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DONALD DUCK INMAUI MALLARD 3 8A sneak preview of someplatform fun with Diseey's bluatieting bird audioMegadrivo.

DAFIXIDE 4 0A glimpse of David Sieben s arcade game debut - aspace combat shoot 'ern up for the 32X.

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REASONS TO SECHEERFUL1. I was talking to some top developers in America(just had to throw in my expenses-paid trip thereiand their comments about the Saturn wererevealing and encouraging Some people havebeen making sarky comments about the look ofearly Saturn games and it's, sr. rivals: okay, let'smake no bones about it - Sony's Playstation.But did you know that Playstation games arecreated using a series of libraries developed bySony? At the moment, freedom to 'fiddle' with themachine beyond these is limited. On the otherhand, the Saturn is open for programmers toexploit and explore, wi th its complex 8 processorstructure. This makes it harder to get around atfirst, but many now rate it as a real 'programmersmachine". Also, in some areas the Saturn is adream machine: take textured polygons. On Sega'bmachine, you can texture every surface with nospeed loss - on the Playstation, every singletexture map takes a chunk of processor time2. Sega are excited about some of their futureprojects. They have every reasonto be. I've just seen VirtueFighter 2 running and it isAWESOME. Sega Rally youcan see for yourself in thisissue, but Sega are alreadylooking to the next batch for1996. We'll be bringing youeach compelling reason tobuy Saturn in the comingissues.

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HAIRDO HELLSo sick were we of doling out cash to any tom,click or harriet who sent in a picture of a badhaircut, we decided to dredge Our bottom drawersfor some pictures so we could cop a few quid forourselves...

GUSAngus very conveniently'forgot' to bring anembarrassing picturefrom home, despitethe fact we told hismum to remindhim several times.In desperation,we trawled thearchives of theBr i ti s h Museum

and discovereda long-lostportrait of adistant ancestor.This foppishbeau, oft caughtspying for MaryQueen of Scots inthe court ofElizabeth I. wasultimately hanged fortreason. The resemblanceis quite remarkable.

114/RDOle TSThe MEAN / W N W loam recall their most disastrous attempts at styllag self-improvemeot.

s plummed th s ofut banality a f k s

ago when he dyed p a t c hof his bristles with alogo. In fluorescent V i ethen attended the p b u sECTS event at Olympia. Withouta hat. For two whole days. "I hadto,- he shrugs. when asked to

explain this mystifyingbehaviour. -I c o u l dn ' t g et t he Mr

Byrite logo on there - it's gottwo many letters in it." Gus ishoping to set up a face-paintingstall at the next event. Which heplans to attend dressed as CoolSpot.

Vs only r e ehairstyles, w h oremembers h e nthings were ra W h e nwas at junior school I had mhair cut in a really trendy blike Purdey from The NewAvengers. Everyone used to cme Purdey.- U n s u rp r i s in g r e al l y.

Claire strenuously denies thather lack of personal hygienecauses bits of food and assorted

ks to lodge between herds for days on end. And theabout a small family of

chaffinches nesting in herpigtails is apparently cobblers aswell.

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orial discovery h eided to colour his hair.ortunately," he grimaces."Id lay my hands on wof gold hair dye. I spe

front of the mirror applyinglayers of this stuff which just_went a dull bronze colour.went gold when I'd practicused up the whole can and thisstuff was dripping down myhead. I was later struck byreference to a boy dying hisgold in a Morrissey song andrealised our destinies were

xtricably inter1wined. Hm m

M A R C U S"This wasn't take'that long ago real',admits Marcus. VVhualso admits helooked like a bit of agir l "I got sick Of allthe heavy metaljokes. And all thescratching - it mademy head very itchy,vhen it was hot so ILit it off. My hair,

:hat is."

L U C YWe'd need a speL . s u e for the most bizarre corners of Lucy's photograph album, but she speciallyselected the highliwith for us...

"This is mewhen I was14. Thepicture wastaken in atrain stationin Italy. Mymum doesn'tcut my hairany more."

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cy Hill. 'Whim I was 12 I h• t i p s and I got sent to

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nd then I had a skinhead.ouble was, because I've got a

deep voice everyone thought Iwas a bloke and called meManhill. I went through a

Icreem phase as well Ione teacher told msomeone had t ip

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G OF THE MONTH Thi s i ssue, w e dus tof f f ond m e m or i e sof t he i m m or ta lBl ackadder . Wel l ,he w a s n' t t ha ti m m or ta l be c a us ehe got b u m p e d o f fin t he e nd of t helast ser ies, b u tanyw ay , he goes . . .BLACKADDE I R:Tha t 's M a d A n g u sM a c M a d. La s tyear 's w i nne r ofthe M r M a dc om pe t i t i on.Ne x t m o n t h : M o n t yP y thon's Fl y i ngCi r cus.

lAIR BEAR.3UNCHBIG TEDSteve •I am. et ' MerrittBUNGLEGus nightmare scenario SwanCLAIRE BEARClaire gut rot CoulthardCARE OEMMarcus exterminate HemsNOOKIE BEARLucy 'champion

POLAR BEAREd 'heavy coacepl' LammFREELANCE GRIZZLYDave party animal kelsallAD BEARLiza now di legal. M i n i o nTRIP HOP TEDDYIan tricky' ThompsonWINNIE THE POOHTina ICES Hicks

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F O R M A T T h e next storming Sega coi n-op to hi t wil lbe Indy 500: unvei l ing the latest incarnation

o f A M 2 ' s Mode l 2 boa r d. Thi s t a k e s t h eamazing visuals fr om Daytona to the next level, wi th a hi gherpol ygon count and textur ed detai l of a higher resolution.The race setting is the Amer ican I ndy circuit IAmer ica's var ianton Formula 1) except thetracks are simpler, the rac-ing dir tier and more dan-gerous, wi th 30 or mor ecars cr ammed onto nar rowcourses. Even better , thegame is certainly slatedfor a Saturn release, wi thconversion wor k al readyunderway. We guess thatIndy may wel l be in thehome wi thi n the first hal fof 1 913 6 1

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N E W GAIdIE T h e hottest ti tle fr om Segies hot contr act devel -B Y S c a v e n g e r , is thei r X-Men game for 32X,

whi ch is set to redefine the power of the machine.S C A V E N G E R M E A N MACHI NES has managed to obtai n two

F O R M A T e x c l u s i v e screenshots of the latest 'bui ld o f thegame, whi ch is due for release lust beforeChristmas.

In the cur rent demo you play as Wolver ine, but other X-men charators will feature in the final version, wi th di ffer ent level scenar ios foreach. Scavenger have used thei r spatial algor i thms to create the 3-Denvi ronment, the fastest movi ng seen on the 32X.

Gameplay-wise, X-Menhas a str ong Doom i nflu-ence, wi th baddiesappear ing fr om door waysand along corr idors, buthere your responses areall the fantastic power sof the X-men team,rather than puny firearms. Expect more onthis in the next issue.

S P L I T ENDSSplit Realities is another addi ti on to

F O R M A T J V C ' s ambi tious Saturn pre-Chr istmasB A T U R N r e l e s s e schedule. A new slant on the

p l a t f o r m i b e a t ' e m u p genr es, i t fea tur esan athletic young man tackl ing the bad-

dies that tend to congr egate in al ternate universes.Wi th a r ang. of animations and sombre backdr ops reminis-

cent of the seminalFlashback fr omDol phi n. , depth isadded to the game bythe use of objects tosolve related puzzles.Size, in this case, alsomatters, w i t h . largenumber of projectedlevels. Spl i t Real i tiesshould fol l ow on fr omJVC Boxing andDeadly Skies.

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At last! Thetwi t concreteSaturn pica ofX-Men:Chi ldren ofthe Atom onSaturn widish

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l i c l a s s i c Str eetfighter 2 style, theX-men team face each other and

it*r greatest foes in a one-on-

beat 'em up. The game'sest asset is i tson-style graphics,huge player

Sprites.Chi ldren of the Atomhas al ready beensigned to Acclaim forexclusive Europeanrelease, and they'vescheduled i t for

ofrm• J a n u a r y on Satur n -beati ng the Playstationversion.

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F O X Y F O R C E !With the Saturn release of Vi r tue Cop onlya Hear tbeat away ichor tiel , news of thefol l ow-up, on both arcade and Saturn vssions comes for th. Vi r tue Cop 2 uses anenhanced Model 2 machine. But whatabout the new busty officer on theForce - Janet Marshal l? She's appar -ently a pol ice psychologist, whi chmeans she particular ly enjoys bl owi ngout nutter s brains and then examiningthem. She joins her two male par tnersfor a bout of r ough justice.

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J O H N N Y B .G O O D !Where have US Gold been?Rocking and rol l ing i t U S G O L Dwoul d seem fr om thei rnewest effor t - JohnnyBaz ookatone. Johnny is anext-gener ati on pl atfor merstarr ing a bequi ffed character in possession ofa str ong sucking guitar .He wander s thr ough 20-odd levels of bizarreimp characters, attempti ng to return the musicto the wor ld. The developers have created somesumpti ous render graphics of immense pr opor -tions to fi t out both for egr ounds and sprites.The gamepl ay has been designed to integratethe var ious levels together , wi th simple objectmanipulation leading to puzzles. One scene hasyou arguing wi th a large bouncer , and there arevarious ways to effect an entry dependi ng onwhat you have found.As Johnny Baz ookatone has a musical theme,the effor t put i nto the soundtr ack has beensuitably large. The music pr ogr ammer has hisown band, and was given six months to jambefore spendi ng a year putti ng all kinds ofdiverse music styles i nto the game. Does i trock? Wai t unti l January to fi nd out.

D E F J A MGT Interactive have also taken on one of Br i tain's bestknown developers - Mi l lennium, and thei r new Sci -fi epic:Defcon 5. I t s all completely serious and gr own-up, unl ikeMi l lennium's wacky James Pond games, as these screenshots testi fy.I t s been cal led 'Di e Hard in space' wi th the game set in the 23r d centur ywi thi n the space mining oper ati on of a large corporation. You play an engi -neer in the weapons division, out to restore the defence system for themines, whi ch fel l ow workers have deviously deactivated. Your own computerinterface must be explored and practised wi th to enable you to play the gameeffectively.First-person perspective graphics mix wi th RIMY, though GT claim this is theclosest to a truly interactive movi e that anyone has come, wi th Mi l l enniumputti ng in t wo years of devel opment.

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parently the meaty finger char -er made famous by the

Papperami ads, is due to star inhis own video game. Detai lsbeyond this are sketchy, apar tfrom the end pr oduct 'r eflectingthe mad character o f the ads.Maybe next month we l l know alittle bi t more, even his name,Unti l then, any bets on i t being aplatform game?

I N T R E P I DT R I L O G YThe history of Al ien Trilogy, the game,has been almost as dramatic as the filmseries fr om whi ch i t comas. Okay, that may be overstat-ing i t a bi t but there have been some turns. A 32X ver-sion - now history - had a pr eposter ous Summer '96scheduled release.Now you can see it, here on Saturn. I t s a Doom clone,but one set to raise the hairs on the neck of most games-players, wi th superb moti on capture on both players andaliens. And this monstrously big ti tle is due for release inJanuary. And did you know Si goumey Weaver has signedup for Al ien a? Despi te coppi ng i t in Al ien 3...

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N E W Q AME I n t e r a c t i v e (the guys wi th MK3 on SaturnB y s e w n up)

have alsoC T sti tchedF O R M A T u p a dealS A T U R N w i t h Id

S o f t w a r e(the guys who dr eamt Doomup) to conver t thei r Hereticgame and i t's br and newsequel, Meson, to the Saturn.Both are heavi ly Doom-i nfl u-enced, but wi th super ior tech-nology, and the cur rent planis to create a HeretictHexenbest-of combo, Strangelyenough, i t should make i t outbefore the Saturn conversionof the gr andaddy of them all— Doom.

R A W P O W E RScene of much Japery at the ECTS showwas Accl ai ms ININF Saturn game. Therecent Raw genie got a r aw r ide at MEANMACHI NES, but Acclaim are pr etty bull ishabout this new one. The graphics are mas-sive, wi th great wrestlers, each wi th adozen or more special moves. These guysreally smack each other about, and the

game has a great feel. Can't wai t for a review copy.

WWF Raw inaction, and itgrabbed theattention ofmany of thevisitors to theECTS showEven i f youhave no inter-•st for thosedorks i n leo-tards, you'llprobably enjoythis.

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THO's Game Gear premieres areconversions of classic sports ti tles fr omElectronic Ar ts accl ai med range. Madden'96 sees your ti tular host, the genial MrMadddem shr unk down to miniscule

propor tions to host another session of incomprehensibleAmer ican footbal l between two teams of tabl e-top weables.

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R A N G E R SMi ghty Mor phi n'Power RangersThe Movi e is.unsurprisingly, afilm l icense thatdrops everyone'sfavour i tetransformingteenagers into anumber ofdi fferent beat 'em

u p scenar i os.Three di ffer ent

modes - story game.versus game and l inkgame - are possible. Al lthe baddies, all the ti ghtsuits and all the appal l ingdialogue are here in agame that presents asgood a scenar io for a beat'em up as any.

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P G A ' 9 6If a strol l al ong the fai rway is mor eyour idea of fun, the Game Gearversion of PGA Tour '96 offers moresedate pleasures. Scrutinise your abysmalattempts to putt a ball at a distance ofeighteen inches fr om the comfor t of yourfavour i te armchair. Calculate wi ndspeedand dr ive power then careful ly select yourclub. And still wi nd up in the bunker .

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F I FA ' 9 8Similar looking weebles play a far more sensible span Inthe Game Gear 's FIFA Soccer '96. Friendlies, leagues,tour naments and playoffs can all be played, wi th all theFIFA fi ne tuni ng and gamepl ay intact. Much mor e funthan Subbuteo, and considerably less embarrasing toplay on the train.

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After br inging you exclusivenews of the Descent conversiontwo months ago, ME ANMACHI NES has the first cl utchof Satur n screenshotsshowcasing Interplay's hottesttitle of this year. I t shoul dgenerate a fair amount of hype

for the Satur n game, whi ch is due some time inearly 1996, wi th wor k wel l underway.Descent features that old game scenar io stalwar t -the mining complex. You pi lot an anti -gray craftthr ough the corr idors and chambers of said warren,attacking the al iens and destroying the nuclearcores. I t shoul d translate excel lently to console, butone area of interest is the mul ti -player /networkoption. Will Interplay incorporate a spl i t-screengame, or even develop i t for mul ti -machine play?This is one thi ng whi ch we cannot, as yet, answer.

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B A S EP L E A S U R E SVR Basebal l headl ines Interplay's new spor ts l ine-up,whi ch should star t hi tti ng the Saturn in early 1996.The new br and comes fr om VR Spor ts, a dedi cateddivision of Interplay Productions, using 3 -D pol ygontechnol ogy and moti on capture. Apparently, the teamhas been assembled by games programmers who playsports games themselves in order to get the r ight feel

and attenti on to detai l .The basis of the game is 360 degreeVirtual Fieldvision. Interplay's slant onvirtual technology. The game i tself has allthe leagues and a manager mode that thestet-happy spor ts mar ket demands.Future releases like VR Basketbal l andVR Hockey are pl anned to fol l ow hot onthe heels.

C Y B E R M A NAmerican comp4itly Interplay, • giant in the PCmarket who are now movi ng into consoles big timehave Cyber ia in devel opment wi th programmers)(atria. I t's a futur istic adventur e that mi lks the sci -fi

genre for its plot and action_ Set in a dismal futur e oftechno terrorists, the discovery of an ul timate weaponfrozen in the arctic - ni cknamed Cyber ia - leads to arace against time.Cyberia is a br oad-r angi ng game using acti on shoot 'emup sections to br idge puzz le-based levels, many likethose in Phil ips CD-I hi t, Bur n Cycle. The impressiverender flyi ng sequences play a bi t l ike Vi rgin's ChaosControl .Cybor ia features 'synthetic characters' - ful ly computer -generated actors, and seems to fol l ow the cur rentvogue for interactive movie bil l ing. The soundtr ack isheavily hyped, comi ng fr om synth gur u Thomas Dol by'sHeedspace label.It shoul d all come together on a single CD some timear ound crimble.

D OT H EM A T HWhat is i t wi th the futur e?Interplay's apocalyptic futur o-thril ler After math treads the wel l -wor n theme of Global technowar ,wi th huge weapons thr eateni ngcity states ISeatac in this case).And we thought nuclear weaponsin this century wer e effectiveenough.Perhaps, but radiation sickness isno fun next to 12 stages ofplatforming across 3-Denvi ronments, textur e-mappi ng,l ight-sourcing and all the gubbi nsof a sel f-respecting Satur nproject.Like many times before, you'r e asecret agent (Vic, by name) andas wel l as taking on the gi antr obot sui ts of the bad guys,there's (gasp) a trai tor in yourmidst. Want to know more?After math is due as soon asDecember , and we'l l be taki ng alook befor e that.

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S L A M D U N KCrystal Dynamics are remixing thei r 3 0 0 hi t Slam 'n' Jam95 for the Saturn. The game is

currently awai ting big namesponsorship, and is thus bei ngdeveloped under the ti tle 3 - 0 D Y N A M I C SBasketbal l . I t makes its debut thiswi nter and boasts ful l -on, fi ve-on-fi veplay gameol ay in a 3 - 0 televisualpresentation. Despi te the players' si te(they take up roughly hal f thescreen) they apparently movelike greased l ightning. Or sodistr ibutors BMG tel l us. Thewhol e affai r comes completewi th a commentar y by CNN'sVan Earl Wr ight.

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A n o t h e r Cr ysta l Dynami cs3 0 0 g a m eN E W S w h i c h is bei ng enhanced for the

Saturn is the bash 'n" chaser Off-Wor ldInterceptor . You take contr ol of 4-wheel drive buggy and race across

F O R M A T d e s e r t s , rivers and twisting mountai nroads in six di ffer ent al ien wor ldsceoarlos. The two-pl ayer opti on

presents a spli t screen mode. Off Wor ld InterceptorEX111111M0 (as the game is bei ng reti tled) has a number ofsouped up features include a new trading element wher eyou hunt down fugi tives and terrorists for cash rewards,whi ch you can then use to equip your vehicle wi thweapons and extra gadgets. Obstacles on your way includecompeti ti ve vehicles, rol l ing boulders and land mines. OffWor ld Interceptor Extreme hi ts the road this winter .

D A R K S I D E O FT H E S U NCrystal Dynamics, the first companyto develop and publ ish a 32bi t gamefor a home console way back in 1993,have recently shi fted thei r attenti onaway fr om the 3 0 0 to the Saturn. Abrace of for thcomi ng ti tles fr om the team, whose wor k isdistr ibuted by record giants BMG, includes Solar Eclipse -the first game of i ts type for the for mat to feature ful lmoti on video. Solar Eclipse stars Babyl on 5's ClaudiaChristian and promises a high speed 3 - 0 textur e-mappedrace against time to knockout a a mal functi oni ng mastercomputer . The computer . named the Grid, has come r oundto thi nki ng you're i ts enemy and chucks everything i t canat you. Sti l l , you've got 40 minutes of FMV Claudia to helpyou on the way so that's al r ight then. Solar Eclipse isreleased on the Saturn this winter , a good three monthsahead of the Playstation version.

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Nor dlings -aggressive trollswi th ferociousappeti tes - devouranythi ng and anyonein thei r path. People,cows, trees,houses. . .nothing canresist the stampedi nghordes. Nothi ngexcept you, that is, inthis Satur n ti tle fr omCrystal Dynamics,who have adapted thegame fr om theoriginal 3 D0 version.enr iching i t wi th 35minutes of ful l moti onvideo along the way.The footage wasdirected by Rober tWeaver and stars KirkCamer on and Michael(Robocop, TotalRecall) Gregory. We'l lbe sharpening ourbr oadswor d andtackl ing thetoothsome terrors inour review next issue.Stay tuned. . . •

Y O UD O N ' TS AY. . .I have to be s000 quick this month— Claire is screaming for copy,Anyway, the story we broke at E3about Sega getti ng i nto M2 seemsto be true, and sooner than youthink, why else woul d EA's Satur ndevel opment have become somuted? Virgin US offer ed a numberof enticing closed doors, behi ndwhi ch several projects are taki ngshape. Pr opaganda for one, aracing game that reputedlyredefines racing games. Qui tewar ped too by all accounts. Theyeven have an o n ai r ' red l ightoutside. Ear thwor m Jim 2 is bei ngdone on Saturn, but not by Shiny.They've hi red a San Di ego outfi tcal led Screaming Pink to do theSaturn. And Shiny? Well, wi thInterplay's backing, r umour s of aShiny 3 - 0 game are pr etty strong.US Gold are sl ipping thei r Olympicgames back somewhat, whi ch is api ty as the mul ti -event game lookscool. Final ly Core have come upwi th Scottish Open on 32X again —looking good; Thunder hawk 2 looksokay and plays better , and Core'sdistant project Tomb Raider is setto be a real stunner . 'Ti l nextmonth, toodl e pip.

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I N D I A NW I N T E RDisney are steppi ng in wi th a Megadr i ve version ofthei r new film Pocohontes. Once again i t's gonedown well in the Stetes, and should fil l theatres herefrom October . ME AN MACHI NES is assured theexclusive review of Pocohontas, whi ch is a platformgame centr ed on the Indian pr incess characterwhose love for an Engl ish colonial prevents a warbetween the two peoples. Basical ly tasty birds injumping acti on ahoy.

N E W B A L L SP L E A S EAfter the i mpor t del ights of Vi r tual Volleyball . I magi ne. ,give us a spor ts sim wi th a br oader appeal . Vi r tual TennisIs the first mooted version of a popul ar genre of video game for the Saturn. I tuses the same vir tual technol ogy behi nd volleyball , but wi th moresophisticated visuals and clearer presentation. We shall watch this one wi thinterest,

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M e g a d r i v e ' s pr e m i e r p l a t f o r m / s hoot ' e m ups . A l lover the countr y peopl e wer e r el i shi ng r educi ngseaside wi l dl i fe to thei r boxer shor ts andnevi t i n g Spot across the toy tr ai n f r om hel l . i nshor t o o l Spot was essenti al . Al l of whi ch makesEir ' s deci si on to thr ow the or i gi nal game'sI u t the w i ndow al l the mor e brave.PU o e s To Hol l ywood. gone are the cutesy• •ckdr ops. Gone are the endl ess pl atfor ms.✓ d invisible. I n fact, gone is the whol e fl at2•10 o d l e . Rather than an embel l i shment or evenan ei tti l i si on of the or iginal . Spot Goes Toi lel lyogl iod I s a br and now game whi ch si mpl y

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Level 1 kicks off with a spiritedadventure aboard a pirete ship. Jolly

Rogers can be collected for extra points.while loose cannons prove dangerous at

both ends. Barrels take on a rubbery qualityall of their own, and can be useful for

ning that extra bit of bounce whenmg for jewels that are just out ofach. The most dangerous foesre are the death-dealing crabs

nd guardof staircas

the ocean waves diffracted light rendersing and everyone, including our hero, a

delicate shade of purple You'r e right up against iton this level because every second you explore,your oxygen tanks get more depleted. You canboost them by ducking into an underground aircavern (watch out for the giveaway bubbles) or

accosting the little puppies with oxygentanks strapped to their backs. Oh. and le watch out for the killer clams...

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hiding a secret passage c a n come in veryy for sidestepping trouble. A crypticinvolving rearranging three ceramicinto a certain posit ion is also worth

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run the risk of being squashed flat by gianting pumpkins. Obvious really, This is another

puzzle-orientated level, with some complexanisms embedded in the floor which must bein the right order and some wall-mountedrms which vanish a split second alter you'vepad on them. All very annoying. The addedenace of some murderous axe-wielding

knights keep things action-packed whileyou're trying to work out how to walk

wall of ever-vanishingrms that look like

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number of keys.

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level. After the more relaxed pace of earllevels, the cracking speed of this section c•

as something of a Jolt. There's nothing ycan do except tilt your cart from one side.

the other and lump if things get hairy.Watch the points and danger signs,

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nightmarish future. Judgement dayapproaches as Spots life is threatened by LI

grey spot who intends terminatingwith a huge rocket launcher. Watch

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mall service droids bug you and flobots make your life very difficult asmove up and down the lifts in the

station, searching for spots. The allcreatures which plague you later

their first appearain this level.

The game rounds off with a terrifying

Ithrough an abandoned space craft and a

the alien queen's lair. No-one can hearscream as you're pursued by fast-mov

octopoid creatures and scuttling full-gr.aliens down dank corridors and tight se

nets. I f you find yourself swallowed upe or more of the small aliens then

atively simply to blast your wayough them in a splash of green

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its astride a powerful motorcycle whichan rev up and pull wheelies on while he

being chased by the persistent bluemotorcycle. Watch for energy bar

walls and deep chasms, Crossingvel Knievel style is the only

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bility is the great Protoon, an atom of Ngood that holds all things in balance.Ar ound this swarm the happy electoons,attr acted by Pr otoon's strange power .All fine until one day the evil Mr. Darklaunches a raid on the place of theProtoon and steals it away. Bindle, theProtoon's magica guard is not powerfulenough to prevent him. Without theProtoon's attraction, the electoons scatteracross the globe.What possible use couldDarkman have for theProloon?In the absence of its power,stange creatures begin to congre-gate in nature, capturing the electoons.Even someone as laid back as Rayman can't ignorewhat's going on, with the odd types on the prowl. Assoon as he makes contact with Mi l l e, he decides to goon a quest to free the electoons, and ultimately snatchback the Protoon.One snag is that he can'tdo very much. Raymanisn't much of a hero, wellnot in the beginning atleast. Jumping and leg-ing it are about theeight of his powers.

wever, Betilla willreward his courage andperseverance by addingskills to his repertoire asthey are needed. Andthat they will be, with 70areas of the kingdom toexplore.

NAME THATTOONEach stage has six electoon cages, whichRayman may destroy. The freed electoonsgambol off, giggling. Some of these prison

are easy to spot, some visible but out of theway, and yet more only materialise when

Rayman passes a certain, spot, so backtracking isessential. Only when all medallions, denoting theelectoon cages, are filled is the game completedIndeed, the last massive level is only penetrablewith the help of ALL the electoons.

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PUNCHThe first and most basic power.Rayman's spooky disembodied handspack a punch that sees off mostDarkmen minions. Hold down the but-ton to increase the range of eachthrust.

GRABThis precarious power allows Raymanto grasp the edges of platforms. Itadds some leeway for error whenjumping, and later using this as a tacticbecomes essential.

CHOPPERRayman's tousled mop is transformedinto a set of chopper blades. With anyjump, in fact, Reyman can glide toearth sedately, vastly increasing hisjump range. Some levels give his heli-copter option control to rise as well.

SWINGThe many hanging rings throughoutthe game reveal their purpose whenBetiHa bestows the swing power.Rayman is enabled to hang and build upan arcing path.

RUNOnly when well into the game doesthis most basic of functions becomeavailable, giving variation in pimplength and speed.

TOP NAT ANDTAILThe odd dwarf magician awaits Rayman in sev-eral secluded corners, and he expects the blueglobes as payment for a brief soiree on themagical bonus levels. These are simply achance to gain extra lives by grabbing therequires amount of objects in a set time. Forthe meagre reward they offer, they're fiendishlydifficult. You can return to the magicians asmany times as you choose.

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DRUMSTICKNo chickening out, youhave to go under, and risk aflattening,

SNARED R U MWhy a snare drum wearsa snorkelling mask is any-body's business, but heappears behind you, as abunk-up to higher ground.

BUGLESA bugle blast is a potentpropellant One treacher-ous sequence involves awhole complement andsome pixel-perfect zigzag-ging-

C YM B A L SRayman has a brief clashwith this pair on his wayout the level.

M A R A C A SSeveral types of theseskew-eyed shakers. Someare bouncers, others take-off like mini-rockets.

LOVE AT FIELIT BITEThe unhealthy swamps are the scene for a confrontation between Raymdii dud a giant mos-quito. After a short, but fierce battle, imagine Rayman's surprise when his insectoicl foestarts sobbing. The two combatants hug each other and within seconds, Rayrnan is ridinghis new chum through the undergrowth' If only making friends in the real world was soeasy...

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The bosom of the dream forest is abed of fruitfulness Huge ripe berrieshang f rom the trees, many withinRayman's reach. Once the berries arebouncing on the forestfloor, they can he putto several intriguinguses:

Rayman's head enters the clouds, and a world ofcontemplative, levitating figures. Crossing theirbridges requires perfect concentration, and oneslip sends him tumbling. Higher in the heavens,snow fells onto fluffy clouds and you think, coo, Icould live here, it 's so peaceful...

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d e d ot he r w i s e . I tlooks gr eat, whi ch may be a l iabi l i ty, si nesome wi l l di smi ss i t as pr et ty but shal l oBut the game is a mean mother , w i th mosof the t y l evels mer ci l essl y con-str ucted. Some of the Omens and tasks wihave you scr eami ng wi th fr ustr ati on, butthe wel l -pl anned save poi nts pr event thetask becomi ng too har d or too easy.Rayman's cl ever est featur e is the way abii ties are added as you go. cr eat i ng a leaing cur ve for the fi nel y tuned contr olmethod, and al so al l owi ng you to r etur n tlevels to uncover now secr ets - many ofthe el eetoon cages are unr eachabl e on yfi r st tr i p. The char acter ani mati on andsound is excel l ent, and ther e 's a massi vevar iety of scenery, and f r equent changespace; bosses, for ced-scr ol l i ng levels, fl y isections- l a y m a n may be unsuffer abl ycute, but i t 's al so uncommonl y good. I l evin i t .

C O M M E N TAs the l a y m a n endur ancetest enter ed i ts fi nal stages,ever yone in the ME ANMACHI NE S offi ce was g•i t•l i ng ser i ousl y concer nGus's bl ood pr essur e.Shout i ng obsceni t i estel evi si on set and thi si ng i nnocent passer s-bywi th a car eful l y ai med j oy-pad. Gus clear ly foundl a y m a n a game he hated to love. Ever yoneelse's opi ni on has been shar pl y di vi ded.and I must admi t that whi l e l a y m a n istechni cal l y outstandi ng i t is cer tai nl yfl awed. The mar ks the game's been awar d-ed are ful l y deser ved for sheer l ooks andgameplay, but l et 's not for get that i f youscratch the sur face of l a y m a n you fi nd avery tr adi ti onal pl atfor mer und t i t . Agame that 's l i kely to dr i ve you out of yourbox, admi ttedl y, but never thel ess a ver ytr adi ti onal game. For thi s r a n d thi sreason only, the super b Bug! has the edgefor me.

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Over 50 interludes,some of them excel.lently composed Also.original use of ambient forestsoundscapec

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A platformeesdelight, with dozens ofchallenging and variedsections'At the outset, a bit tooim istic.

Lavish_ lusciousbackdrops and charac-ters, fantasticallycoloured'Flat and twtedimensional.

Rayman sets a mas-sive challenge withhundreds of electooncages to find, and some callouslevels.

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All the Sim City commands are accessed by a strip of icons on the lefthand side. Maxis have enlarged and simplfied the command strip forSaturn, presumably as it will be played by a wider audience than thePC versions - simpletons and MEAN MACHINES readers alike. Now,instead of having all icons on the screen at once, only five are visible,with the rest scrolled to. Further sub menus are accessed by movingto the right. These are the areas of control you have:

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L I F F C U L L E D 111FYour pop gun provides little defence against some of the more unpleasant upstarts you encounteron your journey. Here's a rogues gallery of Maowi Mallard scalliwags that come between you andthe improbably named Shabuhm Shabuhm idol.

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xpl or i ng exoti c unchar ted ter r i tor y is a r i sky busi ness at thebent of ti mes, but Di sney's favour i te duck r emai ns undaunt -ed. Keepi ng hi msel f of f the menu becomes a ful l - t i me occu-pati on for Donal d i n thi s geogr aphi cal l y ambi t i ous pl at .former. A r emote i sl and is the sett i ng for Donal d's l atest

test of endur ance, whi ch sees hi m assi gned to r ecover a power fultillojo idol , thus cal mi ng the anci ent r umbl i ngs that thr eaten destr uc.'l ion. Fendi ng of f the voodoo spi r i ts, Donal d j our neys fr om the cav-er nous cel lar of • haunted house to a per i l ous vol cani c l ava fl ow anda gr aveyar d cr awl i ng wi th z ombi es i n or der to r estor e the magi calIdol t o i ts r i ghtful place.Maui Mallard is a traditional game revolving around a tradit ional license, but It nev-ertheless promises some spirited settings, challenginggameolay and funny sequences of frightened ducksfalling to their doom from great heights. Work is con-tinuing on the later levels and some of the existingsections are awaiting the odd tweak, but what we've

n so far holds some promise. In your•, then, lies the fate

Donald - triumphantvate eye or crispyck? In a game thatomises to play like a

urreal episode of HawaiiFive-0, it's down to you...

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I M I J EMO JO MA N SIO NThe game kicks off in asprawling old house. Navigatethrough secret passages andup a giant haunted pipeorgan.

N INJA TRAININGThe second level takes placein a jungle scenario. Fight offthe marauding voodoo spiritsto survive.

MU D MA Y H E MNot being able to fly becomesa distinct disadvantage whenstruggling along the slopingplatforms in the third level.

DUCKHOODOn the Duckhood level youswing from the jungle trees indemented Tarzan by bunjeejumping on elastic vines. Asyou bounce back up, leap forthe nearest branch.

DUCKMANVoodoo bad guys and variousother ne'er do wells accostyou on the fifth level. Watchout for those flaming torches.

VOLCANOWatch the clock on this levelbefore you get engulfed inmolten lava. Before you knowIt you'll be up to your beak init.

ZOMBIEYou get accosted by scary-boo undead-type blokes inthe penultimate level. And avery big eye. Probably.

STRONGHOLDThe game's finale is still underwraps, but expect some ofthese purple blobs to pop upsomewhere along the line.

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I t's per haps • natur al evol uti on.Darxide stretches the 32X by employing boththe machine's graphics chips to full effect witha new 3-D system. Perhaps best described asa three dimensional take on Asteroids, thegame nonetheless resembles the moreexciting combat sequences from Elite. Butwhere Elite limped along with wireframeanimations, Darxide sports fully texture-mapped graphics. And while Asteroidssometimes resembled a spectator sport.Darxide places you right in the thick of theaction.Set in the distant future. Darxide depictsmankind's attempts to mine precious crystalsfrom a string of moons. This profitableoperation continues until the alien civilisationwho own the moons take exception to hordesof Earth ships stealing their assets. The aliensretaliate by sending waves of asteroids intothe area, some armed with deadly gun turrets.The mining nevertheless remains a highlyprofitable operation and many remainundeterred. You take the role of a heavilyarmed fighter pilot who decides the rewardsoutweigh the growing risks."We're really pushing the 32X with this one,"says Braben of his new departure, 'and we'redetermined to make it really playable. Afterall, being fun is the whole point really, isn't it?"Hear, hear.

M A M E M I N E R SSome rookie miners are so obsessed that theycontinue mining during the heaviest bombardmentsand hang on to asteroids with grim determination.Destruction of said asteroids sends them drifting offinto space. As gameplay continues, their dyingscreams can be heard over the cacophony longafter they've last been spotted.

• T h e disgruntled aliens themselvesmaintain quite a low profile during thegame, but when they appear in purple

' a n d red flying saucers it means trouble.- Destruction of asteroids occasionally

frees them from their cores, butmarauding mother ships and fighterscan also invade your space. Watch out

o for drifting gun displacements -uction of the asteroids they'red to doesn't necessarily put them

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I. e pitiful screams of drifting astronaut miners. The finished

t ame will feature m p led speech, including a sultry in-fligcomputer to off i c e and tips.

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Riglord Sag a w as w el l - received in Jap an t h is su mmer, an d Sega h avefi rm p lans t o release t h e RPG h ere ear lyin t h e n ew year. Th is m a y b e ju st t h egame t o at t ract lo vers o f t h ei r ' M i t h it s,Shining Force and Sh in ing Force I I , t o t h eSaturn .. .

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solve. goi ng i nto a ser ies of batt l es agai nst the for ceset evi l . The game also ratios a l ot on pl ot,wi th defecti ons, betr ayal s, sur pr i seattacks and twi sts changi ng thecour se of the adventur e.The charicters h0Ve all been createdf rom det illed renders, and also form

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iC, who looks like Pamela Andersonon her way to a society weddii ig, toa lion-man, bird man, and the coteone (you). You have access to allmanner of statistics oil the team, evenso the merit, interface is surprisinglyquick and cosy to use.While not having quite the cachet of VirtueFighter 2 or Sega Rally,

ega adventurers areadvised 1,3 start sharpen-

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lord Saga has had a lot of coverage in the Japanese press,mainly because it's such a vast game. You definitely need to usethe ROM to save your positions and characters as they progress.

ical and fighting powers appear as you go, gained by experi-, a n d special learning bonuses earned in combat. The reason

for the game's delay, despite a Japanese release, is translating allthe story and speech into our favourite language, English.

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T H E P L O TT H I C K E N SOne method for optimising speed in the gamecomes from the positioning of computer cars,In Daytona, the computer plotted the positionof all forty vehicles, regardless of them beingon screen or not. Sega Rally only handles thevisible cars, allowing more processing time.

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AM2 and AM3 take tur nsto hog the ar cade l ints-l ight, w i th each sub-sequent release a

quantum l eap i n gami ng tech-nology. A M 2 stol e accl ai mwi th Daytona and Vi r tue Cop,but then A M 3 ar r i ved wi th thei ri ntr i gui ng i nter pr etat i on of oi l -rood racing with Sega Rally.AM3's rough-terrain, ultra fast andultra realistic racer is miles awayfrom AM2's formula-driven antics.Sega Rally appeals to a different sort ofgamer - one who enjoys the challenge of keep-ing a careening saloon under control in treacherousconditions. Nigel Mansells need not apply, Marc Bolan f ifans, on the other hand, walk this way...Rally's success (it is, by all accounts doing as well in the arcades as Daytona) has led to a quick conversionto the Saturn, overseen by AM3. The early versions are pretty astounding, representing a leap in program-ming since the Daytona conversion. The undulating, highly textured tracks of the coin-op are translatedfaithfully, achieving the same smoothness and look of blurred speed. Apledsing the anoraks is the absence of the notorious *clipping' scandal that

dogged Daytona. Blocks of landscape do not appear suddenly and mly in the background, with Sega Rally's scenery appearing in

less 3-D. Not that this is our main concern anyway. It'snlayability that counts and there the two racers are

quite different beasts. AM3 are concentrating ongetting the wild feel of skating on mud at

100mph, and all indications are that thiswill play like no driving game you

have yet encountered, Best of all,you'll get to enjoy this experi-ence sometime before

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J A U N TSega Rally has three courses lwell, four with thehidden one each with a country feel to themThere is forest, desert, and mountain scenery,each with a stylised thick graphic texturing, giv-ing a feeling of speed. There will also be a cham-pionship mode, and possibly a two-player split-screen mode,

Rally features 12 cars, which are all of the saloon racing class familiar in our cross country competitions The handling of these fourwheeldrive machines is more meticulously programmed than ever, with crashes and wear affecting your vehicle. Toyota and Lancia, whose cars tea.lure, assisted on the making of the game

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Nevotr ade, the game I c e s theDol phi n. The under water adventur e pr ool dedono of the most dr amati c success stor i es forthat l e . and Sega must be hopi ng thatthei r next avant gar de pr oj ect does the samefor the 32.X.Kolibri is a suitably strange name for a bizarre gamescenario that sees you in control of a humblehummingbird. In an opening sequence reminiscentEcco, the natural harmony of the hummingbirds'environment has been shattered by an unknown force,and soon wasps. ants, and spiders are teeming athe forest floor. Kolibri's fi repower is used to drithe creepy crawlies away, thus encouraging thereturn of his turbo-winged mates.Novotrade have lavished serious attention on thegraphics, with full•colour backdrops of prettyflora and woodland fauna, with the 32Xemploying its hardware to createlayers of parallax to add solidityto the scrolling levels. But thegame appears to be no dumblooker, with dozens of levels ofshoot 'em up action, tricky butresponsive controls, and puzzleelements complicat ing mattersfurther.Since its launch the 32X seemsto have attracted several ofthese unlicensed, unassuming.but highly playable games -Stellar Assault and Motherbasecome to mind. Will Kolibri jointheir ranks? MEAN MACHINESand SEGA reveal all next issue.

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•FLOWER POWERFlora figures throughout this game, with eye•catching blooms onalmost every screen. Some of these prove hazardous lthe inhalingtulips are especially deadly) but Kolibri needs these fl owers aswell. Many are returned to a healthy hue from their ashen greywhen predators are driven away.

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BIRD OF PREYKolibri is as well-tooled as a humnungbird gets.His rapid-fire projectiles are effective enough, butthere's power-ups to be had, many issuing frommysterious crystals dotting the landscape. Thesepods change Kolibri's weapon to one of manyalternatives, each proving useful in certainsituations; lasers, homing shots and scatterbombs included. Protective auras and energyreplacements figure also, with Kolibri's 'lives'swarming around him when replenished.

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Pr ogr ammerMew Di ncprefers theGame Gear tothe Mega drivein some keyrespects.

Street Racer will feature a link-up option t o allowtwo players to take part, There are eight player

characters to choosefrom, with the samespecial powers ofthe original game,and their individualrace settingsThere's aiso dueto be a largerange of othergame options,

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able success of theMegadr i ve ga m .IStreet Racer hasrarely been out of the

char ts al l year V i v i d I mage setto ireork on a ver si on for theGame Gear. Ma y Di ne, pr oducerof the pr evi ous game, has keptdetai l s of the handhel d ver si onsecret unti l now.The ethos behi nd the conver -sion is one of not compr omi s-ing, and even of i mpr ovi ng onthe pr evi ous for mats. Vi vi dI mage have used the gr aphi csfr om the Magedr i ve ver si on,whi ch l ook str i ki ngl y detai l edon the Game G e a r s ti nyscreen. The scr ol l i ng Is pr et tyamaz i ng too, w i th as manyfr ames for smoothness asbefore.Vivid I mage has acqui r ed the pr ogr ammerbehi nd the br i l l i ant Ear thwor m Ji m conver -sion to the Game Gear, whi ch scor ed a con-vi nci ng Bi os a l aw months ago. Both he andMay have become convi nced of the humbl ehandhel d's power s dur i ng the devel opmentprocess.That pr oces• has so far taken thr ee months.and they pl an to wr ap the game up wi thi n thenest two - pr et ty shar p pr ogr ammi ng, evenfor a Game Gear ti tl e. Owner s of theMegadr i ve t i t l e shoul d be gl ad to k now thecourse l ayouts have changed, a l though al lother featur es ar e i ntact. Catch a r evi ew her every soon.

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Amazingly, Vivid Image plan to include the multi-viewpointrace playback option found in the Megadrive. The feature,allowing yo.1 to view the previous race from various angleswas impressive on the 16bit, but would be unprecedented onthe handheld. Just wait and see.

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THEY CALL MENAUGHTY LOIAJust for a change you get your hands on a sophisti-cated chick who obviously spends a few bob at thehairdressers. You are Lola, and by all accountsyou've been unlucky in the parental stakes, with apsychopathic father who has run amok in a LosAngeles hospital. Lota sets out to confront himbefore he does any more damage, but repressedmemories afflict her and deepen the mystery.

0 ne gamestyhe has pr oved r emar kabl y popu-

lar i n the Japanese Satur n mar ket over thelast year — the r el ati vel y new genr e of thei nter acti ve 'movi e' adventur e_ Numer ousexampl es have emer ged or are under way:

Ihraistasi Mansi on, Dr acul a Detecti ve, Rampo, Psychi cDataistivis. And now. Acclaims's first stab at the 32bi1 CO.ROM anaritet - D's Moshe. Ta l l . .The origin of this genre, which has swept the Japanese off their feet, isAnglo-American. Both Myst f rom Cyan. and Virgin's 7th Guest can claimto be forerunners of these puzzle-driven epics whose appeal is fi rmly inthe adult market.In common with these titles, and Sega's Yumemi Mansion, D's Dining Tableimmerses the player in a convincing and eerie world rendered entirely f rom3-D computer generated graphics. Supernatural themes allow for special effectsto be incorporated into the story. Contrasting with the sophisticated presentation,the player interface is very basic, with s imple directional and pointer commands. It's astrange breed of game, and no mistake.

However, D's Dining Table is probably the spookiest,cleverest and best produced yet Constructed by the

little known 'Warp' team of developers, it has anuncompromis ingly movie-esque atmosphere, sup-ported by a tense orchestral score, and usingschlock-horror scary bits to induce some pant

accidents along the way. This perhaps explainswhy it's the fastest-shifting Saturn disc of late inNippon. Acclaim are also commit ted to bringing

the game here, and soon, with an Englishtranslation version in the bag. If youcan appreciate its niche value, beready for it.

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DIAL D FORMURDERDs Dining Table may well warrant a '15 or higherrating in this country, as it pretty much dwells onmurder, mutilation, Impaling on steel spikes andbeetles. All guaranteed to upset kiddiewinks and ToryMP& Huzzah. Nothing in the game is really that scary,but Vs scene-setting and atmosphere is nicely devel-oped across the game's twin disks.

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he tr i cky thi ng about wr i t i ng si tcoms, i sknowi ng when nobody is l aughi ng any mor e.There's a smal l gr oup of bl okes wr i t i ng mostof TV's si tcoms, and eventual l y one of thei rshows loses i ts 'spar kl e'. Hi -de-HI , pour

exampl e. Yes. the Hawai i an bal l r oom saw some gr eatgags i n i ts time, yes we Ell gi ggl ed when Peggy got abol l ocki ng of f Mi ss Cathcar t, but fi nal l y enough was• nough and i t was t i me to hang up the yel l ow coats.AI id so to Street Fighter, or is that Street fi ghter 2? Search me,there's been so many versions ofthis game that everyone except theanoraks have lost count. This is,however, the movie version ofStreeffighter. Capcom spent a packet earlier thisyear bringing their video game characters to life in astrangely amusing fi lm adaptation, and this game offshootuses the locations and digit ised characters f rom the fi lm.This first Saturn Streetfighter also ties in with the movie coin-opversion iconfused?) although it apparently plays quite differently- the backdrops have changed and the characters react differ-ently. The major change f rom Super S t r e e t-fi g h t e r I I a r e t h e

super combo moves, which are available after your charac-ter has inflicted major damage. These are the mostdifficult specials to pull off, but you are rewardedby a blinding series of devastating attacks.Some of the old SRI characters have been putout to pasturer Dhalsim, Fei Long and THawk,but their place is taken by Capt. Sawada, a mys-terious goodie character who appeared in thefilm. This latest in the series is due out aroundNovember courtesy of Acclaim, who are distribut-ing the game in Europe. I ts now available onimport_ Can you be persuaded to take just onePast tango?

FLASHBACKAsAs you might expect, there's a fair bit of themovie on disk, displayed as compressedvideo between the bouts in Movie Battlemode. The most notable feature is not Kylieas Cammy, or Raul Julia's outrageous cos-tumes, but the quality of the footage itself.Normally video disptayed f rom the CD is ofpoor quality, but Capcom have managed topresent full screen footage that is almost upto MPEG standards. Next month Des Lynamasks, ' How did they do that?'

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blinding background flash.

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The dark side if the moon hides many mysterious phenomena, not least

of w h ich is Ed Lomas. Crouched in a cram p ed crat er, w i t h on ly afestering st ack o f quadrophonic Pin k F loyd L Ps f o rcompany. Sp ace Cadet Lomas d evo t es h issecluded l i f est y le t o t h e p u rsu it o f gat hering

and d iscovering t ips an d cheats, co l lect in g t o u rT-shirts and saving up f o r a t icket h o me in t im e f o rthe n ext F loyd concert . Wi t h a m ere 7 years b et w eenalbums, h e should m ake i t b ack in t i m e even on w h atw e p ay h im. In t h e m ean t im e, how ever, a l l ch eat s andt ips w i l l b e rerou t ed ( by in t erst e l lar o verd rive) i faddressed to:YOU T I P M E UP, M E A N M A C H I N E S SEGA,PRIORY COURT , 3 0 - 3 2 F A R R I N G D O N L ANE,L O NDO N EC1 R 3AU_

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B and you'll hear a cheer. If you now hold A and press Rightto the character select screen and press A, B, C. A, B, C, A,cheat to let you edit the abilities of all of the characters. Go

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BRIAN LANA CRICKETQ UI CK WI CKET SThanks very much to Warren Miller from Eastbourne for letting us in on his secrettechnique for bowling a computer side out quickly. Choose two fast bowlers and setyour field up on 'Retreat" so that they are all around the boundary. Aim the ball sothat it bounces very short and bowl alternately slow then fast balls. This encouragesthe batsmen to hook every time and, even though they'll get some sixes, you shouldget them out for under a hundred each innings. Howzat?

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SCREENTo get a secret screen whereyou can enlarge and shrink theobjects in the game, go to theoption screen and press the"Mode" button on the top of asix-button joypad. The screen

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SECRET ST ARTThis is a strange one. To have whatlooks like a woman in a red waistcoatappear at the start instead of theSega logo man, go to the second titlescreen as before and press Up, X,Right, V. Down, Z, Left, V. Up, X.You'll hear the dragon get ha againand when you die and restart themysterious lady in red will appear.

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Gremlins got in the works last issue and thelevel select for CK somehow didn't get

printed. Here it is again for all those whoare having trouble. Go to the titlescreen with "Press Start Button"written on it and press Lek UP,Right, Down, Down, Right, Right.

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INVINCIBILITYTo become so rock 'ard that nothingdoes any damage to you, go to the title

_Screen and press Start to make thesecond title screen with "Normal Gameand -O p ti o ns " on it appear. When you

are on this screen, press L, I , A, R, Up,Down, Left, Right. You'll hear the soundof the dragon being hit and the words-Invincible Mode' will appear. The one

down side with this cheat is that youcan't get the best ending no matter whatdifficulty you're on.

EPISODE Z EROThanks very much to Ray Aldridge fromThe Disk Box' in Chatham, Kent for this

great cheat which lets you access thesecret level. Go to the title screen asbefore and press Up, Up, Up, Down,Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right,Left, Right, L button, R button. Also,when you finish the level you'll need toreset the machine.

B A C K WA R DFEETJust in case you hadn't noticed,win a round as Kage and watchhis feet closely duringhis victory pose. You'llsee that they're onbackwards! This alsohappens with some ofthe other characters.Odd or what? 32Xowners will shortly beexperiencing thepleasures of their ownbackwards footfumbles - the glitchescan be seen on theversion of VirtueFighter on that mach-ine too.

BD A VI EW M O D EWhen playing the game, press Start to pause. Now press Right, Right, Left, Left,Down, Down. Up, Up, Start. The game will now play itself all the way through.

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BED '0 NAILS: Hold HE/LC,Press Down, Up

HORNICATION UPPERCUT: Hold H0/1-1F,10Press Down-towards, Towards, Up towa.ris

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rtAiNG SPIKES: Hold FI FOPress Away, Up

IRON MAIDEN: Hold 11F/L0Press Away, Up, Towards

GUT GOUGER Hol d HO/HPLOPress Towards, Away (close range)

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ARMADONZ — Bed 'o NailsC I r o n Maiden

CHAOSZ — Grab n ThrowC — Power Puke

MEGA LUNGE: Hold HCl/LFPress Away, Down, Towards

THE PULVERISER: HoldHOILFPress Up, Towards, Down

EAT HUMAN: HoldHCLIHF/LCl/IfPress Down. Up, Down

DIABLO FATALITIES

SAURONZ — Primal ScreamC — Earthquake Stop

BLIZZARDZ M e g a PunchC — Freeze Breath

DIABLOZ T o r c hC — Hot Foot

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VERTIGOZ V o o d o o SpellC V e n o m Spit

TALONZ — BrainbasherC P o u n ce and flip

SECRETBOWLINGG AMEThis can be accessed in atwo-player game by play-ing Arrnadon againstArmadon. Get the twocharacters to perform theRolling Death move togeth-er so they collide. Do thisthree times and be trans-ported into a mini ten-pinround with humans actingas bowling pins.

SECRETOPTIONSPrimal Rage has a secretoptions menu that TimeWarner has asked us torespect for another month.This menu gives yougreater control over thegame parameters, andaccess to later sections.Check next month's smalltips for the access code.

POWER PUKE (FAST): Hold HO/IFPress Up, Towards

FART OF FURY: Hold 1-1 F i L OPress Down, Towards, Up, Away

POWER PUKE (SLOW): Hold liFiLOPress Up, Towards

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FLYING BUTT-SLAM: Hold FIF/LFPress Down. Towards. Up, Down-towards

EAT HUMAN: Hold H0.4-4F/LCULFPress Towards, Down, Away, Up

CHAOS FATALITIES

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NECK THROHold HF/LFPress Towards.Away (in-close)

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HEART WRENCHINOHOMI LFPress Towards, Down, Away, Up,Down

• •SHREDDING: Hold HO/LFPress Towards, Down, Away, Up,Towards

TELEPORT: Hold I-IF/LFPress Down, Down

COME SLITHER: Hold H a t aPress Away, Away

VENOM SPIT (SLOW): HoldHCl/L0Press Towards, Towards

VENOM SPIT (EAST); HHE/LEPress Towards, Towards

SCORPION STING: HoldHF/L0Press Towards, Towards

HYPNOSIS: Hold HF/L0ess Away, Away (in-close)

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Grab this i con to breakthr ough cei l ings.

One of the most graceful power-uptransformations momentarily turnsVectorkotan into a metallic frog which canscale the depths to reach the surface. Usethis to sidestep troublesome areas andsimply save time.

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y l i near tasks r i ght the way downl ine. Havi ng sai d that, ni ce touchesthe i ncr edi bl e tel evi si on sets and theall feel of the game go some wayrds smoothi ng over the cr acks i n ther unadventur ous str uctur e. The l ook

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•The mini•movies are a neat way of seeing the Theme Park from your punters' eyes.Many of the rides have a film strip icon that enters you into a rendered sequenceshowing the ride. These are an impressive presentational feature, but don't have

much bearing on actual gameplay.

MERRY GO ROUND

game w hoI l k . Theme Peri l

sole pr eat al l , pr ove

° MOWN Satur n were',which is the essi•st

Park to get ar ound yet.my poi nt of vi ew I

to know how i t corn- M A R Cto the Megadr i ve

Wel l to casualrigors t h e di ffer enc b e

mainly gr aphi cal — whi a m e n t t o'the awesome level of the m i n v e r s i o n , 1

at the same t i me ther e is di sappoi nt-that Bul l fr og di dn' t add any not i ce-

fi r st t i me 'tr i cks (especi a l l y when w ethe Pl aystati on ver si on i s due seam).his doesn't take i nto account the -• shar e opt i ons and r ender ed cl ips,

thi s ver si on offer s. Sear i ng i n mi nd - ,at most Theme Park pl ayer s are fanati csd pur i st , they coul dn't possi bl y si t ee l

IS s i o s h m r s m i t a l t

MALLED TO DEATHAs before, Theme Park features the same vast array of ridesand shop units. Fill your park with these to attract the pun-ters, then rack up the prices to make a return on yourinvestment. The more expensive units come later, afteryour development team come up with bigger attractions.

PLAYINLi i U Ui L iA feature missing from the Megadrive but restored to the

Saturn is the stocks and shares screen. This is available inthe full version of the game ithe most difficult). It allowsyou to purchase stock in your competitors park, with theaim of making money from their success. However, if youdecide to play with competitors, they are also in the posi-tion to buy stock and threaten a takeover.

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The nastiest feature of the Megadrive game wasthe lack of a save option There are five on theSaturn, and with d RAM catt the potential is unlim-ited. Loading and saving to extremely easy, too.

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You hire and fire staff to keep your staff function-ing, and the workers on the Saturn version are justas bolshy as those previously. However, this 32bitversion features more faces than the 16bit, whichhad just a single entertainer. Now you are able tohire different types of entertainer and assess theireffect on visitors,

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SHELF LIVESThe return of the stock ordering system to Theme Park is amixed blessing. This feature. ommitted from the Megadrivegame, involves replacing the fries, cokes, lollies etc. fromyour food stalls, when they begin to run out. A chagramaticwarehouse shows your supplies. Thankfully, this repetitivechore is only necessary on the full game, and the ware-house capacity has been increased to make it less frequent.

Theme Park i s an extr emel yfi ne game, and thi s ver si onmai ntai ns the standar d asyou'd expect, r epl aci ngsome of the featur es theMegadr i ve sensi bl y l eft out.But ther e's a sl i ght feel i ngof anti -cl i max i n Bul l fr ogfai l ing to add anythi ng to anexisting game for I ts Satur nrelease. True, many other PCend 3 D0 games wi l l ar r ive on the systemwi thout enhancements. but i t woul d havebeen gr at i fyi ng for Sega owner s to havesome new per specti ve on the game, whi chis a year and a hal f old. Moani ng aside.this is the fastest and most contr ol l abl eTheme Par k yet. wi sel y keepi ng the si mpl i -fi ed i cons, and easy to fol l ow sub menus.And the cor e game is as fun and absor bi ngas ever , w i th the movi e cl i ps a fr i vol ousbut wel come addi t i on. I f you have a Satur n.don't have thi s on the Megadr i ve. and wantsomethi ng mor e substanti al than the l i kesof Panzer Dr agoon, make your way to thetur nsti l e.

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Bright, gaudy, brash.Just like your averageTheme ParkvNe new perspectives or fea-tures

The game handlesan incredible amountof animated sprites atone time

Very fitting'Fitting means ear-wrenching. key-Mega,organ-ground dams.

A mixture of back-ground crowd and spoteffects that aims to cre-ate an atmosphere and succeeds

The games greatasset is the freedom itoffers. its one big puzzlethat you set yourself.vThere is a lack of direct controlthat won't suit some

There is effectivelyno 'end only furtherdevelopment, but there isa competitive element and a savefunction

Theme Park as it was and is,with its small flaws and greatqualities We cant argue withthat

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appear ance of Vi r tue Fighter .however c oul d mean 3 2 X •may yet have the l ast i segb.h. • le benefit of those who've spentthe last year colonising alien planeVirtue Fighter is the coin-op thatrewrote the rule book when it cambeat 'em ups. Revolving perspectiliterally added a whole new dimension togameplay leaving the likes of Street Fighterand Mortal Kombat looking, well, a little flaAn impressive Saturn conversion wasentrusted with the responsibility of sellthe public on the machine and, despite afew rough edges, it was damnedimpressive. Sega have now taken theadmirable move of bringing the VirtueFighter experience to 32X owners. AM2'sconversion of the game for the magic mushroom is inevitablygoing to invite unfair comparisons (unfair,because although the 32X is a fully fledged 32bitmachine it employs much less sophisticatedhardware than the Saturn) but they've done thebusiness in fine style.All of which is good news for existing 32Xowners. and those considering investing in amachine - we can apparently expect to see the

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A cunning testof strategy,brawn andlightingtechnique in aone-on-onebattle formartial artssupremacy. Butyou knew that.

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ACTION REPLAYThe 32X gets one up on the Saturn at last with the chance toview your crushing victory/humiliating slaughter from theangle of your choice. It's especially entertaining to check outthe soles of your competitors's feet. Suspiciously clean wereckon...

Toe-cheese tutorninationvirtua l vie wpoint

Dandruff examination virtua lviewpoint,

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PSEUDOSATURNOne area where this version ofVirtue Fighter is identical to itsbigger brother is the introsequence.

IFC O M M E N T

R011t)II around the edges. hutqameplay is still unsurcassAn essential purchase.

Clearly lesssophisticated than theisogonal Saturn game, butthe lines, the 32X has to offer.

Incredibly smooth,and especiallyImpressive on the newreplay facility.

VSounds like theSaturn soundtrackplayed on a Stylophene

',Sound has sufferedin the conversionprocess, but thenecessary prang effects we aNhere.

Just try to two koff. Go on

This Elame is theultimate beat 'em upon any system, and theqameplay is pretty much mid

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Vi r tue r i ghter . What can Isay? One of the mi l estonesin ganging has sur vi ved the32X exper i ence wi th i tsdi gni ty i ntact. OK. so ther ough edges of the Satur nversion l i s t got a bi tmugher . but i t 's pr et typoi ntl ess compar i ng thi swi th the per for mance of •machi ne that checks i n atar ound £400 . Sega have clear ly cut thei rcl oth wi th the 32X version. pr eser vi ng asmuch as they can i n some areas and addi ngnew featur es to make up for thedefici enci es. The mul t i -angl e r epl ays areImpressive and the tour nament opt i on coul dadd • whol e new di mensi on to any fondueeveni ng. Best of al l however . is the chancet • dr ess your favour i te har d man i nshocki ng pi nk or a del i cate shade of mauve.What mor e coul d you ask for ?In shor t , thi s is a must for 32X owner s andt h e l i k e s o f Cos m i c Ca r na ge n o t s o

much standi ng, but l yi ng i n a bl oody heap.

No one wi th a 3 2 X canser iously have anythi ng onthei r mi nd except thi sgems. We can tel l you thatSege and A M 2 have not l etyou down. Thi s is a super br s i o n , a s g o o d a sanyone her e dar ed hope.and mor e i mpor tantl y boundte go down a stor m wi thowner s w ho have had apr etty l ean year The game captur as thespi r i t of the coi n-op, not to ment i on i tsspeed and smoothness. The gr aphi cs ar emore than sati sfactor y, al most matchi ngthose of the Satur n. and Sega have beenshr ewd by i ncl udi ng excl usi ve featur es.such as the r epl aymodes. Thi s has to bethe 32X game of theyear. and the pr omi seel bet ter thi ngs.

NEW TRICKSTournament mode sets up a Premier Division of butt-kicking with thecharacters of your choice. As if the chance to watch Jeffry slapping himselfabout wasn't enough fun, you can change your characters' costumes. Sarahlooks especially fetching in a bikini top, or what about a nice summer outfit forWolf? Might cheer him up a bit. Rumours of an 'Akira rah-rah skirt cheat' are,sadly, foundiess.

The Virtue Fighte r Va uxha ilC o it te , nre League.

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of the pl anet Tuul mustcably bad taste. For

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of pi ece to featur e hit gui de. On thi s god-

is the l ocal Bond bad-ly l a unc he d. sur pr i sel b* some twenty year s

ago, when y u t a pr i ncel i ng. Even asthe pal ace by , k i n g s ar ch magez apped you of f to the safety of Ear th, wher eYou l i ved as a dr i fter , hi tcher and gener algood for nothi ng (so Bad Automat i c must bethe Pr i ncess Bethar da of Cal amesten then?).Meanwhi l e & M a c seizes the mysti cal l i ght-stone and noes your vi l l agers as footstool sand penci l oases.Now you ar e r etur ni ng to Tamil to l i ber ateyour peopl e f r o m . sl ave r egi me even Lor d[ m a p coul dn't compr ehend - usi ng the tri nstr uments of t r uth and j usti ce l i e guns,bombs and projecti l es).

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AssaultSarlac's forces.seize the light-stone andavenge yourlather byshootio• andjumpin' all theway'

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lumpYour hero is a versatile, full of beans type, rather

like that geezer from Delphine's Flashback, and thehero of Prince of Persia. He spends his time running

along corridors, jumping chasms and sometimeseven doing both at once (now that's clever). Hecan haul himself up on to platforms, grab cliffedges and press himself against the wall tododge enemy fire. At your command he will

arm his weapon in preparation, thoughthis inhibits his other movements

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The route to Swim's fortress is litteredwith shambling wrecks and wretched cap-tives. Amongst the corpses are prisoners

chained to the wall. Some may offeruseful advice, but it's all too easy to

catch them in the crossfire whenyou get into a fire fight with a

tooled-up orc. C'eat la vie

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I R C M O t e W A S PRemote controlled detonation

device

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some levels. One model fits all.

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to discover the objects that allow you to pen-etrate them. The snag is that most of themare possessed by the armed guards parad-ing the levels. A bullet in the skull is usu-

ally more effective than a polite word.When you get the objects, you then

have to figure out their use.

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In addition to object puzzles, there are avariety of impediments and traps for

you to overcome. Robot guns are low-ered from the ceiling when pressurepads are activated, lift mechanisms

have to be operated and secretdoors behind waterfalls

should not bemissed.

C O M M E N TLet mymy people'

Snow is fal l ing. al l ar ound me, monster sdying, havi ng fun.

I nter pl ay have taken anestabl i shed i dea and cr eat-• d a sl i ck i nter pr etat i on ofi t. Bl ackthor ns won' t bewi nni ng the 32X any pr izestor gr aphi cs or sound, asboth ar e accompl i shed buthar dl y gr ound-br eaki ng. I tsbest achi evement is someabsor bi ng and taxi ng game-play, as you expl or e a hugeamount of l evels whi ch expl ai ns the l ar gesize of the car t.

Good game! Good game! -as Br uck ' woul d say.Bl ackthor ns is an accom-pl i shed l i t t l e number thatlooks qui te shar p (wel l by' Mi l t standar ds) and pl aysreal ly nicely. Let 's put asi deall the 'what the 32X shoul dbe capabl e of doi ng a r gu-ment and see w ha tBl ackthor ns offer s. Thegamepl ay is absor bi ng, and the area cov-ered by the game is huge. The char actercontr ol feel s good on the whol e, a l thoughther e's a nasty unr el i abi l ty about obj ectselection that someti mes l eads to unwant -ed j umps. The gr aphi cs Sr . fine, w i th ani -mati on far i ng even better . Onl y the musi cis a posi ti ve i r r i tati on. What you mi ghtthi nk is that Bl ackthor n. is not that muchbetter than Fl ashback in styl e and content .whi ch is after al l t w o year s old. Ma y be thi sis so. but thi s is amongst the 32X's mostenj oyabl e games. End i t wont be comi ngout on the Megazir iwe.

Thick level get pro-gressively tougher andmore complex"The content of the game staysretty much the same throng

$A powerful mixture ofexplora-shoot 'am up thatdoesn't scream 32bit-ability,but oozes playability.

*Very crisp. withbackgrounds gettingbetter as you progress.VLittle graphic variation withinaash zone_

*You move fluidlyand purposefully Theother characters havelovely touches_

VGets very 11111100,very quickly as krepeats continuingly.

A, Good gun noisesand the odd sample.?More ambient hack-grossed effects wouldailed to the game

A Very nice learningcurve and well con-sheeted gameplay make Itcrucially absorbing.

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The cute car-toon charactergets a devilishlydifficult game ofhis own

Escape from thecircus, navigat-ing your ele-phant friend tosafety andlocating yourerrant childrenon the way.

BOTTOMS iliPW I N C HTo use Marsopilami's winch facility, drop some foodwhere you'd like BoneIli to position himsell.While he'smunching away, activate your tail exactly over hishead and watch your little fat buddy fly. All a bit far-fetched really.

POLE VAUL TAlthough the various tailspinsinclude a parachute, a lever and ahammer, perhaps the most spec-tacular is the pole vault functionwhich, when activated at the righttime, launches Marsupilamiacross rivers and other gaps.When you get to the other side,

RING O F F IREIn case you were wondering whyMarsupilami would actually wantto lumber himself with a gormlesselephant, the reason becomesclear at the end of the first levelJumping on the elephant's backwhile he douses the flames withhis trunk full of water is the onlyway through the fiery hoop.

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cheeky di sposi ti on. One day, however , thewor m tur ns and deci des to l ead hi s oven ani mall i ber ati on fr ont. I n an a t tempt to get back tohis wi fe and thr ee chi l dr en Mar supi l ami br eaksout of capti vi ty, usi ng hi s l ethal whi p- l i ke tai lto negot i ate obstacl es and subj ugate the fat r i ngkeeper e•No worries, then. Weil, no worries except for Bonelli, Marsupilami's lumbering ele-phant friend. The two break out together, and while Bonelli isn't exactly the brains ofthe outfit, he comes in useful for dousing fires with his trunk or s imply battering intotroublesome objects. Unfortunately, he's also one can short of a six pack and needsescorting everywhere. Marsupilami only has his friend, Tignass the hummingbird, tohelp him escape the circus, guide Bonelli's every step and locate his errant three chil-dren before he can return home to his wife.The scene is set for a bizarre dash against the clock asMarsupilami, Bonelli and Tignass take their faltering steps tofreedom with only the marsupial's mult i-purpose tail for pro-tection.

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The step function, when added toyour 'armoury', gives yours tail theability to transform itself into flightof stairs for BoneIli to amble along

The mouse facility allows you toform your tail into the face of amouse, sending Bone111 scarperingin the opposite direction. This ishandy if you'd like to use him as abattering ram, or if you'd just like himto get a move on.

The winch allows means you canuse your long-suffering tail to haulup Bonet!' up to your level.

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CLOWNINGAROUNDThe game's politically incorrect ani-mal-bashers include the ringmas-ters, who are easily whipped into a

puff of smoke, and the clowns.When not throwing custard

pies in your face they'reindulging in dangerous jug-gling. One punch and this

guy is down,- t h e i n s t ru c t i on m an -

ual tells us of the juggler, abut lookout for his dropped balls!' Hmmm.

that's the size of his tail, w ha t else doeskeep i n his Y-fronts?

C O M M E N Tlisle gays everyone l e t h e

offi ce a r un for thei r Rooney.and whi l e some reliehandconsi der abl e chal l enge,ether s wer e i nstantl y i nti dated. U gave thi s my hesshot, and whi l e I can appr o.elate how clever ly somesecti ons of the game ar econstr ucted, the whol e iof str uggl i ng (and i t i s astr uggl e) to tr anspor t an appar entl y br ai n-less el ephant fr om one si de of the scr eento the other l eft me col d. Asi de fr om thi srather shaky concept. Mar supi l ami is l etdown by mono* wool l y r espondiM o n thi s combi nes wi th ver y chal l engi nggamspl ay then Mi larsupi lami 's appeal to thevery young ki ds i t s clear ly ai med at mustbe br ought i nto questi on.

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SONIEBODSTOP ME!Power ups offering extra ringsand useful accessories aresecreted around the island.Looking a bit like little SegaSaturn symbols, they bring Tails'ring tally up to 20, prolonginggameplay_ And no, we can't readJapanese either,

Tail's i sl andparadise is lostto a pyr o-maniac duck

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two-tai l ed fur r y fr i end si nce w e l asts a w hi m . I f t he i n t r o s e que nc e f orTai ls Adventur es I s anythi ng to go by.he's not had much to do except V

o n a t r e e s t u m p whi l st l i f e o n h i s o w nl i ttl e fantasy I sl and passim hi m by.But such tranquillity was bound to be short-lived Tailsfinds negotiations for his next television contract inter-rupted by the arrival of a bad-ass pyrorraniac whodecides to burn the island down for no apparent reasonother than it would be -. ; o o d f o r a l a u g h . S u d d e nl y , a l l

the island's animals are t ransformed into demonicarsonists and find themselves equipped with flame-throwers and t ime bombs. Armed with a set of handgrenades and his uncanny helicopter-like flying skills,Tails sets Out to douse this skullduggery and collect aload of rings along the way.OK, that's the thread-bare plot. What wehave here is a fairlybasic Game Gearplat former forSonic's delightful/irritating sidekick_ Givencentre-stage is Tails up tothe task in paw) O r i s h e

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The l evel I boss struts his funky stuff.Al l over your back garden.

FIREFIGHTERIn typical Sonic style, the wildlifehas been robotised. This particu-lar blue meanie sits inside a hov-

e er ing flame-thrower. Automatedbats and frogs are amongst thesinister cyborgS that plague youlater on.

Ho hum. Been t h e m donethat. seen i t al l befor e. Notm a y is thi s deci del y unor i g-loot, i t 's not even par t i cu-lar ly chal l engi ng. I t 's al l toelansilar fr om Tai ls M e g a -dr i ve adventur es. Woul d, Iweeder , thi s have made i tfar of f the dr awi ng boar d i fit hadn' t had Soni c's fur r ychum attached? I suspectnot. Sti l l , i f you don't ow n anythi ng l i kethis al r eady l and the chances of tha t aresurely pr et ty sl im} then you w on' t be di s-appoi nted.

Tinto to cense clean. I 'm abi t of a sucker for Soni c andhis copter -l i ke compani onand feel that ther e's pl entyof l i fe l eft i n the dynami cduo. True, I was l ooki ng for -war d to some 32b1t escur •Wens r ather than anotherGame Gear potboi ler , butTai ls' Adventur es wi l l cer -tai nl y do to be goi ng al ongwi th. Ther e's very l i t t l e el se to say aboutthis, to be honest, I t doesn't push back thefr onti er s of gami ng as we k now i t, but i t i sa compel l i ng and r el ati vel y taxi ng l i tt l epl atfor mer w i th j ust enough secr et r oomsand hi dden power -ups to keep you comi ngback for more. I t s a l i tt l e di sconcer t i ng tose. our pr evi ousl y peace-l ovi ng fox bomb-i ng ever ythi ng i n s i ght to for ge hi s path.but hi s uni que hover i ng abi l i ty sti l l standsas qui te an endear i ng featur e. Not hal f bad.

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C O M M E N TDi d anyone buy a Megadr i vehopi ng t o pl ay a footbal lmanagement si m est i t? Ithought not. Thi s is a br aveand genui nel yunpr ecedented imstry i ntothe consol e stakes. Despi tethe fact Pr emi er Managerwi l l clear ly be up agai nstabsol utel y no compet i t i onwhatsoever , i ts fi ne pmadigradand car eful adaptat i on have contr i butedtowar ds thi s bei ng a sol i d game.Scr atch the sur face and the seemi ngl yendl ess tabl es of stati sti cs begi n to makesense. Fol l ow your players thr ough the on-screen commentar y that si mul ates eachmatch and you'l l soon fi nd your sel fencour agi ng your br ave l ads. I n shor ts t h emore you gi ve Pr emi er illionager. the o w er ewar di ng i t becomes.The i l l usi on Is onl y shatter ed when youstumbl e across the odd i naccur acy (whi l ethe teams are spot on on for the news o m e o f t h e pl a y e r s s e e mmi spl aced) and when you get thei mpr essi on your squad is behavi ng in agener i c 'di vi si on 3 ' or 'di vi si on 2 ' manner .Over look these mi nor qui bbl es however .and you'l l be sur pr i sed how compel l i ng astati sti cs-based management si m can be.

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r C O M M E N TFeel y management si mshave al ways been wel lreceived on computerfor mats — Spectr umFootbal l Manager keptpr ogr emmer Kevi n Toms i nbeer money for years. Soi t s 'upr i s i ng i t 's taken fi veyears and numer ousunor i gi nal pl atfor m gamesbefor e the Megadr i ve getsi ts own ver si on. But for those i tchi ng to beArdi les. Atki nson, Keegan or Dai gl i esh. i t 'sj ust the ti cket. I ni ti al l y the game mi ghtrepel w i th i ts di st i nct l ack of tutor i al andscreens of vi sual l y-chal l enged tabl es.Wi thi n a shor t t i me (an eveni ng) you'l lbegi n to make o f what makes thegame ti ck, and then get dow n to the tr i ckytask of maki ng a successful and pr ofi tabl eteam. This onl y r t h i s doesn't scor eI nto the 'magi c Ni net i es ' is i ts si ngl e savegame posi ti on. The i nabi l i ty to hol d mor ethan a si ngl e team is a fr ustr ati on. Evenso. thi s has the bi ggest RAM memor y ofany Sega car t. Whi ch i s why such gamesare best sui ted to computer s after a l l

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myster ies, l eadi ng to other puzz les, al luni ted i n one vast myster y of Who?Wher e? When? Why? How are al l theseconnected? They are the basi s of My s t .You fi nd yourself within these worlds, with nothingto help you but your wits and clues, left by personsunnamed, Bizarre devices (magical, mechanical?)operate at the flick of a switch. Sometimes. Butprogress seems only to lead to more questions,and a looming sense of threat. And MI f rom twostrange books...

OPEN YOURMINDMyst is an entirely puzzle-driven game. Thereare no guns, no 'baddies', no deaths and nocredits. Success is measured in progress.Progress is made when you reach anunattainable place or discover the purpose forone of the many machines you reach.Although the puzzles are complex, the control

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C O M M E N TWhen My s t fi r st appear edon the Mac. End l ater thePC. i t her al ded thebegi nni ng of somethi ngpr etty special . No-one hadseen anythi ng l i ke i t befor e.and i t l aunched a wave ofsimi l iar ly sumptuousadventur es l i ke The I I thNeer and the Al one in theDark ser ies. As a r esul t ofall these si mi l ar games. My s t star tedl ooki ng a l i t t l e dated. Whi l e ther e's sti l lnothi ng to faul t i t i n the gr aphi csdepar tment, m y or i gi nal concer ns aboutthe r ather stati c gamepl ay per si st w i th theSatur n ver si on. Yes. i t 's ver y atmospher i c -but is that enough? Not any more. I 'mafraid. My guess is that we'l l see a si mi l arpatter n emer ge wi th Satur n softwar e thatwe saw wi th other systems and that My s twi l l j ust be the begi nni ng. I n other wor ds.the best is hopeful l y yet to come.

MARCUS

TREE OF KNOWLEDGEThe first island is a pivotal point of the adventure. At its heart is alibrary. Many of the books are charred, but the remaining journalsoffer invaluable assistance. Next to the library is a personalplanetarium, which displays constellations for pre-programmed dates.

C O M M E N TMy s t is a pecul i ar game onany for mat. be t ovenwei r der to pl ay on aconsole. Af te r the pace ofDaytona and Vi r tue Fighter .It w a y seem hor r i bl y sedateto wander thr ough thebeauti ful l y cr afted wor l dsof Myst , but as anadventur e ga m . ther e'sl i ttl e to touch I tsatmospher e and constr ucti on. Ther e Ishuge at tent i en to detai l , f r om thewonder ful l y wr i t ten diar i es i n the l ibrary.to the eer ie i nstr uments of tor tur e in thebowel s of mechani cal wor l d. Ther e is ver yl i ttle gi ven i n ter ms 9f expl anati on. sopl ayi ng the game is bewi l der i ng, and al i ttle menaci ng. The many puz z l es i nter l i nk.and are much mor e sophi st i cated than'take obj ect A to si te 8•. Thi s Is a ni chegame wi th l i mi ted appeal , but i ts pr et tyoutstandi ng, nonethel ess.

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Navigate yourtinycar/truck/jetaround fiendish-ly difficultcourses com-posed of house-hold objects

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Machi nes 3. and is best r egar ded as anupgrade to the second version of the game.Micro Machines 2 has apparently shifted a quarter of amillion copies since its release, and this new hybrid is theresult of 12 months ' research into souping up the formula.The Micro Machines experience is an abject lesson in no-nonsense gameplay beating flash graphics hands down. Youhave control of a tiny car which bombs around variousrooms in the Micro Machines house. Choose your speedmachine f rom an array of trucks, cars and even jet planes onoffer, negotiat ing everything f rom gas stoves to bunsenburners in your mission to complete circuits of table tops

ahead of your competitors. Aerial views of the 65 tracks high.light forthcoming obstacles and your rivals' efforts to sneakahead of you or nudge you of f the table altogether.Of all the tweaks and extra features Mic ro Machines '96presents, perhaps the most exciting is the new 'construction kit' facility -a customisation tool allowing you to design your own tracks and save them forfuture use. So, without further ado, let 's lower the chequered flag for a whistle-stop

tour of the latest Micro Machines' new features...

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Micro Machines '96 features 65 new levels, andamongst these are eight brand new scenarios. Themost entertaining see you negotiate such outlandishmenaces as fl aming bunsen burners, barbeques andexercise machines.

BBOBURNO F FIf you don't scale the bar-beque quick enough you fryalong with the sausages.

SCIENCE L ABAn impromptu game of frog-ger across across the labora-tory sink. Ah, brings backmemories.

J ET J O U STStart the engines, point yourplane in the right directionand keep your fingerscrossed on this screen.

GO KART SStuck on the runningmachine, you and your fel-low go kart drivers face aneternity of gameplay with allthe breathtakig variety of

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The most innovative feature of this new MicroMachines is the customisation kit. Choose your vehi•cle, tailor its speed capabilities and, most importantly,esign your own track. Lay your road over a back-

ground of your choice (concrete, grass, sand and soon) and then add obstacles of your choosing. As longyou have an uninterrupted loop of track, you're free toclutter the course with whatever rubbish you like.

SPEED KINGChoose your mode of transportfrom the array of jalopies onoffer.

MAKINGTRACKSSelect curved or straightsections of track and assemblethem into a loop of any des-cription.

SCENIC ROUTEDecorate your creation withselected brie a brae like giant tincans and marauding water pis-tols.

BEHIND THEWHEELAssuming everything you'vedevised makes some logicalsense, regardless of how brutalIt may be, then you're ready togo.

ROAD TO HELLYou zoom in to experience yournightmarish driving experiencein all its sodden and windsweptglory.

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D b e l lDer by inthe gym_Other newscenariosinclude thecomp sitea nd the lab.

C O M M E N TMi cr o 2 is one of the bestgames on the Megadr i ve sothis defi ni te i mpr ovementshoul d be a total l y essenti alnuclease. non? Personal ly,I 'm a bi g enosigh fan of thenpam. to want to have thi sas wel l as Mi cr o 2. butther e'l l be qui te a few peo-ple who won't . Thi s is mai n-ly dow n to the fact that afai r amount of the tr acks are taken fr omthe last game. Admi t tedl y they're! the bestones, but some peopl e sti l l w on' t feel toohappy about buyi ng the same tr acks agai n.Anyway, for get 'em because the new tr acksand vehicles ar e great, the massi ve numberof new pl ay modes make the four -pl ayeropti on even better and the tr ack edi tor isessential . Bi g Mi cr o fans shoul dn't eventhi nk twi ce about buyi ng thi s, even i fthey've got the other two games.

MARC

The best j ust got better -ther e's no di spute aboutthat. The onl y debate l ies i nwhether you'r e goi ng towant thi s i f you've al r eadygot Mi cr o Machi nes 2. Wel l .I r eckon thi s is a pr et tyessential pur chase, and

here's why. Wher eas the P I G Unew scenar i os l i ke the gym-nasium, the camp si te andthe sci ence l ab are good fun. they 'r e si m-ply var i ati ons on themes we've soonbefore. The constr uct i on ki t, on the otherband, l ends a whol e new di mensi on to thegame, and bei ng abl e to save tr acks meansmy master pi eces of moder n met motor waysare goi ng to keep be busy at l east unti lMi cr o Machi nes 3 rol ls al ong. Who'd havethought t ow n pl anni ng coul d be thi s muchfun?

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MORTAL KOy o u don' t real ly care absent tilso pl ots of beat 'em ups de you? No-one

does. They al ways involve, ewer , char acter enter i ng the tour namentto get r evenge on the bi g Noss for ki l l i ng thei r par ents/ br other / cat.But w a i t for i t. i n Mor ta l IICombat 3 we've got a beat 'em up wi th asl i ghtl y di f fer ent pl ot!

M I D (as i t 's known i n these par ts ' i nvol ves Shao Kahn and hi s hoar ds of evi l for ci bl ytr yi ng to conquer Ear th for thei r Outwor l d r eal m as wel l as the gr eedy Kahn ki l l i ngever yone on the pl anet to cl ai m thei r soul s as hi s own. Mos t of this human race has beenwi ped out but the few sur vi vi ng war r i or s pack up thei r weapons and set out to save thewor ld. Add to thi s Sub-Zer o bei ng mar ked for death by hi s now r oboti c ni nl a cl an andSonya out to r ecaptur e Kano and you've got al l sor ts of chaos. The cr i ss-cr ossi ng pl otmeans that you've got the batt l e of good Ear th agai nst bad Outwor l d peopl e as wel l as afew r evenge stor i es chucked i n for geed measur e. The way the char acter s choose to fi ghtis ver y si mpl e - one-on-one. Not onl y i s i t a i tery honour abl e way of sor t i ng out yourdi ffer ences, i t makes for a gr eat two-pl ayer game! Hur r ah!

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SM O K ESmoke is a secretplayable characterwho can useScorpion's harpoonas well as a telepodpunch and a greatinvisibility mode.You'll see his laceappear on the selectscreen occasionallybut getting him isn't that easy. Stintuned to find out how.

M O T A R OShan Kahn, like everymad demon lordbloke, needs a bodyguard. Who betterthan Mama? Motor°is a nuimiter of arace of lour-leggeddragon thingies and is d I mod withpainful fireballs, the abihty to teleportand very big muscles.

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SINDELSindel is thebride of ShaoKahn andhas beenbroughtback fromthe dead. Shehas the ability tofly as well as spit fireballsand scream her opponentsto death.

STRYKERWhen SheaKahn invadedEarth, hewiped outStryker'shome city.Being a riotcop, Stryker's got a bigbaton and lots of grenadesto help him keep the peace

CYR AXCyrax's specialadvantagesinclude a netto trap hisopponents.grenadeshidden in hischest and teleportcapbilitias,

SEKTORSaktor isCyrax•s twinbrother.Thankfullytheir parentsdecided todress them indifferent colours,Sektor's chest plate opensto release missiles, bothhoming and straight, andhe can teleport beneath hisopponent and punch themfrom below.

NIGHT INOL FThe MortalKombatAmericanIndian isarmed with aglowing axeand spiritualbow and arrow.The best bit aboutNightwolf, however, is thatyou can bounce fireballsback at your opponent,including Sub-Zero's ice.

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Sheave. She'sborrowed the abilityto throw fireballs and tojump from a great heightonto her opponent.

!CABALKabal nearlydied at theorder ofShao Kahnand has toget revengewith his life-support systemstill strapped to his back.Kabal can spin hisopponents around untilthey get dizzy, giving hima chance to start abrilliant combo with hissword things. He can alsoshoot the obligatoryfireball and chop hisenemy up With spikes.

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much. For one. i t s wayway faster than MK2 , whi ch i nstantl y

makes the game mi ns exci ti ng. Thekombo system, whi ch at fi r st seems si l ly.

real ly adds to the game. gi vi ng yousomethi ng else to l ear n end master otherthan fi ni shi ng moves. The gr aphi cs andsound are di gi t i sed fr om the ar cade sothey'r e a bi t fuzzy, but w i th a game l i kethi s you can put up wi th l i t t l e qui bbl es.The game's been ar ound i n the ar cades fora good f e w months now and sti l l not al l ofthe secr ets have been found so thi s'l l keepyou goi ng for ages. Al l i n al l i t ' s j ustanother br i l l i ant Mor ta l Kombat, andpr obabl y the best Megadr i ve beat 'em upI 've ever seen.

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I t's the same ol d thi ng i sn'ti t? Di gi t i sed fi ghter s w homove at the s a m e speed asone another , have the samereach, use simi lar specialmoves and have the samefatal i ti es. Wel l , yes and no.Even though each char acterIs si mi l ar UM the last. mor eso than Super Str eetfi ghter2. they al l pl ay di ffer entl y.most notabl y i n the bombe depar tment. Aswe've come to expect f r om the Kombatseries ther e are l oads of fi ni shi ng moves(fr i endshi ps, babal i ti es, ani mal i ti es,merciesl whi ch have al l been i mpr oved aswel l as pl enty of funny. r ather than gory.fatal i ti es. The actual game pl ays bet terthan befor e but I sti l l pr efer SSF2's styl eof massi vel y di f fer ent fi ghter s. The secr etkodes and thi ngs wi l l take you ages todiscover but w he n you do they'l l actual l yi mpr ove the game, eveni ng out one-si dedbattl es and the l ike, t o keep your i nter estIn the game for a l ong t i me to come. M Kone had to fi ght w i th 5F2:SCS for sales.MK2 had SSF2 to wor r y about, but PI KShas nothi ng stoppi ng i t fr om bei ng thenumber one Megadr i ve beat 'em up ar ound.

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Snatched fr om hi s pl atfor m paredise, ourblur i n bl ue has been deposi ted on achequer boar d hover i ng i n a psychedel i csky. I l l s onl y way out i s to rol l hi msel fi nto a spi nbal l and col l i de i nto var i ousmeani es a v oi d sti cky patches of chewi nggum and sl i de across movi ng wal kwaysunti l he can fi nd the keys and r i ngs tounl ock hi s escape r oute.Asi de fr om hi s fl eet i ng guest appear anceIn Bug!, Sego's mascot hedgehog i scur r entl y bei ng put thr ough hi s paces onjust about anythi ng and ever ythi ng theGame Gear can thr ow at hi m. Thi s t i meround, i t s a fast-movi ng puzz le whi chsees Soni c batter hi msel f thr ough var i ousobstacl es w i th scant r egar d for per sonalsafety. Shoul dn't someone at Sega haveput hi m on danger money by now?

I j ust coul dn't get my heedr ound thi s. The game movesIn fi t s and star ts as youfi nd your sel f bei ng fl ungar ound at i ncr edi bl e speedsin the usual l y vai n hope ofpassi ng thr ough the r i ghtarea (or hi t t i ng the r i ghtbaddi e) i n your sear ch forkeys and r ings. Annoyi ngl y.the degr ee of contr ol youseem to be abl e exercise over your fate isl i mi ted - you can get thr ough each levelwi th a bi t of pr acti se but you'r e l eftwonder i ng how you di d i t. Ul ti matel y, thi sgame is honker s. And, sadly, fai r l yr epeti ti ve and fr ustr ati ng. Oh, and awar ni ng to hedgehog l over s - the level ofphysical br utal i ty our bl ue chum has toendur e is second onl y t o the batter i ng hereceived dur i ng Soni c Spl abal l .

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Puzzles l i ke thi sare per fect for theGame Gear - nottoo gr and i n scal eand easy to tackl e

in shor t segments at atime, they make forexcel l ent hand-hel d fun-OK. Soni c Labyr i nth i sfl awed, but ever yone'sfavour i te hedgehogbehaves i n i n char acter and some ofthe gr aphi cs br ought back fondmemor i es of the Soni c coi n-op. I fyou'r e i nto puzz le games pi nba l l oroven Soni c general ly, thi s shoul dappeal i f you can get r ound i ts l i mi tedscope. And some of the cheeky l i t t l egr aphi cs touches •r e wor th a gr in. Idi dn't expect too much fr om thi s, but i tkept me amused for a whi l e.

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0 nce again. Sega tw ist our arms at right angles to ourbodies and w e review the Saturn stuf f that w as outyonks ago and w hich is due out for your super UK

machine about now. Ap art f rom the fi rst of this month'stitles, w h ich is one o f those import thingies w e couldn' t bebothered to tackle fi rst t ime round. All Japanese instruc-tions and stuff , you understand. So if you have a Saturnthis is it for the month of October:

E4 4 • 9 91-4 PL AYERSThis has undergone a name transformation f rom as Japanese incarnation as'Last Gladiators' to the rather less grandiose and eminent ly more relevant'Digital Pinball'. This is a rendit ion of the age-old game of fl ipper thatsits in many a pub, pier and grimy arcade.There's nothing grimy about this game.however, which comes f rom lit-t le-known developer 'Kaze' in Japan. It's beautifully presented, withextremely crisp graphics and stylish overlays. The copious soundeffects are similarly tip top and crystal clear.What Digital Pinball attempts to do, and is one of its failings in theprocess, is be extremely faithful to the mechanics of the game. Insteadof using overhead-viewed scrolling tables, the action is v iewed f rom astatic, slanted table which is contained within a single screen. Many ofthe features are semi-transparent, allowing you to see the ball when it 'stucked up the back of the screen. The ball movement is very convincing,and i t s a remarkably close interpretat ion of real pinball.Unfortunately, pinball as it actually stands doesn't quite work on console.The space a scrolling table offers means more features, and DigitalPinball's four separate tables are cramped and generally uninspiring.Complexity has been added by creating all sorts of complex bonus paths,explained in a series of instructions. Although there are plenty of ways toscore points not much else, except perhaps multiballs, is likely to happen.The themes are amusing, like a glachatoral table with mini colloseum,Warlock table with spell mult ipliers and a Samurai game with mart ial artsslants.The game is made more stimulating by use of its 'dot matrix ' interludes.These narrow sequences play across the screen, with stylish mono-chromatic images accompanied by amusingly doom-laden utterances. Thegame becomes thick with them the more skilled you become.Digital Pinball is not bad at all, and at first is quite compulsive. It's the long termvalue that we doubt, considering the saminess of the tables and that all thecombined bonuses and features seem to lead only to higher scores, notnew effects. Points may be enough for wizards, but we're console game-splayers here.

Puritanical pinball for pedaMs. but true to the game by thesame token.

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PLAYERmonths ago, but games this goodare few and far between, so youshould now make an effort to buy the damn thing now it's out. Bug's mainachievement is to put a bit of spunk back into plat form games, just asthey're going through a bit of an unpopular patch.It's true that nothing in the game is amazingly original, or that the gameplayis that complex, but that's an asset in many ways Bug is an instantly enjoy-able game to play, accessible to all levels of gamesplayers, but rapidly prov-ing itself as a pillow-bit ing challenge. From World 2 onwards expect nomercy.The genie's unique feature is Bug's ability to walk 'into' the screen on its plat-forms and walkways, which the Saturn handles with as much ease as normalleftiright movement. A l l kinds of other nifty scaling and perspective effectsare handled. Part of the compuls ion is seeing what 's in store later.Fab graphics, great sound, excellently structured game - I think we have this month's 'best buy'.HYDLIDE

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We must confess to being a bit surprised that Sega bothered to convertI I & Soft 's early RPG for the UK Saturn. That type of game is always for aniche market, so it's a sign of Sega's commitment to provide a broad raftof game styles for the machine early on.Having said that, our reflections on Hydlide would suggest that it's notreally aimed at the serious RPG gamer anyway: this is a 3-0 explorationgame bearing the hallmarks of Dungeons and Dragons. Playing an ener-getic young adventurer, you explore a large map which has about tenlocations you can actually go and visit.These are rather more interesting than the aimless wandering within thedull grey, randomly generated outdoor landscape. There are objects to becollected and equipped, new weapons and armour and the occasionalpuzzle to solve.The graphics are strange - functional 3-D, but extremely blocky andblurred, especially close up. so theeffect, overall is not too pleasing.Our assessment of Hydlide hascooled f rom the import review.even though the UK versionmakes matters like reading lessof a chore. Coupled with moreinteresting RPG developmentsdue f rom Sega. If you musthave some form of RPG, youmight want to considerHydlide.

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SHINOBIETBA1 PLAYERShinobi X was one of the first Saturn projects to be announced, and reallyoffers a taster of what the machine can do. To the dismay of some, it's astandard left to right style platformer, indeed a textbook example of thegenre. That 's not to say that it doesn't have a few fancy tricks to show.however.The styling and gameplay is very much in tune with the three previousMegadrive Musashi games. Joe, the ninja hero, pulls off the same mixtureof acrobatics and magic - many of the same moves. The difference isexcellent new animation, using digit ised actor sprites.In the game's favour, the control is very responsive and quite instinctive,Using blocking and combinat ion attacks makes Shinobi more than hackand slash, and your opponents are similarly smarter than the averageplatform game stooge. The nine levels start to get hellish about half waythrough, and take you through familiar, pagoda, minecan and dungeonterritory, with your gars kidnappers always one step ahead.Since our favourable import review. Sega's major change has been to themusic. Unhappy with the Japs' trashy ditties. Sega commiss ioned one oftheir composers at Sega UK in Chiswick to come up with an originalsoundtrack. It's rather more atmospheric than the original. Also, the gameseems to play slightly taster, upping the difficulty level marginally.There are some valid criticisms to be made of Shinobi X for being tooconservative and unadventurous. but there are always takers of wellaai-bored conventional titles, and Shinobi should have its market.

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M E A N Y O Bquiet w ord inyour she l l -l ikesabout bodi lyemissions.Sending the m

to me through the pos t isnot big. Or clever. Wha t'smore i t causesconsiderable dis tress tothe ladies in the offi c e .And i t ups e ts Cla ire andLucy. So. the scumba l lwho sent a se lec tion ofhis s not to me in the pos tis not only a pra t, but a lsos tupid - you put y ouraddress a t the top of theletter. Expec t a surprisesoon, sucker.In the me a ntime , s e ndapprec ia tions, pol i tecons truc tive c r i tic is m andcash to: Y O B'S S A M P L EBOTTLE, M E A NM A C H I N E S S E G A, 3 0 -32 F A R R I N G D O N L A N E .LO NDO N, EC11:1 3 A U

EAR WAXDear YobWhat is everyone's problem? Itseems we've just replaced onedebate for another. We've spentyears getting bored lartless withpeople banging on about the 'Segav Nintendo' debate and bickeringendlessly about which is the bettermachine, the Megadrive or theSNES. Just when it seemed like allthat rubbish had been forgotten,here we go again - Saturn vPlaystation. It's not as if there's thatmuch difference between the twomachines - what this is really aboutis people slagging off their mates'machines simply because they'vegot something different. A fewyears back, I decided to get aMegadrive and a SNES, so thedebate didn't touch me - I had the

best of

Bomberman by Sharon DIr: n y re - R o n and Bev?),aged 15 from Mancheste

ooth worlds. Now,m y solution isthe same. I bought a Saturn theday they came out, and I'll be thereas soon as the Playstation isavailable. And before anyone startswhining about money, I'd just liketo say that I'm serious about mygaming so I think it's essential tohave the best that's out there. Afterall, buying a Saturn and aPlaystation is still going to cost lessthan buying a PC - the other so-called games platform of the future.I reckon that if you're not preparedto get the best that's Out there, andexperience the best that bothformats have to offer, then you'reprobably not very serious aboutplaying games at all.Mark Leach, Pelmets Green,LondonYOB:Whet about the debatebetween the Master System andthe Gameboy, W h i c h m a c hi n e is

superior there? And the TandyColour Genie and the CommodoreVic20? You lot have got shortmemories haven't you? A fewyears pass and suddenly we're allgoing next generation and goodold-fashioned computing isn'tgood enough for you any more,oh no. Well, I say there are scoresthat still need settling

SCALP FLAKESDear YobI've been playing games for years,but have recently encountered a bitof a problem. My girlfriend saysthat garnes are for nerds and'anoraks' and has told me that she'sembarrassed about my "sadhobby". I'm saving up for a Saturnand I know that when I gel Virtue

Fighter my 'sad hobby" is goingto get even more addictive.Keith Watson, Keynsham,BristolYOB:Tricky one this. Girls arepretty cool, but Virtue Fighteris a smart game Sod it -ditch the chick.

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80111 SCRAPESDear YobSega Power ate really getting upmy nose. They stag you off allthe time, and never do a realreview without some stupidattempt at comedy. I mean, whatexactly is a "tips nappy"?Steven Tape. Dudley, BirminghamYOB:Simple. it's a disposablepair of pants full of cak.

CRUSTY SCARSDear YobI'm writ ing to you about a subjectthat I must get off my chest - it'sthe Saturn. Even though I am a tadskint and currently unable to buyone I feel that I have to bring up theold chestnut of games companiesmonopolis ing the market. I ammerely a humble Megadrive ownerand already know what it's like tocough up vast piles of cash forgames that only cost a smidgen ofthe price to make, normally beingled into buying such stuff becausethey have a high bit memory or aplug through system (yes I do haveS+K, for my ctimesl. What puzzlesme, is why do Sega price CDs thathave no fancy chips or othermoving parts the same as ye oldeMegadrive games? A CD probablyc,osts even less to produce than acart so why aren't they pricedlower? It's about t ime those nicepeople down at Sega Europe gotoff their butts and did somethingabout it. I leave you to yourdigestive related insults, becausesad people like me deserve it forwhinging like this.Ben Sole, West Bromley, KentYOB:Arse hairs. Insults relat ing tobot tom brist les are far moresatisfying than digestive related

insults Where's the fun in slaggingoff someone's biscuits? Anyway,arse hairs. Why don't you pullyours round your ears?

WEEPING SORESDear YobThe fact that Sega aren't includingan FiF lead with the Saturn is a bitbelow the belt really. 130*.,i, o f h o m e smay well have scan capable TVsbut Sega should also consider theother 20%.While I 'm on the subject of Saturns,I was looking through a mail orderbrochure recently when I noticedthe catalogue company werecharging E500 and not evenincluding a game. If you wantedVirtue Fighter you had to pay anextra £60. My advice would be tosteer clear. Catalogues can be agood thing, but there are plenty ofplaces selling the Saturn for E350with a game.M. Kilvington, Southsea, EssexYOB7In estimating that mostpeople did indeed have access to ascart TV. Sega's decision to notbundle an RF lead was an afford tokeep the price of the machine aslow as possible. Had they includedan RF lead it would have bumpedup the price for all the people who

didn't need one (themajority, after all)as well as thoughwho did. Besides,what 's the mat terwit h you? Haven'tthey got anyelectricians shopswhere you live?Bahl

An d t h a t 's ju st a b o u t i t f ro m y o u rf riend ly n e ig h b o u rh o o dsh c lo ckmeis t er f o r an o t h er mo n t h o fh eated d e b a t e a n d f riend ly ban ter.The w o rl d w a i t s w i t h b a i t ed b re a t hand f e v e re d b r o w as t h e d a w n o f aw o n d ro u s n e w pile o f o ld tossc o me s a ro u n d ag a in n ex t issue.

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Okay, we have tocome clean. Steveis not answeringCAA any more.We could try andwing it. but I guessyou'd see throughit. This is Gus. No,honestly it is. Sonow I've got toexplain why werestill using Steve's

.c here. Er, is that

e time? It is thetime you know. 4bloody AM. Look Idon't want to spina sob story butthere really is notime to get in aargument aboutwho's running theCAA page. Surely

tha answersat count. Well,

enjoy the lettersand I'll see you ina bit.

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MAGICSPINDLEDear SteveI am writ ing to you to warn youabout an ad in MEAN MACHINESSEGA for Spectrum Trading UK. Isaw the advert for games, so I sentaway for Toe Jam and Earl 3. Thatwas at the beginning of July and Ihave not received my game. I havephoned them up and all I keep get-ting is an answer machine. I haveleft messages on that, I have writ -ten to them. I have not heard backf rom them. I thought I write to seeif there's anything you can do, andalso as a warning for other readersof your magazine.C. StapletonGUS:We'll certainly investigateyour complaint. We take care overour advertiser, but sometimesthings happen. It is important thatyou take care when replying to MailOrder ads. Make sure the companyis contactable by phone, don't sendcash arid check if the company hasadvertised for some time. Statethat you want your goods within awork ing week, and they be sentregistered post: any decent fi rmwill do this. Reputable mail orderimporters we know are VideoGames Centre in Bournemouth andAce Consoles on 0171 439 1185.

OUALU-UDEDear SteveCan you answer these questions:1. Can you play music CDs on theSaturn?2. Do you need an adaptor?3. I have C50 - what Saturn gameshall I buy?4. Is Primal Rage any good forSaturn?5. How much will it cost?6_ When will it be coming out?Stephen Smith, WolverhamptonGUS:1. Yes you can.2. No adaptor needed.3. Daytona or Bug!4. Dunno, but will know nextmonth.5. About £50.6. November-December time.

COCOADear SteveI think your mag is the best in exis-tence, even better than Sega Pro!Please, please, grovel, grovel, printthis letter:1. For Nintendo's Ultra 64, it hasbeen decided to use cartridgesinstead of CDs. A bloke at Nintendo

said it was better to use cartridgesbecause they can store more infor-mation. But what 's the properanswer?2. Is JVC Boxing on the Saturn anygood?3. One of Sonja Blade's moves inMK3 involves taking all her clothesoff. True?4. Is the quality of the MPEG adap-tor on the Saturn any goody5. Why didn't Bullfrog include a bat-tery back up on the Saturn versionof Theme Park?6. What do you think of Sega sign-ing a deal with Californian compa-ny NVDIA that will allow Sega todevelop and play games on thePC?7. The Saturn has three 32botprocessors, so why is it called a32b1t machine?Richard Marsh, ShrewsburyGUS:1. Nintendo opted for car-tridge for various reasons, but stor•age is not really one of them. Theadvantage of cartridge is speed:you can access a cart airroostinstantly. A CD, in comparison hasslow access, so the game actuallyin action has to be stored into theinternal RAM. This in turn makes aCD console more expensive - as itneeds both RAM and a disk drive.The advantage of CD is the amountof storage space.2. Looks like it could be quite jolly.3. Only if you handle her correctly(chortle).4. Movies look okay, and the Saturnhas some unique effects like zoomand picture-in-picture,5. The expense: developers apartf rom Sega fond battery back upsvery costly, and Theme Park wouldneed a biggie.6. Sega realise they are excellent atdoing software that people want. Ifthat software is for PC, why not?7. Calling a machine '16bit ' or'32bit' is judged by looking at thecentral chip, or CPU which orches-trates all the other processors andis the most important. The SaturnCPU is 32b1t RISC.

DEADLINEDAYSDear StevePlease answer my questions, as itis the first t ime I've writ ten to yourmagazine.1. In the September issue, Stevewas asked if there would be aSonic 4, and he said they're proba-bly would. But in the August issueof Sega Magazine, in reply to thesame question, they said that Sonicand Knuckles WAS Sonic 4. Who isright? If it's Sega meg. why did no-one know this at the t ime the gamewas released?And if you are right, has work start-ed on Sonic 4 yet?2. Any more news on Brutal 2 0 0 0for the 32X?

3. What is your favourite game?4. Do you think there will be anydrop in the Saturn's price beforeChristmas'Shelley Blair, Co. Ant rimGUS:What is all this guff? Surelywhat matters is if there will beanother Sonic game for theMegadrive. Yes. I think there will be'one last fl ing' on 16bit. Thereshould also be a 'Sonic 4' onSaturn next year.2. Who really gives a toss aboutBrutal?3. Daytona USA.4_ I think it's possible.

RADIO 3Dear Steve1. In issue 25 there was a previewof Scooby Doo. I have had almostevery issue after that but I have notseen a review. Why?2. Should I buy Theme Park orComix Zone?3. Please put these games in bestto worst order: Lethal Enforcers,Astertx: Power of the Gods; PrimalRage; EMI T?4_ Will there be a Story of Thor 2on the Megadrive?Thanks a lot and keep up the goodwork.Alex Harrison, BeightonGUS:1, Pity about that. It's all partof the Sunsoft saga. Marubeni usedto distribute Sunsoft games in thiscountry, but both sides found ithard to get there act together.Sunsoft was wound up last yearand Scooby Doo, a promis ing pro-ject. was one of the casualties.Someone should pick it up and fin-ish it.2. Are you clever? Yes? Get ThemePark,3. EWJ 2 (probablyI; Primal Rage;Asterix; Lethal Enforcers,4. Probably not.

NIGHTNURSEDear SteveOr Gus, or whoever's doing theOFrA_ Your magazine is the bestSega mag around and pleaseanswer my questions:1. When will Lemmings 2 be out onGame Gear?2. Is Lemmings 2 better thanLemmings, and what percentagewould you give them?3, Is Sonic Drift 2 better than SuperOff Road on Game Gear?4, Do you know any cheats forSuper Off Road, Sonic Drif t 2 orLemmings?Hugo Adams, DorsetGUS] l. Never ever.2. Never ever.3. Guess so,4. Look do you have these games?

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Dear StevePlease answer my questions:1. How much is the Saturn at themoment?2. Do you think the price will belowered by the start of the NewYear and if so by how much?3. What is the cartridge port on theSaturn used for?4. What is the difference betweenVirtue Fighter and Virtue FighterRemix?5, Is Panzer Dragoon worth buyingor snow() i wan Tor magic Larperr6. Will they box the Saturn with anRF lead, or are they going to stickwith the SCART lead?7. I 'm selling my Megadrive with 9games including Virtue Racing,Street Fighter, Fife '95. Landstalkerand Chakan, with two three-buttonpads and one six-button pad. Howmuc h do VOL] think I s hould sellthem for?Paul Mclair, ManchesterGUS:E399 with Virtue Fighter_2. I think so, my guess is a E50before Crimble.3. At the moment , game develop-ment and RAM carts, but it's a flex-ible port.4. Speed, texturing, presentation.Not gameplay.5. Magic Carpet will be some time.P a n 7 P e g e l - 1 M_6. They'll stick with SCART,methinks.7_ As much as you can get.

SEXDeer SteveCongratulations on the new lookmag. Please answer my questionsfor me IX-Men questions refer tothe Sega versions).1, Being a bit of an X-Men fan, Iwas wondering which of the threeX-Men games I should buy. I likethe look of the first one. What doyou think?2. In X-Men do all the charactershave a satisfactory amount ofmoves?3. What percentage did you giveVirtue Racing?4. I read an article in a Silica cata-logue comparing the 32X to theMegadrive. It said the 32X couldhandle 50,000 polygons per sec-. _ _ .ond, and the Megadrive could han-dle none. How was it possible forSega to make Virtue Racing?5. Does Primal Rage need a six-but-ton joypad?6. I 'm thinking of buying lethalEnforcers with gun to go withLethal 2, for E26. Is it worth it.7. What's the X-men game withSpiderman in it like? It looks crap.

Nick, GloucesterGUS:1. I'd prefer the second one.2. In X-Men 2 the range is muchwider.3. 92%4. The Megadrive needed the helpof the one-off SVP chip, a specialprocessor in the cart that explainedthe E70 tag.5. I'd recommend it.6. I wouldn't recommend it.7. Knocking on a be is Spidey andthe X-men. Budget fodder.

CANDLE-LIGHTDear SteveCongratulations on your ace maga-zine. The reviews are particularlyoutstanding and let's not forget theawesome Q&A. You are simplyessential Sega reading. Now pleaseanswer my questions, go on!1_ Now that Saturn and Playstationare out, will the price of SNES andMegadrive games decrease rapid-ly?2. Is it worth getting Pete Sampras'96 if you have Pete Sampras '95?3. Are Boogerman. Batman ForeyeJudge Dredd and Fever Pitch anygood?4. Will you be having a top 100 orall-t ime greats game section inyour mag soon?5. Your tips book was good, butthere was no t in to defeat NeoZeed on Revenge of Shinobi. Howin God's name do you do it?6. What are your thoughts onWayne Gretzky's Hockey, NewAdventures of Batman and Robin,Mr Nutz 2?7. Would you please print someGame Genie codes?8. What's best - Fife or FeverPitch?9. How many games have beenreleased for the Megadrive in theUK. roughly?Paul Davies, CaerphillyGUS:1. Probably not.2. It's not an essential purchase forSampras non-addicts.3. All apart f rom Boogerman areconsiderable as buys,4. Perhaps some sort of glossy ret-rospective, but normally in othermags these things are an excusefor laziness.5. Practice, child.6. I thought Gretrky's was a pile ofice bull - Time Warner got a bitshirty of that one. New adventures- cool; Mr Nutz - so-so.7. No_ Game genie sucks.B. I prefer Fifa, it must be said.Steve's a Fever man.9. About 400-450

BEDTIME T U C K INSTORYDear SteveWould you please answer thesequestions:1. Is there going to be a CannonFodder 2 on the Megadnve?2. Any news on Streets of Rage 4and when is it coming out?3. When is Super Streedighter IITurbo coming out on Megadrive?4. Is Earthworm J im 2 going to bea pile of crap like the first?5. Why is the next Micro Machinescalled Mic ro Machines 2 '96? Whydon't they just call it MicroMachines 3 instead of all the '96crap?Andrew Moriaty, WarringtonGUS:1. We hoped there would butI doubt it.2. No news or indications of agame of that name f rom Sega3. Forget that one for a start!4_ Hey - J im rocks!5_ You have an attitude problem.'Micro Machines 3' is for the bigleap forward: the next gen.

Dear SteveI have secently bought Theme Parkfor the Megadrive. I can't work outhow to put the rollercoaster togeth-er. Could you tell me please?BillGUS:Prie stick. Works a treat. Ortry the instruction manual.

Now about that pic-ture. Yeah, it has togo, and it will.Stand by for nextmonth's amazingGus CAA picture,No expense sparedand no answersstinted. It's the Q&Aevent of the year

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Star Wars Arcade, Doom, SF2 SCE. Sonic,Urban Strike, Mega Games I. MKIL fourpods (two are 6-button), lots of mags.games stand, all boxed except MegaDrive, E300 ono. James 0181 304 8822.WANTED SHINING Force One. Telephone01440 61020.SEGA MEGADRIVE, 11 top games. joypadarcade joystick 6' many mags. E130. Tel.01733 62803.SATURN, UK version, 2 pads. VirtueFighter. Panzer Dragoon, Dogtona USA,E200 cash. Phone 0493 368166, ask forAndrew. Buyer must collect (GreatYarmouth/Norfolk).FOR SALE Megadrive games. Jurassic Park.SFII E15 each, Micro Machines 2 £30,Sunset Riders £10. SNES games.Bombermon E20, DKC E30, GomeboyMagni-Ute, power adaptor, 2 games Inc.Kirby, carry case. £80 ono. NIh 01202(Bournemouth) 393982. Buyer must col-lect.WANTED STAR Trek Generations, boxedwith instructions on Game Gear, will payup to E12. Call Sheila on 01285 657867.H1114 year old boy looking for boy or girlpenpal between 13 and 15 years old. Ihe going to cinema, art, rock music (notheavy metal). Write to Paul Wilson, 17Gavin Drive, Castlemilk, Glasgow G45 911.MEGA DRIVE, Mega CD and 32X gamesfor sale: Doom £25. MK2 32X E25, StarWars Arcade £20, Story of Thor E25.Shining Force 2 E25. Snatcher E20 plusothers. Phone Andy 01235 848786 after6pm.I WILL swap JWWS, Mickey Menlo. MKIIMicro Machines 2 for Theme Park or PGA3. Phone Edward on 0121 604 9131.MD GAMES for sale: Virtu() Racing E30.FIFA £20. Bwkley Shut Up and Jain E15,oil for E50 plus free joypad. 32X game:Metal Head E30 (all boxed with manu-al) Phone Danny on 01224 483906.After 5pm„ROLE CALL The dedicated RPG fanzine.First 2 issues available price E1.20 each.Issue 2 contains Popful Mall and ShiningForce CD reviews, issue 3 will coverPhantasy Star 4. Contact Rachel Ryon,25 Oolidene Avenue, Woolston. CheshireWA1WILL SWAP Sonic, Gynous CaliforniaGames, Alex Kidd for Olympic Gold,Sensible Soccer or two for Power Drive.Others considered. Tel 01770 700254ask for David. Corneronia Hotel, WhitingBay, Isle of Arran, Scotland KA27 8PZ.MEGA DRIVE Mega CD, 14 carts, 15 CDs, 2

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