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PLAYABLE DEMO you can. In the second bit you've removed It's ace! Play the first two bits of your scuba gear, leaving you free to Tengen's latest smash! roam the base. But, look out!, loads of particularly violent creatures are ODeep down in the murky waters also lurking around the place. Swiftly villages. Your task is to find the of the ocean lie the evil dispose of them with your weapon. mask and reunite the tribes In Madame Q's headquarters. It's not You can leap onto the platforms and order to defeat the rebels. exactly convenient for the shops, but annihilate the guards up there, but The location of the mask is she's not interested in shopping. watch out for lasers and other booby shown on the map, which is She's far more interested in taking traps that line the route! split into ten pieces and over the world with her crazy army of And that*s it! As you can see, the located in ten sections spread cybernetic fighters and lizard whole caboodle is a bit of splffy throughout the region. Only warriors! And you can have a go at Speccy programming and a realty Professor Calne can piece stopping her! good game to boot. And for that full together the map. Once it's complete Here it is — your chance to take a Thunderjaws experience, why not O FULL GAME G Warden Harry Smith can use it to look at Tengen's latest smash pop down to your local software locate and retrieve the mask and ThunctorJaws and see how emporium and pick up a copy today * Sprawling arcade adventure from return it to the Chief. This gives you completely brill it is. You've got parts (you'll be glad you did). Hewsonl control over all the characters. one and two of level one, in their Most characters can be recruited entirety. Africa! Vast isn't it? It's got, individually if approached by In part one you're swimming along CONTROLS r\ like, loads of spook countries someone who has the allegiance. the route to Madam Q's HQ but the Easy — if s on keyboard (with all wrapped in one huge continent Since the Chief holds most of their water's patrolled by cyber-sharks definable keys) or joystick controls. If s got deserts, jungles, lakes and allegiances he has to be cured by a and lethal enemy divers. Blast all you What you do need to know is the lots of people who fight for their vaccine that only Doctor Awari can see with your harpoon gun and make actions the controls perform, and native freedom and that sort of thing. administer (she's got to find it first). your way to the door which leads here they are: Yes, as you may have guessed, we Rebels invade in units of 40. into the first of Madame Q's bases. haven't much of a clue about Africa Between the waves of rebels, grass Don't forget to pick up any weaponry Left • Move left at alt. We've never been there fires sweep the land, destroying the opposition drop and use it best Right • Move right (though Oli's planning to go In everything in their path (only on the September). But here's your flat plains). Fires can be put out by • Four lives, • gun and loads of energy - this cybernetic shark doesn't stand a chance! passport to an African adventure, it's the characters, but they should only Into Africa, a great arcade adventure attempt to extinguish burning grass which has you performing all kinds otherwise they may be kilted. of daring escapades (under the guise The land is occupied by many of many different characters). animals for which everyone has Under the rule of Chief Kasula, respect for: no-one can move onto holder of the Golden Mask, the 35 land where an animal stands (so, tribes that inhabit an area of Africa plotters, rebels are diverted by have lived peacefully for many years. animals). There are, however, big But now the Chief is diseased and game poachers who systematically dying, and the mask has been stolen. kill the wildlife (making things easier The tribes have drifted apart and face for the rebels). Poachers can be extinction when their land is invaded killed. by rebel forces from the southerly The bottom row of the screen neighbouring country. The rebels, shows all available commands, with desperate for supplies, are attacking the current command highlighted. To =fl

> Warden Harry Smith It about to change — evening wear, one wonders select a command, move the controls to rotate a character and fire highlighter using left and right and to select direction. press fire to select And this is what the commands do: RADIO If your character is at a radio or warden's station he can call up CHANOi Allows you to change any of the eight radio stations. character. Only the characters You're shown a chart of the area i Look, if* Phil Collins and his drum kit C'mon Phil glvt us a tune recruited are shown. There are 40 surrounding the radio station and the controllable characters and eight occupants of that area. radio operators. TIPS! STATUS Shows the status of the Supplies are found at all current character's strength, villages, radio huts, missionary location, petrol, men, supplies and huts and warden stations. water. Strength is dependent on water and supplies. Water is taken from lakes.

NIGHT When all characters have Petrol is found at radio huts, completed their moves, select this missionary huts and warden Icon. All rebels and poachers make stations. their moves at night Combat takes place at night. The vaccine can be found at the village of Jaba. > And here's Phil about to perform a suicidal leap (don't think he's high enough, really) MAI* Shows the portions of map collected by the Professor. The mask can be found east of that's currently ticking away in this expect for one lone security the village of Talodt game. Let's take a closer look at officer, were at a conference KICRUIT When a character moves what's going on.„ deliberating the date of Nemisis' into the same location an an The game only ends when deployment the Andromedans unrecruited character, this command you've successfully completed the The military forces of Earth have invaded NEXOR. recruits him (depending on his task It's up to you to decide if a repelled the Andromedan Now — quelle suprise — that lone allegiance). game has become impossible to attackers. The only remaining survivor is you and if s your job to complete (eg. the Chief dies or Andromedan forces occupy the prevent the Andromedans from DRIVt The five main characters can Warden Harry Smith is killed heavily defended Orion getting hold of the Nemisis device. use this command to drive a jeep. before delivering the mask). Stronghold. The device is made of five modules This allows them to move further in a Earth is threatened with re- and there are five duplicates of the day and to travel at night. You cannot invasion. The only way to eliminate models, also within the NEXOR drive through the jungle, mountains CONTROLS the Orion Stronghold is by cutting planet These ten modules must not or takes. Make your way into Africa using the off its supply link from Andromeda be taken by Andromedan forces, nor keyboard controls, which are: N/left — a huge hyperspatial link through must the blueprints (held on WALK Enables a driving character M/right and SPACE/fire. which ordnance and supplies pass. magnetic tape). to leave a jeep. The The only way out of the NEXOR military complex is via the Matter Transfer RKCORD Saves current game forces of Beam (MTB), but its control panel position. Earth created was shattered in the Andromedans' a weapon to attack. There's also a self-destruct INFO Shows the status screen and a destroy the system which will destroy the chart of the surrounding locations link, complex and its contents. The tape and who's occupying them. * insxorn which you codenamed blueprints must be recovered as their have to save the Full Game! Nemisis, and hardened case could survive the MOVK Advances a character to the universe — again installed it explosion, and preventing the location he's facing. What goes 'tick, tick, booml'? on the NEXOR (Nemisis blueprints falling into Andromedan * Experimental and Operational hands is your overall ROTATI Enables a character to face That's right a bomb. So, what Research) planet. But (but! BUTI) objective.Additionally, you have to a new direction. Use the left and right goes TICK, TICK, BOOM!'? Yup, a as all the members of NEXOR, get the MTB operational, searching very large bomb, not unlike the one the complex for the control panel's spar* components, KNOW YOUR BLOBBY BITS! El t Yellow diamond objects. These fall exactly find the blueprints and PAC r • A black square; anything that moves can like rocks and lose you a life should they collide with beam them to safety. happily trundle through fL your head. The exit only appears when you've There now only collected the required amount of diamonds. ; remains the problem of GRj o • A green square; you can walk through this i recovering the ten leaving a trail of black spaces behind. Rocks are often BC B S • The purple bombs can be pushed but I Nemisis modules and supported by grass, so when the grass is removed the explode when they reach the end of their fall, beaming them away. At rock falls (hence the title!). destroying nine surrounding squares. least one of each module I is required to recover • R Si • Round, red and hardl They can be supported AL NS • The three types of aliens can only move In complete Nemisis by grass or any other solid object You can support black spaces and can be killed by dropping a rock or device, enabling the rocks if they haven't already fallen — but if one comes bomb on them. planned deployment to hurtling toward you, step outta the way, prontol Single take place. This is your rocks can be pushed sideways, if there's space • Finally, time for a rousing hurrah for all these second objective. available. CRASH readers and their amazing maze designing Any modules that fall skills which brought this tittle gem of a game to life: into the hands of the WALLS • Inner walls have a red and yetlow brick Raul Howard, Worklnham; Claire Priestly, Cronton, Andromedans can be pattern and outer walls, which only appear at the edge Cheshire; Ben Wyatt, Norwich; Paul McKeown, St destroyed by the self- of a level, are blue and yellow. Nothing can pass James, Northampton; Mrs C Miller, Gorleston, Norfolk; destruct system. through walls — though you can destroy Inner walls John and Alan Sheilds, Hull; Richard Collin, Romanby, There's a time limit with a controlled bomb explosion. North Yorks; and of course, Andrew and Ian Collier for here as an Andromedan dreaming up the shebang in the first place. Hurrah! Wot shuttle is expected to transport any E.x i • A targe E In a square. Beware of burying and a clever lot you all arel captured modules away for blowing up an exit, If you do the level examination. 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Andrew and Ian Collier, but also CONTROLS CRASH readers have designed some Prevent all kinds of disaster using the of the levels (and there are 20 of the keyboard or Joystick control. bioomin' things)! Joystickers need to plug into a The object of Rockfall 2 is to collect Kempston. Protek or Sinclair interface, the required amount of Jewels from and keyboard players, your controls each level; the number you need is are redefinablel Hurrah! shown at the bottom right-hand comer of the screen. When you've done that an EXIT k fall 2 sign appears — usually in some hard-to- FimH cpcvi reach place — • If a him — the hero wtth no name Im CONTROLS and you're screen that looks like aomethlng from the Bash boulders using the keyboard. A«ac* of ttte Kilbr Tomitoes * If s the most eagerly awaited whizzed off to the next level. The controls keys are definable but Powertape sequel! When a game is finished and number between zero and the don't use H, that's pause, and you you've entered your high score Into highest level you've reached. press P to begin playl Oo Here it is! Rockfall 2 - the the table (which can be saved out), 'ls sequel to the game that had the title screen Is displayed, everyone blending their brains last showing the highest level reached. If year! The puzzles are more devious you get past level zero you're asked because they've not only been which level you wtsh to be created by Rockfalf s authors, transported to — this can be any • This la no time to perform a merry Jig, there 1a guardian on the wayt

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Shoot till you poop! Action all The aliens have Invaded five different • the way in shoot-'em-up style! areas, each area makes up one of Aliens — they're the scourge of the Sfarflursf s levels. universe. Nasty bug-eyed greenies, Your first job is to halt further equipped with advanced technology alien waves breaking Into the Earth's (the rotters) and always up to atmosphere by assaulting the alien mischief. Especially Invading, which waves deep In space. Shoot to kill as is something all aliens seem to be ths backdrop scrolls (rather well, particularly good at And here they don't you think?) past Here a good come again, keen to wipe out the tactic Is to collect as many of the Earth's population. Against them? power-up icons (small shields) as One lone fighter. And that's you. possible to increase your ship's The lethal assault has begun, aliens strength. Here's what you can bolt SC 00025 L. 00 LI 0A JEUELS 07 already swarming over the planet on: • SPEED Power-up your ship's speed (obviously); the faster you move the quicker you can dodge the aliens' shots.

• RAPID FIRE let rip on your attacking foes with a powerful cannon which pumps extra fire at a rate of knots!

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• TEMPORARY SHIELD Relax for a moment as you ship becomes invincible (but not for long, though)!

As you complete each level you're transported to the next invaded zone. As you progress through the five Over area two In StarfJurel — watch out for the alien, cunningly disguised a* • hamburger levels the alien attackers become more powerful and it may take more By the time you reach the end of CONTROLS plug into either a Sinclair or than one shot to eliminate them. Alien level five, make sure you've got all Blast away to your heart's content Kempston interface. fire is lethal and a hit from their shots bonus weaponry on board — you'll with controls either joystick or Oh, and before we forget, a big causes the loss of one of your lives need it: there lurks a huge mother keyboard based. On keys it's Q/up, round of applause for StarBursf s and the loss of a bonus power-up. alien ship! Screeeeam! A/down, O/left, P/right SPACE or creator Jim Gardener of Mind's Eye M/fire, X/pause, Q(in pause Software Development (clap, clap, modeVquit. Joystick players need to clap). don't forget! • Collect the bonus shield to buitd up your fighter's powar

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Guess what happens when a • G-LOC takes its name from G-force mysterious character presents Dr Loss Of Conciousness, something Henry Jones with a strange key very nasty which happens to pilots which fits and unlocks a bizarre when G-force gets too greaL So, you statue dating from 1500 BC, can be sure of a fast ride — revealing a peculiar, previously alarmingly fast, even. unseen, metal orb? Yup, the trail for • It has super-slick graphics which the fate of Atlantis begins. spin and whizz all over the place. The story's written to an Indy-type Unlike Afterburner, the action's jA formula (evil Nazi officer as Indy's viewed from the pilot's seat, looking arch enemy, beautiful old chum out of the cockpH, and the scenery | Sophia Hapgood ,and endless clues graphics bomb toward you I I and puzzles to follow up and solve). There are three difficulty levels: I Ideal material for a Speccy game. easy, where the enemy rarely hit you, I isn't it? So, hold on for a while and medium, where the shots are more • you'll have one! US Gold, who accurate, and hard, where you need H handle Lucasfilm over here, have to keep one hand on the eject | one up their sleeves. handle! Even ace Afterburner players It's planned to be a 3D isometric may find it difficult to survive for arcade adventure and is currently in long when playing the hard level! the development hands of Attention • Your plane is armed with a 20mm In diana Jones! to Detail (converters of Lucasfilm's Vulcan cannon and limited supply of Night Shift). It's not the same game missiles. A heads-up display shows as Barwood and Falstein are creating a radar map of the area, amount of in the States (that's 16-bit only), but missiles remaining and the all- of)!the stor y and characters are. We'll be important targetting system! (sort following up this one with a preview • There's an objective set for each Bool Hiss! to you, Mr Lucasfilm's Noah Falstein to create a Harrison Ford, for not new Indy adventure, especially for a very soon! mission which usually involves • wanting to be Indiana Jones computer game. • Work's just started on Indy 4 — these am the graphicsfor th e Indy sprite trashing a given amount of again. Oh, the hours of entertainment The story enemy hardware within a set time you brought to the movie screen! they came up HmiL Will we never see their like again? with was Indiana • The cannon doesn't need The Indiana Jones movies were the Jones and the mmm aiming and ammo's unlimited so ultimate adventure films, weren't Fate of Atlantis. you can blast away to your they? But when the curtains went If s a corker of a heart's content. Missile targetting down on The Last Crusade, that was plot, well on par lumitt is pretty straightforward, just wait It, the end of an excellent trilogy. with previous until the two circles in the HUD However, the folks at Lucasfilm films. In fact the join up and the message Lock Games (part of the LucasArts story has been tUtHHH On! appears, then watch your Entertainment Co, who made the turned into a ammo fly! Indy films) had different ideas. comic (which is It's fast and furious but some Especially Hal Barwood, a games also excellent), hardened Afterburner players find already ««ik«t*m designer, who teamed up with I MDY 1991 it inferior to their beloved of the mag, launched this month, a fast- paced weekly with [ four regular strips [and quick-fire I articles on music, videos, films, computers and gaming. So that means you can buy a regular, non-games mag which has something to say machine, about gaming. Hurrah! though Joining RoboCop in Havoc are gawd knows three other strips. There's Star why, if s just as good! Hurrah! Stammers, a story of futuristic mercenaries created by world-class graphic novelist Walt Simonson. Car Warriors is another futuristic strip, adapted from a roteplaying game which gives all the thrills and spills of car racing on future Earth. The other strip is Deathlok, best described as a Frankenstein story for the Nineties. Deathlok is a fighting machine with a conscience and is already a huge success in the States, where the strip was first published. And there you have it! We'll be popping down to the newsies to respected creators. Strips to be Barker's Night Breed, The Light and RoboCop!chec k out featured include Akira, a tale of Darkness War (a man is caught up in Havoc's cosmic destiny (man!) set in a a war beyond our dimension) and games futuristic Japan where biker gangs in The Last American, a story of post- With two more films yet to coverage and whaf s more we can Neo Tokyo attempt to come to terms holocaust America. Meltdown's come (RoboCop III in afford it — if s a barg at 55pl! with a world out of control. Spooky? strips will offer something to Think @Summe r 1992 and IV in • Marvel have also launched Yes, but hugely successful in both About as well as entertain. Like Summer 1993), the part man, part Meltdown, a monthly comic featuring Japan and the States. Also featuring Havoc, it's already available, but a bit machine, all cop superstar is the star high-quality, high-profile strips from is a comic strip version of Clive more pricey at 95p. attraction in Marvel's brand new comic/magazine. Havoc's the title | Hurrah! It's Captain Planet | (and he's come to save the world)!

Indeed he has and he's such a nice (who haven't done anything Speccy-ish for ages). superhero. Y'see, viewers, he cares about the environment. He stars in the world's first cartoon that revolves around green issues: In the game you control the five Planeteers, one at a time. Captain Planet and the Planeteers. In the popularity Each Planeteer is blessed with a ring of power to give && i stakes, he's knocked the Turtles back down the them special powers — of Earth. Wind, Fire, Water and sewers in the States, and looks set to do the same Heart —so swapping between the characters should get thing over here. you through the many tasks ahead. And look, he's even coloured in an Planned to have scrolly platform gameplay. with environmentally sound way. He has sky-blue skin, realistic graphics (to bring a more exciting element into green hair (somewhat reminiscent of the Jolly Green the game, rather than the cuteness of the cartoon), the mh I Giant, wouldn't you say) and earthy brown eyes. game features six levels which culminate in the five And his clothes are probably made from recycled tin Pianeteers combining their rings' powers and joining XT'MHI : cans or something but — oh dear — someone call Captain Planet in a final ecological battle. the fashion police! Cap's opponents from the series feature, too, with you S^Tfe. In every episode, he faces a different fighting such adversaries as Duke Nukem, Sly Sludge. environmental problem which he always, always, Looten Plunder. Dr Blight and the wonderfully nasty always (yawn) overcomes with the help of his five Hoggish Greedly. All the action begins in October when young do-gooding chums, the Planeteers. Now the the game goes on release, stay tuned tor a preview soon. lean, green fighting machine is mincing onto the In the meantime — to the Eco-copter, Robin! (Sorry, Speccy in a game coming soon from wrong hero.) TOP CAT

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Age: 23 (I'm going to have to start We're back with a bang and enough action to make this summer the lying soon). Weight: It varies. Height: I r hottest on record (even though it's raining)! Using your replies to 5ft 10(ish)? Fave games: Total Recall, I the Crashtionnaire we ran a few months back, we've given CRASH a Age: Age doesn't count when you're all the games, Bubble Bobble, good shake-up and this is the result! You asked for more pages — you've a pan-dimensional creature. Height: all the Super Mario Bros games got them (and they'll be even more in the autumn}! More screenshots — Tallish. Weight: 3 ounces. Fave (especially Super Mario World on the you've got them! Bigger reviews — you've got them! A 20-quid note stuck Games: Tiddlywinks, Wizball (C64), Nintendo Super Famicom). Likes: My to the cover — you should be so lucky. Pin The Blame On The Staffer. Likes: Riding see-saws with a bag of sugar, cat, Bobs (she's a lush-cake), gossip, Also on the special front this month Is the beginning of out Top 100 anything but work, ridiculous Kylie, flexible deadlines, going out Games series. We've started the countdown from 100 to 75 this issue but footwear, long spacky hair, dubious and lushing about. Dislikes: My other it's your votes for the rest we want — this is going to be the official Speccy social activities. Dislikes: People cat Rocky (he's just cost me a best-ever games list {and, what's more, you could win £100 worth of asking ruddy stupid questions, fortune at the vet's), buying a car, software!). So, get on and enjoy it and drop us a line telling us what you people with ginger hair, small 'cos I know clat all about them, strict reckon — Lloyd's waiting by the letterbox (and I'm about to push a wet animals and furry children, celery. deadlines. Fave phrase: Excellent haddock through it). Cityl Fave phrase: Why am I not surprised. Until next month, which is going to be an absolutely brilliant issue, make it bum! Nick Pie' Roberts, Staffer Markie 'Colin' Kendrick, Art Editor

Your Ed Age: 20 and going bald. Height: Average for a Brummy. Weight: A bit Lloyd Old' Mangram, Mark Corky' Caswell, more than Woz. Fave Games: Hide The Sausage (old party game), Bite Staffer Staffer The Dust all the Ultimate games. Age: Over the Likes: Putting colour pages in mono, hill. Gary Human, Depeche Mode, Maddy's Weight:Sturdy. buttered baps, getting Charlie to buy Height: 6ft the drinks. Dislikes: Anyone taking (without plat- the mickey, Charlie not buying the Age: 19 Weight: Cough, mutter, form shoes). drinks, people with a full head of hair. ahem. Height: 5ft 10 with spikey hair, Fave Fave phrase: Not my job, pal! 5ft without. Fave Games: Turrican 2, Games: Jet Set Maria's Christmas Box, anything with Willy, Penefrafor, anything else no- eggs in it Give A Dog A Bone (Nick's one remembers. Likes: gardening, one-meg SAM game), Rugby Coach. slippers, Enor, steaming unfranked Likes: Julie, writing SAM games, stamps of letters, paper bags. Age: 26 (crumbly, eh?). Weight: 3 slagging off Mark, black clothes, left- Disklikes: Young 'uns (especially tons. Height: Bigger than Nick. Fave handed water skiing. Dislikes: Nick), tourists, mouse traps, April Games: Dropzorte (CM), NARC Beards. Walton's custard tarts, heavy Fools' day. Fave phrase: It weren't (Speccy), Smash TV (coin-op). Likes: metal music. Fave phrase: Chooorl like this in my day. Walking into things, bizarre clothing,

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Plenty of a time but a well-placed blow with your heavily armed opponent (yeah, it's a colour has been splashed about the screens and brings the whole game to harpoon makes one disappear in a unoriginal but it wouldn't be the life, making you want to play on and sea even more. If it had been stream of bubbles (a nice effect that). same without an end-of-level developed as a monochrome game it would have lost all Its Additionally, Q's armed cyber-divers monster). On the first level, it's some appeal. The presentation's very good, with really nifty swim in from both sides of the screen. kind of diving craft floating about programming techniques to make the screen do all sorts of { The enemies attack at random, so inside (odd...). peculiar things. With so much to do {okay, 'blast1) and so there's no way of planning your much to see, ThunderJaws offers many hours of solid Later levels follow the same counterattack — mindless blasting, gaming entertainment • t*. » pattern — a scuba sequence ahoy! followed by a platform combat scene. But it gets progressively harder Hence the title? and more skill is Thunderjaws — so named required, as Madame Q because of the sharks, isn't it? throws more and more Well, there's a bit more to it lhan strange opponents at that. Here's the story: Once upon a time there were two coin-op producers — Tengen/ and Tecmo, and they were lush- around love partners Together LEVELS IN they created the arcade smash Rolling Thunder. 'Hurrah!' cried many a gamesplayer, as they jammed their 10ps into the The graphics machine. remain bright, bold m and colourful Then, all of a sudden, Tengen throughout and. Snifiiiimi " and Tecmo weren't lush-around even though Mmm love partners anymore. 'Awl' sprites are on the cricd said gamesplayers, 'does big-ish side, p ; this mean we'll never see a ' -— Wfilfr^Imii Rolling Thunder 2? 'No, not at all' movement is speedy. Level replied Tecmo and Tengen as one two takes you through a junkyard- cybcr-shark is one of the end-ot-level nasties entity (even though they weren't type underwater scene and into another you face Except, it pops up at the end of the hrst part of level three' anymore). Yes, both companies of Q's bases — more heavily armed Level three's underwater scene is as you battle through the two parts had been separately developing with laser bolts flying about the place. almost a Scramble game in deep sea before confronting Q herself (and their own Rolling Thunder 2. • Thunder Jaws lives up to it's name! It's caverns, which leads into spooky she's still got a couple of surprises up Tengen developed a game very as loud as ihunder and well biting! internal caverns populated with her sleeve!). much like Rolling Thunder but demonic creatures and a smashing What was an unremarkable coin-op added an underwater scenario end-of-level beast who makes the has made a special Speccy game —if s and additional scuba shoot-'em- screen shake as he slams a fist into been very well programmed. There's up sections. Tecmo, however, the ground! real gameplay in there, and plenty of it; had updated the Rolling Thunder The final level is pretty tortuous as the two different elements of every game, improving on the concept. Q chucks everything she's got at you level work really well and prevent the game from The problem for Tengen was ruunDER becoming samey they didn't own the name Rolling (a problem with a Thunder anymore. So, being a bit lot of software crafty-like, they took the Thunder -fVw fcy. | these days). bit from Rolling Thunder and added the Jaws bit to highlight It \ Obviously, the the underwater element. And, ta- I 128K version is dal, that's why we're playing the best, with a Thunderjaws today. Good, Isn't ^jTm,—! | good soundtrack it? mt A and effects, and j — hurrah! — it's 5 FIRE TD PLAY. • one load. 48Kers missing. Bwpqwap>» have a multi-load On the whole, ThunderJaws looks and there s a lot good, plays well, the difficulty level's e Safety! This sub transports you into another part of the adventure . . of sound missing. set just about right and it's probably the best thing from Tengen since Robot Monsters. Bravo, people! 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Hollywood's hottest movie star leader, John Connor, so the returns to the big screen in baddies decide to eliminate him. Terminator 2, but as there wasn't a Now, rather than simply shooting game (and with an 18 rating on the him down, they decide to send a original film, now out on video) there Terminator cyborg (half man, half are probably loads of you who know robot, as played by Arnle) back to clat all about the story. So, let's have the present day to assassinate a look at what the whole Terminator Connor's mother, Sarah (daft, isn't thing's about, starting with the H?). original movie. The Terminator arrives in the present day — without any clothes • There are four 'bits' to the gamepiay which are repeated with slight on! — and gets down to the variations throughout Terminator Zs levels. Here's what you'll be doing in THE STORY business of tracking Sarah down each one... The story begins In the future, and bumping her off. His 'refined' where the world's being taken over process of finding her Involves Combat character squares and the total by the evil Cyberdyne Systems (ie. going through a telephone directory graphics code within this section the baddies). Of course, they have and killing everyone with the Huge graphics make the side- topples around the 100K mark! The opposition from the rebels (ie, the surname Connor (you can guess viewed one-on-one combat detail of the action is the main goodies) who attempt to overthrow what happens for most of the film). sequences particularly amazing. thing, with 40 animations for each them. In addition to the Terminator, The combat sequences pop up at sprite — even a simple action, like The rebels seem to be doing another chap from the future arrives the beginning of the game, in the a punch, takes up five animation rather a good job, especially their in the present day — Kyle Reese — middle and the final showdown frames! It's basically a beat-'em-up I Blimey! Look at the size of hit steel weapon! Oo-er missus, fnar, etc, etc against theTIOOO. Each section but the graphics should character's sprite eats up 6 x 8 really make K sparkle.

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sequence, and doesn't feature in Terminator 2, the movie — it's irs THE PROGRAMMER! taken from the original. The • He's Gary Priest, a bit of a veteran in the overall aim in the puzzle sections programming world and an old chum of is to restore your energy levels CRASH, and working for Ocean via the as the game's played with only production team Dimentla who are one life; there are three controlling Terminator 2*s development continues, though. Gary's past history includes Gremlin's Level six brings back the Mickey Mouse and Impossible Mission on o vertically scrolling race action the Sega. seen in level two — this time He started work on the Terminator 2 send back a new Terminator, the near finishing it Due to its complexity Amie's driving a car, with Sarah project in February (but still hasn't seen T1000 model (Arnie's ia only a T800), and variety, Terminator 2 is a 128K- firing a gun at the T1000 who's the film) and is enjoying the job... 'It's good but now Amie's Terminator is a good only game. giving chase in a helicopter because it's not a particularly problem- guy and protects John against this The game's still in development flying above. ridden piece of coding. The gameplay isn't new killer robot and a way off completion. At present Finally, for level seven, of an innovative kind. The thing is making The new Terminator has a huge Terminator 2 Is a seven-level game there's the inevitable each part realty playable and special. The arsenal and can change shape in the with you playing Amie's Terminator. Terminator versus Terminator graphics will really be the game's biggest most spectacular fashion, and so The gameplay chucks you right in at conflict and the setting point — there's a lot of work going into ensues lots of chase scenes, the deep end as you battle with the (mirroring the first film and them, it's really pushing the Spectrum on plenty of Terminator versus T1000 in a combat stage. The T1000 parodying RoboCop) is a steel the graphics front with some really neat Terminator battle sequences has transformed into a cop and in the works. The special effects in the screen handling routines that'll produce and billions of explosions all movie Amie loses the fight, so for the film at this stage are stunning effects never seen before. On top of the over the shop. And that, sake of a realistic plot you still go as a heavily-wounded Amie graphics, the speed is also a main concern punters, is the story of through to level two if the T1000 Is Terminator takes on the — there's no point having lots of big, well- Terminator (In a very loose too tough a fighter for you. Level two shapeshifter T1000. animated graphics if they're slow moving. sense). Is a vertically scrolling stage, pretty The final conflict, So, getting the speed right is an important simple, as Arnie mounts a motorbike unsurprisingly, is a side-on part of the development.' and races away from the T1000. combat section where the AND NOW, THE GAME Puzzle gamepiay comes in at level cyborgs battle to the electronic Being such an action-oriented three as you attempt to reassemble death. The T1000 is not film, Terminator 2 lends Itself Amie's munched-up face by playing a contemplating surrender and just ideally to a fast blasting game. sliding block puzzle game. Succeed keeps on coming, always And, by gum!, it isl There are and another combat sequence comes attacking, You've got the three styles of gameplay your way in level four. Terminator's strength, but will packed into the game and Bruised and generally crumpled your gameptaying skills help you're going to need beat-'em- from the fight Amie now needs his him beat the T1000? Find out up, shoot-'em-up and puzzle wrist circuitry fixing. This is another in September when Ocean playing skills to get anywhere puzzle-oriented bit, like the face reveal allt

Chase One • A vertically- scrolling stage with Amie riding a Hariey motorbike down a storm drain as John arounds. Amie is no Connor rides pillion. pinched SWAT van with Sarah i Giving chase is the T1000 in • truck. r with the T1000 as Its pilot. A novel control i Here it's your aklll at player controlling the van's left/right movement negotiating the fires her gun from the back of the van using course and avoiding Ira to aim. Nothing too original in thaL but each time the many traps that she van to avoid obstacle, Sarah gets thrown line the route. the back, spoiling her aim. Fast chaotic and probably Swerve around pot holes, oil spills, and take Jumps at the ramps that come your way. Again, huge graphics bring the thing to life and the main element of this section is the speed at which everything moves (well, Amie would hardly drive a Hariey at a 'nice and sensible' 25 mph, would he now?).

Spares And Repairs his face and in his wrist. Arnie's As the game goes on, Amie s face is fixed by playing a sliding energy drains away with every block puzzle: misplaced picture knock he takes, so two sections pieces are rearranged to reform have been implemented to give the Arme s face His wrist is repaired player a chance to boost it again by swapping blocks ot broken To increase vitality there are two circuitry to match the onginal types of puzzle games to play Terminator blueprints Succeed in against the clock. Both work on the either of the puzzles and you're theme of repairing Amie s treated to an animated version of cybernetic wires and switches, tn the picture. trjrJ about damage and fuel levels — It's already been waved on Paris to Mill j.'iJHHVf enough to make you want to take a Dakar by the time you read this, pogo stick instead, isn't it? which means — hurrah I — we'll The starting flag has (probably) have the full review next ish. Out Run Europa

• It's back (back! BACK!I), the • Take to the rigs and belt through the course! Is that a zebra crossing in the biggest-selling computer game of atl Sahara (haw, haw!) time (and some might say, the ultimate coin-op) returns to your i.-jino .-so stsT/CtJ k r. • Let's try to find out, shall we? He was a brilliant screens in a new guise. US Gold's scientist verging on the discovery of synthetic skin for Out Run series makes it into a trilogy accident victims! He was knobbied by sadistic criminals with Out Run Europa, a game which and brutally burnt out of all recognition! Neuro-surgery began development a few years ago _ , ^ ensured his body didn't feel pain! But we went a bit mad but was held over due to US Gold's and now seeks revenge! He has the power to look like any acquisition of the Turbo Out Run " '•:"* ^f^ man (but he's unlike any man)! A light shines on licence. ^^^^^^ everyone,, except Darkman! And there you have it. Europa adds to the usual Out Run 3B Spooky eh? pedaMo-the-metal-and-drive-like-a- I mmzz ^••nr | ~ Ocean are re-telling the adventures of Darkman (taken maniac theme by adding a secret j ^ from the Certificate 15 movie, released earlier this year) agent plot: the secret blueprint files f _ , - —" ""wjCjH^ * as exploits explode onto a Speccy screen near you you were supposed to deliver to mmhmmw^^^h this summer. The game has you controlling Darkman 8eriin have been stolen (along with q Del tO I* across six stages of. basically, platform beat-'em-up the usual Out Run Ferrari) by Paris to Dakar terrorists. Informing your HQ, they You'll be running through scenes from the movie, like tell you 'You're own your own, • Also racing off around the world the opening Chinatown sequence and the roof-top scene as you scale the matey. Recover those files or die in a shortly is Code Masters' latest dizzy heights of a grimy old American city. Puzzle elements in levels two most aesthetically displeasing wayl' speed game, coded by Lyndon and four keep you brain in gear as you create synthetic skin masks to So, you give chase. '750cc' Sharp, called Paris to Dakar. disguise yourself and aid your quest to avenge the crims who munched you With your Ferrari gone, Europa Recreating the excitement of the Darkman is nearing completion, as we write, and might even have hit the gives you all sorts of new power famous international rally, the streets by the time you read this. Look out for a full review next issue (let's vehicles to ride across the seven- journey takes you through France hope it's as good as the film which is an absolute corker — rent that vid!). stage race. It all begins in (fast road action), Spain (rocky off- England as you swipe a 170mph road racing), Sahara desert (dune- • That's Oarfcman in mid-air. and if he doosnl watch out he's going to tall straight into Yamaha motorbike and head off jumping thrills) and finishing In the the explosion! towards the coast. There you west African city of Dakar pinch a jet-ski and zoom across (remember to have those injections, the channel to France. A folks!), conveniently-placed Porsche 911 Like Europa, Paris to Dakar takes you through frog-land into offers more than one vehicle to Spain, where you pick up a complete the course in: you'll be speedboat and zip across the controlling bikes, beach buggies, Med. tn Italy, a Ferrari F40 awaits Arctic trucks and rally cars in a (hurrah!) which, if you can stand race that takes you sand-duning, the pace, takes you through to through forest trails and Berlin, Germany to complete your performing hyper-Jumps, 360- mission. degree spins and all kinds of spills Out Run Europa is in the that would normally get you capable development hands of arrested. Probe Software, responsible for It's all played against the clock the previous Out Run games, and — if you don't reach a checkpoint roars into life this September. flag within the set time limit you • Thrills and spills as you play Nick can't be entered for the next stage. driving to work in Out Run Europa! On top of all this, you have to worry Final Fight

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Thwak! Smash! Bin v! Pow1 • It's Haggar (isn't ha a big boy?) and there's a lead pip* ready to b« picked up and use to knock out his opponents! • Ah, the Speccy software world jabs, hooks, uppercuts, blocks and muscle-bound opponents that come — it's like one big party with lots of leanback moves, the ringside your way. Collect additional new people arriving and bringing action is combined with a weapons, such as a lead pipe, a fun and frolics with them. And PowerTraining session to build up knife, and a couple of oriental-type here, emerging from love-shack your fighter's strengths. weapons to thwart your 25 different number four, is a new software Devastating Blow's been In adversaries more effectively. house called Beyond Belief. development for about 12 months The whole caboodle hits the The company has been formed (hence the £3.99 price point). As streets soon, on US Gold's Capcom • It's dustbin day in Final Fightsville by development team Dynamite they get going, Beyond Belief hope label, and pick up next month's — remember no garden refuse In Designs and the first title to pop to be releasing two games a CRASH for the full, exclusive review. black sacks out is an action-packed boxing month, with future titles in game called Devastating Blow, due development being a footy game, a for release in September with a card/gambling game, a beat-'em- bijou price tag of £3.99. up, a BMX game, and a space game m JSt Boxing games have always been for Christmas time. Until the •ft i a bit hit-and-miss on the Speccy, review, why not practice your - , — * KMfcr but Beyond Belief reckon they've thumping (we're about to start on come with with a stunner that the Ed's cat who's just put it's plays extremely well'. Featuring muddy paws alt over the +3. long scoring jabs, short jabs, body Scram, fuzz-face!).

• Punch his lights out! Make him bleed!" shout the handbag-wielding grannies in the audience!

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' yj'ifl f*' D d-Liffl :J tfim^^m ' -'h[ w • Tarn and Rit are a couple of cute of Sheesanamo (bless youl) which fairies (blurgh) who mince about In they use to whack the cutesome • Kaboom! Tam (could be Rit though) sets off a bonus explosion and does away with a Rod'tand, a place filled with opponents Into oblivion — and by particularly offensive creature blossoming flowers (heave...), doing getting hold of the cute nasties' away with the myriad of fluffy lapels, Tam and Rit swing their foes bunnies, 'iccle kittens and cuddly- back and forth over their heads wuddly elephants wif big floppy until the disappear in a puff of ears. (Hurgh! Bleughll magic dust. Vommmmmmm-it(!) Huge (but again, sickenlngty Oh dear, that's made a right old cute) end-of-fevel monsters also mess. Don't blame us, If it wasn't for stand in Tam and Rit's way but with Storm's cute-tlll-you-puke new the additional help of collectable platform game, Rod-land, we'd be weapons such as bombs, bullets fine (but here It is). and ice crystals, they shouldn't be Yup, Japanese cuteness comes to much of a problem. The whole your Speccy this September with the thing's a quest to rescue their mom conversion of Jaleco's coln-op. The and you can discover how easy a pink pair are equipped with the Rods job it is in the full review soon(ish). LLOYD S PS Can I have a free game? No you can't) I reckon that ranks as probably the most pointless letter of the month. Adam, you're a plank (and don't you forget It). LM

ZOB OFF Hello, my name is Zob. I am an alien from Mats. I have come to Earth and transformed myself into this piece of he is so cool and original. paper I am at this moment having sex Captain Planet, Inverness, Scotland with your fingers and I know you are er^oying it because you are smiling. Well, well, I never knew Captain Please pass me onto another human Planet lived In Inverness. Leam being so I may try them something everyday, don't you? Zob (RWJ Bain, Yarm, Cleveland). Anyway, well done Capt, you've righted another wrong that slipped Ah, it is nice to have interesting and through our net (we're not avid worthwhile letters, isn't It viewers (so Beano readers, y'see). Stuart —you how about some?). Zob, you're a should be ashamed of yourself, pop complete perv. return to the planet down to your local fish emporium, whence you came this instance! purchase a large and soggy haddock and give yourself a few good blows with It SAM{E) OLD STORY Lloyd First of all. I must confess that I am not CALL THIS A LETTER? a regular CRASH reader! I feel that your Dear Lloyd magazine is not aimed at my good self, Hello there! How s life in Speccyville? as I'm 39 and may fall into the BOF Lloyd, I'm bored (sorry, but I am). I'm (Bonng Old Fart) category. upstairs in my bedroom on the pretence However, I do enjoy playing games, of revising for my exams and I just can't especially adventures, strategy and take anything in so I thought I'd drop puzzles, and I also enjoy utilities. I'm the you a line. I would usually just hook up proud owner of a twin-dnve 512K Sam my Speccy and hammer away in that for Coup6 with numerous addons dangling connect the aerial lead from the back of a while, but it's at the fixing shop at the from the ports. the Speccy into the socket of a video moment. I think it must have overdosed I bought the latest CRASH as you SPOT ON recorder which normally takes the TV on Dizzy games. So, here I am. featured two good reviews of SAM Dear Uoyd pictures from your roof aerial Turn on I knew writing to you would be a specific software, in colour too! I was Last week I bought The Hunt for Red the TV, tune it into the video channel good ideas, but now I'm here I can't pleased to see several pieces of SAM October and really enjoyed it. I think and tune the video to your Speccy. And actually think of anything to write about. material and even an increased amount your review was spot on. with an overall there you go! Press record to tape your Er... Oh yes! I know, how about the of adverts for SAM programs. Many mark of 70%. Oh, and why has your game being played state of the economy? Right, the state magazines seem to ignore SAM, as magazine got a lot better? Is it because Edward Reed, Pembroke Dock, Dyfed of the economy is crap, why don't we there isn't a large enough market for of you? scrap ail this money business anyway? SAM software to be developed on a Paul Broughton, Colne, Lanes AmazingI Blimey, never thought of Adam Longthome, Portsmouth wide scale. SAM is an excellent that. 'Hem, hem. The only problem is Of course, it's because of me. Who that watching a video of a Speccy NOW COME THE HHH1 else do you think could create game being played ranks on the something this good I That's what I'm boringometer slightly below looking THREATS continually telling the Ed, but after at granny's holiday snaps. Dm' CRASH seven years on the job I'm still UN H> my name is Andrew, I am 11. And I am quite good on the overworked and underpaid. Some Speccy Cu-jld you answer my question? Could I jor the team things never change. A bit like the because I hardly have any friends thdt have a Speccy Please reply a accuracy of the CRASH reviews, as CHEAT! STRING HIM UP!! good answer (if you don't say yes then I will get my alsatian!). we say, written by Speccy ETC Andrew Rix. Sojth Wirral gamesplayers for Speccy gamesplayers! It's just like asking a Dear CRASH Get your alsatian? What kind cf a job application is lhat? The Ed mate (which Is what we are because Remember your Jetman compo from sjys hp doesn t succumb to mindless threats (well thought out we're very cuddly). Issue 89? Well, one of the winners has devious, nasty plans give him the shudders, though). Sadly, you IM cheated (Ha ha! I like getting people can't join the team because there's this little thing you should be into trouble). I have sent in a page from doing at the moment It's called school. You know the big building a Beano comic (dated January 25 1991) packed with kids and a few grown-ups milling about the place HULLO, 'EINSTEIN* which has an identical picture of Stuart Concentrate on that for the mo, and drop us a line in about eight Dear Uoyd Sell's Eyespy character. In other words, yetrs time he didn't invent it at all. Personally, I I have made a brilliant discovery! Yes, LM you can record yourself playing games think he should be disqualified and my on your Speccy. What you do is this: character should win instead because £2

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The one Have you been desperately rums will do is I was sent (on a psychedelic orange • Oooh! Scarey, isn't It? Wolves Bane art on the SAM Coup* trying to convert all your old put all their disk!) was named The Wibbly Bits. Spectrum games onto the SAM so you games onto disk then sell their style, the first being Teletext. Three RTJ are Chris Jeeves, Lee Tebby can load them quickly and get Spectrum and all the games. quid is a lot of money for a disk and Nathan Reynolds. The disk isn't playing? The problem most people The Messenger is a useful thing to magazine when you think that most as full as Review but has some have come up against is compatibility: have for backing up your games but of the others are only £1, but Review interesting items on offer. There are some games crash on loading and SAM owners aren't flkely to go out is packed to the brim with great stuff. reviews of all the hardware to come some just won't load at all I and buy brand new software to The Teletext menu system takes a to the SAM, a really bad sample Well SAM Co have the answer, convert. Once they've used the utility while to get used to but is fast when demo and some great cartoons to their new toy named The Messenger. to put their software collection onto you have, each section being given a have a giggle at. This is an interface that plugs into disk the Messenger will just sit in a different number from 1 to 99, and There are also previews of two the expansion socket of any cupboard. The Messenger costs demos, programs, text and games the lads are working on called Spectrum (except the +3) and has a £29.99 and is available direct from screenshots accessed from a Strike Force and Wolves Bane, which lead that goes into the MIDI OUT SAM Co. separate page. is set to be six disks long with socket on the SAM and a switch to The first issue of Review has hundreds of locations and character attach to the Euroconnector. some useful utilities for grabbing interactiont Having loaded the Messenger ARRGGH! THE sprites, creating fonts and giving I wouldn't really go out of my way software on the SAM and a game on ATTACK OF THE incredibly small text for listings as to get a copy of The Wibbly Bits but the Spectrum, you simply press the well as games and demos written by they promise the next disks will be Messenger button and tap 'receive' DISK MAGAZINES! Ron himself. One annoying thing better. For more information, contact and the game ports over from the Well, not quite. Actually I've was the inclusion of PD demos that Nathan at: RTJ Soft. 41 Hodge Lee Spectrum to the SAM in a matter of had two new disk magazines have been seen absolutely Lane, Hodge Lee 2. Milton Keynes seconds) You can then save the arrive this month and they've both everywhere, like the Chocolate MK12 6JB. whole game onto SAM disk and add been pretty spiffy, too. Factory one from Zenith Graphics. It POKEs, alter the memory, etc. If s all The first has an ingenious name. was funny the first time but the If you have very similar to the way that a It's called Review and is a bi-monthly 20th... aargh\ Multiface works on the Spectrum. disk for £3. Ron Stirling of Glasgow Hidden on the disk (very crafty) is anything to say or Once you've ported over your is the creator and claims each issue a demo of a new art utility Ron's send in on the software collection, you won't need of Review will be done In a different working on. It looks set to blow Coupe, you can the Spectrum anymore (unless you > Plugging straight into the back of the Speccy, the SAM Messenger gives perfect ports want to continue buying games to contact me at: convert); to use a game, simply load Newsfield, NICK'S it off SAM disk and play away I SAM PAGE, Multiload games are a tittle more complicated, though. The CRASH, Ludlow, Instructions that come with the Shropshire SY8 Messenger say to port level one from the Spectrum to the SAM then use 1JW. And that's the transmit facility to send the game your lot — more back to the Spectrum again to load SAM happenings up the second level. This all seems a bit of a waste of time to me. Why not next month. just play the game on the Spectrum Byeeee! In the first place? ODORE • AMS

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BEST BITS: The large amount of bally rot. Your survival very much locations and myriad things to do will depends on your skills as both a keep you playing Into the wee hours. gunner, fighting off the Hun, and as a WORST BITS: Unless you map the bomb aimer, delivering your playing area It's easy to get lost. explosive little messages. There are Graphics fllckery at times. 30 missions to complete before you can go home, each of which is split into two sections — shooting enemy QQ 3-D DEATHCHASE planes and bombing ground targets. WO Micromega/ With that many missions you're In for Market Stall one hell of a ride, and one heck of a Pull on your leathers, leap on a two- game. litre Hariey Davidson and race offl It's BEST BITS: There's something very all about warring gangs and you, satisfying about blasting the German being a biking troubleshooter, join tn planes out of the sky. Effects sound with high speed chases through like the Speccy's committing suicide densely wooded areas. You daren't (eh?-Sub Ed). take your hands off the joystick for an WORST BIT: Looks a bit old and silly. instant because some of those tree trunks are pretty big! Plus you cant intimidate them with your death- AC STARSTRIKEII dealing photon gun. 90 Realtime/ Market BEST BIT: The fast and very colourful Stall graphics. The creators of the classic Carrier WORST BIT: The game moves so fast Command had an earlier success you often play lumberjack with the with Starstrike II, where the trees (timber!). Federations continuing war with the This is it! The definrtivo Merlin from the evil Morag. Control is alien species known as The collection of the top through a series of command icons. Outsiders takes a turn for the better. * 100 Speccy games ever An additional task Is the retrieval of Q7 NIGHT GUNNER You're chosen to pilot the brand new produced. This month we the five crowns of Britain, forged 91 Digital prototype Starstrike II spacecraft, but begin the run-down with from the mystical Dragon tore. Over Integration/Market with 22 planets split into five solar numbers 100 to 76 and, with 200 locations stand between Morag Stall systems there's a lot of travelling to your help, In a couple of and success. Bandits at three o'clock and all that be done. But the superb shaded issues we'll discover the best Speccy game of all time! Let Barbarian. Barbarlan't excellent. The the ultimate chart beglnt! Palace one, not the other one... Right. AIfan Syndrome... All: Naw.., A HA KILLED UNTIL RE: Why? RE: Joe Blade 27 1 UU DEAD US • It all started pleasantly enough. SW: Oh, 'cos we gave It • really low MC: Nah. Gold/Market Stall mark on TGM (old magazine] and PK: Naw. It was pretty boring. If you're one of those morbid so-and- Richard, Nicko and CRASH gave It loads. RE: LeadwboarxP so's who watch detective shows on Mark going through old RH: Yeah, thet'i right It was a good RH: Erm, It's okay the TV, Killed Until Dead is just up CRASH binders and game, though. NR: Better than Joe Blade 2. your street. Murder and mayhem nattering away. Then, RE: Not really i clastic, though, is It? RE: Best golfing game around. Oh, abound as you, an investigating PI, Stuart Wynne, Robin RH: tt had good sound... d'you remember 7Ti« Bobby Yazz must arrest the guilty party before RE: Oh, here's a 'game' — Psycho Plga Stlow? they •scape'. But there are plenty of Hogg and Phil King (a UXB. MC: Ytah, brilliant. red herrings to throw you off the trait CRASH team from RH: Yeah, go on. RE: Never came out We've got It lor the — dirty Columbo-type rain macs, yesteyear) wandered RE: 0'you reckon so? cover cassette next month. Excellent ahoy! in and started stirring NR: Oh Godl No! Cltyi BEST BITS: Detailed and colourful RE: What about those Freetcape MC: Put It in. graphics, easy to use icon system it all up. Hearing the noise, In comes games? NR: It's • really good game, actually. and eavesdropping on people. MC, RH. PK: Boring, boring, boring! RH: Nth. WORST BIT: The plots are tough in Charlie Chubb (from RH: Darkalde was Ihe best of the RE: What's wrong with Bobby Yazi? places, If you miss one vital clue the Art dept) and then Freescapet. RH: It's t puixle garnet you're up the creek. Unless your Warren Lapworth joins RE: is It? I thought Total Ecllpte was RE: And whtf t wrong with puzzle name is Columbo the villains often the best. gtmes, thlcky?! walk away scott free. in. This is how It went (about one hour into SW & RH (reluctantly): Yeah. It was, NR: tt looked ready nice! really. RH —genertl whlnglng and griping the conversation)... RE: Vlxtn. D'you think that should go In RE: Oh look, Thunderblade. DRAGONTORC RE: Bionk Commando, did you ever play just because of her boobs? SW (Imitating US Gold): We're going to Hewson/ W that Stu? RH: Hal No, not that good. change Itl Powertape Issue 90 SW: Yeah, erm.. NR: If you want boobs, Maria's RH: APS? It's sword and sorcery time with this RE: You did? Christmas Box was a classic. RE: APS Is great, we played thet t lot. tale of wizards, evil shapeshifters SW: Do you remember all the controversy MC: Haw! Hawl No way. SW: Lodeflunner was pretty good. and spooky forests. It's your task as over thai? RE: 19 — Part One. I don't think. RE: Except It never loaded the wizard Maroc to rescue the great graphics that Realtime are famous WORST BIT: Being struck out for the for liven up an already sizzling game; umpteenth time! there are a million and one things to do (usually ill at once). BEST BITS: The fast wireframe ROLLER COASTER graphics and the enormous depth of 92 Encore/Budget play. Roll up, roll up, for all the fun of the WORST BIT: The simple fact it's not fair! Fairground rides are great fun available anymore! for the participants and the people who wait around for the money to fall out of their pockets. There's plenty of QC MANIC MINER cash around for you to collect but Bug Byte/ Cave r n most of it close to the more Market Stall dangerous rides. Roller Coaster is a The brilliant prequel to Jet Set Willy iigh Score 000000 score eoeoec great platform game with some really sees Miner Willy battling through funny touches (the best fairground t t the robot-filled underground mines simulator ever?). of Surbiton. Fast, colourful F\A WANTED MONTY WORST BIT: Arthur Scargill isn't as BEST BITS: Fast and furious fun, the graphics and very weird enemy 514 MOLE easy to get rid of in real life. game oozes colourful graphics. creatures. Where else could you Gremlin/Powertape WORST BIT: Frustrating if you be chased by deranged robots, Issue 65 haven't got the patience to learn the pirouetting rabbits and mutant One of the platform classics and M WORLD SERIES correct route. toilets as you race to collect released during the long miners' BASEBALL enough keys to escape? And strike, thus contains a cruel The Hit Squad/Budget they aren't your only problem caricature of the NUM leader, Arthur Imagine took us to the ball game in 04 FULL THROTTLE because there's limited oxygen Scargill. So, it comes as no surprise Issue 16 with World Series Baseball. 9 Micromega/ in each cave, so move it or be that it's Mr Scargill that Monty must It takes too long to explain the rules Market Stall asphyxiated. It was good In its defeat. But on the way our mole hero of the game, suffice to say it Full Throttle was one of the first in a time; seven years later it's very must collect a variety of objects and resembles rounders and is a very long line of motorbike racing games, dated, but It's still a classic. avoid dangerous machinery. Even exciting game when viewed live. way back in Issue 6. Ten venues and BEST BITS: It's simple (but though there's plenty of colour, the Imagine's version is incredibly plenty of computer controlled addictive) gameplay and the programmer managed to avoid playable and hugely addictive. opponents certainly keep you on strange creatures that chase the colour clash beautifully. Monty Graphics are bright, bold and your toes in this game from the poor player (a bit like Corky — himself is wonderfully animated and cheerful and. basically, it's the creators of 3-D Death Chase and Nick). the death sequence is hilarious _ a nearest you'll get to the real thing on Codename Mat. Hold onto your crash WORST BITS: Graphically it's little mole angel floats upwards! a Speccy. helmet. very dated, and it's easy to BEST BIT: The colourful and BEST BITS: The detailed sprites and BEST BIT: It's survived the test of complete. brilliantly animated sprites. fast action. time simply for being playable.

PK: Groinl SW: tt was better on the Spectrum than RE: There was Just too much of it. SW: Oh, take K out I take It out I RE: H had > really crap hypertoad. It ever was on the , SW: That was it and It was so difficult to WL: Codename Prat, more like NR: Oh, I thought that was * joko! Hoi RE: There were always huge arguments get all those crystals. RE: Jef Set Willy, I s'pose that has to be RE. Erm, oh yes — to it was! Nearly... over Boulderdash — some people love RH: Oh yes — JuggernautI considered — we've got Manfc Miner RE: Zy naps'. It and some, erm, didn't. Moon Cresta7 Alt: Wohl Yeah I down. NR: Kef TVapf Nah... NR: Yeah, put it down, put It down; I RH: Jet Set was better. SW: The Vortex games, there're some SW: Oh. that was good that. love that game — put Juggernaut down. RE: Jet Set Willy had the most really good Vortex games. PK: Oh, c'mon... Can anybody get me a copy, I want to horrendous bug. RH: Cfclontf! Best one. Cyclone — RE: Doddery old 1984 game. play Itl I used to have a copy, don't SW: Yesl definitely. RH: N was a nice conversion. know where It is now. NR: What was that? SW: Tornado TLL, that was really good. SW: It waa really fast and getting all the SW: Tell you what, we'll stick a tew RH: And 11 had the biggest hype at the RH: I bought that, I bought both of them, bits and pieces of the station together. cones down In the car park for you. time, it had everyone going. but I prefer Cyclone. Problem was it only loaded once every PK: Kosmrfc Kangal That was good. RE: You couldn't complete It! SW: Highway Encounter was another ten times I SW; Oh come on... NR: Why? good one. NR: Ooo. Gift from the Gods: there's a RH: Yes, yes, yes. RE: Because there was. erm.. forgotten. RH: There We* Men Highway after that. game with nothing In it. All you did was RE: You're being silly now. RH: Yeah, when you went Into the attic It but Highway encounter waa the wander from screen to screen and that RH: It was brilliant! It was really well kept crashing. graphical breakthrough. was HI produced — you could skip levels and SW: Do you remember the Banyan Tree SW: Elite, that's got to go In. It's really RE: Frankle Goes To Hollywood! Yes, go to the moon. bit? good. excellent — played that for about five RE: What are you babbling about? RH: Oh hell, that was awful and the RH: The Speccy version was the best weeks; It had loads of little games It In. RH: Oh, the beach bit — yest You've Wine Cellar — going past all the guards version of them sH. It was a good game, waan't It? gotta put Koim/c Kanga down I — but the Banyan Tree was a nightmare. SW: I was playing Elite for months WL: Could never complete It all. though. PK: Kotmlc Kangal Kosmic Kanga 1 How about 30 Seiddab Attack? before I discovered you could use the RE: That doesn't matter, I just enjoyed Bibble.. WL: What?! 30 Cider Affac*?! warp rather than spending hours flying playing K. RH: Sadooing! Badoooing! Put Kosmfc through space. SW: Frankle7 All the time you get 98%, Kanga In. • At which point everything began to RE: Never understood Elite property. could never solve It completely. RE: 11 screens! It had 11 screens?!?! breakdown. Everyone Just kept shouting Good graphics, though. Anybody CC: Franhle? That's a group isn't tt? SW: Codename Mat. about the reelly ancient games they remember Sterton? RE: Nodes of Yesotfl Do you remember RH: Codename Met. definitely. loved playing but hadn't played for five SW, RH. PK: Yeah. the syntheslsed speech: 'Crackle, RE: Codename Mat. Mat [Production years. The day ended in a massive Moon RE: That was really good. crackle, crackle'? Supervisor and ancient CRASH Cresta championship and everyone SW: Yeah, wet), H wasn't. SW: 1 did a map of that but It was reviewer) said that. It was named after (sort of) agreed that K waa a bit crusty RE: Boulderdash — that's a classic. unbelievably herd. him, he was the playtester! and not as good as they remembered. WORST BIT: With a bit of practice it's robes who can kill you with one >PLflYER 1 easy to complete. touch, affectionately nicknamed (DEPLOY* Desmond Death. fCQRPQRA! Ot BOUNDER IJON Ot Gremlin/ LIGHT FORCE Powertape 82 FTL/Powertape •OBJ Controlling a tennis ball creature, In the far future, if a crime is guide his bounces to take him committed then the Light Force, through ten vertically-scrolling galactic rozzers, are sent in to punish levels. Avoiding the enemy troops on the offenders. Now marauding aliens the way, of course. Things aren't as are overrunning the peaceful simple as they may seem because Regulus system so it's up to you as a It's a long way down to the ground square-jawed heroic type to spank and the opposition are very nasty. some alien bottom. Light Force is BEST BfT: Wildly addictive... noted for it's large colourful graphics PRE WORST BIT: ...if you can get the which scroll well (and if s mindless hang of it. blasting gameplay). WORST BIT: But looks a bit naff, WORST BIT: Gets very repetitive. BEST BtT: Impressive graphics, now. plenty to blast. MOVIE WORST BIT: Just a tarted up shoot- £ 7 DARK STAR 'em-up. AA LASER SQUAD O I Design Design/ M Imagine/Market 9U Target Power Tape Stall Games/Market Stall Not a pixelated version of the cult MOVIE is yer typical Philip Marlow- 04 BUGGY BOY The Laser Squad of the title are a film of the same name, but a space style game with you playing a tough O Ei Encore/Budget troop of hard-bitten star warriors combat game in the Star Wars New York PI on the trail of a missing Buggy Boy is set over five of the who battle evil wherever it may lurk mould. The Dark Star galaxy is the audio tape that's in the possession most gruelling tracks outside of the in the universe and blast the stuffing venue for the battles between you of a gangster. The character is Indianapolis 500 where you must out of it. The graphics are small but and myriad enemy craft, no mercy is guided using a set of icons, which I leap obstacles, collect coloured flags wonderfully detailed, although many shown and no prisoners taken. It's a personalty prefer to use when and beat the clock. Simple as that, people are put off this excellent RPG fight to the death as the massed controlling a game. The ease of really — it's the large, colourful by the confusing control system. hordes of aliens spit photon bolts at control and general skillness of graphics that make it a corker. BEST BITS: The graphics and the your frail craft. Movie makes it one of the best BEST BITS: Good racing fun with a wide range of missions. BEST BIT: Fast wireframe graphics gumshoe games about. decent- sized vehicle to belt across BEST BITS: Really neat isometric 30 WORST BIT: The confusing control can really make your head spinl the course. with plenty of interaction. system is a pain. WORST BIT: Actually knowing what WORST BIT: Difficult to see exactly WORST BIT: Tough to complete. to do. what's going on when the road fills up. 00 FIENDISH FREDDY'S GAUNTLET Ov BIG TOP 0' FUN QC TRAPDOOR M Kixx/Budget Mindscape/Full Price O V Alternative/ There can't be many people who EX0L0N You're not a very happy Big Top Budget haven't played this brilliant shoot- 80 Hewson/Budget owner. Unless you come up with All the characters from the popular 'em-up/maze game based on one of Tough mercenary types don't come $10,000 very fast the bank manager cartoon are here as Berk tries to the most popular coin-ops ever. Take much harder than Exolon, the hero of will close you down. Thus six death- please his mysterious master by control of one of the four heroes (no- this all-blasting game. Every step he defying feats must be completed to cooking him various dishes. The only one ever wants to be the Elf, though, takes brings him into conflict with rake in the cash, but watch out for problem is that most of the do they?) and battle your way myriad alien uglies, but of course Freddy the clown who's out to stop ingredients have to be caught first. through the hundred or so screens. he's prepared with lots of guns and you. A skill and timing game with Also creatures from the trapdoor It's fast, looks good and is simply grenades. Plenty of violent action brilliant cartoon graphics (they're make poor old Berk's life a misery. immense fun! follows our hero around. huge!). Puzzle-cum-arcade adventure BEST BIT: The small but perfectly BEST BIT: Raf Cecco's big and bold BEST BIT: The hilarious antics of gameplay with smashing graphics. formed sprites zip around the playing graphics. each character as they go through BEST BIT: The large and very area. WORST BHT: The big spikes that their act. colourful graphics. WORST BIT: The guy in the black ventilate your botty! WORST BIT: Freddy is a real pain in the neck (so's the multi-load). 70 IVAN 'IRON MAN' F W STUART'S SUPER OO SPY HUNTER OFF ROAD OG Kixx/Budget or Virgin Games/Full Compilation Price Become a James Bond-style agent If you've ever wanted to race a v who, in his heavily armed car. has to monster 4x4 truck, this is your blast criminal scum off from the V- chance, because Super Off Road vertically-scrolling road. But that's allows up to three human players to not all, because if you head for the pit their wits against the 'iron Man'. jetty your car changes into a zippy The tracks you race around are little speedboat (golly!), so you can bumpy so careful control is needed sink aii the nasty water-borne villains (which is a bit tricky because it's as well! really speedy). BEST BITS: Fast, violent action and BEST BITS: The ability to challenge colourful sprites. your mates and the ace graphics. WORST BITS: The tortuous tracks and running out of nitro's at the • WIN! WIN!IW I I * wrong moment rrn Get your thinking caps on because 7Q PUZZNIC I O Ocean/Full Price Really, Really, EE VQlfivOUNllW TOU Hair-tearing puzzle games don't come much tougher than this Ocean Really Good offering. The idea is simple: just {in no particular match up the tiles and whack them Games! order) together to make them disappear. World Series But this isn't as easy as it sounds, Baseball Roller Coaster mainly because there's a vicious Batman—The Rick Dangerous time limit that mercilessly ticks Caped Crusader Carrier down; straitjackets, ahoy! Mercenary Command BEST BIT: The brain-bending puzzles swtv Manic Miner that keep you playing until the wee Gauntlet Matchday 2 lt wouldn't be fair for only us to pick the ultimate Speccy games so hours. Night Shift Firefly here's where your opinion comes in. We want you to name your top WORST BIT: The morning after Total Recall Spy Hunter 25 Speccy games in order — number one being your favourite. We'll F-16 Cybemokl Ocompile all the entries into the final part of the TOP 100 series — SO to 1 (which CJ"s Elephant RoboCop should appear in the October issue). And what's more, one very, very lucky 77 FIREFLY Antics Operation Wolf person's entry will be plucked from the glittering skip and win that reader a Ocean/Market Lotus Esprit Highway £100 — £10011— software voucher. So. if you want to bump up you software Stall Turbo Encounter collection, fill in that form! • This is Firefly Is essentially a computerised Challenge Doomdark's KnightLon and board game with a blasting sub . R-Type Revenge poor old Navy SEALS game. The player moves his/her craft Killed Until Sabreman is RoboCop2 Dead across the 5 x 9 grid in an attempt to throwing in e pi- Pipe Mania Exolon reach the green switch on the other tted as he Teenage Mutant MicronautOne side. Not very taxing, one might changes into the Hero Turtles Dark Star think. Well, maybe not. but the sub- cursed werewult Dizzy (all) Way of the game is a fast-paced and violent KwfcSnax Exploding Fist shoot-'em-up. The whole thing's station In EH»- Shadow of the Starglider realty addictive. Beast Bombjack BEST BIT: The fast-paced shooting Puzznic Lords of section. NARC Midnight ."--•^"SRSR WORST BIT: Fiendishly tough. North & South Movie St Dragon StarStrike 2 PANG Ir unman Bounder 7fi Wanted Monty Dynamite Dan I V Ocean/Full Price Mow Trapdoor MY TOP 25 GAMES ARE Prepare to race around the world Head Over Lightforce popping huge balloons with a Heels KnlghtLore 1 harpoon gun. Only the Japanese Sim City Sabre Wulf could have thought up a game plot Night Hunter Boulderdash like this (I dunno, what about Stuart Midnight Frankie Goes to 4 Resistance Hall out of It's A Knockout? —Sub Holywood 5 Turrican2 Dragontorcof Ed). Pang takes you (with or without Fiendish Avakwi a mate) to 17 locations around the 7 Freddy's Big HyperS ports world in single-screen adventures, 8 Top Shadowfire bursting balloons as they bounce 9 Rainbow Elite around the screen. Sometimes 1 0 ..... Islands Commando tough, but more powerful weapons 11 Renegade Futt Throttle are available and these are certainly 12 Buggy Boy JetSetWiHy needed to reach the final conflict on 1 3 Great Escape Death Chase Easter Island. Where Time Wheel te 14 BEST BITS: Brill two-player mode, Stood Still NightGunner 1 5 the detailed graphics and the useful Stunt Car Racer Back 2 Skool 1 6 pick-up weapons. Operation JetPac 17. WORST BIT: The balloons. Thunderbolt Lunar Jetman 1 8 •MttMMtatintttttlll Chase HQ Underwuride 1 9 Ghouls N' Battle 20 Ghosts Command 21 Batman Target: m * •« i Batman—The Renegade Movie Stormkxd 24 Myth Pang Continental Enduro Racer Circus Bubble Bobble Name „ New Zealand Total Eclipse Address Story LeaderBoard APB LaserSquad Postcode

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yourself four times. Now go to a AGENT XII place where a monster goes over a The password for level two is HERE mine. Try to walk onto the mine the COMES OL" FLAT TOP and level same time as the monster. If you time three is THERE'S NO ESCAPING IT. this right you'll be killed two more Nick's times, when you only had one life AMAUROTE left! Due to a bug in the game this When you start the game move your will result in Infinite lives! droid into the Vimlnal district and press fire. Get killed and start a new ANFRACTOUS game. You'll notice that Vimlnal is To get infinite lives simply hold down shaded over. From now on every go the keys A, N, 0 and Y. you have Vlminal will be automatically completed! AQUASQUAD On the scrolling message type ANDROID 2 SYMBOL SHIFT and C then 726549 To get all the time and men you want for invincibility and infinite go to the first clearing and kill everything.

What does it feel like to have a bit of sun for a change? You should be out on the lawn reading this while sipping pina TRAPDOOR coladas through a long straw! Then again, with the ozone layer I'd forgotten how much fun Trap off and collect them in the baskeL in the state that it's in and the weather going mad. perhaps Door was to play until it came into Move the vat to the very top of you'd be better off building a snowman!! the office on rerelease. Now I can the trap door room and empty the After writing this intro. I'm off for a well deserved rest. I won't have a go at completing it with this eyeballs into It from the balcony. solution from Jonathan Lawson of Put the bottle under the tap. Let the tell you where I'm going because I don't want to cause mayhem Sheffield. crusher (big eyes, springy feet) out on all the roads with fans trying to get a picture of me on the of the trapdoor. Push the vat and beach (some chance!}. bottle so he jumps in the vaL A You won't believe it but them upstairs have got a bit more The Can Of green liquid wilt pour Into the bottle. Put It in the dumb waiter generous with their prizes! From now on every single person Get the can out of the kitchen and open the trapdoor, letting some and sand It up. Open the trapdoor who gets a letter printed on these pages will be rewarded with worms ouL Pick the worms up and and the creature will fall down. a prize from the lucky dip barrel in the CRASH office. There are put them into the can. If Drutt eats some impressive items lurking it there, too. T-shirts, caps, some then let some more out. sweatshirts, calculator rulers, joysticks, games and even Collect three worms in the can and Boiled Slimies tracksuits! There'll still be the £40 software prize for the star put it in the dumb waiter but don't Take the beaker that had the eye send it up until the time has almost seeds in it and go down to tho tip each month, too (if there is one). So there's a real incentive run out In the meantime start cellar. Catch the four slimies. Put to get buying the latest games and sending maps, tips, cheats some of the other tasks. them into the cauldron by pushing and solutions to me. the cauldron to the top of the kitchen and empty the slimies into Fried Eggs It from the balcony. Push the Let the bird out of the trapdoor. Tip cauldron so it is in front of the the bullet out of the basket. Put the dumb waiter Let the green fire THE CRASH bullet on the trapdoor. When the breathing robot out of the trapdoor. bird ftys over the bullet open the Stand in front of the cauldron CHEAT DIRECTORY! trapdoor so the bullet hits the bird and wart until the creature stops by and dose it again immediately so you. Step out of the way before it you don't loose the bullet. If you do fires. The cauldron will steam, loose it then use Boney instead. indicating the slimies are boiled. How often have you wanted a DSTd CAR The bird's eyes will bulge, she'll Push them Into the dumb waiter cheat for a game and not been KAMI NSHIP hover then fly into the next room. before they get cold and send them able to find the issue it was During play press BREAK, 0 and 9 Grab the pan and follow her. She'll up. To get rid of the creature, raise the weight and lure It underneath. printed in? Well this is the end to ato mov e onto the next course then lay an egg which you must instantly. catch In the pan. Continue Then It will drop and crush html all your problems because I've shooting the bird and catching the compiled all the cheats that have 3 WEEKS IN PARADISE eggs until she hovers over the been printed in the hallowed When sitting down whilst losing a life trapdoor waiting to get out. Now Tidying Up pages of CRASH Into one list. All press SYMBOL SHIFT, D and P for put the pan on the stove (you'll Basically, throw everything down drop it because It's hot). When it you need to do Is type them in and Infintt the trapdoor. This includes the stops flashing put it in the dumb pots used to grow the eyeball complete the games! (hopefully!). ACE waiter and send It up quick. plants, the vat, Drutt the spider and To refuel without using any supplies all the worms! begin to climb vertically then reduce 3D GRAND PRIX your thrust to zero. Surprisingly Eyeball Crush Press SYMBOL SHIFT, P, Z, you'll continue to climb and even Empty out the yellow beaker (next Opening The Safe CAPSHIFT and 5 on the final accelerate. However. If your velocity to the basket). Go to the room with Raise the crusher so that If s three positions menu. You'll be rewarded goes over 9999 then It will flip back the flowerpots In tt (after getting quarters of the way up the screen with five extra levels) to 0 and you'll craihl the se«ds). Tip out the seeds and and push the safe under IL If you put one In each of the pots, Let the raise It too high the safe will be plants grow until the eyeballs fall crushed. If it's too low It won't open. P" 1 t

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BATMAN - THE MOVIE COMBAT SCHOOL On level one, when you come to the Move your aiming cursor so that half CaEXTREMn there realty be anyone who E section with the barriers you'll have place with three acid drops falling of it is actually on the target. When doesn't know how to complete that to use the turbos you picked up from above, duck down. They will you fire, your number of hits will go highly colourful game. Extreme 11 earlier to get through. Collect the now not fall until you move up a level up but the target will stay Intact. for one would've given it a much yo-yo weapon and keep following or throw a batarang. Using this cheat you can get Kt least lower mark if I'd known it only had the pod. It will reach the end of the ten hits per target three levels, and these are simplel level and start to move down. This BEDLAM Anyway, here's the solution for is where things get tricky. When you've been killed, press the C CONTACT SAM CRUISE those who are a bit puzzled. Collect the extra shields from the key and you should be back where If you get slung Into prison, press bottom of the level and make good you left off, but with full lives! CAPS SHIFT and P to turn invisible. use of them. The pod moves very Level One slowly and you've got to keep the BAD LANDS CYBERN0ID From the start move left past all the aliens at bay while staying attached For infinite spanners drive off the Define your keys as Y, X E and S and nasties until you come to the to the pod. Make your way through road onto the desert and up to the you'll hear a little ditty. When you section with a ship flying overhead. the pipes as the pod moves across top left. Under the ridges a plus sign start you'll have Infinite lives. When the ship moves out of the the top. Once out next to the other should appear, this will give your way, fly up and shoot the switch on container, the pod will start to move prizel CYBERN0IDII the right hand side of the room. It down towards it. Shoot constantly Define your keys as O, R, G and Y to should turn green. Now shoot at at the aliens. BOBBY BEARING get Infinite lives. the alien ship until it drops a turbo Once the pod is in if s little nest ff you find a brother hold down the icon. Keep shooting until you have move to the left and plonk yourself cheat key (help) and he will DEFENDERS OF THE EARTH (SAM) collected two or three turbos. down on top of the switch. A large automatically be transported home, Type in ....ORG on the high score Now move down, there'll be a YEAH I should appear on the screen meaning you don't have to risk a life table for invincibility. gap In the floor If you've operated to tell you that level one has been by taking him there yourself. the switch properly. Walt until the completed. DOWN TO EARTH blank space moves under the gap BREAKTHRU Pressing 1,2,3,4 and 5 together will and move down. Hover inside the Hold down jump all through the transport you to the next level but blank space while It moves along to Level Two game and miraculously you will won't allow you to complete the the right so as not to lose too much This is simple. You have to move to complete it in seconds! game property. energy on the red lava. When if s the right in the waterOfilled tank and moved all the way to the exit, jump collect the spanner at the other end. BUBBLE BOBBLE DRAGON'S LAIR II out into the room to the right. Now If you move at speed the fish Select the two-player game. If player On the title screen press Q. W, E, R pick up the weapon on the floor shouldn't be too much of a problem. one dies pressing 1 on the keyboad and T and when you start you'll have and shoot at the container. A pod If they do get a little Intense, go Into should bring him back to life again! infinite lives. should appear and start to move. a mine and blow the buggers awayl It's attached to you by a string. Once you have the spanner get BUGGY BOY EDO THE DUCK The pod wilt only move when the back to where you started. Now you If you come near to the end of a Type in WILSON as soon as you start string is attached, so if you go can go into every mine available to stage and the timer says 0, try to hit level three for a helping hand. off the screen It will stay where it keep the fish away. Go into the a jump. This will catapult the buggy was last Stay near to the pod until entrance hatch to complete the into the air and if you're lucky, over ELITE it moves out of the room and into level. the finishing line! When the game has loaded press Y the pipes at the top. Now move to load a new commander then back through the lava using the CAULDRON choose the save option. Now blank space. Once out the other Level Three Enter a cave with the correct key and continue the game for an interesting side move along, shooting aliens if All you need to do In this, tha last press Q. Now enter the number of the effect need be, until you come to the top level, is move to the right and fire room you want to go to. The golden of the pipes with the pod just enough to keep the aliens at broom is in room 100. ENDUR0 RACER underneath you. Keep with the pod bay. If you use up too many units Holding down CAPS SHIFT all and it will automatically make it's you won't have enough to blow up CERIUS through the game will make you go way out of the pipes. the computer at the end. The walker To activate the cheat mode you have at top speed and not have to jump Follow the pod. If you start to run will eventualy reach the computer to use a multiface and POKE 65520,0. the ramps! low on energy then rush back to and you have to fire constantly at it the start and refuel. The pod will If you have enough units left the CHASE HQ EX0L0N keep going to the right through the computer will blow up and you'll Redefine your keys as S, H, 0, C, K. Redefine your keys as ZORBA for level. Once you've reached the have completed Extreme! E and O to get a cheat menu. Infinite lives.

CHICAGO 30s EXPRESS RAIDER ARKANOID AUF WIEDERSEHEN MONTY Pause the game and press the To take more trains, pass tha first one When you get a high score type in On loading, type LOAD"" as normal numbers 1 to 9 In order. You'll be then hold down 1,9,8 and 7 together your name as PBRAIN and then start but after it type :REM MONTY. Press blessed with Infinite lives. and you'll have the lot! Your lives will the game as usual. A message enter and play on tape. Once loaded still go gown but when you start SPACE TO CHEAT will appear. If you pick up any item on the left and you'll CHR0N0S again you'll be where you left off. press SPACE you'll start on the last be an Immune molel Type In JING IT BABY on the high screen you played. score table for a mega laser! FIGHTING SOCCER BACK TO SKOOL Give the opposition a goal kick. The ARMY MOVES When Einstein tries to tell on you. Sit COBRA player with the white arrow then The code tor the second part of the on the same seat as him and keep Press the SPACE bar and 1 or X and moves it to where he wants the game Is 27351. pressing sit/stand up. He will keep the whole game slows down. goalie to kick the ball. Position the OQ _i

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FREDDY HARDEST HERBERT'S DUMMY RUN The code for the second part of the Go to the rope screen, climb up it INTO THE EAGLE'S NEST game is 897653. THE and hold down the keys C, H, E. A On the high score table type In DAS FUTURE BALL (SAM) and T to cheat. You'll get infinite MAP for a map mode, DAS CHT for Enter your name as HAPPY to go lives. Infinite lives and DAS NME to wipe straight to the top challenge. DUST It's not very tasty this dust stuff Is D=Down ladder, Pb=Plant bomb on GALLETRON ft? Michael Lawson of Sheffield NAVY SEALS missile. Press SYMBOL SHIFT In the game so (hold on, isn't this the same Art arf, and all that jazz. Yup, it's that everything stops and then press address as the Trapdoor tips?) the return of those cute littie R, Su, Sm, R, Sm, Jr, Sm, Sm. C. You should get a message saying has sent in the 19 codes that will chubby fellows that go around Climb on top of green barrels, U, CHEAT MODE and have infinite lives. let you start on any level you like! getting thei r heads bashed I No, Pb. L, Sm, L, Sm, L, Sm, L, Sm, L, 00 START hold on, these are Navy Seals so Sm, L, Pb, Sm, J, JI,Sm, U.Pb.Sd, GAME OVER 01 NOODLE perhaps they wear uniforms as Sd. Sm. Sd, R, Pb, Su. R. Drop The code for part two happens to be 02 BUFFET welll This is the solution to level down, Sm. Pb, R, Sm. Climb onto 18024! 03 GOLF BALL one and a few maps to go with it the boxes, R, Sm, R. Sm, U. Su, J, 04 COURGETTE Sm to the left Su. Jr, Sm, R, Sm. GAME OVER II 05 BUNKBED Key: Sm=Shoot man. R=Walk right, Su, Sm. Pb, Sd, Sd, L, U, Su, J, Su. The code for the second part Is 06 BLANCMANGE L»Walk left, Jr«Jump right L, D, Pb, U, L Drop onto platform. 18757. 07 GLOBULE JlsJump left J«Jump, Su=Swing Sm. Pb. Weft done! 08 TURNIP up, Sd«Swing down. U'Up ladder. GARFIELD 09 GOBUN BIG FAT HAIRY DEAL 10 WALLABY out all enemies. Typing MAP OFF will On the title screen hold down 11 GRUNT HUMAN KILLING MACHINE turn the map mode off again. SYMBOL SHIFT and all the letters In 12 ELBOW Here's a good cheat! If you don't like the worW GARFIELD. Then hold 13 YELLOWBANANA the screen colour then press C to IRON SOLDIER down CAPS SHIFT and any 14 SNAPDRAGON change it Type G, A and D to get infinite combination of keys 1-5 to be 15 HAEMOGLOBIN everything. transported to a different screen of 16 GOURMET HYSTERIA the game. 17 GOBLET Redefine your keys as C, H, E, A, T JACK THE NIPPER 18 GIBLETS and S to start with infinite lives. When you're near the cat, parp the GAUNTLET 19 QRK239D1LK328XCU horn and it will fly up to the ceiling. While playing the game hold down IKARI WARRIORS Quickly leave the room to avoid If you type in PETE LIVES on the title being told off then enter it again. The screen you'll get infinite lives when cat will still be on the ceiling. Go Bonus 2; A. 0, P, A, P, 0, A, P. A. P, you start play. directly underneath it and constantly KWIK SNAX Q parp the hom. Your naughtiness wilt Bonus 3: Q. 0. P, A. 0, A, P, A. 0, P, IK+ rise _ keep going until it gets to This Is a great little game from A.O. P.0,0 When you get knocked down pause 100%! those Masters Of Code (I). Many Bonus 4: A, P, 0, A, P, Q, 0, A, Q, P. the game. When you unpause you'll people have been getting stuck on 0,0, P.Q be standing up again _ very useful! JASON'S GEM the bonus screens, though, the Bonus 5: Q, 0, A. 0. A, P, 0,0, P When the game has loaded press W. ones where once you go one In IMPOSSAMOLE A and S and you'll hear a beep. Now direction until you hit a wall. Here This Is the real cheat for the you should have infinite lives. are the solutions to all 20 from Zaks Dungeon Spectrum Impossamole. There've Justin King of Eltham so you will Bonus 1:P, Q, P,Q,0,Q,P, A,0 been various ones printed before KOSMOS never fall again! The solutions are Bonus 2: Q, P. A. 0, Q.P.Q.P which didn't work but I assure you Play the game and press down to for a game set up with keys QAO Bonus 3: P, Q, P, A, P, Q, P, Q, P, A, this one does. During the game press gel the menu. Now type SYMBOL and P for up. down, left and right O.P H to pause it the hold down C and up SHIFT and K to get Infinite Bonus 4: Q, 0, A, P, A, 0, P on the keyboard or joystick. Now everything. Bonus 5: P, Q, 0, P,0,P, 0,0,0, press H again while holding the Cloud World P. A, 0 others down and your energy will be LAST MISSION Bonus 1: Q, A, 0, P. Q.O. P. A. 0 filled to the top. You can do this as For infinite ships hold down the " Bonus 2: P, 0,0,0. Q. P, Q, 0,P many times as you wantl key. Bonus 3: 0, P, 0,0, A, P, Q. 0 Ice World Bonus 4: 0, A. 0,0,0, Q. P, P, 0, Bonus 1: Q. A. Q, P, a 0. A Delicious prizes on the way to everyone who has their name in P.Q Bonus 2: Q.A.0.P, 0.A.0.Q this edition of Playing Tips. If you'd like a dip in the barrel then Bonus 5: P, A. 0, Q, P, Q, 0, A, P, A, Bonus 3: a 0, Q. P, 0,A,0,Q,0, send in your offerings to this address: NEWSFIELD. NICK PRIZE P. Q. 0, A, P, A, P. Q 0.0 EVERY TIME!' ROBERTS, PLAYING TIPS, CRASH, LUDLOW, Bonus 4: Q, P, Q, A, P. 0, A, 0, Q, A.P.Q SHROPSHIRE, SY81JW. Cuckoo World Bonus 5:0,0, Q, P, A, P, 0.0, A, Bonus 1:0,0.A.0, P. Q. P,A,P,A 0, A, P, A, P, 0,0 I

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Take Tetris and Connect 4 and you've got a vague Idea what Stack Op's like. Simply guide the falling groups of falling blocks so they form horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines of three or more of the same colour. To add variety you can change the style of the which are often deadly (but stunning graphics to suit yourself. Simple, to see). Turrican 2"s graphics are highly playable and wildly really something to behold. They're addictive. Go buy. 1 tricky busmess^ there, colourful, large and move very well OVERALL 60% one tn considering how much can be going game reaches |ooks on on-screen at one time. But something else " Quite simply, If you're a shoot- even better. Decisions, 'em-up fanatic, there's one only a game you need put on your now, help is *^"jrain and take a ride shopping list and that's Turrican 2. a a os l J?^ YOU BLEW IT' I the CRASH fl^V^ all the best OVERALL 95%

0 J0 0 I ? ,? BATTLE TURRICAN 2 COMMAND SCOOBY AND Rainbow Arts • Ocean • CI 0.99 £10.99 SCRAPPY cassette only, 128k Hi-Tec • £2.99 only Rave reviewed last issue Control pup Scrappy through four with a staggering 95%. The forces of the North and scrolly levels of platforms and all • Nlcko's still playing It and South are at war in Ocean's sorts of obstacles to rescue yelling about it being the best level your running along as the • latest sim. Battle Scooby. There are many attackers Speccy game ever (which is cybernetic Turrican, blasting Command. An all-out strike is which Scrappy can deal with his surprising since he's such a everything that moves, and the next impossible — their nuclear puh-puh-puppy power and a miserable bast). you're in a spaceship, hurtling sharp right hook* Addictive, So, Turrican 2 — what's it all through a few scrolling levels! entertaining and hassle-free about? Well, shooting, really. It's the It's not an easy game. The huge gameplay make for one hell of a ultimate shoot-'em-up played over 11 variety of aliens take ttieir jobs (ie, playable game. levels with varying action. One killing you off) very seriously — OVERALL 90% especially the end-of-level foes [HEROQUEST ~ CJ'S ELEPHANT £10.99.

stockpiles are evenly matched — so ANTICS « ft. the computer guerilla tactics have to be employed. Code Masters I • adaptation of the best- To this end, the Mauler tank was £2.99 ! H', orea, ^ ^ Same, and invented, and now you, as the Platform action over a huge North's top fighter, must complete a scrolling map. gameplay akin to 1 wrrh ,cters (Payers) __ each , «"ththe.r own strengths series of tough missions to swing New Zealand Story for one or two the war In your favour. A range of players, controlling athletic ^ses.and magica, poWefs devastating weapons are at your elephants! A great arcade romp disposal — including a 120mm packed with colourful graphics and cannon, missiles and mortars — and addictive gameplay, Elephant Antics mrec on firs button all are needed to get through the presents a huge challenge, too. hordes of enemy vehicles. OVERALL 81% Gameplay Is hugely entertaining Packed game-ft's a „ and, surprisingly, an itchy trigger finger is needed more than "eroQuest brings a great brainpower! OVERALL 94% tt's a sad time for the Oh! people of Persia. The Sultan has been off fighting a The Oforeign war and his Grand Vizier, Jaffar, has seized the reins of power. what a Prinoe of'' The only obstacle between Jaffar and the throne of Persia Is a young wonderfuirfllll nlaplacr ae - 3 v m adventurer that has won the heart of it is! But, and this is the spooky ihe Sultan's daughter. That adventurer Is you. thing, there's always trouble But calamity strikes — you've afoot in some been arrested, parted from your mystical manner. sword and possessions and thrown This latest Coupe game's full into the deep dungeons of the BUCK M Sultan's castle while the princess the stuff and it's magic (ie, has been locked in the highest tower. ace). Join NICK ROBERTS* as In addition to Jaffar has given your true love a adventuring choice and an hour to decide samples a bit of TUrkish strange goings on In the castle. Delight! Jaffar is a master of black magic and will use It to stop you. A introduction with the princess to the particular favourite sequence of leaps and bounds of the hero, the mine is where you have to jump slickness of movement Is astounding. through a mirror to exit from a level. This Isn't surprising as the original A shadow of yourself then runs In sprites were modelled on live action the opposite direction! Spooky, eh? — such as the swordfighting films of From then on In the game the the Thirties — to give ultimate shadow crops up from time to time realism. to make things more difficult, like Many people may find simply stealing a potion whan you could moving about the game difficult to just do with it! begin with. By combining the Prince Otffr^jLjs undoubtedly directional controls the hero can the best SAM Coupe same yet — Its perform an amazing amount of combination of superb gamepiay different movements; and Ifs not until and great graphical content really I each one that you can ofhwha t the i I can dot • This Is the tower where the princess has been held captive... looks like she's gone to r each level In turn. powder her note! jH L/fir^^^H t marry him or die! Can you escape AMAZING ANIMATIONS and rescue the princess to become... The most dazzling aspect of Prince Prince of Persia? Of Persia is the sheer detail in the animation sequences. From the ^ JUICY JAFFAR'S TRAPS

To rescue the princess, careful leaping, running and ducking Is • needed, as you never know when one of Jaffar's traps will spring. K • You've made it Into the castle but one There are 13 wrong step now and it could be kebabs for levels to the game, each set in a • Showing off your big swortJto I * Station, teal (hold on Nick, you're supposed to be different part of the castle, and ho doesn't look too Inttrwtsd. i a diet! — Markis) Bating every one holds different obstacles for you to overcome. As well as the guard|~who he only word I can use to express my amazement at the SAM version vary In skill, there are spikes of Prince Of Persia is unprintable. I thought Nick was playing a trick that rise from the ground, slabsfc I and had loaded up the Amiga version, the main sprite is so similar. His falling from above,|metal blades, movements are very fluid and lifelike, especially when jumping around and bad potions and bottomless pus hanging on to a ledge for dear life (usually just above a wicked looking to be negotiated. Collecting the GRAPHICS spike). The obstacles placed in the player's path are very dangerous and, correct potions replenishes in the case of the mechanical ones, difficult to pass without practice. The some of the energy you're two blades that clang together are a good example: they look bound to lose along the way. like something out of an Indiana Jones movie and make a PLAY ABILITY However, one of the first things nasty mess of our hero if he botches his move. Prince Of fifiia^r you should look for is your Persia goes to show what the Coupe is capable of and. Irom l^lZU'JSJ/ sword —fighting's a little now on. ifs the game for all other software houses to beat difficult without It, but Isn't that always the way! Overall review

Vikings — nasty bunch of characters. Lushing about IMC in their ^HH ll\ t Q mO dragon-headed —N WW ships raping and '••••• -•-• " • - • -.o- ~Juai p pillaging — it's • Whoops! Looks tike it's chops tor tea! £ f 2*99 al1 a bit "iuch, Code Masters screen to carry out an action. It didn't really. And what's take too long before I'd completed I always feel sorry for IVIOI Spike so don't expect it to hold much people with beards; they more, as NICK ROBERTS finds to his testability if you're with Mensa. • disgust, they all have beards (even the So. Spike In Transylvania — it's obviously can't afford to women)dlSC . But now they've come a the perfect beginner's arcade buy a razor, the poor souls Spike is WOV adventure! It's got lots of cute one such person, with his big. bushy cropperCr , especially Spike, who's in for graphics and puzzles (that aren't affair °l some castle capers! excruciatingly puzzling)! It's got jolly Spike and his facial-haired friends SOIT is classic arcade adventure stuff with Spike would not rate very high. Mostl tunes and plenty of fun to be had. have been shipwrecked on the coast is clas: screen after screen of action. There of them are really obvious — the And do you know what? I loved H. of Transylvania. Being in a drunken screen are characters to interact with difficulty is in getting to the correct Great stuff! • 4 ' stu por, they d idn' t h a ve a cl ue what a re chi meanies to avoid switches to switch . ^ „ was going on, and before they knew meanie • Of f |to lhthee boboozero r ,M bu t you've (or93D Spike moves most of the puzzles don't have terribly simple solutions. Spike and co are King's castle. diagonally when you press up or monochrome, although the backgrounds are a kaleidoscope of colour. Spike's gameplay down. Inexperienced players will Sound is provided by a very jolly tune that plays throughout the game probably charge him suaight into a though it did grate after a while. Spikey In Transylvania is a really, really We Hick's five-Step 9® pursuing ghost, but don't fret, if s good arcade adventure but it's just lacking that certain something that easily mastered prevents it being a Smash. 05 % On a difficulty scale, the puzzles in UL

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There's never an ill I Cue a Untouchable around when , tinkling * you need one, Is there? So, I guess. It's up to you as Lieutenant ragtime Sharkey to bring the bad guys to piano, lots of book. One guy is top of your 'most hoodlums with tommy guns and a wanted' list. Rubbers Malone (no guy wandering around saying 'You dirty fnarr-type jokes, please!), who rat!' and 'Okay blue eyes, it's the big gained his nickname through his habit of wiping out his enemies. With sleep for you' I Injsty tommy gun and a limited because here's J supply of Molotov cocktails to hand, you hit the streets (they retaliate but MARK CASWELL and he's off for a clay's of the current level. Annoying, eh?. you neatly duck — ho ho). gangster busting! I love these blast-the-scum-away There are six levels to play type games, and Sharkey's Moll Is no through and all scroll at a slow-ish exception. It really gets the old pace from left to right. Gameplay's in adrenalin going when the enemy Op Wolf tradition, you aiming your troops pop up and take pot shots at cross-hairs and letting rip with your nyone miss Operation Wolf when it was released? Well, if you did, all you and, being a complete and utter weapon (madam). Ayou need do Is spend £2.99 on Sharkey's Moll because it's almost psycho, I enjoy replying in kind. identical. The only real difference is the graphics — Sharke/s set in the The graphics are monochrome but 1920s with lots of violin cases, trendy cars and dirty rats! Every sprite and very detailed, and an atmospheric GANGSTER PRANKSTER. background graphic has been excellently drawn with great detail — it's tune tinkles away on the title screen. Be assured that your opposition, a quite stunning. Any shoot-'em-up fan will have a field day with plenty of My only niggle is that the cursor is a vicious bunch of gangsters, will be baddies to be popped and a few good guys to be avoided, bit on the sluggish side, thus quick on you like a ton of bricks In about too. The only moan is that we've seen it all before — are all movements are hard to achieve. This three nanoseconds. Most walk on the the original ideas for games on summer holiday? H a good, (j is annoying because if there are scrawi from either side but others cheap blaster is what you're after. Sharkey's Moll is the one I^E^M gangsters on either side of the fira at you from cars or snipe from for you, if you own Op Wolf, it's hardly worth bothering screen most of your energy rapidly open windows In background about <3> ". - 'flCMcP disappears. Despite this. Sharkey's buildings. » , 4 Moll Is well worth adding to your guns provide much needed shopping list especially of you're automatic fire and bottles restock addicted to blasters! • Q*W % your cocktail cabinet • Dont hit the informer, Mm ratting on Ma Mends Is vital to your progress REALLY SAYING SOMETHING At the end of each level Is an informer who points you In the right direction for the next battle. How- ever, whatever • Shoot the hitmen In front of you before he can give you a dose of lead (ever, ever) poisoning you do, don't To the right of the playing screen very handy pick-ups. First Aid boxes shoot him Is the status panel that shows (from replenish energy, ammo clips (not even accidently) the top) the amount of ammo left, replenish your empty gun, machine — if you do if s right back to the start your supply of Molotov cocktails (real booze was prohibited) and your iei energy level. As you battle your way through the hail of Pb (that's scientific for lead, thickies) and dodge the odd flying bottle, you come across some 70% i Kaboom! (snigger) GRAPHICS y^/J laSSSS 72% PLAYABIMTY AODicnvny 65% WVr Overall 73% f \/S review

It's that tough ARRRRGGGHH! f sport for people The annoyance factor gets a massive boost when you fall off In ^rwith big leg the middle of a rough piece of muscles, and now land. Because the game only it's on your home allows you to start biking once more on a straight, it scrolls the computer! Cycling up landscape slowly by until it finds * . vM and down hills, one — with the timer going down all the way! Run out of time and Yet, it s all here - hilts, J .S J*"* through rocky it's game over (man). Not very fair valleys, ponds and tyre- patches, over rivers — it's all in at all, I'm sure you all agree! buming leaps and this simulation. But, as NICK Oh yes, and something else landings. The question that springs (moan, whinge, complain): a to mind is.., why? I've never realty ROBERTS discovers it's a rocky password system wouldn't have seen the point In making a game ride! gone amiss, either — y'know, one that's supposed to simulate a sport every three levels or so. Ifs a pain that relies on the wide open having only one life to play with outdoors for Its addlctlveness. because if you find yourself on Perhaps It gives all the couch nffuirtni/i - > > level three and you run out of time, potatoes that sit at home all day you have to start again from the long an insight into what they're beginnlng.lfs all a bit dull playing missingt r/i »o through levels you know you can I wouldn't mind so much If -J do easily with a bit of practice. Mountain Bike Simulator were a Mountain biking has been half-decent game. All Terrain computerised with much more Simulator from Codies simulated a success than this, but die-hard similar sport but that game was racers might be entertained by this great fun to play. simulation. •

• AarrghJ Someone's stolen the OVER THE 'BARS bridge! Ifs rip-roaring non stop action In this epic tlm from the The trouble with Mountain Bike Codies. (Sarcastic caption courtesy Simulator Is that you can get of Nicholas Q. Roberts). thrown off your bike for the slightest thing.! steady speed thr • YM*har!

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grass wouldn't usually sand you riylng over the handlebars would It? When you com* to a stretch of water that you should be able to fly Bating through, spraying muddy liquid everywhere, It seems to be solid! FruUrctirigly crap or simply ou can be sure that the word 'simulator* in the title means that this is Very peculiar indeed' Perhaps quite jelly? Depends bow easily a Code Masters game and, unlike Nick, I enjoyed playing Mountain r someone got (here first with a bag you're entertained, reoity Bike you-know-what Okay, so the sprites are monochrome and the biker of quick-drying cement or a big Isn't very well drawn, but I'm a sucker for a game with a time limit (the lorry of hard-setting Jelly? pnestmamms s% angst created Is great and the language colourfull). Don't expect to be able All the landscapes and Ihe little to clear the first few tracks on your first attempt, a fair bit of hair tearing is GRAPHICS 57% In order before you reach even the end of level one. A couple of points do rider on his bike are detailed bug me, though, Ilka: 1. Why can you sometimes ride across the water (has enough and the sight-way SOUND 50% someone covered it with clingfilm?), when most times you scrolling'* fine, but a spot of colour crash, and 2. When leaping a broken bridge you sometimes wouldn't have been much to ask, PLAYABILITY 53% m KfiMI I fall through and stay on the bike, other times you gracelessly would II? Okay, so there's a colour (fly over the handlebars. Oh well... Despite reservations, change from level to level, but that's not enough to agitate my .Mountain Bike Simulator is a fun title and should provide thrill sensors (who do you think you entertainment for a while. Yeah, thumbs up. • % are —Tharg?! —Sub Ed). An evil villain calling Hecti is hihimselr f Victor Virus has a smart * invaded a highly sensitive area calleindv th e Interchange. Now insect. Hecti must enter the 50 levels of the Indeed, Interchange and re-allgn all the junction blocks. Not so easy when he's so Victor's henchmen are after you and smart he's there's a tight time limit in which to complete each level. gone and got himself The first few are fairly easy. The computerised so he can crack action is viewed from above, looking computer crime and stuff. He is, if you after much squinting and practice, straight down onto the maze. Most of you can help Hecti dodge his way the maze is intact but you'll notice will, an Insector, and this is his around the nasty bugs and punch from the screenshots how some of first case. MARK CASWELL their lights out. the blocks are out of place. It's these The graphics are very detailed but you have stand on and twist back decided to help him out by sound is limited to an okay title tune into line. telling other small creatures to and a few in-game spot effects. But be warned: the henchmen are bug off! Overall, Inter Change Is a fast paced fast on their toes and, as it can be and playable game that on later the screen; Shields do the obvious, levels Is realty hair-tearing. as do Speed-Ups, and Stasis freezes the twine in their tracks. • This It (he first part of the Inter Change So basically, there you have it — and there are many a tile to be switched complete each of the in- creasingly difficult mazes without being squished by the bugs, running out of time or walking off a block that's twisted the wrong way. To begin with, I found the gameplay very frustrating, mainly because of the 'oh dear, I can't see the edge... aaaaargh syndrome. But,

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• Abrt like Paoman this screen (but it isn't). Lots of deadly craaturas patrol the "bit in the middle', so wtwa's Gary Davi es?

• Everyone hated this screen, If s a bast to do. So many tites, so little time! Naet arcade pvnitr 1 maglne Pac-man, Mr Do and, erm... some tricky puzzle game a bit like difficult to see which blocks are out heaps and hoops f Pipe Mania. Okay? Squish all those ideas together and you got some of plaoi, you may walk off the edge lasHdrfllty Idea of how neat fnter Change is. We like puzzle games and we like them into obttvion. even more at a cheerful price so Inter Change is pretty much ideal fodder. 79% The gameplay's fast, furious and wildly addictive and the building difficulty UGLY BUG'S BALL level is just right, so you can get the hang of the controls and develop a GRAPHICS JJ-& few tactics before the really hard bits set In. Oh yeah, and a rousing You start the game armed wit) a ball 'hurrah!' to the programmers for putting in a password system 70% that can be thrown at attackers >1 so you can skip the levels you've mastered. The only (rather like the old arcade classic Mr problem Inter Change suffers from is the over-detailed J'J^ Do), but its range is limited, as is graphics on the floor tiles — it can get confusing and a your supply of them. strain on the eyes at time. Never mind, you'll get hours of I Auuizjyjis i 85% Hecti's HQ are kind enough to bratn-blending fun with this one, and no mistake teleport various useful Items to you: Imploders destroy all attackers on review

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they, viewers? They leap out of huge • It looks like your Jot flghtor Is about to be shot down In flames. Well, burning buildings or hang onto the wing three against one Isn't very good odds of an airplane and constantly deny they're anything like that awful Colt Whatsisface from The Fall Guy. Here's MARK CASWELL who gets the scenes rolling with a rousing cry of 'Action!' / \

• In his balloon, Super Stuntman alms for a nasty gun

you kill the big mid-level enemy. have to play the game yourself, because I'm still trying to complete level four (!). OUTTA SIGHT! The graphics are okay, nothing to Level two sees you up in a hot air shout about but they're colourful and balloon — hare you have no control do the job. Gamepiay is pretty easy • I wonder which one Is the director's car? This'll teach him to be stingy , over which direction your craft and you should have the game with the wages | moves (to pray you don't hit completed in about, oooh, ten goes. I Sky High Stvntman Is the anything!). Instead, reckon a couple more games and I'll second game In Code control is have level four licked and level five 0 Masters' Stunt Man series transferred to a nearly cracked. Sky High Stuntman is and follows our old chum Supar large cursor with one of those games that's fun to play Stuntman around the set of hit latest which you can aim but Its simple content lets It down. blockbuster film. The game takes bombs at the nasty place over five levels and has you attackers (but piloting a range of airborne craft, dont aim the starting with a helicopter. cursor at yourself The director shouts 'Action!' and or you'll pop the Rating the film starts rolling, or rather the balloon!). scenery begins Its vertical scroll. If you survive Against you are a range of that, levels three helicopters, airplanes and ground- and four are set In based guns, all lotting rip with both • Triple trouble It at hand from a Jet fighter and a monoplane barrels — and these guys don't fire these speedboats respectively. To find out the 50%

blanks! ; I You're allowed up to five takes GRAPHICS (lives) to complete a level, but If you rom the spills of being the original Super Stuntman racing about and 51% Iota them all it's end of game (and Frisking life and limb In a car, we now take to the air. Funny thing is, Sky mszn Super Stuntman's career). Luckily, High Stuntman looks more or less the same. The only PLAY ABILITY you don't Urt'blanks either, so dodge difference is that the action is up in the clouds. The object is your opponents' fire and give 'em a simply to blow away all the nasty-looking things that come WWBIBW 52% taste of their own medicine. Points PwyA T^ on screen and fire at you. Simplistic fun? 1 think not. it's all are scored for each enemy too repetitive, really. destroyed, a large bonus awarded if Overall BMHBir / 1/ \ • review

There have been (our main It's not very often a F reel cape games from /I Incentive: Driller, Dark game comes out Side, Total Eclipse and Castle that takes a Master. But what you might not know computer into a is there have been special editions of the last two created especially for whole new members of The dimension, but that's C'ub. This oompllation includes Driller, exactly what Total Eclipse, Castle Master and the when Incen latest Freescape game — Castle unleashed Driller into the Master II—The Crypt — but surprisingly not Dark Side' world. Prog using a new A BIT ABOUT FREESCAPE called Freesc So what's so amazing about the blew away everj^co- Free scape graphics system anyway? called 3D game that

came before it. bought this games creation utility NICK ROBERTS you'll know just how easy It is to make a game. However, I'm not makes the moaning (not much, anyway) journey because all Freescape fans will love into 3D a new game to tackle and there are City.

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Well, H enables the programmer to create new worlds using solid three h dear, am I getting all old and crotchety? Or are dimensional graphics. These worlds Othere others becoming slightly bored with the whole plenty of | can then be explored with immense Freescape phenomena? When Driller and Total Eclipse new puzzles and scenes freedom. were first released I raved over them (as did the rest of to entertain. You tan walk, run, crawl and fly the CRASH team). But don't get me wrong, just because If yojihwent already got all the aroupd as K you were actually there I'm not going over the top about Freescape these days doesn't mean Freaacape games in your software (sort of). You can walk toward an they're anything less than technically superb. As always, the 3D shaded collection, this Is an excellent object and look up at it from below. graphics are a treat to watch and the puzzles are as brain-bending as even opportunity to pick up most of them Put on a Jetpack, rise up above and It's just the game content that's bordering on the tedious 'cos it's been at once. I can't imagine what made look down and all around. The done so many times before. Castle Mastar 2 —The Crypt is the only new them leave Dark Side out of the possibilities are seemingly endless. game on the compilation though that's only Castle Master with a couple of compilation, though, as it was one of new screens. Freescape fans are urged to purchase this compilation, Once you've got a system like this the best games. Software houses though, provided they don't own the games separately. • •£* - to create games with it must be aa*y eh? to faiMnto the trap of having amazing graphics but no gameplay at all. -tmcfcity, Incentive managed to steer away from this path by changing the locations of the games and giving the player something different to do than just walk around collecting Greet compilation, objects. representing a landmark In Speccy gaming CRYPT - REfllY CM 2! Driller, Total Eclipse and Castle Master we've covered plenty of times and they're all very good. ebt what of this new(ish) game, The Crypt? Basically, if s Castle Master with redefined screens. This can't have been very difficult with the • I want my mummy (ho ho)l Sony, that wasn't funny. That"s plana In th« backgroup new Domark/lncentive release 3D (with something useful in ft, wa'll be bound). Construction Kit around! If you've 64 review 'Vk.

Is there travel through different types of something terrain, shooting all the time in case of a surprise attack. Starting lurking at in the woods you have to negotiate the bottom stepping stones over a treacherous river and Tight your way through a castle to the centre, where the Orb Atlantis # ro OO garden? is being held by those evil little There is? Coo! Oh, monsters. Ooooooooww! it's a snail. Well, think on — it could be a demonic horde of hobgoblins (with a myriad of disgusting WHAT NICE SCENERY! habits). And here's NICK ROBERTS to sort them out f The land of Attoris has some impressive graphics. The block as he deals out a few pointy sticks at the spooky colour method has been used sprites! "1 giving a black outline to all the characters but doing away with any this to axes, arrows and fireballs. hint of colour clash that would You're blessed with three lives and otherwise be seen. collecting three glowing skulls will I particularly like the way the give an extra one to play with. scenery scrolls by with a To take the Golden Orb back mountainscape stationary in the from the hobgoblins you have to

9 Fancy a game of arrows, mate? r r-» JS r Altoris was aa peacefupeacefull SHOOTIN' DAGGERS " I land, full of lovinloving peoplpeople You start off with nothing but a who wouldn lI hurhurtt aa fly. small dagger to defend yourself never mind go into battlstile againsagainstt with, collecting the glowing hordes of hobgoblins and ghosts. > and ghosts. treasures and daggers that HI. tatao Surrounded on all sides by thick ta H — e Roll out les by thick enemies leave behind will increase the barrel... if you're drunk the axes woods and smelly swamps where • Jumping flying fish is an everyday occurrence for our might not hurl as much! these nasties lived, the people were under constant attack. What kept background. It gives a real feeling them safe was the Golden Orb, a of depth. What you've basically got magical bedside lamp-like object with Hobbers {as we affectionately that warded off all evil, but now — call it) is a cheap and cheerful quelle surprise — it's been stolen! CA U9 Gliosis N Goblins look-alike game Your father and king of the land that could've been in Stars In Their of Altoris, King Garath. has Eyes. It's a bit difficult to start with summoned you tc go after the but hardened slash and bash fans Golden Orb and restore peace will love every minute of it and You'll need to arm yourse!i heavily that's a fact. && ^^ for the journey as every step you \ ri- / take brings more danger.

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JB t first glance Hobgoblin is okay, but on closer inspection it looks tike 56% Ma game from a few years ago The sprites are small blobby creations that, while they're at least colourful, carry a black square around them. GRAPHICS Gameplay is perilously close to zero. I'm afraid — I only just about stayed awake long enough to play four games in a row and it wasn't until I'd 37% consumed a large cup of coffee that I was able to attempt a fifth All the game consists of (as far as I can see) is PLAYABIUTY K p t fr running along shooting a few enemy soldiers, running ^^T^^^g 48% along a bit further and shooting someone else ... (repeat** W^SfJr, 223En5jyt/ •no»i jgjjpm until you fall asleep). Hobbers didn t attract my attention 'JgggSfc Xl&SBgF for very long at all. W KQ^M ^ I

Aliens are not to be taken lightly, though — they send In garishly coloured backgrounds plenty of henchmen stop our square- (vary irritating). Be prepared to jawed hero. Though his weaponry is apply for your Spectrum's pilot's limited at the start, there are licence: the enemy hordes are pretty collectable weapons along the way. vicious and take a lot of practice to As scrolly blasting games go get past and will have you chucking Gryzor isn't too bad, although the your Speccy out the window in monochrome sprites are almost frustration. In short, Gryzor is • Mr Gryior now play* hide and aaafc In a 30 maze taction invisible against some of the probably for people with milder In the not too distant future, • Hara'a Lance performing a triple backfUp wtth half pike as he temperaments than mine. it would seem that a race of attempts to evade the evil henchmen {< fait* miserably) • aliens calling themselves the Durrs (they sound a bit spoddy to me) will land on the Earth and, in a remote spot, build an atmosphere processing plant With this they plan Rating to bring about another Ice Age and thus destroy the human race. How unpleasant. A-hal But not If Lance Gryzor (ie, j) has anything to do with K1 FLance (crap hero's name, that) is a member of Federation for Earth's Defence who has to Infiltrate the five levels of blasting action and reach the Dun- stronghold before they have the chance to switch their machine on.

Ci QC •c i a * cans and energy tablets can be colectad and usedto pus h you a bit further. 1 loved this game to bits when first r>; ' congestion forces reviewed two years ago and my huge skyways to be opinion hasn't changed one bit This is built but that doesn't one of tha bestracing game s around • Who suggested we *tva down this canyon — that's the last time you mean the amount of and ^though it takes a lot of practice to ^^m traffic is any less. reach the end, it's well worth the effort navigate, Nick! ^ Indeed, as you travel You would be very silly indeed not to through the nine verttc- add this game to your collection. ally-scrolling levels that make up LED Storm, you're hassled by attackers. You start in Capital City with the task of reaching the checkpoint at the end of the level in one piece. Conspiring against you are cars of various sizes, frogs, patches of oil and water and huge chasms that seemingly appear from nowhere. Although your car has no guns to defendttsetfwfth.lt ha s therather natt y ability to jumpto th e air, squashing afl beneath Its tyres when it lands. The current level mutt be completed before 90% your energy runs out or if s game over for you. matey. i very little energy left, you meet up wtth a creature from your worst i (yes, If a the mother-in-law) Luck is on your side because fuel On Thursday August 15 CRASH gives you the ultimate Speccy experience!

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