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While NEC dither, Konix delay, Sega stall, and Nintendo
daily, a small British company has produced a proper PAL INDEX
version of the infa-
mous NEC PC Engine Vette is this month's star game, accom-
Its unauthorised,
panied by Batman, Day of the Viper,
unofficial, but avail- Altered Beast, Shinobi, and a host of
able - and it works a other contenders for autumn gold.
lot better than any
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being lavished by games technologists on the humble
London E C1 R 3 A U VCR? John Cook reveals the secrets of System X interac- PICTIONARY Domark 80
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Steve Cooke THE MANIAC'S GUIDE 8 9
THE DAY OF THE VIPER Accol ade 52
Which 16-bit racing game takes pole position? And how
Re v i e w s E di t or does Continental Circus, just released, fare against the VETTE Mirrorsott 5 0
Eugene Lacey competition? Tony Dillon, who was born on the back seat STOP PRESS REVIEWS 6 1 / 6 2
of a Corvette with a joystick in his mouth, re p o rts
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Richard Slater ALL THIS AND ELITE TWO 4 1
Phil Hendy David Braben, author of Elite and Larch, and Britain's
Adv e r t i s e m e nt most respected programmer, grants a rare interview to
Ma na ge r Eugene Lacey. New technology, new directions.. and
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SAM COMES
OUT AT LAST!
isruce Gor don and Al an Mi l es w i th the ne w S AM c oupe com puter .
MGI's long awaited SAM Coupe
has finally appeared in its finished
form. The machine was presented
to the press in London on Tuesday
12th September by its creators
Bruce Gordon and Alan Miles of
Miles Gordon Technology.
SAM is unusual in being an 8-
bit machine, while most o f the
machines (consoles excepted)
launched over recent years have
been based around 16-bit micro-
processors. SAM uses the ever
popular Z8OB processor which
runs at a tidy 6 megahertz. The
choice of processor is not really
surprising since one o f SAM's
main assets is its Spectrum com-
patibility.
Because the SAM should quite
happily run most existing 4 8 k
Spectrum software, t h e re i s
already a huge range of ready to
run games available f o r t h e
machine, making i t a g o o d
upgrade path for existing Spec-
trum owners,
SAM also boasts a superior
BASIC, written by Dr. Andy Wright,
author of Beta BASIC, as well as
256k RAM upgradeable to 512K,
and 6 channel, stereo sound, In
addition t o t h e standard
Spectrum screen mo d e ,
SAMhas three other modes,
giving up to 512 x 192 pixel
resolution in four colours from
a palette of 128. There is also a
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mode which allows 16 colours on
screen at once,
The machine also supports a
mouse, lightpen, and lightgun, par-
allel or serial printer, Midi, and one
or two 3.5 inch disk drives, in
addition t o a standard cassette
deck.
iidging b y the specification
we have seen, SAM is undoubtedly
a very nice machine. It boasts bet-
ter sound than the ST (not hard to
achieve admittedly), a n d faster
disk drives than both the ST o r
Amiga. But despite this the ques-
tion still remains as to whether an
8-bit machine can compete in a
market that is now dominated by
more powerful 16-bit machines,
It is entirely possible that SAM
will attract Spectrum owners who
have yet to upgrade, but, in the
long term, MGT will have to win
the support of most of the major
software developers if its smart
new micro is to survive.
Further details from Miles Gordon
Technology on 0792 791100.
NEWS
RIDE OF THE
FUTURE
Ar ti s t's I m pr essi on
Innovative US company Walt Dis-
ney is utilising cutting edge com-
puter graphic and simulator tech-
nologies in Body Wars, the latest
attraction at the Walt Disney World
1 AMIGA IS TV.;
STAR IN
DENMARK I
Danish TV has come up with
what mu st b e t h e ultimate
i
j- Oswald The Polar Berry , casts
you as a cute Polar bear. The
A object is to jump between ice
m blocks wh ile avoiding birds,
i whales, and mean Eskimos. As
g well as avoiding the nasties you
a must t ry t o collect a s many
g packages as possible. The num-
a ber o f packages you collect
m, affects your score at the finish
e line.
. : ' S o , ' I hear you cry, 'what is
T•so amazing about that?' Well,
h.what makes Oswald a little dif-
ferent from the average Amiga
e game is that it is played on Sat-
g urday nights on National TV and
a viewed by thousands of people.
mUnlike most game shows, the
e players do not even have to be
, at the studio: the keypad on an
ordinary push-button phone is
used in place o f the joystick.
The computer at the television
Patation interprets the tones sent
by the players phone and con-
verts th e m in t o movements.
Obviously this won't work if you
have a dial-phone (at any rate
you'd have to be pretty quick
with the index finger to manage
with one)!
The p riz e y o u re ce ive
depends on the number of pack-
ages you manage to collect, Of
theme park in Florida, USA_ Body
Wars is a collaboration between
Walt Disney and Industrial Light
and Magic - a division o f
Lucasfilm which created the
special effects for the Star
Wars and Indiana Jones trilo-
gies. Close Encounters o f
the Close Kind and ET The
ride is an fantastic voyage-
type journey through t h e
immune syst e m o f t h e
human body, using Disney's
newly developed theater-sim-
ulator technology, where the
whole audience experiences a
real physical sensation from sit-
ting in the cinema and watching
the film.
course the real bonus for Danish
Game addicts is the opportunity
to have their skills admired by
television viewers nationwide.
Bad news fo r joystick wallies
though...
As telecommunications and
microcomputer t e c h n o l o g y
become more sophisticated we
are likely to see more applica-
tions of computer entertainment
on a larger scale.
Television g a m e s l i k e
Oswald th e Polar Berry and
Mufti-User Games like MUD and
Shades are pointing the way
towards more social computer
entertainment than the present
dominant modes.
It is entirely possible that
the single gamer using his com-
puter or console alone at home
could soon become a thing of
the past!
O s w a l d — De nm a r k 's l a te s t
TV S tar !
MIL
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LOGOTRON WRIGHT OFF
Michael Heyward, the former Managing Director of
Logotron, has bought the recreation division of the
company. The new operation will go under the name
Logotron Entertainment Limited but will be totally
independent. The new company also has rights to
the entire range of existing Logotron games. These
include Xor, (one of the first games to receive an
ACE 900+ rating), Starray, and more recently,
Archipelagos.
Eight new titles are planned fo r the coming
year, together with specific titles for the anticipated
16-bit console market.
Herbert Wright, who was formerly publisher of
the Logotron range, will not be playing a role in the
new company. Wright took over as publisher shortly
after the launch of Logotron's first game, Xor, and
has been largely responsible for its success in the
16-bit market, and for making headway in the tough
American market.
Herbert is currently promoting the programming
duo responsible for Starray, but he is keeping his
long term plans closely guarded for the moment.
The education a n d business divisions o f
e,
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PC owners who use [Paint sculpted colour fonts, picture
from Electronic Arts can now preview, a slide show routine,
upgrade to an enhanced version and new brush modes. All of the
for £30. If you do not yet own a additions seem fairly cosmetic,
version of Dpaint, the enhanced so i t might be better t o t ry
version can be purchased fo r before you buy. Details fro m
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Logotron have been sold to the Longman Group,
making them the largest educational software oper-
ation in Britain. The new group will be called, rather
inventively we feel, LOngman-LogOtrOn, and will be
marketing a product range made up from both com-
panies lists.
THE CHALLE NG E
By splitting away fro m their parent company,
Logotron are bucking the trend for software houses
to get larger and larger and less and less indepen-
dent. Although it is becoming more difficult for small
independent operations t o survive in what has
increasingly become a cutthroat industry, Logotron
have proved a worthy contender for the big boys
with XOR being one of the first 900+ ACE-rated
titles.
Unfortunately there's n o doubt that today's
games are demanding more and more cash to get
from the drawing board to the market. When CDI
and other labour-intensive media become more pop-
ular, the costs could put the small publishers out of
business altogether.
HELP AT
LAST FOR
NINTENDO
ADDICTS
Are you a Nintendo Owner who
just can't stay away from your
machine? D o yo u suffer f ro m
severe a tta cks o f frustration
because you find it impossible to
finish Super Mario Bros? Then
help is at last at hand.
A Nintendo helpline has been
set u p b y Clu b Nintendo. A
'trained and helpful Game Counsel-
lor' will be on hand to help you
with all your personal Nintendo
problems. S o i f you're a little
depressed because your player
sprites all seem suicidal, why not
give the helpline a call on 0 6 2
665500 for a technique or cheat
to inject a little life into your game-
play_
The Club Nintendo magazine
is published every other month,
and includes reviews, previews,
readers letters, and Hints and
Tips. You can subscribe free for a
year by sending in the card includ-
ed with new Game Paks o r b y
sending your name and address,
along with your Nintendo's serial
number to: Club Nintendo, PO Box
30, Coventry. CV1 3BR.
The existence o f both th e
helpline and the club are signs of
the growing popularity o f Con-
soles in this country, and of the
increased commitment within the
industry to cultivating the revived
console market.
MUTE PC
OWNERS
GET SOUND
FOR A PRICE
PC owners who are exasperated
at the continuing lack of decent
sound generation o n even th e
newest PCs can achieve relief with
the Games Blaster from Data L b
eration Limited. This nifty little
add-on boasts no less than 1 2
stereo polyphonic voices, a 2.5
watt amplifier, and volume control.
It will connect to headphones, a
stereo system o r directly t o
speakers.
The unit is already supported
by games from Sierra On-Line,
Electronic Arts, Mediagenic, Cine-
maware and Origin. As a taster, it
comes supplied with a copy o f
Sitpheed from Sierra On-Line.
Dedicated music software to
drive the unit is available from Cre-
ative Labs, the designers of the
module. This includes an intelli-
gent organ program that is sup-
plied with the package.
The module comes as a half-
size expansion board f o r t h e
princely sum of 1119 exclusive of
VAT, and will be launched at the
forthcoming P C Show. Further
details from Data Liberation Limit-
ed on 0983 864674.
The market for the Games
Blaster is going to consist almost
entirely o f PC owners who use
their machines for entertainment.
If a company like Data Liberation
can recognise t h e s iz e a n d
strength of such a market, then
isn't it time that IBM opened its
eyes and began to recognise that
the PC is no longer a micro exclu-
sive to the business user, but has
generated a large following o f
other enthusiasts as well.
SPEAKEASY
Good news for software develop-
ers comes in the form of the AMT
Speech Development S yst e m
from Applied Microsystems Tech-
nology. The SDS uses revolution-
ary so ftwa re techniques t o
achieve a high rate of data com-
pression without sacrificing the
quality o f the reproduction. The
unit achieves a compression rate
of 1% and a data rate of just 2
kilobits per second.
For th o se n o t technically
minded, this means that it is pos-
sible to squeeze five minutes of
speech into the amount of memo-
ry previously consumed by a mere
three seconds using conventional
techniques. What's more, i t still
sounds nice!
 TOO LATE FOR
GAZZA?
Empire have come up with the
most incredibly original game
idea ever! A soccer simulation
endorsed by one of the leading
lights of the game: Paul Gas-
coigne. Only trouble is it s been
done so often before.
Empire have rather kindly
said that they don't mind if you
Paul Illascoigne I ndul gi ng i n a l i t ho pos t-goa l pl aytul noss!
The implications o f a tech-
nique like this being applied to
games software a re intriguing.
Until now, when speech h a s
appeared in entertainment soft-
ware, it has been either ridiculous-
ly minimal or of appalling quality.
The SMS could very well be the
first practical solution. The only
disadvantage is that the unit will
the 26th November. The show
set you back £3,000. Rich com-
panies can contact AMT on 01
450 3222,
don't support Spurs — you can
still play Gazza's Super Soccer.
But whether there are any soc-
cer fans out there who still don't
own a computer simulation
remains to be seen, I f you're
one of them, contact Empire on
0268 541126 for further infor-
mation.
DRAGON
USERS LEFT
OUT IN THE
COLD AGAIN
The 8-bit Micro show will be held
at the Tamworth Arts Centre on
caters fo r owners o f the Corn-
modore 64, 16, and +4, the Atari
E r OUT SOON
FROM
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T After an incredibly long develop-
ment period, Interphase is finally
E ready. The game is set in the
future, a time when experiencing
other people's dreams h a s
become the equivalent of video
R Igames (Can it be true?).
As a one-time professional
dreamer you must enter th e
A
mainframe computer of The Cor-
poration in an attempt to stop
them enslaving the minds of the
populace.
The interior of the computer
is generated with super-fast 3D
XL/XE, the BBC Micro and Elec-
tron, Spectrum, Oric, Amstrad
CPC, MSX, and Einstein. As usual
Dragon owners have been forgot-
ten about, not to mention Memo-
tech owners. But that's enough
moaning from us, we're pleased
to hear that 8-bit micros are still
being supported at all.
There are still some spaces
available at £25 for a 6 foot stand
(plus £ 5 i f you need a power
point.) Contact Delmont Betts at 8
Healey, Lakeside, Tamworth ,
Staffs. B77 2RF.
AMIGA
ANIMATIONS
A computer animation festival was
held between August 26th and
September 2nd by the Amiga Cen-
tre, Scotland to coincide with the
Edinburgh International Festival.
The entries were judged by Len
Breen o f Middlesex Polytechnic,
PHA
filled vector graphics that make
Starglider look positively primi-
tive. The game, in which you
adjust security systems to allow
your female companion to break
into the Mainframe building, also
looks very playable.
A full review will be printed
in next months issue, but from
what we've seen so far, Inter-
phase looks like a winner.
Details from Mirrorsoft on 01-
928 1454,
Jack Garrow of In Video Broadcast
Ltd, and Nick Masters of TV Pro-
duction Magazine.
The winners were Mark Wirt
for Maggie Goes Green; Jonathon
Grant (aged 9!) for I s Pointers,
Dileep Sharma for Royal Bank of
Scotland Logo, and John Arm-
strong for Engine.
In addition there were three
second category winners, and 11
other prize winners. The prizes
were donated by ten companies
associated with computers or ani-
mation.
Martin Lowe from the Amiga
Centre commented: ' We have
seen some amazing talent within
the Amiga community and look
forward to next years competition
entries. The exhibition has attract-
ed a wide range of people, some
who have never before seen com-
puter animation.'
For further details concerning
the festival contact Martin Lowe
on 031 557 4242.
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right in the front line of the revolu-
tion.
release include: Ro a d Wa rs
(ST/Amiga - the Amiga version Is
a specially enhanced version not
previously released), Speedboat
Assassin (ST/Amiga), California

CHALLENGE IT'S NO
MYTH
Here's the exclusive 16-bit screen-
Golf (PC only), Kelly X (ST/Amiga)
and World Darts (ST, Amiga and
PC). With the average high cost of
16-bit games, let's hope other
software companies follow Vir
shot o f System Three's highly gin/Mastertronic's historic lead...

The PC Engine, reported on this

month's issue, the Konix Multi-Sys-
tem, the Amiga - even the Com-
modore 64 in its day - have all
proved that imaginative hardware
design can generate some truly
great software.
All of us who are dedicated to
games playing must realise that
we now stand on the threshold of
a whole new age of computerised
entertainment. Games are moving
away from their old Space Invader
image and into a new age of mass
appeal.
Right now, much of the atten-
tion is being paid t o consoles,
since these appear t o deliver
more techno-bangs per buck than
the current range of 16-bit com-
puters. But it would be a great
shame if the micro we all know
and love were to disappear and
be replaced by small lumps of fea-
tureless plastic - however good
the games are.
Hence the ACE Challenge, A
staggering 00,000 to be divided
between the manufacturer of the
ACE Challenge Machine (subject
to certain conditions as outlined in
the ACE Challenge Charter - see
below) and the programmer of the S ystem Thr e e 's M y t h - not to b • c onfus e d w i th the M a gne t i c Scr olls a dv e ntur e of the s a m e na m e .
first ACE rated 900+ game to run
on the new micro. to the ACE Challenge, whether regarded C64 arcade adventure, GET YOUR-
But it's not the money that's they be in hardware or software. Myth. Taking the role of a time
important - all the pound signs Not only will we be printing news travelling hero, you visit places SELF A
tell you is how much we're com-
mitted to seeing some red hot,
in the magazine, but we're offer-
ing readers a chance to receive a
like Hell and Medusa's Caverns
battling skeletons and four-headed
WALKING
games-dedicated hardware mak- personal update - all you have to Hydrants- Myth is a puzzle orien- TALKING PC
do is send us a stamped, self-
ing its appearance on our sitting
room tables. addressed envelope (A 4 size )
tated arcade game with the style
and quality associated with Sys-
ROBOT
As a n ACE reader, you'll marked Challenge Update a n d tem Three's other releases such What will those crazy Yanks think
doubtless be as committed to the we II send yo u a n information as Last Ninja. Myth is available up next? The latest peripheral for
future of computer entertainment sheet as soon as we have some- now for ST and Amiga, and PC your trusty old PC is Newton, the
as we are. We don't want t o thing to report. That way, you II be owners can also look forward to a intelligent robot that can walk,
monopolise the discussion - we kept in touch with some of the version f o r their machine, n o talk, work, play, learn, teach and
most exciting developments i n release date as yet. even make the tea! This 3 2
want to involve you too. So if you
want t o contribute yo u r o wn entertainment technology today. -robot
h i gu sh e s a sophisticated
points of view in ACE, either on You ca n a lso receive f u ll speech synthesis and recognition
the ACE Challenge itself, or on the details of the ACE Challenge itself
in the Challenge Charter, a docu-
THE CHEAP- system allowing it to understand
and a c t o n personal human
subject o f Advanced Computer
Entertainment in general, put pen ment that includes the full condi- EST 16-BIT instructions. Newton's internal
tions under which the £20,000 control mechanics are controlled
to paper NOW and tell the world.
We'll reserve a special section in becomes payable. These are out- GAMES by an on-board microcomputer,
the magazine each month f o r lined on the back page of the ACE EVER! with a PC providing the application
those of you who write in about Challenge booklet (on the front programs. Newton also includes a
cover of this issue - or write to us Leading budget software compa- built-in 300 baud modem for com-
the Challenge, together with your
for a copy if yours is missing) but ny Virgin/Mastertronic h a s munication to the outside world.
suggestions, criticisms, and per-
haps even your own challenges! the Charter contains the full spec. launched a startling new low cost Further details can be obtained
We'll also keep you informed The Charter i s available o n 16-bit budget label. 1 6 B litz from US developer SynPet o n
request and receipt of a stamped, games are a combination of origi- 0101 208 376 0303.
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FREE'T' SHIRT This is it - A whole new dimension in computer games
50 frames per second arcade quality scroll
CLOSED IN 350 screens - 132 unique monsters
13 levels of parallax scrolling
ERY GAME 900K of emotive music
2Mb of graphics compressed in two disks.
ORIGINAL A TRULY MASSIVE GAME FOR THE AMIGA 500, 1000 & 2000
UNIQUE ROGER DEAN
DESIGN PSYGNOSIS - GAMESPEOPLEPLAY
Screen Shots from the Amiga ve rsion AMIGA 0 4 .9 5 .'ATARI ST COMING SOON

ACE LETTERS
THE S O U H D O F M U S I C , T H E J O Y O F C O N S O L E S , T H E F R U S T R A
TION S OF FLIGH T S IM S ...Y OU WR OTE IT, WE P R IN TE D IT...
FLY ME
I must confess that I bought my
Atari ST for the sole purpose of
flying Aircraft Simulations. There
are plenty of them around at the
moment, and no end of them wait-
ing in the wings, so you might
think that I would be a happy arm-
chair pilot. Sadly I'm not, and it's
all to do with the variation in key-
board controls.
Why can't the programmers
standardise on a keyboard control
system that is common to all sim-
ulators? I f I press the "U" key on
Combat Pilot, the F16 undercar-
riage comes up; on Falcon. I get
yanked out of the cockpit for a
satellite view of the aircraft,. T o
get the undercarriage up on Fal-
con, I have t o press "G" f o r
'Gear"; if I do that on Combat
Pilot, I'm requesting a talk-down
landing from the control tower
(which is a bit embarassing when
you've only just taken off!). It's all
very confusing, and leads one to
the conclusion that it's better to
decide o n one simulation and
stick with it, rather than keep buy-
ing the new ones that come out
and have to go through the pro-
cess of learning a totally new set
of commands.
The one I'm sticking with is
Combat Pilot. I t s graphics aren't
as good as Falcon, but it has an
extra feature that wins hands
down (or Head-Up as the Fighter
Jocks would say): an option for
two-joystick control. You just click
on the computer graphic on the
menu-screen, a n d se le ct t h e
option. Then, when you arrive at
the cockpit screen, you simply
unplug the mouse, arid plug in a
second joystick; and suddenly you
have the throttle control in your
left hand, where it should be, just
like a real aeroplane. Y o u also
have left and right rudder control
on this stick, whilst on the right-
hand stick you have the normal
yaw and pitch directional controls_
The ability to change speed
with a flick of the left joystick is
exceptionally useful in dogfighting
and ground attack, and saves
fumbling f o r t h e "plus" a n d
'minus" keys like you have to do
when flying Falcon, just as the Kg
21 is about to blow you away.
So take note, you future Flight
Simulation Programmers, two joy-
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VOLUME!
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• Why don't most reviewers comment on the brilliant music included
in some games for the computers with good soundchips? The Amiga
has a custom chip and facilities for an amplifier to be connected and the
results of certain groups' efforts to include modern music in games is sometimes quite n i n g . So lets
have a mention in the future if you can. To show you what I mean, I have compiled a top 10 fist of the
tunes that my Amiga/C64 comrades and I pump up the volume for:
Game Computer Composer/company
BLOOD MONEY: main theme Amiga Ray Norrish/Psygnosis
SANXION: main theme C64 (origin) Rob Hubbard/Thalamus
C64 Unknown/imagine
RENEGADE: loading music
SWORD OF SODAN: main theme Amiga Julian Lefay/Discovery
LED STORM: all themes Amiga T & M Follin/US Gold
Amiga Kevin Colher/Firebird
SAVAGE: Stages 1 and 3
HYBRIS: main theme Arniga PVan Der Valk/Discovery
BAAL: main theme Amiga Ray Norrish/Psygnosis
R-TYPE: loading theme Amiga Chris Huelsbeck/E Dreams
DATASTORM: main theme Amiga Tim Engels/Visionary Design
Technologies.
&Jeffs, Braunton
Any more filuSJC charts out there.. .or graphics charts, or game play charts...??
it h
sticks really is the only way to fly. Is the worst city to become inter- the instruction book and no help
And it's the only way you're going ested in games programming) I when asked for.
to get this customer to climb into have no way of getting any help I don't think I can stand much
any new-tangled cockpits. with my problem therefore I must more of it. A n Amstrad, a Com-
forfeit my project. modore and an Amiga could be
M.G.Eustace, Cookridge for sale very shortly,
Nigel Smith, Birmingham
Robert Lamb, Cottingham
UNHAPPY We have two suggestions.
I would like to write a game in )Change your address;
machine code but I have come (2) Change your toothpaste.
PRIZE QUEST ION
across a problem. I asked my I am writing to ask why you have
cousin who is a programmer to a not yet printed the results of a
DESPERATE couple of recent competitions, le,
large company to give me some
assistance. He answered "Sorry I Software houses must be under Cinemaware/PC, Radio Ace com-
can't help you • I don't know how the impression that they can treat petitions. I a m aware o f the
to do rt", so I go to my other the buyer with absolute contempt. recent take-over b y EMAP b u t
cousin who i s a programming They keep us waiting for months please could you print the results
expert f o r another company - on end for their product, they do soon?
same reply. Next I go to a friend not reply to any queries, and they When you were running the
who has a list o f qualifications never supply any helpful hints Ace card competition you said
relating to computing, I ask him about their games. I t annoys me you would do something similar in
for help, again I get the same to see page after page of tips and the future so when do you think
answer as before. pokes from readers when in fact, you will do it?
Funnily enough, though, all of these should be supplied by the I think that when you print
these people have said to me that software house. screenshots o n any game you
games programming is fa r too I have an absolute string of A should also print what graphic ver-
simple and unrewarding - if this is and 0 levels but I also have a sions they are. Please could you
the case how is it none of them string of games which defied com- bring back Ace On The Road.
could help me? pletion. N o help from the soft-
As I live in Birmingham (which ware house however, no help from Edwin Birch, Dallington
All the prize winners are named
in this issue - check the Pink
Pages for details. ACE On The
Road will continue to appear on
an irregular basis, whenever we
visit someone interesting enough
to write about! Stand b y f o r
reports from more British soft-
ware houses, as well as America
and Japan. As for the ACE Card,
we will be replacing this with a
new competition, t o b e ru n
monthly. Its called the Final Ver-
dict, and you can find out more
about it on page 132 - The Final
Verdict starts next month - don't
miss it!
AN APPLE A
DAY...
Asan Apple II owner (more specifi-
cally the IIGS) I find it disappoint-
ing that magazines in the UK more
often than not simply ignore the
computer's existence. There are
over 550 Apple II games currently
available (many o f which have
been reviewed in ACE), with over
100 Apple IIGS specific entertain-
ment programs including the pop-
ular War in Middle Earth and Dun-
geon Master. Your lack of refer-
ence to these computers when
compiling a Release Box is sur-
prising.
The Apple II has been around
in various forms since the late
70's, and despite Apple UK's
apparent lack of interest, the Ilgs,
introduced in 1986, is still avail-
able from authorised dealers. The
65816 based 16-bit ligs is a capa-
ble computer. Features include
4096 colours. 640x200 resolu-
tion RGB output, standard Apple
Desktop Interface (Ma c st yle
WIMPs), 8MB internal RAM expan-
sion, 1Mb ROM expansion, 7
expansion slots, and peripherals
(keyboard, disk drives, midi etc.)
freely interchangeable with those
from the Mac.
As for music/sound (with ref-
erence to your MUSIC series) the
IIGS has a built in Ensoniq 'Digital
Oscillator Chip" (as used in the
Mirage Music Synthesizer) with 30
paired oscillators producing 1 5
sound channels. An Analogue•Dig-
ital converter is also available on
the Ensoniq device, not to men-
tion 64K of dedicated sound RAM.
CONSOLES MATTER
When I opened Ace Issue 24 I was overjoyed to read a letter from a fellow Sega user (Thanks Oliver)
Saga's are underated by the Amiga and ST users because they think they are cheap and nasty. B
people like me have spent 1.100s on our segas, buying games like Altered Beast, and Shinobi, whic
Amiga and ST users can't get yet (like Oily said). Score now:
Sega 1 Amiga. STs etc 0
But there is a problem for us Sega owners, and that is that the games cost between £15 a
around £45. And the Amiga and ST games differ more.
Sega 1 Amiga STs 1
Heres another one for the Sega: the actual consoles/computer costs about 1/5 of the Amiga a
1/4 of the ST.
Sega 2 Amiga 1
But here's a few more points for the Amiga and STs. They are 16 Bit and they have got better SOW
and graphics:
Final Score Sega 2 Amiga STs 3
So who cares? we love our Segas.
Chris Blowes, Enfield
If only the whole subject was as simple as football, we could all tot up the scores, make our buying
sions, and live happily ever after. But in reality it isn't like that at all. Consoles offer none of the comput-
ing applications versatility of computers, but on the other hand the new range of consoles (Konix.
Engine, 16-bit Sega) are likely to make most current home micros look a little wobbly on the arcade!
front, There's only one realistic decision: get both a computer AND a console!
I am thinking of buying a console. First I thought about buying a good old Sega Master System the
thought I'd wait aroung for the Sega Megadrive because I wanted a 16 bit, but I didn't want an Amiga
an ST because all I do is play games on it, but what I'd like to know is:
1. When will the Sega Magadrive be launched officially in Britain and how much will it cost?
2. How much will Sega Megadrive games cost when officially launched over here?
no idea
3. I heard that there was a special converter for the Megadrive which enabled you to play old sega games
on the megadrive is this true and if so does this mean that when played on the megadrive they have 1
bit graphics and sound.
4, Will old Sega games like Outrun and Afterburner be available on the Megadrive.
5. What is all this PAL and SCART that keeps popping up in adverts for the PC Engine and Sega
Megadrive,
Stephen O'Brien. London
There is no official launch date yet, but distributors Virgin reckon it will be in the 'first quarter' next year,
but probably not before March. This would seem to indicate around May 1990. The price of the games
has yet to be fixed but the hope is that they will not be more than current Sega titles. The converter
does exist, at least so Virgin tell us, but no-one in the UK has yet seen a sample. The 8-bit games will run
in their 8-bit versions and big sellers like OutRun and Afterburner may well be converted to Megadrive
versions.
Finally, PAL and SCART refer to video data standards and compatibility. A PAL output will drive any'
UK colour TV, whereas SCART outputs to monitors, although some UK TVs also have a SCART adaptor
You
. should beware of buying 'grey imported' versions of the Megadrive or the PC Engine since the quali-
ty
. of video output cannot always be guaranteed. gt•
ACE is currently reviewing its pol- maware, who always produce fan- which includes freebies, a free
icy on other machine formats. tastic Amiga software - The Only draw to win an Atari 65XER, and
See next month's issue for the Ones w h o produce software don't forget all those stands with
result. W e t h in k yo u ' ll b e always worth buying. bargain priced games, joysticks,
Pleased._ new software up and running, etc.
S. Hayward. Bournemouth Maps are available with bookings
to the address below:
GLOWING How much did they pay you?!
T RIBUT E TO D. Betts, 8, Healey, Lakeside,
RISING SUN 8-BIT BEANO Tamworth, Staffs, 877 N E

Surety qualities worthy of mention
in your Music articles (please note
M. Bates).
The IIGS may not be as popu-
lar in the UK as in the United
States, but a home computer with
these features should n o t b e
ignored (or forgotten) by a maga-
zine dedicated to Advanced Com-
puter Entertainment.
Dr. K. Kishimoto, Withingrton
I feel I must complain about your
review of Lords of the Rising Sun
in the June issue_
I have played the game for
weeks and a t one time f o r 8
hours, and the following day 7
hours. I lost. But I was completely
held b y this great game. What
other game can keep your inter-
est for 8hours?!! And you still want
to play it afterwards...
I sa y we ll done t o Cine-
I'm not going to talk about soft-
ware piracy, ST vs Amiga, Censor-
ship etc...
What if it told you that on
November 26th the '8 Bit Micro
Show' is to be held in Tamworth.
Yes, that's rig h t. N o 1 6 b i t
machines allowed. The following
can attend:
C64, c16/4-4, MSX, CPC,
Spectrum, BBC/Electron etc...
Entrance is 75p per person
BBS BABY
I have started a new BBS running
on a 1040 ST specifically aimed
at the ST I would appreciate it if
any Modem users out there would
log on and leave some feedback
mail about discussion areas they
would like to see, help lines they
think may be useful etc.
The name of the BBS is the
Tavern, it runs on V21/23 modes,

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 and uses 8-n-1 format. The num- We beheve that the solution may
ber is 01-881 9799 and is avail- be t o . er...get i t mended.

111111pCKED? able from 9pm to 6am Mondays Er...Urn. Contact your dealer, or
to Saturdays. someone...

I live in Holland and, as you may or may not know, a l m o U Paul Baker, Wood Green.
computer
cy hobbyist in my country gets all his (cracked) software for London ACE PRINT ER
free. When I bought my first computer (C-64) I thought this was a After playing Populous o n m y
normal situation, but as I began to read English magazines I discov-
Amiga 1000 times I gladly send
ered that the foreign attitude towards this behaviour was completely WHATEVER HAP- you all the codes for all the levels.
different. Listen to this anecdote.
A friend of mine who also owned a C-64 at that time, went on
PENED TO... I have printed them out on my
colour printer and stuck them on
holiday to his English cousin. He brought his computer with him Whatever happened to Superior's
a card especially for you.
(including about 2000 cracked software titles). His cousin, who was Conqueror, which was being con-
a C-64 owner also, was very pleased to see this enormous amount verted to the Amiga and ST from Zafar Bhatti, Hounslow
of software. My friend offered to copy all the software he wanted. the Archimedes in June '88?!!
Now his cousin was even more happy - until he discovered that Also what happened to Liners We were very impressed by the
everything was cracked. From that print he didn't even want to play Dragonslayer, which was adver- print out, Zafar. We were even
the games anymore. And the disks that already contained some tised to be released for the Amiga more impressed by the printer's
copied stuff? Guess what he did with them. Yes, he cleared them air. in January 1989?! apparent ability to print out - On
I don't know what you think of this cousin's behaviour, but we the reverse side of the paper - a
A.Jeffs. Braunton
Dutch people find it (a bit) weird. I really do not know anybody in Hol- page from another magazine.
land (and I'm really not only talking about friends, but computer own- Oragonslayer has been 'delayed'
ers from all over the country) who would act like he did. but is on its way. As fo r con-
Sometimes I really fee pity for all those garners who can only VIOLENCE
queror...we were unable to con-
buy about two or three titles a month with pain in their wallets. You tact Superior at the time going to Ihave recently discovered that if a
see, nowadays I own an Amiga 500, and I'm undescribably happy press, b u t we ' ll ke e p y o u game really annoys you then a
with it (I'm a computer science student) but I ask myself if I would informed. simple solution is to take it out of
have purchased it if I wasn't able to get all my software for free (and the disk drive and make some
so think my teachers - believe me everybody in Holland does). weirdo growling noises a t it. I f
Between the lines, did you know that three of my friends bought an ARCHIE BARGIE doing this seems prattish to you
Amiga 500 just because they were allowed to copy my software (for I've found a company who are pro- then you are probably a bit of a
tree of course)). ducing a whole range of software smarmy person. I f anyone o u t
Perhaps you already know, but let me tell you this. I possess for the Archie, including games there in stupid land thinks I'm daft,
almost 200 of the latest software titles. (that means all big hits that resembling OutRun and After- then they should come and see
you review in your mag.). I guess you are not very pleased to hear Burner. The company is named me so I can (a) punch their stupid
that, but that's just the way things are in Holland. You know that peo- Cambridge International Software, faces and WI give them a good
ple consider me crazy if I go to the store and purchase some soft tel. 01-278 6622. The company stiff kick up the rear.
ware? (Unless it's stuff with a lot of documentation). plans about 2 5 products b y
Eddy Borremans, Holland December. These a lso include limbo Corleone, Coventry
conversions of Dungeon Master
Unfortunately Holland isn't the only country to take this attitude to and other popular games. This The weirdo growling noises make
piracy. The same situation exists in many other European coun- software will surely help bnng the perfect sense to us, though we
tries, with Greece and Italy being historically inclined to software Archie into the limelight. Lastly, find that short, sharp yapping
piracy (though the situation is improving). And as regular ACE read- sounds work better. However,
thanks fo r a super mag - the
ers will know, we've already reported on the piracy situation in Den- Archie seems to be creeping slow- our psychiatrist was disturbed by
mark. These countries all have one thing in common: they pirate the level o f violence implicit in
ly into ACE more and more fre-
imported software. Ultimately it's British and American companies quently... the latter half of your fetter. Seek
who lose the money and not Danish, Italian, or Dutch ones. Per- assistance.
haps that has something to do with it... There is also the question K. Pardesi, London
of price, with games costing more (sometimes far more) in differ-

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ent territories, but after 1992 the price problem should come to an Other machine owners can take
KICK OFF
end. Whether the habits will come to an end as well seems less comfort from the fact that all Alter the success of Kick Off on
likely. titles will be converted for most ST, Amiga, and C64 (and the
Spectrum version currently being
popular formats.
released), we've decided to take
a dedicated games player, I have become so disgruntled with the plunge and produce Kick Off
state of current software that I feel I must let my views be aired. AMIGA MYST ERY 2.
Having been on the games "scene" since those early 'Binatone After playing Xybots, I powered off We thought it would set a nice
TV Games" were around, I have played many games for many precedent. however, if - instead
my Amiga for 35 seconds as nor-
hours. However, recently, games do not seem to be holding my mal. Switching it back on again I of simply going ahead and produc-

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attention for more than a few hours. As you will have noticed there was met with a dull grey screen ing the game to our own specifi-
is no address on this letter, this is because I am a so-called 'pirate and that was it... cations - we asked current play-
-of games. After three years of owning my ST, I am totally fed up ers of Kick Off to send us their
Can you help? My Amiga won't
with the trash that appears. I mean, the games on the ST are so work properly, refusing informa- suggestions f o r features t h a t
bad that I now play on my old Atari 8-bit more than the ST - which is tion from disks and sometimes could b e included in th e new
hardly a good advertisement for new technology. I shall remain a game.
never coming on at all!
pirate until the software house buck their ideas up and release If you've played Kick Off and
games which live up to their Megahype, and drop their prices. Wiz (no address supplied) have some ideas for gameplay or
Games should be 'playable; Kick Off proves that gameplay can be presentation that you'd like to see
PS I wrote to you because you're included in the new game, drop us
a substitute for Megahybes of graphics, and games should be
the only intelligent mag around. a line at Anco, Unit 10, Burnham
based on gameplay, not graphics and sound, and these two should
only be souped up after the gameplay cannot be improved any- Trading Estate, Lawson Road,
As t h e o n ly intelligent ma g Dartford, Kent, DA1 5BH.
more.
around, we have decided, after
The 8-bit prophet
lengthy discussion, t h a t yo u r Anil Gupta, Anco Software Ltd
computer i s possibly... broken.

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Old Groper's back with another
sackful o f a utum na l goodie s ,
ready to sort out the hots shots
from the lame shots. Here's his
report on the latest offerings for
your favourite machines, and as
he's in a generous mood there
are a couple of snazzy screen-
shots f o r y o u t o dr ool ov e r .
Enjoy...
US Gold have been very busy recently
grabbing stars from the big screen and
putting them onto your monitor. If you
thought the hype surrounding the latest
Indiana Jones game was a bit over-
done then you ain't seen nothing yet.
US Gold's describe their latest person-
ality scoop as having the biggest sell-
ing album of all time, winning 8 gram-
mys, 7 American Music awards, 4
American Video awards, and the BPI
award for best international artist.
No, it's not Roland Rat, it's none
other than big, bad Wacko Jacho• Before you
get too excited, the game has nothing whatso-
ever to do with oxygen tents, pe t chim-
panzees, or bad nose jobs. Instead it is based
on Michael Jackson's first film, Moonwalker. If
you haven't seen the film then you'll probably
want to know that the story involves the rescue
ADVENTURE FOR MANIACS
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rather m o r e macabrc
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containing 450 different objects it should
certainly keep even the quickest adventurer
happy. US Gold are distributing the I6-bit
versions of the game, which will be available
in late September. Also due soon from
Lucasfilm is Battle of Britain, the game which
seeks to recreate the RAF's finest hourlt
should be available in November.
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ON MOR E GOODIES...
also managing to find time
for the odd song or two! US
Gold tell us that the rescue
of Michael's kidnapped
friends combined with the
astonishing transformation,
battle and chase sequences
make Moonwalker an ideal
title for conversion into a
home computer g a m e .
Moonwalker can be expect-
ed on all formats in Mid-
November. Hmm... should
be fun. Gropey awaits the
results with interest.
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him i n the l e a the r gear )
hom e s i n on the k e y t o also making good use of
success i n M oon walk. their TSR licence. Over one
er the ga m e , c om i ng year after its launch on the
soon fr om US G ol d.
C64 and PC, the Advanced
Dungeons & Dragons game,
Left: S hi m m yi ng out of Pool of Radiance is to be
a s pot of bother . released for the ST, Amiga,
Mi c ha e l s tr uts his s tuff and Mac. USG are convinced
in t he or i gi nal M oon-
w a l k e r film. that the new releases will
take worldwide sales of the
of Michael's good friends from the diabolical game through the quarter million barrier. Well
Mr. Big. done US Gold, that's two achievements with
With the passing of a shooting star Michael one product. The biggest selling Computer
gains 'amazing powers o f transformation' RPG, with the longest release schedule! The
(much cheaper than using a plastic surgeon)! Pool of Radiance (due in October) release is to
Michael uses his powers to defeat the evil ME be closely followed by Hillstar (November). For-
Big and his henchmen and rescue his friends, tunately AD&D fans will not have to wait as long
for the next game in the series, Dragons of
Flame. This game, set in the Dragonlance Uni-
verse, gives you the chance to take part in the
quest of the 'Companions of the Lance' as they
A D r a gons o f Fl a m e a dv e nt ur e r di s c ov -
ers the r e 's a s ti ng i n thi s tal e!
continue their fight to save Krynn from domina-
tion by Takhisis, the Queen of Darkness. Drag-
ons of Flame will be out late October for 16-bit
s ne x t vi cti m i n M a ni a c M a ns i on?
machines, while 8-bit owners can expect to see
it late November
FIVE TO DRIVE
Due out in November for the Amiga (with an ST
version to follow six weeks on) is Drivin' Force,
the latest game from Digital Magic Software.
No ordinary driving game this: it provides you
with no less than 5 different vehicles to race.
Ba ttl e of Br i tai n fr om US G ol d. These are a truck, a Formula one car, a bike, a
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Outlaw Productions Shoot-em-up Construc- to friends (or software houses, although

tion Kit is coming for the ST soon. This STOS don't expect to see too many SELICKprod-
basher is already out for the Amiga and C64. ucts in the top ten!). SEUCK should be avall
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Sega system with the release o f two more
games, Casino Games (i24_95, November),
and Wanted (L19,95, December). Also due
soon from Virgin is Double Dragon II, due on
November 1 lth for the PC (i24.95), ST and
Darius fr om T h e E dge . I t s ur e a i n ' t a s Amiga (i19.99), Spectrum +3, C64 disk, and
cute a s G ar fi el d, w h i c h s h o u l d p l e a s e CPC 6128 (/14.99), and Spectrum, C64, and
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Peanuts featuring lovable old Snoopy and the
conversion of the arcade sensation Darius. The
latter features the largest sprites ever seen in a
computer game. In fact some of them are so
large they won't fit on the screen! Make of that
what you will. Both programs will be shown at
the PC Show. Speaking of which_ see you all
there!

ACTIVISION IN POLE POSITION?

Anyone who frequents arcades can not have

failed to come across Sega's superb game
Power Drift, For the benefit of those that
haven't, it is a fast 3D racing game that
knocks spots off Out Run. Old Groper certain-
ly doesn't envy Activision the task of convert-
ing it though. The task has been assigned to
veteran programmer ZZK..1, who was previous-
ly responsible for the Super Hang On. Power
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Probably the most attractive buy this
year, the "THRILLTIME" collections are
lavishly packaged in unique collector
boxes and mastered onto premium quality
Gold and Platinum cassettes. Each title is
recorded on to its own, individual
cassette/disk side (for maximum reliability
and longevity) and is fully documented in
the detailed instruction booklet enclosed
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PLUG I N P C B EXTENSIONS — AND PLUG •EM IN VIOLEN C E FIGH T._

Last month we talked about the
out board, the CP system approaches
cost of silicon in general and A the problem o f obsolescence from
how Sega had invented its p
another viewpoint, being a halfway house
of time into the whole project.
Like many of the newer high-end boards.
the CP has got 2 68000's chugging away
inside, but the real mystery of the thing is two

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between
a completely soft on one hand (like Sys- custoirHdesigned. very highly integrated chips,
System 24 to try and rationalise tem
r 24, with disk loading) and being complete- that make it really fly. Capcomn is, understand-
things — keeping the same ly
t hard-wired, like a conventional PCB. ably, relectant to reveal more.
hardware in the box and only Although the whole of the system is hard- Games on the system so far however, see
f
wired, it is made up of interlocking mother- below, are all technologically outstanding in
changing the software. Capcom, r
their own ways, but other than Strider have
boards - so if you wanted to change the output
another major Japanese based o
game o f a board, in theory you would just shown little originality of gameplay. But it's only

I
m a matter of time before the Capcom techni-
company, have tried a slightly replace the necessary sections, rather than
b
haaving to invest in a completely new board. cians come up with something that makes the
different tack with their advanced e This is particularly useful for Capcom, as new system really shine - and thald be guaran-
CP System Board. i Boards are not cheap - hardly surprising as
CP teed to blow away almost anything any other
n company threw millions of dollars and a lot
the board could deliver at present.
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arcade, keep an eye on it - sooner or later
another game is liable to spring up on the A
system, and chances are that Capcom will A CP S y s te m
be developing some particularly strong boa r d - bur s ti ng
titles for it. w i th m em or y, A O hout e nl a hos t s - Fol l ow u p t o t h e s m a s h hi t G hos t s n ' G ob-
8 8 0 0 0 s , a nd lins, i ts e tt a m e ga hi t b o t h on hom e for m a ts by E l i te a n d i n t he
Forgotten Worlds - Graphic tour de force. m yster i ous ar cades. T h e s e q u e l h a s l o v e l y g r a p h i c s b u t s h o w s l i t t l e
c us tom chi ps. e nha nc e m e nt to the or i gi nal gam epl ay.
but a non-standard control system limited
its appeal to arcade operators and so its
overall numbers in the field.
Dynasty Wars - The subject matter (oriental
heros scything through armies of cannon
fodder) is a little to alien to Westerners, but
the game itself has some nice, if unspec-
tacular. touches.
Strider Most innovative of the CP games,
with artificial gravity fields injecting much
needed novelty into this combat jumpy-
jumpy.
Willow - Licenced from the movie and no
relation to the little known Mindscape home
format product. Another combat jumpy-
jumpy with high graphic content.

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system , a l e ft-r i ght scr ol l i ng s hoote r , i n
the m oul d o f S i l k w or m . O v e r tl y s upe r fi -
cial ga m e pi a y b u t I b e t i t's g o t s om e
de pth i n t h e r e s om e w he r e . C h o i c e o f
thr ee s ta r t pl a ne s (J a p, Y a nk a nd. . . 0 a n-
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CUE BRICK
Confused? I was. Incentive
bought out a tile variant game
on home format about 3
years ago and now a similar
thing has turned up on coin-op
from Konami.
Cue B rick' s a n o t h e r
attempt by the coin-op busi-
ness to come up with a suc-
cessor to Tetris - still report.
edly going strong i n t h e
arcades o f Asia. t r s well
implemented and a pleasant
change f o r the 'disengage
frontal lobes jobs, but ifs not
intuitive enough to make the
same impact as Tetris.
VIOLENCE FIGHT
What else can they do to beat-'em-ups? Make
the sprites even bigger, that's what. Current
award for huge sprites goes to Taito's Vio-
lence Fight - which also boasts a complex
array of moves, choice of character at the
C u . Br i ck
V i ol e nc e Fi ght
start of the game and painfully realistic punch-
ing sounds. Combine this with the 'punch it
control system that was experimentally used
on Street Fighter - and the experience would
almost be like going to an England match.
When the punchy version of Street Fighter
first appeared in Japan, there were stories of
elderly gentlement expiring with heart failure as
the aggressive instincts of a lifetime suddenly
poured out and were unleashed upon the inno-
cent machine. You have been warned...
OMEGA FIGHTER
There will always b e games around like
Omega Fighter - from minor league UPL. Verti-
cal scroll, auto tire and billions of sprites - take
me to the funny farm, Daddy.
Auto fire on with lasers, auto off with high-
er brain functions, you soft focus just in front of
the screen so you can take the whole of the
area in at one time and get on with the pro-
cessing required t o plot the likely path o f
enemy sprites and bullets, taking the appropri-
ate evasive action.
Total synthesis with the machine - the vid
junkies' Nirvana, I like this one!
O m e ga Fi ghte r
GAWPATAWFS
Like any other area of hi-tec, vids have
their own trade Jargon that can seem
very confusing to the outsider. Is that
game you're playing JAMMA compati-
ble? is It a PCB'? From now on, we'll run
a regular column letting you in on some
of the trade terms and secrets...This
month - how to tell your AWP's from
your SWP's.
AWP - Stands for Amusement with Prizes.
And what sort of machine would that be?
Well, believe it or not, we are talking about
the good old one armed bandit - the fruit.
But the name A mu s e me n t with Prizes?
Well, it's called Amusement with Prizes
because it's for amusement only. In other
words -it's rigged. All perfectly up front of
course - but inside even the most primitive
looking of AWP's is a fairly sophisticated
micro that ensures that the machine keeps
a precise percentage overall of everything it
takes in, that percentage being set (in the
UK) by the government.
Play 'em one evening and you might
come out on top, play 'em every evening of
your We and you may be amused but you'll
certainly be out of pocket.
One funny thing about us UK AWP-
freaks. Fruits can quite easily be pro-
gramed to work on a normal TV screen -
and many are in the US: in the UK, howev-
er. video fruit machines are not popular. It
seems that UK punters think that as long as
there are mechanical bits inside the AWP's
there's a chance they can beat the odds._
SWF - now this is more up my street -
with Prizes - that category of machine
being presently dominated by Trivia SWP's
of various types. Put your money in and -
assuming that you have a brain the size of
a planet - you can walk away with a tenner.
And because its all skill, the operator
doesn't need a gaming licence to run it -
neat. eh?
Neat, beause if the programming and
design of the machine is sophisticated
enough you can make sure that, although
it's theoretically possible to get serious
dosh Out of the game, you'd have to be a
clairvoyant with the reactions of Bruce Lee
to do
One particular non-trivia SWP that's hit
recently is a h i
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sharp's trick F i n d the Lady. Four electron-
ic
tec'cards' are laid out before you and flipped
over
v e r s quickly.
very i o When they stop you have
to select which one was the last to be
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turned over.
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Theoretically this is a skill-based game,
t h
but when the flipping gets to be sufficiently
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fast, the game becomes a straight-forward
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turkey lshoot. This is because vision persis-
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makes aimage animation possible - to retain
r image
an d for 1/10th second) starts to set in
and for most mortals it is simply not possi-
ble to tell which card was flipped when.
Nice idea - and no gaming licence needed
here, your honour
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are meant to do. The trouble is
T
driving up the adrenalin
hlevels
e PC Engine
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has been d that all too often they are of inferi-
or quality and degrade the perfor-
SYSTEM
gamesplayers f o r a lmo st t w o
years. Now, at last, you can get
your mits on a neat little UK
mance o f the machine.
The resulting problems
SUPPORT
conversion that really all hit the machine right
delivers the goods. where i t hurts: o n the As the console scene begins to hot up.
News of the Engine gamesplaying front (see the contention between the PC Engine
didn't filter through t o the Engine Trouble panel and the Sega 16 bit Megadrive grows by
Britain from Japan until on this page). the day. Although neither machine is offi-
just over a year ago. and Enter Mention cially available in this country there are a
since then there have 'We are desperate to promote and Active Sales & Mar- great deal of suppliers already selling
been a number of unau- the PC Engine the way it keting. James Dexter of both. Assuming that you've already
thorised imports of vary- Mention reckoned the PC decided to add a console to your collec-
should be. .as a fully-function- Engine deserved a better
ing degrees o f quality. tion, and that a Nintendo or a Konix is not
People h a ve snapped al equivalent of NEC's block- showing in the UK and for you, should you rev an Engine or
them up, however - the together wit h Active's drive a Megadrive?
busting Japanese version. If
systems t e c h s p e c s Robert Stallibrass they The deciding factors have to be sup-
were pretty impressive NEC were to do it themselves, set about producing a port and software. The Megadrive is likely
when t h e ma c h in e machine that would give to be launched officially by Virgin in this
we'd be delighted to support
appeared, although th e UK gamesplayers t h e country around Easter 1990. Virgin have
unit faces tough opposi it, but in the meantime the PC true Engine experience. already given a good deal of support to
bon f r o m t h e S e g a Engine Plus has to be the only Importing u n it s f r o m the Sega Mastersystem and will doubt-
Megadrive (due here next Japan, they've re-engi- less continue the tradition with the
Easter) and th e ye t-t• alternative for the UK games neered them and turned Megadrive. You can expect a steady
appear Konix, b o th o f enthusiast.' out something they call release of software and perhaps even a
which a r e technically J a m e s De x t e r the PC Engine Plus. regular magazine to back up your pur-
superior. Although i t chase.
However, Ws the games that have got the doesn t have the official blessing of NEC, the The NEC PC Engine is a more doubt-
boys clamouring for Engines. For some rea- Plus gives you everything you'd expect from an ful prospect on the support side_ NEC
son, the NEC machine has generated some auMorised UK Engine. Mention have, aided by themselves have still not decided
superb titles - probably something to do with Warwick Electronics Mike Phillips, provided a whether to support the European market
its success in Japan - and the range of soft- quality power supply and - most importantly - or not, and this long delay would seem to
ware, combined with the technical excellence re-engineered the TV output and made alter- indicate that the company is more inter-
of the games, makes the machine a very ations to the case that ensure the Engine ested in Japan and the USA than in
attractive proposition. blasts away to its full potential. The result is a Europe. It this is the case, we can hardly
But there's a problem. The only Engines on neat little unit that will accept all the official expect much support from them even if
sale in th is country have been Japanese peripherals (many other UK versions can't, they do officially release the product here.
imports. These machines expect not only a dif- because you have to plug in a PAL booster) The same thing happened with the Nin-
ferent power supply, but also a different (NTSC) and - most importantly - delivers a needle tendo, which - although 'officially'
TV system to output through_ Dealers have got sharp display. And it costs 1.199.99, cheaper launched here some time ago has had a
round this problem by adding on various don- than many less impressive offerings... very chequered history and is only now
gles that convert the UK mains voltage to the ARCADE MANI A getting anything like the support it needs.
required levels and output a proper PAL TV sig- James Dexter of Mention Technical Services is The PC Engine Plus, although an
nal... nothing if not an arcade freak. Hot on the heels excellent product, is still an 'unauthorised'
import and the companies producing it
are unlikely to be able to ship many units.

ENGINETROUBLE In some respects this may help on the

support side - you're more likely to get
individual attention - but in the long term
it means that the machine is unlikely to
Typical problems expedence with unauthorised PC Engine's in the UK are generally caused achieve the sales needed for widespread
by either an unreliable power supply or a poor quality modulator. grass-roots support, dedicated maga-
The basic system requires an input from the power supply of around 9 to 10 volts. How- zines, and so on...
ever, many supplies tested by Mention were actually outputting as much as 12 or 13 volts.
This isn't going to stop the machine from working, but it has a whole load of knock-on
effects.
The first thing that happens is that the Engine's regulator, which receives this current of the PC Engine Plus will be an extraordinary
and outputs it at a steady 5 volts, begins to overheat and drive out more current. This in beast called the Personal Arcade Plus. This lit-
turn affects the modulator, which itself begins to overheat and send more current to the dis- tle number (big number, actually) gives you a
play - and at this point you really begin to notice it. For example, the PC Engine can dis- complete coin-op look-alike arcade machine in
play 16 colours at once and change those colours very rapidly, giving the effect in a game your own home - all you do is plug in your
of having a very large colour capability. This is often used on, say, large end-of-level aliens Sega, Nintendo, PC Engine, o r Atari console
where the programmer might draw upon several different shades ' 'from the red area of the and the inbuilt circuitry takes over, giving you a
palette to produce a delicately shaded beastie. nice title blasting corner in the sifting room.
Unfortunately. red just has to be one of the areas of the display spectrum most affected Doubtless, the enterprising punters will fit their
by current fluctuation, and instead of delicate shades, with an overheating modulator, all own coin slots and call the neighbours round_
you're likely to get are smudgy pink, or smudgy red, or smudgy white. Not only that, but Mention also distribute imported Sega
'vision buzz' can set in, with the image quivering in sync with the soundtrack. Not very Megadrives, claiming them to be the only mod•
attractive, And then there are associated problems of a 'rolling' display, or or other subtle els fully compatible with the Genesis software
scrolling effects that weren't exactly what the programmer Intended. range and with future UK software (to be
Any PC Engine sold in the UK (since NEC have yet to produce a proper Euro-version) released when Virgin launch their version next
is going to have to tackle these problems. The PC Engine Plus has certainly succeeded year).
better than most - and without any dongles_ The quality of the display is excellent and the
unit doesn't overheat. Definitely a good buy for Engine freaks and game enthusiasts alike..

2 8 Advanced ComputerEntertainment
 PC ENGINE
up,
me
is by
offi-
ifs
MEGADRIVE
are a

Ilec-
is not

sup-
likely
this -0ESpace Ha r r i e r 2 fol l ow s i n
lave about, so, you'll probably the s a m e v e i n a s t he or i gi -
G nal a s f a r a s ga m e pl a y i s
I ignore th e question o f c onc e r ne d, b u t t h a t i s
bt-
t a
support altogether (see panel w her e t h e s i m i l a r i ty e nds .
o opposi
m te) and make your deci- The g r a p h i c s a n d s p e e d
si
eon entirely on the basis of the w oul d put t he c oi n op or i gi -
nal t o s ha m e . E v e n r e a l l y
na sprite
p movements in Alien Chain- huge s pr i t e s g l i d e a r o u n d
Saw
o Champion. A man (o r a the s c r e e n w i thout s l ow i ng
woman) after our own hearts... dow n, l e a v i n g n o t h i n g t o
w
The PC Engine already has de tr a c t f r o m t h e h e c t i c
oubt- e a tm os phe r e i nduc e d w h i l e
'; an extensive software base,
rcompared to the modest amount pl ayi ng. The s ound c om pl e -
m e nts t h e q u a l i t y o f t h e
iof title s available f o r t h e ga m e w i t h s om e e x c e l l e nt
sMegadrive, but is quality more tune s a n d t h e b e s t d i g i -
w ti sed s p e e c h t o d a t e .
important than quantity? Sega Al though S p a c e Ha r r i e r 2
h ously don't think so — in fact
obvi is t h e m o s t i m p r e s s i v e
irdly theya don't seem to think of the g111191. ga m e o f i t s k i nd, i t ha r dl y
lit Engi
t ne as a great threat since 411•11P411=111 s tr e tc he s t he Me ga dr i v e t o
its l i m i ts a nd a s good a s i t
theyi have allowed versions o f
here.
some of their own titles to be , m ay be , i t i s onl y l i kel y t o
in-
rel
t
s e ased for it, a rare concession 44111111w kei
t
id a in the console world where the a
a
usual rule is 'my machine, my games, and You can't buy a Konix (yet), you t
leveryone keep off'.
eds. t
l Sega's Space Harrier — the hugely suc- want something beefier than a r
cessful 3D shoot-em-up —has been converted a
ised' Nintendo, and you're a games
for a great many machines but the PC Engine c
It
t
version is closest to the arcade original_ The connoisseur. In fact, you're a f
scrolling is beautifully smooth and the speed of
a
some levels is positively nerve racking. The fussy, alien-bashing so-and-so.
n
graphics are almost identical to the coin op
Ban Which games powerhouse s
10 and all the levels are present. o
The sound on Space Harrier, however, is should you go for? f
quite poor compared to other titles on the t s a nd G hosts on the I l e ga dr i v e .
G houl
Engine and although all the speech is there, h
none of it is intelligible If you now look at the seen in a game. There are nine extremely long eTo declare one of these machines superior,
MegArive, however, you'll find that Sega have levels, each containing guardians which must wouldo b e difficult a n d misleading. T h e
chosen not to release Space Harrier at all, but be defeated if you are to progress any further. Megadrive
r is the more technically advanced,
rdinary instead have created Space Harrier 2. Although Gunhead is a touch on the easy but ithe software and peripheral support is rela-
The first game which shows what the side, it is never boring since the pace is always g poor. The PC Engine, on the other hand,
tively
Ns lit-
you a Megadrive can do is Ghouls and Ghosts, a con- fast and furious. However, if the ease of play hasia large range of software available and
n
hine in version of Capcom's arcade classic; the sequel does not appeal it is also the only game I know peripherals which include the already popular
a
nyour to Ghosts and Goblins. Taking the role of Arthur of with a cheat mode that makes the game CD ROM player.
l
onsole the Knight, you run, lump and shoot your way more difficult! Which of the two consoles to buy is a mat-
.
:you a through ten levels to kill Lucifer and rescue the ter of preference and patience. If you are look-
room. princess_ This is a perfect adaptation of the ing for a high quality range of top class soft-
it their coin op, both graphically and audibly, the only ware, you would have to opt for the established
und. difference being that you don't have to feed it PCEngine. However, if you are willing to hold
Sega your hard earned cash. Ghouls and Ghosts is out for a few months until the Sega releases
rnod- quite simply one of the best platform games become more frequent and Virgin hopefully
rftware available in the home. supports the machine, you may decide that it
to be The PC Engine may not be able to beat the was well worth the wait
nnext Megadnve in the platform game stakes, but it
does have the best shoot-em-up you can buy,
in the shape of Gunhead• Gunhead is a vertical
blast with the most awesome array of weapons -Nit S pa c e Har r i er on the P C E ngi ne-

AdvancedComputerEntertainment. 2 9
 SOFTWAREFORTHEENGINE:
WASIT WORTHTHEWAIT?
At last a technically reliable PC Engine has
appeared fo r the UK market. The technical
superiority of the hardware is not worth any-
thing, however, unless the software available
for the machine comes up to scratch. Here we
present an overview of a selection of the soft-
ware currently available f o r the PC Engine in
this country and address the question on most
game players lips: 'Was it worth the wait?
R-TYPE
R-Type began life as a hit arcade game from
'rem Corporation. It was the first shoot-ern-up
to really make use of power-ups for the players
craft. The add-ons available in the game are
not merely gimmicks. but essential if you are to
complete the game. The game is practically
indistinguishable from the original_ Great graph-
ics, great sound, and plays like a dream.
The only problem with R-type is that it won't
fit on one cartridge_ Hudson Soft have put the
game on two cartridges (three levels on each).
Both cartridges are available separately, but
you will have to pay twice as much if you want
the whole game.
POWER LEAGUE II
This game is a simulation of Baseball featuring
extremely nice 30 graphics. In terms of sheer
attractiveness nothing on the ST o r Amiga
comes close except Cinemaware's TV Sports:
Football. The appearance of this title is good
news for prospective and existing PC Engine
owners since i t i s a n indication that th e
machine is attracting more than just coMser-
sions of arcade games.
LEGENDARY AXE
This is a fairly standard platform game, very
similar in atmosphere to Elite's aging game,
Beyond the Ice Palace. This was quite an early
release for the PC Engine and has now been
P acm an's l ook i ng pl e a s e d w i th hi m sel f i n P aci and, but not for l ong. . .
30 Advanced ComputerEntertainment
superseded b y much better soft-
ware, unless you are a real platform
addict I can't really recommend this
one.
CYBER CROSS
This is another early release, but
thankfully it is a lot more playable
than Legendary Axe. This one is a
martial arts type game set in the not
too distant future. It is certainly noth-
ing special. There have been many
martial arts beat-ern-ups appearing
over recent years, and Cyber Cross
doesn't really offer anything that you A ty pi c a l
haven't seen before. Having said
that, it is a reasonably competent effort.
PACLAND
The original Pacland arcade game from Namco
is getting on a bit in years now, not to mention
the Pac characters who inhabit rt. Nevertheless
it is still quite a good game, and should appeal
to younger players as well as old timers. It is
nice to see that a few old favourites are being
launched for the Engine as well as the very lat-
est releases. Let's hope even more are forth-
coming.
GUNHED
As a vertically scrolling, collect the add-ons,
shoot-em-up Gunhed holds no surprises. It's
very fast, and very colourful, but other than
that there's not really a lot here to hold the
interest. There are already some far superior
shoot-ern-ups available for the Engine (witness
R-Type), so it is difficult to see this having much
appeal for Engine owners.
FINAL LAP
This is at first sight a three-dimensional racing
game a la Pole Position but also seems to have
-m t im um m E im iniE M E RM I E
end-of-14M na s ty i n Ft-Type.
a quest of some sort involved. We didn't actual-
ly get to play all of this one because of a slight
complication: None of us can read Japanese!
Incidentally, this is one of the pitfalls of buying
PCEngine software at present, although admit-
tedly this was the first game that presented
complications.
SIDEARMS
Sidearms is a conversion of an ancient but
enjoyable sideways-scrolling shootem-up.
which once again involves rearming yourself
with more and more powerful weaponry. The
action is certainly fast and very, very hard. But
the game also has an addictive 'just one more
time appeal'.
T HE NINJ A WARRIORS
A good conversion o f a rather more recent
martial-arts game from Tait°. There is a slight
twist to this one in that the ninja's in question
are robots, and l s
of
. gleaming me ta l a re rather ominously
revealed.
y o u gIt certainly
e t warrants a look if you like
combat
d a m a g games.
eINd CONCL USION
sLooking
e at c the
t titles currently available for the
iEngione the
n impression
s you are left with is that
the good majority of games released are going
to be arcade conversions. The Engine is, how-
ever, superbly suited to this type of game so at
least what you get will be acceptably close to
the originals.
Titles like Power League II and Final Lap
are indications that there might be one or two
games that break the mould, and Pacland is a
good sign that there will be one or two golden
oldies rearing their ancient heads.
Obviously because the Engine is not yet
officially available for the UK, British owners
are going to have to put up with software
aimed a t the Japanese Market. This means
Japanese instruction booklets and Japanese
on-screen messages in some games. Whether
this situation will change in the near future
remains to be seen. But you can rest assured
that what is currently available for the Engine
was definitely worth waiting for.
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If you thought that a ll y ou did The problem is that in its unadulterated THE COST
form, watching a video is a completely passive The Viewmaster is aimed primarily at younger
with VCR's was watch The Fly experience a n d t h e medium itse lf totally gamesters, and although it's certainly not the
and Gone with the Wind, think sequential - you sit there and watch a pre- total fulfilment of the promise of what Interac-
again. John Cook checks out a recorded tape from the beginning right through tive VCR can offer, it's definitely a step in the
to the end. What the VCR lacks, baring the odd right direction, demonstrating the basic princi-
box of tricks that can turn the intervention with the remote control, is that ples that will apply to systems following on - if
humble v l d i n t o a powe r f ul magical attribute, interactivity. and when they happen.
Video cameras, it's true, have allowed the Priced at under $100 retail, the Viewmas-
games system...
cinematically gifted consumer to put down his ter can overlay computer graphics onto a video
own images on tape but, once the image is image, letting you play simple games side by
captured and in the can, the control over the side with cartoon or TV images, The code for
image itself is limited - unless you have full the games is encoded on the Video tape, inter-
success story of the decade, on both access to the editing suite and even then you leaved with the Video signal, s o the units
I sides of the Atlantic, has to be the Video still haven't got past the problem of the com- "know" what point the tape is at in the run -
TIape Recorder. Probably the most sophisticat- plete lack of interactivity. and so when to end the game and start loading
edn piece of electronic equipment ever to enter. So what are millions of consumers unknow- the code of another.
the
t home, the VCR has rocketed from zero per- ingly wafting for? Interactive VCR, that's what, In effect, the interactivity is limited to the
cent
h market penetration in the seventies to the and the whole concept is a lot closer to coming player and the graphics, with the video images
present,
e almost saturation level. How many to market than you can imagine, with the first serving to introduce the various games and act
peopl
f e do you know with a TV without a VCR? unit lust launched onto the market in the USA as backgrounds to them, so its usefulness is
i Of course, the dream o f the marketing this month - the Ideal Viewmaster System. And limited, but it does serve to show that the prin-
entrepreneur - once a piece of equipment is if you're thinking that this is of no interest at all, ciple of Interactive VCR can work, and work
e
installed into the home - is to get an associat- you're wrong. Interactive VCR isn't necessarily well. Early laser disk games worked in much
edl piece of hardware installed next to It as fast
all about corporate training schemes - it's the same way, overlaying a computer generat-
dpossible, to enhance the utility of the origi-
as about games, since most of those VCR's in the ed image of a space-ship on an exotic video
o machine and prolong its useful life, But
nal home are there for one reason: entertainment. landscape. They were pretty naff by today's
f head cleaners, dust covers and aerobics
after The big boys know when they're on to a good standards, but the boffins have something up
tapes,
c where the hell do you go with a VCR? one... their sleeves that could change everything...
o
n HY P E R- I NTE RACTI V E
s These other systems, presently under wraps,
u are truly interactive and can produce fabulous
m Interactive g l a g g results_ Unfortunately we can't, for legal rea-
e Idi be a foolish prophet to write either of them off, or mark one far superior than The sons, mention the unit by name - so we'll call it
System X. Check this out and get excited...
r en.fOn e pthe
e face of it. CD! has to win hands down. 600 Meg of random access data, a
System X has tour independently accessi-
e ertula n 68000
d Cbased E machine and the might of big electronics companies behind it. But
ble tracks of video on a single tape with 12
l what
T Ihappened
N I M between Laservision and VCR in the past.
Price is a powerful factor, and it's well known that if COI comes to market in the next tracks of sound. There's a sophisticated con-
e I N G r
troller so all the tracks can by displayed simul-
c ayou are
c going
W e to have to fork Out in excess of El 000 to grab it irillially. That's a lot.
taneously, if necessary, with complete control
COI.
s in itst present configuration, still finds it difficult to animate a whole screen of vid
t over the viewing window (or windows) size plus
vincingly.
i l
r a high resolution graphics overlay capability.
Tape
l has no problem with this, but its sequential access is more tricky to handle and
o This is the kind of spec that makes profession-
ainly
i more limted - Interactive VCR would need a 4 track system to truly compete.
n nology is there, and a high end Interactive VCR system would retail at less than 0 0 0 al game designers drool - it does truly give
n
i Onlytthe will was there, Interesting, eh? you a chance of true interactivity - the kind that
c is only in prototype with CDI at present.
h
s e
, i r AdvancedComputerEntertainment 35
t i n
 HOWVIEWMASTERWORKS
Exactly how do you make VCR interactive? information as actual screens of text.
It's not easy, but with a little technological Its easier to think of VBI like this when
know-how, it can be done. The Viewmaster you think of tape - ii takes a finite time for
system is relatively low tech, with a single the beam to make its way from the bottom
video track that is constantly running, the right of the screen back up to the start of
normal audio track, and an extra track of the next frame at the top left Considering
digital sound - used for game codes and that the tape is running at a constant speed Ludw i g v o n D r a k e i s y our h o s t o n T h e
sound effects squeezed in on what is called while this is happening, it means you have Di sney C a r t o o n A r c a de . . . The m e s s a g e
the Vertical Blanking Interval (see figure 1). a small area of tape between each frame_ on the bl a c k boa r d c oul d be ge ne r a te d by
the V i e w m a s te r i f ga m e pl a y de m a nde d. . .
which you can use as you wish. (See Fig 2).
Ele ctro n be a m sca n pa tte rn
r a pe r 2 V i d e o t a p e v e r ti c a l b l e n k i n e i n te r v a l This technology has already been devel-
b I NI C
I --• • • O m.
U14
oped by an 'American company' (no names, no
.1 pack drill) and could hit the market right now at
,
,
--
+ -
---• 1 1 1 .--.7 .- a price point of about £200. Interested? Who
4
oN • -• -• ---- Oil. wouldn't be! The trouble with this baby, howev-
. 6 --
m er, is that the system has outgrown the original
:-NI - - - - 1_••
___a ,
41-
•
backers' expectations....and now they don't
ON
• fi .-- _ _ AI --- - - •o t I know what to do with it. Wealthy techno freaks
• are cordially invited t o send. eight figure
ON S 10P The ti ny ti m e ga p a s t he e l e c tr on be a m
I l l . , fr om t h e bottom o f t h e scr een cheques into the Ace editorial offices and we'll
ba c k t o t he t op i s t he s e c r e t t o i ntense. do our best to put you in touch with the rele-
The e l e c tr on be a m s c a ns t he phos phor l i ve v i de o te c hni que s , pr ov i di ng a 'w i n- vant group!
scr een fr om t o p t o bot t om , s ti m ul a ti ng dow f o r da t a to be tr a ns m i tte d a nd pr o-
cessed b y t h e V i e w m a s t e r uni t . O n Joking aside, this level of technology, this
the phos phor t o pr oduc e l i ght. By a l te r -
ta pe , i t i s r e pr e s e nt e d b y t h e V e r t i c a l level of interactivity, does seem (inexplicably)
ing t he i nte ns i ty of t he be a m a s i t tr a v -
•l s , a r e a s of l i ght a nd de nt a r e bui l t up, Bl a nk i ng I nte r v a l ( V I M . to throw normally semi-sane marketing execu-
c r e a ti ng t h e v i s ua l i m a g e . W h e n t h e tives into paroxysms of catatonic seizure. The
be a m r e a c he s t h e S TO P poi nt, i t ha s t o In the case of Viewrnaster, it's used to
problem is, there has never been the kind of
tr avel ba c k to t he S TART. carry the program code to the download to interactivity we are talking about here in a con-
the Viewmaster unit, exactly like you'd load sumer electronic product. And few people have
This is the area of the screen beyond a program into any tape based computer - the confidence in the intelligence of the general
the usual scan of the beam that makes up only as it's giving the information in the gap public and the vision in design and exploitation
the TV picture every 30th of a second_ In between TV frames (and not on the audio
terms, to realise the full potential such a sys-
fact, it's the area where, on a UK TV pic- channel either. remember) - the loading of
tem could have. In the eyes of the men in suits,
ture, the Teletext information is displayed, the program is completely transparent to us video users have square eyes, pinhead
needing, of course, a decoder to display the the user.
brains, and are only able to understand words
beginning with 'Aaghghe or 'Mmmmminr.
Figure 3 The V ie wma s te r system System X is stuck with the same problem
faced by CDI and similar technologies - it is so
new and so, potentially, revolutionary that it can
IN be made to do almost anything you want it to
do... .the only thing it can't do is be stuck in a

Viewmaster comfortable and easily classifiable marketing

niche. In a situation where many millions of
pounds must be spent to bring such a system
into fruition, the nebulous quality of such flexi-
ble systems make execs and backers alike,
OUT nervous. Very nervous.
So that is the state of play with Interactive
VCR at present. One simple - but
effective for its target audience -
system on the market now. At least
one technically advanced system
waiting for someone to do some-
thing with it. And millions of con-
sumers wit h VCRs waiting f o r
Controller something that will change their
video tape machine into a games

1
machine. Or a powerful educational
tool. O r a n exciting information
provider. Or anything that anyone
with enough imagination can pro-
gram it for. If only the Cosmic Remote
_1Background ° W y l Graphic overlay Control had a Fast Forward...

yThe V i e w m a s te r i sn't m uc h m or e c om pl i c a te d tha n, say, a S pe c tr um . I t's a gr a phi THE CI NE MAWARE CO NNE CTI O N
So much for the hardware - but what about the
ge ne r a ti ng de v i c e t h a t s i ts be t w e e n t h e V C R a n d t h e TV w i t h e l e c tr oni c s t o G e
,l ock i t s o w n gr a phi c s o n t o t h e V CR's v i de o pi c tur e . I t's t he s e gr a phi c s t h a t f or m software?
the i nte r a c ti v e pa r t of t he e x pe r i e nc e , w i t h t he v i de o for m i ng t he ba c k gr ound a n d Ideal - backers of the Viewmaster - origi-
a l i nk be t w e e n t he ga m e s . W he n t he ti m e for a ga m e ha s e l a ps e d, t he ol d pr ogr a m
nally approached Disney to produce a game for
c ode i s dum pe d, a nd ne w c ode dow nl oa de d for a ne w ga m e , w hi l e t he ga m e i ts e l f
Is be i ng "I ntr oduc e d" by a ne w s e c ti on of vi deo a c ti on. Si m pl e, but e ffe c ti v e . the system using the world famous Disney

3 6 Advance0 ComputerEntertainment
 characters, such as Donald Duck, Goofy and
everyone's favourite rodent, Mickey Mouse.
Having no experience in the game field, who
else should Disney approach in turn to produce
SYSTEMX
it for them, but the 'masters of the interactive
movie on computer' - the Cinemaware Corpo- I 411111111. ontlitpiece of video separately sized window or just filling t
ration? is much harder and requires a fair screen like a normal TV picture.
Experience and expertise gained through ount of electronic wizardry to both As well as being able to select betwee
producing classic games like Defender of the omplish the feat and switch freely tracks - as allowed by the program - the
Crown and Rocket Ranger proved useful for tween them. What happens is this._ System X unit can overlay complex graph-
the company, who handed over the project to On the video tape itself the information ics onto the video imagels, which can be
Ptie its Interactive Dept, headed up by ex-rock star, each 'track' is not sequential. but inter- under the control of the user - as in a game
'sage ved between information for other tracks
movie maker David Riordan. Design and pro- - or just used as a scoreboard or other type
ed by
Jed— duction was done in-house, with the actual pro- e Fig 4). Thus the information for Track of graphic overlay. The overhead in inter-
gramming of the Viewmaster unit done by Ideal
technicians. After, 'trying a bunch of ideas and System X Video tape
devel-
es, no six months of hard work, the Disney Cartoon
low at Arcade was born. Screen S c r e e n S c r e e n _ OScreen
C
n
cre
S
i een 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
?Who The tape is a series of 9 simple arcade Frame F r a m e I Fr a m e F r a m e F r a m e F r a m e F r a m e F r a m e
iowev• games (mostly overlaid on video) linked togeth- 1 _1 f 1 1 2 2 2 2
riva l er by cartoon footage introduced by Disney
don't character Ludwig von Drake.
F
freaks In fact, although the running commentary •, t a Vtdeo
pe 1
4 _V
figure made by Ludwig is all about the Viewmaster e
dwell and tell you how to play all the games, only r
rele- existing cartoon footage w a s u se d b y t
Cinemaware - it was carefully selected and re- is found on frames i 1, 5, 9, 13. etc. That leaving the frames in this fashion is a
dubbed by Disney to a newly written script The Track 2 on framesc 2, 6, 10, 14, and so reduced frame rate on screen, but the low-
y, this
cably) effect is very convincing. 01 course, the aVBI is still used to carry est that System X goes to. even when dis-
axecu- e to program thel System X unit, which playing all four tracks at once is 15 frames
a.The GETTING FI RED UP ects which tracksb to display, and how to per second - only marginally worse than
iid of Ludwig introduces a segment of cartoon clas- l
cess them. As desired, all or any of the NTSC quality and still pretty good by stan-
acon- sics - such as Goofy trying to shovel coal into ks can be playeda at once.. .or repeated dard video game standards when you COn•
n wanted, each in its
r and over if you sider the image quality of the VCR.
,:have afurnace - and then goes on to explain how
k
eneral the game works. Coal and furnace graphics
itation are now overlaid onto the bottom half of the Figure i
n
System X
sys• screen and the user has to try and fire the coal g
suits, into the furnace, while the furnace door is open i
nhead - using the controller. After a set period of time n IN
Nords WI the game activity must be ended at exactly t
the right time or the overlay effect would be e
%tem spoilt) the game ends, Ludwig goes into his r
is so next routine and the unit remembers your v
it can score. a
t it to At the end of all nine games (around 30 D
minutes of elapsed time), you are given a tot& w
kin a
e
(eting score and invited to play again. Simple, but
c
ns of effective - kids of the target age range love t
(stem the idea of cartoon characters actually talking i
fiexi- to them and enjoy the challenge of the basic o
alike, hand/eye and puzzle games. n
Ideal must have liked the final result too - o
active the Cinemaware-designed Disney tape is bun- f
-but dled with the machine, with extra tapes (six oth- t
ice - ers in all) leaturing Sesame Street and Muppet a
least characters weighing in at around S25. p
istem e Controller
WHEN WILL WE GET I T? t
iome-
COn- The Viewmaster concept was developed as far r Tracks active
a
: for back as 1985 with the Belgium firm of Sydec Jumble of 4 tracks v
their' originally planning a four track system. This e Overlay 0
ames was soon cut down to the single track that now
honal exists to keep it in the price bracket suitable Major development l o f the system went 1 1at the same
inevitable', he states, although
from 1986 to 1988, awith the unit now coming time worried that the complexity of the concept
lation for the toy market - below S100. c The principle concept
to market in Fall 1989. makes advertising and marketing a real prob-
iyone r
of Audio Switching was developed by Michael lem - having to rely at the end of the day on
pro- o
Freeman of ACTV in sNew York, along with Eric simple word of mouth endorsement.
mote
Schmit of Sydec. Other s key engineers working When will t he Viewmaster b e on sale in
on the project includedh Eric Beck, Tina Eden Europe? Long te rm plans exist, b u t i t a ll
and Hen Joyaux, along e with Gary Evans who depends on the initial success of the unit in the
was responsible for thea inclusion of the colour US and Japan. Converting the system to PAL
it the
graphics chip...the unit
d was originally designed and SECAM TV standards is possible, but not
with a black and whiteI overlay display in mind. easy, due to different resolutions and frame
ongi Gary himself is confident in the future of rates. Only time will tell whether it makes the
le for
both the product and the underlying concept - big jump over the pond.
isney Dave Riordan o f Ci nem aw ar o 'It seems to us that interactive television is

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When Eugene Lacey visited David Braben in his Cambridge
retreat, he expected to hear all about Elite Two. But Britain's
most respected programmer took him far beyond it, with
some compelling — and unexpected — comments on the
future of games technology...
author of Elite, Ian Bell is no longer involved in all the planets will be modelled correctly and
gets low on inspiration he only has the development of Elite II. We started on the you will be able to fly down to the surface
W to stroll to the balcony of his swish design of Elite II in 1984 when we were still at There will be cities on the surfaces of planets
h
Cambri dge flat and gaze out across the Cam University. Ian Bell wrote an interpretive lan- and a lot going on for the player to do'
to
e Magdalene College. Just a few feet below guage to write it, but we were forced to stop_ 'The graphics will be very much different to
ns window students and tourists punt up and
hi After about a year we decided to give up. The what's gone before. Despite some people say-
down
c easily within ear shot, though the com- design for Elite II was very ambitious. It was ing the graphics in Virus represent the planet
muni
o cations is usually just one way: 'Its amaz- running - but too slowly. It just wasn't doing sequence of Elite II that is absolutely untrue. It
in
- g', he remarks, '_..the number of drunks who what we wanted it do. We were programming is not all of that style even, Everything will be in
start singing 'Just One Cornefto". on the BBC and in the end decided it was fool-
a first person view as if seen from a space ship.
The penthouse flat and Audi Quatro parked ish to design a game that could be done on an Unlike Elite the player will not be restricted to a
u the garage are the spoils of Elite and Virus
in 8bit machine. Ian Bell then gave up on the pro-
t space vehicle. There is a car that can be driven
- best sellers all over the world, but it's typical ject.'
h the calm, unassuming personality of Braben as well - and a VERY large space ship.'
of The famous Braben/Bell partnership thus
o he should reinvest his proceeds from the 'There is also a war going on_ The player
that reached an amicable conclusion and Elite II was
r can decide the extent to which he wants to get
enormousl y successful games in a place to shelved until Spring '87 when David Braben involved and interact with it. The trading will be
o Not a Ferrari or Paul Smith suit in sight,
work. decided to resurrect it after completing Virus. there, but in a much more low key way - and it
just
f a very nice place to live and work - which But don't get too excited - there's still at least will be far more realistic.'
isEprecisely what David Braben has been doing another year's work to do on the game before Braben i s particularly pleased with the
for
l the last eighteen months - coding away on it hits the shops in Christmas 1990.
Elite it Elite 11 map. 'I t will completely simulate a
i 'The game is designed to follow logically galaxy, unlike Elite, which was a pretty poor
tRING THE BELL from Elite. It takes a lot of the ideas that we stab with its two dimensional map with its two
knew we couldn't do in Elite and incorporates
Alethough the entryphone card reads 'Braben thousand planets.' To hear someone describing
D Bell - Biaben's former flat mate, and co- them, There will be very much greater scope in Elite as a 'pretty poor stab' is a sobering expe-
and terms of what the player can do - for instance
a rience f o r a games reviewer! But Braben
v doesn't seem to make sacred cows out of his
previous successes.
i"II didn't set out to think how I could do a better Elite - a sort of Elite
d
with bells and whistles. The Basic Elite design was very simple. The O H FUTURE CO MP UTE RS AND THE
B ACE CHALLE NG E
computer
r didn't have to keep track of very much a l l that is kept
Braben is not convinced the ACE Challenge
track
a of is the number of kills, le ga l status, amount of cash held e tc Computer is the way forward.
b
- there will be a lot more for it do in Elite II It seems incredibly complicated. Your plan
forth".
,e i n t e r n a l s is to have more or less two of everything. If I
n were building a machine for the future - I would
p o l i t i c s
a n d Advanced ComputerEntertainment 41
 ONFASTERPROCESSORSAND
MOREMEMORY..
'It will make a big difference.. If you make the effort, having more memory will make things go
faster because instead of evaluating functions you can have them in a big table. You then just
get it out of the table precalculated.'
'Speed will make things easier - the games will be able to do a lot more in the time allotted
- people like nice smooth displays and it will be possible to include a lot more detail in these
smooth displays. Games are currently running quite slowly_ You will be able in the future to have
a lot more interaction with moving objects. I would like to think we can approach the interactive
film stage in games'

put in just one very powerful custom chip
because then the circuit board gets vastly
shrunk and the cost of external links comes
down - and if y o u imagine that a future
machine will need very fast access to the RAM
- and possibly a very wide bus - say 64bit, or
at least 32bit. then you've got all these tracks
on the circuit board which hikes the cost of the
machine enormously.
Braben's dream machine is likely to be
based on some o f the latest chip designs.
The 8 8 0 0 0 processor or Intel's I 860; they
are two very interesting processors. They both
do an awful lot within the chip - floating point in
the instruction set - rather than having an
external floating point processor'.
These chips are yet to be incorporated into
new computers but they are certain to be used
in the near future with IBM announcing an inten-
tion to use the I 860 - a development wel-
comed by Braben. Claims are made for the I
860 that up 120 MIPS can be used at peak
execution speed. With that sort o f power" it
seems totally unnecessary to have a separate
chip to do things like 3D maths as you suggest
in the ACE Challenge design'.
There are a whole lot of ways 3D graphics can
be modified.
'Once you start talking about machines in
three o r four years time you've then g o t
sufficient power to start doing things like real
reflections. The current set of machines can
only just manage to polygon draw. They can't
do things like arbitrary texturing, shadowing o r
reflections. Polygons are useless fo r doing
things like reflections because it's not poly-
gons you're drawing - you are actually drawing
images of what a reflective scene would look
like'.
I NTE RACTI V E MOVI E HYPE
Despite claims by various companies that they
already provide interactive movies, Braben is
far from convinced. 'We are nowhere near it... I
mean something where it would be like buying
a video and interacting with the world por-
trayed by the images you see, that kind of
things is years and years and years away - you
can't even do it on Crays nowt'.
Braben sees a long hard road to the inter-
active movie world but is confident we will get
there. He believes the necessary steps are :a
lot of effort in software and the new brand of
hardware along the lines of the I 860 type.
From its sheer speed and generality of its
instruction set, that is approaching the sort of
speed we'd need'. If Braben could have taken
an 1-860 back in a time ship to around about
1984 Elite would have been a very different
game.
More sophisticated game designs a re
needed t o exploit the power o f the new
machines to the full_ Braben believes there are
signs already o f games designers using
greater power more intelligently. The problem
with development currently is the limitations of
the machines. You may decide I want to do
this, wow this is going to be amazing, but then
you realise it is going to run something like
once every ten minutes, if it runs at all. On the
other hand, we have still got a lot more to get
out of the Amiga and the ST.'
O N 32 BI T CO MP UTE RS AND
SWI RLI NG CLO UDS
On 32 bit computers Braben is a firm fan of the
Archimedes and believes the Fujitsu FM Towns
is 'very interesting but believes for the gamer
in the street that i s not as big a leap as
from 8 to 16 bit because the main thing people
have noticed from 8 to 16 bit has been the
increase of colours and the resolution of the
screens. The improvement from 16 bit to 32
bit will be tenuous. It will be more of a subtle
thing. The graphics are doing more, they are
more sophisticated.
'Games like R-Type don't need the power
of a 32 bit processor. The Amiga already has

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designs are making the wrong assumptions T
about what the software will be like. Although .
the use of customised chips - such as the Trit-
ter in the ACE Challenge design, for example - I
are useful fo r fulfilling certain contemporary n
design requirements, they are limited to that t
function. Bratien would prefer a more flexible e
computer that can adopt to changes in soft-
ware design. He illustrates his point by refer- r
ring to 3D designs, adding that our ACE Chal- n
lenge computer would be a 'pain in the neck to a
use.. .At the time the Amiga came out, the few
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they put a line drawer in the Blitter and every- C
one did line drawn games. That was thought to o
be the future of 30 programming, but if you I n V i r us the ga m e w a s de s i gne d t o r un on a m a c hi ne t ha t i s not tr ul y c a pa bl e of doing
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line drawn. Filled polygons are what you've got Virus i t w oul d ha v e be e n pos s i bl e t o ha v e a hor i z on goi ng of f I nt o i nfi ni ty. O ne of the
now, but even they are certainly not going to m ai n pr obl em s of the %lame is t ha t y ou a c a n't s e . ver y tar. A fi r st pe r s on v i e w w oul d also
be flavour of the month for very much longer. ha v e be-en possi bl e. The ga m e de s i gnl fr om t he poi nt of vi ew of w ha t t he pl ayer is doi ng
is ver y si m pl e'.
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the processor is going to spend more time
doing nothing. However, the sort o f games
where it will make a phenomenal difference are
games of the Elite/30 environment type where
it does require a lot of processing power to get
anything that looks impressive, As far as Elite
type games are concerned the power will vast-
ly effect the graphics and also the feel of the
game. It will be possible, for example. to have
big swirling clouds.'
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repaint the entire display 5 0 times a second, now if it will be possi- 4
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dant.' 11 3D drii1Shics on it."
'However, there are game designs coming
through that will exploit more sophisticated
graphics and I believe people will eventually be
weaned off the umpteenth variation on R-Type.
The only type o f game that needs greater
power is the 3D game or the scenario with
very, very intricate game play - certain simula- ONCOSMIC OSMOAND HYPER
tors, for example.'

O N CD S O FTWARE
Braben believes the vast amounts of memory
made accessible by CD
more likely to be used than the extra
power of processors. It would be very useful to
have access to vast databases. You could pro-
vide real maps of areas i n which you could
adventure. You could have adventures taking
place in real towns, That sort of thing is just
not possible at the moment. People make a
sort of stab at it with scenery disks for flight
sims where you could about make out that you
are flying over San Francisco with a very
basic outline of the Golden Gate bridge, I'm
talking about something where you can actually
walk down the streets and explore - and then
you can set a game scenario within that reali-
ty,..That amount of data would be very useful'.
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Never mind the quantity, what about the quality is Braben's view of Cyan Software's much talked
about Macintosh game.
'Things like Cosmic Osmo are an amusing irrelevance. They've just put an enormous number
of pictures on a disk all linked 1-lypercard-style. It's very easy to make a lot of data - even com-
pressed pictures occupy quite a lot of memory. It's an interesting idea to say that exploration is
the sole point of the game. Exploration is fun - but it does need an awful lot to support it. That
can't be the only thing to the game. There has to be other things going on if it's just a slide
show - however beautifully drawn there is ultimately no point. It's a pre-designed tree, a sort of
Dragon's Lair.'
'What's more, it isn't a world that you can arbitrarily explore. You can't blow a hole in the wall
and go through it. It's all pre-arranged. Once you've done it, you've done it. There may be one
cupboard you haven't opened but thats it.'

O N CONSOLES AND VI C 20'S

'The PC Engine has the same problem as the
machine suggested in the ACE Challenge.
They have pre-assumed the type of graphics.
That is probably fair enough in something like
the PC Engine. It is drawing very large bit
dumps, sprites, and a large number of colours,
and is doing it reasonably quickly'.
But it is a fairly slow machine and also the
sort of machine that it is very hard to do a dif-
ferent type of game on. The CD on it is just a
gimmick. It's really little more than a fast load-
ing device. I don't consider that to be a form of
CD.'

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this exclusive interview. We look forward to get- Cosm i c O s m o - j us t a cosm i c i m sl evence?
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m about
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, Cave, Batmobtle, Batwing, and face a final
b No, e I didn'ts like the movie. Not that it mat- showdown with the Joker in Gotham Cathedral.
ters
t h much asaeveryone has seen it by now any- All of the sections of the game are enter-
way
e and (regardless y of what I thought of it) taining and rewarding but the real thrill of the
there
fi is no doubt that it provides excellent game is when you sit behind the wheel of the
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t N s is the r last of the mid-89 film block- lob they have made of it.
tbusters to beeconverted to the home computer
It plays like a sort of Bat-style Chase HQ
iscreen, We'veahad James Bond, Indiana Jones, coin-op which - considering Ocean have the
m
and now thet Caped Crusader from Gotham rights to that coin-op - bodes well for more
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City enters the g fray In what is by far the best of thrills t o come from the Mancunian games
I all in terms
'em a of computer entertainment. house. The aim of the game here is to sort out
c Right from m the opening screens you can the Joker's van which is speeding through the
see
a and hearethe quality of the conversion and streets of Gotham City.
get
n to grips with s the Batgear you have always Taking the controls of the Batwing laucn-
longed to haveh a go on. There is the famous
h hes another 3 D game which h a s beeen
Bat•rope with its Bat-anchor that latches onto superbly executed. Reminiscent of Afterburner
o a and enables our hero
window ledges as you swoop low over the carnival taking out
n
to swing intomaction_ A s well a s the Bat- the balloons (filled with nerve gas) that the
-shunkens thatethe super hero can lob at the
Joker is using to hold Gotham City to ransom.
lens to 'Kapow them out of the action.
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order to swing into the right position, kicking a
few villains into the middle of next week as you
fly through the air.
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the Bat-cap flies up when you jump to a plat-
form below. The game has quality written all
over it.

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 The final confrontation with the Joker takes
place in Gotham Cathedral. This is another plat- SPECTRUM VERSIO N
Only two colours on certain levels but retaining
form affair which is very similar to the Axis Fac- the same game play as the other versions. The
tory. The map is different though - and equally Batmobile level is slightty different on the Spec-
vast - so be prepared to tot down a few simple trum in that it is a horizontally scrolling race - as
sketch maps to help you fond your way around opposed t o the 3D version described above.
as you track down the opposition. Every bit as much fun to play as the 16-bit ver-
Ocean have captured all of the atmosphere sions.
of the film but have sensibly concentrated on a
few of the action sequences This makes for G RAP HI CS 7 1 0 FACTO R 8
five entertaining and challenging arcade games AUDI O 7 F U N FACTO R 8
at the end of which (if you're successful) you'll
triumph over the Joker without having to go ACE RATI NG 911
through a complex arcade-adventure style chal-
lenge as you do,for example, in the recent Indy A P
Action game. Maybe other licensee's will learn a Full of sound
- 1 and graphical frills. There is a
lesson here. delightful screen
4 1 when Jack Nicholson's Joker
Ocean are to be congratulated for putting appears laughing, and later asks it you have ever
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so much effort into an excellent arcade game - danced m the pale moonlight'. Far superior sound
1 1
especially when, given the Bat-hype, even Bat- arid speed to all other versions as the Amiga flex-
1 1
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1 1 game.
the number one slot on all formats. Proves that
cynical commercialism does not always triumph
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spot?
t h Read on and discover for yourself... I NT I K S
example, o r Race Across the Centre of The
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r r y Possible. The possibilities are almost endless...
The city itself, and therefore the whole
game, is laid out with filled vectors, and very
s t
iti has never had the benefits of factory spon- A A A impressive they are too, Skyscrapers are real
sorship like Ferrari and Porsche have. Even so, skyscrapers, you can almost hear the hoards
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of screaming kids on the school buses and you
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them out on impromptu races through the city can pricatically feel the bump as you run over
lstreets now and again. You are one of those Fun at the start, fun halfway through, and still little ladies overladen with shopping.
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owners. fun at the and...It's one of 'those' games! As with Falcon, you have many different
n Just a glance at the program and packag- views to choose from. You can look out left,
ing
g will tell you that Vette is going to be some- right and forward windows, with or without inte-
thing
l special. Programmed by the creators of rior
the PC VERSIO N
i aerial masterpiece Fa(con, Vette has all the its
. more of an arcade game you want, you can
complexity of design combined with clever sim- Vette supports ail coiour gra.ohics moaes and , choose the helicopter view, which gives you an
n o
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plicity
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and smooth and the use of colour is spot on Th e
ner—and should make Vette a winner too. er to play).
o sound is limited (surprise, surprise), but the game- t
First of all, you have to choose which of
fthe tour Corvettes to race, from a 1989 Stock, play certainly isn't. Drive down to your settware deal- h Controls are as easy as falling through a
er today! concealed trap in the middle of a dark forest.
1 safest and slowest, through to a custom e
the Keys 1-5 change to gears 1 to 5, A sticks the
6
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- e of some immense speeds. Then you can
bl AUDI O 4 F U N FACTO R 9 a off the Cruise Control, and the usual ioy-
and
choose which of the opponents to challenge, r
stick movements cover accelerate, brake,
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steer left, and steer right.
F40. Finally, you choose the race itself... o So how does it rate as a game? Brilliantly.
At this point, things really start to get inter- We've
t waited for this one for quite a while and
esting. The four races are basically from A to B RE LE AS E BO X we're
g happy to say it's been worth every pulse-
in San Francisco, The amazing thing is, and ATARI ST COO00dk IMMINENT beat.
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INFOGRAMES grow a little tuft of hair.

I N the most influential figures I ever came

across,
m next to Asterix. And who could forget
the
y massive two book epic, Destination Moon
and
y Conquest Of The Moon. Cor, what a spiff-
ing
o life Tintin led. Him arid his pals Captain Had-
dock and Professor Calculus and his loveable
u ST VERSIO N
dog, Snowy.
t Graphics and sound are pretty much the same as
Now you too can live the space bound
h those in the Amiga version. Unfortunately Atan
adventure that marks as a deep milestone in owners will also have to put up with the same
, reading life as Lord Of The Rings. Race
my poor gameplay.
T
through the stars in one of man's greatest ever
i
achievements, the rocket ship, and land where G RAP HI CS 8 I C I FACTO R 4
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no
AUDI O 7 F U N FACTO R 3
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t of rock that hangs so ominously in the
night
i sky, the moon. ACE RAT ING 6 7 5
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Colonel
h Boris has smuggled aboard the ship
with
a the intent of sabotaging the mission. As AMIGA VERSIO N
you fly through space he will plant bombs to Wonderfully stylised graphics and an atrosphenc
sblow up vital parts of the ship and will set fire soundtrack thinly disguise a somewhat badly
tto others while at the same time trying to kill designed game. Not what it could have been.
o
you with his high intensity laser gun and tying
hup all your pals. G RAP HI CS a I Q FACTO R 4
a But before all this happens, you have to fly
AUDI O 7 F U N FACTO R 3
vthrough space a little. As you race through the
efirst person perspective starlield, objects race ACE RAT ING 6 7 5
bout of the screen at you. Things you should
eavoid are large lumps of rock called asteroids
efor in their native french l'asteroidst. The other •
things that race toward you should definitely be
n
collected. Large yellow pockets of energy race
o
at you, and these have to be collected to top
nup your energy level. There are also red pods S
ethat race at you. Collect 8 of these to finish a
oflying section, of which there are four. Finish a
fsection and you go into Tintin mode.
The game changes to a side on flip screen
arcade adventure. On the left hand side of the •
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TIntin and pal s unbe k now n t o NAS A, a c tua l l y m a k e I t I nto s pa c e In the 50s!

screen is a bar of warning lights. At the start of fires out. The final light that flashes is the
RE LE AS E BO X the section a couple of them will be lit, and dur- bomb light. This is your main priority. Find the
ATARI ST L'19.99dk NOVEMBER ing the course of the section more will light. bomb, no matter where it is, and defuse it by
AMIGA The idea is to use Tintin to put out all the lights. touching it. Once you've turned off all the lights
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AMSTRAD N.99cs • El 4.99dk NOVEMBER the appropriate friend has been caught b y you've done that, it's back to another bit of fly-
Boris, and you must untie them simply b y ing. And that's the game, aside from a small
C641128 E'9.99cs • C14.99dk NOVEMBER touching them. Another one that tends to flash section at the end where you have to land the
IBMPC E19.99dk NOVEMBER a lot is the fire fight. These mean that some- rocket on the moon. Not much to it, is there?
where on the ship a fire has been started. You And that's the real problem. The graphics
______ have to find a fire extinguisher and put all the are brilliant. They really capture the atmo-
sphere of the cartoon strips, with excellent use
of colour and high resolution sprites, though
the animation is a little bit on the dodgy side.
The sound effects are great too. Lots of spot
FX and Snowy's bark is brilliant.
Playability is awful. On the flying section,
it's almost impossible to judge where the rocks
and pods are going, let alone catch or avoid
them, whatever the case may be. On the sec-
ond section, Tintin walks very fast and in very
big steps, which makes accurate control a lit-
tle difficult. Also, just while you're looking for a
fire extinguisher, Boris will start a whole forest
load elsewhere on the ship. Boris himself is far
too much of a problem. In the way that you
can't hurt him, yet he can shoot you, stomp on
you, any damn thing he wants to.
Tintin could have been great, the design-
ers had a lot of potential to play around with.
Once again, potential has been wasted.

• Tony Dilon.

--st O h d e a r , a fi r e h a s b e e n s t a r t e d o n
boar d, a nd Ti nti n ha s for gotte n to c ol l e c t
is! the fi r e exti ngui sher .

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GARGORE—a land of warring Kingdoms each with their own army, who live
in fear of a "Fanatic", a solitary warrior who lives to fight and conquer.
You are one such Fanatic, a magical warrior in search of Victory in the battle
scarred land of Gargore.
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Is VIRGIN's beat-em-up just a load of nunchukkas?*
AS a coin-op. Shinobi wa s n o g re a t
shakes. It didn't do much to further the
beat 'em up genre, and it didn't boast brilliant
graphics, sound o r action. Even so, it was
good fun; and it didn't seem that difficult a task
to convert it. What the 16-bit versions got to
otter?
The scenario runs like this. On your gradu-
ation day from a secret oriental ninja school,
Bwah loo - a former pupil gone to the bad -
turns up. With a flash of dark ninja magic he
freezes you and spirits away the entire junior
class.
Not someone you'd call a complete loony
to his face, he issues you a challenge: give him
all the school's gold or it's fights out for the kid-
dies. Unluckily, the school has recently used up
all the gold it had; so it's up to you to don
those ninja slippers, firmly grab hold of your
shurihens and set off.
As the deadline for the ransom is arriving,
you find Bwah Foo's hideout. The action's divid-
ed up into five missions, each containing three
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or four multiloaded stages, packed with Bwah's
henchmen - gun-toting orientals, ninias, people
who look like Spiderman, and the shield-carry-
ing guards. You'll also find several captives: the
number you've got to release on a particular
stage is shown in the bottom left hand corner.
Once you've freed them all, you can move onto
the next.
At the end of each mission you'll face a
hefty boss, who's usually about ten times
AMIGA VERSIO N
The first thing you notice is a droning tune, fol-
lowed by s ome horrible graphics. Th e badly -
animated a n d blotc hy s prites s eem t o s lide
along the ground; the backdrops are very poor-
ly coloured and the scrolling is jerky. You c an
get some tun for a while, but not much.
G RAP HI CS 3 1 0 FACTO R 2
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Like t h e Amiga, ex c ept t h a t t h e c harac ter
lumps a little more slowly. whic h makes accu-
rate control difficult_ A very poor program which
captures little of the coin-op's addictive, if sim-
ple, gameplay.
G RAP HI CS 3 I D FACTO R 2
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• Nunc huk k a : a n or i ental w e a pon c a pa bl e of i nfl i cti ng ser i ous da m a ge . . . S o now you know!
tougher than anyone you've faced on the level
so far. Getting killed by him/it is pretty easy, so
you'll be grateful fo r a couple o f continue
options.
Each stage is set against a time limit -
you complete it within the time, your remaining
seconds are converted into bonus points. You
can a lso g e t points a n d extra power-up
weapons (for example, a pistol) for rescuing
the cute ride ninja kiddies. Pressing the space-
bar activates your ninja magic - your man goes
crazy, unleashes some smoke trails and splits
into many parts. It works a bit like a smart
bomb.
If you like the coin-op, you won't favour
these conversions much. They're visually and
aurally very poor, and the control method is a
awkward. The nunchukhas are going to fly if we
get any more like this!
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T H E the film that finally

Usecured n t Sean Cannery's posi-
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sthat i t provides excellent
material for a computer game
- And - surprise, surprise -
Ocean have the rights to the
computer game.
The game follows the plot
of the fi lm closely - unlike
their other current film licence
(ACE-rated i n th e se v e ry
pages) Batman, which picks
up on just a few of the more
action-packed se q u e n ce s.
Say wh a t yo u like about
licenses - they may b e a
license to print money, but if
they were a ll produced t o
Ocean's standards we'd prob-
ably be happy to spend it.
The Untouchables casts
you as Eliot Ness, leader of
the crack team sent t o a
warehouse where you have to
find ten pieces o f evidence
A
film licence' with which they intend to extract a The u n t o u c h a b l e s e a r n e d t h e i r n a m e
concerning the illegal bootlegging of booze. be c a us e t h e y c oul dn't b e b o u g h t of t by
Succeed in this level and you soon get few Bal-hob out of you before they launch The the M ob. W he n i t c om e s t o fi l m l i cences
down to some serious shoot 'em up aggro with Untouchables. If the latter is as good as the for g a m e s a c e r t a i n M a n c h e s t e r s oft-
Holy Game of Gotham, then it'll be worth wait- war e h o u s e a r e p r e t t y unt ouc ha bl e
heavy Capone types as the game reproduces the m s e l v e s .
the famous bridge shoot out scene from the ing for.
film. The screen scrolls horizontally from left to
right in this section, as you attempt to pick off
the cnminals hiding behind cars with your tele-
scopic gun sights.
It you survive this one then it's time to set
up a 'meet'. A railway station is chosen but of
course it's a double cross. Ness reaches for
his 38, or rather you do it all for him through
the medium of your joystick.
If your joystick and Ness do make it to the
station then you get to play a starring role in
yet another famous shoot out - one of cellu-
loid's greatest moments of combat that rivals
any scene you'd care to mention from recent
releases - including Die Hard. Capone's men
have a hostage in this scene - so only a crack
shot can win the game with 'dead eye' preci-
sion on that famous '38. The game concludes
with Ness shooting it out with a bunch of hood-
lums on city rooftop.
We were hoping to receive a reviewable
version of The Untouchables for this issue, but
the software was delayed at the last moment
so don't expect to see the game o n the
shelves until late October - we'll send the ACE
boys round to give it a hard time, and you the e •
review, next month. The i l l egal l i quor fa c tor y s c e ne on t he S pe c tr um . E l i ot Ne s s a nd hi s ow n ar e a bout to
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ACCOLADE attempt to revitalise 3D maze games.
Although Accolades offering is more colourful, Now GAR and his metal minions rather
WA Y 1 1X81, when the computer entertain- more complex, bigger, more varied, and faster, cutely called GAR-goyles (groan!), have taken
b
ment a industry
c was still in its infancy, a software in essence the gameplay has much the same over the Sun League Defence Force Base Com-
kdesigner by the name of Malcolm Evans wrote appeal, and the same shortcomings. plex (a situation somewhat akin t o Colonel
ithe nbest game e ve r t o appear f o r that The story behind Day of the Viper centres Cade' overrunning the Pentagon)!
tmachihne. It was called 3D Monster Maze, and around a fairly important chappie known as Obviously something has to be done. The
ewas set, not surprisingly, inside a large maze GAR(Genetic Android Race). GAR was created Sun League realise in the typical fashion of gov-
dwith two inhabitants: You, and a rather hungry as a prototype artificial man who could be ernments that their space fleet isn't really up to
aTyrannosaurus Rex. given all the boring dirty jobs that nobody else the task o f ridding the galaxy of this latest
y Despite the primitive graphics of that early wanted to do, and would never complain about Frankenstein's monster so they cast around for
an alternative solution.
sSinclair machine, and the fairly limited game- them. GAR was at first a great success, but
play, the game managed to generate a superb very soon began to experience Neurosynthetic Fortunately for mankind there is an answer:
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atmosphere that kept me, amongst others, melding; t h e ro b o t equivalent o f a b a d the Nexus Project. The prolect involved the cre-
fcoming back to the game again and again. ation of the Vipers - powerful attack androids
migraine. This did not make him too enam-
t Now, eight years later, on a machine many oured of his creators, so he decided to get his operated remotely b y highly trained human
htimes more sophisticated than the 7X81, Acco- own back and spawned an unstoppable robot operators.
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computer. (It's amazing what you can do with a
humble ST isn't it?) This is the only way to
destroy GAR and his buddies and prevent him
from wiping out humanity.
The Viper craft displays show two monitors
and a number of icons. The right-hand monitor
is the most important as this shows a 3D view
of the maze in front of you, as well as the
pointer for manipulating objects, and gunsights
(when your weapon systems are activated).
The left-hand monitor toggles between various
other displays.
The most useful of your status displays is
a plotter which makes a map for you as you
explore. A very welcome feature in a maze
game! There are also other navigation aids like
floor coordinates (which can be recorded at
strategic points fo r later reference), and a
heading indicator. All these items are quite
essential since the corridors on all the floors
are exactly the same shade of dull; identical in
almost every respect.
You also have to hand various other items
of equipment to assist you in your quest. Each
of these is powered by a different component
on your circuit board. These can be destroyed
if you sustain too much damage. You will then
have to hunt for replacement components to
regain use o f the equipment that has been
affected.
Damage is incurred by stepping on mines
or encountering GAR's evil buddies. These
malevolent contraptions have a nasty habit of
sneaking up on you from behind and firing
away while you are still in the process of turn-
ing. Getting rid of them can also be a bit tricky
since most of your adversarys must be hit in
specific places if they are to be destroyed.
Before you can enter any of the rooms on
a level you have to find the appropriate access
cards. These are colour coded (as of ccourse
are all self respecting 24th century access
cards). Many of the rooms are vacant, but oth-
ers have specific purposes, such as repair
rooms, communication rooms, power rooms,
security rooms, and so on.
Before you can make use of the facilities
6 2 Advanced ComputerEntertainment
available in any room, however, you must poss- to sustain interest for long. The problem is that
es the appropriate piece of equipment for use all of the locations look the same or very simi-
in that room. For instance, you require a com- lar, so once you have seen one floor, you've
munication module. seen them all.
These items are scattered about the com- The game reminds me a great deal of
plex and can be collected and placed in your Short Circuit I which was another potentially
ten storage compartments until required. There good piece of software, spoilt by unimaginative
are also other goodies to be found lying about and unvaried graphics. For my money Viper is
in corridors, including power restorers, and too much like those old 3D maze games to
damage repair pods. have any real appeal.
One ingenious and very useful aspect to
the game is the use of the right mouse button. • Laurence Scotford
By pointing to any object in the game and click-
ing the right button your message window will ATARiSTVERSION
identify the object for you. This is extremely phics or sound on tht
handy when you come into a ro o m that , and the gameplay
appears to be full of interesting items only to aving said that. there is a game in
be informed by your message window that it is e if you are prepared to persevere. D
age
in fact vacant or empty. Just think of the fruit-
less minutes trying to manipulate background G RAP HI CS PG F A C T O R 7
graphics that you have been spared. AUDI O 6 F U N FACTO R 6
Each floor takes a fair time to explore, so
when you consider that there are five buildings, ACE RAT ING 6 2 5
each with five floors, you realise that you are
not going t o finish this game in a single
evening. This wouldn't be so bad if the explo-
ration of floors was a little more interesting.
Getting from floor t o floor is achieved
using the lifts. Finding the location of the shaft
in each building is no easy task, so you will
have to explore at least one floor of each build-
ing thoroughly before you can progress. To
move from building to building you must locate
the shuttle, which is another tedious affair.
While Day of the Viper is a brave attempt PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
to revitalise a hackneyed idea, it doesn't really
add enough to the tedious process of exploring
the mazes to make it enjoyable. Once you have
been wandering around for a while you will
begin to get bored with the same old unchang-
ing view of the complex through your monitor.
Even the collectable objects don't inject much
variety. Po With
No doubt, players who persevere with the i
fide St ,
game and manage to progress to the later 1
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stages will be suitably rewarded with more Will probably get better the further you get.
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interesting gameplay, but there is not really but how many people will stir i t '
enough variety in the early stages of the game
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powers than Strongman. The extra powers you
gain in your transformed state are pretty well
essential when you come to the end of a level.
Here you meet an incarnation of the evil Nell
;1q71111:fi himself, which -differs on every stage. He takes
quite a bit of battering before he disappears off
to the next stage, and while you are trying to
dispatch him you are bombarded by a barrage
of nasties, intent on your destruction.
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If you do manage to complete a level you
are, unfortunately, deprived of any powers you
may have gained before you continue. This
means that you begin each stage as Strong-
man with no power punches, and you must
build up extra powers again during that level.
The original Sega coin-op was admittedly
not the most stunning game to have emerged
from the company recently, but it did have the
virtue of being very playable and not too diffi-
cult to get into. This fi rst class conversion
shares the same qualities. It certainly doesn't
„ L A 1 , 1 A: break any new ground, but both graphics and
rt 1 . 1 1 1 F J • fi t i sound are very competent, and the gameplay
is superb.
r) tips _At The game is probably at Its best when the
two-player option is selected, but if you play on
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tor of the G odde s s Athe na . your own you should still find yourself making
some headway after a little practise.
If you don't like beat-em-ups then there is
not much here to interest you, If you enioyed
the arcade original, however, then you will not
be disappointed by Activision's effective con-
version,

• Laurence Scotior:

BEAST
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The forces o f darkness Activision a number o f different

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employed by the jumping
Underworld has captured
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present Sega's rock creatures. If you fail
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rotting away in your grave when Zeus comes
along, revives you, and commands you to save
his daughter. You begin as Strongman, and
have a fairly limited repertoire o f attacking
moves. These are executed in the time-hon-
oured tradition of beat-ern-ups, by using vari-
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nents on the first level can be put out of action • a, but it is a good game nevertheless. In
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o f a is the
Microprose leave diver comes into contact with them. The gener-
al appearance of the game is very similar to
bravest and most adventurous software launch the ancient Scuba Dive fro m Durrel Software.
of 1989. This is especially true when the firm tanks and planes Unfortunately i t lacks th e latter program's
behind the product is Microprose, a company
playability, and the resulting game is frustrat-
renowned fo r its military simulations, rather
ingly boring.
than games that actively discourage violent behind and get Campaign O c e a n Dumping of Nuclear
action in favour of peaceful lobbying on envi-
Waste requires you t o clamber aboard the
ronmental issues.
The intention behind Rainbow Warrior is to Environment Friendly dumping ship 'Gem' and climb to the top of the
three dumping cranes thus disabling them. The
inform while entertaining. The game is divided crew of the dumping ship attempt to prevent
into six mini games, each of which represents
you doing this by spraying you with a hose, or
a different campaign. These can be played in
throwing things at you. They also patrol the
any order, but they must all be completed deck and will throw you overboard if they catch
before you can play the final game, Free the
you. The game is so easy that it is hardly worth
Spirit of the Rainbow Warrior.
playing. Indeed I would be surprised to learn of
Campaign 1:Radioactive Waste simulates
anybody failing to complete it on their first
the prevention of the discharge of radioactive attempt.
waste at sea. You control a dolphin and must
Campaign III:Save the Whale is easily the
guide a diver down to four pipelines which he best of the bunch. You control a killer whale
then blocks. The route to each of the pipelines
is infested by a number of hazards, including Br e a k out r evi tal i sed by a killer whale
nets and mutated sea creaturesowhich have

__ 6 8 Advanced ComputerEntertainment
 S hades of S c uba Di ve but w i th none of
the pl ayabi l i ty.

which moves left and right beneath a picture of

the Greenpeace 'Save the Whale poster. By fir-
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verse the screen. Some of these will begin to
hide the poster again if you hit them, while oth-
ers will help you out by revealing large sections
of poster o r awarding you high power super
balls. While this mini game has more playability
than all the other games put together, it is still
very easy.
Campaign IV: Stop Acid Rain is based upon
aGreenpeace demonotration in 1984 in which
climbers successfully hung 'Stop Acid Rain'
banners on several offending chimneys across
Europe. In this simulation you must collect the
individual letters of the phrase 'Stop Acid Rain'
from passing inflatables, and hang them from
the correct chimney. A workman, policeman,
and occasional trucks are all hazards which
must be avoided if you are to succeed. The 1.11=IN MEEnommolos '
collection and deposit of banners in the correct
places is a miserably tedious affair, and you
soon begin to look forward to being run over
bythe truck rather than have to endure seeing
the game through to the end.
Campaign V: Stop Ozone Depletion would 46
be hilarious if it wasn't so pathetically simple. •
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could be deterred by a landing a cold snowball
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which change
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twobasic combat moves: punching, which
gets rid of most opponents straight away, and
involves a very silly G RAP HI CS 8 I O FACTO R 3
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ftrebutton, which puts the wind up larger ene-
mies.Luckily, there are also weapons lying
mix of beat-em-up ACE R A T IN G 8 4 2
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rocket-launcher, g u i d e d m i s s i l e g u n ,
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friends.
Aconversion of an obscure coin-op, Dyna-
miteDux is excellent fun to play. It can be frus-
tratingwhen you're on your own and you keep
gettingmashed by an end-of-level opponent
because you haven't got the firepower, but
that's the only niggle. If you like your action
cuteandleathery, this is the game for you tettogi•

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 UPTOPCHESS
ALL• you businessmen on the move are MI NDSCAPE's
really sick and tired of playing with
your spreadsheets on train or plane or in the
car. What you really want to do is have a game
of chess on that swanky portable PC that the
mind game on the
bosses have chained to you. At least, that's the
theory behind Laptop Chess, move
You might wonder why it's called Laptop
Chess since, as far as I can see, it is actually look pretty good no matter what dimension you
the Cyrus Chess program for the PC from back choose to play.
in 1985-86. What makes i t Laptop is, o f
Most of the features you would want are
course, the support for portable displays. You available in the program, although there are
can, of course, use it on any PC compatible as , • •

well. several points that betray its age. There is no

The display is reasonable enough with
option for the computer to suggest a move to THEMASTER'SVOICE
the player, and there is no information in the
clear, if not elegantly designed, pieces. You program or in the simple (laptop?) manual as to
can toggle between 3D and 2D views simply by We'll be introducing a special c hes s
the strength or response time of the game's 16 rating system in ACE in the very near
pressing T, but you'll doubtless prefer - as with playing levels. future. In the meantime, should you get
any chess program on any computer - to play Strength is difficult to assess, but it's fairly Laptop Chess?
with the overhead view.
safe to say that at levels up to 3 or 4. Laptop Its certainly not the best version of
As tar as the portable displays the machine
does not play a scintillating game. Thereafter it chess around, nor is it the most attrac-
is specifically aimed at are concerned, we've
gets stronger, but the response times grow. tive, but it should keep you happy on
only been able t o te st i t o n an Amstrad
As a terribly busy businessman or woman you'll the train - and it may well be the only
PPC640 - a screen that is not the classiest in
have to decide whether you prefer strength or one you can use on certain portable
the world by a very long shot. In 3D mode Lap-
speed. displays.
top was virtually unplayable, and even in 2D it • Pete Connor
was hard to spot the marker indicating the If you're after a chess program for
piece you wanted to move. Otherwise it was your portable, why not port it around to
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excuse for a vertically scrolling, pulp the nas-
m
lies, collect the nifty add-ons, and give the
soccasional end-of-level-guardians a n a st y
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Wing compare to the rest of the shoot-em-up
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t w o he a ds ar e be t t e r t ha n one!
As the title suggests, there is a simultane-
ous two-player option. This gives you the
opportunity to either compete o r cooperate
with a friend. There are shades o f Blood
Money here, and like Psygnosis' game the
oace of Gemini Wing does seem to be pitched
'cr simultaneous play. If you're battling on your
own you are going to have to work just a little
bit harder to make much progress. But then
The extra challenge will prevent this game
being relegated to the back shelf too quickly.
You are armed with twin lasers, a fairly
effective way o f dispatching individual crea-
tures, but not much use when you're surround-
ed by a screen full of malicious meanies with
1
countless missiles homing in on you. Fortunate-
ly there are more useful weapons to be had.
These come in the form of Gunballs, of which
there are ten types, including extra weapons,
Double the fun bonus points, a speed-tip and an extra life. The
Gunballs can be collected by shooting small
clawed creatures o r th e larger 'Bringers'.
with VIRGIN These carry a tail of about eight Gunballs. By
shooting at the alien you can cause the tail to
cycle through the available options.
MASTERTRONIC'S You can hold up to ten Gunballs at one
time. The first three of these appear as a tad
behind your fighter craft, while the remaining
alien blaster... seven are shown in a little window to the side
of the screen. If you are having a particularly
bad time you can always steal the other play-
er's Gunballs by flying through his tail, and give
him a bad time instead (shame on you).
AMIGA VERSIO N The first Gunball in the tail is activated by
holding down and then releasing fire. It is quite
Nothing t o complain about here - smooth
scrolling, very nice graphics, and a varied sound- gratifying to release a fire wall just as a whole
track that is so good you actually want to keep horde o f unsuspecting aliens a re shooting
listening to it rather than turn the volume down. down the screen towards you. It can be very
Nothing new, but a very competent effort frustrating though when you have a juicy spi-
nonetheless.
ralling circle o f death about fifth in line, and
G RAP HI CS 7 10 F A C T O R
four bonus point Gunballs to get rid of before
AUDI O 9 FUN FACTO R 8
you can use it.
The graphics a re quite nice, and th e
ACE RATING 7 6 0 sprites varied and well-animated, b u t don't
expect any Xenon it style parallax scrolling
here. What really makes the game is the sound-
track which is neither as bland or as repetitive
PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
as standard s h o o t
have
- a reasonable selection of shootem-ups in
your
e m collection then Gemini Wing is not going
to
- give you anything you haven't already got.
1 1 1 A
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ya lookoat Gemini
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a d y • Laurence Scotiord
A reasonably entertaining blast - but there's
, here to hold attention for long...
not enough
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game o f ni ghtm ar e. T h e l a n d i s c r um pl e d pr i nt e r
paper , s tr e w n w i t h c i ga r e tte butts , c of f e e
Populous was released earli-
er this year it scooped a
m ugs, a nd penci l s. The bui l di ngs be gi n ma
sm all c om put e r s l i k e S i nc l a i r S pe c t r um s
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aid your own people's devel-
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Not exactly a new
owing allegiance t o a rival deity. This
achieved by raising and lowering the landsca release this, but cer
wd inflicting various disasters on your en
mies like floods, earthquakes and volcanoes.
By now there must be thousands of bu
ding gods out there steadily conquering th
tainly something to 1 1 1
hundreds of lands incorporated in the origin
game. But sooner o r later even the slowest POPULOUS fans to
omnipotent beings are going to run out of new
worlds to conquer a situation likely to leave
many Populous addicts suffering from severe
withdrawal symptoms. But never fear, help is
get all worked up
athand in the form of The Promised Lands.
This latest release from Electronic Arts
contains five new landscapes t o revitalise
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'hen the new data disk is inserted once th ly at an alarming rate. So don't expect to find
game has begun. The landscapes that a at just because you've already played the r ARTS.
same as those in the origin ame you can easily overcome lands you are
with GENESIS and worki miliar with; it's 3 whole new challenge. o
(that would be telling!). But t The Promised Lands is a little expensive
Grass Worlds, I ce Worlds, F i r what amounts to a face lift for the original m
Worlds, and Desert Worlds have been replac ame, but It is still worth a look if you have
byfive completely new world types to play hausted the possibilities of the first set of E d
':orshould that be prey on?). These are Revolu- ndsc apes but still enjoy playing Poputous. i
ton Francalse, Silly Land, Wild West, Block L o
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Pictionary is, in easy terms, a
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draws a picture (or a human player
does
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teams
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guess
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drawings are both recognisable and varied, and
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r round the board and land on the End
way your very own episode of Catchphrase. minus go doodling in a
square first. By correctly guessing a Pictionary the annoying Irish bloke.
(by telling the computer you got it right, just as A lot more fun than Trivial Pursuit was, and
in Trivial Pursuit) the computer throws a dice what's more you don't need to know everything game with a built-in
and moves you along that number of squares. about everything to play it.
This reliance on honesty was one of the main
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release. AMIGA VERSION could challenge
Loads of colour, lots of varied pictures make the
There are plenty of game options, including
game visually interesting. Fun for two, but could
a large array of different player formations. You
can play one, two, three or four players, where
get very dull playing solo. Noce three chanoel tune Trivial Pursuit
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 WAKEA SLEEPING GO :/2
- • Y O U HAVETHE STINGOF
He was designed to explore parts of the galaxy
too hostile for human life. Now humankind
depends on him for its survival. Viper V. Since
2782 A.D., a war has raged between the planets
of the Star League and Gar, the ruthless master of
a mechanoid race. Now, his robotic army has
seized a vital defence base in the Pat-in system.
But there is hope. Viper V, under your control,
may be able to infiltrate the heavily armed base
undetected and re-activate the defence computer
—thus destroying the orbiting mechanoid fleet.
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sweat pouring down your brow, the roar
of the crowd... Can a racing sim give
you all this? Can it give you more?
ony Dillon grits his teeth and presents
maniac's guide to 16-bit tarmac torture...
Advanc rnputerSntertainmen! 89
 it's more than a little easy to fall off. The game
is first-person perspective, with the outside
world made up of really fast smooth filled vec-
tors, and the impression of realism is unbeliev-
able. Your stomach actually churns a s you
shoot off the edge o f a jump into thin air,
before plummeting earthward, hopefully onto
another piece of track.
An amazing experience, and a clear winner.
Where can things go fromtiere?
anism. Rather than use the mouse to turn the
steering wheel, you actually used the mouse to
turn the driver's head, and the wheel would turn
in kind. The more you turned your head, the
more the wheel turned. The practicality of this
meant that you could turn to look round a bend
as you were turning it, giving you warning of
any cars ahead and generally making the game
more realistic. The sensitivity o f the control
made the car very hard to drive, but once you
were used to it, you wondered why nobody else
ever copied rt. A true thoroughbred.

lar, ever since the days when Atari's

D Pole Position first hit the streets, and
r
gave the average man in the street a chance to
try
i o u t every b o ys fantasy. One o r t wo
enhancements
v have been made in the years
since, however, and in comparison to today's
i
arcade titles (Powerdrift, fo r example), Pole
R.V.F.
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Position looks almost prehistoric. Even so. a Mic roprose
g
landmark it was, one which led the way to one
g the most popular forms of computer enter-
of
More Microprose racing, only this time its on a Super Hang On
a bike. The champion in the Best Sprite Based Activision
tainment. But which one o f its successors
m Racing Game stakes, and a superb simulation,
should you go for Not so much a simulation as a perfect arcade
e This month sees the appearance of two RW put you, as a worthless little motor racer,
into the world of performance bike racing on conversion. Super Hang On was essentially
s additions to the computer racing family -
new none other than the Honda RW750, a limited Hang On with a few extra frills. For a start you
Vette
h and Continental Circus. Vette arrived at could race one of four courses, each set in a
build custom racer based around the best sell-
ACE
a just too late to make it into this article, but different continent and ranging from Africa
ing VFIR750.
you
v can check it out in Screen Test (see the Detail was always one o f Microprose's (Easy) to North America (Very Hard). Another
Screen
e Test index on page 4 for its location).
strong points, and there's no lack of it in RVF. great gameplay feature was the Nitro button.
Before
a you check out the new contenders, why When your bike reached 280 KPH, you could
Everything has been finely calculated, right
not drive off down memory lane and see if down to the animation of the rider who turns
l inject Nitro into the engines to give the bike a
there are any second-hand models you could his head to look over his shoulder at passing little more kick, boosting it up to around 340
w
go for... bikers, and after a crash runs the bike along KPH, which is a stupid speed to try and take a
a
the track before mounting and riding off into corner at and usually results in people running
y
the sunset. out of road and flying A over I into the nearby
s
Brilliant graphics, brilliant sound, brilliant grass.
b The screen update, of both the road and
game.
e the sprites, is perfect. The road itself is as
e smooth as the ACE Ad Manager on a date, and
n the hills are realistic enough to make you try
p and look over the crest of them. Great game,
o excellent conversion.
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Stunt Car Racer

Microprose

After a lightning qualifying lap, Stunt Car takes

up lead position an the starting grid and at the
same time places itself in the annals of com-
puter history as being one of the most amazing
spectacles to watch, let alone play. The oppo-
nents are your good self and a computer
pacer. The objective: do X number of laps on a
track with the eventual aim of beating the com-
puter. The track: a continuous loop of tarmac.
The strange thing is that the track is
raised, at its lowest point some 25 feet from
the ground, and all the tracks are full of treach-
erously steep climbs and dips. At high speeds,
Ferrari Formula One
Electronic Arts
A bit old this one, but still a game that was way
ahead of its time to start with. Take the mouse
in your hand and take the wheel of a Formula
One Ferrari racer on some of the most famous
racecourses in the world. It's all there, from
qualifying laps and trophies, right down to wind-
tunnels, where you can alter various settings
on your car to improve the performance.
FF1 is noted for its unusual steering mech-
Lombard RAC Rally
Mandarin
Slip into the luxurious surroundings of a Ford
Sierra RS Cosworth, and take part in what may
not be a major racing event, but is still fi t
none the less.
Race through many types of terrain, such

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to as mountain or forest, and through many types
of weather condition, such as fog or night. As
rn
you race the qualifying rallies, you can earn
yourself money to improve your car, through
us
ether just finishing the course quickly or by
id
making a TV appearance, where you a re
of
quizzed on the history of Rallying, as supplied
ne
with the game.
As you race, you take the unusual position
of sitting behind yourself in the car, in which
se
position you can clearly see the road ahead
through the windscreen, as well as all the little
drrving movements you make, such as turning
the wheel o r changing gears. All this goes
toward giving the game a nice atmosphere,
and though the variety of gameplay may be a
little low, its still a game I'll be playing for a
good while yet.
ci
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lly
, to take them out in a really satisfying way.
•ioa The Duel - Test Drive II
ica
u Accolade
Dn. Accolade tried to right all the Test Drive wrongs
uld with The Duel, and to an extent they succeed-
aa ed. Still keeping with the theme of illegal high
40 speed performance c a r driving, either a
ea Porsche 959 or a Ferrari F40, this time they
ing added a bit more of a game to it rather than
rby pointless A to B as fast as possible, This time
you're in a race, either against the clock or a
nd computer controlled driver, and you have to
as race first over leisurely flatland, then up into
and the treacherous mountain roads and then down
try again or the other side, all the time avoiding
rie, the general public and trying to stay ahead of
the computer driver.
There's nothing serious about the game.
Its just a lot of fun. It doesn't claim to be tech-
nically or visually accurate, but why should it
Also, fight those boredom blues with the Super-
cars expansion disk, which gives you another
live cars to play around with, and the California
Challenge disk, which gives you a hair raising
ride from the suburbs of California to the hp of
Mexico.
Inc time-hew
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'ord Test Drive
may Accolade
fun
The original
Rich of five
them7fo r a leisurely spin around a winding
Grand Prix Circuit mountain road. Avoid the police wherever pos-
Accolade sible and try not to hit other cars or fall off the
road.
Great upon release, but looks a bit dated
Very similar to the Test Onve series both in
now, The screen update is appalling, which
look and feel, GPC let you compete in a Formu-
leads to almost no sensation of true speed,
la One Championship with a car of your choice.
Though not as technically brilliant as Ferrari and the basic problem is that it's just too easy.
Formula One, it is, as with Test Drive, great fun That linked with the lack of variety makes the
game short lived. Innovative though.
to play.
Graphics are quite limited, b u t what is
there is well used, The other cars are very
detailed and the update is surprisingly smooth.
The lack of roadside objects is a bit surprising.
but I don't think this was ever meant to be
taken seriously anyway. As before, it's fun.
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Roadblasters
US Gold
The logical follow up to Out Run in the arcade.
and sponsored by toy giants Matchbox, Road-
blasters had the same Behind-The-Car view as
Out Run, only this time gave you a gun, so
Highway Hawks instead of avoiding the bad guys, you now got
ANCO
Sadly, 16 Bit Roadblasters almost totally
HH is, in no uncertain terms, a clone of arcade fails to capture the spirit of the coin-op. It's
favourite Road Blasters. It's just sad that it hap- slow, unplayable and generally a terrible con-
pened to be much better than the official con- version. A turkey_
version.
Steer your battlematic Ford Cortina a t
stupid speeds down stretches o f motorway
deemed as 'dangerous'. As you race along
over land and sometimes over sea, you meet
various other vehicles. Trucks, when shot, can
drop weapons and supplies, o r just a hinder-
ance or two. Other cars may drop fuel for you,
or they may shoot at you. Whatever the case,
all it takes is a quick squeeze of the trigger on
your part and that's the last of them.
The road is incredibly smooth, as is all the
in-game animation. Control response is fast
and the action is well placed. This is how Road-
blasters should have been,
Out Run
US Gold
Now this is a major turkey. The original arcade
--r-0 driving game, and also one of the biggest sell-
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 BALLISTIX PSYGNOSIS
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The aim of the game is simple; score more goals than your opponent to win the match.
Doing it is a different matter as splitters fill the screen with dozens of balls, tunnels hide VISA
them from view, bumpers bounce balls all over the show, fiendish red arrows speed
them up to almost impossible velocity, magnets pull them away from your control, and
much, much more.
Balls fix is incredibly flexible. too. You can play against the computer or another player,
set the speed if you can't stand the pace, define where the balls are fired and their
velocity, rack up bonuses that will get you extra goals and then, at the end of an
exhausting game. set your name in pride of place on the high-score table. And it's all
played to the accompaniment of a throbbing sound-track and a crowd that applauds your
every goal.
Ballistix is definitely not a game for wimps. It's tough, fast, challenging and incredibly
competitive - in fact, it's just the kind of game you like.

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 UNCOOL
CONTROL?
Joysticks just don't cut the mustard when it Jez S a n k e e p i n g a n e y e o n o n e o f h i s
c om pe ti tor s ' pr ogr a m s , r u n n i n g o n t h e
comes to racing sims fi n d out why, and what Koni s a t t h e l a unc h of t he c ons ol e . J e z '
ga m e Bi k e r s (s e e s c r e e ns hot e l s e w he r e )
could replace them... w as one of the f e w ga m e s to m a k e pr op-
er us e of t h e a na l ogue c ontr ol pote nti a l
of the Koni x .
original Outrun machine? Remember
R emember theway
the realistic firstthe
time you
car sat in an
responded when you want to simulate a lap round Brands
to the slightest turn of the wheel? Remember Hatch or a dogfight between an F-16 and a
pulling the wheel hard over to skid round one Mig? For these applications you need more sen-
bend and then gently slipping round the next? sitive control than just turn left o r turn right,
Try doing the same thing with any of the corn- you also want to be able to control the speed
puter conversions... You can't! And why not? of the turn. With a standard digital joystick this
Because compared to the the sophisticated is just not possible.
controls on the arcade machine your comput- Some companies have made attempts to
er's joystick looks like a Robin Reliant next to a rectify the situation by producing yokes. These
Porsche. are shaped like wheels or aircraft controls to
Ever since Atari established the standard Bi ker s - J e z S a n s K o n i x g a m e , t o b e give you more of a realistic feel. These devices
bundl e d w i t h t h e m a c hi ne , m a k e s g o o d
protocol for joysticks on its consoles way back use of a na l ogue c ontr ol - the fe e l a s y ou are however, the same old digital joystick in a
in the 70s, computer garners have had to put l ean i nt o t he be nds i s fa r m or e r eal i sti c different guise. They might look the part, but
up with a control that is about as sophisticated tha n i t c oul d be w i th a si m pl e ors/off di gi - they certainly won't be any more responsive
tal j oysti ck.
as a light switch. The problem is that the than yo u r ageing Quickshot o r Kempston
majority of computer joysticks are digital. They model.
and easy to produce, it is also easy for the
really only amount to five switches — four for computer to read and use the signals generat- The answer is analogue controls. An ana-
the directions, up, down, left, and right, and ed by them. logue joystick, rather than simply turning
one for the fire button. The advantage of this Digital joysticks a re fi ne f o r platform microswitches on or off, produces a continu-
.ystem is that, not only are the joysticks cheap games o r shoot-ern-ups, but what happens ously variable signal depending on how far you
move the stick off-centre. This is achieved by
using two potentiometers, or variable resistors,
one for movements in the x-axis and one for
Indicators! movements in the y-axis. These might, f o r
Lets the opposition know instance, produce voltages between -1 for far
where you're going arid left through 0 volts for centre to 1 volt for far
introduces the possibility of right.
more complex interaction
with other drivers. The difficulty with this system is that the
- computer cannot read analogue values directly,
Tactile feedback! so these have to be converted into a digital
I t - - Imagine - a 'joystick that form first (using an analogue/digital converter
actually throbs in your – the same gizmo used in sampling sound).
1 hands as you rev the
enginel This does of course mean that analogue joy-
( sticks are both more difficult and consequently
Analogue
control No. 2 Analogue more expensive to produce. You are therefore
Control No. I unlikely to find analogue joysticks becoming
Swing into
Use this for
r those bends very popular for use with existing computers,
infinite throttle
by degrees, although in the old days the BBC and the Drag-
variation and
0and not by super smooth on computer both had analogue control capa-
i speeding bility. Dedicated arcade machines and consoles
l
are a different story entirely.
j
The new Konix machine, unlike the majority
e
of existing consoles uses an analogue control
r
system. This means that you could experience
k the same sort of sensitive control on Konix
s games as you do with Outrun and other similar
_ arcade games. Combine this with the Konix
Konix Joystick socket
You won't be needing this for chair and you could soon find yourself getting
Game select mechanism
most racing games - use the far closer to the feel of real motor racing than
Gives you more ded:cated yoke!
control over cifferent you ever dreamed possible without leaving your
sitting room!
1vehicles - car or micycle
There's just one snag here: the Konix has
-
yet to actually appear in the shops. Let's hope
that other manufacturers take the hint in the
This i s no y ok e , i t 's s e r i ous . T h e K oni x us e s a na l ogue c ontr ol s , gi v i ng pr e c i s e
control over s pe e d a nd steer i ng. Thi s , c om bi ne d w i t h othe r fe a tur e s as s how n i n meantime and start offering us more sensitive
control mechanisms.
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O N E arcade racing games to emerge
over
o f the last couple of years is Taito's Ccmti-
nental
t h Circus. The game itself did not really
offer
e anything that hadn't already been exploit-
ed
m by many other Pole Position clones — what
was unusual about it were the 3D LCD glasses
o r
mounted o n a gooseneck in front o f the
e car is damaged but you still have a short
screen. If you managed to get these positioned
R
pcorrectly
o and comfortably not always an easy
ptask,uespecially when the gooseneck was a bit
lworn)a you were treated to a fast 3D display
rwith opposing cars appearing to shoot out of
athe screen towards you.
The 3D effect has, not surprisingly, been
n yourself making a real effort to achieve suffi-
ddropped from this conversion, but in all other
urespects the game is identical to the original.
nApparently the sprites and background graph-
C
ics have been ported directly from the arcade
u before you have picked up enough speed and
machine, and they do indeed look very nice.
s you are likely to find another driver coming up
Perhaps more importantly, none of the speed
uor playabifity of the original machine seems to
ahave been lost on this conversion_ This more
l than makes up for the loss of the three-dimen-
sional element and really proves that the glass-
es on the original machine were more of a gim-
mick than an essential accessory.
Continental Circus puts you in the seat of a
U
high performance ra cin g ca r, competing
against 100 other drivers in a senes of Grand
Prixs set An Brazil, America, France, Monaco,
Germany, Spain, Mexico, and Japan. Each
course is progressively harder and you must
have attained a specific ranking before you can
compete on each track. You begin with a rank-
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responsive, steering round bends or other cars
takes a lithe mastering at high speeds. It is all
too easy to slide across the track into a slower
vehicle or billboard and end up trailing smoke.
If you do happen to collide with something your
amount of time to steer it into the pits. Once
WOW.
there your crew rush out, repair the damage
and get you back on the road again. Rather Quite a challenge that should keep you com-
helpfully the clock is stopped while this is hap- ing back to the track for some timc
pening.
One thing to be careful of if you do crash is
to make sure you stay in the middle of the road
cient ranking to Qualify for the next course in
as you pick up speed again. That way the pass-
the series, especially as you get to the harder
ing cars will attempt to avoid you by passing
on either side. Attempt to veer right o r left
locations. I t s intensely annoying when you
repeatedly come off the road a t the sa v
curve and end up losing valuable seconds or
crashing completely, but extremely rewardiq
fast from behind resulting in an infuriating sec-
when you finally get it right.
ond collision.
Continental Circus offers fairly simple
Should you have a double collision or take
gameplay, and while the graphics and soard
too long to crawl into the pits then your car
are good they are not as complex as those
explodes in a spectacular ball of flame. Provid- found on many recent 16-bit games. Having
ing you have time left on the clock you can said that the game scores on its playabrity,
continue with a new car but you will still have which is of course the most important aspect
lost valuable seconds.
of any racing game. It also has that addictive
In a similar manner to US Gold's Out Run
'One more time' quality that keeps you coming
you have a limited amount of time to reach the back for more. Definitely one of the More sur-
next checkpoint, which you must do if you are
cessful arcade conversions of this year.
to continue to the end of the course. Take too
long and you will end up back on the grid • Laurence Sm:uro
agai n, and with a lower ranking. You will find
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3DPOOL
Microprose Amiga E24.99
All previous pool sims o n any
computer have been limited by a
rigid viewpoint; Microprose's offer-
ing, however, allows almost limit-
less ways of eyeing up your shot
with a unique 3D system which
rotates the table.
Most of the aspects of pool
are here: you can apply spin, play
trick-shots and cannons, vary the
DOwerand angle • in fact, just
about everything a p a rt f r o m
swerving one ball around another.
It's a mite tricky t o g e t into,
because you haven't got a cue to
line anything up with (you have to
rely on the 'centre of the screen'
in relation to the cue-ball), but is
ultimately rewarding because o f
the freedom it offers, It'll be a
long time before you beat your
first opponent, though - so b e
patient
The one big question mark is
why its a fiver more expensive
than the ST: some additional sam-
pled crowd tunes don't affect the
gameplay to a great degree, and
apart from that the action is much
the same. A good simulation with-
out many frills, it should please
poolfans, but then pool fans have
been getting computer pool since
1983 and there don't seem t o
havebeen any major advances in
garneplay - the rules of the game
take care of all that,
ACE RATING: 725
F16COMBAT PILOT
Digital Integration A m i g a
£24.95 P C Version reviewed
Issue 20 Ace Rating 952
Amiga owning flight simulator
fanatics can now breath a deep
sigh of relief. Those masters o f
simulation, Dig ita l Integration,
have finally released the Arniga
AMIGA
version of F16 Com-
bat Not, and it's the
best of the bunch.
DI's l a t e s t
masterpiece has you
strapped fi rmly in to
the cockpit o f t h e
highly sophisticated
16C Fighting Falcon.
Your objective i s t o
successfully complete
five missions repre-
senting th e possible
roles o f th e F16. These a re
Scramble (air to air interception),
Hammerblow (offensive counterair
operations), Deepstrike (interdic-
tor strike), Tankbuster (battlefield '11;;;IlowmildW.4
close air support), and Watchtow-
er (reconnaissance). Once all five 1
tor, all-round vie ws c a n b e of the work that has gone into this
missions have been successfully
flown you are allowed to take part
.1
obtained with one key press! production. Considering that F-I6
As if the excellence o f the retails at the same price as many
in operation conquest, which is is
a full-blown campaign_
11you can other inferior games it also repre-
flight itself wasn't enough
There is also a training option also save your pilors lo g f o r sents very good value for money.
future u se , create yo u r o wn If you are a connoisseur of Flight
which gives you the opportunity to
weapon configurations (which can Simulators then this is an essen-
practise free flight and landing, as
well as each of the set missions. if also be saved), and set specific tial addition to your collection. It
weather conditions, I f that still
you are a new player it is best to you are only looking for a single
isn't enough then why not hook up flight simulator to buy, then with-
make fu ll u se o f th e training
option before you tackle any o f to a friend's machine and engage out question this has t o be the
in a one-on-one dogfight via a one.
the missions for real.
modem or serial link?
The Falcon is a deceptive air-
F-16 Combat Pilot has taken ACE RATI NG: 9 7 0
craft in many respects. It is sur-
prisingly easy to get into the air, nine man years to develop, and
and you will soon find yourself playing it you can feel the quality
doing rolls and loops with ease.
The aircrafts stability i s quite
incredible and the in-flight systems
do tend to look after you if you try
ST
to overstretch yourself or the fal-
con. Having said that, landing the
BLOOD MONEY
falcon is a fairly tricky manoeuvre
which takes some intensive prac- Psygnosis S T 24.95:
tise to master. You will also find Amiga version reviewed
that getting the aerobatics right is July i ssueAce Ra t i ng
732
not so simple when you've got a
couple of Migs on your tail.
The one thing that becomes After tackling the baddies
in Menace, you thought
quickly apparent as soon as you
you'd take a little vaca-
get the falcon in the air is the real-
tion; and what better way
ism of achieved by the program.
to spend your hots than on an alien-killing safari? Well, that's what
As with other Digital Integration Psygnosis have got in mind for you: four worlds of death, destruc-
flight simulators tion and sun-tan oil.The situation is this: it's a jungle out there, and
is
: minimal
t h e f o r speed, b u t the nature comes red in tooth and claw, so what you need is handy
response
g r o uand n feel of the aircraft is weaponry. Spread throughout each world are a number of equip-
superlative. The attention to detail ment shops, where you can purchase such handy gadgets as three
d
that has also been a hallmark of way fire, bombs, extra lives - all at a cost, however. How do you get
d e t a
DI's productions is certainly not the money? By killing aliens. Simple.
i l here. You want to take a
lacking In fact, ST Blood Money is a little simpler than the joystick-bust-
squint to one side to see what's ing Amiga version, and emerges better for it. The music and sound
flanking you, o r look over your effects are a little weedy and the scrolling slightly jerky, but the
shoulder to locate that mig that gameplay, though tough, is at least compelling. Worth a look.
has entered your radar's blind ACE RATI NG: 740
spot? No problem with this simula-
Advanced ComputerEntertainment 9 7

MENACE
Psyclapse P C E24.95 Ami ga version reviewed issue 15 Ac e Rat-
ing 678
As we have come to expect from
Psygnosis' Psyclapse label, the
graphics in Menace are superior
to the average PC game. But on
every other count there is nothing
here that you haven't seen in
other shoot-em-ups. The game
sets you as a lone fighter attempt-
ing to defeat the six evil rulers of
the planet Draconia. Each one is
encamped in a different scenario
and each has to be tackled in
sequence.
Your fighter begins with a full
shield and relatively unso-
phisticated firepower. As you
collide with the myriad alien
life forms besetting you your
shields are gradually deplet-
ed. It they should be com-
pletely run down your ship
will be destroyed. Fortunate-
ly your firepower can be
upgraded in the time hon-
oured 'collect the add-ons'
manner. This i s done by
destroying all of the aliens in
a single wave.
When t h e l a s t alien
explodes i t deposits a n
oblong tablet. Flying over
this will gain you a thousand
point bonus. If you have time
though you can pepper the
oblong with shots and turn it
into a more useful item like a
canon, laser or more shields. The
extra bits are pretty much essen-
tial too. In the later scenarios the
opposition don't leave you much
of a margin for error so you need
all the help you can get.
Inevitably you are greeted at
the end of each scenario by an
end of level guardian. These have
a weak spot which if hit enough
times will cause them to explode.
Unfortunately life is made more
difficult by having to avoid the
9 8 AdvancedComputerEntertainment
PC
large number of missiles being
constantly emitted by the swine_
Succeed in destroying your adver-
sary and you are rewarded with
progression to the next level.
Although Me na c e doesn't
break any new ground it is a very
playable and attractive PC shoot
enn-up that certainly wouldn't look
out of place in the most impres-
sive collection.
ACE RATI NG: 6 2 5
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0
MICROPROSESOCCER
1 3 1 Soccer League, and Two Player
Micropmse P C E24.95 C 164
version reviewed issue 17 Ac e
7 4 6 1 1 The 6 game can be played with
Rating 915
Over recent months there has
been a gamut of soccer games
for 16-bit machines ranging from
some really dire efforts through to
all-singing, all-dancing first class
simulations. Fortunately Micro-
prose Soccer falls into the latter
category.
When the first version of the
game for the C64 was launched,
back in February this year, it was
awarded an impressive Ace Rating
of 915, and rightly so. At the time
it was easily the best soc-
cer g a m e available,
although now Anco's Kick
Off provides strong oppo-
sition.
This conversion t o
the IBM PC has lost none
of the superb playability
of the original game. An
overhead view o f the
pitch is used t o good
effect, and enables you to
see exactly who is in con-
trot of the ball at all times. It also
allows a wide vanety of kicks to
be implemented ranging from a
simple chip shot to scissor kicks
and banana shots. The game is
accompanied by a rather strained
sounding ditty from the PC's
speaker. There are some very
nice touches t oo. Goal s, f o r
instance are shown again in TV
style action-replays, complete with
avideo rewinding effect.
The game implements two
sets of rules: good old Associa-
tion Soccer and Indoor Six-a-side
American rules. There are four
competitions that can be played:
Microprose International Cha t-
e • 1
lenge, World Cup Tournament,
Friendly.
either keyboard o r joystick,
although I wouldn't recommend
the former option unless you have
very dexterous fingers! Gameplay
tends to be quick and eventful
with many goals even though the
maximum length of play for a sin-
gle match is twelve minutes.
PCowners looking for a quick
armchair dash across the pitch
need look no further. Microprose
Soccer is a definite winner.
ACE RATI NG 9 0 0
BAAL
Psyckapse P C £ 2 4 9 5 S T Ver-
sion reviewed I ssue 1 9 A c e
Rating 726
In the tradition of good old Ham
met Horror a n unsuspecting
arch,Tologist uncovers an evil that
has lain hidden for thousands of
years. The removal of an ancient
plinth releases the demon Baal
who takes possession of a top
secret war machine with %Michhe
intends to rule the world. A crack
squad of Time Warriors is quickly
set up — their objective is to find
and destroy Baal and return with
the Time Machine.
Baal is basically a very
Vt attractive looking platform
game. You have to guide
each of the time warriors
through Baal's lair, which is
of course populated by a
number o f devious traps
4
1 some obstacles whichhave
a to be thought about if you
n are to get past them, which
d saves this from being a run-
m of-the-mill jump and shoot
affair. There are also extra
o
weapons to be collected to
n
ease your progress through
s the game. You'll need them
t too - the lair is a fair size
e and certainly not easy.
r A A s with all Psyclapse
s games, the animation is
excellent and complement-
.
ed
T by nicely drawn multi-layered
backgrounds. The P C version
h
looks as good and plays justas
e
well a s the Atari version, and
r
although this is by no means the
e
world's most original game itdoes
a
promise more lasting entertae
r
ment than most efforts in a wilds
e A worthwhile buy.
vein.
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EDITION
US GOLD E19.99, C64 version
reviewed issue 15. Ace Rating
753
More joystick waggling from the
masters o f sports simulations,
Epyx_ This time the scene is the
1988 Olympics i n Seoul. Th e
game i s apparantly offi cially
endorsed b y t h e Ame rica n
Olympics team, which of course
has absolutely no bearing on its
qualities. There are eight different
events t o compete i n : ‘ Sprint
Cycling, 400m Hurdles, Uneven
Parallel Bars, Rings, Pole Vaulting,
Archery, Hammer Throwing, and
Diving.
Some of the sprites look a bit
blocky in comparison to many ST
and Amiga games, but the superb
three dimensional background
graphics more than make up for
SPECTRUM +3
APB
DOMARK E14,99. ATARI ST ver-
sion reviewed issu e 25, A ce
Rating 762
APB was one o f those arcade
games that, while it was far from
advanced o n the graphics and
sound front, scored highly in the
playability stakes. Colourful, car-
toon style sprites and easily mas-
tered gameplay gave it an appeal
lacking in many more sophisticat-
ed machines. It casts you as offi-
cer Bob, a hard-working highway
patrolman trying to keep up with
his daily quota of arrests. While
screeching round the streets in
your car arresting minor offend-
ers, you may also have to follow
up an All Points Bulletin for the
arrest of a major criminal. Once
you have him, ifs back to the sta-
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AMIGA / ST
HILLSFAR
US GOLD E24.99, C64 Vers ion
reviewed is s ue 21, Ac e Rat ing
732
Flillsfar is another SSI/TSR game
in the Advanced Dungeons and
Dragons senes. Having suffered
the abominable dirge that accom-
this. These are well-demonstrated
by the superb zoom across the
stadium at the end of the opening
sequence.
Some o f t h e events, like
Archery, are easily mastered, but
Diving, Rings, and Parallel Bars all
require a degree of skill that will
take considerable practise t o
acquire. This is no problem as
there is plenty of opportunity to
practise individual events before
competing for real.
Any one who enjoys sports
simulations is going to love this
game, which has t o be Epyx's
best yet. All o f the events are
easy to learn, but present enough
of a challenge t o ke e p yo u
amused fo r some time_ A s an
added bonus there are also attrac-
tive Medal ceremonies. A must for
all joystick athletes.
ACE RATI NG: 8 0 0
bon to squeeze out a confession.
When this latest Tengen con-
version appeared on the Atari ST
it looked fine. The programmers
had managed to capture the same
amusing cartoon qualities of the
original coin-op. The Spectrum
version suffers seriously because
of the loss of this aspect. While
the sprites are all well drawn and
animated, the monochrome green
display looks dull and manages to
make the game appear lifeless
and uninteresting.
This version i s st ill highly
playable however, and if you are a
Spectrum owner who liked the
arcade original then you can prob-
ably live with t h e inadequate
graphics. I can't it keeping any-
body's interest for long though,
ACE RATI NG: 6 8 0
apparent during your exploration.
There is also a further arcade
sequence to be enjoyed by enter-
ing the arena. The game now
becomes a primitive combat
affair.
Enter a building and the view
changes from 3D with map to a
large Gauntlet style perspective.
Inside the building you can explore
panies the title screen you are further, opening chests, a n d
presented with a se t o f 'Camp
avoiding guards and floor traps.
Options' that allow you to load and Hillstar i s nicely presented,
save characters, o r create new
and the gameplay is pitched quite
ones.
well, but there is not really much
Once you have chosen the
here to keep you entertained for
character you wish to play with
long.
then the game begins with a ride
to t h e to wn o f Hillsfar. Th is
involves an arcade style se q u ke ACE RATI NG: 7 5 0
in which you control
the speed o f your
horse and its jump-
ing. To get t o the
town in one piece
you must leap over
the objects in your
path_
Within the town
you a r e f r e e t o
explore as you wish,
and c an f ollow any
quests that become
ST
TV SPORTS: option which allows you to try au*.
various plays as either offence or
FOOTBALL defence and to improve your punts
Cinemaware, E.24.99, Amiga ver- and held goals. Once you are feel-
sion rev iewed i s s u e 1 8 , A c e ing confident its off to the field for
Rating 892 a real game.
For each down you have -
The ST has certainly had its fair
shorta amount of time to call a
share of sports simulations, and before t h e vie w o f t h e grid
numbering among those are plenty
appears. During the actual play
of attempts a t capturing t h e
essence o f Soccer. American the computer controls all the play.
ers, b a r t he one o r t wo under
Football sims are a lot harder to
human control. This feature is Intel
come by, b u t gridiron fanatics
need look no further, Cinemaware ligent in as much as the computer
gradually learns your style of play
have finally released the ST ver-
and tries to emulate it.
sion of the ultimate American Foot-
Unless you hold a game over
ball game.
to view it at a later time, au other
If you are already familiar with
games in the league that do not
Cinemaware's int erac t iv e mo v i e
involve human players are played
software then you will not be sur-
simultaneously. By holding games
prised to learn that graphically the
you can then view them to observe
game is excellent. During normal
future opponents' tactics.
play the grid is shown in a high 3D
American Football fanatics wil
perspective from the Offence end,
love this game, but if you are a
but when a field goal is attempted
beginner, don't worry. It's not tor_
an impressive 'Kicker's eye' per-
difficult to get into, and there is
spective is adopted. Additionally
comprehensive booklet o n thE•
there are some attractive TV style
rules o f the game included wit
sequences at half-time and before
the software. There is also a lot lc.
the game.
learn by simply sitting back and
From the main menu it is pos-
letting the computer play itseil.
sible to view game schedules and
Unreservedly recommended.
team standings as well as playing
exhibition or league games. There
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British Music Fair this year saw 84/84
the launch of several new pieces
of software. A C E picks the best
of these and subjects them to the
usual rigorous session o n t h e
test be nc h. T w o exciting n e w Hank
packages are up for considera-
tion; t h e a l l B r itis h 'Virtuoso'
sequencer f or t he S T a nd t he Snap
first advanced m us ic package
designed solely f or the Amiga,
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Virtuoso is a MIDI sequencer designed to rival
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the best that the foreign software houses can as you work. Finally the screen re-draws itself for real time processing are formidable; being
putout; in short a package with top profession- much faster than the ordinary ST program. real time it is not altering the actual track data.
alspecifications but at a price that is competi- All this super speed and techno superiority Apart from quantize there is the extremely use-
tive enough to appeal to the average home wouldn't count for a jot unless the program ful addition of volume. Most MIDI devices now
user.
was easy to use and its intricacies easy to fol- obey volume control and it means that suc-
The first thing to note about Virtuoso is low. Thankfully this is pretty well true of Virtu- cessful balance can be set up from the screen
that it has done away with the ST GEM environ- oso all mouse actions are duplicated on the rather than fiddling around with sliders and mix-
ment. The claim is that GEM is slow in opera- qwerty keyboard and there are no drop-down ing desks or, even worse, the buttons on the
tion and meant that operations took a longer menus. front panel of a tone module - a sure-fire rectal
time than was acceptable for studio work. Digi- Virtuoso is divided into several main pages. discomfort.
talMuse, the developing company for the pack- The main area of activity is the Block page. Up Many other options are available on-screen
age,have therefore written a completely new to 99 tracks make up a block (a section of a as weN : program change, pan position, loop-
multi-tasking operating system designed espe- piece, and each track a separate instrument) ing, track delay, transpose, note limits, velocity
cialy for Virtuoso. This has given the software and these run from the top of the screen and and compression plus individual MIDI filters.
several advantages over any nvals_ can be scrolled through. The screen design is Tracks can be cleared, copied and removed
The first thing is that the resolution per not unfamiliar with the controlling icons set to completely.
- the right along with the counters and section By building up a number o f tracks, you
e is 480 clicks. To put this in perspective markers_ Since there are no menus, all the have created a section of music - the block •
Thissactually means that every note worth a functions you want are on-screen all the time. which you then file away by moving to the
:uarter
n of a four beat bar is split into 480 dims- All active tracks have a bar meter and can library page. One thing I found a bit quirky was
de o parts. If my abacus serves me well this is a be set to on or off. However in the block page that to work on a new block you have to create
totalt of 1920 clicks per bar, which outstrips it didn't seem possible to 'solo' any one track or copy the old block in order to make a space
anyof it's rivals by miles.
e although you could do this from the edit page. for it in the library - which seemed a bit odd.
(Other advantages are that all disk opera- Recording is subject to options. Apart from the Editing can be done in two ways. The
tons are carried out as a background opera- usual straightforward recording you can also graphic editing is done rather in the manner of
t
ton, leaving the program to run. Recording and have automatic drop in and out at specified
h are carried out as work is saved to a piano roll. The notes roll down from top to
playback bars, and cycle record. With the latter you can bottom of the screen in the form of squares or
askawhich saves quite a bit of time. The same either layer a track up part by part or do a oblongs and the pitch is indicated on a piano
goes t for print outs. Ft has very generous text multi-take, which lets you try out different ideas keyboard under which the display scrolls. The
handl ' ing capabilities so that instead of having for say a solo and each pass is taken on a sep- keyboard is moveable in all directions and can
to scrabble
s about for bits o f paper to note arate free track. You can then pick the best or also be displayed either in part or in full.
dowan various relevant information it can be edit two or three takes together. The other method of editing is by a data
saved c as part of the program and printed out After recording your first track the Options stream which shows all the data relevant to
r every MIDI event numerically. Quantize is data-
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On and moving notes there are some very fine
h ways of shifting infinitesimal amounts of time
Virtuoso can divide a f o u r surrounding the notes, thanks to the high reso-
e
- If you want a piece to be recorded via MIDI with every fine nuance of phrasing and tim lution. Notes can be captured around a definite
t
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a r like this is essential. It will also come into its own for absolute accu beat to user-definable amounts. The strength of
in t o
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cy synchronized up to film and video. It's not that other software is inaccurate • ju the quantize can also be set as well as useful
1 n this
that 9 one2 is more
0 accurate_ It follows too that any corrections you need to make can features such as deleting all double notes, lin-
t t i with
done m extrae -tine accuracy. ing up chords to start together and a humanize
sr l i c e s function which adds a percentage error to
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V i r tuos o for t he S T - ful l y s pe c fl e d, pow -
er ful, a nd e a s y to use.
mechanical tracks.
If this is not enough, another page, called
the Zone page, lets you define areas of tracks
and get to work to reset any o f the note
parameters recorded: the note numbers them-
selves, the velocity, the length, the start time,
a re-scaling the velocity over pre-defined peri-
ods either up or down, although volume didn't
appear to be an option. Other processes con-
trolled by the Zone page are the merging, and
general cut and past facilities.
Blocks are sorted into a full-blown piece in
the Arrange page. There are eight streams that
can run simultaneously and so therefore up to
eight blicks can be run at any one time. Tempo
shifts can also be inserted here although trans-
position didn't seem to be an option.
Virtuoso will save in its own format or MIDI
file format and there are options within the pro-
gram left fo r future developments such a s
using 64 tracks o f MIDI, assigning notes or
MIDI events to control parts of the program
and synchronization from SMPTE format. Alto-
gether a superb and very well thought through
program.
Virtuoso ST £225.00
Contact The Digital Muse on 01-586 3445
I MI US I C• X
Music X is not only a sequencer but also a
voice programmer, a sampler, and a MIDI con-
troller! It takes full advantage of the multrtask-
ing capabilities of Amiga and is the first pack-
age specifically designed for it. Although it will
run an an A500, it is recommended that you
have a a t least 1 megabyte of RAM. As a
sequencer it doesn't need any external MIDI
devices. S in ce i t c a n p la y b a ck f o u r
samples/internal sounds simultaneously i t
makes an ideal starting point for anybody who
hasn't got any MIDI equipped instruments. The
program does not come with a MIDI interface;
it will work with any Amiga MIDI interface so
take your pick.
Three disks make up the total package:
the program disk plus examples and utilities.
There is also a very comprehensive 500 page
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The default p a g e i s t h el
sequencer
equipped with the familiar tape recorder icons
of Pause, Record, and Stop with Fast Forward
and Back. In addition to this are Begin - which
is in effect jump to zero • and End which
locates the last two bars if you wish to add on
extra bits or continuations. NI the icons behave
very much as you would expect with no nasty
surprises.
There are four Cue boftons which can be
set at any point within the piece for fast access
to crucial points. You can compare the stored
versions of parts with the version just recorded
by hitting Preview which plays back the record
buffer. Once fixed on the sequencer list, its sta-
tus is listed. Bar length, memory size, MIDI
channel, time code, name and whether it is
playing the internal voices or MIDI external voic-
es. The internal voices are treated as MIDI
channels and there is provision for more MIDI
instruments to be added at a latter date.
Any sequence can be turned off and on
although not in mid flight. Once the piece is
playing, the top right hand window shows the
sequences that are playing at any given bar.
The tempo is set from the slider and if you
want to alter the number of beats per bar this
is catered for by a large amount of time signa-
tures.
On the sequencer page the output chan-
nels can be set • all input channels are set from
the filter page. The sequencer will punch in and
out either automatically from setting the bars
or manually. As you would expect, sequences
can be copied, merged, over-recorded, over-
dubbed or specified events extracted,
Music X has very comprehensive synchro-
nization features. I t will respond to its own
internal clock, external MIDI clock, internal
Video clock, which can be used as a guide for
timings against video, the new MIDI time code.
and SMPTE timing code; for the latter you will
need external SMPTE hardware. I t will also
sync u p with d ru m machines and other
sequencers to any given point by using the
MIDI song position pointer.
For editing, there are two methods: the Bar
Editor which is a bar graph display and a data
stream editor (event editor). In the former,
notes are represented by oblongs with different
MIDI channels having different colours; upright
r es. There were one o r two things that I telt
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are overlaid on a grid and the display scrolls
horn left to right. On the far left is a vertical
piano keyboard which provides a pitch guide,
although notes are not actually highlighted on
it.
Quantization will only work on notes once
they are in memory • there is no quantize on
record and so it is all data altering and not real
time. Having set the grid size to which the main
beat should conform, you then quantize the
notes to within a certain percentage ether
side. Quantization can also be applied to veloci-
ty and aftertooch which includes the ability to
increase or decrease the velocity and/or after
touch over a specified area, either linearly or
with a random factor - 'humanize' for want at a
better word.
Editing is achieved with the cursor with the
options of add, move, delete, mark, cut and
paste. Notes can be lengthened or shortenet
by dragging on them. There are some record
facilities in the edit mode and you can hear the
sequence back either on it's own or with the
rest o f th e sequences. Unfortunately the
screen keeps scrolling after you hit the stop
button which made it awkward to locate a point
exactly and there didn't seem to be any way to
manually scroll through the part at your ow
speed and hear the notes although you can
turn the scroll function off.
Transposing sequences is via the Play
Sequences, th e method o f song assembly
used. It also seemed to be the only way of
transposing entire sequences, which I found
not to be the most satisfactory of methods.
Perhaps a window that would have allowed
visual assembly of sequences would have been
better. Data is saved in three formats and there
is an additional utility program to do the cori
versions: Music-X file, MIDI file, which enables it
to be loaded into other MIDI sequencers, and
Amiga SMUS files.
The filter page maps out the MIDI informa-
tion coming in and routes it to wherever it
wanted. This is a most comprehensive page
which will also modify MIDI messages as well
as dividing any keyboard up into a split WI
keyboard. tt will also magnify or divide things
like pitchbend so that they don't have so mudi
effect when swapped from one instrument to
another. Any set-up you make is stored asone
of four keymaps_
Music-X is unique in that it is a complete
suit of programs under one umbrella and all
departments are very well catered for.
Amiga owners should start saving now even
without MIDI you can still use the internal voio
were missing, but overall the best package that
has graced the ports of my Amiga.
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A HELPING HAND, C O U R a r O F O T H E R _ACE R E A D E R S

useful goodies like Potions (these

make you invincible for about 20
DUNGEON
seconds), o r Books (which kill MASTER
everything on the screen).
Nathan Powell from Beckenham
If you a re a double-jointed
C64 owner her is another infinite provides a little help to those still
lives cheat f o r Ne w Zealand puzzling over this superb game
from Mirrorsoft.
Story from Brian Docherty, Glas-
'What is underfoot is still over-
gow.
head': Place shields from skele-
.] Place the side of your hand over tons on the pressure pads and
I,N. i g i l t a lor.i the keys W,E,R,T,Y. Now bring the step out of the way to dodge the
• • • • _ • • • • A • • 9 9 . " •
palm of your hand over S, D, F, G, fireballs. Now walk onto them.
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also takes one coin.
tt t4_ . border will turn grey indicating
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21 !Ze.a l a nd S tor y
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work on level one of Dominator.
A i
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nite fives pokes t o give C6 4
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games players a helping hand.
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For all o f these pokes y ou mouthed. Shmezz ' n ' Theo o f
should load the game as nor- Luton tell us how to get infinite
mal then reset and enter the lives.
poke followed by the SYS call
While playing press the DEL
to restart the game.
key and the game will reset to the
NINJA COMMAND title screen. Now type M and the
POKE 10457,173 laser gun sound will be heard.
SYS14848 or SYS 13810 for the Now type in sequence MOTHER-
Dunge on Ma s te r
too score AJCKENKIWIBASTARD and a fancy
little tune will be played. When you
BOMBO ITEM 1
next start the game your lifeome-
POKE 11417,173 ter will show a small kiwi and a 9+ 12 Armour of Darc 1 Makes you hard
SYS387 sign. • 10,11,12 1 Wei
Armour of Lyte y sghs
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PHOBIA They also sent us the follow- -'7 Bolt Blade 1 shoots lightning •
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POKE 5390,189 L
SYS2172 LEVEL 1_2: Shoot the baddies : 11 B
E Diamond Edge Extra damage
and collect the blue 'E" on the 7 I
Dragon Spit +7 Mana
DOMINATOR floor to the right. Now hop back V
tE14 Eye of Time L Freezes Me*
POKE 2293,165 to the point you started at and I:7 Ferel Pendant I +1 Wizard Level
SYS 2113, then reset and enter stand on the last two blocks on L
14 Fire Staff & Power T
SYS call again. the left side of the second floor. v: Gem I +2 Priest
Shoot towards the left wall while
Flamebain E +12 AntiFire
doing tiny hops. A large black hole
with fire in it will appear. Hop 31 Flamitt S Shoots fireballs
inside this and you will reappear 1'1 Fury Shoots fireballs •
underneath the kiwi. Hardc leave Extra damage
LEVEL 2_2: Find a balloon Illumelet Creates little light
1
and float up to where the bears on il 7 Inquisitor +2 Maria & extra dam.
balloons emerge. Stand t o the 7 12 Door within tomb
Masterkey
right o f th e green left-pointing 1 Moonstone +3 Mana
arrow and shoot the bears' bal- 03,7,9,12
1 Ra Keys
LICENCE TO KILL loons away. Repeat t h is until 11 Ruby Key Doors
As within tomb 1
above
POKE 8448,173 another hole appears. Now hop :
7 Sceptre of Lyt +6 Mana, heals & lights
POKE14730,173 into the hole and this will put you 1
12 Snake Staff +8 Mana, Heals
POKE33056,173 underneath the kiwi again. 1
LEVEL 2_4: Just before you 7 Staff of Claws +4 Mana
POKE11565,173
POKE15185,173 rescue the kiwi stand on top of 10 Staff of Mana +10 Mana, Dispel!
POKE63142,173 the steps arid shoot towards the Storm Ring Shoots Lightning •
right wall. A hole will appear. Hop Teo Wand +6 Mana, Calm spell
also POKE 13591,173 for unlimit-
edammo. into this and you won't have to kill Vomal Blade +4 Maria, Disrupt s
the big bad octopus. Acess to level
SYS5346 (or SYS 32768 for a lit- Winged Key
Let fire bugs duplicate and
tle message). shoot them to get a selection of

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Tweezers/ U s e l e s s items
Magnet I g n o r e
The totbwing items recharge full
strength: Bread, Canned Drink,
Boiled Sweet, Fried Egg, and
Banana.
While still on the subject of Bat- THE JOKER - 'A FETE WORSE
T HE P E N G U I N S M A N S I O N
man - The Caped Crusader, THAN DEATH'
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GR OU N D FLOOR the following maps for the Pen-
Bulb Black Room
guin Game. He tells us that a map
tAiRS IC. THE SECCT Crowbar Men at work
, for the Joker game is not nece-
In F t , Torch Second Black
sarry since there is only ever one
2)01 Room
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PICTURE 1 Here is a very useful list of
THIS smelly
objects in the games, also sup-
False Teeth To allow eating
plied by Mr.Palk:
Wire Cutters To diffuse bombs
THE PENGUIN 'A BIRD IN
Money Has the penny
THE HAND' dropped
pENCTLINS
RECEPTION
Item Usage Ammo Use with gun to
Spanner Bruce'll fix it load it
Game Disc Insert the disc Gun Open season?
White Room
Police Badge Don't make me Sunglasses
use this Handcuffs Arrest the real
Joker
Key (Batcave) In a pickle
Grenade No Pin? Oops! Joker Card To go through
LOFT
Getting you down? Joker door
Rope
Torch Black Room Knife To free Robin
Lift Key Getting back up Play Ears Simply use once
again Camera then drop
Dart Throw at dart Harmonica As above
S S COND FLOOR board White Elephant Useless item,
STAIRS TO tHE ciEFOuND F10011 Pass Card A clue -p a ss it ignore it
on
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Key (Mansion) Locked door strength f u lly : Ca rro t , Fish ,
1 1 Knife Stay sharp Canned Drink, Carton o f Milk,
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with old Indy was made up from
those supplied b y P.J.Gregg o f
Chipstead and Richard Davis, Lon-
don. P.J.Gregg also provides a
few tips for completing the first
level:
Go down the rope slowly. At the
end of it, jump to the other rope
quickly. Wad until the man has
thrown a knife and go down the
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bottom, go right. Wait for a piece
of rock to fall and then jump up
the rope. Walk along the plat-
forms and get the torch. Now go
back and drop down onto the
whip. Kneel down until the gun-
man has stopped firing and then
whip him quickly. Go right until
you reach the two gunmen. Kneel
down until they turn around and
then jump over the barrels. Now
follow them and when they turn
around, whip them. When jumping
onto ropes, go to the bottom of
the rope before you jump or you
will die. Jump off at the end and
whip the man. Wait before climb-
ing the rope because of rock falls.
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Take one torch and climb the
rope, Stay on the rope until the
nearest man has just gone up.
Jump across and wait. Jump onto
the second rope and follow the
man up until you see the first man
go down. Jump across, climb up
the first rope and jump into the
level 2 siding.

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run into the passage at the other
end of the corridor.
'Don't let a closed door stop you':
Chop it down in other words.
"None shall pass": Unless you
have a falchion, chop this down
too.
"Cast t h y influence, c a s t t h y
might': Use the 20 spell to open
the door, then throw a n ite m
across the pit.
"When is rock not rock": When it is
an illusion a pace to the left (The
wall).
"This wa ll sa ys nothing": No t
much anyway.
"This is my prisoner, let him suf-
fer": Don't take orders. Throw
something you don't need at him,
or is it her? Ra m pa ge On the S e ga

"You will regret that": Not if you

want to go on to the next level.
'Short Cur: Put a gold key in the
lock and a transporter will appear.
Make worms follow you to it. Go
in and wait a few seconds, then
go in again. You should land on
them. If not, try again. On the sec-
ond level there is a door you need
to open with a gold key. Don't.
Just chop it down and keep the
key.
"Lighter than a feather": Air! No
Corbamite.
"Beware my twisted humour, the
deceiver, the snake": Become a
snake and go left until the end,
right until the end, and so on.
in death still thirsts for bullion":
Put a gold coin in the small hole in
the wall.
'Riddle room": You need a bow,
gold coin,and blue gem to open
gate, but with Mirror of Dawn as
well, you get a prize.
DRAGON
NINJA
Mark Russel f ro m Southport
explains how t o dispatch your
CONSOLE
CORNER
DOUBLE DRAGON —
SEGA
For infinite lives on a one player
game, play through to level four,
then move directly up to a door-
way. Move to the centre of the
door and d o leaping reverse
kicks until PUSH START appears
for Player 2. You will now have
infinite lives. If you are playing a
two player game then kill player
2 off at the end of level 3 and
then follow the same procedure.
Both players will now have infi-
nite lives. (Daniel Elzein, Lon-
don)
RAMPAGE • SEGA
When th e GAME OVER sig n
appears push both buttons and
you can continue. This will work
up to three times, (Paul Eales,
Neath)
ALTERED BEAST • SEGA
It y o u t h in k t h re e energy
squares is not much to start
with then push diagonally up-left
simultaneously with button 1 .
energy squares. (Paul Eales)
GRADIUS — NINTENDO
Pause the game and press up
twice, down twice, left, right,
left, right, a n d unpause th e
game f o r n e a rly a l l t h e
weapons. (Guamtom Lee, Lon-
don)
DRUNKEN MASTER — P C
ENGINE
Turn the machine on, then off,
then on again. Hold down the
RUN and SELECT buttons. Next
release th e RUN button and
push UP once. Now release the
SELECT button and push UP
three times, RIGHT six times,
DOWN twice, and LEFT three ••
times. Choose the stage and
make yourself invincible. You will
be returned to the title screen.
(Guatom Lee) •
GHOST HOUSE — SEGA
To gain points fo r extra men
quickly, ju mp o n about 1 5
arrows on a screen, then every-
thing will turn yellow. You can
now walk through everything,
getting 1000 points for arrows,
screen 2, aalways
daggers, n d mummies.
try to jumpOon
n 1
a dagger before tackling Dracu-
la. (Steven Lowly, Doncaster)

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opponents; You will now begin with five Al ter ed Be a s t on the S e ga
Samurai Warriors:

Run under them as they are in
mid-air. As they land, perform a
back kick.
Crawling Ninjas:
Armed - weapon down-right, le t
Unarmed - Kick down-right, left.
Guard Dog:
As for 'Crawling Ninja'
Grey Ninja:
Drop to lower level or super jump
to higher level ju st before h e
starts to throw the stars/mines.
Fat Fire-Breather
Armed - Just keep striking him.
Unarmed - Super punch and
spinning kick.
Second Level Guardian:
Super Punch. Keep standing on
hub of the truck.
Green Multiplying Ninja:
The spinning k ic k a n d Super
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rid of him. When he tries to jump
over you, give him a mid-kick.
Armoured Giant Ninia:
Armed - Keep hitting him.
Unarmed - Super Punch. Posi-
bon yourself right in front of him.
When he does his super kick,
jump into the air.
CARRIER
COMMAND
If you're having trouble taking over
enemy islands or occupying neu-
tral islands then try this. When in
range o f an island turn t o the
map. Zoom in o n the present
island. Now, simply press F8 and
the island is your&
(Duncan Harris, Halstead)
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Fbu - all for the price of a pint or
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SOLDIER
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Rad £2.99
Spectrum, Amstrad, C64
Scrolling shoot 'em up in the For-
gotten Worlds, Crosswize mould.
Lots of power ups, the odd bit of
platform leaping, and particularly
vicious end of level nasties make
SQLan OK - but far from excep-
tional - shoot 'em up.
All 8 bit versions reached a
competent level in both graphics
and sound.
A well known, if slightly over
rated coin-op conversion in it s
day. Good buy fo r those deter-
mined to have every coin-op that
ever bleeped in their collection.
JACK THE NIPPER
Kixx £2.99
Spectrum, C64. Amstrad
Jack the Nipper gave to computer
gaming one of its most treasured
garneplay devices - the 'Naughty-
°meter'. Every time Jack got up
to a piece of mischief like frighten-
ing the cat, smashing plates, or
taking pot shots at people with his
pea shooter so his 'Naughtyome-
Jack's •
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FROM THE
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OUT ON B U D GET...
If you've missed out on some of the great
chance to pick them up at knock-down
prices as software houses continue to
release chartbusting games on budget
labels. Here's this months guide to unmiss-
able bargains.., plus the addresses to order
from if you have difficulty finding them in
your local corner shop...
ter would go up. The nappy-clad fited from these improvements. It
Jack makes for an amusing multi offers a 3 D view of the course
level challenge. Puzzles of medi- with excellent graphical represen-
um difficulty level and lo ts o f tation o f trees, bunkers, water,
laughs.
and the green. The player can
select from a range o f clubs,
make adjustments t o allow fo r
wind conditions and set the power
WORLD CLASS of the shot by using the barome-
LEADER BOARD ter to the right of the play window.
Klassix E9,99 Across a range of machines the
ST Leader Board titles have the edge
on the competition, At a less than
a tenner this is an excellent pur-
The classic g o lf g a me f ro m
Access has undergone an almost chase for your ST,
constant process o f upgrading,
tweaking, a n d development o f
new co u rse s. Wo r l d Cla ss
RAMBO
Leaderboard was one of the later
versions and has therefore bene- Hit Squad £ 2 . 9 9
Spectrum, C64. Amstrad
S tal l one l o o k s w i m p y i n
S pectr um gr aphi cs.
This wa s Ocean's biggie f o r
Christmas '86. A four directional
scrolling shoot 'em up pinned on
the fame of the Stallone comman-
do movie hero,but owing a major
debt t o the Capcom coin-op -
Commando.
More hostage to be rescued
behind enemy lines - but this time
the player needs eyes in the back
of his head as the enemy troops
come at you from all directions. A
variety of weapons are at your dis-
posal i n c l u d i n g g re n a d e s ,
Later in the game you have to find
the chopper and ferry our more
hostages. Graphics based on a
Vietnam scenario as per the film
are coded to a high standard on
all 8-bit machines. Tough shoot
'em up with a fair degree of plan-
ning and strategy required to be
successful.
tUB
720
Kixx E2.99
Spectrum, Amstrad, C64
This Atari coin-op really turned
heads when it showed up in the
arcades in the Summer Of '87. It
looked like the trendiest thing you
ever saw with its skate boarding
hero clad in multi coloured Bermu-
das, g ille d hair cut, and loud
surf-punk music pumping out of
the cabinet. US Gold were straight
in f o r the home rights and i t
turned up a t Christmas o f the
same year.
Unfortunately, th e gameplay
never really lived up to its splendid
graphics and basic game idea.
This was not USG's fault, They
made a good job of most of the 8-
bit conversions (C6 4 wa s th e
best, Spectrum and Amstrad just
competent).
The a im i s t o successfully
negotiate the four skateparks -
winning points and prizes. Skating
between challenges can be haz-
ardous as the Buicks, bikers, and
body builders that also inhabit the
streets are not a t all keen on
skate boarders. A must for skate
board stylists.
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FOOTBALL
MANAGER
Prism E5.99
ST, Amiga
Prism could well cause a
storm in the games business
by pricing their classic foot-
ball management game a t
E5.99. This could be good
news if other companies fol-
low suit. FM is the standard man-
agement soccer game. Pick your
team, study fo rm, check t h e
league positions, - its all there as
you become Cloughie for an after-
noon. Highly recommended.
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ROAD RUNNER
Encore E2,99
C64, Spec, Amstrad
This Atari coin-op gobbled stacks
of coins when it appeared in the
arcades early in 1987. It made
the strange decision to cast the
games player as the Road Runner
rather that Wile E Coyote - the
hapless hero of the cartoons who
never quite manages to catch that
darned bird. The aim is to put as
much distance between you (Road
Runner) and Wile E as possible.
All of the frills of the coin-op
are here - the puff off smoke at
Road Runner's feet as he hops on
the jet powered skate board, for
example. There is also the pogo
stick escape route and the various
bits of grain to be gobbled up by
the bird as he moves. A simple
but amusing conversion o f the
Atari coin-op. Good fun - even if
you only get a few days challenge
out of it.
BATTY
Encore ,C2.99
Spectrum, C64, Amstrad
Batty i s a n Arkanoid clone.
Bounce your balls off the tiles to
take them out one by one. Various
power-ups ca n b e caught t o
enable yo u t o d o th is faster.
Dozens of this type of game were
launched about three years ago
as the software industry demon-
strated its traditional lack of origi-
nality. Still - the games are hugely
addictive and Batty is as good a
rendition of the genre as you are
likely to see.
GREEN BERET
Hit Squad E2.99
Spectrum, C64, Amstrad
One of the first military shoot 'em
ups and a monster h it in the
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Cute pl a tfor m caper s i n the Bubbl e Bobbl e tr a di ti on.
arcades when launched by Tado
way back in 1985. Ocean cleaned
up with the home conversions in
Summer '86 and now they offer
you a second attempt to rescue
the kistages at /2.99.
Deep behind enemy lines six
hostages a re roped t o stakes
about to face the firing squad. You
are one of the green beret corn-
Cr ystal Ca s tl e s — • cl assi c 31) styl e a a c m a n w i th s e c r ot pa s s a ge s a nd a w i c k od w i tch in pusul t
mandos sent in to rescue them. opponents have dirtenng abilities
Dash left to right taking out the and weapons such a Stars and
Russians a s impressive b a ck Nunchaku s o i t is essential t o
drops o f a naval base, aircraft master the variety o f different
base, missile base, and giant kicks, punches, leaps available to
army rocket launchers and tanks you in Vie Ar. There are sixteen
scroll past. possible moves in two modes
Intelligently thought out shoot which puts Vie Ar Kung Fu a notch
'em up with excellent graphics and or two above the multitude of beat
implelemented on a ll 8-bit sys- 'em ups that have been launched
tems. over the years. Again, all 8 bit
titles were converted to a good
standard.
VIE AR KUNG FU
HI Squad 12.99
Spectrum. C64, Amstrao BOMBJACK II
Encore E2.99
C64.Spec, Amstrad
Elite had high hopes f o r this
sequel to the Taito platform clas-
sic in Spring '87. Although the
game play never really matched
that o f its stable mate Bubbie
Bobble, it was a good , addictive,
platform challenge nonetheless.
The cute character from the origi-
nal game is not quite so cute in
this sequel as he comes armed
with a knife to deal with his adver-
saries. The display has a semi-30
effect as EU leaps onto the screen
as h e explores h is platforms.
These are scattered with treasure
which BJ must collect - being
careful t o avoid t h e mutated
dinosaurs who would prefer to
keep the treasure themselves. Nat
A classic Konami beat 'em up that
in the first division with Bobble
earned Ocean a chart topping
Bobbie but in the same league.
position in the Spring of '86. You
are the brave contender Oolong
who must kick the 41/•7t out of ten
opponents i n yo u r q u e st t o
become the Kung Fu Master. Two
impressive backdrops - an orien- CRYSTAL CASTLES
tal temple and a water fall provide Kixx E2.99
the setting fo r the scraps. The Amstrad, C64. Spectrum
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Another cult coin-op classic i s
about to sneak out on budget,
and luckily for you if you missed it
the first time — highly likely as its
launch a t full price three years
ago was a strangely lo w key
affair. Strange when you consider
that this 3D Pacman style game
was one o f the most addictive
cabinets e ve r t o stand i n a n
arcade. You play the part of Bent-
ley the Bear who must gather all
of the gems dotted around the
floor of eighteen ice structures,
Each level must b e completely
clear before progressing to the
next and Bentley must make use
of the lifts, pulleys, ramps and hid-
den passages if he is to succeed.
The skeletons, bees, Gem Eaters
and Berthilda the witch are keen
to hang on to the gems. Ultimate-
ly pointless yet totally unputdown-
able arcade entertainment.
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moNTY ON THE
RUN
Kixx £2.99
Spectrum. C64, Amstrad
Upthere with the best of platform
games produced f o r the home
systems. Monty has two main
strengths—humour in abundance
and a brilliant 'Loony Tunes' style
sound track. The aim of the game
is get the recently escaped from
Scudmore prison Monty safely out
of the country on a channel tunnel
before the cops catch u p with
him. Various items have to be col-
lected a n d used if Monty is to
succeed, The puzzles are intricate
yet the game plays with great
speed. All-time platform classic.
PAPERBOY
Encore E2 99
Spectrum, C64, Amstrad
This Atari coin-op became Elite's
biggest ever hit in the Winter of
'86 and is software proof of the
fact that a paperboy's job is a
tough one. Hop on your chopper
bike fitted with a basket and get
those papers delivered. I f th is
sounds tame, bear in mind that in
the States i t is acceptable f o r
paperboys to sling the papers into
the porches without dismounting.
This speeds things up a bit but it's
still no pushover with hazards that
include ca rs, workmen, drunk-
ards, and -kamikaze lawnmowers
out to cripple you. Bonus points
can b e earned b y lobbing the
papers through the windows o f
non-subscribers. Ma y b e A C E
should try this. Several levels,and
extremely well executed graphics
on 8-bit formats make for a bud-
get classic worth two pints of any-
one's money.
MU
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ARCADE FLIGHT
SIMULATOR
Codemasters E2.99
C64
Arcade Hig h t Simulator f ro m
Codemasters is a lot heavier on
the arcade than on the simulator.
Don't expect anything akin to Fal-
con in this one. Having said that it
does have a bit more to it than
simply flying around the screen
blasting the enemy. You have to
refuel, check your ammo,and drop
bombs on enemy targets. As you
progress through the levels there
are more targets to be taken out.
Some neat aerial combat scenes
make for a moderately amusing
game.
GHOSTS AND GOB-
LINS
Encore £2.99
Spectrum, C64, Amstrad
Ar m s o u t s t r e t c h e d , t h e l i v i n g d e a d a r e
e v e r y w he r e a f t e r t h e G h o s t s a n d G o b s '
k ni ght — in his que s t to r e s c ue t he pr i ncess
Ghosts and Goblins was one of
the first really huge arcade adven-
tures to appear in the arcades. It
was so big, and so tough that you
had t o pump pockets fu ll o f
change into it to get anywhere.
For t h is reason mo st people
believed the Capcom title would
convert well to home use.
Which indeed it did. You play
a Knight in shining armour sent on
a mission to rescue a princess.
Scrolling horizontally you have to
waste the various ghosts, ghouls,
and living dead who emerge from
their graves to thwart your guest.
Well decorated wit h Magazine
accolades when it was launched in
Winter '86 and, in 1989, a solid
budget purchase.
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FIGHTER.
Codemasters £2.99
Spectrum, C64, Amstrad
Codemasters, choice o f aircraft
for th is arcade game i s ve ry
clever. NATO rate the Russian jet
as the best fighter t o emerge
from t h e i r d e sig n e rs e v e r.
Although the USAF will riot admit
it, informed sources think it is a
match for the F16 Falcon.
Unfortunately you cannot get
much of an idea of what the plane
is like as it appears very small on
screen. and there is no manual al
all. Gameplay makes u p f o r i t
though, being Defender-like a s
you pick up parachutes for bonus
points. Not a real simulator— but
it still has lots o f dials t o be
watched—fuel, distance, wapons,
to name but three. Best o f all
though, this is your turn to be the
enemy.
ALIEN SYNDROME
Rad £9.99
Atari ST, Amiga
This Sega coin-op gathered a cult
following in the arcades in 1987.
Its u g ly e n d o f
level mashes made
up of what looked
like a ma ss o f
giant bulls' eyes
could really make
you chuck i f you
happened to wan-
der into your local
arcade a f t e r a
greasy kebab. It's
a four directional
scroller wit h a n
over-head perspec-
tive — in the style
of Gauntlet.
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coin-op original. Fine for a while
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 NINTENDO GHOSTS AND
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Spooky goings on in Nintendo land

UPDATE
This classic Capcom coin-op provided a tough
challenge for garners when it hit the arcades in
the Summer of '86_ You had to pump pounds
worth of coins into it to explore its seemingly
endless fairy tale world. Thankfully, its conver-
sion to play at home gives you a more realistic
chance of cracking it,
You are cast as a Knight in Shining armour
(Well eventually - when you find the armour that
Whatever the attractions opening screen which shows Paul and Vince's
is) who has to rescue the beautiful princess
plane crashing into thick jungle foliage. The
locked (yawn) in a castle (yawn) b y the devil -
over head view of the game itself is charac- Zzzzzz.
of the new 16-bit con- terised by desert, jungle and rivers - with the
Wake upl It may be a corny plot but it's
enemy emerging from native huts, and fortress-
es. cute, addictive and good fun.
soles, Nintendo owners As a shoot 'em up ikari Warriors isn't going
There are seven levels t o be explored
before you come face to face with the Devil -
to win any awards, The game play seems a bit beyond the seventh gate. Various weapons
dated - particularly in the way the power ups
can still take comfort work. You don't have any control over them as need to be picked up and used if your knight is
you do - say in R-Type_ Th e conversion has to defeat the various ghouls, ghosts, living
dead and Zombies that the devil brings into
from some of the best the speed of the arcade original but is slightly
let down by vast difference in graphics.
combat against your Knight.
Your weapons are Torches, Swords, Axes,
If you liked the coin-op go for it. But make
Crosses, and Javelins. Tooling up is essential
gameplay on offer. sure you have Gradius in your collection before
you buy Ikon or any other Nintendo shoot 'em
when you confront the end of level demon. You
destroy him to win a key to the next level.
up,
The success of the coin-op was largely to
£29. 99 on c art ridge. do with the fairy tale appeal of the graphics.
computer games. Wit h a virtual The castles , churches and graveyards were so
N Verdict: Simple s hoot 'em up wit h lit t le
monopoly o f the games scene in lasting appeal. convincing that it was easy to lose yourself in
in the atmosphere o f the game, The Nintendo
empi
n- re in Europe, their power is awesome. In struggles to emulate this world -
recent
tl years this power has been used to tie with very gfitchy graphics. The
upee exclusive rights to almost every major coin- game play still manages to pro-
op nr licence going. Big name Japanese compa- vide a tough challenge that is
nides like SNK, Taito, Capcom, and Jaleco have going to take some time to com-
i plete.
alol signed deals with Nintendo. This is good
c Lots of hidden characters
news
aa for Nintendo owners . but bad news if you
own anything else, as Nintendo will be able to and pitfalls will be discovered as
ra their muscle to block the launch of these
use you play the game - like a Magi-
en on any other system.
games cian who has an annoying habit
ed Here are four of the latest offerings, includ- of turning you into a frog, and
inm g
J a real gem: Tetris, running on the Gameboy the Red Devil who seems invinci-
hand-hel
ea d. Playing Tetris on the train with head- ble.
phones
rp on is an experience worth paying a lot The trouble with the Nin-
ofgdash for... tendo is that, despite it having a
a
in G hosts N ' G obl i ns w a s qui t e l i ter al l y a m ons t e r hi t i n library of coin-op conversions far
the a r c a de s . N o w a ha unt i ng e x pe r i e nc e o n t h e Ni n-
na te ndo. larger than any other console or
IKARI WARRIORS
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sa s Nail Warriors is typical of the new wave
SNK' 3
oftrtitles. You won't see it on the PC Engine, *- ::
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shoot
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and
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nation'. - arta
Bd The game scrolls in four directions - Com-
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mandostyl e as hordes of enemy troops come
oy
atyou. Stacks of power ups are up for grabs
tofghelp the dynamic duo in their manoeuvres.
Ther r e are grenades which you will need to take 0 4
out othe pill boxes, tanks, gates and choppers.
wTeam work is the key to success in tkari
Warri
i ors. You need t o advance in planned P
stages
n - protecting each other as you advance 1 dre
upgscreen. Tricky situations can be avoided by A -t 4 e :
:king up 'K power ups. These act as smart
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computer, the machine lacks the graphical
power to emulate them effectively. This is not a
problem in some of the excellent original Nin-
tendo titles like the Mario series - where the
games have been designed within the frame-
work of the NES's capabilities. But in games
like Ghosts and Goblins it is really stretched.
Having said that - it is still recommended to
fans of the coin-op. A ll of the game play is
there.
1,29.99 on cartridge
Verdict Arcade adventure that you won't
want to put down until you have rescued
the princess.
RUSH 'N ATTACK
Kill Russkies and save yer chums
Rush IV Attack will be more familiar to most
garners as Green Beret - which was what the
game was called in the UK, The Rush'N Attack
title was the American name for the game. For
reasons best known to Nintendo they have
decided to market the game under its Ameri-
can handle in the UK.
If you are now totally confused le t me
remind you of the scrolling shoot'em up with
the impressive military backdrops of a naval
base, a missile base, army barracks, and air
force base.
The aim o f the game is to rescue the
hostages that are lashed to a post awaiting the
firing squad. As you dash from left to right the
enemy solderis come at you in waves. Armed
with a commando knife you will also need to
pick up a shoulder mounted bazooka if you are
to progress to the next level.
The secret of the game is timing. Leap.
stab, and run at just the right moment to kill
the enemy and get on to the next strategic
point in the game.
Green Beret/Rush'N Attack is everything
you could ask for in a legging it' shoot 'em up.
Its nice the way you can go up a bit - climbing
onto tanks or planes, without degenerating into
a total platform exercise.
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Ta nga dati ati vel v simple idea makes a super b brain flame. The blockbuster soviet computer game
is now avai l abl e for the G am eboy!
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G r een Ber et, a n 8-bi t hi t now on Ni nte ndo. S a m e ga m e — di ffer ent ti tl e!
Best thing of all about it though is its end-
game sequence - assuming that you are macho
enough to get there. And no, ACE is not going
to describe it for you just so you can brag that
you did it all on 'yer tod,
£29.99 on cartridge
Verdict: Good, t ough arcade c onv ers ion
that does n't s ut ler at all f rom NES's naff
graphic s .
TETRIS
The hand held standard
OK, so the Atari Lynx hand held may have a full
colour LCD display. It may have a processor
that moves taster than an Amiga. It may also
have software like California Games and stacks
of other 'quality American games waiting in the
wings- but I would trade all of these for just one
go on Game Boy Tetris.
If ever there was a computer game argu-
1
ment for Glasnost Tetris has to be it. L . ;
, a team of Moscow University students the
by
e s . gtakes
game n e d Space Invaders, turns if inside out,
adds a geometrical jigsaw puzzle challenge
with a time factor element thrown in.
You get just one go. The aim is to place
the squares, oblongs, 'L' shapes, rods, and sin-
gle cubes together in such a way that they
form a solid horizontal line. Using your game
controller (th e same as a Sega or Nintendo
four directional pad) you can rotate the shapes
to find the best position for them to fit the puz-
zle.
If you can suss it the second they appear
on screen then you can whizz them into posi-
tion with your controller by keeping your finger
pressed in the direction you think it will frt.
It's simple to learn, yet extremely difficult
to master. For this very reason it is the best
game you could think of to convert to a hand
held. It doesn't need flash graphics or sound -
although in the sound department it performs
pretty well on the Game Boy in
full stereo through Walkman-
style head phones.
The beauty of Tetris as a
hand held game is it gives a
purpose t o t h e seemingly
pointless pursuit of computer
game high scores. Everyone
wants to kill time occasionally -
on a train, a bus, or even in a
1
Cornish hovel without running
water to make a hi-tech break
from a heavy weekend of tran-
scendental meditation. Tetris is
so totally absorbing, addictive,
and easy to get into that it
achieves this far better than
anything else that currently
exists in the growing library of
portable computer entertain-
ment. It is, in fact, a meditation
in itself_
£26.99 on cartridge
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lifetime. It is to silicon what
Chess is to cardboard and
wood.
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Indiana Jones movies, and came out

of the cinema wondering what it would
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culty, Indy can generally out-punch them by

pure speed.
The graphics are mostly of a high stan-
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be

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now dard, a s you would expect for this type o f
the game. The backgrounds are all well drawn and
t US Gold arcade game.
in many cases animated. Simple effects, such
h The first thing you notice about Indy is its
impressive packaging. Aside fro m th e six as lightning, combined with some stormy
o
(count them) six disks that the ST version effects re a lly enhance t h e atmosphere.
s Although small, each character is well defined
comes
e on, there is a code translation table
and detailed but their animation is simple and
with
o its transparent film decoder, and a sixty-
unconvincing. In the mazes, the characters
four page copy of the Dr Henry Jones's Grail
f become smaller still, and only the small section
Diary, containing various clues and background
y Ne a t p i c a , b u t t h e a ni m a t i on i s a b i t of screen directly in front of our hero, is visible,
information fo r the game. Already you are dodgy.
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The game itself is an arcade-adventure in
similar style t o previous LucasfilmAls Gold
release Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindben-
ders. The main action takes place in the centre
of the screen, any game messages or dialogue
appear above it, and below is your inventory
and a list of verbs_ the game is controlled
almost entirely by the mouse, sentences can
be constructed by clicking on the appropriate
words, and Indy himself is moved around by
using the walk' verb and pointing the cursor in
the action window. The addition of a What
verb allows you to identify any object that may
be of significance.
Your first task is to locate the comput-
erised version of the Grail Diary, which can be
opened up at key moments to give additional
clues to those in the written version. Having
found that, it's off to Venue to search for the
entrance to the first of the maze sections, the
catacombs, and a clue to the location of the
Holy Grail. All subsequent locations are taken
straight from the film, but your correct course
of action is not necessarily the same as Harri-
son Ford's.
The puzzles are not particularly difficult but
at times you may wish to result to brawn over
brain and fight, rather than argue your way Out
of trouble. Although fisticuffs can be rewarding,
gaining Indy extra items, losing a fight has a
nasty tendency to end the game. Combat is
the weakest aspect o f the game a s one
would expect f ro m a n adventure-oriented
release a n d as there are only three punches
and three blocking moves, fighting is easily
mastered, and although opponents vary in diffi-
there is the obligatory rousing rendition of the
LANDS CAP E 6 9 film's theme tune and some well-timed spot
Background gra phics are a l colourlul and we ll
effects, but the cacophony that accompanies
defined, but the character animation could have been
be lle .. the first maze is irritating rather than atmo-
spheric.
E NCO UNTE RS The main problem with this game is the
The arcacley elements of this game don't re a lly constant disk accessing, every new location
involve encounters in the normal adventure way, and
has to be loaded in. This is not helped by hav-
the combat syste m is weak.
ing the game spread over six disks, as there is
CHALLE NG E 6 5 a fair amount of disk swapping to be done as
Lots to do, but don't expect to ra ck your bra ins much
well. The problem is exacerbated by the fact
S Y S TE M 6 5 that the picture clears before each load, leav-
Far too much disk swapping!. Otherwise an advance ing you staring at a blank screen until the next
from Zak Mickracken, but another stop away from tra- is ready to be drawn. Worse still is that the con-
ditional adventuring. I s this is a good ihing?
sequences of many of Indy's actions also have
to be loaded in, which is totally inexcusable
when many of them are only simple animations
ACE lasting a couple of seconds. On occasion, cer-
A D V E N T U R E R A TIN G tain actions, not least when loading a saved
820 game, require several disk swaps, often using
the same disk twice! Surely the programmers
Strong atmosphere makes the game instant- could have arranged their code so that actions
ly appealing, but we doubt you would want that follow one another are on the same disk?
to return to it once it has been completed.
This aside, there is much to recommend
about the game. It is very well presented and
has tremendous depth. The majority o f the
problems are not too hard, particularly for peo-
ple who have seen the film, and being unable to
F BOX solve one puzzle does not necessarily lead to a
dead-end, as not all need to be solved to corn-
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 IT'SHORRIBLE!
Horrorsoft are launching a game endorsed by the American vamp
Elvira,a gal with a great...er..future ..er...in front of her...

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padded settee in the lounge bar of the
Chesterfield Hotel Mayfair. A p o t of tea is
TEN THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNO
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ordered and duly appears with a side plate of
Bourbon,
r Nice, and Rich Tea biscuits. ACE's ABOUTELMIRA
reporter
a is beginning to feel nervous. Where's
The famous Elvira body measures 3.10-24-3.4 and is 5ft 7inches tall.
the
M vamp with the huge boobs, clinging black Elvira's favourite horror film is -
dress
i with plunging neckline, five inch spiky Most
P l a sexy
n e thorror 9 vamp apart from Elvira?- "There isn't one".
heel s and long black wig??
s Favourite
F r o m male actor - Nicholas Cage.
All in her suit case, alas, as Elvira is all
t 4Most horrific
O u t e r thing about London "You guys drive on the wrong side of the road".
packed to let off to Las Vegas in the morning
r Favourite Elvira endorsed product Th e most expensive one
where she is about to carry out another person- S p a c e "
e endorsement for a new pinball table.
ality brand of tomato ketchup " t h e health shop one without additives - particu
.
larly Health Valley"
s Wearing trousers and a brown cardigan she
8) E l v i r a has never been to Transylvania but her brother in law has.
s
couldn't have looked less like the sexy star of
(9) E l v i r a was the last recipient ot one of the original Dracula Society Awards
America's
o hit Movie Macabre horror show. Brea
• 10) Elvira has an Apple ' • b u t never usesi m e s ,
isf the alter ego of American Actress Cassandra
Peterson.
t Her character introduces the coast to
coast
h TV show from a haunted house garage let Elvira has become a super star of horror. 'That's my thing. It's got me actually speak-
set.
e Barry Norman said of her 'Elvira is outstanding ing in it. It's great fun'. Her enthusiasm for the
The show consists of re-runs of old horror ...well two bits of her anyway.' This popularity
D pintable is easy to understand when you learn
classics. Elvira introduces th e films, pouts has spawned dozens of fan clubs and - in true she gets ten free ones as part of the deal.
a
seductively before the commercial breaks, and American fashion - warehouses full o f Elvira What are you going to do with ten pinball
r
interupts every so often to make a sarcastic endorsed products. Y o u can get records, tables?
k
comment on the action or the plot. Her quips posters, greeting cards, make up costumes, 'I'll have one at home, give one to my Mom
arec pocked up by her army of fans and she has books, models, wigs, a Pinball Table from arid Dad (they collect all my stuff) and probably
u up with some outstanding put downs in
come Williams and, shortly, a computer game cour- use the others for charity promotions".
thet eight years the show has been running. One tesy of Horrorsoft. The Elmira video and computer game will
film
s explained to her 'why they put bad bags on Elvira hasn't seen or played the computer be in the shops at the end of the month.
airoplanes'
a another was so bad that 'even the game but she knows all about it.
audi
h ence who saw it on a plane walked out'. "Elvira sets up these Horror Weekends in a
o Movie Macabre started out as a local show
in the Los Angeles area in 1981. Since then
m
castle which has been taken over by an evil
force. You have to find the Scroll of Spiritual
AT W
Elvira's popularity has spread to almost every Mastery to stop the wicked EmeIda from ruling
IVe station in America. The mania reached fever the world". adventure column has been severlyr
- in Los Angeles in 1982 when Elvira's Biog-
pitch ed in recent months. but we are no
Despite being well briefed about the com-
raphy was broadcast in 3D. Stores reported puter game Elvira's eyes really light up with ghted to announce that from next
sales of 2,7 million pairs of 30 glasses in LA genuine enthusiasm when asked about ..the issue, the section will be edited, expan
alone. pinball table... ed, and ruled with a rod of iron by Pat

ACE readers should already be lam

with Pat —she used to contribute a
ular column (Pars Patch) on adven-
utilities and she currently runs the
TAC User Group
Pat will be guiding this column
through the corning months, at a time
when the adventure market is changing
as never before_ As well as reviews, gos•
sip. and tips, the column will also feature
regular analysis of new developments in
computer fantasy. Stay tuned'
 TIMETOTRAVEL OK..
reviews in their native France fo r
PALACE are launch- also examine, search and talk options.
The commands a re implemented ve ry
C their Future Wars - Time Travellers quickly - giving all of the puzzling fun of an
adventure.
i The game is the work of Paul Cuis-
set
n who has spent the last three years develop- ing a new French absorbing adventure without the hassle of typ-
ing in lengthy commands and twiddling your
in
e g the player interface. thumbs whilst th e computer considers it s
m It'll
adventurous
come as no surprise to regular ACE
readers that there are simularities graphic adventure. response.
The storyline is a strong one. E a rth is
a
with Sierra's Leisure Suit Larry under attack in the 43rd century
t
and Police Quest games in the ani- from an alien race. The advanced
i
mation and large number of graphi- SDI defence system has been
q locations. We've already point-
cal undermined by the aliens travel-
edu out in past issues how popular ling back in time and planting
e Sierra-On-Line range is in the
the bombs at strategic points before
States..,and
h even traditional com- the defences were built. Your
pani
a es like Magnetic Scrolls are quest starts in the present and
casting
v envious glances at the sys- brings you to the Middle Ages,
tem
e and talking about 'doing more Prehistoric times and the distant
animation'. future.
b
e Despite first impressions, how- Throughout the game the
ever, the interface itself on Time French flair for graphics is very
e
Travellers is surprisingly similar to much in evidence. Look out for a
antraditional adventure. A window full review of this ST, Amiga, and
w
offers a number o f choices on PC title in next month's ACE.
i
each location. Apart from the obvi-
n direction options there a re O ut a nd a bout i n Futur e Wars...
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NOPROBLEM!
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a Joan Pancott telephoned me last month to complain about my For ID and password include hyphen!
v printing her solution of Souls of Darkon, which she had sent when I LURKING HORROR
e was writing the Pilgrim column. Joan tells me she doesn't believe
in solutions being printed — particularly since it means she gets A meal is the key — try the fridge and then the microwave. Actually
less calls on her helplinel (remarks the White Wizard) some of the responses regarding the
Well, Joan, I have to agree about completel solutions. but I master key are a bit misleading: suffice it to say that you will be
made an exception with Souls of Darkon because it Is one of the able to borrow it once you've fed its owner.
most infuriating games I have ever come aaross. and I can well ZZZZ
understand why publishers Taskset went bust shortly after releas-
ing it. To enter mansion, try door. When window opens climb vine. Then
climb down.
And as far as calls are concerned, by now EVERYONE ought
to know about Joan's helphne service, which has been going for KAYLETH
several years and has clocked up literally thousands of calls. You Spin bar by Mokki-ray_ The tablet azap takes you to a dime.
can contact her on 0305 784155 and she can give help on most The coin is in the ruins of the citadel_
games.
TASS TIMES
Meanwhile, here's a brief selection of tips from the files of The
Pilgrim and The White Wizard. ..arid thanks to Mitch Pomfret. Gramps is in the tower on the island. To free use zagtone.
Jason Riley, and 'anon' for sending them in! Robert Morgan of KENTILLA
Glasgow should be pleased — we've got the solution to the first
Tie the rope to the stalictite then pull. Then pull again.
pan of Mindfighter that he so urgently requested.
MINDFIGHTER
SORCEROR OF CLAYMORGUE CASTLE
Help with part one...
The kitchen needs examining more carefully! Examine the rubble at the civic centre ruins.
KENTILLA Give the snowstorms to Daryl.
To prevent a good old try up with Zelda, give her a human present Break the cobweb in the building to find the hidden object.
of Timandra, This allows you to get the scroll! Don't drink the water, it is contaminated.
Use the wrench and the chisel to break the stairs in the ruined
MORDON'S QUEST
building
Don't spoil that Condor moment while in the arena. Don't refer to Wear the gas mask in the industrial wastelands.
the Tele-script shop; they're out of stock. A ship will arrive in the docks at 3pm on Wednesday.
STATIONFALL Give the dead dog to the rabid foxes.
Look at your watch and the chart before launching. To get into a trance - INHALE, HOLD EXHALE.
Getting into the village is a pressing problem To metamorphose you need to be in a trance, then METAMOR-
PHOSE
BUREAUCRACY
To destroy the ship, empty the petrol, burn the rag with the
Mail order print? Read vertically lighter, and run off the ship.
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games we play every month. There's also good news for competitors - we've really taken the
puzzle and crossword sections in hand for the first time since the transfer of the ownership
of the magazine. We'd like to apologise for the delay in printing prize winners, butnow you can
turn to the section beginning on page 51 and fi nd out whether you've struck lucky. We're
delighted to announce that the teething period is now over, and from now the Pinks will be
bursting with health.

The ACE Guide To The Games You Have To Have adds in a whole new section as well this
month - on c ons ole games. Even if you don't have a console this section gives important
information that could affect your buying decision, especially since buying a console is all
about software choice rather than hardware specifications.

However, if you're looking for a new computer and concerned about specs, you'll be pleased
to hear that next month will see the return of the ACE Upgrade Guide. We're currently working
on this section to make it better than ever before - and it will include a far greater range of
machines, complete with up-to-date sales information j u s t in time for Christmas!

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six days lime. And wi th full-price titles still
TRADINGCOUNTER
mostly over a tenner and 16-bit games near-
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'prices' and market positions. Prizes will be awarded to ACE
Here at ACE we hope to make investing in games soft-
ware a little less fraught with pitfalls - and give you some readers who can pinpoint these prices and positions in
fun into the bargain. Welcome to the ACE Stock Market - advance, A full explanation of the system will be printed in
and as an ACE reader you automatically qualify for a
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next month's ACE together with the first entry form. Alterna-
Here is where you can check up on companies' track tively, you can get details by sending an A4 stamped
records and their performance over the months, not in
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addressed envelope to The ACE Stockmarket, Priory Court,
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their current releases.
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bull market in the pre-Christmas season as games tumble THE8.BIT THE16.BIT
out from every software house under the sun, to the bear
market of the summer rnonths, when sales and output COUNTER COUNTER
peter down to a trickle.
We'll be tracking the performance of every game in A difficult one this, since you can't always be sure Here you can find out which is the most highly
every review published in the UK. We'll monitor how highly which title wall convert best- This is an opportunity rated 16-bit game of the month. Can you predict
each title rates overall, and how well its graphics and for some real risk-taking. Will Continent& Circus which titles Amiga and ST owners will be raving
Sound capabilities score. And when we've compiled this really cut the mustard on the smaller machines? about in the future. Will Mirrorsoft's Interphase
mountain of stahshcal data, we'll hand it over to an expert One things for certain - this counter is going to roar to the top of the market? Or is Power drift the
in the field.
put a bit of zing back into the 8-bit debate... one to watch? If you've got your finger on the
We've enlisted the aid of a qualified data processing pulse, you could get your hands on some big, big
and market research professional, Geoffrey Roughton, to prizes.
develop a set of statistical routines that will sort all these
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numbers to give a meaningful set of figures at the end-
games Quality 'share price' for each month's set of THEMACHINE 1
reviews for each publisher. It will take into account individ-
ual ratings, weighted against the number of games pro- COUNTER THECOMPANY
duced. There will be an overall figure and separate scores
for graphics and sound.
COUNTER
This counter will list the various titles BY MACHINE
The routines will make allowances for individual mag-
FORMAT tt will enable you to see instantly which Here's where the fur really starts flying! Which
azine bias twhere a title regularly rates games higher than
game the reviewers are really tipping for your companies are taking the trophies in the review:.
other magazines, for example) and will also take into
micro, Not only will it help you to decide which stakes. Can a company ride its way up the market
account the different reviewing systems used. We hope to
games to invest it, it will also give you a chance to on the back of a single tremendous title, or will
be able to cover graphics and sound ratings as well as
exercise your knowledge of your micro's capabili- the giants hold sway at the top of the league? Are
overall verdicts at a later stage.
ties for certain types of software. Pick the right the American software houses ruling the UK roost,
As companies fortunes fluctuate throughout the year,
games in the right positions, and you could be sit- or is Britain holding its own? Get it right, and get
you'll be able to keep your own portfolio of their
ting pretty. rich.. well, almost!
progress. Then, when it comes to buying games, you'll be
better informed about the track record of the team con-
cerned. and the amount of risk involved.
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games AND software houses - this list is based on actual reviews published in recent
weeks and is VALUABLE DATA so don't waste the opportunityl

GAME S O F T W A R E HOUSE SCORE

Rick Dangerous Firebird/Microprose 85 Are you an ACE Stockmarket wizard? If

Strider US Gold 88 so, you could take a slice of the cake each
Xenon II Image Works 93
Tank Attack CDS 78 month as we dish out prizes to enterpris-
Fast Break Accolade 49 ing readers...
Oil Imperium Reline 78
Castle Warrior Delphine/Palace 60
Shufflepuck Cafe Domark 71
All Points Bulletin Domark 75 Different people like different games - and that
Turbo Micro Illusions 85 goes for reviewers a s well, a nd even for maga-
Shadow of the Beast Psygnosis 87 zines. Here on ACE, for example, we favour games
Battle Valley Hewson 81 that demonstrate originality a nd can be seen t o
Gemini Wing Virgin Mastertronic 61 further the cause of computer entertainment. But
NewZealand Story Ocean 88
Rainbow Islands just h o w good i s y our own instinctive feeling
Firebird/Microprose 87 about a game? Or about the fortunes of a software
Passing Shot Image Works 65
Paperboy Elite 79 house? We're going t o give y ou the chance t o
Populous: The Promised Lands Electronic Arts 86 walk away with big prizes each month if you can
MrHeli Firebird/Microprose 58 predict the way the 'shares' are moving in the ACE
Thunderbirds Grandslam 86 Stockmarket...
Conflict Europe Image Works 71
Fiendish Freddy Mindscape 83 HOUSEY HOUSEY
Leonardo Starbyte 71
Jack Nicklaus Golf Accolade 64 We'll also be printing each month the names of the
RVF Microstyle 66 software houses whose products feature in Stock
KingArthur Infocom 82 Exchange ratings, a n d t he ir or de r o f ranking
F16 Combat Pilot Digital Integration 89 according to the reviews they've received in the
Robocop Ocean 49 current survey period. If you fancy your knowl-
Great Courts Ubi Soft 78
edge of the games scene, you can join in by send-
Sleeping Gods Lie Empire 76
Barbarian II Palace 76 ing us your predictions for future months: if you
TheChamp Linel 45 can name the top five software houses you'll pick
Chariots of Wrath Impressions 71 up a valuable prize (details in the Stockmarket
Skate of the Art Linel 38 Launch issue next month). Beats the stockmarket
Indiana and the Last Crusade US Gold 61 any day...
Journey Infocom 78
Nightdawn Magic Bytes 63 HIGH PERFORMANCE
Alien Legion Gainstar 36
Beam Magic Bytes 72 You can also win prizes by naming the top five
Grand Prix Circuit Accolade 51 games f or a ny o f the t op machines i n correct
KuIt Exxos 85 order. There are further prizes going each month
SDI Activision 57 for the man who hits the nail on the head.
Tomand Jerry Magic Bytes 47
Xybots Tengen/Domark 81 BONUS PRIZES!
Buffalo Bill Tyne soft 80
NavyMoves Dinamic 34 If either prize goes unclaimed, it's added t o the
Omni-Play Basketball Mindscape 75 jackpot for the following month. Market conditions
Shinobi Virgin 77 are pretty tough out there, so expect to see some
Astaroth Hewson 71 pretty hefty prizes building up during the months
Licence to Kill Domark 71 ahead...
RFT Gremlin 69
Screen 7 Finally, we'll be offering regular bonus prizes,
HighSteel 39
Phobia Image Works 72 so keep tuned t o The Final Verdict and sharpen
both your wits and your pencil!
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ARCADE ELIMIN A TOR
Hewson • Spectrum
Although pipped at the
post in a head to head
POWER.
DROME
f7.99cs 112.99dk • with Rainbow Islands, New Electronic Arts • Atari ST

IsA
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STYLE C64 E.9.99cs E14.99clk
Amstrad f9.99cs
114.99dk • Atari ST
119.99dk • Amiga
Zealand Story is not a
game to be ruled out. It is
immense fun to play, pro-
vides lots of varied action
124.95dk

This superb arcade-style

futunstic driving simula-
409 Including coin-op conversions. Games with a high fun factor

f
099 E19.99dk across many levels, Defi- tion will have you
596
590
299
and plenty of addictive action feature in this category. nitely worth checking out. enthralled for months to
2199
Graphically wonderful * ACE RATED 875
10 0 come. It may not be tern-
490
roadway blastem-up by bly easy to get straight
410
490 ARKANOID BOUNDER Playability is the essence OIDS
John Phillips, which will Into but its well worth

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399 Imagine • Spectrum
299
17.95cs • C64 L8.95cs
699
590
699
599 E12.95dk • Amstrad
/8_95cs 114.95dk •
Mari XL/XE E8.95cs •
Atari ST E14.95dIr •
MSX E8.95cs • IBM PC
119_95clk
Conversion from
Arkanoid the coin-op. in
its turn the best version
of the classic Breakout.
1602
16242 Simple in concept the
1599
1599 player controls a bat at
1799
1599 the base of the screen,
1199
11 0 9
whizzing it left and right.
1490
14 09
12.09 he object is to keep a
15.09
19.09 small ball in play, bounc-
15.90
12.09 ing it oft the bat to
1099
47 00
destroy formabons of
bricks in the top half of
the screen, Eliminate all
me bricks and move on to
the next of 33 screens.
Geyer extra features con-
tribute to the addictive-
ress. As a faithful coin-op
conversion, Arkanoid
comes out top, but for a
different slant on the
Qme theme and some
rifty music, try ASI's
Gremlin Graphics • Spec.
trum 17.95cs • C64
E9.95cs 112_95dk •
Amstrad E8.95cs
113_95clk
A great arcade bounce-
ern-up, and very addictive
too. You guide a ball as it
bounces from one plat-
form to another, high
above the vertically
scrolling landscape. Land
on marked squares and
you can stay aloft longer
or gain a mystery bonus.
Fill in a gap or hit one of
the game's many nasties,
however, and youll lose a
lite. Bonus bouncing sec-
tions at the end of each
level help vary the pace,
and those tough gaps
really keep you coming
back for more. Bright,
witty graphics, great
music - and it's so
playable,
* ACE CLASSIC
BUBBLE BOB-
BLE
Firebird • Spectrum
of this two-player coin-op
conversion. You and a
friend play bubble-blowing
dinosaurs, travelling
through 100 maze-and-
platform screens, fighting
off the 'bullies' by encap-
sulating them in your bub-
bles to turn them into
Juicy fruit. More firepower
and various bonuses
await as you reach the
more difficult later
screens_ Enormously
good fun, if a little on the
cutesy side. Can also be
played as one player
against the computer.
* ACE RATED 958
CONQUEROR
Superior • Archimedes
124.95dk (Amiga and ST
versions under develop-
ment)
Drive around in your very
own tank! Blast the enemy
in close combat and plan
your strategy for the cam-
paign. This is a tricky
game to get to grips with,
but if you persevere you II
twist your joystick inside-
out. It'll even have you
driving on the ceiling.
Though it's tough to get
to grips with at first, the
addiction level's so great
you'll keep coming back
for more.
* ACE RATED 904
EXOLON
Hewson • Spectrum
E7.95cs • C64 E8.95cs
E12_95dk • Amstrad
18.95cs 114.95dk
Graphically superb hori-
zontally scrolling shoot-
em-up in which you run,
duck and jump your way
along a planet's surface
blasting away at alien
defences. A gun and a
missile launcher are used
to blast the foes, but if
things are still too tough
then you can grab an
exoskeleton for extra pro-
tection and fire power.
* ACE CLASSIC
NEW
ZEA LA N D
Mirrorsoft • Atari ST
E19.99dk
A magnificent Thrust-ish
blast, The Dods are relying
on you to save them, but
the Biocretes aren't going
to let them go without
throwing missiles, rockets
and a number of other
weapons at you. Included
with the program is an
edit facility that allows
you to design your own
planetoids - great stuff!
* ACE RATED 969
P ITS TOP 2
Epyx/LIS Gold • Available
only on Epyx Epics compi-
lation • C64 E9.95cs
E14.95dk • IBM PC
129.95dh
On compilation with Win-
ter Games and Summer
Games 21
Thrilling racing game
where the screen is split
into two and you can race
the computer or a friend.
Lots of different Grand
Prix circuits, tyre blow-
outs and of course the all-
persevering with. You'll be
playing this for months.
* ACE RATED 925
PURPLE SA T-
URN D A Y
Exxos • Atari ST
5.24.95dk • Amiga
E24,95
A terrific mix of games
that delivers punch both
audio and visual The con-
sistently good gameplay
ensures you'll enjoy play-
ing each sub-game time
and again. It's a little
tricky to get the hang off,
but master it and you'll be
pleased you persevered.
* ACE RATED 912
R A IN B OW
ISLA N D S
Firebird, Spectrum
E9.95cs i14.95dk, C64
E9.99cs $14.99dk.
Amstrad E9.99cs
E14.99clk, ST 124.99,
Amiga E24.99
The sequel to Bubble Bob

1
ble is nothing short of fan
hod, which also builds E7.95cs • C64 find you soon become STOR Y important prtstops guar- tastic. The graphics and
to the difficulty levels E12.95dk • Amstrad mesmensed by the thing. Ocean • Spectrum antee to give you hand sound are superb, as is
more gradually. E8.95cs E14.95dk • If you ain't got /8.95cs, C64 f9.95cs. cramp and your brain a the gameolay.
* ACE CLASSIC Atari ST 119.95dk Archie
, though - forget it!
_ *a ACE
1 MRATED
b 931
Amstrad E9.95cs, ST
119.99, Amiga £24.99
real racing treat.
* ACE CLASSIC
One of the best land
cutest arcade conver•
 r i i E
sions of the year that
should not be missed.
* ACE RATED 934
RVF
Microstyle, ST £24.99,
Amiga £29.99
RVF offers a near endless
supply of fast paced bike
action as you race your
Honda RVE Attention to
detail is paid out all along
the route with your rider
giving the bike a push
start after a crash.
An excellent mix of
arcade and simulation.
* ACE RATED 915
SPIDERTRON-
IC
Ere International A t a r i
ST E19.95dk
Guide your spiderlike
character around the
game area, collecting
coloured panels in the
correct order. The builto
construction set means
you'll be knocking out
your own levels till the
cows come home.
* ACE RATED 903
SUMMER
GAMES
Epyx/1JS Gold • C64
E9.95 cs 1.14.95dli •
IBM PC E29,95dk
Epyx sporting simulations
are of high quality but
none have quite captured
the playability and style of
the original Summer
Games and its immediate
successor, Summer
Games 2_ One to six play-
ers can take part in high
jump, gymnastics, spring-
board diving, clay pigeon
shooting, swimming, pole
vautt - and others - with
lovely large graphics and
smooth animation
throughout. Control of
your athlete can be com-
plex so practice is recom-
mended.
* ACE CLASSIC
SUPER
SPR IN T
Electric Dreams • C64
E9.99cs E14.99dk
Amstrad f9.99cs Spec-
trum E9.99cs • Atari ST
119.99dk
One of the better coin-op
conversions currently
available. With up to three
players all competing at
once, the action is fast
I I f 1 k P 'AX
and furious and it will take
a finely-tuned car to com-
plete some of the more
tortuous circuits that
appear later in the game_
* ACE RATED 907
TH R U ST
Firebird • Spectrum
i1.99cs a C64 E1.99cs
• Amstrad E1.99cs
Terrifyingly sensitive con-
trols and a large helping
of reatide physics make
this budget title an abso•
lute must. Flying down
through the caverns of an
enemy-held planet, you
have to pick up fuel and
destroy hostile gun tur-
rets without crashing into
the tunnel walls. Tough
enough as it is, but then
you've got to make the
return journey with a
heavy load slung under
your craft. Very mean,
very addictive-
* ACE CLASSIC
U R ID IU M
Hewson • Spectrum
E8.95cs • C64 L9.95cs
E12.95dk • BBC
f9.95cs E14.95dk
The piece de resistance
of scrolling shootem-ups:
blast the dreadnought and
attacking ships while
dodging around any large
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, espe-
cially now that C64 ver-
sions come packaged
with the excellent
Paraolroid
ACE CLASSIC
ZARCH
VIRUS
Superior Software •
Archimedes E19.95dk •
Firebird 116 and 8-bit ver-
sions) Amiga f19.95dk
• Atari ST E19.95dk •
Some B-bit versions under
development
A solid three dimensional
shoot-ern-up with such
graphic perfection and
timelessly addictive game-
play that it became an
instant classic. Now the
I6-bit versions have
arrived and they're just as
good as the 32-bit ver-
sions.
* ACE RATED 981
E
ADVENTURES
After a brief surge of RPG_related
popularity, the traditional text-entry
adventure i s rapidly disappearing. * ACE CLASSIC
But for those of you who savour the
powers of the imagination, the ver- HORROR
bal twist, and the thrill of encounter- Intocom/Mediagenic •
ing ot he r characters, t h i s g a m e C64 L19.99dk • ST
genre still has much to recommend PC £24.99
it. H e r e a r e s om e o f t he all-time
great computer fantasies...
BEYOND
ZORK
I nfocom/Activi sion • C64
119.99dk • PC L24.99dk
• Amiga $24.99dk • Atari
ST L24.99dk
Infocom's attempt to mus-
cle in on the role-playing
market is a great success.
Locate the fabulous
Coconut of Ouendor in a
game that combines the
wit and ingenuity of one of
the world s most original
software companies with
state-of-the-art parsing and
garneplay. Text-only, but
with an on-screen mapping
facility.
* ACE RATED 902
CORRUPTION
Rarbird • Atari ST
L24.95dli • Amiga
L24.95dk • PC L24.95dk
• Spectrum E15.95dk •
C64 LI 7.95dk • Amstrad
6128 E19.95dk
This tale of insider deal-
ings, infidelity and crooked
business deals is unlikely
to appeal to adventurers
who prefer to wander
through vast dungeon net-
works seeking treasure.
But for those who are fed
up with traditional adven-
turing, its 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
FISH
Magnetic Scrolls • PC
E24.99dh Amiga
E24.99dli.
More gameplay than Cor-
ruption, better game
design than .tinxter, and
not as quirky as The
LURKING
E24.99 I Amiga E24.99
Infocom's tribute to HP.
Pawn. This is definitely
MS's best release since
Gold Of Thieves. Good
sluff indeed.
* ACE RATED
GUILD OF
THIEVES
Rainbird • C64 E19.95dli
• Spectrum E15.95dk •
Amstrad 6128 L19.95dk
• Amiga L24.95dk • Atari
ST f24.95dk • PC
f24.95dk
One of Britain's newer
adventure software houses
- Magnetic Scrolls - man-
aged to produce a tradi-
tional treasure hunt with
superb graphics and some
very tricky puzzles. Power-
ful parser helps to create
a convincing game world
with humour and imagina-
tion.
* ACE CLASSIC
INGRID'S
BACK
Level 9 * Atari ST
i l 9 95-dk
A great follow-up to
Gnome Ranger. Level 9
have really got to gnps
with the use of characters
in their games and how to
program them very effec
* ACE RATED 920
JEWELS OF
DARKNESS
Rainbird a C64 E14.95cs
• Spectrum 128 i14.95cs
• Amstrad E14.95cs
f19.95dli • PC E19.95dk
• Amiga E19.95dk a Atari
ST E19.95dk
Level 9 have put together
three of their classic
releases, CoOossaf Adven-
ture, Dungeon Adventure
and Adventure Quest in
one bundle. The games
have been updated with
graphics and larger vocab-
ularies and are as close to
the original spirit of adven-
turing as you're likely to
find.
Lovecraft and the horror-
fantasy genre sends you
into a cold sweat as you
discover something very
nasty lurking beneath your
college laboratory. Superb
text-only game that defies
you to play it after dark.
* ACE CLASSIC
TIME AND
MAGIK
Mandarin a Spectrum
E14.95cs 114.95dk •
C64 E14,95s L14,95dk
PUZZLES
If you're after a game that will pro
v- ide y o u w i t h a r e a l challenge,
without necessarily requiring large
doses o f strategic thinking, then
it's a puzzle game you want.
BONE-
CRUNCHER
Superior Software • C64
E9.95cs11.95dk a Amiga
£14.95
At first sight this recent
release may appear to be
nothing more than a bout-
derdash rip-off. However
there are a number of
innovative gameplay fea-
tures which give
Bonecruncher a feel all of
its own. Highly recom-
mended for those who pre-
fer to solve problems
rather than shoot them.
ACE RATED 948 -
AMIGA
BO ULDE RDAS H
Prism Leisure Corporation
• Spectrum E2.99cs
C64 f2.99cs • Amstrad
L2_99cs
A game that has every-
thing - instant addiction,
• Amstrad Eli*. 95c s
E14.95dk a Atari ST
E19,99dk a Amiga
E19,99dk • PC E19.99dk
This compilation of the
Level 9 games, Lords Of
Time, Red Moon and The
Price Of Magik have been
re-vamped with better
parsing, bigger vocabular
les and pictures added_
Superb value if you don't
already own them.
* ACE RATED 919
ZORK ZERO
Intocom Versions due out
about now. Watch this
space for price info.
Highly entoyable with a
variety of challenges that
make for instant acidic-
bon. A bit more character
interaction would have
made this a real
humdinger, but even so 1
remains one of the best
games of the year so fa'.
* ACE RATED
long-term challenge, fre-
netic excitement as the
clock ticks down and
extremely tricky puzzles.
You must collect iewels
hidden in caverns, digging
away earth and boulders
to get tat them. Boulders
can drop and cause you
serious damage, while the
jewels are often hidden by
seemingly impenetrable
walls. Complex but great
fun. Boulderdash is a clas-
sic you can't afford to
miss in its budget incarna-
tion_
* ACE CLASSIC
DEFLEKTOR
Gremlin/Vortex a C64
E9.99cs • Spectrum
E7.99cs a ST L19.95cli,
Optics are the order of the
day here (not the spirt ds
pensers) as the player
tries to connect a lase
,beam to a recerver and at
the same time destroy a
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to make full use of the mir-
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SPORE you progress. Also in later up as bombs, trans- l wish. Excellent graphics
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SPINDIZZY
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Electric Dreams a C64 next page) to a
of strategy, frenzied blast- P L9.95cs L14.95clk • ot a leading City I nte l.
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GE * ACE RATED 919 - Original wor k s t h a t are s im ply m
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Heerson • C64 E9.99cs
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1909 £14.99 dk Mir ror soft • Spectrum S fiendish time limit. The he wa s 'oft sick'. Fis
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game landscape is a vast
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turns the obscure mathe- change for Digital Integra- E14.99dk a Spectrum harder than it looks. A few
1699
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matical topic of packing tion, the simulation special- E9.99cs E14.99dk a Atari bad guys and a lot of nice * ACE CLASSIC
making it a good-looking,
ist. The emphasis is on ST L19 •99dk a Amiga touches, but the explo-
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* ACE RATED 943 - time, shapes fall down-
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699
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being a sure-fire hit * ACE CLASSIC ECLIPSE
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599 Amiga L19.99dk * ACE RATED 923 - of a game using vector Freescape system is a bit
6% sions have proved to be
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brilliantly simple idea ming system, which sets Firebird • C64 L8.95cs
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699
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completely outdoes the Flight simulator/shoot 'ern which are intent on elimi-
horizontally, vertically or games to use vector In this impressively chal-
anginal on this particular up and its sequel which nating the spectrurn and
diagonally. graphics, its a shooting lenging game you must
machine_ Again (see Boul- are both incredibly smooth rendering the landscape
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9 M derdash above) you re dig- and well put together. The grey and drab. One of the
across several galaxies, through ten different
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Logotron • BAC E9.95cs game play. You can bade impeccable as you set off around, despite the simple
ent screens - with a time es and obstacles, all within
L.12.85dk • Amstrad on hairraising missions scenario.
ilit for each screen, legal goods in (relatively) a set time limit. This simple
f9_95cs E14.95dk• Spec- as a space cadet_ In ACE Classic
safe systems, or run the game concept has a host
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playability (easier screens
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to begin with and a choice Extremely tricky maze your hold full of contra- can carry over unused time
of starting point) and its game involving the player Did you fill In the questionnaire on page 86??
band. Either way there's a to the next screen, for
entertaining two-player controlling two shields, tEE of software can be won by those who tell
nice line in zero-G dogfight- example, and tackle the
option- and collecting masks us their deepest, darkest secrets...
* ACE RATED 919 - ST ing, and as big a task as different screens or
through 15 mazes, which
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E opposition and learning the galore. USA whopping mutant bun- slash and spell scenario of
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geographical secrets that
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role-playing epic. The
the BY series way behind.
* ACE RATED 921
will enable you to defeat WASTELAND atmosphere may not be
1 Role-playing games ha v e exerted
the forces of evil far Electronic Arts • C64 as good as the Bards
1an enormous influence on modern £14 95dk Tale series of games, but
underground. Superb
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BRAIN GAMES
their graphical presentatio tends to
S Fed up with mindless blasting? Wa nt a game that offers you a n oppone nt who's
be weaker than other game genres. worthy of your skills? Then this is your section...
Gameplay centres around develop-
CHESS MAS- myriad options which Graphically the best of all strategy game and quiz
ing characters b y r a is ing t h e i r TER 2000 enable you to play, watch, contract bridge simula- than with the admittedly
experience and skill levels in con- Electronic Arts • C64 work out chess problems, tions, with large playing monster selling Trivial Pi,r-
flict with other, computer-controlled 19.95cs E14.95dk • etc against a fine comput- cards depicted against a suits. Powerplay is graph-
Amiga E24.95dk • Atari er opponent. suitably green baize back- catty very pretty in its se-
nestles. All that - and a quest too.... * ACE CLASSIC
ST E24.95dk • IBM PC ground. Plays a good ting on Mount Olympus,
E24_95dk game (for a computer, home of the Gods.
COLOSSUS which after all is a bit short * ACE RATED 935 -
THE BARDS plete, full game. A bril- MAH JONG in the imangination and Amiga
Strongest chess game On
TALE II liant RPG purchase even CDS • C64 E9.99cs flair department), and fea-
the Amiga, with excellent
E14.99dk •Amstrad SCRABBLE
Electronic Arts, C64 though it missed out on graphics, 2D or 3D view- tures a wide range of
E9.99cs f14.99dk Leisure Genius • C64
£16.95, Amiga E24,95dk an Ace rating. point, 12 levels of difficul- options and bidding con- E12.95cs f14.95dk •
* ACE RATED 801 ventions which you can
ty and all the playing Amstrad E9.95cs E14.95
Rummy-like oriental game toggle of according to
The highly successful pre- options you could wish for. • IBM PC E24.95dk
decessor to Bards Tale DUNGEON of stratagy and chance. A your style.
Plus some fairly nifty
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being slightly easier to ACE CLASSIC
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II
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sion COLOSSUS ing piece of software for Arcana • C64 E8,95cs
veterans and novices E14.95dk • Amstrad Fast, excellent display, aid
a sampled monk chants
nice
Quoted as being a 'mile- CHESS 4
stone in Advanced Com- alike.. I8.95cs E14.95dh • a suprisirigly Large vocab,
s
when you enter a temple CDS • C64 E9.95cs
puter Entertainment, * ACE RATED 937. Amiga E19.954ik • Atan lary (even if it does induce
t excellently coloured
and E14.956 • Amstrad
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favourite
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graphics and sound. All
BRIDGE general knowledge, we give even strong human
attributes
d and equipment Best bet for 8-bit machine
going to make Dungeon Infogrames • Amstrad reckon you'd be better off opponents a tough game
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CONSOLEWARS
Console war is about to
break o u t i n t he hi gh
street w i t h t h e S e ga ,
Nintendo and Konix all
jockeying f o r s h e l f
space in the r un up to
Christmas, T h e P C
Engine ( a n d t h e P C
Engine P l u s - s e e
pages 27-30) will a l s o
be available i n cer tain
specialist shops. N e x t
year w i l l he r a l d t h e
arrival o f t h e S e g a
and
Mega D r i v e
portable consol es like
and
the G a m e B o y
All
Atari L y n x .
machines s p o r t
library a t i m pr essi ve
games. Her e i s ACE 's
Top Five for each sys-
tem.
NINTENDO
SUPER MARIO
BROS
The undisputed king of
cutesy platform-style
arcade adventures. Many
a game fan bought their
Nintendo just to be able to
play Super Mario Bros -
which is packed free with
the console. It looks dead
simple as Princess Daisy
pleads 'Save me Mario,
save me" at the beginning_
But simple it certainly is
not - with eight levels,
each containing four sepa-
rate worlds to be
explored. The game is
crammed with secret lev-
els. Warps' and hidden
treats such that you never
tire of playing rt.
ACE Rating 955
SUPER MARIO
BROS II
Takes the same story line
as the first game -
Princess Daisy is in trouble
again and it's Mario to the
rescue. The game play is
entirely different. You have
to coNect things as you
travel - Vials' will enable
you to open the doors to
the secret levels and coins
are useful at the end of
the game as you can use
them to play the slot
machines. This time Mario
can protect himself by
pocking up objects and lob-
bing them at his enemies.
Excellent fun, particularly
when Mario confronts the
giant frog at the end of the
game.
ACE Rating 910
MIKE TYSON'S
PUNCH OU T
Bashes the proverbial
sd•t out of any other
home boxing game on any
other console Or comput
et. Proof that even if Nin-
tendo's hardware may be
technologically natf, they
can still squeeze an excel-
lent game onto a car-
tridge. You face six oppo-
nents before coming up
against Tyson. All of the
punches, ducking and div-
ing are extremely respoo
SM. There are also lots of
humorous touches.
ACE Rating 920
GRADIUS
The best shoot 'em-up cur-
rently available on PAL.
There are others going
through but this one is by
far the best of the current
range. Based on the 1987
coin-up with lots of power
ups and progressive diffi-
culty levels. Very small tar-
gets require accurate
shooting and precise flight
control. Extremely un-put
downable shoot 'ern-up.
ACE Rating 890
LEGEND OF
ZELDA
Golden cartridge and a
massive manual sort of
make up for the hefty /40
price tag on this game.
The control pad enables
you to travel the extensive
land and make icon-selec-
tions to take part in this
role-playing epic. Proof
that consoles can be just
as good at role-playing
games as they are for
arcade entertainment.
ACE Rating 905
PCENGINE
R-TYPE I/II
Shorty annoying that you
have to purchase two
cards to get all eight lev-
els. They do provide excel-
lent entertainment once
you get them up and run-
ning on your Engine. Identi-
cal to the 'rem coin-op in
every detail. Some fik Type
officiandos actually prefer
the Engine version to the
arcade. Do battle with the
evil Bydo Empire. Some of
the best thought out
power-ups and end level
rashes ever to appear on
this type of game.
Arguably the best corn-op
conversion ever seen on a
home system.
ACE Rating 940
WORLD
TENNIS
World Tennis is the PC
Engine at its sporting best.
To get maximum enjoy-
ment Out of the game you
need a four player joystick
adaptor. Get this, and four
of you can enjoy a game
of doubles. The game has
everything - superb
graphics, top spin, drop
shots, volleys and totally
convincing 3D screen sep-
arator,. As if that were not
enough, an arcade
adventure is also thrown in
tor good measure.
ACE Rating 935
MR HELI
This 1988 Irem coin-op is
another near perfect con-
version on the PC Engine.
Pilot your cartoon-style
chopper through the devil-
ishly complex cavern -
destroying enemy bases
and collecting fuel cap
stiles. A superlative con-
version.
ACE Rating 890
GUNNED
For prettiness, speed and
sheer blasting entertain-
ment Gurthed is probably
the best shoot 'em-up for
the Engine. The objective
is to destroy eight space
fortresses in a vertically
scrolling landscape. The
metallic ships, alien laser
flak and power ups are a
visual delight.
ACE Rating 900
FINAL LAP
A superlative Namco rac-
ing game. A split screen
presentation is selectable
for a two player head to
head, up to sixteen Grand
Prix circuits can be cho
,sen from (many of them
famous tracks), and there
are twenty six other cars
to be lapped as you
attempt to get into pole
position.
ACE Raiing 940
SEGA
MASTER
WORLD SOC-
CER
Untii Kick Off came along
for the ST and Amiga this
was the ACE fave soccer
game. It has superb playa-
bildy due to the accuracy
of the player control of the
ball, passing and shooting.
It even has a penalty shoot
out option tor drawn cup
ties.
ACE Rating 910
VS
A huge scrolling world has
to be explored, characters
can be questioned, goods
can be purchased in
medieval villages, and a
good deal of role-playing
depth is packed into the
game.
ACE Rating 920
WONDER BOY
III
The Wonder Boy series
was Sega's answer to
cutesy Taito coin-op hits
like Bubble Bobble and
New Zealand Story. WB
has been turned into a
Dragon and must find
Salamander Sword to turn
himself back into a Wonder
Boy. Platform, shoot 'em
up of the highest order.
ACE Rating 915
R-TYPE
An excellent stab at con-
verting this classic hem
shoot 'em1111 All of the lev-
els are there, even the
giant green space ship on
level three - albeit a bit
glitchy. Highly recommend-
ed.
ACE Rating 900
CALIFORNIA
GAMES
The classic Epyx laid-back
sports simulation. Surfing,
BMking, hack sacking,
skate boarding and roller
skating. Superb graphics
on the Sega - and bags of
fun. Our fave is the surfing
level, but they are all excel-
lent
ACE Rating 930
SEGA
MEGADRIVE
THUNDER-
FORCE
Of the few Mega Drive
games to turn up in the
import shoos, Thunder
forcees the one that
arOves that the PC Engine
will have some serious
competition from this
machine on 1990. It scrolls
in eight directions on cer-
tain levels - with excellent
power-ups that spray flak
like a fire work display all
over the screen, you have
to play it loud - like a
Megadeath album - as the
sound chip in the Mega
Drive has to be heard to
be believed_
ACE Rating 930
ALTERED
BEAST
The Sega coin-op with the
famous rolling eyes on the
title screen has never
played better on any home
system. The sprites are so
huge, colourful and
detailed that you can
almost feel every punch
and kick as you battle
through the levels.
ACE Rating 940
SPACE HARRI-
ER II
There are 12 levels of
action to blast your way
through the Mega Drive
conversion of the classic
Sega shoot 'em-up. Your
hero takes to the skies
with a jet pack on his back
and bazooka slung across
his arm. The 3D scrolling
terrain, with its chequered
floor and horizon that
appears deep in the
screen make for a 3D sen-
sation rarely achieved on a
home game.
ACE Rating 930
GHOULS'N'GH
OSTS
The se<iuel to Ghosts
4
n
been in the arcades but
'already the Mega Drive
G
conversion is ready. it
o
looks indistinguishable
b
from the arcade original as
l
you fight your way through
i
its five levels, in a quest to
n
rescue the princess,
s
h
ACE Rating 895
a
s
SUPER
n
THUN-
DERBLADE
o
Captures
t for the first lane
all
l of the speed and enjoy
ment
o of the arcade origi-
n as you take to the
nal
g
skies in your attack chop-
per. Once again - play it
loud,
Ace Rating e a
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I is find SIX special words below, and include a gameplaying tip
racing-sim, unpretentious graphic animation tech-
1 on your favourite US Gold game (for
games developer Digital nique to give it an arcade (three relate to Digital
4 feel - in terms of both instance, what's the easiest way to
Magic Software is gener- Magic Software, the other
1 three are vehicles found complete California Games, or have
ously giving away TEN appearance and speed -
1 in Drivin' Force) hidden in you found a hidden cheat mode in
Buggy kit cars to ACE which DMS hopes to Indiana Jones and The Last Cru-
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Drivin' Force is one es. Drivin' Force will be Write down the six sade?):
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I of the many racing-sims on sale next month for ST words on the back of a
postcard (including your Which of the following games is not a
m vying for pole-position in (E19_95) and Amiga
full name and address) Capcom coin-op?
A the Christmas games (E24.95). In the mean-
race, so to make it stand time, here's your chance and send it to: BUGGY
k (a) Commando (b) Ghosts'n'Goblins
out from the crowd Digital to play around with a nifty BONANZA, ACE, Priory
Court, 30-32 Farringdon (c) Terminator
Magic Software has some little piece of buggy kit,
unique features, including courtesy of the guys at Lane, LONDON EC1R
DMS... 3AU. Entries must be with 2. Who produced the Forgotten World's
the ability to drive a truck, coin-op?
formula one car, bike, car, To win a Dandy us by 2nd November.
(a) Capgold (b) Capcom (c) US Corn-
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ment in the soccer
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- first football per- FOOTBALL instance: what's the INTO THE VAL LONDON EC 1R
You'll
. be over the sonality to be CRAZY!, ACE, Pri- hidden cheat mode LEY.,,, ACE, Priory 3ALI. Closing date
moon, Brian! linked with a com- ory Court, 30-32 in Cybemold, or Court, 30-32 Far- for the competition
. So how do puter game? Farringdon Lane, how do you get ringdon Lane, is 2nd November
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card (including reach us by 2nd Astaroth?)...
answer
o the follow- your full name and November.
ing
u question: address) to: 1, In the movie
Who was the ABSOLUTELY Battle Beyond the
r
Stars, which actor
s from the TV show
o The Waltons

fuIl I N T O THE
Another batch of 4 What's Jane
f played the lead informative, inter- Smith's telephone
c role (note: you can esting, intelligent number?
use his/her charac-
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VALLEY... ter name from The

u useless ACE lists, again, what does
Waltons)?
r compiled by the Old Groper look
ble ACE staff on their like?
s 2. How many peo- way to work this
handles
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morning.
to) their feet) and Reviewed in and a decent Valley of Death? FAV O URI TE
)(3 TEN
. free pairs of last month's ACE depth of gameplay, FI V E P HO NE CHARACTE RS
footie socks (odd (page 72), 815- 3. What Hewson ME S S AG E S F RO M A T V
Battle Valley gives
Hewson's rated Battle Valley any self-respecting game features an RE CE I V E D BY CARTO O N
jh armoured vehicle,
BS- Battle Valley is a is a strategic Amiga gamester a US TO DAY S E RIE S
tasty treat for any shool'em-up plac- an attack heli-
run for their money.
Amiga owner want- ing you in control of Fancy testing copter and a multi- Slimer from The
tude of terrorists? Em, er, oh just
ing to get a little bit a speedy attack Battle Valley out for forget it Real Ghostbusters
you more from a helicopter and a yourself? Then just 2 Why haven't you 2 Muttely from
shoot'em-up. And mobile armoured answer the three Send your entries
Dns on the back of a reviewed Starglider Wacky Races.
EN now, thanks to ACE vehicle in a heroic ever-so-simple III yet? 3 Shaggy from
and Hewson here's attempt to thwart a questions below - postcard (including 3 One chicken Scooby Doo
your chance to deadly terrorist plus. include a your full name,
address and that chow-mein, spe-
tuck into TEN free attack. Featuring gameplaying tip on cial fried rice and O UR T HRE E
copies of Battle an impressive three your favourite Hew- Hewson gameplay- some prawn crack- LE AS T
Valley on the level parallax scroll, son game (for ing tip) to: ers, FAV O URI TE PC
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FROM A TV Thundercats
CARTOON
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can do better? Of
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from Wacky Races get writing to
2 All Smurfs LISTS, ACE Priory
STOP
PRESS
SHOW'S
LAST
STAND
If you are reading you this at
the PC Show- taking a quick
coffee break, pint break, or
stale, plastic-clad sandwich
break, and feeling completely
knackered and wondering why
you bothered in the first place
then worry no more. This is
likely to be the last PC Shoo,.
you will have to attend.
The show organisers -
Montbuild are not running a
PC Show next year and V.N.0
(publishers of Personal Com-
puter World magazine) do not
have access to either Earls
Court or Olympia next Septem-
ber - the month in which the
show is traditionally held_
But just in case this news
might make you go home
happy I am sad to have to
inform you that there are plans
afoot - as you sup, chomp,
and wonder how you are going
to get home to stage the invent
again next year.
EMAP International Exhibi-
tion - (part of the same compa-
ny that owns ACE) plan to step
in with a rescue bid. Informed
sources suggest that EMAP
are prepared to stump up a
whopping E350,000 to spend
on advertising for a new
games only show. The working
title for the new show is "The
European Computer Leisure
Show".
If EMAP can pull the show
off it will be a considerable
achievement as only two years
ago they ended up with huge
omelttes on their faces after a
s
Court, 30-32 Far-
ringdon Lane,
LONDON EC1R
3AU.
disasterous attempt to sell an
alternative show at Ally Pally -
in North London.
The new PC show - as
EMAP are billing it, is believed
to have the backing of a
national newspaper group.
EMAP sources will not confirm
which newspaper group -
though'it is unlikely to be the
Mirror Group.
MAXWELL
CLOSES
MICRODEALER
The long established
Microdealer distributor has
ceased trading as of the week
before the PC Show.
The Maxwell owned distrib-
utor was one of the longest
established firms in the com-
puter games industry and the
shock waves of their closure
are only just becoming known.
Tongues have been wag-
ging throughout the PC Show
of the effect the c lo s
-have on Mirrorsoft - publishers
of
u rSpectrum
e w i l l Holobyte, Image
Works, and Cinemaware
games.
The Maxwell Group have
already disposed of a number
of companies in order to fund
a E3 billion expansion plan_
16 BIT
GAMES FOR
LESS THAN A
FIVER
Three industry worthies last
week caused a stir by appear-
ing naked in an advertisement magazine, did you?) and will
in the computer games busi- have some darned impressive
ness trade journal (Computer re-releases in its list of offer-
Trade Weekly) to advertise a ings. Watch out for Tetris, and
new range of budget software Spy II amongst a host of oth-
for under a fiver. ers.
The label is to be
called 16 Blitz (I bet you didn't
know that that was what they
were going the call The One
EPYX CONSOLE
THEMSELVES AFTER
MASSIVE JOB CUTS
The one time leading Californi- hand held, originally an Epyx
an software house - Epyx - design.
have layed off fifty staff and
announced that they will cease
Meanwhile the latest trade
gossip from the US suggests
publishing computer games.
The company will now concen-
trate on developing games for
that the Nintendo Game Boy is
streaking ahead of the Lynx in
the popularity league - with
othe publishers - particularly
Nintendo titles, and on the
development of the Atari Lynx
both trade and punter alike.
EUROPEAN
COMPUTER ZOO
Former UK boss of Microdeal- to publish.
er, Stuart Bell, has quit the Microprose have yet to
company to set up hiw own announced a replacement tc
computer games company - head up their five-label, Tet-
interestingly named European bury-based games company
Computer Zoo. The rumour mill .(Lables include Micro Status.
has it that Bell will be taking Microstyle, Microprose, Fire-
with him certain key staff at bird , and Rainbird -at the lass
Microprose. count)
Bell claims that the compa-
ny have ten new games ready
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A Now that we've cleared the backlog of
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prize puzzle solutions.
A
Puzzle 16
Answer:
423

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423
423
CROSSWORD CRAZY 216153

You might have noticed that Crossword Solutions in recent issues have been, well,
Solution:
lacking really. Sorry'. We've been so busy here at ACE since our move to EMAP that Theproblem is to find two three-digit numbers which have a
some cornpo results have got a little behind. But, as you can see we are celebrat- product in which the second digit is a Fu rth e r, all digits used,
ing November with a grand catch up. So here goes with the solubons and winners including those in the three subtotals, must consist of only digits
for crosswords 15, 16, and 17. from 1 to 6 inclusive (i.e. those numbers which can be represented
Crossword 15 by the dots on a standard dice).
For the purposes of the problem the subroutine at line 1000
ACROSS,5,ICONS 7. NEBULUS9.TREE10.RENEGADE tests a given variable (ZS) to determine if it contains digits other
11.ROBTEK14.SUMMIT17.PACMANIA 18.STEP 19.TRANTOR than those permitted. The subroutine returns a varaiable FLAGwhicn
20.TENON has a value of zero if the string under test contains only the digits 1
to 6. A value of 1 indicates that the test has failed.
DOWN.LENTERTAINMENT2.BEANO3.DUNGEONMASTER The initial variables are generated by the two loops A and B.
&MUDDY6,CURSOR &BRAKE 12.ASIAN 13.GIHERO15.BAIRD Each is tested by the subroutine and line 140 also checks that the
16.ANTON product will have six digits, as required by the puzzle. once a possi-
ble pair of numbers has been found the three sub-totals are calculat-
The winner is Bradley Howe from Harlington. Middlesex.
ed (CS, DS, and ES at lines 170 to 230). Each of these is also test-
Crossword 16 (A) ed by the subroutine in turn. Should any value fail then the nextvalue
of B is taken. Finally, the product is tested, first by the subroutine
ACROSS.5.HYSTERIA TATOM &METRE9.EDUCATE10.MAEL- and secondly to check that the second digit is a '1'. Line 290 then
STROM11.1LUDICRUS14.EPISODE 15.AMIGA 17MEAN prints out the values which pass all of these tests.
18.EXTENSOR

DOWN.1,BYTE2.RA1DER3.CAPCOM&HOSTAGES 100 FOR A=111 TO 666:AS=STRS(A) A$;• :'B$;" -

10.MELAPLEX11.INSANE 12,UNDIES 13.ROMAN 110 ZS=AS:GOSUB 1000 300
; F SNEXT B
120 IF FLAG=1 THEN 310 310 NEXT A
The winner is Steve Wood of Wolverhampton. 130 FOR B=111 TO 666:BS=STRS(B) 320 END
140IF A•B<111111 THEN 300 1000 FLAGS=0
150 ZS=BS:GOSUB 1000 1010 Z=INSTR4ZS,"0")
160 IF FLAG.' THEN 300 1020 IF bc.>0 THEN FL A G = 1
Crossword 16 (B)V
170 V=VALCMIDS16S,2,11):DS=STRS(A•V1 -
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ACROSS,6.VROOMTTYPHOON &OCEAN 9 FERRARI11.BLOOD 180 ZS CS:GOSUB 1000 G O TO
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MONEY13.VERMINATOR 16.PREDICT17.RAMBO18.DETOURS 190 IF FIAG=1 THEN 300 1040 IF Z<>0 THEN FLAG=1:GOTO
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DOWN,1,DRACULA2,MONACO3.CYBERNOIDS&CHERRY 220 IF FLAG=1 THEN 300 1060 IF Z<>0 THEN FLAG=1:GOTO
5.COBRA10.SMARTCARD12.MOEBIUS 13.VIDEOS 14.ARABIC 230 V=VAL(MIDS(BS,3,1)):ES=SIRS4A• V) 1090
15.0RDER 240 ZS=ES:GOS1,113 1000 1070 Z.INSTIWS9")
250 IF FLAG=1 THEN 300 1080 IF Z<>0 THEN FLAG=1:GOTO
All these winners will shortly be recieving a cheque for £25 which they can rush Out 260 FS=STRSIA•13) 1090
270 ZS=FS:GOSUB 1000 1090 RETURN
and blow away on their favourite piece of software.
280 IF FLAG=1 THEN 300
290 IF MIDS(FS,2,11="1" THEN PRINT
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A winner of a Commodore PC 10 with
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all possible combinations of two two-
digit numbers, the product of which in
each case comprises of the same dig.
Its. In the listing the two initial values are
Here for your delight and delectation is the winning held by the two loops A and B. To avoid
entry: duplication of answers the value of B is
always the greater of the two. The prod-
1 couldn't wait to get home and load my latest Cine- uct of these two numbers is calculated
(line 120) and this value and the values
was the latest licensing deal: 'Dallas — The Computer of A and B are converted to string vari-
Game.' I controlled the hero, Bobby, as he raced to ables.
the rescue of his wife Pam. She was in the clutches of To determine if the product consists
of the same digits as its generating val-
an evil plastic surgeon, intent on changing her into ues a simple technique is used. First,
someone completely different. Th i s horizontally the strings A$ and BS are combined
scrolling shoot-em-up had plenty of baddies to contend
into a single string ZS and this is
with — runaway cars, gun-toting, double-crossed oil- passed to the subroutine at Lines 1000
men and a sickly kid who could cause suffocation by to 1060. The purpose of the subroutine
cringing on tightly round the throat and lisping 'I lurve is to re-arrange the contents of the
you Daa-dee'. But what I liked best was that it was string ZS into numerical order (actually
impossible to die. Every time I lost a life, I found determined by the ASCII codes of each
myself back in the shower. I t was almost like a character in the string). This is done by
dream." using a modified 'bubble-sort' in which
each character in the string is com-
pared with the next character along (line
1010). If these two characters are out
of order line 1020 transposes them.
When this happens a flag (F) is reset to
1(line 1030). This procedure is repeat-
ed along the length of the string until no
further switches of characters are
PUZZLE 17 made. This is indicated by the flag
remaining at its initial value of zero.
When this happens the subroutine is ter-
Oh dear, puzzle 17 seems for spotting that there

FLY to have got lost somewher wasn't one!

along the line. No prizes The 're-order' digits returned from
the subroutine are stored in variable CS
and the digits of the product are sent to
the subroutine (line 1060). if the string

Jetting off with a friend
for this years Spanish
Grand Prix is Gregory
Alexander of North Lon-
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named five Accolade
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FUN, FAME, AND
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Winner of our System 3
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Ambidge of Maidenhead.
This lucky person
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PUZZLE
petition. Congratulations
to Alexander, and corms-
so returned is identical with that in CS
era
then the contents of variables A and B
-you who'll lust have to
are printed out.
b o it on the telly.. -
watch 100 FOR A=10 TO 99:AS=STRS(A)
ns 110 FOR B=A TO 99:13S=STRS(B)
t 120 P=A•B:PS=STRS(P)
o 130 IF P<1000 THEN 180
t 140 ZS=AS+BS:GOSUB 1000
h 150 CS=ZS
e 160 ZS=PS:GOSUB 1000
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170 IF CS=ZS THEN PRINT A;" ";B
180 NEXT B
s
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190 NEXT A
200 END
oone catch: we need a full
Answer: Apart from the example given 1000 F=0:FOR G=1 TO 3
(15 x 93 = 1395) there are six other 1010 IF
freport On the Editors
desk by next Monday! Oh
ways to do the same trick: MI DS (ZS , G, 1)<
1040
alright. you can have a lit- 21 x 60 = 1260 ,
tle longer then... 1020 ZS=LEFTS(ZS,C-
21 x 87 = 1827 = MI DS (ZS , G
1)+MIDS(ZS,G-4-1,1)+MIDS(ZS,G,1)+MID
27 x 81 2 1 8 7 S(Z5,G-1-2)
The winner is: A.J. Kids. 30 x 51 = 1530 + 1,1)
ley of Taunton, Somer- 1030 F=1
35 x 41 = 1435 T
1040HNEXT E GN
set,
and 8 0 x 86 = 6880 1050 IF F.1 THEN GOTO 1000
1060 RETURN

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Set by little grey cells here's a The next day at work

IEN Archie Medes long multiplication for you Jamie's dad was all set to
to try!' give up until a colleague
Jamie was never much came to the rescue with a
good at long multiplica- Jamie sketched the fol- short computer program.
tion. lowing skeleton multiplica- In the sum shown the
tion sum on a piece of dashes represent the
'I blame these pocket cal- paper. Adding a few digits positions of the missing
culators,' his father was he handed it over. digits. -1
heard to complain, 'evry-
one gets lazy and relies -2 Can you complete the
on them too much. In my -3- sum?
day we had to use brain -4- 0
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glasses. 14 games includ- Ingram Avenue. Aylesbury, MSX games going CHEAP
FOR SALE ing Miracle Warriors and
After Burner. Cost
Bucks, HP21 9DI (SAE
for catalogue)
Includes cartridges. SAE:
EArmstrong, 169 I-tome
Spectrum 128 +2. Excel- L400+, sell for E180. Amstrad 464 , colour Close, Renhold, Bedford,
Fancy a good play? Then 558102 (Derby).
lent condition. Over 70 Phone 091-281-1402. monitor, loads of games + MK41 OLB, or Phone
phone N. Ireland, Bally FREE! FREE! ST and Amiga
original games, cassette Clare, 24135 and ask for packaging, magazines. 0234 771342.
top games, software, buy
racks, magazines and joy. C64 Datacassette, two dust covers,. Phone:
Chris, after 4.30pm for two from my collection of
stick inc. Bargain at reasonably prices Spec- joysticks, mouse, mags, (0672)63463, sell for
NEW games at E24.99 C64, TWO datasettes.
E150. Phone: Reading E500 games, worth £800. £375.
trum games. each and receive TEN! YES 30+ games inc. Defend St
302487. only 1295 ono. Call John:
TEN! top games for under Crown, War in Mid Earth,
061 643 7542. after Atari 520 STFM one year
E50. Phone: 0552 Quick Shot. Joystick +
CBM 64 disk games for Amstrad PC 464 Green 5prn. old, excellent condition,
681388. new power supply bought
sale. Write to: Earl Cox. 3 monitor, £500 software, including over E500 of
Quality public Domain soft- recently. E l 10 ono. Ring
Ship Street, London. SEEt. joystick disc drive, multi- original software - E.300, 0270 762338 and ask for
Sega Mastersystern, excel- ware for Atari ST. Disks
£8 each. face II word processor. Phone: 0483 274737.
lent condition with 3D Mart.
Sell for E500. Phone: only E2.95 each. 128
1 1 3 -
tre
- B computer with over
BBC
I games,
50 P selling for /50.
Contact
I N Alastair on
IBerkharrosted 0442
862875.
I
C after 2pm
Spectrum 48k, leads.
p disk. Covers 50+ games.
interlace, joystick, tape
A Send E3 and SAE to: Mr J
deck, plus games_ List of
G etc. plus £200 of soft-
games available. Ring
ELeeds 585739 ask for
S Phone: James 0724
Stephen. 1120 ono
Amiga modern for sale,
inc. Ruby Software plus
some games_ Will sold.
/100 ono. Call Mark on
061 436 1677
Atari 520 STFM lrnb drive
30 games, two saysticks,
mouse. excellent condi-
tion. Phone Ken: 0634
221566 (Kent). £350.
Evenings only.
Arnstrad 6128, colour
moinitor, tape deck, leads.
£400 games worth £900.
sell for £400. Phone:
Pete on 0742 739673.
Buy my CPC 464 plus
extras. Get speccy +
games FREE! Write
- 9
Coleford Close. Mytchett,
Camberley, Surrey. Phone
(0252) 544024,
ST games Power Drome.
Alter Burner, Arcade Force
Four, Leader Board. LI O
each orA30 bundle.
Phone: 01-847-6775
(days) or 01-570+4914
(eves).
Spectrum.- 36 months
old Multilace 3, over
£300 worth of original
games. Many extras.
E260. Phone NOW (0511
426 7225.
Sega, light phase!, control
stick, 18 excellent games,
Double Dragon, Power
Strike and all time greats
worth £611 sell £250
ono. Phone: (0889)
582968 after 40m. All
boxed in VGC_
Spectrum+3, multiface 3,
2 joysticks, cover. inter-
face 2. 100's of games on
tape and disc, assorted
magazine collections, Sell
for 1270 ono. Phone 01-
841+7911.
Amstrad 464 colour MOM-
tor, manual, games, worth
f297. Star Wars In, Gun-
ship, Piatoon, Flying
Shark, Exelon • pokes,
Saisho Walkman -
Radio/cassette, all £290.
Phone Richard 01.732-
4322, after 4pm.
Atari 520STFM, SR354
disk &I've, mouse. covers.
ware, all boxed, £225 no
859899.
The Amiga sensation: The
disk coder model_ With
this model you can code
your disks that nobody can
load and list your disks
without this model. Your
need an external soclk-drive!
Price 116 p & p and
cash on delivery). Write
to: Murad M'Elarki, Berg
SIR 218, 4370 Marl, W.
Germany,
512KB RAM expansion for
Amiga 500 with on/off
switch. Without clock.
Not used! Under 6 months
guarantee. Price £83.
1 Phone Colin: 0737
i
Berg STR 218, 4370 Marl,
V Germany.
W
r Atari 520 SUM upgraded
i
Amstrad 8256 printer,
t
monitor. Locospelt, mags,
e
discs, cost £600, sell for
£300 ono. Phone (0865)
t Over E1200 software_
o250831.
: disks - 1550 ono. 890-
Atari
M 520 STFM as new.
uIncluding joystick and
rmany games. Absolute
abargain. Everything tor
d1265. Phone: 0924
M895621 (Wakehld).
E E300 ono. Phone Thanet
l1040 ST, SC1224 colour
amonitor, SMM 804 printer
rwith £800 software.
kmouse, etc. Worth
i£1800, will sell for E700
,ono_ Phone (0322)
863656. Darren.
Amiga 500 one meg plus
monitor, external drive.
graphic and animation soft-
ware. Excellent condition
£800 ono. Phone Chris:
Worthington (09031
830587.
C64, 1541 Disk Drive, joy-
stick and over £300 of
software. All still boxed.
Only asking £250 ono.
Phone 10305) 779261_
Spectrum +128k, leads,
PSU, data recorder, joy-
stick port plus over £250
of original software and
magazines. 1200 ono.
Phone (0703) 7694873.
Atari 520 STFM over £400
of games inc. Operation
Wolf. Mouse. Word Pro-
cessor, dust covers, man-
uals. Boxed. Wroth 0 5 0
only £350. Phone 09274
2 7962
rhese PC Engine games,
Nina Warriors, Vigilante.
Chant Chan, Shootani Man
- £20 each, or swap for
others. Phone 061 798
8241, and ask for Lee,
Spectrum +3 +10 games
Joystick, mags. 1150
games include Gunship,
Driller, than Warriors. As
new., Phone Brett on:
0282 54532.
Colecovisions wanted.
Phone: 0533 880445.
Spectrum plus 2. all leads,
datacorder, plus over
£200 of software and
three 'cystic ks. 1170
768087 after 7pm.
to I n t DSDD, monitor.
joystick, copying and
comrns software. Unused.
Also books and blank
3995 early eves best.
Arnstrad CPC 464, mono
mon4er, TV modulator,
magazines, joystick etc.
Plus over 150 games.
597873.
Spectrum 128K12A with
£1000 of software + multi-
face and joystick, worth
£1300, sell for £500. Call
0923 220956 after 4pm,
Atari ST games tor sale.
All boxed originals, from
£5 • i l 0 each. Phone
0204 61394 and ask for
Joriny. Do it NOW
For Sale C64, only six
months old, two joysticks
and over 35 games,
£160.00. 807-8941.
Loads of cheap ST original
games for sale. FOC list,
send SAE to. S Duff. 45
Albert Road, Clydebank.
G81 38Q.
Amiga software, Elite,
R/Ranger. Three Stooges,
Poploos, £12. Deluxe
music £39; Amas E65.
Phone: (0269) 844759.
New Comodore 1541 disk
drive. Excellent condition,
complete with games_ Will
sell for L135. Phone 01-
340-0655.
Amiga 500 1 meg, modu-
lator, sound sampler,
mouse, joystick, games,
demo's, manuals. Boxed.
Phone: Markfield 244221
Will sell for E450 ono.
Atari 520 STFM WO Atari
colour monitor, including
software. Only 2 months
old. £450 ono. Phone
0772 600679 and ask for
Carl.
Various Spectrum titles to
swap for Sega tides, buy if
cheap. Steve Leonard. 57
Lincoln Avenue. Nuneaton.
Warwickshire. CU10 91X.
C64, monitor, joystick,
printer, cassette deck and
about 35 games. £250
ono. Phone 01-907-4229_
Casio HT700 pro-
grammable midi keyboard.
New £220, sell for £129
plus music studio, super
conductor FREE! All
boxed. Phone 01-398-
4706.
Atari 520STFM plus exter-
nal disk-drive, joystick.
over £400 of software.
Sell for £325 ono. Phone
(Runcorn - 0928) 575644
after 6pm.
Atari 520STRA, 1/2 meg
and 1 meg drives, 1600
of software, recently ser-
viced, bargain at 1260
ono. Phone (Bristol •
0272) 849656.
Philips CM 8833 colour
monitor - unused, boxed
E200. Phone 0883
843923.
CARROT! (Made You Look!)
One LC•10 colour printer
Excellent condition. Ring
mean 999 OOPS! 01-
948-0347. Nearly forgot,
£165.
Amstrad CPC 464 green
screen, MP2 Modulator,
62 games, joystick, nine
months old. Cost £350.
HELPLINE
Amiga tips and cheats
Smith, 45 Maplecroft Cres-
cent, Sheffield, S9 MN.
HELP PLEASE! Does any-
one know how to hack Out
that piece of mega MUSK
on the game ACE 2 on the
commodore 64? Write to:
HFu, 59 Baden Powell
Road, Chesterfield, Der-
byshire. S40 2SL.
CPC owners, lots of hints
and maps, normal and
multiface poker. If a pro-
gram won't load I might be
able to retrieve it in whole
or in part. Ask for details
first_ (464 tape only)
Screens and listings print-
ed 10p per page Tape to
tape anything! Only 25p,
money back if not suc-
cessful! Write to: Jonathan
Burton, 8 Delahays Drive.
Hale, Altrincham, Cheshire,
WA15 8DP. Please send
and SAE and mark all let-
ters 'ACE'.
HELP! Joe YJ CH lost
your address. Please con-
tact Andy B, 18 Lucan
Road, Barnet, Herts. EN5
4HA.
ATARI 520 STEM, 4 joy-
sticks, over £400 of soft-
ware including 1st Word
Plus (WP), STOS, Poplous
R•Type. Dungeon Master,
Olds, Xenon, All boxed as
new. Worth over £800
Will sell for £350 ono.
Phone (0372) 720690.
HELP URGENTLY NEEDED
by expert Adventurer on
Bard's Tal One in man-
agers power, maps for all
levels and answers to all
riddles and clues on how
to defeat manager. Help
also needed on very big
cave adventure, the Quest
tot the Holy Grail Kwah!
Dodgy Geezers, Farmers
daughter, The Fourth Pro-
tocol I, II, Ill, Zzzz, X
or/and any Cheats for
Boulderdash. Slayer and
Sabre Wolf. All on C64.
Write to R S Hands, 49
Furorval Crescent, Lich-
field, Staffs, WS13 6DB or
phone: 0543 262660
sell for 1150. Evenings:
01-6597737.
I can offer help and step
by step solution to the fol-
lowing games not less the
10 A4 for every game:
King Quest 1, 2, 3, 4. Mai
Hunter, Gold Rush, Larry 1
and 2, Space Quest I, II, Mi,
Police Quest I, II, If com-
plete solution with map
required send £2 to cover
postage charges. Any IBM
owners wit be highly
appreciated. Mohamad
Saleh Gamil, PO Box
211733 Amman Jordan
Amstrad CPC hints, bps,
pokes on: Fast food,
Dizzy, Wec Le Mans, SDI,
After Burner, ISS, Vindica-
tot, Ninia Scooter. Emlyn
int Soccer, Renegade
3,Mask, Living Daylights,
Treasure Island, Mulbface
pokes, mixed sick and
tape. Pokes 25p each +
SAL. Lee O'Connor, 18
Mount Road, New Malden
Surrey. KT3 3JU.
Lots of pokes and cheats
written by enthusiastics for
fun. They are at for recent
games and are very use-
ful. Available for 2 for-
mats: Atari ST and Spec-
trum. If interested write
to: Edwin Searancke,
'Church View', Pettycroft,
Ruardean, Glos GL17
9XH_ Please state your
machine. (SAE would be
appreciated)
Wanted, HELP, I need to
sell my Spectrum +2, do
your want to buy it? i180
with lots of stuff. Phone
(0304) 831015 for info.
I can't afford a computer
due to local currency
exchange rate. Extremely
knock down price offer for
any machine, neede badly.
SEmevy, PO Box 50797,
Falomo, Lagos State,
Nigeria.
Help is desperately need-
ed for Sega's Phantasy
Star game. I have killed
Lassic and now must
report back to the
GOVVICK, but I cannot fold
him I f you know his
whereabouts, (he is NOT
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Action Fighter, Black Belt.
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PN17 ORP.
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Hood Way, Clifton Brig-
house, West Yorks. H06
41A, or phone Brighouse
716007.
Need help with solving
Manhunter - New York,
Dream Zone, Ingrid's Back
and Maniac Mansion? I
have also completed
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Police Quest I + II, + 300-
400 points on Space
Quest Ill. So, if you can
give or need help, write to:
Espen 0 Pedersen, 3624
Lyngdal. Norway.
Is it possible? Over 98
tips, pokes, maps, solu-
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grames!! For all kinds of
games, sorry but this is
just small tips (sometimes
solutions) out of mags, but
well worth IV (Only ST of
Amiga) Just ask for Jere-
my Tiptaker on: 01
445+5117, given tips
from YOU gratefully
accepted! Weekdays after
4pm (except hots)
4 Amiga contacts wanted all
A with programing the
help
68000. All levels of expe-
T Johan, Oudebaan 180,
rience
A welcome and all let-
ters
R answered. I also wish
I hear from any clubes
to
the
S Manchester and sur-
Trounding areas. IN FACT, I
wish
u to hear from all ST
susers! Write to: Marcus
eMarshall, 23 Rudgwick
rDrive, Brandlesholme,
rBury, Lancs. BL8 1YA.
e SK11 6PH.
Help me get a young Pen
q C64 Owners contact me
Pal around 10-15 years
u 464 with colour monitor
old for my Amstrad
i write immediately to: Bob
CPC464 He or she must
r Manasieu, 5 Hoskin
be new to the computer
e on: 01-644 5594
with around 50 games.
s South Australia, 5025.
Phone Tony after 5pm on
01-9441398.
For HELP on Dungeon
Master, write with SAE to:
K Williams, I Spring Gar-
dens, Letterston, Mr
Haverfordwest, Dyfed,
Wales. SA62 5SH.
Help wanted with all
aspects of programming
basic, machine code, etc.,
for my Amiga. Also, how
to make demos, and help
and tips would be grateful-
ly accepted for all Amiga
games. If you can help
me, please write to: Coz
Mon. 11 Station Road,
Hesketh Bank, Mr Preston,
For computer contacts
from all over the world
with you computer, get in
touch with me and I will
send you a list. Send
details of your computer
system together with your
name, address and tele-
phone number, and a
stamped addressed enve-
lope, as well as a separate
first class stamp to: A F
Stanley, 1 Merlin Close,
Hainault, Ilford, Essex. IG6
3XL.
Atari ST owner needs lat-
est version 'Virus Killer', I
will pay of swap some of
my software for it (huge
selevtion of bolt PD and
original). Write to: Rich.
77 Aston Cantlow Road,
Wilmcote, Mr Stratford-
Upon-Avon, CV37 9XW
with any form of help
Amiga tips, cheats and
hints. If you want to know
more, send SAE for details
to: Julian Smith, 45 Maple'
croft Crescent, Sheffield,
S9 1DN. I have cheats
that cover the following
games: Menace. Platoon,
Wizball, Hybris, Better
Dead than Alien, Elite,
Arkanoid (UK Version),
Speedball, Eliminator,
Rocket Ranger, Road-
blasters, Silkworm, Chuck-
le Egg 2, Gauntlet 2, Pow-
erdrome, Populous, Milleni-
un 2.2, Scorpian, After- -
burner, Pacmania.
Pacland, Blood Money,
Carrier Command, Double
Dragon, Nevulus, Thun-
derblacle, Flying Shark,
Starglider, Bombuzal,
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International Karate +,
Test Drive 1, Pipeline. Cos-
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Worlds. Barbarian (PSYG-
NOSIS), Vigilante, Deriaris,
Space Harrier, The Real
OTHER
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This is not a dream! You
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your micro! Send SAE for
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Beaconsview Road, Clase.
Swansea. SA6 7H.J.
Earn lots of money, part
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ed. Send SSAE to:
2, Fernarridez must Die,
Cybemoid 1, Empire
Strikes Back, Fusion,
Sword of Sogan, Wan War-
riors, Daley Thompson,
Falcon, Voyager, Defender
of the Crown, Goldrunrier
1, Pacland, Lombard RAC
Rally. Football Director 2,
War in Middle Earth, Drag-
on's Lair, Insanity Fight,
Operation Wolf, Last Duel,
Xenon and R-Type.
ST Data Recovery. All
types of desk recovery
attempted, no success, no
fee! Phone Greg Shackle-
tord: 01-868-2489.
Write to Steve Hardy, 33
Fir Tree Drive, Wales,
Sheffield. 53I 81Z if you
want help with the follow-
ing games tall C.64
unless otherwise stated):
Dan Dare. Battle Tech
(Amiga), Special Opera-
tions, Aliens (English and
American version), The
Great Escape. Freedom
(Amiga), Spooks, Battle of
Guadalcanal, Ikari Warriors
(Amiga), Dark Empire,
Software House, Battle-
hawks 1942 (Amiga},
Arena, Power at Sea,
Kamplgruppe (Amiga), Iwo
Jima, Lords of Conquest,
Uridium (Cheat - no reset
switch required!), Elite
(Amiga - Cheat). Johnny
Ref) 2.
HELP, WANTED a comput-
er with beach synthesiser
of speach synthesiser for
a blind young man in Sut-
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and games (-RE: Ad in
August issue). Phone Sue
Earn 1,300 in one day.
Contact Anthony Steel,
175 Gibe Road, Loughor,
Nr Swansea. 100% reply
.
Thomas Burnes.
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Letter ditto details SAE
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AMIGA: Penpals wanted
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Guaranteed reply. Write
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0482 704421. Guaran-
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ST and Amiga contacts
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today. Guy Hood, 40
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over the world. Write to
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Guaranteed reply to air
HONEST!
Amiga contacts wanted.
Send list to Simon: 28
Cotton View, Leeds 7,
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ohne: (0523) 446995. All
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Avenue, Kidman Park,
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replied,
C64 contacts wanted to
swap latest stuff. Write
now for immediate reply
to. John Likos, 50 Caro-
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5024.
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exchange hints and tips.
100% reply. Write to:
Steve, 12 Monet Court,
Norwood, Waterford.
leland.
For an Amstrad computer
CPC 6128 penpals want-
for foam SES, 29 Naun- Daz on: 0253 593636,
ton Crescent, Cheltenham, alter 6pm.
Glos. GL53 7B0.Amiga
contacts wanted. Phone
PENPALS
ed. Write to: Jonathon Amiga contacts wanted to
Malachi, 8 South Parade, swap hints etc. Please
Bedford Park, Chiswick, get in contact with Steve.
London, W4, 101% reply. 12 Monet Court, Nor
Amiga penpals wanted to wood, Waterford, Ireland
exchange hints and bps,
1000% reply! Write to: Amiga contacts wanted to
Mark, 34 Berwick Cres- swap hints. tips etc. Write
cent, Sicicup, Kent, DA15 to. Brendan Carty, 150
8HR, Brook Ville Park.
Droghena, Co. Louth, Eire,
Amiga contacts wanted,
send lists to: Tito and Amiga contacts, no begin-
Alex, 6 Old Denny Road, ners. Stuart, 6 Angel
Larbert, Falkirk. FK5 4JE Street. Baildom, Shipley,
WYorks. BDI7 6N13.
PCOWNERS IN THE USA Phone: (0274) 585608
or elsewhere in America. Amiga PO software club!
Want penpals?! 100% fast Send SAE for details and
reply. Others also wel- list to AM-AM PD, 23 Pen-
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guaranteed. Write to: Cornwall, P133 9AP
Espen 0 Pederson, 3264
Lyngdal, Norway.
PCOWNERS. Want pen-
pals. especially in the
USA> Write to. Per Kris-
ban Ostergaard, 3623
Lampeland, Norway.
Amiga contacts wanted
reliable and fast. Write to
Steve, 18 Water Street,
Macclesfield, Cheshire.
ST Penpals wanted to
exchange tunts and tips.
Contact Paul Corn at: 10
Raphoe Road, Crumlin, Ire
land, Dublin 12, or phone
him at: 01-556-6882.
Atari ST contacts wanted,
write to: Bazil, 226 Dern-
ton Road, Tooting, Lon.
don. SW17 8HX or phone
01-682-2007.
New ST owner needs help.
advice etc. Write: Mary
Hamlyn. 37 Sedgeley
Grove, Elson. Gosport,
Hants.
Atari ST contacts wanted.
Write to: Paul Holloway,
22 Ladycroft Close, Rad-
brook, Shrewsbury. SY3
9l3B.
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JACKINTOTHATBOOMBOX,MIKE
Nothing succeeds
like success. Th is THE ACE " -
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foundly moved b y CHALLENGE! 4
the tributes inspired
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Find 1 more about the
Casino - a budget
title from Codemas- ACE Challenge on page 12
ters. The cassette - whatever others might
inlay features a tes- say, we're putting our
timonial t h a t
declares: T h i s i s money where our mout
probably the most
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playable c a s i n o We're also determined to I
carry on the ACE tradition
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absolutely brilliant!!' by giving you a magazine
The testimonial i s
credited t o o n e obsession with the best •
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of...Codemasters. more about yourself on
Perhaps they should page 86 - and maybe win a
take out a license
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hound Calculator.
4111
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tion so you know what you're letting yourself in
And talking of bud- for.
get labels, we 've Taking the Deputy Editor's chair is Rik
just co me across Haynes. previously Reviews Editor on New
one Dt the lowest Computer Express. Rik celebrated his appoint-
budget freebies ever. The RAD label features ment b y immediately leaving fo r Disneyland
ing, but this is ridiculous. The little
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W thingy - sorry, BIG thingy - pic- colours on the reverse of the cassette inlay. rides there - and you can find out more about
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tured above is the DynaMike. According to the
Beneath the logo, in tiny print, reads the his experiences next month.
press
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immortal message: 'Create your own RADical Bringing his acute game judgement to
ly
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.e a boom box. What really convinced us,
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tily to the Bahamas. The reason? By next month,
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h he will be stinking rich, thanks to a program
m very hot on the heels of Handball Maradona, have been ordered, and the man came last
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sn 'Gazza Gascoigne, Kenny Dalglish, and Emlyn
.released
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ci the final result of the race. It shall retail at
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which, considering how accurate it is,
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voto us, until we were told that In one test, start-
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