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In 1996 the year ofthe football rivalactionrelatedMore42BLACKAndycommentatorgameplumpforCadyOctFIREhelicoptershootingasVirgoThunderTHENEEDFOR44Notagameabout addicts hsoliing for drugs but a driving sim and a damn fine one tool DIE HARDeTRILOGYlegendary p dubs Expect nothing stronger than hog and KimoThe84DEAEHINCHMA,BEAMSabibird wilt the big knockers Is back in an ever bigger game Maybe. BUST A MOVE 2 THE best punka game mot is onty a of months away. It CartinghimmakingthatOrdSiPOCAHONTASawesomeyouhearPiffle''ateanewaboutWiandimams 0i w called PialimmettiOnass. 04MMSEGA Mall.•••••PREVIEWSMPMr•NIC 3D an I eagerly aw by Extreme.exclusnalptheSonic, NIC X-TREME 22-2 yllanifsiraeyehtfoemagesob. Weft us actually. We ri 1r5fil•tM:gENV•••:iC 6 kt two of its acre scientific •opetimmtt gees horribly wrong. E3 SPECIAL REPORT 8 After blatiping another free holiday, Gus owes the FIRST lowdown on all the hot sluff from the E3 CREAMshowOFSEGA 18 Slightly shortened this month, but don t led that deter you front seeing what everyone else is VIDEObuyingCD 20 Marcus bias's a load oil free films reviews them and lakes them home. STEVEAgainSTIPS 52 Top tips this month, nKludiog The Horde Vampire Hunter, Street Fighter Alpha and the 3.30 loom Aintree what about en. guess MEAN YOB 92 Volts days are looking numbered as he finally gets what everybody wanted- SCOW Sensible letters Obit 94 You ask the questions and Gus answers them But I bet you didn't know who chose them did AMEGAMARTyou'blindingflash of cokitir ripped asunder a chasm in the very fabric at space arid lime. The Megarnart had landed NEXT MONTH 98 Maybe not today maybe not tomorrow, but someday, and (Sr the rest of your Ito

28 with a dog, and d's got lost turn to the page es SPACE HULK 14 EA finally get their act together and sten producing some promising looking titles. Have a butcheis at this REICH HERE. REICH NOW 36 I am kiting your magt, ya let rimy gooden tague I am Kiel is way you British %IMMO Stu yen de anupits•VaTSHININGWISDOM GUIDE The pemskimate pan this guide takes you ever nearer to the confrontation with the evil giant Somme MO is not a pike> DCANOE 60 A. B. C. 0. Thai was fumy wesn PERFECT WORLD Marcus takes a ler, to see Peilect the developing, responsible keg writing Discworld 1 and 2 and converting Wipeout and Destruction Derby ULTIMATEREtnol MK 3 COMPO 81 GT stump up some goodiestopCOWSet the areteegams, 61 itaywayl and a Olga shimiken_ DISC WORLD 72 lake control ol Rincewied, the apprentice wuard in a game based on the novels by Terry Pratchett 3D LEMMINGS 14 There are certain things you can gum/name will be written about Lemmings like suicidal rodents and death wish luny critters. Turn to page 14 tor many more such comments. MEGAMAN X3 Whoops Go straight to the meet page and save the WWfhassleTHEARCADE GAME 80 Undertaker, Bern Barn Bigelow, Monk and Nkomo amongst others finally make it to the Saturn Maybe they should have visited the deed poll once hrst STORM 16 WOO War Two-tastic fun all the way wO sickening enaelatimis of 50 crucial confrontations "Once 4ephiked sides, were cutting you looser says Who writes these things? GAME GEAR18theGearI. Slam'BlackBigBaku30HurtfireMach d Rust a Move 2 Destruction0 Derby Die Hard DiecworldTrilogylioneX3-SpeedDragoonlMD)7wer(1110i 53.9046605041426890327253552181554527644515556222634 5.1 40 62, 9054 63, SS, 90539080

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abroad - a little sojourn to Belgium was the highlight of the month for an art editor eager to sample the cultural delights our European cousins have to offer. "Actually, I was after some cheap booze,' she claims, 'And some chocolate, of course.' Although she returned with copious quantities of 'Hoegaarden Witbier - Biers blanche', the chocolate turned Out to be a bit of a disaster. "We left the chocolate teddy bear lollies on the back seat of the car, and by the time we got back to London they'd all melted. By the time I gave them to everyone they looked a be like chocolate lasagne!" Yum

"It's a dirty iob," he sighs across a crackly telephone line. 'but someone's got to do it.' We anticipate some degree of culture shock upon his returnshopping at Kwik Save, supping Pepsi Max at Mr Sandwich and blagging a Sonic t-shirt next time he goes to Sega j 't be the sa

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Angus has been hob-nobbing with the hoi polloi at the E3 show in the US. If the groggy telephone calls from plush hotel rooms at all hours are anything to go by. it's all been a bit of an ordeal - shopping at Beverly Hills, supping wine at top restaurants, and receiving the hospitality of the games industry's mover and shakers.

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Sadly,LUCYthis is our Geordie gem's ﬁnal issue of Mean Machines. As we wave a tearful farewell to Emap's Young Designer of the Year, we'll try to make amends for the editorial misdemeanourssectionshehas been subjected to - the chip fat slur in Issue 37, the ﬁnishing school gag in Issue 38, the feline innuendo in Issue 40, the fatty insult in Issue 42, the Christmas party giggle is Issue 43 and the joke about Newcastle in Issue 44. We have, of course, assured her new employers that she is not realty common, fat, greasy or ithGoodbyelovelybutlicentious,infactveryindeedLucy.wasfunwhilelasted.

20th Century Fox have just released Abduction, a special edition X Files video that compiles the season two episodes Duane Barry, Ascension and One Breath into a feature length story running at wall over two hours. Scully is kidnapped by a ranged former FBI agent, and ultimately taken .rp space as the prisoner of sinister aliens. i.ider determines to prove she is alive, and rinds corruption in the most whenplacespectedheattemptstorescue' tape is on sale now at pickedFiveeditorialOUTitpostcardonPutﬁrstandAgentsWhatchanceTocompetition.,ourwinnersthegivehavebutE13.weﬁveawayluckyofbeinwittellareScullyMulder'snames?youranswersthebackofaandposttoTHETRUTHISTHEREattheaddress.winnerswillbeOutofthehat

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To complete this • month's hat-trick of 'We're too good to you'. style giveaways, we've been on to the bods at Warner Home Vi who have bunge twodi sets of their classic Carry On Cabby, Carry On tapes. The Carry On Cleo, Carry On Cowboy and Carry i t 41 On Screaming are all released at a budget price on 24th June. b we've got sets of allfour ﬁlms for the two winners of our comp°. To be in with a chance of winning, tell us... The names of two Carry On Putstars.your answers on the back of a postcard or sealed envelope and post it to editorialTONIGHT!FRYINGattheaddress. Two winners will be picked out of the hat on. you guessed it, Tuesday 16 July,

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TheSTEVEnextrat jumping ship is none other than our own staff writer - young Master Key. Lord Emap dangled a carrot and the lad grasped the opportunity to work on the same new project as Lucy. Anyway, whereas we'll quite miss Lucy, the sooner Steve clears off the better. For one thing we won't have to make polite conversation about the ailing Waltham Abbey K., or excuse the annoying way he mispronounces Sega as 'See. ga'. But the biggest relief will be never again enduring the way he says 'Ta-da' just before he knocks you out in VF2, Ta-da Steve - and take your bat, frogs and spider with you. Gil.

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We've known about this for some months, but E3 brought into the open the fantastic new football game that more than makes amends for the rushed Victory Goal. A mixture of super smooth pitch graphics and amazing player animation make this the potent sports simulation of late 1996.

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A full ﬁrst level of the arcade follow-up produced by AM2. The quality of graphics, at ﬁrst indistinguishable from the arcade, makes this a pretty spectacular part of the autumn line-up. Cop 2 is a more varied and challenging game than the original, with twice as many enemies and setpieces like a hilarious Starsky and Hutch-style car chase. See much more in this month's Sega Saturn Mag.

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Picked Out by Sega as the de facto demonstration of Saturn's technical superiority over Playstation, Nights is the game that most developers and programmers couldn't help admire, The real attention was paid to the Sonic control,analoguesecondaryofferscontrollercustomTeam'sthataball

Just when you thought the interactive movie was dead. ..along comes Sacred Pools. This is another Segasoft venture, and one which they say revolutionises adventure gaming by mixing computer graphics with video footage. At present only the vide footage was on show, and it's the usual mix of Dr. Who effects and actors without dignity. And we thought they'd learned their lesson with Double Switch,

One of those Sega of America projects that obviously goes way above our European heads. Mr Bones is a skeletal ﬁgure who takes on a series of dark forces across lots of different game style levels. These feature some neat visual effects, combining hi-res renderings in the background interacting with conventional sprites in the foreground.

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FIGHTER No pictures, not even on video, but the teaser plainly stat polygonised version of the arcade classic on the Me rive. So many MEAN MACHINES pleas have been anEitherwered.a wonderful or desperate idea depending on how you feel about more platform gaming in the other X-Men game vein. This time its all femme action, as men have been struck down by a mystery virus. NEVER at! C0000ROOD Looking very like Vectorman, but with some hints towards Ascharacters.newandinnovationsscarybosslongasit'sasplayableaslastyear's,wellbehappy. IF VECTORMAN 2 WORLD BASEBALLSERIES Okay, baseball is dull, but this has some great graphics for a baseball game, with a hi-res batting perspective and fast ﬁelding scrolling. kidnerG1114ra''"r'111•111111.1111.1 'F.ACT S,

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balance. Wearing tightﬁtting rubber clothing seems to be essential to this end. Terminus has two distinct phases so far, one exploring 3-0 cities, the other riding through impressive 3-D tunnels and conduits.

A rolling demo of team Mescal's adventurecreepy-crawlydemonstrated the immense promise Tarantula has. The pictures here are real-time game shots, as you control a deadly spider out to save her spiderlings after a rat runs off with the egg sack. The mundane interior of the Desert Rose Deli in Texas provides the backdrop to a miniature drama in nature,

More of the same visually, but the second deredforplay.backgroundondfeaturesHaymanasec-levelofLookoutnewren-enemies.

Probably the most impressive project graphically, Aqua further blurs the distinction between rendered sequences and realtime graphics. Breathtaking underwater graphics and diver animation, with light ﬁltering down from the surface to enhance the original idea of a scuba exploration adventure set in a sunken Mayan city.

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Vivid Image have been working on this update of the fun racer. It will have an amazing eight window split screen mode.

Scavenger is an umbrella of developers well known to us for Subterrania and Red Zone on Megadrive, and projects like Amok and Scorcher for Saturn. These are still unreleased, though complete and on show at E3. Scavenger merits so much space for their remarkable number of games in development: 14 projects, all destined DEVELOPER WITH BIG IDEAS for Saturn. INTO THE SHADOWS

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The shots poorly convey this interesting action game that has elements of all the best isometric exploring games from Marble Madness to Spindizzy Worlds, A convoluted plot of spherical suits and mad wizards goes to explain a seven level maze game with a very attractive control feel.

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Konami couldn't be persuaded to touch Saturn last year, but a softening in their approach is apparent, with a clutch of products announced at the last minute. Sadly, no Castlevania or Track ft Field mentioned.

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last year's Megadrive game, this is a more sophisticated scrolling beat 'em up, matching the new coin-op pixel for pixel. ALSO LISTED NBA JAM QUARTERBACKEXTREMECLUB '97 WWF IN YOUR HOUSE IRON MAN/X-0 MANOWAR IN HEAVY BUST-A-MOVEMETAL 2 BUBBLE BOBBLE KILLING CHAMPIONSHIPSUPERBATTLESPORTTIMEMOTOCROSSRISE2:RESURRECTION

A Resident Evil clone, just six weeks into development. You're already dead at the start of the game. Yep, it's a weird one.

Based on the forthcoming big movie, one section of this is a polygon jet ﬁghter game. Looks ropey and early at the moment.

I_ 14[HEAVILY-POPULATEDACCLAIMNEWSINTERACTIVENATIONALIENTRILOGYFinallyaSaturnversiononshow.ItlookseverybitabgoodasthePlaystationversionatthemoment,withProbebattlingtorecreatethespecialeffectslateron.THECROW:CITYOFANGELSA3-0combatgamewiththenovelapproachofexploringlocationsandfightinguptofouropponentsatatime,brawlfashion,TotieinwiththesecondCrowmovieoutthisyear.MAGIC:THEGATHERINGA3-DadventurewithnetworkpossibilitiesformsthebasisofMagic:TheGathering,basedonthegamecardswhicharehugelypopularinAmerica.OTHERSMINASEGA Acclaim were quiet on console last year, but burst back at E3 with an incredible 29 Saturn titles in their brochure! That's more than any other system. Once again, licenses figure large, with new films, comics and sports driving the majority of titles.

The Dungeons and Dragons Ravenloft modules are backing this polygon beat 'em up, and Acclaim are touting its 225,000 polygons per second capability, claiming that's four time as many as Tekken. It's signiﬁcant for characters using weapons in 250-odd combat moves, with gothic horror characters drawn from tho varnrre RPG license, beat up based on about to appear in the States. At this early stage it cannot be said to look promising,too with stilted animation and poor control.

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The familiar strike perspective remains, but everything else has jumped light years. The detail of the scenery, range of scenarios and incredible presentation astounds. Watch as individual soldiers ﬂee houses and jump into jeeps. Then total ON E3IG the rough and tumble of the Indy/Boxcar scene. Low slung 3-0 views of the tracks, with speed a priority for the programmers, and a simulation approach taken to refuelling, tyre-handling and damage repair. Four player dual monitor link-up planned.

The only American Football game that Brits land Dominik Diamond) give any credence to_ EA have taken two years to get this ready for next-gen. Judge for yourself.

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who will earnestly assui •, you that surﬁng is the very essence of life - that the synchronicity between man and wave is unrivalled in the rich realm of human perception. Well, we're having none of that here. This is an hour's worth of blokes riding the Californian waves in another example of that most bewildering sub-genre - the surf movie.

enough to warrant consideration as one of the greatest action ﬁlms of the Sixties. As with Philips' other Bond Video CDs, encoding is top notch.

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last year's Incidental Roswell documentary (which examined the US government cover-up surrounding the supposed crash-landing of a 'manned' UFO in 19471 presenting the full, unexpurgated footage apparently showing the autopsy of one of the craft's alien occupants. This programme, which also interviews a variety of experts and witnesses who discussthe validity of the footage,has its cred diminished by the presence of deadly earnest link man Jonathan Frakes (he of Star Trek The Next Generation) and the persistent belief that anyserious debate over the events at Roswell has been eclipsed by what must be an elaborate hoax.

Much of the remainder of the disc comprises newsreel footage (Including the Happy Birthday To You Mr President address to JR) and the memories of sole interviewee, author Robert Slatzer. Encoding is OK, but the usually grotty source footage is seriously

Armed with a bevy of stuntmen, an aging Roger Moore saw out his tenure as James Bond looking more than a bit overwhelmed by the pace of this ﬁlm.

The always excellent Christopher Walken is Max Zorin, a genuinely frightening nutter who plans to sink Silicon Valley and take over the world's microchip production with the help of his kick-boxinglover Grace Jones. Fiona Fullerton and ex-Charlie's Angel Tanya Roberts are the decoration but Walken steals the show. Highlights include the scenes in the Eiffel Tower, the impressive minecart scrap and the surprisingly good Duran Duran theme. Like the other Bond ﬁlms reviewed here, this is available as part of three new triple packs of 007 Video CDs.

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As the 007 phenomenon reached its peak, an increasingly dissatisﬁed Sean Connery was pressed into service for the ﬁfth time. The unlikely team of writer Roald Dahl and director Lewis Gilbert steered the series into unprecedented realms of excess - the action ranging from outer space to bustling Tokyo and, incredibly, the inside of a vast volcano. Donald Pleasance is a sneeringBlofeldin one of the most

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Those used to the objective nature of most British documentaries may ﬁnd this American examination of Marilyn Monroe's life and career a bit schmaltzy. There are nevertheless highlights in the shape of Marilyn's TV commercial for 'Royal Triton' gasoline, the complete Cinemascope trailer for How To Marry A Millionaire and an extract from Let's Make Love.

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Sonic and Knuckles went on sale. MEAN MACHINES now bring you the facts of the BIG Megadrive game of 1996.

There have been doubts that the 16-bit system would ever see its hero star in a new game. These fears were ﬁnally dispelled when Sega asked us (and only us!) to meet Katsu Sato, producer at the UK end of Sonic 3•D.

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The most dazzling new feature is '360 degree world spin'. This , flips the scenery so that ceiling becomes wall, then floor then opposite wall. It's more than Just a special effect, as many of the game's levels have areas only accessible with this move. The game also features a Reflex Lens •5 effect, when the scenery is warped into a spherical !she • e.

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Perhaps in response to claims that Sonic's getting a softer image. Xtreme will feature two new aggressive moves in addition to the awesome d spin. Spin Slash sends Sonic rocketing s the playﬁeld utilising his spines like a mmalian bunsavy. More mysterious is the ring-throwing move. Sonic can apparently cast his collected rings back at threatening enemies.

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And throughout this entire period, a select band of French programmers and artists and musicians are working on a single project that inevitably draws comparisons with the traditions of animated movies. This band, Amazing Studios, is in fact the cream of French development The duo at its heart are Eric Chahi and Frederic Savoir, cre• ators of Another World and Flashback respectively: the most successful console uamt!s ever to emerge from Le Republic.

Chahi and Savoy created these land-4 mark titles at Delphine, who have gone on to take the Conrad Hart character further with Fade to Black. However, the pair left to form Amazing, with the aim of creating something darker than 'Black: Heart of Darkness, Their efforts, four years on, have cost upwards of Sim. For the money, the game now in the final stages of development exceeds the limited interaction of so-called interactive movies. It's better described as a fully 'interactive .action', with the production values associated with animated film. Saturn Owners will be the first to judge the final product this September.

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Heart of Darkness begins with Andy, an average kid and his dog Whiskey. Andy has a tough time at school with a sadistic teacher who punishes him by locking him in a dark cupboard. Unsurprisingly, Andy has a fear and ﬁxation with the dark. He takes Whiskey one evening to the park to witness a total eclipse. Duly, the dark disc of the moon passes over the sun and an eerie gloom descends. With it, Andy feels a sudden inexplicable sense of evil. Daisies underfoot wither and die. Suddenly, Whiskey is seized by an unseen e and dragged Into the darkness of the eclipse. The light returns, but 'kr not the dog. Andy rushes home and prepares his machine for imaginary travel for a voyage into his own j \o, fears to recover his -or only friend, in the Heart of Darkness.

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With their own fantasy world, the Amazing team had freedom to create landscapes and environments at their whim. When playing, the scene moves through a single plane (ie. left to right and vice versa, not into the screen), but the visualisation gives the game incredible depth and solidity. The scenes convey familiar settings, like jungles, towering mountains and canyons and a dark demonic lair at the nexus of the world. All these 'background' graphics were created in 3D Studio. Although this has become the standard development tool for graphics within the industry, when Heart of Darkness was begun four years ago, it was a leading-edge tool. In any case, tools are just tools to Amazing. They wanted to avoid the familiar 'rendered' look brought about by using conventional prepackaged textures. They created their own natural textures to give the world a lush and painted look. They also t sketched all the scenes by hand ﬁrst, like Disney backdrops, and the faithfulness of the game's grapNcs to these hand-drawn depictions is stunninglydemonstrated here.

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A square-shaped track through a grimy inner city. Although this looks quite simple, and the scenery doesn't give much cause for distraction, there's a very unpleasant chicane after one of the curves which is actually one of the most difﬁcult areas in the whole game.

The most bendy and twisty of all the tracks on offer is a nightmare of cross avers and tight curves. Expect to take a lot of damage on your way round and try not to lose your bearings. Or the front half of your car.

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Some missions set you the task of 'cleansing' key locations on-board utilising your ﬂamer-equipped marines, while others might be more simple 'seek and destroy' missions. The common element, no matter the mission type, is your tarry band of soldiers; each kitted-out with, the latest in hi-tech' weaponry and armour. Grrr! Let me at

f there's one thing Electronic Arts can't be accused of, it's of not getting their money's worth on a licence. Having teamed up with the legendary Games Workshop many moons ago to produce Space Hulk games, we're now seeing the licence make its ﬁnal (71 journey from the likes of PC, Amiga and 31110to the next gen consoles.

The basic story behind all of the Space Hulk games sees you as the chapter commander of an elite squad of Space Marines, working through a number of missions - each with a different scenario and each with a different mission objective. The Space Hulks themselves lwhere the various missions take place) are enormous derelict star cruisers that have found themselves ﬂoating helplessly in deep and unpopulated space due to warp engine failure. Though the human occupants are long since dusts, a deadly and unique species of alien - known as Genestealers - have infested these craft, using them as sort of Trojan Horses to inﬁltrate into human space.

Something Jolly large and damn scary is about to spring out of your Saturn-enhanced screens. If you've got a spare pair of trousers, go get 1 em now!

Though a lalge portion ol the game is played as a Doom-esque, ﬁrst-person perspective action game, you won't succeed unless you get to grips with the strategy sections as well.

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Known in many other games as a chain gun, this is one serious spinning son of a bitch. Got a cor ridor full of gittish aliens? No problemo, just open her up and brace yourself for some major

a moi- etegant from a more civilised age. You just can't beat a nice bit of sword play to show off skill rather than blaster technique. And this baby comes complete with a charge of plasma enemy an' all! BOLTER SWORD

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During a mission you can freeze time for a limited period and give orders to your troops using a simple icon-based map system. Once realtime returns, your loyal marines will act out their given orders as best they can. You also get a miniaturised map in the bottom left or your action screen to watch the various marines' progress during battle

A standard piece of ordinance for a marine, the Power Glove acts not Only an excellent shield, but as an hard-hitting close-range resort. Arching electrical discharges also help things on their way.

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Yet zmotlier excellent close-range weapon, the Thunder Hammer has a massive Storm Shield built into it. along with an enormous mace-like crusher that can smash through Genestealer armour.

the roost. The Manchester crew and Birmingham mob US Gold had the 8bit horns computer market sewn up between them handling all the biggest licenses and conversions and bankrolling all the most successful original titles, with only budget label Mastertronic causing any teal competition with its two-quid titles. Ocean were the people Sega trusted to code Spectrum. Commodore and Amstrad versions of smashes like Out Run and Endure Racer. And then the consoles happened. These days you'd ﬁnd it pretty hard to believe AM2 would hand over the deeds to Manx IT to the same people responsible for licensing Waterworld. Not because Ocean suddenly became talentless shysters. but because British programmers in general were slow to respond to the onslaught of the new machines 'namely Master System and NES), which Japanese teams had already had two to three years of experieece with. Poor old Ocean. And US Gel for that matter. and Mastertronic who were responsible for originally bringing the Maste Syxtem to this country only to ﬁnd themselves amalgamated into Virgin. But not poor old Virgin, they're doing better than anyone. Anyway, the point of this is that Ocean have taken a bit of time about their comeback - despite some alright lir. sales for a number of their titles, they haven't been a

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a few years now. Well you'd better get ready to beg for forgiveness, ye heathen dogs, because these close neighbours of Mr Boddington and his ﬁne brewery are on the up, and they want you to know about it. So what's the fuss, then? How come Ocean are coming from the pocket and hassling us about their new games with shiny zealot-eyes? Well it has to do with a lithe forpreviouslyGermanofﬁcebetweenarrangementOceanheadandlittle-knowncodersNeon,responsiblenumeroussoftvertisements(sharewaregamesbasedaroundpromotinga .1... product which are quite popular in Europe). Now . . they're all over super systems like a rrent producing three titles for Saturn, Pla his PC. Due to the general tightness of • is fe uses PC shots of the games, which ured rett much identical to the Saturn versions whichi. couldn't get our hands on because they're not allowed out of Germany. Luckily though we've scheduled a little trip out to Neon's Darmstadt HQ, so we should have the full Sega SP in time for next month, For now though, feast your eyes on the early demo pics and info we've secured for your edutainment...

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Women, eh? They're always losing things. Lipsticks, diaries, deific magical powers. No end of trouble. And such is the premise for Neon's third game in the offing, in which a goddess loses her mythological abilities and recruits you to find them. Don't know why she doesn't just look in the bottom of her handbag, because that's probably where she left them, as bloody usual with dames. Sexism aside.

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The closest to completion of Neon's games is Tunnel Bl. For such a basically simple game it's a bit tricky to describe. Basically, Wipeout-meets-Doom-meets-Sewer Shark is the best amalgamation of games you'll already know to start off with. It's a fairly linear-moving blasting game which puts you in the cockpit of a floating hovercar and puts that floating hovercar into a series of claustrophobic tunnels, fills the tunnels with aliens, puts big guns all over everyone and leaves the player to get on with things. Unlike most games of this emerging genre, Tunnel Bi doesn't force you to live the action at a million miles an hour the player has almost total control over their craft, and is free to stop and turn to pick off agile enemies. However, there is a time limit, so it's not advisable to dawdle. Tunnel 81 is the result of Neon's newly developed 3D engine, which they say produces last, smooth update with little clipping (thanks to masking routinesl and superb light sourcing. What we've seen so far would suggest this is not total lies. As to how the final game will play, we're not sure. but it's almost certain to look spectacular.

Vanishing Powers is a big departure from Neon's other Saturn titles. There is a 30 element to it, but only in an isometric stylee, because Vanishing Powers is a roleplaying game, populated by demons and hobgoblins and things, along with Hit Points, stats screens and big-ass puzzles. Neon want everyone to know that this demonstrates the versatility and variety of inﬂuences crossing the team. But that's just showing off, if you ask us. Whilst all the mechanics of Vanishing Powers are already in place there's still a lot of work to be done on the game map, which Ocean claim will be absolutely heeee-uge and hard enough to test even toughened APO fanatics. Doesn't score quite so highly on the pulse-bending scale, but should still be one to look out for.

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Quite the opposite of Tunnel, players of Viper have total and utter choice of ﬂight path, chasing around cities stuffed with gleaming skyscrapers and big wide roadways blasting the peebles out of any opposition.

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oo exc ut anything except Nights this early on, we have to say that there's every possibility Viper could be one of the better 3D releases of the year on Saturn. Good luck to those Ocean lads.

ViperVIPERisbasedonthesame 3D engine as Tunnel B1, which is hardly surprising given that it started life as an integral part of that game. Then Ocean came along and had the bright idea of separating ti , f'andirivingns'•" J the title t•free tenti gr by eac a that's their story, a and we're not going to a about it because they're bigger than •us. Getting back to the point, iper is probably the most xciting Neon project so far. Eschewing the comparatively limited constraints of tunnels and things. Viper hands you the metaphorical keys to a fully killed-out attack helicopter. Fortunately for the houses of people you don't like you're also given strict orders of what ' to do with it, le destroy •invading terrorist army types with their tanks and their gun.. and their guns and their bombs.

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In this, the age of virtual football Sims, only one thinc:,: remains constant: commentators. Every new footy game appears to have snapped up one of the top voices of the commentators elite. Motson was in Fifa, Barry Davies starred in Euro '96, Alan Green is in Olympic Soccer, so who have Acclaim plumped for? Sky Tv's Andy 'Och' Gray. The ex Villa, Everton and Wolves (amongst others) striker, now the frontman of Sky's bootroom, has bought his particular blend of blabber to the console world, and with phrases like

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It is, however, doubtful that the tidy-bearded television presenter's considerable experience in the ﬁeld has extended to the type of scenario suggested by this new helicopter game. Originally developed by Sega US, the game has been adopted for UK release by Virgin. You're at the controls of helicopter gunship which hovers towards its targets, negotiating airborne enemy forces and ground-based defences. Over a lengthy campaign of aerial mayhem you'll be pitted against a group of "whacko half-brains" called The Sword of Gideon led by one Colonel Kane, a rebel defected from your own forces. The similarities to Apocalypse Now continue when tinny radio dialogue grants you permission to

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An inbred-seeking missile with a pressure-detonated explosive tip. Accurate and faster than the speed of sound, the Sidewinder is one of the deadliest weapons available to the gunship pilot. An air-bursting bomb triggering ten devastating explosions, each with tracking capability. The weapon to reach for when the odds are overwhelming and you need to clear some space quickly. JI II targets such as rocket soviet° ro earnmete 11111111141—11 LIA•._t•Al Ams i i 4 -- \ CICKETFILLHE4E11P1-11A laser-guided supersonic rocket that is more powerful than the Hydra and Sidewinder. Due to its comparative weight, however, it is best employed against thickskinned but stationary targets such as antiaircraft emplacements and bunkers.

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First on the slab is Die Hard Trilogy, due on the Saturn some time in the late summer_ It's a three-pan shoot 'em up drawing its cues and inspiration from the three movies fronted by the John Maclean character played by Bruce Willis_ When Probe

Software (who've worked on previous Fox licenses like Alien3 and the current Alien Trilogy) were charged with creating Die Hard Trilogy, the explosive action and effects of the movies were obviously uppermost in their minds.

In the same way that Probe have created Alien Trilogy to be ported across several formats, Die Hard is a multi-format project due to debut on Playstation, before an identikit Saturn version.

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Set in a skyscraper in a post', 1 t of LA, Maclean is visiting his estranged wife when a group of terrorists (led by posh Brit actor Alan Rickman) take over the building. For the game, the Maclean sprite sets off to retake the building by ascending a dozen floors of office space, picking up the terrorists' armoury to use against them. The action is viewed from a third-person 3D perspective, with the office a complex polygon environment True to the film, Maclean undertakes the mission in his bare feet

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When you get the chance to improve your character at the end of levels, Can give them full bars on every criteria. Collision detection boxes can be shown by pausing the game and pressing L. You can completely top up your energy during the story mode by pressing X, Y b Z. Also, you can skip a level by hitting these buttons whilst in the story mode.

Ryan Button (who's friends with Mr. Spoon on Button Moon) has been ﬁrst off of the blocks to send us his kombat kodes for easily the best Kombat game of the series, Anyway,* here they are for browsing at your leisure. Remember, each of the numbers represent the button presses (you know the score).

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The second of Capcom's awesome three to be featured this month, and we have a couple of cool cheats to speed the game up and gain an extra set of options. Firstly go to the options screen and highlight the Turbo Speed option_ Now press X, X. Right, A, Z and you can move the turbo stars to a whopping level 10111 Now to call up the Appendix, go to the options screen again. Move to the Conﬁguration option, and press B. X, Down, A, Y and the Appendix will appear. In this you can select the original Darkstalkers music and backgrounds, switch to full animation and have the same characters ﬁght each other teg Gallon vs Gallon).

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sand parts, you'll uncover lots of little rooms containing chests and power ups. The top right room is important, as it contains a hidden switch that is revealed when you walk over it. Another blue key is up for grabs as well. Make sure you get both of. those. The hidden switch will have retracted the spikes to the right of the sand section, so you can follow the paths all the way round, down to the next ﬂoor and out by another pool of water. Freeze this again, and walk to the bottom left corner before taking the route round to another level. You should ﬁnd that you'll come to another switch that needs a weight on it before the door opens, so go to the right side of the room that you're in and freeze another bomb and bring it round. Now walk through the door, and you'll come to another pondone with a big ring in the centre. Equip the magical hands, and the It

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inside, fall off the gap to the left of the start, jump over the small hole, and go down the ladder in the bottom left corner. When you emerge, walk right, jump over the water, and then jump off the ﬂoor. Walk right and down, back past the water and to the chest. Then stand on the edge of the water and freeze it so you can get across. Go straight ahead, under the bridge and up the stairs. Go through the ﬁrst room, and when you see the hole on your right, walk left and jump over the gap and go down the stairs. Go right, over the moving conveyer belts, and then down, jumping over the gaps until you reach another ladder. When you emerge, go right. and get the chest situated in the centre of the cavern. Be careful though - the platforms before and after it will crumble a second or

Step on the switch, and you'll go through to a room containing some sand squares. If you dig upwards from the one located in the top left in the room, you'll go through to a power up. Now go back down the ladder you came up. Go back to the conveyer belts and this time continue right, sliding under the pole you see in the adjoining room. Jump over the gap, and go down the ladder. You can now open the door with the blue key. Go through to face the boss.

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As you enter, make sure you go to the well at the top right and drink the water, as it will completely stock up your life. Then talk to the trench, and it'll tell you about the fountain. Now go to the pond at the top left of the village. This has to be one of the toughest parts of the game so far. As you go into the maze, you'll the left and right controls have been reversed.

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With the level in its normal state, go right through two rooms, and then go to the top right corner of the room and pick up the bomb. Quickly take it to the brown door in the bottom right of the same room, so the bomb blows it up. Now go back to the reﬂective room and use the mirror. Now come out, and although you should go to the same room, it's reversed, so go left as far as possible to the room with the spikes. Go to the face that spits Out bombs in the bottom of the room, and then freeze a bomb and take it to the top. and blow away the eye door. Now go up through another room and do the same thing again, freeze the bomb and blow up the eye door. The chest contains a healing herb. Exit the chest room and take the exit in the right wall in the next room. Walk round the spikes and another face in the wall will spit out three large bombs when you get

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spark orb and charge them up to bring a spark above your head. Throw this spark into the ring to make it disappear, and a path takes its place. Do this for all the rings you come to. Kill all of the creatures in the room with the door you can't get through in order to open it, and go to the ﬁnal room. Again, chuck the spark into the three rings, and the jump shoes will be yours.

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A bit of gratuitous violence whisked in with loads of shooting action and a splattering of blood sounds like a recipe for success in my book. And this game delivers in every respect. The only problem is that I think I'm turning into some form of bloodthirety crazed psychopath. I NEED MORE, hoh. Ws. Ahem, excuse me. The gems doesn't start at a leisurely stroll - it's more of a hundred metre sprint because you're thrown straight into the deep end. The main argument from people who dislike this is that walking along and shooting a bit is far too repetitive. But that Is what made me play this so much, The fun I had from splattering people all over the tarmac was immense. and just encouraged me to do it some more, and get further and further into the game. What is also noticeable Is that the tunes suit the atmosphere the game aims to create down to a tee. Rock 'ard pumping tracks. etc. I cannot stress how much I like this game„ and I think the only thing that fairly sums It up. is purchase now for the blood party, shooting frenzy of your life. Or something.

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Perhaps best described as an overhead version of Doom, Loaded manages to be even gorier, with some very impressive graphics working in perfect. er. harmony with some of the best sound effects I've ever heard he a game. The lighting effects work In subtle ways that you initially don't register, but which ultimately contribute to a genuinely dank and gloomy atmosphere. Even the substitution of a ﬁne mesh effect for the smoky transparencies works pretty well, and the game is refreshingly free of the slow-down the Playstation version suffered when things got frantic. Yeah. it's a bit repetitive, yeah there's not much variation In gameplay, but the buzz you get from blasting away in the most politically incorrect game yet far outweighed any doubts I was Loadedharbouring.rocks.

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many curious things await. You can learn how to pickpocket people, visit the Pyschiatrickerist's (boom, boom) and even chat to a scantily clad soldier who threatens to kill you if you make a pass at her. And by picking up a tomato, you're able to throw it at the Tax Collector who is locked in the stocks. Pick up a second tomato, and a small cut screen appears with you discovering a maggot inside it. Grab that maggot, because later on the game you'll need it for a there characters all move smoothly and pretty reahstically. sequence;

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• A new addition to the 3D world. A Turner acts like a Blocker but as opposed to stopping his colleagues, the Turner will urge them to take a different route. The Lemming equivalent to a trafﬁc cop.

Initially, the Lemmings are brainless fools who will quite happily wander to their doom unless prompted otherwise. At the bottom of the play area, though,

As demonstrated by some of the world's greatest boxers, though, • the Basher is limited in IQ and can • only be used when directly next to the object he is to demolish.Falling

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Now, however, in the world of 32bi1 machines the tiny Lemmings sprites are deemed unacceptable, so Psygnosis are set to wow Saturn owners as they propel the Lemmings into the third dimension. As such, whereas the stupid creatures once wandered quote happily from left to right, the player now ﬁnds them wandering in and out of the screen, making things doubly difﬁcult. 3D Lemmings is a conversion of both the PC and PlayStation versions, but mercifully without the Jelly Bean sponsorship which plagued the Sony version. 'Let's Go'. as our Lemming friends are prone to say...

get'tcanyouDIGGERIfoversomething, go under it! Diggers are superb experts,tunnellingbuttheir skills are a little lacking in that they can only dig straight down. Which brings us to._BOMBER! if something is the blocking the way. Bombers will willingly give their lives to open the way for their colleagues. On priming a Bomber Lemming, a countdown appears above their head — giving the user valuable time to clear away any others in the area before they blow!

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In previous incarnations of Megaman, he faced his mesmeric task alone, choosing to take on all corners with nothing but his bare hands (and the aforementioned spud guns. But in this game he benefits from the ability to change into another mega dude (I), who answers to the name of Zero. And he's a bit of a flash git to boot. Sporting long golden locks and an awesome power sword thing, he holds more strength than original Megaman, and can take more hits. However, he can't be selected to fight against the bosses, and he is only selectable once every level. Oh, and he only has ttfe

Every time you select a boss to battle against. you are rewarded with a short manga style cartoon, showing who you are ong to kill and their style of background.

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it's utter dross. I like my games to have a little difﬁculty to them, but this game goes from impossible, to bloody impossible. and then ridiculous. If this wasn't bad enough, the game is too similar is all of the levels and quickly becomes repetitive. And probably the most shocking thing to come out of this is that the graphics and sound appear as though they've been ported straight over from the SPIES version without any enhancement. All that remains to be said is that Megannan X3 is a sty that only serves to tarnish the otherwise impressive Meganaan

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the monarchy of the Baku Baku world have compared to our own beloved royal family? Well let me say that they don't catch the gardeners growing cannabis plants in their sheds. and they don't have some ginger tart marry into the family who than gets caught having her toes being sucked!

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There are two skill levels to this game, but instead of coming onthe form of easy and hard, boring old rubbish settings, you get the choice of either the Intercontinental Championship Belt (Easyl or the World Wrestling harder).ChampionshipFederation(slightlyThedifference on the battles is the number of people you have to fight in the process. The easier belt (I can't be bothered to keep saying Interwotsit thing) starts you off against a single wrestler, followed by two fighters about three fights later, and then, for the final fight, you have to beat three men. All that changes for the harder setting is that you get to fight two people from the start instead of one, and the final bout is against four menl %may. correctly,twice,thethoseopponent.withStreedighteronandAnotherFORWHOMTHEBELLTOLLSniftylittlefeatureofthisgameisthecombometertheeffectitcansubsequentlyhaveonthebattle.ItworksasimilarfashiontothestrengthmetersfeaturedinAlpha.Duringthebout,thebarwillslowlyriseeveryhitandspecialattackthatislandedonanWhenitreachesthefulllevel,thisisthetimetohitbuttonsasthecomboischargedandready.Toactivatecombos,youmustbeinagrapple,thenpressforwardfollowedbyallofthesubsequentbuttons.Ifdoneitcanresultonitptr)26ItINforcertaincharacters

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Speaking as someone who was never taken in by this American atrocity, and as someone who never really saw the attraction of the 16-bit WINF games, I approached this in a less sympathetic way than Steve. And, sure enough. I was disappointed. Yes, it is very funny and yes, there is considerable comedy value in watching this motley assortment of chortlesome charlatans bounce all over the ring at your behest. Behind all this, however, lies the nagging doubt that this is far from the world's greatest beat 'em up. Once the lofts have worn off, how often will you come back to this? I for one won't be sticking around to ﬁnd oat.

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The best thing about this game is that there are numerous cut screens used to break up the endless staring at the hexagon. strewn playing area. These occur when your troops attempt to destroy the enemy craft. Then action then cuts to a Wing Armsstyle planes,sequenceshootingastheforexample, do battle with each other. The numbers in either corner of the screen represent how many craft or energy points your guys have left, and how many the baddies have. Each of the craft has a couple of sequences with our personal favourite, the submarine, being particularly noteworthy.

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Any trainsooning types out there may find this game has an added little treasure trove to feast your eyes on. Available to you at any time in the game is the ability to view each of the good and bad targets on the playing map. By highlighting any vehicle that has had its go, and pressing C, you'll be treated to a 'fiddle screen in which you can rotate the craft in any way, zoom in and out and have a baz at the stats surrounding it, like weapon storage and class etc. For the mere mortals amount us, this is just a waste of time and is annoying if you press the wrong button, but everyone else will probably find this pretty smart.

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Entertainment building would bear close comparison to the labyrinthine city of Ankh-fillorpok seen in their West game. Discworld. Each office In the large Victorian house holds a new surprise - bones featuring th de of animation cols shipped from Hanna Barbera. the mysterious 'red room Il was told not to ask so I didn't) and most Intriguingly, a mini-studio where one of Perfects resident boffins fiddles with a Theramin in the quest to reproduce the Beach Boys' classic Good Vibrations. Perfect are striving to live up to their name, the latest facet of the 50 strong worldwide operation being the conversion of Playstation and coin•op titles to Saturn format. Former glories include perhaps the most keenly observed conversion of all - Wipeout - while Perfect are currently working on that other Playstation bastion, Destruction Derby. Other Saturn-bound projects include Krary Ivan. 3D Lemmings and the Atari coin-op Area 51, while homegrown games such as Discworld II and Naked Gun will also find their way onto the format_ We asked Colin Fuidge, Perfect's senior production manager, to tell us exactly , ,hat, goes iril,• translating a game from one format to anot•

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We've developed complete systems for general purpose stuff like throwing big blocks of 3D up on the screen. All these utilities, these great blocks of code, drive PC, Playstation and Saturn games. We've used them on Wipeout, 3D Lemmings, Destruction Derby and we'll be using them on Discworld II. When, for example, we converted 3D Lemmings from Playstation to Saturn, we used practically all the original codemost of it was written in C, and that's completely portable. The music's the same. The main difference is the FMV stuff - we've had to reprocess all of that. We had to take the source data and put it through our utilities to bring it up to scratch. Things like FMV aren't really a great deal of work. It was much the same on Wipeout and DD - apart from taking into account memory

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Irem, a veteran of the Eighties, arrives with three of its earliest coin-ops: Zippy Race 10 Yard Fight and Kung Fu Master. Of these, Kung Fu Master is the most celebrated and by far the best: the ﬁrst true scrolling beat 'em up. The other two are less company,esteemed consisting of a simplistic rendition of American Football and a vertically scrolling driving game where the object is to cross America basically without skidding Onto the grass verge. What everybody wants to see is some of Irem's later classics: A-Type and lkari Warriors would be rather more inspiring.

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BAKU BAKU Sega US's scheme to rename the game Zany Zoos is an awesomely addictive puzzler that sees you line up tumbling blocks, uniting animals with the food they're going to chomp away at, thus clearing your screen and offloading a load of blocks on to your opponent. Pandas eat bamboo, mice eat cheese, dogs eat bones etc. We seriously underestimated the staying power of this game first time round - it still ranks as one of the all-time office faves, even though its ultimate testability is as much down to your kitsch threshold as the quality of your opponent. As you'd expect from AM3, this rooks great, sounds good, and is as yet unrivalled in its field. Cracking the most productive gameplay techniques should also keep you coming back for more. This is being simultaneously released on PC.

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Stands alongside Sega's 'Big Three' as one of the ﬁnest Saturn titles currently available. Awe-inspiring.

At first, a game that leans more towards farming than fighting may seem pretty boring. Planting trees, waiting for them to grow and then cutting them down. Buying cows and protecting crops. Wahey! Wail of a time. Beats playing footie anyday. Tell you what, you tend to the wheat and barley, while I go and get bladdered with the lads, eh? Only it's nothing like that, not even remotely. This is an addictive adventure game that hooks you from the first minute. Ws also tough, and not some pansy game you'll have done in a day, and it actually requires a bit of thought, like whether to buy a cow, or just protect your crops with a bodyguard (OK, bad example). But whatever is said, The Horde is definitely one of the most original titles and the strongest seen for a while.

Uncle Acclaim have picked up the only Saturn tennis title (so far) for release over here. This was the second game in Imagineer's 'virtual' sports range, the first being the appalling Virtual Volleyball. This is a significant improvement - three types of court, doubles or singles matches, indoor or outdoor games, exhibition and championship modes, and a nifty training option that allows you to practice your serve, smash and accuracy away from the gaze of the unforgiving public. While a lot of the technique is taken care of by routine dives and leaps that you simply initiate with a button press, there is a real 'interactive' feel that makes this highly playable The slightly ropey graphics let things down a bit - it's all a bit 'wobbly', with the grass courts presenting an especially parridgy look that gels quite difficult on the eye. There's also a problem Judging perspectives if you're playing at the far end of the court, but if you can't wail for Sampras Extreme then this won't let you down.

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YOB:It's all become clear now. Do you all know the Sugar Puffs advert with Kevin Keegan? Well all this time I was fooled into the thinking that Honey Monster was just a puppet, but it Is in fact Daniel Keegan, Kevin's long lost brother. The reason he was lost is because he looks like a cross between a four month old turd (hence all the fur), and a bizarre cock up from the Chernobyl disaster. Well that's what your mum said when I bumped into her at the Battersea Dogs' Home.

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Deer Yob, This is the ﬁrst time I have written to a computer magazine. After reading the April 1996 issue tread that you had already printed the characters combos for X-Men: Children of the Atom, in part 1 of the players guide. So if you could, please would you send me the combos of part 1 of the X•Men:

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Though you may be a worthless knob, It must be to your Thatfrustration,yourarse is a It'sPlaystation.notyour fault you're short and fat, And you talk rust like a prat. People insult you with words of wisdom, And compare you to the Master System. You see, those people haven't a clue, Duck Hunt on the Nintendo is more like you.

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since issue 4, but every time I turn to your page I expect to see letters from people who have genuine queries that need answering. But what do I ﬁnd? Trash almost ever since I've been reading. All it is, is some idiot who really thinks they are funny, but are in fact full of crap. Don't they ever get bored with it? Don't you get bored with it? What are they thinking when writing this drivel? They could be doing other things with their time, like tying nooses to hang their sad selves with! I'm sure I'm not the only person to think this, as there has been a letter on this before, but alas nothing has happened. You even said that you were going to rid these pages of this crap. Doh, guess what? Nothing has been done. Still F wait in anticipation of the day. I'm going to stop my moaning and ﬁnish on an up note.

of language you use, she'd stop you from having your stuck up 'chums' round for a cup of Earl Grey. How are your elocution lessons coming along?

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there are no kangaroos in it, so there was nothing for him to get excited about, or waggle his joystick

So keep up the good work, and the magazine in tip top condition.

Norfolk.youfurrytoknickers?yourdogturd!steppedaroundmumdownknickerstheOnhairstylelickingOhDearINSULTSMOREover.THRII/M1111Yobtheknob,dear.Whatasaddirtyarse-babiessick.leh?)Yourmusthavebeenmodelledyourmother'sarmpithairlByway,I'dchangeyourpinkoryourturdwillleakOutyourpunylegs.Ibetyourhadtobecarefulwalkingthehouse,shemighthaveonyou,youlittlewateryYourrepliesareveryoriginal:breath,dickwad?God,arebraincellsassoggyasyourWhydon'tyouslopoverthebog,andﬂushyourselfyoufatcrap.PhwoarlIcansmellfrommyhouse.Yobtheturd,Attleborough,V01311you'resuchabig,hardbloke,thenwhydidn'tyouputyournamewiththeletter?Maybeit'sbecauseyouarecalledArkwrightPoncenby-Smythe,youwearamonocle,andifyourmotherfoundoutaboutthekind

i thought maybe you might have sent Mean Yob round while I was out to hot wire my system. Did PS.you?If you did senti mt makeroundhimcome bhere and sort it out nowl Alright! \ James Seber, Royston ﬁerts GUS.No. Can we get orika some decent letters?

2. Virtual On: Christmas. Indy 500: no news; Virtue Cop 2: Christmas; Deadly Skies, delayed until September, Doom: September, Alien Trilogy September 3,.'October,Segaarenot directly convertingVirtue Striker

leaving us, his evil minions, to cobble together an intro and pretend he actually wrote it. Time to press Virtual Angus into service once more: 'Here we are with return.attentionhisensureECIIRLANE,30-32DIA,themanyAngus.climes.'fabulouspreparelightenare,asmissives.quaintcollectionanotherofyourlittleAsfeebleyournaivequeriestheydohelpmydayasItojetofftoforeignThanksIfyou'vegotquestionsfortheladhimself,addresstoVIRTUALMEANMACHINESSEGA,FARRINGDONLONDON,3AUandwe'lltheyreceiveimmediateonhisProbably. 1;J;I'!iI -.11•

4. X-Men: the PAL conversion is generally considered to be poor.

7.7 Is the Saturn version of Tohshinden faster than the Playstation versiodomm

2. It starts as a caterpillar found in the witch's forest. show,

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DearBARMYdevelopment.Gus,1.Will'TheSettlers'(one of The greatest games of all time) ever released on the Saturn? If not, why 2.not??Inthe

Dear Gus,

Megadrive game 'Soleir where the HELL can I find the butterfly, so that I can escape from the Garden at the bottom of the Tower of Babel? 1101. Gary Shepherdty, West Drayton, GUS1.MiddlesexItwas produced by a UK developer too small to finance its own conversion.

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Dear Gus, Is Knuckles a girl?!!! And is Sonic and Knuckles NO in the charts because of Knticilles Paul Feruuson, Rid GUS:Knuckles is, b male of the species. in the chart knuckleheadbecause accounts a me is cl.

2. If not, do you know who I can write to to complain?

6. Are the Saturn's two 32-bit RISC processors what make it quicker than the Playstation

1, In your review of Golden Axe the Duel, you mention the Saturn/Titan Link up. What is this

3 What's the best out of X-Men, Vampire Hunter and SF Alpha?

4. In my Saturn manual it mentions a hard drive that will be available soon. Will I be able to store games on it? When is it coming out? How much will it cost?

6 The SH2s run around the same speed as the PSX's main CPU. 7, No, to me it seems slower.

'I ron'vugehT AngelesoffswannedhastoLosfor the E3

Namco UK:0171 584 3.2670.SF Alpha.

I was playing on Mortal Kombat 2 on the Megadrive. I had beaten Shao Kahn and then it went on to all of that crap about being The supreme Mortal Kombat Warrior whenay!'hoorthoughIsuddenly, instead of the credits. I found I had to beat Shao Kahn again round 31 I hit him with one of Liu Kangs ﬁreballs, and he shouted 'AV He /put his hands on his hips and he started to smoke. Instead of exploding he just stood there in the same position, smoking. I was throwing all I could at him, ﬁreballs, bicycle kicks, hurricane kicks, but nothing happened!

1. Will any Namco game like Tekken or Ridge Racer ever get a Saturn release?

Last year there was all kinds of talk of Namco conversions. Even Namco Nere talking up a Cybersled conversion. However, their enviable position in the Playstation market (helped in no small way by Sony) has persuaded them to hold off on 2.Saturn.Phone

All I could do was wait until the time ran out. After that round was over, I had to play him again in round 4ll I beat him in that round, and then, guess what7 ROUND BLOODY 511 After the 5th victory, It just said Game Over, I was just wondering, why?

; PI 94 MM SEGA

2., When are Virtual On, Indy 500, Virtue Cop 2, Deadly Skies, Doom and Alien Trilogy coming out for the Saturn?

about that weird Mortal Kombat 2 incident. Well, it's happened again! I was playing on my Megadnve this morning. I had the test mode cheat (supplied in your 'Bumper Book of Tips') and went straight to Shao Kahn. I fought him and won. Once again it went on to all that crap and when that was over I had to ﬁght him again! All the same stuff happened, you know, the hands by his side, smoking, shaking and all I could do was wait.

lilies bald head will [ﬂake great target practise on the local's dart board. Now answer these please!

5 Exhumed is Ruins Names change. It happens.

8. Core or Sega's own

4 There is no hard drive planned. You must have misinterpreted the 5manual.Magic Carpet is an excellent combination of ﬂying/shoot 'em up Loaded's coming soon, Alien Trilogy and 'Cop 2 are going to be massive. EA's Soviet Strike is worth waiting for

4. What's worst?

5. In the Sega Saturn leaﬂet, there's a Doom-style game by 'BMG' being advertised. It looks exactly like the new game Exhumed, but it's called Ruins. Why is this?

5. Could you please rate the best ﬂight sims, shoot 'ern ups for the Saturn, and others that will be available within the next 6 months that look leek Steven Crawtprd, Huntingdon,GUS.1.Can't's What we mean is that the Titan or ST-V system that Sega use in the arcade (Virtue Fighter Kids and Decathlete are the latest games) is technologically similar to the Saturn. So converting games from ST-V to Saturn is easy

voter software Davidhouse?Ace re Lydd-on-Sea, KentGUS:1.

GUNS OF THENAVDearGus,Theotherday

3. On a repeat of the Gamesmaster series, they played Virtual Striker by AM2. Is this coming out on the Saturn, and if so when?

James Sener, Roystnn, Herts. GUS:Search TNT=PERRYme.DearGus,Iwrotetoyouafewdaysago -

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a CDi with a Digital Video cartridge and loads of Video CDs and I was wondering if they will work with the MPEG on the Saturn?

GUS:l.

2. Yes, sometime this summec but it looks like a port-over of the Megadrive game.

Andrewformats'Blackman, East Meon GUS•1.

hardware is expensive, so no price cut at the moment 2. Top titles

Dear Gus,

3. Descent has been delayed until October. No plans for Tekken_ 4. The game is about ﬁnished, but release is held, The reasons are 6.5.commercialNorm.Yes,probably by December

8. Is there any more news on the possibility of Sega packaging double games as was mentioned in Issue 42, (e.g. Shining Wisdom and 9.Rayearth)?Whatchance is there of Resident Evil being released on the Saturn' Jamie Slater, Grove, Oxon GUS:1. It will be Saturn too, and pretty much at the same time

6 Is there going to be a sequel to Mystaria on the Saturn.

Dear Gus, I read your mag every month and think It is great. I have a coupled questions for you. If you don't don't answer them I will give you a (1,000,000 ﬁne.

1. Is Reloaded going to be released on the Saturn or is it Playstabon 2.only?Isthere going to be an Earthworm Jim game on the mighty Saturn?

7. Apparently this was an early demo and Game Arts have nothing more to show 8.. Sadly, that hope - and it was only gossip was dashed. for the 9.moment.I'dsay 3-2 on.

Star Trek Generations and Shallow Grave are about, but most Video CDs are unadulterated cdunt 4.3,Cackula.No.Those marked 'Video ' will Those marked 'Digital deo' won't. ING Dear MeanGus.Machines is an excellent meg, and ha betterneveenbes, since it became ofﬁcial. Please could you answer questions?these1.WilltheSaturn 2 cost around E250' 2. What did IVIegadrive?AupiketFlashbackenir'youlateWorldonthe3.IsthereaPremierManager2inthepipeline for the 4.Megadrive?Oneofmy friends (who's got a sad Super Nintendo) said that the Megadrive is dying But I said that the Megadrive has the greate any Sega machine. I my friend right? goir' 5, What is the best Megadrive game at the moment? Lee Baggaley, Puittorough. GUS:1_ Well thankee, kind sir. My best guest is a price between E200 and E240 Sega are playing down the 'Saturn 2' aspect The white casing was designed primarily for Japanese youngsters and -SNES 2owners_Bothare exceptional pieces of programming, but Flashback is the better game_ 3. There should be. 4. The Megadrive has indeed been moresuccesskd in the UK than the SPIES and good titles can still sell copies100010ButSegaarechangingtheiremphasistoSaturnin1996. I I ; Dear GUS 1. When w am n Lora Cricket be Feleas r the Sedum' 2. Cleryou know the release date 42'14 for ISS Deluxe on the M 3. When will Vampire H released for the Saturn much is it going to co 4. Why lies MMS go up in price' 5, Is Gebockeni golf 0 come out for the Megadnve? 6. Is Magic Carpet rth buying? 7. Do you like the iper Skidmarks, becaus 8. How much did you rate Fife '96 on the Megadrive? 9. When is Virtua Fighter going to be released for the Game Gear? 10. Is Street Fighter Alpha better than Virtua Fighter 2? Please be fair. Mark Henshaw, Peterhrough GUS1. No plans in1996_ a September. Delayed, sigh. 3. June/July. at the usual E45 4. Paper is VERY expensive nowadays. To maintain the mag at 100 pages, it had to be done. 5_ No. 6, Yes. 7. Its superb. 8. MK 9. 10.August.No.Steve really put me through the mill this month (he picks the letters). Next month I expect an even more surreal IllsA experience...

7- Do you have any news on the RPG featured in issue 40, p.13 as it looked brilliant?

I think the rnag is stunning and keep up the good work Now on with the questions.

David Flacholok, ()idea. The like Shallow Grave,

4. Why has there been no more news on Blazing Dragons when it was supposed to be released in 5.December?Isthereany chance of the PC hit Full Throttle being released on the all-powerful Saturn.

S 4.4? What

the Video CD card to drop down in 2.price?What ﬁlms will be coming out for 3. Will there be any games that will need the Video Card? 4. My dad

3. Can you settle this once for all: Is Descent or Tekken going to be released on the Saturn?

84 3.2.Conversion.ToyStory.Readthis issuel 4. Toy Story. 5. SF Alpha on Saturn, and the questionsPleaseDearCENTsequel.II/CANOESGus,couldyouanswermyabouttheVideoCDcard, Ilk 1.

1. Why is Virtua Fighter on the Game Gear, and not on the 2. Which game should I get. Toy Story or WW1 the Arcade Game? 3. Is there any more news on is the best Megadrive game at the moment? Will Streetﬁghter Alpha be on any other format, if so which Vintia Fighterlitait How long will it take for has

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