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On your CRASH Powertape* TWO COMPLETE GAMES! BATTLE VALLEY 21 st Century Entertainment HEAD THE BALL 21 st Century Entertainment A Mega Demo DOUBLE DRAGON III Storm PLUS POKE ZONE ymofry Double Playing Tips on Tape JIIi , Papfer Boy II UiJ m^J^dmns Ruddy Heck! Where's me fab cassette?! Go beat up the sujjuJyfyloyil e pjrerjiiere newsagent til you get it! Uijjj iisj'Ajtt/lpcmtorc^nd
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10 HAPPENINGS It's the weird and wacky Addams Family, Ocean's latest acquisition. Plus a new biking game irom Zeppeiin and (sob!) Corky Caswell s departure!
12 WIN A CD PLAYER Orgiastic goodies to tickle your tancy to win, win, win (or lose, lose, lose}, courtesy of those very, very nice men — Line!!
16 PREVIEWS Your sneak peek at what's coming up in the wonderful world of Speccy!
23 LUCY'S LETTERS Pour out your probs to the bestest agony aunt in the world (if you weren't in agony belore, you sure will be by the time she's finished with you)!
20 SAM PAGE Super smashing simply superb SAM stuff starring sensational Snicko (?!)!
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34 POSTER Ask your mum n' dad for a bigger bedroom cos for this Never Ending C February trip to Games City... 0 Story poster you need a wall that goes on and on! 14 NEVER ENDING STORY 2 FIGHTER 36 VALENTINE PHOTO STORY 16 POTSWORTH AND CO 60 DOUBLE DRAGON 3 A love story to touch your hearls (and make you laugh your head oH) 17 MEAN MACHINE t DEVASTATING I featuring CRASH heart throb (titter titter!) DJ Nicko! It SLEEPWALKERTRONIX BLOW/JIMMY'S SOCCER RANGE MANAGER 40 THE GREAT INTER-MAGAZINE CHALLENGE! 52 SPACE GUN 63 PAPERBOY II I The CRASH team's chance to kick the butts of the snivelling ZZAPtpers and 54 BIG NOSE 63 BISMARK SEGA FORCErs! 54 FUN SCHOOL 4 64 LAST COMMANDO,' 58 SUPER SEYMOUR MOONTORC I 43 FEATURE 59 EDDTHE DUCK/QUATTRO t 5 MOVIE PREMIERE The Oliver Twins, creators of Dizzy, exclusively revealed — by their dad!
47 DJ NICKO'S PLAYING TIPS The man in the know transports you to the magical land of easy gameplay Sana with buckets of cheats and tricks! • BATTLE VALLEY full game from 21st Century! • HEAD THE BALL full game from 21st Century! 66 BACKPAGE J DOUBLE DRAGON III exclusive playable demo. tt's BackPage (again) with all the gen on what s In store for you next month! • POKE ZONE cheats on tape! TH%E SPECIAmL PACK O F ACTIOi-N THAT WILL CAUSE A
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ago I made a pre-New Year vow to become teetotal All the money I CRASH wasted on booze is now going to pay for a car. I also vow not to print any more Starring Lucy, Nick, Mark sifty Zapf Dingbat decorative little Z shapes —Prod Ed messages — the and Warren last one earned me a black eye l vow to keep away from women with Pigs might fly and Hitler strong nght hooks I also promise to was a Samaritan. Lets face do the washing-up in our house, or at it. there s more chance of least load up the dishwasher. And that than sticking to your New Year s last but by no means east. I vow to resolutions. But year after year, after return to CRASH one day i as III very the Christmas festivities are all over soon be defecting to ZZAPiy. people take a long look at their disgusting selves and resolve to turn into saints by giving up everything which gives them the WARREN LAPWORTH - slightest bit of pleasure — then give Prod Ed up giving up by about lunchtime. January 1. Here s a few the CRASH I'lTinXiJir-i Before I go on. I team broke... ^^^ hope our designer. flHft Charlie Chubb. resolves to pay LUCY-Ed more attention — in Since I m utterly perfect, last issue s Crash Comer it's pretty difficult to I ll'. -it ' I. j Vr | looked just like Mark find something to give il'll'm >l*JJJl(»l»M ugh!i! As for my resolutions... up 11 don t count my I'll-"|Ttl» !• In the past. I ve strongly resolved chronic alcoholism. never to make any New Year J the £l0.000*a-day resolutions, and unsurprise B drug habit and some unsurprise. I ve kept that promise I rather nasty incidents don t itke having to stick to decisions with Nicko. two straws, a — what if I change my mmd? — but pomegranite and a deflated water just for CRASH. III make an wing). exception this year, with three tough I suppose I could keep the office rrr> Fi'i £> I . >;< vv. vows: carpet cleaner by taking the razor 1.1 resolve not to iwggie three blades off the whip I use on Corky gerbils. an advocado and a pair of (but he d be so disappointed ). I Oxo cubes while balancing a stick of could resolve to do the washing-up. rhubarb on the end of my nose and but then I did that one last year and I reciting the complete works of actually carried it out — once. The Shakespeare In Japanese. only one I can genuinely make and • Backwards stick to is to make CRASH the best 2.1 resolve not to make a scale Speccy mag in the world (nol model of the Eiffel Tower using the difficult, since it already is!), supporting casl of Take the High of a mile to work every morning. III MARK - Office Punch Bag Road, with The Hong Kong Book Of start walking iwith a Walkman to Like Nick, f m starting to Kung-fu as the lift. NICK - Dep Ed keep my ears occupied, of course become a bit of a fatty, 3.1 resolve not to abseil down the The one thing I've The local swimming pool is where ,rr so it s off to the local front of BBC TV Centre in London, decided to cut out in you 11 find me at weekends, complete SfiftgV gym tor me — dash into the Going Live.'studio and 1992 is wearing with snorkel set and flippers, and t especially after the say to Gordon The Gopher Wey- H# women s underwear... might even go and work out down office Chrimbie hey. how s that for a polka-dot Wj naa. not really, I could the gym! You II all have to call me ^^^^^ party, which ended theodolite? never give that up. I ve Nick Arrne Schwarzenegger Roberts with a punch-up everyone dived Deary me. I'm going to have such decided to do more by this time next year' iHA HA HA! under the tables to look for lost a tncky time keeping those, eh exercise. Instead of driving the .002 And lions are vegetarian: —Ed contact lenses A couple of months viewers?
Coming toyouvn from CRASH Towers tn: Editor Lucy Hoi Upl Hickman Deputy Editor Nick Get Vet Kit Off Roberts Still Writer Mark Gil Mart 6 Caswell Production Editor Warren Ttdmcolour Meek Lapworth Adventures tan Gerald Kaufman Osborne Art & Design Charlie De-cheoied Chubb. Uark New! Kendnck Systems (Imager tin Modest Bast Chubb Photography l*cha* Anorciic Parkinson Publisher Roger Milton Ke*n Advertisement Manager Sheila Omre-present Jarvu Advertisement Stlej Eiecutive George Casanova Keerun Advertisement Production Jo 0698 Lewi* Production Jackie Uemo Morris Reprographics Rob I'M got a brand net. shower Mitltchemp Managing Director Jonathan liquid Lunch Rignall Circulation Manager David Budie-duk' Wren Account) Sheila Uorticu Adams. Subscript kin* David Bradford and Binglei y) Typesetting Europrew Impact, using Apple Uachinlosh II computers, running Ouaik XPress and Adobe Illustrator 3.0 Pnnting BPCC Business Magazines iCartsle) Ud Distribution COUAG, Tavistock Road. West Drayton, tatddlesei Competition rule*: The editor» d*cnion ts final In all matters relating to ad|ufccalwn, and while we otler prizes In good tilth. believing them to be available. <1 lomeUnng untoward happens (like • gamr being offered as a prue being scrapped), we reserve the tight lo substitute prize} ol comparable value We I! do our best to despatch prues as soon as possible after the closing date. Winners' names wilt appear in a liter issue of CRASH No coiroipondence can be entered Into regarding competitions (unless we ve written to you staling you ve won * pn» and it doesn I turn up in which case writ* to ua at the address below) No peison who hat any relationship, no matter how remote, lo anyone who works for either EURO PRESS IMPACT or any ol the companies ottering prim, may enter our competitions. No material may be teproduced in part or in whole without the conaent of the copyright holders. We cannot undertake lo return anything sent into CRASH — including written and photographic material. hardware or sotrwaie - unless It is accompanied by a suitably stamped, addressed enveloo*. Unsolicited written or photographic material is welcome, and if used m the maguine is pud at our current rates. Copy published in CRASH will be H t edited as seen fit ind payment will be takuMeo dwordrate. yj / ft am , *J * J AIL^I T'i- , n>«t. ip'vise; -n CRASH are not necessarily those Ol the publishers BTpTAW W ^^ EuropressImpact Ltd.CRASH. Ludlow. Shiopshiie SY8 1JW Tel: W84 875851.Far 0SM376OM. lit Vl I This month • cover: Never Ending Story 1. Cover design by Oliver Frey. Powertape Inlay by Mark Kendock ^ >4 Fire Use current weapon
Keyboard controls are as follows: Key Action N Bounce left M Bounce right S Bounce higher X Change current weapon A Use the current . weapon P Pause/unpause Q Quit
By selecting option three on the main menu, the keys can be redefined. Follow on-screen Instructions to set the new keys. To bounce yourself over tall objects and across long distances (a la Superman), Increase your bounce height using up then left or right to redirect the jump. To change weapons, pull/press down and the current weapon status panel will cycle through Fire, Bomb and Shield. Centre the joystick (or let go of the down key) to stop cycling (where did immortal words of Billy Ocean). Head get that bike from?). You also carry a shield, which can Pressing fire activates the only be used once but protects highlighted weapon. you from lethal enemy contact (ie Ooo. oo oooo, I ain 't got • Take control of Head, your main a smack in the chops). no-body {and similar objective being to rescue your As you bound your way THRILLS ON TAPE * whiney singing). 8ut that's girlfriend Irom the evil Gobba's through the Globoids' territory, Party on, bodacious dudes what makes this game so spesh — clutches (and he clutches very you come across gems. These and babes! The most you've got to metaphorically and tightly Indeed). To accomplish should be collected at excellent CRASH Powertape literally use your head In this game. all costs, as you need is back with another dose of You must be rather drunk, 'cos something to offer thrill-powered games, better you're legless (ho ho)! That Gobba for the than a night out with a needn't worry anyone, 'cos return of your troupe of singing fish (or you're completely armless beloved. The more maybe not). Yes, It's fun, fun, (tee-hee)! (Get on gems you offer, the tun ail the way with the with it —Ed.) ^ better the chance of Number One Spectrum mag. having your girlfriend so forget the rest and buy returned safely. the best! (what do you mean Each level of the Globoids' which mag Is the best, it's territory has to be negotiated CRASH you twit). within a time limit, and In some areas there are special portals. SIDi A These put Head at the controls of Battle Valley a weirdly shaped spaceship, and Double Dragon 3 In true pacifist style he has to whup a few enemy asses to gain SIDE 8 entry to the next level. But don't Head the Ball hang around because time Is Poke Zone short, and your chances of rescuing your beloved are rapidly / S this, you need Check the inlay for loading fading. c / to negotiate the instructions. Should the r Globoids' territory Powedape prove faulty, alfethe defeat Nail- send it to: ABLEX AUDIO Heads who inhabit it. As CONTROLS VIDEO LTD, CRASH 95 this is the only route to your Head The Balfs played using a POWERTAPE, HARCOURT, beloved, you'd better not cock it standard joystick or the keyboard. HALESFIELD 14, TELFORD, up (ooh no, don't titter missus)! To control Head, use a Joystick as SHROPSHIRE TF7 4QR. A To make your task a bit easier follows: healthy Powertape will (hah!), bounce yourself into the Joystick move Action wing Its way lo you. Please air and jump over things. You also Lett Bounce left allow 28 days for delivery have limited firepower, In the Right Bounce right (though they will try to be shape of ten single shots and two Up Bounce higher 1 smart bombs, just In case the Down Change current going gets tough'! (in the weapon
\ t ammunition when It's stopped on the grid at an ammo dump. Blast the swines to smithereens, the fate of the The player starts off at world in your hands (so don't drop it). Central HO and their aim Is to progress from there to capture all terrorist bases, three On title screen: 1/define keys located in either (joystick Is auto-selected), 2/toggle direction. The two music on/off. missiles have to be destroyed In their silos, When on a base: found beyond the two Joystick Keys Action farthest bases. This Left/right O/P Select tank must all be completed Up Q Select helicopter before the count-down Delete Transfer to farthest captured reaches zero, otherwise base on far side of HQ the missiles will be launched and the world Using a tank or helicopter: destroyed (blimey!). Joystick Keys Action In-between the bases Left/right O P Move left/right lie many different Up/down Q'A Move up'down weapons, which (helicopter) steadily increase in Fire Space Fire rocket/shell speed and complexity I as more ground is Using helicopter winch: f^l^ covered. Most of the Halt helicopter then hold down fire weapons can be button (or space key) and move eliminated using the joystick up down (or Q/A) to raise helicopter (Whlrtybirds winch up/down. eat your hearts out). The remainder (mostly the big buggers) must SCORING be destroyed by the Anti-aircraft cannon 1250 tank. And take note that Land-based missile 300 the terrorist bases and Missile launch pad 2000 missile silos Missile carrier 1000 themselves can only be Missile launcher 2020 destroyed by the tank Storage silo 300 (eat cordite death Earty warning station 2000 those flem-spraying place names Government, Is to capture the six scumbags). Rocket launcher 800 cause problems, and then it's not terrorist bases In their desert As the tank rumbles along It Anti-aircraft gun 750 peace in the valleys (or the city, or outposts (okay, okay, so I lied about crosses the odd bridge, some of Defensive cannon 1250 the soul, whoa-oh, yeah-eah) — It's the Wales thing) and eliminate the them are hi desperate need of repair. Fuel tanker 300 war! missiles. Although I'm not too sure Fear not gentle reader, because the Rapid-fire launcher 750 how you go about destroying two helicopter has a winch that can be Ammunition truck 300 • The peace summit was successful. huge nuclear warheads with a used to collect pontoons for mending Fuel tank 400 An arms treaty has been signed and spanner and couple of screwdrivers. broken bridges or extra ammunition Military outpost 1750 all medium-range missiles have been from rooftops. The tank collects extra Transmission mast 1000 ' :
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about the martial arts), B and J can missiles, knuckledusters and more nip Into the local weapons shop are all on offer (for the right price, and purchase a wide range of of course). Though if the coffers explosive devices and blunt are bare Bill and Ted... sorry Jimmy Instruments to use against the bad can find the odd crate or dustbin to guys. Nunchukas, grenades, lob around. As well as punches and kicks, Billy and Jimmy have a range of fancy new The Brothers Lee are Pl-AYVH ? moves at their disposal, including the back, to perform their C38 pesa viki Locking Head Squeeze (ouch), • rather good Max Wall Handstand Ankle Flip (eye watering impersonation (complete with silly time ahoy) and the pleasantly named walk). No, hold on, It's Billy and One-Armed Headbutt (don't try this Jimmy Lee, heroes of two previous one on your little brother or sister). Double Dragon games. It would So there you have it, save Marion seem that Billy's girlfriend, Marlon, (yet again) and hope she stays a free has been half-inched for a third woman long enough for the time (I bet she's a bit sick of this by programmers to produce Double now), so the boys are back In Dragon IV. But knowing the silly mare business. Give 'em a hand! (no, not she will be back tn the bad guys a round of applause you fool) clutches soon enough.
•The kidnappers are demanding that Bill and Jim find the Rosetta Reckon you could write a game for Stones (a bunch of crusty old to help them ttnd the Rosetta artefacts) to secure Marlon's safe Stones, a wrinkly old Oriental dude | the CRASH powertape release. A world cruise is in order called Hiruko the Soothsayer for our heroes (hoy, this Is (courtesy Silly Chinese Names Inc). All you amateur programmers out there in Speccyland could business, not a holiday!): America, As expected, many of the levels see your game on a future Powertape, but only if you send us China, Japan, Italy and Egypt are have streetflghtlng sections where I • either a tape or disk containing your hard work. We would also visited as the Bros boldly go where Billy and Jimmy are set upon by appreciate a letter explaining the gameplay. (I your game passes the no man has gone before (hmm, gangs of bloodthirsty thugs. Aparl CRASH reviewer test, it stands a good chance of appearing on the tape! where have I heard that before Mr from fists and feet (they taught The address to write to is EUROPRESS IMPACT LTD, CRASH Spock?). Luckily, they have a guide Jackie Chan everything he knows POWERTAPE DEPT, LUDLOW, SHROPSHIRE SY81JW.
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well? what are you waiting fop? mm m muni ; i duh-duh- 1 Jji^ GOMEZ UNCLE FESTER bUH-DUM! The Dad! A Rhett Butler lookalike The Uncle! This fella really should with greasy charm and pencil get a tew early nights — he's got tache. His childhood pranks nasty dark circles the size of ^ZS^'SSSSSSS' included blowing up the other sleeping bags under his eyes! kids with dynamite just for a laff. Dates a pair ol Siamese twins Gets frisky whenever his wltey called Flora and Fauna. Does a sSSsssKrSr- speaks French to him — ooh-la- special dance called the ia! Mamoushka where he catches a "«s==rSS=ss. sword In his mouth and swallows It Sharp! MORTICiA —arsssHsas,"---" The Mom! Always dresses in THING serieS „ in* ball when it comes to scooping big film black (you never know when Mow Ocean - eve on the Wlwh«U ^ Hannlbal the there might be a funeral with this The Hand! Totally disembodied, names - are converting the terming inw eyes family!). Likes being tortured. the Thing Is the family's pet hand Cannibal took like a pussy cat. into a Speccy game Goes on hols with her hubby to who's somewhat excitable and peeled lor our preview piece, coming soon... the Bermuda Triangle. Has a definitely lecherous Handy! shower with three settings: cold, hot and scalding. Hot stuff!
WEDNESDAY The Daughter! Prefers her dolls with their heads pulled oft. Gets a kick out of being poisoned by her brother Pugsley and, in turn, likes to electrocute him for fun. Shocking!
PUGSLEY The Son! He's obsessed with diseases, has a particular fascination for scabs — usually other peoples'! Steals road signs like High Voltage' and Bridge Out' so he can relish the inevitable car crash, blood and carnage that follows. Takes after his Uncle Fester — sicko!
GRANDMAMA The Granny! Hardly the sweet little old lady type. This ancient crone cooks up all manner of 'delicious' concoctions for breakfast, most of which is still squirming on the plate long after she's cooked It! r *
more metal in his one Hickman splattered all over the accelerates and the higher the lower regions than road! speed needed to bank round Arnie'll ever have. Zeppelin Software are pretty keen corners. Banking too tar causes Thing is. you'd have on motorbikes, so (surprise rider to part company with bike. The A to smash your bike surprise) they 're creating a game all bike displays speed, revs, fuel and up at several about them, specifically the go-last gear hundred miles an Kawasaki (give me a Harley Each bike has six gears and hour and endure Davidson any day —Ed), so that 's manual change. Under normal excruciating pain what they ve named the game. Let s usage, a tank of fuel is enough for before the have a butcher s at what It's all 16 laps, no matter what the bike. Hollywood bods would about: Excessive accelerating and even think about auditioning you. incorrect use ot gears wastes fuel. Oh, and you might die. but nothing comes easy in this life. Opening sequence Our esteemed editor's first Biker chuggs along on 125 and pulls Race sequence Ah, motorbikes. Wonderful experience on a brum-it gave her up outside Kawasaki UK HO offices. A season consists of 12 races on machines. Cruising along one hell of a buzz — zooming along (Gets off and goes in.) the same bike against 11 other * the highway. Iree as a bird, a little country road on a racy little Man at desk; So you wanna join riders on six courses. Each race with all that throbbing power 125CC trial bike with her sexiest Team Green?" consists of: . between your legs (oooooooo-errr!), mini-skirt on. an inquisitive little Form on desk: 1. Display of bike and its the wind whistling in your lace and bee decided it was a damn good Name specification followed by a display no traffic jams. view and went to investigate Previous Experience: Yes () No () and details of the course. And. if you ride em fast enough, further. Yep, you ve got it. one bee. You enter your name and if no 2. A practice session you could knock spots off Arnold straight up the skirt, decided an experience is selected you re sent 3 A timed lap to determine grid Schwarzenegger as The Terminator upper thigh looked like a great to the track for a practice session If position. — look at Barry Sheen, he s got stinging spot, screech of agony. yes. previous data under that name 4. A race ot 15. 20.30 or 40 laps is presented as a race depending on bike size. 5. If the user wins, a lap ot honour history. animated sequence is displayed.
The bikes Crashes Bom to be wild Over a number of d All bikes can crash, not just the seasons the user user s A bike that drives into the progresses through back ot another could be the bikes starting disqualified Where two bikes have with: collided ahead ol the user, a yellow ZXR -100 {top speed flag appears as a warning to slow 150mph. sharp down and take evasive action. In the handling) event of a single incident causing the V ZZ-R600 (top speed collision ot one third or more of the ik 150mph. medium bikes, a red Hag indicates a restart ^ c handling) Collisions result in damage that ZXR 750 (top speed must be repaired at the next pitstop. I60mph. sharp A serious, high speed collision puts handling) you out of the race. ZZ-R1100 {top speed 178mph. medium Well, there you have it. watch out tor handling) Kawasaki in our preview pages — The bigger the bike coming soon... the taster it
to Big Al (this one s so much more fun to whip — he scream s much CRASH G0E9GREEN! louder —Ed)
It's a jolty welcome to Big Al trousers) and a bad haircut (in this one s sound ratings!). - Green, who joins the CRASH other words he s as bald as Alan tikes toast, sleeping team after the traitorous Captain Picard). at his desk, tailing out ot tall defection ot Corky Caswell to He often rolls erratically into the trees, driving very fast and I our Commodore counterpart. office carpark ot a morning in his boogieing (his greatest B ZZAP! flash motor (a beaten up Lada), ambition is to appear on Big Al comes to the magazine after wild nights in his heady home Dance Energy). On the other I fully qualilied (many years ot town of Wolverhampton. On arrival hand, he particularly dislikes experience and research in tea he s usually dozy and generally boring games, his van making) and not only is he in the useless, having spent all his spare breaking down, and zoos — I process ol revolutionising the time listening to extremely loud he can I get any girlfriends entire magazine, he's also a music of bizarre nature (Bucks trom there! beacon of fashion in the office with Fizz. The Brotherhood Of Man. So bye-bye. Corky I designer sportswear (baggy Lee T* Gilbert O Sullivan etc). In tact he's Caswell, we'll miss your ugly shirt and flappy MC Hammer now completely deal (watch out for mug around here, and hello yyi/j SJ £1)
1 SlMiMrii l • - • mM to*. ? j ' 2 jy lfcHfM zoom through the air avoiding liJ l htm dragons and hoping for a safe landing! There ^s never a quiet moment in Never Ending Story II.
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We all like a bit of a giggle in the CRASH The amazing game is made up of of our competition, plus the office so all you budding Fry and Lauries put pen 1o paper! lots o' Yes folks. you ve seen the fabulous land of Fantasia. films wrtti those This *hrms*ca:« igdom has beer • disgustingly cute furry curses by a wic*ed sorceress. Emox &io«es and heard the soppy Xa> ide, from the mysterious Castle wjsic from Kajagoogoo s Limarl Horo* The dastardly witch has cast now play the game tt s magical and a sftrous of emptiess over the land mystscai stuff as you hetp Bastian and caused all *mds of mayhem. Bui on his merry way to save the Basttai most pui on h;s bravest head Howdy all. Here's my super story and it's the best thing since sliced bread! Name Address. • »•*******••«***+**«*****•* I Postcode. Age. 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J J I a J J A pilot's licence Is needed next as Bastian jumps littel • _ I onto the back 15.99y MK|disfk of his faithful Oh I can't cope with this! A ^^ friend Falkor for the emptiness billowing out from {excuse me! — Ed) and has the flight never ending story. What's the J Castle Horok. which Is slowly of his life! From the 3-0 viewpoint, point in that? It's almost as bad HV destroying Fantasia. And with six control Falkor and crush Ihe evil levels of action and many a monster dragons following you against the as one of them books you get ^^ to stop the adventurer in his quest. walls of the canyons of Fantasia. from the library which some git has torn the last page out of! NICK ROBERTS is the man with the Sellotape...! TV Everyone knows of Itie first an Imaginative name — Ed) calls to Neve/- Ending Story with its him for help. While engrossed in v terrible theme tune by reading he s spirited into Fantasia Ltmahl from Ka)agoowotchmorcalit. (isn t that where Mickey Mouse It had a big dog thing in it, didn t lives?) where he meets the it?", said Lucy when she heard we inhabitants of the Silver City. While were getting this game in. Yes dear, poking his nose around the city he keep taking the tablets— you'll feel suddenly gets pounced on by loads much better (patronizing git — Ed)! ol giants (a bit unsporting really) so As you might have gathered by now. he legs it and bumps into the Lava the game s based around the block Man and Windbnde who explain the busting movie of the same name. The perils of the land of Fantasia. story goes a little b>t like this... Bastian Bux (that's you) starts to read the magical book again and the MULTI-LEVEL MAYHEM! voice of the Childlike Empress (what Bastian is out to discover the reason • Arrgh! It's the attack of the mutant rose thorns. W7 ft I jr H /J "t M^f jf \ 3!m y' r If ,j m,; ; /,; \ At* :> t m\ r 1 review 1•1 a mS*M •BR 17 ill. Vm "it \ I I l ill! y'.i Here are a lew stories from the archives thai seemed to go on, and on, etc. 1. Corky Caswell s moaning — once he starts the only thing that stops him is a sledge hammer to the head! 2. Party Political Broadcasts — those politicians really know how to bore the wallpaper otl the wall don't they? 3. The Telly Addicts board game — we started a game of this on Christmas ~ ———— » - » day and it's still going now! So that's why they're called bored' games! 4. East Enders — this televisual delight of a programme wilt just go on forever (unfortunately — Ed)! '.f - V i( STOP,': 5. Nick's ego it just goes on and on and on and on... 6. CRASH — this is one story that will definitely never end. You'll be able to pass down your CRASH collection from generation to generation telling • Ooo! Chase me. chase me! your grandchildren ot the delights of Spectrum gaming! find a door to go through the THEY MADE IT SO HARD! game looks exactly the same on The idea of having a multi-level the other side so it is really game is to start off with difficult to get lost — especially something a bit easy to get you when you haven't got a clue into the swing of things and then where you're supposed to be get gradually harder towards the going anyway! end. Because level one is a real The Never Ending Story II is a toughy people are going to give it great game, if you're using a CU,' A. 1 . a hard time when it comes to cheat to get you through the marking — degrading the whole levels when you get fed up! A game, ft s a real pity because classic example of how having the there are some brilliant wrong difficulty levels can backgrounds and the animation on destroy a game. the sprites is excellent. im/m,. o [T ever having seen either of the Never Ending Story' movies, I've absolutely no Idea what it's about. But at least it doesn't have the ex- Kajagoogoo singer warbling 'The Never Ending Sloooory' (that's one • There's the goal in the background — will he make it? blessing I suppose). The game itself is okay, but It isn't really my proverbial kettle of fish. Fans of 'wander aimlessly around for hours doing When Bastian finally reaches the great thing about The Never Ending sod all' type games are well catered for, personally I'd rather watch paint castie he rescues Atreyu and bops Story II is the number of different dry. To be fair, though. The Never Ending Story II has good gra[hics: the off a few more weird and wonderful game styles. You start off with a character sprites and backgrounds are nicety drawn, although the enemies that keep cropping up! horizontal scroll and lots of heroes movements are exaggerated as he runs along (he looks Armed with a spray can. he fights plalforms and stairs then a 3-D like something oul of The Woodentops). Also the creatures off more giants... what does he flying section, vertical scrollers, on the first level, side on, look like lobsters, which might be . ^ I think a spray can is going to do for aerial views and parallax scrolling an asset in a TV cookery programme (but not here him? are all included on later levels. The Bob). In short this is an above average game if you like the A ride through the Orchid Forest big problem all the CRASH team genre. jf^*7 ^Qp^ and a splash in the river finishes off found was that you can't get off the this extravaganza of a game. The first level! The game s let down in the sound department more than ^mL anything. I couldn t find any jolly •^^Ba.inCj tune like the Commodore 64 • version had and the only effect was a tarty sound when you moved Lots of nice graphics and through a door! We had to put variety in the game styles some of Corky s James Brown but much too difficult to ploy! 3 f ' _=•~ ^ music on the stereo to get us in the ^^^mm^mmmK^^m mood before playing! ' JpJlBEIflfAYJPflPRESENTATION l 7474%% The frustration of playing level rPAPHtfGRAPHIC They re right out of their tree, this Potsworth lot! Mr and Mrs giants Schrager-Powell take m a stray Hanna-Barbera, and with four dog from a dogs home and kiddy pais called Midnight turn him in a multi-million Patrol became Potsworth A Co. pound cartoon character. Now The Schrager-Powells they re totally obsessed with I bet you're ensured they had full the tittle Springer Spaniel and control over the way treat him just like a human wondering, 'What Potsworth was adapted being! the flippin' heck is for cartoons, right down The Hi-Tec team had a visit Potsworth?!' He's to the three dots on the from the doting doggy lovers to end of his nose and upper see the game in production. the fun-loving, class English accent. That The star of the show couldn't crime-busting, was when the Potsworth make it so they sent off a explosion went off. Hanna-Barbera collection box lamp post-licking packed full of dog biscuits so bundle of fun he wouldn't feel left out. Then who's the Battersea dogs' home. But he knew SUPER POOCH! out of the blue they got a letter he was destined tor far better things. Now a multi-million pound BBC TV back from none other than inspiration for the He waited for the right people to star, Potsworth is watched by 5.1 Potsworth! Thank you lor the latest Hi-Tec come along and take him to stardom million viewers. He's second only to lovely dog biscuits, they were and eventually they did, In the shape Neighbours in the kids' TV charts absolutely yummy.' it went, I game. With lead in ol Vivien and Martin which makes him the Number One just thought I d drop you a one hand and can Schrager-Powell. These canine cartoon star ol British network quick fine to thank you. Signed of Pedigree Chum lovers took the dog to their hearts television! Potsworth Oogglington'! and showered him with love and As with all of Hanna-Barbera s Hold on. are those screws all in the other, NICK affection. cartoons, you can get the adventures over the floor? They must have ROBERTS Then one day they stumbled on ot this doggy on video, too — that come loose from somewhere! the Idea of creating stories starring should while away a few nights in discovers the their doggy hero. They sold them to phenomena that the local kiddles around their luxury is... Potsworth! Hertfordshire home, then thought of publishing these stories for children all over the world to read. They were This lovable little woof- told the character would make a wool started life all alone great cartoon star and he was soon and dejected in a kennel at snapped up by American cartoon front of the TV! Real fans of the Impact, Potsworth looks set to be the barker can get Potsworth & Co Sonic The Hedgehog of the Speccy duvets, slippers, toys, and now, worid. Spilt into five BIG zones — thanks to Hi-Tec and Cave, Super, Candy, Rainbow and Hanna-Barbera, the Potsworth & Co Camivai Zones — the game's packed game. with fun and frolics for the Midnight Programmed by star team Visual Patrol. POUNDS IN WITH Let's hope other software PREMIER companies take note. Full-price games used to be Potsworth & Co will be one of the around £7 but with the big licensing first releases on the brand new deals large companies like Ocean Hi-Tec Premier iabel. To celebrate thrive on, prices had to be bumped the new price range the game will be up and volumes of games sold went available in an AS soft box with down. Perhaps this move by Hi-Tec some iuveriy packaging and will start the ball rolling. artwork. All this lor only £6.99, In a Look out for an exclusive demo bid to provide full-price quality of Potsworth Cave Zone with your games at a cost you can afford. favourite CRASH, next issue. BOW, WOW, WOW! swinging girders, pipes to crawl through, sherbet fountains, cakes, The five characters — Rosle, Nick, custard seas and, in the Camfvai Carter, Keiko, and of course, Zone, a pirate ship and Waltzers! Potsworth — each have their own Quite a list, isn't It? zone to complete using their special The Idea of having one character powers. Switches have to be to play each level is so each one gets triggered, nasties avoided and a a turn under the spotlight and to special object collected in each level. bring more variety into the game. For Switches trigger bikes, bumper cars example, Rosie's supposed to have a and even a Big Wheel you can jump big mouth and the monster at the around on! end of her zone can only be popped The amount of stuff crammed into off by shouting at It! Hmm, I wonder the game blows your mind: what the little girl does to complete trapdoors, elevators, conveyor belts, the level? • • • • ravines, burning cars, burning poll So there you have it: kiil Me tax inspectors etc — so use the muthas and grab the huge gold handy ramps to leap over them trophy that's awarded to the winner. (and crash on the other side) with Watch out for Mean Machines when spectacular ease. H screeches onto your Speccy very soon, priced £3.99. j The Mad Max-style strewn around the tracks scenario has been done (missiles and oil drums), so to death over the years, pick 'em up and give the but the Codies are on the verge of opposition hell. Ammo is releasing another macho game set limited but as with the In the near future, Mean Machines. weapons, pick-ups are So leap into your turbo-charged, available (grab 'em before I super-powered, rocket launcher you're blown to kingdom end oil drum-armed roadster and come). prepare for the drive of your life! The game gives a I bird's eye perspective of Each race takes place over several stages and every one is the track and partici- 11 timed, so put the pedal to the metal pants, most of whom are and burn some rubber, If you want trying to knock each to be in with a chance to be a part other off the road. But be of the next race. careful, a damage meter Of course, there are computer- slowly rises as you're controlled drivers In the race, who smacked into, and If It I try and shunt you off the track hits the top, it's Game without mercy (simitar to the Ed's Over. real life driving tactics). The only On some parts of the I thing to do is hit back — hard. course are natural and | There are collectable weapons man-made obstacles — 7 many rooms are littered with things That's right, how to be a complete like bricks and footballs to trip over and utter masochist without the and tacks that stick in the toes pain — bliss. Savour the tacks in (damn weird house, this — perhaps the toes which have you hopping they should just hire a cleaner?). around, the hair-raising cables that But these are harmless compared zap you into oblivion, and a whole to such dangers host of other amusing animations as live electric (oh, hilarious —Ed). i" i" i™ i"* i** i •*»«•»«• f»" cables and ^i¥fif¥(!isiii«irnfiii| To guide the stupid old geezer dynamite (very Terrible thing, &(•(?(« |» fif«fr |a fc**** back to his bed chamber, stand in sleepwalking. You should bllnkin' weird front of him and he'll change never wake people up as It house)! direction — hopefully not towards 0 iKEESaBraJ could cause major mental trauma, a So how do you another obstacle. complete brainstorm or a quick trip stop this bloke Get the black coffee at the ready up the by-pass to the nearest damaging for next issue, when we should lunatic asylum. Falling that, you himself? You have a full review of this great new could get a good wallop in the jump into the game which'll set your piggy bank gnashers — not nice at all! yourself! back a measly £3.99! In Sleepwalker, old Uncle Silas, who's a bit of an old dodderer at the best of times, Is in a bit of peril. somewhere equally naff), unaware He's fast asleep, snoring his head of the traps and dangers around off and roaming around his him. massive house (which is probably Keep him out of trouble and he In the middle of likley Moor or eventually goes back to bed (to dream about black pudding, spotted dick or Hovis). Let him roam freely and It's highly likely he'll snuff it —then there's hell to pay (just think of your Inheritance)! Sleepwalker Is an amazingly original idea excellently executed by Zeppelin Games. The Do you remember the Tronix and these games will be classic Virgin games of among their lirst releases. • yesteryear? Titles like The Ninja Warriors follows the The Ninja Warriors. Double Dragon exploits of two robotic nlnjas land II. Shinobi. Continental who destroy the forces of a Circus, Xenon, Gemini Wing and tyrannical leader. With razor- Silkworm. Well. Virgin are soon to sharp shuriken and sai in hand, li 35983! m >5 launch a new budget label called the warriors face level after level of gun-, knife*, grenade- and clown to be seen s g, HsTsfe j ItJif.' jriiilKift friTMttM sword-wielding maniacs. in Continental Circus. It's a rip- 36-5 & Billy and Jimmy Lee. the roaring racing game, where the heroes of the Double Dragon player's taken across the globe inT trilogy, haven't had an easy time to participate in the World Motor of it. But spare a thought lor Racing Championships. Billy's girlfriend, Marion. She was Xenon sees a brave heroic kidnapped in DDI and murdered type battling nasty bug-eyed in DDII (silly woman). xenophobic alien hordes. And Shinobi is another high- strangely enough, the mission is <1 -'Mm Li • II Y >•»• J _ ^^jT*^* ***** * kicking marital... sorry, martial very similar in both Silkworm and ITJ l-d • mi »,»«,. ftB —J arts game, where hero Joe Gemini Wing, ie, whup the aliens • l it -11111 llUK llll)^ L*'r • iC ^ . • ll*i 'MM Mtum Musashi (bless you) rescues a asses until they bugger off and It II -ill|| W ^ bunch of kids from an evil bad go bother someone else! guy- Watch out for the Tronix games Despite the title, there isn't a soon, priced £3.99 each. SURPLUS STOCK SELL - OFF!! 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This new company has been set up by Bee programmer and tea maker, Chris White, famed for SAM Prince Of Persia. The first release on this new iBbel is Boing!, a cutesy platform game starring a little green bloke. The team responsible are an impressive bunch: Rob Hoiman {Futureball, Sphera, Defenders Of The Earth) is on code, Nell Holmes, graphix, and Stuart Leonard), music. With a line up like that, this promises to be one hell of a game — out soon. The other big Noesis game is Lemmings. ARCADIA ACTION! only advice to producers of this disk Chris has been This new disk magazine has mag is to include a little more. Okay, working on a version been inundated with orders so the latest issue has two disks, but for months but this since its mention In CRASH, and the the main menu only has ten options. doesn't mean the game next issue is now available, packed But at only £2 an issue you can will definitely emerge — it with more of the same lovely hardly go wrong, so send your all depends on funding and features. There are solitaire and cheques (payable to P Brayshaw) to: the go-ahead from 16-hlt giant, crossword games, a mega slldeshow Arcadia, 16 Leahurst Close, Norton, Psygnosis. with a whole disk full of gruesome Malton, North Yorkshire Y017 9DF. pictures and reviews of some of the It you've created a disk magazine latest SAM and Spectrum releases. or public domain demo and want a BALLS! 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Address Tei ;;;; Nofe to newsagent"'"sr'ZZ A 0n s available fully SOR)?Jm ?' > Published by Eu^ m ma U 0preSS ° 9 To,. 0895 47j5 s *»**» and is Hello, my little horrible gungy bits that fester in the corner of your eyes in the morning. What's the crack? It's been a hive of activity in the CRASH office this month (though why a bunch of bees are even awake never mind stinging Corky's bum at this time of year is beyond me), people rushing around trying to get everything finished so they can bugger off on holiday. Lazy basts — string 'em up, I reckon! Bring back slavery and the rack and anything else nasty you can think of. It's been VJ a sad month, though. Corky Caswell's popped his clogs as far as CRASH is concerned — II he's eloped with a Commodore 64 so filling his shoes is Alan Green, and he's a vegetarian — it's about time CRASH got a bit ecologically minded. We had some great letters this month so get stuck in. Keep 'em coming to: CRASH, Europress Impact, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1JW. And don't forget the £40 software voucher for Letter of the Month! Gerbil Warfare Lushcake Longings Gemma The Hedgehog' Pooley, T^O. KM* Dereham, Norfolk Please help! I'm manically depressed It all started when l went down my local Do tell, Gemma, does The supermarket and saw a magazine I Hedgehog' signify stupid spikey hair found oddly familiar. RUDDY HELL! or Is It a fetish of yours to run around CRASH is back! I bought it and on motorways, getting squished by bounced all the way home, only to find two-ton artics? I showed Richie-poos Richard light ol my We' Eddy had gone your letter and he ran straight home (boo-hoo!). and made you some lush-cakes First it sent me all loopy and I which he was gonna send you couldn't sleep for distress. I even put my special delivery. Unfortunately, he's 'Lite is a Big Con' notice back on my a fat bast so he stuffed em all down wall, then my writing went all wobbly. So his throat on his way to the post to calm myself down I made some office. Never mind — It's the thought jss^^ts^ssxsr 'Choc-chip Lushcakes' and scoffed the that counts! cause. Vve opened a sanauoT lot. Now I feel much better and less Id suicidal. At least Rich went to a decent software house, I guess. Anyway, watch those pop charts cos Music To Your Death Bed! Slaves These Days (my band) will be at Yo Lucy-babes, how's it going down in Number One longer than Bryan Adams Ludlow? I've nothing to do so I thought when we release the song I wrote I d wnte a Christmas poem for the •specially tor Rich - Excellent City*. And CRASH Crew (cough, cough, ahem). damn good it is too. (Sing to the White Shepherds really exciting ones are unp Wherever you are. I LOVE YOU. ntCHiti Watched Their Ftocte tune) . 0 W GET THIS! • Tons of tech help • Brilliant for beginners • Hundreds of hardware reviews • Cram-packed CoverDisk • 32 pases of great games coverage Are you planning to add an Amiga to your computer collection? If so there's a magazine to add to your newsagent's order Amiga Computing is THE magazine for every new Amiga owner AC features regular beginners' guides, definitive hardware reviews and the best Amiga games coverage around What else would you expect from the people who bring you Crash? While Speccy's cleaned their keys by and especially your Powertapes! Your night mag is absolutely excellent! All sitting in their cupboards Fancy having The Lords ol Midnight Moaning Minnie An SAS agent from ZZAP! came down on the tape! Ama2ing! Issue 92 was And nicked mine and my brother's really something and Issue 94... First ol all. can I say welcome back to all at CRASH, it's been hell since Lemmings playable demo! The Double you've been gone. I even turned to V" S for comlorl but it's c"p (say The next morning was Christmas Day Dare playable demo was just like a what you mean matey, call a turd a lurd)! I think it's staffed by a load of yobs And I had got a new game complete game! And Boulderdash judging by the way they boast of being thrown out of exhibitions. When I found the cupboard bare Construction Kit was wicked! I'm sorry to hear thai Lloyd is off on his perambulations, he always was a I almost went insane I thought it was a great idea to have Shining Wit a Top 100 ol the readers' choice. You don't say who's who in the group photo of Issue 94 but I think you Instead I looked all round the house Reviews? Totally brilliant! Why? must be the one in the middle row (the one with her eyes closed, apparently To try and find some ciues Because you don't do a gigantic title in dreaming ol chocolate). On thefloor wer e Commodore wires a flashy way so you don't have room (or By the way. why did it say Top 100 Speccy games and yet you only listed And pnnts from someone's shoes text. I'd say exactly the same about the 50? You really must get your memories seen to! And the Lemmings controls previews. CRASH is the best magazine didn't match the descriptions but I'm sure that was only a side effect of all the I took the stuff down to the cops In the world. pressure you must have been under to get back on the streets (poor dears, And to the forensic lab Ian Smith, Letchworth, Herts hearty back slappin' all round). Anyway, all the besl lor the future. They said the stuff belonged to ZZAP! David P Hurt, Raunds, Northants. I said 'That mag used to be lab' Wow, It's extremely nice to be PS Will Lunar Jetman be back some time and are you still running a mail appreciated for a change — thank order service? I jogged my way down to ZZAPf Towers you, Ian, we aim to please! I would And confronted them with my fist advise you to get some vallum, First of all, I must refute, categorically and emphatically, that I've ever One shot me my Speccy light gun though, you seem a bit over-excrted been on the streets — anyone who says otherwise wins one hell of a law And I said 'Ha! You missed' to me. Well, NUTS, to be precise. suit and a smack in the gob! Ed I can't comment on the excremental value of YS but I'll take your I took my precious Speccy back word for It. I think you've got a little bit confused with your description And in a ZZAP! car home we rode of Lloyd — shouldn't the SH' and the W' be swapped round? Yes, that I stuck my new game in the deck Pretty Portuguese Please! dreadful photo was moi — but it sure wasn't choccy I was dreaming Then smashed it up "cos it wouldn't I'm writing to ask if you could put me in about! load! contact with Spectrum +3 users in You really are a whinger, aren't you? The Lemmings c"'-up was in Engiand. I own a Spectrum +3 and I've fact a deliberate mistake designed to test your intelligence (you failed) I nope that's worth a £40 voucher! formed a major dub ol Spectrum +3 and the first half of the Top 100 was printed in the previous two issues, Sam (don't laugh) Fox users which includes 15 users from so there, smart arse! Spain and Portugal. Since I don't know Jetman has ceased to be but our mail order section is still in HA HA HA HA HA!!! Titt-er, snigger any +3 users in your country, I wonder if operation, but at this address: Europress Direct, FREEPOST, Ellesmere etc! 1 don't know if you're a girl or a you could print my address so they can Port, South Wirral L65 3EB. or telephone (051) 3571275. bloke. Sam, but I'd say your singing get in touch with me? is about as CRAP as the other Sam Eurico Oscar Covas, Rua Alexandre Fox (she of the enormous knockers). Hercuiano, Numero 57, Rc Frente, Actually, it was pretty good, Candal, 4400 Vila Nova de Gala, back, CRASH, ifs been very dark in the the good work and I shall endeavour to especially as we made Corky stand Portugal world of Spec until your shining light help you defeat the horrid aliens from on the desk in a choir boy costume illuminated the depths of YS and SU I'd the planet GONEBUST and give and sing It at the top of his voice. Not Yes. been forced to sink to. But now I can Liquidatorous a lock in his flexible good enough for a £40 voucher, Ed hold my head up high and purchase the assets and bash over the antennae though. Sorry. most essential accessory to the Sinclair Mike Carter (signed In the blood of a Ed machine. GONEBUSTIAN), Nottingham CRASH of Bethlehem But wait a mo... Wat dis? No loon? 4 Hooray! Yippee, and other associated Where is de Jetman? Wahappen to 'im? Sorry pal, no can do. We discovered Excellent Everything noises! Now I can throw away the silly Has he deduced that the new Ed is in Jetman In possession of a brain cell I'd like lo compliment you on having disguises as the the essential Spec mag lad a female woman and dun runner? I so we turfed him out for breach of such brilliant reviews, previews, is back on the shelves again! Welcome hope not 'cos the loon should realise contract (men aren't allowed such competitions. Ietters(?), hi-scores. tips dat wimmen is really essential... things around here nowadays — in It's good to see you back, and let me fact It Maggie Thatcher is the Iron say I like CRASH, even withoul the Lady, I'm an Industrial press!). We loon, but bring 'im back please! Also got no more probs with GONEBUST Spooky Speccy congrats on having the gumption to (I hope not, anyway) but thanks for have a female Ed. Make the sexist the offer, and as for making Nicko Nicko work, he gives the rest ol us work — it'll be a pleasure! September ,ssue to find suWmnahne^ ^ chaps a bad name. Above all, keep up Ed normal 2 seiect the reverse option to get a backwards «»py ol the song. That's your lot, so au revoir, tootle-pip, tatty-bye and things. Have a big 3. ptay tt and Man twd^DuSfby Queen. Play the sloppy kiss on me for Valentine's Day. Keep those letters, pictures and photos coming — whatever the topic Robert Challis, Unton, Cambridge — to: LUCY'S LETTERS, CRASH, Europress Impact, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 1JW. Id u < A •fJr.lc trim It beats f I getting run over i abash!IJ$y a bulldozer! 1 I SCORE 021960 n So there's the line up, ooh, (II a game decisions decisions, which game to hasn't been over a cow choose eh? Whichever you pick, released by the just remember, it's completely time your order FREE on cassette (£4 extra on disk) arrives, we'll SMASH TV of jail and dead set on half-inching when you take out a year's hang onto to it It's showtime, as the most violent three Leonardo da Vinci treasures subscription to CRASH — the until your game! gameshow since The Price Is Right' from various locations. Plenty of ultimate Speccy mag! choice Is out). hits the nation. Prizes galore are on arcade puzzling could be yours. But f£4extraforacfcfc/ offer, but only if the player can no stealing It from the shop. 128K survive wave after wave of psychotic XA axe-wielding madmen. One of TERMINATOR 2: CRASH'S highest scorers (97%), this JUDGMENT DAY game Is rip, mangle and malm fun all the way. 4&128K T2 for short (it makes review writing easier), is finally here. The Arnie HUDSON HAWK Schwarzenegger movie is a stonker Based on the Bruce Willis movie, and this game Is just as action here's another CRASH Smash. You're packed. T1000 is a liquidly evil dude Hudson Hawk, cat burglar, fresh out chasing little toughie John Connor all over the shop, luckily lor him the T101 is BACK on the case. No BUMPER BARGAINS! problemo, baby, just watch yer • Save loadsa pennies on the kneecaps, this guy doesn't shoot to shop price! kill! 128K • Twelve issues delivered through your letterbox! • A brillo Powertape every J jJUJJJJU monthl • A FREE Ocean game on 3JJ/uJJ cassette! Listen up CRASH!VJJIH YUU L • No extra cash layout for special-priced issues! • The FREE Ocean game I've chosen is: Terminator 2 Hudson Hawk Smash TV ALL FOR 6601 6602 6603 New Sub Renewal This order Is THE SPIFFING^ • I live in the United Kingdom (£24) Cesot L 6502 not valid after LOW PRICE • I live in Europe or Eire (£30) D 6503 D 6504 February 29th 1992 • I live outside Europe (£44) £505 6506 • Method of payment: VISA ACCESS POSTAL ORDER CHEQUE • Credit Card Number: i Expiry Date: i Signature: * N8fn9< (UK only) i Address: Postcode:...... • Make cheques and postal orders payable to Europress Direct. Send this form with payment, to: Europress Direct, CRASH SUBSCRIPTIONS, FREEPOST, Ellesmere Port, South Wirrsl, LBS 3EB. Phone orders: Tel: OS1 3S7 1275. Subscription enquiries: Tel: 051 357 2961. 1 OFTWARE CITY AMEI tICAN 1 Unit 4, B.D.C., 21 Temple Street, IXPI JESS VISA Wolverhampton, WV2 4AN. 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He's in a spot of Corya the Warrior Sage is an bother... excellent game which features And here's one from The Guild, iust ^^^^^ As you wander around the logical, well thought out problems Sh and a couple ot ""J^jJS. Forgotten Past, with village of Ermahal, you know and text so strong you'll think you're in for a really atmospheric you're reading a Tolkien novel. adventure. The text is so strong Wilh a little more spit and polish it you can almost smell the could have been a Smash; as it Guildmasfers. smouldering wood of the burned- stands it's still great value tor out buildings — you could forget money. ,f ' rT\\ WJ11wji m*rmmm guild you re sitting in front ol a Rating: 80% keyboard (only if you're crackers \'ru\ r SPW5ML —Ed)! As well as being an expert Oft Tit IHt Ut**tl«JCt -.-HfJ I t»KMfc"« Br f^TWlyJl'lILliTTri swordsman. Corya is trained in HMIHMtT roil IHj the use of magic. 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You should probably be speaker cable to it. of the jack plug. Mark this writing to Claire Rayner instead of me, 7. Locate the blue lead and follow the LOADEAR. Mr X from Basildon! Lots of people have information given in section 6. 11. Taking the wire from BLUE and Connect the other end of the speaker the remaining black wire. Solder been having troubles with their +2 tape cable onto this again by electrical these onto the second jack plug deck so I have the answer to your connector or solder. and name this SAVE MIC. 8. Cut the black wire and connect 12. Finally, put the two halves ot wishes this month. Read on one end from both cables to it. the computer back together. Techni-Takettes... Again, this may be done by electrical Connect back up to your TV and connectors or soldering. You should power up. Connect the tead marked We all know the design ot 2. Turn the Spectrum back over, now have a lead made up like so... load ear to the ear socket and the the Spectrum +2 is pretty holding on to both sides of the 9. Make sure all unprotected ends lead marked save mic to the mic damn crap. Wilh no computer, then lift the lid. You'll Ot the cables are covered in socket of your tape deck. volume control, troublesome games notice on the ieft, below the insulating tape. Put the top back 13. Your Spectrum will now operate rarely load. Here's how to convert keyboard, are some narrow strips and replace all connections. Push as normal wilh the bonus that all your +2 to work wilh an external tape that go lo a socket on the circuit the keyboard-LED and tape deck loading and saving is done via the player. board. connectors back into their original external tape deck. You'll now have Firstly, there are a few parts you 3. Slowly ease the strips out ot the sockets. The new leads that come a volume control and your saving need. These are Tandy part numbers sockets, taking care not to bend from your tape deck can be pushed will produce better copies! but these items can be bought at them. On the right you'll see strands hobby centres: two 3.5mm jack plugs of cables coming from the tape and (274-288), 1m speaker cable cut into going to a socket on the board. two lengths ol 50cm, and Gently pull this socket until it Scotchblock or any electrical detaches itself. Some models of the 1 connectors (64-3052). A pair ol +2 had an LED which lit when the I r\ Ufk„ J. n.a.kU. ..J. scissors and a soldering iron are power was on; it this is the case, puli Q. Why do machine code also required. on the connector to remove it. I programs run faster than BASIC A. The +2 was the old-style A word ot warning: following 4. You should now be abte to remove | ones and why can I press Sinclair black 126 with a tape these Instructions invalidates any the top from the Spectrum. Put the | BREAK to get into a BASIC deck on the side so was the warranty you have on your bottom half in a safe place where it program but not a machine code most compatible of 1he Spectrum, so this must only be done will not come into contact with | program? Spectrums. The problem came if your Spectrum is outside any liquids etc. Locate the lead which I J Turner. Bolton, Lanes when Amstrad rewrote part of guarantee. comes from the tape. the ROM, Programmers used to I rely on a block of memory 5. There should be leads coloured A BASIC has to be converted always containing 255 but 1. Remove your Spectrum from the BLACK-BROWN-BLUE-WHITE-RED. into machine code by the Amstrad wrote additions to the power supply and aerial lead. Turn it Black, brown and red carry the power I Spectrum using a BASIC ROM. This resulted In some over and remove the screws holding to the tape while blue is for saving [ interpreter. Command routines pretty good crashes. They also the bottom ot the Spectrum in place. and white for loading. are built into ROM, each called had to watch what kind of code i individually. This is very lime they put below 32768 in memory consuming and why BASIC otherwise they got very bad g programs are slow. screen corruption. To see what I In a BASIC program, the mean, try the following program. | computer scans the keys 50 I'll catch you next month — keep | times a second. This is where it those letters coming! [ checks if the BREAK key has L been pressed. To gel the same 1 effect in machine code, you have 10 Let a=32768 to write the keyscan routine 20 read b • yourself. 30 If b=999 then goto 70 40 Poke a.b I Q. What's the difference between a 50 Let a=a+t I +2 and a+2A, and why were there 60 Data so many incompatibility problems? 243,62,64,237,71,251.201,999 - M Evans, Cleethorpes, S 70 lei k=usr 32768: List: List: ? Humberside List 1 NICK'S A MAN WITH A PROBLEM. h( LOVES HIS BEAUTIFUL GIRLIE, CLAIRE, BUT HE CANT STOP THE PASSIONATE AFFAIR HE'S HAVING WITH A 48K SPECTRUM AND DIZZY SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE. OH MY LITTLE BEAUTY, THE LOVE OF M)FE, SLOBBER. SLOBBER... OH, HI CLAIRE! W 1 DON'T WANT TD^^HRKSJ W GO FOR A WALK, THIS^^MHfjH ^COLLAR'S TOO TIGHT WTEMBARRASSING TO BE^M WsEEN WITH A KNOCK-KNEED J MTWL/KE HIM^^^ BUT CLAIRE, YOU CAN'T ... BEFORE ZOOMING LEAVE ME... SPECCYS DOWN THE SHOP AND DEAD... WE CAN BE BUYING HIMSELF A SUPER VI . TOGETHER... WHY 128K SPECTRUM... ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME? U V v SO LONELY AND BECAUSE YOU'RE A DEJECTED, NICK COMPLETE WALLY, YOU SULKED FOR KISS LIKE A SLUG... AND APPROXIMATELY ROB S GOT A GAME GEAR. THREE AND A HALF SO BYE BYE BABY! MINUTES... u L . HEi JUST LOOK LISTEN AT THIS DIZZY PILCHARD- GAME, SUGAR-PLUM, BRAIN GET ITS JUST UTTERLY, YOUR NOSE J>RGASMIC! r '3 OUT OF THAT CONFOUNDED MAG AND START GIVING ME SOME ATTENTION, OR YOU'RE BLOODY DIZZY! HISTORY! IF ITS EGGS YOU WANT, STITCH THAT! BUI HONEY-BUNCH, I START VBBJNG AND SEEING THINGS WHY YOU... UGGGH! \A WJNG OUT OF THE WALL IF I YOU... $&'%?! XLN'T GET MY DAILY SPECTRUM DOSE. RIGHT YOU BITCH, YOUR NUMBER'S UP! OH THE PAIN. THE AGONY — AND RIGFT. THAT IS UH-OH... OLU\ELYIT— THAT WHERE'S MY BLINKIN' GRAPES? OH WOW. RUHHAS GOT TO GO. I SEE A WHITE LIGHT, MY TIME HAS ILYICOULD HERON COME — I'M OFF TO THE GREAT MT\. HMMM I MAY SPECTRUM IN THE SKY.. HAViA PLAN. mW ' j THUS THE ROMANTIC STORY LIVES CRUELLY ENDED... OF NICK AND CLAIRE —A FOREVER. BLOODY WOMEN, WHO NEEDS TALE OF PASSION, LOVE AND (WELL, THANK GOD FOR 'EM ANYWAY. FROM NOW ON, INTRIGUE — HAS COME TO A THAT, WHAT A LOAD OF S>ECCY, IT'S JUST YOU AN' ME. 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Littte and Large have telephoned us about using some ol these laugh-a-miute Being very, very nice peeps, winning a £30 video token, is Mike sketches in their new show! (Bek>w] Wot a ^ ticktw Psygnosis (may they live Carter of Nottingham, and third, O forever even though they're netting the £10 video voucher, is missus, and that's no mistake! rotten turn-coats what probably Tim Hards of Bury St Edmunds, Ibis is from Ntcol McKenna, won't do any more Speccy games Suffolk. East KHbride in bonny ever again) coughed up for loadsa Since we're feeling generous, we Scotland! Wei done, lassie! great prizes for our Chrimbles decided to have three winners in compo. Luscious Lucy's Crazy Cadet Unless you've recently fallen off a Compo. Are we nice to you lot of cliff and are consequently suffering what? So courtesy of The Space I I from amnesia, you'll remember there Academy there'll be a whole bundle was a Spot The Difference between of goodies winging their way over the cute, cuddlable Santa Lemmings to: Alan Devey of Farnborough, and an I'd like to be a Lemming Hants. J Goffin of Gt Yarmouth, cos...' question. So without further Norfolk and Thomas Fuliarton of ado, here are the three winners: Lowestoft, Suffolk. Landing herself a stonkln' video Congratulations, one and all, and cassette recorder In llrst place is if you didn't win. well better luck Jane Sinclair of Sheffield. Second, next time! Just 8u«**n*gK" USE YOUR V VOICE l^Ht^k is rMC r^r TO OUTDRAW THE CUNFiCHTER WIN BIG CASH PRIZES •08985"* 0898 313595 313597 » you oro jrnJof 18 yuan of age olecne obtain pernitaiori of whoovot pay the phono t>H.| NFOCHAL POBo* 36 LSI 4TN Cad charges 36p P« Mh Cnocp 48p Pet Mn Al Other ilmos Roll folksJ'ToivtRe ^llous,maqnificent] IMeB TL CRASH Vs ZZAP! Vs SEGA FORCE Introducing DJ Nicko for CRASH, PhilI King for ZZAP! and newcomer Paul GHMIiEN Mellerick for SEGA FORCE! - I There's been loadsa scrapping in the Europress Impact offices of late. The lads from each stupendous mag — CRASH, ZZAP! and SEGA FORCE — have been claiming superiority on the game playing front and we decided something had to be done before it all ended in tears. So after forcibly dragging Nick off the SEGA FORCE star, Paul, wrenching the knife out of his throat, persuading him his mummy • The phantom strangler of Ctee Hill la at It again. Makes a change, It's wasnt bigger than Paul's mummy and normally sheep that get It. Know what I mean? assuring him that kicking someone's between Nick and Paul so it was a stuff like: 'Run away! Get off me' and ****ing head in wasnt nice, we agreed case of Stop Phil, reset it, oh, and even 'Oh no, the b"**"'s got a knife!' someone call an ambulance.1 His attitude was one of quiet to hold an Inter-Magazine Challenge. Phil fought as a well ard specimen concentration — he was gonna whup called Ty, an ex-kick boxer. We've no Paul's ass if It killed him! Problem solved, you may after beating up poor Phil (a former Idea if he's the best option but Phil Paul's face was a picture as Nick think. Not a hope In hell! CRASHeteer) he decided on Pit insisted on him 'cos he wears sexy red progressed through five opponents The fighting then got even Flghtertor the Mega Drive. pyjamas (Ty, not Phil... probably). — going from sneery confidence, to 0worse trying to decide which games Young Phil got off to a cracking start The race Is on... disparaging remarks, to lip-biting to use. Nick wanted to play Dizzy on with a record knock-out time In the first silence, to white-faced worry by the each format — Mega Drive, Spectrum round. time Nick finished on a not-as-crap- and Commodore 84. We explained MEGA DRIVE When he fought the awesome Angel as-Phll score of 58,560. you can't get Dizzy on the Mega Although In CRASH we gave Speccy — she of the huge stilettoes and Drive but he said that was no fllppin' Pil Fighter a crappy mark (27%), It's a bulging biceps — Phil showed his real excuse and went into a major sulk. spiffy Mega Drive game where colours: Til get you, you bitch' was the FINAL FIGHT Paul's a major beat-'em-up fan so survival's the game and winning's mildest among a string of expletives. With grim determination, Paul began. the only aim — with absolutely no Throughout the game he persisted After all the bragging he'd done in holds barred. with the well scary war cry of 'Ow! Ow! the office, he had to win! He got off You're matched against some of Get in there, boy. Oh no, not the crate to B fairly slow start and never really the toughest pit-fighters In the of bananas!'before finishing at the caught up but at least he got rid of a business where your task is simply five-minute time limit with a rather lot of aggression as he picked up to wipe out any contenders. Whether poxy score of 58,290. every crate In sight and flung them at It's by kicks, punches crates or knife his opponents. Is up to you. When he came to scrap with the ASS WHUPPING leather-clad Angel he really got going Then It was Nlcko'S turn. After and his howls of 'BITCH!' could be SEXY PYJAMAS whinglng tor half an hour about not heard for miles. He even started First up was the ZZAP! Ed. Phil having a decent joystick, he finally picking up women from out of the 'Fatty' King, who nervously took the selected Ty, got into gear and also crowd and flinging them around. But hotseat. Watches synchronised, we managed a record knock-out time. despite his homocldal behaviour he • You put your left leg In! Yeuck! were off — well, we were supposed His war cry was almost as finished on the evervmore-crap-tharv I've trod In a turd, got a cloth? to be, then another tight started compelling as Phil's, courageous Phil score of 56,300. HA! tussles with Phil for second place dispensers rise and getting loads ot before hitting another wall. fours to earn bonus toys — as if he Race one: Paul first, Phil second, hasn't got enough already! Nick third (somehow). With an air of supreme The lusty lovelies return to offer a confidence, Nlcko managed to get selection ol upgrade hardware. Paul through seven levels before the and Nick go for Nltros, while Phil dispensers reached the conveyor covers the screen to make a sneaky belt to stop his game with a massive secret seledion. score of 69,030. A Nltro boost gets Paul off to a good start with Phil following close behind. Nick's In last place assisted WATCH IT FATSO! by Lucy, who taps his shoulder every Surely the moronic Phil couldn't time he should brake — match that? Well, the tubby twit Isn't unfortunately this knocks Nick off his (quite) as stupid as he looks. He'd chair- been carefully studying Nick's tactics Paul and Phil are way out tront, and quickly picked up the technique Nick's on the floor, and that's the to score loads of threes and fours. way It finishes with Nick being The slothful slob showed eliminated by the computer car. surprisingly fast reactions, zipping tn the third race the computer the conveyor left and right to catch racer's even tougher, whizzing ahead everything In sight Completely of everyone else. If s a tight tussle entranced by the action, he seemed between PhD and Paul until waggish to be playing lor an Bge before finally publisher Roger Kean has a few words succumbing to the fatting dispensers with Phil, most of which seem to with an overweight score of 103.490 involve the word deadline', repeated and cries ot sheer disbelief from Nick with ever-Increasing intensity! Novice and Paul. Editor Fatty Phil goes pale, mumbles a Now surety that had to be the final bit and comes last! shock ot the day, there was no way So otherwise-useless Paul won plonker Paul could master such an the race. The SEGA FORCE team obviously Intellectual game? Nope, • Grr! Give me back my Joystick or I will go green and my clothe* will celebrate, ZZAP! give Phil a stiff he couldn't, and even after several fall off! (Lots of girlies swoon all over the country!) whisky and Lucy asks If the blue car practice runs he only managed PIT-FIGHTER PLACINGS (as does Phil, funnily enough — was a computer player, too. 63,160, ruining his chances of although nothing's quite so hilarious winning the Challenge. 1st: Nick as the teamt), while Nick got stuck 2nd: Phil with the yellow car. Having had the SPECCY 3rd: Paul misfortune of being passengers with Finally, it was Nick's turn to choose a all three drivers in real life, this is a Speccy game to play. And what did spectacle we couldn't miss. the peckish 'Pieman' go for? Fast COMMODORE 64 For the Ignorant, Nick drives like Food, Kwlk Snax, Chubby Gristle? Phil's fave choice lor the Inter- Nigel Manseil after he's been No, after his humiliating defeat on Magazine Challenge was Insects In disqualified from a race, Phil drives Super Off-Road he seemed to have Space, a Defender clone like Mother Hubbard (always lost his senses completely and went distinguished by a naked woman forgetting glasses, seat belt, for Code Masters' Panic Dtizy. shooting lasers from her, erm, eyes. headlights, car) and Paul simply It certainly seemed a puzzling Fortunately, after a quick fumble in drives into wails, cars and choice at first, but then again Nick's the disk boxes, Phil's marvellous streetlamps (two cars totalled so had loads of practice at home, fitting filing system tailed completely. Call far!). Living up to his reputation, Paul shapes Into the holes in his Fisher in Ihe game with the biggest, gets lumbered with keyboard control Price playset, so this would surely be awkwardest title in the world, Ivan and In practice races comes a dismal right up his street. 'Iron Man' Stewart's Super Off-Road last time after time. If you don't remember It, this Racer. compulsive Code Masters game Obviously fancying himself as a Involves moving a conveyor belt with bit of an Iron Man, Phil bunged this AND THEY'RE OFF shaped slots in to catch shapes nifty Graftgold conversion into the Nick puts pedal to metal and his fBlling trom four dispensers. disk drive and we all sat around and yellow car zooms way out into the Nick was eager to play first and yawned while the drive groaned and lead. He's absolutely unstoppable show off, catching three shapes • It s that man with th* stick grinded. Finally, hurrah, it loaded! A until the first bend when he forgets simultaneously to make the again. Squeezing Phil's heed ottf bevy of top-heavy babes appeared to about the brakes, splatters across a So DJ Nicko let the side down, Introduce the game and a selection wall, tumbles around a few dozen otcars. times and finally gets moving In the conquered by a mere ZZAPiper. The Iron Man's a variation on right direction five minutes alter the Disgusting — string him up! Since Phil Super Sprint—le, lots of really tiny others have finished a couple ot sprites whizzing around a twisty bit laps! won on the Spectrum, Nick on the Mega of track. It improves things with a Paul's somehow fluked into the Drive and Paul on the Commodore 64, tilted overhead view and up to three lead, with Phil breathing hard down the only possible conclusion we can human-controlled cars out ot a total his neck (strange boy!). 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The Oliver Ttains, two I I A Great minds of the country's top I II ' I' programmers of home I D computer games (or so they | — ) keep telling us —Ed) are • CRASH: As twins, working on the next adventure of the basket and besides other companies presumably you think we've written two games for alike. Do you work now-famous Dizzy cartoon character. Activislon — Incredible Shrinking together on each game or Meanwhile, their dear papa, Malcolm, Sphere and Ghostbusters II. on separate ones? • Andy: Originally, we did has taken up journalism, so he thought work together on each game, he'd have a quick practice on his kiddie- Simply the best? dividing the project down the middle. winkles. Here goes — the exclusive • CRASH: What do you consider Now Philip concentrates on the your best game? U|. . organising, project liaison, truth on this dynamic Dizzy duo! • Phil: It must "ItHWWjU was jusS t whaminvtrvivaccountingt we wer, thinge s #lik CRASH:e that, an Dd oI do • CRASH (Malcolm Oliver): Hello, Ghostbusters II have been be Dizzy, which aiming tOo achievc hievthe programminge — to . Yoyou cagent anseye Ifa dno Philip and Andrew! So you're nearly particularly good sellers, with started a cult. change the the hard graft. iarket from v ,, There are lots of chang9 e the markePhil: That't fros ma joke . No pressure on 24, lads. How long have you been Treasure Island Dizzy in the charts • Phil: Yes, lots. Simulators him at all. writing computer games to earn your for 120 weeks (and still there), selling Dizzy games Simulator: to0 cartoon Well, Dizzy gets a living? over 250,000 copies. now, including adventUadventurI e games" 101" s amazing • Philip Oliver (Phil): About six • Andy: Grand Prix Simulator was new titles like what some of the years. We started when we were at similarly successful and firmly Bubble Dizzy, Dizzy Down The Dizzy followers do. For example, school and the competition wasn't established the place of the Rapids and Mystic Kingdom. we've had a 12-year-old boy writing very high (how modest —Ed). It Simulator range. • Andy: Dizzy wasn't amazingly Dizzy books. The number of hours began in the Fifth Form with a board • CRASH: All your games these clever, technically — Ghostbusters II that have gone into them, including game called Gambit, which won a TV days seem to come out under the was better. coloured _ competition arranged by The Code Masters label. Have you always • CRASH: How important is Dizzy to Saturday Show. We then wrote written for them? you? games for BBC Soft, followed by • Phil: After meeting Richard and • Phil: Very important, h was just Firebird, Interceptor, Players and David Darling of Code Masters, we what we were aiming to achieve — to eventually Code Masters. We've wrote Super Robin Hood for them. change the market from remained freelance writers, though. This was a great success and many simulators to • Andrew Oliver (Andy): We've more have followed. We've always cartoon R had about 20 titles published and a had a very good working relationship adventure total of around a hundred games with them. games in M across all formats. • Andy: We've not put all our eggs which the I • Phil: The Dizzy games and (no Dizzy pun intended!) in one player I _ V decides ^^^^ * happens next. • Andy: It's also more creative than taking an idea from a film or sport. • CRASH: Most of your games have been budget successes. Why don't you write more full MD YOU OCT TM UKVtST ISSUt OV I SNA NMD NOW BRITAIN'S BEST SELLING 100% ACTION GAMES MAG FOR SEGA MEGA DRIVE, MASTER SYSTEM, GAME GEAR AND NEW MEGA-CD £1.95 GETS YOU THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND ADVANCE PLAYS ON THE BEST SEGA GAMES AROUND FROM UK, USA AND JAPAN. GET IT OR BE SOUL-DEAD... JOIN THE GAMING DEAD-HEAD SET FROM JAN 23 II Cor! It's heaven for the hard shell hero! Is that God or Blake Carrington out of Dynasty? for people to understand. The main to a 15-year-old computer whiz-kid problem Is the cost of console keen on writing games for a living? cartridges. • Phil: First, It's not easy. It's like • Andy; Phillips are about to bring becoming a pop star, out the CD-I, Compact Disc • Andy: He (or she) should write Interactive, which I believe will do small demos and games. He won't be very well In a tew able to sell these years time "DlZZy fail letterHSOUIweigs outweignh but thett* y can be 5ent ,c Compact discs are those for a|| foee otheotherr CodCodee sen,,oa relatively cheap to . , publishepublisi r like produce—about Masters gameimespus pult CodCodee iMaster s to the same as audio togetherher" show the1 m he's cassettes — and capable of doing therefore should overcome the work of high enough quality. A good disadvantage of the expensive demo will probably get him an console cartridges. The idea is that interview. Go on, Diz, my son! Give him some headbutt! But watch out, you you buy a player similar to a video But do remember it's a risky don't want to end up scrambled! recorder which can load computer business. Anyone really interested in illustrations. Is incredible. Sega. Our main competition are the games. I've seen some earning their living from writing • Andy; A lot of people write in with very good lull priced games which demonstrations of interactive games should start while they're still suggestions for the next Dizzy game, have been out tor a year and is then cartoons which are very impressive. living at home or supported by some outlining the plot and how it should released as budget. Gbostbusters II, • Phil: Other new technology to look other income. be played. Dizzy fan letters outweigh for example, is challenging our out for are the Virtual Reality • CRASH: Finally, what are your those for all the other Code Masters software at the moment. As we wrote systems, where you're not just plans for the future? games put together. it, we don't mind too much! looking at a 2-D "The idea iss thalatyoubuyt you buy aa Andv; • CRASH: What's the quality of the image but you . player similar to a video Producif more present competition In the UK games stand in a 3-D player sim ir to a video * market? The future world and you can recorder Wwhic 11h tw ca« n load games —to our • CRASH: How do you see • Andy: Very good question. I don't see behind things. COirmucomputel r egamesh can loa" d very high know! We don't look at many games computer games developing in the • CRASH: What H •games" standard, ol written by other people. I'm not sure future? does 1992 and the increased EEC 3 course, and on why. Probably too busy. • Phil: The UK market is market potential hold for Code all formats so as to make them • Phil: Many of the better games undoubtedly going to follow the US Masters and yourselves? available to everyone. programmers have moved on to and everything is moving towards • Phil: We're tucky, Britain just • CRASH: Thank you, lads. Good consoles — either with Nintendo or consoles, which are easier systems about dominates the games software luck! Oohh dear! THe little chicken produce has got himself into another and hardware production field in fry up! Europe, now. What we need to do is increase the user base, # ^k 899 6 which is generally lower ^ J on the Continent. ^ j^, • Andy.-Code jp > Masters are getting pretty big in Europe, anyway. They used to be Uftff only in the UK but ^ 3SB© are now successful in France and ^ Germany. Also in £Z Spain, where ^^ there's a Code Masters division. 9 CRASH: What J» tf-ssassr 1 • \ * * lORKOFlliwiSHf iV ! • 9 j I I I only recruit others ot ' one «» Mn I Fey' —ca"n only'ovtuirecruit i reyFe .y ' ^ "" *«— • »nd i r CLMU guard up to . thousand men 7NOZ „ "» ' «* disappear!) Go iTCS SU"" Bi la ^mRSS iST* 5P0KE10 Hello my little fluffy cotton buds, being killed. ""~ci.remdw.ii, though drego™ it's February again (well, that's what it says on the cover), the 10 REM L0R0S OF MIDNIGHT POKES I 20 CLEAR 6S535: POKE 23570 16 month of tweety birds singing in I ,P?INT AT 9'6; "START MIDNIGHT TAPE" the trees, little lambs frolicking in 40 LOAD ""CODE 16384 2 55 F=23317 T° 23334: REA° A: POKE F A NEXT F the meadows, and of course, 60 DATA 33,9,9,34, 99,253 F Valentine's Day. Lots of chocolates, roses and squidgy love bundles of 170 DATA 34,14.8,96,33,24, 62 80 DATA 34,195,98,195,117,96 cards covered in kisses flow into 90 RANDOMIZE USR 23300 the office (stop dropping hints, Nick! —Ed). Of course, the ultimate embarrassment is if you get a card from your mum or dad! But at least you don't have to send yourself a card like Corky does, and then brag to the office that it's from Madonna! Have I got some wicked tips for For those of you who don't have to light them up. Fiddle with the rippling muscles and a silly accent rest and watch his fingers wiggle. you this month (yes). There's the (probably most ot you) like Arnle, Don't worry If you tall because first solution and map to that great here are a few tips on T2 from Tom you'll still reach- Zebedee, 5th Dimensional, Squaxx Level Four Do the same as level Codies game Dizzy — Prince Of The Dek Thargo' Brundle (sensible one and maybe throw a punch for Yolk Folk, a SAM256K POKE, map man) ot The Twilight Zone, good measure. of level one and tips for Prince Of somewhere just outside Wrexham! Level Five This Is hard (madam)! Slide the blocks around like mad. Persia and the low-down on Level One Kick the baddy till he Amie s eye is easiest to complete, Terminator 2 and Lords Of Midnight*. drops then come In close and but just experiment and try to finish headbutt/knee him to death. with as many blocks right as Thanks to all those who've started Level Two Don't bother with the possible. But still don't worry, sending tips again. Yes, we're back, arrows, just go as far right as you because next is... yes, we like to receive letters, and can, staying about halfway up the Level Six Weave your SWAT van screen. Don't worry about hitting around, shooting like mad. Steady yes, there's still a £40 software rocks as there should be enough it for a few seconds to hit the prize for the best I print. This issue lite bonuses to keep you going. If pursuing chopper. Try not to hit the you like, occasionally dart to the other vehicles as you need all the it goes to Scott Inwood for his POP left to collect extra life and point energy you can gel for the next POKEs and tips. That should help bonuses, keeping ahead of the level and this wastes it badly. Try out lots of people stuck on this truck all of the time. At the end, to avoid the shots from the chopper watch the pretty explosions. but don't worry too much about fantastic game. Well stop reading BOOM! Sarah's energy, just shoot like mad. this intro and get stuck into those Level Three Fiddle Amle's circuitry Level Seven Use the same tactics about! Quite easy, this. Try to get as for Level One and Four but move luverly tips. the pieces down the left-hand side last as this time the T1000 is well first, then swop the numbers about ard. M1W Yol Yes, it's started! The solutions, axe, get cherries, left, up, get left, up, up/right, get cherries, left, drop mechanism, move left on cheats, tips and maps (or all the cherries and nougat, drop pick- right, get cherries, get key, left, bottom iedge to where other Dizzy luveriy games on the Dizzy's axe, down, right, right, over river, down, right, right, right, up/right, gets spiked, get spanner, get Excellent Adventures pack. Prince give nougat to ferryman. Right, get right, right, right, right, over river, cherries, left, left, down, right, Of The Yolkfolk was probably the end railing and cherries, drop give motor to ferryman. Get scythe, down/left, left, left, left, over river, easiest of the lot so It's no railing, up, stand on ledge, use right, up, up, |ump off right ledge, left, up, left, left, left, left. Drop surprise It's been cracked' first. bridge kit, stand on edge of ledge cut thorns with scythe, drop scythe, bugle near bugler, get joke book, Here's the complete solution and and jump right, jump off to the get cherries, right, get bugle, left, left, up/left, left, use spanner another of those brill screenshot right, jump over clouds, jump into upleti, up, get cherries, right, right, on mechanism, right, right, maps. castle, get harp, left, left, up, up, right, up, get cherries, left, use key. down/left, left, over drawbridge, left, |ump left, jump off cloud left to Talk to Daisy, down, top left, left, get grass, get cherries, drop grass, Get |ug, matches and leaves. Drop heaven. Talk to St Paul, give harp, get root tile, get cherries, drop tile, left, talk to princess. Get block, get leaves by door, use matches to get cheese, drop down through left, get tweezers, jump left, left, left, cherries, drop block, get grass, get start fire and Jug of water to put cloud, get cherries, jump right, over river, left, up, left, use cherries, drop grass, gives foke out fire. Left, get cherries, talk to right, drop cage near fluffia, drop tweezers on lion, get thorn, right, book to princess, get flag, right, bugler, left, get plck-axe, right, cheese In cage, get cage with flutfte down, right, over river, right. Get right, right, up/left, up, up/left, drop right, get cherries, right, get cage, in It, get cherries, left, over river, back to 'Double Trouble' screen flag on pole, talk to bugler, talk to get cherries, talk to lion, right, up left, up, left, left, left, left. Drop with two Dizzys In the castle, drop king, go back to Daisy In castle, into cloud, jump to DIY bridge. cage near troll, left, up, right, get thorn on top ledge, right, get kiss Daisy* Well done! Now watch Pick up bridge, down, use pick- outboard motor, take top ledge, strange mechanism, get cherries, the cartoon show... w^m mmm wmm HI I^H mam wmm mtm m^m ^mm m^m HH rar mmm 250 DATA 62,195,50,62042: REM SPACE Display time left In game SPIKES DON7KILL CTRL+J Select joystick 260 DATA 175,50,57014: REM CANT CTRL+K Select keyboard LOSE ENERGY BUT CAN BE KILLED 270 DATA 62^4,50,58555: REM A few tips for you lucky blighters... vm $ GUARDS CANT KILL YOU * Pushing down does a smaller step Who knows what the new name lor * The last poke is used to advance 280 DATA 62,195,50,54463: REM CAN than fire and a direction. Persia is? Yup. It's Iran, with it's sun- you through levels without completing FALL AS FAR AS YOU LIKE * Always keep fire pressed while you soaked beaches and ice cream them first. Just press CTRL+Q to quit 290 DATA 62,195,50,61410: REM lump, so if you fall short you can still salesmen. Prince Of Iran doesn't and then I to return to the game but at CANT BE KILLED BY BLADES make a grab at the ledge. really have the same ring to It, does the next level. You cannot see Ihe 300 DATA 33,49494,34,49286: REM * tf you're using the joystick and can't It? This (s one amazing SAM game introduction with this poke. NB Do not SKIP LEVELS (CTRL+Q THEN PRESS I) do a certain part of the palace, try written by none other than Chris press I after you've completed the 310 DATA 195,4915Z -1: REM DO NOT keyboard mode as the control Is more 'Persll' White. Oh dear, it seems your game or it will crash. DELETE accurate. protection system has been cracked Some people have complained about * If you're fighting a guard and a by Scott Inwood. Here's an amazing 10 REM SAM256K PRINCE OF the lack of SAM-speciflc Instructions portcullis up' switch is near, try to kill POKE routine and a tew tips on PERSIA POKES by S INWOOD with their Prince Of Persia pack, so the guard on it as this stops the completing the levels. 20LETA=32768 here they are In full. portcullis from falling. Also if there's 30 DO • Introduction movie sequences a down switch try to avoid killing Ihe 40 READ I: EXIT IF t=-1 SPACE Playgame guard over It as you'll noyer be able Prince Of POKEs 50 POKE AJ:LETA=A+1 CTRL+Q Quit to title screen to get out (oo-wah!). Here's a riwvdown of the various 60 LOOP CTRL+R Reset the level * On Level Seven press fire as soon POKEs. 70 DATA CTRL+S Sound on'off as you enter it or you'll die because • The first lew lines load in the disk's 62,1,211,226,219,224,203,71,32,250,219 ESC Pause game you have to grab a ledge as you fall. boot sector. This to a small piece of ,225,254.4,202,32,128,62,123,48,2,62,91 code which lies at track 4, sector 1 of a ,211,224 disk and can be any length. When you 80 DATA boot a disk this is loaded In and 6^0,62^54,195,4,128.243,62,128,211,2 L executed. It can then load in a 24,6,20,16,254,33,64, program or the rest of the DOS. 156,1,227^4^237,162,219,224,203,7 * The first poke gives you 42.5 hours 9 to complete the game. You change 90 DATA this by changing the 255 to the 32,248,203,71,32^46,17,64,156.167,237 number of minutes divided by 10. £2,34,82,128,251.230,28.200.207.19 * The second gives you 8 points of 100 DATA-1 energy. You can change the 8 to the 110 CALL 32768 amount of energy you need but If you 120 REM PREVIOUS LINES LOAD Well polish my pot plants if we go over 9 the game plays in ultra-slow BOOT SECTOR AT ADDRESS 40000 motion. ONWARDS havent come to the end of another * Third stops spikes from piercing 130 REM DPEEK 32850 GIVES triffic tips section! It's good to see your botty and killing you. LENGTH OF BOOT SECTOR people have discovered we're back * Fourth stops you from losing 140 POKE 40608,204,1 energy, le, falling two storeys, tailing 150 LET A=41001 and are sending tips. Let's see if we masonry, poisoned potions or losing a 160 DO can make the postman really earn sword fight. 170 READ I: EXfT IF l=-1 his money by sending in truckloads * Fifth stops the guards from killing 180 IF l>255 THEN DPOKE A,l: LET you so you'll always win sword A=A+2: ELSE POKE A,l: LET A=A+1 of tips, cheats and maps for the next fights or you can just run past them. 190 LOOP issue. £40 of software for the best, * Sixth poke makes you light on 200 POKE 229376, MEM&40000 TO your feet so you can fall as far as 41053) remember. The address (as usual) is: you like without losing energy or 210 CALL 229385 NICK ROBERTS' PLAYING TIPS, your life, tf you get stuck In a pit 220 REM DELETE POKES YOU DONT CRASH, EUROPRESS IMPACT, CASE then press CTRL+R to reset the WANT level. 230 DATA 62,25530,49450: REM MILL, TEMESIDE, LUDLOW, * The penultimate poke stops the GIVES YOU 42.5 HOURS SHROPSHIRE SY8 1JW. So long! gulliotlne-iike blades chopping you 240 DATA 62,8,50,49455: REM 8 r- in half. ENERGY POINTS vj>LVLl ^OCVV BI/A'VjBI ALL AVAILABLE FOR: SPECTRUM^ COMMODORE • AMSTRAD THE HIT SQUAD PO BOX 350 MWCHESTFR M602LX review i say we take off and and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure...' Aliens, who * needs 'em, eh? All they } do is abduct people, mutilate cattle and burst out of people's chests. But fear not, gentle readers, 'cause MARK CASWELL'S become an ^^Itffif honorary member of the frBSlgjff Colonial Marines to kick some alien butt. • Seems like a nice boy P ry about the bad breath though we we all seen moves like THE FINAL FRONTIER FT Starman and Close OEncounters ot the Third There are six levels split mlo three Kind, wnere tnendiy aliens sand on or four sut>-sections Tne man pan Earth and help mankind The people ol your mission is to rescue a bunch who these creatures from of civilians, who were working quite another world are gnafra-d and soon happily until the bug-eyed beasties make •nenas with them attacked their space stalion and Wnat a load of crap H you $a* a spirited em off At least one • 1 bet he s armless. H not he soon wilt be! a^een man leap out of a hostage from each section must be sC'i^es" c m rea' *e you o cac> saved from a fate worse than the your panties and teg it But r* Ea s singing watch it sunshine — YOU ^CTI'JtC ft mTKL- UCUMO heroes of this game are a hardy Ed so go to it trooper' Fa • to free orwc who lug large alien ipWMxteg at least one hostage and you II be a guns around, and they an t atrad to laughing stock use em In true A ens the hostages Space Gun is » one- or two-player are found hansi^c trout waffs or game so a pal and prepare to c* ngs They re in zoom around space as your team of cocoons which yo^ shoot away to crack co-^-ia-kdos waste the wadty tree :ne"n Once you ve saved as aliens, who v* very kindly dec • You've had yw chips now male' With a bit of V tomato sauce fha» satety to tr* scum The-> certainly nn t shy space base Simp* about coning torwaU — pretty soor eh? you re burieo unaer several ynousand poinas of at*- wamor •*»d jstrously trying to rip your ViO WE COME IN on PEACE. SHOOT Sc s a gooa time to press the Vt bJtto- anc spra> some eid TO KILL around Th» s used try 'he -'me game sarts aooa^a ixrojred rad-ton of frtuzzmg the 4 ne SMC* state*, floating cursor around me screen III fllllllllll vieweo rroj^tvtyo and letting rip But r* aliens ton 1 c' your faractor as you vr and lav* they rub r. you ana stalk the corridors tn atte-mtf to «thar bite or j-as* • The terrible twins in lull bod> Of course this lowers p» r ow. tnp out city, maaa-n! This mean game has more colour than a I I rainbow wearing Jason Donovan's technicolour dreamcoat (and introducing Damian Stones, Images programmer extraordinaire. He's been Wozza s neck —Ed)! It's like Line Ot Fire with lots more payability and programming since he was 12 and being paid to do H tor about a year. much betler graphics. Movement around the corridors is automatic so the Apparently, he's a very nice man, and to prove It here's his profile for alt trigger finger's constantly at the ready lo blast away the variety of you girlie readers to drool over: meanness that pops it's head around the corner. Space Gun could easily Age: 18 be renamed Kidney Bean Wars (has Nick gone potty? —Ed) because ihe Sex: Yes please things you fire at the aliens look just like red kidney beans! They add to the Marital status: Eligible bachelor (see above) mass of colour created by the brilliant backgrounds and Address: To be supplied to all you girlies out there (for an extortionate fee) sprites — which are full screen size at times. There's one Height: 6ft (In platform shoes) dazzling game in here, too, and some neat touches — arms JRH^U Eyes: Two (brown) drop off, heads explode and the aliens stilt keep coming Build: Hunky back for more! For a non-stop shoot-'em-up extravaganza, wfS^V Fave game: Gyroscope get Space Gun — it's wicked! ^mgj^r First computer: ZX81 Working hours: Too bllnkln' long! old 4e ~<:er and Past history: Hunt For Red October and a helping hand in Back To The if you ta*e too Future It much damage Career opinion: 'It's got its up and downs; the up is the money, the down you become aiten Is the lack of It' din-dins. Hobbles: Drinking masses of lager, falling over, getting up, sleeping, looking at the pictures In sci-fi books Opinion on price of eggs: Too much like the price of bacon' (Okay, stop ITS LIFE, the film, it's getting slll/l) JIM. BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT There are 1 ^ several types of »enophobic creature, all I ___ • Ouch! I think he s hurt himself destruction. Small, red. Bug- ike beasties hang corners. But half the fun is the from the ceiling and drop onto suspense created by not knowing your bonce while huge four-armed when you II be mauled to death by green monsters go straighl for ihe a reject from the CRASH office throat. The red creatures are very don t put yourself down. Corky — otter killed by a single burst of Ed). gunfire, the b-gger monstrosit es Images, the programming learn, take longer to blow away As you have done a wonderful job with the blast em. bits of fiesh fly oft. and graphics — a rainbow of colours it you re :ucky an arm parts dazzle the eye but there s very company before you re slashes to little colour cias^ ribbons Those of you who love this The carnage continues until you gung-ho game style should take a reach the Mother A! en on the sixth look. Now it you 11 excuse me. I • Look, it's one of them new fangted space ship things! and final level If you manage lo have some aliens to splatter pull all this oft and emerge unscathed, you re a ;ammy bast. HE S DEAD, JIM Bating Ocean are on a birrova winning streak, aren t they readers? After the CRASH Smashed Hudson J Ha»k and Smash TV two issues ago. they pop up with this corker. I know the Operation WoM format is 89% as old as the proverbial hills but it s proved to be very popular with GRAPHICS the punters and certam (oumos 84% Space Gun is no pushover. The aliens are mean muthas who t3*e a PLAY ABILITY M heck of a lot of blasting before they die. which is more than can 90% be said about the heroes Game after game I was led by aliens t Look* like a nice place lor a holiday.' who leapt out of dark and dingy Overall Gel Wadda ya mean, I've got a big nose?! (Wotta whoppa! —Ed.) I think it's r - quite prim and proper and only a little i m bit red from the icy winds. Oh, it's a 1. Barry Manilow: Singer-songwriter extraordinaire game! Silly me. NICK ROBERTS, 2. Wozza Lapworth; Prod Ed and parl-time pot holer the resident CRASH Rudolf, 3. Barbara Streisand: Actress singer (sort of) 4. Mr Nosey: Small green blob, star of kids' TV investigates the person on the 5. Pinocchio: Wooden puppet with no strings end of the conk. 6. Steve Martin: Comedy actor and star of Roxanne 7. Mark Caswell: No. that's his spare he keeps in the drawer with his Jaffa whisked through cakes! time. These time 8. Dumbo: Elephant star of a Walt Disney cartoon tunnels are strange 9. Noseybonk: Spooky pratt out of that classic program. Jigsaw things. They appear 10. Mr Punch: Policeman murderer and child basher from nowhere, suck In a couple of bods, mess about with hand to survive on the slim the space-time ledges dotted around each matrix then trundle level. One false move and off again — the Big Nose plummets to the bleeders! ground and back to the beginning — very annoying. Big Nose's American POO! Adventure is an excellent SMELLY! budget game but It's a little lacking in the testability The next thing Big stakes. It's extremely Nose knew he was annoying when you get to • Ouch! BeriMCtMd Big Note • Who's that with the conk th« *ize of a Jumbo Jet? in a strange new the second animal and can't world, surrounded chums, who've been sucked cope with the hundreds of nasties IUP LEI HI SOEAAO by horrible smells, through time with him. They're thrown at you (That's probably 'cos nasty people and locked up in cages and the natives Nick's crap —Ed) strange machines. in this new world do their best to If you're looking for a cheap, fun Could this be the stop B Nose Esq rescuing them. game with attractive cartoon * I- * toilet down the local graphics, you've found it But don't pub? Nope, It's expect to be playing this for long '-A41 present day LORD OF THE JUNGLE? sessions because H you do you just America. How will Big Nose is the follow up to Tarzan might end up in the loony bin (so 4t — -"- - Big Nose survive Goes Ape and gameplay Is very what's new?! -Ed)! and what's he been similar. The big difference is that the brought here for? scrolling play area is now much It soon becomes bigger. All the backgrounds and clear. Armed with a sprites have an abundance of colour handful of rocks, and there's no horrible clash to tftta*A j f^m Big Nose has to free contend with. • Anyone for a coconut milk shake? his animal You need a very steady Code Masters nose what they're doir)' when it comes lo It was a lovely day in > [oily platform CjGfttCS prehistoric Ludlow. People •JMThy he s called Big Nose I don I know — looks more like a (at Tarzan were bustling about their 75% WW to me. The beer belly s probably due to all the ale he quarts on his day-to-day business and the one-way travels, which gets him so legless he goes the opposite way you re trying system was causing havoc, as usual. GRAPHICS i to guide him. Once you've mastered the sensitive controls you bound Big Nose the caveman decided to round the platforms and zap the baddies at a tremendous pace. There s 76% take the sabre-toothed tiger for a plenty of variety and surprises in the graphics and IJ^HBH walk so he put on his best pair of gameplay. Big Nose possesses that old Manic Miner• JjJKfM PLAYABIUTY skins and set off. Little did he know style addiction, forcing you to have just one more go VTAj^H he might never see his cave again. at reaching the next stage. A notch above your jMuJ^llt j^jLiiziyjisi 79% Just as he got to the comer ol his * A y average platform game with plenty of original ^p^BSS mud track there was a flash of bright features, this is a right bargain. 00% | light and SHAZAM!, he was being Learning is now even more fun! Fun School 3 is everything you - and your chil- dren - ever wanted from educational software: SIX challenging programs in each pack which fulfil the exacting requirements of the National Cur- riculum. Plus: Stunning graphics; exciting sounds; carefully structured levels so your children can have fun and learn at their own pace. And ail are designed by the winning team which created Fun School 2, the biggest-selling educational package ever! On sate at top dealers nationwide. Selected formats available at larger branches ofWH Smith and Boots. \ Pair the large letters at the alphabet fair I Hi, -jc.»«r> I s I . . srp&ft, I I mi - - - Tell the time and watch the clock come alive! Guide the frog from log to log to solve the sums My close is at tint front of tlie class I Bit. rmxt to t'mtnu Correct spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes Please supply Fun School 3 for Under Ss 5 to 7s Over 7s the code numbers) arc led Format Tape Disc Tape Disc Tape Disc • Cheque payable to Database Software Follow the directions to • Pleaw debit my Accew/Vfti card no. find the buried treasure Atari ST 9490 9491 9497 • • ' • ' I i i i i -I.i-i i L .1 ill Amiga 9921 9922 992 i HEF. CH txptry date | | PC 5.25* 5891 5892 5893 5894 5895 5896 PC 3.5" Mi Up* prtgrom for tirofx ifjr((i Ontrstm) Atari ST • Amiga « PC • Amstrad PCW Amstrad PCW 5211 5212 5213 Name £24.99 Spectrum 9084 9085 9086 9087 9088 9089 • Spectrum • C64 • Amstrad CPC Commodore 64 9076 9077 9078 9079 9080 9081 Address £12.99 (tope) £16.99 (disc) Amstrad CPC 6189 6190 6191 6192 6193 6194 Send to: Database Direct. FREE POST, Ellesmere Port, South Wirral L6S 3EH Order hotline: 051-357 2961 PortcoOe. tBASE EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE 56 review .u. •jiiVi J j J ^ ^ ^ a J J ' KJUEltf.flv - Two plus two equals... erm, seven. Oh dear, readers, I think the CRASH team need to return to the classroom for a couple of days. Or alternatively, play the latest range of educational games released by our parent company (grovel, smarm). MARK 'SWOTTY GIT CASWELL dons a mortar board **fiSj arid arms himself with a cane to review the Fun School 4 packs.. Different parts of the house are highlighted and a • Down at the basketball court. What a nicety drawn Europress logo! range ol colours are offered — if you In Opposites Freddy s wife pyramids. want to paint the wants lo dive into a pond, but she Despite ihe fact I left school a chimney yellow, go can't until you answer some decade or so ago. I greatly enjoyed ahead. opposite questions. Finally, Freddy playing Fun School 4.1 was In Teddy s wanls to cross the pond, too. so impressed with the presentation of Karaoke', you help answer questions to help him all the games. The graphics are him pick, play and escape the crocodile. especially noteworthy — some are sing a selection of monochrome but others contain all songs for his party the colours of the rainbow! Finally, Teddy s SEVEN TO ELEVENS These packs are excellent value • What a strange bunch of goezers! Books' sees Daddy Last but by no means least, we have for money. Parents and teachers Bear reading a the seven to elevens pack. In alike could do far worse than look at it There are three game story to Teddy and his friends. Ail Proportions' you help Sammy The the Fun School range of games "VV' packs on offer, each you have to do is identify the book Spy work out decimals, fractions (phew. I think my job is safe) (bloody r^ containing six games. Daddy Bear's reading. and percentages. creep —Ed). These are for under-fives. five to Your general knowledge seven-year-olds and seven to eleven-year-olds. Quite why the Ed FIVE TO SEVENS asked me to review these game I The five to seven pack kicks ofl with oo. little teddies everywhere! I like a challenging game to play now don't know, at 27 I'm an old crusty (I Library', where Freddy The Frog and then, something to test my skills lo the full. That's why I gol reckon it's punishment for deserting offers to help out with a bit of book O lumbered with Fun School 4! The three packs cater for different age groups CRASH). But with the Ed s stiletto tidying. So you're presented with a and all are full of fun. Informative graphics and brilliant animated heel two inches away from my groin, pile of books that need sorting into sequences. The Fun School series has all the educational value you need I II start with Ihe under-fives pack: alphabetical order. but presents il In such a way to keep the child interested. A favourite game First oft we have Addition', where Basketball sees Freddy join the of mine is Teddy D's Karaoke, where you select the nursery rhyme to bop Teddy and five of his pais are sitting Harlem Globetrotters (the first along to and the words come up on screen. We've been in front of a blackboard. Teacher Ted person in the office to whistle Sweet playing it constantly in the office — It's driving everyone shows pictures and you press Ihe Georgia Brown will be punched). round the bend! I recommend Fun School 4 to anyone flH^K corresponding number on Ihe Oul on the basketball court you wanting to continue their child's education al home. I wish I'd I^BHL keyboard. Get it right and Teddy and identify the missing letter: a correct had such great games to play in my early learning years I his classmates are allowed out lo answer lets Freddy lob a ball into the (whadda ya mean, I'm still only tittle!). 90% play. basket. Teddy Paint' allows you to Freddy goes to the supermarket become an Oli Frey acolyte for the next in Shopkeeper, our froggy is tested in Spy Quiz'; if you day. By pressing different keys hero tells you what he needs from succeed Sammy can carry out his choose a variety of shapes and the shop and you decide how much mission. Next Sammy finds himself Bating colours, so let your Imagination run it costs (the price of milk these days, abroad, so in Exchange Rates buy wild. mutter, moan, whinge). (and identify) five major currencies. In Fun Train'. Teddy takes a train Help Freddy build his log cabin in In Spy Travels . help Sammy lind ride. All you do is match the picture the game (unsurprisingly) titled Log the secret spy base. He travels on the Fun Train carriage to the one Cabin'. Simple sums appear on the across the world in various vehicles In the middle of the Fun Train ride. screen; if you provide the correct but can t navigate to save his life A bit of DIY (destroy it yourself) answer Freddy adds another log to (thicky!). And in Desert Dates help comes next as you help the his home (get it wrong and he dies Sammy answer historical questions decorators paint Teddy s house. of hypothermia). and discover the secret of the I * •a TEDDY'S KARAOKE TEDDY'S BOOKS • HL . IM.ft I wf 'Till n.nelw.Ar'** Sing along with Select the correct DJ Ted to popular number of Teddy's nursery rhymes. bedtime book. TYPING TW V "Fun School 4 zooms to the top of the class. Type the correct Shop with Freddy • letters and words Three brand new packages combining the essentials of and his friends and save Freddy the National Curriculum with beautiful graphics, cleverly choosing coins to from the crocodile. pay the bill. animated rewards and stimulating sound keep your children engrossed while they learn. DESERT DATES Teddy for under fives, Freddy the Frog for five to seven year olds and Sammy the Spy for seven to eleven year olds provide SIX original stimulating programs in every pack. Plus, the carefully designed levels for each program encourage Study historical your children to have fun and learn at their own pace Change Sammy's events to find the - and ensure they gel the most from Fun School 4 money at the secrets of the international pyramids. and keep coming back for more." exchange desk. a FORMAT Amiga ST PC C64 Spectrum CPC Tape Disc Tape Disc Tape Disc PRICE t 24.99 24.99 24.99 12.99 16.99 12.99 16.99 12.99 16.99 Archimedes and PCW versions will lollow in earty 1992. Europros Software ltd, Dept CRASH, Europo Houte Adington Pari, Mocdesfceld. Cheshire SK104NP Spectrum, C64 & CPC available earty November. On 4oIg at top rototlen oaboowxic. Sdtctod formati available at larger brooches ol WH Smith, Menses Amiga ST & PC available end of October and Booh For credit cord purchases cat 051 357 2961 review Is it a bird? Is it a plane? a surprising amount of colour in I \ \ f* No, it's that small them, although things do clash now and then. I It's been noted around the office I f—* f blobby creature with that Super Seymour is along the lines of the Spectrum classic. Bomb ^R^^imii^^^^^^^ l a funnSupeyr Seymour— ! Jack. There are similarities, but with the new ecological theme and great graphics programmers Big Red Software have crammed in, things •Refers • £3.99 «,„ are brought up to date with a bump. ls there nothing this cartoon estigate this new W character can't do? Not phenomena (he's gonna get arrested if content with being the latest O he keeps sneaking into phone boxes to M ; ^: - ^ star to come from the Code Masters stage school or having his own put knickers on over his trousers —Ed)... arcade adventure, he has to dive into A V a nearby phone box, don cloak and xoo Ti- inri mask and become a super hero! You can't blame him, though, • Collect the oil drums lor a stick someone's got to save the Earth bonus from destruction. The seas are becoming polluted, the ozone layer's Anyone who s played Seymour At crumbling away and Big Macs still The Movies will have fallen In love give you terrible indigestion. Super with Codies newest character and Seymour sets out to rights these want more of him. This is a great wrongs with special powers the gods follow-up game, avoiding the Dizzy have given him. trap of producing a game along the The polluted lands have created same lines as the original. This buckets of toxic waste which have doesn't mean we don't want another been dumped around the game s fm cartoon adventure starring this guy, levels. There's so much of the stuff though — the more the merrier as far I that new lifeforms have begun to HSxzi xos78 as the CRASH team are concerned. emerge; terrible creatures with lots Seymour's set to be a big. exciting of arms and legs stalk the screens, a • That cutesy bundle of fun is at it again star! bit like tax men after cash. • Attack, attack! Get those hot air balloons POWER TO THE PEOPLE • What a lovely background, you could almost hang it on your Luckily, Seymour has the powers to bedroom wall! deal with these new •I menaces. He possesses a Super Blow (missus), mmmmm Super Spit (Ik!), Super Snare, Super Sprint 1' '• ••• (wasn't that a coin-op?!) , and Super-Duper Leap. The game s split into many single-screen ® levels. Mutants walk around the platforms loot no rt and our hero bounces X1> xoo85 around the screen clearing them away. If Seymour uses Super Glow, he takes a deep breath iCOt > QOQ: and blows the nasties off their perch Bating iOV ttOTflCi coct 87 so he can jump on them. Spit takes MAW the pips from fruit collected and fires A fun little trttdt gome them out at high speeds, Snare traps starring Hie lotert ami greatest the little beggars so Seymour can of computer cartoon cKarsctars ou'll believe a potato... sorry, a man can fly! Yep, Seymour Is back in stamp on them, Sprint speeds him up ya game that owes something to that crusty hit of yesteryear. Bomb and gives an attacking move, and the 84% Jack. The spud-shaped, buck-toothed hero looks very cute In his cape and big Leap lets him jump straight to the mask (a King Edward version of Batman, methlnks). On the other hand, the top of the screen! GRAPHICS mutated meanles are an evil-looking bunch of swines, who want nothing 1WB& more than to send Seymour to play his little golden harp in heaven. 84% ^Graphically, Super Seymour Is excellent, especially the CUDDLY WUDDLY? backdrops that change from level to ievel. It's frustrating to PLAYABIUTY . begin with but It Isn't long before ol' spud head Is sprolnglng Our Seymour's as cute and cuddly as ever in his new adventure and he still (around without a care in the world. Super Seymour's a great 84mm% ' value for money game that all gamesplayers will love, • has all those excellent expressions as he jumps about the screen, All sprites are well animated and there s Qv review J When you think about it, an agg- ••• | children s TV. past and ressive ^m^M present, is lull ot friendly, smiling presenters sticking their s tQl hands up various animals' bottoms Harris s B^H^M Harry Corbett was probably the tirst, Orville giving Sooly cause to raise his deserves everything he gets, £ eyebrows m mute surprise. I bet the Zeppelin Games • of course, but Gordon The * little bear was happy when old 'H nk mascot? WeMWell, , he 1 ^U^ ' ^ Gopher's quite a lad. Do you think popped his clogs. But then his pe may have a* sore ^ari; i / he s naturally that squeaky? Nope, dopey son. Matthew, came along botty but at least ^ Jf f\ unassisted by human digits he s a and availed himself ol a furry he has the \ . \ f baritone for the local operatic posterior honour ot his 1 society very own And then there s Rod Hull and But what ot Edd the Duck. Emu — are you surprised he's such Gordon's replacement as CBBC computer game f^lp • Edd starts off on a new duckly adventure Striving lor M AW megastardom. frJjPfagL Edd has lo travel through the BBC sludios collecting stars. There are 20 stars in each level, but plenty ol nasty creatures oul to fiati stop him Hitting ihem with snowballs (?.') stuns them lor a tew seconds, allowing little Edd to waddle past When first released on the Speccy GRAPHICS (Issue 84). Edd The Duck received a warm welcome from both Nick and 8 mysell. Okay, it owes more than a little to Rainbow Islands lor PLAYABIUTY inspiration, but thai isn't such a bad thing. I'm a sucker (or a good platform game, and Edd The Duck fits the bill (ho ho) nicely. Hands up if you've got a violent streak (yeah, now • what? —Ed). Are you the sort of person who goes around the house kicking the cat and looking dead mean? Well STOP! Leave the moggy alone and buy Quattro Fighters. The lour games offer a mixture of beat- and shoot-'em-up to keep any trigger- happy gamesplayer occupied for a long tone. hands, feet, iron bars, baseball bats The action pack kicks off with and even teeth if you're that way Guardian Angel, a real fist-cruncher of inclined! There are some great a game where battles are fought graphics and there's always a surpnse fkst play, Kamikaze seems tike bullets to do the Job, It's a right good through the docks of Manhattan using around the next comer. just another plane-zapping game but blast there's a lot more to it than that True, AB the Ousttro packs are great value there are lots of planes of different for money. Four budget games lor the shapes and sizes to be destroyed, but price of one—you can't go wrong, can you also have to rescue blokes from you? one side of the level and take them back to base. To get them out of their prison you have to load the plane with explosives and dive-bomb it! UiG-29 Soviet Fighter Otters Baling shooting action of a different kind. This time the game's viewed from behind GUARDIAN ANGEL the plane, After Burner style. Lots tanks, aircraft and power-up balloons • m r * m 60% fill the screen with great graphics. The final game's a bit of a cop-out, really. SAS Combat has been seen on another Quattro compilation so If M S&Si you're collecting them al you'll be a little {isappointed. But with lour areas to be cleared of troops and a gun full of How careless can you get? A-neate*^- PI„\Y*:K 2 Marion, the girl from previous PVKH KIKK Double Dragon games, has been kidnapped again! This is the third • OUERP-are time running, folks! Perhaps she should be locked up for her own good. NICK ROBERTS read the ransom note. IvNIJHlV a short holiday in Wales HIT PLAYtll 2 OSH rrs» run (well they ve got lo have a leak' somewhere, haven | they?—Ed). Having • In the weapon shop — a bit like AM Roberts' place but with guns instead emptied their bladders and IS^I "S of beans smashed hell out ol loadsa _ unpleasant personages, they might rescue Marion MARK 1 ti. « •* and find the truth behind h tordy, when will software companies stop I the strange stones. O producing boring sequels to yawny games. Beat- 'em-ups have been around since the dawn of the Speccy"* I WONDERFUL and these days a bash the crap out of the baddies' game ' j^j^SpK WEAPONS has to be something realty special to impress. To be W^Pgll •Take that you bugger! I'm that fair, Double Dragon III is pretty good, graphically. Though monochrome, 'ard me Each level has various streettighting the backgrounds are tairly detailed, which is more than can be said for the , She 3 done it again! Not stages featuring wave after wave of character sprites. Some ot the baddies look barely sentient (que? —Ed), let • j content with a peaceful home scum to beat up. To add a little alone human. Double Dragon III may appeal 10 fans of the trilogy, but ) lite. Marion, girlfriend of Billy variety, a weapons shop has been personally I'd rather watch Warren picking his nose (and judging by the Lee. has let hersell be kidnapped once added, where Billy and Jimmy can size ot it, that could take years), a more. Don't the Brothers Lee have equip themselves with such items as flying you don I lobs to do? They seem to be making a nunchukas, grenades, missiles, expect him to full-time career out ot rescuing this knuckledusters and swords, plus grow a tew girl! In my opinion, if Marion keeps extra energy and lives. inches when he getting kidnapped it spells trouble — Money collected in the streets can hits the floor: give her the Big E , Bill! be invested in new moves. The But if you This time their task is to search (or Locking Head Squeeze. Handstand fancy a bit ol a the Rosetta Stones and hand Ihem Anklellip and One-Armed Headbutt bash. DDIII over to the kidnappers. Luckily, a should all come in handy. The great could be for soothsayer chum promises to lead thing about beating up blokes using you. Don t them to the stones so things should these skills is the player gains the forget your be a doddle. Ha, you must be joking! expertise of any chap they defeat, as knuckle- a sign ot respect tor their superior dusters' This dangerous mission takes the • I think your tread is weanng a bit thin Mr Amie! brothers through America. China, mastery of the fighting arts (boot- Japan. Italy and Egypt levels, then for lick. creep, smarm etc). GOOD GAME, GOOD ^mM GAME! C12 198 PLAVKB 2 Double Dragon III brings you • ^^^ Pl'SR FIRE detailed background scenery from ^^^^^ exotic places all over the world. But apart from looking good, you can use objects tying around or use the • I CH INA . YOtTB HI SSI ON IS backdrop to catapult yourself onto N/ilTIMU FOR YOU. , H IKII BLE DRAGON. H an oncoming tough guy. Crates can 'WJJJSJ 70% — I'-^T1^ iililL g be picked up and slung at whoever you fancy (but if you fancy em it d GRAPHICS be a bit silly to chucn a crate at em SOUND 80% As beat- em-ups go. Double PLAYABILfTPLAYAI Y mmmmm Dragon ill isn't bad. it's just we've ^^^^ seen 11 all before — time and time ADD1C1 67% again. All the background graphics are excellent, but the sprites are a • A bit of a chin wag with Mr Chin from the China level! bit dodgy — if you knock a baddy BQjP^ e A Despite the suggestive title. Devastating Blow is a • boxing game, the first A. =n show too much chin. If you're pnced beat- em-up games currently release on the new Beyond Belief knocked down, waggle furiously and on the market With far too many big label. Starting as the eighth-ranked • i — , xfairvi 1 you might stagger to your feet to software houses releasing games fighter in the world, you batter your J • t I fcvl light again (and be knocked down that are mere parodies o< their 16-bit way to the top by flooring every bum again, probably). counterparts, it s great to see a who stands in your way. his energy rating approaches zero, Between bouts you blast away at a smaller label using the Speccy tor To beat your opponent, throw he II fall over. He can do the same to punch bag to improve your power, it s own sake. Not up to world title combinations of punches — when you so keep that guard up and don t and if you get bored with knocking standard, but certainly m the ratings over computer-controlled opponents, you can beat up a friend \ sounds like fun-Ed). The graphics aren t going to set the world alight but they re as good © n as youd dare expect, while Hating animation's silky smooth and crystal clear. The sweat flying from a 74% fighter s head as he s hit helps create GRAPHICS atmosphere. On the minus side. Devasfaf.-ng 70% Blow offers little in the way of tactics — just stand toe-to-toe and hit the PLAYAB1UTY other fighter. The lack of a joystick option doesn t help matters 75% For all It's faults. Devastating Blow / is a playable game that could easily 72i\ • Oi! This is no time for doing press ups go ten rounds with some of the full >y\! \ Who's this Jimmy geezer? Jimmy d Greaves? Jimmy Jones? Perhaps it's Jimmy Riddle?! Nope, he's a soccer manager and he needs your help because he's crap at his job! The Kettering team have never been well known for their amazing skills so they need a bit of sorting out in true BeyJ football management style. K.-frrfl Fans of management games will matches In games like this, t boring because we were never know the format these things take. fCClFI IHIF hate it when you play the being bored!' Hmm, exactly! There are a few menu screens filled 1 i c* ci im cat i* game and only get a dock (Christ, Nick, sometimes I worry with various options then lists and counting the minutes and about you —Ed). lists of players' names and details • I cant accept that offer! He's worth at the odd highlight when to be waded through each time you least £2.50 and a pickled egg! someone scores a goal. play. with lots of blood and gore, doesn't How boring! I suppose you could One bonus with Jimmy's it?) is you get lovely mugshots of argue that the reason for playing Is 1 (sounds tike a medical program the players when you look at their to experience life as a football ftatiYj info and there's manager so don't need the flashy ig even an animated graphics and effects. That's only an j graphic of a team excuse to avoid making the effort manager when the Jimmy 's Soccer Manager will phone rings — probably make all tans of such amazing stuff! games jump up and down in 10% In my humble (as delight. The truth Is there are much SL_ I In lowest of the low better soccer management games PLAYAB1UTY — Ed) opinion, around if you look for them—and companies should you won't have to look far. I find jtJJLtiZlVJlSJ 30% 1 always make an looking at endless lists of names nA f effort to recreate incredibly boring, but fans will • Hrrwn. Siemi like a nice boy) the actual football always say, 'We were never being m 62 review It's funny how There's no time to everyone gets nostalgic when jump off the bike and put the paper through )you mention paper rounds. We all the letterbox so started off in the same way: lobbing It In the • A spooky cattle with an order for the Daily Sun! house's general trudging around the town in all direction is the best the of this obstacle course is a task in weathers getting yapped at by nasty paperperson can manage. itself — reaching the end is dogs of various sizes. NICK ROBERTS If the paper lands in the mailbox, something to only dream about! everyone's happy. Miss the box On the second day of deliveries gets out his big orange bag and sets off and the moaning Minnys cancel the landscape scrolls in the for the shop... their paper! Hardly surprising, opposite direction to the first and though: smashed windows, broken features new obstacles and strange fences and toppled dustbins are homes to deliver to. Boring just a few ol the mishaps that can suburbian houses make way for result from a misplaced paper medieval castles, and there are (bloody strong paper, this Dally increased dangers in the shape of Sun —Ed). homicidal vans that back unexpectedly out of garages, runaway prams (complete with BRILL BUX BONUS! babies — and no, you don't get Completing the deliveries for the bonus points for splattin' 'em!) and day earns a bonus trip around the spooky ghosts! local BMX track, complete with Your boss back at the papershop water jumps and targets to practice won't be pleased if you lose all on. Surviving the first lew screens your subscribers so failing to • The Paper GM looks like she's off to church" The conversion of the pleasantty annoying obstacles and original Paperboy, the amusing headlines are still there, #classic coin-op, earned but the game's been enhanced by 88% back in Issue 33. And with a full colour graphics, two-way little help Irom Mindscape, the BMX scrolling and the option to be either bombers are back In an all-new a paperboy or papergirl (yeah, game that has everything the equality at last! —Ed). original boasted and more! The job's to deliver the Daily Sun The diagonally scrolling streets, to the subscribers In each street. e Pick up the papers and you can smash a few more widows* can think ol nothing worse than being a paperperson — all those * ridiculously early mornings, lousy weather and enamoured dogs trying to mate with your leg. But as coin-op translations go, this is a good version of an oldie. As well as graphically competent. It's well designed, fast and full of surprises. Getting your paperboy/girl under control can prove difficult — the controls are less responsive than they could have been — but once you've got the hang ot things you'll be hooked. There's loads of action at all times, with ever-Increasing hazards to disturb your round and ruin your day — In this game it's permanently Friday the 13th. Paperboy 2 Is playable, addictive and has nice touches all over Ihe place. There are trees and hedges I swear Jump out and bite you (I've only been drinking shandy, honest hociffer — hie!) and the BMX course is a goodly iaff. The slightly unpredictable controls and perspective detract from the gameplay slightly but it's still impressive stuff. • • FSppin' nutter! He couM have waited til Fd passed by. Some people would call the adapted as required. Paperboy style 'classic', others Other neat additions are the would simply say it's dated. newspaper headlines that appear There's still plenty of fun to be between levels or when you fail, had, even though nothing major's although I can't see the relevance been added. The new obstacles and of some of them! bonus track offer some payability Paperboy 2 offers more of the but you could soon get fed up of same for all fans of the original. Paperboy 2. Many Spectrum owners will never The new sprites and have played the first so this'tl be a backgrounds are excellent — lots treat; people who've been playing of colour and detail have been the game since 1986 may soon find packed In. Having the choice of boy themselves getting bored. A nice or girl is a thoughtful touch, the follow-up, though. main sprite and status panel I • The BMX track, complete traffic Rating c Bwaal i \imt • ill mi More of the same for f Op* F deliver at least a lew of the papers fans and a great ai to Ihe right place results In the big cpnvciuMi foe newc heave-ho! You discover who still I Qlhc ©aril* SILT | wants a pa per-throwing maniac 86% coming to their house by studying IPFLTHER FILES C0MPLAINT| a map of the street, displayed at the GRAPHICS tth * btk.^tto^ stari of each level. >. « KW W IMfc J kA • 4 Kte MJu> fWi• .kt k'U lb ••> kfk>v«kn ill 84% 11 ** 1++* KC t M Vl» *w -W -MS lb ^tlt.^-tlbi*' HALF A DECADE? V PLAYABIUTY J Over five years have passed since 83% the first Paperboy and there have been many revelations In the world of Spectrum computing since. • The newspaper journos am a real pain The great German warship, nautical namesake. Bismarck, weighed in at Control either the 41,700 tons and was German vessel and launched in April 1941, making us escape to more Brits quake in our boots. So we sent friendly waters, or out more than 30 ships to blow er the pursuing British out the water. Luckily (for us), a fleet. If you can't cope Swordfish from the aircraft carrier with the historical Ark Royal blasted her rudder scenario, there are Ave set battles being tedious. Unfortunately, the duties for sinking one of my own beyond repair, leaving her a virtual to practice on. instructions don't come up to the ships!) sitting duck and easy prey for our It's very complicated (as all good game's high standard and seriously Strategy games don't appeal to ships. strategy sims should be), but mar enjoyment for the first tew everyone, but those who like a Bismarck, the game, brilliantly intelligent use of Icons and an plays. challenge will like Bismarck. It takes recreates the last days of its excellent joystick option stop It An amazingly accurate a while to gel used to, but it's simulation of naval warfare, all- atmosphere, payability and Important elements such as weather incredible degree of historical and visibility are well covered. accuracy make it a real winner. When engaging an enemy ship, carelul study of direction and gun elevation wins the day. not lightning reflexes and mindless button- bashing. Watch out for damage to your own ship, too — delay sending Bating that firefighting party too long and you may not live to regret it... PRESdipffOTfl 90% Again true to life, there's more to GRAPHICS the game than open warfare. Some strategy hints are offered, but don't 85% expect an easy time of it — Admirals aren't trained In a day (not PLAYABIUTY even in the Italian navy!). It's up to you to know what s going on 87% around you — it won't be offered on i Ready, aim, fir*! Oops, it's one of our ships! a plate. (I was once relieved of all Overs&r m and ionic batteries which sian ihe detonation sequence tor each f planet. The Last Commando is a slick version ot a classic arcade game. Everything s very colourful and there s some great presentation graphics and backgrounds. It may have all been seen before but not tor a long lime. This is a game style that s well worth forking out for. so why not try it with The around in set sequences so Last Commando? Summit • £3.99kasy s studying their actions is a good idea. ^ Here ss an original storyline. right and a sleek ship zaps lots oo c *. i ^ \ i u „ 1 tl#* limited; A In days ot old when Names Inc). Icons KUCDOt 3ft 35*27•mm Nw?7 knights were bold, there Four levels tilled with very stretched •r scse:. e-m <*. W lived a hero who wasn't unfriendly minions stand between across the alraid of anything (even the Ed s our boy and the object of his search. status panel • Look at the size of that mushroom, you could make scathing tongue). Good job, too, In each level find three parts of a inlorm the soup for the multitude with that! cause his job's to rescue the lair Moontorc (a piece of Celtic jewellery player which objects they hold. backgrounds. Although short In Princess Lalena from the clutches of worn round the neck) to present to Extra items can be bought from stature, the hero's a mean-looking the evil Dark Lord (courtesy Crap the Tollman, giving access to the shops (provided you have enough dude, and needs to be with the task next section. dosh); chests full of gold can be lhat lies ahead. Moontorc is well As your found to fill the coffers. worth the measly price tag. character leaps Very otten (he character's from screen to progress is blocked by different screen, he's coloured doors. But (ear not attacked without because colour-coded keys can be f. mercy (she's at purchased to unlock the Rating __ home with llu). obstructions (put that axe down, KTiM Lucky tor him he Lucy). Good luck, brave hero, 80% |/7 -= jTf carries a few Princess Lalena awaits. 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