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THEMONTHLY'ISH MAGAZINE FOR NEW AGE GAME PLAYERS LECTRIC * ISSUE 22 * Recommended Price £1. "A lot cheaper than Mean Machines!" * \" �� �·... ,.. �'� __,__ I - ,, 1l� NOTICE /4 � �I Apologise;.I for the delay of this issue, but I had � � � to redo the ENTIRE thing again!! This is actually / the second version of this issue!! The Original was ---:, "< STOLEN by my so-called friend who was suppose � to be taking it to the printers - but didn't, and have � disappeared from the face of this earthwith my only � S copy!! Luckily, I had most files saved on disk .. -C::::::- - but not all! _ � � I must also appologise for some missing articles e)fJ � screen-shot pictures, non-correct layouts, etc ...1 =. � � because I didn't have another copy of the _.v c:::::::: original ... But I hope you still enjoy this issue!! � fr I'll be taking future issue to the printers myself .. for sure! ps. Should you see another copy of this with my us ual drawn 'proper' cover . (japanese girls) please let me know!!. /.d \ �, rI/// WV <<( Onn )>> 'I t.. THIS ISSUE: REVIEWS OF BARE KNUCKLE (MD) -THE BEST BEAT'EM UP AROUND?, GOEMON THE WARRIOR (SF) - THE BEST SF GAME SO FAR?, AREA 88 & SUPER R-TYPE (SF) - WHICH IS THE BEST SHOOT'EM UP?, FINAL SOLDIER & PC KID 2 (PC) - BETTER THAN THEIR PREQUELS?, PLUS ALIEN STORM, RAIDEN TRAD, METAL STOKER, CENTURION ... PLUS LATEST CONSOLE NE WS, MEGA TIP S, E.B. QUIZ ... BRAIN WAVE Yo Dudes!! watch the film too, or that Commodore Show, being all Arkwright's or Patel's! ! They What's happening? Fairy liquid I've been using. Amiga owners. are also sophisicatedily wrapped Quite a mixed bag this month. If you've watched the film, FREEBIES!! Some of you for protectionand easy tpaccess. We'v e been bogged down you now know why I bought will have a freetape with this By pinching one end, the sweet with Megadrive games. three an Atari Portfolio!! issue! This contains some ar will protrude out the other! great Super Famicom games As you can see, we cade tunes for this month's Amazing eh?! WARNING: popped up, and some good changed the format of the compo., and some SF tunes. Incorrectpressure applied, could and terrible on the other magazine a bit, and I hope Due to the fact, that tapescost be quite dangerous, sending the machines. Strangely, it's been you like it. If you have any a fair old bit, even cheap and sweet flying and could take out a very surprising month, been suggestions - let me know! I nasty C60 ones. If you didn't someone's eye! Not so Lucky an Amiga owner, it's about the was going to put - "I love to get a tape, just send a blank afterall! first time more games have meet some of you at the (or used) C60 tape with return Well... , as my speaking clock come out for the consoles than European Co m puter postage, and I'll duplicate it sqwark out "It's 2 o'clock AM', on computer format. .. is the Entertainment Show", but for you... freeof course! and some extremely crap computer industry digging it's trust EMAP and the rest to If I can manage it, there programme appears on the TV grave? bodge things up! The chances will also be a free 'Lucky (it's so naff on the bo x these Just been to watch old Amie ar e, this issue won't get to Candy· Sweet on the cover of days... it's almost worth getting flex this muscles in T2 ... well you before the show, but I this issue too.But as the shop a B.S.B.!!), I better sign off. See wicked film, although not a should be there, so will Marc, sold out at the time of typing ya, old beans.... very exciting end. and if they can get tickets this, I can't be certain I can Incidentally. I managed to get LeeLee and Dan. However, get any!! If you do have one, Onn. in for half price - it must be we should hit Earls Court these are no ordinary sweets... the mob of kids that came to again for the World of NO! You can't get them from * EDITOR/ART INVENTORY The Brainsbehind Electric Brain EDITOR Onn Lee Editorial etc. ..... 2 Onn Lee: Aged 23 and work in a Chinese Take away. So if you happen * CONTRIBUTION Compo..... 3 to he passing hy and feelinga hit peckish, come on in and try one of our WRITERS Marc News •••• 10 dishes! Fav. type of gdmes ... arcade adventure with a lot of action, and a Foord, Dan. ... the Man, Nintendo News •••• 4 touch of strategy.Fav. game - Powermonger on the Amiga -a game I LeeLee, TaiOno. Megadrive News ... 6 have a go on a few times a month... nearly compl eted everyisland! Fav. * SPECIAL THANX & PC Engine News... 8 console game - Bomher Man with four players! Consoles mvned: PC Letters/Swapline .... l l /12 Engine with CD-Rom, Super Famicom, Gameboy. Should have Gamegear SUPPLIERS Tsuvoshi Tips ... 12, 14 and NES compatibleby the time you read this too! Yamashiki (Japan).' S.F. Joysticks••• 18 Console Concepts, GamesReviews: Marc Foord: As Marc livesin Middlesex, way down south of Notts, Megaware, plus various Alien Storm (MD) ... 16 I've neverseen or met him in person. The only contact I have with Marc magai.ines: Monthly PC Area88 (SF) ••• 22 is a 3.5" floppy disk each month withhis la.test games reviews. This is Engine, Beep! Bobble Bubble (GB) ••• 25 very suspicious don't you think!'? Marc could well he an advance com Megadrive,Marukatsu Centurion(MD) ... 17 puter fromthe future, lying in wait to take overthe world! So, all you PC Engine, Megadrive DinoLand (MD) ... 34 people living in middlesex... watch out!!! Could he highly dangerous! Fan, The Super FI-Race(GB) - 29 Consoles owned: Megadrive & Super Famicom. Fantasia (MD) ••• 24 Famicom, Famicom Fastest1 (MD) ••.26 Tai Ono: As Tai lives in Surrey, miles fromNotts, I've also never seen Tusin, New Computer Final Soldier(PC) ••• 28 or met him in person. Then again, I mi ght hut not noticed as I did plan to Goemon(SF) "" 23 meethim at last year'sComputer Show, hut he got confused aboutthe ftt{at1;Heoev Marvel Land (MD) ... 20 meetingplac e. We waited at the Turbo Grafx-16stand, and Tai waited at Electric Brain, 125 MetalStoker (PC) ••• 19 the Super Graphics stand! Only contact fromTai is hy paper, hy post. So, Arnold Road, Bestwood Onslaught (MD) ... 31 as far as I know, with the surname'Ono'. Tai could well he related to Estate, Nottingham. NG5 Outrun (MD) ... 35 . Yoko Ono, John Lennonmthe Beatles .... yes, a superstar in our midst! 5HR. Tel: 0602-606442. PC Kid 2 (PC) ••• 28 Alternatively, he could well be an advance alien heing, lying in wait, to * PRINTED BY�� ���� � Raiden Trad (MD) ... 30 take over the world! Consoles owned: PC Engine with CD-Rom · · RedmanWorto (GB) ... 35 Brooklvn Press Ltd. Saint Sw ord (MD) ... 3 Dan ... the Man : Dan lives up the roadfrom me ... quite a distance if you 14 Diamond Avenue, StreetSmart (MD) ... 32 are unfit! Dan's surname is actually Wapplinton... hut enoughabout that!? Kirkby-in-Asf/field. Streetsof Rajle (MD) ... 33 Also known as Danrius 'cos he's fav game is Darius (and Salamanda). Nottinghamshire. Tel: Super R-Type(SF) ... lO And he is an Accountant!! Yes!! You read right-this psycho- satan Man.rfield 753215 Teamlre111 (PC) ••. 26 chaotic-death machine is an Accountant!! Never mention numhers to this * SPECIAL THANX Tricky (PC) ... 27 guy. or he will bore you to death!! Dan is a real shoot'em up freak - No TO YOU THE War Birds (Lynx) ••• 32 alien scum is safeif Dan is at the drivingseat. Consoles owned: READERS! WrestleWar (MD) .•. 27 Megadrive, PC Engine, Lynx, Gamehoyand soonGamegear. No material may be rtprOOucedin partor wholewithout v.Tittenconsent of the LeeLee: Lee'ssurname is actually Hughes, hut as 'Lee' is such a great copyright holders. \\rbile�very t•arc ir; name, like New York, they named him twice!? Leeis also known as taken .... bloodyhell... you know all that bull'lhit� Scum hy his friends... hut I won't write downwhat his enemies call him! Lee is currently unemployed, hut hoping to become chief tasterof Walker's crisps ..... or KP's, although he can't handle the latter's 'Satan (C) 1991 Electric Brain Flavour' Space Raiders!He is also a right lucky hugger when it comes to games ... if it wasn't for his size, we could easily mi staken him for a battling! Console o-.vned:Lynx. /-!Df' F 'l..ua< S 1 ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 ff :t,llE. 7b S Rf/f'tNIN& oor ° i CANDY' � ... � 15SUc5 'l>NT111N 'Wl'IITE- �T S'W£1:[S 2 lr-lSTE,flO ! THE MUSICCOMPO!! Firstly, to enter this month's compo. you must have this Are you cool enough toown month's music tape.... either, you got this freewith this issue a games console'!Do you it, then sell it at £250 to some (you'll lucky!),or if you didn't, send a blank C60 plus return know whatto do ifsomething plonker. postageand I'll duplicate it for ya! Soz, I haven"t enough goes wrong'!How good are d) Kick his head in, take the tapes! you algames'! All this and NeoGeo, steal his wallet, and Anyway, listen to side 'A· and and determine the name of the more willNOT be revealed by sell the machine to person (a).