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ElD)ffORltA]L To Subscribe to P.E.F. - each issue Oh yes ... I must mention that, the will cost 90p - this will cover cost of US Engine HuCards are NOT Hello Engineers, Fanzine, envelope and first class compatible with the normal Tell your friends about me - I'm stamp. As soon as the latest issue Japanese Engine.They are the Batman I ..... ok, I'm not, but it's better Is finished, it will be sent to you same size and look the same, but than saying, 'welcome to another issue of faster than walking bullet. You can they just don't work.Hopefully PEF' I Anyway, as Batman does his send any amount of money, - £1.80 some bright spark will come up rounds across the country, no new for the next two Issue, or £4.50 for with an adaptor so that the normal software has appeared this month for the the next five .. and so on. engine can use the American engine. A few games have been released If you want to get each Issue as Turbo GrafX-16 Cards .... not to namely, Break In (Pool game -10/8/89), a they become available, you can still mention CDsl graphic adventure where you take the send a S.A.E. plus 60p for the role of a girl dealing with life - 4/8/89), fanzine. Talking of Coin-op games, why are F1-Dream (Avenue's conversion of Please make all cheques/P.O.s there no games from Konami, Capcom's - 25/8/89),Takede payable to 'Onn Lee'. Tecmo, Nichibutsu, SNK, etc. ? Shingen (Strange Japanese Sword All probably due to Ninetendo's fighting arcade adventure - 28n/89), and To contact P.E.F. send letters, etc. policy that no games produced on Power League II (Baseball - 8/8/89), but to: the Ninetendo machine may be none of these have appeared in the UK produced on other machines until yet as I write this. Onn Lee (P.E.F.) a certain period is up - like a Because of the lack of new games to 125 Arnold Road couple of yearsl We sure would review, luckily we have those we just Bestwood Estate love to play games like Nemesis, missed last Issue, this month we have a Nottingham Salamanda, Vulcan Venture, lkari host of additional items. Next month NG55HR Warriors, and so on. should be real hot, as we hope to have reviews of the latest CD-Rom games - the For your PC Engine goods, contact: ei.r.ated..C.ard-ridges delayed , Wonderboy Ill, and possibly Darius and Super Albatross PC Engine Supplies Because 's Ultimate Tiger is (Golf/RPG game). On HuCard, Bloody 223B Waterloo Road so popular, there are a few Engine Wolf (Great looking 4meg Rambo type Cobridge retailers selling 'Pirated' versions game - 1/9/89), and above titles. Stoke On Trent of the game. These are from We like to thank all who wrote in, and Staffs. ST6 2HS Thaiwan, and are not the standard those who sent in their hi-scores, and Tel: 0782 - 284328 (Day) HuCARD, but instead, they are those who offered to review games for us. 0782 - 213993 (After 6pm) long bulky white Card-ridges, We shall also be at the forth coming PC which comes in a cardboard box - Show at Earl's Court, London on Sunday even the picture on the box is NOT October 1st... so maybe we will see some of the game but of another of you guys (gals? are there any females NllNlB'llENOO'Sl8ID helicopter coin-op. Another thing is that owns or plays on the Engine?) down Ninetendo hit the news this month - that, when you slot the game in, there. We shall probably be wearing who Is said to be trying to buy up the usual 'Taito' sign and copyright T-shirts with PC Engine Fanatics on sole rights to future arcade games , notice aren't present. As the them, Entry Ticket with P.E.F., or so stopping other companies from Engine and it's gear are not something. If you which to meet us, we'll converting games to other machine officially available in the UK, we let you know when and where in the next formats. Therefore, people who don't suppose it's illega to sell issue ... again available 3rd of them next want to play a certain game will them. But we do know a guy who month. have to buy their games console. bought one of these, only to play it Anyway, until next time - see ya, Should this happen, how it will affect a few times, then it crashed .... with the engine is open to question, as all the graphics corrupted. This Onn Lee (Ed) most of the coin-op conversions are may be a one-off .... but, better actually produced by the coin-op safe than sorry, and stick to the manufacturers themselves eg. lrem, original HuCARD - the Card-ridges CREDITS are not even cheaper! Another Editor/Art Editor - Taito, DataEast/DECO, Namco, etc. games won't be affected as reason to avoid getting them, is Onn Lee Sega are in competition with that, they don't fit in CD racks. Staff Writer/Reviewers - Ninetendo's console ... but why they Justin Saunders agree to sell licenses to convert Darren Pottage their games to the engine is a R-Type re-release Caspar Lailey mystery - maybe they don't think the engine Is any competition, or does Hudsonsoft are to re-release Games & News Suppliers - NEC provide them with their A-Type, but this time on CD-Rom. Steve of PC Engine Supplies technology or they just need the This version will incorporate the Tsuyoshi Yamashiki (Japan) money?I Another company that will complete game (all 8 stages of 2 .... plus various magazines NOT be Involved with the levels) and the same coin-op Photocopying - Ninetendo's deal Is Tangen (Atari sounds. So, If you haven't got Games) as they aren't exactly best R-type yet, and have a CD, then Cranwells Stationary~ ..:.. friends .... although, as yet, no It's wel worth waiting for, but I coin-op games from the US assume most people have already 0 And YOUI f.,,,,:-- company has been converted to the got, or played it, so It isn't much engine, but hopefully will soon point. Hudson should have re­ change as the US Engine gets more leased It together on 4meg st-4itfl~p established in America. HuCard In the first place I NEWSTOCOME PCIINOINB PANA11CS - JSSUB4

NEC Avenue have signed up two more NCS have also a line up of games In The 3 player racing game like Final licence deals with Capcom Corp. and the pipeline, but none of them may Lap Twin - F1 Grand Prix, will be will be converting the coin-op games appear over these shores as all released at the end of the year in DAIMAKAIMURA or Ghouls and require some knowledge of Japanese, December. The game wlll have 20 Ghosts to you, and Strider. Both of as they are either Role rlay or tracks to choose from, and these games have terrific graphics, and adventures. One of them wll appear computer controlled competitors will be some task to convert to the on CD called Bi•ca. and feature five have some non-well known names , engine. No release dates of when they young girls In a giant Role play like Sesna, Frast, Miquet and willbe available, but not likely to appear adventure set In the future. Available Warvlckl? The cars also have 5 this year. The Sega MegaDrlve version In December. The other three games gears plus a Reverse - which could of the former game will soon appear, so will be on HuCARD - one a graphic mean some skillful driving we'll let you know how good this version Adventure on 3meg and like Cludeo, manouvers should you crash or skid Is. Avenue, have also put back a few one is a sci-fi Strategy War game - off the track! games, and Dmius will not appear until again on 3meg, and the last, another September on both CD and HuCARD role play one on 3meg available In In Issue two of P.E.F., we format. The game also has rejected the November. mentioned that a CD game from two player option, and there are slight Victor Musi cal Ind. will be differences between the CD version New Software team Information available which wlll feature a female and HuCARD one. The Card has only Global Services (IGS) will be Japanese singer. The game will be two of the very end BOSS sea swooping down on the PC Engine released sometime around creatures - the Sperm Whale and the with 3 titles to be released In September and will be a Graphic Sea Horse - the toughest in the arcades December. One Is a RPG called Adventure llke Cobra, where a to beat. The CD version has all the Sindibad, which means you'll need to quarter of the screen shows your original coin-op battle crafts - the Turtle, know japanese. Next is a 2meg view In amazing detailed cartoon Octopus (easiest to destroy) and Squid Volleyball game called World Beach style. Another quarter of the screen aswell - but an added bonus, Avenue Volley Ball, which feature cute gives a list of options you can take, have also included an extra two new cartoon characters. Each team and bottom half of screen gives ones - a Pink Manta Ray and a Blue comprises of two players, and the description of surrounding area, Shark, not featured the in the original game looks similar to Ocean's Beach etc.Game is based in a fantasy land coin-opll Volley for most popular makes of with animal talking creatures like Outrun has still not been given a computers. This Volleyball game is frog, crabs, and so on, plus some release date, but hopefully should NOT the same one mentioned in last evil looking creatures! . You will find appear at the end of the year. No news month's issue. The other is a scrolling mirrors of all shapes and sizes on Thunderblade or Afterburner, but sideview one called Super Volley Ball throughout the adventure, and Operation Wolf is coming along. We've and and is a conversion of a forth looking Into a mirror, Noriko will only seen pictures of the backdrops and coming coin-op game. The last is appear in digital form to give you they look very good. Altered Beast on Cyber Core, a 3meg vertical scrolling clues, Info. etc. She also prefonns a CD will be released end of August or shoot'em up where you control a number of songs In the gamell early September, and Card version will transformer like robot. As expected, Ga~e ofcourse is all In japanese, follow. loads od destructive weapons can be so not worth getting. acquired.... inf act, it's like GunHed but Taito•s next conversion will be their you fly over cityscapes, deserts, and Mah Jong fans (are there any?) will horizontal shoot'em up Heavy Unit.The so forth. be able to get Face"s Mah Jong coin-op was released last year and Academy - licensed from Capcom features some amazingly large sprites No new games from Hudson Soft, on 4meg HuCard sometime in to destroy. Another game by Taito will although we suspect they are too October. You can play against 6 be a motorbike racing game like Super busy putting Y's onto CD. They will female opponents in a Strip Mah Hang-On. The game differs slightly as however be releasing their baseball Jong game, or choose to play male you have a choice of tracks to race on game Power League II and Super opponents where you use their (16 in all), and have options for kitting Momotaro Train. Both of these faces as punch-bags if they lose, or out your bike from types of tyres, games are quite unique as they are play the R.P.G. where you travel oll engine, suspension etc. Available on the first to be able to use the Battery around Japan to play against 40 the more common 3meg HuCard. Backed Up Ram Unit. Therefore in other stange characters ... some of On the subject of Talto, keep an eye the former game, you can save a half which are really really strange, out for a great looking coin-op machine finished game, or if playing a full Including a face-less man, volcano by the giants called 'Night Striker'. The league, save the league table, so you head, and sumo wrestler. game's a cross between all the 3d style can continue the game at a later date! coin-ops - Outrun, , Power League II is expected to be a Thunderblade, Afterburner, etc. as you winning game in Japan, and almost control a land/ sea/air super vehicle certainly hit the top Japanese chart against some mean looking robots, spot when it's released. tanks, planes, hovercrafts, etc. The Namco have also just released a screen shots we've seen of It are In­ sequel coin-op machine of their credible - and as expected, It comes in baseball game World Series Baseball a sit in machine with surround sound called - Wortd Series Baseball "89. ... and vision, Bass sonic woofer, Light I bet you wouldn't have guessed that, Stream System (light zoom across would you I? Chances are they will panels on the side of your ears to give convert the game to the PC Engine a sense of speed), and adjustable slide considering how dated the former seal Game has 21 stages, but like the game is compared to Hudson Soft's pyramid sections In Outrun, you choose Power League II. the course, so only travel through 6. U.S. SCBNB ..•••.... . ·1._·------~---....~~ PCEIQIE. fNMJIC8· -r ! Why Is the US Engine called the TurboGrafx-16? The ~~ machine Is actualy a hybrid 8/16-blt mlcR>computer.It has a Firstly, we must thank John Borelli from New Yortc. special 16-blt Video chip (hence Grafx-16) - which Is more USA for the general Information for this column. powerful and flexible than chips found In todays consoles Info. plucked from US gaming magazine from and most penlOll8I computers. The mlcroprocesaorla a very article by Tom. R.Halfhlll. fast 8-blt chip (customised 6502) that runs at 8mhz. .. that's faster than the Amiga. or matching the ST or approximately In the U.S., the video game marker Is dominated four times as fast a the Nintendogames machine! by the giant Japanese company Nintendo and It's The machine shouldbe avallable In the states next month or 8-blt console. They currently control at least 80 most probably the following month, but be sure we'I get the percent of the U.S. market with nearly 15 mllllon low down on the Turbo Grafx-16 and how wel It sels. There Nintendo machines In American homes! Just are rumours that, a speclallsed magazine for the machine imagine Hevery one of these owners bought one of will be available when It's released - so NEC US sure your games .... you could retire and never work predict that their product wlNsell In droves. agalnll? Like the U.K., the Sega Mega Drive or U.S. 16-blt Genesis has also Just been available ... so the US Engine has some competttion. Although the new US Engine - the Turbo Grafx-16 was unveiled at the Chicago C.E.S., the machine and It's peripherals won't appear until the fall (autumn) ... In time for the one American holiday shopping season! The machine will come with one game called 'Keith Courage In Alpha Zones' which Incidentally Is called 'Watura' over here, plus the controller pad ofcourse. Other games that will be available when It's launched will be Vigilante and Victory Run, but NEC US have promised around 20 titles before Christmas, priced about the same as Nintendo games. When the Turbo Grabc-16 becomes available It will sell for $199, with optional accessories - TurboTap (5-player Multi-tap) at $19.99; Turbo­ Stick. .. joystick with variable speed turbo-fire and slow-motion feature at $44.99; TurboBooster (Audio-Video Booster) at $34.99; and the TurboGrabc-CO (CO-Rom and Interface) at $399. Interestingly enough, the US CO-Rom ls more advance than the normal Japanese version.as It comes with It's own AA battery pack, so that you can use it as a normal portable CD player like a Sony Olscmanll It's also compatible with audio CDs that Include low-resolution graphics. (We are unsure if the Japanese ones Is compatible as we don't have a CO that have lo-res graphics Included). For example, the Talking Heads album - Naksd, released last year, contains graphics screens that show the lyrics, the basic chords, and the musical Instruments used for each song. This Information can be continuously displayed on a TV screen as the music plays - but only when the CD is played on a graphics-compatible CD player. Very few CO players In the US (less In UK I suspect) have this capability, so most people aren't aware that some CDs already in their collections Include graphics. With the spread of CD players like the TurboGrafx-CO, that will begin to change. To view these graphics, however, the Turbo­ Grafx-C O must be attached to a Turbo Grafx-16 game machine, so It's not the Ideal solution for audiophileswho don't play videogames. Also, the · CD graphics should not be confused withthe Gold Video Discs which recently became available.CD Video discs offer about five minutes of TV quality, full-motion video, plus about 20 minutes of CO­ quality sound. The TurboGrafx-CD can play the audio portion of these discs, but not the video portion. • GAMBS R.BVIBWS PC BNOJNBPANATICS - ISSUB4

sbawberrles.Once you get to the end, byP~ud the scrolling stops and a large ship ...... ~On.La appears throwing out more arsenal 11Mllh ID Mab the pae than llverpool can handle, where you have to blow It up by pumping In a This Is FACE'S second release for the PC number of direct hits ..• then It's off to Engine - first been a strange shoorem up the next stage, where things get a lot where you control a hero shaped rather tougher - not only the enemy, but Ike a thimble - I believe the game'scaled scenerygets more denserl OverhauledMan or something. As stated before, the graphics and Anyway, Cybercross Is a left to right Cybercrma; sa 1rombombing 1nw:1s abcw9 sound are excellent, same as the scrolllng beat'em up arcade adventure - Graphics are first Class, very detaled coin-op. The game Is very playable, If rather like a cross between Shlnobl and a llttle easy as first when you get the Rolling Thunder. You control a guy, slmllar animated sprites, good use of colour and nice scrolling backdrops. Sound power-up and 3 levels of ShotGun ••. In look to the hero of Vigilante, who can do but later levels are extremely hard, so the usual martial arts. As you start the effects are well done with a lot more than just explosions, although the will take some time to complete all 1o game,man size Insects comes towards stages. Anyone thinking of using you, so a couple of puches and kicks will backing tune is alright, It does get very repetitive. CyberCross Is a SlowMo can forget It, as the run button show 'em whose boss. Soon enough, a Is the select weapons button, and floating pod flies pass, and If you can fantastic game, quite a challenge and very playable. moving the stick will change your punch It, an icon will drop from it. The first weapon which can be quite deathly! will be a red sphere, which when collected will turn you into Cybercross in Graphics - 85% spectacular style. As Cybercross, you can Sound - 80% hold down the fire button (a bar will Playability - 90% increase at the bottom of the screen like in V.F.M. - 85% R-Type), and when you release the button, he will spin around kicking Overall - 85% anything on either side - a sort of quad­ ruple roundhouse (I?) . Alternatively, pushing up aswell on releasing will produce a power punch - necessary for Arms big bad bosses! Collecting green or blue Side spheres when you are a normal person by NBC AYmue -1.meg lte'llP~ "1 Onn Lee will also turn you into Cybercross, but '11laobID »11]'08hilfumahiti a piae collecting spheres when you are already a super being, and you'll get a weapon ... Side Arms Is Avenue's first batch of SldeArma:Moving Downand looking for boooal either red-sword, green-boomerang, or license deals converted for the engine blue-gun. Weapons can only be used In a mentioned In Issue 2 of P.E.F. The standing position and holding down fire game, as expected Is Identical to the Graphics - 90% will Increase the power of the Weapon. coin-op In sound, graphics and play­ Sound - 90% Weapons are also limited to three, and ability .... with a few minor differences, Playability - 85% one is loss each time you get hit. An namely only a one player game. V.F.M. - 85% energy bar represents you life, and The game Involves controlling a depletes when hit, but Hearts can be robot, flying through ten stages of Overall - 87% collected to Increase health, and heart multi-scrolling landscape, shooting Cans to increase the bar's length so you everything that looks menacing, can store more energy. To complete a collecting different weapons, get to MINI REVIEW stage, you must reach the end In a set the end of the level, and blow-up the YAKSA time, although a 'T' Icon can be collected mother craft. Simple - but very hardll to add time to the clock. Other Icons You start by moving left to right, over This is a rip-off of SEGA's Space Har­ Includes coloured gems for bonus points, a moonscape, where aliens come at rier, but not up to It's standard. Here and a star which Increases your weapon you. Shooting certain allens will leave you control a samurai with a sword hold by one. Each stage Is plagued with weapon icons behind. To change the who can run Into and out of the screen, different insects which attack from the Icons, Just shoot It - and when you Space Harrier style while being attack­ ground or air. These Include walking ants, want the one you're after, collect It. ed by Ghouls, Ghosts, skull, crabs, rolling slugs, hopping locust, homing blue Weapons Includes speed-ups, 3-way and the like. With his sword, he can bottles and swirling flies. Some Insects laser, and a Mega Bazooka laser! slash these, or jump out of their way. also carry guns, mortars and drop bombs. Control ls by pad, which moves your Like S.H. you must get to the end of Aswell as Insects, there are also robot around the screen, with the two the level, and once there, kill a rather mechanical drolds, and moving crates on fire buttons for left or right fire. To nasty creature, which requires several later levels! Once you get to the end on a change weapons, you must press the repeated hits. As Yaksa, you will oc­ stage, a strange creature will confront you. run buttons which pauses the game casionally come across a small alien On stage one, there's a fire breathing and slides up the weapons window, looking bloke which will give you a jumping frog, and other stages includes a where you can select the weapon you weapon so you can klll the enemy at sexy rabbit with a blaster, lobster with a want. This method Is effective, but long range or Increase you energy as machine gun, and a large electro elephant slows the fast pace of the game you only get one life. Sound is ok, which throws a curtain of electricity from down. Also, in each stage, there's a Graphics are great, but 3D animation both sldesl KIiiing them, and a bonus will hidden power-up icon, find It, and Is jerky, and gameplay Is very boring. It be award based on time energy another robot ship appears and can take several minutes just to kill the remaining. Later levels, these Boss attaches Itself to you, giving all round first end of level Dragonl This game Is creatures appear within levels making fire. There are also hidden bonus not recommended - try If thinking of progn,aa doubly dlfflcult. points In the form of cows, ~ & Buying. GAMES REVIEWS PC BNOINB FANATICS - ISSUB 4 PAST BLAST lFJl}\fA]L UJP TWIN lPAC-LANJD) AI.mN ORJUSH bfNamcat-3meR Namoot/2mea \te,i\cwa\ u, Daneu Pottage Nuat/2ma lle-4\ewa\ u, Cu-pu l.&i\e'J Re-4\cwa\ u, tinnk This Is a conversion of Namco's Pacman bounces onto the engine coin-op. The original consisted of two (up with Namcot's conversion of Pac­ This is the first and only pinball game to 8 was possible) car cabinets placed Land. for the engine and one of the best on side to side, and when played with a Here you control the famous any machine - apart from those on mate was a real test of manhood. yellow muncher through 9 levels of the old C64. Allen Crush was The Engine version may not match mayhem, accompanied by the fair released nearty a year a go, and is a the coin-op with It's graphics, but It sure Princess whom you must return to two stage table long pinaball game as hell plays well II The screen is split her home safely. Each level gets which flips quickly when the ball past horizontally, and details like speed progressively harder, as you tackle from one to the other. This might position and circuit layout etc., are spring board jumps over water sound ridiculous, and you might say It displayed at the top of the screen. You horrendous mazes in which you have would be better if it scrolled, but can choose from both formula one and to locate keys to open barriers to because the ball can travel at such a formula 3000, and between manual or progress through. Every so ofter speed between the sections, the automatic gear change. With the big V12 there are gold capsules, which when game plays a lot better this way. The engine in a F1 car, you can reach munched, turn every ghost in the table itself is based on the 'Alien' speeds of up to 31 o kph. vicinity in a tasty morsel. theme - hence the name, and has the Although not as fast, the F3000 cars At the end of every level, you usual, and has the usual pinball are much zippier and the action is fast jump through a door into a garden gadgets like bumpers, roll-overs etc. and furious. The cars response is superb where the Princess greets you and but in alien form, like brains, gaping and gives you total control, although you hands over a trendy pair of red mouths, skulls, kidneys, and so forth. can oversteer and spin off the track, or shoes, which enable you to leap as Like the game Time Scanner, you ~e rammed off, (by the opposition, right high as you wish, very useful, for can enter different tables, but Crush's into a pacman sign, with his toothless jumping loft cactuses, (or is it Cactii? are bonus ones, so losing a ball in grin). The scrolling is perfect and the - never was good as english). them doesn't matter. To get these speed looks very realistic. You can tables, you must hit certain items and choose from 20 tracks, from around the a gaping alien mouth will open ~ith a world, infact everywhere except yellow arrow pointing to it. Get the England!? ball into the mouth, and you'll enter Other options Includes test laps, two the table. There are four of these - player matches, and also a decent little three accessed from the top half of R.P.G. game in which you guide your the main section and one from the character around a map, with his radio lower. The bonus tables are all single controlled car and other characters screen and all different. One involves challenge you to races. You can also a multi- section snake, like one in customize your car with new tyres, R-Type, which you must disembody motors, etc. by hitting each section with the ball The Sounds in the game are also whe_reas another involves hitting good, with realistic wheel spins, crashes moving skulls and gremlins into holes and skidding effects. A nice touch is that, Pacland: The Ghaat - In b a awprt,,ewhen t. gat the P11 amongst obstacles. Bonus points are both opponents' cars have their own awarded for amount hit, or should you The only niggle about Pacland is clear It, a extra big bonus is added. S.F.X., so as you drive; you can hear if that you can choose which trip to the other car is ripping around a comer Alien Crush is a very playable start on, from 1 to 6 (round 17) and pinball game - and well worth getting or has crashed. There are also a couple the never ending credit system of good tunes. Overall, Final Lap Twin is If you Ilka the old ball and flippers. which, after a little time enables you Graphics are great with nice a hardcore game, with addictive game to complete it. play, and even better when you burn animated touches like blood flowing Overall though, Pacland is fun through veins around the main table rubber with a mate. A serious contender with plenty of platform frivolities, nice If you're a speed freak, and a game not aliens chomping on the ball, and graphics, such as the ghosts flying wh~n the brain is hit enough times, it to be missed - check it outl in the planes who hurtle baby ghosts splits open where scorpion burst out. at you and carttoon like tunes which Two backing tunes are selectable help to make a very entertaining from the start - both very strange with Graphics - 75% game. Sound - 78% a touch of heavy rock. Sound F.X. are usual pinball like which suit the game V.F.M. - 88% Graphics - 89% Playability - 90% . well. The ball moves very reaJistically, Sound - 85% and game can be played slow or fast, V.F.M. - 80% Overall although slow mode is not very - 88% Playability - 80% playable. Oh yes .... if anyone Is thinking of beating my hi-score, it took Overall - 82% around three and a half hours to accumulate .... worst of all I started playing It after Midnightll

Graphics - 80% Sound - 75% Playability - 80% V.F.M. - 75%

Overall - 75% lUlldmate'll1aer Tales of the Monster Path TJBCJEI This is a good one - how t~ start with extra 3 To start on later stage at the lava/clouds- helicopters I first enter the Staff lnfomatlon Board by First start the game - and when you take off from your Holding down both 1+11buttons, plus the T[JP~ carrier, move your Hell to the bottom left comer. As SELECT key, and tap RUN. When you have soon as get there, drop a big one ... I mean a bomb! get It up, type In : If you any You wlll hear a noise (not that kinda noise!) .. and you Hints, Tips, will get your extra lives. To verify this, get hit to see ·s.s2.oe.22" Cheats, Maps, your line of heli's. suggestions, Then reset the game (SELECT & RUN), found strange Also, If you have watched the demo, you will notice and when you start, you'll be on a later when it collects the yellow disk, the heli gets homing stage. happenings or bullets, but even when you get maximum 'S' Icons, you bugs in any PC will never get them. Help is at hand - or finger, as you Engine game., must hold down the SELECT key at the same time you Last Issue we mentioned how to (or not then please collect the yellow disk to get homing bullets. Note that, to) get 4 super fast screen on Space write in and let they are not too effective - usually going after enemies Harrier .... but, it's deflnately possible on you don't want them to go after, leaving you open to this game. A.gain, get the Staff Info Board ustnow. close quarter helicopters, tanks etc. up, and type in :

A. couple of notes on the game: "SPEED-UP• Y/AKS/A If any of you have Every Ten 'P' bonus Stars you collect, a Bomb icon will again reset, and when you start, four mini bought this game, appear. super fast screensll Not only is the games here's a code for 1 UP extra heli icons appear at hidden parts of each fast, but the music speeds up too. you. To continue stage. One appears every 80% of each stage if you the game, use the can shoot it. If anyone has got past the Budda in the PASSWORD - When using bombs to destroy end of level tanks, clouds - please let us know. We have 'A.KISH-INOSAN'. planes or bases, stay in the explosion and keep firing seen pies of later stages like when you at the target for maximum effect, and protection. get turned into a frog, you enter a city with lots of mini guys like you and you bathing Soo Soo JI.1I nude with a woman Ill Here's two small tips: Either i) Hold down Button I, Select key and joystick Up SIDEARMS when you start and you'll have a magic lamp. As this game Is fairty tough, the game has a slow motion mode ii) Hold down Button II, Select key and joystick Up built In - which Is a great help, as the slow motion switch on when you start and you'll have an reserve health certain joysticks don't work correctly as this upsets the potion. weapons when you move left/right. To get slow-mo :- ~od On the title screen, hold down .Down, I, II and push RUN. Here are a host of tips for this Mega shoot'em up. To get Monochrome mode, which doesn't work on scart If you find GunHed a bit easy, then try playing the versions (we haven't got a PAL engine to try either) do the game at a harder level. To do this, Hold down Select same as above but push UP instead of Down. and press button I, II, I, II, I, 11.... etc .. (up to 60 times), where you can select a level. The title GUNHED logo changes colour. Different levels have different names VALIS II like God of Game. To get the 'Visual Test Tool' screen up, push the following buttons In order on the title screen: How about extra 8 way fire aswell as your normal weaponry? You would? First use up all bombs you UP, I, SELECT, II, DOWN, RUN have, then collect 30 gels - those pink spheres which appear when you shoot certain targets, BUT do NOT Aswell as the Visual Test, there are also Sound, Level and collect other items during collecting the gelsl This is colour test in the 'Extra Test' option. quite difficult to do, but if you survive to stage 2, a flashing yellow ship like yours will float down - collect it FOR ITEM SELECT: and you will have 8-way fire.You can also collect Pause the game and enter the command below: the protection balls (IV) aswell as second weapons. Pause while holding down II. SELECT, I, II, I You may continue now. When you want wany weapon or item, What about an extra 10ups and 20 bombs? You would pause the game and push (II) to choose a different weapon or again? To get them, DON'T attack the mother ship ( I) to get any item. THUNDER BREATH (the big enemy that divides itseH In three at the end of stage 1) for approx. 80 seconds! •------

To see ending sequence : Push run button rapidly (or CYBERCROSS tum on Slow Switch If you have one) at the title screen. This game Isn't very hard to complete, but If you're having (Tum off the Slow switch when it starts). Unfortunately trouble, how about been able to Continue from the start of the this doesn't work most of the time. stage you died on?

SOUND TEST MODE : On the title screen, hold down When you die, pause the game, then press I, II, & DOWN. the SELECT button, push left and right by turns for 16 Then un-pause the game, and when you are back on the title times, and hey presto! Music Mode. You can then use screen, press Run to start the game, and you should re-start the buttonsto select required tunes and S.F.X. from the stage you died. MORE TBCH TIPS ....

fPj\(C-0..~~ mBaAa'IIoo You really don't need any tips for this game as there Is Best weaponto use In 1h18game Is the Shot Gun (SG) as the ever lasting credit system, so that you can It Is the onlyweapon which stopsthe opponentsbulets. complete the game, or die of boredom trying! On stage •• when you get to the end, go to the bottom right cornerand shot left with the Shot Gun, and you'll be Anyway, to activate the cheat option mode - If you safe and dispose of the giant R>talingmothershlp. haven't already figured out, on the title screen, hold down both fire buttons, and press Run. You will then presented with a Giant pacman and some Japanese ~~ text, accompalned by a Jolly tune. Well, that doesn't help much, does It? So, hold down the buttons and Here Is anotherally password: JELAB NNMDK press Run again, and you'll get the message 'PACS' This wlll let you become the princess, but you can stlll and 'SKIPS'. On selecting pacs, you can change the rescue another prtncessl? amount of pacmen to start each game with a maximum of 9, and toggle the stage skipping, so that you can start/skip whatever level you want. Once you have made your decision, hit run and you will enter und Test Mode. Here you can listen to all the sound and tunes from the game. Reset to start normal play with the game options you've selected.

Even with the above .... Hyou still find the game dHficult, how about Invincibility? First do above with Skip On. When you start the game, select Skip 1, and tap the joystick/pad 'Down' 100 times - where a message will appear - 'NOMISS'. lnvln. mode active! You can now pass through ghosts, buses, cars, etc ... without a care in the pacland. The Japanese Cho.-ts !! rl/l.lJ,/.1 llflrl/l,111.1,l'.II/Jtl As no-one entered last month's compo, this month we'll Here we go again, and this time the japs have gone CD make it a little easier, and the first prize will be 6 months crazy with 'Far East of Eden' rocketing straight In to the FREE subscription to P.B.F. If you already have place a number One spot! The game's a fab giant Role Play subscription to to, then we'll refund the money, or give graphic adventure ..... unfortunately, the game Is all In you a grand cash priu of £5.40 at no expense spared - no japanese ... and it's a little more expensive than other CD other magazine can have ever matched this! I games at 7, 200 Yen (£33). To win, just answer the following Engine related questions, then take the first letter from each answer, 1 Far East of Eden CD RPG 2 Pro Wrestling 3meg Sport game re-arrange the letters to mate the title of a game on the 3 Ninja Warriors 3meg Arcade Action engine ... simple eh ? Once you have worked out the 4 Valis II CD Arcade Action wont, send it in, and the first out of the hat will win the 5 Pac-w1d 2meg Arcade Action sub. So here goes : 6 ??Unknown 4meg RPG 7 Naxat Open 3meg Sport game (Golf) 1. What Animal features in Taito's Helicopter shoot'em 8 Tales of Monster Path 2meg Arcade Action up released at the end of march? 9 Power Gott 3meg Sport game (Golf) 1o Mah Jong game 3meg Mah Jong game 2. Second word in answer of question 5. The game that is hoped to top the charts next month will be Hudson Soft's Power League II, as It's a great baseball 3. Name of a CD-Rom game featuring a girl who wish to game, and currently, japan is baseball crazy with a flood of become a pop star. baseball games for the Ninetendo. 4. The game based on the japanese series Monkey.

5. The sequel to Bobble Bobble coming soon on CD-Rom for the engine.

6. The two crazy character in Hodson soft's 6th game which W .ff.Smiths would ban 'cos of it's rude happcninga.

7. The Number in the title of a shoot'em op game that Namcot converted so bri11iandy.

8. Name the game that B. T. and a flipping Blephant can play. FAAEAST OF EDEH .. .. I you lilce the game and wish to buy it, your Mr. W.Gneer would like to swap games £5 is redD.ctedfrom the original cost of the with some one. He wish to swap P,.47, game. Quite a good deal if you wish to Ninja Warriors, and Watura for any U -,ou \\ave a q_ue&t\on, -ptob\em, a purchase• game. other PC Engine g•mes. Mr Gneer can V\c'W to -put fot"Wan\, etc .• then d.to-pU& Jf anyone JS interested in a hire be contacted at 36, Wingates centre, a \me ant\. make -yout&C\f.\\catd. •••wntc service. I'm willing to hire my games out .Redditch • 898 0NR. or 'lei: 0527-65025. to notma\ aMtcSS. tor a week"for a price of say, £3 which will include the postage to you and return. All proceeds will go to getting more tid°'! ~nd even a game donated for a competition. Fintly, ..,, h•d • Jew questions regarding THE PEF HIRE )EQ~ICE diflerent types of PC Engines been sold The hire service is restricted to games, so we won't be hiring out CD-Rom I/nits to which has • TV Booster on the b•ck. As we have quite a selection of These •re sold by Micro Medi• •nd play CD only games!! We won't be_selling the games as we don't want to go mto the games, we have decided to hire Mention, •nd if you wish to connect • games out to our readers. That CD-Rom to them, you will h•ve to get trade side of things. We Jene that to the your engine modified, and should contact other companies. Alternatively, you can way, you can play games that you the place where you bought it. lf you sw•p games with each other - saving would never think of buying, try money. h•ppen to h• ve • scart soclcet on_J'!'ur ?" out games you'll thinking of buy, or if you have • monitor, then 1t s quite and so on. First HIRE rate Is £5, easy to modity •nd shouldn't cost much. Cor Blimey!! with second etc. hire at £3. This is P.E.F. is fantastic. Never has a paper for 1 weeks hire, including return We •lso h•d a letter from Rowan Held of been used so well. A few ideas on how to postage. Putney, London, who has an Engine from make the 'zinc even better - raise the price to a £1 and tell everyone that 'zinc has .Mention which has a TV Booster, and was We don't have ALL games ... and unable to use the stereo sound method now '?' more pages, including a letters page, tech tips page, a couple ~~ comps. only a few copies of each, so we mentioned in issue I. However, he rang can't guarantee games that you Mention up and they advised him to and a review update page, explammg what contact Warick Electronics on 0203- other people give the game. To want. 602070 who can convert your TV Booster compensate for the price rise you also Our list includes: to output stereo for a price of £6.56 which supply the stamps and envelopes. Well includes postage. Their address is 142 keep up the good work. Alien Crush, Chan & Chan, Dragon Woodway Lane, Wa/sgrave, Coventry. G. de Ban~ Uttox., Staffs. Spirit, Dungeon Explorer, Fantasy Thanks for the info. and the R-Type Zone, Fighting Street (CD-Rom), blow-ups Rowan! J don't think the price rise is so necessary, Final Lap Twin, Galaga '88, GunHed, but it now stands at 60p and subscription Hitsu Mano (CD-Rom), Legendary 1s there any truth in the Europe PC is 90p - close to your reco1TII1!endation_. Axe, MotoRoader, Mr. Shiboobi Man, Engine? l phoned NEC but they say they The review update is a good idea, but 1t Nectaris, Ninja Warriors, P*47, the So, a have no plans for a UK PC Engine yet. but will depend on users. if you h_ave_ Pacland, Pro Wrestling, A-Type I, different opion of a game, then wnte m. they would. Should the p_ublic bu! an A-Type II, Side Arms, Son Son II, Everyone has dif.terent tJlstes. import. wait for a UK machine or ~~t f?T Space Harrier, Tales of the Monster the American machine (l know th1s 1s b1g Peth The Kung Fu, Ultimate Tiger, and black, has it any more ports or a Congratulations on P.E.F.I It's a van's II (CO-Rom), Victory j>ystick?) really good read. How the hell do you get Run Vigilante, Watura, Winning Shot, Lee Branch. Peterborough. past level 4 on Tales of the Monster P~? Wo~derboy II, & Wor1dCourt Tennis. I can kill the fire-head and the tree thing. With the console marlcet increasing, •nd but the rocks always gets me. l agree the We shall also soon have Bloody Wolf, more non-official PC Engines selling, music on the demon scenes is pretty good, Altered Beast (CD), Darius (CD), NBC is bound to step in and bring out an but it's not a patch on the Pet Shop Wonderboy Ill (CD), and Power Golf otficial one •.. but when is •nyones guess. Boys!!! when they become available .& for getting • engine - it's best to stick ps. What is "OveThauled Man" for God's hopefully this month. with the current imported 4- modified sake? ones. At/ease they are available with R.c,eerMcseley. Newcutlc-Upon-Tyne. To hire a game (limited to one game enough software and hardware add-ons. per hire only!), send required amount The best way to destroy the Rocks is to The American version is no dillerent from end a choice of 3 games - just incase stay on the Jett and beam up to maximum the Jap•nese version •part from ~he we don't have the game you want as and Jet it have it. See Tech tips for other casing •s far •s we lcnow. ~e machine first choice, and we'll whisk it to you. tips. No comment on Pet Shop Boys ... l comes with an •uto-lire pad like the ones can't say I'm• tan of theirs. you c•n buy, but no joystick - which is extra. .& for O-verhauled Man - none ofus have Talking of Joysticks, should you seen the game in action so we don't ~ow. However, it could well be vertical intend to buy one, it's a good ide• to a check if they tmrk with the 5-pla:yer multi­ shoot'em up game by FACE which we have seen pies of in the japanese press, tap, because, certain ones don 't ! ! One of which is sold by Micro Media and it's which J believe is sometimes known as outlets, 41-Mention at around £19.99. Honey Sky. Here you control a thimble These are a strange shape with buttons on li/2 hero and fly through wierd landscape eithor side and look very plastic. A neat while attacked by some more el'e:flwierder Your character can also lire one to get is the XE T Pro which has the creatures . multi-tllp built in, but it's -veryexpensi-ve 360 degrees..You can also collect weapons •t around £60. etc. Thegame is FACE'• lint releat1e - the people responsible for Cybercrou. Should anyone have this game, please Alternetlvely, you can hire games A number of people h•ve mentioned the 'Writein a let us blow wlu,t it's Jim. from the Console Club, who also sell Console .Club ••• which 1 believe hire games, minus the hire charge should gamea out for £5 fbr a RCA:.. and should you buy the game you hire. ~ .. -~· -=------=c-:-:Hc-:-A-=R==Ts=---=-,ill ' M::-::-:-::1s::-:::c:-,.I PC ENGINE FANATICS - ISSUE Tbe Men Scares Chart MISC. : Nlnetendo Bit of a changelhls month as each game Best games on the 8-blt console has got to be RoboCop, looking will be accompanied by the top three extremely good ... and certainly couldn't be worst than the ST/ Amiga scores, so that more people can have a versions which are terrible. Apart from that game, nothing chance of been on It. particularity stunning. However, because of the great sucess of the machine, the Japanese press are not content with Just bog standard ALIEN CRUSH: mags., but have just released the first Ninetendo magazine on VHS 79, 090, 400 - Onn Lee a. .. aa. .. : Video Tape. The tape cost 1980 yen (approx. £9 - probably a bit 862, 060 - Tony Bunn (C) more considering the state of the brltlsh trade figures, etc.), and last 842, 700 - MichaelGlover around 45mins, In stereo hi-fl quality sound. Although It Is a 689, 000 - Gary Hall (C) ninetendo magazine, other consoles are mentioned Including the CyberCross : Engine and Mega Drive. The tape will be bi-monthly, which shows 150, 000+ - Goran Lukic (C) how keen the japs are about their machine. Unfortunately, as the 150, 000+ - Onn Lee (C) japanese uses the NTSC system, so we were unable to get a copy Dragon Spirit : and see what It's like. 468, 980 - Onn Lee (C) Fighting Street : 97, 100 - Darren Pottage MISC: Ses,a Galaga "88: The PAL versions of the Mega Drives have finally arrived in the 1, 207, 990 - DavidCharles (C) UK, which I believe are better than the scart versions as they are 1, 119, 220 - Geoff Ousbey(C) suppose to have better quality colour(?!). As mentioned last issue, 842, 700 - MichaelGlover Capcom's conversion of Ghouls & Ghosts is Mega awesome, and IS GunHed: the coin-op. If the game is bundled with Mega Drive, then I would say 12, 966, 390 - Justin Saunders(C) that, the machine will sell like hot cakes. 10,341, 510-Onn Lee (C} On the magazine front - two new ones especially for the SEGA Legendary Axe: wiill be available. One in japan called 'Mega Drive Fan, ofcourse, just 107, 850- Onn Lee for the Sega 16-bit machine, and will be a monthly magazine. The Ninja Warriors: 193, 800 - Geoff Ousbey other will be a british one from Future publications - publisher of such P-47: magazines as New Computer Express and ACE. The magazine will 790, 500 - Onn Lee cost £1.20, and will be launched at the forth coming PC Show, and Pacland: will only be available on subscription at first. The magazine will be 92, 290 - Onn Lee called Sega Sensation, and will be mainly for the 8-blt console, as R-Type I+ II: 1 that's the most popular console in the UK at present, but will 973, 300 - Onn Lee (C) probably cover the Mega Drive in the future. By the way, if you have Side Arms: read the latest 'The Games Machine' magazine, and seen those 884, 200 - Onn Lee great pictures of 'Double Dragon 2' which are supposely on the Space Harrier : nlnetendo - they are NOT - as they are on the Sega Mega Drivel 30, 603, 110 - Zaqlr Shaikh (C) Son Son II: 865, 110 -Tony Bum (C) AUSC: The Others •••• 500, 550 - Onn Lee And what of the others? Strangely enough, a couple of old 317, 800- RowanHeld consoles are making It to the UK. The first Is the ATARI 7800 The Kung Fu : . ProSystem, and will sell for around £70. The unit comes with two 450, 000 - DavidCheung (C) standard 8-blt sega type joypads, but a small levels can be screwed Ultimate Tiger: into the centre of the pad to act like joysticks. The machine comes 1,678,330 -W.Gneer with Asteroids II built into the machine, rather like Hang-On Is now on Valls II: ??????? - Justin Saunders(C) the Sega. The machine doesn't have great graphics, but are a little Vigilante: better than the original VCS - but not as good as a C64. Currently 18, 460 - David Charles (C) the machine only has a selection of old titles like Centipede, Joust, 13, 520 - DarrenPottage (C) Xevious, Donkey Kong Jr. etc., but more are planned Including some Watura: from British companies.We don't see this machine selling well over Level 7 - Goran Lukic here, but it does have two thing going for it, one - price, and that is, it Wonderboy II : can use all the old VCS cartridges!! 266, 000 - Gary Hall Another console to make a come back is CBS' Coleco Vision 202, no - Roger Moseley Console. The machine was released about 9 years a go, and was a 197, 500 - Zaqir Shaikh state of the art console at It's time with brilliant coin-op conversions like Popeye, Donkey Kong, and the totally amazing Zaxxon which were just like the original. The machine also had an oplonal steering wheel add-on for racing games llke Turbo (remember that game?!). It was hoped to sell extremely well, but with the growing computer market It didn't suceed. Those were the days when you could buy a 'good' computer game for around £5 and console cartridges were several times more expensive. The machine Is hoped to be re-launched for around £50 at around September, but again - It's unlikely to suceed considering the state of consoles available at the moment with better sound & graphics.It Is however, a far better machine than the Atari 7800. Will we see the return of the Vetrex system or the lntelllvlslon ?I