your lists to J.Cooper. 1 Beechdine. Carlton Grove, Acorn Estate, London SE15 2U1-1.

MEAN MACHINES Megamart is for private advertisers only. Anybody sending in a trade advert will not have it published It will be igrum

BOY AGED 11 looking tor pen pal aged 11-13 interested in sport and computers, also likes animals. Chris Andrews 0534 44399.

Tazmania, Streetﬁghter (US), Chuck Rock, Mickey and Donald. Techno Clash. Gauntlet, Role, Decapattack. Mega CD games Time Gal, Prince of Persia, Cobra Command Call Steve or Caz on 081 5757207.

ELEMENTAL MASTER E20. Streets of Rage II £22. Gaffes E15, Herzog Zwei E15, Thunderforce III E17. Shinobi III E20 Tel Marc 0283 812519.

SONY SRS-56 stereo speakers very high quality, built in amplifers, lake input from headphone socket, cost E80. sell for E35, 0522 702801.

MEGADRIVE & MEGA CD games wanted. Top games orify, Cash Waiting. MEGA0463221173CDPLUS

GEAR adaptor, rechargeable battery pack, master gear. 11 games. Mortal Kombat II.E1S0 ono. 0204 852833 after 6pm.

MASTER SYSTEM games swap.Wolfchild, Ninja. Altered Beast for Micro Machine, Afterburner, G-Loc, Master of Darkness (0203) 663883 Jonathan.

not boxed but in perfect condition. Phone Peter (0707) 329850

3 joypads 9 games, FIFA. PGA. etc. All boxed, also about 20 magazines, sell E200. (0968) 677018.

GAME GEAR 17 games boxed. AC adaptor, battery pack. carry case. master gear converter, excellent condition E100. Tel. 0322 665164.

MEGADRIYE FOR SALE I control pad, arcade power stick, SG ﬁghter joystick. 11 games including Sonic 2. Flashback, Robocop, EA Hockey. John Madden 93_ Boxed as new with over 30 magazines, worth E500 will sell tor E250. (0933) 50881 ask for Nathan.

MEGADRIVE AND MEGA CD Turbo six button joyaad with 8 top games including Super Streetﬁghter 2 and Sewer Shark. Menacer with games. All worth over £650 will sell for E400 ono. 081 386 2163 ask for Stuart

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music CDs, 7 Menacer games. 2 three button control pads, Mint Condition, hardly used, also tips and cheats book. E275 ono, (0784) 255945 during week, (0628) 415720 during MASTERweekendSYSTEM. joypad, joystick all E30. Light Phaser E15. Games all E15 each: Sonic. Operation Wolf. Astenx, Speedball 2. El 0 each: Action Fighter. F-16 Fighter. Chase HO, Double Dragon. All together Elea Tel 081 449 3410 ask for Nick.

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Does Darren Ellis think he's really funny? By insulting you he's cowering in his Portaloo home thinking, 'When the men with riﬂes and bloodthirsty dogs go away, maybe I'll apologise to Yob'. If he doesn't like my opinion, well he can skip to the next letter because he's so stupid to hate something and

YOB Very funny, son. Bet that made you loads of friends on your 'special' outward bound holiday. Give my love to the Care in the Community

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still read it. Cmon Darren, slag me off. Anyway Yob change the image, the novelty is wearing a bit thin don't you think? Apart from that, comparing you to NMS's Seal, is like comparing a Ferrari F40 to o Skoda.

Dear Yob

YOB If there's one thing I hate more than simple-minded buffoons who can barely

HARLEQUINvisitors.

Your chin looks like a baboon's bum. You ore less funny than John Major. That plaster covers your •I love Mummy' tattoo. You dribble too much. The people at Digitiser are poo.

Yob, what happened to your wit and insults? You ore about as funny as • Jonathan Ross. So since you don't know how to insult people anymore, le. me be the one to show you how, by insulting drum roll please...YOUI Yob, you sweaty piece of rectum pubic hair, I hove seen more charm, style, and sophistication in a pig injected with tranquilisers. I bet you smell like an 81 year old man's arse which hasn't seen bog paper since his 16th birthday Oh, and speaking of the rear end- my cat's arse looks like your nose. I bet in real life you wear a blue anorak with spectacles and sandals, carrying a packed lunch and your train spotter loner.

string an insult together, its a creep.

HULL ROVERKINGSTON-40

Gavin Spence, Scotland

Dear Yob

David Corcoran, Southport, Met sey5 ide Iowa

Oh monthanotherjoyof banal crap for me to sift through.Personally, I'd rather come round and kick 92paper.ontoButEC1RLondon,Lane,30-32YOB,TROUSERS?,BLIMEY'WHATaddressbacksideabscess-ﬁlledmetoright.youwithyourstill,sonjustremnants.overoverChristmasyourtreesandwazzallyourturkeyStill,itisaboutthesea-ofgoodwillsoI'llanswerquestionstherespectdeserve.Yeah,Ifyouwantsendaletterfortowipemyon,themto:ARE'GOBMEANPrioryCourt,Farringckon3AUbecarefulnotcutyourwriststheedgeoftheMMSEGA

Whats the matter with: you, jive turkey? Too scared to use your real name in case mummy ﬁnds out? I must admit that your use of such words as "bum" and "poo" really did quite shock me. No, really. I bet you're dead hard.

bly tunes in everyday, had written in slagging off aboutMACHINES.MEANItwasthe'Wewer -

EveryoneYob thinks you're so tough, you think you're the best and you think you can take on the rest.

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tossers! Apparently you only get the latest titles for ﬁrst review becouse you agree to award them over 90% Excuse me, but isn't this the some Sego Power that reviewed a 50 complete SF II way back last year? I know Sega Power has lost more than half its regders, and I sym with them N really do But preading vicious rumours other magazines is no way to go about increasing their readership. Indeed, my advise to Sega Ober on that score is, they shouict

Chris Quigley, Co Armagh, N

YOB:dnael-Jr

It's always disappointing when people resort to these sad below-the-belt tactics, but I suppose in the absence of any talent, wit or girlfriends It's the only thing they can do to attract a bit of attention, There's no way we'd sell out to a company to get a game ﬁrst — we don't need to. We pride ourselves on our honesty and you only need to see Steve on the receiving end of an irate PR call to know what I mean. I feel nothing but pity for the sad dos. Except hatred.

MAII SEGA 93

Dear

FirstDearP60Yobofall congroulations on your utterly brilliant meg. It is 100% pure exellence_ Anyway to the point, I tuned into Digitiser the , other40 day because I was off school and had nothing better to do. After reading the letters page I was totally ﬂobbergasted becasue one of the dorks, who probe-

v A blast from ﬂoo rKent post from Kwung ToHe of Holland.

2. Why is your mouth always Whendribbling?you take your armour off you look like a piece of crap.

Mrchoel Thompson, Chestir YOB Well, they're sort of right, because they count every unfortunate TV surfer who accidentally ﬂips past one page of their oracle (teletext joke) in the ratings. The sad thing Is, even though their "service" is free they still can't muster a decent regular following who actually cares what they say. And we know for a fact they're on crap wages. A penny a page, that's what they get. Actually, we're bringing this Digitiser stuff to a halt now because they're horrid and call Steve a 'Fish Back'. Little do they know that next time he sees them he's going to break their button

Jordan Newton

ST HELENS

MACHINES want to start a slanging match with us, then that's ﬁne. They earn far less money than we do". They also said something about the readership ﬁgures: MEAN MACHINES 68, 454 a month, Digitiser 1 .311 miilion a week. I don't know whether they are correct..1 certainly don't believe a word they say. I think they ore crud. tong live MEAN MACHINES!

in? Could you tell me the best five games on the Megadrive? My friend Rob says you can ploy Game Boy games on the Game Gear. Is this true? What are your best death moves and fighters on Mortal Kombat II and Super Streetfighter 11? What's the best game for the Mega-CD? Is there going to be Streetfighter title for the Master System? Have you got bored w Sonic games? And finally will Alien vs Predator come Out for the

YOB. Well, that letter's short, badly put together and boring - a bit like I'd imagine you to be in real

Well, I will take you on, And once I've ﬁnished with you, you'll end up in hospital. Anyway, answer these two questions.

WIDNESIfnoses.MEANDear'YobPlease,pleaseprinithisletter.Doyousendbackpicturesthatpeoplesend

1. Why is your hair like a turd?

planning to run a series of Digitiserstyle losers illustrations' reply you gave in Issue 26. He even had the cheek to call MACHINESMEAN a sad magazine. This was Digitiser's reply to his letter and I quote.

aretoothey'veproperDigitiser,onIsisterMACHINESrealPower,theness.theofreviews,sayrealI'mDeerYOB:'GavinMega-CD?Porker,Cleveland1No.Justno,right?THEIJIO.N5Yobbock,tatthistimerd,mod.Firstofall,maylustthatwhenitcomesto4MEANMACHINESisonethemosttrustedmogozinesonshelves.Right,downtobusi-Idon'tknowifyou'veseenDecemberissueofSegobutthey'vebeensayingnastythingsaboutMEANandyourequallyocemag,SegoMagazine.Now,don'tusuallywriteinandgrossothermagazines(exceptthatis.Butthatisn'taI"magazine),butthethingsbeensayingoresimplyritscandaloustoignore.Idon'tknowifitsacaseofthegreeneyedmonster,butSegaPowerresortingtochildishslander,implyingthatyouandSegaoper-ateahiddenagendawhenreviewinggamesQh.veriref-This

man has a destbis ter on his head! From Moost Bohnen of Holland.

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producing...00tai their mug in such a way that it doesn't end up reading like a dog's arse But enough of my moaning. Keep up the splendid work that has secured you the position of premier Sega mag an please, don't let these Sego Power types get you down.

Tt N. POLICE

94 PAM SEGA

DearTOOcards.SOON,Steve,amtheproudowner

Christmas. By this time, you have unwrapped your pressies, taken the crap ones back and changed them for something nice, broken everything, and worn your parents out with constant unreasonable demands. Great isn't it! Now all that's left to do is wait until they've had too much falling down juice on New Year's Eve, before going into their room at, say, ﬁve in the morning and wishing them a happy new year and offering them a game of Micro Machines 2. Instant chuckles, and no doubt followed by letters saying 'Dear Steve, what is a good way to remove swelling from my ear and nose...' These and othersuch questions will then be answered by our resident David Platt/ Marc Almond/ cow's bum lookalike in response to letters sent to:

obviously an illegal import, and don't you think it would have a Sega logo on it if it were a genuine machine of theirs?WITH ME

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Man Molyneux, Southend-On-Sea STEVE:l. Yessiree. 2. Only if you're completely FIFA mental. 3. Space Harrier, Afterburner, Cosmic Carnage, a version of Street Fighter: The Movie, Mortal Kombat II, NBA Jam Tournament Edition. Enough for now? 4. Between E40 and E70 depending on cart size, .1111011111111

1. When will these games be out for the Megadrive: Sensible World Of Soccer, Megaman and Street Racer?

4. With Atari.holdermaiorbecomingSegaashare-indoyou

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4. Can we have an Earthworm Jim or SSﬁl poster please?

DOMINATION OF THE GRAPENUTS CAA, MEAN MACHINES SEGA, Priory Court, 30-32 Farringdon Lane, AGAINEC1RLondon,3AU4aDearSteve,Pleaseanswermy

Megadrive and a Mega-CD, and I was wondering if you would please answer a few questions for me.

I Will the Saturn be compatible with 32X cart games, and will CD-based 32X games work for the Saturn?

Dear Steve, I think your mag is excellent. Please answer my questions.

think games like Alien Vs Predator will come out for the Saturn and 32X and Saturn games like Clockwork Knight for the Jaguar?

I As you review games using everyones' views, what do you

5 Can you please list these genies in order of greatness as. I don't know which one to ask fop': SSFII (I already own the Championship Edition), MKII, Urban Strike, Streets Of Rage 3,

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7. Will there be a game about the hit TV comedy series, ChrisBottom?Wand, WiganSTEVE:l. Not until the end of 1995, February, and July. 2. I think it's cool. A little weird, but cool. Still, each to their own. 3. Jeez... 4. They aren't. They ore nothing but a specially-manufactured band of girls designed to eke out your sordid little fantasies using pathetically inept tunes and crap dances. 5. Because they obviously have more sense than you. Try Sinitic], I bet she isn't busy at the moment what with Panto season over. 6. How about 'Get A Life, Saddo'? 7. No, but there is a game based on Rising Damp on the

4.foroutcomingtoqa4the32X?Howmuch will they cost?

3. Why don't you do a competition where the prize is to go and watch those four good-looking girls, Eternal?

1. Con you play normal Megadrive games through a 2.32X?Ialready hove FIFA, shall I get FIFA '95?

3. How much money do you make each month selling MACHINES?MEAN

2. I heard in another mog (no names mentioned) that Daytona is coming out for the 32X Is this true?3.Do you think the Ultra 64 is any cop?

personally think of Dynamite Headdy? I think its crap.

5. The other day I was in a computer shop and I saw two consoles which I had never heard of before. They were called the " No' Scorpion 8 and the Scorpion 16, and the guy in the shop said the) Scorpion 16 was a system which could run any Megadrive game from any country. It cost E69 99, and I was wondering if you hod heard of such a console and whether it was a licensed Sego Daveproduct.Yeadon, West Yorkshire STEVE:l. Nope, not a chance. 2. No, they're talking shite. .m.Again. 3. As it isn't out yet do you really think I'm going to comment? 4. Nope. 5. It's

Theme Park, Sonic And KnuckltJ. Myrock. Brentwood STEVE:l. No, the ﬁrst Is a piece of confectionery which, if inserted into your Megadrive, will melt. 2. Nope, no news at all. 3. Enough to keep me in cans of Coke and Bounties. 4. Possibly. 5. MKII, Urban, Sonic And Knuckles, SSFII, 50R3. Theme Park isn't 11111 out yet. By the way, your ﬁrst name isn't Justin by any5-chance is It. I hope so.

5, Why can't I have Easther, Louise and Kelly out of Eternal?

2. Any news on Street Fighter III? New characters, the price or its format, for example?

6. Will there be a game with Eternal in it? How about 'Eternal Champions II?

4. Why ore Eternal 'So Good'?

Dear Steve, I hope you and your amazing brain con answer my very sem questions.1.Marsand Megadrive 32X: g they the same thing?

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5 How many levels are there in Earthworm Jim?

AO! WouldSteve,youplease my following questions.

3. h is the better game: Sonic KnucklesAndor Sonic CD (I already have Sonic 1)?

solve this rather long query. I was using the test mode in MKII and used the 'No Damage, Player One' mode. I got to the last boss and I killed him. Then it told me I was going to the Outworld and hod to ﬁght him gain As soon as the round started, though, he storied to smoke and I couldn't touch him or kill him. Then the time ran out and it was 'Gorne Over,' Please tell me mica happened, Andrew Ames, South takebeAlternatively,oneThisferesatedcheatwhenSTEVE:Basically,Shieldsagame'smodeisoper-itofteninter-withthecode.causesanom-aliesliketheyouexpe-rienced.itcouldKahn'sattempttooveryourhouse.

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purple STEVE:l.ﬁshyBattlecorps, Rebel, and Micro Machinesof FIFA 95 2.2?Do you have to have Sonic 2 or 3 to make Sonic And Knuckles to work? 3. Does the Mego-CD 2 play music CDs? 4 Will Virtue Fighters appear for Megodrive?theIf so 5.when?Inyour opinion, what is the best game on Megadrive?the Soulstar, NovastormNovastotm.Starblade,2.BetweenandStarblade. 3. StliK. 4. Nope, nope and thrice nope. 5. No. 6. Surprisingly, no. 7. No. B. Nope. 9. Not G. Hunter, even close. It's more like the Hartlepool was 10. Cadbury's. Still, itSTEVE:l. Well it MI was a good enough name for depends if you like driving or a Cat biscuit. soccer game really, doesn't If? PS: Sod off. Nope. 3. Yes. And the gui- ARP tar. 4. Nope. Never. S. Mega Bomberman and MKII light my We'reDearlemon.Steve,notgonna creep 'cos we reckon your mog is shite (only joking, but it makes a change from slimy gits who creep to you). Now here's our questions. 1. What order would you place the following Mego-CD games Right enough.enough'sI'moff to pee in Nintendo mag's coffee cups to see if they'll notice. I call it 'Golden Blend'. And it smells of Sugar Puffs.MM SEGAclf95

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tellDaytona.terRacingsays3.arcadefavouritegame?MyfriendVirtueisbet-thanPleasehimhe'ssad. ,t 4. When will PGA Tour 3 be Kevtnreleased?Thomson, Ayr D2.peY.l:EVETS'4 Kevin's friend: you are sadder than an episode of Supermarket Sweep. Sooty And Sweep, for that matter. 4. It's out now. SEE

10 Who saw ﬁt to call them Arnold J. Rinundlik Cat, and Kryten, Red Dwirl I'm going to eat you little

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is your mum acting normally at the moment...

6. What is the worst platform game you hove played? 7 Please put these in order fro best to worst. Lion King, Jimmy White Snooker, Mickey Monio, Animaniocs, FIFA 95, Ecco 2, and Urban Strike

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4.buy?What is your favourite Tennisgame for the Megodrive?

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STEVE:l. There's nothing to see on SOR4 yet so I can't tell you. 2. West Ham - purely because I support them. if only they had a fat, bald Julian Dicks sprite that kicked people in, though... 3. Be a devil. Go for Rugby. 4. Pete Samaras Tennis. Just because

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of his nice hair. 5. Thirteen. 6. EA's Dark Castle. So bad it's unbelievable. 7. Jimmy, Urban, FIFA, Ecco 2, Mickey, Animaniacs, Lion King. 8. Tsung's Kintaro morph.

WouldSteve,youplasm answer thesequestions for me before I gomad.1.Will Adorn be in Streets OfRage 4 and if not why not?2. In FIFA 95 who would you soyis best between West Horn andAston Villa?I was bent on buying FIFA 95as I'm a bit of a FIFA nut. Then Isaw your review Rugby WorldCup and it looked brilliant.Which one do you think I should

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1. Do you think the Ploystotion is any good? What is your MY PUPPIES

hst Is a converter between the Saturn and 32X and vice-versa remote control pads be used on Mult'-tops and J-Carts to play simultaneously on remote control?

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