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 KONIX: THE REVIEW 2 5
SCREEN
While industry giants Sega, Nintendo, and Atari wage bitter TEST
console war on each other, a small Welsh company has
brought Out a
machine that could
put all the others to FOUR 900* games this month, with
shame. ACE gets its a tremendous spread of gameplay
grubby paws on a full ranging from high-flying simulation
working system and in F1511 to frantic fun in Rick Dan-
tests both the hard- gerous. Or you might fancy a spell
ware and the games as an Egyptian god in Eye of Horus,
that come with it... or a quick game of Shufflepuck in
the Restaurant at the End of the
ARCADEOLOGY 8 5 Universe ( or somewhere like it).
EMAP BACP Ever wondered why Donkey Kong was called Donkey Remember, if it's here, it's hot...
Pr i or y Cour t Kong, or what the bug was in the first version of Break-
out? Julian Rignal comes up with the answers...
3 0 - 3 2 Fa r r i ngdon L a n e
London E C1 R 3 A U
ACE RATED
Tel : 0 1 - 2 5 1 6 2 2 2 GAMES GET MEAN 3 0 F15 STRIKE EAGLE II
Fa x : 0 1 - 6 0 8 2 6 9 6 Was that last game you bought just too hot to handle? Do Microprose 42
you wimp out on the second planet in Blood Money? Andy STRIDER US•Gold 47
E di t or Wilton checks out chess games that make mincemeat XENON II hnageworks 50
Steve Cooke out of Grandmasters, and wonders whether the struggle RICK DANGEROUS Firebird 44
Re v i e w s E di t or between programmer and player is getting just a wee bit
one-sided...
Eugene Lacey ...and the rest...
S t a f f Wr i t e r APB Domark 68
Mark Patterson 70
BEAST Psygnosis
Cont r i but or s BLOODWYCH Mirrors oft 65
Andy Wilton CASTLE WARRIOR Delphine 60
Richard Monteiro
EYE OF HORUS Logotron 62
Ciaran Brennan
Tony Dillon FAST BREAK Accolade 57
Kati Hamza Oil IMPERIUM Reline 58
Mike Pattenden
SHUFFLEPUCK CAFE
Julian Rignall
John Wilson Domark/Broderbund 67
John Cook TANK ATTACK CDS 54

De s i gn ARE YOU A WEIRDO? 1 0 1 TURBO Microillusions 69

Phil Hendy Probably, but check out our exclusive character analyser STOP PRESS REVIEW 72
Jim Willis to be absolutely certain...
Louisa Mallard

Adv e r t i s e m e nt
MAKING IT . 8 9
Ma na ge r ...money, that is. And music. MIDI enables some people
Gary Williams to do both. Check out the ACE Ten Point Guide to MIDI
Studio Professionalism...
Adv e r t i s i ng S a l e s
E x e c ut i v e ENTER CYBERSPACE! 1 0 5
Jerry Hall
ACE gets on the scent of a remarkable new development
Adv e r t i s i ng P r oduc t i on in graphics programming. Brave new worlds on the
Sue Lee screen are nothing new, but soon you may actually be
able to enter thertV
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EMAP Frontline, Subsonplions Dept M
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Peterborough, PE1 2RP O
0733 555161 !
s over a year since ACE reported on the Flare machine: a games
COLOUR ORIGINATION cro that could make your dreams come true, with stunning sound
Latent Image. Balmoral Grove, N7 aphics potential.
the RISC-technology Flare machine is back with a
TYPESETTING
nce as the core hardware design in Konix's new Multi-System
CXT, 1 Phopp Street. London EC2
e. Combine Flares potent powerhouse with Konix's flair for
DISTRIBUTION peripheral design and you have a machine that could revolutionise
EIAAP Frontline, Park House. 117 Park • nsole games in this country...or will it? find out on pages 25.28.
Road, Peterborough, PE1 2IR
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You may not realise it, but the games w e play in Britain are often determined
by the buying whims of people in America and Japan. In the old days, the Com-
modore 64 rose to power on a w ave of imported US software, and now Ninten-
do threatens to swamp the world games market with Japanese Gameboys.
Then along comes Konix with a world-beating BRITISH hardware design. And
what happens? Do w e give them a big hand? Do w e ever?! On the contrary, a
selection of gloom-mongers in the business go around saying what a wonderful
machine it is out of one side of their mouth, and how it's bound to fail out of
the other. Don't knock it - this machine is GOOD. Just keep your fingers
crossed and Britain could soon be taking the trophy in the console wars.

SCREEN TEST 4 1
The latest releases tested rigorously by the ACE team,
including Xenon II (hot to trot), Eye of Horus (Set in
Egypt), and Psygnosis Beast (...and bones). Plus F15
Strike Eagle if, king of the flight sims...for the moment

ARCADE ACE 2 2
ACE goes ape as we discover an arcade mother-board with
2048 sprites and 4352 colours on-screen at once!

UPDATES 8 0
Hot conversions for YOUR machine. ..grilled by experts.

TRICKS 'N' TACTICS 7 4

Maps, guides, and tips to help you get your money's
worth from today's tough cookies.

PREVIEWS 1 8
Old Groper indulges in a spot of heavy breathing as he
contemplates some of this Autumns mega-releases.

NEWS 9
Check out our Anti-Guide to the PC Show; a computer
game played on Danish TV by thousands of players simul-
taneously; a giant Amiga; and all the latest tidbits from
the world of computer gaming...

LETTERS 1 4
Are you ALL wimps? Are games really too difficult? Is
Gnorth really God? Do we really have to put up with this?
And..oh yes...not menny typink errers.

ADVENTURES 9 5
it • e Sword of Aragon gets the ACE Treatment, and we report
on the very promising Hound of Shadow, to be released
ta a tt-lu t i • this autumn - can it bring RPG into the mass market?

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tender in the 'shoot- ARTHUR: 'Er.. .Nothing, dear.: (Sneaks off guittily to col-
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close to Atari, several
A new ST-compatible
machines
c are to be launched
at
c the Worlds largest Atari
show
o in Dusseldorf, Germany.
The machine most likely to
r
appear is the long-awaited Stacy,
d
a portable version of the ST.
i Several s e t b a c k s h a v e
n
caused t h e machine's release
g
date to be postponed - the latest
t ay being due t o the lengthy
del
o a luminary than Ocean's Gary
process of blowing TOS 1.4 (the
s operating system) onto ROM.
new
o Four versions of the luggable
are
u planned. The basic model will
come with an 8Mhz 68000 pro-
r
cessor (identically rated to the
c
current S T processor), 2 5 6 K
e bundle later this year.
ROM , 1 Mbyte of main memory,
s
32 of static RAM for the screen,
Supertwist monochrome L C D
screen (with optional backlight-
ing), 3.5-inch double sided floppy
drive, tracherball and two mouse
buttons on the keyboard. The liq-
uid crystal display will have a reso-
lution of 640 by 400 • the same
as the Atari SM124 monochrome
screen.
Other models in the Stacy
range will come with various con-
figurations of drive and memory.
All standard ST ports are pre-
sent on Stacy: monitor socket
serial, MIDI, parallel, floppy, hard
disk, RS232, cartridge.
The basic Stacy is expected
to start around E1000.
Atari's 68030 workstation is
also expected to be displayed at
the show. Th e TT, standing for
thirty-two thirty-two, is claimed to
EICITAIICA '89
New Agers and computer music and graphics freaks take note: the
Electronica '89 show takes place on September 23rd in London's
Logan Hall. A battery of synths and computers will be producing all
sorts of far out music, while banks of Arnigas and a Fairlight Com-
puter Video instrument are among the visual attractions, If you want
tickets or further details, contact AMP Records on 01-885 5665 dur-
.1111111
ing office hours.
CENEWS
support the Unix, ST TOS and MS-
DOS operating systems. Th e TT
is likely to come in a tower sys-
tem and be priced around 0500.
ST games players have long
been waiting for Aran to produce
a machine capable of giving the
Amiga a run fo r its money. I t
seems Atari has taken note and is
to launch an expanded ST at Dus-
seldorf. The notion of a super ST
is nothing new, b u t i t seems
things are really happening with
many major software houses in
the country having received devel•
opment machines. Ata ri is plan.
fling t o quietly introduce t h e
enhanced ST, or STE. in place of
the existing 520 in the Powerpack
Details on the new machine
are sketchy, b u t sources have
revealed the following:
-4096-colour palette with identical
resolutions and on-screen colours
to the existing ST.
-Two-channel stereo 8-bit DMA
sound chip as well as the existing
STYamaha sound chip
-Extremely rapid multi-directional
hardware scrolling.
In all other aspects the STE
will be identical to the ST. A dou-
ble sided floppy will be provided
as standard and the processor will
be the same 8Mhz-rated 68000
affair that graces all current STs,
Because the STE will contain the
same hardware (along with a few
extras) as the ST, all existing ST
programs should run on it.
Next months ACE will carry a
full re p o rt o f t h e n e w Ata ri
machines shown at Dusseldorf.
dA I n t a l i t
M I OW°
Acorn's cut-down Archimedes,
the A3000, looks as though its
going to get the games support
that its bigger brother missed
out on. Representatives from 30
games software houses recently
attended a contrence organised
at Acorn, where the bigwigs out-
lined a marketing strategy (more
than the Archie ever had) and
revealed details of the develop
ers• package for the machine.
As fa r a s Acorn and the
Ha r d D r i v i n - s o o n t o
A3000-buying public a re con- a ppe a r on t he A3 0 0 0
cerned, the whole thing seems
to have been a success; no less titles such as Batman and The
Untouchables.' Other software
Bracey said afterwards 'It's a houses aired similarly enthusias-
lovely machine and I'm sure we tic opinions and one, Domark,
will be doing something for it. already have two games under
From what I have seen and development — Trivial Pursuits
learned t o d a y t h e A 3 0 0 0 and Hard Drivin', due to be pre-
deserves only our highest profile viewed at the PCW Show.
WORLD'SLARGESTAMIGA?
It's n o t j us t t h e Y a nk s a nd t h e J a ps w h o pr oduc e e x ot i c
e qui pm e nt. O ur Dani sh c or r e s ponde nt, K e nne t h Be r nhol m ,
has t ur ne d u p t he W O RLD'S LARG E S T AM I G A ov e r I n t h e
l and o f t h e V i k i ng. T h e Tow e r Am i ga l e t s y o u bui l d y our
ow n s y s t e m i n a f a nc y s ta nd-on-i ts -s i de c a bi ne t . Al l t h e
s w i tc he s a r e on t h e fr ont o f t h e box , m a k i ng i t ni c e a n d
si m pl e t o r e a c h a nd use. I ns i de , y ou'v e got y our s ta nda r d
Am i ga 2 0 0 0 - but the r e 's a l s o r oom for al l s or ts of extr as,
like ha r d di sks, P C e m ul a tor boa r ds , ge nl a c k , e x tr a RAM ,
MI DI e qui pm e nt a n d h e a v e n k n o w s w h a t e l s e . A n d t h e
cost? N o t a s b a d a s y o u m i ght t hi nk . F o r a r ound E 5 0 0
E ur otr ade o f Ar hus w i l l s t i c k y our Am i ga i ns i de t h e b o x
and s e t ever ythi ng up. E ur otr a de c a n be found a t Fi nl ands-
gado 25, DK-8 2 0 0 Ar hus N, Denm ar k. Tel. 8 6 1 6 6 1 1 1
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 SKYWARIE
Tediously boring plane flights could take on a whole new dimension next n year if Plessey's new Integrated
Flight and Entertainment Services System (FESS) becomes reality. FESSuwill allow you to play computer
games, use video and audio channels and access tele-banking and shopping services - all from the (minimal)
comfort of your plane seat. The system comprises a colour LCD display, headset and keyboard, linked to
the aircraft's satellite system for global communications. 'FESS was shown r at this year's Paris Air Show,
and has attracted interest from over 40 airlines. Of course, for the ultimate
like to hook your game of Falcon into the real aircraft's control mechanisms...
IT'S MAGIC
The guys a t Liverpool's Digital
Magic Software are busy perform-
ing magic tricks. Jules Burt, DMS
company boss, explained: ' I ve
been doing magic tricks since the
age o f six and g o t John Law
(another DMS person) interested
soon otter I meet him'.
When we asked what tricks
DMS g e t u p to . Jules replied,
'Nothing t o o b ig like involving
stage props, just slight of hand
close-up stu ff with ca rd s and
coins in the pub'. I t certainly
looks like we have the beginnings
of a games industry circus, i t
there are any other acts out there
Please get in touch...
RENT BOYS
TAKE
ACTION
You can now rent Action Screen-
play, the computer games video
magazine, from your local video
library. Screenplay's latest issue,
number three, is a 90 minute fea-
ture length edition incorporating
over 35 games, 2 interviews (one
with t o p US games company
Activision, t h e other with music
maestro Bomb the Bass), and a
new ser.tion, Playback, wh ich
relives classic games of bygone
days, i f you prefer you can still
buy the video from your local soft-
ware dealer.
Hot a hot MD J on De ni e s
1 0 Advanced ComputerEntertainment
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r No details of the games at the
. wo
c immensely popular Football Man-
. ager footie-sim is just putting the
. Microprose really cares about
- gaming experience you might
PIRACY
KILLS...
Mungo Amyatt-Leir, managing
director of bankrupt games soft-
ware company Software Horizons,
has placed the blame for his com-
panies recent demise firmly on the
shoulders of software pirates and
their illegal practices.
Amyatt-Leir told ACE, 'Obvi-
ously we were under-capitalised
but PIRACY PUT US UNDER. Take
one of our ST games as an exam-
ple: Dragonscape sold only 2000
copies worldwide, out of a poten-
tial market of over a million ST's.
That's a pretty poor showing'. On
the whole situation he comment-
ed, 'I feel really pissed off, piracy
has got a lot worse over the last
few years and shows no signs of
stopping.
Software Horizons was set up
by the 23 old entrepreneur last
year, and produced such games
as the aforementioned Dragon-
scape (a multi•directional blaster)
and Veteran (a Operation Wolf
inspired shootem-up). M o r e
recently Horizons tuned its atten-
tions to more serious products
with the Mastersound sound sam-
pling hardware and software for
the ST and virus protection soft-
ware, Sleepsafe on the PC.
The company leaves debts o f
over £370,000 with Amyatt-Leir
personally losing ' a substantial
amount of money'. H e laments,
"It s a very messy business but I
will be staying in the computer
games industry'.
Meanwhile news reaches u s
from Denmark, scene of previous
ACE investigations into internation-
al piracy, that moves by the police
are doing nothing to help the situ-
ation.
Have you seen Die Hard, the
great Bruce Willis all-action movie,
on video yet? I f you enjoyed the
film, you'll be pleased, to know
Activision is releasing a Die Hard
computer game on all major too
1
mats this Christmas.
Activision also has the licence
to the new James (Terminator,
Aliens) Cameron film, The Abyss.
moment though.
gal
Kevin Toms, author o f the
inc
sh
finishing touches to World Cup
Football Manager, just in time for wil
the World Cup next year.
to
you gamesters: they've just spent pu
another £2500 on their new rac- leE
ing•sirn, Stunt Car Racer, just to
improve the games presentation
de
and graphics.
A staggering 9 . 1 millio n wt•
Super Mario Brothers Nintendo
SNIPPETS games packs have been sold in hc
Leading software games compa-
ny, US Gold has put the price of
the US alone. How soon before
yc
the game is in every single Ameri-
its 2 4 .9 9 16-bit games back up can household? And how soon 5C
to £19.95, because of a lack of before Nintendo decide tio deluge W
response from the games buying we Brits with that little old Fami- PC
public. Gold originally had plans com? (Er
to release Vigilante, th e IREM Meanwhile a number of indus-
ing
beat'em-up, f o r £ 1 5 , b u t h a s try observers are favouring the •
upped its price by monochrome Nintendo Gameboy dri
Meanwhile, Prism Leisure is over the colour Atari Lynx, simply •
re-releasing around 6 0 16-bit because of Nintendo's power in Ag
games for the rock bottom price the market place... sill
of /5,99. Among the titles due ce
for price slashing are Addictive's Aiirc----eir-A ce
Football Manager (ST,PC), Hot• ga
shot by Satory (ST, Amiga, PC) he
arid A n c o ' s T h a i B o x in g thi
IST,Amiga). ga
interohase, the eagerly await- Po
ed Mercenary-type game f ro m Fe
lmageworks, i s finally going t o Sp
make it onto ST and Amiga in Vi gi l ante - now c om i ng t o y ou an
October, With a PC version to fol-
low at Christmas.
for ES m or e t ha n y ou e x pe c t -
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Fed up with your tired looking video recorder? We l l Philips
may just have the answer thanks to its new VR6880 luxury (r
VCR with built-in 3" colour LCD N. The TV can be used sepa-
rately from your normal TV and has a POP (Picture Outside
Picture l facility. The price for having the "current last word in
t
video decks is £599. Philips also has the ultimate personal
stereo for all you hi-tech posers out there. The 3LC2050 is a
combination of 3" colour LCD TV and AM/FM stereo radio, and
costs £299.
1rd, the
movie,
fed the
know
Hard
jar I or-
THEACEPCSHOWGUIDE
licence (Everything you wanted to know...but couldn't be bothered to ask)
hator,
Abyss, Many of the computer Emlyn Hughes International Gamesweek and The Bug (they've
at the
games c o m p a n i e s
won't even be exhibit-
Soccer :ST and Amiga), Emlyn
Hughes Arcade Trivia Quiz trio
all disappeared since last year's
s(1ow). !EU
PESONAL
of the comment), Lone Wolf (looks like • Jane Smith b e lly dancing
1Man- you'll have to stick to the fantasy (Logotron are at a hotel just round
ng the
ing a t t h i s y e a r ' s novels) and Heiterskeiter (on the the corner from Earls Court).
Cup
me for
show, and fewer still
will actually allow you
PC), to a select few at a nearby
hotel. 10 THINGS YOU CAN COMPUTER
about
spent
to s e e th e i r w a r e s
publicly. B u t never
• AMOS, the Amiga version o f
Mandarin Software's popular ST
games creating BASIC, STOS.
SEE AT THE SHOW....
• ACE (that goes without saying!).
• Ocean's Batman (hype springs
SHOW
w rac- • An extensive rage o f Micro- eternal, and you might get a Bat- 27SEPTEMBER—1OCTOBER1989
ust to
fear, j u s t r e a d o u r
prose titles including Rainbow man sticker, poster, badge o r EARLSCOUNTLONDON
itation definitive g u i d e t o Islands (coin-op manufacturer even the computer game).
what's n o t t h e r e , Taito, masterly follow up to Bub- • Bar (that's where everybody is Jackson impersonator).
million ble Bobble), Stunt Car Racer most of the time), • Ocean (it's always worth a sec-
itendo who's not there, and (the latest game from Geoff Cram- • Domark (the Twits always come ond look).
old in how t o g e t w h e r e mond, the programming genius up with a new hairbrained scheme • Jane Smith belly dancing (If you
oefore behind Sentinel and o f course every year, remember last year's can get by the hotel security!).
Amen- you're not wanted...
Revs), M S II (the one a ll ST, London double decker bus, o r
soon Amiga a n d P C co mp u t e r indeed Je f f Archer t h e ye a r THREE GAMES THAT
50 THINGS YOU
kluge WON'T SEE AT THE wargamers have been waiting for), before?). STILL HAVEN'T MADE
Fami- Starlord (Maelstroms's answer to • CRL (to pick up the newest IT FROM LAST
PC SHOW
(Entries correct at time of writ- Elite, with even more trading and Virus Busting program fo r your YEAR'S PC SHOW
Indus- action, Interestingly enough Star- PC. ST or Amiga). 1. Damocles (Novagen's follow
ing)
g the • Anybody on ACE buying a up to Mercenary must have bro-
neboy drink ken a l l re co rd s.. it's b e in g
amply • All Electronic Arts new games, launched at the PC Show for the
eer in third year in a row).
Aggressor (Jez Sans new flight-
sim touted by many as the suc- 2. Ramrod - Gremlin's surreal
cessor to EA's superlative Inter- epic featuring miniature coin-op
ceptor, Ma g ic F ly (an original machines, Pepsi cans and CD's
game by the authors of the bril- was first mentioned in ACE Issue
RAW One.
lient ST art package. Flair Paint),
the new Bullfrog game (another 3. Interphase, lmagework's solid
game from the team that gave us 3D arcade adventure - formerly
Mainframe.
Populous, need we say more?),
Ferrari Formula One (on the 4, An honorary mention must go
Spectrum, C64, CPC, ST and PC) to FTL/Mirrorsoff s Dungeon
you Master expansion kit, Chaos
aect. and Dragon Wars (the latest cre•
Strikes Back.
atm fro m Interplay, t h e guys
behind The Bares Tale series,
Battle Chess and Neuromancer), Thi s y e a r 's c l a s s i e s t pr om oti ona l s t unt ha s got t o be t h e a m a z - THREE WAYS TO GET
• Any Codemasters games. Well ingly m obi l e a bdom e n of J a ne S m i th, br ought t o y ou c our te s y of IN (WHERE YOU'RE
l ogotr on, but you'l l have to ge t pa s t hotel secur i ty to see her...
leave i t up t o you t o decide NOT WANTED)
whether this is a good o r bad So, you've se t your heart o n
lord started life as a Play by Mail • Virgin/IMastertronic (the latest
thing. attending that allamportant press
game run by Maelstrom's boss, in budget, full-price, coin-ops and
• Alin has decided to forgo the launch (lunch), here's a few way's
Mike Singleton), Starglider MPG), Sega Carts).
hassle and bustle of the PC Show you can go about it...
Weird Dreams (C64, Amiga and • Infogrames' Drakken, (one or
because it's a waste of bloody 1. Pretend you re a freelance jour-
PC), F - 1 9 Ste a lth Fi ghte r the b e s t role-playing g a me s
money and you don't meet any- nalist. You'll need: acne, glasses,
(Amiga), Tank (IBM), Red Storm released this year) will be there.
body new'. A mo n g the Anco mini-cassette recorder, notebook,
Rising (SD. Mi d Winter Sur- • US Gold (check-out the Michael
selection you'll miss will be Kick an extremely boring personality.
vivor, Rat Pack, Epoch, P-47,
Off (Spectrum and CPC versions). 2 Pose as Jez Bitmap, creator of
etc. Oh yes, and you won't see
Player Manager (the follow up to SHOW DETAI LS Xenon Glider lit. You'll need: acne,
anybody from Microprose either...
Kick 010, Kick Off Expansion The PC Show is being held glasses, rucksack, anorak, hex-
• Many marvellous Mirrorsoft's
Kit (you can never have too much at Earls Court, London from binary calculator, and a fluent line
games such as It Came From
of a good thing) and Rally Cross 27th September to 1st Octo- in hacking bullshit, ' 1 6 million
The D e s e r t , in t e rp h a s e ,
(makes a change from football). ber between 1 0 a m a n d colours on screen out of a palette
Chaos Strikes Back, Crime
• Digital Magic Software's two 6.30pm (5prin on Sunday). of 2, every pixel a sprite, simulta-
Town Depths, Te rriu m, P a l-
new releases, Drivinforce (multi- Remember th e fi rst three neous scrolling in 27 directions...'
iadin, DOT, Vette!, plus six new
vehicle race-sim) and a multidirec- days are reserved for busi- 3. Pose as the Editor o f ACE.
releases (three o f them ''really
tional s c r o l l i n g h e lic o p t e r ness and trade visitors over You'll need glasses, notebook,
major').. .all these will be absent,
shool'em-up. the age of 18. More details bald head, harrassed appearance,
along with the rest of the Mirror-
• Perhaps thankfully, you won't from show organisers, Mont- and a copy of last month s letters
soft team.
see a lot of Emlyn Hughes, 'cause build on 0203 464004. pages.
• Software Horizons, Computer
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I am writing in reply to the letter
about linking two ST's together
with a serial cable or a 'datalink'
cable. I made a 2 metre long
datalink cable after buying Pow-
erdrome.
My friend brought h is S T
round and we had a game o f
Powerdrome against each other.
Then Populous was released
which also supported datalinking.
We decided t o make a huge
datalink cable to go between our
houses (we live next door to each
other!).
We bought a 30 metre rotary
cable from Tandy's and connected
plugs to it. It worked very well and
is still working now. We also
played Falcon with this cable!
Level 1 2 2 o f Populous i s
called VERYQUEER and is almost
impossible!
Why did the ACE CARD corn-
petition stop? I got an ACE CARD
about 6 months ago and the com-
petition only lasted about another
2 months.
Ihave never won any competi-
tion and I hoped I would win some
thing in the ACE CARD competi-
tion. but it finished before I even
got a chance.
P Boggis, Suffolk
Interesting t o hear about your
datalinking - has anyone else
tried this? Write and tell us. As
for the ACE Card, this scheme
was started - and stopped - by
the magazines previous publish-
ers_ The good news is that we
are currently setting u p a
replacement scheme to run in
the magazine in the very near
future. It'll be different, and a lot
more interesting than the Card,
so stay tuned.
SHOWBUSINESS
Could you please tell me where
and when the next Commodore
computer show is because I have
just got an Amiga and I want to
know more about all the games
and stuff, so please tell me. Oh!,
and could you make sure its in
Britain!
Mark Kelly. Onley
writE
ON MATTERS OF DESIGN ers
in.
Votu
I am writing for your advice on a small matter, which shouldn't be too much hassle for you to reply on. I've
thought of what I consider a very good game idea, which is definitely an original. I'm contacting you with the Jupi
hope that you'll tell me where the best place to send it off to is. 'Best ' meaning a place where they do a entli
and
good job and pay reasonable rates. Although tons of money is not essential as I would be very happy just
to see my idea marketed, I consider money an extra-one which I can always use! Anyway, I hope you can aid hat.
me and please keep up the standard of ACE (no skimping on pages please).
Seth Cheeseman. Gwynedd
Selling game ideas isn't easy because you have to develop a relationship of trust with a software producer
so that when you tell him about your multi-million dollar wheeze he doesn't fob you off with a pint and pub-
lish it anyway...
Best way to do this is to team up voth a programmer whose work has already been published and who
already has good connections. Failing that, the on wa y to go is the usual letter, phone call, meeting route I
- fraught with delays, pitfalls, and disappointment. is •
anc
0.K, I appreciate that you can only print so many letters in each issue of ACE but I must admit I was really nee
peeved when I saw that my recent letter on game designing had been overlooked, or had it? gar
I refer to a letter I wrote to you concerning the articles 'GAME DESIGN' by Jan Riglar in the June and July wis
issues of ACE. or
To refresh your memory I am a game designer. but unfortunately I have no contact in the software indus- are
try and therefore I have had great difficulty obtaining any interest what so ever in my design from any of the ma
software houses. scr
The articles were full of good advice for up and coming game designers, but I'm just wondering whether
it was a case of killing up space in your magazine and maybe you thought that no one would be that both- spr
ered about it. ono
I am bothered about game designing, and I'm pretty sure that other people such as myself are con- ob
cerned that the software industry is not taking a damn bit of notice of us. It looks like the magazines aren't ,yo
taking any notice either, maybe they are on the same payroll and don't fancy the idea of giving out another wh
mc
slice to any one else.
Could it be that all my letters are getting lost in the post, maybe its a conspiracy against me, a black
list, or maybe I have to join a club or something. Whatever the case may be, one things for sure; whilst
there are software houses and computer magazines around that are too ignorant to be polite enough to
acknowledge or answer a letter, the computer entertainment industry is going to be the loser in the long Yo
run. I, for one, will not buy any more games from software houses that do not have the decency to reply to so
my letters, and that list is getting longer every day. Mf
By my reckoning I'll have to sell my three computers before the end of the year! What a shame! What a
waste!
re
R Barren, Nottingham
su
ACE has just moved offices (again) and there has been some trouble with mail. Rest assured everyone that th
mail is now being delivered regularly and things are getting back to normal. at
As anyone in business will know, getting replies out of people requires either: (a) that you have some-
In
thing they are desperate for or (b) instruments of torture. Try the London Dungeon for some examples of
the fatter. This should give you some idea of how to proceed. gi
If you want to sell your computers, don't forget the ACE Readers Pages, eh?
yE
writing to tell you labourers how you to give me some o f your 3
Next Commodore Show is on Oct angry I am with those minor beg- petty cheap advice. Will L im be u
17th - 19th a t the Novotel gers down there, with their silly 0.K? I a m sure you are the a
West London. Call 0625 879970 little idiosyncrasies. These pre- cheapest around! tc
for more details. You can also posterous mites happen to be tl
check out the ACE Diary section the pamper programmers o f The King of Gods -di
in the Pink Pages... Operation War. I a m sick t o
death of the tedious multiloads Get a disk drive - and send your tf
WE I RD in between the levels on my little cheque to the editor, marked 'Pri-
the supreme King of Gods am toy Amstrad CPC 464. I demand vate and Confidential'.

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 WEIRDER
Don't you listen to Gnorth? Every
god knows that the resident o f
No./ Nether Realm, Milton Keynes
is the hereditary Janitor of Olym-
pus. Pah! The only time Gnorth
messes around with volcanoes is
when he cleans them out! B y the
way, the squashed bug on this let-
ter is actually Gnorth ( I punished
him for refusing to polish a tile in
my bathroom).
And if you lot out there don't
write to me, I'll use my godly pow
ers to flood you with forms to fill
in. O r I might borrow Sludge
Vohaul's door-to-door salesman.
rye Soon I'll send in the details of
the _Wolters cabinet reshuffle. Appar-
clo a ently, Poseidon's gefting seasick
just and Hermes hates his silly winged
aid hat.
Psyne Ear, (Sign here)
edd God of Bureaucracy
Heavenly Customs Dept,
cer PO Box 666
, Olympus
u c o - i n c i d i n g
vti
ho E200 BLOWOUT
ute
- I currently own an Atari ST which
is fine for my word processing
and music making, but I feel I
ay need t o expand mo re o n m y
games playing and I therefore
July wish to buy a console, PC Engine
or Sega Megadrive. I hear both
Jos. are ve ry n e w a n d a re f a s t
the machines in terms o f speed of
scrolling and animation.
:her I have a budget of £200 to
oth- spend and cannot decide which
one to choose, so as you have
:on- obviously play tested them could
en't you tell me which is the best and
her which one has more value fo r
money and future prospects?
3ck
iilst P C Smith, Gloucester
to
ng You say you want to buy a 'con-
to sole, P C Engine, o r S e g a
Megadrive', b u t mo st people
it a woo/el consider these consoles.
None of these models are cur-
rently officially available in the
im UK, but Virgin's current strong
support of the 8-bit Sega and
their statement o f intentions
about the 16-bit Megadrive might
e- be an indicator of future trends.
of In ACE 23 Nick Alexander of Vir-
gin was quoted as saying that we
might expect deliveries early next
year. What about a Konix?
your 32 BIT BETTER?
11 be
Up until a few weeks ago, I had
: the almost decided on which console
to buy, the Sega Mega drive or
the )(ow Multi System or Ninten-
3cids
do 16 bit (I was planning to see
the Konix in the PC show), but
four
then I saw an article in some
weekly computer mag about a
new 32 b it console b y Fujitsu!
AAAGHGHG!
ACE Letters page tippos shokk horrir___
OK. its true. We can't spell at ACE. Not even our owne naimes. And larst month, the bloke wot
checks the spelling went% on hollyd4w diddn't hi? And wot happens, we get 181 errors on a
singgle paige.
So wot do we do. I arsk you? We sakk him, that's wot....
Jokes apart, though. We are absolutely grovelling in our apologies for last month's typos
horror. At 2.00am in the morning, struggling to meet a printer's deadline that had been
brought forward, anything can happen - and it did.
Here's a short, but sweet, collection of your (all perfectly spelt) letters taking us to task for
the disaster. And just to show no hard feelings, we've given one of them the Prize Letter
award...
ACE OUSTS GRAUNIAD IN TYPOS SHOCKER
len 24tj issue of ACe hit teh streets (and gutters Dip joke!) in a flurry to mis-
plaedc commas and text, and featrued for teh first time a Dly anagra rEader-
lettters page Wise old
indusrty obervers reckon hte pre-computre Grauniad's longstading recorrd fro
typos was smasshed in a hlistoric
this inglke issue of tehe WOrlds favouriet advandec computer entertainment
magaskine
magazine.
Stil sufferign from hsi waistline and birthday both hitting
39 on th e smae day, wit. ST freak reconterr and pertrubed ACE reader
rOn smitH phoned edioor Steve cOoke demandign, 'so how corn e you man- Ron S m i t h a n d t h e
adeg to mak offendi ng ar ti cl e
e such a lash-up of it thenn? Me an Dowseft coulne find onee earnple of teh
word 't e h' spelt in hte righth order! ,
2Well we've has a bit of bothre," volunteeredg super-smoth Cook,29"it was all down to teh train strike not
delinering our rubbers on time for us to correct th e odd typo we We used to have a
litfi
tre rubb er on teh end of a 5B pencil, buttheydon't letus have anything sharp
here and
and ppwe lost it. besides, we2ve gone lead f r e e now and
we were desperate to get t he Septembber copy out in time fro July but
well nearly got the Christ tmas isue ready now and fi you find a typo in that
it s a free subby and a pint of Buddies for you, stand on me,' he enthused
Be there at you you news agent with your S1.50 on Setember 71
Hamish Grunter up in Glasgow, cos we tol him October>
-
1, e x c e Ha p Ha!
t f o r
Have a free subby anwayl
-agements promised us all a ink-rubber ech and we're all exited ab
finest read in teh wiorld for $1.50
ACEI wi
like getting it off your chess
Ron Smith, Southend On Sea
It's certainly nice to see that the staff at ACE have recognised that there is a largely untapped market for
'activity playbooks' in the computer world.
I look forward to the first full-blown ACE Puzzle And Sketch after such an excellent teaser in your last
issue (No.24 September).
No doubt thousands of readers enjoyed playing 'spot the error' as much as I did in the letters column.
I managed to spot 104 'deliberate' mistakes, but I'm sure other readers out there can do better.
Next month can we please have a dot-to-dot picture of the Konix Multi System.
Eastside Jimmy, Stevenage
Your wish is granted, though we thought it would look better if we joined up the dots before printing it.
See pages 25-28.
I've just
JudgING
- BY
the typEsettING Throught THE MagAzine. Is therE any ChanCE thAt puBlishinG DEDlin es cauSED
t
a SOMEWHat ruShed ProDuCt....
f n n
Or is it just that none of you can spell?
is h
d d
Andrew S Torrance, Glasgow
r e
e
Howddid you gess?!
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g
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 Then while I was reading through everyone can share in this brain
NAMBY-PAMBY Issue 24 of Ace and in it there child. " B u t se rio u sly Fo lks,
Alan Hughes of Milton Keynes and Mike Walsh of Basildon don't know was a n advert b y Supervision THANKS!!
what they're talking about. They say that games are too difficult for the Electronics which surprised me
users, which just is not true. If you had a game that wasn't difficult because they were selling a Nin- A Sinclair, Gregwock
you'd put it down after the first 5 minutes. Without difficulty, where's tendo 12 bit console! Is this true?
the challenge? Finally I heard from a friend that P.S Why not have an ACE READ-
You might play a game once and not get very far in it but if you've there is going to be a 16 bit PC ERS CHALLANGE where your EDI-
got any guts then a few hours later you'd have another try, and get a Engine!!! S o can you please put TOR could show us how good he
bit further. If you could complete a game in one session then it was not me out of the mist and if you can is a t games playing against us
worth buying in the first place. recommend me a console. mear mortals.
Most people like a challenge. it this wasn't true then why are games
like The Bards Tale series, Last Ninja series. Elite and Blood Money so B S Dhatri, Hampstead I'm surprised that you should
popular? Games players may well range from the lazy to the fanatic, but have missed last month's ACE
it is not always the fanatical players that send in tips and cheats NOR is The Fujitsu FM Towns is th e Readers Challenge, se t b y the
it always the lazy players that ask for them. beast you're talking about, but editor f o r discerning readers.
Any game is a challenge. it's a challenge thrown down by the pro- it's n o t available yet. A s f o r Called Sp o t t h e Misprint, i t
grammer to beat his game. Dungeon Master was one of the best pro- choice, it's always advisable to attracted a record entry. See the
grams ever written and all Alan Hughes can do is to abandon it because save your cash for a machine panel for more details. The Soft-
he couldn't be bothered to map all the mazes and find all the keys. What that's (a) in the shops and (b) ware League sounds a great
does he want? To have it all handed to him on a silver platter? well-supported. The I 2-bit Ninten-
I think it's time he stopped burying his head in the sand and looked do sounds like a typo error —
around at what's going on in the world. Games designers have to live something we know a ll about LOVE AT FIRST
just like the rest of us. They don't design games just for the sake of it. here at ACE, eh? SIGHT M INUS S te p i
They design games that they, often helped by the buying trend of the ONE S tunt
software market, think are going to make the public buy their particular Please can you what
product. If that means creating games with a challenge then that's what help me in my Wi th
they create. If Alan Hughes bothered opening his eyes in his local soft- quest for a com-
speec
ware store he would see that there are games that cater for all sections puter g a m e
of the software market and a lot of them are fun as well as challenging. called L a w o f y our
world
On the other hand, I agree that software houses could do more in the West. I love
throw
the way of offering help. Quite often everyone comes across a prob- this co mp u te r
you ir
lem in a game, whether it's an adventure, Role-playing game or whatev- game and would alma!
er, that they can't find a way round. Isn't it nice for some-one to help be ve ry mu ch
obliged. Battik
you out with your particular problem enabling you to get further into
the game. I'm on the Adventure Helpline in ACE and I feel quite happy Dare
to help people out with their problems because I know how it feels to Nick Higton, up ui
be stuck in a game. But am I doing some of the software house's work Surrey beinc
for them? The Fuj i tsu FM Tow ns S tun'
If you can't face a challenge then it's time to give up. The ball's in If you've never
your court Nan, met, how can you be in love? fm Stunt (
A. SINCLAIR'S just crazy about this woman klaji gut wri
Jim layer, Herts FIRST LETTER! El-Fatima, but I haven't met her month.
PS. G a m e Designers 1 I have been buying ACE fro m either. If you should see her, get
issue one and never have I seen
Alan Hughes 0 her phone number and let me
such a well presented magazine. know. d o the same with Law of
I would like to answer Alan Hughes' letter in the September issue. I But you already know this. Never the West...
have I been tempted t o write
agree with much Alan said but I feel he generalises too much. The
before. Yes I 'm one o f these
sort of games that are found in arcades are too hard and those of us GET THIS, M UM
who do not have the tenacity of a hardened arcade gamer are often 'never written before types' but I I own a CPC 464 which I want to
unable to get into their home computer equivalents. Most games also have just had this great brain- sell and get an Amiga 500 or Atari
lack real depth, by which I mean variation at any level. wave. After purchasing Kick-off for ST, but my mum is so far out of it
Now consider the pricing — at £25 for an Amiga game we have my Amiga and getting thumped that she doesn't know one end of
off the computer everytime I got a a computer from the other. Please
already paid for between 125 and 250 games in an arcade. After 3
few friends round and we played
games inb the arcade people like Alan may have decided that the just say something — anything
for 2 hours solid in o u r own
game is not for him, but with his home computer he is stuck with over that will make h e r change her
league. Everyone agreed it was a itemosor
100 paid for go's. mind and let me carry out my
However strategy war games have already found the answer. I great afternoon and experience. plan...
asked someone about Vulcan once. He told me he thought it was really Then it hit me, why not share the
easy as he could always beat the computer. When pressed further, experience with local computer A. Swindells, Witishire
however, he revealed that he knew little of the subtlety hidden in the players and start a local league
with either software o r trophy Don't Jet the little brat bully you
programming, which means that the computer (or human) had to use
prizes to the winners and runners like this, mum. Force feed him
different strategies as a player got better so as you progressed more
up? 'CALL THE NEWS OF THE with Far/ey's rusks until he drifts
things came to light and it was more fun.
I commend Alan for mentioning Silent Service. This game has 4 WORLD" And maybe if we have into unconsciousness, then get
levels of difficulty and 8 submarines, environment, enemy, changes, 6 enough people interested w e out to the shops, grab yourself
could involve other towns or even
missions and 5 tours of duty. The score table is based on promotion an ST o r Amiga (both equally
for tonnage sunk which in turn is based on the combination of the city's, after all PBM games must good buys and streets ahead of
have started somewhere. And it the CPC) and when he recovers
above difficulties. A player could pick a low rating and still get high on
must have sounded daft at first.
the table if he sinks enough. If you picked a high rating, very little ton- consciousness, chain t h e little
nage gets you on the table. Please could you tell me what beggar to his old Amstrad while
If a 48K computer can come up with enough variation to keep us you think of this and your expert you have a bit of fun,
views and criticisms on this sub-
occupied is it too much to ask that a 512K computer should produce
better, at over 520 a game. ject. If you think it's a good idea
or would like more into please call
Gareth Foy, Belfast me and print this letter so that

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Step i nto the driv ing s e a t o f one o f the mos t wicked s tunt cars a round as a
Stunt Car Racer. It's now up to you to prove jus t how good you are a nd to see
can you
whether or not you can ultima te ly become Division One Cha mpion.
ie in my
or a corn- With a super-quick, turbo-c ha rge d V8 e ngine tha t will power you to incredible
game speeds, a nd long-tra v e l s us pe ns ion tha t e na ble s you to soak up the bumps ,
Law o f your car really is a n a we s ome proj e c ti l e . The tra c k s a re tota l l y o u t o f thi s
st I love world. Ba nk e d c orne rs t h a t e na bl e y ou t o 'pul l g', undul a ti ng bum ps t h a t
computer throw your car unc ontrolla bly from side to side and huge ramps tha t c a ta pul t
Ind would you into mid-air. In fa c t, you seem to spend so much time a irborne , you c ould Stunt Car Racer is available
much almost qua lify for a pilot's licence!
for ST, Ami ga, PC, Spectr um
Battle it out on the tra c k a ga ins t othe r c ompute r c ontrolle d rivals, such as, and Commodor e 6k
Dare Devil a nd Roa d Hog. Race a nd jump so fa s t tha t your car s ta rts to bre a k
Higton, up unde r t h e s t r a i n a n d t h e n a c c e l e r a t e e v e n m o r e . The r e ' s n o pr i z e s f o r
Surrey be i ng s e c ond be s t i n t hi s g a m e - i t s al l or not hi ng.
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tions software, pilot extraordinaire, The

B all-American, all-everything really, has
- iI can EXCLUSIVELY REVEAL- made the first gan
mistake
l on the slippery slope to rack, ruin, and kna
bankruptcy....He's
l started appearing in his own whl
publicity
S videos.
t Said promo - for the 'quite soon' to be
released o n PC M i Tank - has Wild Bill Alleg
e the
dressed in his combat togs, reading somewhat
a Boot
haltingly, yet strangely compellingly, from an
l Ritm
autocue, extolling the virtues of Tank. One is
e is fc
immediately reminded of so many American TV
y of car salesman flogging their new and sup
ads
-
quality used cars at low, low prices.
t Yet as the promo goes on and the action licer
then
h
moves onto a screen, Bill starts ad libbing a
commentary
e on the action. Now the guy really Play
lowi
starts
' getting into it and genuine enthusiasm
use
abounds
W as the missiles fly and 'Red Force'
gen
starts
i taking damage,
l And there you have part of the secret of
the success of Microprose. Bill Stealey is into
d
games, bigtime. There are heads of companies
' Mi ke S i ngl e ton's t e e m a t w or k f or Mi c r o S t a t us - I t's Mi dw i nte r . S e t i n t h e n e a r
that are into coding. Heads of companies that
m into cash flow. Heads of companies that
are futur e (s o gl oba l w a r m i ng doe s n't e x i s t, huh?) i t's c ol d a nd s e t i n a n i s ol a te d c om -
a into sticking the boot into other heads of m uni ty o f hum a nk i nd. S ha m e the r e 's a ba ddy tha t's tr y i ng t o s poi l thi ngs . J u s t . .
are well y ou, as l e a de r of t he P e a c e Ke e pe r s , y ou c a n r ecr ui t, or de r a bout a nd m a ni pu-
n
companies. But how many guys at the top are l a te t he i nha bi ta nts of thi s w or l d. N o - i t's not Lor ds o f M i dni ght w i t h s now s hoe s ,
o
really into the games themselves - with an but e x pe c t i t to be i n the shops l a te i n 'SS.
almost
f fanatical devotion? Not a lot chum.
s Combine this with the kind of single minded Slows the thing down a tad, but it's worth it.
i fanaticism that is almost exclusively American This head-to-head function should be on the
m and it's no wonder Microprose are producing Amiga too. Expect other versions - Spectrum,
I SUCCESSOR?
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great games right now (check out F15 Strike
Eagle in this issue).
64, and PC later in this year..

obi'
a Mi Tank Command, not out (again on PC),
F- 'till September, (ST and Amiga back end of '89)
looks like the most detailed tactical battlefield you
ser
simulation ever to hit a home computer. The
S Microprose in-house 3-0 graphics system is
excellent - but that is only half o f it, The
Gra
sot'
hay
different scenarios have you operating a tank
E platoon of four in concert with other friendly
forces; mechanised infantry, artillery, air strike,
gar

the
chopper support. Modern warfare is a complex
N business - so is MI Tank. Close to completion,
this one look like it's got
M I Tank - close to completion.
em

an
Tower of Babel- ultimate in DIY (Design more meat on i t than a

T II Yourself...)?

ete Cooke ( Tau Ceti, Academy, etc) is

16oz porterhouse. Yum,
yurn!
Microprose UK haven't
Deep and Sophi sti cated Pt 2 - Star Lord, programmed by
Mi ke S i ngl e ton. P ossi bl y t h e m os t i nti m i da ti ng ga m e e v e r
w i th up to 1 6 (pr ovi si onal l y) pl ayer s fi ghti ng over the dom -
at
on
wh
i na ti on o f a ga l a x y o f a t h o u s a n d o r s o s ta r s . G ul p! I t

I ing to be doing the Spectrum version

f Stunt Car for Microprose. And he's
ust about finished an extraordinarily
been standing still either -
despite the poor reception
m i ght not l ook fl ush - a t thi s de v e l opm e nt s t a ge - but for
sur e thi s one i s goi ng t o ha v e m ont hs of pl a y i n i t. . . . . par -
ti cul ar ty as ther e m ay be a 's e nd a di sc' K I M ver si on.
foc
of
thE
of the new Micro-Status and

N cod thing for Microprose, called To w e l

. of Babel_ Inevitably, TOB is going to be
labelled a "3-D Puzzle Game". 11
Micro-Style labels. With the
acquisition of the Telecom
ap
Sp
Co
brands, it looks like there's
E !
deserves better treatment.
TOO is a fresh and innovative game
,with you controlling remote droids who
a certain excess of labelling
down Tetbury way, if any-
£2
inc
thing. Still, there is some
L have to complete different tasks on each
. different level. Hmmm - that's like saying
Unified Field Theory is about numbers.
good software in the works,
Geoff Cra mmo n d ' s
Stunt Car on the ST was
, TOO is complex - but my opinion is that reviewed last month, but we
' anyone that went ape over. say, Sen- neglected to mention (slap
tinel will find the same attraction in th our wrists) the head-to-head
one - which includes the most sophi version which has you play-
1cated level designer I've seen on an ing against another person,
I via a serial link. Yahoo!
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 FOOTBALL
CRAZY?
There are a hell of a lot of footle
games about — and you want to
know why ? Footle sells, that's
what. But what about the games?
Allegedly, even something as naff as Roy of
the Rovers virtually flies off the shelves in
Boots and a game as fab as Matchday tt (Jon
Ritman c o m e back to home computing. ..all
is forgiven!) significantly depletes the world
supply of magnetic media when released.
Youll have noticed the trend to try and
licence named footballers onto games and
there's a lot of logic in that, after all, certain
players - particularly England caps - have fol- y and NigelI
coded
r ow for
nl ohn.
Mevison
Thi s by
really
the does
I f domino(er
look lab.
andA very
C u A el l f t f e c t in the
lowings, even if they move clubs. Even if you kgr oundr gives a spectrum of 126 colours - and al though there's only (only11) the
used to hate Spurs, Hoddle was obviously a suet ST 16 colours for the sprites, etc, it has a great medieval feel to I t
' o f C h r i s M i s u s -
genius (ducks down behind high substantial The final thing is shoe to have four arcade style sequences to It, plus a !ergo (10
illusionss each with 256 locations) campaign section as your Fanatic super-warrior
sets out t o captur e t he enemy flag. Or sornothing. Agai n, out S T a nd Ami ga i n
vernber - don't it look nice on the telly?
-•;•••••-••

near
to m -
it
reipu•
oes,
HEWSON'SHOWITZE
on is bringing out • - • g guns for Chrissy this year with a veritable salvo of orig-
I product, mainly for 16 Bit And Jolty good some of it is looking too.
worth it.
Is there room in the world for another driving game? We shall sae, but at any rate,
on the
s one Is a plan view vertical smiler with racing elements, shooting elements and
*arum,
Bards elements, as you can upgrade the motor as you go through the game,
Man Utd - club bought, game for sale.-
suming you can appropriate the cash along the way. Called 5th Gear it's due for
lease in ST and Amiga in November of this y
°bled to avoid volley of broken bottles).
e Turning
ar. th e w on -
But licensing a team? Slightly more risky if ?fulness k n o b u p
you ask me. First announced - if my memory other notch, there's
serves me correctly - was Liverpool from or/Mord, a n arcade
Grand Slam. Now it appears that Krisalis, the entire s e t I n the
software arm o f development house Teque ditions and graphic
have got the licence to do a Manchester United e of Feed°. Written
game for the next three seasons. Raffaele Cecco (of
Teque do , of course, do a lot of work in •• o l d 1 & Ii fame)
the conversion line, for Grand Slam. Any minor distinctive sprites
embarrassment here?
d backgrounds plus
Knowing how cuddly Teque's Tony Kavenha e usual plethora Of
and Grand Slams Stephen Hall are (don't titter zzles will make this
at the back, please!) probably not. First out to look o u t for
Onto the pitch, however, will be Man Utd - r in the year.
which is a mixture o f the traditional arcade
football game plus a full Football Manager style
of thing on top. Krisalis should be releasing
that at the PC Show, while Liverpool will be
appearing later on in the season - late Oct for
Spectrum, Amstrad and PC, with Amiga and ST
coming along mid November. Apparently the
520 million Knighton paid for the club didn't
include the game rights. .time will tell whether
hewas right to ignore them!

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coin-op? On ROM as a rule, incorpo- The feeat Generation of C3arne Software
H rated into a PCB (Printed Circuit
o
Board) that is dedicated to that game. That is, if
w took the ROM chips out of one game and
you
transferred
i them into the sockets of another,
chances
s are all you'd get is an entertaining burn-
ing
a smell and a hole in your personal cash flow.
g There is a measure of standardisation how- 1.•

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a - the majority of PCB's have an input/out-
put
m of joystick, video and sound, conforming to
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and
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•
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O
t

ngames down, while keeping the standard up. ed into the machine on 3.5" disc. Therefore, games can only get better.
here.
a Capcom has tried to get around this prob- the theory goes, instead of buying a new board Whatever, as coin-ops in general become
lem with its new CP System Board (more about for a new game, you buy a disc (plus a security more and more hardware intensive, we're likely
this little wonder next month incidentally) by chip y u p , a donglet). Cheaper than all those to see this approach to cost cutting from other prod
having a standard base mother board and chips. On the downside, the basic system itself filled
manufacturers. System 24 looks like being the
designing in the possibility for changing the is not cheap. tech
way forward.
mak.
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OF THE ROBOT MONSTERS SIMI

gon
best
the

Robot, with ray gun, committing acts of wonton

Atari Games have always been good fo r a
laugh. Tongue in cheek games like Toobin' and
APB have proved that in the past, with distinc-
tive graphics and a touch of the absurd thrown
in for good measure. Its latest, Escape from
the Planet of the Robot Monsters carries on it
that tradition - this time extracting the urine
E scape fr om the pl a ne t of the r obot
m ons te r s
Atari
from the comic book sci-fi genre_
The scam? Jake (cool with sunglasses) and
Duke (blonde ex-surfer) - Players One and Two
- have to beam down to Planet X where evil
Reptilions are holding cajitive thousands o f
human slaves and making them assemble a
robot army that is destined (unless you can do
something super-heroic to stop it) to destroy
the Earth.
Me, I'd Nuke the place - but ever the
humanitarians - the Yanks have you zapping
about the place, taking out different breeds oi
vandalism on the way. There's no question
EFTPOTRM is cute.
The style of game is one more familiar to
owners o f home computer than arcade
freaks - being in isometric 3-0. That takes a
bit of getting used to, but the game plays
well, and the animated antics o f the two
dudes will, more than likely, fix a grin on your
face as you dash about the levels, liberating
enslaved bimbos.
There are three sections to the game - this
main isometric bit, an end-of-level monster that Wir
looks like the Daddy of those little gits in the
old Smash instant mash adverts plus another
inter level bonus bit where you have to drive
your speeder through a maze. So there's a bit
of variety too.
A fun game that you'll find a refreshing tv
change for the plethora of beat em' ups and t'4
Nemesis clones. Enjoy!

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7 Y SPY
closet...

, After Secret Agent from Data East last

month, now we have SPY from Konami.
Special Project Y has you plus a mate

‘
kicking and shooting your way onto the
New Years Honours List, fighting for
truth and democracy (yawn).
Da ta E a s t's SPY...

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Winning Run - l a s te s t pol y gons i n the uni ver se

WINNING
" RIJN
1
Now here's a funny thing. Winning Run was pre-
viewed at this January's ATEI Show (the main
unit in the Universe. In other words we think
you'll like it!
trade show for the European Coln-op indus•

1
At the start up you have two options - Easy
try) b u t units are only now coming into genet% (3 Speed) or Technical (7 Speed). Start out on
al circulation. There's only one comment to make Easy, but real men eventually get to reach Tech-
24 to date nical and at that time the car takes on all the
Namco
tile Spirits
1(intriguing
!) and the
1 properties of a Formula One beastie. Not easy
to control, John. No slamming the foot to the
floor all the way around here!
ARCH RIVALS
Arch Rivals is a new basketball game
from Data East - and it plays as well as
r (see pic).

1
it looks. Combine this with a very dis-
golf game tinctive - a n d wacky - graphics
and as the approach and you get a very attractive
ystem, the game indeed. And you don't have to be

'al become
we're likely
1
here. Whatever you do - get on this machine!
Hard Drivin' was certainly a breakthrough
7'6" to be any good at it, either.
Ar ch Rivals

from other product in terms of programming technique -

abeing the
1
filled polygons. Winning Run takes a similar
technique (Namco call it the 'Polygoniserr) and
makes it much faster, smoother, better. If you
ARCHla
1
have any soul, after a few goes on this master-
piece, you will beg to have its children. It really
Wi nni ng Run

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is that good.
OK, so it's a racing game. A Formula One

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M
simulator even. But using the fastest filled poly-
gon graphic system in the Universe. With the
best race driving model in the Universe. With
Even so, Winning Run is still a very playable
and accessible game - with a host of touches
that blatantly show off the superlative technical
achievement of the unit. See those wheels -
the best 'throw your breakfast around" sit-in

of wonton
I that's no sprite, they're made up of lots of lithe
polys. So are all the other cars. See the palate
fade up through the colours from background
RASTAN SAGA CONTD.
The one all you kiddies a t heart have
,question

I
to foreground - just as if they were coming out been waiting for, I bet - Rastan Saga
of the haze. Wow! This one takes Rastan Saga 1 tha t
familiar to
Some things are better experienced than teeny bit further - the graphics are bet-
arcade
described on paper. Winning Run is one o f ter fo r a s ta rt a nd the game play,
it takes a
me plays
the two
non your
M these things. Suffice to say it is the ultimate
coin-op driving experience to date. Play it
although nothing startlingly new, i s
good. Worth the odd heroic 10p.
Ra s ta n S a ga 11
liberating

ime t h is
I (Thanks this month go to all at Deith Leisure,
Paul Ashley at Brent Leisure and last but not
least, Kevin "Hard Drivin
nster that Winning Run

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coin).
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its in the
a t
s another
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' ups and Metal Hawk is a driving effort called Dirtfox, Can't tell it its any good yet, but we should be
s
a
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taking that classic 'in-depth look next month.

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bloodthirsty Cyborg assassins roaming the streets of Dome City and expect the Issu
citizens to put up with it, Who on earth is going to sort out the mess? You guessed mi
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 HE REAL T I
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I
Ittr uzzlizu T h e Konix console is here. Is this
the ultim a te ga m e s m a c hine
we've all been waiting for?

of the ordinary as soon as you get

ING
y oyour
u know you're
hands in Konix
on the for something out
console. The
unit is large compared to other consoles, but
lightweight and, due to its compact design, it
almost feels smaller; yet the abundance o f
knobs, interfaces, and expansion ports means
you can take five minutes just finding out what
goes where. It's an exciting process...
The Konix is a racing car, an aeroplane, a
motorbike - it's what you make it. The U-
shaped base has a spindle running between
the two straights of the U and the main con-
!roller rests on a column attached to the spin-
dle. This controller can be pulled towards you
or pushed away from you. A three-way clutch
release knob on the left arm (viewed from the
front) of the U base determines whether the
centre column remains locked or is allowed to
swivel between two positions.
Four control modes a re possible: car,
motorbike, helicopter, and aeroplane. Between
them, these cover just about every simulation Helicopter mode involves laying the
program you're likely to tackle, although we central column flat and connecting
thought the omission of a periscope was bad another controller. This isn't supplied,
news for Microprose. In car mode the control but will be available as an add-on.
pillar remains locked. The steering wheel is Particularly clever is the 'judder-
pulled off for aeroplane mode and the central er in the central column which can be used by - a simple mechanical solution that avoids the
pillar allowed to move between two locations. programmers t o produce tactile feedback. need f o r electrical interfacing bet ween t h e
For motorbike mode th e control pillar i s Another neat design feature is the way the fire- wheel and the main unit.
pushed forward and locked while the handel- buttons on the steering wheel engage with the Push the controller forward and your craft
bars are produced by swivelling the handgrips. handlebar buttons when the wheel is engaged rises; pull the controller towards you and your
craft descends; crash and the controller jud-
ders... Never before have air combat and rac-
ROCKANDROLLYEARS ing games had the chance to be so realistic.
Unfortunately, theonly software we were able to
test on the machine (see panels throughout this
It was Wyn Holloway, Konix chip integration, Flare and feature) d i d not make maximum use of the
grammers c onv ert existing
boss and designer extraor- the Konix engineers c ame control possibilities, though there may be some
file f o r m a t s ( D e g a s ,
dinaire, w h o o r i g i n a l l y up with the hardware. Neochrome, I FF. s o u n d nutcases who would like to play Last Ninja II
thought up a des ign f or a with using the aeroplane controller.
Because there's no key- samples and th e like ) t o
radical new game controller. board or in-built language in something th e Konix ca n JOY DI VI SI ON
He s et h i s engineers t o the K o n i x , p r o g r a mme r s cope with.
work on some electronics to More conventional control possibilities are avail-
have to use PDS sys-
3AB power it. tems to squirt data into korl able, however. On the same arm as the three-
Arnc. way clutch are joystick ports I and 2. These
OM Enter Cambridge-based
trio Mart in Brennan, B e n
the c o n s o l e d u r i n g CNA 61).
accept standard joysticks for control of tradi-
development. A gang
55 Cheese, a n d J o h n Ma t h - of fi v e B i r mi n g h a m
Arno/rod
IVA 4. Mao tional-style platform games, arcade adventures
ieson ( k n o wn collectively University graduates - A DV A I I CE D and the like. Since most early games will be
as Flare Technology) whose Chris Gibbs, Fred Gill, ,
• 1 1 1 .• • • • • • •
.0• 11,-• • • • • • • conversions o f existing hits and will conse-
vs
iA prototype Fl a r e O n e wa s Marlin G r e e n , J o n 01
•••••••••
quently require traditional joysticks to operate
exclusively reported in ACE Steele, J a m e s T o r - - them this seems fairly essential.
Issue 11. Flare needed a jussen - wr o t e t h e E•1 However, there's more to these joystick
company to mass produce low-level driv ers t hat ports than meets the eye. Two konix machines
E N T E P
its m a c h i n e a f t e r enable t h e P D S t o - one powered and the other not - can be con-
1 m T . - :
approaching s ev eral hard- communicate wit h t he nected together for two-player action. Joystick
. port 1 on the powered master machine is con-
ware manuf ac t urers l i k e Konix d e v e l o p m e n t WARNING'.
Atari and Ams t rad. Konix System. I n addit ion, .rnes everto,w nected via a lead to joystick port 2 on the sec-
expressed an interest. the A TD lads (At t en- RIZ= ond console. The second machine acts simply
as a very complex joystick. Unfortunately, you
PLAY After requesting a 1 6 tion t o Detail) created C an l r . 0 S O W gb.•
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processor,
- la rg e r c o lo u r
palebttei t and even greater
an art and t wo s ound
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ACE b r e a k s t h e n e w s a bout
packages to help pro- the H a r e One... use it as the ultimate/most expensive game
controller.

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If you've had a peek at the
circuit board inside almost
any computer you will have
discovered that it virtually
fills the inside of the
machine's case. Because
there's not much room
inside the Konix console,
We g o t our ha nds o n a pr e -pr od v e r s i on
of Me v Di nc 's Ham m er r i st. The ga m e fe a - the circuit board hasn't got
tur es s e v e r a l gr a phi c s c e na r i os w hi c h, any choice but to be small.
c om bi ne d w i th l ar ge spr i tes a nd br i l l i ant- Unbelievably the board is
ly d r a w n ba c k gr ounds , s i m pl y w o u l d n 't
little bigger than the double-
have be e n pos s i bl e on a not he r m a c hi ne .
The f e e l o f t h e s of t w a r e i s n't m u c h di f. sided drive (7.25 by 4.75-
fer ent t h a n t h a t r unni ng o n a n S T or a n inches). And the component
Am i ga, e x c e p t f or t h e s pe e d - w hi c h i s
count is extraordinarily low.
m i ndboggl i ng!
Forget very large scale inte-
gration - the Konix design
Another neat design point here: the double-
meant ultra large scale inte-
joystick port is actually a single 25-pin D con-
gration had to be employed.
nector with some of the pins removed, further
Just about everything of
cutting production costs. Other machine manu-
any importance is contained
facturers might take this up...
in one chip: sound and
Incidentally, joystick port 1 will be used by
graphics handling, disk con-
the helicopter controller (when it appears) and
troller, Witter, ROM. fast
port 2 will be able to accept a keypad. This lat-
RAM, arithmetic and logic
ter point could be a vital feature for the Konix
in future as it would allow alphanumeric entry, unit, control ports. It's a
monster 160-pin slab of sili-
something other consoles keep promising but
are always slow on delivering. This is particu- con known as an ASIC
larly important for the Konix, since the hard- (application specific inte-
ware is strong enough to support a highly com- grated circuit).
plex flight simulator or similar program, and as Apart from the ASIC
there's 256K of RAM on two
anyone knows these need more than simple
mechanical control - you really do need key- pseudo-static memory chips
board entry to cope with all the parameters (pseudo because the chips
have their own on-board
during flight.
refresh unit) and an 8086
On the subject o f game controllers, a
processor clacked at 6MHz.
pedal unit comes with the Konix console. This
This 16-bit processor is
plugs into the back of the console and com-
prises two pedals. Each pedal contains two slightly redundant. The orig-
microswitches; one located at the top and the inal hardware design fea-
other at the bottom of the pedal, and the unit tured an 8-bit processor,
has a responsive feel to it. The programmer perfectly adequate given
must decide how best to use the pedals, but the power of the chips it is
typical applications could be a brake and accel- working with, but Konix
wanted the 16-bit cachet
erator in a racing game or left and nght con-
trols for a tank's catapillar tracks. and the developers gave it
The console's right arm houses Start and to them.
Select buttons and a lever that can be used in The video controller
various ways. Programmers can detect the inside the ASIC is capable
position o f th e controller and could, f o r of three resolutions: 256 by
instance, use it as a throttle, gearchange lever 200 pixels using 256
or weapons selector. Further evidence o f colours, 512 by 200 using
clever design: the position of the lever at start- 16 colours. 256 by 200
up determines the default volume level fo r using 16 colours. The
music and sound effects. colourful low resolution
screen uses up 50K of RAM
- each pixel taking up one
byte. While that makes for
fast screen operations, it
does mean that a large
chunk of memory is
unavoidably used.
BYTE THE BULLE T
The low res byte per pixel
mode will probably be the
favourite for games pro-
grammers simply because
ATO's A r t p a c k a g e : t h e p a l e t t e o n t h e
graphics manipulations are
r i ght gi v e s y o u s o m e i de a o f t h e e nor -
easy and fast A typical ST
m ous r a nge of col our s avai l abl e. . .
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in thi
or Amiga screen is made up refresh. But it's not just con- mati
of four bitplanes, Each byte ventional memory moving ,ware
of a bitplane corresponds to that makes this blitter spe- gam
a row of eight pixels on cial if the screen is set up chez
screen. The video chip has correctly the chip can per- for t
to combine information held form collision detection and new
in the same area of each depth-sorting tasks auto-
bitplane to find out the matically. ers
colour of an individual pixel. up
It's an incredible perfor- P UMP UP THE V O LUME arid
mance which requires four The most impressive bein
knit
reads just to find out what is portion of the ASIC is the
actually stored in one loca- RISC-technology digital sig- £14
tion on the screen. All this isnal processor (DSP). RISC sole
technology is also used in
just one quick simple opera-
the ARchimedes and the
tion with the Konix's video
controller. involves processor design tran
512 by 200 pixel mode that. instead of performing a -via
large number of very com- beer
plex operations (as the casi
68000 can), offers a smaller troni
number of very simple oper- and
ations - but performs them patic
at very high speeds. nect
The DSP can move a RGB
14
3D object consisting of
3000 vertices 50 times
ASIC - com puter on a chip.
every second. Although the
also uses up 50K of memo- DSP's clock speed is 'only"
ry. However, in this case 12MHz (12 million cycles or
each byte looks after two operations per second),
adjacent pixels. The third while a typical 68000
mode is the most economic,
instruction takes four, eight
only requiring 25K of RAM. or 12 cycles to execute, a
Again, every nybble takes DSP instruction only takes
care of one pixel.
one.
Colour is determined by
The DSP also has a 16-
a 12-bit palette. The num-
bit 12 million instructions
ber of combinations you can per second (MIP) arithmetic Pla
enc
lit into a 12-bit register is and logic unit. Multiplica-
ly s
4096_ Even though the tions can be calculated over the
screen modes are compara- 50 times taster than the ded
for
tively chunky, a palette of 68000 in an ST or Amiga.
tha t
4096 colours means that
Because of its process- C OW
some very tine shading is ing speed the DSP could be the
possible - particularly when used extensively for maths- pan
256 colours are used. There
heavy operations. 3D ani-
really isn't any reason why Lake
mations, say. By combining
you should have to put up Sou
the power of the blitter and
with chunky graphics. Good 8-pii
the DSP it is possible to cal- the
anti-aliasing techniques will culate and display 3D rota-
see to that. expi
tions at amazing speeds.
If you're not concerned The DSP is also in gan
at losing colours a n d , -
charge of generating sound.
frankly, it gets tricky trying exte
A ROM look-up table helps
to find uses for 256 of them and
it synthesise FM sounds.
the screen can be split sup'
But that's just one type of dou
into areas of different
noise - samples can also colu
modes. The Konix takes be used. And these can be
this further than other any(
anything up to 14-bit in ther
machines: you can set each
quality. Not quite 16-bit CD
byte of screen memory to pan.
sound, but close enough.
be either one low-res or two You can emulate virtually
high-res pixels. The possi- any type of sound generator It's
bilities are mindboggling.
so long as you write the Kon
For performing opera- drivers. Yes, it's nice. Even
tions on chunks of memory ing
more so when you realise it
there's a 16-bit blitter that sit c
is capable of 10-channel -
can move nearly 5Mbytes of maybe more - sound in you
the
memory in a second or two stereo.
50K screens every frame part
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 RAM I T HOME
Unlike other game consoles whose software
comes on some form of memory card, Konix's
machine includes a 3,5-inch double-sided drive
in the design. The disks can hold 880K of infor-
ust con- mation and, because of the machine's hard-
loving ware, access to saved data is possible while a
spe- game is running. Since disks are currently a lot
set up cheaper than memory cards (and likely to be
n per- for the foreseeable future), this has to be good
ion and news.
auto- KOrli/t, in conjunction with firmware design
ers Attention To Detail, reckon to have come
up with a disk format that will defeat crackers
)1.11ME and commercial pirates but naturally they're
being coy about revealing details. The upper
is the limit price point for games has been set at
lital sig- £14.99 - almost half the price of existing con-
1.RISC sole games.
sed in Two moulded 'exhaust ports' at the back of
cl the console provide connections for everything
lesign from power to peripherals. Power is supplied
ming a via a power pack. It's a pity this couldn't have
com- been placed out of sight inside the Console's
the Ninja 11 looks like it is going to clean up on consoles even more than it did on home
casing — unfortunately mechanical and elec-
smaller computers. System 3 boss Mar k Cale is ecstatic about his new deal to launch the
tronic parts are to blame for the lack of room
tie oper- game for the Nintendo. With potential sale; of a million units in America and the fact
and there would have been serious heat dissi-
s them pabon problems, A 13-pin DIN Atari ST-like con- that the design of the W O game is ideally suited to consoles he has every right to
be. Meanwhile, Ninja n on the Konix looks stunning. Mor e colours on-screen, blind-
nector is used to supply the video signal to any
ove a RGB linear/Scart monitor. There's also a modu- ingly fast action, and superb graphics make it a visual and gameplaying treat. Let's
hope all Konix software is like this!
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ithmetic Playing Ni ni a I I on the Koni x i s a n exper i - 512k RAM - C h a i r
ica- ence! Conver ted by ATI ), the ga m e l i ter al - expansion etc - l i
ly scor ches a c r os s t h e s c r e e n. A l t hough g
led Over the s oftw a r e d o e s n ' t m a k e u s e o f t h e
nt g
the dedicated contr ol l er s (you'l l ha v e t o w a i t
for the ne x t S y s te m 3 K oni x r e l e a s e f or u n
miga•
that) i t has sever al fe a tur e s t ha t c oul dn't Power In
rOCeSS- Stereo U H F I V Motherboard lits into
come on a ny ot he r m a c hi ne - e s pe c i a l l y
muld be headphone depression behind control
the fl i cker i ng, c ol our g r a d u a t e d e n e r g y
maths- panels at the bottom l eft of the scr een. socket column
DaM-
lator socket for sending the output to a TV. Independent
nbining lire buttons
:er and Sound is sent through a 3,5mm stereo jack. An
e to cal- 8.pin DIN exists for plugging in peripherals like Soleno ds for
D rota. the light gun or moving chair. Finally, there's an tactile feedback
aeds. expansion slot for an extra 512K of memory or
in game cartridges.
sound. That then, is what the Konix console offers
Analogue lever (analogue
ahelps externally. It's a compact unit (about 15" deep 2 control)
Throttle i ge a T
control No. 1
Inds. and almost as wide) in tough plastic and 1 i
pe of superbly designed. In fact, most people do a
also double-take when they see it with the steering
can be column raised since it's hard to believe that
:in anyone could fit a mother-board inside, but
Select button
.bit CD then that's the other side of the story. See the
)ugh, panelon the right for full details.
ually
anerator BACK TO REALI TY
the Its very easy to get carried away b y the
Even Konix's specifications, particularly when read-
aalise it ing through them for the first time When you
nnel— sd down and work out exactly what's going on 3.5"
880kdisk drive
double sided1 S t a r t button
din you realise that, while unquestionably powerful,
Konix Joystick socket
the ASIC has to do a hell of a lot_ The DSP in Joystick 1 — slave
particular must generate sound and perform —chopper
Game select mechanism
3D transformations. Neither are light on pro- Joystick 2 — key pad
motorbike — car - plane

S ound c ontr ol : c ur r e nt s ound ge ne r a t i on
s oftw a r e i s sti l l qui t e pr i m i ti ve a s ta r a s
gr aphi cal pr e s e nta ti on i s c onc e r ne d, but
the r esul ts ar e ver y i m pr essi ve, especi al -
ly w he r e sam pl es ar e c onc e r ne d.
cessor time. The various timings quoted so far
only give an indication of what each component
is capable of when nothing else is happening. A
fully blown game might only use 16 colours on
screen t o reserve memory , t he DSP would
have t o be restricted t o producing three or
four-channel sound and t he number o f poly-
gons that could be rotated would be brought
down to around 50 a frame.
The Konix console is in its infancy; the first
games to appear won't stretch the hardware -
and may not use the control mechanism t o it
full - and will probably look and feel little better
than something on an ST or Amiga. In fact, sev-
eral programmers are porting graphics across
from ex is t ing 16-bit machines. B u t don' t
despair, if the Konix is capable of looking and
sounding as good as an Amiga now, imagine
what you'll be playing in six months time.
And the price? Still not fixed as we went to
press, but a t ad ov er £200, wit h t he fi rst
machines in the shops over the three months.
THEACE VERDICT
PROGRAMMERSSPEAK
The Konix has received mixed reactions from the software industry - perhaps a reflection
of our British tendency to slag off anything we do well_ From the beginning, however, Ma r k
Cale of System 3 has emerged as chief Konix evangelist. Chiding less enthusiastic mem-
bers of the UK software trade Cale rails ' They are being t o him (Wyn Holloway, boss
of Konix). What do they want? Do they want the Japanese to completely take over the busi-
ness and dictate to us what we can publish, where we can publish it , and how many units
we are allowed to sell'
All firms that sign up to do a game for the Multi System pay 2 , 0 0 0 for a development
kit. The money is payed back as soon as the game is delivered. Duplication of the dis k s is
handled by Konix themselves with a guarantee of zero piracy thanks to a built in security
device. No restrictions are placed on developing the Konix title for other systems if the soft-
ware hous e so desires - unlike Nintendo, for example, who insist any title developed for
their games console must be theirs and theirs alone.
This is all multi-channel music to the ears of the software developers. But there is a fly
in the silicon. If the mac hine is s o marvellous why does it need conversions from lesser
machines to prove its worth? Where is all the original Konix software? The answer is that
the 'Konixisity' of the titles will still shine through. Ocean's Run The Gauntlet for example
utilises t he Mult i System's variety of controls - wit h t he play er changing f rom steering
wheel, to joystick, to flight controls to drive the various craft that the player must handle in
the game.
Argonauts Bikers - which will be packed with the Konix has also been designed specif-
ically for the powerful driving manoeuvrability of the Multi System controller_ Argonaut are
also working on a version of Starglider II - code•named 'Rev enge of Stargfider'- again
specifically coded to make the most of the Konix helicopter controller. Chec k out the Soft-
ware Schedule box for other titles under development...
Meanwhile, the big boys in software publishing are strangely quiet on the subject. Rod
Cousens, bos s o f Activision, t old A CE W e hav e a publishing relationship wit h Viv id
Images.. s o in a sense we are involved in Konix development' Cousens hopes that the
Konix will succeed 'We wis h them well. Conceptually t he machine is excellent' B u t this
excellence has not been sufficient for Activision to convert any of their own label titles for Yes, fo
the machine. Despite the good wishes Cousens states ' N6 Activison titles are currently Noven
under development for the Konix'. At US Gold Geoff Brown states firmly that there are no -turn Al
current plans for the company to develop Konix games. But Konix software manager Jon wor ldt
Dean remains confident. Our aim is to have twenty four quality titles available for the Multi
System within twelve months of launch.'
Everyti
and lei
Nick Speakman. spokesman for Binary Design availat
There's no question that the custom chips are very powerful, but they require a lot of pro-
gramming talent to get anything out them_ The screen handling isn't as fast as we anticipat-
ed it to be. But then when something is hyped out of all proportion it never is as good as
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Although more expensive than when first you expect it to be - take Batman. for example. The Cc
announced, currently due to be priced at :hence
over C200', the Konix could make a very Jeff Minter, LLamasoft
attractive this Christmas. In the mid-term, I can't see major coin-op conversions like R-Ty pe being particularly well implemented on bargai
the Konix. You want to interact with the machine's superb game controls, not just waggle latest
the only competing machines are likely to
be the Sega 16-bit machine or the Fujitsu some joystick. the thi
FM Towns. neither of which is planned
for sale in the UK until next year (if at all). Brian Pollock, Logotron
Auctic
The Konix is British, superbly My only concern is memory. or lack of it. For instance, in the game I'm writing I am using
six-channel FM synthesised sound. Now that takes up a hell of a lot of memory. I couldn't compr
designed, and extremely powerful. Pro-
vided the software base shapes up. we usefully fit any more samples, and that's sad. you'vc
have no hesitation in recommending it. exhibi
Chris Walsh. Argonaut
The company expect demand to outstrip Comp
Polygon-based games like Starglider II are going to be easy to program. The machine is
supply before Christmas, so if you see show
one on the shelf, think twice before pass- geared up to rotating masses of vertices and incredible rates. It's as though the designers
of the machine were obsessed with producing something that could shift polygons quickly. JI ti m z
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ACE D E B A TE S TH E R E C E N T A D V A N C E S IN
Readers' letters over the last few
issues ha v e b e e n suggesting
that games are getting too diffi-
cult, fl ight s im s t o o complex,
RPG's too unfriendly. In a world
where even Chess Grandmasters
have t o resign i n t he face o f
mighty silicon opponents, have
the programmers left the players
behind? A ndy Wilton visits the
Computer Olympiad a n d a s k s
whether might is right...
game in the world? If you think it's
O Space Invaders, Pong o r PacMan,
you
k aren't even close. If you plump for Adven-
ture
a or Star Trek you're still miles out. If you
reckon
y it's chess on the other hand, award
yourself two pawns and a pat on the back.
, European heat of Acer's World Computer Go
Computer chess pre-dates those other games
w Championship, an event with a great deal of
by so long it just isn't funny.
h prize money attached. As well as bursaries for
Computers were taking on humans across
a
that black-and- white board in the 1950s. and
tthe building blocks were laid even earlier.
'Incredible as it may seem, the principles o f
s
computer chess were first set out by Professor
t aude Shannon, an American mathematician,
Cl
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over 4 0 years ago. Shannon presented his
paper
e 'Programming a Computer for Playing
Chess'
o at a conference in New York back in the
spring of 1949. To put that in perspective, the
l incentive to win was obvious: beat the competi-
atom bomb was five years old at the time,
d tion in the Olympiad, and you can have the
while AT&T had just invented something called
ea 'transistor'.
s All modern chess programs are based on
tthe ideas in that 1949 paper, but this doesn't
cmean standards of play have stood still. There
ohave been huge improvements in programming
m techniques since the '40s, and astronomic
pleaps in hardware power - that 'transistor' came
uin quite handy! • so the same basic structure of
tprogram can now play a very mean game
eindeed. Prof Shannon had the chance to gauge
r this progress for himself last month, when he
presented the winners' medals at the 1st Com-
puter Olympiad.
A grand tournament o f computer game-
playing programs from around the world, the
Olympiad drew an impressive 85 silicon con-
testants to the ballroom of London's Park Lane
Hotel. Chess was by no means the only game
in toitom there were contests in a dozen other
boardgames, from friendly old backgammon to
the formidable full-sized Go, plus some fierce
competition for bridge and dominoes medals.
All this gives the world's top boardgame
programmers a chance to compare notes, dis-
cuss techniques and above all test their cre-
ations against the toughest (computer) opposi-
tion going. At the 1st Olympiad the results
weren't always to their liking, as it turned out:
every night of the week-long contest, teams of
programmers worked late into the night trying
to fine-tune their entries. Some programs
made alarming leaps in performance from one
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gold. The dead heat for silver was eventually can ar
resolved i n favour o f t h e Anglo-German differe
Mephisto, with Fidelity taking bronze back Of
home to the States. If you want to buy shares as ai4
in a few chess machine companies, look no fur- tants.
ther. ing to
analog
YES, BUT WHY ? really
Money is one thing, but most of the contes- weight
Appl e Ma c i ntos h a nd Ac e r PC do ba ttl e i n tants are in it for more complex reasons, and
the 1 9 1 9 v O c t o u r n a m e n t . T h e the gc
it's here that we start to stumble across the
for m i da bl e g a m . o f s t r a t e g i c i n s i g h t practic
power-programming mentality that spills over as wei
pr oved a bi t t o o m uc h for t he U K te a m s !
the y pl a c e d s e v e nt h a n d t e nt h i n • fi el d into the games market, with possibly undesir- to see
of ton. able effects. We're talking about competition ferenc
here: the possibility that you can actually test
day to the next, as the pressure of competition
showed up embarrassing but fixable weakness- your programming abilities in a fair contest
es, against a worthy opponent. Computer chess
intrigues the man in the street because it lets
TAKE THE MO NE Y him engage a machine in mental combat: it
This will to win isn't just the computer equiva- intrigues a programmer, on the other hand.
because it lets him engage other human beings
lent of Olympic spirit — there are frighteningly
in mental combat. This is all very well, but
large sums of money at stake here. The Go
although there's a fascination for the onlooker
competition, for example, also served as the
at the Olympiad. the novelty soon wears off,
and i n i t s place so me mo re depressing
thoughts crop up. Watching a dozen chess pro-
travel to the Taipei finals, Acer have offered a grams slug it out, you're left with a strong
mind-numbing USS1,4 Million for the first com- impression of wasted effort.
It's all a bit like the early '80s, when you
puter Go system to beat a human champion.
could quite easily line up a dozen arcade titles
Nobody's offering that kind of cash for a
for the Spectrum and find that they were all the
similar chess achievement, but in a way the
same game. That's not to say there was any
potential financial rewards here a re even
borrowing of code going on - quite the reverse. Corm
greater. The leading contenders, it transpires, mach
were all computer prototypes for future ver- You could get a dozen Space invaders clones,
c a ul '
a dozen PacMan rip-offs or whatever, and every
sions o f commercial chess machines. The te n
one had been written from scratch, quite inde-
M OM
pendently of the others. What was so striking west
4.1. •
was the amount of work that had been wasted
result o n your adverts when th e finished then:
on re-inventing that software wheel. Nobody be of
machine goes on sale. The contest went all the
or
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The Olympiad is very definitely about software rather than hardware. In fact, there's no
standard hardware setup for contestants to use in the Olympiad, so a list of the machines ment
entered makes interesting reading. About half of them were PC clones manufactured arid
petit4
supplied by the events sponsors, the Acer Corporation of Taiwan. The others ranged from
stray
creaky old 8- bit micros like the Dragon and Atari 800XL up to state-of- the-art Sun work- ches!
stations, with the middle ground made up mostly of STs, Apple Macintoshes and - in sur- the s
prisingly large numbers - Acorn's 3 2
open
- With a spread as wide as that you'd expect there to be some kind of handicapping sys- Word
tem,
b i t but
A rin ctact
h the
i morganisers
e d e sdidn't
. feel one was necessary. 'It's true that both of the Suns The
did win their respective tournaments,' explained the Olympiad's creator David Levy. 'That
cuity
was down to software rather than our
hardware though: I'm quite sure Woul
those programs would have won teed
whatever they were running on.'
You might still feel that the SUN's point
purpose-designed SPARC pro- all-pc
cessor had a little bit to do with merit
those victories, easily outstripping but 1
the Archie's blistering ARM chip
wog
as it does, but hardware power shoo
really isn't everything. Victory in sam
the Reniu (a bit like zero-gravity coloi
Connect Four) went to a Soviet
migh
program running on that Dragon: throb
nothing creaky about the soft- Mi ne 's r u n n i n g On a C o m m o d o r e • 4 - 1 1 1 h a t ' s that
ware, it seems. your s on? gam
 needs a dozen PacMan games: if they're all
competently written then any one o f them
would do.
Since the average amateur chess player
BRANCHINGOUT
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could be soundly beaten by 90% of the com- h t
Scrabble, a l l t h e beta pruning a wa y o f
puter chess games on the market, it seems programs
l lend to be quite
like there's a FacMan-style glut here. Rebel may boardgames played at the reducing th e time wasted strong in human terms.
5elgrabbing i
Olympiad a r e two-player, on bad moves - minimax
s eventually well be better than Meotoisto, but if Meonisfo a
zero-sum g a me s. ' Z e ro - searching is the backbone SHOGI
110-German can annihilate you at five seconds a move, the result,
difference is really a bit academic. sum' here means that what- of two- player games pro- Played on a 9x9 board,
ronze back m o d
Of course, that argument's not entirely fair ever's bad f o r one player gramming. chess-like Japanese game
buy shares e r n
as applied to the Computer Olympiad contes- must be good for the other Tournament ru le s a n d Is greatly complicated b y
look no fur-
tants. After all, a competition like that has noth- and vice versa. (No t a ll human patience put limits d ability
the r to 'drop' captured
ing to do with usefulness. To take an athletic games a re zero-sum: i n on the time a computer can a u - that is, to put them
pieces
analogy, if you need a piano moved it doesn't Balance of Power a nuclear spend on this search. The g anywhere you like on
back
the contes- really matter whether you get a silver-medal war is bad for both players. 'deeper' a program c a n the
. board a n d u se them
weightlifter to do it or the guy that beat him for In zero-sum g a me s t h e search (the more moves it against their original owner.
msons, and

1 the gold. Either bloke is strong enough for players' interests are utterly can lo o k ahead from th e Once you've captured a few
across the
spills over practical purposes, but that's irrelevant as far opposed, and any sacrifice current position), the better pieces, p o t e n t ia l ' d r o p '
ibly undesir- as weightlifting fans are concerned: they want is justifiable provided your it will play, but deep search- moves alone ca n ru n t o
to see which one can lift more, even if the dif- opponent suffers more than es take much longer. The several hundred at any one
competition
actually test ference is only a few bags of sugar. you do.) crucial factor here i s th e time. W i t h conventional
fair contest Leaving a s i d e 'branching factor' o f t h e board moves a s well, this
puter chess backgammon, t h e g a me s game under consideration: gives a huge branching fac-
;ause it lets are also all games of 'per- that is, the typical number of tor a n d makes intelligent
combat: it fect information': th a t i s , moves available to a player. computer play very difficult.
other hand, both players ca n see the Where a game has a low Shogi was not represented
iman beings complete state of the game branching factor - less than at t h e Olymp ia d . T h e
ry well, but and neither h a s anything 10, say - the program can Japanese either didn't know
tie onlooker 'up his sleeve'. Tank Attack expect to look as many as a about it or weren't interest-
wears off, is a game of imperfect infor- dozen mo v e s i n t o t h e ed. With such a serious lan-
mation - you can see where future. L a rg e r branching guage barrier it was difficult
depressing
'chess pro- enemy units a re b u t n o t factors force the program to to t e l l wh ich , Olymp ia d
how strong they are - while make d o with a shallow organiser D a v i d L e v y
ti s t ro n g
the simultaneous orders of search, a n d thus p la y a explained.
when you Diplomacy make the game poorer game.
ircade titles similarly u n p re d ict a b le . Go
were all the Random elements are the SOME EXAMPLES: Fiendishly complex as it is,
!re was any most common reason f o r the Japanese d o n 't ra t e
the reverse. perfect i n f o r m a t i o n , CHESS Shogi as a truly intellectual
Com puter Ofyinplad's cr eator , Da v i d Lairy, nce t h e exclusion o f With a medium t o h ig h game: for that they have the
lers clones, made a b o t i n 1 9 5 8 t h a t n o c o m p u t e r
r, and every could be a t hi m i n • c he s s m a t c h w i t hi n kgammon. branching factor - a chess far more difficult Go. Played
, quite inde- ten y e a r s . I n 1 9 7 8 b e c o l l e c t e d t h e These similarities mean player typically has over 30 on a 19x19 board or in cut-
so striking money • 0 1 2 5 0 - a f t e r s e e i ng o f f N or t h- that, despite the differences moves open to him - this down form on a 9x9 board,
western Uni v e r s i ty 's f or m i da bl e C h e s s in rules, the games are all
een wasted game can't easily be anal- Go is all about surrounding
4.1. Thi ngs ha v e c or n* a l ong w a y s i nc e programmed in much th e
et Nobody then: Le v y r e c k ons c om put e r c he s s w i l l ysed in depth_ However, it's and thereby gaining owner-
be on • par w i th hum a n c ha m pi ons I n 2 0 same way. I n each case, essential to look a long way ship o f territory. Pla ye rs
or 2 5 year s. S o w i l l h e b e t a k i n g a n y the computer works out the ahead wh e re pieces a re take i t i n tu rn t o p la ce
more W o o be t s f r om n o w o n ? " I w o n ' t best move b y considering being swapped rapidly, so 'stones' - the game's u n i-
even b e t a k i n g a n y s m a l l o n e s , " h a
replies. ways that the board could most chess programs con- form, featureless p la yin g
S no look after several moves centrate on these, and only pieces - on the board's grid,
achines There's nothing wrong with this competition have been made. It mental- take a shallow look at qui- gradually building up areas
ed and mentality if it's kept where it belongs • in com- ly makes e ve ry possible eter positions. T h is k e y of control. It's subtle, very
adfrom petitions, that is - but unfortunately it does move from its current posi- idea, since spread to most strategic a n d - w i t h a
work- stray over into mainstream gaming. How many tion, every reply its oppo- capture-based boardgames, branching factor that starts
nsum- chess games are advertised on the basis of nent could make and so on, was th e central plank o f in the hundreds - extremely
the strength of their game or the size of their searching fo r a 'continua- Shannon's argument back difficult to program. Again,
ping sys- opening book? Almost all of them, of course. tion (series of moves) that in 1949. there we re n o Japanese
he Suns Words like 'strength' sound good, don't they? leaves It in the best position entries at the Olympiad but
The thing is, 'strength' here really means 'diffi- possible. In doing this the DRAUGHTS Taiwan had several: unlike
culty. Those adverts are effectively saying buy program assumes that both On an 8x8 board in particu- Shogi, Go is also played In
our game because it'll thrash you hollow.' it and its opponent make lar, draughts h a s a l o w the Ch in e s e -s p e a k in g
Would you buy a shoot-em-up if it was guaran- the best moves available to enough branching factor for world, under the name o f
teed to wreck you on anything past level 1? them • that each tries to quite deep searches. Even Wei- Chi. Oddly enough the
Even if you look at it from the technological improve its own position at on t h e la rg e r continental medallists o n th e full-size
point of view, there are still shortcomings. That the o th e r's expense, i n (10x10) a n d Ca n a d ia n board were Polish, Dutch
all-powerful chess program may be in its ele- other words. This 'If I d o (12x12) boards, the rules on and S w i s s , w i t h t h e
ment in competition with other chess programs what's best for me and he compulsory capture tend to strongest Taiwanese p ro -
but for the rest of us its still another chess does what's best for h im.: limit a player's available gram relegated t o fi f t h
program. Again, would you buy yet another process is called a minimax moves quite drastically. As place.
shoot-em-up simply because it boasts more ,
sampled sound than ever before? Or more As for the challenge of a tough game, you of a leading dedicated machine, the Novag
colours on-screen? The sad truth is that you can always turn down the difficulty when you Super Expert. Raymond Keene, one o f the
might, because thea't what the market i s
find the game's too hard b u t in that case, Olympiad's organisers, recently played 5 9
.wherre throwing at us right now, but let's not forget wilat was the point in having that strength there games against the Super Expert: he won 40 of
that colours and sound are no good without in the first place? Wasn't it just a red herring? them, drew 7 and lost 12. Raymond Keene is
gameplay...
Getting back to chess, take the extreme case an International Chess Grandmaster. I f the

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a big way, it won't be the first time money's
the world's most programed boardgame after
Thi s U S e nt r y , Ne ur oga m m on, d i d h a v e
one s l i ght a dv a nta ge i n the ba c k ga m m on
c om pe ti ti on: i t w a s r unni ng o n a hy pe r -
l ast S i w or k s ta ti on! The r e m a y n o t b e
Any s t e r oi ds i n c om put e r a thl e ti c s , b u t
Sun's r e d u c e d i n s t r u c t i o n - s e t S P A R C
chi ps c om e pr etty cl ose.
Super Expert took 1 2 games off him, how
many casual players are going to use even a
fraction o f it s power? The time is rapidly
approaching where all the normal man in the
street can do is pray for a 'System Error', or
resign...
SO WHAT?
This drive for the ultimate chess-playing pro-
gram stopped benefitting u s mere mortals
some years ago, but that's not the whole point.
More importantly, there are plenty of other
games that the wasted programming effort
could be applied to. It's like that PacMan clone
business: what was so painful about that dupli-
cation o f effort was the way i t took u p
resources that were badly needed elsewhere.
All those programmers with the know-how to
handle sprites, sound and collision detection
were wasting their time copying an existing
standard when they could have been creating
original games. If you take a dozen PacMan
look-alikes, you're actually looking a t eleven
missed opportunities for original, interesting
gameplay.
A WHO LE NE W BOARDGALI ET
What we need is a bit of that chess effort redi-
rected to other promising games, or even new
game designs altogether. Why, tor instance,
doesn't someone program and sell a micro ver-
sion of Chinese Chess, or its Japanese coun-
terpart Shogi? Why aren't the shops full o f
Colossus Go or Sargon Awan? It's true that
these games lack the ready-made UK market
of chess or bridge - the droves of people who
already play the games in their wooden o r
cardboard forms • but that shouldn't stop soft-
ware houses making money out of them. After
all, the only Shogi game on the market would
surely do better than an average-selling Chess
game.
There's no need to go that far afield for
suitable games. Over in the States a t the
moment, the Amiga game Distant Armies is
building itself a following among chess buffs.
It's actually a compendium of chess variants
and precursors, starting with the ancient Indian
game Shaturanga and working across the Mid-
dle East (and Middle Ages) to the European
form settled on as a world standard today. It's
easy to understand the appeal of these games:
while they're similar enough to modem chess
to be easily learnable, they're different enough
to make you work out your own strategies. In
particular they discard the tedious 'opening
book' learning - ancient Persian books on Sha-
tranj are rare things indeed - making casual
play far more rewarding. Wouldn't you rather
3 2 Advanced ComputerEntertainment
rely on skill than parrot-learning?
If programs like Distant Armies catch on in
been made out of resurrected games. Probably
chess is the one that Japanese game moguls
Aniar Company Inc market under the name Oth-
ello. Under its original name of Reversi the
game did moderately well in late-Victorian Eng°
land, but with its new name and some heavy
marketing those distinctive flip-over d iscs
made Anjar an absolute fortune. How many
other equally good but now forgotten games
could do lust as well? Mark my words, some-
one could yet make a killing out o f Faerie
Chess!
As for new game designs, purpose-written
tioardgames are just as promising for comput-
er success. Take Mastertronic's excellent 16-
bit think-em-up Infection. While it's childsplay to
learn the rules o f the game, figuring out a
water-tight set of tactics could take months.
For a simple game, it really is terrifyingly addic-
tive stuff. The same goes f o r Ariolasofts
Think!, a fascinating sliding-tile game re -
released by Firebird Silver at a desperately rea-
sonable £1.99, What's particularly striking
about both games is the way that, simple
though they both are, neither game would be
really practical if played on an actual reaHile
board. The mechanism of colour transfer in
Infection or of tile movement in Think! would be
fiendishly difficult to implement outside a com-
puter screen. (Oddly enough, you could say
almost exactly the same thing about Reversi:
turning over all those tiles is far easier on
screen than in real life.)
GETTI NG PHYSI CAL
Indeed, the future of computers as game oppo-
nents could well turn on their dual ability to act
as playing opponents. Quite simply, you can
present games clearly on screen that are diffi-
cult or impractical in life. An obvious example is
the point in a chess game where one player
has two queens on the board. In real life, play-
ers are forced to improvise with upside-down
rooks. On screen it's the simplest thing in the
world f o r the computer t o create another
queen, making the actual position on the board
a good deal clearer.
Similarly the Japanese game Shogi looks
confusing to Westerners because of the way
both 'black' and 'white' sets of pieces are actu-
ally the same colour. This is essential in real
life: Shogi pieces swap sides on capture so
-
Thi s pl uc k y Br i ti s h pr ogr a m m i ng t e a m c r a m m e d t h e c om pl e x g a m e of Chi ne s e Chess
i nto a 4 8 K S pe c t r um , b u t t o n o a v a i l : t h e P C- ba s e d Ta i w a ne s e pr ogr a m n e x t door
s tom pe d all ov e r thei r br ave l i ttl e effor t.
that, for instance, a black Lance may be taken
and subsequently returned to the board as a
white piece. A computer version of Shogi could
colour the sets differently, changing colours
automatically when pieces are captured.
Imagine how much more important this
'computer-as- board' factor could be fo r 3D
games. The obvious way to play such games is
with a 'stack' of boards mounted one above the
other like tiers of a wedding cake. This is diffi-
cult enough to handle in real life with a game
as small as noughts and crosses, but a stack
the size you'd need for chess (8 high) or Go
(19 high) would be something else again. Even
seeing what was going on would be impossi-
ble, never mind trying to actually move the
pieces. Imaginative 3 0 display techniques
along with cross-sectional views in different
planes could make solid chess o r draughts
games perfectly feasible in computer form,
and moving pieces would be simplicity itself!
There's another important thing both Infec-
tion and Think! have in common: they are enor-
mous fun in a way that no game of chess,
draughts o r backgammon could be fo r the
average European o r American gamesplayer.
What's so great is the actual learning process.
As understanding gradually dawns you can feel
truly clever, knowing that you've hauled your-
self up from total ignorance t o beat that
machine on its own terms. If you got the same
buzz out of learning chess or draughts, the
chances are you can hardly remember it now:
with new purpose-written games you could get
that same thrill of discovery time and again.
This doesn't apply just t o think-em-ups
either. Many of the games we play nowadays
are becoming increasingly complex, difficult to
play, and - at the same time - depressingly
familiar. It's the same programmer versus play-
er confrontation that you get in chess, but in
the long run it's doubtful whether the player can
ever win. Shoot-ern-ups like Blood Money on
the Amiga are both technically impressive and
fiendishly difficult - both achievements that
stand as testimony to the programmer's art -
but the actual scenarios are often little different
than a dozen other programs. Challenge (as
Jim Laver points out on the letter pages this
month) is obviously important, so is technical
skill, but for the player that sense of discovery
and excitement when confronted by the truly
original is also essential. If game designers
began to put as much effort into new scenarios
as they d o into technical achievement, we
might all be the better for it...
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 ING N E W FLIGH T S I M — A N D LE A R N TO F

When w e heard tha t m e n who

drive Rovers g e t m or e r um py
pumpy, we were intrigued but not
too surprised. But when we dis-
covered t h a t Activision's n e w
flight simulator was being pr o-
grammed by the brilliant Vektor
Graphics, w e s e nt t he brilliant
Phil South straight up to Leeds
to see it.

you've seen them all, right? Well, no

y in fact, because not until I was invit-
o
ed up to see a preview of Bomber itself did I
u
believe a computer could fly. Activision wanted
it,
' so Vektor did it, because as you may or may unde
not inside the computer was essential. Freedom of the ability to escape at maximum speed. And hard
v know, Vektor Grafix are one of the coun-
try's movement around your aircraft is also a fea- that's brilliant 'cause you've got the best of
e leading exponents of 3D computer graph- both worlds."
ics. ture, allowing Bomber to show o f f a ll it s the
s They had the technology, so why not see All the aircraft in Bomber were chosen with
what it can REALLY do. And they did.12 months smooth flying action. Marti
e The trick with the design was finding a this strategic low-level and air-to-air excitement
ago the design was finalised, but still certain (co-S
e flight simulator angle that hadn't been done in mind. The game features the British Tornado, Dere
things needed doing to it. John Lewis, co-direc-
n
tor of Vehtor Grafix and designer of Bomber before. All the Sims before have either been German Tornado, F4 Phantom, Saab Viggen, F- and
o
talked me through a few things that they want- commercial, Lear jets and Cessnas, or they've 15 Strike Eagle, F-111, and a first for this pro- port
ned from Bomber. For a start they wanted round been fighters. So I got thinking, the most of the gram, the Russian MIG 27. This is the only desig
e
jets, round cannons and round wheels. Eh? really exciting modern jets are these multi-role chance you'll get to fly one of these, rather ral
f "Nobody does that, you know. I don't want combat aircraft. So you take aircraft like the than just blow it out of the sky. the
lto see flipple hexagonal wheels. I'm a simula- Tornado, the F-111 and the Saab Viggen, stuff Like all the other aircraft in the game, you bece
like that, nobody's done simulators of those] can switch planes mid-fight, refuel and run on
itor fan and I want to see REALISM. None of this
jerky movement and small amounts of poly- thought it would be a great idea to concentrate preset missions, or even design your own for VE11
g
on 'ground attack', but with air defense capabil- you o r your friends to play. Every possible A co
hgons. I want round wheels, hundreds of poly- detail has been included, and any bit of any
ity, which i s what bombers are a ll about. for
tgons per object and smooth lifelike move- plane that can be animated has been, right
ment." And Bomber has it, The ability to move They're all about carrying a great shipload of peo
sall around the 'world' that has been mapped bombs to a target, bombing it, but then having down to the variable incidence wings and the own
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 those wh o ca n se e
beyond t h e obvious
there are things that
you can do, not mov-
ing a wa y f ro m t h e
leisure area complete-
ly, but in serious corn-
outing there's an awful
lot you can do with a
powerful 3D graphics
system."
So t h a t ' s
experimental w o r k ,
but how about gam-
ing? "Well there's a
new idea we're work-
ing on, totally away
from 3 D wo rk. I t ' s
more in th e line o f
what you might ca ll
interactive
' more
than
m that would give
too
t much away, b u t
wait
o a n d se e . Re a l
soon now. The other
o
undercarriage. The team has really worked Since March this year, the firm has re-locat- thing is our developmentt system, which we've
speed. And hard to bring you the best simulator ever. ed into a brand spanking new converted brew- written in association with our friends and
the best of v Time. It's called
The team around John and Andy producing ery house in the centre of Leeds, and now also neighbours in 3 D, Real
the game are Ciaran Gultniehs (MS-DOS), Ian has 4 products for Activision in the works, of a and it's really dead
chosen with SnAsm, it runs on the PC
r excitement
Martin (CM and co-ST and Pete Featherstone which Bomber is the first. good, and much betteri than PUS. We'll be
(co-ST and Amiga), Carl Terry Spencer (Z80) So what is the future for 3D graphics and l
launching it at the PC Show in September, so
ish Tornado,
Derek 'Squiggly E ra Austin (shape design Vehtor themselves, John? 'What I don't want to e
come along and have a look."
ib Viggen, F- and stripy shirt monitor), Mark Griffiths (sup- do is give away what we've got in mind. For ,
or this pro-
port graphics) and Carl Logan (environment ,
is the only design). Carl is also working on a special natu- s
lese, rather
ral language parser for future VG products_ By a
the way, Derek i s called "squiggly erek"
?game, you y
because that's how he signs his name!
and run on i
our own for VEKTOR G R A M n
iry possible g
Acouple of years ago, John Lewis was working
ebit of any for another software publisher, and like most l
been, right people he thought he could do better on his y
igs and the
own. But quite unlike other people he actually s
did go it alone, or rather form a company with
friend and programmer Andy Craven which pro-
duced its own product.
The move wa s prompted b y the 3 D
graphics routines that Andy Craven and his
friend Danny Gallagher had designed. "These
guys came to me and showed me these
amazing 30 vector graphics on the 8 b it
machines." said John. 'Totally blew every-
thing else away, they did. What they'd done
was basically the Star Wars game, and so
when I heard that Domark had the license I
knew we had to get together." And so the
Star Wars game was born, and so was the
HERE'SYOURCHANCE!!
fledgling Vektor Grafix_ Andy ran the compa- We've g o t together wit h lessons, p lu s a co p y o f ACE, Priory Court, 30-32 Far-
ny while John still worked for this other pub- Activision and Vektor Grafix Bomber fo r your computer. ringdon Lane, London ECU?
lisher, but after the success of Star Wars and to bring you a superb prize 20 runners up will also get a 3AU. No employees of Activi-
Empire Strikes Back, John quit his day job to competition. Ready? We ll, copy of the game sion, Vektor Graphics o r
join Vektor Graf ix full time. when we were up talking to Emap Business Publications
John Lewis, h e mentioned Okay, here are the questions: may enter, and the editor's
that both he and Andy were 1. When was the first air decision is final. Oh yes, and
taking Flying Lessons. Only in transportable hy dr oge n don't forget to mention what
the interests of research, you bomb dropped and where? format you'd like the game
understand. D o n ' t t h i n k 2. Who first flew across on, okay? The flying lessons
there's any FUN in i t f o r the channel? will, wh e re possible, b e
them, oh no. So that's the 3. Which commercial air- arranged at a venue conve-
deal. Answer these admitted- liner has a droopy nose?? nient f o r t h e winner, b u t
ly hard questions on military Answers on a postcard some t ra v e l ( a t y o u r
aviation, and you could win before October 31st 1989 expense) may be involved.
E600 worth o f free flying to: B o mb e r Competition,

AdvancedComputerEntertinment 3 9
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This VGA graduated horizon is just one of the
PICCURVEPOWER signs of technical innovation in fl ight simula-
tors. Check out F 15 II over the page...

ILAB The PIC - Predicted Interest Curve - IS the mos t sophisticated rev iewing
tool around. Here's why...

Octo The curve is divided into six sections. indicating the player's adrenalin level
after one minute, one hour, one day, one week, one month, and one year. But
this tells you an awful lot than just what your interest level will be at any given
Ile S yd e m sI . time (although that's obviously important in itself)...
Inc. Ail t ig h t s For example, a high one minute rating means that the game must look fan-
C orpora
tastic and get you all excited from the word go. That means it's probably a
good game to show off to the neighbours - after all, they probably aren't going
to pay attention for much more than a minute, after which they'll go back to
drinking coffee and making rude remarks about 'those awful hostile games the
boys play these days'.
The minute, hour, and day ratings can tell you a lot about a game too. If
there's a dip here, followed by a rise, you've got a game that may take a bit of
getting into - not recommended if you like to get down to something quick and
easy. Alternatively, the graphics may put you off for a while until the gameplay
starts to grip. Check out the PIC comment for more details.
Finally, you've got the month and year ratings. The better a game holds up
here the more deserving it is
of your hard earned cash.
PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
PIC curve construction
takes a let of playing on the
part of ACE reviewers. PIC
PI A

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LEY&
curve analysis is an art in
itself. The reward is knowing
just what you're getting when
you make the decision to
splash out on Mutant Mac-
donald Getlysburgers.,.. or
F15 Strike Eagle It - just one
of this month's excellent
examples of today's software
technology.
DON'TFORGET
THEUPDATES!
We don't just review the latest
releases. W e a lso ch e ck Out
mo,nullo dPf
conversions of old games onto
SPECTRUM ANIWI
new fo rma ts. S o th e re co u ld
well be a recent conversion for
PICs give you more than a rating - they rep-
resent the entire life of a game...yes SIR! YOUR ma ch in e ...Th is mo n t h
Updates are on pages 80-81.

THE A C E
PIC CURVES
This unique feature to the
ACEreviewing system
charts the interest level that
a game stimulates over a
:period of time. The ctrve is
accompanied by a comment
explain why its the shape
is. Find out more in the Pic
urve Power panel on this
Page-
Eachrewew also carries
special Version Boxes' that
gNeyou details of the
games implementation on a
specific machine. These
boxes include ratings for_
ICS
ts of the game's
s with the imitations
hmachine taken into
t. A good-looking
umgame will there-
score higher than an
e-looking Amiga one.
DIG
muse ald sound effects
arerated here. A high rating is
REVIEWING
possible on even limited ACE RATING
machines like the Spectrum This is not lust plucked out
and PC if the computer's of the air but is calculated
shortcomings are cleverly from the area under the PC
sidestepped. Curve. To get a really high
rating a game will not onty
IQ FACTOR have to be very addictive but
Yes, sometmes you have to stand the test of time as
use your brain. This rating well. Just because a game
evaluates the risk of mental does not get over 900 does
effort - which some people not mean we are not recom-
actualty enjoy...Note that ACE mending it - the following is
readers are generally reck- a general guide to what the
oned to be more intelligent ratings mean.
than other human beings, so 900+ A classic game,
the ratings may be lower recommended without reser-
than you expect... vation,
800-899 A superb
FUN FACTOR game, but perhaps lacking
Basicat:y a measure of mind. the long-term depth to last
less addictiveness. Games into the month and year cat&
like Arkenoid and Flying gories_
Shark require virtually zero 700-799 Still highly
brain power but are still recommended, but probably
remarkably addictive. Most has a couple of aspects to
coin-ops score well here the gameplay that take the
because they are designed edge off it.
tor instant satisfaction. 600-699 The fair'
Games don't have to be zone, where it tends to be
either fun or intelligent - they very good if you like that
can be both. sort of thing'.
500-599 This still has
good things going for it, but
the game clearly has some
noticeable problems.
400-499 Problems
with gameplay and program-
ming make this an inferior
game.
300-399 Not only is
the gameolay bad but the
design was probably flawed
in the first place.
200-299 Things are
getting realty serious now...
100-199 ZX81 games
running on an Amiga.
Under 100 Nothing
has ever achieved this
appalling level of rating. If
anything ever does, it would-
n't even be worth having it
for free.
VERSION BOXES
This covers version-specific
information on graphics,
audio, loading problems etc.
If there's no box for your
machine but a version is
planned, ell be covered as an
update in a later issue,
S Y S T E M
THE TEAM
_includes Steve Cooke,
one of the ongmal editors
al this award-winning maga-
zine, known to thousands
through his many other previ-
ous identities, including
Zzapt's Mite WIzard, The Pil-
grim, and Old Balcfy.
Eugene Lacey is the man
who put Britain's top-sellmg
games magazine, C&VG, on
the map. Luckily for us,
Eugene got fed up with writ-
ing for 8-year olds and decid-
ed the time had come to
tackle thechallenge of ACE
magazine. As one of Britain's
roost experienced games
journalists, his word is LAW.
Claran Brennan should
need no introduction. Former-
ly editor of Zzapt magazine,
he's now deputy editor of
The One and an honorary
ACE reviewer.
Julian Rignat formerly UK
Coin Op champion, former
editor of Zzare64, and the
man with his name on more
hi-score tables on Brighton
Pier than anyone else.
Mike Pettenden is the edi-
tor of Commodore User - so
he ought to know what he's
talking about when it comes
to CM stuff. But he knows a
thing or two about the Amiga,
and is no dummy when it
comes to other machines
erther.
Mark Patterson has put in
two and a half years of
games slavery for Com-
modore User and C&VG and
knows everything there is to
know about RPGs.
We don't review
anything until we
are 100% certain
that we've got it
right. We've
checked them out
thoroughly - now
you can too.
 STRIKE
setbng and enemy tracking mode. All three
missiles are 'Fire and forget', meaning all you
have to do is 'lock on' the missile to a certain Incre
the i
enemy (keep tracking the enemy until it comes the
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which point you are told a 'missile lock' is now you
effective) and press fire to launch the missile, lar a
In CGA, EGA or Hercules, the game looks
the same as F-I9, which is no bad thing. Lots OR

EAGLEII
of multi-faceted filled vectors and the like, but AU
in VGA or MCGA, this has to be the best look-
ing flight simulator yet. Just the sheer variety
of views alone are enough to warrant a high
mark, with missile view, three sorts of external
view, and the option to see yourself from your
enemy's point of view. The best thing about it.
however, is the incredible use of colour. If yoJ
OT
remember Archipelagos on the Amiga, you'll
recall the very clever misting effect on the
horizon. SE I) has that very same effect, and it
is extremely effective. The feeling of depth is
MICROPOSE spend a night at Sierra Hotel incredible. Add to that the brilliant sensation of
speed and you've really got something.
duck to the most effective defensive equipment Though maybe not as smooth as Velocity's
P O S S I B L Y one - of the most popular there is). Jettighter. F-15 is every bit as fast, and you
times, computer generated
a flight simulations In effect, SE II is an updated version of F- really notice it on low-level flight. Easily the
have come a long way d from the early PSION / 9. Indeed, the areas you fly over are identical breathtaking effect is the missile view when
Flight Simulator days, where
u you could get suit- to the aforementioned F-2 9, as are the enemy. you've launched something at the ground. The
ably enthralled by a rowl of dots in the shape of The first real difference is that the plane is a lot missiles fly much faster than your plane, so the
runway landing lights.t In these enlightened more fun to fly. First off, you've got a lot more speed in itself is exhilarating, but it's when the
days, when computer flight simulations are so speed to play with, with the added tun of after- missile picks up speed and starts plummeting
-
advanced the USAF are using their to train burners on board. Also due to its sleeker toward it's target. ..oh for a hydraulic chair!
pilots, you'd have to bec clinically insane to want design, the F-15 is a lot more manoeuvrable So why pick this over Falcon? In terms of
to release another titleo into a field with such than the cumbersome Stealth Bomber, which being a flight simulator, Falcon has the edge,
m
abnormally high standards. Once again Micro- adds up t o much more enjoyable combat. but even so, this is ideal for a beginner, as it's
prose have managed not p only to beat their pre- None of this nancy radar evasion for me. very easy to fly and it's a lot of fun. A ls o ,
vious best title, in this
u case F-I 9 Stealth Another thing that has been simplified is experienced buffs are going to get a lot of fun

1
Bomber, but have alsot come up with a worthy the weapons system. Unlike Stealth Bomber, out of this simply for the large number of mis-
contender to Mirrorsoft's
e Falcon. you always carry the same payload of three sions involved and the variety of sceneries. In
To clear up any confusion,
r Strike Eagle II is types of weapon. AIM-120A AMRAAM medium terms of accuracy, it may never match up to
a flight/combat simulator
p that offers you the range air-to-air guided missiles. AIM-9M the might Falcon, but I can still see myself
chance to fly simulateda strike missions through Sidewinder short range air-to-air infra red horn- putting in more than a few hours on this one
a choice of war zones, ranging from Libya (an ing missiles and AGM-65D Maverick air-to- yet.
s
easy ride due to their outdated equipment) ground attack missiles. Each can be readied
- and Vietnam to Europe yo
through the Persian Gulf for fire at the touch of a button, and selecting a • Tony Dilon er
(where you can quite easily become a sitting weapon automatically selects the correct radar Hi
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O ne of the m a ny S pe c tr um fl i ght si m u-
l ator s t o a ppe a r a t t h a t ti m e, t h e onl y
di ffer ence be i ng t ha t thi s one a c tua l l y
ga v e y ou de c e nt c om ba t. The s c e ne r y
w a s si m pl e: a fe w dots, y e l l ow gr ound,
bl ue s k y a n d t h e e ne m y pl a ne s w e r e
m er el y tr i a ngl e s , but t he r e w a s s om e -
thi ng r e a l l y i nv ol v i ng a bout t h a t l i ttl e
ELL ba ttl e fi e l d.
Exci ti ng h e l i c o p t e r c o m b a t a c t i o n
w i th a m a z i ngl y f a s t fi l l e d v e c t o r s ,
especi al l y for a C6 4 . Mi c r opr os e m a n-
a ge d t o fi t i n a he c k of a l ot ont o one
little 5 1 / 4 " di s k - fi v e a r e a s t o fl y
thr ough, a n i nfi ni te a m ount of r andom -
ly ge ne r a t e d m i ssi ons, t hr e e di ffe r e nt
skill l e v e l s , doz e ns o f di f f e r e nt e n e -
m i es a nd t he abi l i ty t o bui l d a c ha r a c -
ter, c om pl e t e w i th m e da l s a nd pr om o-
ti ons, a l l a w a r de d w i t h a s ui ta bl e ful l
col our s t i l l pi c t ur e . S t i l l o n e o f t h e
best.
The c r e a m o f t h e c r o p s o fa r . A f t e r
bui l di ng t h e s e e m i ngl y ul t i m a t e fl i ght
sim ulator , Mi r r or soft c a m e up w i th not
only a n e w ba t t l e fi e l d f or y ou t o fl y
over, b u t a w h o l e w a r t o fi ght s i ngl e
handoelly pr ote c ti ng no l ess t ha n thr e e
lines o f de f e nc e w hi l e t hw a r t i ng t h e
onc om i ng i nvasi on. P r e t t y heavy stuff,
and a l l pl a y e d o u t w i t h s o m e o f t h e
fa s te s t fi l l ed vector s yet. rr
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de. All three
aning all you PC VERSION
to a certain
intil it comes
id missile, at
Incredible. The graphics are amazingly fast and
the feeling of distance is enough to scare even
the least agrophobic amongst us, Add to that vari-
ACTIONSEQUENCE
•lock' is now
ety of gameplay anti enough challenge to keep
you coming back and you've got yourself a regu-
I *I
he missile. lar addition to the pink pages.
game looks
d thing. Lots GRAPHI CS 9 1 0 FACTO R 8
the like, but AUDI O 7 F U N FACTO R 9
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plummeting
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In terms of Takes almost no time at all to get wrapped
5the edge,
v synthetically created universe, but
up in this
nner, as it's once you're in, you've just got to keep fight-
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latch up to
see myself
)n this one
TECHNOPORN!
OK, so just how fast is this beast? Well,
you can check the frame rate for whatev-
Icey
er machine you are running on as follows.
Hit the ALT and F keys, which will print
the number of Jiffies per 4 frames on the
HUD. Take this number and divide it by
the Hz rate of y our graphics card; 60 Hz
for EGA and CGA, 50 Hz for Hercules Tha t's it, y ou'v e got a l ock!
Mono, and 70 Hz for MCGA. This gives
you seconds per frame. Invert it and you
will get frames p e r second f o r yo u r

E
machine configuration. Nifty, eh?
The me mo ry ta ke n va rie s f ro m
machine to machine. On a Tandy it takes
384K o f memory while o n a n MCGA
machine it takes 512k.
The program took approximately 1.5
man years to develop with many people
working on it. Andy Hollis was the main
programmer with Sid Meier. Bruce Shel-
ley with Max Remington designed the 3d
objects while Bruce alone designed the
worlds. Mike Haire did most of the normal
After art with Murray Taylor assisting. Alan
flight
lith not Roireau along with Chris Taormino and
to fl y Russ Cooney helped develop game play
single and of course did the normal testing. Jeff
three Briggs wrote the manual.
ig t h e
The MCGANGA graduated horizon
r stuff,
of t h e by distance wa s designed and imple-
mented by Andy Hollis and the Director
As Wild Bill S te a l e y hi m sel f w oul d put it, m i ssi l es aw ay!
mode was designed and implemented by
Sid Meier,

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E•I•il4ZI14- RICK
DANGEROUS
FIREBIRD breath new life into platform capers
S T R A N G E name forDangerous
Richard a super hero
- so-
Firebird have shortened it to 'Rick' to give it
more Hollywood-style credibility. Just in case
you're not impressed, he also sports a brown
brimmed hat and unshaven chin, looking for all
the world like Indiana Jones.
Your mission is also an Indy-style adven-
ture. A colourful eight page comic included in
the box sets the scenario in which, after surviv-
ing a bomb attempt in a restaurant where he's
supposed to meet Jose to collect a map, our
hero enters a car chase through the town in
suitably Indy -style 1930's cars. Next follows a
round of fisticuffs in a plane, after which Indy
(sorry, Richard.. Rick, that is) parachutes out
and lands in dense jungle. After a skirmish with
some 'Goolu' natives, the final panel o f this
gripping comic shows Rick entering a Temple
pursued by a giant ball of rock. On this some-
what familiar note the comic ends and the
game begins.
There are four separate levels - this may Rick acti ng up—
not sound like much but the degree of platform
precision and puzzle solving required to beat lion. In Rick Dangerous you have to use the and although some o f the levels are pretty
each one means Ricks quest Is no pushover. dynamite or your gun strategically to tilt the sparse graphically and there are occasional
There's no puzzling to be had in the first action in your favour. This provides a little exer- lapses in pace, what there is is of a very high
few screens, however. It's just a question of cise for your brain as well as your reflexes. standard. From an appallingly unoriginal sce-
legging it until you can escape that boulder. As well as the Temple there is a Pyramid nario Firebird have hewn a splendid platform
After dying several times you will notice that scene, German Army base (more shades of puzzler.
Rick can move right or left as he falls, This is Indy) and the Missile Silo level at the end of the EugeneLacey
useful not just for dodging the boulders but game. Your final objective is shrouded in secre-
also for avoiding the spikes that are placed on cy throughout the game and revealed in a
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ture with his dynamite. He can light a stick
beside an object to clear his path, but he has
arcade fun is here in abundance, Mr Hughes A ,.
to leg it away from it first or he may blow him- PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
self up into the bargain. Using his various gad- m
gets imports a sort of remote control feel to Splendid sound FX and Music - and
the use of the joystick. Time factors are cru- INTEREST
LEVEL 'well matched and synchronised
p with the game
cial- you must remember to press the fire but-
ton before you move in the direction of a nasty for the speed with which a new game starts alter
'
to let fly with a bullet, Rick dies. Three quick presses of the fire button
Dynamite and bullets are limited so Rick I : and you are ready to begin again. In that respect
must make sure he collects every single cache Tpat least, all games should be like this.
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1
USG take it in their stride 4ZI!
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W H E " the start o f the year Strider
U
became an almost instant contender for coin-
ioptof the year. Slick graphics, a thumping
w a
soundtrack and lots of features soon gave the
game
s the success it warranted —and US Gold
grabbed
r e l the licence.
e At a first glance a run of the mill left-to-right
scroller,
s e Strider contains many original ideas,
tricks, hazards and mashes that come as a com-
d
pl ete sunrise to the player; the Politburo that
i
transforms into a giant snake, giant robot goril-
n
las, and super-human Muscovite's, each requires
ta particular tactic to overcome. All have one
h ng in common, they take a lot of damage
thi
e
before blowing. The best tactic is to find an
a on the screen where they can't hit you,
area
r work your way slowly to them—remember-
then
icng, however, that there's a time limit.
a Strider, the main character produces the
most
d amazing array of twists and turns in accor-
dance
e with the joystick movements and type of
terrain.
s Down sends him on a slide, diagonal
and up causes a somersault, and he can hang G uy the gor i l l a's t w o ton tw i n. Av oi d his steel gi r der ed fi st a t all costs.
a
off walls and ceilings with the aid of a hook.
t Set in Russia fifty years in the future, the given the task, and they've done us proud. background graphics a re exceptional and
majority of the game is based around the play- After cutting through several waves of Rus- although a few backdrops appear to be miss-
er using Strider's abilities to progress through sian troops and their robots, scaling buildings ing this doesn't affect the feel of the game at
levels by avoiding hazards, traversing moun- and leaping traps, the first end-of-level nasty is all. The main sprite is perfectly drawn, although
tains, Russian guards and platforms. reached; a largish man, rippling with muscles speed and a few frames of animation had to be
Armed with an energy barrier which he and hell-bent on performing the Kirov ballet on sacrificed owing to computer limitations.
swings round his head, Strider can inflict your face (you're attacked b y real ballet One thing that has been changed is the
severe damage on all o f his enemies. Little dancers later on in the game). When he has level of difficulty. Your foes don't take as many
satellites can be collected which orbit the play- been destroyed the screen is reduced t o hits as before pegging out and some of the
er, destroying everything they touch and flames from the top down, wiping out almost jumps have been shortened, reducing the pixel-
adding their own firepower to yours. everything in the way. precise timing of the arcade game.
All of this looked pretty unconvertible, but Next comes the interior o f the Kremlin. Complete with funky soundtrack and good
fiertex, the people behind Indiana Jones, were Unfortunately the Politburo don't take kindly to spot effects, this is an exceptional conversion'
unwelcome visitors. Seconds later they've of an exceptional game. Packed with levels,
transformed into a giant snake desperate to kill features, and just about everything else you
you. Once the result of that confrontation has could ask for. Strider must surety rank as one
been decided it's off to Siberia... of the greatest arcade conversions ever.
The graphics have been faithfully repro- MarkPatterson
duced with good detail and use of colour. The
AMIGA VERSIO N
ST VERSIO N Completely sell contained on one disk, Amiga
Very similar in the sound, graphics and playabikty •Strider is a game which will have you hooked right
department with the only real difference being from the start. The graphics are impressively
two disks instead of one, A very commendable designed and coloured. All the sound is of equally
game on this format, high quality, from the digitised speech at the start
Enter the Pol i tbur o dr agon. right up to the smallest spot effects, A complete,
G RAP HI CS 9 I Q FACTO R 7 addictive arcade game. if
AUDI O 9 F U N FACTO R 8
PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE G RAP HI CS 9 I Q FACTO R 7
ACE RATING 9 1 0 AUDI O 9 F U N FACTO R 9

ACE R A T IN G 9 1 0
RELEASE BOX
ATARI ST El9.ac)dk OUTNOW AMSTRAD VERSIO N
AMIGA E19.99dk OUTNOW The first 8 bit version we have seen, and very
impressive it is. The graphics are well coloured
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and defined and keep the feel of the game. The
AMSTRAD 9.99cs • E14.99dk OUTNOW only real gripe is the weak sound effects.
AMIGA Mil5 tith0
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immense variety in levels. Though once com- IBM PC E19.99dk IMMINENT AUDI O 7 F U N FACTO R 9
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 XENON
IMAGEWORKS 111WA

Y ou
you
1
D O about yet another vertically scrolling
Tokens also appear, giving you extra firepower
in your moments of greatest need. of c
yso u pcompeting
shoot-em-up e r -for your hard-earned,
u hard-begged, cash? Well if you do, stop it —
At the end of each of the five levels there e
or is that old friend, the end-of-level Guardian, to f
s r mXenon
g
because o 11oalmost
t hlives up to the hype, conjure with. These creatures are extremely cers,
o
which makes it a very impressive game indeed. well-designed, e xtre me ly revolting, a n d aout •
s If youc reallyr needoan excuse to have a
a extremely hard to kill; each one has to be dealt isee
gon d old-fashioned shoot-ern-up, you'll be wor- rpret
l ji lt h aet the Xenites
rie
w r are up to their old s
wan
nef
i rious tricks — and you probably thought
you'd finished them off in the first Xenon game, is o
t
didn't you? This time they've gone and planted ;you
e
h
five Time Bombs in different periods of history athre
b And the r e 's Cr i spi n hi m sel f, r e a dy t o sel l
corresponding to each of Xenon ll's five levels. n
y ou a n y w e a pon y ou w a n t - a s l ong a s
Itoseems that the very fabric of time as we
1 r
know it is at threat and only you can save the
y ou'v e got the dosh. t
i A
e (week, month, year , eon and so on...)
day of beautifully designed alien nasties come
d So y o u s t ra p yo u rse lf i n t o y o u r swarming down at you and you fill 'em full of A
Megablaster
o and off you jolly well go. The ship lead.
isma potentially very sophisticated little thing, As each crittur is wasted it turns into a II
but
w starts off with only a thruster, a blaster and floating bubble that means cash for you. It's in The gi a nt al i en i s z a ppe d l e a v i ng a c l oud
ahshield; you've got to earn your extras on the your interests to be as greedy as possible and of e ne r gy gi vi ng bubbl e s in i ts w a k e .
way.
e Each of the games five levels represents collect as many bubbles as you can, since
anperiod of of history, and logically enough you cash can be turned into a sumptuous variety of with in a different manner, and discovering the
begin in some sort of stone age, flying over extra weapons at your twice-per-level stops at right one will cost you many a life.
y If you've spent wisely in the weapons shop,
the rocky structures hanging in space. Masses Crispin's s w o p shop (more o f this later).
o a
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e
a
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The shi p is now ful l y e qui ppe d - a nd a w e s om e i n i ts fi r e pow er . N ot e the de bt to 11•Type w i th the w or m a ppe a ti ng fr om the m onster s
i ntesti nes.

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bk
 If all this sounds like familiar stuff —well, it sampled from Bomb the Bass's 13th Precinct
is. There are elements o f just about every Hip Hop, which sounds pretty damn good. All in
shoot-em-up you've ever played in Xenon all. Xenon II • Megablast is one of the most
‘, 4, 4
from Space Invaders through to R-Type. But, accomplished shoot-em-ups you're likely t o
,• surprisingly enough, t h is derivative streak come across this side o f Christmas. Even
fo doesn't matter; The Bitmap Brothers have put though there are Only five levels, the amount of
#1
e the b its and
*. / r
• -.. pieces togeth-
r 1 er in such a
t , professional
r i and s t y l i s h
EnPTTJ1 r z• N a l t l • r i m = way that you'll
_ just want t o
-
You c oul d b e I n t r oubl
- e he r e , b u t t h e n
you are thr oughout thei gam e. . . . grasp y o u r
•
xtra firepower stick and join
s o battle.
of course, you'll have a rbetter chance of suc-
e levels there t
cess. Some of the extras. you can purchase are Graphics
IGuardian, to fairly standard, such as cannon and laser. Oth• and scrolling
t
Ire extremely ers, however, show much more flair — check (it re a lly i s
, out the following drone for instance; it's hard to ' s u p e r
as
o to be dealt see quite what it does, but it certainly looks smooth') a r e
i pretty bobbing around behind you. Super Nash e xce lle n t
l wan Power will give you 10 seconds of really throughout.
i satisfying to ta l destruction. G e t yourself Aliens z i p
enough cash, o r collect enough tokens, and about t h e
n
you could find yourself blasting around with screen w i t h
g
three or four extras trailing behind you. great suavity,
, while one inno-
a vative feature End-of-l evel beauty— P r etty
n RELEASE BOX l ooki ng thi ng, a i n't i t? Kill I t a ny w a y .
is the ability to
d ATARI ST E24.9gdis O U T NOW move backwards off the screen, giving you in detail and action in there makes it a stiff chai-
AMIGA E 2 4 . 9 9 clk I M M I N E N T effect a greater playing area as well as the lenge. You'd be doing yourself a disservice if
chance o f another crack a t creatures you you don't at least give it a play test.
IBMPC £ IMMINENT
haven't managed to blast.
ing a c l oud 2 4 . 9 As an extra there is also a sound track • Pete Connor
wake. d k

covering the ST VERSION

,
One of the prettiest games you're likely to see oil
the ST this year, and certainly one of the more BITMAPSDEPARTURE
a addictive. It's one of those games that really do
p approach arcade quality, and the sample sound game will still be
track MI take some beating too. Very classy. an a n a r c a d e
o
style g a m e a s
n
G RAP HI CS 9 I Q FACTO R 4 this is where the
s
AUDI O 9 F U N FACTO R 9 Bitmap's believe
s their best design
h ACE R A T I N G 9 0 5 Skills lie,
o 'If we do another
p shoot 'em up it
, AMIGA VERSION will have to be
By far the best version. The Bomb the Base co mp le t e ly
soundtrack that accompanies Xenon Jf is superb. unlike any t hing
Youcan hear every last scratch, yelp, and shriek that h a s b e e n
as the sound chip works overtime. Graphics are done b e f o r e . *
colourful smooth and fast. In every department
Xenon II stretches the Amiga further than any The l e a d i n g
shoot 'em up has ever stretched it before, design t e a m
would love to do
G RAP HI CS 9 I Q FACTO R 4 a game f or t he
PC E n g i n e —
AUDI O 9 F U N FACTO R 9
though t h i s i s
ACE R A T I N G 9 1 0 not on the cards
at t he moment .
'We are interest-
ed in the hand
helds a n d t h e
sixteen bit c on-
soles but it is a
business mat t er
as t o wh o get s
the d e v e l o p -
The Bitmap's are keen to do run and run like a software ment systems a n d who
something different in t heir Police A c a d e m y t h e gets to do games for the
next release. Bitmaps want t o do s ome- machines' Eric Bitmap told
Although X e n o n f a n s thing new 'to keep the inter- ACE.
knstant fun and addiction, and tough enough might like t o see the game est for ourselves'. The new
monsters
to keep you going for a good long time.

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You leave n i g
Magic is going to
Faces and bodies are transl
The island spreads i n e d i a b l v .
Soon, the old world i s a p p e a r .
You must prevent the prophecy
before it is fulfilled.
Magic, it is the life of our world.
The Emperor has told you
I f you fail, don't come back !"

IN FOG RAM E
instommatante!IpAblos.
 TA1+1IC
ATTACK
Blitzkrieg CDS Style
TRADITIONALLYwwereg
ar s
games
top board games with model landscapes ande
troops. All calculations were performed with
pen, paper and dice. CDS have taken the origi-
nal theme one step further and brought in a
computer to replace pen and pad.
The game is centred around four fictional
countries, Armania, Calderon, Kazaldis and
Sarapan. None have any real tactical advan-
tage, other than personal taste. However the
game does require a minimum of two human
players as the computer doesn't control any
country s o make sure you bring a friend.
The board is divided into four provinces
each governed b y a separate state. Each
province features various kinds o f scenery
such as forests and villages. Some of the land-
scape is impassable by any vehicle, or halves
your movement rate. Right in the corner of the
provinces is the military HQ. This is the main
game target for the opposition — when they
arrive here it's game over for whoever lives
there, The whole map is overlaid with an hexag-
onal grid, each clear grid representing one
movement space.
A ty pi c a l ba ttl e i n sceni c sur r oundi ngs.
5 4 Advanced ComputerEnterlairment
First thing is setting up the board. Each
player picks a team of eight tanks and armoured
cars, the strongest being a Main Battle tank
ranging through light tanks right down to Light
Armoured Cars the weakest units, If there are
three players two are allied against the third
player who in turn gets double the units.
Between each of the countries is a demilitarised
zone where no units can placed until the game
starts, otherwise you would be able to start
combat right from turn one. In each quadrant.
All calculations are now handled by the com-
puter. The first screen it shows is the news
screen. Set in the style of a newspaper, one sec-
tion describes the current situation of the war,
another the weather and how it will affect unit
movement. This is not a particularly vital screen
but it helps to break the routine of the game.
Then come the individual player turns. The com-
puter will assign your side a number of move-
ment points which correspond to the hexagonal
grid on the board. Each unit can move any num-
ber of hexes up to the allocated number of
movement points (subject to terrain restrictions).
Then comes the fire sequence. A unit can
attack o r be attacked when it is within four
The boa r d e l e m e nt.
spaces of an opposing army unit. This again is
handled b y th e computer. I t requires the
inputting o f the distance between units (1-4
hexes) and the types of unit facing each other,
A graphical representation of the battle is then
displayed with the outcome being a mixture of
destroyed, damaged or intact between the two
units. So it isn't always safe to attack.
Finally if you do manage to reach the
enemy HQ in one piece you get to select the
destroy HQ icon (actually it can be activated at
any time during the game, but that's cheating)
and blow them away, thus winning the game.
Tank Attack is an original concept as far as
other software houses go, though not as good
as Brian Clough's Football Fortunes CDS's pre-
vious computer board game crossover. It does
lack most of the in depth elements and move-
ments which grace the tables of war garners
through the straightforward run and blast taci
tics used. So if it's just a fun, simple strategy
game you're after give this a look in,
• Mark Patterson
RELEASE BOX
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The main screen grapMcs are produced in a cartoon
style which gives the game a sightly more light-
hearted view. The software itsert is nothing outstand-
ing, it anything gives the impression or cowboy mer-
chandise, but when put Wong side the board aspect
makes tor a fun mufti-player game.
G RAP HI CS 7 I Q FACTO R 7
AUDI O 5 F U N FACTO R 7
ACE RATING 7 8 2
PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
AMIGA
Thanks t o the multi-player feature Tank
Attack gains more lasting attraction than it
really deserves- Though the novelty will wear
off in the long term.
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requires the
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storage tanks and, eventually, selling your oil.
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any strikes against your own fields, If you're
successful you get compensation in the form
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have to be taken out in level one if you are to
proceed to the next level. This is achieved by
swinging the sword at the fireballs and sending
them back at the monster. Again, gameplay
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WARRIOR
arbitrary choice which fireballs are returned
and which aren't - and in any event it only
needs two to kill them, which seems far too
easy.
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level two. You are armed with a spear which
you must lob at the the giant dragon who is
guarding the entry to the level three (The Sub-
terranean River). This is where the leaping left
and right comes into its own. This section is
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uncle and the brother of the good King Osiris.
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later dismembers his body and scatters the
seven pieces o f the corpse throughout an
ancient tomb.
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Cast as Horus, you must find the seven pieces
of papa and reassemble him to rid the world of
your wicked uncle. Once the body is reassem:
bled the gods will give you extra powers and
you can set out to vanquish Set. Your hawkish
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find the right amulet. This is not easy as there broi
are about th irty different ones scattered cha
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of them are hidden by Set to make your task
more difficult. Each amulet offers a different
power and you will have to learn and master all t he
of them if you are to complete the quest. teve
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a time - so It is important to work out your own
tiveness of the scene-setting. A definite flavour hierarchy of amulets. The map is of course
of ancient Egypt comes through in the sounds essential and extra weapons are also extremely
and graphics of the various rooms of the tomb. useful. The Frog amulet gives Horus a new life.
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appears in a shimmer and
then takes away any piece
of the body of Osiris that
you may have collected so
far to the Burial Chamber.
You have to summon Isis
each time you recover a
piece of body as you can
only hold one a t a time
pending i t s reassembly.
Nice touch this - really
makes you feel as if the
gods a re watching over
you.
Another god who can be
made to come down from
the heavens is Anubis -
the god of the dead. Anu-
bis will help you in the final
conflict with Set.
Don't get the impression
that this i s just another
arcade-adventure, howev-
er. What really spices up
the action are the strong
elements o f shoot-'em-up
throughout t h e g a me .
Horus i s a rme d wit h
 • down game-play. It is very easy to inadvertently
send Horus up or down on a lift when you really
meant him to take o f t in Hawk mode. What
makes this worse is that while the lift is work-
ing the computer is drawing the next chamber
- so it can take quite a few seconds to get
there, and then you have to get all the way
back...
On the whole, however. Eye benefits from
design discipline. The programmers stick to
their chosen Egyptian theme throughout (apart
from those lifts), resisting the temptation to
1
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there is enough memory left, and just because
bang w i th a
ire quality. that is the wacky, avant-garde kind of guys they
are.
i you explore. Perhaps most important of all, the balance
Tn7 pages) of puzzling and arcade play is just right in Eye
fun, but we of Horus, There is no set way of completing
.diately more the quest, avoiding the tedious repetition of
he challenge. finding objects and using them to get to that
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time we had part o f the game that still remains t o be

ser interface, solved.
at least. Why For all its polish, though, Eye of Horus
T, pens, and The m ap is dr a w n for you as y ou tr avel . Why don't all a r c a de a dv e ntur e s do thi s? breaks no new ground. It is reminiscent of
Papyrus darts that he spits from his beak at bers. There are also 'smart bomb' amulets - the old Ultimate Play the Game titles for the
have to first Spectrum and 6 4 . B u t those were great
Set's mashes - other amulets that Set has but as is the nature of these weapons they can
iasy as there brought to life and which swirl around the games and the comparison has to be almost
only be used sparingly.
!s scattered as flattering as it is critical. What Eye does
chamber, sapping your energy each time you Linking the chambers is a network of lifts.
nbers - many bump into one_ do for the first time is bring well thought-out,
Horus must fly to the ground and turn back into
ke your task excellently programmed, carefully designed
True to current shoot-en-up philosophy, a man to use the lifts. He may also need one of
s a different arcade-adventure t o the 16bit machines -
there are certain power-ups that can multiply the keys dotted around the chambers to oper-
rid master all and with a spot of blasting to boot. There
the rate of fire by up to four times. There is ate them. These lifts seem to be the one
quest. even an R-Type-like satellite - in this case a seems no reason why Logotron shouldn't
design fault in the game - and not just because
some of the launch a whole range of these j u s t as Ulti-
baby hawk that flies alongside Horus, spitting they're anachronistic and would look more at
ined for your mate did.
darts at the opposition_ Another amulet will home in a trendy department store than
de-adventure give you a constant arc of fire - which is more ancient Egypt. More importantly, they slow
2nobjects at Eugene Lacey
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Sis sound and graphics potential.
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DUNGEONMASTERIsgame
the
that marked the rebirth of Mirrorsoft. It ended
a lacklustre period fo r the Maxwell owned
games house that saw few releases o f any
merit. Since Dungeon Master they haven't
looked back with a string of hits including Fal-
con, Soeedba0, a d s and TV Sports Football.
Bloodwych may be the firm's boldest step
since the rebirth began. A game in the style of
Dungeon Master from the same company has
to be at least as good as its predecessor.
Bloodwych's spl i t s c r e e n di s pl a y for t w o
player RPG'ing. The he a r t of the gam e.
The game spec promises a great deal
more than Dungeon Master. Simultaneous two
player fantasy role playing is possible for the
first time. You can play as a team against the
computer or against each other in a race to
complete the quest Each player chooses one
of sixteen wizards, adventurers, warriors and
thieves to join them in the quest.
The objective of Bloodwych is to destroy
the evil Zendick by finding four crystals and tak-
l i them to the tower to destroy them. The
quest begins in the land of Treihadwyl where you
must first first recruit champions and collect the
items you will need to complete the quest.
I c ons c ontr ol e v e r y thi ng i nc l udi ng ba ttl e .
I nte r a c ti on a nd m ov e m e nt.
Just a s in Dungeon Master moves are
implemented b y selecting and using icons.
There are several of these so it is essential to
read the manual thoroughly and master the use
of the icons before setting Out to complete the
game, you have to be prepared to invest a bit
of time and effort before you will start to derive
role playing satisfaction from 13/oodwych.
Many strange characters and artifacts are
encountered in the quest like the missiles that
certain characters can use by clicking on the
runes in the spell book. A range of spells are
available for the heroes to use.
Manipulation o f the characters that you
encounter in your travels is the key to success
in Bloodwych. It is essential to glean as much
as you can from them using the Irade,bribe,
threaten, insult and bribe'. The questioning part
of Bloodwych seems to work well. There is a
convincing feeling of interacting with the other
characters in the game.
When you are happy with your team you
can then set out to solve the quest, i.e. give
lendick a good seeing to. Certain characters
can be placed at strategic points using the
Wait' icon. To know what is and what is not a
strategic point a map is essential. The cav-
ernous dungeon corridors o f Bfoodwych all
look very similar and it is easy to wander aim-
lessly around in circles. View' lets you flip
between characters - bringing good warriors
to the forefront when you encounter one o f
Zendick's ghouls in some dank forsaken dun-
geon, or bringing a wizard into the action when
a spell is required.
Elloodwych has all of the depth, health and
status ratings on characters, icons galore, and
detailed graphics that players have come to
expect in quality RPG's since Dungeon Master.
There have indeed been quite a few attempts
to out Dungeon Master Dungeon Master. Most
of these attempts have been embarrassing fail-
ures. Bloodwych comes closest of all.
It is at its best in two player mode. You and
your chum against the world just as things
were in Gauntlet - but this time in a fully blown
role playing game. Not quite in the Dungeon
Master class but an absorbing and challenging
game in its own right with plenty of its own
original ideas.
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combat US tank platoons have four Ws. Four soldiers operate te d e
each tank. That's four tanks, sixteen men. And you control the h plaN
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attack I the air by strategically positioning anti-aircraft i g f. Hap
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batteries. The strategic permutations are endless!
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Super smooth, non-stop action takes place over 250.000 square
miles of authentic terrain. Superb, solid-filled polygon-based 3D r ell's ar
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T H E R E that promise much
a reethan they actually deliver,
s o bund' m s la te st o ffe rs a
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g arre a set of opponents, good
m eexcellent graphics and
nd,
s enty of variable options yet man-
ages to be less than the sum total
of its parts.
The game i s Shufflepuck,
moured land Oich is basically a ir hockey
*hers operal played without goals. Instead
)11control the each player has a glass plate
between him and the table t o
'au to hide yoL.1 efend. Should he or she miss the
eimander kthe glass is shattered and a
dividual tanks. nt is lost.
ire advancing
The simplicity of the game is
he form of A10 iced up with a neat scenario
/ourself agai nsI ich transports it into a sci-fi set-
i-aircraft t Played in a cafe somewhere
the furthest reaches o f the
ations, there is axy, it's a cross between the
levels allowin zy bar in Star Wars and Milli-
s. the restaurant at the end of
from start to the universe in Hitchhiker's Guide.
OM regulars are a pretty mixed
ynh
!bunch, united only by their love of
shufflepuck•
Wandering into this dive in
search of a telephone you find
yourself locked in a tournament
with eight of the shutflepuck cra-
zies that frequent the bar. The
game loads with an animated still
of the locals and you can get into
amatch by clicking on one of the
various pug-ugly faces. Once into
amatch you can select attacking
ordefensive modes for the pad-
dles. This involves giving you
more bounce from the puck o r
power in striking. To add extra
interest to the game you can also
select a blacker which allows you
to insert an obstacle between you
andthe opponent.
The set up over, you can start
to take on some of the weirdos.
Each has a particular character
and skill level. At one end there's
the bespectacled wimp S kip
Feeneg who bears more than a
passing resemblance t o Woody
Allen and is a total pushover, and
at the other there's BO Raunch, a
hell's angel with a vile temper. In
between there's an array of oppo-
nents including a lounge lizard
(yes literally) with a taste for blue
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h m m m . and Princess Bejin
who has a neat mental approach
to the game —she doesn't hit the
puck when she serves, she waves
her hand over it.
In tact much of the variation in
the game comes from the charac-
ters you find sitting at the other
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end of the table. Their reactions 1-'"!111111,.
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goals add a great deal t o the
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average, something not helped by
the lack of a two player option.
Air hockey is air hockey no matter
how much you try and tart it up. TREBLE CHAMPIONS -
The presentation f o r Shut- Can YOU Win the League Championship,
fleouck Cafe is excellent. It's good The FA. Cup and the League Cup?
to look at, with large, imaginative-
An Amazing range of Realistic Features
ly drawn characters. They're neat-
ly animated too, with good facial and Superb Gameplay combine to create
expressions and reactions. The all the Tension, Drama and Excitement
comic touches are well observed, of Football Management as you
with some nice moments — like compete for Soccer Glory and —
when Lexan Smythe-Worthington THE TREBLE.
slumps under the table, rat-arsed,
with a crash after losing. Sound, AN OUTSTANDING RANGE OF FEATURES
too, is good with a solid puck
• 4 Divisions of 20 Teams • fi n e management System - lt m jt d time
sound and a nice sampled smash • Non-League Division o f 20 Teams for Club management each week
• F u ll Home and Away League Programme • • 2 In-Match Substitutes
when you score. In fact that pro 38 Matches • Opposinon use Substitutes
• Results of ALL games far ALL 5 Divisions
vides much of the appeal of play- • League tables for ALL 5 Divisions
• Fitness Trairtiog Ke e p your Squad at
M M O M WTI fi t n e ss
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• Coaching - Improve the Ab ilit y of your
younger Players end Reserves
The earty appeal o f good Final over 2 Legs)
• Promotions and Relegaiions
• M idweek Matches
• Cu p Replays
graphics and sound is dulled by • On ly T r a m Promoted from Non-League
DIVISIO n
• Penally Shoot-Outs
• Pla ye r Retirements
the limitations o f the gameplay. • Squad of 20 Players and Reserves • Change Player/Team Names
• Squad of IS Players for ALL Other Deems • Season ticket. Wages Bank Loans, interesi,
Were Shuttlepuck one of a number • Details of over 1500 Players Attendance
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• Transfer Deadline • Start many Dislikes
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the arcade wars nowhere is the battle for
play
coins tougher than in the racing game corn
category. There are very slim pickings for sec- stra
ond place. Garners who pump dosh in to racing
games seek out the fastest, newest, prettiest tale
machines around. Tengen enjoyed a good run pb Mict
at the top slot with APB—a racing game that
new
added a touch of humour and a cops and rob-
raci
bers scenario as a hook to the main business
of racing through the streets.
You are officer Bob for a week on a mis- just
sion to cruise the streets of a downtown Ameri- judi
ple:
can city picking up as many villains as you can. as
You are given a quota of the number of crimi-
get
nals to be arrested — which you must meet if
you are keep your job. i.e. stay in the game. the
The graphical feel of the coin-op has been TUP
faithfully reproduced. It has a cartoon flavour
Thi
about it —something that seems to be the hall- wir
mark of Tengen games since Xybots and Vin- O ffi cer Bob ge ts the villains i n his si ghts. stv
dicator s. Bright colours are also very much in
evidence. ,particularly in the driving scenes and your score in this event. Get too many of these the basic game design is not really suited to
we
criminal questioning screens back at the sta- and you're fired. the hours, days, and weeks of play that a home wa
tion. Catching the criminals is one thing — get- computer game needs to justify its price tag.
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The game presents an overhead view o f ting them to confess is another. This extra At 20p for a few minutes entertainment APS tot
the action with the screen split into two sec- game element o f questioning the criminals works fine as a coin-op. At £20 to play it at
us
bons. In the left two thirds of the screens is gives APB another dimension; a joystick wag- home on your Amiga or ST I am not so sure. sir
your squad car and the scrolling road. The gling dimension to be precise. The faster you you were totally addicted to the coin-op go for
right hand side shows the score board, listing waggle the closer the villain gets to spilling the it. If not—try before you buy is ACE's advice.
eh
your arrests so far today, revenues collected, beans. A barometer shows your ra te o f in
and time left to reach your quota. progress. If you don't wring a confession from • EugeneLacey
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Your squad car can be souped up by pay- him before the Chief comes in then you lose in
ing a visit to the Speed Shop. Here you can your chance to pick up bonus payments by
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Cursor over their car then switch on your siren. Bright colours are the hallmarks of Tengen titles
They may not stop immediately so you have to and the ST does well to reproduce this feature of
the coin-op. Sound FX are fine - particularty the
be ready to give chase. But as every cop will siren that screams out when you attempt I
tell you, chasing criminals through a built up Wrote No r Aet3. month you arrest the villains.
day
area is a highly dangerous business. You are ST v s ,
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software
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first came to most people's attention by coding m o i n m e l l i m e
mom l o o l o o l i o n i t
the game Faery Tale - given away free with the noinglionillE1111111
first first batch of Amiga 500's off the produc- 1 1 1
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smoothly in four directions, Faery Tate was an • • 1M1 E I
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that could be achieved on the Amiga. Game-
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tale themselves.
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racing game called.. .Turbo.
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the coin-op game Championship Sprint though Il
Turbo has a linear track rather than a circuit.
can break quickly to avoid these nazards_ In Iofrieno via a modem link, Computer racing fans
The left hand portion of the screen is the action
fact it can be made to break and accelerate should definitely take a look at this one.
window with your speedometer and progres-
even more rapidly by picking up the wheel •o
sive map of your progress to the right.
illy suited to It is essential t o pick up the various power-ups. 1
m • Eugene Lacey
In the town section of the game several
that a home weapons that are scattered around the road
pedestrians are represented by tiny dots mak-
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ts pnce tag. ways. You get these by driving into them. The
missiles, grenades, and oil are most effective ing their way across the streets. Mow any off 1
V
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these down and they become larger red dots E
to play it at for seeing off your opponents • but have to be
as the computer emits a horrifying scream. I
)t so sure. If used sparingly or the police will make chase lE
Sound FX are generally impressive through-
)ireop go for sirens blazing.
advice, The race track takes you through three lev- out. I particularly liked the throaty acceleration I1
sound and breaking noises as you screech to a
els - town, country and desert and you are rac-
halt in front of an obstacle. The police sirens I1
EugeneLacey ing against the clock to reach the finish. There
are also authentic sounding a s co p ca rs 1
are many hazards to be avoided: level cross- ineoule hcur dal month yen".
attempt to bump you off the road for mowing
ingsand roundabouts loom up in front of you in 1 AMIGA ri n e
down too many pedestrians.
asplit second, so it's a good job that your car It will take you a while to master the use of
Just one thing seems a bit odd. You actual- 1 all of the weapons and power-ups. But once
UT NOW ty lose points for
mowing d o w n
1 you do. the two player entertainment value of
AMINENT Turbo is fairly timeless,
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1I • • • • • • • tested t o tradi-
!Nen titles I I • • • • • • • Sound is where the Amiga is used to best effect
feature of I%M E M I I I I I I I E tionally h i g h in Turbo. The sound FX are not only impressive
• • • • • • 1 1 1 1 1 1 American s t a n - but, more importantly, they are we synchronised
icutarly the 1.
dards. T h r e e with the game play. Graphics are adequate - and
Atempt t o •1 • 1 •1 • • • • • • could have been better.
game play modes
•1 1 1 E m m a El
1 1 • enable y o u t o
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SHADOWOF
THEBEAST
PSYGNOSIS go all out for revenge
scrolling updates 50 times a second t h a t ' s blood for blood. The death of the master for
N a I in , Psygnosis have decided to rock the speed of a coin-op a n d there are up to the death of his parents.
r packaging and marketing boats once more
the 128 colours on screen at once. And that's only But before he can reach the master, he
c othe release of their most stunning product
with the start; there's the sound to be taken into has to travel through several areas, each with
n t Beast, or to give it its full title, Shadow
ever. consideration yet. its own predators and its own traps. Out in the
Of
e The Beast is packaged not only in an It s all composed by none other than Dave wilderness, for example, you are assailed by
extraordinarily
n t large box (the size of two Psy- Whittaker and ported directly from a KORG M1 rampaging eagles and low flying boulders. Fur-
clapse
w boxes) with a piece of specially commis- keyboard (as used b y up and coming Noo
sioned
i Roger Dean artwork, but also comes Joisey rockers Saraya). There s over 900K of it RELEASE BOX
with
t a high quality T-shirt complete with yet which, we are reliably informed, is more than AMIGA C.3 4 • 9 5 d k O U T NOW
another original piece of Mr Deans. S o obvi- the music from the Thunderb fade and After-
h
ously Psygnosis most have a pretty hot prod- burner coin-ops put together. What's more, it's No other versions planned
t also some of the best work Whittaker's ever
uct to back up such a marketing gamble, right?
h You're not wrong. Beast is certainly a very done: catchy, atmospheric and d's got that all
e
impressive game. Fo r a start, at present its important rock guitar sample.
plm anned as Amiga only, which means the pro- The theme of the game is revenge. Stolen AMIGA VERSIO N
a
grammers have had no ST conversion restric- from your parents at their sacrifice and turned Hard to think of a game that's better suited to a corn-
tions.
r And once you take a look at some of the puter. Amazing parallax scrolling, incredble graph-
into a bestial messenger for the Beast-mages
ics, sound that'll make you want to buy the album -
statistics,
k you'll start to wish most other pro- through various metamorphic potions and deep
and there's a game in there as well! Not bad at all_
grammers
e would give themselves a rest from hypnotic suggestion, the Beast-mages thought
the same wornes. they had destroyed all remnants of the human G RAP HI CS 9 1 0 FACTO R 6
t
t No less than.13 levels of smooth parallax inside you. How wrong they were. The beauty AUDI O 9 F U N FACTO R 8
scrolling, which is really a sight to behold. The within the beast has awoken, and now its 'after S
h ACE RAT ING 8 8 5 I
e
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 ther along in the game you are assailed by
such wonders as eyeballs, Psygnosis insignia
and lightning.
The whole thing is played over a multi-direc 3.1.N33E1
tional scrolling pilaylield a n d what scrolling!
The 13 levels of perfect parallax are incredible
to see, putting most games to shame,
Fighting back couldn't be simpler. To start
with, and indeed through most of the game, he
uses his developed strength and speed t o
merely punch the enemy away with a resound-
ing thud. Later in the game you can pick up
laser guns, stun guns and jet packs which
allow you to fly all over the screen.
And that's not the only thing you can pick
up either. By punching open certain backdrop
objects such a coffins, monoliths and chests.
you can find various potions. Some of them do
nice things, like give you more energy and
punch power, while others detract from them.
The only real problem is that they all look the
same. The only way of telling which is which is
through good old trial and error. Thankfully, all
potions remain in set places for every game,

PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE

The r e 's m or e to Be a s t tha n m er e bl a s ti ng a nd punc hi ng - gr ab tha t key to ge t on.

ANNA
Graphics and sound give it instant appeal,
and the size keeps you going, but like all
arcade games it won't, unfortunately, last for
ever._
so a couple of trips through each level should
be enough for you to learn which are best left
alone.
All the game graphics are amazing. Th e
backdrops a re exquisitely drawn and th e
sprites are fairly stunning. A ll that plus loads
of Roger Dean artwork, what more could you
ask for?
Gamewise, I have to say this does feel and
look ever so slightly like its namesake Altered
Beast. That said, there's a lot more to this,
what with all these puzzles and whatnot.
What would have been simply a fair game
has been turned into an excellent ont simply
because the company took a little care over
the product. Well done to Psygnosis. Yes, it is
a little more costly than your average Amiga
game, but when you think you're getting a free
Roger Dean T-Shirt, can you really complain?
• TonyDilon

master for

master, he
s, each with
3.Out in the
assailed by
lulders. Fur

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d lo a corn-
lib e graph-
he album -
ad al

Stunning par al l ax scr ol l i ng a nd pr ovi de a gr a phi c & pr e s e nta ti on tha t's goi ng to be har d to beat.

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BATTLE
VALLEY
Hewson send in the choppers and tanks
A T last a shoot 'em up with a bit more to do
than simply staying alive and collecting
power-ups.
The world is being held to ransom by a
group of International terrorists who threaten to
fire two nuclear missiles unless their col-
leagues are released from jails in the USA.
Your task is to eliminate the missiles that
are holed up in the terrorists stronghold - Bat-
tle Valley i n the middle of the desert.
Using a chopper and armoured vehicle it is
down to you to battle through the terrorist
defences, capture them and eliminate the mis-
siles.
You start your mission in a chopper which
emerges from a sky dome. Its a light weight
attack chopper in the mold of a Lynx - with
high powered missiles. But the chopper is not
magically armed with an unlimited supply of
missiles and fuel. You have to keep an eye on
your gauges and refuel o r rearm when you
start running out. The rearming operation is
carried out by hovering above the arms dump
and letting down a chain to pick up a box of
The bridges need t o be repaired t o enable the armoured cars to get across.
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missiles and then winching them back on
board. T h e winch is also used later in the
game when you have to pick up a huge section
of steel and manoeuvre it into place to repair a
bridge so that your army can get through to
Battle Valley to bombard the terrorists. These
strategic elements make for a far more enjoy-
able game - reminiscent of the classic Broder-
bund title Choplifter.
Battle Valley features an impressive paral-
lax scroll on three levels - with sky, mountain
tops, and foreground all moving accurately as
your chopper whizzes by.
Later in the game - when you have suc-
cessfully repaired the bridges you can go back
to base and hop into the armoured vehicle,
Now you are ready to take on the terrorists.
This section of the game is not quite as impres-
sive graphically as the chopper sequences. The
caterpillar tracks of the small tank appear to
float on air at one o r two points when they
negotiate bumps and hillocks. It is every bit as
good a blast as the aerial scenes though.
Stacks of enemy ground installations must be
Taki ng o n m o r e a m m u n i t i o n f o r t h e
s hoot out w i th the ter r or i sts.
taken out before you progress towards Battle
Valley itself and the final show down, all the
while dodging a fierce ground and aerial bom-
bardment.
Each of the missiles is protected within a
separate compound s o when yo u have
destroyed one you return to HQ and then make
ready to liberate the second one. Should you
lose all of your lives before completing your
mission you get to see the ubiquitous nuclear
mushroom cloud and a message telling you
have failed.
One small personal quibble: what is it
about programmers that they are so fond of
including the holocaust cloud in their games?
We must have seen it half a dozen times in the
last six months in different games. Bad taste,
or what??
Anyway that grumble aside, Battle Valley is
a deep and challenging arcade game. The time
factor and strategic elements add a very wel
come 'thinking' dimension to this smooth ard
colourful shoot 'em up.
EugeneLacey
AMIGA VERSIO N
Coded for Hemson by Creative Thought a clear
mastery of Amiga graphics and sound is very
much in evidence, The smoothness of the anima-
tion makes the game. Particularly in the slower
parts of the game where you are manoeuvring the
chopper. Excellent parallax effects and loud
booming sound FX for the explosions.
G RAP HI CS 8 I Q FACTO R
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INTEREST
LEVEL
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AMIGA
Entertaining and reasonably deep arcade
game. The trouble is once you've beaten the UN
terrorists you are unlikely to want to play it
again.
 f ra lg

tine o r th e
I.

towards Battle
kidown, all the
and aerial bom-

lected within a
en yo u h a ve
and then make
le. Should you
ompleting your
luitous nuclear
ige telling you

le: what is i t
ire so fond o f
their games?
en times in the
es. Bad taste.

Battle Valley is
ame. The time
id a very we.'-
s smooth and

DEugeneLaoey

xight a clear
otsid is very
of the anima-
the slower
roeuvring the
:s and loud

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THEBEAST IS AMONG US
FREE'T' SHIR eur
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This is it - A whole new dimension in computer games
50 frames per second arcade quality scroll
sfs
ENCLOSED INE 350 screens - 132 unique monsters
EVERY GAMEs 13 levels of parallax scrolling
o 900K of emotive music
vokar
l i 2Mb of graphics compressed in two disks.
p arcade ORIGINAL a
beaten the R A TRULY MASSIVE GAME FOR THE AMIGA 500, 1000 & 2000
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BATTLETECH of luck you should have lots an

lots o f money in Comstar. Wid
draw all but a thousand C-Bills an
go to the Mechit-Lube to get yoe
previous Mech repaired. I f yo
have enough money le ft ovr
Take command in this RPG/arcade combination... soup-up both Mechs at the spec
shop. Take both Mech's out at
cost of 150 a piece. It is alsr
The Citadel wise to take out an apprentice
1. I n the beginning, ship, as this enables you to sa
keep investing all cur- vage beaten up battlefield Mechs
rent financial assets in to take back and repair.
one of the three avail-
able companies, DefH- The Crescent Hawks,
es, N a s D i v o r Head back to the ruined Made
BakPharrn. B e v e ry and enter the Barracks throupt
wary with BakPharm the hole in the north wall. The
as its value is subject holodisk that Rex gave you vori
to tremendous fluctua- then be played causing the inven
tion. Clever investing tors hut to appear on the map.
will nearly double your Leave the Citadel and head
money. It's also wise for the city NE of the Starport
to place a large bulk of to the prison and free the caw
your money into a low tured Crescent Hawk, Then try tc
risk account. retrieve his impounded Mech. Yet
The a c c o u n t s should now have three Mech's irt
update every time you the party. After this go around the
receive 15 C-Bills, so various cities. At the Mechit-lube's
its best to keep a walk ask to apprentice - with a bit of
around/investment luck you should find a Crescent
routine going in th e Hawk. A t t h e hospitals keep
early stages. searching th e medical records
2. When yo u have until you are approached by anothi
enough money, buy an er Crescent Hawk. These h t t Thi
SMG fro m th e gun- should be a technician and docto
shop - even better try respectively. Try to get their spe the
to purchase an Infer- cialist skills up to excellent, you] dov
no; this little weapon need them later on. mu
wipes o u t people in A list in g o f the d o o rs a nd Y l l ; D I H i ) , 5 3 1 , Y4 ; R1 7 . 5 1 9 , Y2 5 ; JI R a , 5 9 , When the group of five has ets
one shot as well a s the co d e s t o ope n th e m : R25, 8 3 3 , Y1 0 ; F ) R211, Y2 1 ; K) R3 0 , 8 2 3 , Y3 2 been assembled make sure the, SO1
giving you a chance to Al R 1 .5 3 .Y5 ; 5 ) 1124, Y1 6 ; 0 1 R29,1112, are armed with Infernos and Hai
1 2 ,5 7 ,Y1 8 ; C I R1 5 , 1114, Ye ; H I R2 0 , 1127, Y2 2 ; I I
escape f ro m enemy suits - you should have more thtr
Mech's. Then go to the enough money by now, If you are
Citadel building and enrol in SMG go to the lounge and talk to a this is not advised at this stage. uneasy about somebody in yo
and Mech weapon classes until character called Rick Atlas, he'll Taking on human groups however party, fight a brief battle and if t
you become good in both skills. give you something very useful. is perfectly acceptable. isn't in a Mech he'll be killed. Then
3. The next thing you need is Mission 6 . T h e same a s 5 , Once you've entered the Star- find his replacement.
armour. Buy a flak suit as these though this time split your firepow- port (through the Mech park) head
represent the best protection for er between the two Meths. immediately for the clothes shop; The Inventor's Hut
your money, Mission 7 . Whatever you do, a small oblong building close to a This is located in the NW, a long
don't fight the Jenners. They have lake. Purchase some new clothes way fro m t h e Starport Whrr.
Training Missions thicker armour and a lo t more then head off towards the Inaugu- you've answered t h e relevant.
Don't attempt these straight away! power than your Mech. Instead, ral hall. Read the text, then leave. questions the inventor will appear
Let your investments grow first. turn tail and run the second the Wander around the city for a min- .to repair the holodish. He will akc
Mission 1. Use a locust for this mission starts. You should find a utes then return to the hall once tell you that the Starleague cache
one. gap in the fence a short distance more. You should now find a party is to the SE, in a cave, on t
Mission 2 . A Chameleon as it above the entrance to the training going on and meet a man called island.
has hands. ground. When you and your Mech Rex. Outside he will give you sev•
Mission 3 . A g a i n u s e a are back in the main area of the eral things. You will then b e The Starleague
Chameleon_ Citadel run for the gap in the main attacked - flee! Cache
Mission 4. As above. wall which is at the bottom of the Head for the Comstar building The map of the Starleague centre
Mission 5. Real combat Use a west side. If you do make it head and withdraw 150 G o to shows a ll t h e code terminals,
Chameleon and control it yourself. straight for the Starport and get the Mech park and pay the atten- doors and important features nec-
Keep in forests for cover; even your Mech patched up there. dant, you should now have a new essary to complete the game. The
better stand in a lake to keep the Mech. codes for all the doors are found
Mech cool. Only use weapons that Starport Spend quite a while wander- in a list from A to K at the top of
are in range of the enemy as this If your Mech is in good condition ing around the nearby area avoid- the map.
will help to prevent overheating. your might be able to handle corn- ing combat where possible. Then In order t o finish the game
When the Mech has been trashed bat with another Mech, though return to the Starport With a bit you must open all the doors. find •

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 pact line. The quickest way
of doing this is to set a
31.60 3 3 . 2 0 3 4 9 0 36.40 3 0 0 0 39.60 4 1 . 2 0 iz eo 4 4 . 4 0 4 8 . 0 0 4 7 . 6 0 4 0 2 0 5010 S a e dozen o r so planeS o n
assault breaker, set your
units to chemical weapons
4440
and launch a single nuclear
d have lots and strike e a rly o n a t t h e
Comstar. With- 4600 strongest, mo s t central
isand C-Bills and unit. Before long a gap of
.uhe to get your 47..60 two squares should have
epaired. I f you been opened. %Send. your
3ney le ft o ve r
40.20 three nearest, strongest
hs at the speed units through t h e g a p
ktlech's out at a behind the northern pact
rem Ft is also 6060
4 armies_ Keep these three
an apprentice. / units supplied as best as
'des you to sal- 52 A0
1 possible. The only major
ittlefield Mechs obstacle will b e the 9th
!pair. 54 00 Shock Army who have an
army strength of nine. Con-
it Hawks. 55.60 centrate y o u r a ssa u lt
ruined citadel breakers on this unit and
rracks through
oaf) wall. The
57.20
A plmA,6,,,,d,„4" try to whittle it down. Also

gave you will -.,,•„,7r,•,••••,,.,„1.„,-.:„:_

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planes t o attack supply
'sing the inven-
)n the map.
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it,'„-t ' • ; • ; ; ' • 'il A: . _ -. fines in order t o prevent
the Soviets from restock-
idel and head 60.40
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the Pact northern armies
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free the cap- ' ',4".]„•:.:,:•--,:•- V /
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go around the : ,,,,,,, . 7 , / . ,:
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The Warsaw Pact role is
Apitals ke e p
dical records
:hed by anoth- The locations of the various cities. 1 1 1
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ot the inveritals hut. • The posiiion
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H •of the Star league Cache.
easier. Try to drive three
army groups through the
i g l .., centre, top and bottom of
. These t wo ! :i:-,:; ii : •f - -
The S ter i eetue c a c he • • i . the NATO line as the objec-
anand doctor : (:W:k • - •
1. tive is to conquer France
get their spe- the Mech parts store and then go to the•H i- terminal
:.v- near the entrance
k everything has been done correct-
:, and West Germany rather than
Kcellent, you'll down to the star map. Here you d
ladderf .N:and .k. you will be given the ly you're there! get bogged down in combat_
must highlight the following plan- white :code. Go and switch on the t ,;
) of five has vy , • . ..
Don't waste time attacking neu-
ets; Pesht, Benjamin, Skye, Ryer- Hyperpulse
,e s/ generator, and then tral units either as it just wastes
go t7oC
•
lite sure they son, Kathil and Achener. Then go r the Hyperpulse itself_ I f . time. If you really do feel like
nos and Flak 3/ o -
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CONFLICT
> f , massed combat, use one or two
ive more than , z i ,
1: d single nuclear stikes plus chum-
Av. If you are i .V i ' , , cal weaponary, this should prove
body in your i •. " , . fun, if not lengthy.
ittle and if he ,
e- ' , .
e killed. Then E Nuclear Tactics
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%. . While not the most devastating,
. :o. e .
4 single nuclear strikes are the
;H ut e% r ' safest. Th e y stand a lesser
t NW, a long - , chance of provoking heavy retak-
rporl. When
-7' ation and more importantly limit
he relevant
.; civilian casaulties, helping to give
r will appear
• He will also . ' .' ' 7 If World Wa r Three is you a good score. If towards the
' ' end of the thirty days it looks as
eague cache N going badly for you, try
. though you are not going to com-
:ave, on an i
A some of these tips, they plete your goal there is a fireplan
g could just make a dif- that will eliminate eight enemy
v
. ference. units a l s o a good move to use
when you are on the verge o f
-
defeat as it can swing the course
'ague centre 4 of the war. One side-effect i t
! terminals, NATO Strategy.
; NATO's main role is to halt the does carry is a potentially large
eatures nec- A Warsaw Pact advance before the reprisal from the enemy, so be
game. The ' warned!
red steamroller reaches France.
's are found
Depending on the scenario and And remember, the object is
the top of not to end civilisation, but to tri-
strength of units there are a num-
ber of ways of accomplishing this. umph with minimal civilian and
the game
The fi rst requires Nato t o military deaths.
doors, find Nearly ther e for Ne to, onl y a fe w m or e P e c t uni ts l eft. open a gap at the centre of the

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keep shooting. You'll get over run
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rating 814 Accolade, Amiga E24,95dh: PC version reviewed issue 23, Ace Rating 870

Based around t h e cu lt movie
series King of The Rocket Men,
Rocket Ranger transports yo u
back in time to the late nineteen
thirties. Here we find the Nazi's
building a giant rocket base from
which they will dominate the world.
Only one person can stop him.
It's been a long time since
Rocket Ranger first appeared on
the Amiga. A s usual with Cine-
maware software it featured very
high quality graphics and sound
accompanied with some superb
plotting and execution. And we're
glad t o say the S T version is
every bit as good, in fact almost
identical. The only real gripe about
the conversion is that it comes on
three disks, with a tremendous
amount of disk swapping.
Even with the disk swapping
Rocket Ranger is an absorbing,
taxing game which should appeal
to most people who like challeng-
ing interactive adventure movies.
ACE RATI NG 805
Until now the only way of getting a really good outing on the green in bad weather was via Leaderboard. At
last the domination of that market was broken by the PC and C64 version of this game. In typical Accolade
style it features digitised pictures, speech and glossy intro screens, which help present an equally glossy
game.
All the major features you'd expect are here, slices and hooks, water, mud, rough, bunkers in fact
everything but the crowd. The only complaint is the length of time taken to clraw up the screen, roughly
three seconds, though it seems longer.
The ideal game for the golf enthusiast, plays well, looks good, preforms well. Thumbs up to Accolade.
Ace Rating 890
ROBOCOP
Ocean, Amiga E19.95dk: Spectrum version reviewed issue 16, Ace rating 807
Shortly after the appearance of the ST version Ocean promised that Amiga Robocop would feature full
screen graphics as opposed to the ridiculous metallic border, plus lots of extra effects_ Sadly the penny
didn't drop that way and what we were left with was an almost identical port from the ST
Looking on the bright side though, it is a pretty good game. Not an actual arcade conversion but the licence
of the film. Ocean had the ability to make the odd tweaks and changes to the layout. These include several
between level sequence such as a shooting range and matching photo-fit pictures.
Unfortunate to see a port over from the ST, but still a pretty good, playable game.
ACE RATI NG 810

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'Although pipped at the post by Rainbow Islands on the 16-bit versions, the eight-bit
conversions of New Zealand Story have been surprisingly good (check out the C64 ver-
sion elsewhere on this page). The Spectrum conversion is particularly impressive. As
usual the Spectrum version is monochromatic with black on yellow as the colour
choice. Despite this it still plays very well and holds its own in comparison. A game
worthy of a place in the collection.

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PAPERBOY
Elite Amiga 09_99
Everybody's favourite coin-op comes to the Amiga at last and has
never felt as at home, Take the word Arcade, and put alongside it
the word Perfect Cl used to be a big fan of Sesame Street) and
there you have a phrase to describve Elite's conversion. To
describe simply how the game works, you are a paperboy and you
have to deliver papers the American way, by throwing them at
buildings very hard. So hard, you can topple giants, break win-
dows, and level gravestones. Only a certain number of the houses
on your run are subscribers, and you'd better be sure to deliver all
of them, Any subscriber you miss out, instantly stops subscribing.
Run out of subscribers and it's game over.
The graphics have been copied perfectly, as has the sound,
right down to the voices used. Fans of the original should most def-
initely get hold of this version, and people who have never heard of
it should join the queue, otherwise you'll really be missing some-
thing.

ACE RATING 878

FUN ON THE C M TRIVIAL AMIGA

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The world's most boring board game comes to
the Amiga, and now you can have hours of end-
less fun naming major river tributaries and cor-
rectly identifying the shape of Ghandi's birthmark_
The idea is simple. Move around the hexago-
nal board, answering trivia questions as you go
along. Land on one of the corners of the board,
and you get to answer a special question that, if
answered correctly, will result in you receiving a
'wedge' to fit in your piece. Display an amazing
intellectual feat and obtain all six wedges, and its
a race to the centre o f the board where you
answer one final trivia question, chosen by every-
body else from the six categories available, and
then the game is yours.
FIREPOWER The one real problem with IP is that its just
too easy to cheat. The computer asks you a ques-
Microillusions, C64, E9.99 cs, E14.99 dk
tion and then asks you whether you got it right or
not No form of input is required. There is the
Firepower may not have been a resounding success for Microillusions upon its release as an option to play solo, but as the only real challenge
Amiga title a while back, but as a two player game it has few equals. No w being re-released by involved is trying to remain honest, it ain't fun.
The Software Company Ltd, the C64 version has finally seen the light of day, and what a fitting Graphically it hardy pushes the Amiga to it's
conversion it is too.
limits, and the sound wouldn't sound Out of place
This is how it works. Two players, either human or computer, fight a private war between on a 64. A pretty dull game, if you ask me, but it
themselves. Each has a large base, full of guns, walls and buildings. Some of the buildings con- you like this sort of thing, you might as well buy
tain extra ammunition, some contain medical supplies and one of them contains the flag. B y the boardgame. After all an Amiga might look out
now you've probably already guessed the idea. Get into the opponent's base, steal the flag and of place at a yuppie dinner party.
get home again.
Played as a split screen multi scrolling plan view shootem-up, the playing area is huge, so ACE RATI NG: 695
just finding your opponent or his flag is a problem, To add to the problem, enemy guns fire con-
stantly at you, as do the enemy helicopters that buzz overhead. Every shot detracts from your
energy, and when your energy is spent, you lose a tank and start again back at your base. ENEI
The graphics are slightly blocky, as can only be expected with a 64 game, but well coloured,
and the feel of the Amiga version has been carried very well indeed. Sound is limited to a con-
stant rumnbling of the tanks and boom noises, which does the job well enough.
The most important thing that could have been carried across, and one that has (thankfully),
is the fun level. Even as an 8 bit game, firepower is still extraordinarily fun to play. One definite-
ly to look out for.
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ACE RATI NG: 841

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T I M In the years up to 1978, coin-ops began to get
Ever wondered w h y s o m a ny
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people think computer ga m e s
are 'evil', or what the bug was on
Breakout, or how Donkey Kong
got its name? Find out as Julian
Rignall continues his history of
the arcade phenomenon...
games going into full production,
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shortage, and many extra millions had to be
mih nted to cope with the growing demand. In
Bri
i tain, arcade attendances quadrupled, and
profits
n increased tenfold. Space Invader-related
cnmes were even reported; it was blamed for
m
truancy, and with the help of typical media sen-
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sationalism, Space Invaders gained a certain
n
notoriety, a stigma which, sadly, video games
t bear today. The Invaders had landed...
still
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insg 1970. it was called Pang, and was a sort
ofo two-player video tennis. Each contestant
control
f led a bat, with the idea to get the video
bal
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juhdged over fifteen rounds. Banal stuff, really,
but
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N
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gam
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Computer Space. This was a one-on-one battle
sbetween a ship and a flying saucer, and its
tstylish black cabinet featured thrust and rotate
vcontrols! Unfortunately this little beastie arrived
ionthe scene about six years too early - only
d machines were sold.
2000
e the video game boom - Space Invaders. But
Padden - sur el y t h e m os t f a m ous v i de o
ocharacter of all ti m e ?
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co n
increasingly mo re complicated. Breakout
games created a mini craze, and developed
with advancing walls, multi-balls and shrinking
bats. The top Breakout game, Atari's Super
Breakout, gave the player four different Break-
out scenarios in one box. Incidentally, the first
Breakout machines were bugged - if the ball
first appeared on the right, there was a 25%
chance that you wouldn't be able to get a par-
ticular brick on the fourth screen and you'd
have to trash your game!
One-on-one tank and a ir combat games
were also popular, where players fought one
another with identical tanks, bi-planes and
jets... Driving games appeared, but were very
simplistic, incorporating an overhead view and
scrolling roads, of which Smokey Joe, a Fire
Engine game, and Super Bug were prime
examples. Atari broke the mould with Night
Driver, a 3D game in which the player raced
down a road whose kerb was comprised of
white dots.
Sega also entered the video game market
with two through-the-cockpit shoot 'enn ups, but
again technology limitations resulted in them
being very simple. Graphics on all the early
machines were black and white, and screen
resolutions were very low, with lego-like sprites.
Bally finally introduced the fi rst colour
video game into the arcades early in 1978 with
their revolutionary, but very expensive Star
Fire. It was a 3D game and came in a large sit-
in cabinet, but was still fairly simplistic, with the
player attempting to shoot down craft suspi-
ciously like the ones in Star Wars and Bat-
tlestar Galactic
But finally, in mid-1978, Japanese psychol-
ogists came up with an idea that was to create
even they didn't get it quite right. Being devel-
oped simultaneously with Space Invaders was a
game called Blue Shark, which the manufactur-
ers were confidently backing as THE hot video
game of the year. Space Invaders was merely
Astr o Skeeter a ppe e r e d I n 1 9 8 1 . a nd w a s
ono o f t h e m a ny e m i s s i on c l one s w hi c h
Flow wrong they were... a ppe a r e d t ha t year.

sid
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INVADER INVASION
At the main Japanese trade show in the
Summer of 78, early indication of the
DONKEYKONG??
a .
n If you think Donkey Kong sounds a rather
1 when hundreds of orders were taken on
o strange name, y ou' d b e quit e right . I t
S the spot. Blue Shark was soon forgotten
v should have been called Monkey Kong,
p as the Space Invaders boom really got
e l but a faulty t elex bet ween J apan a n d
a underway. Within months you could buy America resulted in the machine cabinets
t y c Space Invader records, books, pencil being manufactured with the "Donkey'
w cases, t-shirts, underwear... It was truly a
e moniker all over itl
h phenomenon.
I Manufacturers Ni nte ndo s w i ftl i n
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v
/ machine came onto the market. Believe it or became Donkey Kong.
h a original Space Invaders wasn't copy- If that's bad, what about Continental
/ not, the
m Circus..not a bad name, but for a racing
d and different manufacturers created
righted,
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g Continental Circuits.
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h Invaders
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t Invaders._
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 ty little sprites ruling the roost for a year
before other, better machines appeared in the
arcades and the Invaders bubble finally burst.
The class o f 1980 was a mixed bunch,
with Invaders clones and derivatives st ill
appearing in various forms. But the more inter-
TIIIIMPLEMEOLEASEIn
An interesting point to note about early video
icoin-ops w a s t h e ir g a me t ime limitations.
esting games included Atari's Missile Com-
mand, Centipede and Asteroids, William's high-
a
r Games that used a system of lives were rare.
Instead, o t h e r g a m e me ch a n ics w e r e
ly advanced Defender, GaWidens (which would employed to make sure that games were short
be cloned and used as the basis for a myriad and coins kept o n rolling in . Fo r example,
of other machines over the following year and
a half), Frogger, Battlezone, Scramble and Tank) were contests played over a fixed limit of
Donkey Kong. I
-fifteen rounds, thus limiting game time to a cer-
And o f course there wa s PacMan, a r
tain extent (unless of course you got two wags
machine that was responsible for the second nattempting to cause annoyance but not shoot-
arcade boom. The highly addictive and non-vio- ' ing each other). Other games we re played
lent gameplay drew arcade punters from all aover a time limit, with the player having t o
quarters. Female arcade attendance increased nscore a set target to increase his time. As the
tenfold, parents came to play.., and those out y'
to make a quick buck on the latest craze
c,Increasingly difficult t o achieve, a n d conse-
increased PacMan awareness with PacMan
og, uently even good players couldn't last f o r
merchandising beyond belief - sweets, T-shirts,
m a ore th a n a f e w minutes. L ive s certainly 'EC T(F
comics, a cartoon series, breakfast cereal,
cuddly toys, towels, clocks, watches - the list bseemed
m lik e a g o o d concept wh e n fi rs t
S
employed - games could last for a few sec-
was endless. ae example
1 of a game limited by chal-
onds. But top players who could actually mas- lenge rather than time. 'I MO attack
But sadly, PacMan was to be the last major tp 1
r games could play fo r hours on a single becomes fi er cer w i t h e a c h n e w
arcade phenomenon, As coin-op manufacturers grcredit - in fact the record is over 87 hours! 1
round", boasted the publicity. Wi th
continued to release Invader/PacMan clones, ao strange
1 di sr egar d f or pr ofi t, t h e
Nowadays arcade games always have a defi- game e v e n ga v e y o u a s oc ond
arcadesters became bored and arcade atten- m g 8
dances began to dwindle back to a more nor- chance a f t e r y ou'd l os t a l l y our
ke,rxperts. •
ships.
mal level. This, of course, spelled disaster for 1
i se
many companies, and during 1983 the arcade 1
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industry in America went through a very lean 8
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time, with many companies winding up busi-
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machines couldn't bring back the punters who dB, • 1
were lost from the PacMan games... and so , at 1
the market finally settled down to meet the srh 0
demand. These days the arcade industry is ooe 1
very healthy, but one wonders what surprises
arcade manufacturers have in store for us over
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w e e . c onfi de nt t h a t t he i r 'P a t e nt e d V a c - l
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pr Midway's or i gi nal Oal axi ans, t he gismo
tor be a m M oni t or s w o u l d dr a w t h e p u n - i ncr ease y our fi r e pow e r by doc k i ng w i t h t ha t sl pa w ne d a hundr e d other s.
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dominantly male. In fact hardly any females actually v played the machines at all! Why this
was the case was a mystery that machine manufacturers e tried to answer but couldn't... until
Midway accidentally stumbled upon some sort ofnsolution in 1980 when PacMan began to
munch his way into the arcades. All of a sudden tfemale arcade attendance increased ten-
fold - Pao.Man was a game that appealed to both o sexes! Its combination of skill arid non-
violence seemed to be the answer, but unfortunately neither Midway or any other coin-op
manufacturers could follow up PacMan, and as a resutt female attendance in the arcades
slumped again, and has remained tar lower than male attendance ever since!

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us tend to overlook it because we

I t assume that i t requires either THEACE TEN POINT GUIDE TO
musical e or detailed technical knowledge. You
gooutaand buy your MIDI keyboard, your MIDI
interfacel l (or your ST with one built-in), your
MAKINGA LIVING FROM MIDI
MIDI software and then...and then what??
k
ACnEhas given several practical answers to STU O R K
this thorny question in previous issues, ranging
o The first thing you speakers and an amplifi poser, arranger, performer
from a guide to the MIDI standard itself (in the
w issues) to a detailed look at cheap will need is some- or technician. If sending
first four
a and sound modules. This month, I thing that only you It you are confici • material, make sure the
keyboards
however, b we're going to look a t something , c a n provide-the enough in your presentation is perfect,
determination. You have to skills, be pushy/
comple otely different: the use of MIDI by people
be prepared to work quite Make it known that you are
•

who want u to make a living from it, not for ti you think you
tong hours, often for very lit- willing to put music and/or have a reasonable
gamest or software but for adverts, videos,
reward, sound effects to anything and contrasting
plays, records
M and playing live.
WeI chose people at various stages of their and everything. The local short tape, try looking In •
Start small—with a youth club, drama group, your local yellow pages tor
respecti Dve careers from the pro muso with
years of computer, like say camera club - in short. any- video production compa-
I experience to the ones just starting an ST or Amiga, and thing, nies. It possible go and
out. By looking at their stories it provides you
, maybe a tone mod- them and see what they
with the one thing you don't get with the soft-
ware -bfirst hand experience. Th e interesting that can cope with If you know a stu- want in the way of music.
thing isu that not all of them are musically OR rums. One good buy I dio, see if you can With the upsurge of more
t literate - in fact all of them would tted recently was the hang around there - radio stations on the hori-
computer
admit to ma slight phobia about computers in the sio CZ230S (see ACE get friendly but don't get In zon there is going to be
ue 24) which provides the way. more work In this area:
a
initial stages. N I of them have one thing in
common n though - a striving to achieve what four channels of sound plus ads, lingles etc.
' n e of drums. This unit has Check out the near-
theyhave y set to do.
ually been superceded by colleges: some Keep in with your
o
EDDIE y the most recent Casio might run daytime local music shops -
f GRAHAM take out card
At the age o f 16, Eddie Graham finished _keyboards and is therefore or evening courses.
an excellent discounted or adverts at first and build
school, bought himself a synthesizer and decid-
second-hand buy. The most Maintain a portfolio your contacts up.
ed to figure out all about MIDI. Having learnt
about one instrument he bought another and ' basic software Is actually of all your worth-
ailable on Public Domain. while recordings Keep your
repeated the process. I n the meantime he
found a studio not far from where he lived that that you can play to equipment
,ou will need a prospective clients. It clean and in
wasalready using a Commodore 64 plus C-Lab
16 track software to produce tracks for any- rider. preferably needn't necessarily be of good shape, otherwise ye
4-track plus a cas- your own material, but that first session could end in a
bodyand anything.
This was in the front room of one John tte deck to mix rather depends on whether pile of hiss and crackle hal-
Purser, who had been adding bit by bit to his plus a decent set of you see yourself as a corn- lowed by a blank screenl
collection of keyboards and equipment, paying
for it by playing any sort of gigs that came to
hand. Dipping into some savings and borrow-
ing money from relatives Eddie bought what
wasthen a superior synth, albeit second-hand -
aYamaha DX5. B y pooling resources with
John he was able to gain not Only valuable
experience o f putting tracks together f o r
singers and artists but also first-hand knowl-
edge of how computer sequencers worked
with MIDI.
Two years ago the studio bought an ST
1040 and Steinberg Pro 24 sequencer having
decided that the Commodore was too limited in
emy speed and memory_ A s the money started to
t r epeater come in from sequencing backing tracks so
ng the money went out in new equipment - the
most expensive being an Akai 5900 sampler
w you costing a shade under £2000. Because of the
a face space limitations imposed by the size of the
hips, roomthe only way for it to work is to be purely
S. E qui p aMIDI based studio. The only 'live' recording
nni ng
area is about the size of the average fridge.
p and
The big advantage that a low-cost MIDI
based studio has is that your overheads are
£9.99 low. Provided you are able to provide a rea-
E9.99 sonable standard you can come in with some
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 very competitive rates. When even things like
plugs, leads and sockets can mean a painful
hole in your pocket you very quickly learn how
to solder and build the odd bit or two to keep
the costs down.
One area of work they've developed is pro-
viding half-finished recordings! B y acting as a
pre-production studio, John and Eddie can
come up with a complete backing track on a
16 track machine which can then be taken to a
full-blown studio for acoustic instruments and
vocals to be added_ Mixdown can take place
either there or in a smaller studio but the basic
tracks have been provided at a fraction of the
cost of doing the whole thing in the full studio,
The 16 track can also be 'striped' with a syn-
chronization code to give the artists room to
add further sequenced tracks or to work with
video if necessary. T o add this SMPTE code
the studio is fitted out with a Jim Cooper sync
box which liaises between the speed of the
tape a n d t h e speed o f t h e computer
sequencer.
Rifling his savings, Eddie added to the DX5
with a drum machine and then an ST 1040 run-
ning Steinberg's Pro 24, H e then took the
financial plunge and, donning kneepads, bor-
rowed money from the bank having convinced
them that there was work there. He bought an
EPS sampler and a Roland U110 multRimbral
sample player. This meant that he could work
at home as well as helping out in the studio
and try to get work for himself. Songs are
started in his own home - the disk taken into
the studio when it is free and then orchestrated
in full and recorded onto the 16 track. Eddie is
also getting work programming in other stu-
dios. A t the time of writing he was working on
a British Gas advert.
At present he is just about breaking even
but both Eddie and his bank manager would
appreciate a little more work, H e is on 021-
459-1727,
DAVE AND ROSE
In good old entertainment agency terms, Dave
and Rose are 'A Boy/Girl Duo' and work the
clubs most weekends, averaging about three
gigs a week, Dave on guitar, Rose on vocals
and the rest from a 0110 tone module. Their
personal preferences are for music eta-Blues
Brothers and plenty of authentic Rhythm and
Blues.
Not, in fact, the sort o f act you would
expect a computer to be of the remotest help
with. Go back ten or fifteen years and the club
circuit could afford to pay for a group to play
every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but as the
money got tighter, the size of bands got small-
er. To keep costs down it became common for
singers to pay studio musicians to record a
backing tape, but the initial investment for this
would have cost Dave and Rose a small fortune
in session fees. Although Dave is a drummer
turned guitarist, his keyboard skills are reason-
ably limited so a period of trying to record their
own backing tapes proved none too success-
ful.
Reading about MIDI they decided to use a
small dedicated sequencer along with a Roand
sampling keyboard that is multitimbral. T h e
disadvantage was that the sequencer could
Only correct min o r timing e rro rs quickly
although it could record at a much slower pace
and then be taken up to speed, T h e other
problem was that it was a pain if you made a
9 0 Advanced ComputerEntertainment
WHYCOMPUTERSMEAN
LOWERCOSTSFOR MUSICIANS..
In the professional world it is very common for musicians to build up tracks at home —store
the sequences (and in some cases the sounds) on disk and then use a studio that they
know has the same soft- and hardware. Rather than rehearse for hours or waste valuable
studio time, everything is prepared beforehand.
For the gigging musician a computer can save pounds in setting up sounds on the
synths, pounds in storing sounds of the synths if you use what is known as a generic patch
librarian, which in essence goes around to any piece of MIDI equipment arid takes a copy
of its memory, be it sounds or patterns.
As you will see, many acts use sequencing as an essential part of the set_ Using a tiny
LCD display on dedicated sequencers will save time and trouble and allow the musician to
put his or her backing sequences together with less frustration and hence more attention to
detail. 'Time is money, and besides which, a decently sequenced set gets you more work
and sounds the part. Despite a certain amount of objections to this way of working. I have
always been a believer in the maxim, 'Talent will out'.
mistake. I t took so much time fiddling about on his Roland Jupiter 8 as he figured that it was
trying to pinpoint the bum note that it was a good idea to pick on a topic that perhaps
quicker to start that particular track over again. hadn't been exploited. Its acceptance and sub-
A few months back they therefore invested sequent use led him to further work and more
some gig money into an ST 1040 plus C-Lab's equipment — at present for his main machine
Creator, This provides them with visual editing he uses an Mai/Linn MPC60 dedicated MICA-
and sections of songs can be finked together sequencer in conjunction with an Akai S1000
with little more than the sweep of the mouse, sampler and a host of other synths, mainly the
They opted for the iSoundbits 3D program Korg MI. The new-age music occupies a large
which stores back-ups of their sound patches, portion of his time and for this it is the sound
Songs for the set are assembled while timing and blend of the instruments that is important.
and even adding or doubling up on sections He has an Amiga which at present he uses
can be made before dumping out to the small mainly for graphics but he has recently used
PRI 00 Roland sequencer which they use live. the speech synthesis package on it as part
The computer has enabled them to use their his new sound library CD 'Artificial Brain'.
equipment in a much easier and far more prac- Nthough he saw the Amiga 'Music-X' package
tical manner.
and viewed it with interest he is very happy with
the sequencer he has, his point being that he
has worked with the Akai for so long and is at
one with the way it works. Like any well-used
piece o f creative soft- o r hardware, i t has
become an extension of his hands and conse-
quently is very fast to work with.
Setting up the record company was and
still is a lot of work, he would advise anybody
who is thinking of doing this to work Out the
distribution - say a mail order or a particular
society that may be interested, and to have
more than one album to be released initially.
Also it is useful to have a partner to share the
problems—both practical and financial. 01
Th •
e pi
D110WARNING in .
th
In issue 22 I reviewed the Soundbits
str
3D sound editor for the Roland D10, oil
020 and 0110. i t transpires that as far It' -
as the 0110 tone module goes Roland
have been moving the MIDI addresses
Internally without making It public •
JAPAES ASHER knowledge. Consequently 3D, in corn-'
James works mainly from the 16 track studio mon with all other D110 programmers
at his home in London and writes music primar- has problems in communicating with
ily for music libraries and television, To date he some models. The only way to tell
what model you have is to switch off,
has music uses as theme tunes for the world
Chess Championships, a series called Gems then power up holding buttons num-
and it has cropped up as background music for ber 1, 3, and 5 down on the lower row
things as diverse as Tomorrows World and The of buttons and that is counting from 2
Russ Abbot Shaii.1 H e also runs a new-age the left. Anything higher than mk1.06
record company called Lumina which has had and most programs won't work. How-
three releases so far. ever if you have the latest mk1.10
James started by sending tapes of short, everything should be OK. I f in doubt
almost sci-li, sound effects to libraries made ring Roland on 01 5613 4578.
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Sneak preview of Electronic Arts' new RPG/text adventure
RPG'ers value for money over the past
E few years with titles like The Bards
l e series and Wasteland. There's just one fly
Tal
inethe ointment - Interplay, th e company
responsi
c ble f o r these glowing titles, have
deci
t ded to go it alone and publish their own
games.
r Where does that leave Elecronic Arts?
Devel oping products like Hound of Shad-
o
ow. that's where. Obviously keen to maintain
n
their reputation, EA are putting their all into this
i number, and to keep up the continuity,
little
RcPGelements play a major part in the game.
A However, and this should be good news for
r e mainstream gamesters, EA are keen to
som
t
'demystify' RPG. Not only that, but they're aim-
insg to have the best of both worlds in the game
by hstrengthening the traditional graphic adven-
ture
a element.
v 'We didn't want to produce another -
onented
e o b adventure
j e c t - game with illogical puzzles,'
sai d product manager Jos Ellis, 'instead we
r
went for a knowledge based game where
e
progress depends on the accumulation of skills
anda information.'
l The program, developed b y Eldritch
l Hound o f S ha dow boa s t s s om e be a ut i f ul di gi ti s e d gr a phi c s t h a t
Games, takes a leaf out of Infocom's book by
y
capitalising on the fashionable attraction o f
g
H.P.Lovecraft' s horror stories, though Hound
ofi Shadow takes its subject rather more seri-
ouslv y than Lurking Horror. The scenario is set
inethe 1920's and revolves around a contempo-
raryn map of central London - particularly the
Soho/New Oxford Street area, which is pretty
horrific even today, let alone sixty years ago.
You begin by attending a seance at which
you discover that a certain Adept Karmi is actu-
ally a fraud, but - more surprisingly - he is
able to channel threatening and apparently gen-
uine messages from some diabolic agency.
Without giving the game away, the rest of the
action involves gathering information as you
move towards a confrontation with the ungodly.
ILIV1
K combined with certain professions - a historian
-
Part o f t h e c ha r a c t e r de fi ni t i on r outi ne :
all c h o i c e s a r e p r e s e n t e d i n gr a phi c a l
form. I n t hi s c a s e , y o u h a v e t o s pe c i f y
what y o u r c h a r a c t e rsd i d i n t h e w a r .
Beware: t o o m u c h w a r e x pe r i e nc e m a y
sharpen your skills, but t i t w i l l a l s o r e nde r
you liable to fi ts of i nsani ty!
r
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A
•• • • • • • • • • •••
FO R THO S E WH O P RE FE R
CHARACTE R POI NTS
Like any RPG-based game, the first thing you
do in Hound of Shadow is define your game
persona. There are no 'parties' in this game -
it's just you versus the universe. You start by
choosing sex, age, and (perversely) your birth
date. The computer then automatically gener-
ates values f o r eight main attributes that
include ratings for
physical attractive-
ness and height as
well a s the usual
strength, dexterity
and so on.
Strangely, you
don't g e t to see
exactly what these
values a r e .
Instead, the com-
puter prints out a
description of your
character, dwelling
on your good and
bad points, as in
You are good look-
ing, o f average
height, a n d really e n h a n c e t h e a tm os phe r e . T h e t e x t i s n't qui t e u p t o I nf o.
extremely c l u m - com 's Lur k i ng Hor r or s ta nda r d b u t pi c s l i k e the s e c e r ta i nl y he l p
sy...'. There's rea- to m a k e up the di ffer ence. . .
son behind th is,
however. EA were determined not to adopt the
'dice-and-data' approach to RPG'ing, since they
felt that the complexity o f many traditional
RPG's put people off.
Personally, I rather like tables of numbers
that tell me exactly how my character i s
defined, but I can understand the motives here.
And reading a bespoke description of my per-
sona, running to several lines of character anal-
ysis, was an interesting experience!
In addition t o t h e normal character
attributes, you can choose a profession from
several on offer, ranging from journalist to his-
torian.
Your attributes do not change during a
game, but your skills do, and it's here that the
program becomes a little more conventional.
There are many different skills to master and
these, in conjunction with your profession, are
all initially set-up using attractive graphical dis-
plays, bar charts, and icons. If you felt earlier
that the computer was defining your character
for you, you soon lose that feeling at this point.
Skills are particularly significant when
with good anthropological skills, for example.
might be able to spot that the infamous Adept
Karmi's turban is actually tied the wrong way
round. All this means that the progress of the
game is clearly and unistakeably influenced by
your character attributes, which makes a
T HI NKI NG TO BLAS TI NG
change from some RPG's where the only thing
that seems to matter is how much strength you
have left.
Skills not only affect the things you notice,
but also how you interact with other characters
and objects, so choosing them carefully (using
an attractive icon-driven menu) is vital to suc-
cess in the game.
Once you've made your selection the pro-
gram gives you a detailed text description of
your character that runs to several lines. Some-
times these can be quite amusing, including
such snippets s You are often called to sing
at parties and are active with a knife!' or 'You
are quite an air-ace and can read people like a
book'.
After this distinctly character-dominated
opening, the game springs another surprise by
apparently changing styles into a typical (but
very accomplished) text adventure. The differ-
ence, however, is that you spend less time find-
ing and using objects and more time interact-
ing with other people, unearthing clues, and
exploring. The textual descriptions are excel-
lent (as are the graphics) and the parser,
although it doesn't tell you which words i t
doesn't understand, is perfectly acceptable,
including the useful GO TO (location) command
as well as RAMSAVE, RAMLOAD, and good use
of prepositions for looking 'behind' and 'under-
neath' things.
Once you're in to th e adventure, t ime
begins to tick by in the game as well as in real
life and although the pace is for the most part
leisurely, you'll find that events suddenly accel-
erate once you get towards the end.
There's no doubt that Hound of Shadow is
going to be a very attractive product when it
hits the shelves. We were only able to test a
pre-release version, so any definitive rating has
to wait until we see the finished product. How-
ever, what we've seen leads us to believe that
EA without Interplay is not quite the sob story
you may have expected. Stand by for a series
of games that could well end up by giving
Bards Tale a run for its money...
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quest. You should also receive a new recruit
who's so impressed by your military skills he
signs up immediately. Then news of events

ARAGON around the kingdom will appear and it's up to

you to choose which rumour to follow,
Play progresses in a succession of monthly
economic decisions followed by movement and
battle sequences, during which you II uncover
::t1;filZ
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SSI give you the chance to indulge in a little
fantasy war-mongering...
lord. Slaying orcs is one thing but win-
I ning popular opinion with a few well-cho-
sten tax cuts while you try to maintain a decent
lesvel of business investment is a task more
sui
a ted to Maggie than a Vizigoth (Some differ-
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agement
r game has been around as long as I
can remember. Feudal lords were trying to
e
take over the neighbouring kingdom in mudh
a O tn,
Aragon and try to control its settlements. You
can't afford to neglect either aspect. Though
ultimate victory can only be obtained by explo-
You also get to choose your character type ration and military means, you depend on the
from Knight, Warrior, Mage, Ranger or Priest. civilian population for the gold pieces to main-
Each has its own advantages and disadvan- tain your armies and the raw recruits who'll
tages, plus combat or magical abilities.
You start with several noble supporters
and others will join you as play progress-
es and their character class will be influ-
enced by yours. You'll also advance by
levels, depending on the daring deeds yoL
do, just like any other good rpg character.
Before you can set off adventuring

the same fashion back in the Dark Ages of the you II need .11;1 S t l i t
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t
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houses
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o e w e g o t thi s s ne a k pr e v i e w s c r e e ns hot
g e of nhE At's n e w i c on a dv e ntur e , K e e t t h e Thi e f.
has s a bright, sharp edge when it comes.to new mands in this section are easy to enter. ea
features. lusing a series of menus, and there's plen- Com l i ng s oon to an ACE pa ge ne a r you...
l .l
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s
ty of information to save you from slipping .m
flavour
f of the moment - role playing. I t 's no into the red, which in these barbaric times a man them.
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meansnbloodshed - your own! A SSI describes this as 'epic' and its grand
ik
Youtake on the guise of the son and heir to the The citizens got even more delighted when d N e scale is undeniable, Fo r hardened strategists
Dbuke of Aladda, a just and good ruler who had we moved out of the World Game and into bat- MIb the sheer complexity will probably override the
e to rid the land o f nestles and return y
sworn tle with a band or orcs who came visiting from ,t sense of deja vu about the scenario. But new-
i and wealth where now there is only
order the north west. Arranging your troops will be he comers to the genre may well be overwhelmed
n Unfortunately for him he popped his
chaos. familiar to seasoned wargamers. 'You select sc by the number of factors under their control.
clo ggs before he could complete this ambitious, units with a square cursor and issue com- a It's also a rather coldly mechanical experience
not a to say somewhat familiar, task. mands from a menu using initial letters.
r
s
compared with rpg's such as the Dungeons
f Battle orders are sufficiently varied, provid- and Dragons series (see box). I f you really
a ing both all out attack and more defensive pat- want to relate to your characters, you may find
terns. There are ranged weapons and even this Sword rather rusty.
n
spells, which become stronger as you gain • John Minson
t
a experience. If you temporarily tire of telling the LANDS CAP E 5 5
iy g a me
troops to attack you can switch to auto pilot,
t o we r s , s Fairly ba sic wargame style maps and blocky move-
) wit h merely choosing how aggressive you want ment, but ple nty to explore in the game_
y
Tak e c o n t r them to be. The micro may not fight the best
w E NCO UNTE RS 6 5
proble tactics but it will suffice while you slope off for
a a coffee. Standard selection of fantasy beasts plus humans
tures, s u c h who will react individua lly depending on character.
r After the first fight you should find yourself
Tiatively, r e Combat is based on traditional wargaraing tech-
e f or - in possession of one of your father s belong- niques with e a sy commands and good options.
Sword of Ar agon - w a r ga m i ng w i th fa nta -
v elopment s . ings. Bringing together the Scepter of the East
sy el em ents CHALLE NG E 8 5
ere is a the Crown of the West and the Amulet of Alad- Vast and comple x - II anything, too much so. Could
ls t ruc t ion be off putting for the more casual fantasy gamer, but
I lifts. wargame a ddicts will have plenty to keep them busy.
'n fi endis hly
mo r e t han CHIPSANDCOUNTERS S Y S TE M 5 5
A ve ry old-fashioned front-end, whether viewed from
Lew concevt. the adventure:13PG cm
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like
Sword of Aragon is an interesting refinement of an ancient genre. Unfortunately its w
a s ae fast,
back r g anda mAraegon doesn't seem to be keeping
designers still seem trapped by some of the traditions of wargaming... a
p uce
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ancestry: references to hexes and stacking players. T h e amount of time you'd spend r i a e ms sACE RATI NG
limits indicate that their thinking is still firmly cross-referencing tables and rolling die for a 755
rooted in cardboard counters and hexagonal game of this scale would make it near impos-
grids, it ' s a pity when you can do so much sible to play. Sword of Aragon attempts to cover every
more in creative presentation with a computer. In the end Sword of Aragon is perhaps aspectof being a fantasy world ruler, from
However the number crunching power of best seen as a computer simulation of board leading your troops into battle to maintain-
the micro does free up the player from the game. I n this light it scores highly and will ing a stable economy. It rather over-reaches
vast and complex rule books and endless cal- please players. B u t pure computer garners itself, resulting in a game which will keep
culations which makes many traditional games should think carefully before buying. strategy obsessives engrossed but will
prove too involved for many people

AdvancedComputerEntertainment 9 7
 NOPROBLEM! MANHUNTER N E W
YORK.
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magic squares but go strait to the exit ts
map), and note the order in which the thr
balls are thrown and hit their targets.
Just room this month for help with ST Chronoquest (which everyone When a t the fairground, play the midd'
seems to be cursing over) and a few juicy tips for Manhunter new game on the left, you will have to look at ft
York. Keep those tipples coming in... left of the fairground on the main screen firs*
throw the balls in the order you noted on th

CHRONOQUEST is: top, top le t top right, top right. G o N, N.

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visit. Use the first disc in the slot. After the
rematerialisation in India g o W. E n t e r the
house and USE your gloves on the man's hand.
Go S, E, E, NE. USE the note the man gives
you on the mahout. Enter the temple and USE
the bottle in the water. E xit temple and ride
elephant. G o to the man. USE water on his
hand. Get key then go S. E. Go N. USE key
on door. G o N. and get piece of punch card.
Then go S. W, W. G e t scroll and return in
Explora. Press the switch with the push/pull
icon to return home.
Egypt The second time period you must
visit. Remember to use the scroll. After the
rematerialisation in Egypt go N, E, N, N. Look
in hte bush at the left of the entrance. Get the
amulet. Examine scroll. US E the push/pull
icon to push the rocks with the combination
that is written on the scroll. The combination
push/pull icon on the second, the third, the
fourth and the frith levers. G e t the ring from
the mummy. Close sarcophagus and get the
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USE the turn icon on the second torch. G o 'I'm sure that the top software houses
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the chateau. matter how much advertising hype was
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lighter for one more time. Go E. Get bone and sales would never even come near to the
grass. Then go E, NE. Get rock. USE grass latest arcade game conversion, so is the
reason for the dis-continuation of Text-
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woods. Ge t brunch. Go E, S. Look in skull. only adventures because Level 9's or
Get piece of card and return to Explore. Infocom's sales-graph isn't showing any
profit margin? I always hoped that these
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companies were producing these games,
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NE, E. USE gloves on bush. USE ring in hole. selling in fantastic amounts they were N O W
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little b it worried that ownership o f a
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ilete nerd, and yo u d o n o t feel happy
lbout it. Other readers positively revel in
their strangeness, like hogs in filth, and
simply wish to confirm that they are more
peculiar than the next chap with a 68000
:hip and a copy of Populous.
Now this specially commissioned ACE
Questionnaire will let both sets of comput-
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Quotient). The higher your score, the cra-
zier you are. And yes folks - one size fits
all: depending on which of the two groups
you belong to, you will either be reassured
or worried to death.
HOW TO TAKE TH E TEST
The ACE WQ Test is best taken after a pro-
longed spell of game-playing or, if this is incon-
vmient, after several hours of indiscriminate
P/ watching. Either of these activities should
induce a suitably blank state of mind. If you can
also arrange to eat large amounts of junk food
beforehand, so much the better.
The WQ Test consists of 20 multiple-choice
Questions. Simply read the question and then
answer it (truthfully) by selecting one of the
choices. Note down your answers and then
turn to page 102 to see what your score adds
up to. Then read the appropriate psychological
profile for the score you have achieved.
The whole test should take no more than
15 minutes, although utter nerds may find it
takes up to three hours.
THE QUESTIONS
1. For some reason or other you find
yourself a t a party rather than a t home
with your faithful computer. A pretty girl
seems to be trying to pick you up. Do you
ta Let yourself be picked up, but feel guilty
about betraying your computer?
tb Tell her to get lost because you've planned
to finish your latest tnfocom game when you
get home?
(cl Ask a friend what the hell she's after?
2. You are engrossed in a lengthy session
of Tetris when yo u r mother bursts into
your room screaming that the house is on
fire. Do you
(a) Say "OK, I'll be down when I've finished this
lever?
(b) Carry on playing regardless?
lc) Try to escape but not before saving your
computer and entire games collection first?
3. After several years of non-stop games (c) Go home and try to write a better program
playing your computer decides to give up on your Dragon 64?
and explodes violently. Do you
(a) Break down in a flood of uncontrollable 10. Your father approaches you about the
grief? horrendously expensive items of comput-
(b) Not notice that anything is wrong? er equipment listed on his Access bill. Do
(cl Shed a few tears — then borrow your you
father's credit card and buy a better model? (a) Try to get him hooked on games so that
you don't have to send it all back?
4. Your come home one day to discover ih) Tell him it's all essential for your Serbo-
that your younger brother has 'accidental- Croat GCSE?
ly' wiped all your discs. Do you
(a) Kill him?
(b) Torture him horribly, and then kill him?
(c/ Not notice that anything is wrong?
5. Y o u r g irlfrie n d decides enough i s
enough and tells you that either the com-
puter goes, or she does. Do you:
(a) Not notice that anything is wrong?
(b) Pass her a tenoer and ask her if she
wouldn't mind popping out for a couple of
blank disks before she goes?
lc) Beg her not to go, and resort to sur-
reptitious games at three o' clock in the
morning?
6. Your doctor tells you that if you
don't stop playing games you will
go blind. Do you
(a) Try to cut down to two packages a
week?
(b) Ignore him, but put in an advance
order for a guide dog just in case?
(c) Wonder where the voice is coming
from?
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7. Your parents force you to go on - - \\\\\
a fortnight's cruise with them, leav- ▪ T -
ing your computer behind. Do you
(a) Slip overboard when they're not look-
-,
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fbi Smuggle your computer and entire 1' r9
games collection through customs by dis- ' •.•-•
guising it all as a packed lunch? 0
(c) Agree to go but spend the whole holiday 4
playing the arcade machines on board ship? P
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8. Ace reveals exclusive details o f Sir
b
Clive Sinclair's latest invention: a super- g
charged C5 equipped with a n on-board t
ZX81. Do you
(c) ,
(a) Break down in a tit of uncontrollable laugh. Eat <
ter?
all the
tb) Wonder if it will run your whole collection of
Access bills
games?
before he gets them?
lc) Rush out immediately and buy one?
9. Your friend invites you round to show 11. Your mother goes on a computer
you how he has managed to forecast glob- awareness course and begins using your
al economic trends for the next fifty years machine to produce knitting patterns. Do
you
on his 80386 PC using his home-grown
financial program. Do you (a) Deliberately infect all her disks with the
(a) Try hard to stay awake, but fail? nastiest virus you can get your hands on?
(b) Think how lucky you are to have such an lb) Charge her by the hour?
incredibly brilliant friend? fc) Wonder why your latest efforts on Deluxe
Paint ill all look like Fair Isle sweaters?
Advanced Comp.iterEntertainment 1 0 1
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the latest version of your favourite program-
ming language and p a rt 3 o f your latest
game, do you
(a) Buy the game?
(b) buy the language?
(c) Not applicable because you'd never in a
million years have such a thing as a 'favourite
programming language'?
13. Your mother complains that there are
'bugs' in your bedroom. Do you
(a) Promise to tidy up soon?
lb) Reach for the machine code monitor and
get hacking?
(c) Ask if she knows just whereabouts in the
program they are?
14.A Macintosh is
(a) A desirable computer?
lb) A quaint word for a raincoat?
(c1 An apple?
15. Your ideal summer holiday is
(a) Two weeks of sun, sea, sand and
(b) One week of sun, sea sand etc. and one
week of intensive Popubus
(c) Two weeks of intensive Populous
16. Which of the following figures do you
consider to have had the most influence
on the development of civilisation (as we
know it)?
(a) Aristotle
(b) Turing
(c) Jeff Minter
17. Which o f the following statements
most closely describes your feelings about
computers?
(a) "I adore them'
(b)1 really like them'
(c) "They're OK"
18. When someone starts talking to you
about blitters. sprites and screen refresh
rates, do your eyes
(a) Light up with enthusiasm?
(b) Glaze over with boredom?
(c) Close?
19. When hand-held consoles become
FREE' -
available in the shops, will you
la) Ignore them until they are really cheap?
(b) Buy one immediately, whatever the price?
lc) Persuade a friend to buy one, whatever the
price?
20. "Pong" is
(a)A nasty smell
(b) One of the first and still one of the greatest
video games
(c) An archaic video game

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7.
(c) 5. Totally weird. (c) 1 Ordinary,
(a)5_ But can you swim? 1
2. (b) 3. The best of both worlds. 13.
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8.
(b) 5. But you can take things too far. (c) 5. Completely out of touch with reality.
(c) /. Very normal, (a) 1. You can still see C5s in certain parts of
North London. 14.
3. (b) 3. You'll get over it. (a) 5, You know what you want.
(a) 5. It's only a computer, after all. (c) 5. Stark, staring honkers. (b) ). Kinky.
(b) 1. A bit too normal - and heartless. (c) 3. But is it edible?
9.
lc) 3. Grief, yes - but let's keep it in propor-
tion_ (a) 1, No, your type wouldn't be interested. 15.
(b) 3. Admiration is only natural. (a) 1. Just like (nearly) everyone else.
4. (C) 5. But emulation is lunacy. (b) 3, Almost 'normal'....
(a) 3. Let the punishment fit the crime. (c) 5. Utterly gaga.
10.
(b) 5. Very sadistic, very weird. 041 U . ?

(c) 1. Appallingly normal. (a) 3. Nice try. 16. U A W . •

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5. (c). 5. You won't get much credit for that. (b) 3. You could make out a case for him. VW 0 1

(a) 5. Strange as strange can be. (c) 5. Clearly the right answer.
11. ro cro e ll
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(c) 1. It's hard keeping a balance between love (a) 5. Nuts and nasty. 17. 8.11

and computers. (b) 1. The profit-motive is exceedingly orck (a) 5. A bit excessive. th p

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YOUR WEIRDNESS RATING detkc•
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(a) 5, Are you kidding?
0-35 Y o u are abnormally 'normal'. You seem to have no interest whatsoever in computers FREI
or computer entertainment. Take out a subscription to ACE and try harder. (b) 3. Even enthusiasts can only stand so
much. PR I '

35-50 Co mp u t e rs are of great interest to you, but they do not yet dominate your life. You are (c) 1. Research shows that 98% of the popu-
lation reacts in this way. FRE
what our resident ACE psychologist would call 'a well-adjusted personality' - solid, dependable, 'echo'
perhaps just a trifle on the dull side...
19. B ut c
c oup
(a) 1. Cheapskate
50 -75 Y o u are well on the way to weirdness, your computer and its software are of great
importance to you, although you still remember to brush your teeth and change your socks once (b) 5. Money's no object when you're in the
grip of a great obsession.
a week. Gradually you will lose your old 'normal' habits and move on to the stage where....
(c) 3. You're keen - but not that keen. It i
75-100 Y o u are totally and utterly obsessed by the computer. Nothing can compare with the Am.aa
20. pft C
joy and the response your trusty machine and your favourite games can supply. Social inter- DraPers

course is of no interest to you, unless it is related to the microchip. you would mug your granny Ca) 1 . Where've you been fo r the past 15
years?
if you needed to raise the cash for a new piece of software. You are weird - but whether that
(b) 5. A fan.
bothers you is another matter altogether; as our psychologist says, "Weirdness is in the monitor
of the beholder.' (c) 3. Indifference.

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computer
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h Cyberspace uses customised software to
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generate a 'real 3D environment. This in itself two high definition LCDs, projecting a stereo- nected to the rest of the hardware and allows a
a nothing new, as CAD packages have always scopic image to each eye (in a similar fashion computer-generated image of the users hand
le of is
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carried out this basic function, allowing design- to the crude red and green glasses used to to precisely mimic the movements of the real
ers
t to view their creations from all angles with- view '3D' movies). Also mounted in this con- thing. Unfortunately the system i s currently
out
o going to the expense of building a proto- traption is a tracking device which correlates confined to using a single glove, as attempts
type.
s Where Cyberspace differs i s in the head movement with the displayed image, at linking up a second have so far ended in fail-
unconventional hardware interface, which when allowing the user as wide a field of vision as ure.
u
donned by the user actually allows entry inside exists in the real world. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing
r
the computer-generated image. Movement within the newly created envi- about Cyberspace however is the cost o f
v ronment could be achieved by simply research so far: the Autodesk team in SausalE
e walking about, but this would cause to, California has so far only laid out a paltry
y problems i f th e computer-generated $26,000 on hardware, mainly because of the
image was larger than the user's actual company's policy of developing systems for
environment (what looks like a door in existing computers (mainly IBM-compatibles),
Cyberspace could actually be a solid This relatively low cost is an encouraging
wall in real life - ouch!). This problem is sign fo r those who would like to see the
overcome by the second piece of hard- Cyberspace technology incorporated in t o
ware - The Orb. As the name suggests, future games machines - and Simon Hodson is
this is a spherical contraption which is Quick to point out the system's suitability for
used to 'move' the environment: rotate adventure style games in particular.
the orb forward and objects will appear Imagine a Falcon dogfight played o u t
to move away and so on. 'inside' a three-dimensional cockpit above a
But fo r complete interaction, th e solid landscape, o r even running onto a full-
user needs to be able to manipulate any sized Kick Off football pitch with 10 comput-
Simon Hods on r e a c he s out i nto an i nvi si bl e w or l d
objects within the new world with his or erised teammates. Scenes like these may still
her own hands, and this is where the third be some way off, but Autodesk's research
THE HARDWARE piece of hardware - The Dataglove c o m e s team is bringing them closer all the time.
The hardware consists mainly of a bulky 'hel- into its own. Perhaps the most innovative inven- Who knows? Someday soon you may never
met' (nicknamed 'Autospex') which incorporates tion of the lot, this glove is electronically con- have to enter the 'real' world again...

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Fill in a gap or hit one of
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are simply
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* ACE RATED 958
CONQUEROR
Superior • Archimedes
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however, and you'll lose a
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development)
sections at the end of
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pace, and those tough own tank! Blast the enemy
gaps really keep you in close combat and plan
coming back for more. your strategy for the
Bright, witty graphics,
campaign. This is a tricky
great music - and it's so
game to get to grips with,
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* ACE CLASSIC
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BUBBLE If you ain't got a 1Mb
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Firebird • Spectrum
* ACE RATED 931
E7.95cs • C64 E8.95cs
2.95dk • Amstrad
ELIMIN A TOR
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L19.99dk
dinosaurs, travelling
through 100 maze-and-
Graphically wonderful
platform screens. fighting roadway blastem-up by
off the 'bullies' by John Phillips, which MI
encapsulating them in
twist your joystick instde-
your bubbles to turn them
Summer Games 2) supp
out. It'll even have you
actioi
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Hand
Though it's tough to get Thrilling racing game
detai
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the a
addiction level's so great into two and you can race
you II keep coming back the computer or a friend. givini
for more. Lots of different Grand start
An ex
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outs and of course the all arca(
EXOLON important pitstops * AC
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L7,95cs I C64 58.95cs
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E12.95dh • Amstrad
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brain a real racing treat.
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Graphically superb POWERDROME
Electronic Arts • Atari ST Gin&
horizontally scrolling
chars
shootem-up in which you L24.95dk
run, duck and jump your game
colou
way along a planet's This superb arcade-style
cone
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cons'
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a missile launcher are enthralled for months to you'll
used to blast the foes, come. It may not be your
cows
but if things are still too terribly easy to get
* AC
tough then you can grab straight into but it's well
an exoskeleton for extra
worth perservering with.
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protection and fire power. You'll be playing this for
* ACE CLASSIC months. GA
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immense fun to play, game time and again. Its sprirq
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and a number of other Spect
Bobble is nothing short at
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with the program is an and sound are superb, as
One o
edit facility that allows is the gameplay.
conve
you to design your own One of the best (and
availa
planetoids - great stuff! cutest arcdae
player
* ACE RATED 969 conversions of the year
once,
tht should riot be missed.
and fu
PITSTOP 2 * ACE RATED 934
take a
Epyx/US Golds Available
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only on Epyx Epics
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split
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• Amstrad /1.99cs
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K of adventuring as you're This compilation of the
F likely to find.
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start atter a crash. controls and a large * ACE CLASSIC Time, Red Moon and The
md e
An excellent mix of helping of real-life physics Adventures have come a long way Price Of Magik have been
arcade and simulation. a LURKING
the all- make this budget title an since The Hobbit.. State-of-the-art re-vamped with better
* ACE RATED 915 t HORROR
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down through the caverns t Infocom/Mediagenic • vocabularies and pictures
DU
SPIDER enable y ou t o communicate wit h G C64 /19.99dk • ST
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Teat TR ON IC you have to pick up fuel other characters, and fully explore I /24.99 I Amiga /24.99 • don't already own them,
Ere International • Atari and destroy hostile gun the world of your choosing. E PC /24.99 * ACE RATED 919
ST /19.95dk turrets without crashing S
ME into the tunnel walls, - Infocom's tribute to H.P.
an ST Guide your spider-like Tough enough as it is, but A Lovecraft and the horror- ZORK ZERO
character around the infocom Versions due out
then you've got to make - fantasy genre sends you
game area, collecting about now. Watch this
the return journey with a - into a cold sweat as you
-style
coloured panels in the heavy load slung under BEYOND not as quirky as The discover something very space for price info.
correct order. The built-in I nasty lurking beneath your
your craft. Very mean, ZORK Pawn, This is definitely Highly enjoyable with a
construction set means MS's best release since O college laboratory. Superb
You very addictive. Infocom/Activision • C64 variety of challenges that
you'll be knocking out * ACE CLASSIC /19.99dk • PC /24.99dk Guild Of Thieves, Good g text-only game that defies make for instant
hs to
your own levels till the • Amiga /24.99dk • Atari stuff indeed. you to play it after dark... addiction. A bit more
cows come home, URIDIUM ST /24.99dh * ACE RATED * ACE CLASSIC character interaction
well * ACE RATED 903 Hewson • Spectrum would have made this a
/8.95cs • C64 /9.95cs Intocom's attempt to
GUILD OF TIME AND real humdinger, but even
s for
SU MMER /12.95dk • BBC muscle in on the role- THIEVES MAGIK so it remains one of the
GAMES 19.95cs /14.95dk playing market is a great Rainbird • C64 /19.95dk Mandarin • Spectrum best games of the year
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both
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players can take part in
you'll
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ed you
large graphics and
12
smooth animation
throughout. Control of
your athlete can be
complex so practice is
recommended.
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SUPER
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1.99,
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players all competing at
?year
once, the action is fast
missed.
structures. Great metallic-
looking dreadnoughts and
the smoothest scrolling
you'll ever see put this
head and shoulders above
the opposition, A game
not to be missed,
especially now that C64
versions come packaged
with the excellent
Paradroid.
ACE CLASSIC
ZARCH /
VIR U S
Superior Software •
Archimedes /19.95clk •
Firebird (16 and 8-bit
versions) Amiga
/19.95dk • Atari ST
/19.95dk • Some 8-bit
versions under
development
Still ACE'S highest rated
game to date. A solid
three dimensional shoot-
ern-up with such graphic
perfection and timelessly
addictive gameplay that it
became an instant
classic. Now the 16-bit
versions have arrived and
software companies with
state-of-the-art parsing and
gameplay. Text-only, but
with an on-screen mapping
* ACE RATED 902
CORRUPTION
Rainbird • Atari ST
/24.95dk • Amiga
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C64 /17.95dk • Amstrad
6128 119.95dk
This tale of insider
dealings. infidelity and
crooked business deals is
unlikely to appeal to
adventurers who prefer to
wander through vast
dungeon networks seeking
treasure. But for those
who are fed up with
traditional adventuring, it's
like a breath of fresh air.
Superb graphics, great
atmosphere and a nail-
biting plot makes this a
terrific game that grips
from the start,
* ACE RATED 920
adventure software houses
- Magnetic Scrolls -
managed to produce a
traditional treasure hunt
with superb graphics and
some very tricky puzzles.
Powerful parser helps to
create a convincing game
world with humour and
imagination.
* ACE CLASSIC
INGRID'S
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have really got to grips
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program them very
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* ACE RATED 920
JEWELS OF
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C64 /2.99cs • Amstrad
BONE /2.99cs
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At first sight this recent excitement as the clock
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nothing more than a tricky puzzles. You must
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number of innovative earth and boulders to get
gameplay features which tat them, Boulders can
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all of its own. Highly damage, while the jewels
recommended for those are often hidden by
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problems rather than
walls. Complex but great

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complete some of the that remains to be seen /24.99dk Amiga Level 9 have put together AMIGA miss in its budget
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Frebird • C64 E14.95cs
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Spectrum 114.95cs • BBC
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(available from Superior
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Still the best space trading
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for other companies to
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space games to use vector
graphics, ifs a shooting
and trading effort set
across several galaxies,
with plenty of variety to the
game play. You can trade
legal goods in (relatively)
safe systems, or run the
gauntlet of pirates in the
galaxies danger spots with
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dogfighting, and as big a
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Electric Dreams • C64
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Firebed • C64 1.8_95cs
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QUEDEX
Thalamus • C64 E9.95cs
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time limit. The game
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and hmapolines
surrounded by lethel ckops
- and NO safety rails. Floor
switches activiate lifts and
bridge gspd, but tripping
them in the right order can
be harder than it looks. A
few bad guys and a lot of
nice touches, but the
explorations the thing.
* ACE CLASSIC
STARGLIDER
111
Rainbird • Atari ST
E24_95dk • Amiga
E24_99dk
One of the finest examples
of a game using vector
graphics to their full
advantage, gets the solid
3D treatment and comes
out looking every bit a
winner. You've got a large
taske to complete and
there's plenty of Egron's to
destroy, making this
combination of blasting and
exploration that stands
head above the
competition.
* ACE RATED 927 - ST
TAU C ETI/
ACADEMY
CR_ • C64 E9.95cs
E14.95dk •Amstrad
E9.95cs f14.95clk •
Spectrum 19.95cs • Atari
ST E19_99dk • Amiga
£1995
Flight simulator/shoot 'em
up and its sequel which are
both incredibly smooth and
well put together. The
attention to detail is
imppeccable as you set off
on hair-raising missions as
a space cadet. In Academy
you get to design your own
space skimmer craft as
well.
* ACE CLASSIC
TOTAL
ECLIPSE
Incentrve • C64 19.95cs
2.95dk • Amstrad
/9_95cs E12_95dk •
Spectrum f9_95cs
114.95clk
The third game using the
Freescape system is a bit
of a departure from the
first two, but it's still an
incredible game. In total
eclipse you're battling
against time back in the
1930's trymg to prevent
the moon exploding. For
arcade adventurers who
love puzzles, the
Freescape system is a
godsend,
* ACE RATED 907 -
AMSTRAD
WIZBALL
OCEAN• C64 f8.95cs
E14.95dk • Amstrad
E8_95cs S12.95dk •
Spectrum1.8.95cs
E14.95dk
A compelling and original
ball game in which you
become Wizball and must
set out to conquer the
'colour creatures' which are
intent on eliminating the
spectrum and rendering the
landscape grey and drab.
Controlling the lAfizball is
great fun and makes this
one of the most playable
games to have appeared
for a long time.
RPG
Enter t h e wor ld o f fantasy R ole
Playing Games with this lot - the
best o f t he R P G bunc h. b u t b e
prepared t o play for a long time;
thse games are addictive..
THE BARDS
TALE II
Electronic Arts, C64
E16.95, Amiga 124.95dk
The highly succesful
predecessor to Bards Tale
BTII has the abvantage
of being slightly easier to
advance. THe Amiga
version features some
very nice sampled monk
chants when you enter a
temple and excellently
coloured graphice. And of
course, you can update
your favourite characters,
their attributes and
equipment for use in BT III.
it ACE RATED 920
THE BARDS
TALE III
Electronic Arts • C64
/14.95dk
The latest Bard's Tale
game offers a number of
refinements over its
predecessors (all of
which are still well worth
taking a good look at)_
First, the graphics are
better animated.
Second, there are
ranged combat routines
which take careful
account of the distance
between you and your
opponents. Finally, the
garrbe's large and
represents excellent
value for money.
ACE RATED 920
BATTLETECH
Infocorn, PC E29.95, ST
Batttetech features some
incredable cartoon
sequences, arcade style
action, role play and
strategy. In short a
complete, full game. A
brilliant RPG purchase
even though it missed
Out on an Ace rating.
* ACE RATED 801
managed superbly_ An
RPG-influenced game that
will appeal to not only
A ND fans but to anyone
looking for an enthralling
game that will keep them
playing for months.
* ACE RATED 921
ULTIMA V
OriginSystems/Microprose
• C64 E24,95dk P C
E29,95 • ST/Arniga to be
announced
Astonishing level of detail
DUNGEON in the role-playing
influenced epic. Travel
MASTER
Electronic Arts • C64 round Britannia trashing
f14.95dk the opposition and learning
the magical, tactical, and
geaogrphical secrets that
Quoted as being a
'milestone in Advanced
will enable you to defeat
the forces of evil far
Computer
underground. Superb
Entertainment', Dungebn
romp, great lasting
Master offers 14 levels,
interest, and tough
loads of spells,
challenges galore_
atmospheric graphics
* ACE RATED 928
and sound. All going to
make Dungeon Master
WASTELAND
one of the best
Electronic Arts • C64
roleplaying adventures to
f14.95dIt
have appeared on any
machine.
Charge around irradiated
* ACE RATED 949
USA whopping mutant
bunnies and biker scum in
POOL OF
RADIANCE this role-playing epic. The
US GOLD /SSI
atmosphere may not be
as good as the Bard's
• C64 E14.99dh
Tale series of games, but
the extra dimensional
SSI were very brave to
strategy leaves the cut,
attempt tocapture the
slash and spell scenario of
complex concept of the
the BT series way behind.
AD&D system on a
* ACE RATED 921
computer, but they
BRAIN GAMES
When y o u w a n t s o m e r e a l
stimulation, you rach for the games
that really make you think: here's
the best of the bunch
difficulty and all the
CHESS playing options you could
MASTER 2000 wish for. Plus some fairly
Electronic Arts • C64 nifty speech synthesis
E9.95cs E14.95dk • * ACE CLASSIC
Amiga E24.95clk • Atari
ST 124.95dk • IBM PC COLOSSUS
124.95dk CHESS 4
CDS • C64 19.95cs
Strongest chess game on 114_95dk • Amstrad
the Amiga, with excellent 19.95cs E14.95dko
graphics, 20 or 3D Spectrum £995
viewpoint, 12 levels of
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CDS • C64 f9.99cs
L14.99dk • Arnstrad
L9.99cs f14.99dh
Rummy-lihe oriental game
of strategy and chance. A
tutor program and a short
manual make this an easy
to use and highly
entertaining piece of
software for veterans and
novices alike..
* ACE RATED 937 -
C64
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CROSSWORD 18 ACROSS DOWN

Set by Mips 5. Game played by Rod and I 1.Ocean traveller's game (7)
in Bono's house (8) 2. Indication that top game's
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perhaps (4) 3.One is about to go ahead
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(5) marksman (7)
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19. One with branches in
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20. Rex notes characters for
agame (8)

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1st September - St Crackle's day, Patron
Saint of Rice Crispies
Phew, what a month you lot have ahead of you. •
Just get a load of the software being released
this month: From Psygnosis there's Ballistix on
the C64 and PC, Triad II on ST and Amiga, Stryx
on ST and Amiga, Never Mind on ST, Amiga and
PC and Shadow Of The Beast on the Amiga.
From Rainprose and Microbird, there's F-19
Stealth Fighter on Spectrum, Tank on PC, Red
Storm Rising on PC, Rainbow Warrior on all for-
mats, Mr Heli on all formats, Quartz on ST and
Amiga, Rainbow Islands all formats, P-47 all for-
mats, Carrier Command 064, Amstrad CPC and
PC, Starglider II PC, Weird Dreams PC, C64 and
Arnstrad and Stunt Car on the Spectrum, ST
and 64. Cor, what a scorcher!
5th September - ACE October issue on
sale
Packed with exciting features, reviews and
more colour than a baboon's behind, and as
usual, a whole month ahead of itself!
l l th September - Release of Batman
Lucky Spectrum and C64 owner finally get
their hands on their very own digital represen-
tation of Michael Keaton in Ocean's biggie, Bat-
man the movie. Sorry, but everyone else will
just have to wait.
16th September - H.D.T.V. Exhibition
Want to get a sneak preview of the vision tech-
nology of the future, then pop along to the Lon-
don Ryan Hotel and take a glimpse at the new
High Definition Television. Apparently, watching
a recording o f a goldfish bowl on HDTV is
exactly like watching a real goldfish. Incredible.
23rd September - UK Electronica
The premier music electronics show th is
month. The place: Logon Hall. The time, 1.00
PM. Expect loads of guest appearances from
artistes who have discovered the wonder of
STs. For more details, call Mark Jenkins on
(01) 885 5665.
25th September - A National Hero is born
A day of great rejoicing for all, especially those
in the vicinity of Farringdon. Steve Cooke cele-
brates 30+ years of pleasant existence. Many
happy returns boss, and so say all of us! (Well,
all except Pete Connor, because we didn't actu-
ally tell him. If you knew him, you'd understand
why!)
27th September - PC Show opening day!
The gates open! The crowds road The stars roll
up in limousines! At last the PC Show has start- reviews of all the top games and a feature on
ed! Sadly, most of you won't be able to get in CDI, what more could you want?
just yet, as the first three days are trade only,
and even if you are trade, you've still got to be 6nd October -13th October - Not a lot!
over 18, so nyed
Well, what a pretty dull month October is. Not a
27th September - Batman Amiga and PC lot happening at all. Ho hum. Well, at least Pete
swoops in! Connors isn't in.
In a dazzling presentation, the likes of which 14th October - Batman on the ST
has never been seen before, Ocean release the
Amiga version of Batman. Oh god, will Batma- Yes, it's the caped crusader again. To tell you
nia never die? the truth, I'm getting a bit fed up of him.
30th September - PC Show goes public! 20th October - 29th October - The British
Motor Fair
Quick, novit's your chance! You can get in now,
so don't delay. Pop along to Earls Court and Drive along to Earls Court Exhibition Centre
see all the latest games and hardware, includ- and stand for nine days and drool continuously
ing your first chance to see the KONIX Multisys- over the plethora of new and wonderful cars,
tem!!! Plus you also get to meet the ACE crew, all costing the earth and guaranteed to get
but who wants to meet Pete Connor? pranged within a fortnight of purchase.
1st October - Time to look forward to 20th October - Cabal hits the turf,
more software
Long awaited twin player arcade conversion
Lots mo re releases th is month, including Cabal arrives at last, but it remains to be seen
among others Xenophobe on all formats, UMS whether it's been worth the wait
II on ST. Amiga and PC, Stunt Car Racer on the
Amiga, Blood Money o n 6 4 , Infestation
ST/Amiga and Matrix
Marauders o n S T.
Amiga and PC. Busy
busy busy!
3rd October - 8th
October - Olympia
Decorative a n d
Antique Fair
Here's something fun
and educational fo r
you to do it you've
nothing else on. It's
all happening a t
Earl's C o u rt a n d
looks like it's going
to b e quite a ball
with all sorts of sur-
prise g u e sts, a n
army judo demon-
stration and lots o f
lovely grandfather
clocks.
5th October - ACE
November i s s u e
smashes into the
shops.
Early a s usual, the
new ACE i s quite
positively t h e b e st Tho k oni x w i l l b e l a unc he d t hi s m o n t h a t t h e P C s how - but
one we've done this don't e x p e c t t o s i t o n t h e f a m ous k o n i x hy dr a ul i c c ha i r unti l
month. L o a d s o f Chr i stm as. S a nt a 's g o n n a h a v e a b i t o f t r oubl e ge t t i ng t he s e
dow n the chi m neys.
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Psygnosis have come up with a game that really squeezes every last ounce out of the Amiga. Grab a pen and you
could get your paws on one of TEN free copies or TWENTY free Roger Dean T-shirts...

885-rated Beast (see pages 70/71) has to be seen to be believed. Even ACE reviewer Tony Dillon, who's seen some sexy software in
his time, returned from his visit to Liverpool almost speechless. 'What they've done with the machine is extraordinary,' he said - and
judging by our own glimpses of the game, we have to agree. The parallax scrolling is unlike any you've seen before, featuring far
more levels and infinitely better use of colour. Sprites are exquisitely drawn and range in size from the big.. .to the enormous. The
soundtrack is stunning (featuring more sound data than on the Afterburner and R
a -is fast and furious. And to cap it all, you don't just get the game, you get a Roger Dean T-shirt at the same time.
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p u t t o g e t h e r )
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Simply answer the following questions.. easy, isn't it?!

1. Which company programmed the first ST game - released in the States and then in the UK?

2. In which city are Psygnosis based?

3. Which of the following is not a Psygnosis game?

Barbarian It, Barbarian, Captain Fizz and the Blastatrons?

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TheDeath
ofN'Garrli.
0 first totally artificial electronic
N intelligence. H e also looked like
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being its last. From his humble beginnings as
aGCentauran Battledrone in Return o f the
Mutant
a Hitlers from Mars, he had struggled
against
r his human creators - who then became
his tormentors.
r ing. he drove the digger over the pile of boiled
T His was the most powerful intelligence in
the known universe, and yet against the colos-
h bucket up and down_ I t did't work. He realised
sal, unyielding and insensate stupidity of the
r then that, somehow, his horribly nice and alto-
human race he was apparently impotent. H e
o been stamped on, incinerated, bombarded
had
inma particle accelerator till his neutrons boiled,
b even flung himself back from the non-exis-
and
tent
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anthracite
b to confront his mortal enemies -
those
o ghastly, slithering, flaccid heaps of proto-
plasm
w called The Human Race,
a The Grimleythorpsedale Insurrection Party
was
s composed o f members o f The Human
Race, albeit ones even more ghastly, slithering
t Maddened, he smashed through the wall into
and flaccid than usual. I t formed a major local
h the gehatncs ward, where the McDonnell dou-
political force. To such a degree that it con-
e glas's robotic manipulating arms frantically pre-
trolled the local council by a sizable majority,
w thus had ample funds for the purchase of
and
o ammunition, explosives, casual y e t
guns,
r
attractive combat wear, soft leather jackboots
andl matching accessories. But given that such
items
d were generally in rather short supply in
Grimleythorpsedale
' to take you temperature again for?" h e said,
amounts
• s G I Tof money left unspent at the end of
each
w afinancials year. Money which had to be
spent
l e f t the same allowance next year.
to ensure
Hence the last-minute purchases of such items
w i t first. Then it hit the wall on the other side of
as Mussey Furgatroyd air-conditioned, cruise-
h the corridor with a bon-jarring impact that loos-
controlled dustbin lorries, Acme Superdeluxe
l a r Turbos and - crucially for that
Roadsweeper
g e of N'Garr Thrombobo still existing
small part
within the molecular structure of a mis-shapen
little lump of anthracite - a McDonnell Douglas
D-I6 drive-by-Ore mechanical earthmover.
At the very instant that the piece o f
anthracite wa s about t o b e crushed t o
smithereens, Thrombobo p o rt e d h imse lf
through the metal links of the tracks, down the
leading axle, up through the transmission hous-
ing and into the D-I6's central processor.
What power! Thrombobo sent the digger
careering around the site o f the explosion
(caused by the gravitational wormhole and a
subsequent neo-temporal paradox), and the
driver flying from the cab. Revving up the twin
turbo-diesels, Thrombobo then span the digger
round and aimed it at the nearest visible site of
human infestation - the main hospital buildings.
Notching the vehicle into first, he revved the
engine t o it s maximum, then dumped the
clutch.
The machine's tracks dug deep into the
soft ground and then the digger was lurching
forwards, shovel still held aloft. A s the vehicle
accelerated, the shovel waved drunkenly up
and down, spilling earth and bits of rubble over
its sides as it did so. I t did not spill, however,
a small fragment of floppy disk just sticking out
of the rubble.
"Splurrrgghh..,!" went the matron as she
looked through the window over the shoulder
of Mr Saugh, the replacement Head Surgeon.
Her cup of tea fell to the floor.
'I say, Matron, do you mindr he objected,
taking off his trifocals and cleaning off the
droplets of tea with a portion of rather blood-
stained surgical gown_ h e frowned slightly at
the sound o f breaking glass and collapsing
masonry, and turned to see the digger clawing
its way towards him over the rubble that was all
that remained of the wall,
'Mr Bludgeon, please don't make such a
noise. And what do you want do you want me
inspecting the digger's bucket over the top of
his trifocals and taking a thermometer out of
his top pocket. "You know you really ought to
clean more thoroughleeeuurrglurglurgssspplii-
ip.._!" he went as he slid underneath the earth-
mover's tracks.
'Help! Helor shrieked the matron, grabbing
the patients as they pushed to get out of the
ward and throwing them over her shoulder,
"Help..!
The sound attracted N'Garr Thrombobo,
and he turned the digger towards it. The buck-
et caught the matron in the posterior just as
she got out into the corridor, and she and the
bucket dropped to the floor with a thump that
caused the hospital's foundations t o settle
three millimetres, Th e diggers's tracks span,
trying to gain a purchase on the wars polished
floor, and the matron huffed and puffed, trying
to lift herself out of the bucket.
Then the matron was up. T h e digger
abruptly tipped backwards and the bucket went
crashing through the ceiling.
it's a disgrace!" shrieked the matron,
approaching the cab. sh e climbed in, revved
the engine and managed to dislodge the buck-
et from the ceiling. I t came down amidst a
shower of plaster, wooden beams and six hun-
dredweight of boiled cabbage being stocked by
the hospital kitchen for next month.
N'Garr Thrombobo tried to wrestle the con-
trols away from the woman, but to no avail,
'This mu st belong t o t h e demolition
squad.' muttered the matron to herself as she
drove the digger through the hole in the wall,
must have a strong word with them in the
moreeeee..." Her voice faded into the distance
as N'Garr Thrombobo found the Mc Donnell
Doughlas's ejector seat circuits. he turned the
digger back, make another hole in the wall and
set about systematically annihilating the hospi-
tal and its contents.
Unfortunately, h i s co n tro l o v e r t h e
hydraulic circuits was proving strangely lack-
cabbage in the corridor and tried moving the
gether despised alter-ego - created when his
floppy disk was sliced in half - must have found
its way via the hydraulic rams, through the con-
stant-velocity trunnion spigot bearings and into
one of the CPU's ROM packs, Damn!
Thrombobo sent the digger crashing into
the main surgical ward. The bucket was now
totally under the control of his other half, and
was lifting patients out of harm's way before he
could crush them beneath the digger's tracks.
pared endless cups o f tea fo r terrified old
ladies, tidied their pillows and generally made
them feel as comfortable as possible consider-
ing an eight-ton earthmover was running amok
feet from their bedposts.
N'Garr Thrombobo was incensed. Blowing
two great billows of smoke from its exhaust
stacks, the digger lined up for the doors at the
end of the ward started forwards. Glass and
wood flew everywhere as the bucket hit them
ened Thrombobo's data in its tracks_ Great
blocks of masonry fell from the wall and the
diggees bucket arm buckled a s the tracks
clawed at the floor.
Then it surged forward, breaking through
into the world outside. Unfortunately, since the
hospital was built on a slope, it did so from the
first floor. N'Garr Tfirombobo could only watch
helplessly from the earthmover's ROMs as the
vehicles plunged towards the ground below -
to its doom.
Was this, at last, The End...?
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Menace. Hurry! - I'm write to: Deep or graphic novels to software. Only E320. SAE to: Adrian Gray, 417184.
still stuck!! - Send SAE Thought, 8 Irwin swap? Write to: Philip Phone: 07375 54266. 35 Chesterfield Drive,
to: Neil, 53 St Marks Avenue, York, Y03 Tupping, 148 Ulsterville Riverhead, Seven LOOM. Amstrad CPC
Road, Canvey Island, 7TX, ENGLAND. Hello Pil, Portadown, Co. ACORNELECTRON, Oaks, Kent. TN13 464 with modulator
Essex. SS8 Stryler and Matt. Armagh, N. Ireland. plus 1, disk drive, 2EQ. and E270 top games,
Also; Got any PD stuff - BTO3 5HD. E700+ original mags, manuals,
I've got loads - will Amiga contacts software, joystick, Arnstrad CPC 464 joystick also included,
gladly swap. wanted! Write to Mark, FOR SALE manuals, magazines green screen monitor, Excellent condition,
8 Sunnymede Avenue, AMIGA 500 for sale. and B/W T.V. All leads games worth E150, hardly ever used.
PEN PALS Askern, Doncaster, Includes modulator, included. Sell £200. joystick, modulator and Worth £560, sell for
AMIGA CONTACTS South Yorkshire, DN6 mouse, joystick, Phone Ben: (0458) E130 keyboard. Only only E140. Phone:
WANTED to swap latest OLY. Golden Regards games, etc. Virtually 48207. E355. Phone: Basildon Shank 767-8806.
stuff. All letters to: Stephen, Neil, Stu, unused from new,. (0268) 285529.
answered. I have a Sillo, Graham, Joe, and Contact David on Good Home wanted for Sega Master System,
very big ever finally to 4GN. (Exeter) 0395 876283. C64C, 0C118, Burst Amiga games plus light gun, 5 great
increasing amount of Bargain at E280. Nibbler, Neos Mouse, including, Lords of games like Rocky and
games, etc. Write to: Amiga contacts Printer, Action Replay Rising Sun, Bio World Soccer.
Mark Stuart, 15 wanted, 100% answers Original Spectrum 4. 2 tape decks and Challenge, War in Excellent condition. All
Northcote Avenue, to all letters. Write to: software for sale. much more for 020, Middle Earth, + many boxed, sell for E130.
Aberdeen. AB1 7TD, Alan, 26 Orescott Latest games at 427-7853. more_ Phone Andrew Phone Rainham 22177
Close, Banbury, Oxon. budget prices: on: (01) 650 1750. after 4pm.
Amiga contacts 0X16 Ord, or phone Operation Wolf £2.99! Commodore 64C,
wanted. 101% reply 0295 62494. Send SAE to Anthony, boxed, datasette, Amiga sound sampler Amstrad CPC 6128
guaranteed 1-2 days, Old House, Pamber joystick, over £200 + software and Amiga with colour monitor
Fast and reliable Amiga contacts Green, Basingstoke, software, excellent midi interface, E20 seill under guarantee,
contacts only. Send wanted. Send letters Hauts, RG26 6AE or condition, one year each or £35 for both. mouse, joystick,
disks and lists to: to Neil Walker, 9 phone: (0734) warranty, E150 ono. Write to: S Elmer, 19 c/recorder, GAC mags
Enigma, 7 Sheraton Trafford Road, Norton, 814681. Hurry up Call Sean on: 0234 Brooksheld, Bildeston, and software worth
Park, Ingot, Preston, Doncaster, South though!! 713893. Ipswich, Suffolk. IP7 over E700 asking
PR2 7AZ. Also, Yorkshire. DN6 9ER 7E.I. E420. Jeff, 6
worldwide contacts for latest stuff, and a ST originals, Gunship, ATARI 520 STFM D/S, Kingsnorth Gardens,
wanted. quick 101% reply. Get Oids, Falcon, 3D Pool, internal drive. Mint SEGASYSTEM with 3D Folkestone, Kent or
writing! Hi to lan.S. & Dungeon. M, Starglider condition, still glasses + 20 games ring 0303 43845.
C64, Atari ST IBM user Stu W!! 2, Night Raider, Carrier guaranteed. Plus including: Double
seeks contacts all over Command, Grid Iron, competition, Pro 5000 Dragon, Thunderblade, CBM 64, for sale with
the world. 100% reply, Atari ST contacts etc, etc. E7 each. joystick, disk box and Out Run, Miracle disk drive, cassette
please state machine. wanted to swap hints Phone: Brentwood many games. E320. Warriors, Shinobi, After deck, 150 disks full of
Write to: George and tips etc. Large 216112, Ring: 542 3480. Burner, Space Hamer, software, and loads of
Kumahlo, 24 Lily collection of games 30, etc. Excellent originals. Good
Avenue, North Cliff, and programes. Write C64C, Disk Drive, C2N, ATARI ST games, condition. Worth condition and boxed as
2195, Johannesburg, to: 11c, The Heights, Freeze Machine, Dungeon Master, Elite, E600, will sell for E300 new. 0 5 0 . Phone:
Republic South Africa. Charlton SE7 8.JJ. 01- joysticks, E300 worth ISS, Real Ghotsbusters. ono. Phone: 0262 850570,
853-2553 (hi wizpop!). of software, Absolute Prices from E4. Manchester (061) 736
Amiga contacts wanted bargain at /200 ono. Contact Gordon (0624) 4150. Unique portable
worldwide to swap the Amiga contacts wanted Phone 061 773 5815. 74899, after 5,30pm. Renegade Arcade
latest, hottest stuff to swap hints, ideas. Sega games DO each Machine, plus colour
aroung, etc. Send lists Send lists or disks to: ATARI 520 STFM, SPECTRUM +2, E.200 over 15 titles full monitor 0 0 0 , Also
and/or sidks to: 21 "Stone', 96 Prembroke excellent condition, of software, 1 year old, details. Alan Chapman, Commodore 64,
kdmillon Gardens, Road, Seven Kings, plus ACE mags and joystick, manual, leads 65 Lime Grove, joystick, Datasette and
Bongor, County Down, Ilford, Essex. others, some software. etc. For quick sale Doddinghurst, Essex. over E100 software.
Northern Ireland. 8120 E175 ono. Phone phone: (073522) CM15 OQX. 0277 822 E120 or swap both for
4NE (Rick) No Atari ST contacts 0708 866014. 3004, E80. 793. Amiga. Phone: 061
beginners! wanted, fast and 748 3148.
reliable. Please write Spectrum 128K boxed, Sega System + KOnIX Spectrum 128K+2 with
AMIGA FREAKS!! Are to: Basil, 226 Derinton over 500 games, joystick II. Excellent 0 0 + mags, E50+ BBC(B) excellent for a
you looking for a good Road, Tooting, London. hundreds games including R- hardware, £50 books beginner. Has video
contact? Are you fast SW17 8HX, or phone books/magazines, Type, D.Dragon, and 1600+ software. digitiser, tape recorder
and reliable? Then me on: 01 682 2007. Quickshot 2, joystick, Thunderblade, Bargain at only £150. and disk drive, + E500
write to Warren, PO No beginners please! Cheetah. Interface Unwanted Christmas Phone (0702) 294513. worth of games. 0 2 0
Box 867 Beenleigh data recorder. E.145. Present. Perfect ono. Phone: 021 359
4207, Queensland, Amiga contacts Phone: 0524 762157. condition. All games C64 2 CN2's, disk 2107, and ask for John
AUSTRALIA. wanted, to exchange boxed. Worth E350 drive, 1 joystick, expert or Martin.
hints, tips, etc, 100% Datels Pro Sampler will accept /185. trilogy, 130 games,
Amiga contacts wanted reply. Ray, 413 Studio, Top quality Phone: (0274) 568048 disk + tape storage Sega System Two
from anywhere in Gleneagles Avenue, sound reproduction. after 6pm. box. Worth E1000, Joysticks, 29 games
Europe. Guaranteed Rushey Mead Est, Boxed, as new. sell for £300. Phone: going for 050,
100% replys. Write to: Leicester. LE4 7YJ. Cartridge, software Amstrad CPC 464 Paul 061 449 0301 Phone: Andres, 01 647
Dave, 1 Bower England. disk and free samples colour monitor 200 after 6pm. Please 1045 for details.
Gardens, Salisbury, disk. E55 ono. Phone games, 2 joysticks, 2 HURRY!
Wiltshire, England. ST contacts wanted. Chris: 0646 683225. year service contract Spectrum 128K
SPI 2RL. Write to: Chris, 133 included. E180. Amiga 10845 colour excellent condition, 9
Surrenden Road, Atari 520STFM Internal, Phone: 01 508 9138, monitor, £150 or swap months old, joystick,
Amiga contacts wanted Brighton, Sussex, 1 meg. Five months for Digi-view. Will also cassette lead, 25
in UK and Europe for England, (0273) old, under guarantee, BBC games for sale. swap for external disk- games including
new group C.I.A. Must 551972. 100% reply. still boxed as new with Elite etc, ENO. Worth drive or software. Afterburner and Out
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The t ru t h i s ter' publication of ours is off on a short trip
that Greenpeace with his girlfriend. No surprises there, until we
didn't really choose got wind of their destination: The Teddy Bears'
Microprose a t a ll. Fair. Apparently the lady in question has a
Microprose ch o se house full of the furry beasts — most of them
them, since most of bought by this same Editor. Blitter wonders
the o t h e r ma j o r where Julian Rignall gets the money to put into
players in the indus- slot machines with all those teddy bears to
try h a d a lre a d y feed.
rejected th e prod-
uct. And i f you're
wondering why any-
one should be so But there is no time for romance in the big bad
stupid a s t o turn world of software. The shops are not happy.
down a cast-iron Apparently you lot have been soaking up the
vofit opportunity, sun, playing tennis, watching th e Aussies
don't — despite a slaughter England in the Test Series ..and not
ton o f good inten- buying any games. One big distributor is so
tion, there's Only an naffed off with the summer slump that he's con-
ounce of gameplay sidering closing down next summer for two
in th e entire pro- months like the French. Blitter wholeheartedly
gram t h a t wo u ld supports this proposal, It would be great. Gary
satisfy anyone over Williams could play with his Game Boy, Steve
eight years old. Cooke could repair to his Cornish hovel to medi-
Despite every- tate, and the Witter..?
thing, the launch of Stand by next month for an in-depth report
the game ended on about piracy in Trinidad and Tobago.
a good note. As the
video demonstra-
tion ca me t o a n
end, another punter Interesting facts department: importation o f
remarked O n a n computers by individuals to the Soviet Union
embarrassingly loud has shot up in the last two years, thanks to the
voice) that one part of the game looked just relaxation of travel in and out of the country.
ing at the launch of the Greenpeace
T like Frogger. At least someone can appreciate The reaction from Soviet customs and excise,
game Rainbow Warrior was under-
a green game... however, hasn't been long in coming. From the
h
standably confused. Struggling with the joy.
15th August, new duties have been applied to
stick
e and a pre-release version he consistently
the importation (all greatcoats to be removed
failed
M to rescue the hapless seal who, flounder. while passing through customs) o f various
ing
i beneath an ice flow, was clearly getting low Having trouble with Super Mario Land on the Spectrums, C64's etc. You will now have to
onc oxygen. 'Oh well, he said, 'if you get fed up, Nintendo Gameboy? Of course you are. Our hot pay 5000 roubles per machine (about i.1000).
you
r can always start clubbing them instead' tip (courtesy of ad manager Gary Williams) is to You have been warned, comrade...
Although this remark sparked off an unholy
o head the bricks on the Egyptian level when you
glint in some of the gamesters present, who
p see pipes that you can't lump up to_ Hey
reckoned that anything on the screen which
r
moved should be shot (or, if it didn't move, presto.. .invisible lifts!
o until it did), it did cause a few of the Meanwhile back in the decadent West, jet set-
shot ter Jerry Hall has joined ACE as Dep Ad Manag-
s
assembled Greenpeace brethren to choke on er...Jerry Hall from Biggleswade, that is. He's a
their
e ice-cubes.
Wedding bells are in the air and Bfitter has perky fellow, but his legs just aren't in the
m But what did they expect? You can urKier-
been digging the confetti out of his hair since same league...
stand
a the poor PR man's problems. If the Rain- Blit-blid
last week when top soft-tycoon Mark Cale (he
bow
r Warrior appeared in any of Microprose's
of the two Ferraris) was wed. Butter's spies
other
k games, it would be firmly in the centre of
report that he had two strippers at his stag do
your
e sights as you toggled the AGM-650 Mav-
(obviously likes things in twos, does Mr Cale)
OOPS!
ericks
t before popping over to Libya to mop up and has now whisked his new trouble and strife
any remaining life-forms. Well, whet can we say? Last month
i off on a four week tour of the far east.
When asked why they'd chosen Micro- saw the worst °opal' we've ever had
n Lucky girl. Not only will she be sporting an
prose, Jonathan Smales of Greenpeace replied exotic sun tan on her return but she'll be part the misfortune to suffer when the let-
g it was precisely because of their militaris-
that
of the only couple in Pinner with His 'N Hers te•s pages turned out to have been
msoftware. He saw the Greenpeace game as
tic Ferraris. checked by • dyslexic Martian wlth a
aachance to convert the most confirmed tech- bugged word-check prognen and ter-
n
nocides to the joys of green living and peace * minal myopia. We mean the Editor, of
ono earth. You might as well prance into the den
off a hungry lion and toss it a Jordan's Crunchy More lovey dovey stuff has been going on a bit Meanwhile, we absolutely guarantee
Bar...
f that this months Issue is errer free.
closer to home where a certain Editor of a 'sis-
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