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CRASH JUN E • 3 strategic phase, except those In an SeOdsb occu- pied sector The message area gives promptthrillss to help you To move a ship, lock onto ft by moving the while highlighter over the sector and press the The ship can be moved any number of sectors of Clones and there a another ship in the sector p«ted by stargates Once moved into a sector with then the second ship comes mto use If not. you • It's Skull & Crossbone's One-eye. You can telt, he s Sexldab In R you can no longer move To end the return to the strategic phase To return to a ship ship's movement unlock the hghfcghl by pressing you must find a beam-up point Objects returned to onty has one eye (hence the namel) fire Before the strategic phase begins the Sett- a ship are available to every ship in the fleet dabs move and may launch more ship*. You can (handy, eh?) They're never tost unless a ship is block their movements by maintaining a majority of destroyed EXCLUSIVE PLAYABLE steps m each contested sector
Each time you score 1,000 a new ship appears at OVERALL STRATEGY Sol. up to 25 new ship* may be awarded The location of seven of the star- bases changes every time the Ending the phase... game is played. Occupation of the •SKUL Domark's swashbucklinL & CROSSBONEg they're discovering plenty of troublSe You can and the phase on a sector with both SekJ- dab and your ships present by placing the while bases is vital because Seiddab sword-'em-up (Eh? —Ed) in the shape of evil opponents highlight over It and pressing fro Alternatively. you forces may be launched from each who'll hack our brave duo to pieces may wish to enter a sector with only your forces present enabling you to locate and enter a Sett- base they control. To gain the upper Avast there, me hearties! given the chance. Fight back with dab starbase To do this select the sector by high- hand you must destroy the Seiddab There be treasure in that the range of combat moves avail- lighting but do not move any sh^s. Press fire a second bme In either case you move into. defences in the Space Combat • there castle, I'll be bound! able. phase and destroy every base in So, splice the main sail (whatever Collectable items such as trea- SPACE COMBAT PHASE turn. that means) and prepare yourself sure chests, golden goblets, sacks The message screen displays the for a taste of pirate action in this of coins and other priceless yum- number of your ships and Seiddabs CONTROLS brilliant playable demo of Ten- ,.iies can be picked up by walking in the sector. You have up, down, Keys: A,S,D,F,G/up. Z.X.C/down, gen's whopping arcade combat over them. Skull and crossbone left and right control of your space- B.N/left. M. SYM SHFT/right, game: Skull & Crossbonesl Ha- symbols on the ground mark the craft. Fire controls your laser. If the H,J,K,L/fire. P/pause game, O/con- had spot where buried treasure can be sector contains a Seiddab starbase tinue, Q/quit game during strategic dug up; stand over the spot and you'll see a small satellite that fires phase. The following options may o. don your eye patch, stick a press fire. at you. Docking with this enables then be selected: O/continue, Ssmelly old parrot on your shoul- The more valuables and edible you to attack the base. However, S/save current position. J/load a der and prepare to experience, in items collected, the stronger you you can't dock until all the Seiddab saved position. Basic controls can full, the castle level of Skull & become, but fail to pick up treasure cruisers have been destroyed. also be achieved using a 'stick Crossbones. You play either of two and your strength diminishes. And Entering a stargate (pulsing dia- plugged into a Cursor, Kempston or pirates. One Eye and Red Dog, on that's about it: swipe, stab, collect, mond shape) returns you to the Sinclair interface. their voyage of discovery. And collect, hack, hack, maim, kill. Ideal strategic phase. Each Seiddab cruiser will be pro- ceeded by an attack wave 5 • 'Master and (iumme!). When you've blasted Servant!Depeche Mode them all and found a satellite (if 6 • Michael Row the Boat there is one) you can dock with Ashore/Some old crooner (fnarr!) and enter... 7 • 'Bow' Down Mister/Jesus •SE Play BattleshipsA witBATHEh ply a matter of inputting coordinateSs Loves You GROUND COMBAT PHASE Atlantis and tutting a key every so often 8 • China in your Hand Carol Here be Seiddabs (yech!). Your Breezy, eh? Decker (T'pau) Clone is shown in his tworoom We are sailing, we are sail- 9 • Stormy WeatherF/i/abeto spaceship. In one room is the con- ing, "cross the seas, home TEN — YES, TEN!!! — Welsh (Stormy weather s not very sole allowing him to take off again again... But what say we NAUTICAL POP SONGS! good if you re in a boat) and in the other is the teleport stop off and sink a few enemy 1 • Sailing Rod Stewart «, 10 • Deep Deep Trouble Bart beam-down thing which places you troops, just to break up the 2 • Sailing on the Seven Simpson (If your boat sunk you'd go in the Seiddab base. There are vari- monotony of traversing the vast Seas OMD down very deep and be in a lo! of ous modes of control, as shown on (and pretty much boring) .i • Ship of Fools Erasure trouble) the icon display at the lower left of oceans? A good idea And here's 4 • My love is like a ship on the the screen. the very game to help you do it — ocean'A Ikt from a Bonev M song, (Sniiiiipf Stop this nonsense at Selection mode... Sea Battles, a corking Battle- we think once, be off with you' —€d). When fire 4 • CRASH JUNE for a Sunday afternoon, wouldn't you say? • Skull 5 Crossbones from Tengen, published by Domark, is out now and costs £9.99 on cassette and £14.99 on disk, so make an appointment with your local soft- ware purveyor this instant! CONTROLS Swashbuckling larks can begin as soon as you know the controls, which are definable on keyboard The game accepts joysticks as long as they're plugged into Sinclair or Kempston ports. Press C on the weird mutations of plant and animal opening screen for all control life in the area have occured, the options. Now, here's that all-impor- animals becoming deadly to the tant movement information... touch (told you it was deadly). Your mission is like this: con- Without fire pressed: tained within the mazes are six Up • move up flasks of dangerous chemicals Down • move down which will become active in one Left • move left hour. You've got to collect them. Right • move nght You're equipped with a jet-pack, Hold fire • turn around enabling you to rapidly move around the mazes However, this With fire pressed: requires energy which depletes if Up • defend upward you come into contact with a Down • defend downward Left • attack left Right • defend Up/left • attack up Two special moves are available by holding the direction and then pressing fire: Left • lunge Right • backslash All controls are shown for when your pirate is facing left. The • It's fun! It's fab! It's a bit to receive a yellow card and the cate- right/left controls reverse when do with footy! gory closes. If you select a closed facing right. category the opposition gain a free- • Soccer Cup Quizmaster kick or penalty. may sound like one of Answering a question quickly and those really naff games correctly results in a better shoved out by naff software shot/pass and earnings are added. house. But (but, but), It's not! As the game progresses the selec- Which is a blessing, really. No, tion speed quickens, needing a Instead, Soccer Cup Quizmaster faster response to questions, tack- is a fabby trivia game that had us ling and selection. all playing and lots of other peo- ple around the office leaning over CONTROLS our shoulders saying things like it's all on-screen, really. But, basi- • Graphically gorgeous 'Oh, good grief, everyone knows cally, T for tackle, S for select, and arcade adventure from that)' when we got one wrong. 1. 2 and 3 for answer selection. Design Design So, we munched their heads in. Pacifist society, anyone? No. we Trivia selected in the quiz section so it probably Ooo 'eckl It's time to don't think so. means answering a really tricky Coronation Street scarper, like pretty question. Erm... • sharpish, 'cos there's lots The aim of the game is to of thingies about (and none of progress through the rounds of them appear keen to 'take tea' the cup all the way to the final. The with you). It's time to go On the matches are played with two Run in this brillo game which fea- halves, ball possession and other tures (according to programmers actions are all dependent on the j Design Design): Sprites, mush- player answering the questions cor- rooms, big logo, frogs, more rectly. mushrooms, teeth, fluffy explo- Tackling is an important aspect of "Hi /"L Mlij sions, even more mushrooms, the game. Press T to stop the ball K3 bp ib is*£Tl» {& li energy mushrooms, bombs, auto over one of the two team shirts collection and (yes) lots and lots shown. If you stop it above your -I.i | |i I VIII/1 l i-l of mushrooms. Fungl-orlented team's shirt, you gain possession of I - -- u game, wouldn't you say? the ball and move onto the catagory '« 1 : stage. Else the opposition is free to ou're Rick Swift, a trouble pass. 11 ll&'QIi:^) IHBHj Yshooter hired by the defence Pressing S stops the ball under ' _ ' _ ) _ „ ; __ xA I department for dangerous missions. the desired category. There are rir iiwinrvro «>« * m * * • • And here's a deadly mission: enter questions on soccer, music, trivia a deadly area which has been and media. If the category is free, a Cf) filECI J affected by an accident Involving question is asked. Select your illlf» CHXS.TI3B chemical warfare. Strange and answer within the time limit or you CRASH JUN E • 5 r/ cv thrills • The Speccy's moil suc- Dizzy is determined to stop this — cessful hero comes to he'd be the hero of the yolk folk hf he did! 4 ABSOLUTELY PHANTOMAS • DIZZY • BMX CRASH! SIMULATOR • FRUIT He read the slab: Fill a potion (bot- tle with cooked Leprechaun's wig, MACHINE SIMULATOR Dizzy the egg, eh? He's a BRILLIANT COMPLETE marvel of modern technol- the cloud's silver lining, vampire * ogy and no mistake. The Dux feather and some troll brew GAMES FROM No other Speccy mag could do it — but we've Spcccy's most famous character, and throw it at Zaks to disolve his G got four of Code Masters he's starred in a total of seven — reign. best-selling titles all together in seven!! — games now and here's Dizzy has three lives but eggsttra one brilliant pack! Aren't we fab? his first ever eggventure. It's an lives (I'm warning you... —Ed) can Yesl Hurrah! And it's an exclu- eggcellent game whlch'll have be collected by finding additionall sive item. Oh yes siree, this pack you wibbling with eggcitement eggs. The bouncy mushrooms can won't be appearing in the shops; and probably a fair bit of be used to jump higher but watcth so, hold on to it, you've got a eggsasperation (Okay, that's far out for booby traps. great collectors item (and it's a too silly. You can stop that right To defeat the wizard you have to bit of a complete barg, isn't it?). now. Bloomln* egg yolks, erm, light a fire under the cauldron arwJ Here's the action! jokes... —Ed). drop the ingredients into it, then drop the empty flask into the cauil- izzy was eggsploring (Stoppit! dron and it'll be filled by and magi- ! —Ed) the haunted forest when cally shot out. Smash the flask niext he uncovered a mystifying stone to Zaks and you've nailed the buig- slab. Brushing the dirt aside he was ger able to read (after a great deal of The game's packed with puzzlies, head scratching, cos he's a bit and here's a hint to get you started: thick) the faint inscription, The try greasing the old rusty minecart. Avawtffovee Potion'. 'Bit skill, this,' •MAMMA Swingorilliant arcade you've solved this riddle:S thought Dizzy, remembering that CONTROLS adventure! such a potion could rid the land of On keys it's Z/walk left. XMalk right, 'If you wish to enter where the jew- athletes fool and destroy the evil SPACE/jump and ENTER/pick up. els are and you have no fear of the wizard, Zaks. To play with a Kempston stick, Phantomas, a robot, dark, seek the sun which blinds all Zaks brought fear to Dizzy's vil- press K to start the game. So. now comes from a long way off eyes. Advance without rest until lage — he cast spells that turned you know eggsactly what you're • — the Andromeda galaxy. you reach the yellow and where the people old, made people blind and doing (Right! That 'eggsactly' crack It's a very long way off. A very, fatigue drains your strength you will caused it to pour with rain every was the last straw! Your fired! very, very long way off indeed. receive our reply as the tree gives Sunday when the cricket was on. Boooooooot! —Ed). So, it'd be worth his while invest- its fruit without knowing who will ing in a Young Robot's Railcard pick it when it is ripe.' Get down from that hut roof, you small, rotund clotl for those long expensive jour- neys by train. However (ah-hal), your difficulties score: lz do not end there. After enter ng the 00B000 chamber the door closes behind HOLDING ut he doesn't need one! No, not you and the only way out is by l at all. Y'see, he's a scoundrel using the clues of another riddle! — a robot programmed to rob, plun- der, pillage and dodge paying fares 'If from the trap you want to escape, ,Lf}GE or C2 on the train! And now you're Phan- you must fight with ??? and fire, tomas! Incredible, we know, but seek the hidden door and with the true! firing of your strength fresh air you Your first objective is to travel to will find.' the clone-planet Earth-Gamma and find the mansion using space trans- porters, planes and helicopters. PHANTABULOUS CONTROLS Once at the mansion you have to Snatching wares has never been be careful to avoid traps, enemies simpler! Use a joystick plugged into and hidden dangers — including a Kempston, Cursor or Sinclair rolling boulders, which are lethal! interface. And your keyboard con- The mansion is an impregnable trols are definable (handy, eh?). K^^^DHHMS fortress built so that no-one could • Phantomas, the (apparently) one-legged snatcher steal the treasures contained within leaps Into the air (watch out for the lethal thunder its walls. There are three main cloud) parts: a special base with craft from different periods, the palace itself (a v dangerous area) and the under- ground world where the millionaire's assets are locked up in the crypts. How to rob the treasure (a v. important bit for prospective snatchers): You need to get hold of SIMULATOR a strongbox hidden in the palace. • The best two-player racer To get it you have to throw 36 levers — ever!! found in the labynnth of the palace — an alarm sounds when you've It's got amazing realism — achieved this. Then, there are the the burns, the bumps and jewels. They're hidden in the caves * ramps really work! There in an armour-plated chamber which are seven different courses, «ach you can only have access to when one harder than the last. And the 6 • CRASH JUNE • This is a hill and you can make • These handy road markings good use of their slanty slopes indicate the course you're sup- best bit is two players can share (Erm, y'mean gradients? —Ed). posed to take. So, on this one the action simultaneously!) Take the bike about halfway up • It's the finishing line! That's you bomb down the starting the slope (at a decent speed) and why it says 'finish', y'see. As a ramp, go up and around the hill, ust leap on your bike and race follow the curve around and standard race goes on for a few slide around and down and bomb J— it couldn't be simpler, but you'll whizz off the other side at laps you'll pass this a few times off down the rest of the course. you'll be amazed how skill you have top speed! Just don't go crash- and when the race is over your That is, as long as you don't get to be to win! The bumps help you ing into an object on the other bike stops here (logical, really). stuck at the top! turn, the rough ground slows you side... down and the hills and different grade surfaces affect you as in real life! But the most important thing to remember is to keep the pedal power going! And that's it (golly, & what a short one — oo no. stop it o missus, don't!)] in- CONTROLS You can select your control options at the beginning of the game — V either joystick or keyboard, and that's definable. The way the con- v> trols work is like this: Fire button !V 'H on/accelerate, fire button off/brake, Nt left/rotate bike (eft, right/rotate bike right. FRUIT * -2 O G HI T D e no MACHINE • Okay, here's where it ail • You haven't got a rod CRASH J (JUNE • 7 jj /pj/Tyvj^ t coming soon n's it looking, then? rai uoularty groovy. The graphic • are incredibly smart, with both colour and detail in abundance and Ihe scrolling really shifts! The screen shows a display of your/iew (there's hundreds of locations) «nd also features three windows — one's a menu window which gives you access into toads of other menus, allowing you to perform all manner of actions, and the others are object windows. Add to that a stunning sound track, one of the best we've ever heard on the Zip, zip, zip, zip. Wassat? It's us, bit too much for you, don't worry, it Speccy. and it looks like Domincn can be played as a shoot-'em-up will be a welcome resident in fast-forwarding into the future of (which sort of undermines the whole Hitsville when it arrives in a couple Speccy games. Olcoy, let's put it on concept, really). of months. pause, take a few screenshots, takes • Ah, a forest. Always get lost In forests. Erm... (help!) some notes and present this month's previews! some are good and need your help. There are plenty of puzzles in there, too. Most of them revolve around the idea of collecting objects and using them to test your O DOMINION intelligence but there are a few that J We are a Bad lot. No, not just the will examine your morals. The CRASH lot, but everyone. The programmers aren't saying exactly entire population of the planet is how the game should be played ' useless. Earth's a dumping ground because it's a game of experience and the human race is mucking the (a bit tike life, really). place up. Depressed? You should Yes, it does sound an 4 TCJ=»n • be, because according to the 'interesting', and indeed, novel scenario of Pandora's forthcoming game, doesn't it? And if it sounds a title, Dominion, we've got one chance left to prove ourselves Okay, so whaddya reckon? Shoot it or invite it in for tea? (I say blast It's brains out —Ed) worthy to roam the planet. There's a race of beings called the Chitona who rule the universe. They're perfect and only exist as forms of pure thought in the Oth Dimension. Now. obviously they can't just pop down to the planet one Wednesday morning and give us a good ticking off. so instead they send a Mentor, a life-sustaining probe, around every 35 million years or so. Last time Mentor arrived the dinosaurs were causing trouble so the thing disposed of them pretty sharpish allowing us mammals to get on with life. Now Mentor's back and us mammals have screwed the place up. It's not happy. But, like we said, there's one chance left. The Mentor plucks an average example of the human race, which just happens to be you, and promptly dumps him in an artificial environment and watches what happens. And that's basically it You start the game without much of a clue what you're supposed to be doing. Just get on with whatever you fee! like. At the end of the game Mentor assesses your actions and decides whether you should become guardian of the Earth or just blow the place to bits. Dominion is, essentially, an arcade adventure featuring a range of interactive characters, all created by Mentor for you to investigate and deal with how you see fit. Some are mean and need disposing of and CRASH JUVNEH9 coming soon • WACKY RACES Hi-Tec Software have had a huge run of success with their Hanna Barbara series of games, indeed, it earned them the coveted title of Best Newcomer of 1990 in the Readers' Poll. Their latest offering seems set to Keep up the success rate — it's Wacky Races, one of Hanna Barbara's best cartoon series ever! The game's development is in the hands of Enigma Variations, who are promising a great game, with big. colourful graphics to recreate the feeling of the chaotic cartoon. Wacky Races stars you as the wonderfully wicked Dick Dastardly (with, no doubt, a bit of assistance' from faithful hound Mutley)! The game features six different Wacky Races and your objective is to beat all the other drivers to the finish line. But. there's more to it than just straightforward driving over the scrolly landscape. Because (remember you're Dastardly) you can booby trap the course, causing 'Gnashing, frashlng, rashing, schnee, schnee, Anyway, it's looking good so tar. hell for all the other competitors! scheee.' Erm, that was Mutley-ese for 'The driving check out the thrills fcnd spills of Hi- So, there's a bit of driving along bit in Wacky Races.' Or something tec's Wacky Races when it's and then, when you're far enough released at the end of May at £3.99. ahead, you can take Dastardly out of the car, explore the countryside, • DIRT TRACK RACER pick an object or two and set a trap Why are there so many With a bit of clever (or should that driving/racing games around? Just be 'particularly vindictive') thinking, why is everyone addicted to you should be able to send a racer pushing an 'accelerate' button, a off the edge of a cliff or create a 'left' or 'right' turn button (and not pile-up along the course. very keen on using the brake key)? According to Enigma. Wacky Could be it something to do with the Races is a big game with fact that when we leap in our Minis challenging gameplay and generally etc we have to follow the Highway much better than your average 'Outta my way, road hog!', 'Whered'ya get your Code and not tear up the budget game. Ah yes, say us. but licence? Off the back of a cornflakes packet?!?!' countryside? Yes, that's probably it. then it's a quid more expensive than and other such comments abound when you're a So. any chance we Spec-players your average budget game. Dirt Track Racer get to roar off at high speeds Frustration's going to grab you by the throat and We're bored playing Stack Up with just coloured shout (very loudly) 'Guess who?!' when you reach tiles, so let's use road signs, shall we? (Well, it's level 3 in Stack Up novel...) 10 • CRASH JUNE usually gets the thumbs up. And here's a natty offering from Zeppelin, out soon at £2.99, that A Glittering Skip Special! may just have you waving you JETMAN COMPO WINNERS thumb aloft — it's Dirt Track Racer, a viewed-from-overhead, They were brill, they were fab — scroilarama, enm, dirt track racing the entries to Storm's Jetman game (hence the title!). compo In Issue 86 were a hootl Only one person came up with a really Let's go through the old racing Up for grabs was a Nintendo set, clever notion for a girlfriend for Jetman and game checklist, shall we? Okay, with a copy of the Nintendo Solar that was Gregg Ellis from Sketty, cars. Yup, plenty of them — you're Jetman game and for ten lucky Swansea Here's Jetty Boo (just doing the driving an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV), runners-up were copies of tWe liked this one a lot Laurence do, no doubt —Ed). you're racing in a championship and Storm's Saint Dragon on Speccy Jenkins from Bristol came up with War need to finish in a decent position to or a Nintendo Solar Jetman Thung (real name Timothy) and his drawing progress (thankfully, you always is spot on for Jetman's humour. Loved the cartridge. All you had to do was message on laser cannon 'Yoo've been begin a race in pole position). to design a new friend or foe for nawtee'll' Excellent. Next, tracks. Well, not bad — five Jetman to mince about in space different courses (very big and with and there were some twisty-turny) with varied terrain. The corkers! The whole CRASH team courses are: village, forest, quarry, were Involved In judging but the cross-country and village at night. final say went to Jetman's comic Now, add-ons. On the courses strip creator John Richardson. are points icons which can be John was bowled over with the Created by David Cook from Newcastle- collected, the higher the points standard of creativity but upon-Tyne is Souperman who imagines he value the better a driver you have to obviously thought you lot are the can take over the universe with hts soup be to manoeuvre your ATV to pottiest bunch of magazine guns. The dot. Souperman comes From the collect em, At the end of a track readers ever and, as he said, planet Souperior. he's very soupersMious, has sou parsonic speed and believes in the you can use the points to 'buy' '...some of them shouldn't have soupernaturai. An act for Novelty Island, things like fuel, repairs, new tyres, been allowed near anything as perhaps? turbo charger and loads of things. pointy as a pencil!' Here's what And finally, is it any good? Can't the 11 winners came up with... say yet. cos this is a preview and • The winner! Paul Stevenson from Han Kirk from Bewdley created Plunder we don't judge games until they're Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, created an Ant, a creature who evolved in Jetman's finished. (But here's a clue: it's entire Jetman strip starring his monster — washing machine after a particularly heavy simple, it's fun and it's been played the automated mother-irv(awl Extremely Y-front washing session. Bleurgh, eh? most of the morning!) well drawn and very, very funny. Turn to the Jetman strip this month and you can see John's adaptation of her into this month's • STACK UP story! Hurrah! We'd like to take a look at two cases.,. 'Hello, I'm an Amiga and al ' vV' decent puzzle game on me like • Part robot, part dustbin: all refuse Tetris or Puzznic costs £25 each. collector It's Dustbin Man from Kevin Outlaw from Malmesbury, Wiltshire! Okay? Next! 'Hello. I'm a Speccy • ® I and a game that combines the brilliance of both Tetris and Puzznic v \ v \ l—— , (and has its own subtle blend of i \»i •»•-» flavouring) costs just £2.99!' Which one would be your choice? The Speccy one, of course! So, for all V puzzle fanatics, Zeppelin's coming- along-any-moment-now game, V Sfacfr Up. should be right smart. U ~•w' , O JO 4* »""» , - M * eciaran McMillan's Slimebafi creation Is, What happens is this: blocks of apparently, a very annoying alien. When he • A colourful creation and no mistake! three tiles fall down the screen into gets bored he takes slime from his body Daniel O'Neill from Liverpool came up with the Stack Up frame. The aim of the and chucks it around the place. A head-to- Gtobo. a baby Bobulate, who eats Tetiey game is to stack them so they form head with Cleanbot may be in order, eh? Tea Men (those irritatingflat-capped spack - horizontal, vertical or diagonal lines heads from the adverts)! of three (or more) tiles of the same colour. When you've got a line of three or more they disintegrate, and so play continues until you've cleared a set number of lines or stacked up the frame so much no more blocks appear (ie, game over). As you progress through the 22 rounds things start getting a tad complicated, with added hazzards like blocks randomly appearing, only diagonal lines counting, frames start with blocks already positioned, and black blocks which don't • Stuart Sell from Ely. Cardiff designed disintegrate. two new characters: Bowerblade (Jetman's Anyway, you can never tell how long lost twin brother, he was sent to another universe at an earfy age for • Here's a good one — simple but it worics good a puzzle game is until you've causing too much bower) and Eyespy well — Jet Dog from Shaun Aggestt who • Gary Martin's Cleanbot has a vioiemt played it, but we've played it and it's (Jetman's friend who always sticks hts nose hails from Brixham in Devon. Jet Dog's attitude towards mess, once he locateis the humongousty addictive, very In where It's not wanted, but knows when to favorite food is Jetman's trousers and least source of untidiness (usually Jetman) I he colourful and it's not even finished! hop it — just as well, he's only got only favorite is Jetty's socks (air freshness most eliminates it. Great idea, but it means Roll on review copy, next month! leg!!). definitely not. ahoy!). Jetman wouldn't last very long... CRASH JUN E • 11 • Nothing is safe from vicious 1 • terrorists who ni/e the skies J and the sons. ' When an ultra sensitive top secret package absolutely, positively has (o got through, there's only ,. _ _ one man lor the job YOU! pFS Codename.* HYDRA W^fm Doomsday JSoviccs. Crown Jewels Mutant m Virus Strain: they all need to be loaded on K board your special craft and rushed to their » K next destination. -K Your missions will take you all over the world. W and it's not plain sailing/ • (/sing your Hydracralt s supercharged speed J and lire power, you must blast your way ' through enemy jet skis, helicopters, boats, zeppelins and hovercraft. And to make your Hie really dillicult'. a terrorist mercenary - The Shadow" - lurJts at every corner ready to steal i your precious cargo. Heart-pounding excitement, explosive action and superb sound and graphics HYDRA delivers! A perfect cure lor the Summertime Blues! Based on the smash hit coin-opf Stunning speed and graphics! M I 1 'IB' * tlu Kjlit i. •:'TrTJOTt+ M Spmuf 4 *J l» tit* -I TEIXIGElVf V The Nam m Com-Op Conversions rrrrr rrrrr rrrrr HEftL™ SCORE Gauntlet game on cartridge. Plug t^S"^KV- r rrrrr FSVrro it all In and it's like having a rTOP^S^ rrrrr r PTrf Gauntlet coin-op in your front r r1 rc.rrrr I fe ^ r room (It's that goodl)! Groovy, * Pr-r.C W^rrrg < huh? Also chucked in with the prize is a copy of the the original ;fiLTK Speccy Gauntlet and a Gauntlet 3 Lf". § poster so you can redecorate .1 A FF your room (well, a bit of it **rrrr anyway). For 20 — 2011 — runners-up there are copies of the original Speccy Gauntlet and a Gauntlet 3 poster. It's fab, Isn't it? THE HOW TO WIN BTT I To be in with a chance of winning ^io/WKM one of the fab prizes there's a word search to puzzle over. There are only eight words to find but because we're feeling in a particularly bad mood today (because the Speccy +2's just blown up) we're not going to tell you what they are. v°u»> Well, we'll sort of tell you. The eight words you're looking for are the names of the eight characters you can control In Gauntlet 3. Not Wizard, Valkyrie etc, but their real names. Okay, we'll give you one to start you off: Merlin the Wizard, so the word your searching for is Merlin. Got that? If you don't know the rest, check out the review from Issue 87 — they're all in there. WIN A SUPER SEGA COI Ring each one, or as many as you can find, fill in the coupon, WIN GAUNTlfT ON THE and send it to: NEWSFIELD. WIN SPECCY GAUNTLETS AND POSTERS TOO! GROOVIN' WITH GAUNTLET COMPO. CRASH, LUDLOW. /% Does it bother you that compo with a stack of Gauntlet SHROPSHIRE SY8 1JW. And If t—' Madonna has little truck goodies up for grabs. the postie hasn't brought your / \ with sensible clothes? The first prize on offer from US entry here by June 20, there'll be IS^1 Does it bother you that Gold is a brilliant Sega Master no chance of you Gauntfefting Bart Simpson's singles actually System console and — yes! — it around the place, 'cos that's the manage to chart? Does it bother comes complete with the original closing date. Byeeeeel' you that Ethel isn't In EastEnders as much as she used to be? And does it bother you that the island THAT WORDS EARCH of Capra has been invaded by a host of demonic creatures? Well, IN FULL: it ruddy well should! It's chaosl Ogres, spooks, trolls, grunts and other such snatch-finks are swarming over the land causing terror wherever they tread (due to their incredibly smelly feet). BUT (BUT! BUT!) Now here's your chance to put the island of Capra to rights and generally save the world from a fate worse than death. Well, actually, it has to be a fate worth than death because Death is scurrying around the island himselfl It's all more than anyone can stand, so If s time to throw down the gauntlet and get into the CRASH Smash that is Gauntlet 3 — The Final Quesfl Gauntlet 3 lets you play any of the four original Gauntlet stars (Wizard, Elf, Valkyrie, Barbarian) or any of the new set of heroes who are offering to lend a hand (Lizardman, Rockman, Merman, Iceman), as you set off into the scrolly 3D world of Capra. Yup, US Gold's latest smasher is pretty much the bee's knees in Name.—* arcade adventures on the Speccy address and to celebrate its trip to corkerdom here's a top prize Rightl Enor (the office mouse, now promoted to faithful sidekick') and I are getting a bit peeved. Begging letters just don't get a look-in when it comes to handing out the £40 software voucher. So stop it. I don't care whether a strong magnetic field has just passed over your house causing all your games tapes to be wiped clean, I don't care if your dog has munched all your tapes leaving you no games to play. You may think that under this cold, vicious exterior lies a heart of gold. Well, there Isn't. I'm cold and vicious deep down, too. Begging letters are shown the quickest way to trashcanland — you have been warned) Oh, and another thing, some of your handwriting really needs smartening up. Some scrawls look like a couple of spiders have been for a swim In an Inkwell and then attempted to perform a Shropshire Four-set square dance over the page. Anyway, I'll just have a quick brew and calm down before I begin sifting though this month's missives (which have mostly been good reading). Letters on all thing Spec-like to: NEWSFIELD, LLOYD MANGRAM'S FORUM, CRASH, LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE SYS1JW. There's a £40 software voucher for the best every monthl QUO. HAVM IM& OFF V*C£ OUX. AM W&&& HJHATSUrrcr e*rs rtx >5 Afcw* wits so He rceuH A SVtet .MHO MAS LOST fJfZorxte L PICK, tjto me fUUftftomt yrt^rr^tuu. urtee w vay Dear Lloyd Last week I was listening to my local radio station. There was a report about computer war games like SWTV, Navy SEALS. Line of Fiie, and UN Squadron which made me very annoyed. The people being interviewed were mainly from the older generation who fought during World War n, and I have great respect for what they did and what they went through. But myself, my friends, and my family disagree with what was said. They said that computer games glorify war and that they're turning us into a generation of war-crazed kids. Us younger generation are open to war and violence by everyday life such as newspapers, television and radio. During the Gulf War nearly every page in newspapers was covered in death and destruction and on the TV, from morning until night, we saw actual war combat such as air raids, tank battles, the carnage of the Baghdad bombshelter, dead Iraqi soldiers, and much, much more. After all that, what harm are a few computer games going to do us? They are only GAMES. And nobody dies from playing computer games (even if the prices are enough to give you a heart attack!). On the lighter side of things, about the office mouse. I have a 101 % way of getting rid of it: you'll need a Jason Donovan cassette and several pairs of ear plugs. Jason's singing is enough to clear any room Oh, by the way, the ear plugs are for you and all the other hard-working people in the CRASH office. I hope this letter isn't too political for you to print — even us so-called youngsters have views on these subjects. Carl Welch (aged 14 and proud of being British), Hastings, East Sussex Good letter, Carl. Of course youngsters have views on important rib)ecu, that's why I'm here, for a start Don't you think it would have made a better report on the radio if the &COM'- WUM OUR H€XQ MU- P&Y 70 THE STVfcNSCN ae^JNYdCTT' WILL HE CCM6 producers had interviewed TOO M wax? ... see NKMW 14 • CRASH JUNE games players, or at least the pages. You can order any game |and where I could get one. RoboCop 2 did not come on their software houses to express their that's currently available and, 3pher Dura {age 14), Spectrum, so I think the software views? If the rest of you have with our discount scheme, you'll tomsey, Hampshire. houses should spare a thought any opinions on the subject of save a bit of money, toot Can't for the 48K owners. the influence of violent games, be bad. Anyway, 1991 seems to be a drop me a line, I'd be interested LM PLAYAB1LITY COUNTS! good year for the Spectrum with to hear your views. But for now, the release of Shadow Dancer, Cart grabs the loot in the form of Dear Lloyd Turrican 2, Predator 2 etc... Also a £40 software voucher! FLIPPIN' GREAT! I am a 128K Speccy owner and a I'm glad that Ocean and US Gold LM reader of CRASH. Most of my have seen sense and produced Dear Lloyd friends say graphics are the thing puzzle games like Chip's Challenge and the brilliant NO SHOPS SHOCK! Three cheers for the Sinclair that count on a computer but I Spectrum. I haven't written to pay to them it's payability that Puzznic. Let's hope there are no complain about the Spectrum, counts. They think computers more boring soccer games. Hello, are you there Lloyd? I've written to compliment it. I were made for graphics!?! I have Jonathan O'Connor, London When I bought CRASH Issue 871 think the Spectrum +2 and +2As a few friends who own 48k Right, in order... was over the moon to see the are excellent value for money. Spectrums and they are really 1 • Of course it's the payability new free games. I tore off the The graphics are very good disappointed that the great that counts in games — what's tape, ran upstairs and played the considering there is only a 128K releases like Total Recall and the point of having a game that games — they were brill. Then I memory. There is a wider and read the mag: even better than more varied selection of games the tape, jam-packed full of available to the Spectrum than details on new games. The one many other computers. thing that spoiled it was that we I've owned a +2A for nearly | don't have any shops that sell two years and have built up a SINCLAIR SUPPLIES any full price games or new good collection of games. Spaetrvan Computer £124 M 4 « CF2 Drake C7 00 | games like RoboCop 2, NARC, Another good point is that Spectrum+3 Confjutar £149 90 Amur ad Partial Pnrrter CltBM and Navy SEALS. Please help, it's Spectrum 48, * Membrane C10 SO Service Manual (*2. .3) C9M Spectrum games are reasonably Spectrum Pawe* Supply C13.S0 Spectrum Datanooniar ciew murder playing with the same old priced compared to what a game Spartrum +2/*3 fW Supply Spectrum * Ueer Manual 4M i games (hint hint). might cost for an Amiga. So, to •.3/2A Parallel C*> £100 HIGH SEAS MONTHLY WAR GAME PRIZE PROGRAMMERS & GRAPHIC ARTISTS 0»0» ttOO «80 Zeppelin Games Limited is currently launching a recruitmemt Cuts an irtort tiptmivt than artflatft taltf tmrit ulli tad i*o«M aaly H ioHi with Ma larmiatlaa of irt labtcrtber. Calls tail Mj gar mm ch»f iad Up »t mH all Klwr limai CammlanlHl LM-. CttlKlQfd. tuna? CU1 *JU. campaign for freclance programmers and graphic artistss. Expansion of the company has meant that there is a large number of both Budget and Full Price projects ready for immediatce development. To those people whose work comes up to our exacting standards, we guarantee to offer you the best payment terms, conditions, anid back-up of any software house. If we have not heard from you in the past two months, plcasoc send a brief tetter and a demo on any computer format to: Gareth Briggs Head of Department Zeppelin Games Limited PO Box 17 Hough ton-Le-Spring Durham DH4 6JP CRASH JUNE • 15 OFTWARE AMERICAN EXPRESS VZ&4 SPECTRUM GAMES hawk storm .299 TARGET RENEGADE 299 OWS CHALLENGE Tse BUDGET K< TARZAN GOES APE >9t CRETE T941 tn N'A 2 PLACER SOCCER SQUAD lOAHfNE W 99 KARi WARRrtftS 2« TECHNOCOP NEW PRICE 3W ORCKIT CAPTAIN (04H1 'M N'A 2 PIAVER SUPER LEAGUE 99 •MTERWTKWL RJG6Y 299 TEU.YW.5E 299 DELTA CHARGE F» N'A 99 IMTERMTIONAL FOOTBALL 299 TETRtS 299 OK* TRACY 750 N'A 7S0CC NA 1942 9U tVfTERIHATlOSAL MANAGER 299 THUNOERBLAQE ... 199 E SWA T 7M JET SET WILY. . .. 1 99 1HUNOERCATS 299 E DO K DUCK *w rso 1090 194J 99 1099 AT F IAOV TACTICAL F10HTER) 99 •OCKY WILSON CCMPEDtUM OF DARTS 3 99 TOMAHAWK >W E14.YX HUGHES 1HT FOOTBAa 7S0 EM.YN HUGHE STRWAOUtf H'A ACE 1 99 JOE BLADE 1 2 99 topGlh 799 ru KENNY {M.GLISH SOCCER MANAGER TORKAOOECR NEW ,199 EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE in 10 9» ACE 112 M 299 rso N'A v, KENTUCKY RACING 2 99 TRAP DOOR 1 OR 2 } » EXTERMINATOR AMERICA*; FOOTBALL Ftt COMBAT to» 1A«» arcade fruit machine 99 KICK OFF .1 99 TRACKSiWT MANAGER 299 NA 299 TREASURE ISLAND OUT- 299 FAMOUS FVE TS0 ARKANdD 1 OR 2 99 KWKSNAX FOOTBALL DIRECTOR 2,«« .JA-n ')« AL/STRALlAN RULES FOOTBAU 99 LICENCE TOKia . NEW 299 TREBLE CHAMPONS A 99 WACKY OARTS 2 99 FUN SCHOOL 1 (UNDER S"S). «M EIAABARtAN 1 LITTLE PUFF 299 FUN SCHOOL JIS-T} '299 BARBMAN 99 macadam BULPE R PIN&ALL 299 WEC LE WANS 299 Fiji SCHOOL 3(7*) IB '29* BATMAW 49 MACKXAWDiaY 299 WEWLEyqreyhounos 299 QAE2A2 7K 10 9» TX MANAGER ... 299 WCNjCRBOY . 299 BA TVA'I THE CAPE0 CRUSADEP 99 GOLDEN AXE 79) V99 kmmcx 49 MANIC MINER 299 WORLD GAMES 2 94 GRAWPWXtDIHl ... -7.50 H'A BOULDERDASH 1 OR 2 OR 4 W MATCHDAY t OR 2 299 XENON 299 GUNSMP 7K <099 TV>£ 80HER w UOM- ON T>€ RUN 299 YES PR*E MMSTER 299 HOSTAGES 7S0 BCXNG manager VI MOTOR CYCt£»0 299 YOGI AW THE GREED MONSTER 2«9 HYDRA 'SC <09« w hCMESIS 199 YOGI BEARS GREAT ESCAPE 299 AON LORD 10» 17 SO BJGGYBOY » MQEL MAMSELL GRAND PRD( 799 KICKOFf 2 7i0 10 9« C J S ELEPHANT AHTCS 99 ON THE BENCH LIGHT CORRIDOR rso 99 OPERATION WOLF 299 SOFTWARE CITY SPECIALS LOOPZ. 7» HA OUTRUN 3 W 3-D POOL 399 LORDS OF CHAOS — - - 7M 1099 PAPERBOY 299 BOULDERDASHU2 399 LOTUS ESPRIT TURBO CHAllENGE rso 1099 CMUCKIEEGC 1 OR? 99 PASSING SHOT TENNIS 299 CAPTAIN RZT 1» MAHUTO r» DM 99 PCPEYE2 299 CRACKDOWN NEW 299 MOMGHT RESISTANCE T50 W99 99 P>~|$TIWN PAT 1 OR 2 299 DEACTIVATORS 0711 MONTY PYTHON r.so 99 PRO GaF (COOEMASTERS) 299 DRAGONBREEO NEW 399 mul ti PLAYER SOCCER MANAGER rsc NA pub games 299 EARIKIGHT 079 NAftC rso 1099 PVA TRIVIA 299 EMt«HTENMENT,DfW021 099 NAftCO POLICE r» ttM 99 G'.Armo AOVENToftE 299 escape planet robot monsters 499 THE NATIONAL rso NA 99 OUATTRO ARCADE 299 FlflAL MISSION 1« NAVY SEALS rso 10 99 QUA mo COMBAT .1*9 GAMES SUMMER EDITION 299 NK3HTSHIFT rso NlA NIH> REMIX NA 99 OUATTRO FIRE POWER 2 99 OOSTBUSTERS 2 NEW 199 ...m GHOULS AW GHOSTS NEW 399 NORTH AND SOUTH rso «9« 99 OJATTRO power 299 OPERATION THLPCEneai SPO GOLD SILVER ANOBSON2E J» 1099 QUATTRO *TS 299 PANG 10 99 299 HAMUERFIST . NEW PRICE 299 710 OlESTICM OF SPORT PREDATOR J 7 40 £99 99 RTVPE 299 HARODRJV1N NEW If* •CAVYteiAL MEW 399 PROJECT STEALTH FIGHTER 7» lOW 99 RAMBOS 299 RAMBOW ISLANDS 7 SO K)99 99 REAL GHOSTBUSTERS 299 W1ENSITY ors KARYSSlA AO^Enturl 2 W RICK DANGEROUS 2 rso 099 DOUBLE DRAGON M RENEQAOE 199 R08CCOP2 730 1099 r KEWY DAL GUSH SOCCER MATCH 299 AAGON NNiA NEW 99 RE1URM0FTXJE& 2 99 SCRABBLE MONOPOLY A CUlEOO tAM HA 299 KLAX 399 >m MAGNETRON o.rs SHADOW Of T>« BEAST 11 H 99 rugby ccach (D4H, 299 SHADOW WARRIORS rso 099 99 RvXSBY UANAGER 299 MOONCRESIA 199 MYSTERY ON THE HUS. SJMCTTY i« 1199 99 T-C GAUHILET 299 art SKULI anocrossbones ru 099 salamawer 299 MYTH 299 SNOWSIRKE rso HA 99 SMi FOX STRiP POKER 199 NWUASPAIT J» ST DRAGON .rso .H'A 99 5COOBY 000 AND SCRAPPY DOO SEW 199 SLAtWES 299 STAR WARS TRILOGY r» HA M SILKWORM 299 IMOBQN HEW 299 VTW0V2 rso HA EQOTBALL MRECTOF? 99 SLIGHTLY MAGC NEW 399 shackles 199 SUBBUTEO 'SC 099 SWCKEfl MANAGEMENT iDlh' 2 99 SN0W5TRME NEW 199 SUPER CARS rso 0» FOOTBALL UViAGER 1 NEW WtC£ 99 SWOKER MAHAGER 2 » SPYtREK ADVENTURE 199 SUPER MONACO GRAWPRB NEW rso HA SOCCER 1 299 STARSTRKE 1 4 2.. 199 SUPER OfF ROW RACER rso 099 99 SOCCER DIRECTOR 2 99 1EWES1 199 swttchblaoe 7S0 HA M «vmn 299 TIME MACHINE NEW 399 f" 710 m FRAW BRUNO 99 SPinNG UAGE NEW PACE ?» TEENAGE mutani HERO tlhtus «M '199 « SPYVSPY IQR2 299 1IUEUACH1NE 7S0 099 99 099 FUU. THROTTLE 2 S1ARWARS 299 FULL PRICE TOTAL RECALL 7S0 STREf T FsGHTER 299 TOYOTA CEUCA .. . 790 099 GARY Ul£«£RS HOTSHOT5 99 DOC OSS 9ft STRtP POKER I ... 2 99 HA TDSVOR BROOKINGS WORLO OF rso QtMKWWS HL99 10 M HA GAAHAMOOOCH 99 STRIKER 299 BACK TO TK FUTURE 3 rso 10 99 IRIVAL PURSUIT 099 99 STRIKER MANAGER NEW 299 BATTLE COMMAND . 7 SO IflW TURRICAN rso oosts and ccblins THCLMTOUCHABLES 7 SO 099 GHOSTBUSTERS 99 SUPER HANG ON 299 battle cf tpc bulge 999 N'A 099 199 1099 1299 wfaiwis TS0 ORANO NATIOHAL .99 SUPER WJDGE 2000 CARRIER COMMAND ttOF9J> MimffiHF BOIftG . 7 50 «JB GRID RON 2 99 SUPER STOCK CARS 299 CHMEH02 10W WORLD CHAWHCNSH* SOCCER 7J0 HA POWER UP WHEELS OF FIRI KIXX MULTIMIX BLANK 3" DISCS TUtmCMl K4UT RAKBOft TKJNCCRBLAOE LED STOWH HARDDRtVW CHASE HO PWERSWFT lEADERBOARD (JAOEWQARC SLANGS CH4SE H 0 1A; TERED MAST BLASTTROOS IWMSSiON 2 (INDIANA iTunoounw TOURNAMENT I WORLD CLASS AMSOFT/ MAX ELL CASS 12M JONES TEMPLE Of DOOM CASS 10 99 DISC 11.50 lEAOERBQMtD CASS S 50 CASS 4 99 1 2.75 THI WINNING TSAM SOCCER MANIA 5 12.99 I A p B "A Sports Game that takes you to the Baseball field!" "R.B.I. 2 definately scores a CASSETTE £7.50 home run!" CRASH DISK £13.99 U ! ORDER FORM & INFORMATION I AH orders sent FIRST CLASS subject to avaHabilfcty Just Win the coupon and send «10- ] Software City. Unit 4. BDC 21 Temple Street. Wolverhampton WV2 4AN A \ T I POSTAGE RATES • Pluu add SOp tor order* urxter £5. Noo UKJEEC courtnei add £2.50 per I | Hon EEC countries add £4 p*r Nam. Paying by ch.qu* • Ch»qu«s payable to Software City mm | Nifll^ IHIMIIIIMIMIIUIIHII 1 I Address I I I i Postcode. ,.TeJ No- I I Name of Game Computer Value Postage TOTAL Card Type Expiry Date Card No Signature Date CRASH JUNE EUROPEAN ORDERS MASTERCARD EuROCARO ACCEPTED looks amazing but plays like a +2s. My friend reckons Spectrum would be dead cool to know!) much it costs? wet haddock? Absolutely none graphics are no good at all. What And will there be a Dizzy 67 So, M Kulesinski, Belgium at all. I reckon the best thing do you think. thanks and over and out to you you can do is get a wet haddock Earth people! Robert Finlayson (age 9), Abonnee? Haven't a clue wtet and give your friends a good Rosyth, Fife Luke Palmer (age 12), Bristol, slap with it. an abonnee is. let alone know Avon how to become one. If you'ri 2 • Yes, it is a shame that 48K It's true! Speccy graphics are talking about becoming a owners had to miss out on completely wonderful. Think of Erm... Yo, Luke. I'madoin' rather subscriber then all you need do playing Robo 2 and Total Recall. all the different styles in which pleasantly, thank you for asking. is fill out the subs form and But, I've said it before (and Speccy graphics have been Your questions, sir... send us your money (currently you'll no doubt say it again used: cartoon, solid 3D 1 • Exolon? Ooo, we gave it lots £24 for European subbers) and —Ed), if a complex game can simulations, fast vector of %. 90 of the things. Yup, 90% we'll post CRASH to you every only be programmed graphics, digitised and scrolling in Issue 43. waaay back in 1987. month (and give you a free all over the shop! I think a good successfully on a 128K machine, 2 • The cheat's nothing to do game into the bargain!). clout with the wet haddock is in there's very little point in with the high score table. This LM order for your friends, don't you? stripping bits of the gameplay is how you get infy lives in away to cram it into 48K, LM Exolon: go into redefine keys because it'd probably end up mode and type ZOBRA. Then hit OH, DEARY ME. being disappointing. Though, your brainless chum with a wet now I've said that, I bet some HOWYADOIN"???? haddock (busy month for smart-alec software house is haddock slapping, isn't it?). going to prove me wrong. Pihl 3 • Yes, on the whole, 1991 has Yo! Lloyd 3 1 There's no official word on Dear Lloyd, been a pretty groovy year so far. Howyadoin'! I've got some Dizzy 5, except that it is Just one thing: What game do 4 • Puzzle games are making a questions and I've chosen you to happening and will, of course, Teenage Mutant Ninja comeback, expect to see a few answer them and if you don't I'll be 'absolutely brilliant'. There's amphibians like playing with more before the end of the year. get my best pal Arnold bound to be a Dizzy 6 but as to springs? Dunno? Give up? It's Likewise for soccer games. Schwarzenegger on to you like a when is anyone's guess. TurtJe JiecorJ!!! Har, har! (Total Sorry. flash! So on to the questions! LM Recall, gettit?!). LM 1. One of my favourite games is Steven Donnerly, Clapton, Exolon, how many % did you give London it? AN ABONNEE?!? SPECCYS ARE FAB 2. Is there a cheat for Exolon? (My mate says there is one, that Oh dear, somebody isn't at you write a word into the high Dear Sirs home to Mr Humourous, are Dear Lloyd score chart and bingo, you have I have a problem. When I got my they Steven? Here, have a wet Please could you tell my friends infinite lifes! Only he's forgotten Spectrum I did not have any haddock, y'clot. Slap! Can how good a Spectrum +2 is, they the word! Do you know it, or can games. So I went to the shop and anyone do better? If so, senid in are boasting about their you find it out? It would be safe if found CRASH. But. later I could your miserable 'jokes' to mee at Nintendos and Segas. I only have you could!) not find your magazine anymore. the usual address, marking your one friend who agrees with me 3. When will Dizzy 5 be out? (As Could you please let me know envelope Wet Haddock (juslt to because we both have Spectrum I'm Dizzy's biggest fan, and it how to become an abonnee? How confuse the postie). present the € BA OIM ma K52H £zq.qs £34.qso r _£3 FREEZE a program AN?Z!? ^Um ^e^T /s o PEEK/POKE, study/modrtv p^ AM Th®" ^^ Jets you 'S&ssS^R. F Mufttfacea are ®JC' *tOUCh of • b"«°n' F Their 8K RAM — Wrih or t ,cmi viora £21.45 .ONLVI. T^uJ OUj e (3! £1 FACE /W.X „tf* t r/ZiUi toJiWft 101 JO g-Vity J 'ou MU! ' un any at mete product* to copy, rap'oduca o< irrtrirvga in any v»av an/wpynght male a1l w(Hwithouo t tha daar patm>M*cn of tha Al prica* ara alraady dlacountad and copyright ownaFANTASY WORLD DIZZY 3.500,000 Raymond Black. Birmingham 30 Coins Darren Thomas. Seven Sisters with a host of new announcements being made. If toiocor the software houses keep their 1,567,800 James Wright, Branshoime promises we're In for a rollicking good time for the rest of the year! ROBOCOP2 found that the block of code, after 21,357,500 Daniel Miller. Whitchurch Check it out... 13.718,400 Micael HeWer. Portugal mAssuminrewoune screedg nth thadie dtapt noit ewat anwans dfaulty ttrie od loa, loadind in.g 13.562.555 Richard Morris, Broseley US Gold have loads of stuff lined it in 48K mode usttocheckjt up, including coin-op conversions of worked' When I ^me to load .t Final Fight, Mega Twins, G-Loc TtlNAOl MUTANT HMO TORTUS again it still didn't work in 128K 382,420 Ma* Burton, Glasgow Se.Butmenllou^outthatunM i-ave the tape running, or tas^ i (now that should be an interesting 88,250 Jonathan Owen. Crewe one to see on the Speccy!) and 64,340 Tony Ellwood, Cumbria Bonanza Bros. There's also an 56,670 Steven Wamtall, Deal adaptation of the Godfather 3 film, a great Indiana Jones game called DOUHLM DRAOON II T®e 128K version does away with 310,650 Steven Waintall, Deal Fate of Atlantis (but there's no film, 'Phwoooooarf Oooo, yes please!' hollered SVe awful mum.load.tuflandhas sadly), and Out Run Europe RAINROW ISLANDS the girts In the CRASH office when they sound effects and musia Ta very saw Max Burton's photie. Girts, you'll just (finally!). Plenty more games still to 3,131,676 Tom Morgan, Altringham, muJh. If you can offer he p or be revealed, so stay tuned! Cheshire have to calm down and wait a couple of helpl years — the poor chap's only 131 No girls, need some yourself, just 1.357,340 Simon Johnson. Tyne & Wear drop me a line at the usual Ocean have grabbed the biggest you can't have em when they're young I licence of the year by snapping up and tender' (that's sweetcom, you bunch address, marking your envelope R-TYM of clots)). Sorry about this. Ma*. 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European Cup arena with all-new (E*"tin9») Hi-Tec'have signed up with in-game features and includes a IAWOKTANTI Warner Bros to produce a stack of management and arcade action -fcAiaiead la r puhtccMnA by OIASH. i b «4wfty »/•* awn wart aad I/* aara.to wto CZAJw H mega-games based on the Loony sections. Ui/ AmUI Ud vim «T f-M*litod «* » M w* Mtoim.n.pnViilta.i. tr Toons characters. Prepare to be Mlndscape have signed with the dazzled with games starring Bugs environmentally sound superhero Bunny, Daffy Ouck. Elmer Fudd, Captain Planet for a Speccy game Sylvester and Tweetie Pie (did you appearing around September, And ' mmUN Ml N VM to > mmmmmm | see a puddy tat?) they're dead chuffed with their Mhanxl busKmmuHwi.1 fliS Gremlin announced plans for two licence to convert Atari's Paperboy 1.. new labels. There's the budget 2. The original Paperboy is one of priced label, called GBH. and the the best-selling Speccy games of al EfXTORIAI. 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S¥8 IJW Typaaattlng Afp* Uac**aah Computan uttng OuarV launches with a game aimed at four a few plums short of a pudding, XPrmt and Bftatraam to-rta Syatama Managar Ian Chubb Colour Origination Scan ShxSoa, MHgton. Lonson. PrMad m England oy BPCC Buatnaaa Magartnaa (Cantata) LW Nawtoan Trading EalMa. Car**. Cumbrta, CA2 7NR to six-year-olds based around The revealed their Christmas list which CHatrlbutor Comag. Tavtato*floacl. K M Drayton, MIMim Shoe People includes conversions of the Atari Vaarty aubaortpbon rataa: UK £17.20 Europa C24.00, Ak Ma* owiwa OT. USCanada tubacrV*"* and bat* taauaa anquMaa: Barry HMCtor. 8r*!»n Uagatlna Dlatrtoutora Ltd. 40 WlUnt Drtva. Swaafcusg, RRfT Woodatw*. Imageworks get to grips with the coin-ops Pitfighter (an action- Ontario N4S 7V«. Canada. Tai: 519 421 1285, lax: 519 421 IT8S. Yaarty tubaertrton rataa. US *47.». Canada slimey quartet of half-shelled packed wrestling game). Rampart >57X0. Bach laauaa: US *5.20. Canada CANW 2C (lnc*ja*a of poataga). COMPETITION RULES: Tha adhor a daaklon la Anal h all maAan matingto a^udkaitlo n and wa otDr prtraa In heroes once again this Christmas and the sequel to Hard Driving good lallli. baHavlrv) (bam to ba avaflabla; V aomatfilng untoward happana wa raaarva 0a right to lubatttL/a priiaa Of with the release of Turtles 2 — The Race Drivin'. Also in the Domark companM* valua. Wal do our vary baat to dlapatcfi pnzaa aa aoon aa poaafcta a*ar tha pubtahad doatng data Wlnnar* nantaa wta appaar In a latar laaua of CRASH. No corraapondanca can ba antarad Into ragaidktg tha Arcade Game, taken from the pipeline is Taito's Super Space eompaWlona (uniaaa wa'va wrtttan to you ata«ng you hava won a pitta and • daaant rum up. h arMeh caaa dmp ua Konaml coin-op. Cowabunga all Invaders and should be making an a W). 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It's a turbo-charged Unspeakably flappy flares, ahoy! vtaw* axpraaaad In CRASH ara not naoaaaany thoaa of *h pubWiarB race through the hilly streets of San Francisco in a police car and Copyright CRASH Ltd 1M1 A Hmntm Publication > ISSN 0«54-M«l • Keep up with the action with Covar daalgn and HuMradon by Ottrar Fray ABC promises fab 3D graphics and the CRASH, why don't youl IL THE THE JULY COMPETITION COMMODORE AMIGA WIN SEGA MEGADRIVE (Plus Game of Imu Choice) WIN NINTENDO SUPER FAMICOM (Plus any TWO Gaines) WIN NINTENDO GAMEBOY In The GREAT DIAL-A QUIZ MONTHLY Computer Competition Answer 4 simple computer relatod questions correctly and by this time NEXT MONTH YOU could be the Lucky Winner of one of the sbove four Superb First Prizes In this months DIAL-A-QUIZ Cracking Computer Competition You MUST call ona of tha hotllnas below and answer ALL 4 questions correctly And REMEMBER, you can enter ALL Competitions as many times as you like. 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Please state clearly which game Bedfordshire, S017 SAN or games you require and for which computer. Also write your name and address on the reverse side of any cheques. Overseas orders please include £1.50 for postage Telephone: 0462 816103 and packing. KOBRAHSOFT SPECTRUM E.E.C LID AND SAM COUPE UTILITIES YOUR LAST CHANCE TO BUY) ZX EXPANSION PACK SAM DICE DISC UTILITY:- NEW! feature* READ; BACKUP; RECOVER ERASED Uaitou data. REPAIR JHE LATEST CRAZE TO SWEEP THE UK IS CALLED REBOUND, AND YOUj .COULD BE THE ONLY ONE IN YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD TO OWN ONE, OF THESE BRILLIANT MACHINES IF YOU WIN OUR COMPETITION! THE GAME IS A BIT LIKE POOL, BUT FASTER AND MORE FUN! IF YOU WANT TO WIN IT YOU'VE GOT TO BE ON THE BALL AND PHONE THE NUMBER SHOWN BELOW NOW!! Calls cosl 34p (cheap rate) and 45p (at all other times) per min incl VAT. Pepperoni, Sandy lands House. Morecambe, LA3 1DG Please ask your parents permission before you call. Average length of the call is 5.5 minutes. PLAYING Jus! in case the groovy map I three times. Zap-Shoot guard five times. RECALWham-Shoot gun five times. L printed a couple of issues back wasn't enough for you to complete level one of the game R, thump, jump r, walk r over switch then here is the solution from and turn in back on, r, wait for laser Daniel Bridgland of Crambrook. Jump r onto blue platform, jump r, turn off switch, jump left, wait for A Key: L-Left, R-Right U-Up, D-Down, laser, jump left, up lift. I, thump, | Thump-Hit mar twice. 8lam-Shoot man switch to gun, r. Warn. L. get bonus, r, d lift, jump right, switch off, jump I. switch to fists, jump I. get ammo, jump I, stand on pad. I, jump I, stand on pad, I. thump, get case. R, jump r, r, jump r, jump r. u lift. I as far as possible, jump I, thump. I, u lift, r. drop d, stand on pad, I, u lift, r over switch, get ticket. Jump 1 avoiding switch, jump I over blue blocks, switch off, stand on pad, switch on, I. jump I twice, up purple stairs, I, switch on, r. thump, r. over pads, r. thump, d lift, r, get ammo, u lift, switch to gun. R. d lift, blam, r, get ammo, u lift, Jump I, get tool, jump I, jump r, thump, wham, switch off. r. drop d, r as far as possible, d lift, jump I, d lift, jump r, turn to face I. d lift, thump, get energy and Quick Draw McGraw bonus. Jump r. switch off. jump I. u On the menu screen, hold down the lift, jump I, jump I. u lift, jump I, d lift, keys SETUIOP and you should r. drop d, r. thump. I, stand pad, have infinite energy when you start jump I, get to I edge, jump I, get the game. energy, jump r, jump r. pad, jump t (John Charlas) twice as before, u lift, I, get passport. R. d lift, jump r twice, pad. Edd The Dock jump I again, u lift, I, get ammo. r. d Type in WILSON as soon as you lift, jump r, pad, r up lift. r. d lift, jump start level three for a helping hand. r, u lift, jump r avoiding switch, u lift, Hello my little lemon pips, how are we this month, then? Having a (Bartla Wooater) jump I, I, jump I. jump r, switch on, r, good time, are we? Life here in the strange world of CRASH is as wham, r, blam. Turn on pink switch joyful as ever Playing computer games all day really gets to you St Dragon only, wait for guard to fire at waist sometimes (I bet you don't believe me!) Never mind, there's always At the main menu type in X. then height, turn oft pink wall, duck and a simple way of cheering yourself up working here. You just took out enter the passwords: zap, jump r onto lift, d lift, r onto of the window at the local kids going through the Newsfield skip. I BLIBBLOB for infinite lives pad. I. u lift on I, r, get energy. L, d don't know what (hey expect to find, rotten jacket potatoes and the SLOBBERS for invincibility lift, r, fall d. I, blam. I, jump I, switch dregs from Corky's coffee cups are alt that s in there. I wonder what If you type In NESTEGGS on the +3 off, r, u lift, switch to fists, r. thump, their parents say when they come home smelling like the ZZAP? version it will give you a +3 disk r. d lift, t. jumping fire, jump I, d. r, office (very pongy)! utility that will enable you to make switch off, I, jump I, u lift on left. I, d Lots of tantalising tips for you this month. There's the complete backups, rename and move the Sf lift, r, jump r, get to r edge, wait for Dragon program from a tape to a solution to Slightly Magic, 88 (yes. 88!) codes on Chips Challenge laser. Jump r, wait again, jump r, disk or from disk to tape, which I and a groovy map for all SAM Coupe owners of that great game wait once again, I to edge, wait for think is pretty trendy scrumshusl SAM Strikes Oul! What more could you want (don't answer that)? last time, run and jump r. jump r. (Laigh 'Jumping' Jackson) jump r, walk r to finish level 1, phew! CRASH JUNE 125 to the right between the bottom two 3 left one. As the lift is level with the 1s. The rest of this screen is fourth wall block up. move the right straightforward. 3 left to match all three blocks together. Repeat this for the other numbers. According to the letters I've been together Move the top 4 right three getting recently, many people are under the lift to match the 4s. stuck on certain screens in the brilliant Puzznlc from Ocean. To put you all out of your misery here's the low-down on your requested screens. • LEVEL 2,1-1 Move the top 3 left one. Top 2 left three to match the 2s. Top 1 left four to match 1s. Move top 3 left three to • LEVEL 3, 3-2 match 3s. UIM Move the left 3 right two and the top m LEVEL 3,1-3 Move the top 2 right so it lands on the slider going left Move it off to A great little game, this, but one 42 LMFU Beware Of Bug match with the bottom 2. You have 43 UJDP Lock Block to be quick or the block will be that's got a few people well and 44 TXHL Refraction pushed off. Move the left 1 left one truly stuck. I wonder what I could 45 Monster Lab to miss the slider. The right 1 right do to help... perhaps these first OVPZ one onto the slider as it goes left B8 codes sent in by Jack from 46 HDQJ Three Doors Southsea might help. 47 LXPP Pier Seven • LEVEL 2,1-2 and move it off to match with the 48 JYSF Mugger Square Move middle 2 left one to match ail first 1. Do the same for the 3s but Level Code Title 49 PPXI Problems the blocks! watch out for the jutting out ledge! 50 QBDH Digdirt 1 BOHP Lesson 1 51 IGGJ I Slide 2 JXMJ Lesson 2 52 PPHT The Last Laugh 3 ECBQ Lesson 3 53 CGNX Traffic Cop 4 YMCJ Lesson 4 54 ZMGC Grail 5 TQKB Lesson 5 55 SJES Potpourri 6 WNLD Lesson 6 56 FCJE Deepfreeze 7 FXQO Lesson 7 57 UBXU Strange Maze 8 NHAG Lesson 8 58 YBLT Looping Around 9 KCRE Nuts and Bolts 59 BLDM Hidden Danger 10 UVWS Brushfire 60 ZYVi Scoundrel 11 CNPE Trinity 61 RMOW Rink 12 WVHI Hunt 62 TIGW Slo Mo wk & & GOHX Factory • LEVEL 2, 1-4 13 OCKS Southpole 63 14 BTDY Teleblock 64 Spooks Move the top 3 nght one. Top 2 left m LEVEL 3,1-4 IJPQ Elementary 65 UPUN Amsterdam one. Top 4 right one. Top 1 right Move the right 1 down under the lift. 15 COZQ Cellbtock 66 ZIKZ Victim four. Move top 3 right one to match Move the middle 1 over to the other 16 SKKK 67 GGJA Chipmime 2s and 4s. Move the remaining 3 side. Move the left 1 right on top of 17 AJMG Nice Day left two to match the 3s. Move the 4 the first and quickly move the 18 HMJL Castle Moat 68 RTDI Eeny Miny Moe right four to match the 4s second on top to match all three. 19 MRHR Digger 69 NLLY Bounce City Nightmare You need to get the timing perfect 20 KGFP Tossed Salad 70 GCCG Corridor to do this. 21 UGRW Iceberg 71 LAJM 22 WZIN Forced Entry 72 EKFT Alley 23 HUVE Blobnet 73 QCCR Morton 24 UNIZ Oorto Geld 74 MKNH Playtinve 25 PQGV Blink 75 MJDV Steam VA VA 26 YVYJ Chchchips 76 NMRH Four Plex 27 IGGZ Go With The Flow 77 FHIC Invincible 28 UJDO Ping Pong Champion 4. 29 QGOL Artie Flow 78 GRMO Force 30 BQZP Mish Mesh 79 JINU Drawn amd 31 RYMS Knot Quartered 32 PEFS Scavenger Hunt 80 EVUG Vanishingi Act 33 BQSN On The Rocks 81 SCWF Writers Bllock 34 NQFI Cypher 82 LLIO Socialist • LEVEL 3, 1-2 35 VDTM Lemmings Actiom Bottom 2 right one. Move the top 2 36 NXIS Ladder 83 OVPJ Up The Btlock right one on top of the first to match • LEVEL 4, 1-1 37 VQNK Seeing Stars '84 UVEO Wars: the 2s. Match the 1s together Move Move the top 6 right onto the slider 38 BIFA Sampler 85 LEBX Telenet left 3 right 1 when the lift goes as it goes left. Move it down onto 39 ICXY Glut 86 FLHH Suicidte down. As the lift comes up move the other 6. Move the 5s together, 40 YWFH Floorgasborg 87 YJYS Cityblo R T r i?" JM m v.—\ -i Well here » is the biggest pinball sensation jars - The Simpsons! And get this machine which is £2500 into your bedroom, if you're the winner of our crazy competition!! We've colllected loads of silly sound effects from around the world, and to stand a chance of winning all you have to do is correctly identify them! 9o don't have a cow, have a go now!! Just... Call 08984046J0 A Commodore Amiga Computer complete with colour TV is __ 4 i/fiH 1 waiting to be won! So call... 7 0898 404G12 - ' ZL. You could WIN this =. /I awesome foursome! Take control now and Calls cost 34p (cheap rate) and 45p (at alt other times) per min incl VAT. For details ol winners send SAE to: Pepperoni, Sandylands House. Morecambe, LA3 1DQ Please ask your parents permission before you call. Average length of the call is 5.5 minutes, These lines are unofficial and have no connection with the featured characters or their business organisation. DIAL-A-TIP CHEAT-LINE A few little tipettes for that highly 11 9305 lor cheats, tips, pokes and addictive game, The Light 12 3406 Corridor. These have been sent 13 0407 secrets on all computer in by Matthew Jones of Gower, 14 6407 and console games ring who completed the game within 15 2008 three days of buying itl 16 7408 now on 17 4709 18 3810 e Level 0898-10-1234 Code 19 0511 PRIZES FOR BEST CHEATS, TIPS, ETC. 1 0000 20 6811 2 5400 21 3212 Send to: P.O. 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Level 20, Level 44 Level 28 43 5927 Hit all ten rectangles and the This square darts around the 44 0528 moving 'monster' to progress. screen and only needs to be hit 45 7328 once. 46 3929 47 3030 48 0531 49 8431 50 9932 The Collectable Icons Bigger bat © Level 24, Level 48 Level 16, Level 40 a The squares move between the two This 'thing' moves around when you Smaller bat shown patterns Hit all four to move hit It. It takes 15 hits to destroy and to the next level, flashes after 13. This month's £40 of software (bA Extra life goes to Bi?n Gardner for his solution to Slightly Magic. Richard and I have been stuck Glue — ball sticks to bat on the game for ages so this will come in very useful! If you fancy £40 of software (who wouldn't?) jooj Extra horizontal bat then send in any tips, solutions, maps or cheats on any games to the usual address. NEWSFIELD, Extra vertical bat NICK ROBERTS PLAYING TIPS. CRASH. LUDLOW. 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The Vendetta: 23/25 game Is mainly an arcade Myth: 20/25 adventure with objects to find Tusker 18/25 to get you Into new locations IK+: 17/25 but there's the added bonus OVERALL 78% What's tha bast way to catch up on all tha great games that appeared on the Spectrum a while back. One: go out and buy every single one and spend a fortune? Two: pop around to your mate's house and nick his copies? Or three: take a trip down to your local software shop and snap up one of the great new compilations? Well, one's only for the stupid, two's only for complete basts, so It must be three! NICK ROBERTS gives you the low-down on the US Gold • £16.32 current hits in compilation land! his compilation is great because of the variety of Tgame styles on offer, each presenting the player of a car racing level. Once with a new challenge. Two of you've tound the keys you the games, Myth and can jump into the sports car Vendetta, were CRASH and off you got Smashes, so you're 7i/s/w tackles the arcade Virgin Games • Sega arcade machine definitely getting value for adventure style In a different £14.99 (cassette and, thanklully, hasn't lost money. way to the last two games. only) any of its addictive qualities Myth is an arcade Instead of each screen being In the conversion. adventure game with highly detailed and you being Alternative • £2.99 ardly surprising, Fists All those who were platform overtones featuring able to roam around freely, Of Fury Is ona lor beat- addicted to the original superbly detailed graphics many of the screens are or those with a Imltod Hem-up addicts (violent Double Dragon will |ust tove and puzzles that'll have you largely empty and you have budget, there an more lot). The games included are Double Dragon II — The perplexed for ages. You're to battle through them one at compilations ona Shinobl, The Nlnja Warriors, Revenge. You can play either faced with such perils as a time. The game uses smaller scale wth Double Dragon II and Billy or Jimmy in their quest Medusa, Hydra and Thor, the elements of beat-'em-ups FAlternative Software's i Most Dynamite Dux. to avenge the death of their • god of thunder. To destroy and mixes them with packs. Each pack costs onty My personal favourite of chum Marian. Like every each one you need to collect adventure to produce a £2.99 and has four acton- the bunch has to be other game in this pack, it's a the correct weapons, which thoroughly enjoyable game, packed games on It. Hire Dynamite Dux. The cute scrolling trash-everythlng-ln- change from one time zone The final game in the pack we've got 4 MostAcllm and graphics used to represent slght game with a high level (level) to the next. Myth is Is IKa karate beat-'em-up 4 Most Sport. the pair of dynamic ducks of payability. not easily completed but extravaganza. Wh8t makes The Action pack inclides and enemies, coupled with TheWnja Warriors has you Strike Force Cobra, Canbat the strange weapons to trash beating once more. This time Zone, Gun Boal and Diad Or them with, makes gameplay you have to control one of the Alive. Each game doesi't real tun. You're armed warriors and your only have the same theme Ike (literally) with a norma) objective is to stop the evil most compilations, eiber. punch but by holding down master Greek, Bangler. In his You get great value for the fire button you can tracks. Sadly, it's the least money with a 30 garni, wild increase your power to give a playable In the pack. west shooter, war shlpt and mega-blow. Weapons like Fists Of Fury — Edition space shoot-'em-up. fire throwers, water cannons 7Wo Is great (or beat- em- OVERALL 65% and bombs give an uppers. Gamers who want In 4 Most Sports thee'* Interesting result when variety will soon get fed up Run For Gold, Endioni picked up. Fllppln* great) as each game plays more or Rally Driver and Socctr Nlnfa action ahoy In less the same. Boss. What mora couli the Shlnobl. You're searching for arm chair sports enthulast a bunch of kidnapped kids Shlnobl: 17/25 want? You can try youihand and there are loads of vicious Double Dragon II: 20/25 at track running, Amercan thugs to be disposed of using Dynamite Dux: 23/25 Football, rally driving tr even your feet, fists and shuriken The Nlnja Warriors: 16/25 manage your own foot all stars. Shlnobl is taken from OVERALL 76% team. OVERALL 52% CRASH JUIC • 31 tuetlc Software UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT 0781575043< 0782 575043 <( Va 8.60 Great 1941 9.99 Super Monaco G Prix 8.50 Stalingrad 7.50 QUATTRO Aft CADI GRAND PRIX 2, FRUIT Mutant Hero Turtles 9.50 Vulcan 7.50 MACHINE SIM. 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Ghostbusters II 2.99 C Yeagers Flight Sim 2.99 Spyder Man £8.00 EVERYONE'S A WALLY Super Ted Double 2.99 ONLY £2.99 Hot Rod 2.99 Gilbert 2.99 Salamander £2.99 Run Gauntlet £2.99 Fallen Angels 2.99 Double Dragon 2.99 Batman Movie 7.00 Green Beret £2.99 The Cycles 3.50 Shadow Warriors 7.00 4 MOST HORROR IK+ £2.99 Pipe Mania 3.99 Xenon 2.99 Midnight Res 7.50 NEIL ANDROID, NOSSERATU Nam 65-75 £8.50 THE VAMPIRE, SHE VAMPIRE. E-Motion 3.50 Wonder Boy 2.99 Top Gun £2.99 ROCKY HORROR SHOW Crackdown 3.50 6.50 ONLY £2.99 Silkworm 2.99 Lords of Chaos Vixen £2.99 Post to: Please rush me:- CASTLE SOFTWARE Title ST Amount Addrw.. Castle House, 2 William Clowes Street, Burslem, IVxkude ,T»1 No. Stoke-on-Trent PWaM add SOp P&Ppcr cama WtP (if applicable) ST6 3AP. Total amount Finally, Vindicators puts each! What a complete and what it's all about as you you In control of an armoured utter bargl battle your way through the tank. Battle It out with the street gangs of New York. enemy tor points; a frenzy of Klax: 18/20 Fed up with modem day shoot-'em-up action. APB: 19/20 action? Fighting in a different Domark • £10.99 The Winning Team is a Robot Monsters: 18/20 lime is just a load away with (cassette only) fantastic compilation. Get Cyberball: 15/20 Dynasty Wars. The game is your hands on five addictive Vindicators: 16/20 played entirely on horseback ave you ever fancied games for only around £3 OVERALL 86% with the objective being to taking part in a game battle with eight legions of Hshow alongside some of enemy infantry and cavalry to the worlds elite hosts, Bob eventually polish off the evil Monkhouse, Paul Daniels, warlord, Thung Choc! Bob Holness, Jim Bowen and Hammertist speaks for Gordon Bums? Well. It's TV the show. Unfortunately, one itself really, doesn't it? More Showtime allows you to do of the best sections of the TV violent action, but this time just that with all five games show, the video clip bit, isn't the setting is in 2215 AD. The in one pack. The compilation there. world is controlled by Includes Bullseye, The tf you are a freaky tan of holograms and when two of Krypton Factor, Bob's Full these game shows and think these go wrong all hell House, Every Second Counts you can put up with lots ol breaks loose. You have got to and Blockbusters. badly digitised graphics and stop the destruction. Each game follows their animation, well, this is for Last but definitely not least shows closely but are you. Normal people look is Ninja Spirit. This is one for graphically dull and most elsewhere. all tans of ninja games with have awlul multi-loads. The plenty ol swordsmen, best of the bunch tor graphics Bob 's Full House. 10/20 samurais and wolves to be and presentation Is The Every Second Counts. 11/20 popped off and of course, Krypton Factor. Each section Bullseye-. 5/20 oodles of weapons to help has to load in separately The Krypton Factor 15/20 you. (even on the 128K machine) Blockbusters: 12/20 US Gold • £16.32 Ghosts, which was a 92% Coin-Op Hits ll\s mainly but feature the graphics from OVERALL 53% Smash when It was first for beat-'em-up tans with ave yoursell a stack of reviewed! It's a platform each game having a similar 10ps by getting a copy shoot-'em-up with excellent style. Ghouls W Ghosts Sof US Gold's Coin Op scrolling scenery and comes out top of the heap. Hits II. The tlve arcade graphics. The action ts real smashes are Dynasty Wars, addictive from the start. Dynasty Wars. 15/20 Ninja Spirit, Vigilante, It you like something with Vigilante. 16/20 Ghouls W Ghosts and a bit more punch, Vigilante Ghouls 'N' Ghosts 18/20 Hammertlst. may be more up your street. Ninfa Spirit 16/20 The outstanding game in Lots ol kicks, punches and Hammerlist 17/20 the bunch Is Ghouls N' general violent behaviour is OVERALL 82% Code Masters • £10.99 ere's a compilation packed full of eggynessl HMany people have played one or two ot the Dizzy adventures but in the Dizzy Collection you get five Domark £14.99 from the arcade has to be All of his best romps In one big £19.99 Points Bulletin, or APB to Its box! trlends. Full ol speeding What makes the Dizzy ariety abounds In The police care, miles of roads games so special? Well, Winning Team from and donut shops, you just playing each adventure is VDomark. The five can't help but get addicted. like stepping into a cartoon. games otter different The action's viewed from They all have excellent gameplay and graphic styles above and the landscapes graphics and animation and so it's pretty unlikely scroll by as you drive the the puzzles are pretty simple, boredom will come knocking squad car. arresting a quota though you'll probably be at your door. In the pack are ol criminals to succeed. stumped a few times. Four of Klax, APB, Escape From The Great tun. the games in the collection Planet 01 The Robot Escape From The Planet are arcade adventures and Monsters, Cyberball and 01 The Robot Monsters is an Fast Food is a Pac-man-style Vindicators—all coin-op absolute corker of a 30 arcade romp, greats! arcade adventure. Playing a The Dizzy Collection is a Klax is tor puzzle wizards. one- or two-player game you must for anyone who hasn't You have to catch tiles as have to free the captives and seen all of the little egg's they roll towards you and flip destroy all the robot scum. games. Full of yolky the correct colours into the Nice, eh? goodness! bins at the bottom of the Cyberball is a look Into the screen. In true puzzle game future of American Football. Dizzy: 18/20 style, things are simple to You may have thought it was Treasure Island Dizzy: 19/20 begin with but soon hot up as a tough game now. but Fantasy World Dizzy: 18/20 tiles get faster and more played against giant robots Magiciand Dizzy: 19/20 frequent. things soon start to hot up Fast Food: 16/20 One of my favourite games even further. 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MERSEYS1DE L41 4BY TEL: 051 650 0500 FAX: 051 650 0506 Sprint effort, Pro Ski Sim. an addictive ski game, Pro Snooker Sim is one of the best snooker sims around, and BMXSim you've already played, cos it's on the Code Masters (ape this issue! Hurrah! OVERALL 86% Quattro Racers is the latest pack around and features BMX2, Championship Jet Ski, ATVSim, and BMX Freestyle. Plenty of fast- one of the best packs on offer paced arcade action here and with: Grand Prix Sim, a well- all of them good titles! playable overhead Super OVERALL 89% Code Masters • £2.99 Turrican is another colourful game, and i real t that sort of price you good blast. The multitude of can't go wrong, really. weaponry add-ons and AAlt the packs are variation in the aliens makes themed but that doesn't it a shoot-'em-up fan's mean there's a lack of variety heaven! because there's plenty of Chase HQ is probably the different game styles to ultimate driving game on the contend with (you would not Speccy. You have to chase believe it, etc etc...). (no, really?) the criminals in Quattro Combat features your souped-up sports car Death Stalker, an okay-ish and bash them off the road to platform game, SAS Combat arrest them. Personally, if I Sim, a beat-and-blow-'em- could afford a fast car I up, Nlnja Massacre, a bit like Ocean • £15.99 wouldn't want to bash it up! ffaimf/tffwith ninjas, and Altered Beast gets right Arcade Flight Sim is what It here's some scorching away from laser guns and sounds like, viewed from pack. P47 is an arcade shoot- hot software on this cars. You are now a dead overhead. OVERALL 66% Ubi Soft I £14.99 'em-up game. The compilation, and hero. The daughter of a god Quattro Power features • £22.99 backgrounds scroll plenty of variety, too has been kidnapped and in Moto X, a horizontally- horizontally by as you blast T— boredom's definitely not a an attempt to get her back viewed motorbike scrambling ake up the challenge the enemy out of the sky. word in Power Uffs you have been resurrected. game, Twin Turbo V8— yer from Ubi Soft and add Fighter Bomber puts you into dictionary. On offer are Lots of supernatural action average racing car game — six fab games to your the cockpit of a real plane Altered Beast, Chase HQ, with punches and kicks Pro Powerboat is basically software collection and lets you take on a battle Rainbow Islands, X-Out and galore. speed on water, and the Twith the Challengers from the pilots viewpoint in Turrican. X-Out finishes off thie brilliant ATVSim, a two- compilation. For your hard lota! 30. I just love playing compilation with a blaist. Lots player scrambling game in, earned dosh you get P47 Sports fans won't be Rainbow Islands, I could play of space ships, lots of erm, ATVs. OVERALL 80% Thunderbolt, Fighter disappointed with It until the cows come home firepower and plenty of Quattro Firepower has 3D Bomber, Pro Tennis Tour, Challengers, either. There's (and then, perhaps, a bit joystick wrecking action. Star Fighter a space blaster, Rick Dangerous, Carrier Pro Tennis Tour and Kick Oft more). The cute characters Power Up is an excellent MIG 29, a flying-into-the- Command and Kick Off. A lo keep them busy. Kick Off and gameplay is addictive pack, you'll be stuck tea your screen blaster, Operation little something for all tastes! is, of course, the football _. from the start. Taken from screen forages! Gunshipa great, if a little The two games that really game that caused a storm on the colourful Talto coin-op, tricky, fly and bomb affair, stand out have to be Rick the 16-bit machines. the Spectrum version is XOut:VI2Q and the Terra Cognita scrolly Dangerous and Carrier Unfortunately the conversion surprisingly good, capturing Chase HQ: 17/20 shoot-'em-up. OVERALL 72% Command. The man with the to 8-bit wasn't so successful. all the excitement of the Turrican: 18/20 Quattro Adventure offers a hat's first adventure was a Pro Tennis is an average arcade and keeping the Altered Beast: 18/20 great selection of platform smash hit the first time it was simulation of that well known excellent graphics and sound Rainbow Islands: 20/210 games, each different reviewed, earning 81%. The sport (pity there are no too. A corker! OVERALL 90% enough to provide long-term cartoon style graphics and strawberries and creaml). payability. The titles are: sound effects were an instant Challengers is excellent Vampire, Ghost Hunters, hit with everyone in the value for money on cassette. Super Robin Hood and Dizzy. CRASH offices and I couldn't Bui with the disk version OVERALL 65% rest until I'd completed the costing a staggering £22.991 Quattro Super Hits gives game. would be Inclined to stick to four action-packed games, Carrier Command is aimed cassette, (Erm, Nick, including Super Stuntman, more at the serious games dividing the overall an entertaining driving game player. You take control of a percentage by six games is a viewed from above. Super futuristic aircraft carrier and bit odd here, isn't it?—Ed) Tank gives you a tank to blast all the problems thai come Erm. yeah... through jungle with, Super with it. The mixture of Hero is an 3D isometric excellent 3D graphics, Rick Dangerous: 15/16.66 arcade adventure and KGB strategy and shoot-'em-up P4 7 Thunderbolt: 14/16.66 Super Spy has you flying action will have you playing Carrier Command: 15/16.66 around scenery picking up this game for a long time to Kick Oft: 10/16.66 lost scientists) OVERALL come. Pro Tennis Tour: 12/16.66 79% Two types of flight Fighter Bomber: 13/16.66 Quattro Sports is probably simulation are also in the OVERALL 79% TRUST US — ALL PR MAIL ORDER BUY YOUR SAM COUPE FROM CRASH! SAM COUPE PACK ONE The computer, the disk drive, the power pock, the manuals, the tapes and Flash! - the art program! All for £199.95 SEXI SAM COUPE PACK TWO Whether you 're mole or female, CRASH is the biggest Speccy turn-on you'll The computer, two disk drives, the everBT| find! 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It's everything a computer game should be: fast, colourful and above all very ktnmwrm «u mf rami {very, very) violent. It reminds me ot another game from the arcades, Calibre .50, where one or two players battle against a horde of terrorists, with nowt to their name bar a machine gun and a few grenades. This is what always puzzles me about this type ot game — the heroes run around with a * .». " ... * ... • ... - I . * _«- " * .». ' .i. ' . * • • —t • • • • m m» m j- ' I • B» • m m a • i • * * * • •P feeble machine gun while the enemy carry some serious • * * * / • / - 4 • * » combat weaponry, six-barrel chain guns, M-203 grenade * * " J*+ * m* **** • * * " * * • • • • » • • » V ^ * » • • * • • • • launchers etc. But. back to the game: it's sunshades, ahoy! :•: :'CiRi:iiXT8: "h time because the sprites and backgrounds are very coloiirful. .i. * .i. - • ... • ... * .1. • • • ... • • . My only niggle is that while Ihe title tune and inter-level jingles are pretty good, they're too jolly and bouncy lor an ass-kicking game. It you want a lasl paced all-action game you need look no further than MERCS. So don't. You're Ihe blue chap coming up the screen ready to attack the missile-chucking 88% tank (but we'll dispose of the yellow opposition first, shall we?) | s the former tactics. And you're one of could be up to your neck in President ot the them (gulp). Your objective: quick sand or gasping tor United States ot to rescue the President and breath in the middle of a America toured stop the rebels taking over river! central Africa on a quest tor the country of Zutulal There's so much to be world peace, he was taken It's dead easy to describe blasted away it'll keep shoot- hostage by a group ot MERCS— eight levels ot em-up tans happy tor hours revolutionaries. What jolly non-stop arcade shoot-'em- on end. You don't have to bad luck! Ot course, the US up action. That's it! Well, stick to shooting the enemy, can't just send the troops in there's a iitlle bit more. Two either. If you are feeling to rescue him, as it could players can take part really naughty you can blow prompt World War III, so simultaneously and each can up any houses, trees or instead they send an elite build up their weaponry from bushes you see along Ihe corps known as the MERCS a simple gun to a three-way way (and sometimes you — professional soldiers blaster or flame thrower. have to. to dear a path, US Gold • £11.99 trained in anti-terrorist You're going to need that ysee). Playing MERCS takes you all over the place. Here we're on board a ship ready weaponry to attack the many, MERCS is a real winner to trash the opposition's armoured boat many, many enemies you with me. The tune at the encounter on your mission beginning may be a little, and they come in all shapes erm, grating but the rest is and sizes. Rebels run around excellent. A real cool blaster, firing in all directions, mega- and I didn't say it looks like a tanks attempt to run you updated version of '1111111 down and. at the end ot each Commando once (even it it [j-* !i • « " <* AjdaJiftte."'. level, there are such things does). as enemy supply trains, r.• 2vj"ji?-'?t***-L NICK 84% battleships and monster Hercules planes that'll make IIJI^ .A.in .*.<*1 . <*> .A- * mincemeat out of you it r • i * • * • —» * * • • * • * r» * • • * • • t * p* • you're not quick enough on RATING L-* '• •„•-•* " *• " " " «j " . • * , • • ^ a, the trigger. ["»• * ••• • O - » • • •• * - - - r-v . • • • JTT-. >, - i You couldn't ask tor much M \ :•«:•: \ \ :• 11 more colour in the graphics [4 m H - -p kj-A, !; » p • * * m * • W.' • • .» * • m* • 7 of MERCS. All the sprites and backgrounds use the block 84% colour method, so some look I• • rc *• *»*• • *.- — • %** • 85% r • * • * ,V • ' * • c> * • • . • ' c> * . « a bit blocky but it allows | t • 41 • * mm m > - • • mm m « • • * * • • loads of colour with very 70% little clash. ^ ,A. calls to heel his faithful mutt But it's not that easy. Evil throwing samurai robot. Beat (let's call him Fido) and terrorists are waiting to that and you're into the heads into action. ambush our pal, but using bonus level, which goes like Level one takes you, throwing stars, limited ninja this: your standing at the playing both Joe and Fido to magic, sword or Fido's sharp bottom of a tower, looking up Miami airport where the choppers, they can be dealt at its lofty heights. You have terrorists have been busy with. Fido's quite a handy pal an unlimited supply of wiring up explosives. With a to have. With a press of the shuriken stars to lob at the copy of The Sledge Hammer space bar he'll run ahead nasty ninjas who leap down Guide To DIY Bomb Disposal and hold a terrorist while you and try to plant their size ten and a pair of ear plugs, Joe dispose of him. espadrilles on your nut. strides through the three After battling through the Later levels take place on sections that make up the concourse and cargo loading a speeding train, in a factory, level, dismantling bombs as bay. Joe enters a plane and down the sewers and at a he goes. faces a huge, fireball- shuttle base, a nasty Ah-ha! We can see you, you sneaky ninja, lurking at the bottom there! Fetch, Fido/Rover/whatever your name is... US Gold • £11.99 The hero ol Shinobi has errorists aren't very returned after a long rest to rvl nice people, are they find a terrorist gang have z^ff J* viewers? But there are been busy planting bombs in a few square-jawed civilian establishments Theroic types who'll stand up across America. So Joe dons to them and give them a his espadrilles and snazzy mmmmm taste of their own medicine. white togs, buckles on his Joe Musashi is one of them razor-sharp katana sword and iStlySii Allf*^ Shadow Dancer follows in the footsteps of * S / $ * H <•> - lllOll countless other ninja beat-'em-up games. But Shadow Dancer's novelty is that our hero's brought his dog along. The graphics are mainly monochrome, the odd bil of colour cropping up when you come to large obstacles like walls and oil tankers. The sprites are really well drawn and •M §t!!:i m* t ?::!: ITf HVM -w.J shaded and the animation's neat. I found the gameplay fun lor G> OBE a while but the novelty of having a dog to help me out soon scour. T^OOOS HJiO i : K6 1 wore oft. Cl(lt t C 74% 5 O 40 • CRASH JUNE w selected from a list of 26 around the infield, throw it before the game begins. back to a base and attempt to The field is split into two intercept him. parts, the outfield and the So there you have It, Infield — otherwise known basically, each player batting as the diamond, where most and fielding In turn and ol the action takes place. At scoring as many runs as each comer of the diamond possible. The winning team's is a base —Home, First, success Is splashed across Second and Third — and it's the front page of the each batter's task to run Baseball News and the losers between the tour bases and are laughed off the pitch. so score a run. After a spell of okay-ish The game is viewed from games, Tengen finally behind the batter, facing the appear to have a hit on their pitcher. The pitcher stand on hands — RBI 2 Is greatl a mound ol earth in the Although I know as much centre of the infield and tries about baseball as I do to strike the batter out (le, quantum physics, I picked force him to miss the ball). the game up pretty easily. With a well-placed thwack the baseball goes hurtling sky high (and the To this end the player The angst felt when my sound FX when this happens are ear-piercing!) controlling the pitcher can batter whacked the ball choose the speed and curve outfield and legged It for the UIpV It's not very often you see a baseball game on the of the ball as he winds up the next base kept me playing tor raiOW Spectrum. The last one I can remember was, shot. ages, and the game Is erm, (think, think) World Series Baseball about six years ago ft the batter hits the bill, particularly good when •nd Its gameplay wasn't too dissimilar to this (not RATING the outfielders come into playing against a chum. surprisingly; it's all baseball, Isn't ft?). What tint impressed fit ?b pert gaMbofto't play. It's their job to catch the Graphically, RBI2is me about RBI 2 was the slick presentation and excellent expect o MRwioTiorM (fp*1 fntix^ just ball and, as the batter runs excellent, all the character music. I don't usually get my toes tapping to Spectrum music o v«ry P'C't obie knodobovt. sprites, although tiny, are but I must admit this was very good, complementing the logo brilliantly anlmaled, PRESINTATIOI ] 88% guardian awaiting man and scrolling around the screen perfectly. So, it's all very liashy especially the pitcher and dog at the end ot each. up front but what about the game? Well, the smallish sprites GRAPHICS | 89% batter. The only thing lacking do the job well and you really gel Into the swing ot things, the Are we bored with ninjas is a decent league system. close-up display giving a detailed look at the batting and yet? Well, just a bit. I've SOUND 185% Overall, It's pretty fab: showing where the ball is at all times. There lsn'1 that much played so many I'm turning playable, entertaining and you can control In the game, though: other than pitching and PLAYABIUTY 184% Japanese — if not going pleasantly competitive. RBI batting you can only control (he direction the fielders throw slightly orientally mad jyes ADDICTI vmr | 86% 2 definitely scores a home the ball, and that isn't wry taxing. But I'm not going to end on viewers, he thinks he's a run (see how quickly one a moan, cos I really enjoyed playing RBI 2 and reckon all Bonsai tree —Ed). But let s picks up the terminology)! sports action tans will too' look at the game on its own MARK 88% merits. 84% M Shadow Dancer is a good scrolly beat-'em-up with Hi-Tec Software I arcade adventure overtones. across an Icon on the side of £2.99 It's fast, tough and. above a carriage. Collecting these all. playable. The character QUICK DRAW will either give you exira rain driving in the wild sprites are all speedy little points or act as a sma rt bomb west wasn't all horn chaps, especially Joe, who (if you collect a dynaimite honking and potted leaps around like a turbo- Icon) or give extra energy (an meat sandwiches, charged Bruce Lee, while the apple). backgrounds are pleasantly Ty'know. Getting your There's another partt to the passengers and cargo safety colourful and varied. Yup, I McGRAW game, a shooting galliery • Inside the train In Quick Draw McGraw, this bit's to their destination was liked this a lot; it's well worth scene inside one of th the part of the woods he's exploring and the natives keep trying to turn him into rabbit pie. Dogs, squirrel), weasels and birds are ail out to make life a misery but luckily he can replenish his energy by munching carrots. The puzzles seem impossible at first but the I b more objects you discove', the easier it gets. Common sense is the best way to progress: if you have a tir box and an opener what do Players • £2.99 you do with it? Open it up, of • You can tell game designers are getting desperate course! when a game's central character is a fluffy bunny n tos Angeles Police Every screen is packed (there he is, on the crates) Department you're a with colourful graphics and special agent who's been lots of animation (and looks attached to the LAPD by a bit 0/zzy-like. but then I Irequest of the commissioner suppose there's only a couple of police. Gangs of armed LOP EARS of ways you can draw a tree thugs roam the streets and, Players • £2.99 he discovered a new Bypass on the Spectrum!). Lop Ears although the ordinary had been built, blocking his is a great game that'll keep coppers are powerless to C | % right eyes, burning route (awwww!). Now his you occupied for days, stop them, you're armed with U like fire..; Yes. we only hope is the help you can definitely one for all a 9mm Uzi to blow them ifTi all had a good sing give him. mappers! away. mJf song when Lop Lop Ears is in the classic NICK The game is viewed Ears came into the office. It's arcade adventure style. The Operation Wolf style (le, one wicked game and comes little rabbit bounds about the slow horizontally scrolling) complete with a soppy story! screen and you have to RATING with the thugs popping up Poor little Lop Ears the rabbit collect and mix objects and from the bottom of the screen went out playing and strayed use them in the correcl or running on from the sides. loo far from home. As he locations to progress. But wherever they appear tried to make his way back. Lop Ears isn't welcome in from the bad guys take pot shots at you with a variety ot weaponry, the result being a heavy dose of lead poisoning followed by death. The only way to avoid going home in a body bag is to fire back. A floating cursor (your gunsight) can be Code Master•s ; jthe firs yt couple of»:• seconds! ]graphic =>s at the touch :ol a •« guided across the screen and £2.99 The clouds that fly by don't button. In the end. Ihouglh, a press of the fire button help matters much. They're it's an average shoot-'emvup.' turns the hoods into lead- usually the size ot two planes Fans of this type ot gamee will filled swiss cheese. As the his is air-to-air stuck together and you can't find it great fun, and villains bite the concrete they combat with a help but fly through them, excellent value at £2.99 sometimes leave behind difference. You're blocking any view ot the NIICK handy bonuses, which strapped into the most action you may have had. Include extra ammo, First Aid Tsophisticated of British Tornado ECffS Jl^PI |L| ^^ kits and body armour. fighters armed with laser- presentation is great: • 3 INI IwH Even though LAPD is an sighted weapons. Your animated balloons float up Operation Wotf-style shoot- enemies, on the other hand, the screen to make up the 'em-up, it also bears more are a strange bunch ol menu and you can flick |i II fn than a passing resemblance planes. They range from through all the enemy plane to Predator It Indeed, I half Heinkel He-111 (quite old • Dakka, dakka, boom! Fly your Tornado, the ptan«e in expected to see the planes) to the latest in the middle, and blast enemies out of the sky (thaat nightmarish deadlocked aircraft technology white blob's a cloud, if you were wondering) head appear at any moment! I haven't a clue what time This game style Is getting on zone I'm supposed to be in now, but LAPD Is tough to but there isn't the time to r • ME H master and on a budget label worry when the onslaught ot Is well worth the asking bullets starts! Each plane is price. very well drawn and has a MARK good splattering of colour. This is a sort of Kamikaze with bigger and better RATING graphics but there's not much to do. You fire continuously in an attempt to shoot down 20 enemy planes but usually get blown out of the sky in 42 CRASH JUNE CQRC=ODDODDD| 7»1 Sextern WITH THIS AMAZING DISK DRIVE AND INTERFACE PACKAGE YOU CAN BRING YOUR SPECTRUM INTO THE WORLD OF SUPERFAST DISK STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL The PLUS 'D' System consists ot a top quality double-sided Disk Drive (complete with power supply) and tha powerful PLUS 'D' Interlace Plus connecting cable. 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II n 1»g«l to mm taplit. «yn tot your wa un, or copyrtgM mirtot (•^•^•I^HHBIR Hint in i.i i ) in i: man /; i is/: TELEPHONE [24Hrs] I*i-Y*LliVTl CREDIT CARD ORDERS 0B06HS NORMALLY DISPATCHED WITHIN « H(». ALL CHEQUE390STAL ORDERS MADE PAYABLE TO— DATEL ELECT/tOMCSLTD. S GOV AN ROAD, FENTON INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, FENTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST4 2RS. ENGLAND. FAX 0782 744292 TECHNICAL/CUSTOMER SERVICE 0782 744324 *V3 from the planet of the SAM shows off; great graphics, great gameplay BOT MONST makes Escape one of the finest Coup4 games yet Enigma Variations Bellum. Planet X is a big hefty end-of-level points nights are on the cards. to get him heading in the • SAM Coup6 • place so is spilt up into many bonus. Graphically, the game is right direction. For the first CI 4.99 levels, filled with robotic At regular Intervals you identical to the 16-bit few games you end up giving guards. meet up with a Reptilon, big. versions: colourful and the robot guards lessons in Each level Is split into dinosaur-type creatures that beautifully defined breakdancing. If you own a several sections, each part take a lot of hits to kill. But to characters leg around the SAM this game Is an isaster has struck on accessed by ladders and save the lovely Prof and the screen being very anti-social essential purchase. Planet XI The human escalators. There are several Earth, you must battle on. indeed. MARK 68% colonists have been types of guard including the When EFTPOTRM first The control method Is a captured by an evil Infamous Weetabix appeared about a year ago little on the frustrating side: Drace of aliens — the character, but both Jake and on the Speccy, I played It to RATING the character spins when the Reptilons — and are being Duke possess a ray gun and death, and now the SAM joystick is moved left or light A great game that arrives forced to create an army of a limited supply of smart game Is here, mora late and It takes a bit ot practice on the SAM with killer robots with which the bombs, so get blasting. As considerable style. Reptilons plan to destroy guards are destroyed glowing UlPlf Escape From TJ* Ptaift Of Tl» Robot Earth! gems appear — collect these IIIUIV is ft* ftret ol i mi of games for tha SAM using PREMUTATION 80% But help is at hand with the tor increased ray power. the excellent Atari ST graphics and Spectrum code. Tills arrival of Jake and Duke, two Lockers can be shot to reveal creates i game that wavers to quality from one second to tfco GRAPHICS 69V, tough, square-jawed such goodies as food, energy next. For example, the introduction sera arts an all trout the SOUND 81 °/« interplanetary SWAT men. and smart bombs. Spectrum, with the usual colour dash and shading yoa would One or two players choose a But it's the hostages you're expect. Moving farther into the game, yoa havo sprites and PLAYABILITY 89V, character and are briefed on here for, and these are backgrounds that look like they hm coma from the ST and in ADDICTIVITY their mission: rescue the usually found slaving away at between levels yoa havo ST character graphics. The gamo 88 V hostages, destroy the computer terminals. Just itself is excellent, fall ol action and adventure, hat the control Reptilons and rescue the touch them and they'll be method takes soma getting used to. beautiful Professor Sarah transported to your ship for a M% This game makes me want to throw my computer out ot the nearest window 'cause it's so tough! Frustration certainly rules for the first tew attempts, and these are just the easy-peasy. lemon-squeezy levels. But in time you calm down a bit and start to enjoy the game, Enigma Variations although it's hard to believe that sucn a simple concept as The idea is to make a set three-high Kiaxes. are easy collecting tiles can cause most people to invent new swear • SAM Coupe • number of Kiaxes from the to complete. It doesn't stay £14.99 words (I've added another two to my vocabulary today). tiles, where a Klax is a stack easy for long.though. On Graphics are great, very colourful, though sometimes you t's the Nineties and it's of like-coloured tiles in a later levels you have to almost need to wear shades Flipping great all the same time for... another SAM horizontal, vertical or attempt a large X, five in a 87% game! The concept of diagonal line. Once you've row or long diagonals. For Klaxis simple. Different made a Klax, these tiles extra bonus points you can maximum of five tiles at a The tune and sound effects Icoloured tiles roll towards disappear and the others set up the tiles to cause a time. After this they just drop are pretty neat, too. you and you have to catch move down. Simple, eh? chain reaction ot Kiaxes (and off the edge and put the drop This is a great version of them on your paddle and flip The basic levels of the that's really difficult). meter up. Depending on the Klax, and just so alt SAM them into one of five bins. game, where you must make The paddle can hold a level, you're allowed a set owners can brag to their number of drops before you friends, it looks and plays Oh dear — we're making a bit of a mess of this Klax wave. Not a suitable get the dreaded GAME OVER just like the Atari ST and stack in sight sign. Amiga games! As well as multi-coloured NICK 82% tiles spinning towards you % 4- there are also wild tiles that flash on and off. These can be used to complete a Klax of any colour — or if you are RATING really clever, you can drop one to complete two Kiaxes at the same time! Klax is one of those games you either love or hate — I J 82% love it. All puzzle game M | 85% freaks will find It a great challenge but it can get very | 83% annoying when things start to go wrong. |87% Every few waves the | 87% background graphics change to another excellent scene (converted from the ST. no doubt) to add a bit of variety. M % r+^m'A perform an action you might automatically displayed, A * dynamic which means events mSM move on while you wait. I'm not be capable of. ready for you to EXAItine AM Mii not a big fan of this type of You can also BECOME any something else — vey wandering character system; of the Famous Five (except thoughtful and user-liendly. it doesn't present realism — the dog). Each character has But the parser doesn' just an impression of a game their own advantages: Julian understand some base / full of aimless manic is strong while George is the words included in the zombies. best swimmer. You can even location descriptions Enigma Variations girl, and her dog. Timmy. You can TELL and SAY split the Five up to explore although memory resrictions • £10.99 From there they worm their things to characters as well several directions at once may be a factor here. way onto treasure island, full as ASKing them ABOUT and this is essential to solve Criticisms apart, ths is a ol stereotyped villains and things. Characters have their some of the problems. well produced game vith lots ood grielf A real, secret caves. own special lacets so you The parser is up to modern of imaginative production honest to goodness, The game world is can ask a character to standards with linked techniques. Let's hop} there commercial sentences using AND. THEN are some more Famous Five text/graphics We're at the seaside (hurrah!) and we've just and commas. Prepositions games on the way. et? adventure! Hurrah! Who punched Dick (double-hurrah! He's an annoying git) can be used to alter the PAUL RIGBY needs those fancy film and meaning of verbs, and group arcade licences, eh? Not commands such as ALL and when you've got Enid Blyton EVERYTHING are included. on your side, chaps. Oh. and During play, the screen is RATING the Famous Five, of course. divided into two sections. Five on a Treasure Island The upper portion of the is an engaging adventure screen contains all that includes some intriguing descriptions, messages and character handling, using a graphics, which pop up for 77% system called Worldscape. selected locations. They're 84% The game begins when very well drawn and appear Julian. Anne and Dick travel instantly on-screen — pretty N/A lo Uncle Ouentin and Aunt good going for graphics of Fanny's house (what was this complexity. The lower 81% Enid thinking of when she section is the text input area. 82% created these characters?!). Highlights and criticisms This is the very first Five fall upon the parser. When adventure so they've yet to t »* IT 1 t BBS you can't examine meet George, the tomboy something, the word EXAM is OVERAI W Zeppelin Games • continues until the whole £2.99 board has been stopped, then players swop roles. verybody's favourite Ten Dart Century is my hero comes to life on favourite ol the games. Each the Spectrum once player has ten darts and has again. This time ol' to score as cfose to 100 as EJocky Wilson has got six possible without going over, games on offer, all stuck up if a dart misses the board the his shirt at the same ttme by score Is reset to zero. This Is the look of his character in trickier than it sounds. the gamel Shanghai is the last game. You can play normal 501 The computer selects a darts or choose from five sector of the board to aim at. other games lor one or two You can then only score In players. Football is a where that sector and the one with each player has to hit the bull the highest points after ten It's Jocky on the oche (a might tubby, isn't he)! to start. Once they've chosen sectors is the winner. a number they must aim for Jocky Wilson's Darts the doubles. Each double hit Compendium makes a scores a goal. The first to ten refreshing change from the goals is the winner. usual boring darts gaimes. In Dart Bowls, the first The graphics on the board player throws a jack, then are as Interesting as Ithey both players throw three possibly can be but single darts. The nearer they come players get an extra bonus of to the |ack, the more points playing against a cartoon you score. Jocky! Scram is another fun game NICK where one player is a stopper and one a scorer. When a stopper hits a number that sector is wiped out. The scorer then has lo score as • Ehl Grand, super, smashlngl You gat nothing for two much as possible with the in a bed, not in this game! Jim Bowen just cracks us upl remaining board. This CRASH JUNIE • 45 PYTHON 1 - OS 130F BioGrip control and deluxe digital response plus high-speed a.uto-fire and duat triggers ACHE QS131 Compatible a st action and withmostj/ideo ip for game systems.* maximum control. Compatible with Atari and MAVERICK - OS Commodore 8-directton, arcade ame systems. cotitrol stick with two player select switch.' ' Compatible with most video game systems * FLIGHTGRIP • OS 129F STARF1GHTER - QS127 I High-speed auto-we and Far and away the most versatile remote 8-directfon thumb-p8ds. controller, effective at 20 feet, compatible Compatible wtth most video with most video game systems * gamfe systems.* INSIST ON ^•"^THE GENUINE PIECE by Bondwell- Available at most major department stores and computer dealers. *Sega, Atari, Commodore, MSX and Amstrad stranded, and yourtoffered cash to cany out ceraln tasks. Your only companon is Benson, a computer that goes everywhere witi you and fills you in on the locations that you vliit and is a communicator betveen you and the Palyars and Mechanoids. It's a difficult garm to complete — but the testability's high because every minute Is enthralling. Many people have escaped from Targ but I never quite made it. I got very close to Novagen • £2.99 • For those who need a finding the Interstellar craft Rerelease reminder of the plot: you're a but couldn't pin-point it. 21st century mercenary who, Playing Mercenary again through battle damage, has brought back a lot of n the last eight years or been forced to land on the memories. Five or six years so there have been very planet Targ. Most of the have passed since I first tried few original games but planet's Inhabitants have to escape from Targ and the one stands out in my wiped themselves out in a game is as brilliant now as It FROST BYTE mind as the best. That game massive war, but the was then. A Smash and no is Mercenary, a speedy Mechanoids and the Palyars mistake. vector graphics 'future slm'. are still at each others MARK No-one who's played this throats — and you're in the game could have failed to be middle of the conflict. All you pulled into it. When I first want to do is go home, but bought it, many aeons ago, I you can't do that until you RATING played it for months, very lind a spaceworthy ship. But often for ten or 12 hours a H doesn't hurt to do a bit of day. freelance wort while you are m nothing can beat this excellent version — it's ARKANOID smart! The slick presenta tion and REVENGE OF DOH graphics make Ooh iinstantly attractive. What maktes the The Hit Squad • on the map, though, and this gameplay so special is the is the sequel to the Spectrum variety of icons you can £2.99 • Rerelease classic. There is a storyline collect: some providte mega- You're the Kreezer and the Kreezer is that yellow but it's pointless, and weapons and others have an thingy on the left-hand aide. he Break Out game besides, there can't be etlect on your bat. doubling sweets. As well as collecting style has got to be one anyone out there who hasn't the speed or slowingi Micro Value • £2.99 sweets to increase Jump ot the most cloned played a game like this once everything right dowrn. • Rerelease power, spring platforms help T ever. Arkanoid put it in their life. However. The first lew screems are you reach dizzy heights and Find the world's oldest game, tart it up with snazz- quite simple to compolete, it's osmia was quite a nice mattresses offer a safe like graphics and there you have it — Revenge of when you advance to> later planet to live on once. landing back on the ground. Doh (it's ancient, and we love it!) levels you need sedaation That was before the Frost Byte may be years tablets to prevent yoiur head Kreezers were forced old but It can still give the exploding! Things cam get Cto share their lands with a newer games a run for their very frustrating indeeed! group of ghoulish monsters. money. There's plenty of r <-1 Arkanoid — The Rievenge They've taken over the colour and animation in the Of Ooh is the best Brreak Out —: caverns deep inside the game and each screen has —- game ever —it can'ttbe planet and have captured something new to be zapped 1 bettered (dangerous thing to your friends. Your skills are and more platforms to be say, Nick—Ed). No tested to the full as you reached. Lots of arcade Spectrum software ccollection attempt to rescue your fellow action and a totally original is complete without I this Kreezers in Frost Bytei main character! game so get it (if youu haven't So, what's a Kreezer? NICK i ts + yit.v npSGRJSfil already!). Well, it's a sort ol slinky NICK mSBSjBgSX A * T^'r, spring thing that turns over • fx £} »Or[>. <- yi t?J t) , and over on itself as you ThXfjc-*1' I Ef' move along. This thingy can RATING Bk)tf* 3C>)2> t! ' 0 RATING fc'ttA-K 3C>. DyiJB Atr-f 3 EM jump and fire and it's powers Tar increased by collecting ' 'Y.r r ' special diamond-shaped OVERAf 182% A i lc &8BHE r - # "BSSS" •VW 2S SotJ" 1 D1 10 5&5SS3§SI 3?8ekr UMium»ImK a"InB Ever wanted to line up on the starting grid with the World's Formula One Pros ? Well, now you can in the most sophisticated racing game ever seen on the Spectrum. Stunning large graphics portray the action as you jostle for position against the other cars, with only one thought on your mind Pole Position. Each one of the World's top racetracks has been painstakingly reproduced to bring you the ultimate in speed, accuracy and playability. Available:- CHAMPIONSHIP RUN- — _ M Spect rum 48/128 £10.99 All that's missing is the '"V . M, Spectrum +3 £ 15.99 bubbly! J WWW&* VIEWS Jm. > Grandslam £9.99 horizontally scrolling carries, so you musl stop him • £14.99 undersea section where in a Cabal-style shooting Ramius has to guide the Red scene. here have been two October past Russian subs, And there you have it. The Hunt For Red depth charges and guided Sounds packed, doesn't it? October games. The missiles and out to the open Unfortunately, although Ihere first was based solely sea. You have depth charges, seems to be lots to do, ike Ton the excellent Tom Clancey torpedoes and homing gameplay is pretty shallow. I novel (essential reading), missiles to return fire, and a mean, it's not crap or while this latest otlenng is range of bonus items can be anything, just a bit easy. based on the recent Sean picked up on the way. However, the graphics are Connery movie (essential Once in the open ocean very good — Ihe title screens viewing). Ryan can transfer from the look lo be digitised and The story goes something Dallas to the Red October via promise a great deal. The like this: Ramius (Connery in a mini-sub. This section isn't sprites aren't digitised, of Ihe movie) is Ihe commander quite as finicky as the course, but they're colourful, of Russia's mosl powerful helicopler drop — you can last moving and well drawn. submarine, the Typhoon hit the submarine slightly off It's a real shame the class Red October. Bui target and still survive. gameplay doesn'l measure Ramius is disillusioned with The next section quickly up to the graphics because the Russian way of life so lollows with you waggling both the book and (he movie plans to defect with the Ihe joystick like mad to open are first class. submarine, and has help an airlock. Fail to do so and It you're looking tor from Ihe west in the guise of you'll soon be waterlogged. something simple and CIA operative Jack Ryan. Level live is another blast entertaining, this could be it The game is split into six your way through the Rusky but so much more could have sections. The first sees you submarines' section as the been achieved with this guiding Ryan, who's dangling Red October heads lor Ihe licence. trom a helicopter, onto the good old US of A. But MARK 60% conning tower ol the USS disaster strikes when (he Dallas. chef decides to be a mutineer When Ryan has landed and attempts to detonate Ihe RATING salely, the scene shifts to a nuclear warheads Ihe sub |||f*|f I haven't seen the 'ilm but I've seen Doctor No, Blobby rugby players and huge plugs for shops that niOW starring Sean Connery — that's near enough (no sell software? A definite 32 percenter, wouldn't you IE agree? il isn't —Ed). Graphically this is an excellent game. Right Irom the beginning, with the digitised pictures from the film, 85% you're given lots of colour and greaf animation. It's a pity there isn't the gameplay to go with il. The main part of the 84% SflERNffflONAL game is the sub speeding along in a shoot-'em-up situation. 79% You fire lols of torpedoes and hope you'll blow away the enemies. This makes a reasonable shoot-'em-up bul nothing 70% earth shattering In between these levels are sub-games (ho 72% ho!): these are really well done but simple lo complete. Micro Value • £2.99 79% normal rugby rules applying >BAII 1 • Rerelease (le, kick the Irag out of 0 In the depths of the ocean, the Red October blasts opposing players and score its way to Western freedom (and a Big Mac, please) ERALL] ugby Union is a trys). The player under popular sport. Very control is highlighted, so M popular judging by there's no risk that your the amount of budget samey-looklng figures will be Rgames that have appeared confused with each other. recently. The latest is The problem Is, it's not | International Rugby, a one- very good: small, stick-like or two-player action-packed players hobble around a game for all the lamlly (he green expanse of backdrop. says sarcastically). Okay, there's an Interest The first task is to ramble factor with the league table If through the obligatory option playing against a mate, but screen, select control very soon even this becomes methods, amount of players, tiresome. International difficulty level (easy or hard) Rugby was originally and either practice or published six years ago and yd: championship games. If you today it can't compete with choose practice you enter other sports games. straight into the match, but In MARK championship mode you can select one of five countries (England, Scotland, Wales, An* Ireland or France) and battle RATING it out on a league table. y MISSILE 51 The game is split into two 40-mlnute halves with the CRASH JUNE 49 ROAR Off WW AN • m KkMtfllj i ^ F* WIN! A REMOTE-CONTROLLED BUGGY! • WIN! A YEAR'S SUPPLY OF ZEPPELIN & IMPULZE GAMES! Here it isl This is what you could be playing with if you're the lucky winner! Well, even if it's not this one, it'll be one like It. Still Zeppelin. What sort of Games like Stack Up, the groovy •worth £150 and generally really fantastic. Okay? name for a groovy puzzle game that'll have your games company is that? brains doing back-flips, and Dirt shoppers). Not onty do Zeppelin, subscription to all Zeppelin's and Hardly anything rhymes Track Racer, the action-packed and for that matter Zeppelin's full Impulze's new releases! Cort So, 0with it so you can't invent a race game featuring All Terrain price software label, Impulze, whenever Zeppelin or Impulze snappy catchline for it. Well, erm, Vehicles! So, let's get ecstatic, shall have smart games but the people release a game, they'l) slam one the only thing we could think of we? Yayyyy! Hurrah! behind it are great too! It's true! in the post to youl that rhymes with Zeppelin was Whooooppppeeee. ..I Take Oarren Jobling (one of Games planned include not 'metal pin', and there's not a lot Zepp's bosses) f r instance. He's only the two we're previewing you can do with that, is there? great, and sounds just like Vic this month but forthcoming titles 'Zeppelin — games more fun that Reeves (except Darren doesn't such as Neighbours, Match of the a metal pin.' See? Useless. RIGHT, THAT'S have a Big Night Out — well, not Day and Round the Bend\ So, Anyway, that's not what we're ENOUGH one he's admitting to). What's according to their current here to talk about. Ahem. 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I . 6 I £1 I IH I I Door* and object*... ^on-screen,'complete with lists of all • • • Most door* open automatically but some need 1 mp\m i m m m m m a B B patscard* or you may need to do something The your forces, so its just » case o( REIRIBO^RIE Clone can carry up to chne objects in it* pocket* loading up the ggm'1 ana gettmg'fcn i^r.iw^T'Kflii RIIRRRRRSEIl: and hold another. with it' Go on twrj, be off with you ^jifel fcRl H I. m tt 11 r m m a t • b Clone*... What7 Oh yes. sorry All Ihe con- Ufcv® I B K 11 H t BP. I. R Each ihip can create Ave Clone* tf one dies rt trols are from the keyboard