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LECTRIC * ISSUE 22 * Recommended Price £1. "A lot cheaper than Mean Machines!" *

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�·... ,.. �'� __,__ 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). game from which the music comes from. One of them you answering these questions, most likely won't know - the 8th tune of 9. This is from but what the heck!'! 04. A man in the street Namco's 'Return of Ishtar' - we want you to name the tune it is Once you've answeredthe o1fers you some pirated based on! Once you've indentified them all, write 'em down questions,check out your cartridges for a fraction of on a postcard (letter, whatever) and send it to the normal the original price. Do you... address as usual. First correct answer out of the bag, will win a ratingsal theend! mysterious prize... so mysterious. I don't know what yet!!

Q 1. You are drivingin a) Past him by. Hereare some clues. for all you tone deafpeople .... your car, and your friend in b) Buy a few games, then 1. Konami shoot'em up the passenger seat pulls contactFast to claim your 2. Sega's most well known game out his Atari Lynx, and £1000. 3. Not very clear Slimer decides to plugit into the c) Bribe the man to get as 4. Don'tstand behind this ironbird cigarette lighter. Do you... much softwareas possible 5. Prequel to the Ultimate beat'em up from him, then contact FAST. 6. If you get this wrong .... you should be drowned!! d) Beat him up, take all his a) Let him play the Lynx from 7. Dan's favorite game! software, his wallet, and re­ 8. Not 7. but' 10', or Torvil & Dean. the Car's power. porthim to FAST. b) Shout in his lug-hole to stop 9. I don't want to go at 12.00. □ as it'll drain the battery. Q5. You are playing c) Noticing he's not wearing your Gameboy on the the seat belt. you slam on the train, when you notice op­ * STOP PRESS * STOP PRESS * STOP PRESS * breaks, sending him through posite you - a beautiful the windscreen! female playing Tetris on d) Beat him up, while still in her gameboy. Do you ... All you looking through this issue for the Music CD controlof the car! review of Digital Dream's computer music.... I'm afraid it's not in this issue! Thisis because Digital Dreams.first Q2. The most hypedand a) Ignore her, and continue playing. release wasn'tgood enough, so they recalled the CDs coolest game appears in a back to be redone for better qualitystereo sound. shop before any one gets b) Ask her if she wants to link up for a double game. DD promisedme a tape of the.final version before they it. .. but they only have one copy and it costs a bomb! c) Forget the gameboy, and got round to duplicating the CDs, but failed to send me it. Do you ... try to chat her up. and make a Thebloke producing the music seem to have disappeared date .... too. Until l can get hol.dof him, the CD review will d) Pull the emergency chain, appear, if and when I get the tape/CD. a) Pay the askingprice. and use the toilet when the b) Play and complete the game train has stopped. in the shop, and buy in when it comes down in price. Q6. You enter your local c) Bribe the shop keeper, shop, and they are giving sayingyou have a photo of FREE GX4000machines him with his neighbour's wife! with every GX4000 game theGX4000. and return knackered one to the d) Beat him up, and steal the bought! Do you ... game, discreetly! d) Smash up all the GX4000s shop for a replacement. in the shop! c) Buy a spanking new one, QJ. A guy offers you a a) Take up the offerand buy a change casing etc. and return GX4000game. Ql. Just after a year, knackered one for a refund! Neo Geo for £100. Do you... b) Haggle with the shop your consoleblows up! Do d) Get a pair of pretty poly keeper to include the entire you ... tights, put them over your head, collection he has in for the borrow a swan offshot gun. and a) Buy it of him, and then buy GX4000too with the a) Get it repaired by a repair ask the shop keeper at a console all the game at normal price! machine. shop to replace your knackered b) Don't buy it, get a firm, and pay the repair bill. c) Haggle with the shop b) Find someonethat has machine! Shop keepers can be Megadrive instead. keeper to give you a couple very generous! c) Haggle with him, and buy recently bought the same ■ of freeMD game instead of machine, swap casing etc.

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4 ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 ' 1991 FAMIC,OM & GAMEBOY Although the main companies are producing games forthe Super FI �a� ... Tf.\C Famicom, the normal flo.yer ACtlo/1, l"tfr.t Famicom have some ace stuffcoming out for the flOrcus. machine too.One such game of such is a shoot•em up construction kit on 1 meg cart. set for 13th September. The program is like Palace's like their engine version but players, I wonder what the ace and has a two player view more 3D. How it plays characterbased on Mr. Super option too! will be worth waiting for,as Brat will shout out?! � 3D soccergames have never Motor Racing: One of the � On the Gameboy front. worked on computer. best driving games on the PC 1\1f. �� the company to watch Wrestling: As for their Super Engine is FI Circus by A(f. A<,AltJ out for is Konami again. FirePro Wrestling, it's also Nichibutsu... although viewed o\1( -rt, With Castlevania II and very similar to the engine ver­ top down, it's extremely fast Nemesis II alreadv out, I sion, and will be 8meg cart. - amdjust as difficultas the ff\ck, . �.JlL, another sequel game will out sometime November. real thing. However, it's main hit the GB from Konami Whereas the engine version let down was it was only a - that of the Turtles, had 16 wrestlers to choose single player game. But now constructionkit as you have T.M.N.T. 2 which should be from,the SF version will have Naxat have stepped in forthe different editors which when out around October. The game 20, andthe tag teammatches Super Famicom andare to put togethercan produce will be similar to the original will still be present, although produce a similar game, but simple but playable games. game - a side on action ofcourseonly two playerscan split-screen ( down the mid­ Games like Galaga '88, adventure, and feature the four play! dle) so two peoplecan race at Galaxians, and so on are heroes in action. Hopefully Tennis: Soonerthan all the the sametime! The game is supposeto be very easy to it"ll be a lot tougher! above, and should be avilable called Fl, although this is produce.The program as you read this, Tonkin only a provisional title. No contains graphic ! . - ...... - . . - . . ' ' House's Super Tennis, on release date. editors (map, ! 4meg cart. will be out end of sprites, August. Been a fan of corn- Oh Yeah, before I end, Seta characters, etc.), il have a number of sound editor, ·1a· --- . games in the works ... control,and so ' a RPG, a Racing on. ; game, and an action From Konami, game. there· s a wicked The RPG game is vertical shoot'em similar to Galeen up called (Eden) with no actual CrisisForce for arcade fighting the end of involved. The racing August. The game called FI game looks well Fastest Heatdo esn't Another Konami lookvery spectacular release will be Gomon puter tennis, this should be a - lookingmore like the Warrior. Yep! The great game, especially as it Pole Position with small cars, same guy as the heroin features singles and doubles and very likely play like Konami's recent Super matches, several types of sur­ F:Zero, and the arcade action Famicom release. The faces. ballboys (and/or game - Nosferatu,looks the Gamebov looks real neat. girls?!). and the characters best of the bunch as it's very and if it's half as goodas react to calls ... when the ball is much like BrOder- bund's ace the SF version. should be called out, "YEAH!" appears platformgame Prince of worth getting! over one players and "NO" Persia. with super graphics. 1He, rJ{:f(DG:S ,,.; 1H€:- HALF over the other!, plus other nice All three game will be on touches. As the characters are 8meg cart. SHtt.L- 1/1.E: 6,ilcK. 1 based on famous tennis □ ELECTRIC BRAIN* ISSUE 21 • 1991 5 Best looking MD game is Technosoft's conversion of Devil Crash - the pinball simulation. The team have MEGADRIVE NEWS redesigned the sub-tables, which now features some of Next Sega release, at the the best , not to mention end of August will be Jewel devilish backdrops seen on Master on 4meg cart. - a the machine. There are six multi-level arcade arcade sub-tables in all aswell as the adventure in the Rastan 2-3 screen long main table. Saga theme, but instead of Looks real awesome, and a warrior armed with a should be a lot better than wacking axe, your master Dinoland - out in October. can launch fireballs from his mystic hands ... which can Fighting power up to whopping size When the MD came out, like the Darius wave there weren't many fighting weapon! The game has you games for it - especially the travelling through forests, one-on-one variety like Street deserts, cayerns, etc., and Fighter. But since then, there attacked by all manner of have been Fatman, Kagiki, a nasty creatures, including a With Sega's CD-Rom shoot'em up goes, it looks couple of wrestling game (if rare white tiger, zomnies, add-on coming real soon, like any that Taito have you count them) and Street skeletons, kaktus that bites what can you expect for done - As you take control Smart, but soon there will be your legs, firey Phoenis and the system? of a space craft - fly up three more ... well .. two and a bit. ! giant demon creatures. Firstly, there's a strategy screen, blow up every­ Looks mega .. and must fol­ war game based on orien­ thing , collect the colour From Treco, there's l ow the line of shinobi tal japan like Nobunga's icons for power-ups Fighting Master out for games on the MD. Amibition on the and destroy the big The game I've been Gameboy .... ermm .... I'll boss at the end. waiting for - UPL's horizon­ skip that! The other is ta I shoot'em up - the Then there's Lunar - the Runark or more english title I still don't know Silver Star from Game Arts known as Growl in of, wi ll be out this - which is a Role Play the UK, as you play September on 8meh cart Game ... well ... yes!? Plus an Indy like charac­ for the MD. The game looks 3x3 Eyes from Sega ... ter bashing the real mega, and UPL have which is another RPG ..... , heck out of every­ done an amazing conver­ Detonator from Hot.B one in sight using sion, as the screenshots which is an Adventure .... anything he can get are awesome, with great intact, apart from Wolf his hands on from backdrops and zillions of Team's arcade Adventure - hand combat to sprites on screen - hopeful- Ernest Evans, the other whip, gun, barrels, games cur­ and rocket launchers. The October. This is very much coin-op has a two player like Fatman crossed with the rent I yin coin-op Fighting Fantasy, production are option and you can guess, RPGs or it's not implemented here! where instead of normal Adventures. Coming out 15th humans battling it out, you November. Personally, I have wierd creatures aswell So, if and including a dragon, medusa, when Sega though the coi n-op was crap, the conversion looks werewolf, and a carnivorous does release plant. As you might expect, the Mega-CD, even worst! it's not really each have their own special Pinball moves ... looks good, but worth buying known for u n t ii q-ui-te Treco aren't sometime later when 1Jf'..!::. <=>f1.6AT L.£5t,K11\l6 �I-ICOT''Bn uf. more arcade titles appears, ot other games appear ly they won't flicker or slow out fo the US or UK... or down the game!! But not the japs decide to include only that, the game fe atures english in their CD titles! a two player option too - OR a one ship option with Taito the second player controll­ Taito has two games ing the gun sight. I can't coming out soon. First is a wait! vertical shoot'em up called Master of Weapon, set for CD-ROM 27th September. As

6 ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 litiiid·idliiii't'Ei $hooting LE-FT ' Tt-l E: FiR!:>T CJ>-�m My favorite game, as most ARCADE: AD�� of you regualr readers wi ll fkom woLFTEAIY\. know on the master system is Fantasy Zone, and the new version - Super Fantasy Zone '361.0w : MC> €01....DEN A)I.E.2 for the Megadrive wi ll hit the 1\-IE. S�1,.. l..OOKS streets in November on 8meg ffioRE'= oF 'THE SAfPE.l cart. Strangely, the game is not been produced by Sega, but Sunsoft. Whatever the case, it looks great - very cute and colourful, and if it's any­ thing like the 8-bit game, should be worth forking out for. More Sega license comes from CSK who are converting Galaxy Force II for the MD on 8meg cart. I never thought the game could be converted to a home system properly, but the MD version doesn't look too bad . Ofcourse , it's unlikely to be 100% accurate without the hardware of the coin-op, but if the 30 and Sega. The game is a con­ game is a sort of multi­ speed works well, G.F.11 producing great games! be From Telenet/Riot is version of Capcom's coin­ directional scrolling lkari should worth getting. Beast Warrior, and this is op, but as the title Warriors, and it's not the One wicked looking hori­ similar to the above with suggests, it's slightly dif- best of games. The MD zontal shoot'em up is one monsters fighting other monster, but viewed in isometric - out for September/October. A strange touch to the game is that, you can merge two monsters into one to create your own new monster with attributes of each! The third is one from Taito, although looks more of a beat'em up arcade ad­ venture . The graphics are cAL-SO.. . MR.. l-\� real wacko, with fat fflceSTo GIANT rno!IIK�Y.S samurai's, giant size red demons, flying birds etc. JE.JNEL mflSTY\ - 001? Hf:I«) fflC.c5 71/6 Pf/ OEJJh< ferent from conversion the arcade looks rather poor with from Hot.B coming out in machine. For chunky graphics and very December, where you control one, it's only little detail - almost like an a bird of prey, in a P47 style single player Atari ST game! The game. (booo!) and it game's also single player features tents, agai n! where you can find a girl R1E,/-JT: MD who offer you V(J<$J oN oF extra items like first aid, SUP€({ fllN1AS'i power-ups, ZONE .' mER.csJf. ... YO tl HAVE FoV� J-l�f:.'5 etc. and you m JJ1F'f:�Ra,rr 1-rems. get a choice -m,s TltnE. � l of characters each with dif­ Look good, but no release ferent strengths and date. weapons, plus some other extra bits. On 8meg cart. WAR! Another war game is Meres II - will be avail­ Cal.SO on 8meg cart. com­ able end of September from ing out in November. The

ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 7 of Persia - which is a conversion from the japanese PC version which features better graphics PC ENGINE NEWS than the Amiga/ST one. Out in September willbe a saucy mah THERE have been no new backup unit jong game featuring some sexy significant hardware announ­ be full, and girls to play against. .. hmmmm .. cements from NEC this mon­ you don't I think I'll order this one! ! For th· ish - quite rare for them, wish to ! side-on robot arcade action, delete any­ there's Browning from thing from Riot/Telenet which looks ex­ it, you can tremely good. For shoot'em up ' ' transfer all freaks,there 's Raiden Trad ... al­ ; that to the ready out on the MD and soon to 1 new card, be converted to the SF too. The / thus y_ ou game's wicked on the MD, and , can wipe hopefully, good on the engine - / off the CD- sound should be anyway! Pl us memory ... Hudson's wicked shoot'em up / and save featuring Bomber Man and an more to it. advance version of Populous. I Out on 6th I September tf� IPE:N- � 7D BE I at 3880 Yen. CbNv-Yl:TED 7D CD-!(om. / ON the software side, ; . ·r.r,) f there's not a lot of new an­ HUOSoN 's nouncements either. With the BACK-(Jf new Super System Card and (f]Emo1<'1 CAAD. Engine Duo (first called the

Rom Engine) expected to be although I fo rgot to mention launched around autumn (the Hudson's "Tennokoe Bank" Super Rom2 is not expected card. This looks like NEC's until next spring!) several new Super System Card with companies have decided to video) about futuristic police Pinball: that extra 'hump', but is a produce games for the engine patrol with young female When it comes down to backup device. If you have a on CD-Rom using the extra heronines. From Hudson, pinball games, the engine sure backup unit like Hudson's memory. Several games like there's a great looking RPG out do the competition even Tennokoe 2 or CD-Rom inter­ adventures and RPGs are called Dragon Slayer which though there have only been fac e, whatever is stored in been produced based on car­ fo llows the same japanese two, and both from the same memory. can be stored/trans­ toon characters and stories, RPG format with great company - but latest pinball sim. fered to/from the new card, including Silent Moebius ... a graphics similar to Ys. From to grace the machine will be which has four times ih e famous japanese comic (ancf- R1verhIII Soff,-tllere's Prmce from FACE called Time CruTse memory . What's it used for? Should your CD memory/ Ll::FT: /lloe&US °lHE CD-/EMl Vf/l:5/DIJ ON 7if6 EJJGtlJE. .

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_, ·' . ., '·"!,c- .,_- /f!oebiv.5 - 7FIE mf/ GIIZINE. J ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 8 tween, although this Tai to 's Hit the Ice. Ice latest saga features Hockey game should be avail­ some real detailed able in late September and looks and large enemy to be one hot game not to be characters ... looks missed, as it contains a sheer lot ace! of violence! You can shoulder Fans of Hudson 's barge, hit your opponent with Neutopia will be the stick or trip them up, fight delighted to hear that with your fi sts, and even kick the sequel - your opponent in the crown Neutopia II will be jewels! ... not to mention the available late creepy octopus that sometimes ll. The game looks more like a nudging the table won't be September on a appear on the ice and lunge for tradition table instead of a much use! ! Ti me Cruise whopping 6meg card with your legs! ! Forgoet Speedbal I 2, 'theme' ones like Devil Crash looks real ace and could chal­ backup ram ! The game is Hit the lee looks the biz! or Dino Land, but the main lenge Devil Crash's throne, very similar in style to the Namco·s Horse Racing area is made of bricks. The out around October on 4meg original game but bigger, game will be out late September, table is several screen large .. card. more weapons, etc .. and this is another worth check­ about 7 screens in all! And Brain Grey's firstgame ing out, especially as there's a then there for the engine - Efera & four p\ayer option ... nothing like are addition Juliora, will be a wicked a multi-player game! looking RPG on CD-Rom. bonus tables Shooting: which are The game is similar in style rather out of to Ys as you wonder around After the rather niffy con­ the ordinary. killing things with your version of Zero Wing by A strange sword, so partially playable! Toaplan for the Megadri ve, feature of the A novel touch is, it should in­ Naxat will release their Engine game is it's clude a two player option, so version on CD-Rom in optional con­ yourself and a friendcan go September. From the screen trol method. around hacking nasties shots, the en gine version looks This will let together! As yet, no release very much like the MD one. you con­ date. Although Naxat haven't fi gurate the produced a great deal of good controls to games, they seem to have im­ ! proved, especially with their u s e 3 Sl'IJ CE FIIA/PISY ZoNE: - AT111c.K&PBY A &>ss joypads! One , last CD-Rom shoot'em up pad is used to start the game, ArcadeAdventure/ RPG: Spriggan which we still can­ etc. and the other two to con­ Valis fans can lookfor­ not get hold of a copy even trol left and right flippers. This ward to Valis IV which though it's suppose to be is so you can put the latter two should be out late August. released injapan in July! pads on the sides of your table The game will be more of the There are a couple of new so it 'feels' like you're playing same,and like III will feature hori zontal shoot'em ups in a real pinball table, although three characters to switch be- the works but, neither look � WIN6 ... SoorJ ON 7HE EN6t1'£;. any good ... one looks really crap and on 2meg card!!! HUmftt.J More on these next time . .. if Sport: ever! f<.£Tuf?Nl.:) Also set for late August NEC's Fan tasy WIJH is Human's Second Bout, Zone/Space Harrier game should their sequel wrestling game, be out end of september on CD. SECa® and this looks to be worth checking out. Hopefully, they 8ouT I have made the single player option easier to manage. A nice touch this time is, you can have all four players at each other's throat in a tag team match without having to return to their posts! ELECTRIC BRAIN * ISSUE 22 ' 1991 9 NINTENDO GOES WIDE BEFORE IT GOES COLOUR MEGA-CD TALK

Latest 1nformat1on ,s that. t11e wicked MD vert1c<1I GAMEBOY II ?! shoot em up Alesta will be coming out on the Mega- Nintendo· s Gameboy is get­ 1 �, 1 AA batteries and only last we see a joint venture be­ C D ' T h s t 11 e f i r s t ting a run for it's money of around 3 hours!! They have tween Nintendo and Sharp I s h o o 1 e m u 11 to be late, what with all the colour said - a solar power panel to wonder with the Colour an11ounced thnl will be portable machines now avail­ assist the batteries could be Gameboy? The two com­ converted to CD for mat. able - Atari with it's Lynx used! panies have already joined up and shouic! t)e oi,c lw l! of ( Lynx Il), Sega with their The main problem is the before to produced the SFI a game ii it usc:'3 all. or Gamegear, and, not much of a colour screen as it's very the Colour TV/Super even half of the specifica­ competition in price. NEC's power consuming, but Sharp Famicom combination. t I o :, •; o f t he M ,... g a · C D . GT. Therefore, Nintendo real- confirmed that Nintendo's Unfo1i uni'ltely. there s no 1 y need to upgrade their specifications for a new More on this in next issue! releasP rl nte for the machine to a colour version. Gameboy is possible .... will game wei! filling up 540 Although Nintendo have megabytes takes some been considering a colour doing!! gameboy, th.ey say that, a new model with a wider screen has priority in development.. .. so watch out!! '• 8-BIT ADAPTOR ,. � ..- .' ,•· f'.' There-are no leaked details /4• . . ., ,.,,".! . As we mentioned some .. about a colour gameboy in the .· .. .,-,;, . time a go, Nintendo aren't works, but it's been said that going to produce a 8-bit Nintendo will not develop one Adaptor for the Super until a suitable 'chassis' is Famicom (SNES) because designed to allow at lease I 0 n of the costs, but there is no hours play on 4 AA batteries • stopping third party while retaining it's original n companies producing one compactness. As you know, as all the hardware required all the current portables take 6 is in the SF already!

MD COMES ON DOWN CONSOLES BITES THE DUST The official Megadrive making on an official Two of the newest games what they wa nted as a con­ could drop in price to £99 machine! consoles, Amstrad's so I e instead of going before the end of the year Personally, I can't see GX4000 and Commo­ straight in and produce a is up. This is because, it's why any one would buy an dore's 64GS are selling for naff machine is any ones believed that the trench official machine in the first £19.99 and £29.99 repec­ guess! Surely, neither com­ are to drop their price to place - it's too expensive, tively at Dixons! Both were panies made any money the eq uivalent of around slower, (unless you are launched around a year a from their machines? £100. This is certainly a using it on a PAL TV in­ go at the European Enter­ Incidentally, the 64GS is a wise move , because im­ stead of scart/RGB) , and tainment Show ... and as worthy buy if is drops fur­ ported Megadrives can be require an adaptor to run usual, both companies ex­ ther in price and you're bought for less than £100 japanese imported games pected big things from hoping to get a Neo Geo, as now, not to mention at half which usually appear first their machines - but no the 5 volt power supply can that price in japan! This and sometimes a lot one else did! be used with the 24-bit shows how much money cheaper! Why Commodore and machine without resorting to Sega or the retailers are Amstrad ask the public the jap. converter unit. TO SUBSCRIBE TO ELECTRIC BRAIN

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10 ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 ' 1991 OPEN FORUM Boy, E-SW AT, Shadow be converted to either the from D.A.C. which runs UK. Got a problem, make an Bll!Ster (Shiten Myooh) and engine or megadrive: US. Japanese and asian opinion, or anything at all.. Shadow Dancer! So if you a) Bells and whistles carts! I decided to buy the write in and shout out your want it, send £2.00to him at: b) Midnight Wanderers latter as there are quite a few view in this section. 65 Highstreet, Burnham-on­ c) Caveman Ninja good games of the 8-bit not sea, Somerset, TA8 lPD. d) Jumbo Ozeki Super available for any other system Incidentally, me and Dan Masters - namely Megaman, software 3 Questions by Rare design, etc. I also 1. Is Valis 3 Any good? Is it decided to do our own MD e) Major Title music tape, but when we t) Euro Champion Football have 2 Amiga 500s, a Atari worth Buying? And which ST which LeeLee has, a version is the best to get, recorded Streets

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13 MORE TIPS AND CHEATS THAN ANY OTHER CONSOLE MAGAZINE. .. (It' NOT, Wl:::'LLSTEAL THEIR TIPS TOOO. IF YOU HAVE FOUND A CHEAT, HAVE SOME TIPS, OR MEGA TIPS HINTS, THEN PLEA'3E SEND TO THE USUAL ADDRESS! Errr ... not too many tips this month knows this on e, so just incase you as Tai Ono was on his Hols (Lucky didn't here's the level select mode: On On DIGEST type in GIL AND KAI sod!, so here are a few! title. press Up. Down Left. Right On NORMAL type in TRIDENT where you'll hear a ri ng. Then hold On HARD type in THRIDENT Shjhooby Man 11 - Ena:ine down button A and press Start. You can also get all the gems by Fastest1 - Meaadrive Pause during play and press Left, II. and selecting the bonus game, and resetting Well, if you bought this, then type in Select together to replenish life. This trick is each time when you collectit . ' HAPPYNEWYEAR' in the n ame repeatable. Unfortunately, the cart. knows you've entry on World Champion ship! Hold the II button to chargeup. then jump cheated, so you don · t get whatever and press Up while firing. happens when you get all the gems Holein One - Superfamicom At the beginnin g of stage 7, when properly - you· re right cheatin scums to On the n ame e n try, e n ter asteroids start to fall,go to the bottom right try this method anyway! ' MUSIC***********' for Music hand comer - it's a safe ty spot. If you collect the 6 gems properly, Mode, where you can listen to all the The first stage boss is easy, jump offthe you'll get a different ending! exiting music from the game!! building. Sheuld be no problem becauseyou You can also hold down buttons A, are invincible while your booster jetpack B, and C when you kill offD r. Eggman GG Shjnobi - Game Gear thingy is on. After a while, the irritat)ng and when Sonic is running along the For the music mode - on the title scrol li ng stops so decking the monster 1s a - · game to see a differing ending!! screen, press buttons A and B and Start lot easier! together. The music is don� by none On stage 2 boss, the orange Michelin other than Mr. Sega music master Ma n, position your ship so that it is over himself 'Yuzo Koshiro' - the man who lappi ng his body and rapid fire! did music forSuper Shi nobi, Actraiser, and Steels of Rage! Populous - Ena:ine (Full review

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Ring for latest releases Gameboy/Lynx/PCEngine /NaoGeo/Nintendo/Sega. We have a lot more available than listed above. SAE for full pricel ists Please make Cheques + PC's to: RAVEN GAMES LONDON· P&P Machines: Gameboy£2/GT Game Gear £3/Engine Lynx £4/Megadrive Neo-Geo Famicom £5/Games £1 (Execpt Neo-Geo £2.SO) � GUARANTEED FAST DELIVERY Z 15 energy) and a horizontal, fast hear. I can't honestly say that scrolling shoot 'em up where they are goodtunes which make ALIEN STORM you have to dodge/shoot use of the MD's sound chip be­ Megadrive by Sega things. cause they don't sound as though Supplied b� Megaware/Console Concepts The graphics are nowhere they are using very many of the near as good as the arcade available channels. (which button does what). Marc: ALIEN Storm is screenshots I've seen and I One major problem with Alien All 3 buttons are used: one think more effort could have Storm is the difficulty level - on a conversion of the pretty sick for's pecial ' (a smart bomb), Easy setting I managed to com­ Sega coin-op and is basically been made to make these one forattack and the other closer to the original. The plete the game on my fourth at- Golden Axe set in the future. forrol l. A nice intro screen appears When you start th e game (two halves of a stone block you then get to choose which smash together with the title in of the 3 characters you play. green letters on it) and after There is a man, a woman and pressing start we are presented a robot. Each has a different with the options. weapon and smart bomb and There are essentially 4 game each has it's unique strengths tvpes: 1 player arcade mode, 2 and weakness'. player arcade mode, 'The There are 8 missions to beat Duel· ( 1 player versus increas­ and at the start of each, the ingly hard a-liens)and · 1 P vs obj ect is displayed accom­ 2P' (a two player fi ght to the panied by a spooky piece of death). In other words, a carb­ music. on copy of the Golden Axe set The idea of the game is up!. Interestingly; a clever simple enough - kill any , piece of programming this; aliens which get in your way, you can only access 'The make it to the end of the level Duel· option if you have 1 and then exit to the next. The controller plugged in, other­ aliens vary greatly including wise it is ghosted and you living dustbins, zombies, can 't select it (and likewise, if flying things, killer plants and sprites are all O.K but could tempt which is what can hardly you have 1 controller plugged gremlins. have been better defined and be described as a long term chal­ in, you can't access the IP vs At the end of each stage the animation is fairly poor. lenge. Of course, it can always 2P mode). Pretty smart stuff!. there is a bonus level. There Backdrops are, again, fairly be said "set the difficultylevel to There is also a demo option, are two of these. One is a 3D averagelooking (although the hard and don't use any of the 3 sound test and the obligatory 'Operation Wolf style blast 3D sections and some levels continues" but how many of us options set up. Here we can (where the screen scrolls are nice). are really going to do that? set game difficulty (easy, nor­ along and you have to shoot Music is veryweird indeed Admittedly, the later levels do mal. hard), energy level (easy, anything which moves/jumps with some of the strangest get tough (and very frustrating) normal. hard), rapid fire out at you and also collect tunes you are ever likely to but there is nothing here that any (on/off) and control pad half decent gamesplayer couldn't l--,,,.,,,,,� beat (after all, I managed it!!). J===== . · .. , Alien Storm is a good game - .. ·1 an enjoyable beat 'em up and a ·:• • . ·-··-� J-t-t-.-;4 ___ ¥' v logical step onwards from � Golden Axe (however. it has to ·- :· ... �.... be said that the quality is not as high here). On the whole, this seems to me to be a game which has been rushed through for release as if a SOf'� 1bCTr fbv,JE:R.! little more time spent on it '.:' ''.' ::<'�-- . would have made a whole lot of . • -=�- -,, �.::�~ . * . ~ difference (eg tidy up the ...... graphics, write some better W' "f'1'Y-YOOil .o 'I•- Al..lcN SC.l.lm " �-:t \ e,El.O f{ , . . . sounding music and tone up the Ae.OVE • Ol)R H� I.\SE':'S. 1-\1$ difficultylevel). SP'2<:.IAL N<=-'1�- .. sa.lO /� Worth checking out if you are Tn E:- SPACc:.SHI P ! after a followon to Golden Axe and can't wait forthe sequel or if you idolised the coin-op. Otherwise, lookand play first. Graphics 80 % Sound 74 % Playability 88 % ;tf�S1Jit Lastability - 68 % '· 0: :;,,' : •· Overall - 81 % cont.. .. 16 ELECTRIC BRAIN * ISSUE 22 * 1991 ....cont . 275 B.C., A bloody long time ago, and the be­ Cmnment;Alien Stonn ginning of the Roman conquest. In Centurion, Dan: Graphically, Alien you are a young officer Storm is really fab. Theplayer who must lead this con­ sprites are brilliantly animated quest. You begin the game (particularily Scooter the with one province, (Italia). robot) and the aliens are Your goal being to take equally fabalous. Some of control of the re- maining their special attacks are 26 provinces. This may be hilarious. done either by forming an Sound-wise, Alien Storm is alliance (only for pretty good, too. The music, chickens!!. .. Onn) , or by whilst not being the best ever invading and defeating the heard, suits the game very province's army. Once a well, as do the sound effects. province is under your Ss what about the gameplay? control, you may level ls it as good as Golden Axe? taxes upon it, and also Lf.T � SEE... IF 111H(e G�fflflrJ'f.... l'U..l>E.FE;I\T tUTL.eR... . Well, I think my answer raise armies from the would have to be • very province's populance . In nearly'. The gameplay is order to gain popularity great, very challenging and and wealth (vital for raising CENTURION addictive, but lacks one or two armies, and also for Megadrive by ElectronicArts - Supplied by Console Concepts things that G.A. had. There are building ships, which make no creatures of any description invading easier) you can use. A very nice, atmospheric to ride, you cannot hit the also indulge in a spot of tune plays on the title screen, race chariots (the Amy version other player (good thing when chariot racing. As you gain whilst a monotonous (but also had gladiator fighting .. playing with Dan!... Onn), and provinces, win chariot suitable) drum beat plays shame this was missed out on worst of all, your enemies do races, etc. your rank during the game, with rather the MD), and so on, it becomes not scream when they die! increases, allowing to average sound effects on the very playable. These minor gripes aside, control more armies, more battlefieldand chariot racing The graphics are very average Alien Storm is a great game, ships, etc., the ultimate sections. - but I suppose very good for this and certainly a worthwhile, if aim of the game is to Overall, I would have to say type of game. Sound is used not quite essential purchase. become Caesar and rule that Centurion is a pretty effectively throughout, with a the world! good game - it certainly kept nice title tune, and appropriate Visuals - 93 % me occuppied for a fe w sound effects in battle with Sound -80% hours. However the game has horses charging and screaming, Playability - 90% Dan: Centurion is a one big flaw - lastabili ty. and steel clashing, plus the Lastability- 88 % rather interesting sort of Once you have figured rumble of the chariots in the game. It's a sort of everything out completing the arena. Centurion is definitely Overall - 90% strategy/action game with a game takes no time, and there worth getting if you are after'a few RPG-type elements is no incentive to play again strategy game with a touch of thrown in forgood measure. after completion. My advice - action thrown in. However, it's Electric Brain At first, the game is rather rent the game out for a week not toodif ficultto complete, and confusing - the land battles or two, but don't buy. unlike most strategy/war Cool Tips seem to be uncontrollable, the games ... there's only one map to chariot racing illogical, and Visuals - 60% conquer... so once complete, no.1, successful diplomacy seems Sound -75% you 're not likely to play it again to be somewhat tricky, to say Playability - 87 % for some time. Powermonger it the least. Lastability - 55 % is not (my fa vorite action --. Stick with the game how­ strategy/war game. where ever, and everything makes Overall -70% there 's hundreds

The Super Famicom has a well constructed controller i� on the right. The four button can be rotated too to suit pad considering how many button Nintendo decided to your feel. The extra top buttonsare situated on the outer stick on it. But it's still a PAD .. and pads are quite difficult sides, and all the buttons are equipped with turbo fire to use on some games especially the likes of platform and switches, with LED lights, including slow-motion, and shoot'em up games where timing and accuracy is you can configurate the buttons too, so that button A acts as button X or whatever! . The JB King is certainly worthchecking out!!

More familiar to the rest of us who ... is the XE range of sticks from Denpa Simbunsha. I bet half of all MD/E ngine owners who own a stick, has one of these. The Super Famicom version is called the XE-1 SFC, and again should be available as you read this, but a little more expensive at 13200 yen. This joybaord looks >-- the sleekest in white and have a host of buttons aswell - "-e.. as the normal ones. There are no extra turbo buttons i.\_'tl etc .. but a small high tech LCD display at the top of the 'A,,. baord. Using this, you can configurate the joystick to � your heart'scontent including turbo fire on the buttons, 'b· auto fire, switch the buttons around, and even configurate the stick itself, so up can be down and right can be up!!! You can configurate the stick and store it in it's own memory! And there is also a timer! If you can afford this beauty, it's certainly worth checking out! important. What you really need is a joystick or joyboard. And, a number of companies have caught on and the following are what you are likely to see soon!

First up is HAL's JB KING, which should be available as you read this, and selling in japan for 8900 yen. The joyboard is a real neat design ... in black and compact with appropriate colour here and there. Like all joyboards, the stick is positioned on the left and the four main buttons

Next, set for release in september is the Super stick from Hori Electronics .. no price on .. 4' £; • this yet, and only a graphic picture available . 7HE X' E·J. The joyboard looks like your average joyboard with stick, and buttons, and turbo fire SFC. switches/slow motion at the top of the board. Very average, and if the price is right, worth checking.

� Lastly, which .:) ·, incidentally is available now (was j released before all ,J J :;.,- above) is the SF-90 Turbo from Sigma Electronics at 12800 yen. The joybaord have been around for a long time as versions of it have been available for the PC Engine and

ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 18 other hardware including set variable speeds for rapid arcades! With the latter in fire on all the buttons. These mind, it should be a very cost around 2800 yen. s t �r d y. stick a n d we II designed.... possibly micro­ switched. If so, a must to buy ... there are very few micro-switched sticks for consoles.

Aswell as joysticks, there are Turbo adaptors. There are two available - one from HAL called the JB TURBO, and the other from Hori called the SUPER TURBO. Both are the same although HAL's look better in design. Both plugs into the Super Famicom's normal pad slots into the controller port, and the adaptor. With it, you can

ficult to fire at something not directly infront of you, METAL STOKER you can lock your fire to PCEngine by FACE - Supplied by Megaware one direction, while you move in another. Onn: rapid yellow bolts which Each stage is different... Metal Stoker - on site 1, you must go what sort of name is that aren't too powerful but can improve to multi-direction through the rooms, and for a game? Intact, it's the with added shield, a ship then destroy all the big name of your ship, the 'CS- orange tank at the endof 05 customMETAL that fire powerful lasers which can improve to 8- each room, and then when STOKER, equipped with you reach the last location the highly sophisticated way, a ship that produces a very powerful beam around of the site, a big Boss craft times are sometimes essen­ PIS - Psycho Inject appears, and you'll have to tial, plus certain ways to System ... in other words the ship and improve to ' multiple ships, a ship that pump tons of plasma into it destroy items. the ship is capable of to destroy it while avoiding Graphics are very good for transforming itself to other lay mines and lastly one that can fire homing mis- it and it's attacks. a top-down game, and the forms of craft with different Later levels becomes variety of the enemies are weapons .. if it collects the sile_s . Each weapon have their advantages and disad- more interesting as each ace, ranging from standard necessary parts. vantages. site is bigger and scrolls tanks to subs. that surface When you start the As it's sometimes dif- around, and use of the dif­ out of the water, and gaf'!le, it looksvery ferent weaponsat certain snakebots that wriggle for­ bonng ... and a little like wards and backwards. Granada on the Mega­ Sound too suits the drive, as it's viewed top­ game, with thumping down with your craft in the tunes and explosive ef­ center of the screen. Tanks fects. The game is dif­ and gun enplacements are ficult too - even with all scattered around the area, the credits, we (myself and you must dodge their and Dan) only managed fire, blast them to hell, and to get to stage 4. head for the exit. Site 1 Overall, Metal Stoker is Compute Polis, comprises a good search and of several rooms, and you shoot'em up game, and must make your way worth checking out, but through the maze of ob- not a must buy ... good stacles, and the enemies' JI but not terrific. continual fire. Along the i��'? v way, podscan be found Visuals - 80% where you can give you Audio -80% useful items - reduce your Playability - 75% damage, increase your fire Lastability - 75% power or give you extra parts for ship transforma- Overall - 77% tion. l'N 1Ht:. T.. ,c.t< oF 1°t\E: 11cr,otJ . • . ENE/r."'t t\LL ��.P! There are 5 types of weapon crafts to change from ... standard - which fire

ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 19 'B' can either be tapped for graphic setting and music to suit. normal fireor held down for Power ups can be collected as SUPER R-TYPE super shot. usual with speed ups, missiles, SuperFami com by Irem Initially the R-Type ship is curly shot, bouncy shot etc. all very sluggish but only a few included plus a few new Marc: Super R-Type is logo plastered all over it, then seconds into the first level weapons. probably the most eagerly the words 'R-Type' slip onto you can grab a speed up The graphics are extremely awaited game yet released for the screen, with the additional which gets you moving at a well done and are well up to the the Super Famicom, and it is 'Super' prefixadded last. sensible pace. standards of the coin-op. A big name titles like this and Options can be set by press­ There are 7 levels to the couple of the backdrops are a lit­ the forthcoming Super Ghouls ing select at this point. The game. each with a different tle ropey (particularly the and Ghosts that will really level (kids, easy, normal, make or break the machine in hard), Sound (stereo, mono), terms of software (obviously, music and sound effects test the machine itself cannot ex­ can all be played around with. actly fail since it has sold The game otherwise defaults ridiculously well in Japan al­ to Easy difficulty. ready!). Pressing select again brings I really don't think ifs worth you out of option set up and the time and space explaining pressing Start begins the the idea behind R-Type - those game. A neat little intro then who haven't seen it can be runs through (although hitting counted on the custom chips Start bypasses it if you wish) of a 16k Sinclair Spectrum!!! - the R-Type spaceship is Just fortlie awkward ones out brought up on a lift then flies , there. R-Type is the big daddy along a tunnel out into open of shoot 'em ups. the game space - rather like the intro to that spawned a million se­ Gaiaires on the MD. quels, etc. etc. Get the idea?! The 'X' or 'Y' button is The Famicom version starts used for auto fire,'A' or the Tue LEVEJ- TWO /3oss ... Fi.O/ln/1/6, 195 7FlcRE fJl?.E. ND off in good form - a nice right button on the top of the Wll � !! Yovl{ f?-3 IS EQUJ/'F£D Wl7H/1/E:W WEfl ftJN! screen comes up with Irem' s pad releases your shield and

What this means is an ex­ affects the action pretty badly. cuse fora good, old fashioned Also, at the end of each level (7 MARVEL LAND platform game with a few stages) there is a pointlessgame Megadrive by Namcot - Supplied by Megaware original and unusual ideas in­ of scissors and paper against corporated. what must be described as the The whole setting is that of 'end of level guardian'. This Marc: Namcot's track (enter a password!) or set the a theme park and the scenery relies heavily on luck and can be record on the MD hasn't been options. The usual tweaking you travel through includes VERY frustrating and tediously good (have they done a decent can be done (lives, level, various rides from this park boring. I really don't think this is game yet?!!) and so it was music, control). (including the carousel, roller the place for such a stupid little with caution I played Marvel Starting the game brings up coaster etc). sub-game. The collision detec­ Land, their latest title. 3 balls (like the ones com­ There are some really novel tion al so I eaves a lot to be This is apparently a conver­ monly seen in almost all ideas in Marvel Land. At the desired and on quite a few oc­ sion of one of their obscure Amiga demos of recent end of a level there is a casions you find yourself want­ coin-ops, and it really is an times). Apparently, our hero dartboard type obstacle which ing to turn off because this odd little game! (who actually looks you must smash through and annoys so much. We startoff with an average remarkably like a heroine!) depending on where you break The graphics are fairly title screen, followed by an must complete 4 levels (each through, you get more or less average. The main sprite is small options screen. Here we can consisting of 7 stages) to col­ points as a bonus! Also, there and the colour scheme and start the game, select a round lectthese balls. are wooden semi circles which definition of all the graphics move back and forth which don't do the game any favours. you must jump on and all sorts Some of the sprites look really of weird enemies to avoid or poor and very much out of place jump on and kill. in a MD game. There are American-style The music isn 't up to much mail boxes littered around the either rm afraid! Simple little levels which if touched release ditties play along and repeat after a power up. These include a short while, making you grab wings which allow you to fl y, forthe volume control. multiples to fling at nasties, Each of the stages are very bonus pointsand extra lives. short and you can find yourself The ideas are good and the to the end of the first level is a gameplay is quite addictive. couple of minutes. The password However, there are some scheme is another factor which serious flaws. seems ridiculous on a console The game slows down quite game and particularly on an ar­ NArr'ICo� /.JHEsT f}l

you're paying over 30 quid for a game and you want it to last the playability problems a while. It's fa ir enough make this a game which can giving passwords on RPG'sor be really enjoyable one ma-s-s-ive- g�-s but not on minute then.amazingly .. those with only a relatively frustratingthe next. small amount of levels and a Not really worth buying as you 'II either get annoyed with much shorter overall lifespan. .D� ro l""H� ff/er, 11tlff I LC1ST r(J'/ (<.E.lltOI of TH €::. Effectively, you could die it totally or finish it quickly on level X, write down the using the password scheme. bllrT1E:I I CAN otJLY r.Pr'/ . . R.-TiPc IS GCCfJ fJIJf password and then come back at a later date and carry Goof). THEY m,sseo OJ( .Trl c /JE straight on. A bad mistake I Graphics - 70% -rlrrr THltT ST think. Sound - 68% LtVtL of R-T1 Pc J[_, mADE: tT /Do YIS'I , r-,tJ Marvel Land seems very Playability - 74% much to be a great game that Lastability - 70% Trl f:. SLOW- DOWN iJ ft PA IN 1N 7HE. NECK.. . Go has somehow gone off the - 70 % 1 tracks somewhere along the Overall foll. MOt '3"8 \NSf.FAJ) / line. The graphics could (and should) have been a whole lot better (as could the sound) and ELECTRIC BRAIN ' ISSUE 21 ' 1991 21 AREA 88 YES.. . Tri os,; ADULT SuperFamlcom by Capcom - Supplied by Con. Concepts ffiMIZJNES... ,I Onn: VE 111ern \JN� After the brilliant zones, but you can select ,;t,fflif conversion of Final Fight - which one enemy to go for. HeCoVN� •.. '' Capcom brings us Area 88 When you start, you (UN Squadron). As you get a choice of 6 aircraft, might expect from Capcom, unfortunately, as each, apart from the first, require this conversion is extremely ii(� 1,. � - �' accurate to the coin-op masses of dosh to buy/ game, apart from the miss­ build, you're stuck with the ing two player option. I naff FBE Crusaderjet a.===-:...1 � � have to say, I've never fighter ... which looks more � !!•· � - played the coin-op game, like a boeing 737. Next, power up your main as forward and can take and wasn't too impressed you get the option to fit on weapon by one (it starts as bombs and napalms, or the with the Amiga version ... al­ some weapons - but again, a single vulcan fire)and Stealth Ray that won't attract though I wasn'ttoo im­ you only have $3000, so blue will power up it by 3. homing missiles and can take pressedwith the coin-op not enough to buy much, Other icons can be re­ advance weapons like the sequel US Navy, but now although each plane can vealed by shooting certain Gunpod enablingyou to fire it's on the SF, it seems only carry selected parts of the scenery. dia- gonally up, and rockets more playable. payloads, and this jumbo Theseinc ludes smart that fire upwards. You can configurate can't carry much! bombs, top up damage & Area 88 is one difficult the controls and difficulty Then it's onto the ac­ special weapons, shield game ... and it took me some levels - Easy, Normal or tual game, as your craft and points. time to complete it in easy Hard - unlike Megadrive zooms over a super hori­ If you manage to modeusing all the credits!! games, I recommend you zontally, multi-parallax reach the end of the stage, With so many enemy fire, stick it on Easy first, as this scrolling, industrial base. you'll face the enemy boss. planes, etc .. at lighting speed, is one tough game!! Before you can marvel the On stage 1 it's a big rocket the game amazingly doesn't Before you actually amazingly detailed launcher on tracks, that slow down much - quite a feat kick ass, you get to pick a graphics, formations of truddles forwards firing for the slow SF. The multi­ pilot from 3, then your com­ helicopters dive in throwing slow homing missiles and parallax scrolling is ace too, mander shows you the war bullets all over the place, multiple rockets at you, moving diagonally, up and zone where your base and and then there are fighter and you require tons of hits down aswellas left and right. the enemies are. On the planes that svvoopfrom all to destroy it. Blowing it up Graphics are the best seen map, there are several directions, tanks and mis­ gives you a bonus.. in on the SF with some exquiste enemy bases, plus two sile launchers!! Dodging all score and in cash, and all backdrops of mountains ran­ remaining special weapons ges, cites, rolling clouds, not used - money is re­ canyons and rock formation turned.Then it's back to set in beau- tifully shaded your base where you can skies that sometimes gets take on another base or darker - and the sprites are Pll/ NE .1•1 enemy attackforce. When also very well defined and Sor You you take on the firstair ani- mated. Then there are the special touches like the /IRE: squadron, you fight it out up in the dark clouds, lit up leaping submarine boss, and with thunder and lighting the wavey desertstage as and face a giant Stealth heat rises up. Soundwise, Bomber. This is real ace. there's some funky tunes that When you attack the fit well with the game .. espe­ trucks, you have a limited cially brilliant is the first air time to strafe a convoy in a squadron attack, and as canyon. If you managed to usual, great explosive sound destroy all the trucks, you FX. So do I like the game? get another bonus based Yes! Area 88 is very playable, squadrons of planes, a sub­ this is quite tricky ... and if on the time you completed very addictive, and extremely marine, and convoys of you get hit, your damage the mission, so the faster challenging ... non-stop action trucks, all advancing to your indicator drops ... until criti­ you can do it, the more all the way. It's not the best base. Your objective - de­ cal and one of your 3 crafts money you'll get! As long shoot'em up with anything stroy all advancing enemies breaks up. Unfortunately, as there are enemy bases special - more like a slicker (apart from the trucks whcih dying means, you'll return around, trucks will ap- and more playable version of can be left alone), destroy to your base, and have to pear ... they are a good P*47. A MUST!! and capture enemy bases complete the stage again!! way to notch up extra �� �$ 1:1Nic_/ and finally, storm and de­ Shooting enemy cash, although you don't Visuals - 98% stroy the enemy HQ com­ planes etc. will rack up get that much. Audio - 96% ' plex deep in the east moun­ money in your purse as­ Once you've got Playability - 95% � ). tain. As your planes can well as totting up your enough cash, you can buy Lastability - 95% � only travel so far, you must score. Occasionally, shoot­ other planes like the A 1 0A 't1 · , attack enemies in a specific ing the enemy reveals Thunderbolt 2 which can Overall - 96% icons. A red sphere will fire diagonal down aswell 22 ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 GOEMON SuperFamlcom by Konaml - Supplied by Con. Concepts

Onn: Goemonis quite night... again to increase simply brilliant. Basically, health, shops where you the game's an arcade ad­ can buy wea- pons includ­ I I venture romp, but have so ing sandles to increase much touches thrown in, it speed, bombs, armour, makes it into a supermas­ extra lives, etc., ;;sate:_ Entertainment shops with 11 71ff: TM> flRE Sv�N■D$ sive multi-format game ... in Hf;R:fS many ways, similar to Tales dancers (?!) and where 13(), NO f6'I('{ ! • of the Monster Path. you can play versions of Firstly, the game can Break Out, Gradius (very be played by one or two accurate to the coin-op screen. Defecting her pro­ cover tape!). And sound ef­ people simultaneously - Play-choice 10), or Shuttle jectiles turns them red and fects are just as good too ... player 1 as a fuzzy fighter Puck (if in two player if they hit her will reduce especially at the 'ninja dance armed with a smoking pipe, mode), and then there are her energy until she is show'! and can launch fireballs (or the gambling/challenge destroyed. Then it's back Overall, Goemon is a wicked coins) , with player 2 as a fat stalls. These rangefrom to the first part where you game, and plays like a dream ninja armed with a musical simple versions of light­ can acquire more money, and difficulty levels are set pipe, and can throw shuri­ cycles where you must try weapons etc .. and you'll just right, starting off fairly kans (if you have money!). to survive as long as poss­ have to find the travel easy, and getting real tough The game is based in japan ible without hitting your agent to access the next by mid way, and with 9 levels, in the southern region, and own trail. .. longer you last, level! should take more than a there are 9 levels to com­ the more cash you get; Unfortunately, the week to complete with solid plete ... each level been fair­ hammering moles that pop password is somewhere in playing! The game won't bore ly large! out of holes; match faces a shop on the next level, you either ... with all the extra When you start the game from a grid; to horse racing and if you find it, you must 'in-games', they add to the is viewed 'Double Dragon' where you put money on write down the 30-odd normal arcade adventure, but style, so you can move up the hourses you think will japanese system , or in two even that gets more varied as and down the screen aswell come first and second!, a player mode60 !! you progress. Later levels as left and right. All around quiz show where you have Graphics are Brilla! have you negotiating series of are enemy people ranging to answer several ques­ Everything from the back­ traps like from mario, fight a from common villages, tions in a row to win drops to the sprites are ninja on a giant kite like from fisher men carrying live against twoopponents ... really well definedand Ninja Spirit, cross a water fall wriggling fish, to men with Half way through a level shaded, and brilliantly like Super Shinobi, and kill a poles and other who will 1 , the game switches to animated. There's also dragon like from Caveman throw items at you. Should side on view where you'll some ace special effects Ninja (although in that game, any of them touch you, your meet a big brown bear like on stage 4 where the it's a sea dino). health bar is depleted... you (Bungo!) who gives you screen rotates 90 degress, All in all, Goeman is certain­ start with 3 lives. So you some info. and disppear, rotating log structures ly the best game I've played ... should avoid the baddies, where you then enter a which you have to climb it's much better than Sonic or crack them over the sort of Ghouls 'n' Ghosts up, plus high us of expand/ the Hedgehog (which is just head with your pipe, where game as you move left to compress techniques. too easy to complete), OR they will disappear and right attacked by skele­ Sound is great too with Super Mario World, in my leave either coins, scrolls or warriors, flameswith faces, mostly japanese oriented opinion, and well wicked in a small grey cat. Coins, bouncing woodenbrollies, tunes, but also include two player mode too as you when collected adds to the etc .. until you reach the some ghostly and jolly can ride on your friend and number of items you can end, where a female ghost reditions ... my favorite tune challenge in the 'in-games' . throw, plus money to pur­ appears, and launches been on the last level (lis­ However, there are a couple chase food, weapons, etc. white objects around the ten to it at the end of the of niggles - as always, when Sgrolls are used for magic ... there are piles of sprites on but as r wrlfe Th1s review, I �screen, 1f slows down a Im, haven't a clue how you ac­ although this rarely happens, tivate them when you want but worst problem is, there . them, and the catin creases isn't a memory back-up, so the power of your main you must rely on passwords, weapon from shortpipe to a which are difficultto write longer one, and to a spiked down and even more difficult yoyol! to recognise for input. A MUST!! Mf:.! Around the play area, �0 there are roows of houses AV4 ') which you can enter. These Graphics - 98% _ · include houses where Sound - 98% �� people give you informa­ Playability - 98% , .::__ / tion, shops that sell food to Lastability- 98% &11\ ' increase health, Inns - I ;·e,a;i ; : where you can bedfor the "!i �PJill'! : Overall - 98% \__,, - - -•· ., . , ...... : 01)� l'fi!:flOE.S vse t1111 GtC.. TI/ � IX' WITH RIPIN6 BEilsrs / ELECTRIC BRAIN ' ISSUE 21 ' 1991 23 GOEMQN COMMENTS Borrowed From Onn!!­ AREA 88 Thanks! FANTASIA Supplied By Megawatt - Thanks! Megadrive by Sega Borrowed from Peter - Thanks!! Marc: Konami's latest Marc: Wow! Un Squadron hits the for the SF is an arcade adven­ SF and in style! All I can see that is lost ture with a few neat twists Marc: The long awaited follow-upto the su­ from the coin-op is the two player option, which make it a very enjoy­ perb Castle of Illusion arrives and it's another apart from that we're talking arcade per­ able title. mega-game, right? Ah, well.. ... fect!!! Goemon is a one or two The game starts with a picture of a sleeping The game starts with a stunning intro player (simultaneous) wander Mickey (the sorceror's apprentice) and a short which uses the Famicom's rotate hardware through some very pretty story together with the classical piece of music to create a really impressive scene of a graphics and some amazing 'Toccata•. The title screen then pops up and we can plane taking off from the runway (in 3-D) music. The idea is basically press Start to change the options. and then the camera angle pans round for a to findyour way through the The first thing that hits you is that the music side view. More intros like this please! levels hitting people who get isn't particularly well done and doesn't sound like Defining which button does what (Fire, in your way with a stick or it's using many of the MD's channels. Considering special weapon, selectweapon ) is essential yo-yo and collectinggoodi es the Amiga can do an excellent rendition of Toccata so that a comfortable set-up is found. such as gold, cats (!) and without any trouble, why can't we have a perfect Pressing S_t art brings up the pilot selec­ princess'!!!. version here? tion screen (either a female,a bearded man The graphics have a very The firstpart of the game is set inside a castle or a young bloke) and of what importance cartoon look to them and and you must basically make your way t

ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 24 t:,. particularly badly could have been makes me designed section is the under­ sick!! wa�er sub-_level. Here it is nigh A travesty of a game!! Save BUBBLE BOBBLE on tmposs�bleto swim directly y�ur money and buy some­ Gameboy by Taito upwards smce moving propels thmg more deserving. Reviewed by Dave Rawcliffe you left or right! Very annoy­ mg! Visuals - 80 % The graphics arequite nicely Audio - 75 % Dave: Bub and Bob are �ame. I� Snow Bros. you had done, but not really anywhere Playability - 65 % Just a smgle screen to move back! Or at lease Bub is. At around in, here the level can be near as good as the prequel Lastability - 68 % last �y favorite cute game of game - the sprites particularly �s big as the programmer wants all time has fi nally been it to be because it scrolls in 8 lettin� the side down, although Overall - 70 % :e}eased on the Gameboy, and I_ don t really see anything par­ directions! Because there are no 1_t s an En_glis_h cart!!! Yup, backgrounds, you can see ticularly amazing here. full English mstructions''·· Comment; Fantasia perfectly when the scrollimg Yippee! takes place. Supplied by Console The game has no two Concepts If I was comparing Snow Bros. p_layer link up, so only a and Bubble Bobble, I would smgle p�ayer g�me, as you have to say that despite the high Onn: Sega Japan brother 1s very 111 and only marks I gave Snow Bros. (see produced the first Mickey some 'Magic Water' can save Console �razy issue 2), Bubhle Mouse game for the MD him. It's up to you to findthis Bobble pisses all over it! For a (Castle of Illustions) which water and bring it back home start, there is the larger playing as you know, is a well ac� to save Bob. area, secondly B.B. has 99 levels game - but the sequel is from So out you go into the nasty and B.B. is a hell of a lot faster the yanks, although produced world of 'cute' platform than any Game Boy game I ·ve by the froggies a Info­ ga_mes, armed only with the played. The music isn't really up to spikes on your back and your scratch either. The tunes are grammes. . The speed was the first The first thing that knocks bubble blowing lungs (you're thtng that struck me about this r_epetitive and sound quite the kind of dinosaur that tmny_and generally lacking in you out is the music which game, after playing Snow Bros. contains some of the best ,� for a few qual ity compared to the Li: original Mickey game _ Castle reditions of the classical hits wt:eks, playing of Illusion used the music to from the film, and it's nice to this was like add a lot to the game and had be able to hear them on the moving from loads of great tunes accom­ option screen ... as it's hard to the Amstrad to panying the levels. The same hear them during the game as a 32 Mhz PC !! cannot be said of Fantasia. r didn 't even get past stage Also the music An indication of what has 1 ! ! T�e graphics are superb ... i_s abs�lutely gone w:ong since Mickey's �specially the parallax scroll­ tantasttc, it"s a last_ outmg must lie with the �ng, an� the enemy creatures near perfect chotce of programmingteam m_cludtng walking broom­ rendition of the Fantasia was not programmed sticks carry water, strutting original tun-e. by the guys at Sega who did cauldrons, jumping frogsand The graphix are the previous game, but was crocs .. and all animate very detai led - even your tail produced by Inforgrammes, well and dance to the music. 6 the French team whose Amiga Unfortunately, the game is waggles and very boring and difficult. You your eyes open efforts have been less than TtfE. J(i///tff<. and close giving c�an�e what was obviously a the nasties, locateand collect J}f;(JiENJ) 8E.roP,c ... WHIIM! different facial the musical notes (which are expressions! wmmng team? God (or should blows bubbles instead of I say Sega!) only knows! well hidden!) and negotiate What can I say? Simply fire!). As a massive army of the best _game on the Gameboy I don't think it's unfairof us the difficult obstacles. As I didn't get pass stage 1, I beasts, wizards and mutants to date 10 my opinion! It's a to expect a better game than to und the game too frustrat- come after you, you must sh�me I have to give this hack to Castle of Ill us ion after all blow a bubble at them to trap 1 n g-te- JHa-y,-Nm a- -g-a-m-e-1-­ -Micro By-te,----Lwanna keeµitl that �as tlien :fi10Tliis is nowi them, then you must burst 1t T_ha nks to Micro Byte in quality of games should im­ woul d recommend unless you want a real challenge... later with either the spikes on your Liverpool for lending me this prove quite swiftlyat this time back or by pushing it against great game. ma achine's_life. Hey, I levels however could be a lot rr,i better, but unlikely! a wall. You can also ride on was_n t expecttng another your bubbles and fly out of Visuals - 95% Some the Hedgehog so soon Visuals danger! Audio -95% but I think we deserve bette; Audio As well as your usual Gameplay - 98 % than this! bubbles there are special _Obviously a lot of people Playability Lastability bubbles that a good wizard w111 buy Fantasia on the back release to help those in need of the previous game and it Overall these some in very handy fo; looks like this game has been some of the more difficult rushed out to maximise on this levels. (or maybe I'm being toocyni­ This game uses a novel cal!). Th is_is one very large scrolling system different to �aste of a hcence - just think­ th3:t u�ed in Snow Bros. mg about how good this game which ts very simi�ar to this ELECTRIC BRAIN * ISSUE 22 • 1991 25 DOUBLE RACING ACTION FASTEST 1 TEAM IREM Megadrive by Human - Supplied by Console Concepts PC Engine by Irem _ Supplied by ConsoleConcepts

On n: are. Onn: Irem have produced cornering, I was rather cheesed This game first ap­ Before you start, there are a offwith the game afterseveral peared on the PC Engine some some great coin-op�, and con­ host of options (this must versions for the engine - but attempts to get round the course months or possiblya y� a go hold the record formost '?P­ without crashingat every �o�er. under the title of 'FI Tnple their latest is an original ga'!le Even if you could master it, it tion screens in a game!!) in­ based on their involvement m Battle', and was a novel game cluding type of game - World wouldn't to toothri lling to play because it had 3 split screens, Champ- ionship, Test Run or real motorbike racing. as you have to slow down too so three people can race Team Irem is a one or two Battle (one or two player), player split screen game like much ..So overall, lrem hav� against each anothe�. name entry,back-up facility, produced a booboo - graphic� Basically, the graphics we�e team selection,change car Final LapTwin, but with and sound are very average... m- very basic, the sound was Just parts, sound test, statistics, as good, and the game was etc ... etc ... like that too -73ASIC... more Once you start� you g�t like poleposition, but atlease your matchbox size car m_ a three people can play!! third of the screen, and driv­ Unfortunately, the Mega­ ing round the ck is qui�e drive only has two control � tricky ... especially the ha_1r­ , ports. so Fastest I can only be pins which seem almost im­ · played by two. With only a possibleto race around

bikes insteadof cars. Befor€: fact very much like a C64! If you start, you have _a host _ot you :re aftera racing ga�e an� a options, from practtce racing _ two player one at that, �ttc� flth certaintra cks, race m a full Namco's Final LapTwm, it s grand prix, se)ect a _team, cus­ much more playable and _a lot tomise your bike with the cor­ slicker in all counts, and if rect tyres, etc. for the you 're mad on mot�rf?ikes, e"'.en without stopping. conditions, etc. Taito's 'not-so-hot bike one 1_s two player option, you'd ex­ Before you start a real race, better that this. lrem should stick Aftera fewgoes, I wasn't you must dete pect Human to enlarge the too impressed, why Human �ine your to more violent games, where screen areaand graphics - decided to releasethis game positionby racmg your op­ there excell! making the lookbetter and im­ when there's Monaco GP ponent (either comput�r or dnmmM .f prove the gameplay. �owever, human) to get a goodtti:ne. Graphics - 70% and .... ennm .... yes, I suppose Racing round the track 1s real Human seem to have Just there aren 't many racing Sound - 70% rt}Gi> " ported the entire game from games for the MD. There ts tricky. Getting past the com­ Playability - 60% - the engine with one of the puter bike is • easf as Y?U Lastability - 60% one good thing about the can go fasterthan 1t, as 1t playing sc_reens replaced by game, and that's th� in tunes Overall - 60% the plan view track, so you never uses the turbo ( if it has are fairlygood. As it goes, one!?). However, you soon know what's coming up and Fastest J should be avoided where you and the opponent know why it doesn't, as like a Des O'conner record, corneringis real diffic1;1lt. unless you are extremely Even when the comer 1s qmte desperate fora 2-player wide, you still need to take racinggame foryour MD .... the inside and slow down a and sitting in a padded room! Jot to get around it. With sharper com€:rs a_nd '!l�re Graphics - 40% hazardous hatr-pms, 1t s near Sound - 80% enough impossiblewithout Playability - 40% close to stopping! As there Lastability - 40% are always piles of types near, it's very likely that you'll Overall - 41 % crash into them, thus lose extra time. Like Victory Run, you can also w� out tyres, damage suspens10ns,etc. Because of the difficulty in 26 ELECTRIC BRAIN * ISSUE 22 • 1991

.ct. ,.., � , • ' )1" "-M) ,.., � , ;I , ., n . MD score strip down the An� that_· s that!! You can go right. making the view area out of the nng and use a chair or WRESTLE-WAR even smaller. The screen w�atever to bash your opponent Megadrive by Sega - Supplied by Console Concepts scrolls with the player. al­ with, but I would have like a though occasionally, fl ips �ew more moves in the game .. around when you throw the like for example, throwingop­ Onn: I supposemost of you finedand brilliantly animated. opponent into the ropes.This ponents into the tumbuckles. have already read "Mean is so you have the main wre­ diving on opponentf rom the wp Machine's" reviewof this What of the gameplay? As you might expect, you can stler in the middle of the ropes, bear hugs or other game. and seen the ace screen screen to make a move on the strength zapping holds, or poss­ shots - and the review team either play against the com­ puter controlled opponents or opponentas he bounces back ible defense moves when you telling you to rush out and buy go one on one against a friend from the ropes. This is some­ rebound from the ropes like the game. So, what to a 'pr� times quite confusing... which �ucking a clothes line or jump­ per' reviewer think of Wrestle foradded fun, although the latter is really stupid as player I think doesn't work! mg over opponent should they War ... like myself?! · Fighting: With ajoypad attempt a shoulder throw! Firstly, Console Concepts one is always Bruce Blade ... so will almost certainly lose that has an eight way pad, and The computer opponentsare sent me the japanese version if the secondplayer picks a three firebuttons, you'd ex­ goodcompetition with the first of the game - so it was a bit pecta host of moves ... you �uy dead easy to beat, and get­ fiddlywith what exactly the stronger opponent, or win with a weaker one. making only have to lookat Fire Pro tmg_real tough as you progress. combination of moves of but­ things ratherunfair! on the Engine. BUT sega All m all, Wrestle War is a good ton and pad did. Anyway, by have decidedto limited this. beat'em up wrestle game, but the screen shots, the game The ring view is rather wierd as only partof it is When you start,you can could have been a lot better. As lookedwell ace... and the either punch, kick or go for which wrestle makes the move is graphics of the wrestlers are shown due to the large sprites, and with the normal the lockhold. In the lock... determined by how fastyou tap fabalous- large and well de- you then either go for a slam the button - if you have an (pile driver, supplex, etc.) or autofire stcik, things are a little throw your opponentint o the easier! The limited ring view is ropes. If the latter, then when not as goodas a full view ring, the opponentrebounds (you but that can't be helped I suspect cannot stop!!), you can with the big graphics. If you're clothes line him, drop kick, or desperate fora wrestling game, shoulder throw. Once on the this is certainly the best forthe floor,you can then help him MD ... if you're not, you should up (pretty unless move!), try it first! stomp or kee the victim � I (depending on player) or go Graphics - 85 % for the pin ... although the lat­ Sound - 80% ter isn't recommended until Playability - 80% � your opponent's energy has Lastability - 75% I/ H/IVE If CHIIJf{ ·'-' ,, been zapped! Overall - 80 % -= difference is that, it two items jolly and fit well with the gam� are next to each other, hitting of each level. TRICKY the firstwill know the second If you enjoy puzzle games, PC Engine by IGS - Supplied by Console Concepts one forward like in croquet... then Tricky will really tax your although three or more brain... getting past the fourth Onn: IGS haven't pr� pengci (or that puzzle game in together won't work! puzzle of each level is real Capcom's 3 in l coin-op And that's basically it real- tough, but then again ... I duced many goodgames for couldn't do some of the second the engine in the past and where you control that rabbit) ly. I mention 'obstacles' and will know how tricky it is to 'items' becauseeach of the puzzles on some of the levels!! their latest - Tricky - is a To advance forward, the game is puzzle game, and as the get the 3 magic blocks to- levels are based on a theme. gether... with Tricky, it's �or example, on stage I, it's set up like puzznic ... starting on name suggest, is darnr ight level I Puzzle I (top left) and Tricky!! more difficultas you have m the woodsas you control a completing it means vou can The game takesa leaffrom mor�!9 Tl_!_aJ�h_yp. Qn� sbghL_ ---�lLwithth_ e__Q_b_staclesb eenL_ __"--=- logs, bushes and move a Tevel up to level 2. puz- Pengo in that, you areput in zle one ( one down) or level I a room of obstacles, with trees and items puzzle 2 (one to th-e right). _ several pairs of itms dotted includes Foxes, rabbits, and Unfortunately like puzzle, it's around the screen. Your ob­ one of those puzzle games that ject is to remove all the items squirrels. you'll not likely to play again within the alotted time, To do There's a giant robot level in a for sometime once you've com- this, you have to push the pleted it, unlike Tetris etc. items so that they hit the skyscaper city, and a haunted same type, thus they will dis­ Graphics - 75% appear. Unlike say, Sokoban, house with fur- ff\· .. niture and you Sound - 70% �mfl'l where you can push blocks Playability - 70% ne place forward, Tricky is must push � ghouls, ghosts, Lastability - 65 % � ' 5§ hke Pengo - where pushing a Overall - 70 % _.. , blocksends it forwarduntil it mummies, etc... hits another item or obstacle. all of which animated very m Anyone who has played simply. Sound is ::::-ir- ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 27 small fl owers with faceson spri tes and backdrops .. some them scattered on each level when you see forthe first time PC Kid 2 which when collected will are really hilarious. Animation is PC Engine b)· Hudsonsoft - Supplied b) Console Concepts whisk you to a bonus stage. well ace. esp- ecially when Bonk There are quite a few grabs onto branches with his different bonus games, but all teeth and swings around it to get Onn: WHEN I got PC' shake them off. big blue involve collecting as many up, and when he eats a big kabab fi shes wearing goggles and y ellow smiling fac es as and really freaks out! Sound - Kid �- I was expe,·ting snorkle that blow bubbles at something totally awesome - possible. The bonus stages there are some from the original you, pinching crabs, includes jumping around game, some of which are mixed, but after the t'irst go, it didn't snowmen that rise from the really seem anything special. ledges avoiding fal ling and some other good new ones snowhills. etc. fi reballs from an erupting too. PC Kid 2 plays as well as rather like the original. .. but Getting through the stages after more goes. the game volcano and collecting the the origi nal - in fact better are quite difficult. as it yellow items that fa ll too. beacause of the extra features, really grows on you ... it's also features a host of obstacles. one tough cookie! dropping fro m a tall pole and like the variety of levels and as vou have to climb and spinning to slow yourself bonus ones. Certainly a worthy Like the original. Bonk (PC swing up trees with your Kid) must t�avel through down to collect the smileys. buy fory our engine collection. teeth. jump across and making your way through several stages of dinosa�1r disappearing stone blocks, infested lands - negotiate the an ice cavern that's ever so Visuals - 92 % slip and slide on ice slippery. The more smileys Audio - 90% obstacles. ban king the platforms. smash through enemies. pickup the extra you collect. the bigger the Playability - 92 % walls with your nut. bounce bonus vou obtain. Lastability - 92 % items. and ki'il the bosses at around of floatingclouds ... the end of each level. Th e At the end of each stage. and so on. there are bosses to defeat. Overall -92% sequel however is more wacko Flower power from the ori- than the original-as it takes a They range from small bosses like an egghead on a small fire breathing dinosaur to the real big bosses like the volcano shell tortoise-saur or the rhinosaurous. These big bosses require a lot of head­ butting to dispose of, not to mention a lot of dodging. All in all, PC Kid 2 is a well ace game! Graphics are great with fun and very strange

YO L/ ibO , FINAL SOLDIER f<.toHT : ft KIO EAT It PC Engine by Hudsonsoft- supplied by Comole Concepts Sfl/l!L.L tnG'/'T' 11N PViNSf'oRr{) I !V'To II CUTE:.'i/_I Onn: your desire weapons and game GunHed way difficultly - either Normal, Hard Brilliant, Super Star Soldier or Expert. There are 4 types of was spondious, and now weapons... . Vulcan, Laser, Flame leaf from the Flintstones with ginal game are again present. comes the third, and possibly and Energy, and the latter 3 you more advance items for it's Jumping on them will reveal last of the Gunhed saga - can also choose from 3 types. time. mixed with prehistoric useful items depending on Final Soldier... does it follow although the default weapons are items. For example, there's a their colour ... although at the two great? the best. level shaped like a ship with times a nasties ghost will Firstly , You can eddhead sailors, and a mine appear. Some fl owers act as before y ou also choose with egghead miners digging spring boards sending you begin press­ the types of forcoal ! upwards, other will give you ing select missiles When you start the game, extra food to boost your cycles a range from 3 you have to make your way up health, extra lives, and the all of options for types too, a waterfall - to do this, you important Kebab meat. Normal game, f r o m have to swim right up it! The Kebabs act like the original 2min or Smin homing, main enemies in the game are when eaten will make your game Op­ front and once again, the eggshell kid more powerful.Howeve r, tions. and back. headed creatures. which now Kid 2 will change to a cute High Scores. The come in all guises including and sweet kid that can blow The 3min or game: Like Wl=l'l�..:i -r � - fi sher men. miners. surfers, hearts to kill it's enemies Smin games TIi t sa.ec.. the pre­ sunbathers, butterfly catchers, when a small meat is eaten, or are similar to mosrof �\\IQ-{ IIRE= tvAFF/ quels, it's a and so on ... all dressed and a mean Kid that can breath that of Gun- vertical, equipped with appropriate fire. However, grab the big hed and SSS - thus try to multi-speed, scrolling shoot'em clothing and obj ects. Aswell meat and it'll blow his mind amass a high score within that up with the Select butoon as these. there are the small making him invincible. time limit. control ling your speed. Right fi sh that jump and bite you ... To make the game even Option brings up the option from the start, formations of clingging on you until you can more interesting, there are screen where you can select small enemy crafts swirl down

ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 28 sounds more like - "Alien Approaching" ... where the giant boss Ft-RACE shows itself. Gameboy. Reviewed by Dave Rawclift'e Compared to GunHed and SSS, I You can pratice with or was very disappointed Dave: I've been after without cars on any one of with F.S. Graphically, this game for some time the 15 tracks! You can also it's rather bland ... now. I finally tracked it enter a Grand Prix of all the mostly of the game down at the 16-bit Show - courses or race against 3 been rather dark and thanks to North Eastern others (human or computer) al though they are Consoles. c� cr 1HE- • v' 'fi:>R vvt..e./tlll in the "Multi Game" option. nicely defined, there There are three of four The graphix are amazingly A,� \Jf.' aren 't anything new or different racing games on detailed, the cities, mountains the screen, but blasting them very interesting ... this the GB with similar names, and clouds in the distance are are easy as pie, and there are includes the bosses which all Fl Spirit (overhead view), clear and move without gun enplacements dotted tend to move about firingand Fl Race (Super Monanco blurring. And that's true of the around, plus bigger floating must be shot a zillion times in view) and F1 Boy. F1 Race sprites. NO BLURRING AT crafts that require several hits the middle. Sound is ok. but comes with the four player ALL!!! When you win (or lose) to destroy ... although no again nothing outstanding or adaptor so that four a race you see the trouble for your ship. awe inspiring. Gameboys can be linked presentation of the trophy to Weapons come in the form of Scrolling is good, although together and compete in a the winner. You can either be ship like yours that move some stages are very jerky ... race. on the rostrum ( 1 st, 2nd or down the screen ... shooting it you know the japanese - they This is basically your 3rd) or be standing by, will reveal an icon... either the can never produce silk Super Monaco GP style waving and trying to get four weapons ... named 'V', smooth SLOW scrolling! game. You view your attention. 'L', 'F', 'E',... 'M' for the Play is good, and quite a Formula One car from The music is fine, nice drum missiles, or an orangecani ster. challenge on verylate level or behind at a beat ac­ Collecting the canister gives harder difficulty setting, raised company the you a multiple (option) that al though I did manage to angle. The time sheets fire single vulcan ... a complete the game on screen is and option maximum of two can be Normal setting with my first split into screen. The collected. The multiples also ship on my second attempt .... two. The sound FX are act as bombs. Pressing the something not common on top half is are realistic, other fire button produces a the PC Engine!! the playing great engine swirling cloud fromyour ship Overall, Final Soldier is a area, this is noises and wiping out any nasties in the great shoot' em up for your where the breaking way, although this gets rid of average gamester, but with action sounds. one of the multiples. Because the high standards of vertical t a k e s Some music of this, and you can't have shoot' em ups on the engine place. The kicks in just more than two multiples, you like the original Gunhed, lower half of the screen after you've started racing, might aswell use a 'swirl­ S.S.S., Image Fight, Final contains an overhead map but you don't seem to notice it bomb · when you have two Blaster, Ultimate Tiger, and of the course which fade out again. multiples and another canister Spriggan ... Final Soldier is displays where the cars Gameplay wise, well, the are. Also your speedo, number of tracks and ranking and timer clock are competitions (Grand Prix, contained here. Time Trails or Multi Game) The game is very fast, or makes this cartridge last a appears to be - that's what long time! Also the 4 player makes this game so option makes this a fantastic special . Once you have game to play with your mates! reached top speed, you All in all a great racing can push forward to use game. It's the only one I've some turbo fuel, this will seen on the GB, but I think it make your car accelerate would take a dam good game · fo� a mgher speecf� As you to beat this! ONCE E.\J1� •••. <=ETr1NC:, l'Fl�\X:,H 1HE:.STll6 E.S speed up, the track and ,4Nl) 11-IE:. &:,5,5E.S ftP.E:. FAIRt:I fiA�'f. roadside, also speeds up Visuals - 89% into a blur - giving the Audio -80% impression of extremely Gameplay - 97% fast speed. appears. good, but nothing special. Unfortunately, there are Overall -89% Like the other previous Not one for the hard men!! very few road side objects, games. some levels have I only a chequered flag and a few advertisement halfway point bosses to · Visuals - 80 % \\11"('/\j(l destroy which are rather easy Audio - 75 % hoardings. You don't to kill off, and reaching the Playability - 80 % notice this much due to the end of the stage, a message of Lastability - 75 % frantic action but it does "Enemy Approaching" flashes make the screen look bare. on the screen - although the Overall - 77 % The cartridge contains a speech that accompanying it battery to save your times. ELECTRIC BRAIN ' ISSUE 22 • 1991 29 RAIDEN TRAD Electric Brain Cool Tip - no. 2 Megadrive by Mkronet - supplied by Megaware/Console Concepts RIJVr+'fS CARR'{ {;)(ffiA ftwe:R. CEU..� WITti '/ov �1-\E:N Marc: the Amiga will have seen far RAIDEN TRAD P/.A'IIN6 Win-/ '/OlJR. L'/ NX 1 better visuals than those here. is the latest shoot ·em up to A few other problems arise; appear on the MD. and for a there are only two types of change it's a vertical scroller. weapon - either a blue laser The game starts off with a or a red one and. although plain title screen popping up. these can be powered up, Pressing start allows you to there really isn't any variety either set the options or begin or interest involved in collect­ the game. There are 3 difficul­ ing the power ups that appear. ty levels (easy, normal, hard). Also, at times the ship variable number of lives (up to seems too slow (particularly 4). sound test ( ! ) and rapid fire at end of level guardians - it on or off. can be infuriating getting I'm afraid-to say Raiden killed just because you can't Trad sets out to be nothing get out of the way quickly more than a straightforward enough!).

special, something that blows Visuals -72% other games systems out of Audio -70% the water, something that Playability -80% doesn't look like it could be Lastability -84% done on another system ( especially a computer- after Overall -79% all we are talking about a GAMES console here!) - basically something that uses Dan: the awesome potentialof our I've only played the great machine. (Phew!). coin-op very briefly,but it;s a So, why do we get games bloody good game, and I have that are o.k in their own right, thereforbeen looking forward to but have been done better, playing this MD version. I was with nicer graphics and sound not dissappointed. 'YCOl't r:'t 6HTt--t'<. L.E-T �,P A 1511?, ... f'lo, To on systems like the Amiga? While some people may say Su1<�ovNP� 8VT ON€-/ F°(:19- � I This is a good enough shoot "Hey, bloody Twin Cobra ripp­ 'em up in gameplay terms, off. I'm not paying fourty-five but in visual and audio terms quid for this.!. it's their loss, as it just isn't anything specialat Twin Cobra is still a brilliant shoot 'em up, with no new The music is average and all, so don't expectsomething game, and so obviously any ideas or twists to make it stick the same tune is used for other than an average shoot decent clone must be worth out from the (very large!) every end of level which is a • em up. Nothing more, noth� looking at. Whilst it's true to say crowd. which is a shame. bit boring - what has hap­ ing less. that both the graphics and sound 'A" fires single shots, 'B' pened to all the really superb are nothing special, it really releases the smart bomb (just a tunes that we used to doesn't matter. This big explosion) and 'C' rapid get?? Come back soon.... game shines solely due fires. To be fair, Raiden Trad to it's extreme The graphics are fairly un­ plays well, but then again, playability. remarkable all round re�tl_l_y . don't most shoot 'em Fans of Twin Cobra, The general idea seems to be a ups??? There are 8 levels Twin Hawk, Fire Shark, perspective based scenery (ie and I managed to get to etc. would do well to you are flying high above the level 7 on easy difficulty check this out. These ground) and so there is the odd (although not without a who are bored of this piece of small detail (eg cows few problems!), so the type of game should ob­ and people below). There are challenge ( especially on viously steer clear. also a few fairly well done ef­ normal or hard level) is fects of this ilk - for instance, Visuals - 80 % quite good. - 79 % you fly over a platform which I really do think that Audio is in turn floating over the Playability - 89 % with the current state of Lastability - 92 % small scenery below. the Megadrive, com­ However, everything looks panies should reall y Overall -89% lacking in colour and pretty spend more time, effort badly drawn (almost lo-res in and thought developing look) and the overall effect in shoot 'em ups because not very impressive. Anyone we, the gamesplayers, who has seen Silkworm 2 on want to see something 30 ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 to use or keep. These include but it would fi]I another page!. mace, magic mace, hand Graphically. Onslaught is great, ONSLAUGHT bows (this animated brilliant really well defined backdrops Megadrive by Ballistic - Supplied by Ballistic/Accolade like Robotcop/Terminator), and sprites. and everything crossbows, Naptha Bombs, crammed on screen. And anima­ Onn: representing what's at that Demon Shiel ds, M agic tion is well ace especially the Firstly, Mega location ... impassable areas Demon, pl us scroll to in­ bow weapons and the enemy groovy thanks to Ballistic mountains, Forest, water or crease li fe, increase energy. carts that truddle along. Sound. (Accolade) for the loan of the swamps, then there are Death spell, etc. and well, ... 'cos you can't have both game! Onslaught, as some of temples, enemy locations Talismans which are used to music and FX. it really spoils it. you know is a conversion of (your aim aim!), you own help cross forest, mountains The FX are generally good, but an Amiga game ... one I never taken land, plus locations etc. on the map, c l ear music quite average and only played before. So what's it with plague, rebellion, plagues, rebellions, etc. again three pieces in the whole game. about? crusade, etc ... Aswell as the on the map, and so forth. Gamepl ay wise, it different. Well, the story .... basi­ map, you can gain info. on Should you reach that With arcade action. quicky cally, your fatherhas been ex­ the enemy and yourself. far right, on the top level, thinking and reactions needed to ecuted by the evil imperial As you can see, the there is a flag which you must recognise items to pick up and armies, and you vow game sounds fairly complex, revenge ... you must eliminate and in a way, it is, but once the evil warring imperial ar­ you ·ve played a few times, mies in each of the kingdoms it's not at all difficult. So which make up the land of what do you do? Firstly, you Gargore, and protect your own must select an enemy kingdom's flag! kingdom to attack on the Before you start, you map, Fight and win a Field can acess the option screen Battle. Next, fight and win a where there are amateur and Siege, and lastly Fight and professional difficulty levels, win a Mind Duel with that sel ect play mode: Tutor - kingdom's Wizard Lord! where itms are automatically Failing to complete any of the stages, and you'll have to fi ght the previous stage again! Field Battle: The game is viewed side-on, with your warrior in the left of the screen in frontof a castle - your side of the field of battle with your flag above, which touch, then make your way use or save aswell as fighting off you must protect. Your back to your own flag, fight­ attackers, and a touch of strategy objective is to move to ing off all enemies that have thrown in. Onslaught is not the the enemy's side, cap­ passed you before ... the less best games around, but one with ture their flag, and soldiers passed you, the less all the different features, makes return!! Not an easy soldiers you'll confront. Once to a very playable game, and task, as the enemy out­ you make it back to your flag worth a bash, and quite difficult number you something - which in most case has been too. I won't say 'Try before you like 1000: 1 and they taken, it's onto the Siege, buy' because, it will almost cer­ are after your flag too! which is exactly the same but tainly put you off buying straight As soon as you move is fo ught in the kingdom's off, as it requires some playing right, the enemy attack main castle. Completing this to get into. you. To stop them get­ and it's Mind Duel. ting your fl ag, you This is played on a single Visuals -85% must take out as many screen with a face in the cen­ Audio -60% of them as possible. The more t�r protruding 4 wavey RT'IJlS_ Playability -85% picked-upand selected foru se-; enemy soldiers-ffiat pass yoii that fire out fireballs. You are Lastability :::-SWJb Assist: where items are auto­ and move off the left of the represented by an arm that matically picked up but you screen, the more chance they can move around the Overall - 83 % --v must select which one to use, will get your flag! You can perimeter of the screen and or Human: when you must go back and take • em out, but fire at the ghoulie. Your ob­ 'iEArl! / pick up objects and sel ect meansyou 'II take longer, and jective is to destroy the nasty which one to use, plus con­ you don't have unlimited by pumping bullets into it, figurate controls, and choose energy. Enemy troops do not without getting hit, and with either music or sound effects... only fight with their fists, but more direct hits. his arms will �� NO! You can't have both... a so me are equipped with shrink until i t b lows up! (liif�1 bi t of a bodge there, guys!! spears, cannons that fire can­ Occasionally, icons appear The game also features a non balls, swords, wizards around the screen, which you password system, as you'll that fire magic bolts, boiling can pick up. Completing this need it! oil raining down on you. and it's back to the map ... ex­ When you start, a l 6x 16 mines, etc ... However, killing cept that the enemy kingdom Campaign Map appears. In an enemy will leave an icon is now yours! each square there are icons behind which you can pick up There is more to this game, ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 31 Audio -50% Playability - 50 % STREET SMART Lastability - 40 % Megadrive by Treco - Supplied by Console Concepts Overall -50 % cate to your status condition Onn: l fi rst saw Stre et to increase lifeba r. power or Smart going, in our_arcades_by defense. Money can be used SNK, and my first impression_ to gamble on _your fight ... WARBIRDS of i t was, · what a load <�I either you to wm or your op­ Lynxby Eypx - Bought by Danfrom Beyond2000 crap!', especially when you ponent ! Would you really compa re the g a me t o want to bet on your enemy? Mainly because there is only one Capcom · s excellent Street mission to do, kill them before Well, you woul� as t_he_game Warbirds puts you in Fighter II which surfaced really increase m d1ff1culty Lee: they kill you. This get tedious before this beat'em up. after your first opponent... control of a first world war after a few goes and I did'nt So, how could Treco beating the second bloke bi-plane. Your mission is to want to play it again after I had hope to convert the game to takes some doing, although destroy all enemy planes shot down 'Fred Baron' a few the Megadrive and make it a not that much doing. b efore t hey s hoot you. times. hit game? Well. Treco have Graphically the game's Any one who has played Warbirds MIGHT be playable done an excellent job in the Wings on the Amiga will know w h at this game is WE- r,fQ Hfh/E: like. For A plL OF those of you -rrm: ... 61Jr who do not /JO M61.c o w n a n Amiga here is a description. You control t he pla ne from the pilot seat, and see everything how the pilot would. The graphics are good,a nd in multi player mode but unless all objects in the game use you're a World War 1 flying hardware expan sion. The fanatic keep well away ... sound effects are nothing special just the hum of your Visuals - 75 % engine and the sound of Audio - 46 % conversion... NOT making it a very average, and strangely machine gun fire. Before you Playaility - 20 % more playable and better looks very low res., probably start there is an option screen, Lastablity - 10% game, but makin� it very �lose because of it' s use of colour which lets you select different to the coin-op m graphical, crammed onto the screen. The modes of play. Overall - 20% audio, and playability ter�s... main sprites are generally The game play is terrible!. ie. just like the coin-op ... fairly good especially the enemy crap! opponents which range from Street Smart follows the the first weed to giant muscle standard Street Fighter theme bound beefcakes. by taking on opponents one at Sound i s pretty dire ft1AlCN' T moves, but punching and kicking objcc_ts some moves like telephone boxes, tables, 011s Visua� - 90% 8ACK.:nROP 1l!e:rt) .'! Audio -70% are more ef- drums .. etc .. which can reveal Playability - 40 % pared to everyone els�, h�s fective forcertain characters. food to replenish health. Lastability - 15 % taken over the streets with his For example: Adam has a weapons, I ups. and E-Swat gang of violent minded better and more powerful power. Overall -30% minors. The policecannot do fl ying kick than Axel, E-SWAT power? Yep! An anything, so have gotten out whereas Blaze is more ath- added feature similar to Golden and sealed all entrances and letic. The moves are similar Axe. You get one foreach player exits. However, three total to FF too, as you can punch on every level. Pressing the third nut cases (they must be!!) and kick with combination, button will bring on an E-Swal have decided that Mr. Big is a preformflying kick, grab and car. where the E-Swat police right �ummer--arul-they--will - -- pound in, throw opponent er-- --b-tok-e---fires--a--m-,-s-si-l--e- oflttH--h-e have to teach the guy a les- back drop them. The game screen and di spose of all the son. They must travel through can be played by one or two baddies ... un less they are the eight stages of blood and ter- players too, simultaneously, bosses as they require more hits! ror to reach the man himself, and in two player mode, you Dan: Yeah! Streets of Rage is a truly brilliant game, without a doubt. Set very much in the Final Fight mould, this game has g�)t everything: Great graphics, Bnll music (Done by none other than Yuzo Koshiro), Tremendously addictive game play and a two player option where you are able

33 ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 arcade adventures, and when you throw in some mindless to beat the crap out of each DINOLAND beat' em up action too. then Megadrive by Wolf Team - Supplied by Console Concepts other! you're in for something .... This is easily the best a�d in this case, a right rip off MD beat'em up on the MD (in fact of Capcom's Final Fight. This r1? quite a fan of pinball, and will be out forthe soon. the only beat'em up that bet­ is not a bad, and in all respect J?inol3:nd is quite a good ters _t his is Street Fighter 2) s1 mulat10n. As pinball games Visual -85% better than the coin-op! Audio - 75% and 1s an absolutely essential The graphics are smaller. go_, it has the usual bumpers, purchase for fansof the genre. Playability - 85 % but well defined and anima­ spinners, ball catchers, and so Lastability - 85 % tion is terri fie on, but all based on with a host of prehistoric times. The Overall - 85 % moves for each graphics are rather weird with character the main part of the table especially the made from dirt and rock, and "grab your op­ dinosaurs situated around the t�ble or trudging around to be an: ponent and D There's real ly not a chuck 'em at htt. Although the main table great deal I can say about this the enemy" is only about two and a half mov e ! The screens tall, it's laid out very game. The graphics are reasonable, the sound is OK, and gameplay is a well, and the slot machine in the game is ... well. a pinball lot of fun too, the top comer is a nice touch, lots of vari ed game. I personally quite opponents to 3 c;t:1\1� ,�o-.l■ 0101216.--J,� �•17111 - ' 1r 1 . deck, and very like this one, .. '- · though there's difficult ... OoR. H� IS ,14 A OF So"Tli6R . , . not much to it, I especially the bosses! With found the tables Buy it! to be fairly two playerMD), option too ( very rare on the it's twice as interesting. This Visuals - 91 % game won't set Audio -95% good, as you sometimes "ac­ cidental ly" punch, kick or the world alight, Playability - 97 % but some people Lastability - 91 % thro� rour partner! La stly, music IS fantastic, and cer­ will deriv e enjoyment from tainly the best I've heard on Overall -94% it. If you lik e the machine - and sound FX to match. If you like Final pinball, take a Fight, Bare Knuckle is a Must look. Lee: Bare Knuckle must be buy! It's also the sort of game Visuals - 70 % worth playing when you 're although not very generous. Audio -74% one of the best beat 'em ups bored, angry or fr ustated - Should you get 3 of the same ?n the ega ri e. I really en­ Playability - 85 % �� ) i_n � _v slap in the cart., put it in the - you'll get a big bonus or Lastability - 83 % �'--< Joyed pile-dnvrng Onn into a hardest mode and kick some enter other tables ... but rarely pneumatic press and throwing ass! happens. The other bonus Overall - 85 % Dan off the eleva- tor. Saying {l.W1=5cmc/ tables are single screen ones that I don 't think I have ac­ Visuals - 94 % and are nicely presented with tu�lly hit the enemy yet but I Audio -98% some strange effects like will get round to it (he he!). Playability - 94 % multi-parallax scrolling qreat mindless violence,buy it Lastability - 94 % backdrops and a water level If you a fan! which is difficult to see the Overall -95% ball. Overall. Dinoland is a Onn: worthy pinball game, and if I'm an avid fan of you're a fan, certainly worth ��ecking out - but I can't say 1t s _bett�r th�n the Engine version of Devil Crash, which

-r1-1 e. m11,tJ 77161..£. .. ELECTRIC BRAIN* ISSUE 22 • 1991 34 ROCKMANWOR LD OUTRUN Gameboy by Capcom- Supplied by Telegames Megadrlveby Sega - Supplied by Console Concepts

Rockman World is one hell of a Okay, Outrun... I'm certainly version, I'm glad to say, is Onn: FORGET Sonic the NOT going to explain the easily the best version of the game ... and when it comes to Hedge- hog on the Mega­ toughness, is a par to game. If you don't know what game. Everythingabout the drive, PC Kid on the Engine, it's about, then you should be game - Graphics, Music, Castlevania! I've had the game or Mario on the Super Fami­ foronly a day, and as yet cannot lockedup with tweleve issues Playability, etc. areas close com, as Megaman has arrived of Mean Machines, and forced tothe coin-opas one could complete a level.... almost, but on the Gameboy... or as he is not quite ... bloody Elecman to read every pageincluding reasonably expect(The sound known in japan, Rockman! the letters! FX are ratherpoor thou gh!). killed me with one unit of The game followsthe same energy left... luck-y sod!! As for style as it's on the NES the other 3, I have yet to reach machine. Rockman must the end of any of the levels! As I um is t� 00000000 llTI 00 00 00 penetratethe strongholdsof haven't completed a level...yet, I STACE I his enemies, which includes assume, killing a boss will gain 000 ILi the nasty Cutman, Elecman, you that boss' weapon. The Iceman and Fireman. These game also feature� a pa_ssword 1 fourare your firstfour like the NES versmn of a 4x4 opponents, and must be dealt grid with five dots in it. �. with (in any order) beforeyou Graphicsare real neat,not quite STA RT can tackle the other 5 enemies as detailed as their last arcade which includes the utter most adventure Gargoyles' Quest, but baddie of them all! ! very goodand I O times better . Rockmancan leap around than most Gameboy games, with and his right arm is replaced very detail graphi':s and good by a gun which can fire animation. Sound 1s ace too with rocks... hence his name. You some catchy thunmping music, can pick which enemy world although rathershort which to attack first, and each is loops,and occasionallya voice different. On Iceman, most of is cut off because of the sound the surface is covered with effects. ice, so you slip and slide all Overall, RockmanWorld is a lrlE: START. . .. ,ilY)E: 1b HIT 'THE: Ro flD over the place! There are also well produced game, and ice blocks which when vou extremely playable. The game 1s stand on, melts away! The difficulty level is pretty rocksolid, and will keep you Elecman, has a lot of dis­ playing for a long time. Because Dan: The deluxe Outrun low (Lee Scum completed it appearingblocks plus electric firstgo, and even on Pro level you can pick levels to play, you eoin-op is certainly a great fieldsand fans that blow you also won't get pissed off if you 1ame, but relies too much on he still managed it. Though back! Aswell as the obstruc­ ratherluckily !)). can't complete a level, as you the brill graphics, the tions, there are also the minor can tackle another instead .... hydraulics and of course the ff you're a fanof the coin­ inhabitants which includes op, take a look! something I found very fab music being blastedout moving fireballs, jumping annoying on castlevania! If fromtwo speakers sitting right poundingro bots, flying 'bots Visuals - 83% you're after a well hard game, behind your noggin. - that throw lighting,rockmen Rockman is the one to get, These features are obviously Audio 90% that are also armed with Playability - 89% certainly the best Gameboy not available on home shields, and rolling cutter game to date! versions, and becauseof this, Lastability - 80% blades! All of which will they've all been pretty poor reduce your energy if they hit Overall - 83 % Visuals - 90% (even the engine version was a you! Audio - 87% disappointment). The MD However, killing the mov­ Playability - 92 % ing nasties will sometimes I astability c9.l� feave items behind which - include l ups, increase your Overall - 92 % energy by a little or all, and increase fire power. If you happen to reach the end of the level, you '11 drop down into the enemy boss' lair where you '11 face the sucker. The boss will have a full tank of energy, and you must zap it all to kill it. .. a very difficulttask as each of the bosses are equipped with '\�-.�-� powerful weaponsand jumps . all over the place! '' BU>OJJY (t/1 01 0.. . OIN 'T 6€:T Jf/ll)ID di/€. I ,, • Rockman World is oneof the best games .,,... tocome out onth e Gameboy 35 ELECTRIC BRAIN • ISSUE 22 • 1991 A DIVISION OF P. C. ENGINE SUPPLIES Te lephone 0782 71 2759 {9am to 6.30pm) • 0782 213993 (6.30pm to 8pm) {Orderson ly) All enquiriH daytimenumber only. Trade enquiries welcome. Accesa and Visa now acceptec:I, VAT No. 5388202 45. Fax No. 0782 208429

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HAROBALL 3,.oo GAME GEAR CONSOLE 95.00 JAMES POND 34.00 GAME GEAR MAGNIFIER (NEW) 19.99 JOHN MADDEN FTBALL 25.00 HERO TOMMA 35.00 JOEMONTANA 3•.oo MICKEY MOUSE 3'.00 ADVENTURE ISLAND 35.00 ACCESSORIES SEGA JEWEL MASTER (NEWl 32.00 FINAL MATCH TENNIS 35.00 MOONWALKER 3'.00 LONG NOSE GOBLIN (NEW) 35.00 MEGADRIVE PGA TOUR GOLF 25.00 HAT RIS 35.00 FANTASY STARR 11 '5.00 SON OF DRACULA 35.00 MEGADRIVE 0A FAMICOM CARRY All 19.99 KINGS BOUNTY INEW) 30.00 PC ENGINE/GAME GEAR CARRY ALL 10.99 BIMINI RUN 34.00 SQUEAK (NEW) 35.00 •5.oo LIGHTBOY 19.99 SWORD Of VERMILLION POWER EL.EVEN SOCCER 35.00 STOCK CLEARANCE GALAXYFORCE 11 (SCART ONLY) 35.00 F1 CIRCUS 91 (NEW) 35.00 GAMEBOY CARRY CASE 9.99 STAR CONTROL 37.00 FINAL SOLDIER (NEW) 35.00 GAMEBOY STEREO AMPLIFIER 15.00 DICK TRACY 38.00 38.00 PC KID 11 (NEW) 35.00 ARCADE POWER STICK 40.00 JAP USA/UK POWERBALL MEGADRIVE DUSTCOVER 8.99 POPULOUS 38.00 SUPER FAMICOM DUST COVER 8.99 ALLERED BEAST 15.00 RAMBO Ill 32.00 PC ENGINE CD ROM GAMES REVENGE SHINOBI 34.00 MEGAORIVE PAD 15.00 ARROW FLASH 15.00 SPRIGGAN (SHHOTEMUP) CALL ASSAULT SUIT LEYNOS 15.00 SONIC HEDGEHOG 34.00 SHERLOCK HOLMES CALL MEGADRIVE PAD AUTODIREISLDMO 20.00 TOMIC ROBOKID 15.00 STRIDER 35.00 A 38.00 SUPER PANG CALL JAPANESE FAMICOM/PC ENGINE MAGS + AXIS 15.00 SUPER MONACO GP AMERICAN MAGS CALL BAffiE GOLFER 15.00 SPIDERMAN 35.00 RAY XANDER II CALL 38.00 LYNX SMALL CARRY CASE 10.99 BURNING FORCE 15.00 FANTASIA (NEW) DOWNLOAD II CALL CRACKDOWN 15.00 THUNDERFORCE Ill 3•.oo LYNX LARGE CARRY CASE 14.99 N 3•.oo HELLFIRE CALL DA NGEROUS SEED 15.00 CE TURION (NEW) 14.00 JAP TO UK ADAPTOR FOR MEGAOAIVE OJ BOY 15.00 FAIRY TALE (NEW) 34.00 WAAHING 31.00 BEWARE OF IMITAT IONS ELEMENTAL MASTER 15.00 BLOCKOUT {NEW) W(TRY TO OF'Ff:A THE FASTEST MAN. OAOEA SERVICE FOR E SWAT 15.00 ROAD RASH {NEW) CALL All COHSOI..E OWNEIIIS. All GOOOSAR£ NCAiW.LY 38.00 We are one of the largut importer1 of OESN.TCHED WITi-.1 24 H0uASf()A COUECT _, REQUIRED FATMAN 15.00 LAKER VS CELTICS FIRE SHARK 15.00 AIRSUSTER {AERO!IL.ASTER) 3,.oo Japanue consolH/g■mH in Ille UK. We FAOM OUR AETAI.SH0Pt YHEAE ARE AL.WAYS NEW 38.00 �S STARTINGUP IN BUSMSS OFFEFIING Sl.LY GAIN GROUNO 15.00 TURAICAN (NEW) will 11111 be hare when Othffl dlaapp■ar. PRICES • OFFERS. WE HAY£ SEENTHESE �S COME GRANAOA X 15.00 AHOGO llOOK THROUGH IACK1&$UES} WE00 NOT CASH HARO ORMNG 15.00 , •� I t J ' • I MONEY0A CHEQUES 0N G000S NOT IN STOCK. WEHAVE 8E£N SUP9\.'t!NG CONSOLE GCX>0SFOR OVER 1 1'2 YEARS HEAVYUNIT 15.00 ',, ', I'. 1 I- I l ',t AND HA'IE Tl-tOUSAHOS OfAEGUlAR ANOSATtSflED M·U·SHA ALESTE 15.00 Ii I , I ' 'I CUSTOMERS. FU\..LY COMPUTERISED OROeAIHG SYSTEMS SHADOW DANCER 15.00 l t1 II ,'\ .,'\ 11 ,, 'I Llfi NOUR OWN CUSTOMER NUMBER FOR FASTER OROERING ANO SUPER HANG ON 15.00 ENQUIRIES ON OROERI 3 TELEPHONE LINES 36