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MD, Wi l d ' Bill Stealey,
I nt repid as t heZERO staff are
(hem) we decided to int erv iew T'ser goes ter a 'esti & wi th
the Big Willy himself, down in ' Wi l d' Bill Shealey
t umble we e d cactus land. 28.000feet.
Af t er a few 'accidental' "Er, Bill, ' we ex c laimed lag
t urnings to Disney Land, the plane and our stomachs
Bev erly Hills, and the wh i p p e d into a loop-de-loop),
Whit ehous e, we managed to "Whaaaaa. . . Whaaaaaa.
ex c hange a f ew topical words What 's y our- aaaaaahhh
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s t omac h opens to rev eal a deadly t ongue. Mo r e v iolent , if less grot es que,
A are t he i s u
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rac ing s imulat ion c omplet e wit h a work ing rear v iew mirror and a high tech
das hboard. Bruc e Willis fans will be mos t int eres t ed h in the release of Die Hard
a c ount er t erroris t game bas ed on t he fi lm of the s ame name.

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THEY RECENTLY ZERO point s awarded t o De Gale
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ACQUIRED THE
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range of joysticks last mont h. Could it la
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beagles get t ing heav y ov er the fact
that s ome Ouic k joy models look '
bit lik e t he Ouickshot? And the
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your companyupto in Blighty
these days?'
"Son egad" he observed,
noting our presence for the
first time. "Hell and bury ma
head in a calf's rump, boy!
Watchya botherin' me all wi' a
dang darn fool ganumpi n'
questions like 'at afore? And-a
why'syour all shirt got all
those diced carrot all uvver it,
musky? Ask the cotton-pickin
limeys what we're all a doing!
Dagnabbi t!"
One welcome landing and
several empti ed bladders
later, the Stealey-eyed chap
told us that Microprose,
MicroStyle, MicroStatus,
Firebird and Rainbird labels
!Bill won the last two in a lasso/
calf-delivering compo last
'fall') woul d have spat out no
less than 18 dang titles by the
end of the year. Shucks! Not
only that. but the first ever
'Prose games will be making it
over to the Ni ntendo real soon,
via Konami and after weeks of
pacing apprehensively down
the corridors, and after
monthsof hard labour,
Microprose has finally given
birth to the long overdue F-19
Stealth Fighterarcade
machine. Watch out for it early
next year!
You may know that
well known PR
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Virgin Master tr oni c is all into
arcades these days and of
course the Sega Master-
System. However it did tell
us that it'll .be l aunchi ng a
new range of budget
software and, for those of
you bor ed of watching
Liverpool wi n ever ythi ng in
sight, an Amer i can i mpor t
called Quarterback.
Michael Baxter is a
person but you
probably don't
know he's also a
female Russian spy
.(That's a lies Ed/And
did you know that David
Ward of Ocean used to run a
Roller Disco in Hollywood' rEr c u t it
ourfdl And that System 35 Lure is
releasing a new seal culling game called
Cosh fi n where you drive around in three
Ferraris bashing the poor lint, creatures
over the bonce so you can re-upholster
your Ferran's ashtray! (The last statement
was completely untrue! D o n ' t you
believe it II you want to know what's
rumoured to be happening out there in
software land then On The Grapevine will
be telling you how it is! (And possibly
how it isn't I Ed1Consider the beans now
spelt_
Mirrorsoft has lust grabbed the
licence to Back To The Future 11- should
be out in 40008C Empire releases Dr
Doom's Revenge in November, while
Titus will be on the Wild Streets in late
December Both games will set you back

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m ont hs - a nd that's not just because it has won the oh-
so-naughty Playboy licence. It's also gained two more
c promising licences in the shape of Laurel And Hardy
Rand Coca Cola no less. The Playboy game will be called
I Pl ayboy Golf, the only naughty bits being the caddies that
_make the legendary Chesty Mor gan look like a Norfolk
clandscape. It should be out next month at 20 on ST. Amiga
oand PC. Coca Cola International Athletics , the decathlon
ucould make it for Christmas, whilst Laurel And Hardy will turn
l upon the Amiga after Christmas. CAL assures us that this last
d number is a totally new game (nothing to do with the awful
b Advance effort of a couple of years back) and will feature all
sorts of live footage and interactive stuff.
e Limited Edition. II you survive all this then
b prepare for Aquanaut an underwater
January, will set you back somewhai
lunher, f2044 95 to be precise Okay
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US Gold has still not finished partying
since it managed to lay its hands on the
contract for Turbo OutRun, which it'll be
releasing whenever it leek like it!
Accolade promises some excellent
artwork with the release of Day Of The
Viper Who cares" It's also bringing nut
Blue Angels the American equivalent of
the Red Arrows
Addictive reckons that its new arcade
challenge. Hyperforce is so demanding
that Its issuing a warm up game. called
Artificial Dreams, with every Special

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Anyone wanting to get into games
marketing could do worse than hang
around the offices of Big Apple The
go a n d R t eCodem e mMasters
be r when
company has ceased trading and is now
released Debut 1ST and Ami g h living pretty
were attempting to sell off its product and
E24,99) in which you attempt t close
a to Starville? licences to third parties.
save a planet that has been b
Sunday paper there, Cascade/Anronic won't be bothering
nearly destroyed by man's TVainterview here - to buy any old Big Apple licences I ts lust
ambition and greed. they
n even managed obtained the licence for the American
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get into Car game Universe 111, by Ommtrend It's
prefer killing things to savingl magazine.
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behi football trivia game) much like the the
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t Up , might be more your scene, that, people themselves
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t halsosreleasing
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a than an electrician, so bringing a lamous II-bit character to the
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WARS
The future's not looking so
bright. It's looking positively
gloomy in fact. Aliens are
invading, bombs have been
primed and Stock, Aitken
and Waterman are still
producing records. David
McCandless took his time,
tried to think of a time gag,
failed, and plumped instead
for a sneak preview of
Future Wars, Palace's arcade aliens want t o c olonis e t he Eart h and it
adventure - a sort of cross
between Richard
Clayderman and Doctor
Who.
DOCTOR WH O?
In the olde n days, (be for e Peter
Davidson) whe n everybody
watched Doctor Who a nd used to
wet themselves ov e r the
cardboard a nd cling-fi lm monsters
and avalanches of polystyrene
rocks, everybody lov e d tha t wor d
Tardis. " Y ou stupid Ta r dis l" wa s
the ' i n ' insult, a nd " D id the
Tardis move for y ou" was the
common post-coital clich. But did
anyone r e a lly k now tha t Tardis
was actually a n a bbr e v ia tion tha t
stood for Time And Relative
Dimensions In Space? (Spook !)
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dewst whi l st hamans attack i t mod
then systemati cal l y di si ntegr ates
them. l ands and pl op! Y ou'r e a
w i ndow clitemer on a skyscr aper .
an al i en or
sight. Fi r st ge t thr ough
at the t op of the screen.:
grizzly boss has appl es
rec ord c ompany -c um-s of t ware gi ven y ou a val l ey el ver bal abuse.
T h per ogame'
g r a mme
s frrso m
Delphine.
Paris -bas
Inedfact it Per k s h o u l d pl ay sense trick
on t o ge t back a t hi m
just happens t o be Ric hard -
Clay derman' s rec ord label t oo, and
apparent ly t he plus h Paris ian of fi c e has
port rait s of the f rog-princ e burs t ing
f rom ev ery orifi ce. Yes, we like Ric hard
too. Mo r e import ant ly (probably ) is t he
fact t hat the rec ord/ c omput er double-ac t
is about t o s pawn a joy ous s ingle of
Fut ure War' s s oundt rac k - on CD!
The s t ory -line deals wit h t he us ual
t ime paradox es and alien inv as ions .
Somet i me in t he f ut ure s ome greedy , 4 Once i nsi de, y ou fi nd that thi ngs
and no doubt green and s aliv at ing, hi de ether thi ngs, whilst sons thi ngs
mean nothi ng, but coul d mean
somethi ng i f they di dn' t mean
s eems t hat we pesky humans are in t he
way. The alien armada bundles t owards anythi ag I * l a b . ( Whe t ? Ed). A I se/
our planet, ready f or war, but fi nds it s elf Is secr eted under the car pet
coul d i t eal eck? (Speak!)
balk ed by t he amaz ingly effective SDI
system, whic h blank et s the Earth. So
the aliens c hange direc t ion. Quit e a
drastic c hange in fact, since t hey t rav el
back in t ime t o plant bombs at key
point s in t he Eart h's his t ory . They
c hoos e Mediev al, Prehis t oric
and Fut uris t ic ages. You are un-
wit t ingly drawn int o t his t ime
t erroris m and bec ome t he only
s av iour of the Earth.
Fut ure Wars adopt s t he style INIsell s a m i n e a r e
of t he Sierra On Line arc ade tabl ed, - u p of i t p o p ( 7
adventures, wit h each s c reen SUWON. Her e yew see I v h e e n
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more like a work of art t han a havi
/ 1 ng qui ts a 001110 ar ound, a nd
uncover ed a m a p on the wai l , a
set des ign of blocks as in ot her 1"
wr i ter a nd an empty d
'arcade adv ent ures '. eis
The real beaut y of this t y pe
of g a me is the f reedom y ou' re
giv en. You ex plore ev ery nic he
of a screen: look behind all t he
bushes, cross rivers, open
doors, operat e phones , talk wit h
t rav ellers at a t av ern, danc e
merrily across the lawn wit h no
c lot hes on... er, well may be not
t he last but c ert ainly all t he rest'
You begin a h u mb l e wi n d o w
6 After oneich gnashi ng of teeth a nd
cleaner, pois ed on a plat f orm
pul l i ng of hai r I 'v e m a d. i i i nto the
half -way up t he glassy f ac ade of a city tel epor t r oom. I suspect ther e ar e a
skyscraper. It's a bit det ac hed f r o m t he f ew * k e gs I assist seassipislate a nd a
opening sequence, when a spaceship few mer e I d o s I must make.
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be other
I v or y nook
ever y screen must be
expl or ed, since most
r compl etel y useless
r i ati ngl y I nval uabl e
ters) des c ends int o a forest, frazzling a
f ew innoc ent pic nic k ers wit h s ome
careless las erbeams . But t his is Fut ure
Wars, and in a f ew loc at ions t ime y ou're
guarant eed t o be z ipped back and f ort h
t hrough t ime lik e t he Doc t or's Tardis .
Mov ing about each screen is a
s imple case of point ing t he mous e on
the plac e y ou want t o go, and y our
character will wander over. To skirt
objec t s y ou s imply perf orm a quic k
series of mous e aerobic s .
The right mous e but t on pops up t he
int erac t ion menu. A c o mma n d line
appears and y ou c an build up an
actions order f or y our character. The
verbs are Ex amine, Take, I nv ent ory ,
Use, Operat e. and Speak.
To Ex amine an objec t y ou mus t be
s t anding close t o it, or else t he increas-
7 o f ingly pes s imis t ic c omput er pulls t he old
thi s A ser ene 'You're not close enough' line. The
I nk l o t t t e d wi th trews
s ame applies f or t he Take c ommand,
a nd bushes. ' s sur face
whic h put s the s pec ifi ed objec t int o y our
r i ppl es i n the l o t as flocks of
bi r ds wheel a n the di stance. inv ent ory . You can c arry an unlimit ed
I coul d tamest a s l e e p her e, but a mo u n t of objec t s in y our inv ent ory , but
I 'v e got * eve v i s i t , monks to y ou'll fi nd t hat as y ou s olv e t he puzzles
V0141, a nd wol ves I s ki l l (hi nt). the objec t s y ou' v e us ed dis appear.
V The Us e c o mma n d applies t o objec t s
In pos s es s ion, whereas Operat e is us ed
to manipulat e t hings lik e beds, but t ons ,
door k nobs and ot her t hings wit h
pot ent ial f or sexual innuendo. Wh e n
you select t he last verb, Speak, y ou
can't ac t ually specify what y ou want t o
say. I ns t ead y our character jus t mak es
polit e c onv ers at ion wit h any nearby
people. Unf ort unat ely , y our man is a
little s hort of c haris ma, and t he Speak
opt ion c an't be us ed t o talk y ours elf out
of a dif fi c ult s it uat ion (i.e. being faced
by a blood-c raz ed alien ninja and his
h u mmi n g t hermo-c annon).
Oral int erac t ion is essential If y ou
want t o progres s t hrough t he game, as
are honed aural pas s ages (that's 'ears '
t o y ou! ) t o eav es drop on ot her people
c hat t ing, enabling y ou t o pick up
import ant c lues and inf o.
Puzzles require bot h t hought and
fi nger power and lot s of imaginat ion.
For instance, in one s it uat ion, t he roof is
sinking, ready t o s quis h y ou fl at; y ou
have t o be quic k t o t y pe in t he security
c ode or else it's pancake t ime,
The puzzles are HARD. Well ' ard in
fact! Mo u s e pos it ioning is ev ery t hing,
and s ome s olut ions can hinge on a f ew
pixels. But t hat 's t he c hallenge, and I
think Fut ure Wars will k eep any guhg-
ho, hams t er-s t rangling, games Grand
Mas t er happy and quiet (and of f t he
hams t ers ) f or mont hs .

9 Futur e Wa r s (Ti me
wol f? s e t , Tr avel l er s)
seei ng
very the si te s l upi Sr i t u p
PoloceiDelpbibe
this p ha d tot Ed) for -r og .r-
. l ength, to the mega-nasty-dog-l ac 24.95
the (Phew!). I f I 'm w e l t lost
of today wi th the t hought of l ug ST/Amigo
"Ooeht the hound a nd kl i l l si ha t .
ever l i ke to be i nsi de my un w he n I November
iii gene up? - i t
Is I . the war . . . do ge t near i t.
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CHART
1. BLOOD MO NEY/Psygnosis
2. POPULOUS PROMISED
LANDS/Electronic Arts
3. RED LIGHTNING/SSI
4. STORY SO FAR VOL. 3/Elit e
5. N EW ZEALAND STORY/
Ocean
6. PIRATES/Microprose
7. SPACE QUEST 3/In f o co m
8. XYBO T S/Do mark
9. INDIANA JONES (ARCADE)!
US Gold
10. WEIRD DREAMS/Rainbird
A c o mmo n or garden p o p star. Mic hael is
"Ever si nce I w a s a y oung boy . . . . "
Pl ay P i nba l l Ma gi c f r om Lor i c k 'Is
'cos i t s out on S T f or E 1 9 . 9 9
a nd P C a nd Am i ga f or E 2 4 . 9 9 l ater
thi s m ont h
7 . A r
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MOONWALKERUSGold
You'v e seen t he fi lm. _ er. . . . well no, nor
have we, s o it c an't hav e been t hat
muc h of a hit, or may be we' re all just
des perat ely unt rendy . But US Gold,
where ev ery one is s erious ly t rendy ,
liked t he fi lm enough t o mak e a g a me
out of it. S o wit h a can of Pepsi in one
hand and an ox y gen mas k in t he ot her
let's get of f the wall and take a look .
First meet Mr Big, he's the baddie and
he plans to rule the wo r l d (pret t y
c unning eh?l. J us t f or starters he's
k idnapped s ome of Mic hael' s good
f riends and Mic hael is angry , we l l quit e
cross any way .
No w Mic hael is not just y our
heav ily into... t rans f ormat ion. ' S o
what ?" y ou cry. W e l l lis t en we' re not
t alk ing n e w nos es or permed hair here.
No we' re t alk ing s erious t rans f orma
tions. Th a n k s to a s hoot ing star our
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hero can t rans f orm hims elf int o a fl y ing
car, a s ilv er robot and ev en a vast
spaceship. A l l v ery useful, t hough
embarras s ing if it happens at t he wr o n g
mo me n t "He l l o mu m I want y ou t o meet
Michael... er... Mic hael has this lit t le
problem but its not hing t o worry
about... hones t . "
Well it may be a handic ap during tea
wit h t he in-laws but f or fi ght ing Mr Big's
evil s oldiers , t rans f ormat ion is essential.
The fi nal c onfl ic t sees Mic hael in t he
f orm of a giant s pac es hip us ing a
f orc efi eld t o refl ect t he ray s f rom Mr
Big's huge las er gun.
All t his mak es f or s ome pret t y wac k y
graphics. Co mb i n e these wit h bat t le
and chase s equenc es and it all s ounds
like classic games mat erial. Find out just
h o w classic wh e n it 's releas ed in
Dec ember on ST, A mi g a and PC
c ould be a Thriller!
WERDRIFT
tivision
t's the connection between
the Sicinhood and a Mr T
alike called Jeronimo? N o they
't both work for ZERO, they're
of the twelve drivers competing
Powerdrift, one of Activision's
strmas biggies. Ace programmer
has managed to coniur up a
conversion of the coin-op,
with high speed bends in
mud and desert.
Wih a choice of five different
courses, made up of 27 circuits, this
is not one you're going to be bored
of by New Year's Eve. Out on all
mats in December. The ST costs
.99 and the Amiga/PC, 24.99.

IIIMIEW I -
This shoot 'em up, coin-op
conversion from Ocean has
taken Europe by storm and
should be hitting the streets
this month on ST, Amiga and
PC. Cabal throws you deep
into enemy territory with lit t le
more than a single-shot rifl e
for protection. All you have to
do is blast your w ay through
numerous tanks, helicopters
army of buddies.
and gunships plus a whole 1 5. XYBO T S/Do m ark
. wonderful aliens wiping out the
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Ocean - the people who brought
you Batman. The Untouchables
will have six exciting arcade-style
sections that put you in control of
FI
Eliot Ness and his elite squad of
Mafia-busters. Each level is taken
from o scene in the film, which
was set in the Chicago of the '20s,
LI
N alternating be twe e n a skateboard
T roads. I t looks good on the ST, but
O price? 1 9 .9 9 .
previews
Last St unt man f r o m CRL is t he game
t hat 'll let y ou prov e y ou' re t ough wit h a
capital uff. Wit h f our s c enarios t o c hoos e
f rom, parac hut e, bar r o o m brawl, c able
car and Zo mb i e Ailey (whic h look s
alarmingly like t he ZERO offi ce on a
Friday ev ening) t he game put s y ou in a
s t raight c ont es t bet ween y ours elf and
one ot her guy . Parac hut ing ma y s ound
easy, but not wh e n t here are t wo of y ou
and only one 'c hut e l o s i n g hurls . Out
later this mo n t h on t he ST and Amiga,
pric e 19.95.
CHART
V
I . BLO O DWYCH/Mirrorsoft
2. POPULOUS PROMISED
LANDS/Electronic Arts
3. TARGHAN/Goinstar
4. N EW ZEALAND STORY/
Ocean
6. RVF/Microstyle
7. DUNG EO N MASTER/
Imagew orks
8. STORY SO FAR VOL. 3/Elit e
9. BLOOD MO NEY/Psygnosis
10. S.E.U.C.K./Palace
NTACT
Firebird
Contact, on enormous space game,
starts with a force of we ird a nd
entire crew of your space station.
0 Well tha t wa s a nice quick ga me
wa s n't it? Oh hong on, the ship-
e 1
.-: 4 r e o l i e t w still work ing. a nd i ts your job to
guide it round as it surveys the
damage, collects a ny useful items
- and fends off the invading hordes.
As well as out-shooting the
aliens you'll be well advised to out
ruled by Al Capone an ' i s mob. think them too. The y respond to
There's the warehouse bust,
the border raid, alleyway shoot-
outs, the hostage scene, the final
your actions, so a littie thought
might save a lot of effort. O f course
if thought is too demanding for you,
rooftop duel, plus the railway you can a lwa y s just go in shooting
station cliffhanger (complete with
runaway pram!) You can take on
big Al and his gang sometime in
from the hip (or whatever ship-
board computers have in place of
hips.)
Contact is out this month on both
November on ST, Amiga and PC.
.4 Combining elements of 720 an d
Paperboy, Gremlin's Skidz has you
the ST a nd Amigo a t C24.99.
and BMX, zipping round the tow n
collecting money whilst avoiding the
grannies, w ork me n a nd multitudes
of other hazards which litter the
absolutely spiffa on the Amigo, as it
uses the full screen areal D u e out on
all formats in November, a nd the
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CHART
1. KINGS QUEST/Sierra On
Line
2. CHESSMASTER 2 1 0 0 /C P
Software
3. OUTRUN/Kixx
4. ROBOCOP/Oceon
5. WATERLOO/PSS
6. RICK DANGEROUS/Firebird
7. LICENCE TO KILL/Domork
8. THE DUEL (TEST DRIVE II)/
Accolade
9. CURSE OF THE AZURE
CHASEHQOcean
If Ni ge l Ma ns e l l e v e r de c ide d t o Porsche a n d g o o ff in purs ui t o f
BONDS/SSI become a s pe e d c op, Cha s e N O nasty crims dr i v i ng a m e ga
10. LEISURE SUIT LARRY II/ could w e l l be c ome his ga m e . I n ra nge o f s oupe d-up motors ov e r
Sierra On Line fa c t i t could b e one o f the mos t fi v e le v e ls .
thrilling 3 D dr i v i ng ga m e s y e t, Y ou'l l chase th e v illa ins
Charts suppl i ed by the Virgin Computer whe n i t's re le a s e d o n ST a nd through c ity s tre e ts , across
Games Shop at the Virgin Megastor e on Ami ga l us t i n ti m e fo r Christmas. bridges, thr ough tunne l s a n d
Oxford Street and Tottenham Cour t You a nd y our buddy s tra p y our - a long di r t-tr a c k s i n y our bi d to
Road. Tel. (Oil 631 1234 selves i n a tur bo-c ha r ge d ra m the m o ff the r oa d. O u t soon.

Shoot up the terrorists and

rescue the hostages (do try a
get it the right w a y round) in
Artronic's forthcoming release,
Soldier 2 0 0 0 . Look out for it
later this month on ST and Amiga
priced a t 1 9 .9 9 .

FIGHTINGSOCCERActivision
A
Burn r ubber in DMS 's Driven' Force
which is out at E19.95 on ST and 24.95
on Ami ga. Not onl y can you race but
you get loads of vehicles to choose
from including jet skis for the yuppies.

14 ZERO
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With modern athletes pockets often
loaded dow n with more drugs than
the average NHS dispensary,
players of CRL's International
Athletics will be relieved to k now
that they need nothing stronger
than a cup of tea to make their bid
for gold. Both versions are 19.95.

Ac c ording t o Barry Norman, "Elv ira is

out s t anding. . . well t wo bits of her
any way . " I f y ou'v e nev er heard of Elvira
she's t he s pook host on an Americ an

MANCHESTERUNITEDKrysaiis play ers and pit c h t rue t o scale, Your

horror fi lm s how, She's also s t arred in
her v ery o wn horror fi lm c alled Eheirs -
Mistress Of The Dark and now she's to
- star in her v ery own c omput er game, Of
tEeam? I t ' s in good nick, jus t needs a role in all t his can be as eit her
the s ame name, f r o m Horrors of t , Suf fi c e
little
r bit of fi ne t uning. Alright guy I'll manager, s t ar play er or as piring
to s ay it's a night rnarel It's out on PC,
ceome clean, it 's Manc hes t er Unit ed play er manager. T h e manager' s
ST and A mi g a lat er t his mont h.
but section has "a n i ma t e d ic ons " s o y ou
a I mean y er k now good qualit y 's
dif can lit erally bring tears to his eyes.
n fi c ult t o c ome by these day s . "
The game will ' s upport ' t he Konix
y If y ou f anc y y our chances at
souc c eeding where s o many ot hers Mult i-Sy s t em as well as being on all
have f ailed ( w e giv e Fergus on about ot her f ormat s . T h e Ami ga v ers ion
n
f our mont hs ) t hen hav e a look at s hould be out this mont h, pric ed
e 2495 and t he ST in No v e mb e r f or
Krisalis's Manchester United The
w 19.95. But be warned, a glanc e d o wn
Compurer Game. De s i g n e d wit h t he
a Unit ed's injury list suggests t hat it 'll
c o-operat ion of the club, t he play ing
n s oon be s igning up all t he c omput er
area has been produc ed ov er fi f t een
n players it can lay its hands on.
highly det ailed screens, k eeping t he
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Dangerous
t was 'the biz' will be
ecstatic
b to hear a bout Gre mlins
latest,
a as it's by the very same
programmer!
l We ' v e seen it up and
running,
l a nd if anything, it's better
than Rick!!
Switchblade is a super smooth,
sonically superior, superbly
er....programmed stunner. The ide a
is to charge round mazes, up and
down ladders, battling against the
usual collection of meanies as y ou
go, hunting for 1 6 pieces of a
sword. Wh y ? Who cares whe n the
game's this good. It's got tons of
hidden sections, a nd oodles of
playability. Switc hbla de will be out
in November on ST and Amiga. AKE'E OUTArtronic
Take 'Em Out Artronic 's ne w civilians pop up from behind walls,
arcade game is a rather violent, windows and alleyways. From
not to mention addictive shoot now on it's simply a case of, if it
out. N o brains but a lot of bra wn moves shoot it. An d even if it
are needed to see you through doesn't! It'd be nice if you left a few
your S.W.A.T training (target civilians alive and kicking but then
shooting). After that you're on hell what's a few extra casualties?
your own and on the streets Out in November on ST and Amigo
(people shooting). Terrorists and for 19.99!

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 TWOSPIFFOGAMES
You're one shell blast short of the troppo ward (i.e. totally bonkers) if you don't think this is
a real bargain. Two completely original full price games and a brand new magazine for
1.50. (Or alternatively, two completely original full price games for r 1.50 and a brand new
mag for minus E38.50). Whichever way you look at it, it's a blinking 'steal'!
RECOIL
Its bouncy! Its springy! Its
Recoil. And its flippinl brilliant!
Thanks to Special FX and pro-
grammer Jonathan Smith, we've
got a truly amazing ST game on
the cover of this, the first
J onat han's a real pro wh e n it c omes
to ac t ion pac k ed hit s - he's p r o g r a mme d
a f air f ew inc luding Green Beret,
Hy pers ports, Bat man, Mik ie, Cobra,
Terracresta a n d Firefl y on t he Spec-
t rum, He's rec ent ly started work on t he
ST and he look s like bec oming one of
t he t op programmers on t his mac hine
t oo - his fi rst effort was the bloc k bus t er
Red Heat. But enough about t he pro-
grammer. What about t he game?
Er.., what about it? (It's amaz ingly ,
brilliant ly , fantastic. Ed) Oh yes - it 's
pretty good actually. There's a c os mic
confl ict going on... y ou k n o w the sort of
stuff., wars raging ac ros s the galax y ,
billions dead, billions wo u n d e d and
even mo r e billions f ac ing des t ruc t ion,
It's a v ery ov erc rowded univ ers e
18 ZERO
Lar vael y1 Wa t c h those venom spi tti ng vol canoes - ski m oast them a l i ttl e toe
qui ckl y a nd y ou may wel l l oose your knacker sl
Ev ery t hing faces c omplet e oblit erat ion -
moons, planets, stars and even Ni chol as
Parsons!
The evil force that wreaks havoc on
the univ ers e is c old blooded, brut al and,
wors e still, c omplet ely r a n d o m (So it
mi g h t not get Nic holas Parsons af t er all!
Ed). Amids t this total c haos one man (or
wo ma n , or amaz ing t alk ing parrot wit h
one leg and a s peec h impediment )
fi ght s f or t he f ait h and t he moral right t o
exist. Sounds good s o far!
Any way y ou' re t hat man (or wo ma n ,
or amaz ing t alk ing parrot wit h one leg
and a s peec h i mp e d i me n t ) and mus t
battle your way thr ough the cosmic
confl ict - an indiv idual c rus ader. As
c o mma n d e r of t he ' Murderer' Class
Sy s t ems Superlif t er ' Kis s My A s s " ( Do
what ? Ed) y ou mus t prot ec t Diddy
Dav id Hamilt on ot herwis e k nown as
EMAR II, a tiny unstabl e planetoid,
home of rare ener gy crystal - who's
powerf ul propert ies are muc h s ort after
by both sides.
You control the mai n surface
defence gun empl acement whi ch is
suspended beneath the Superlifter, a bi t
like an oversized Zebedee (or shock
absorber for all you car mechanics out
there!). You pick up ener gy by collecting
the crystals (those thi ngs that bounce
up and down) and deposi ti ng them at
the central gr ound base. Got all that. To
put it simply you've got to SHOOT EVE-
RYTHI NG THAT MOVES - if it doesn't
move it's pr obabl y a bug!
CONTROLS
JOYSTICK Left/Right - Superlifier direction
Up/Down - Gun turret position
Fire - Photon release
Spot. Bur - Knock bombs
Recoil autoboots so just place it in
the ST arid switch on.
 freebie

panic as t he chainsavw blades head f or

you, mak ing y ou run int o s omet hing
nasty, and, well, bas ic ally y ou k eep on
get t ing k illed. Unles s of course y ou are
f ant as t ic ally quic k -t hink ing wit h t he
reactions of a cheetah.
As if av oiding t he edges of the
screen and all t he numerous t raps
was n' t enough t o c ont end wit h, Me r y
also has t o collect nos h (i.e f ood) and
dos h (i.e. erm, dos h). If he get s enough
das h (diamonds , gold bars, c oins etc),
he c an ev ent ually af f ord ' t he giant
c hains aw' whic h' ll enable h i m t o cut
hims elf a hole in t he border fence and
escape (whic h means y ou' v e fi nis hed
the game). Howev er, if Mery does n't get
enough nos h (f ruit , bac on & eggs etc),
y ou' ll see t he ' t u mmy ic on' at t he t op of
t he screen get t ing t hinner and t hinner. If
it gets t oo thin, Me r y pops his cork. As if
Keep your waistline to the same pr opor ti ons as Jer ky Wi l son's i f yip's t his was n' t enough Y o u mean t here's
want to survive l ong e nough to col l ect the gems- Oh, a nd watch out for more? Ed). t here's a t i me r Ian egg-t imer
thie buzzing bor der , to be exact) 't ic k ing' away in t he t op left
c orner of the screen. You don' t want this

MERVTHE
You c ont rol Merv . And what y ou'v e
got t o do is walk around c ollec t ing
things, av oiding ot her t hings and
mak ing s ure t hat at no t ime do y ou
touch t he f our screen borders - because
to run out , s o y ou hav e t o t op it up. But
to t op it up, y ou hav e t o fi nd t he ' t op-up
icons', whi c h are scattered around - but
t here aren't v ery many , s o us e t hem
wis ely .

MERCILESS t hey 're m a d e up of c hains aws , and

t hey 'll kill y ou on contact_ Av oiding t he
borders on s c rolling games (whic h is
what this is: a f our way scroller, v iewed
And that, as t hey say, is that. Tot ally
s imple but well hard. We' ll leav e y ou t o
dis c ov er what s ome of t he icons do, but
here's a lit t le hint about what happens
f rom abov e) is normally s imple. You once y ou'v e got t he c hains aw - "t he
stay in t he mi d d l e of the screen, and, as t imer' s got t o run out bef ore y ou can
y ou mov e, t he screen mov es wit h you_ es c ape! "
Not so in Mer y The Merciless! So what are y ou wait ing f or - go and
In Me r y The Merciless, it's the screen load it up now. Oh Y o u hav e already .
that s c rolls around on its own. What y ou Erm, s orry
have t o do is keep up wit h it (i.e. away
f r o m t he edges).
In an ideal world, t his wouldn' t be t oo CONTROLS
hard really . But as y ou k now, t his isn't
an ideal wo r l d (lust hav e a wo r d wit h a Up and Down, Left and lerrn) Right
Scottish pers on about Poll Tax if y ou L O AD I N G I Switch on Amiga WITHOUT Mono
want proof ). In t he land t hat Merv ' s been in the drive. 3 Wait for 'insert disk
banis hed to, t here are riv ers t o d r o wn in, icon' to appear and then insert
mazes to get c aught in and land mines Mery disk. I f void have a one
to be t rodden on. Wit h t he c ont inuous ly megabyte Amiga Mery will
autoboot automaticall
r andom screen s c roll it's very easy t o
Courtesy of ZERO (and with a
little bit' of help from Probe
Software) we bring you Mery BIRRA BOVVER, G U Y ?
If you ha v e tr ouble loa ding y our disk please ta k e the
The Merciless, a rather engaging following steps.
little chain-saw jaunt in Goblin- I . M a k e sure y ou are loa ding the disk int o e ithe r a n ST
land for Amiga owners or A m iga.
2 . Try resetting the machine a nd r e loa ding.
3 . Remove the HP sauce from y our disk - which you ac-
Here's the story benind Me r y The
Merciless. cidently dr oppe d in y our lunch.
"Merv's a Troll. A part ic ularly 4 . A fte r severed futile allessps to loa d e ithe r Recoil (ST
annoying git of a Troll, in fact - so he's ONLY) or Me r y The Merciless (Amiga ONLY) - giv e up!
been banished f rom t he land in whic h 5. Place the dis k , wit h a little note e x pla ining the pr ob-
he lives to spend the rest of his days in lem, a long wit h a stamped addressed heavy-duty e nv e -
a place which is less than pleas ant . But lope in a (iffy ba g.
he can always try to escape, c an't he..." 6 . Send it to ZERO Disk Returns, Interceptor Ltd., Calieva
Erm, and that's it. Yes. It was n' t Park Indus tr ia l Estate, Aldermaston, Berkshire R G7
really much of a story, was it? But t hat 's 4 0 W.
the kind of game this is - downright
7 . Go a nd buy a nothe r copy of ZERO so y ou can pla y the
simple. But, luckily, as well as being
downright s imple it's also inc redibly
games while y ou'r e wa iting for your ne w dis k .
addictive and blink ing hard t o fi nish. 8 . Go on a camping holida y in Sweden.

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syste m a t a re a list ic p rice . speed, wit h "JAM M ER " softwa re f o r
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re a ltime f u n ct io n s. windows & a oom f u n ct io n w it h Ed it re corde d sa m ple s.
M lle s sa mple e d it in g . windows f o r fi n e a ccura te e d it in g . Lots o f use ful fe a ture s
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MANOEUVRES
Digital Integration has finally forayed into the
16
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McCandless found himself dwarfed by height
b i brain power when he quizzed director
and
Dave
t Marshall on some of the realities behind
m most realistic flying experience..."
"the
a
D a v e K . M a r s h a l l is not a man you'd smugl y challenge to a game of Trivial Pursuit.
r
About six foot five of pure intellect, Dave (or 'sir' as he let me call him) is one of those guys
k l ots of those impressive abbr evi ati ons after his name, A bachelor of science, a
with
chartered engineer, and a member of the Institute of Electrical Engineering, he's the onl y
e
person in the countr y with an A4 business card.
t He founded Digital Integration wi th fel l ow br ai nbox, Rod Swift. Thei r interest in the
cerulean wor l d of flight sims led to Fi ghter Pilot, their first release which took to the skies on
w Speccy. Since then they've had somethi ng of an autocratic rule in the fli ght sim wor l d,
the
i
perhaps rivalled onl y by Microprose. Finally this year Digital ventur ed i nto the 16-bi t market
with its newest and most ambi ti ous release to-date, F-16 Combat Pilot, behi nd whi ch is two-
t
years of research, sweat, toil and mor e sweat fr om the five-str ong pr oducti on team.
h But you can't just wake up one sunny mor ni ng, fry some eggs and then suddenl y
decide, 'Ri ght I'll write a 16- bit fli ght simulator today. Resear ch is everything, So what sort
F research went into F-16 ?
of
- "Apart from getti ng every publ i cati on available on the F16, o n e of the first things we
did was to go down to the fli ght archives and l ook at early test fli ght reports," said Dave.
1 Simulators are compl i cated beasts - full of movi ng shapes, angles, views, al gor i thms
6 other weird things. Ar e there a l ot of complicated calculations in Com ba t Pilot?
and
C "Yes, there's a phenomenal amount of maths that just goes i nto the aircraft model l i ng.
Even the various weapons systems, their maxi mum r ange, effective speed and motor bur n
o all var y with altitude and aircraft configur ati on. "
time
m By now I was experiencing thor ough cerebral-inferiority, so I cunni ngl y changed the
subject, pr etendi ng I'd under stood ever y wor d that had been said and switched to the
b
game-pl ay aspect. Was it an effor t to achieve a bal ance between reality and gamepl ay?
a "Ther e's certainly a tendency to immerse yourself in reality and neglect pleyability, so
with F-16 w e deci ded to place as much priority as possible on gamepl ay as well as
t
technical accuracy."
P But surely you can't recreate every facet of a 10 million pound piece of har dwar e on a
300 qui d home computer ?
i "You have to make certain appr oxi mati ons of course. Ther e's no way you'll cr unch
l thr ough all the partial differentiation equati ons
of a pl ane at 10 fr ames per second. But the
o 'feel' of the game is all i mpor tant, that's why
t we use pilots to come in and check it."
The scope for F-16 flight-sims and further
. conversation on the topic seem exhausted.
D What direction will DI take now?
The Harrier is an aircraft I've also been
a keen to tackle. But we'r e wor ki ng on an undu-
v lating terrain game. A helicopter or a gr ound
bombi ng aircraft flies very low, and you get a
i phenomenal i mpr essi on of speed at that
d height.
"We always have open (vastly intelligent)
minds. We've had an enor mous r equest for a
civil simulator. A n d we have an idea," Davi d
hints secretively, 't ha t woul d have a ver y wi de
appeal wi thout havi ng to carry si dewi nder s on
the wi ngs. "
What sort of game DI will l aunch in the
Doody to r ol l future seems uncertain, and my attempts to
t r - I d Consbat nough
coax Mr Mar shal l i nto revealing anythi ng failed manoeuvres) Ed)
for got to g o to dismally. But I i magi ne that whatever game it
is, it's sure to be good! t o r s e

22 ZERO
 you memorize the functions of an entire keyboardful of buttons? D o
you say 'Roger that, over. Copy?" when asked to pass the salt at
dinner parties? If you answered 'yes' to the first two then you're
obviously a bit of an 'armchair pilot'. If you answered yes to the third
then you're obviously a little bit of a dickhead. We got our two
resident dickheads (David McCandless and Duncan MacDonald) to
r take a look at the rise and rise of the flight simulation.
o
l
l
i
AVIATION CELEBRATION TIME
l With the huge number of flight Sims on the
l market we decided it was 'high' time someone
C fly-tested four of the best.
a F-15 STRIKE EAGLE II
Mic ropros e
n Me c c a : The bi g boys at Mi cr opr ose
y think, eat, swallow, sweat and
breathe fli ght sims. Under the
o watchful eye of 'Wi l d Bi l l Stealey,
they've been chur ni ng out fli ght
u Sims for years, decades even. F 15
d Strike Eagle II i s their latest and yes,
greatest sim, centr ed ar ound the
o famous yank plane.
The missions are centred on real places, namel y Libya,
w Vietnam, the Mi ddl e East and the Persian Gulf, wi th both real
n and (hopeful l y) hypotheti cal occurences, The gartieplay is
"Eat l e a d, J ohnny G eddes* i t " basically 'seek and destroy'. Attenti on to detail is exact wi th
t every maj or hill-top, town, mountai n and known S AM (surface-
w to-air-missile) site pai nful l y posi ti oned to the inch.
A lot of attention has been pai d to the cockpit design. All the
o latest technol ogy that clutters our cockpits today is there. A
camera screen z ooms and focuses in on your selected target, be
M it an enemy plane, S AM site or elderly pensioner. The radar
i display gives you a computer -i nter -
preted vi ew of the sur r oundi ng area.
g The map section shows an or dnance-
survey-style map of your targets.
s F15 Ii i s graphically outstandi ng
w lespecially in VGA mode). The sky and
gr ound is stippled - not restricted to just
h uni for m bl ue or br own - a n d they meet
in the distance as a hazy horizon. Also,
i the enemy planes don't just expl ode a la
l Falcon but disintegrate, shower i ng you
with fr agments.
e Another nice feature w a s the
exterior views. Not as extensive or as
e Ri ot Age nt O r a nge , J o h n n y m e t a l " compl ex as Fal con admi ttedl y, but the
a missile view al one (which places a vi deo camera on t he end of
your missile) makes the game wor th playing.
t As for hassle I found that controls wer e slightly bulky, end it
was difficult to per for m the very subtle (but i mmensel y skillful)
i movements (features of my flyi ng pr owess) wi thout gai ni ng and
n loosing about 200 feet in altitude. Thi s unwi el di ness also makes
landing very tricky, since the r unways are very short, much like
g Duncan's ( S n i p e Ed) II was goi ng to say wildebeest) and
a you have to pr epar e your final appr oach well in advance.
Despite this, Strike Eagle II is an excellent simulator, ren-
c dered very playable by Mi cr opr ose's own admi ssi on that it
"stripped away all the
h
OVERALL SCORE 8 9 boring el ements
e flying.
- o f Whether
napal mi ng villages in
e Vietnam rates as 'fun'
is debatable, but
s Strike Eagle II is very
e AV AILABLE N O W
fast, very chal l engi ng
and very good.
"Eat s i de w i nde r , J o h n n y E x t r e m e l y Ri c h O i l M a g n a
a -
n tell!" CONTINUES OVER

d ZERO 23
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but arguably t he mos t enjoy able fl ight
s im c urrent ly av ailable on 16 bit.
Arguably ? Well, let 's have a but c hers !
For me a ZERO Hero game (i.e, one
that s c ores 90 plus) not only has to be
good in itself, but t he 'f ront end' and the
way ev ery t hing else ties t oget her has to
be well t hought out t oo - and equally well
executed. In Falc on i t is.
Hav ing t y ped in y our 'call s ign' (Colonel Lov e Piston in my
case), y ou progres s t o t he Mis s ion Select screen. Here y ou
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he doing here then? Ed) who was rank f r o m Firs t Lieut enant (indes t ruc t ible) t hrough Major
incarcerated on Cret e and dec ided
(hard) t o Colonel (bordering on t he impos s ible except f or
to escape by building hims elf s ome mega-beings , h e m hem). A click on t he mous e when y ou' re
wings . But gues s what he built happy wit h y our selection takes y ou ont o t he ' arming y our F.
t hem out of? Yes. As we all k now,
16' screen, where an animat ed Sergeant lets y ou k now if y our
he built t hem out of wax. But why requests can be backed up by t he a mmu n i t i o n stores: t he
'c onv ers at ion' of t en goes like this....
of bals a wo o d ly ing around? We did s ome ex t ens iv e "Can I hav e t he an ALO 131 E CM Radar J ammi ng Pod
research, and can n o w reveal t he ans wer, whic h is this:
please, Sarge?"
. I c a r u s was a t ot al prat ! "Sorry Sir, Bob took t he last one. "
Any way , t his brilliant f ront end out of the way means
li that y ou're ac t ually ready to fl y. Click on 'Tak e off'.
b Zipping f o r i a b o u t eight t rillion Wow.
w years, we fi nd ours elv es in t he mi d d l e 111 This is rat her s plendid ac t ually - in fact it 's bet t er t han
a of t he Sec ond Wo r l d war. Look up in that. Th e r e are so many v iews t o c hoos e f rom. I ns ide the
x t he skies ov er t he Englis h Channel and cockpit y ou get the s t andard f orward, back, left and right wit h
, y ou' ll see s ome Spitfi res. Look ins ide all t he c ont rols and but t ons and stuff in s ight a n d f rom there
e one of the Spit fi res and y ou' ll see a y ou can go to 'look up mode' where y ou get these s ame
s rat her bizarre s ight - a pilot c alled 4 v iewpoint s , but wit hout t he c lut t er of the controls. Instead of a
p Douglas Bader. ' What ' s so biz arre thin s t rip of the out s ide world, y ou get a f ull s c reens -wort h. If
e about that?' y ou ask. Well, hav e a look y ou take off, bank to port and look Out of the left wi n d o w in
c at t he bot t om of his t ors o and c ount his this 'look up mode' , y ou get a fantastic f eeling of being there.
legs. That 's right : t here aren't any. It's a You can als o c hoos e t o v iew the ac t ion f r o m out s ide the
i
a zero limb-c ount . The clot lost his 'pegs ' aircraft, whet her f rom t he t he c ont rol t ower (wat c h y ours elf
l while s howing of f one day in his doing l o w lev el Biggin Hill s t unt s ov er t he airfi eld - whoops ,
'wiz ard kite' (i.e. his plane) he didn' t crashed) or f rom t he ' remot e c amera' t hat can be rot at ed
l
las mos t people t hink ) get t hem s hot around t he plane giv ing y ou a f ull 360' pan, wit h z oom opt ion.
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off in bat t le at all. St ill, all c redit to St umpy , he went on And t here's a 's at ellit e v iew' as well.
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to c o mma n d his o wn fi ght er s quadron, s hot d o wn Hav ing taken of f (i.e. hav ing memor i s ed all t he but t ons
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30,000 'huns ' and s ingle handedly wo n t he war. Hoorah! and not c ras hed int o t he c ont rol t ower), bung y our af t erburner
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r And wit h one f ell s woop, it 's almos t back
one zero (hem h e m again) and these rev eal t hems elv es to be
e to t he pres ent day. A humbl e hos pit al
wi d e rivers, det ailed roads wit h bridges , t elegraph poles etc,
w radio s pot f or lat he-operat or Mik e Smit h
led t o f ame as a Radio One DJ, whic h and abs olut ely ginormous mount ains . This is y our ' manor'
a y our 'patch'. Ten t hous and s quare miles of desert populat ed
s v ery s oon led t o mo r e f ame (and c ons id-
by enemy landing-s t rips , S A M sites,. bridges, buildings and
erable f ort une) as a s ought after TV
a MI G 21's. It's an idea t o fl y around f or a while to f amiliaris e
pres ent er - it was n' t long bef ore he had
l y ours elf wit h t he s urroundings . Then it 's t ime to learn h o w to
enough mo n e y to af f ord his own helic op
o use all t hos e weapons y ou got f rom t he Sergeant - whet her
-ter. His fl y ing les s ons went well, and
a we' re t alk ing high alt it ude div e bombing, l o w level mis s ile
bef ore y ou c ould say 'Nescafe: it 's in t he t as t e
d strikes, or air to air s idewinder c ombat agains t t he Migs . You
c. uddly girlf riend Sarah Greene were ' up up and away ' in
can alway s c hoos e t he Milk Run mis s ion, where y ou hav e to
t, heir
M beaut
i k e if ul Jaet Ranger.
n d Then, one day, s illy old Mik e
b o mb t hree practice buildings on f riendly t errit ory - but
t ried t o land on a tree. Still, t hey ' re alright n o w t hough.
ev ent ually y ou' re going t o hav e t o cross 't he f ront line',
I'll c o me clean, t hough - my fi rst taste of blood land I got
c ourt mart ialled f or doing ill was when I s hot d o wn 'Bob'. (The

r=r1:1
greedy lit t le bugger! )
i m o i W t o p gun' of the -
d
H
c omput er indus t ry , Mic ropros e' s
ex-RAF boy Mart in, likes not hing
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C
o better t han t o hone his skills on
o the c ompany ' s "v ery v ery (very)
r realis t ic " fl ight sims. And if I was
a an amus ing pers on I c ould d r a w
h a v ery h u mo r o u s analogy be-
! t ween his s urname and his preszi. AVAiLdliBil N O W
ous oc c upat ion - but I ' m not an
amus ing pers on, and bes ides I t i p Tha
don' t k n o w what ' analogy ' thisnk s to
stor Mardt i n
yboor a t Silica
w oul d neverShop,
havew igot
t hout
oft whose hel p
tho gr ound.
means .
-ols

24 ZERO
 1
BANDITS AT THREE O'CLOCK
(Oh good, w e ' v e got half an hour to spare then...)
We bet that a lot of you 'armchair flyboys' would love to take on a professional fighter pilot.
So guess what, that's exactly what we did. We dragged Martin Moth, PR 'supremo' at Micro-
prose, into the office to take on Duncan MacDonald in the head to head option on Mirrorsoft's
Falcon. Martin is actually a fighter pilot - he's been in several wars and has killed over 270
people. (Pardon? Ed) Um, well, the flying bit's true. Anyway here's what happened.

Wet hors I am up in the sky: and what a lovely
day it is. I think I'll find a nice spot. put the old
crate down and hove a picnic. Yes, that's a
wizard idea. rii just make sure Mothy's not in
the vicinity a quick chuck out of the starboard
window should put me at ectio..,.
Yes. All nice and quiet out there. Hey - look,
what a super spot for lunch: a picturesque
bridge and river setting. Most calming. Oh
dear...what's that beeping sound? Oh, it's the
warning indicator. Maybe I should have a quick
peek out of the rear window.
Yonaoarrrrrrgssggithhhhhhh11111 He's shooting at
me. What a scoundrel! Ping ping ping
tweeeeeee.. oh no, his bullets hove ricocheted
off my foldaway aluminium picnic table and
pierced the food basket (bang go my cheese and
pickle sarnies)...

Yikes and a couple of the bullets seennto hove
ricocheted through the canopy as well. Oh dear,
I'm suddenly finding it hard to breathe for some
reason. Corks, I'm blocking out. (Explosion
sound as plane and pilot clisintigrate.)
Right, Moth, I learn quickly you know. No picnic
thoughts on my mind now! You'll not find me
such an easy target this time round...
Ask ack ark. Oh dear, maybe you will. fliimey.
I'm not too keen on this 'heading out of control
towards the earth at 700 knots' lark still, it
gives me time to check my Yaw Pitch and Yaw
Roll instruments.Yes, they're looking good.
(Explosion noise as pilot and plane disintegrate.)

Acit acts ocitt Oh nal Peppered again by Moth Erm. Er. Urn, Oh dear (E x pl os i on sound us
eight! Now I *
(the blighter). Still, damage isn't heavy this time pilot and plane disintegrate-)
Major
m e a Martin
n bloody clever-dick-air-ace 'Moth'?
What a stupid name anyway. Hmm, well - round, so maybe I can get the kite down without
b u s i n
there's the airfield he's supposed to be pronging her too badly. Afterburner off, throttle
e s s . Hee hee. As he's not around. I think
protecting- down, flops down, airbrakes on. Um,
I'll undercarriage down. Earth ahoy
W bomb h MI
e r e
a
r
e
y

3 o
u ,

1
Tally hol I'm up again, and this time I'm on the
cod's toil. Just a quick tap on the return key to
arm my AIM 9L's. Locked on. Right, Moth, try a
couple of sidewinders up the jocksy for size.
Woosh, woosh. Ho ho his his. At last. Revenge is
sweet,
There he goes. A taste of his ow n medicine,
Aoaciaahl What a good feeling it is to see a real
fighter pilot foil from the skies. Following his
flaming descent seems a bit cheeky, but I need
to gloat over such a brilliant kill. Down you go,
Major Moth, off to the officers mess in the sky.
Oh dear, I'm not going to be able to pull up in
time I'm going to 'buy the farm' again. Still,
there's just time to tell you the final score. In a
'best out of eleven' it was Mothy six. Duncan
five. (Explosion sound as pilot and plane
disintegrate)

CONTINUE

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 FLYINGTONIGHT
INTERCEPTOR
Electronic Ar ts
Dav i d: I nt erc ept or
MEI
raised a f ew ey ebrows
and dropped a f ew
chins way back in '88
when it first appeared. It was t he fi rst
flight sun t o use ex t erior v iews and fast
filled-vector graphics. It was als o special
because it was centred in this wo r l d - in
the San Francisco district to be exact -
as opposed to the c ommon-plac e
imaginary battle-fi eld.
The exterior v iew is great fun. At the
press of a key, y ou're s hunt ed out s ide
to be given a panaromic v iew of y our
craft. You can also get the c hoic e of
watching y our aerial stunts f rom t he
control-tower or aircraft carrier.
Before y ou can go on 'active service'
and take on the Ruskies t hough, y ou
must perf orm a perfect landing on t he
aircraft carrier f rom whenc e y ou c ame.
This is quite tricky la s ubt le test of
timing, precision and fl ukiness) but
rewarding, wh e n y ou see t he mis s ion.
Mat's a funny shaped boat. Hmm.
Maybe I t s a submar i ne. I I I bom b i t
ear vay.
The mis s ions div ert f rom t he us ual
hum-drum s eek -and-des t roy types,
providing a broad and - dare I say it -
exciting range. B u t t he real beaut y of
Interceptor is that it's not a fl ight
simulator or an arc ade game it 's bot h!
ft has enough realit y to pleas e t he
technical purist, and it's accessible
enough to attract t he hardened t rigger
man. Once loaded, y ou can be fl y ing in
moments, and c ras hing in seconds. The
more c omplex and det ailed element s of
flying have been s t ripped away .
A couple of t hings irrit at ed me
though. The security system, whereby
you type in a code EVERY t ime y ou start
a mission or crash. And t he fact t hat
you can never get close to t he MIGs,
they always stay as dot s on t he horiz on.
Overall t hough I nt erc ept or i s as
good a stepping s t one bet ween arc ade
games and fl ight Sims as y ou're ev er
likely to fi nd and it ' s abs olut ely ruddy
brilliant fun to play to boot.
OVERALL. O R E 85
AVAILABLE N O W
F-16 COMBAT PILOT
Di gi tal I nt e gr a t i on
Dunc : This is t he one t hat c ame out hot on t he heels of Falcon:
and t he inev it able c omparis ons were drawn, wit h mos t critics
c oming d o wn on t he s ide of the Mirrors of t / Spec t rum Holoby t e
game. At fi rst I agreed wit h t his but hav ing play ed Co mb a t
Pilot for a while, n o w I 'm not so sure.
The game (sorry, s imulat ion) is v ery muc h t he s ame as in
Falcon, You' re in c harge of an F-16, and y ou hav e to select
mis s ions and armament s and build up fl y ing hours and 'kills*.
It's the implement at ion t hat 's so dif f erent - and, in s ome
respects, rat her annoy ing.
The s elec t ion screen is a graphic al repes ent at ion of the Squadron c r e wr o o m -
and y ou mo v e a c urs or arrow around t o
c hoos e t he opt ions . Clic k ing on t he fi ling
cabinet, f or instance, selects t he pilot s log -
where y our call-sign, a mo u n t of fl y ing
hours and n u mb e r of successful mis s ions
are kept. You can call u p technical dat a on a
this screen (enemy planes , y our weapons )
as well as g o int o demo mode. The ic on
that's going t o be clicked on mos t ,
howev er, is t he mis s ions ic on.
There are six mis s ions in all: air to air.
runway des t ruc t ion, int erdic t or strike, tank
attack, rec onnais s anc e and, fi nally ,
Operat ion Conques t in whic h y ou
c o mma n d an ent ire s quadron of F-16's. Fly ing a t ni ght. He i m. Ca n s ome one
Hav ing c hos en a mis s ion, y ou t hen turn libo l i ghts on ple a s e ?
progres s t o t he ma p screen, where y ou can
s u mmo n up all k inds of crucial inf ormat ion
about where y ou' v e got t o go, what y ou'v e
got t o b o mb and h o w best t o get there.
From t his screen y ou als o hav e ic ons
whic h take y ou t o weapons select mo d e _
(better t han t he one in Falc on, wit h a wi d e r anollenesee
c hoic e of goodies av ailable), and t he Met we 0
Office, wh e r e y ou c an do an accurate check - 4
on t he weat her and suss Out the height of 1 .
1 stag
the c loud c ov er - y ou can ev en c hoos e a 1 V O Z It I 1
A
1 Nee
s r
night t ime scenario, whic h is inc redibly 1 NOEBEIL I B S
P. a l - LE W O
at mos pheric . And t hen it 's (phew, about 1
o
t ime) ready f or take off. noels.
.
l0 Tha t's be tte r . Y o u c a n tur n
YaaaarrrgghhI ll the i
1 / m o ff a ga i n now .
t t a
Here's s omet hing I HATE about this m
.
program. Ev ery s ingle t ime y ou start a
mis s ion y ou hav e t o t y pe in a page/ paragraph/ word c ode f rom t he manual. EVERY
SINGLE TI ME. Wh y not jus t once, at the beginning of the t hing?
Any way , hav ing input the code, y ou fi nd y ours elf
ready t o roll' on t he runway . Press t he relev ant but t ons
and - wh000s h - it's int o t he skies.
The ground det ail is muc h s maller and rat her less
det ailed t han in Falc on ibut t here's a lot mo r e of it), and
the updat e s peed is a f rac t ion s lower i.e. a tad mo r e perky.
Also, s omehow, t hings feel harder t o operat e - t he plane
isn't so responsive. You c an't s pin it ont o its back and do
an inv ert ed loop so eas ily . ins t ead y ou s eem to run out of
height rat her quic k ly and hit the deck. (Unles s y ou start
WWI - her e w e ar e e n
f rom 70,000 feet, t hat is). It's a guess, as I've no way of
the fi nal appr oach. I ' m
sure I ' v e for gotten k nowing s hort of fl y ing a real F-16, but I reckon this is
somethi ng t hough. Um. because Co mb a t Pilot is a f ar more accurate
Er. O h no the repres ent at ion of the real t hing: in whic h case it's not a
under car r i age i sn't 'fault' at all. Hav ing said this, I'll als o add that fl y ing in
down!
Combat Pilot isn't quit e as muc h 'f un' as in Falcon_ Part of
the t rouble is t he c oc k pit views. All y ou get is t he s t andard lef t / right / f orward/ bac k
vistas. I c ould f orgiv e t he lack of an ex t ernal c amera, but the lack of 'look up' mo d e
is s omet hing of a pain.
Ov erall t hough, apart f rom all t he lit t le niggles and t he disk accessing t hat goes
on bet ween games (yes, t here are s ome
f air old pauses), t here's s omet hing OVERALL SCORE 9 0
abs olut ely brilliant about t his s imulat ion.
Do y ou wa n t t o kno ' wh a t it is? It's dept h.
S o me h o w t he game s eems immens e, and
it s t ands alone on th at point . It's quit e hard
to get int o, and takes a wh i l e to grip y ou
totally. But onc e it has, it does n't let go. A V A ttA lliN N O W C AVAILABLE N O W
ZERO 27
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Desert and Evil, bringing bins to the feliahs amongst whom bets raised. You are this young Egyptian prince, royal blood flows
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your mans and ambition and intelligence move you into trade as a merchant your opportunity to escape the Life of a servant.
, as your wealth increases and position in society rises, evilltudoesty threatens your life, Ills then that princely courage
protects you against your m onk s . s t r u g g l e to regain your birthright is a life's journey of adventure and action.

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Cr'TICS'CORNER
--
A i s the bit where we tell And w h o a r e the pe opl e w h o a r e a c ti ng a s y our
N you all about the brilliant guides thr ough th e s oftw a r e j ungl e this m onth?
., ZERO reviews system. We Let's ta k e a l ook thr ough the obl ong w i n d o w . . .
reckon we've got the J ona t ha n Davi es: Avid amateur zoologist
meatiest, most accurate Jonathan has aquired a new subject for his
0
and most entertaining rather large 'jungle animal collection - Nigel. the
S reviews section in the Candiru. "A Candiru is basically a one inch long
extremely vicious skinny tadpole with barbs on
T its back," he told us proudly. But you have to be
i very careful not to have a 'wee wee' near one,
O
kother multi-format magazine, the ZERO because they zoom up into y our thi ngy ' and get
review pages P will give equal weight to ST, lodged there." Crikes. Wher e does he keep Nigel
n then? "Erm, actually I had a little mishap with
Amiga and PC R reviews of the VERDICT him.' You don't m ean " E r , yes. He's being
ohottest n ew games of the removed on Thursday."
I
wmoment, and each reviewer G U M n r E .
G S Sean Kel l y: While watching an edition of 07 For
nwill be a bit of an expert on A E M E E T I O D London (Thames TV's 'trendy* arts programme),
H
uthe format he or she covers.
Sean had an absolutely brilliant idea. Wel l _ he
had an idea, anyway. It was this: a show cover-
. Every month the T best ga m e s will have
na full three or four pages devoted to
i them. These meaty
H
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84 ing art, fashion, music and leisure activities for
the South West of England. He's in the middle of
negotiations with I S W as we speak, so look out
will have a basic E run thr ough of the I l l e e for 032 (633) For Cornwall! The first episode'll
vI-scenario
- and game genre, fol l owed by detailed reviews of all carry items on welly-throwing, Fat Willy's Surf
R
ethe different formats the game is currently available on. Dotted' Shack, shark spotting off Land's End and the
about will be boxes E contai ni ng some rather i mpor tant info... so Helston scrumpy festival as well as an exclusive
r read on. b o x is rather straightforward, wi th interview with Brian Connolly of The Sweet
! awar ded for Graphics, Sound.
s marks (out of 100)
Dunc a n M a c Dona l d: Duncan decided that he
Addictiveness and ' Execution. The first three are self-
eexplanatory, but here's what Execution means. If was a bit of a 'camera wizard', so we appointed
C him 'ZERO screenshot photographer'.
( pr ogr ammer s have used tried and tested "What's this one?' we asked him
o "Shufftepock Caf,
a P r o u t look
i n ea strifle
('3-D scroll'
sold hat', for
andinstance) whi ch -
aren't really "But
- h eit's just a massive blur," we suggested.
s
n pushi ng the machi ne or trying to cover ne vi "Yes.
r e pArty,
l i eisn't
d it. I went for a ten minute
t exposure
s m u g thaton l one - I'm quite pleased with it
d actually.
y . Do you want to see my Dynamite Dux,
h d , they won't get top marks here. And Strider 'm ontage' effect?"
b\ , . g r o u nbrill, they will. Logical, non? Ther e's also a
We declined and took him off all photogr aphy
N- - - - - - i if brieftheysummar
have done somethi
y next to the ng different
Fi nal Score and
-
e useful for lazy peopl e and dyslexics lit'll save them a
duties - for good.
s
yconsiderable amount of time). The A l i Davi d Mc Ca ndl e s s : Young Mecca. once a

omarked out of 10 - isscore - whi ch is

tied in wi th the
paragon of virtue, has been slowly wandering off
the 'straight and narrow' road of lawfulness_
nExecution factor. Is there a lot of disk e r Only the other day we received a typically chirpy
phone call from hi m . _
daccessing?
11 Is it really necessary? For "Hi, it's me. I've just nicked a car "
instance, a game that loads in a bi gti l l C 1 9 . 9 9 "Really?'
)1 title screen (however = I I November "Yeah. A Roller. It's brilliant. I got 140 out of it
. " 1 i , . 4 . 'fabby') between each ' 1 1 1 . 1 e i r down Hendon High Street,"
"Where are you calling from?"
U9r .ZERO ' g o ' can be incredibly annoyi ng, when a l l
want to do is get stuck back in. As for the "Hendon Police station."
-r ne s Oh dear,
n y ou box, thi s simply gives you
the details sur r oundi ng a games. erm, release.
Mar cus 'Bi nk y Be r k m e nn: Plucky Marcus
l And what's the highest accolade a game can never tires of subjecting himself to danger. the
i NERO g e t ? Only the - the ultimate opening sequences of many James Bond films
award which is given to games that the ZERO have been stolen from his 'sports portfolio'.
k review team considers particularly outstandi Remember the one where 007 parachuted Out of
e To qualify for a ZERO Her o the game must a Landrover that was falling down a clift7-Well,
Marcus made E18 Out of owning the copyright
get an overall score of at least 90. And
a games that don't get the four page mega- on that stunt. Marcus and his chums' latest craze
is formation stack cave diving, in which they
ntreatment will still get coverage on all parachute (standing on one anothees shoulders)
available formats - in the for m of ZERO
y . All games here will still be
into the inky voids of fl ooded subterranean
caverns. Tal l y-ha
reviewed in depth - j ust using less ink!
is the space reserved for new M a t t Bi el by: Back on the subiect of cars again,
formats of games that ha v e already been seen on other Matt's pretty unlucky as well.
machines. We'll review the updated for mat and i ncl ude an "I'm goi ng to buy a car," he announced about a
year ago, fondling a copy of Loot.
issue reference so you can check out what 4
Time passed....
we had to say about the initial versions
"I'm goi ng to buy a car," he declared about six
when they first came out. And finally there's months ago, flicking thr ough Exchange & Mart.
. These are the
Time passed....
budget reviews - shorter and sweeter to Can anyone lend me two thousand pounds?" he
asked about three m onths ago, tapping a paw.
Scandinavian pi ne forests). These onl y get another copy of Loot.
41130
an overall score 'cos, erm... they're cheap. I Time passed._
,
d i g ZERO 29
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 b461x

TINTIN
ONTHEMOON
Blistering barnacles! The bashi-bazouks have
got Tintin and gone and turned him into - gasp
- a computer game! Well, leading French
software house Infogrames has at least. World
renowned Tintinologist Marcus Berkmann
donned his plus fours and filed his story...

hours to oil that qui ff into place,

T and
he r e ,I finally
done it.managed
It's takenitme
with a
two
lethal combi nati on of honey, Bostik,
Supa-Bastard No-Cr i nkl e Mega-Gel (it
says here), navel fluff, raspberry jam
and a smi dgen of Castrol GTX. Now I
can face the world as fearless reporter
and al l -r ound goodi e-goodi e Tintin.
Of course you don't really have to
go to such tr oubl e to play I nfogr ames'
new Tintin game, Tintin Sur La Lune
(fr oggy version), but since the boys at
Infogrames have obvi ousl y gone to
such tr oubl e themselves, it seems The thi s scr een - fi v e _ four . . . thr oe. . .
Only right to make an effort. tyro... one.... r m. oh yes, bl ast oft! "O ok to l al Somethi ng fi shy's roles g
This game is al most suffocatingly on her e, Captai n. Gatwick - fetch the a
loyal to the Tintin l egend. In fact it woul d have to be - Studi os Herge, the Belgian fir e br i gade (unl ess you fancy
'smoked' Ha ddoc k , how hew). . . "
organisation that owns the rights to Tintin Me r ge himself pegged it in 1983), are un-
i magi nabl y strict about the use of their bel oved boy reporter, and if anythi ng at all is
out of place - well, they send the boys r ound. 'Integrity' is the name of the game (or
was it 'massive piles of wonga'? I forget),
Whi ch is pr obabl y why we've had to wait until now to see any game wi th Tintin
in. I think that's a birrova pity, because for me. Ti nti n's the tops. Ther e's no greater
comic strip art in the century and Herge, w ho started up in 1929, di d virtually i nvent
the form. H e sold trillions of Tintin books, they'r e still selling trillions, and they'r e
still brilliantly funny.
But enough of that: let's look at t he game. It's a dis t illat ion of t wo of t he v ery
best books, Destination Moon and Explorers
On The Moon, both first publ i shed in the
early fifties. What's remarkable, if you
read the books now, is not how
much Her ge got wr ong - he was
writing way befor e even
Sputnik was l aunched - but
how much he got right. Un-
fortunately we don't actually
e- get to see the moon itself in
the game - or at least not
very much of it. 'Cos the wher e can i t be?
game ends when Ti nti n (Kor powl Splael!
gets to the moon. I suppose . 4 4 4 w , gets it.* ti
op - sorry,
mm, now
owy!"
Guide y our roc k e t thr ough space Drain On His Way To The Moon
a nd d o r e m e m be r to pic k u p But Not Quite Got There Yet
those l i ttl e y e l l ow a n d r e d wasn't qui te a snappy enough
jobbies - th a t is, i f y ou pl a n to title. (Al though the Ger mans
ge t thr ough to the n e x t p a r t o f have called it Tim Und Struppi
the ga m e ! AO Dem Mond, which isn't
exactly amaz i ng either.l

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rocket (whic h is based, inc ident ally , on

T h the
e game
German starts
V-2wit
rockets
h t he launc
us ed hduring
of thet he
war). St age one is the fl ight of the roc k et -
y ou z oom t hrough t he et her t ry ing t o pick up
v arious lit t le c oloured s pheres that sit in
space wait ing t o be collected, Yellow ones are
fuel (y ou need this t o fly, whic h mak es a
c ert ain a mo u n t of sense) and red ones giv e
y ou point s get eight of these and y ou mo v e
ont o t he nex t stage. The longer y ou take t o
c omplet e t his section, t he f ewer point s y ou
get. Cras hing int o one of the as t eroids t hat
appears f rom t ime t o t ime (us ually just
behind a red or y ellow s phere) is also lik ely t o
s low d o wn y our journey a t ouc h.
Get past this and y ou get int o the main
gameplay - ins ide t he rocket. Here we get our
fi rst glimps e of the game' s v arious
characters Tint in hims elf (y ou are he);
Snowy , his dog ( wh o yaps a lot ); Capt ain
Haddock, t he ret ired s eaf arer wh o likes a
t ipple; Prof es s or Calc ulus , t he scientist whos e
giant brain has enabled t he mo o n t rip to take
place in t he fi rst place; Wolf f , t he c hief
engineer, wh o appears t o be s leepwalk ing;
and Colonel Boris J urgens , t he Bordurian s py
Here we are inside Tintin's rocket. Can you guide Tintin wh o is det ermined t o s abot age t he wh o l e
through to put out all the fires, disarm the bombs and mis s ion. The ac t ion takes place ov er six
screens, as Colonel Boris sets of f bombs , t ries
scupperthe evil Colonel Boris? to s hoot people, takes pris oners and starts

1 EXTINGUISHER
Pick this up to p u t the
fires out. Y ou ha v e to
dond lust for e nough a w a y
from the fires to do this - to o
kw sway and y ou'l l miss, to o
neer and y ou'll fry . Ha r d to
get right when the Col one l 's
otter you.
A PRISONER
2 Free the wre tc h l us t by
touching hi m.
THE CAPTAIN
3 P i the c a nthropus '
Squawking popi e l a y l
lily-livered ba ndic oot!
TINTIN
4 T h e " a c e " r e por te r
himself. Note tr e ndy
Moe jumper with e l e ga nt
pokey-out shirt collars.
ie 1 0
owy
11
ENERGY MO NI T O R
5 Y o u r e ne r gy m oni tor ha s
a te nde nc y to ov e r -r e a c t
w he n y ou d o a ny thi ng l i k e ,
say, g e t s hot o r inc ur thi r d-
de gre e burns . Wa tc h o u t fo r
e x pl odi ng bombs , t o o - th e y
d o n 't d o i t a ny good e i the r .
COLONEL BORIS
6 B e w a r e Bordurl a ns
bra ndis hing Luge r's
A FIRE
7 W e l l , w h a t a r e y ou
doi ng l us t s ta ndi ng
the re ? P ut i t out!
AN UNEXPLODED B O MB
8 H e r e ' s the s e c ond be s t
ser11 o f bom b - a n
une x pl ode d one . The be s t s ort
is a de fus e d o n e - a n d y ou c a n
do th a t lus t by touc hing i t.
s mall fi res all ov er t he place. You hav e to
defuse all t he bombs , av oid being shot, f ree
all t he pris oners and put out the fi res.
If y ou manage t his once, y ou rev ert t o
stage one again, only this t ime t he ac t ion is a
little faster, t here are rat her mo r e as t eroids
and ev ery t hing' s just t hat weeny bit harder.
Past t his is anot her jolly around t he s hip; t h i s
t ime t here are nine r ooms and t hey 're all
quit e dif f erent t o t he ones y ou s aw bef ore.
We als o meet Th o mp s o n and Thomps on f or
the fi rs t t ime, t he t wo inc ompet ent
mous t ac hioed det ec t iv es wh o s t ow away on
the t rip and s o endanger it at ev ery t urn.
Ov erall t here are fi ve phas es lik e this,
bef ore y ou fi nally arriv e at t he mo o n and
have t o c ont rol t he rocket's t hrus t ers if
you want to land in one piece.
Sadly t he game t hen ends -
t here's no ex plorat ion of t he
moon itself.
Still, t his is as f ait hf ul
a lic enc e as we' v e seen,
and as perhaps we' ll
ever see. As the Capt ain wo u l d
say, -
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 review TINTIN TINTIN'S
PETITS POIS
A fine flock of feckless
French frogs for you to feast
your yeux on. (Well, you tn
and think of an f-word d
itself. Th e plat f orm-
" meaning 'eyes"...)
and-laddering of part
t wo is muc h mo r e
meaty, and als o pret t y
hard at first. It t ook me
a while t o suss out
that, by let t ing Tint in
go any where near t he
fires, I wa s abbrev iat ing his lif e
expectancy rat her severely. The
ins t ruc t ions - t rans lat ed not t oo c learly
f rom Frenc h - are s omewhat less t han
y ou' re boot ing up s omet hing a clear on t he mat t er.
m bit us ef ul wh e n y ou c lap y our What 's rat her mo r e bof f o is that it
a does n't s t op there. Wh e n y ou' v e s olv ed Ever yone I denti fi es wi th Westin -
eyes on t he int roduc t ory s equenc e t o especi al l y peopl e wi th str ange
Tin tin On The Moon. The rocket awaits
n the fi rs t part, y ou' re back to fl y ing t he
hairstyles a nd a n y * * . w ho wear s Hu C
take-off.
u Dr u ms roll. Tec hnic ians and rocket, but t he s ubs t ant ial n u mb e r of
same pai r of br own pl us-feer s for 41 t
s
vehicles dis appear off-screen. The as t eroids hurt ling t owards y ou, t oget her year s (be fi nal l y ge t same treaters is a
as
: t ronaut s arriv e in t heir car and wit h t he way y our fuel n o w s eems to Things And The Picares I n 1 9 7 6 ) . Ho'
dis
Y appear int o t he rocket. Gant ries are run out that muc h mo r e quickly, really the her o, a nd as such has inspired
remov ed. Three - t wo - one - fi rel and gets t he adrenalin fl owing. some her oi c deeds - a smal l child in
o
off it z ooms , wit h a s hot of it pulling So, I ' m impres s ed. Obv ious ly I ' m a Ger many once m a na ge d to captor .
u two bur gl ar s a nd tur n them ever to
away f rom t he blue lit t le dis appoint ed t hat t here's not hing
r the pol i ce "because that's what
HASSLEeFACTOR: 0 and green eart h on t he mo o n at all, es pec ially as the
Ti nti n woul d have done ". Even so,
below amaz ingly mo o n s equenc es are t he best bit s of the much of Me ti me he 's bi t of a
No especially
a long ev oc at iv e of the books. But what has been inc luded is
l goodi e - goodi e .
waits, although it books. Gas p! t rue t o the book s and no less f un t o
l
takes yonks to fill in The opening play. Neat work , I nf ogrames , don' t y ou
y
the highk score table. s equenc e oc c upies
one of the t wo disks
agree, Capt ain? ' B i l l i o n s of bilious blue
blis t ering barnac les in a t hundering
Ci^ I
(Hem hem).
n
o
all t o itself. The
actual game is on disk t wo, and t hat 's
v; I think t -r
, i t IP
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not bad eit her, ev en if it is a s light ant i-
ct limax after t he brillianc e of the init ial
THE , E R D i t i
t o o .

h
bits. Even so, t his is a we l l t hought out Lovabl e ol d secedes w ho' s var y feud
a of hi s Lech Lomond whi sky (no water, z!
game,
t
each
wit h t wo quit e s eparat e sections,
wi t h its o wn dis t inc t iv e gameplay .
G 121151M I nter esti ng to obser ve the way his -
char acter devel ops fr om the sad oil
The rocket fl ight is s wif t and well SOUND 90 dr unk of his fir st book, Thu CroshVI M
t hought out, wit h s uperb c ollis ion The Rol ston Claws, l e the mai nl y
det ec t ion and a part ic ularly impres s iv e A ADDICTIVENESS 81 heroic (i f still f ond of a dr op) slalom
sense of perspective. Ev en on t he ST I of the l ater vol umes. I nher i ts
often fi nd my s elf less t han f ully Mar l i nspi ke Hal l i n Re d Rockhosn's
c onv inc ed by 3-D dis play s like this, but 20 40 60 80 100 Treasure, upon whi ch he takes up
in Tint in it work s fi ne. I f , of l ei sur e, i nter r upted onl y by al

84
A graphical masterpiece and a the usual adventur es.
What ' s es pec ially good about t he Ii
hrilliant conversion In hoot
rocket s equenc e is that, alt hough tricky
to mas t er init ially , y ou don' t get bogged Ti nti n's l oyal Il e
d o wn in what is es s ent ially an pooch whose
int roduc t ory s equenc e t o t he g a me d O i ntHal r ol e as
" I Tinthe's confide. '
was r ather formic
t
I N A by the ar r i val o4
1
6 Captai n Haddock
1 in The Crab. SHIL
4 p
ver y good at w oofi ng a nd or fing, wif
b e
some excel l ent howl i ng thr own in 0
fr om Hal e to ti me. Ne v e r seems to
ne e d ' t a k i ng for a w a l k '.

P 1
. Anthropithe c us !
Coe l a c a nt h!
Ana morphic a a r dv a r k !
P ra ttling porpoi s e !
Ba s hi -ba zouk !
S qua wk ing popi nfa y !
Ar ti c hok !
Ectoplasmic by -pr oduc t!
Ca rpa thia n c a te rpi l l a r!
Fre s hwa te r s w a b!
Ra ggl e -ta ggl e rumina nts !
"Cr umbs. I ' v e m a de I t to l evel two, but Captai n Haddock a nd Pr ofessor Calculus (a ddros s od a t lla ma s )
have be e n t a k e n hostage by Col onel Bor i s - the bl a c k gua r d! " it

32 ZERO
 TINTIN review

east
try
Norge experimented wi th a number of
dotty scientists (i ncl udi ng one
memorably coiled Sophocies
tercolobegots) befor e he pl umped for
Cothbert Calculus i n Red Muk ha / Ws
Treasure. Al though clearly slippy, a nd
indeed loopy. Calcooloss al so has
gigantic brain, wi th whi ch he I nvents
things I l k. moon rockets. Har d of
hearing (Le. stone deaf).
i t 5 asteroid sequences. So it's action, mum,
. ). . .
3P
Appears onlyA in the Moon books as
rs t he Calculus' assistant,
P but then r eveal ed
r 415 to be brat that woul d gi v the pl ot
re i n away. Go and buy the books your sel f.
He's
d in
re
r to
I ..
Initially crops up i n Ki ng O t t ok a r 's
Sceptre as a Sor dur i an spy i n the cour t
of the Syllevian ki ng. A thor oughl y
easty bit el work, as you can tel l by
his slicked bock hai r styl e a nd pi ggy
little eyes.
f ond The deepl y dol ti sh
Haddock, eccentric
Calculus, and fl uf f y HASSLE FACTOR: 1
Snowy . The pac e is Bit of foot-tapping
fast and f urious and
between sequences.
y ou mus t f rant ic ally
search t he six lev els
for the bom b and fire extinguisher,
avoi di ng Col onel Boris the antagoni sti c
stowaway. He wander s about lighting
fires, pr i mi ng bombs and frazzling you
with his laser gun. Each level is
interspersed wi th the rocket and
pes s imis t ic about c omic t o
m c omput er c onv ers ions . They action,
a
have no end of cutesy big-ey ed graphic The graphics are brilliant, captur i ng
c ent ial, but garneplay alway s s eems
pot the look of Her ge's original perfectly.
toc be a bit on t he t hin s ide and t hey The s prit es mov e fast and animat e
really spell, (Tint in hims elf has ov er 40
often
a end up being a bit . . . well. . . c rap
really.
: But wit h Tint in On The Moon, frames of animation), though the flip
we'
, v e got a good s t ory line, a good screen s c rolling is a bit dis orient at ing at
intro,
, good graphic s , g o o d gameplay first_ The lev els get gradually larger - t he
and fi rs t has six screens, t he s ec ond nine
m a good r e v i e w. . .
and so on. And t hey 're so addic t iv e - t he
a The game starts wit h a brilliant
opening s equenc e. The scarlet rocket lure of get t ing t o the
l
squats s ilent ly on t he launc h pad and later levels, and t he
w
the rocketsite bus t les wit h activity. t hought of an end
a
Light sequence equal t o t he
y s glare in t he darkness_ Cars and
people mill about . A limo c harges openi ng sequence will
s
across the pad. A horn blares. The keep you a-Ti nti ni ng
a
gangway s break and roll back. The until the early hour s of
cbount down starts. Two . . . o n e . . . b l a ml the mor ni ng.
i
The rocket streaks away int o t he night ,
t h at mos pheric drums rolling in t he
wit
bac k ground. Brilliant . I lov ed it. THE VERDIL,1
Af t er t he int ro, t he fi rst s ub-game is

G1
altr). pol i cemen whose not s o graphic ally ret ina-det onat ing.
is forays i nto Wit h all its as t eroids to av oid and EL 90
ol d nati onal dr ess a m ener gy pods to collect it's difficult and
Wi th I nvar i abl y SOUND
inf uriat ingly c hallenging. Really y ou jus t
compl etel y want t o zip t hrough t his part and get
!war t ridiculous. Qui te
onto the game proper. Her e goes.
early char acter s,
m's Ziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip!
P l dyi a l a ppe a r i n the fi fth Ah, t hat 's better. No w we' re int o t he o 100
o game proper whic h is bas ic ally a

85
by al l leek, The Shoe Lotus, l ong befor e
d t
Needs& or Calculus. They'r e still us platforms and l adder s adventur e in Tian', On The Moon captures
space. Ti nti n (accurate right down to the atmosphere and humour of
hopeless
/ 30 yours l ater , t hough. For
Ph tie rce 's origina l btillia ntly
O . record, Thompson is the one whose upright quif f and s c hoolboy s hort s ) .From paper to picot. Trann hos
moustache
i curls up. hurt les around t he c orridors at an matte a porton oroasitron.
n amaz ing pace, f ollowed by heav y -fi s t ed
da nt f
a
MEREALOR:'
of c
dock t Captain Haddock is famous
Still,
for his insults, which he hurls
, wi th
t
iii at everyone and anyone who
to h
e
does not live up to his own
yhigh standards (e.g. anyone
f who puts ice in his
i Loch Lomond).
r Here's a
1 s
selection:
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CONTINENTAL
CIRCUS
Neeee00000000wwwwl We all know about the little
translation hiccup that caused the original coin-op Continental
Circuit to materialise in Europe as Continental Circus. Now
David McCandless takes a look at how Continental Circus has
translated to the 16 bittles. Neeeeeeee0000000wwwwl
rais ing and dipping c onv inc ingly . Ot her
' new-wav e' of driv ing games in t he cars appear out of t he horiz on. You
c arcades, af t er the rac e ' em up bullet past t hem, engines roaring. You
can almos t s mell t he diesel. The ot her
odrought t hat f ollowed Out Run_ The c oin-
car driv ers are quit e uns k illf ul at fi rs t I ndi c a te s s pe e d. . J os t s a y no. I t 's
nop boas t ed ex t ra-s wif t graphic s , wonder ful t a k i ng off at a bout
They generally stick t o t heir lanes, and
tmult iple loc at ions , and mos t rev olut ion- 4 0 0 k m / h o u r i n l ow gear . I
ary of all, t rue 3D. The play er had t o perf orm predic t able manoeuv res coul dn't do I t I n my Tolochs.
i wat c h t he game t hrough a special visor, around bends . Vent ure t o Monac o or
nand the on-s c reen graphic s fl ic k ered at J apan howev er, and y our opponent s
ean alarming rat e t o produc e that
nlegendary 'reac h out and grab y ou'
bec ome c lev erer and mo r e weas el-lik e.
They c hange lane wh e n y ou least
7 I

Itrromrstmrorn 1
t effect. Unf ort unat ely , play ing f or long expect it, driv e t hree abreast, and jangle
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1

t heir f urry dice at y ou. t um r om m 1

aperiods gav e y ou a migraine, and ma n y ,

arcade bosses ran a nic e lit t le s ideline in R e a dy t a .

l bur n r o b b e r ,
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SMASH sEM UP

Cparac et amol v ending mac hines _

No w Circ us has arriv ed on t he 16-bit,
i s adly (or not , depending on t he
One c ollis ion wit h any ot her car sets
y our engine on fi re; t wo s mas hes and
kick ass a nd
or... go ver y
fa s t a c t ua l l y .
1 jr
OLIIPOt
- I t ,
r sensitivity of y our c erebellum) mis s ing r-
cthe 3D feature. Nev ert heles s Circ us is
ueasily one t he fastest and bestest
y ou mak e like Mans ell (i.e. s pin out of
c ont rol and blame t he car). If y ou get hit
once, y ou can be saved by pulling int o
N o w i t onl y
the w om a n
cl eani ng the
J
MI/ Mt
r
the pits. Here, a c ouple of engineers tr a c k w o u l d
sdriv ing games y ou' ll see in t he home. move her
w c harge on and s wif t ly dous e t he fl ames
011111-
ROUND THE BEND wit h a fi re ex t inguis her.
a
The game starts wit h a quic k ov erv iew
sof t he track. There are eight courses,
t s panning t he globe, ranging f r o m
Ti mi n g is quit e crucial. Along t he
track are mark ers , whic h ex t end y our
t ime limit . On t he lat er tracks y ou
j
hAmeric a t o Mex ic o, t o J apan and t hat
emet ropolis , Dork ing on-t he-Weir. Eac h
s imply c an't af f ord t o crash, since t he
delay means y ou' ll mo r e t han lik ely run
out of t ime millimet res f rom t he
r
f track c omes equipped wit h its o wn
i array of t ight bends , c unning chicanes,
r t ight er bends, straights, and yet mo r e
c hequered fl ag.
The play abilit y , t he ex c it ement , t he r
realis m. A good c onv ers ion of the c oin-
sbends, all s ly ly s equenc ed t o giv e even
those genet ic ally des c ended f rom Nigel
t Mans ell c ramp where it hurt s mos t .
op, defi nit ely . The r e a l l y
useful m op
s how n a s
:
i Then it 's on t o t he s t art ing grid, wit h
y ou r e a c h
nyou res t ing in 100t h place. A b u x o m each stage,
abint parades around f or a while, t hen al l owi ng
departs s harpis hly as the manly rev of you to
s ampled engines fi lls t he air. The light m a k s ur e
steps f rom red t o green - and t hey 're tha t y ou
off! cr ash f a i r l y
The road is t hree cars wide, and close to
pitstoco.
hurt les along at an amaz ing pace. Trees
and billboards blur past at t he sides,
while t he track meanders left and right ,

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New seamy bhalsos you've (Step I t!
Id) What you've actual l y r acked up
se far in your bi d to be ' k i ng for
fl i p e i t e - r i g h t c u l l o f t h e
Tine left to roach the ne x t stage.
Pretty obvious r eal l y, unl ess y ou'r e
Incredibly dens. . I f vase, * pr etty
nippy you ge t e x t e n d e d t i m e .
csos r ank whi ch y e a mast achi eve
In or der to qual i fy for the ne x t review
stage bot h t he ti ns* a nd
high score qual i fyi ng r a nk must be r eached.
Lau bends , h i l l s a n d v a l l e y s
amaz ingly fast, jus t lik e t he
arcade. The graphic s are good
but not s t unning, s o me anima-
t ions had to be sacrifi ced for veloc-
ity. The int ro screens are backed by
s ome excellent digitized in-action shots
of G r a n d Prix a n d t he lik e; b u t t he in-
game horiz on graphic s and scenery are a
bit bleak and us ually out of scale. The cars
are g o o d t hough, det ailed a n d i mme d i -
ately rec ognis able.
I am s urpris ed h o w f ait hf ul Circ us %-
bit is t o its arc ade father. The 3D has
obv ious ly gone, but lit t le else has
dis appeared. The brilliant crash
s equenc e ! when t he car erupt s and
f ragment s of f us elage and driv er
'ex plode out at y ou') is s adly mis s ed.
One f eat ure t h a t h a s b e e n r e t a i n e d
howev er is t he rain s hower. Randomly ,
during play, the sky s uddenly clouds ov er
and it s t art s t o rain, Th e r o a d bec omes
slippery, and t he c orners take t hat muc h
extra-skill t o manage. I lapped up t he
c hallenge, o p t i n g
not to c hange to l o w
gear when c ornering HASSLE
- t hey ' re still pic k ing FACTOR: 1
up the wreckage. The
s ound has been di- There's a Five
Your cur r ent wor l d r anki ng, whi ch rectly s ampled f rom second de la y
In thi s case Is pr etty. . how can
t he o r i g i n a l , a n d before y ou
put thi s. . . cr ap.
c ons is t s o f l o u d
n e e e e o wwwww' s actually start
and rumbling engine racing which is
noises. T h e s y nt hy a bit annoying
t unes are bearable.
when y ou'r e a ll
But t he t hing that
makes Continental 'ge a r e d' up
Circus a great game and r e a dy to
is the addictiveness. go. (Gr oa n Ed)
I t 's u n b e l i e v a b l y
addic t iv e. T h e t i m-
ing, t he c ompet it ion, t he c redit s y s t em,
t he ex hilarat ion, t h e s peed, t h e l u r e o f
extra lev els - t hey all c o me t oget her t o
mak e it one of the most c ompuls iv e games
ever. You' ll be mu mb l i n g . -
int
J uosthe t early
o n hours. e So get into y our mini,
sg witoc h on
, " the t urbo boost, driv e on round
to t he pits and pick up y our c opy of
Continental Circus NOW!
M
FAST! The track, t he scenery,
the cars, ev en t he high s c ore
THE I C T
at able all hurl about at inc redible speeds.
cThe s peedo clocks up to a ma x of about
c395 km/It, and y ou get a phenomenal
aimpres s ion of speed wit h t he scenery
:and road-line roc k et ing about t he A
screen. In fact, t his is t he fi rst rac ing
Cg a me I've play ed on t he A mi g a wh e n
oI've ac t ually felt ex hilerat ed. I was EXECUTION 93
ngrit t ing my teeth as I screeched around 70 40 60 SO 100
90
tthe hairpins , groaned aloud wh e n I
ChISS c he fr OM U p. w i th
ic ollided wit h my umpt eent h Ferrari, and fluid track and ultre-swth
nalmos t c heered wh e n I ev ent ually made gameplay. More addictive then
eit past Monac o (a track c oughed up f rom tortilla chips m chill, sauce
Satan's bot t om if ev er I s aw one). but easier on your colon).
n The road is brilliant , It c urv es around
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ever ybody a nd got t I n The Pi t, i t's the onl y pl ace to be w he n y ou'r e I n the...
(That's onough r appi ng- Ed)
1
i l ex pec t ing great t hings of t his
lgame, s o was pleas ed t o fi nd t hat the
- l at's see
now, I 'm en
oST has not really s uf f ered in c ompari-
nson wit h t he Amiga. Garneplay 's all
- fir e, and
have 0. 03
at here and t he graphic s aren't half bad -
tneit her is t he s ound.
- seconds to
get acr eu
the line,.
h Driv ing round and round in wi g g l y
acircles is what it's all about and Circ us
1 'Easy' he
said, wi th s
nac c omplis hes this task v ery well - it 's
:basically Pole Pos it ion wit h k nobs on.
1 manic
l augh, lust
There's a f right ening impres s ion of
W
ispeed, alt hough it 's a s hame t hat it's
1 befor e his
car burst
created by light and dark lines c oming I nto Hamel
t
t owards y ou in t he road rat her t han
h
' and h was
more adv ent urous means . Your v ehic le barb/Awed
a
n
also prov es to be v ery nippy wh e n 1 l i ke. .
dodging bet ween t he rest of t he 100 III sausage ec
a
cars t ak ing part in t he race.
m Realis m mo r e or less goet out of t he
1 a stick.

e
wi n d o w. This is t he fi rst t ime I've t ried
a
1 A m ong the
c hanging d o wn int o fi rst at 400 k m/ h hazards
sland got away wit h i l l and I ' m s ure t he
e delic ious blonde wh o s t ands
1 you'l l
have to
HASSLE
n
t
in f ront of y ou t o s ignal t he
start of the race is n't really
1 endur e as
y ou r ace
FA C TO
R :keeps
1c
i acting in her bes t interests, 1 acr oss
America is
It Also, h o w c ome, alt hough
dr i ppi ng
i
obscuring
n
y ou're in f ront at t he start of
the rac e and only t hree or
1 whi te
your vgie w pai nt.

with silly
f our cars ov ert ak e y ou bef ore
y ou get up t o a dec ent speed,
1 Wel l , I t's
rain
there are millions of cars
messages.
f urt her d o wn t he c ours e t o 1 actually, N
lust looks
overtake? Well weird! I l k. 1
Perhaps I 'm jus t pic k ing holes , as none k dr i ppi ng
of these t hings affects the gameplay . pai nt.
For pure, unadult erat ed, mindles s
enjoy ment , s omet hing like Circ us is
hard t o beat. All it boils d o wn t o is
holding t he joystick in t he f orward quicker t o s imply crash and get a n e w
pos it ion and waggling it t o the left or
right every n o w and then, whic h is just
motor! There - a playing tip for you!!
The other feature? Oh, rain,
T
t he ticket at t he end of a hard day 's toil.
If y ou want s omet hing a lit t le more
t hought -prov ok ing, t hen wh a t are y ou
Graphics, s ound and all t hat k ind of
stuff are pret t y good, t hough I'll alway s
wis h t hey c ould hav e been bet t er.
1 BO

doing reading about a rac ing g a me

any way ? Go away !
There are a c ouple of 'f eat ures ' in
Circus that mak e it dif f er f rom its
contemporaries. Firstly, when you hit
anot her car y ou don' t ins t ant ly b l o w up.
Instead, y ou driv e along f or a wh i l e
s pewing out s mok e and fl ames - t hen
y ou b l o w up. Howev er, if y ou can fi nd
t he pits fast enough y ou can call in f or
repairs. I nv ariably t hough, dis as t er
strikes just as you pass the pits, so it's
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y ou driv e along, building up to a
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wwe e e 0 0 0 r as t he revs build up, t hen
ev ery so of t en, c omplet e s ilenc e and a
n e e e o ww as anot her car passes.
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88
If y ou' re look ing f or a v ery play able
A fa s t a nd lutiouS e x tr e m e ly
c onv ers ion of the arc ade game, t hen
good conversion of the original
this is it. The pr ogr ammer s hav e done
ex t remely well, s o I c an't f ault it in t hat I
coin-op If you like your racing
games last and addictive then
respect. you'll love this
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 STEE
Steel is Hewson's latest foray into thel 6-bit battleground and
is set on a spaceship where a bunch of renegade robots have
S
Initially, it 's an abs olut e beggar to
get t o grips wit h, mainly because
ethe ins t ruc t ions aren't inc redibly clear.
oOnce y ou'v e work ed out that t he
gone itroppo' - (That's Aussie for having kangaroos in your
ns t range t hings leading out of t he
top paddock, which is Aussie for being as mad as a hatter!). : passages are ac t ually walk way s , y ou
Sean Kelly and David McCandless donned their Metal Mickey Srealise t hat it's ac t ually bigger t han you
t t hought , and it begins to open up.
suits and went for a stroll through the tin machine.
e The graphic s are effectively de-
anot her after a while. O f course, esigned, pres ent ing a huge met allic
c has ing about and get t ing los t so l s pac es hip wit h lot s of c olourf ul and
Steel is a load of crap. Quot e: highly det ailed passages. Onc e y ou're
"Robot s hav e gone rogue on t he f requent ly mak es a big dent in t he poor i
U past t he nic e graphic s , howev er, Steel
'pres s ure c ook ers ' res erv es of fuel, but s
n
space s hip St eel. . . board t he s hip and s hows itself to be a f airly unremark able
deactivate t he s y s t em, f ort unat ely ref uelling is pos s ible. a
f 'charge-round-and-collect
-o T hyou a t 'Steel:
' s Ref uelling is done by accessing t he n
bring 'The ZERO Scenario.' k- illing-t he-meanies ' game.
p o we r point s to be f ound around t he u
iEight
r t .
purple c art ridges , each t he mas t er t h i The
n g s robot adv ers aries c ome in a
Sof one o track f rom t he new Ky lie c omplex , alt hough each t ime y ou c ollec t n large v ariet y of shapes and sizes, but
t -
more fuel, y our score decreases. Fuel is u t hey are all f rus t rat ing. S o m e will bump
wMi
u n o g uee album, hav e been s t olen by wh i l s t
the Soc iet y f or t he Propogat ion of Good gat hered by pus hing u p on t he joystick, s int o y our droid bef ore fl oat ing away,
n
Taste, wh o hav e hidden t hem wi t hi n a wh i l e pus hing d o wn wi l l dec reas e y our u ot hers will fl oat away if y ou s hoot at
a fuel. This opt ion s eems a bit s t upid t o
vast s pac es hip. Y o u r task, as Droid a t hem, whils t ot hers will indulge in a
t us, but it might be us ef ul f or idiot s wh o
Pres ident of the Fluf f y Dic e And All l huge gunfi ght . Unf ort unat ely , y ou can't
e don' t k now t heir up f rom down.
Things Naf f Pres erv at ion League, is to g fi re y our c annons and remain still, so
l Think ' Hews on' and y ou t hink 's ub
a y ou hav e to mov e in eit her direc t ion as
yget t he eight c art ridges and plac e t hem game' , and St eel is no ex c ept ion. Here it
in c art ridge slots, t hus allowing t heir m y ou fi re. A s y ou mov e f airly fast, you'll
, is - a s imple s hoot ' em up, whic h
t rans mis s ion t hrough t he c os mov ers e e inev it ably b u mp int o a robot bef ore
t inv olv es s hoot ing a dat a bus wit hin a
. y our fi re p o we r has des t roy ed it. And
h set t ime limit . Th i s is n't helped by the bounc ing int o t oo many of the blighters
e fact t hat rot at ing around it are driv ers wi l l obv ious ly was t e t ime and energy.
s (bus drivers?) whic h mus t be blas t ed In t he end, howev er, t hey all
c away bef ore y ou can s hoot at t he bus. int erf ere wit h y our progres s , and rather
e If t he droid fails wit hin t he set t ime limit , t han being f un t o dodge and shoot, they
n t hen he loses s ome of his energy . I f are a c ons t ant irrit at ion, and can make
a y our s hoot ing is mo r e ac c urat e t han progres s inc redibly s low at points.
r J ohn Way ne' s and y ou succeed, one of It's f un, t hough, and I suspect that
i the Ky lie c art ridge s lot s bec omes active, wit h it s s t raight f orward and s imple
o allowing t he ins ert ion of a c art ridge.
gameplay it will hav e its fans. Pers on-
This might s ound lik e ' une piec e de
f ally, I f ound it a lit t le bit t oo s imple, and
urine' as t he Frenc h mi g h t say, but it's c ons equent ly not v ery exciting.
o
not all plain s ailing. Throughout t he
' likres ! Ho b b l e t h e Roloot 's on Hoe l o n a * . c omplex t here are numer ous droids ( Ky -
lingons ), all p r o g r a mme d t o obs t ruc t
The eight purple c art ridges t o be you, wh i l e s ome fi re at y ou and reduc e
collected can be f ound in v arious y our energy level t oo. Th e y s hould
loc at ions around t he c omplex . O n c e mak e t he going mo r e dif fi c ult , but do 80
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f ound, t hey mus t be ins ert ed int o t he t hey mak e St eel wo r t h a t rip to t he loc al
s of t ware s hop t o part wit h y our dos h?
c art ridge slots, all of whic h are in one
room. O n l y t hree can be c arried at
once, s o c omplet ing t he game is going
to inv olv e a lot of mov i ng around in t he
huge fl ip screen c omplex ,
The c omplex is made up of a huge IN
n u mb e r of c orridoors , int erc onnec t ed by
Nicely coloured and well
walk way s . Ma p p i n g is, as in mos t
animated throughout. but what
arcade adv ent ures , going t o be essen- Steel actually boils down to is
tial. This is primarily because t he a run el the mill m o d e
c orridors , alt hough t here are obv ious adventure
dif f erenc es f or each section, l o o k v ery
s imilar and t end t o blend int o one

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have obvi ousl y been watchi ng

M their fair shar e of Wal t Disney
par to Explosions and mayhem g U afilms (he starts cryptically). The style and
ause cortridge
I bunt. Actual l y, i f you ar e the type of per son w ho r eads the pi ctur e
csetting of Steel owes a l ot to The Black
ear (options
s a s befor ey theo mai
u nr copy, y ou wi l l be w onde r i ng w ha t al l thi s 'I tyl i e'
tosh is. Serves you r i ght. Re a d the mai n copyl eHole, a prehistoric sci-fi 'epic' whi ch
. d r o i d sfeatured lots of cutesy r obots floati ng
g o e s :ar ound on strings inside a spaceship
o n Tcaught in the grip of even mor e strings.
a h Unlike the film, Steel is well pr e-
K y l l esented, looks good and plays well. The
e ggraphics are very good i ndeed. Ther e
l i t i n are lots of colourful mechani cal 'habi tat'
u
a g u e interiors, wi th suitably futuristic pi pes
u're y
and computer terminals, as well as beds,
;Wel s
cupboar ds and doors. The central
kable b
character and the other dangl i ng r obots

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vhilst- e
are wel l -shaded and solid-looking. The

wa
hattenti on to detail is good - the droids
a i
shift up and down slightly as they float,
but nand their shadows drift across the floors.
bump dThe sound is great, right fr om the funky

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ay, Stitle track to the satisfying z appy laser
a g o

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at t blast noises.
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can't
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But Steel is much too easy. I half-
e compl eted it on my third go. The ener gy

, so I'
l terminals are too widely available, the
on as

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sub-game is unchal l engi ng, and the
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f
you'll layout of the spaceship is predictable.
e m i l
Arid
ao m i 1o h u t s The onl y thi ng that is remotely difficult
mi n
me t h e shi p. The mor e is controlling your r obot. If you release
ghter s gas
ir e
o . - 8aps I
p c r setti ng to be ' a n the joystick he faces forward, so that you
3 rgy peat
a

fl e
de it orically a ut om a t e d have to turn and move either left or r i ght
.
book in
4 l fly, hI ' tal ki ng about.

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end inhomfras w to fir e in that direction. Thi s invariably
rather m
at, they o
V _AL leads to a collison wi th the endless
oncomi ng droids.
make n Ther e's not enough chal l enge or
S. n

x
depth ther e to keep any gamester happy
that e for very long. It's a pity, since Steel
ile l could have been brilliant wi th per haps a
!mon- l little mor e objects, some puzzles, and a
le, and i f ew more way s t o dip
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11TERPHASE
Things are boding well for NMI
Mirrorsoft this Christmas.
Well anticipated and (very)
well received releases like
Xenon II and Bloodwych
delivered a poke in the eye
to their respective genres.
And now Interphase is set to
launch a kick in the face to
those who thought vector-
graphics games could go no
further. David McCandless
avoids all the usual 'Bristol
City' gags and takes a n /
exclusive peek-a-boo
underwraps.

This i s mor e than l i kel y one

of t he bi tch-muthas that'l l
be hassl i ng you i n-game. I t
was dr a w n bl ue-pr i nt styl e,
fed thr ough a 3 - D shape
edi tor , a nd then fi nal l y
appear s I n-game, r otati ng
missile l auncher s a nd al l -

46 ZERO
 b e tw e e n Wa l e s a nd th e We s t
B Countr y . T h a t's s o m e w h e r e h a l f-w a y
rb e tw e e n s he e p ga gs a n d thos e c la s s ic
ire fe re nc e s t o c orni s h pa s ti e s ' a nd
s'c l otte d c r e a m '. I t s n o t e x a c tl y th e
te pi c e ntre o f th e 1 6 -b i t ga m e s m o v e m e n t,
obut i t's th e c i ty w h e r e p r o g r a m m e r p r o g r a mmi n g star, A d r i a n
lA d r i a n S t e p h e n s liv e s a nd is l i a bl e t o I F S t e p h e n s does not look t he
i r i a n m a y w e l l p u t Bri s tol o n th e part.
o r I ex pec t ed an old man wit h a
stay. And w hy n o t, s inc e Ad beard
a at least, fl ared b r o wn t rous ers ,
programming m a p w i t h hi ss l a te s t fe a t, I nte r pha s e . h
mo r n - r i mme d specs and a 's c ulpt -3D'
Interphase fe a tur e s e l e ml e nts f r o m fi l m s l i k e Bl a de Runne r , T r o n haircut. Adrian, muc h t o my surprise.
a
and Ma x He a droom, a ll c o m o i n g to g e th e r as a c o m p r o m i s e b e tw e e n is y oung, f res h faced, and wears an
t
a Neuromantic c y be r -punkds ty l e a nd T h e T w i l i g h t Zone . The w h o l e lmagework s T-s hirt - not a k ipper tie
h
idea has be e n b r o u g h t t o l g i fe by g a m e de s i gne r a nd pr oj e c t m a na ge r or c hequered fl are in sight.
e
Dean Le s te r a nd v e c tor gra e phi c s m a e s tr o. D a n n y E m m e t t . I blunt ly ask, ' A r e y ou a genius ?"
m
d While Adrain chokes on his o wn
a
a odesty, Dean pipes up on his
THE STORY SO FAR. . . THE GAME t
behalf. "He is defi nit ely one of the
t if orerunners in t he indus t ry . "
t c Has he alway s lik ed v ec t or
the future, t edious and repet it iv e sequence, repres ent ing a dat a line
h a
graphic s ? "No , not especially. The 3D
T jobs and chores are being c arried T h leading
e gamet ostarts
t he heart
wit h of
a t the
unnel
e lrout ines I 'm us ing n o w were
hout by robots and aut omat ons . As a c omput er. It undulat es up and d o wn as
j g
originally dev eloped on an Ams t rad
eresult the leisure indus t ry has boomed. well as lef t and right , not unlik e the
u P o we r d r o me c orridor sections. ' Th e e
CPC and t hen c onv ert ed int o faster
pEntertainment is big, big (big) bucks. n
68000. "
n t unnel is bas ic ally t o d r a w t he play er
lAnd the cult leisure activity is Dream i It s eems to me t hat to be a
c int o t he game s t raight away wit hout him
oRecording and DreamTrac k s . up r o g r a mme r y ou need t o hav e a
DreamTracks are rec orded pat t t erns hav ing t o do any t hing t oo c erebral. '
t sgrat uit ous k nowledge of
Successful nav igat ion of the dat a-link
rof imagination s t ored on CD-s t y lei disks. amat hemat ic s . J us t t o s mugly prov e
The technology is monopolis ed by takes y ou int o the c omput er.
u o Sev eral t iers of 3D print ed c irc uit nmy point , Adrian t ook mat hs (further,
massive c orporat ions wh o empl oy a
n n dapplied, and pure) at ' Uni' , Ha s
few Dreamers (Duncan must be boards repres ent t he innards of the
s c omput er. The s quares y ou c an see on Adrian' s algorit hmic bac k ground
moonlighting. Ed) highly imaginat iv e
a the fl oors and rubbed of f on I nt erphas el
individuals w h o
s c eiling are holes , "Yes, but y ou c ouldn' t look at a
can produc e r i c h
fand fl a mb o y a n t leading t o t he nex t piece of c ode and say oh, t hat 's
111:
ofantasies.
l But w h e r e
.1
1
11Z, 1le / 1 tier. Each one is
lit t ered wit h
t rigonomet ry or that's calculus. It's all
sort of unc ons c ious . "
lthere's m o n e y , 4
1
11. l l a m a
13141116
Et V: s t range s hapes Adrian was fi rst ex pos ed t o
othere's corruption. like h o l o g r a ms c omput ers in a park wh e n he
wCorruption o n a . that serve as enc ount ered an ex -Nav y Co mmo d o r e
E
sgrand scale in this "abs t rac t repre- Pet in a plas t ic mac. This fl ash of
m
.case. Politically or . s ent at ions of the t ec hnology ins pired h i m t o buy an
Yp h i l o s o p h i c a l l y
L work ings of the Ac orn At om, whic h was s wif t ly
.
ebiased Dr e a me r s a c omput er. " upgraded wh e n t he BBC mic ro fi rst
aare creating tracks
m
The ti tl e for the ope ni ng scr een The import ant appeared. His fi rst game was Killer
o
was desi gned a nd r ay tr aced c omponent s Gorilla on t he BBC, f ollowed by Mo o n
rthat c ould b r a i n - .
(gi vi ng a sol i d l eek) on the f o l l o w rough , B a s e Alpha, Mr Ee. and Crazy Penner.
swash the youth of
Ar chi medes ( "l ov e l y machi ne"). geomet ric He t hen s wit c hed t o t he Ams t rad CPC
ithe f ut ure. O n e The i mage has be e n por ted designs, wh i l e t he t o p r o g r a m f or Ocean. His leap int o
ndreamer, Ch a d d , across t o the ST, w he r e a speci al
bac k ground 16-bit p r o g r a mmi n g c ame wh e n he
tunwit t ingly r e c hel d-i nter r upt r outi ne He w s was asked t o do the ST v ers ion of
ords a dream wit h mer e of the usual '16 col our s to graphic s and
o nasties f ollow a
dangerous s u b - be used. Powerplay . He has n't look ed back.
liminal mes s ages more s urrealis t ic
- and is then i m - route. The
mediately sacked f r o m his job. c omput er is c ons c ious of y our pres enc e
Chadd realises his mis t ak e and dec ides a mo n g its c hips and s ends a c ons t ant
to steal the mas t er-t ape f rom t he barrage of nestles y our way. Thes e run
corporation's (very) high s ec urit y along t he lines of jets, birds , f rogs , and
building. ot her f ears ome c ont rapt ions . An on-
In order to do this, he s ends his loy al board las er s y s t em helps y ou k eep
girlfriend isucker!) int o t he building these at bay.
while he transfers his mi n d (via a Clic k ing bot h mo u s e but t ons takes
homemade Track Interface I nv ert er of y ou int o c ont rol mode. Here y ou c an
course) into t he security c omput er. He target mis s iles (f or des t roy ing t he larger The obj ects basi cal l y ser ve as
hopes to manipulat e t he c omput er and and mo r e pers is t ent c omponent s ), abstr act r epr esentati ons el the
create a safe pat h f or his 'chick' t o t rav el activate y our t rac t or-beam (f or s naring wor ki ngs of the computer . Some al
the f as t er nasties), doc k wit h work - them ar e ther e for a dde d vi sual s
through. Once s he's reac hed t he t op
floor, it's k lept omania t ime, s he steals shops (t o obt ain n e w mat erials ), o r whi l e other s actual l y ser ve some
the DreamTrack and t hen escapes! ent er t he ma p screen. hi dden pur pose. "

ZERO 47
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 Salvador Dali's pr otg (if Dail wasn't dead a nd
D Danny lived in a spook house in France, wor e
s
very br i ght clothes, and said "Dar link" a l ot. Danny's
n
popul ated the I nter phase wor l d wi th the strange,
weird,
o spooky and surreal images. A uni-cycling fr og
inside
w a computer ? The desi gn for other components
came
I fr om mundane objects like Newton's Cradle,
fai
m r gr ound rides, a nd of course - nature.
m -
explained
o S Danny, "Or I'll just get ideas fr om books and
magazines." Wha t sort of* magazines,
o I began to wonder when I noti ced some of
the not-so-unphal l i c shapes c mthe game has to offer.
"You shoul d see the tur o n-tabl
e e poi nter !" he remarks after I comment on a
comparatively tame cylindrical u t graphic.
No thank you. Danny's i magii nati on is A shape star ts l i fe as a Dani el
l Inmatett sketch on gr aph paper ,
given a free range. Obviously.
d m wi th al l ti l e measur ements, faces
There's a bi g di ffer enceebe t w e e n a and di mensi ons outl i ned.
e
mental i mage and a computer s i mage. Is
a
there a l ong convol uted r oute between
the two? s I
g
"Not really. The idea isi basically either
o
sketched or u p her e i n lm y mi nd. " H e
pokes at his head. - y o
u
lot e p fr om a shapehedi tor I wr ote
I uofs hel
myself
p a r [modest
t a t a huge util-
smile]. That's
The map screens display a wire-
s
v shapes frame di agr am of the level you are
ityto
p a design,
p e debugr and edit with,"
e i desi gned, on. Ther e are 12 floors, increasing in
a Oncen the shapes
d have been
b ond to Adrian, complexity and slyness. You can zoom
the
a data for them is passed
who, in turn, transforms them e e into object in on any part of the level (and any part
of your girlfriend) to any resolution.
codes. The colours and shading e a are added,
Hazards include security robots,
and the whol e shape pl aced n n i nto a m o-
d electronic door , pressure pads, and
tion-designer. electrified floors. You have to deactivate
Computer s first beckoned j Danny at the
these if your 'bi r d' is to get very far.
cherubic age of thirteen when u he was ex-
To turn off a security device, you
posed to the 'r evol uti onar y' sTRS-80 wi th
its 'r evol uti onar y' 4K of memor must engage your navi gati on system.
t y. Now a -
zip back into the computer and track
days, he designs on an ST and l claims the
down the guilty device. An arrow points
fame for the 30 shapes in Starglidero II. As
you in the right direction, switching
well as interphase. he's wor ki o ng on Elec-
course if you over -shoot your target.
tronic Ar ts Aggr essor (for mer k l y ' Ha w k ' Unfor tunatel y most pr obl ems require
possibly ' F 1 - I 7', pe r ha ps 'Aggr
a essi ve
timing and foresight as well as an itchy
Hawk' o r pr obabl y j ust ' The t N e w Jaz
trigger finger. Thi s is when the strategy
San's thingy'). t el ement comes in. You must plan the
Th. unl -cycl i ng fr og (for hi t is he) route befor e you start, and sometimes
I. tr ansfer r ed t o the massi ve i moti- you find that a component you need has
oned* 3 D mani pul ator pr ogr n am on been destr oyed (accidently) earlier in
a 1 0 4 0 ST wi th ni onechr omige the game. This means you must
moni tor (for extr a cl ar i ty). He r .
s generate a cl one of the device, and thee
the fr og can be r otated, spun, use the tractor beam to lock it into
fl i pped, i nver ted, a c t e d, bi, nned,
diseseashered, di sembowel l"ed or Place.
cot i nto si z eabl e cube shaped Interphase is fast, The 3D silicon
pieces wi th ease. jungle spins and wheel s ar ound at an
alarming rate while jets and spooky
shapes race across the screen, not
slowing for an instant. One excellent
feature is the way shapes retreat into
the gl oom, becomi ng darker and less
vivid as they get further away,

TOTAL ELLIPSE OF THE HEART

bandy ar ound when a new,

R good-l ooki ng game is in the
e
offing. Does i nter phase have anything
new,
v anythi ng revolutionary to offer?
And her e's the fi nal o "El l i pses.
pr oduct buoyantl y conic
l - sections for med by an inclined
car eer i ng a r ound the plane
u E l that
l i pdon't cut the base of the
I nfr phaso computer
cone,"
t s e Adr
s ? i an explains and then spots
entr ai l s. The col our , sol i d
the bewi l der ed look on my face "Sort
1 l ook a nd 'evi l eye w a s
a dde d by Adr i an, a nd a ny
i
of
o
"
like
e
Y
as flattened circle.' All. "Nobody
r esembl ance to any else
n , has done them in a vector-graohics
amphi bi ous gr een ha nd- game
a c before.
l
Moppets al i ve or de a d is "Ellipses gi ve a slightly different hisi
r o s
enti r el y coi nci dental . to the shapes because normally you jig
y e d

48 ZERO i
s
a
 INTERPHASE under wraps

brainchild right fr om the start.

"The idea was to combi ne the best of
a
r
s
tc
peopl e have done 3D games befor e and
rahen attempted to put some strategy in
das an after -thought. We tried to get a
a
tegood compr omi se between the two,
aeach one compl ementi ng the other. And
e
cAdr i an's system seemed the most apt
g
tfor the game. "
y
i In a rare moment of intellectual
o
n inspiration. I give a short lecture on the
failure of other similar games and my
, in
w own per sonal hatr ed of games that are
t

I
This i s ut of too difficult too early. You can pr oduce
which fe haz ar ds ,i
all the strategy and great arcade action
tur ntabl e* pressure "t in the universe, but if it ain't playable, it
You can onto the h
e
much l i ke a mi cr ofiche ain't gonna be played.
s
x Dean under stands this. He dr aws on
magni fi es a mi cr ofil m. The o Bombuz al fan early I mage Wor ks
p
have straight edges all over the pidk..e eleser you tr avel dow n the
re With these you can get smoother mor e detai l is r eveal ed. lmrelease) as an example. "We haven't got
ig in curved edges." Thi s new discovery e like a 120 levels to gradually increase
a
am paves the way for mor e natural l ooki ng it the difficulty. We've got a doz en levels
part objects, with the ability to pulsate and h and we have to stage this difficulty
n
animate more fluidly. i exactly right.
s
Another 'revolutionary' little r outi ne n
D "We'r e hopi ng to get a Dunge on
is Adrian's shading techni que. Gone are g Master effect. Peopl e spendi ng hour s -
e
:ivate the days when one side of a shape was wweeks even - on one level,"
a
restricted to one shade of colour. Now i
n So, after 70 man-weeks of hard slog,
you can have multiple shades on one .t sweat and toil, how close is Interphase
M, face. Wow! h
"
r
A
.oints
By pr i er ar r angement y e w le
'chi ck' has be e n tol d to W O ait a
o
Pt.
every junction, to await orders tl
iquire (nice bit of male Incise"). This o
tchy gives you breathing space to go f
itegy and qui ckl y sur vey the danger s
he of t he l evel s.
ne s
id has
in
This is Ne w t on's Cr adl e i n its
I then Me I t i r e use of el l i pses gi ve al l ocated spot on the PCB boar d. I t's
the shape a mor e r ounde d 'na t ur a l ' the ki nd of thi ng hi gh br ow m e i ot i c * *
look and make i t possi bl e for some ador n thei r coffee tabl es wi th i t they
interesting (and possi bl y qui te w a n t t o o d d orb a i r o f i nt e l i oc t v a l
an suggestiv) pul sati ng effects. gr avi ty to the di gs t i v e dunki ng.
:Y to compl eti on? "Ther e are a few
BACKGROUND -

cosmetic changes to be done, but the

int Poised a t fondest' doe gre logic of the game is all there - just a few
nto conceived by S i m on k n i g h t and shape is your gi r i fr i ond. Not weeks to get the look and feel right."
ess much of a ' l ook e r ' I k now , but
T D o n n Le s t e r at Mirrorsoft. Then, Edgi ng towar ds a December release
it's the personality that counts.
when
h Adrian appr oached them wi th the date, I nter phase looks set to cause a few
expertise
e and vector-graphics system, ripples (ellipses even) in the games
the answer was a r esoundi ng 'yes!' Lots world. I 'm certain that my l ong and
p
of
l big smiles, enthusiastic hand-shaki ng lonely Christmas ni ghts will be spent
m to and deadl i nes nuking that bl oody uni-cycling frog.
o fol l owed. RI111,11
t Provisionally
a called Mai n-
hing
ler? n frame, the
ed d codi ng of the
ied g game began TrrUI I nter phose
a about a year
m Your l ady PUBLISHER Mi r r or soft
ipots ago. Adr i an
e built it up using and the
Sort rouse PRICE 24. 95
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body secr eted l e wels of
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marbles', you too con r e a d the
eThen, six months ago. Danny was message. RELEASED Nov e m be r
nt feel adrafted in to pr ovi de some 'stunni ng
, wvisuals'. De a n has over-seen his
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DYNAMITE
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1
Heard the one about
a duck called Bin, a
'chick' called Lucy
and Achacha - a d irty
old wizard? W e ll, nor
had D uncan
D
eight way s c rolling, highly
ycnolourf
a mi t e
ul Dux
c art oony
is a v ery
r o mp
emphas is on 'cuteness'. You mi g h t
large,

wo n d e r wh y this is? Bec aus e it 's a

c onv ers ion of a Sega c oin-op t hat 's
why . And we all k n o w h o w t wee Sega
can get if left unchecked.
wit h t he

El

Any way , t he basic s c enario is this:

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out Activisionss
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for a wa d d le ...
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1 t
y ou' re a duck. And y ou' v e got t o res c ue
a 'chick' who' s been k idnapped by a
wiz ard. The wiz ard is c alled Ac hac ha
(whic h, as we' v e just dis c ov ered, is
almos t as easy t o type as 'banana'). The
'chick' is called Lucy. Oh, and t he duc k 's
c alled Bin. (There's ac t ually anot her
duck as well, c alled Pin, but y ou only
see him if y ou're play ing in
s imult aneous t wo play er mode).
ACE UP THE SLEEVE
Bin (and indeed Pin if he's there. Um.
let's pret end he is) s t roll across a right
to lef t and up and d o wn s c rolling
landscape, t ry ing not t o s uf f er t he s ame
fate as t he f amous No r we g i a n Blue duc k
f r o m t he Mont y Py t hon series. (It was a
parrot actually- Ed), To deal with the
numerous highly c oloured ' jolly '
c art oon f oes that s aunt er across the
screen, Bin and Pin hav e an ace up t hei
sleeves. The ace, in this case, is c alled a
fist. A quic k press on t he fi re but t on
deliv ers a puny lit t le s wipe t hat knocks
ov er only t he weedies t of nasties, wh i l e v g
f or real K.O. power y ou need t he mega
punch, whic h y ou get by k eeping t he
fi re but t on depres s ed.
As well as fists, t here are numerous
weapons ly ing around just f or the t ak ing h try a n d w r i n g a bit , of
(bombs , h o mi n g mis s iles , rocks, fl ame e
t hrowers etc), but t hey all hav e a limit ed r i
lif es pan and y ou can only c arry one
it em at a t ime.
SPECIALIST NASTIES
As in t he s t andard mo u l d of these
t hings , t here are loads of 's pec ialis t '
nasties (i.e. big ones that take a lot of
k illing) scattered t hrough (and at t he
ends of) t he levels. So basically, what
y ou hav e t o do is keep on walk ing right ,
j u mp i n g wh e n y ou need t o jump,
av oiding t he my riad foes, c ollec t ing t he e
t hings if y ou c an't get round t hem.
So what does it play like?
G e t o n t h e s c e ne ( G e t o n u p , ) I l k . .
qua c k m a c hi ne ( G e t o n u p ) . . .
Dux I t hought ' I t ' s f unny , isn't it,
D h o w t he Japanese, es pec ially
t
those at Sega (who did t he original coin-
op
a of this), c an mak e ev ery c omput er
game
n s prit e look like Marine Boy, what
wit h his s t upid big eyes and
g
ev ery t hing", Then t he main game
:screen popped int o v iew, and guess
A
what ? The duck I was c ont rolling looked
sNOTHI NG AT ALL like Marine Boy. How
Iwr o n g I had been. Sorry , J apanes e
wpeople my mistake. The graphic s in
aDy namit e Dux are c art oony in a sort of
s'Garfi eld' f as hion (s ort of, I said): a
lc urs ory glanc e at t he screens s hould
ot hous and words ' etc.
I a What a pic t ure does n' t paint how.
s dever, is h o w t he animat ion f eels how
e i t hings mov e. Um, and I've got quit e a
r n good wo r d f or t his actually. Here it is...
" s l o w l y . Th i n g s c h u g
e D along at a picoscopic rate
y of knots. I f ound my s elf
y
o nwr enc hi ng t h e joy s t ic k
u really hard to the side to
a
mextra s peed out of ' Bin'
(the n a m e o f t h e duc k
t y ou c ont rol), but, alas, it
e
didn't work.
e The r o a d w i n d s
' about all over the shop
a wi t h s e c t i o n s w h e r e
p t here's mo r e t h a n o n e
i pos s ible way to go. Each
c rout e has it 's o wn pros
t and c ons regarding t he
u number and power of the
r adv ers aries y ou' ll me e t
of whic h t here are squil-
p lions all t old, and ev ery
a one of t hem is cuter than
i t he one that went before, airq1lwatimmold
s
 DYNAMITE DUX review

Now w h a t I actually t hink about

Dynamite Dux. (About time. Ed). Its an
excellent coin-op c onv ers ion. Core (t he
programming hous e res pons ible) has
done a great job. The only t rouble is
that the arcade mac hine it s elf was a bit
boring, so a conversion c ould only fat
its best) be a bit boring too. I've got
nothing at all agains t 'cutesy' games ,
just so long as there's s ome pace
involved. Unf ort unat ely , pac e is
something that Dy namit e Dux does n't
have. Like quite a f ew ot her Sega
games, things in DD. s ort of l i mp along
and the collision det ec t ion is a bit
squiffy as well.
If you adore games that bob along in
a slightly geriatric way , mi l dl y s urreal
but lovable animal s prit es and y ou don' t You can tol l by the w a y I move my
mind being k illed by s omet hing t hat wal k I ' m a w om a n's duck ( no ti me to
looked as if it didn' t t ouc h y ou, t hen tal k). . . ( Wr ong tr ack. Ed)
you'll be happy wit h t his of f ering f r o m
Activtsion it'll keep y ou oc c upied f or What Ac t iv is ion has got here t hen
ages. It's certainly pret t y enough and and it's mo r e a f ault of the original c oin-
a hard enough- Ho we v e r , if it's a s weat y op t han it s quit e prof es s ional
jOystick handle y ou're af t er t hen it might c onv ers ion is a graphic ally cute and
be wise to give this one a miss. v aried c art oon beat ' em up wit h a lot of
ire ins t ant appeal. but not muc h las t ing
it,

Din
THE VERDICT gameplay . I
mean, a beat
HASSLE FACTOR: 0
'em up wit h
- only t wo Once it's loaded y ou're
at G _AZEMIIMMIED Dux wo u l d s eem t o hav e a lot c ombat mov es ! a wa y - though we did
M going f or it. It's a bright ( have a bit of a problem
a
(sickeningly) cute, s light ly biz arre -
stand right in accessing tw o player
fTront of the mode. (Just put it down to
ked A r' ZASLLIMEEKD ct art oon beat ' em up. And I really
like cute, s light ly biz arre c oin ops . Ergo. baddy and
h the fact that we 're crap.)
ow t
E ii=1 1 1 =1 1 1 1 M5 3 I'll
: like t he A mi g a Dy namit e Dux, wo n ' t punc
e h him, and
20 40 00 10 100 I? Um, well no actually. Not really . Let tt he equally
in S
of eme ex plain. hex c it ing s t and a f ew feet a way and
Dynamite Due is a cutesy
pseudo 3-0 scrolling cartoony g Why do c ut e c oin-ops work ? It's rt h r o w s omet hing at him. ) It's just not
beat em up really Out n's all el abecause t hey 're so play able is n't it? And icricket l i t keeps y ou ent hralled f or
bit toe sedate and samey to '
as far as I ' m c onc erned t he wo r d labout as long t hough. )
malty grab everyone by the. The ot her t hing it 's managed t o
aum. s'play able' is direc t ly int erc hangeable l
c ome up wit h is a game t hat 's almos t
wit h t he wo r d ' plat f orms -and-ladders , i
ow - c ident ic al on t he ST and the A mi g a
how N a y ! It's the Dynami te Dux Danci ng ojumping-up-and-down, ni ppi ng- n
t here's only really t he mus ic to t ell t hem
a D u o . Cue James Br own music: one, t hrough-s ec ret -doorway s , leaping- g
i apart. And luc k ily t he A my s oundt rac k is
Is... h v o , three, four . . .Get dow n (Get on rav ines -and-generally -bounc ing
n not hing s hort of awes ome. Oops , did I
vp). Get down (Get on up). . . all-ov
- er-t he-plac e; It's not direc t ly
o say awes ome? I meant annoy ing. I t s
int
a b erco u thangeable wit h t he wo r d
p loud, jolly and very, v ery obnox ious
'-waddling-along-t he-s t reet -punc hing
D indeed. Ten out of ten f or that, t hen
-t hings -and-um-t hat 's -it . ' And t hat 's all
yy ou really get to do in Dy namit e Dux.
n Still, let 's look on t he pos it iv e side.
aThe graphic s are univ ers ally bright and
mglossy and clear, and s ome of t he
TICE E R D I C T
i animal des igns are a real treat. Moos e
t heads bound t owards y ou jus t ac hing tc GE_
ebe punc hed, pigs t rundle along on
SOUND 72
t rolley s and box ing k angaroos s proing
around lik e manic Zebedees . Bin and
Pin are neat lit t le sprites too, apart f rom A ADDICTIVENESS 60
the fact t hat a) t hey look just like VVoocN EXECUTION 7$
Woodpec k er (es pec ially t he orange
70 40 60 00 100
one), b) t h e y walk f orward s light ly

71
faster t han t heir feet mov e Wm alway s A pretty. cote little cartoon
wh i n g i n g about this in c omput er beat .
games ) and c) wh e n t hey do the t wis t y - lot
e mthe first hall hour, but ls.
s pinny -Popey e-arm-megapunc h t hey almost
u p totally tree of
have t o s t and s t ill to land it, whic h playabilloty.
t h
s lows t hings d o wn a bit, a t
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 A DEC. ; F
electronic Ar ts 2 4 . 9 5 (ST)
Cur r entl y the bast buy en the I T,
has the best l oom a nd text mode,
but i t has a ba d hug. Whe n you kit
SIC t cot and paste i t sensolinses
Eat your Hart out Tony! A l a n crashes. A p a r t fr om thi s, i f yea
onl y dr aw now a nd agai n, thi s Is
Tomkins, the man who put the the package to go for .

Pee in e r. . pixels, is here to

show you h o w to become a
master artist without cutting off
your left ear!
the great unknowns of the games
thought I'd take time out to industry, so in the comi ng months I'll
A briefly tell you what Artifacts also be r unni ng up and down the l ength
'will be r appi ng on about in the months of the countr y to interview top and up
sto come. First and for emost we'll be and comi ng arty geezers, (and one day I
treviewing all the new art packages and mi ght just get expenses, so I can let the
htelling you if they're wor th shelling out train take the strain).
ifor. We'l l also be showi ng you how to I'll also be giving you a step-by-step
suse a Genlock, but not how to pay for it. gui de to how the graphics for a ne w
iYou'll learn how to edit your home game are created, (but don't put me out
svideos, (but r emember to keep them of a j ob just yet, 'cause I need the dosh!
tclean or else I'll want to see them), as Cue Vision On music._ 'cos there'll
hwell as how to use digitizers and also be The Gallery, t he bit wher e you
erepaint the i mages can send in all your
pr oduced s o y ou can pictures and wi n a
f
s how y o u r l a t e s t prize if y ours is t he
i A D u C E O 11 Pl! c .
gi r l fr i end ( O r b o y - best. But remember,
r Fi r1e1bi1r d/ 1 2 4 9 1 1 S T)
friend! Non-sexi st Ed) we c an't ret urn y our
s This" i s the beet spr i te package On
your e t c hi ngs . R e - pictures wit hout a
t She. I1T, but you can al so dr aw foil
member, after sliding s t amped addres s ed screens as wel l ; pl us i t's ver y good
ione of those i nto the env elope. And don' t for r edr awi ng di gi ti sed i mages. It
sside of your machi ne f orget y our tips f or does contai n o n . bug e n l ater TOS
syou'll r eal l y i mpr ess c reat ing pic t ures eit her. versions of the ST, m a k e sure you
uthem wi th the size of Also if you've had get a di r ector y of a ny new disk on
eyour equi pment, problems wi th a yoor second devbkP si ded delve.
o You' ll b e s h o w n package let me k n o w
ff rom scratch, lust how and I'll help y ou iron
Ztodr aw on acomputer, t hem out. So start
Eincluding Ray Tr aced sendi ng your pictures
R3-D i mages, s o t ha t and letters in now! (I 'm
Oafter a f e w mo n t h s a philanderer, philatere.
Iyou'l l b e w r a ppi ng philipi.. I need the
your fi nger s a r ound stamps!) To kick off
your mouse and really this mont h here's a
performing. r u n d o wn of my
Graphic artists ar e Al an Temki n) f av ourit e art packages
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Electric Dreams E 8 9 . 9 5 ( Am i ga )
This Is the Del uxe Pai nt i l l of the
HAM mode, a tr ul y wonder ful
mange, i t comes wi th a gr e a t seem
mode pies band, bl end, w r a p a nd
much more. I f y ou'v e never dr awn l e
HAM mode Ihry Photon Pai nt it, you'l l
like it.
V ers in t he hall, bec aus e I was t he only
Mirversoft/ 1 4 9 . 9 5 ( I T)
The advanced package for the I T, i t
has bend, wr ap a nd the best r oua l e
on the ST. The thi ng t ha t l ets i t
down is its z oom mode, Hi poi nter
moves far too sl owl y. I f Ar t Di r ector
had DEGAS's z oom m ode than
nothing could touch i t, but i t's still
a greet bay.
ALANTOMKINS
INTERVIEWS...ER
ALANTOMKINS
Nobody kn o ws mo re ab o u t me t h an
me 'cos I ' v e k n o wn me a l l my lif e,
well a p a rt f ro m me mu m, so I
decided w h o b e t t e r to t e ll yo u ab o u t
me t h an me ! ( Eh ? Ed)
still liv e, I s t art ed t o DJ at The El Toro
long hav e y ou been res ident on Dis c ot heque. "
A this planet ?
Al an: Wer e you i nto taking dr ugs?
IAlan. " I a l wa y s t h o u g h t t hat i t wa s a A l a n : "Th e only drugs about in t hem
awo ma n ' s priv ilege to wit hhold her age?" days were pep pills nic k ed f rom Boot s
nAlan: But y ou don' t look like a wo ma n . and grass, none of them killers like dr ugs
:Alan: ' Th a n k you; well I 'm a 43 year old today. I c an't f or t he life of me under-
W Sc orpio, a n d a n Anglo-Sc ot ; I mo v e d stand wh y people t oday take drugs . "
f rom Edinburgh d o wn to Sommers Town A l a n : Mus ic is a big part of y our life, t ell
e
l in London' s Kings Cross, when I was five. us wh o y our f av ourit es are?
l I we n t t o t h e Ric hard Co b d e n I nf ant s Alan: " My f av ourit e rec ord in t he fi fties
n Sc hool a n d t he Burghley J unior Sc hool was The Isley Brot hers ' original v ers ion
when I was 11." (Get on wit h it ! Ed-) of Shout . Acts I lik ed inc luded The Isley
o
w Al a n & Al an: "S or r y r Brothers, The
Alan: Wh a t were y our "School c Oly mpic s , The
,
best s ublec t s ?
ame reedy Drifters, Fats Do mi n o
t supplied with gir ls )"
Alan: "We l l I hat ed and all t he Ne w York
e
Mat hs and Englis h, but Doo Wo p groups .
l
lov ed Art , His t ory a n d Sc ienc e. I t wa s " My f av ourit e rec ord f rom t he Six t ies
l
great at a n e w school 'cos it c ame ready was again by The Isley Brot hers t heir
m
s upplied wit h girls ! " v ers ion of The To p Not es ' Twi s t And
eAlan: Ev ery body likes to t hink t hat t hey
Shout. But my mai n man was Phil
Awent t o s c hool wi t h s omebody f amous , Spector, pr oducer of The Ronettes,
l h o w about y ou? Ri ghteous Brothers and Ti na Turner."
aAlan: "J o h n n y Hall, ( Wh o he? Ed) the Al an: Who are your current favourites?
nd r u mme r of The Equals was in my A l a n : ' We l l my taste in mus ic is s lowly
hclass and was one of my best friends. changi ng towar ds Rock 'cos while I like
oAnd in anot her class, in t he s ame year, Hous e Mus ic , I really hate Rap. So I
wwas Eddie Grant wh o was lead s inger wo u l d say St ev ie Nicks, Cindy Lauber,
of The Equals and wh o later went s olo. " Kate Bush and Tom Petty. '
Alan: Cl a i m t o f ame. Al an: What about the
eh? What did y ou do mov ies ?
" Othe r sup porters would Al an: ' M y all time
wh e n y ou lef t s c hool?
Alan: ' I m o v e d i n t o laugh a t my clothes" favourite movi e is
music. F o r t h e 1 9 5 9 Bladerunner. "
Sc hool Danc e I set up t wo rec ord play . Alan: Hem, well what about s port ?
Alan: "A p a r t f rom Chels ea I 'm a Ferrari
one wit h a good rec ord c ollec t ion. " fanatic and go t o as many Grand Prix as I
A l a n : I s uppos e t hey were Rock & Roll can_ I als o o wn 43 Ferraris but can't get
records? int o any of t hem as t hey 're all models . "
Al an: " A few were, but I liked R&B rec- A l a n : Wh o are y our f av ourit e driv ers ?
ords that weren' t releas ed ov er here, s o Al an: ' M y all time favourites are Count
I had to go t o boot leg import shops. By Von Tripps , wh o was leading t he World
1960 there were a lot of peopl e who Champions hip wit h t wo races t o go but
wer e into R&B and buyi ng smart unf ort unat ely was k illed at Monz a in 1961
clothes fr om the Kings Road, Thi s was when Jim Clark dr ove into him,
how the Mod movement started." and Gilles Villeneuv e, t he
Al an: Don't tell me you wer e a mod!? greatest at t ac k ing driv er ever,
Al an: "Yeah, I used to get on my wh o was k illed in Germany . "
scooter and go t o Chels ea away games A l a n : So h o w did y ou get
and all t he ot her s upport ers wo u l d inv olv ed in art ?
laugh at my clothes." A l a n : ' We l l around 1966 I
A l a n : What happened t hen? started t o air brus h c ar and
Al an: "I n 1965 I moved to Los Angel es van bodies , but people wh o
for t hree mont hs , t hen c ame back t o c ras hed t heir mot ors a lot
Swis s Cot t age in Hamps t ead, where I c ouldn't af f ord t o hav e t heir
ZERO 53
F15 Strike Eagle II

F15 Strike Eagle II is a whole new concept in computer air warfare.

Dogfighting is the name of the game. The air swarms with enemy
aircraft Dice with death as you fight your burners and head for
the skies. Success depends on making the right movesfast
Super smooth, non-stop action takes place over 250,000 square
miles of authentic terrain. Superb, solid-filled polygon-based 3D
graphics makes It feel as though you really are in the thick of the
dcbort Hundreds of options, four difficulty levels and a vast aal . aal l &Ai l l a
amount of missions and scenarios make F15 Strike Eagle II perfect M = 1 . 1 1 1 r aM
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i-l l a 4 1 2 9 . 9 5 ( S T)
Noe was the standar d ar t package
on the ST until DEGAS cam. al ong.
it gives Imo al l illso standar d tool s
you need and I l i ke the way you can
teggk the mosso over your pi ctur e.
When Neo first came out i t was the
creme of the crop, t oda y I woul d say
it's still the best basic package.
'71TEP
Eledrit Dreams 1 0 9 . 9 5 (ST)
Another advanced package for the
St Cyber comes wi th a usury good
wsmence mode for ani mati ons, but
is very memory hungr y a nd i t's a
very tight fit on 5 2 0 ' s . Once a ga i n
Ike zoom mode is sl ow, but Cyber
too load and save i n Ne e , DEGAS,
and M . A ver y useful package.
DE'
liberonic Arts / 6 9 . 9 5 (Ami ga)
Slyest do a l ot of gr aphi cs on the ST,
dare you'll k now that to ge t the
best yam need at l east four di ffer ent
packages. On the Am i ga al l you
need is Del uxe Poi nt SU, i t has
rateally ever ythi ng bar mul ti pl e
screens, and this l atest ver si on al so
has animation.
OPE
Electric Olimisass 1 0 9 . 9 5 ( Am i ga )
She Ami ga ver si on of Cyber Pai nt,
this package is gr eat for cr eati ng
nod di spl ayi ng ful l scr een
animations both sheet and l ong.
You'll leave boor s oil feta wi th thi s
package.
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panels redone, s o I mov ed int o phot og-
raphy and did so many weddings I got
bored. S o I mo v e d t o Belfast and t ook
pictures f or The Mi r r o r and Express,
"By 1970 t hough,
it was a sad fact t hat a " I also own
Protestant born Cock-
but can't ge t
ney was n't wise to stay
in t he Cat holic part of
Belfast, so I c ame back to Swis s Cot t age. "
Alan: So what did y ou do t hen?
A l a n : d r o v e a Post Offi ce v an around
Kentish To wn on t wo wheels f or a
while, t hen we n t back int o mus ic where
produc ed a f ew more rec ords and got
a Silv er Disc in Italy wit h an Italian
group c alled The Bridge. ( Wh o ? Ed)
' Then I drov e a No. 16 bus out of
Cric k lewood Garage and lat er bec ame a
Tax I ns pec t or. "
Alan: Wh e n did y ou "Then I dr o ve a N o . 1 6
get int o
c omput ers ?
bus out of Cr icklewood
Alen: "I bought a ZX
81 wh e n it fi rst
c ame out , t hen a Spec t rum and lat er up-
graded to a BBC Mic ro, but I didn't do any
real art work unt il 1985 when I bought an
ST. "
Alan: H o w d i d y o u
get int o doing Co mp u t e r Graphic s f or a
liv ing t hen?
Alen: " We l l I did a f ew pic t ures us ing
Neoc hrome and t hen me t Errol Elis on
wh o ran t he Sel-
f ridges branc h of
Silica Shop. H e s aw " I did so
t hem, and put t hem I got b ored"
on dis play . Lat er he
started t o writ e a
g a me and asked me to do t he graphic s
f or him. This game was c alled Founda-
t ions Was t e and has just been reis s ued
on t he US Gold Klassix label.
"I t hen went t o t he
1987 PC Show and went the rounds . I did
Paper boy for Elite whi ch shoul d be out
now. I t hen started to f reelanc e mainly for
Probe Sof t ware, b u t h a v e wo r k e d wi t h
Softek on Raffl es,
Eidersoft on Q u a n t u m Paint, t he SAM
Digit iz er and wi t h Sof t ware Horiz ons on
Maf det and Vet eran, plus a n e w releas e
f or At ari c alled At ari Grand Prix, a mo n g
lots of others."
A l a n : What games hav e y ou work ed on
wit h Probe s of t ware?
A l a n : Tr a n t o r , S o l o mo n ' s Key, 1943,
Roadblas t ers , Out Run Amiga, Out Run
Europa, Ti g e r Road, Sav age and M r Het i
among ot hers .
"The t eam at Probe work v ery well
wit h each ot her. They ' re a v ery f riendly
bunc h of people, and mos t import ant ly
t here is no bit c hines s or back bit ing, jus t
a v ery prof es s ional bunc h of p e o p l e . "
A l a n : Graphic ally what wo u l d y ou
c ons ider t o be y our best game?
A l a n : "Y o u s houldn' t ask me t hings like
that w e ' r e t oo modes t . But f or self
des igned graphic s I wo u l d say Founda-
tions Waste. As f or arc ade c onv ers ions I
artifacts
think the new release fr om Firebird, Mr
Hell, is most like the original arcade ."
Alan: Wh i c h c o mp u t e r d o y o u t hink is
best, t he A mi g a or ST?
Alan: s e e , catch
4 3 Ferraris ques t ion t ime is it?
into the m !" Okay
let 's go then, f or
graphic s alone it has
to be t he Ami ga but
hate it s operat ing system, it 's so bloody
s low! T h e ST is muc h mo r e effi cient t o
work on. I get hol d of an STE in two
week s t ime so I may c hange my
opinion, but t he ST f or s ix t een c olours
is still a v ery good buy if y ou hav e
limit ed f unds .
"On the games fr ont I go for the
Ami ga again, as when games are
written for the Ami ga and not just
por ted across fr om
the ST, their graphics
and sound are really
wild, even though
they tend to be slower
than the ST versions.
"For sampl i ng it's again the Ami ga
with it's stereo sound, or rather, panned
mono. But for midi control then the ST
is t he winner. For Word Processing,
Data Bases, Spread Sheet s and DTP the
ST is again t he c lear winner.
"So whic h wo u l d I c hoos e out of the
t wo? My fi rst reac t ion is to go f or the
Amiga, but as an all round work hors e
I'll p l u mp f or the ST.
"What I can't
m a ny we ddings unders t and is all
t hos e pos eurs wh o
writ e int o magaz ines ,
s lagging of f all and
s undry wh o don' t hav e t he s ame
mac hine as t hey do. W h o really cares
any way ? E n j o y the mac hine y ou'v e got
and s t op worry ing about
the J ones es . "
A l a n : Well I rec k on y ou
s ound like a pret t y good
bloke!
A l e n : "Thank s so d o
D R A W TO A CLOSE
So the r e y ou ha v e i t, m y
fa v our i te a r t pa c k a ge s fo r
both ma c hine s . D o n ' t for ge t,
to g e t the be s t o u t of a ny
pa c k a ge y ou mus t fi rs t s it
down w i th th e m a nua l a n d
le a rn h o w to us e i t. Y o u ' d be
surprised h o w m a ny o f y ou
out the r e ne v e r r e a d
ma nua ls , s o y ou ne v e r g o t
the ful l us e o f the pa c k a ge
y ou'v e j us t s pe nt loa ds o f
moola h o n . A n d d o n ' t fo r g e t
to be k i n d to mic e . ( fi t ? I d )
See y ou n e x t m onth! O h ,
a nd I ne a r l y for got, I f y o u 'v e
got a ny w ork s o f a r t,
scribbles o r hints a n d tips ,
the n s e nd the m to Al a n
Tom kins (th a t's m e ) Artifa c ts ,
ZERO, 1 4 Rothbone Pla c e ,
London W 1 P 1 DE .
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Action - the magazine within a
magazine devoted entirely to
the colossal world of consoles.
There's something for every
machine, be it an Atari VCS or
a Sega Megadrive.
But why Console Action?
Because there's been a recent
upsurge in demand for the
ultimate in home
entertainment. Consoles, and
only consoles, can deliver the
sort of escapism that you and
me are after. if you don't
believe that the console's day
has dawned then consider
this:
Rampage on the Sega
has recently stormed to the
number two slot in the home
mkro-dominated Gallup full-
priced software charts. A
remarkable achievement that
will doubtless happen again
and again.
Nintendo is still crowing
about the phenomenal success
of Super Mario Brothers. Will it
ever stop selling? Probably
not.
The PC Engine and Sega
Megodrive have convinced the
Japanese and Americans that
the arcade has finally made it
into the home. Check out the
Gunhed review yourself.
Konix's Multi-System has
brought a whole new
dimension of gameplaying
into the home - that of reality.
You con now feel the game,
interact with it and become
port of it almost.
Both Atari and Nintendo
have gone still further -
they've managed to shrink
entertainment down into
something that will fit into the
palm - with the Lynx and
Gameboy respectively.
Still need convincing...?
Enough! Tuck into this issue
and get those letters rolling.
This is your magazine, so if
there's something you want to
readftebout, write in and tell us
about it. There's also a section
devoted to gameplaying tips
and cheats so if you know of
any then send them in. It could
earn you some of the latest
releases. Get to it. Write to
Richard Mordeires, Console
Action, ZERO, Dennis
Publishing, 14 Rathbone Place,
London W1 P 1DE.
NOKONIXFROMSANTA
Konix Multi-System unlikely before next year
Al though Koni x recently demonstr ated
its new Mul ti -System - arid a r ange of
near -fini shed softwar e titles for the
console - to a mul ti tude of computer
journalists, it's not expected to go on
sale until after Christmas.
Besides the basic consol e unit, there
is a power ed chair and a r ange of add-
on accessories that will tur n the console
into the ul ti mate home enter tai nment
system. The Mul ti -System is split i nto
several sections wi th the mai n consol e
unit and the power ed chair selling
separately for 220 each. The basic
console will be competi ng directly with
the likes of the Sega Megadr i ve, whi ch
also incorporates 16-bi t technol ogy, and
the PC Engine. The Koni x consol e has
an 8086 processor and dedi cated
hardware for scrolling, gr aphi cs and
sound. See the Koni x featur e further on
for mor e details.
It's l ooki ng decidedly unlikely that
Konix will be in a posi ti on to sell its
Mul ti -System in ti me for Christmas
because there are still modi ficati ons
that need to be i mpl emented. Even the
developers don't have the full system,
but have to make do wi th just the basic
console unit.
The modi ficati ons still to be made to
the Koni x system i ncl ude r edesi gni ng
the control pillar. At present it's not
robust enough to take the kind of
hammer i ng that serious game players
will dish out. Ther e are also likely to be
some pr obl ems getti ng the system
appr oved for release. At pr esent the
pitch of the chair as it moves close to
the floor means that the family cat
woul d be squashed if sleeping
PIRATE
POWE
fl O t i t i M
Having ripped off the 11-bit and 16-bi t
home-computer markets left, right antP
centre, pirates are now turning their
attention towar ds consoles. Pirated copies
of Ni ntendo and PC Engine cartridges are
circulating in Britain and are bong sold
as legitimate copies.
Piracy is big business and it appears
as though pirates hove found ways of
copying the ROM chips inside console
cartridges for distribution wor l dwi de.
Clever far-Eastern companies hove
succeeded in ripping off PC Engine and
Ni ntendo games using cheap gadgets
which can copy ROMs, but most wor r yi ng
of all is the way these some gadgets ore
beginning to circulate in the UK.
news
under neath. All such pr obl ems must be t
ironed out befor e release, so it looks like ._,,
anyone trying to pur chase it in ti me for
Christmas may well be di sappoi nted.
Konix had i ntended to mount an
intensive advertising campai gn between
October and Christmas to make
ever yone awar e of the Mul ti -System
and its potential. The sl ogan
'Exper i ence the Reality" was to
be used thr oughout
the campai gn,
but due to
pr obl ems wi th
supply the
campai gn has
been
wi thdr awn
and will not
be run until
next year.
Michael Baxter
of Sol uti on PR
w ho is
handl i ng
distribution of
the Koni x Mul ti -
System insists
that "tens of
thousands of
units ar e avail- Ar o you si tti ng comfor tabl y?
Wel l , now w ' l l begi n. . .
able to meet
aaar r r gh!. . . k e l p
demand fr om
consumer s
w ho hear about the Mul ti -System from
alternative sour ces. ' However , the
potential sales from a massive
television and newspaper advertising
campai gn woul d exceed demand and
Konix does not wish to keep customers
wai ti ng for the product.
The copying devices wor k by reading
data from the game ROMs into a home
computer's memory. The master ROM is
removed from the uni t and replaced by a
blank EPROM (electrically pr ogr ammabl e
read-only memory). The data stored in
memory is then written bock out to the
new chip. The problem comes in
designing a cartridge unit that will plug
into the relevant console and support the
EPROM. But for persistent pirates that is
soon Overcome.
In the UK. PC Engine Services hos
been known to be selling illegitimate
copies of PC Engine games. Until a few
weeks ago it was distributing pirated
copies of rtger Heil. According to boss
Robert Zengalli, the reason for this
pursuit was that official copies hod "r un
Out." Wi th software for the PC Engine and
consoles in general being relatively
difficult to obtain, pirates could make a
killing selling games at whatever price
they thought they could get away with.
Ni ntendo says it will prosecute
anyone who copies its cartridges. But
tracking down the culprits will be a
mammoth task - particularly when
they're usually small operators wor ki ng
from a bock r oom in Hong Kong.
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NATIONALSEGA SEGA GET SMART

There are plans afoot to
scrap the Sego smart
cards, which have been

COMPETITION
around for years, and
replace them with
cartridges. The cartridges
have been outselling smart
cards for a while now as
Mastertronic's Lesley
IF I S O M Walker explained, "The
smart card is easily
broken, particularly by
youngsters. Younger kids

k_ have even been known to

take bites out of the card -
not healthy for the child or
the gamer' All other
forthcoming games will
appear on cartridge only

o will be pr ovi ded for pl ay. The games

l i kel y t o be used i n the competi ti ons
priced around 14.95.

ATARI INTO PALMISTRY

have yet to be deci ded, but

Master tr oni c is tr yi ng to fi nd a ga m e
whi ch wi l l a ppe a l t o the enti r e a ge
r ange fr om 8 - 1 6 , t ha t can be pl ayed
wi thi n 1 5 mi nutes. Lesl ey Wal ker ,
Master tr oni cs PS m a na ge r tol d
Cansoto AcHon, I n the e nd we'l l

,
In sni d-October Vi r gi n Moster tr oni c
will star t the Nati onal Sega
competi ti on i n conj uncti on wi th Youth
Club UK. The i de a is t o gi ve the Sego
console a hi gh pr ofi l e i n the l ead up
to Chr i stmas. The competi ti on wi l l be
pr obabl y go for a shoot 'e m up since
they appeal to ever yone. We mi ght
also deci de to spl i t the competi ti on
i nto t w o a ge gr oups to m a k e thi ngs
fai r . " Atari's Sam Tramiel: "We have
Wi nner s of the r egi onal final s wi l l
revolutionised palm-top
go for war d t o the semi -final s a nd
then the final s, due to ha hel d ear l y technology."

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open t o al l .
Regi onal competi ti ons wi l l be ne x t year . The competi ti on wi l l be
or gani sed t hr oughout the countr y et suppor ted by a nati onal tel evi si on NINTENDO GO QUIET
var i ous clubs wher e a Saga consol e adver ti si ng campai gn.
Nintendo is keeping very
quiet about its forthcoming
release schedule, refusing to

NINTENDOT1HREATENS go into detail on any of its

proposed releases.
Nevertheless, Console Action
can reveal that by Christmas

COIN-OP four new titles will make their

way onto the market. These
will be tkori Warriors,

MARKET 7
Gunsmoke, Ghosts And
Goblins and Trojan. All should
be released by Christmas.
lkori Warriors is a conversion
of the coin-op smash in which
two players waste hordes of
It h es rofet ware
are fears a mo
hous es n g ma
that t hej obig
r c oin-op attacking enemy troops.
titles c ould dis appear f rom t he Ghosts And Goblins, another
shelves alt oget her if Nint endo gets its Elite hit, is an arcade
way. The J apanes e c ons ole giant is adventure in whkh the player
believ ed t o be look ing at way s of runs around avoiding and
s ec uring exclusive right s t o all popular killing ghouls.
arcade games .
If this happens t hen it's believ ed
Nint endo wo u l d res erv e all t he best
licences f or its o wn c ons ole s y s t em and
thus tie up t he mark et totally. Nint endo
wo u l d almos t c ert ainly insist t hat no
YOUMUSTBEYOKING
ot her v ers ions c ould appear on ot her In o bi d to compete with the forthcoming Konix Multi-System, Virgin Mastertronic
is bringing out a yoke which will plug into the Sega console and provide a driving
c ons oles or h o me c omput ers . This mov e
peripheral armed with fire buttons. The price of the yoke is yet to be decided, but
wo u l d force garners to buy the Nint endo ar ound E40 seems likely.
system if t hey want ed t o enjoy any of the It's already possible to purchase yokes for the Sega console from alternative
major arc ade games - Nint endo has to be sources, but at present there are no Sego-br anded devkes available. If the
careful, howev er, not to ov ers t ep Multi-System cannot be produced in mass quantities before Christmas then
European f air t rading laws ; nat urally Sega is likely to gr ab a major lead in the console market. The Sega yoke
Nint endo is k eeping a l o w profi le at the also has the advantage that Ws compatible with the 16-bi t Megadrive.
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gameplaying:
CHAN AND CHAN
PC Eagle.
Halfway through the last
level of worid 1, a bridge
appears just as a gr oup of
birds fly overhead. Wal k
over the bridge, turn and
kick as many bricks as
possible. Fall down the
hole and you'll bounce
bock to the top of the
trreen to reappear in a
secret warp zone, wher e
levels 2, 3 or 4 con be
entered at will,
1-TYPE
PCEngine
Enter JA-65119-M8 as the
mission code to gain
maximum equipment and
loads of lives.
WHO M
Sege
When the title screen
appears, push di agonal l y
while pressing button two
and select level to start on.
SUPER MARI O BROS-
Ni ntendo
if you lose all your
Mario's, press the start
button while holding
down the A button. You'll
now be able to start on
level one of the last world
you reached. However,
you only get another three
Manes.
GUNHED
Hudson S o f t / E 3 4 . 9 9 / P C E ngi ne
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yisn't just s ome t wo-bit
Tc onv ers ion of an arc ade
hgame, it 's an original and it's
emore addic t iv e t han any c oin-
uop. You c ont rol a s hip whic h
lcan be direc t ed around t he
tscreen as y ou progres s
if orwards t hrough one lev el
m after anot her of v iolent
aarcade action. One of t he best
tfeatures of the game is t he
ebolt -on weaponry whic h is
ipicked u p by mo v i n g y our
craft ov er special ic ons that
n
v
appear eit her at opport une
moment s or after blas t ing
e
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r
extra weapons necessary.
t
They don' t just mak e lif e a
ilittle easier, t hey 're d a mn e d
-near essential if y ou're going
to get any where.
The wh o l e t hing mov es so
fast t hat y ou're just not going
to s urv iv e unles s y ou hav e
the neural res pons es of an
C L A S S I C
ent ire SAS learn and t he
Laser pow e r Is the onl y
'cos t here's abs olut ely no
way you'l l sur vi ve i n thi s
t ime to think.
game,.
Coin-op qualit y graphic s
and impres s iv e s ound eight while ot hers meet up
ac c ompany t he amaz ingly and f orm a mas s iv e c reat ion
play able game. Ex t ra whic h has t o be blasted.
weapons prov ide s ome of All in ell, it's the t y pe of
the great es t v is ual t reat s y ou s hoot ' em u p whic h demon-
are ev er lik ely to see. Las er strates t he amaz ing p o we r of
power snakes around t he the PC Engine, and it's
screen, d a ma g i n g s hields , c ert ainly prov ed t hat ev en A-
erupt ing in s onic wav es and Ty pe jus t scratched at the
fi repower leaps around t he surface. A mus t f or any
play ing area like t here's no shoot 'em up freak,
t omorrow. At the end of each
level y ou meet mas s iv e
aliens like giant s piders and
THE VERDICT
brains. Wit hout wi n d i n g y our
way around mons t ers like
this and fi ring c ons t ant ly ,
A
y ou' ll nev er progres s ont o
t he nex t level.
Sprites v ary dras t ic ally in ix
des ign and size, s ome mov e
fast whils t ot hers are just
obstacles. S o me s plit int o
t wo and t hen f our and t hen
A defi nite mist for
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down, left, right, left,
right, down, up, down, Af t er wading t hrough a i I
orpte 1 5 - r0 2 .

up. The game restarts with 1111 Maria is mauled by Y our m a t e M a r i a . 9

another three lives. This
on be done continuously.
THUNDERBLADE
Sego
When approaching the
end-of-level fortress, move
up to either top corner and
in there, The fortress will
blow up without you
having to touch it.
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dozen
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hit t hem hard and fast bef ore
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t hey kick, punc h, stab, slash,
k are not enough t o guarant ee
t hrot t le, or s hoot y ou. Wit h
k
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-
weapons t hings are defi nit ely
not look ing up f or you. As
y ou progres s t hrough t he
levels, y ou c an pick up
nunc hak us whic h are v ery
plet hora of unpleasants, y ou
get t o the end-of -lev el boss.
Dis pos e of him and y ou' re
t hrough t o t he nex t round,
only to be t old t hat Maria has
been whis k ed of f els ewhere.
In all t here are s hady
areas of the city to visit: main
street, junk y ard. Brook ly n
s t ruc t ion site. Nat urally , as
y ou progres s , t he nef arious
rogues get more prolifi c and
muc h nas t ier.
Three lives and an energy
bar t hat deplet es faster t han
hot air balloons in Adelaide
y ou a safe journey t hrough
the s c um-inf es t ed streets.
So, t hank y ou Sega, f or
inc luding a c ont inue-f rom-
las t -pos it ion opt ion. It means
y ou'll get t o see all of
Vigilant e - ev ent ually .
S he 's
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1 . 1
2 4 1 s tr e e ts .
n
adds a great sense of
purpos e t o the game.
Backdrops t hroughout are
det ailed wit hout being
ov erbearing and each of the
characters has a pers onalit y
of its own. The only real
grumble is the animat ion;
many of y our opponent s
look as t hough t hey 're
skating.
Get out t here and giv e t he
rogues a rough t ime. You' ll
not regret it.
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bridges, blast aliens, sail on a
agentle
v or t wi th motorbikes,
ocean sea. Snugglavoi
reality because the ultimate games
e upd to

machi ne has arrived. The Koni x Mul ti -

CLOSETO r
REALITY'
System is not just a new console, but
the begi nni ng of a new era. It pr ovi des
an interactive envi r onment like none
other available presently in the home
computer market; the moment you set
eyes on the Mul ti -System you'l l
unders t and why .

The Ul ti m ate Environment

There isn't a joystick or hand controller,
but a steering wheel, or handlebars, or
yoke - you moul d the machi ne to suit
your gamepl ayi ng needs.
The system is shaped like a gi ant W
with one bar of the W suppor ti ng the MONI TOR
moni tor and the JOYSTICK PORTS
other housi ng the I w o joystick ports ore provided on the A standar d television r e t t i d g shelf
The Konix their. I n between
arm of the console. These can be used and then a support strap is tied
ar ound it so that it will not fall off
for pl ayi ng traditional platform games
Multi-System both is a spi ndl e or arcade adventures. during play.
upon whi ch the
is on the control pillar LIGHT PHASES DISK DRI VE
verge of being resides.Ifs thir--- Konix has designed a right gun which A 3.5-inch disk dr o v i d e s access
which i ncor por ates to 880K of data. Most exciting is the
released. the consol e, the
plugs into the joystick port.
fact that data can be l oaded into the
console while a gams is running.
M a r y D or an drove uni t and the
controller.
looks a t the Wit h t he
technology system up and
running, the
and the games power chair can
about to be be made to
released fo r it. move under
software
control. So, the
chair can mirror what's happeni ng
on-screen. You can be shaken fr om
side to side or tilted violently up and
down in accordance with the game.
It's this whi ch makes the Mul ti -
System the ultimate in gami ng
environments_ I magi ne it - in OutRun
a car comes careering towar ds you; '
4by1 pulling har d on the steering wheel
the
1 1 1whol
1 e uni t tilts on its side. But you
go too far and you'r e off the road - the
chair swi ngs sharply - and crash. As
you hit the dirt the chair judders up and
down. Thi s is what games shoul d he all
about - realism. And the Mul ti -System
prov ides t han env ironment .

Wh at's I t Got?
The circuitry necessarily hos to be small
because of the consol e's compact size.
Consequentl y the insides of the consol e
incorporate few components. VLSI l ver y
large scale i ntegr ati on) had to be
empl oyed to get all the i mpor tant bits
and pieces i nto just one chip. 3D
dr awi ng r outi nes are one of the
mac hine's s t rong point s and already
this side is being ex ploit ed wit h
Argonaut Sof t ware produc ing Rev enge
Of Staff;fiber.
The mai n chi p is a massive 160-pin

job capable of pr oduci ng three different
resolutions. Low resolution boasts 256
by 200 pixels with 256 colours on
screen. The last two resolutions onl y
offer 16 colours, however the
resolutions are 512 by 200 and 256 by
200_ Al together the pr ogr ammer has
access to a possible palette of 4096
JUDDERER
Under neath the chair is o judderer
which can move the chair to correspond
with what is happeni ng on screen.
IL
FOOT PEDALS
A special unit con be purchased which
comprises two pedals. The unit could
be treated as a br ake or accelerator
dependi ng on the programmer's ideas.
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 KONIXCONSOLE KONIXRUSHERS?
So m u c h f o r t h e R e n t z - W h a t
a b o u t a l l t h e o t h e r c ons ol e s o u t
t he r e ?

The contr ol uni t
OS n be twi sted
end tur ned to
gi ve thr ee
types of contr ol
esetheils -
steer i ng wheel ,
y ok e a nd
handl ebar s.
M e r e ar e fi r e
buttons l ocated
her e so they
r epl ace the ol d
style l oysti ck
compl etel y.
SEGA M A S T E R S Y S TE M
Fr om 8 0 , V i r gi ni Ma s t e r t r oni c
Av ailable in v arious c onfi gurat ions , t he
Mas t er Sy s t em has t he great adv ant age
that its manuf ac t urer is t he leading c oin-
op produc er.
Sof t ware c omes in c art ridge or s mart
card f ormat . The res olut ion of f ered is 256
by 192 pixels', c hoic e of 64 c olours f rom
the palet t e and t hree c hannel mo n o
s ound. The proc es s or is the ageing, but
M E R V Aegeots0 ikalsware trusty, Z80,
Bikers v Ai l NEC P C E NG I NE
console
. and is
Fr om 2 0 0 , Mi t r om e di a
racing
be game.
the potential K Serious ly wic k ed c us t om graphic s and
being extrem t ond
conit s ound hardware mean t hat the Engine
It shows the M - S y s ti e m can produc e s t unning audio visuals. For
full by maki ng extensive a f ew hundred pounds the NEC CD ROM
power chair to simulate play er can be at t ac hed t o t he console.
turning corners and crash Because of this, s of t ware c omes on
been written by Ar gonaut c ompac t disk or c art ridge.
and features 256 colours
The hardware of f ers a c hoic e of 512
at once and quality sound
c olours f rom t he palet t e, 320 by 256
pixels and six c hannels of mo n o s ound.
Two v ers ions of the NEC c ons ole exist:
one f or c onnec t ion t o a TV and anot her
for at t ac hment t o Is s c art -equipped
monit or.
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t tunately, t he fi rst t wo res olut ions Wit h a huge n u mb e r of mac hines s old in
the States and J apan, t his baby has the
o ,p to 50K of me mo r y whic h is
largest mount ain of s of t ware av ailable -
l nhealthy when y ou c ons ider t hat
and t here's mo r e c oming all t he t ime
tnere's
o only 256K of me mo r y on board. MUTANT CAMELS ' 9 9 1 Ll ononseft
The On t he hardware f ront , t he Nint endo
u third mode is the mos t ec onomic town i n '
since the entire screen can be boasts a 52 c olour palette, a screen
r use
Im P of his res olut ion of 256 by 240 pix els and t hree
addressed
s wit h jus t 25K. The dedic at ed
excited by c hannels of mo n o s ound.
hardware
, means objec t manipulat ions
S a n d has gone
are
b VOnt rapid. _ 2 5 6 colour mode. ATARI 2 6 0 0 V CS
u F s a n d an Fr om 5 0 , At a r i
%nog* M edi a enormous number of weapon A real oldie and t he only one remaining
tJnlike other consoles, t he Muit iSy s t em
systems make this shoot 'em up on f rom t he fi rst wav e of c ons oles wh i c h
tdoesn't store s of t ware on me mo r y
addictive challenge. The game uses appeared earlier this decade. It has a
h
cards. Instead a 3. 5-inc h double-s ided the power chair to simulate the v ery primit iv e look wh e n c ompared t o
e
disk drive accepts disk s of t ware. A total effects of movement. The gr aphks
shown here are to be redesigned by the lat es t t ec hnology . Nev ert heles s , it 's
n 880K of data can be s t ored on each
a graphic artist - the r ange of colours c heap and has a large s of t ware base. The
e
tisk The design of the Konix mak es it
will not change. only p r o b l e m is loc at ing any remaining
wAsible to load dat a int o t he c ons ole s of t ware stocks...
s I a game is running. Ac c ording t o A t ot al palet t e of 16 c olours exist
i To Det ail, wh o helped des ign along wit h a res olut ion of 160 by 192
s disk format, it will be impos s ible f or
tie pixels and a t hree-c hannel mo n o s ound
n
pirates to copy the s of t ware. generat or. Not t he hot t es t hardware
o The first f ew s of t ware releases won' t around, but f or the mo n e y t here's no
t!3ke great advantage of the Mult i- beat ing it.
System - and will doubt les s require
a
traditional joystick c ont rol. Konix is SEGA M E G A D R I V E
l
encouraging
l a n u mb e r of p r o g r a mmi n g TBA, V i r gi n Master tr oni c
-g Launc hed earlier t his y ear in J apan, t he
o
support the Mult i-Sy s t em t o t he full, but Megadriv e is c urrent ly t ops as f ar as
o
until
a developers get the c omplet e kit it 'll av ailable c ons ole ent ert ainment is
o
be sd impossible. STARRAY/ l oga t t e n c onc erned. Wh e n we say av ailable, it 's
e One project whic h Konix is here only if you don' t mi n d a t rip to Hong
. An i m . i on of l ogotr on's
oarticularly
s eager to dev elop is a s ailing Starray ki 256-colour low Kong. Don' t des pair t hough, t he mac hine
pr o
simulation
t that'll us e t he c hair to mak e resolution b. Because of the will be on sale in t he UK by Easter of
o player feel t he effects of sea t rav el Koni x sy har dwar e strolling, next y ear.
and certain weat her c ondit ions . It's It will be a l t o move at startling The Megadriv e is a 16-bit box of tricks
d
when games can be des igned wit h t he speeds, but Logotron is also wit h a Mot orola 68000 proc es s or running
e concentrating on creating some
power chair as an int egral part of the at 8MHz . Z80 c o-proc es s or running at
v astonishing sound effects. Seven 4MHz. 64 c olours on screen f rom a
concept that s imulat ions can take on a
e levels of shoot 'em up action ore
whole new meaning. Wh o k nows what palette of 512, and FM s t ereo out put .
l available - and use is mode of the
we might be s eeing on t he Konix in six There's a dongle av ailable whic h lets y ou
o power chair.
-onths t ime run ex is t ing Mas t er Sy s t em games .
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r Why ? Because pi pe a nd r ocki ng
per chance?
aLanuompl W s kor o's wher e chair typo (Eh?
p lust ono you do al l your Ed), I go for Ws
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i atter and Nee 'cobble.
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Well 'oil' be jiggered.
d Er... me, actually. S o l ong as Now i ts time to start wheelin' and
We always thought oil
o W it doe s n't involve any har d dealin'. Pick one of the daunti ng a
of opti ons available and dive in. Eats
drilling was done Dallas h
work
o
that
or selling various bodi l y or gans
is. And now I've found the perfect opti on is chosen fr om a number of
style complete with evil w
way to become one wi thout risk to life icons whi ch either bring up a furtive
oil barons, champagne or
a limb -by playing Oil Imperium. of choices, a report or, erm, somata
else. The first thi ng to do is buy an
n The basic aim of Oil Imperium, the
lunches and, of course, latest
t game from Rai nbow Arts is to oilfield (seems logical), and some oil
accompanying bimbos. make
s
case)
piles (or barrels, in this particular
of mool ah by becomi ng a JR
rigs to stick on it. Next invest in so
advice on the pr obabl e oil yield.
t
But Sean Kelly found Ewing
o clone and exploiting the worlds' Once you've bought your land,
different when he natural
b oil resources. You pl ay against drilling rights and oil rigs, it's times:
three other opposi ng oil bar ons (either start drilling. Thi s'l l l ead you into
loaded up Oil Imperium. e
computer
a or player oper ated) and can first arcade sequence of the game. If
choose to win in one of four ways: by you've got the JR touch, then a col
m
becomi ng the richest oil bar on after of oil will rise up the shaft, and fo
i
three years; by maki ng over $80 million fr om the top. On the other hand if
l you'r e mor e like Cliff Barnes then
dollars i n liquid assets; by bankr upti ng
l pr obabl y be presented wi th a mes
all three other players or by taking over
i along the lines of 'Drilling a fiasco
80 percent of the market share. Ha v i ng
omade your target choice, you begi n wi th $80,000.' J us t the sort of
n
five million dollars igimme), seated at encour agement that a buddi ng oil
aIhe offi ce desk. like yourself needs really.
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68 ZERO r
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I t's dr i er Goan a
thr ee. 11 di ngo's dongl e. DRI LL Blinury, thi s is r eal l y
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1 the ai l . Le a t h to ar cade sub-goon. .

This isn't t he only arc ade section t o
nd
the game, t wo ot hers c rop up lat er on
array
too. The fi rst inv olv es put t ing Out fi res
Each
on oil wells by c has ing round like the
of
proverbial blue bot t omed fl y, and
rt her set
placing the right amount of dy namit e on
let hing each well. As f or t he s ec ond arc ade
an
sequence, t hat 'll aris e wh e n hav ing s old
le oil
some of your oil, y our work ers cock it
so m e
up and y ou're required t o help t hem put
things right. Yup, lif e's t ough at the top.
J,
ne to
WHAT A SORE
to t he
Throughout t he game, seasons will
le. I f
come and go, y our pet dog will die,
c olumn
Aunty Mabel will need a n e w c olos t omy
f ount ain
bag and y ou'll at t empt to ex pand y our
if
empire in any n u mb e r of ways. Should
in y ou' ll
you, for ex ample, tie half of y our out put
essage in a supply contract? G e t t he oil out on
co. Cos t
time and y ou will get an ex c ellent pric e
for it. Fail, and as well as look ing a bit
oil baron
of a pillock d o wn t he ' Wheelt appers
And Oil Refi nery Owners Soc ial Club',
y ou c ould get fi nes of ov er $1,000,000. indic at ion of wh o owns what , and what
Alt ernat iv ely , y ou c ould empl oy s pies oil wells are up f or sale, A l l v it al inf o
and s abot eurs . They ' re pret t y pricey. to the budding baron.
But if y our rivals' oil wells are Rave you got the speed, skill and
des t roy ed, t hen y ou can steal t he marc h determination to out-JR JR? Would
and pick up t heir contracts and trade. If you rather be burning down the
y our s abot eur is dis c ov ered t hough, oppos it ion' s oil rigs or beat ing t hem by
then y our oilfi elds will be confi scated, s upply ing t he best grade of oil and at
giv en t o t he oppos ing c ompanies , and t he fastest speed? No w' s y our chance
y ou won' t get 10 perc ent dis c ount at to prov e that wh e n it c omes t o oil,
Shell Garages any more. y ou' re as slick as the rest. Oil' Slic k !
Geddit? (You're fired. Ed)
You wo n ' t be alone in y our c onniv ing
howev er, f or t hroughout t he mont h
y our ot her t hree riv als will be hiring
spies, buy ing land, s igning s upply
contracts and s elling oil t oo.
TITLE
Fort unat ely , ev ery mo n t h a report will
tell y ou eac h of the ot her c ompanies '
PUBLISHER
dealings h o w muc h t hey 'v e inv es t ed
and h o w many oilfi elds or wells t hey 'v e
PRICE
bought . Chec k i ng t he news papers each
mont h will prov ide more news of the FORMAT
dirt y tricks y our c ompet it ors are up to,
RELEASED
and e x a mi n i n g t he maps wi l l giv e an

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review OIL IMPERIUM
111111 Jonathan: I was
under standabl y
unimpressed by
the pr ospect of
struggling
thr ough an oil
drilling si mul a-
tion. Mor e accu-
rately. I refused
poi nt blank. "It's really good, honest!"
they told me, so after checking that their
fingers wer en't crossed I deci ded to give
it a go, But I coul dn't. No way, Jose. So I
went for a walk r ound the block, had
some lunch and then came back to it.
Blimey! Monstr ousl y good music,
graphics nothi ng shor t of awesome,
heart-stopping action a n d not an oil
rig in sight. Then it dawned on me.
Ooops, I'd l oaded X e non II by mistake!
Fl oggi ng oil, as it turns out, is a pr etty
vicious tor shoul d that be viscose?)
Sean: This is an
excellently pr o-
gr ammed,
thoughtful l y
presented and
addictive game,
with qual i ty
oozing fr om
every leak, O i l
I mper i um is not
exactly goi ng to
get your trigger
finger pumpi ng
like an Exxon dead bird remover, but it
will pr ovi de a good few weeks of enter-
tainment. I n the short term, it takes
quite a whi l e to get the hang of what's
goi ng on in the devel opi ng stages. Once
you've found your way r ound the
various i cons though, and have begun
70 ZERO
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business. My attempts tended to go up
in flames after a coupl e of months, at
least for the first 82 goes anyway_ But I
loved ever y mi nute of it, or most of -
them anyway. The ones spent swoppi ng
disks were pr obabl y the worst, the rest
were, on the whole, okay,
Oil I mper i um has been heavily
dressed up in flashy graphics and l oads
of unnecessary, but desirable features.
From the r ange of offices available, I
pl umped for the one wi th the airliner is the simulated ST on which you can
flyi ng past outsi de and a plastic USS carry out your transactions. I'm not
Enterprise on the wi ndow shelf. Fr om quite sure what the head of a multi.
the comfor t of my swivel chair I then set national oil business woul d be doing
about disposing of the five million in entrusting his entire worldly wealth to
cash I found myself with. I bought a an ST, wonder ful though they are, but I
pleasant little pl ot in South Wales, liked it anyway. The next best bits are
which I was assured was rich in 'bl ack the little arcade games. These usually
gol d' as we in the biz call it, and drilled spell disaster for a strategy game, but in
a hol e in the middle. Next thi ng I knew, this case they work quite well. Apart
thr whol e thi ng was in flames and I was from that wr etched fire fighti ng one of
frantically tr yi ng course! Actually. I wasn't too keen on
to wor k out how the pipe-laying one either o n e slip and
HASSLE the fire fighti ng you've had it. The drilling bit seemed
FACTOR: 3 bit wor ked for fine, though, mai nl y because I didn't
A f air amount didn't, and still muck it up once,
of disk- doesn't as far as Stripping away all the flashy graphics
swopping, an d I can see). and gimmicks, and exami ni ng the
f ar too many Definitely the strategy at the heart of Oil Imperium,
random most unneces- reveals a game a l ot simpler that it first
disasters, i f sary and hence seems_ All you really have to do to
most desirable make any progress is invest as much at
you ask me.
bit of the game possible in as many productivelooking
to suss out lust most games of this nature the arcade
HASSLE exactly what's sections are about as wel come as a fart
goi ng on, the in a spacesuit, here they serve to
FACTOR: provide a wel come break from all the
game really
Even with one brain scr ambl i ng i nvol ved in the game
starts to pick
smog, there's a up. proper. They'r e well pr ogr ammed and
f air antisount of Control funny, and failure in these sequences
disk-joggling. wise, Oil Impe- won't effect your progress in the main
rium is de- game to any gr eat extent.
signed so that you use your mouse The graphics are also incredibly
much mor e than your joystick, and attractive thr oughout. Whe t he r you are
barrels of thought went i nto pr oduci ng putti ng out oil rig fires in Alaska, drilling
a very user-friendly game. T h e ease in the Mi ddl e East, or simply collecting
with whi ch you can carry out fairly the end of month report on what the
compl ex actions with a mi ni mum of other oil bar ons have been up to, you
mouse clicking is
certainly one of the
pulling poi nts of this
game. The simplicity of
the controls, however ,
belies the fact that Oil
I mper i um is still a l ot
more sophisticated
than the coupl e in the
Gold Bl end advert.
Ther e's tons to do and
billions of decisions to
make, all of whi ch
effects the devel op-
ment of the game.
Suprisingly, the
arcade sequences fit in
very well. Whe r e a s in
 THEAlICADE SCREENS..

oil fields as you can. And if y ou t hink it 'll

help - send Out s abot eurs to wrec k
everyone else's. Th e rest is really d o wn sean n er
to how many millions of pounds wort h
of gear gets b l o wn t o s mit hereens each
month. Quite a lot, us ually , wh e n y ou' re
playing wit h s ev eral players, howev er,
everyone's t oo out of breat h f rom rus h-
ing in and Out of the r o o m t o av oid
seeing what t heir c ompet it ors are
getting up to.
Oil I mperium mak es a ref res hing .--11111P
change f rom s hoot ing t hings . Alt hough
the little ' game pres ent on t he pret end
office computer c ould be c alled ov erk ill,
t
it manages to t urn s elling oil int o a f un
to
it I
pastime. Unbeliev able, but t rue
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THE DRI LL: I n the dr i l l i ng ar cade sub. geme y ou must p o s o n the dr i l l

THE VERDICrik correctly a nd a t t e m pt to r each oi l . L o f t . bi l l t i ght a l i l t! Fi r e! cops!

st in

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and
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20 AO 60 SQ 100 7
rst

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Onli1119for 011may sound
bsrirteedolisli and probably
11,Ime this provides bouts of
tanAnd I didn't mention Red
M i f f 011C10 ( O O P & )
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can be sure that t he graphic al repres en-
tation will be not hing less t han excel-
m
ient. The tunes, lik ewis e, are perf ec t ly

1
suited to the mo o d t hroughout .
My one worry is t hat t here is not
enough there t o keep y ou play ing f or
i
THE PIPELINE; i ha t e M k secti on her e yeat've g a t . r ace nipsisist Hes
computer t o l ay dow n pi pel i ne. I di d sicasetiting l i ke thi s he ow! Tellot
more than a mo n t h or so, and t hat even pl umbi ng once. My Mum w a s n't too pl eased.
with the variety of opt ions , it c ould
become a lit t le repet it iv e ov er t ime.
This aside. Oil I mperium is a highly
t
re
ng
playable and prof es s ionally pres ent ed
game that serves as a les s on t o ot her
software hous es on h o w a g o o d game
t
should be pres ent ed. N o w if only all
Amiga games were lik e this....
n
THE VERDI( T
i
A
SOUN 19
i
20 40 SO 0 0 100 i
Amsensual bui addictive
arcade strategy game Now
there's a new game caiegety
.
84 HI E FIRES: Picot W e ! he Has ar cade secti en y ou' v e got to put out the fir es
befor e they destr oy your oi l fi el ds. He t qei te as easy as i t sownds especi al l y
when y ou'r e compl etel y cr ap.
ZERO 7 1

Level Tw o is set i n the Si ber i an wastes a nd Is
full of nasty mutts l i ke thi s one. G e t down,
Shop!
Ti kes! I t's the bi g nasty fr om the e nd of
Level One. Runow a a a a y i
Level Thr ee is mor e pl atfor m a nd l adder y t ha n
many of them, a nd featur es Str i der bounci ng
Tar z an-l i ke thr ough a n Amaz on r ai n for est.
1 jumps , c rawls and defi es t he laws of
Level Fi ve (hur r ah!) Str i der must m a k e his w a y
thr ough on enemy war shi p, ki l l i ng mor e gi a nt
gorillas, a gl oat fl oati ng satel l i te, Russi an
guar ds a nd fl oati ng andr oi ds. Eat l aser swel l i ng!
72 ZERO
STI1
Level Two again, this these it's the giant Rohe- gorilla kill him with lite sup
y ou' v e got t o s omers ault ov er a well
Capc om' s classic c oin-op St rider nasty crevice and nav igat e y our way up
U has t hos e nasty Ruskies as t he one s ide of a peak and d o wn the other.
baddies
S again, wit h St rider, as a k ind of wit hout get t ing z apped by a series of
futuristic Rambo, wa g i n g a one-man static c annons .
G
battle
o agains t t he ev il Commies .
It's es s ent ially a horiz ont ally MONKEY BUSINESS
l
sd c rolling s hoot 'ern up on fi v e lev els and Prehis t oric -look ing s abre-t oot hed tigers
y' our task is t o infi lt rat e t he Red A r my attack y ou on y our way to t he snows
capped peaks of Siberia in level two,
sand t hen ret urn its secrets back t o y our
where y ou' re also c onf ront ed by an
cs uperiors t hus s av ing t he wes t ern awes ome met al monk ey android. If
wo r l d no less. To do so, y ou hav e t o
o s urv iv e that icy test it 's off to t he
nslash y o u r way t hrough all ma n n e r of lowlands where y ou meet t he rock
foes inc luding a giant robot ape, a pack
v warriors s linging pois oned spears and
of v ic ious s abre-t oot hed t igers . Rus s ian
e c huc k ing deadly -pois oned boomerangs,
guards and s ome let hal b o o me r a n g
r The f ourt h lev el s wops rocks for
t hrowing rock men.
s met al and is set on what look s like the
i RUSSIAN AROUND back of a bat t les hip wit h v ert ic ally
oYour enemies c hange wit h each lev el as p u mp i n g gun turrets, s pewing out
ndoes t he bat t leground whic h is made up a mmo lik e t here's no t omorrow. Fi
oof v arious plat f orms . St rider' s mis s ion it's of f t o a stark indus t rial c omplex
f c ould be a bit one-s ided were it not f or that's a dead ringer f or t he Ax is
his s uperhuman agilit y . He runs, walk s , Chemic al plant in Bat man.
grav it y by s omers ault ing lik e s ome sort
of Oly mpic t rampolining c hamp.
The game kicks of f in Red Square U fl E
where y ou' re dropped of f by a f ut uris t ic
hang glider. Soon af t er y ou land, y ou p u e u sI l US Gold
can activate a def enc e drold by pres s ing
y our fi re but t on. The R2-02-look ing PR' C1 9 .9 9 / 24.99
droid will t hen c irc le around y ou, fi ring
FORMAT ST/Amigo/PC
off k iller boomerangs to help clear y our
path. On t his lev el y ou' re attacked by Out now
RELEASIED
Russian guards once t hey 're k illed
 rs 2048 AD. Mrs Thatcher's still ruling the roost,
IheQueen Mum's just celebrated her 147th
day (even if she can't blow out the candies!)
Ind the crew of the Starship Enterprise are still
'oldly going in Star Trek XXV. In Strider, US Gold
reckon old Gorby's legacy of perestroika and
glasnost will be but a fart in the wind of history.
Sean: B i t athletic, t his St rider c happie. Th e r e c an't
be that many geezers, who, rat her t han wh i p out a HASSLE FACTOR: 0
Ma g n u m and blas t s omeone in t he goalies , wo u l d Usual lo ad i
prefer t o leap int o t he air, do a double back between levels, b at
s omers ault and back fl ip bef ore landing and nothing
s lapping t he assailant round t he c ranium wit h a half unendurable.
brick. S t i l l , s u p p o s e it's pret t y brassy in Russia, so
all t his leaping about malark y keeps y ou wa r m.
The ma j o r drawing point of St rider in t he arcades was the at hlet ic is m of
the ma i n character. T h e US Gold c onv ers ion has obv ious ly gone f or
s maller s prit es t han t he c oin-op. but t he range of mov ement of St rider and
the eight way s c rolling has been pres erv ed, and t he game mov es v ery fast and f airly s moot hly .
On t he graphic s front, St rider is mo r e c olourf ul t han t he lay after an all-night party, and t he major
meanies are all beaut if ully animat ed. The enemies enc ount ered are v arious , and a n u mb e r of ploy s
mus t be us ed t o progres s t hrough t he game_ Th i s mak es a c hange f rom just lobbing t he axe about
s lic ing and dic ing, and adds t o Streder's appeal. S o u n d in t he game
is f airly crap, mos t ly limit ed t o an annoy ing grunt each t ime St rider
attacks any one, wit h t he odd t une and s ample els ewhere.
THE VERDICT
One t iny hassle was t hat if I happened t o mov e t he joystick in
the wr o n g direc t ion, St rider wo u l d leap int o t he air or j u mp in t he G
wr o n g direc t ion, p e r f o r mi n g a double 'pos ey s od' hy perfl ip 5 SOUND
manoeuv re whic h las t ed s ev eral s ec onds and us ually oc c ured
whils t I was in t he t hroes of bat t ling it out wit h a ma j o r assailant. A
I was t hen sent back quit e a way d o wn a lev el, whic h of t en meant
def eat ing ma j o r meanies t wic e or t hree t imes in a g a me not t o 11 41 4 0 IN I N

81
put t oo fi ne a point on it, a real pain in the arse. Ensailtrat sato cc E011.111.1
All mi n o r gripes t hough. as this is an ex c ellent c omput er game and an m i tt
-
and one whic h will k eep the mos t ardent arc ades t er glued t o t heir 100.6 11 O V I O 119411
Ione
c omput er t hrough t he A u t u mn ev enings . Bet t er t han a s lap in t he c o m n
a l s ,
face wit h a us ed c odpiec e s h o u l d hope s o' Ed),

I v or Sow

Mo l t : Wahey l St rider was the c oin-
op s ens at ion t hat rocked t he nat ion
e up
a mere c ouple of mont hs ago, and
ler,
already it's Out on 16-bit ! Hones t ly ,
if
the lead t imes on these t hings is
get t ing jus t ridic ulous ly short. But
wh o can c omplain t hough, wh e n
St rider is such a nif t y lit t le game?
)ers
The lit t le hero sprite, St rider, is
the jumpies t s omers ault ies t and
generally bounc ies t in his t ory
y ou but he's easily c ont rollable t ool Do u b l e ber-limey ! Hardly f air
sending him in t o take on t he Red A r my on his lones ome, is it?
Not so, c hummo! A r me d wit h a Luk e Sk y walk er laser s word
/ le n
nd and the bounc inges t Air Ware soles in Doc Mart en his t ory ,
he's one of those chaps who' s nev er c ont ent t o s t and still
ings.
when a quadruple-rev ers e-s pin-bac k fl ip-wit h double-ax le-and-
quarter-pike will do.
he
What we hav e here is a well but not s pec t ac ularly
executed plat f orm beat ' em up wit h a s uit ably wi d e range of
backdrops, problems and baddies . What ' s s light ly
ially,
disappointing is the limit ed way in whic h s ome of these are
animated, and t he general t endenc y f or each bit t o be v ery
hard f or a wh i l e t hen a t ot al c inc h
once y ou'v e work ed out h o w to do
it. I c ould be wr o n g t hough, 'cos
St rider does hav e one rat her neat
and nif t y lit t le ace up its sleeve
St ridey hims elf . If ev er a s prit e was
wort h wat c hing, it 's him. (But don' t
try and imit at e h i m at h o me kids!
You k n o w what happened t o t he
guy wh o t hought he was really
that s uperhero Spiderman! )
It look s to me like US Gold has
s implifi ed t he ma p of t he game a
bit f r o m t he c oinop, whic h lets it get away wit h a mo r e
limit ed range of s prit e animat ions (f or instance, ins t ead of
hav ing seven or so gradient s of hill f or our boy to c limb t here
are only about f our) b u t even s o t he range of mov ement s
St ridey can mak e are not hing s hort of remark able_ The ST
v ers ion s hares wit h t he Amiga t he fact t hat y ou can
s omet imes access an unwant ed (and t heref ore oc c as ionally
fatal) mov e by a s light s lip of the joystick, but it's not quit e as
tragic because ev ery t hing mov es a bit faster here_ In ot her
words yes, y ou do get t he oc c as ional bac k fl ip y ou didn' t ask
for, but no, it 's not t oo f rus t rat ing
because it does n't last quit e so long.
HASSLE FACTOR: 0
For t hos e wh o dis lik e t he Amiga' s
grunt city s oundt rac k (le ev ery one in Nothing you could
this offi ce) y our mo r e limit ed ST nois es really t ake up arms
are a bit more s oc ially ac c ept able too_ against hero, w e' re
As I see it t he ST v ers ion of St rider glad to say.
is a s mart c onv ers ion, but it 's only
good-t o-v ery -good rat her t han b l o o mi n g brilliant , lik e t he
arcade. Because of t he s peed t he ST probably has it s light ly
o ' e r t he Amiga, and s ome of it play s like a dream. My only
nagging doubt s are that
t hough it 's undoubt ably a
THE " I E R D I very c lean and prof es s ional
program, it also s eems like a
,
G I 2 1 - MI MME E D
bit of a t hin one. If we
believ ed in predic t ed int eres t
A"P
5 SOUND le curves (what ev er t hey 're
meant t o be) ins t ead of
A * DWI
- t hink ing t hey 're a load of
Fa / ps eudo s c ient ifi c bolloc k s
70 40 6 0 I N
I NN (whic h we do) I 'd suspect it 'd
Signet
S sinasinog bawls assaao
coolant... 1,14111t titan the go s t raight d o wn wa r d s
A m u hat shares the s a w rat her s harpis h. The fi rst t wo
lataltio a hat shod mai imp
week s wo u l d be s mas hing
f un t hough.

ZERO 73
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A COMPLETE CHICKEN
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WITH CD
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1
THE CO NTRABAND
1 0 S tri der T-shirts, 2 0 US Gold We' v e s muggled s ome pret t y hot stuff across
T-shirts and 2 5 S tri der games! Um , t he I ron Curt ain, er.. but y ou'll hav e t o go and
and a M ar ks and collect it f rom t he cistern in t he t hird lay f rom the
left at the Wat f ord Gap Lit t le Chef. First prize is
Sparks Chicken Ki ev Sony 551 Co mp a c t disc stacked hi-fl system
(except som eone's c omplet e wit h rec ord deck, t ape deck and
eaten most of i t). speakers - wort h 600 roubles (ac t ually 2400 on
the red mark et ), that's ENO quid to y ou'
Plus t here's loads of runner-up prizes - 10
St rider T-s hirt s , 20 US Gold T- s hirt s and 10
c opies of Strider. You c an't af f ord not to enter)
But y ou'll hav e t o t rade us s ome classifi ed
inf ormat ion fi rst.

Y O UR MI S S I O N
Should y ou c hoos e to accept it, is to crack the
f ollowing c odes and dis c ov er wh o passed the
inf ormat ion on, For ex ample if you t hought
Chek ov said "O h look we' re in The Cherry
AL / p , V, EN
Dto Orc hard" then put t he let t er f. bes ide number
,r one. Onc e y ou'v e done t hat cut out t he coupon,
'41 G,
f1 1 "Mmmmm!" put it in an env elope and s end it to Ha Ha
Ras out in Compet it ion, ZERO. 14 Rat hbone
eP
e1 g Place, London W1P
Those running dogs
c.
y of capitalism at US Gold have got a special
b9 /
;t
a consignment up for grabs to coincide with the defec-
rA?

htion of their new game

e" S
,
Strider. Fight the KGB, battle
, your w ay to Siberia and fend off jungle jibes, sorry
tribes, to face the Grand Master of the Red Army in
Cthis Russian romp to save the western world. But
owhat about the loot?
m
r
a
d
e
. to "O peni ng hailing frequencies. Captain,"
IC "Mor e thrust, Scotty."
61 'The engines cannae take it, Capt'n.
-di "He's dead Jim."
" It's highly illogical."
f) "Oh look we're in The Cherry Orchard

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BLOODWYCH Masters David McCandless and Jonathan Davies our knights of old
battle with The Bloodwych, Mirrorsoft's latest'adventure game...

(V J o n a t h a n : I us ually
dread hav ing t o tackle
this breed of game as it
t ends to inv olv e
staying u p unt il t he
wee s mall hours wit h a
manual in one hand
and a mug of re-caffeinated coffee in tht-
other... And t hat 's just to load it!
Actually, play ing t hem is t oo ment ally
devastating t o c ont emplat e. But t his t ime
was different. In fact I was so s upris ed t o
find myself enjoy ing B l o o d wy c h that I
decided to abandon my at t empt on t he
world record f or fi lling in an Et c h-A-
Sketch c omplet ely black (29 hours 46
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r:
Irte
r - Lord of Entropy.
n e The fi rst plus point wort hy of
attention
sa is that in s pit e of the mas s iv e
complexity
1 d of the game and t he apparent
enormity
6 a of the manual, Bloodwy c h is n't
really
st that dif fi c ult t o get into. Mos t of the
manual
et is in Spanis h any way , and what Pretty cr owded these under gr ound caver ns. Ca n' t see the attr acti on mysel f. N o w is
does need t o be abs orbed is c onc is ely that bl ue per son a woman, I w onde r ?
ce
written and free of all t his Ves t ry l' and
sm D a v i d : B l o o d wy c h is only by accident. Nev ert heles s it's f un t o
I reihadwy r rubbis h. That stuff is all
-p unas hamedly Du n g e o n wat c h y our pal s t ruggle agains t several
confined to a s ec t ion at t he beginning,
Pt Mas t er cut d o wn and t rolls or get s t epped on by s ome renegade
and can be t orn out and dis c arded.
.e squeezed int o a t wo wiz ard.
Actually I dec ided to t ry it wit hout the
Od play er game and In adapt ing a g a me like Dungeon
manual alt oget her t o start wit h, and was
' t there are are no pret en- Mas t er to t wo play ers y ou're bound t o
surprised to fi nd I only needed t o ref er to
F
it a o couple of times. This c ould be put sions t o that fact. lose s omet hing. In t his case it's s ound and
ldownt Bt oodwy c h has the s ame 3D fi rst pers on animat ion. The ey e-wat ering t huds and
to my int uit iv e genius , but I t hink
a h game's s ens ible lay out is a mo r e v iew, t he s ame look ing c at ac ombs and groans of battle are gone, as are the clicks
the
n w ex planat ion. caverns, s imilar puzzle mec hanis ms of opening port c ullis es and t he blood-
likely
n a I was int rigued t o fi nd t hat s ome (writ ing on walls , but t ons , loc k ed doors c urdling s c reams of mut ant mus hrooms .
iattempt
r etc) and t he s ame c ont rol system. Animat ion has been s t ripped t o a
has been made t o giv e
gpersonalities
t But Bl oodwy c h improv es on Du n g e o n mi n i mu m, wit h c harac t ers res t ric t ed t o
to t he characters, apart
a Z the usual s t rengt h, int elligenc e etc. I Mas t er in s ome respects. In t he original, t wo f rames , and a bare jerk ing l i mp when
from
ne
accidentally dis t urbed one c hap wh o had wh e n y ou enc ount ered anot her c reat ure they mov e.
it was just a case of s lamming y our I can f ores ee Du n g e o n Mas t er purists
,obviously
n just got out of bed and met
with s word d o wn its gullet s fi rst no t urning t heir ' oh-s o-dis dainf ul' nos es up at
Ud a hail of abuse. Nat urally he ref us ed
ques t ions asked( I n t his t wo-play er this apparent ly inf erior at t empt . But it's
Si join my posse.
to
variant, y ou c an ac t ually c ommunic at e not. The int erac t ion element and t wo-
Ac Map-mak ing is essential, as t he
wit h adv ers aries . You can fl at t er t hem play er opt ion add s omet hing n e w to what
)dungeon
k (or what ev er it's meant t o be) is
c ould bec ome a stale genre. If y ou can
aana architectural disaster. Your sense of ("Thy sexual prowes s is rek nown in these
part s "), y ou c an ins ult t hem ( "Th y cod- f orgiv e t he jerky graphic s , f airly poor
ndirection
n is n't aided by t he scenery,
animat ion, and s light ly unwieldly controls,
which is a unif orm s hade of grey, brok en piece ex udes t he odour of pig s will"), y ou
dd t hen Bloodwy c h will put a big grin on y our
only by the oc c as ional t apes t ry or door. can t h e m ask t o do suspect t hings
("Pleas e rev eal t hy s elf ". . . Cripes ! ), and face and a big dent in y our social ate.
The graphics as a wh o l e wo u l d best be
described as minimalis t , whic h is y ou can generally bant er wit h t hem. You OVERALL
GRAPNICS ADDI CTI VENI SS
excusable as t wo play ers need t o be
squeezed in s omehow, and animat ion
exists only in t he sense t hat t here is
can ev en rec ruit t hem t o y our ' merry '
band, and engage y our c haris ma t o wi n
t hem ov er if they are a lit t le reluctant.
SOUND 0 EXECUTI ON 0
75
some. You mo v e around t he dungeon, us ing
I enjoyed Elloodwy c h enormous ly . It the joy s t ic k or mous e to click on a
really is an, erm, ' world ins ide y our direc t ions point er. Doors are opened and
computer' (cough), and any one look ing objects pic k ed u p s imply by c lic k ing on
B l o o d wy c h
for a few week s of s olid ent ert ainment t hem. Objec t s lik e keys and money are
for the least pos s ible fi nanc ial out lay used by plac ing t he relev ant objec t in t he Mirrorsaft
should grab a f riend of s imilar 'use' box and c lic k ing on it. The s ame
inclinations and s t ep this way . applies f or spells. Ev ery t hing is s t raight PRICE C19.99,24.99
f orward and ic on-driv en.
OVERALL FORMAT ST and Amiga
GRAMS 0 ADDICTIVENESS

SOUND 0 EXECUTI ON c D
88 In t he dual play er game, each play er
starts in a dif f erent part of the dungeon,
wit h t he c hanc e of a 'rendez -v ous ' lik ely
RELEASEr Out nowl

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v- DENNIS
g F a l l i a l 01
1
 Fancy
yourself as
Jason
Donovan?
Garry Glitter?
Richard
Clayderman?
Sorry you're
in the wrong
place mate.
If, on the
other hand
you're more into the synthed
sounds of Bomb The Bass,
Bobby Brown and The
Eurythmics then you're one
of The Chip Shop Boys. Tim

BEATDIS....
Ponting explains al l

the bow e l s of The Chi p S hop

B Boys ( Ugh! Ed) I t hought i t
would
e be useful , i f fi r st, I e x pl a i ne d
f
just w ho t he hel l I am, a nd s e c ond.
what
o the hel l I 'm doi ng her e.
r If you've r ead t he i nt r o y ou'l l
know
e my na m e , i f y ou ha v e n' t , s t op Tim Pirelli samples a few London night c lubs , wh i l e his int eres t
skipping t hi ngs a nd go ba c k a nd in c omput er games helped get hi m
w
read it. I 'm pr e t t y wel l up on al l thi s
bars with Tim Simenon int o us ing c omput ers f or mus ic .
e
musical s t uf f - I actual l y edi t a while he's laying down "I s t art ed deejay ing wh e n I was
l
rather good m us i c m a ga z i ne cal l ed 15," he says. " M y f oundat ion is in
a tracks for Bomb The Bass's deejay ing and it'sall
Rhythm.
u As t o w ha t t he hel l a m I
forthcoming album. really g o o d ex per-
doing
n her e, wel l . I ' m her e t o k e e p " I can prodict hit
you up t o da t e w i t h al l t ha t ' s ince. I c an ' predic t '
c hit rec ords - I c a n records."
happening on t he c om put e r m us i c
h tell y ou wit hin a few
scene. I f y ou'r e i n a ba nd a nd w a nt I'd got a part -t ime wait er' s job
s 0 ne
in aminut
J apanes
e I was
e restaurant,
at c ollege and
and seconds of put t ing a rec ord on whet her
to use y our c om put e r t o s a m pl e
tsound or synthesi z e, y ou' v e c om e t he nex t I was at No. 5 in t he Chart s . " it's going to be a hit in the clubs. A n d 99
rto the r i ght pl ace. T h o u g h l ots of Not a bad c laim, if you c an mak e it. perc ent of my predic t ions are right .
ayou will al r eady k n o w t he basi cs a Ti m Simenon can, f or he's the "Wh e n I was muc h y ounger I was
ilot of you w o n ' t so I 'm goi ng t o brains and t he t alent (and t he look s l really int o c omput er games , " he c on-
gne n r i ght a t t he be gi nni ng a nd behind B o mb The Bass. I f you lis t en tinues. " N o w I ' m more int o doing
hexplain e v e r y t hi ng y ou' r e l i kel y t o to t he pop charts y ou'll hav e heard t he music, s o t hat 's what I ' m doing. "
tneed to k now m o n t h by m ont h. s t ring of hits he's had wit h Beat Dis, In his school days
iApart f r om t he m us i c l essons I 'l l Megablast, Don't Make Me Wait, and Ti m w a s p l a y i n g
" I was m olly Into
nalso be i nt e r v i e w i ng o r ge t t i ng Say a Little Prayer. T i m is one of a games on a Sinc lair
Spec t rum; a m o r e computer games."
tother peopl e t o) t op ba nds w ho' r e g r o wi n g n u mb e r of mus ic ians wh o are
oalready us i ng 1 6 - bi t m a c hi ne s t o us ing rec ord t urnt ables and c omput ers f ort unat e f r i e n d o f
produce thei r a l bum s . to mak e hit danc e records. Ti m' s his had a Co mmo d o r e 64. I t may hav e
So, t o ki ck of f thi s m ont h, w e ' v e bac k ground as a DJ s eemed f ut uris t ic at the t ime, but t oday
got an i nt r oduc t i on t o MI DI a nd a n t urned h i m on t o mus ic the Spec t rum and Co mmo d o r e 64 hav e
Interview w i t h Ti m S i m e non of and got him int o deejay - since been left behind by a new genera-
Bomb The Bass. Be a t di e de n! ing regularly in t op t ion of c omput ers . Nev ert heles s it was a

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C64 that Tim and produc er Pascal Gabriel
used t o mak e Tim' s fi rst album, I nt o The
Dragon, las t y ear. " W e h a d t o r u n a
program c alled P r o 1 6 f r o m a G e r ma n
s of t ware hous e c alled St einberg to mak e
the ma c h i n e mo r e us ef ul t o u s i n t h e
s t u d i o . " e x p l a i n s Ti m. " A l -
t hough t h e s o f t wa r e wa s
already o u t o f dat e wh e n
we were using it, Pascal felt
muc h happier wit h it t han a
lot of the ot her newer soft-
ware t hat was around at t he t ime. "
It just goes t o s how that not every
t hing that's bright . s hiny and n e w nec-
essarily repres ent s progres s .
While t he C64 has giv en way t o t he
Atari ST as t he s ingle mos t popular
mus ic c omput er I f or dabblers and pro
mus ic ians alike), Pro 16 has been
s uperc eded by ot her mus ic programs
like the C-Lab Cr eator and Notator and
Steinberg's Pro 24. Latest of all is
anot her St einberg P r o g r a m c alled
Cubes & A f t e r c omplet ing I nt o The
Dragon on Pro 16, Ti m bought hims elf
an At ari and t ried out Creat or, T h e v ibe
was n' t good, " he says, " s o it went . "
Instead he started us ing Pro 24. " Th i s
year it's all been Pro 24," he
c onfi rms . "and I've s t art ed look ing at
Cubase_ I t looks really good.
"I lik ed the d r u m edit or page in Pro
16 whic h is s omet hing t hey didn' t have
in Pro 24. N o w t hey 'v e brought it back
in Cubas e I t ' s muc h eas ier to under-
stand wh a t y ou' re doing wh e n it 's
dis play ed on screen in f ront of y ou. "
The d r u m edit or is a grid dis play
that s hows the pos it ion of
the drumbeat s in each bar
of mus ic . N i n e out of ten
mus ic ians wh o ex pres s a
'down in history"
pref erenc e s eem t o agree
that it's a muc h bet t er way t o work t han
using mus ic al staves or ev ent lists
where t he mus ic appears mo r e like a
program lis t ing t han a piec e of mus ic .
But wh y use a s equenc er at all ?
"Wit h a c onv ent ional guit ar band
you can hav e a jam t o see what a s ong
might s ound like, but I c an't do that. I
can't go int o a s t udio and say 'bass
drum: track 1, snare: track I need a
s equenc er. ' ex plains Tim.
82 ZERO
The ST only stores t he not e inf or-
mat ion needed t o mak e Tim' s collec-
t ion of d r u m mac hines , synthesizers
and s amplers play his mus ic . I t does n't
rec ord t he s ounds t hems elv es - ins t ead
t hey are rec orded ont o mult i-t rac k t ape
in t he s ame way 'real' ins t rument s are
recorded, T h e mac hines Ti m uses are
c ont rolled by a s y s t em c alled MI DI (t he
Mus ic al I ns t rument Digit al I nt erlac e)
that allows t he c omput er t o c ont rol all
the ot her ins t rument s . S o what ins t ru-
ment s does he use ?
"A lot of old gear, " he replies. ' A
Mi n i mo o g , an Oscar and Roland J uno
106 synthesizers, a Roland TR909 d r u m
mac hine and Ak ai S900 s amplers . "
None of these ins t rument s are still
being made, so t he only way to buy
t hem is s ec ond hand. S o me t i me s t his
means t hey won' t cost y ou v ery muc h,
but at ot her t imes 'f as hionable' old
synths can c o mma n d quit e a lot of
money . Du r i n g t he Ac id Hous e craze
last y ear the s y nt hes iz er res pons ible f or
the 'ac id s ounds ' was a Roland TB303
Bassline, B e f o r e t he acid craze y ou
c ould pick one up f or around f ort y quid,
at its height t hey were c hanging hands
f or almos t t wo hundred.
Anot her aspect of 13..ls
"They're coiling
mak ing mus ic is the
my k ind of m us k
c opy right inf ringement s
the ne w punk " of re-us ing mus ic f rom
ot her records. I t work s
like this: y ou fi nd a piec e of mus ic -
any t hing f r o m a s ingle s ound to s ev eral
bars of a d r u m beat - t hat takes y our
fancy, rec ord it int o a s ampler and use
it to mak e y our o wn mus ic f rom. It's a
bit like play ing mus ic al pick 'n mix , and
it's already res ult ed in a n u mb e r of
c ourt cases and many argument s
bet ween mus ic ians .
"They ' re c alling my k ind of mus ic
the n e w punk , " c omment s Tim. " I t ' s
t rue in a wa y because a lot of what I've
done is ' c opy right anarc hy '. I t hink it's
s light ly mo r e ex t reme t han wh a t punk
was doing but I don' t unders t and wh y
the ' real' mus ic ians are t ry ing t o s t op it.
Alt hough I nev er went t o any punk gigs
I nev er t hought punk was bad; t he
general v ibe was f un. A n d I t hink this
s hould be t reat ed in t he s ame way . I t
s houldn' t be a s c apegoat f or mus os . "
So wh a t of the idea of DJs mak ing
mus ic wit h ot her peoples ' rec ords and
c omput ers - is it jus t a pas s ing fad?
"Rec ords like Beat Dis will sit in
his t ory as a rec ord of the eight ies , "
c omes Tim' s c onfi dent reply . " I f in t en
years y ou say t o s omeone
'tell me a rec ord of the
s' Boat dis will go
eight ies ' I bet t he ans wer
will be one of the DJ
rec ords . "
And what about c omput er games
are t hey des t ined t o go t he s ame way
as Glen Madeiros ? We l l , if it's any t hing
to g o by, Ti m Simenon' s Megablas t has
just b e e n a d o p t e d b y
Mirrors of t as the mus ic
to ac c ompany Xenon
- wh i c h i s o n releas e
now! S o i t l o o k s l i k e
t hey 'll b e a r o u n d l o n g
after Clif f Ric hard!
MIDI
MADNESS
Today the acronym "MIDI" is
familiar to almost all
musicians, certainly to all
those who have come into
contact with the hi-tech end
of music making. For those
of you who haven't met it
before, listen carefully, I'll be
asking questions later.
ment Digit al Interface and is
M the s y s t em us ed by modern
Isynthesizers, s amplers and d r u m
Dmac hines to c ommunic at e wit h each
Iother. I t ' s also us ed by dedic at ed
shardware s equenc ers t o s end c ont rol
tdata to t hes e ins t rument s t o aut omat e a
amus ic al perf ormanc e. A n y t h i n g a
ndedic at ed s equenc er can do, a c om-
dputer, running t he appropriat e software.
scan als o do and t he s t ory does n't end
fthere. A n At ari ST, PC, A mi g a or
oArc himedes running t he c orrec t
rs of t ware can be pers uaded t o perf orm a
wh o l e hos t of ot her us ef ul chores, such
M
as pat c h edit ing, librarians hip, mix
u
aut omat ion and hoov ering y our
s
bedroom. Th a t ' s wh y y ou're reading
i
about it in t he pages of a c omput er
cmag. (J us t in case y ou wondered. )
a In t he early s ev ent ies synthesizers
lwere lit t le mo r e t han glorifi ed electronic
Ik ey boards (whic h may go s ome way to
nex plaining wh y early seventies music
swas so crap). Their range was as limited
tas J as on Donov an' s and t hey tended to
rbe us ed as a f un gimmic k rat her than a
us erious mus ic al ins t rument . Wit h such
limit ed us e c ompat ibilit y was not an
issue, wh i c h w a s v ery f ort unat e
because, ins pired by a mo o d of non co-
operat ion, manuf ac t urers had fi lled the
mark et wit h an array of systems for
c ommunic at ing t he pit c h of a note.
There were 'S-t riggers ' and At-triggers',
*one v olt / oc t av e c ont rol s y s t ems ' and
'volts-to-Hertz c ont rol systems', not to
ment ion car rent als ; all v ery c lev er and
all v ery inc ompat ible. A b o u t as muc h
use as a t in wit hout a c an opener.
 mu
M IDI OU T

COMPUTER
M IDI IN
SYNTH s
Synths devel M IDI I N addres s able still a
oped along wit h M IDI OUT MIDI bus es to little c onf us ed. ic
the res t o f t h e ac c omodat e A glanc e at t he pa-
computer indus more c omplex perwork that defi nes the
try, part ic ularly 0 S Y NTHE S IZE R
USING A PATCH
COMPUTER E DI TI NG ins t rument set MIDI s pec ifi c at ions wi l l
as a c o n s e ups. Ty p i c a l l y tell y ou that, as well as
quence of digital t ec hnology . Wi t h the in- a MI DI equipped dev ic e will c arry t hree note inf ormat ion, MI DI is c apable of
troduction o f pol y phony (being a b l e t o 180 degree, fi v e-pin DI N sockets t o handling such t hings as pit c h bend,
play mo r e t h a n o n e n o t e a t t h e s a me allow connection to the system. These patch changes, bulk d u mp s and t iming.
time), v eloc it y s ens it iv it y (t he s ound re- are us ually ma r k e d ' MI DI In', ' MI DI Out ' But don' t get t he idea that, bec aus e t he
sponding to how hard you hit the key) and and 'MI DI Thru'. Th e r e are dev iat ions MIDI c o mms s t andard is c apable of
programmabilit y (being able to recall t he from this; the Atari ST has a non- handling all this, all MI DI -equipped
sounds y ou had c reat ed f rom a me mo r y s t andard c ombined MI DI Out and Thru, devices are c apable of i mpl ement i ng it.
Dank rather than by resetting all the panel and s houlder-s lung MI DI c ont rollers (Wouldn' t dream o f it. Ed) Cert ain
controls) s y nt hs were s erious ly mus ic al. only require a MI DI Out. Ma k e any devices only hav e a us e f or c ert ain c om-
But they we r e s t ill rat her lik e t hat t in o f sense yet? ( No ac t ually ! Ed) mands , ot her devices may not be so-
beans. P r o g r a mma b l e poly s y nt hs s uc h p h i s t i c a t e d
as t h e Poly moog. Prophet 5, O b e r h e i m enough t o take
OBX and J upit er all demanded a more so- adv ant age of
phisticated c o mms s y s t em, b u t did t hey CONTROLLING EXPANDER
M IDI IN --1 1 0 all t hat MI DI
have the s ame system? Di d t hey heck as SYNTH M IDI OUT A OUTS can c ont rol.
Roland had its own Digit al Co mmu - UDIO The one ad-
nications Bus, Oberheim had its Perf orm- M IDI T H I N v ant age y ou' ll
ance System... need I g o on? Mu s i c i a n s have as a
had to eit her opt f or one manuf ac t urer' s TO MIDI IN M IDI IN computer user
gear or accept that their ins t rument s were is that the
OF THIRD
only ever going t o work in is olat ion. Fail-
EXPANDER EXPANDER AUDIO computer is
ing that it was back t o t he banjo and t he going t o be
George Formby s ongbook . ETC. M IDI THOU 2 OUTS
more fl ex ible
Well we' v e all been t here bef ore, s aid t han any dedi-
The man wit h t he Bet amax v ideo cated hard-
" CHAI NI NG " O F M I D I DEVICES
recorder and BSB s quariel. E n t e r Dav e ware device,
Smith of Sequent ial Circuits, N o w Dave and if y ou're
isa smart chap (the sort of chap who The bas ic system work s as f ollows writ ing y our o wn s of t ware, t he only
bought a VHS video recorder) and he MI DI In rec eiv es all dat a t rans mit t ed on limit at ions are t hos e impos ed on t he
suggested an int ernat ionally agreed t he MI DI bus and allows a specifi c MIDI implement at ion of the hardware
.Jigital c ommunic at ions s t andard wo u l d device t o read any data int ended f or it; on t he rec eiv ing end.
really mak e lif e a wh o l e lot easier. MIDI Thru re-t rans mit s all dat a arriv ing Remember MI DI is still in its infancy.
Obvious really, s o obv ious t hat no-one at the MIDI In, plus any information that Sof t ware writ ers are c ont inually t ry ing
else had ev en t hought of it. the dev ic e in ques t ion may be in- to meet mus ic ians ' needs wit h it and
structed t o add t o it; MI DI Out sends of f er t heir o wn ideas f or its us e in t he
data generat ed wi t hi n t he dev ic e out c reat ion of music. A l l
AUDIO OUTS ont o t he MI DI buss, it does not (ordinar. y ou need f or a piec e of
I ily) repeat data arriv ing at the MI DI In. the ac t ion is the inc en-
tive a n d a lit t le i nf or -
SYNTH M IDI OUT DRUM There, s imple is n't it?
mat ion. T h a t ' s wh e r e
Us ing t hes e t hree sockets it's
MACHINE
M IDI IN
pos s ible t o connect, say, a d r u m we c ome in, wat c h this
mac hine t o a s y nt hes iz er s o t hat d r u m space.
SYNTHESIZER CONTROLLING s ounds c a n b e
DRUM MACHI NE play ed f rom t he key-
board ( s y n t h M I D I
A MU D D LY M I D I GLOSSAR
The I MA (I nt ernat ional MI DI Associa- Out to drum mac hine Bulk D um p from a synth on a com-
t MIDI I n- Fig 1), or t o Not as rude as it puter disk via a MIDI
concerned
, manuf ac t urers and t he fi rs t connect a n S T t o a sounds. Sending System link.
version of the MIDI spec was agreed
o synth f or pat c h edit - Exclusive data from a Mix Automation
with
n a c orres ponding body in J apan. ing (s y nt h MI DI Out synth to a computer and Using MIDI to automate
)The agreement was met wit h a c horus t oSTMI DI S T M I D I vice versa. the movement of the
of "About bloody t ime t oo, "
w Out to synth MI DI In- Comma faders on a mixing desk
a For the fi rst t ime any s uit ably Fig 2). The MIDI Thru Nickname for serial in a recording studio.
equipped
s piec e of elec t ronic mus ic - is u s e d t o b u i l d a communications of Patch
making
e kit c ould talk t o any ot her. Or so c omprehens iv e MIDI which MIDI is one A sound on a synth.
said the theory. There were t eet hing system. A k ey board variety. Patch C ha n,*
s
problems in the early days, and t here synthesizer c a n b e CV Changing the second on
t
are still areas of doubt and unc ert aint y - c onnec t ed to a n u m- Short for control volt- your synth, either from
a
even the technical spec sheet is open t o
b
ber o f " e x p a n d e r " age. Forerunner of MIDI the control panel or
different int erpret at ion. B u t on t he mo d u l e s ( o t h e r as keyboard to synth through MIDI.
l control method.
ehole MIDI work s , and it's c ert ainly an s y nt hs , s a m p l e r s . Patch Editor
iimprovement on what had gone bef ore. DIN
etc.) b y c o n n e c t i n g Computer program which
s Now we' v e es t ablis hed h o w it c ame t he c o n t r o l l i n g German technical stan-
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edits the sounds an your
about I'll ex plain exactly h o w MI DI is synths' MI DI O u t t o dard for things like synth through MIDI.
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organised. 1 6 MI DI c hannels are the fi rs t ex pander' s Pitch Bend
leads, film speeds etc.
d
available ov er t he MI DI bus, and each MI DI I n , t h e fi r s t Expander Bending a note using the
t.nstrument or dev ic e can be as s igned ex pander's M I D I Synth without keyboard pitch wheel. This move-
oneo of these t o c arry the c ont rol dat a Thru t o t h e s ec ond operated via MIDI. ment con be recorded
rntended f or it. A t t he t ime of its ex pander's MI DI I n Librarian using a sequencer
conception
e 16 c hannels s eemed t o be a (Fig 3 ) a n d s o o n . Computer program program, retaining
generous
p number, but many s y s t ems Have a l o o k a t t h e which stores patches feel of a performan
nowr offer a n u mb e r of indiv idually diagrams i f y o u ' r e
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A World Championship
Scalextric Set

1 0 Electronic Arts
T-shirts, 1 0 Electronic
Arts Mugs And 2 0
Ferrari 'Logo Badges'

badge. (Sporadic c lapping, whic h fi zzles (2) Wh a t famous racing commenta-

out after t hree seconds). Yes, we k now tor might say something like this?
it's not as good as t he Scalextric, but it 'll "And...it's...Mansell...closing...up...on...
serve y ou right f or not being 'fi rs t out of Wa rwic k Mansellovertakingon.
Cripes l ook a t the p o s t b a g " the...inside...of..,Worwickl Wa i t a
those Gr and Pr i at minutemthat's not Worwic k l And
Quick - Ho w Do I Enter... And that's not Mansell either! Oh no-
Wha t Do I Do? they've both crashed, a ny w a y !"
tric set. Jackie St ewart 's got one. It's all quit e s imple really: as long as (3) Who's the better shot in clay-
So has Murray Walk er. And if y ou k n o w a mit e about mot or-rac ing, pigeon shooting: Jackie Stewart or
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that is. Just ans wer these f ollowing Nigel Mansell?
you
o play y our cards right , y ou c ould
have one t ool Court es y of Elec t ronic questions... (4) Who's the better 'actor': Jackie
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Arts
o wh o is releas ing Ferrari Formula
One a n y mo me n t nowt It's a Wor l d famous racing drivers: Nigel
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Champion Set c omplet e wit h Ferrari
e Moss. But which one of these noses Okay t hen fi ll in t he ans wers on t he
'racing cars, chicanes, fences and f our c oupon b e l o w and s end t he res ult t or a
lanes of mot oris ed madnes s . belongs to which racing driver?
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Yes, it's that hoary old standby, a
progressive horizontally scrolling shoot
'em up. Sitting in a very ordinary looking,
non-dedicated cabinet. It's not all that
frenetic or flashy, and the colours used are
rather sober greens and dark blues.
Basically it does nothing to draw attenti
to itself - so why is it surrounded by so
many people? Could it be because it's
seriously excellent??
Bl oomi ng right it coul d! Dr agon Br eed i s the natural
successor to R-Type i n mor e ways than one. Desi gned by
!rem - who br ought us that seminal shoot 'em up - for one
M a t t B ielby thing, it shares the same consistent hi gh qual i ty in both
gamepl ay and gr aphi c design.
(Editor of Your You pl ay a little chap riding a l ong, worm-like dr agon (the
Sinclair b u t natural successor to R-Type's snake j obbi es) taking on
oodl es of mythical, monster ous bad guys. These come
don't hold th a t all shapes and sizes - from man-sized to end of level
meanies that take mi nutes to show their full extent across
against him!) numer ous screens - and are universally well desi gned and
animated. Both the human her o - who can di smount at
gives his e x p e rt some poi nts to cause maxi mum devastati on - and his
arcade advice mount are ar med and can pick up extra fire power pods,
but separating the two is risky.
on how to You see, as in R-Type, the central sprite (in that case the

spend a penny space ship, here the man) r emai ns vulnerable no matter
how many add-ons you get. The dr agon's curly body ca
(well quite a be twi sted ar ound to protect hi m in most situations,
pr ovi ded you think ahead in time, but the natural tendency
few pennies s to for get it's the little man you need to protect and not
actually!) tie dr agon's head - wi th potenti al l y devastati ng results.
It's not the flashiest shoot 'em up ever but you'd be har d
wisely... pushed to name another that plays as well. Bound to be a
birrova massive arcade hit desti ned for conversion to 16-
bit machi nes someti me next
year. Christmas 1990 all for-
mats number one, anyone?

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We're here to poi nt you in be

the right direction of what's
likely to be a pr etty good
game so you don't have to
waste l oads of mool ah just
Pr
trying it out. We've kept the
ratings pr etty simple, One th
overall mar k out of five stars
(well actually five Space
Invaders) r eflecti ng not
graphics or playability in
particular - though they'r e
obviously the t w o most
i mpor tant criteria - b u t our
general overall r esponse to a
game. For exampl e five
Space Invaders indicate a
super spi tto game and a
single alien - er, a bi t of a
crap one...

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 dosh eaters
SPECIALAGENT CRIME CITY
Data East/30p a go Taito/30p a go
This one's pret t y cheeky! Th e This does f or Mi a mi Vice
wors t b i t i s t h e h i g h s c o r e what Sec ret Agent did f or
screen - v irt ually a digit is ed 007. Two s uit -wearing c ops
v ers ion of The Living Daylights roam around s hoot ing and
pos t er - b u t t here' s har dl y a punc hing out drug dealers
mo me n t where you don' t spot RoboCop s t y le. Oc c as ional
s ome n e w on-s c reen J a me s A Oops! 0 0 7 seems to ha v e Op Wol f y 3D fi refi ghts, but
Bond ref erenc e/ rip o f f I t ak e for gotten whi ch countr y he's mos t of the ac t ion is
y our pic k -) Y o u p l a y a f airly m e a n t t o b e f r om ! horiz ont ally s c rolling, t he
large Ti mo t h y Da l t o n s prit e highlight being wh e n t he
(in obligat ory DJ of course/ t ak ing on oodles of t erroris t bad boys j u mp across the roof s
guy s around f amous Was hingt on D.C. monument s , amongs t of mo v i n g cars. Hilarious l
ot her places. M a n y of the lev els are Rolling Thunder-is h
horiz ont al scrollers, wit h ' J ames ' t ak ing out ninjas and ? R e ! !
mus c lemen wit h his t rus t y Walt her PPK (or ev en mo r e trusty
giant rifl e/ but t here's s ome rat her mo r e int eres t ing s t uf f in
here t oo.
Ho w about t he opening f reef all sequence, a v ert ic al s c roller
mov ing d o wn t he screen as y ou take on baddies while y ou
drop, bef ore popping y our Stars and St ripes chute? Or the
high s peed mot orbik e chase
V G uess w h a t ? C oul d D a t a where y ou' re as s ault ed by
East h a v e b e e n w a t c h i n g men in jet packs? Or ev en
Thundor bal l by a ny chance? the s hark inf es t ed
underwat er scenes? VIOLENCE FIGHT
Somet hing in here f or
ev ery one and - dare I say it? Taito/30p a go
- c apt uring t he fl av our of 007 The wor l d' s bigges t s prit es
far bet t er t han any of slug it out in c omic book
Domark ' s efforts. street fi ghts, wit h s illy words
i' dogon' , ' g o o n l appearing
on s c reen oc c as ionally and
even s illier fi ght ing mov es
Fun, wi t h t he highlight being
WILLOW Cap Com/30p a go t he walls s plint ering as y ou
Well, it 's a pret t y anc ient licence, I grant y ou, and t he mov ie fall on t hem.
didn' t exactly set t he wo r l d alight in t he fi rst place, but I ' m
glad t o see t his 'cos - and I k now ev ery one else will dis agree -
I t hink Wi l l o w wa s a bit of a c ork er of a fi lm. Non-f ans will fi nd
t here are plent y of ot her reas ons why this is wort h a look.
Graphic ally it's lov ely - v ery state of the art wit h s moot h TWIN HAWK
animat ion, large s prit es and c olourf ul bac k drops , The t wo
main characters - y ou alt ernat e bet ween play ing t he s t umpy , Taito/20p ago
magic fi ring t it le role and t he larger, mo r e at hlet ic rogue WW2 v ert ic al s c roller wit h a
Madmart igan (bot h look remark ably lik e t heir big screen t rillion and one planes, ships,
You'll have to di tanks and ev en bigger tanks
elect some of the g lining u p to be mac hine
tined icons. Keep the gunned t o deat h by a t iny
warhead and you'll have Spit fi re lookalike. Tricky, but
,omr deterrent, but be careful t oo s imilar to Fly ing Shark et
your little man is well ar med
al t o get t he puls e racing.

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tithe's very vulnerable on

The dragon's curly body can

DI used in a couple of ways.
'grist him up, and you can UNSQUADRON
made a devastating whiplash
Asti with his tail, but Capcom/30pa go
'almost it's an impenetrable T
;rotection against all comers. jets
h go up agains t all sorts of
4edoesn't move that fast
enemy
r tanks, airc raf t and t he
'.ugh, so you'd do well to
.link ahead and remember like,
e in a horiz ont al s hoot ' em
le attack up
e reminis c ent of Silk worm,
A This ai d magi ci an l ur ks i n the extr a weapons shop
sequence. Her e you can spend this gol d you na bbe d of f A
l we i r d s hop s equenc e
de a d enemi es. A hal f pound of magi c bol ts, my good m a n/ allows
i y ou t o buy extra
Weapons aren't quite as weapons f or y our F 14, F-20
amorous as in R-Typo, but g
c ount erpart s ) and t he garneplay is v ery f ait hf ul t o t he plot of or Thunderbolt , inc luding
Sey're just as fun. With h
t he fi lm. Fait hf ul, t hat is, f or what is bas ic ally a 1989 remak e of t hings To m Cruis e nev er
Issimum power dr agon t
moil, gained by picking up Capc om' s anc ient plat f orm and ladders s hoot ' em up Ghos t s dreamed of ! A neat t op panel
e
- A n d Goblins. Not hing n e w t hen but well done all t he same. s hows the pilot grimac e in
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rvac? try Lisherine. Ed) a nd Experts may c omplain t he gameplay is n't perhaps up t o t he pain wh e n hit,
:oenward firing lightning best plat f orm and ladders p
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was, three blue ones, you'r e standards, but t he v is uals i
rolfy cooking. Or at least, the
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familiar wi th the actual game of the ni ne rather bizarre opponents you
D Shutflepuck itself, we'll tell you wish to 'battle' (there's a weird lizard
about
u it. It's a two player game set bloke, a r obot and mor e and each of
ar
n ound a table, with one player seated at them vary in skill), or maybe you'd like

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one
m end of the table, and another player to pl ump for the tour nament mode,
seated
a at the other. Both chums are wher e you take on each character in suc
'armed'
n wi th wooden blocks (about the cession. Thi s choice havi ng been made,
size
: of blackboard rubbers) and there's a it's onto the 'busi ness' screen, wher e the
'puck'
I waiting to be hit. The two players, game takes place. I deci ded to take on
in
n this case let's call them Humpty and the little spotty chap with the glasses: he
Big Ted, have to strike the puck, sendi ng di dn't look quite as 'handy' as the
c
ita down to the opposi ng end of the table others. So, havi ng selected hi m wi th the
where hopeful l y a 'goal ' will be scored. If mouse-pointer, it was onto the actual
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either of the chums is clever enough, matchplay screen.

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they'll utilise the fact that the edges of Sure enough there he was at the
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the 'tabl e' are raised al l owi ng the puck other end of the table looking all sort of
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Unfortunately, nei ther Humpty or Big on! M y serve. So I whizzed my mouse impossible when you get to Bej i n (the
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Ted is clever enough. In fact they'r e both across the mat at a stunni ngl y rakish female r efugee fr om the Addams
r angle and ker pow the puck Family, w ho has 'spook serving tactics'I.
just pr opped up against the table doi ng
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nothi ng at all. Oh l ook Big Ted's fallen bounced wi th a sampl ed 'cl ang' off the or Biff (the aggresive Biker).
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over. Blimey, his head's come off. side of the table and whooshed thr ough If the opponents ar en't tough enough
o Anyway, that's how you pl ay his defence. Thanks to my superior for you (or are too hard, if you're a bit
tShufflepuck, and in the computer game useless) l oads of the i n-game elements

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you're playing it inside a rather wei r d
caf hence the title. Ther e are two
screens the first bei ng a selection
mouse-mat (a tr endy and 'gr i ppi sh'
ZERO one) I soon won the match 20-nil.
Well, he was easy, But not all of them
are. In fact, thi ngs start to get downr i ght
can be 'tweaked'. You can change the
size of your bat, alter the friction levels
and even summon up a block that
moves ar ound in the mi ddl e of the
playing area generally getti ng in the
way and hel pi ng you to score billions of
own-goal s. The first contestant to score
20 is the winner. Oh, and the game's
totally controlled by mouse, so if your

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mouse-mat's a bit crap you mi ght find
yourself in a bit of a squiff. We suggest
you invest in a r ather tr endy and
extremely 'gr i ppi sh' ZERO Mouse Mat
they cost about a fiver, and will be
available SOON!
On the ST Shufflepuck Caf i s an
extremely simple game that's been
i mpl emented brilliantly. And very
originally. Ther e are l oads of little

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touches, like the sampl ed comments
you get fr om the different characters
when you beat them or alternative
ones when they beat you. One of the
opponents (Lexan the Lounge Lizard)
actually gets progressively mor e
sloshed as he's playing, whi ch means
he, er, gets mor e useless. The puck is
nicely ani mated and moves blimming
By l i ngo, thi s oppone nt seems a tr i fle squi ffy i n t he he a d that's hi s twenti eth quickly, and the learning curve is one

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glass of bubbl y so far toni ght. A vi ctor y for me coul d be i n the of fi ng her e that breaks you in gently, then suddenly
(unless his l i ver 's m a de out of J-cl oths).

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, cm o p . The idea, as wit h real lif e traffi c-
- co e p s , is t o nick any one in s ight and t o
I a n d alloc at ed c ert ain 'c rimes ' t o c ert ain
'Hel l o. Erns. Con a ny one tel l me
ahem the toi l et is pl ease?
lets you hav e it in bet ween t he eyes
with both barrels .
The Amiga v ers ion is almos t exactly
the same as t he ST v ers ion, but wit h an
extra little mus ic ditty bunged on t he
loading screen and s light ly s lower
accessing s peed f or t he s ampled speech
twere only t alk ing in pic o-s ec onds
though I.
As for the PC version... well urn...
there isn't one yet, And t hough t here
are plans to d o a v ers ion, t hey 're not
exactly defi nit e sorry. (But y ou can
still get a ZERO mous e mat ! )
My one quibble is on t he s ubjec t of
Instability I just don't k now h o w long
you'll stick wit h Shuf fl epuc k bef ore it
goes on 't he pile'. Mi n d y ou, it 's the s ort
of game t hat 'll be fi s hed out again land
again): so it's got las t abilit y of sorts.
Just make s ure y our mous e-mat ' s as
good as the ZERO ' Trendy And Grip-
pish' one, whic h' il be out s oon f or
around fi ve quid.
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APB
Tengen/E1 9.99
to play a t raf fi c cop? Blimey .
D Don' t talk to me about traffi c cops,
Ia'm alway s get t ing done. Ma y b e it's my
car,
m may be it's jus t me. (It's bot h. Ed).
Any
e way , it's great to t urn t he t ables f or
once,
n and be in c ont rol of a 'rozzer'
of
: fi c er Bob in t his case and poot le
around
A arres t ing all and s undry .
g APB is a v iewed f r o m abov e s c rolling
road
a game, in whic h y ou play a traffi c.
mak
w e y our lif e a lit t le eas ier Tengen has
c olour-c oded eac h of the cars inv olv ed,
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to do t oda y Chi ef b u t ! per sonal l y
fancy ni cki ng t ha t bl ok wi th the
flashy Mer cedes Spor t down
Shakespear e Road!
cars are s omet hing else etc).
You s t art the game, howev er, at
driv ing-s c hool. There are no cars around,
apart f rom y ours and y ou hav e t o
f ollow s ome arrows around t he polic e
c o mp o u n d wi t hi n a t ime limit and 'book '
a c ert ain n u mb e r of s t at ionary traffi c
cones.
The way to book people (or, erm,
traffi c cones) is quit e s imple. In f ront of
y our pat rol car is a s mall s t eering-wheel
s haped doof er. If y ou're t rav elling s lowly
it'll be near the f ront of y our bonnet
while at s peed it mov es f urt her away
f rom y ou. T h e trick is to pos it ion it ov er
what ev er y ou wa n t t o 'nic k ' and hold
d o wn t he fi re but t on whic h c an be a
bit t ric k y on t he lat er lev els when y ou' re
mot oring at mac h nine wit h about 30,000
t rillion ot her cars on t he road.
At t he beginning of APB y o u c an
select whic h 'day ' y ou want t o play f rom,
whic h is the s ame as s ay ing 'c hoos e y our
level'. Day One is the driv ing s c hool bit
ment ioned earlier, wh i l e Day Ten is, erm,
quit e hard. There's a not epad t o the right
of t he screen whic h serves y ou in several
way s .
One: it giv es y ou a running t ally of y our
'rev enue' (i.e, t he das h y ou c ollec t f or
successful 'nic k s ')
Two: There' s a ' demerit ' bar. Demerit s
are awarded ev ery t ime y ou pull ov er an
innoc ent driv er (or wh e n y ou crash). Ten
demerit s and it 's game ov er t ime.
Three: There' s a t imer: k eep y our eyes
on t he clock. Well actually, k eep y our
eyes on t he road.
l i ght , y ou' r e wel l a nd tr ul y ni cked
ol d beauty. And be w a r ne d w he n I
sow The H o m o (the Sean Conner y
filas), I t hought I t was a comedy,
Four: Ho w muc h pet rol hav e y ou got left?
There's a bar at t he bot t om t o tell y ou,
Five: Your 'arres t quot a' is here as well. It
tells y ou h o w many of whic h t y pe of
driv er y ou'v e got t o pull. Pull t hem all and
you get a das h bonus back at t he s t at ion
and mo v e to t he nex t level.
On t he lat er levels y ou hav e t o catch
old chase. You hav e t o stick y our 's iren
icon' ov er t heir cars quit e a f ew t imes t o
get t hem t o pull ov er, s o r a mmi n g t hem
off t he road is n't a bad idea. Hav ing
s proinged t o a t ot ally dif f erent screen
where y ou hav e t o t ry and 'shake' a
c onf es s ion out of the of f ender. It's a
joystick wagglerl Get a c onf es s ion and
y ou get a cash bonus ! ( A n d a brok en
joystick. Ed)
At t he mo me n t only the ST v ers ion of
APB is av ailable on whic h t he graphic s
are fi ne, as is t he s c rolling (whic h is pret t y
import ant , obv ious ly , in t his k ind of a
game). There's a lot t o k eep y ou busy,
wit h ' power-ups ' t o obt ain (ex t ra speed,
extra ac c elerat ion and extra brak es ) and
pet rol and ex t ra t ime t o be ahuired. But
where are these t hings when y ou need
t hem? No wh e r e near you, t hat 's f or
c ert ain and driv ing t he wr o n g way
d o wn a one way street is of t en t he only
way t o get t o t hem bef ore y our t imer runs
down.
APB o n t he ST is a good c onv ers ion of
a good arc ade game. It's great fun, pret t y
hard - and t he easy access t o the dif f erent
levels keeps y ou c oming back f or more.
I 'm of f t o join t he police. (Only jok ing).
(They wouldn't have you anyway. Ed).
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ar e you. Y ou' r e ni cked too. Y ou'r e
r eal l y ni cked. Tower s ni cked as wel l
sunshi ne. Ni cked, ni cked, ni cked,
ni cked, ni cked. . . (Conti nued on pa ge
1 0 9 ) . ( Y ou can't, i t's boon ni ckod. i d) .
ST S t e m - Am i ga c om i ng s oon
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PAPERBOY FIAI
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h In Paperboy , y ou are (s urpris e, at t he end of the road, t hr owi ng y our A str ong possi bi l i ty for the Fr ont Page
surprise)
I a paperboy . As y ou go on y our remaining papers at t arget s as y ou
paper
t round in s mall t o wn Americ a, y ou mov e along (pret t y realistic, huh?) and and themtune is catchy. (I know a lot of
' people wh o play games just f or the tune,
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y 'k now.
b The graphic s on t he PC v ers ion are
e
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nice enough, a bit bloc k y on CGA, but
e very nic e on EGA, mo r e like the actual
n arcade mac hine. The s ound is thankfully
a absent, I don' t t hink I c ould take the thing
beepi ng all the way thr ough the game,
l
wit h mos t of the s ound res erv ed f or the
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a joke. What happened t o the paperboy?
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i ockhead. Now I f I ha d a pound for
bl sharpish befor e Mr Angr y gets up a nd ha ha... Okay, pleas e y ours elf .
em ver y Adv a nc e d La w nm ow e r shoves your bi ke dow n your thr oat.
Si
e mui ator r i p off I saw ST S c or e
mak ing it to t he fi nis hing line bef ore
csorre up agains t all t he hazards whic h t ime runs out. I nev er onc e made it t o MAU
i ront any def y oung lad on a bik e in
n e morning,
c Dogs, joggers , drunk s , me n digging
the line, ev en at ma x i mu m s peed, s o it's
kind of impos s ible f or me t o tell y ou
what c omes next.
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p Sun f y urc hll t o all t he hous es wit h a
t Sun box out s ide. Not only hav e y ou got
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l Enc ount er is t he ex panded v ers ion,
e alt hough it s ounds a bit c ont riv ed t o me.
c The enc ount er in ques t ion takes plac e at
o a t raining s c hool f or budding astro-
v nauts, in whic h t hey get to put a v ariet y
e of v ehic les t hrough t heir paces ov er a
r series of Zax x on-s t y le diagonally
s s c rolling lands c apes .
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n posession look s unc annily like a 1960's
Russian fi ght er plane, but it s eems to
d
work okay. As it c hugs along, going u p
and d o wn as well as f rom left to right ,
f ormat ions of aliens b u n round t ak ing
pot-shots at y ou. S o me appear f rom t he
t op of the screen, ot hers f rom holes in
the g r o u n d Xenon-s t y le. Fort unat ely
y ou are armed appropriat ely so t hey
present no problem, as long as y ou can
judge h o w high t hey are fl y ing (t he
s hadows help here).
While all t his is going on t here's
s omet hing else to c ons ider. Dot t ed
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this one ac t ually play s like it as Well. It's
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to. D o n ' t w or r y
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do, it does very
well. The scrolling
scrolls smoothly,
the graphics look
4 s m a r t , if a little un
adventurous, and
the balance of
difficulty and
about on t he ground are lots of what playability is, erm, balanced. I especially
kook like nuc lear p o we r stations. B l o w welc omed not hav ing t o go right back to
t hem apart and y ou'll be able t o pick up the start of the game on dy ing you
the lit t le t hingies inside, whic h t hen t ag just go back to the pr evi ous level to pick
along behind y ou. The mo r e t hingies up s o me mo r e t hingies
y ou collect, t he more liv es y ou'll hav e An accompl i shed but uneventful
wh e n (if) y ou reac h t he nex t level. If y ou s c rolling s hoot er whic h will keep you
do reac h t he nex t level y ou' ll fi nd play ing unt il t he bit t er end. The games
y ours elf in c ont rol of a dif f erent k ind of only f ault is in being s light ly bland.
v ehic le - fi rst a t ank (whic h wo n ' t go up Ot her t han t hat R A T E is a very
and d o wn obv ious ly ) and t hen a enjoy able blast, and one whic h I'll
hovercraft. And t hen? I wo u l d n ' t want t o c ert ainly be ret urning to.
s poil t he surprise. ( He means he
ST Score - Amigo a nd PC coming tom
c ouldn' t per t hat far. Ed)
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jus t on t he basis of that I think I ' m safe
in s ay ing t hat what H.A.T.E. sets out t o
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bec ome f amiliaris ed wit h t he track, work
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feeling. M o s t of the t ime, howev er, y ou
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of position. meeti ng another rider. Thi s makes it a
a
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place on Super Hang On or a g a me of driving skills and ti mi ng next to that of simulation mi ght be bei ng true to life in
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vroomy
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The
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since
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happening
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decorations
o are f or the mos t part gears or s t eering, mak ing t he bike adequately. And as it's the i nvol ved
ignored.
n Unles s y ou're wr a p p i n g t he perf orm about as well as Elvis Presley_ gamepl ay which makes the game, RVF
bike around t hem, t hat is. Gears m us t be used, a nd ar e i mpl e- Honda shoul dn't di sappoi nt anyone
d
a Prettiness aside, it 's predominant ly a ment ed by us ing the fi re key and pres s ing who wants a decent *bike racing
racing s imulat ion, and t here's a lot f orward t o step up t he gears, and pulling simulator for their Amiga.
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more to it t han wh i u i n g around back while pressing fire
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collecting fl ies on y our visor. There are t o c ome down. Un f o r
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iprogress to Nat ional lev el and t hen
the joystick configur a-
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e
become World Champion, and c hange down and steer
d
presumably lead a lif e of drunk en t he bike round a bend,
a
debauchery wit h page t hree bimbos , or so I s pent a lot of t ime
s
have met al bit s fi tted t o replac e t he headbuf t ing t rees and
a
bones left by t he track at Donningt on. c ollec t ing grass stains. 'Our har e' demonstr ates how to t a k e cor ner
As in any s elf -res pec t ing s imulat ion, Once I was get t ing t o grips , k eeping usi ng l ust two wheel s a nd one 'toecap. Tar ots!
each track requires its own approac h, up wit h t he pack and oc c as ionally Amiga Score
on s ome y ou can belt round in s ix t h winning, I f ound RVF Honda to be quit e
gear, whils t in ot hers y ou may barely an addic t iv e game. Chas ing and GRAPHICS CO ADDICTIVINESS c D
touch fi fth. Each rac e begins wit h t he ov ert ak ing ot her riders , es pec ially on t he
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eproblems
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hupathe sun, surf, s and and t he rest of it. and not one of my f av ourit es .
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can
t be play ed in a v ariet y of ways, ideally pos s ible and t hen t ry and catch it again. The tr i ck is to per for m as m a ny
all
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There are some games
these days that are not
only hard to play but
damn difficult to get into,
too. In the future, this
section will be devoted to
giving you inferior
players a head start in
the tougher, meaner, less
Well, David McCandless actually! And he's bringing accessible games.
you a lot more than just tips. There's a complete One such discourag-
map of Mr Heti, a complete solution to Spherical, ingly complicated game
Binky Berkmann's Debriefing plus loads of POKEs is Activision's Millenium
and hacks too! Shame there's no Pot Noodle really! 2.2 which conceals quite
complex gameplay under
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delved into the game to
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have to be s ome k ind of bronz ed red neck, wit h a palpo-c hes t
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F
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and r
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d a penc hant f or even wors e jokes about Selman Rus hdie. They ' ll be produc ing a
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Mk.2, r e me mb e r i n g t o t urn t he
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t he
n
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t wo
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a under construction. As s oon as t he
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t Salogen Mk . 2 will be fi nis hed.
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f To c ons erv e p o we r during t he
could even get t oget her wit h a f ew 'c hums t o f orm a t ip-s quad, or y ou c an go it n
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alone and c laim all t he glory f or yourself. And glory t here will be. Lot s of it. produc t ion of the Mk . 2 y ou mus t
t
r So if y ou'v e play ed a (f airly ) rec ent game to death, dis c ov ered a c unning cheat- deactivate t he Res ourc e mac hine.
h
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mode, c ome across a s t range effect or es ot eric Produc e s ome Mk . 2 and t urn t hat
e
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secret level on a game, fi gured out the Alis t air bit
i the c olumn title, or if y ou'v e jus t got a f ew ideas
SPOT TIP on. Then adv anc e t ime unt il t he
S
of research is c omplet e on t he nex t
a
v what y ou'd like to see in t he f ut ure, t hen d r o p
on LEONARDO (llta rby tis s ) Salogen. REMEMBER t o reac t iv at e
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ime a line. Da v i d Mc Ca n d l e s s is the (unpronoun- The l e v e l 1 0 c o d s is the Res ourc e mac hine.
o
n
cable) name. and t he addres s is ZE RO , Cr y s t a l I mme nta ge r (ty pic a l No w start t he produc t ion of the
g
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g (and Alistair!, 1 4 Rathbone Place, Ge rma nic pa s s w ord). next Salogen and c ommenc e
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research on t he one af t er that.
London,
u W1 P M E . I wi l l b e hearing f rom y ou.
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p Proceed like t his s equac ious ly , fi n
t AL A I M E E order) adv anc ing t he t ime etc.
You' ll quic k ly run t hrough all t he
o
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PHOBIA Salogens unt il y ou reac h n u mb e r
IV whic h is faulty. This means y ou
mus t repeat t he produc t ion
e Now this Ilmagework's shoot 'em up process f rom Mk.1 again, but y ou
A is hard, as hard as nails in fact. can be res earc hing Mk.IV and
y
a Steven Hill just managed to scrape bey ond while t his is going on. - -
the surface of the game to extract Once all t he energy element s
t
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o these tips. If your Phobic skills can start res earc hing t he weaponry and
l rival or even surpass Steven's then t hen t he t rans port - t he mo o n is
l send, send, SEND! y our oyster.
a
Always start on t he planet and not the moon. There is a v ery s hort s upply of
h
shield/weapon up-grades and y ou' ll be dec imat ed pret t y s harpis h if y ou try. If y ou'v e played
' a g a m e rec ent ly
' S h o o t i n g an ent ire enemy wav e y ields a big blue bulk y shield. This will s eem to
s that was a ta d
have no effect at fi rst, but will in fact gradually inc reas e y our fi repower. Your lasers
' go further, y ou' ll hav e diagonal ' b o mb i n g ' shots, and lif e will be eas ier all round.
will 'obtuse' or
p Always, if possible, go t o the mo o n af t er murdering t he end of lev el mut ha. slightly difficult to ge t started
a Along t he level y ou' ll s pot s mall whit e circles. Thes e are t he s hield-generat ors that in, then send in your startup
d
protect the Mega-mut ha at t he end of the level. The mo r e circles y ou s hoot , t he less routine to the normal address,
'
tough and t enac ious t he crustacean wi l l be. If you s hoot very lit t le or none at all but label it TEETHING TROUBLES
i
Ishandy-drinker) t hen t he alien wo n ' t ev en mak e an appearanc e, and y ou' ll hav e t o so I can file it properly.
n right t hrough t he lev el (again).
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WHAT A LOADOlu M
'and Alistair
.

SPHER1
(AL A SCREEN 2 This is the first
- -
1
- screen you
really have to think about.1Race down
trap the ball, then build the platform
across to the exit.

THE ( A M P L E T E
We like Spherical. Ws a gorgeously challenging game
.
requiring brain-power, reflex, speed and agility. Not only
that, but each screen is a stand alone puzzle, and can keep
you pondering for days, weeks even. James Clover took a
A
aft
meretwo hours to complete it.
S O L U TGENERAL
LEVEL CODES
I O NTIPS A SCREEN 6 By now you need to have
mastered the art of building your own
boo
ho
bo
rel
Single pl ayer codes: Alway s (and I repeat ) alway s paus e ins t ant ly on ladder. The best way to do this is coop', rig
LEVEL 0 9 R A D A G A S T a block, jump on it, conjure another Mr cog
ent ering a n e w screen.
LEVEL 1 9 Y A R M A K to it, jump on that and so on. Run left
The fi rst t hing t o look f or is t he saftey of the ball.
LEVEL 3 9 O R C I L A Y E R immediately, fall onto the hourglass,
If it is pois ed on t he brink of a prec ipic e or just
LEVEL $l l S K I M S charge up into the alcove, and ploce
about t o t umble int o an ines c apable trap, y ou will block right next to the ball.
LEVEL 7 5 M I R O A L
have t o act fast and t rap it, mak ing it safe.
Two pl ayer codes:
LEVEL 0 9 I S N A N I M A Als o check that fi v e million ghos t s aren't about
LEVEL 1 9 O L I E P to c onv erge on y ou s imult aneous ly _
LEVEL 3 9 M O U R N O L A D E It's pos s ible to remov e bloc k s all around y ou,
LEVEL 5 9 J A D A W I N even diagonally up. The lat t er takes prac t ic e and
LEVEL 7 5 E r . . . oh. . . t i mi ng but y ou c an c ongrat ulat e y ours elf on being
a real ninia wh e n y ou mas t er it.
Get t wo c andles and y our rot at ing s park ler t urns whit e. Hold d o wn fi re and t he
ball will bounc e randomly around t he screen, k illing t hings .
Trapping mons t ers is an es s ent ial skill, requiring speed, prec is ion, light ning ba
reflexes, vast res erv es of t alent - and t he jammies t of luck. sp
If y ou' re good enough (we are), y ou can j u mp a gap of three blocks. ths
A SCREEN 7 Another race against time do

THENASTIES this. Don't bother to put a block leflotei

ball since it always rolls to the right, Go
toe

a.
up the left, there's only one ghost there.
DRIPS
Thes e c unningly drip v it riol on y ou f r o m abov e, f ollowing no set pattern.
The best t hing t o do is c limb up to a higher level wit h t hem and plac e a
block direc t ly under t he drip_ Or just mak e a das h in bet ween plops .
GHOSTS
Thes e spectres d u mb l y mov e left and right and can be halt ed s imply by
plonk ing a bloc k in t heir way . To put t hem out of action permanent ly , t rap
t hem at t he point where they t urn around.
PIXIES
Pixies stalk along plat f orms and f all d o wn t hrough gaps unt il t hey reach A
the bot t om of the screen. Re me mb e r t his wh e n y ou start a screen. You can pr
A SCREEN S Be careful not to fall into
be lulled int o a false sense of security by the empt y plat f orm nex t to you, dr
any of the chambers at the base of the bc
only t o hav e fi fty leprec hauns s k y div e ont o y our head.
screen - you won't be abl e to get Out, he
BUBBLES
sp
Bubbles are a pain - v irt ually indes t ruc t able, t hey only giv e y ou a pix ers ya
space t o t rav el underneat h. You can, if y ou're clever, s t and abov e t hem
and plac e a bloc k on t op of t hem, allowing y ou t o s t roll across.
EYES
Eyeballs are s t upid; t hey just bounc e up and down, d o wn and up... and
can eas ily be t rapped wit h a bloc k abov e or below, b e l o w or abov e t hem.
FACES
These ugly mugs defy all logic . They rot at e around in d i m circles t hree
t imes and t hen dec ide t o c hange direc t ion c omplet ely illogic ally . It's best
to t rap t hem immediat ely - and be c aref ul wh e r e y ou put t he blocks. A SCREEN 1 0 A toughie. What you mint
WI ZA RDS not do is fall to the bottom of the screen.
Leap across the top of the screen, get pee
These guy s mat erialis e, s hoot a fi reball and t hen dis appear. It's alway s A
the ball and race down, unblocking all
best t o paus e f or a f ew moment s at the start of a screen just t o see if any the holes. Once at the bottom, block all is
of t hes e boy s appear in painf ul plac es (i.e. t he hloc k y ou are s t anding on). the gaps and you'r e home and dry.
'Well, 99.99993701% complete, anyway...
94 ZERO
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. -4 s A SCREEN 2 5 You've got to have a r od Thes e pot ions bec ome
i inv aluable on t he lat er ' mean-
l
l potion here, or you'll never complete it.
mut ha' levels_ Th e y v ape ev ery
l a nas y on the screen instantaneously.
. Press '9' on the numeric keyboar d to
activate them (this is not made very
; clear in the instructions).
% EXTRA ENERGY
% Um this one's a bit
self-explanatory really.
,
SPARKLER
aSCREEN 1 5 (Above, before; below,
This gives you a tempor ar y
alter.) Race up to the top and trap the
rotating orb, whi ch kills all
loon straightaway. Collect all the O SCREEN 2 6 Forsake all weedy itleas of
inerglasses. Build a platform from the known nasties (except bubbl es
self-preservation and simply zoom up and sorcerers).
ve t o l l to the top right hand chamber. Then and trap the ball.
?Orase the ball and race into the bottom
POI SON
'jure r i g h t chamber. Quickly build a basket to
lead e t c h the ball. Avoi d! Avoi d' AVOI D' These
take away your ability to create
blocks, so if you'r e at the bottom
0 o t he screen, or if the ball's about to fall
into a trap, you'r e stuck! Avoi d! (Have I
made myself clear?)
A
I F T h a ke N I K O , ' V A N %W
FREEZE P O TI O N
I This freezes all movi ng nasties
NO I l e W I (except bubbl es and wizards as
per usual), You must be careful
oirlen using this as a frozen nasty can
A SCREEN 2 9 Don't wor r y about
completing this l evel - it's so easy even a get in the way and thus hamper you
shandy-drinker could do it. All you need qui te considerably.
LKIIEEN 1 9 Lovely screen this. Don't to know is that there is a hi dden symbol
whet to avoid all the bubbles, just ANTI - G RAV
four blocks down from the top left hand
,grult across the top, get the red potion, corner. Just plant a block there and These come in two different
you'r e whisked away to the next level. varieties. The toggl e variety can
lawn- Get the energy potion and build a
be used over and over again, switching
I log platform. Simple. between up and down, wher eas some
k can onl y be used once.
e
r LAMP
a This, per pl exi ngl y enough,
c gives you i mmuni ty for a
short per i od of time. You can tell when
e
it's about to r un out - you start to flicker
a
in a most unner vi ng manner .
c
r
o This gives you extra l ong (not
A SCREEN 3 0 Aaarrrghhhill This level is
s difficult. Start by blocking the eyes on i high) and slower jumps.
s ,i1(11EIN 3 0 Very difficult at first. The both sides, then loll down on the right, 2 TROPHY
t Problem is how to get the key behi nd the onto the red key. If you fall onto the left, 1 The tr ophy teleports you
h noon. The answer is you kill it. Collect you're dead. Build the l adder back up to P
toe torches, build a short platform to its the top on the right and climb across the instantly to a war p level. War p
e A levels are extra-specially har d levels,
.ad and just stand there, letting the platform to get the blue key. Then fall
n
snag hporkler smash it in the bonce. Just pr ay R i ntended to tax the toughest players (i.e.
down onto the purpkt key and climb up
e don't run out of energy first. the l adder you built previously. Phew! C us) . If you compl ete a war p you can
x H lea -fr og several levels as a bonus.
t M
f E The keys unlock the
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II a A SCREEN 3 3 Unbelievable. You have to AOURGLASS
Ill l 'geeing up to the ball before it falls into A
leap every single one of these poisons. If Collecting one of these pr ol ongs
l ha gap next to it. you touch one you might as well as quit. N the time-limit of the ball.
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player, as he takes charge of a third division club. His success depends on four distinct aspects of the game.

YING S I 4 M A N A G E well proven tactics are provided to suit mo

Th t h e game is a i o n of the KICK ti b u t you can design your own tactics. The
OFF, retaining it ' s pace, fl avour and the universally divided in blocks. Place the ball in a block and mov
acclaimed game play. Play in your position or control players t o the required position. Repeat the proces
the nearest player. The fi r s t option combined with a each block. See the tactics in action using the Ray T
tailor made tactics can pla y havoc i n the opposition
. 1 1 0
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0 a thousand players i n the four division le
Each player with a unique combination of the fol
0 evising winning tactics, acquiring players with right ing a t t r ibut e s : S H O O T I N G ACCURACY, PASS
skills fr om the Transfer market a nd selecting a team ACCURACY, PACE, STA MIN A , APPLICATION,
o RESSION, H EIGH T and TA C K LIN G SK ILL.
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l possible while he can s till influence the results as a Weight, Temperament a nd Morale. The r e are se
player and before the age starts to effect his pace and other f a c t or s s uc h a s injur y , disciplinary p
m stamina. Whe n t o hang his boo s u p is the toughest unsuitable playing position which influence a pla
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Helplessly stuck 'smack- - -
Cmiddle of a
bang' in the
game? Step into Marcus
--
'Binky' Berkmann's
Strategic
Centre
. for
Air Command
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a debriefing
1 1

session, then. (No, not that

IMPROVEYOURHEXLIFE!
.
kind of a 'debriefing' Erin here's Jon North with the first of ZERO's monthly
session - you perv. ) helping of hex, POKEs and hacks. Blimeyl
- HIGH STEEL (ST)
l i t h a t ho, chaps. Marc u enough. N o w t he t ime has The fi rst ST hack in t he magaz ine'
- my fl y ing c hums ). Hav e
y c ome wh e n 16-bit owners t oo
ecan ex perienc e t he joy and bliss t hat
A n d y T. A. (well at least he's got a f airly
normal name), y ou can f eel honoured,
1 6 v o t a g a me wit h whic h y ou' v e shas been k nown f or y ears by the
1"pers
0
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ev ered f or ages, jus t c an't s eem
to mak e any f urt her progres s in an f8-bitters. Because, ZERO is t he fi rst
omagaz ine t o giv e 16-bit play ers loads of
because t his one's yours. Ty pe this int o
Fast Basic and run it.
are on t he v erge of giv ing up on it ?. REM High St eel hack by Andy T.A.
B
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bad s how, don' t y ou t hink ? I cer-
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kNo tips, cheats and maps in t his section
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h totally out numbered. But did we vWorlds , pains t ak ingly cracked by 3F3C,9,4E41,3F3C,7,4E41
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41E, 45FA, 6A, 234A, E, 4E75, 7472, 6163, 6 'Till nex t mont h. . .
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s
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The most comprehensive
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llow- y No w y ou'll hav e t o writ e it again. H a w k e y e als o f rom Frees t y le UK, has
e s Enclose an enor mous bribe, wit h been quiet ly beav ering away in t he still h guide to hacking in Basic?
SING e I doubt it, but here's how
AGG- i all c heques made out to ' Wi n g of a Mo r d e n night to pres ent the wor l d
t 1' Co mma n d e r Marc us 'Bink y '
wit h a hackette f or Voy ager. Slap it int o s to use the POKEs printed
Berk mann DFC (Of f s hore A c c o u n t ) . A mi g a Basic (save it if y ou want ) t hen p
u
And don' t feel y ou hav e t o ask about RUN it wit h t he Voy ager dis k in t he
up above.
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i
that's been s quif fi ng y ou f or yanks? hackers hav e s t range names ? Perhaps it e you got with the machine until the
oints, Let me k now. aie7-77A was s omet hing t o do wit h t he Baby I Workbench screen appears. Select
o
ayer's Remember, H A W ' i v, A a r e
Boom in t he 60's. ' Amiga Basic, and once loaded, type
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w
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laid im s up f or grabs ! A v
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h Send all y our A
disk in the drive, RUN the routine
ager i
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.!. sst uf f to Get r 50 CALL 459108 t
c Debriefed By , with the POKEs firmly in place.
t , 60 DATA
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Come on down 'cos The Price Is Right! Sean X chance to guide t he t rendies t
Kelly takes a look at some of the ten quid hits epostie ev er as he deliv ers his parc els to
on the 16-bits in the first of our regular nt he inhabit ant s of Greendale Village in
budget sections. oPos t man Pat , t h e l at es t
nbudget g a m e t o h i t t h e
POPULOUS PRO MISED LANDS Istreets f r o m A l t e r n a t i v e
PSof t ware.
lassctronic A r t s / E 9 . 9 9 W Probably a i me d t o
happeal t o a y o u n g e r age
mount ains , building castles, s u mmo n i n g fl oods and generally play ing God ogroup, the game begins as
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II, to bring us even mo r e lands to fi ght over. epost van yard. First stop is
Populous Promis ed Lands is a dat a disk whic h c ont ains fi ve n e w lands populat ed ealway s t h e P o s t Of fi c e,
by strange, t ough opponent s . There' s Rev olut ion Francaise, Wo o fa /at Ed) a land wh e r e h e c o l l e c t s h i s
d
obviously under the infl uenc e of Bret ons and t he Arc de Triomphe. deliv eries f r o m M r s .
s
Silly Land, whic h s eems to be Goggins (I ). Me s s a g e s
i
overrun w i t h b l o b b y g r e e n scroll across the t op of the
space men. Wi l d Wes t Land, t
screen t e l l i n g Pat wh e r e P os t m a n P a l a n d hi s
whic h h a s c o w b o y s a n d ? bl oc k a n d w h i t e c a t.
the parc els are t o g o and
Indians fi ght ing i t Out o n a n N
y ou mus t t hen guide Pat's wo b b l i n g v an
A me r i c a n s t y l e p l a i n . oround t he t own t o his des t inat ion.
Comput er L a n d wh e r e y o u r t The van is ac t ually quit e dif fi c ult t o
population begin by liv ing in m
steer. But onc e y ou get the hang of it.
ZX81's o n a c omput er paper e
y ou nex t hav e t o k eep y ou eyes peeled
terrain, bef ore progres s ing up f or the numerous oil slicks on t he road
to Cray Superc omput ers . And whic h ruin y our s t eering - as well as
finally Block Land, whic h bears . 4 s Mrs. Hubbard t he ma d cyclist .who gets
' +' q! ,
a marked
a t res emblanc
. i l el t o t he 1 in y our way as she cycles round t own
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famous Lego Land. , - faster t han Eddie Kidd. Unf ort unat ely ,
d 4) , 4 ' , < AA
4 Obviously a lot of time and R i d e 'ens por dner . Whoop! lir, except ther e driv ing t he v an ov er her does n't kill her,
imagination
1 0 " , ha s be e n s pe nt a r e an ' gt SEW her oes to W i l d We l t La nd. she jus t pedals on regardles s .
designing and i mpl ement i ng t he graphico " s f or each land. They are really good t o look As y ou pass t he hous e y ou are
I L
at,
t andi f or the e mos t part s t unning in originalit y and implement at ion. deliv ering t o it will fl ash and y ou can
1 Once 1 loaded
, t hough, y ou can get s t raight d o wn t o s ome s erious c onquering if deliv er t he parc el by hit t ing Fire as y ou
0ou want
1 . All t he pas s words whic h t ook y ou t o the higher levels of Populous c a n bullet past t he hous e at t op speed -
&so be 4applied
4 . in Promis ed Lands. So if y ou're a mo r e ex perienc ed play er, t here's bef ore c areering int o a wall. Th a t ' s
no
, hav ing t o work y our way t hrough each s eparat e lev el bef ore y ou can get ont o the what I did mos t of the t ime any way .
higher ones. You can get s t raight d o wn t o bat t le in t he higher lev els if y ou want . I Occasionally, y ou get a mes s age
thought I'd bet t er play safe t hough (hem), s o k ic k ed of f wit h Genesis, whic h t ook to t elling y ou t hat Farmer Giles' s heep
me to t he land of the Eiffel Tower, wh e r e my be-beret ed and s t ripey s hirt ed peas ant s have escaped, and Pat (who' s obv ious ly
took on t he s mart ly dres s ed
s oldiers of the oppos it ion, in
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van o
an all out bat t le of garlic and
f renc h sticks. ,
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The oppos ing deit ies in 1
* 1 11 4 1 . e d Promis ed Lands are a bit 4
more dif fi c ult t o beat t han in iie M "20
4
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e Promis ed Lands y our 1,
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f or ex ample, my oppos ing P os t m at n P a t k e r b c r a w l s r o u n d G r e e n d e l
"' deit y s pent all his ther?) t ime delti vert i ng par cel s to el l s a d sundr y.
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sticking v olc anoes under any
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done D a l bit of moonlight s hepherding on
t he side) t hen c hunders along in his van
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B l e c k Lead and mo r e c omplex s t rat egies Snap,E Snakes And Ladders and Ludo -
to we a r d o wn t he butL a f e w more 'mis s ions ' mi g h t hav e
oppos it ion. My 's illy people' added t o t he div ers it y of the game.
I Pos t man Pat is obv ious ly aimed at
minutes or so. But whet her or not these and ot her lit t le glit c hes can be ex plained the y ounger games play er, but it c ould
away as 'unus ual f eat ures ' I don' t k now. stillU prov ide a good laugh wit h a f ew
Promis ed Lands may not enhanc e t he ac t ual garneplay of Populous to any great
degree, but it does prov ide n e w and
E and s ev eral lagers .
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tape. Dire as it was. I still squeez ed
some fun out of it. After that I pl ayed
Pimania from Automata, whi ch coul d
hardly be described as a straight
That old hippie with adventur e - mor e of a bent one - but
from then on I was hooked. On comput-
the beard, M i k e ers as well as adventures. Over the
years I've written adventur e col umns for
Dragon User, MSX Computing, Personal
Gerrard, w h o Computer News, Your Computer,
Amstrad PCW and the mighty Your
happens to Sinclair, so I reckon I've killed some
trolls and bagged some gol d in my
know rather time. I ' v e even written adventur es and
book s about adventures... (Get on wit h
it. Ed)
a lot about
section wor th r eadi ng of any Real Adventure Or Pseud?
The nat ure of adv ent ures has c hanged
adventures W mag on the market! We'r e
etalking the busi ness as it'll contai n the over the years too, and these pages will
l kind of coverage that every adventur e reflect that. At one time we all k ne w
actually, cfan year ns for. How can I be so sure?
what an adventur e was. It was some-
oBecause I'm absol utel y incredible - thi ng like Colossal Cave, whi ch was a
mthat's why. (Tell the truth. Ed) Okay. pure and simple text-only quest. The
brings you eokay I know it's goi ng to be good graphics adventur es game came next
with the arrival of The Hobbit. Ther e
t because I 'm here to give you the
the best oinformation you w a nt . For this one
was still no doubt you wer e playing an
adventur e - and one of the all-time
t you'll have to make do with me telling
greats. Just think what a 16-bit version
adventure hyou what I like arid what I think you
want, but if you disagree wi th the of that mi ght be like!
e The next step was arcade adven-
contents, the balance or anythi ng at all,
o
column written b y n
please do write in and tell me - I really tures, whi ch some peopl e (including
me) r egar ded as a mar keti ng gimmick
will listen, as anyone who's ever read
l from softwar e houses who di dn't like to
any of my col umns dealing wi th 8-bit
someone with a y adventur es will al r eady know. think they were missing Out on sales
a So let's get on wi th the business of somewher e al ong the line. Ah-ha!, they
beard!??! d adventuring...
v
said - we'll publ i sh a type of game that
arcade players and adventur e players
e Adventurer Extraordinaire will buy! But is it an adventur e? Not in
n If you are new to adventur es or ar en't my book. I 'm not saying I don't like
t au fait wi th my adventur e col umns - hi them, some arcade adventur es are
u I'm Mi ke! I 've been pl ayi ng adventur es terrific, but they're not what I term as
r since most of you wer e pr obabl y knee- adventures and I won't be writing about
e high to a springbok. That's what it them if I can avoi d it.
seems like, anyway. WU second Then there's another type of game,
that. Ed.) To be mor e truthful, your role-playing game or RPG. A n
my first machi ne was a adventur e? Some purists woul d no
Dragon, whi ch those of doubt exclude them, but they're all
you who also have about quests and pr obl em-sol vi ng, and
beards will r emember . to me they are adventures. Mi nd you, I
It arrived on the scene di dn't like them until two great games
not l ong after real came on the scene: the Bar d's Tale and
dr agons were Dungeon Master, I very quickly changed
banished fr om the my mi nd.
earth, and corn. RPGs have devel oped thr ough the
pared to the ST or Ultima series fr om Origins, and the
Amiga... well, it's Ki ng's Quest series fr om Sierra On-Line.
like compar i ng a Sierra then began publ i shi ng adventure-
Robi n Reliant to a type games that wer e 90 per cent
Ferrari Testarossa. graphics, wi th the likes of Police Quest
Adventur es have and Space Quest A t first, bei ng an old
changed a fair bit too. stick in the mud who's always preferred
Once upon a time if wor ds to pictures, I was a bit iffy about
you coul d wor k out these. They seemed very sl ow to play
inputs like GO DOOR and and not well thought out. Not a patch
UNLI GHT LAMP, you coul d on real adventur es. That's still my
solve anythi ng goi ng. Nowa- personal opi ni on but they've improved
days you need a degr ee in tr emendousl y in the last year and I've
English Literature lust to read the started to get quite a bi t of fun fr om
manuals. My first adventur e was an them. I must admi t that trying to find
awful Basic pr ogr am called Ha unt e d the naughty bits in Lei sur e-Sui t Larry

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THE JADE STONE
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So that c ert ainly tells y ou what t ure slot each mo n t h t o t ell y ou wh a t boy is c ry ing "I want Sc ruf f ! " L e t ' s
sort of pers on I am! (ern! ) But what I I've really been doing adv ent ure- hope Sc ruf f isn't t he carcass y ou'v e just
kind of pers on are y ou, eh? I'd lik e to wis
' e, ZERO -wise... er 16-bit -wis e. seen being hacked wit h an ax e in a
know, s o writ e in and tell me. IMay be I ' m hook ed on a mas s iv e game but c her's s hop! But no, ret urn t he dog
tI hat 'll be rev iewed els ewhere, and I can to its owner f or a reward, and if y ou can
Tome Private Sits tell
b y ou s ome t hings t hat didn' t fi t int o manage t o get t he book Out f r o m under
This is the space t hat 'll be ent irely tehe rev iew; may be I've been p l a y i n g a the wo b b l y t able leg y ou might read t hat
y ou mus t "POUR A CIRCLE OF S ' ' ON
devoted to y our t hought s on tmo u l d y oldie; perhaps v is it ing an
THE FLOOR A ND SAY 0 0 4 . 0 00. . .
adventure games . I want inf o about aadv ent ure c ompany and get t ing a s neak
I jus t hope t hey mean 'salt'.
your loves (keep it clean!) and hates kprev iew of s omet hing. May be I'll jus t
on all adv ent uring subjects. Not jus t have been s c rat c hing my bot t om.
i
the types of adv ent ures , but also t he What ev er it is , it ' s s ure t o b e es s ent ial
n
problems y ou enc ount er. Are 16-bit reading.
g
adventures doing justice t o 16-bit But do y ou ev er get one of t hos e
a
machines? Whic h is t he best mac hine days wh e n y ou hank er f or a g o o d old-
s
for adv ent uring? At t he mo me n t it f as hioned s imple adv ent ure? Not one
lwh e r e y ou hav e to read Wa r and Peace
certainly s eems like mo r e ex c it ing
ibef ore y ou load it up, not one where t he
things are happening on t he ST t han
cbox
on any ot her mac hine, but may be
you're a fi erc e Amiga/ PC o wn e r wh o ec ont ains mo r e goodies t han a Chris t mas
v ehement ly disagrees?! Arid anot her ostocking and t he s c reen's got mo r e
thing: are we los ing t ouc h wit h t he uicons t han t he Vatican. Somet imes af t er
4
adventure basics and produc ing tMillenium,. Populous and even the t
1
games wit h bet t er owo n d r o u s Du n g e o n Mas t er, I like to sit i
- e s e l z i ra t h e s e s s
fback and play a s t raight f orward game V s Y or r san
1 in n
1 tthat reminds me wh y I t ook up adv en- t s. s !es
1 A c
, fi n ht uring in t he fi rst place. c t a
; r l u a l tI s ear l i er l egati ons Ist the
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aStone The Crows game. r e a l
G ot your t
a r r tr unks r eady k g swigs?
1 eir e
dI f ound one t his mont h in The J ade
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l n e
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vSt one by Linda Wright . Just t he t hing l . a
' t
ef or a jaded palat e and an empt y wallet . ai c e
A nA c o mmo n c omplaint about 16-bit a l
d
-rs-P-c -games is t hat t hey 're t oo ex pens iv e, and o t
o we all cross our fi ngers when c ompa-
e -
j nies talk about releas ing games at a
l W
budget pric e of 9.95. Well if that's
l r
budget, what ' s The J ade St one at E8?
o
It's a g a me y ou s hould t hink about
t
buy ing, t hat 's what !
Linda's had lot s of adv ent ure writ ing a e e
r
graphic s and s ound, s imply ex perienc e, hav ing writ t en s ev eral 8-bit
because the mac hines these day s can games t hat I nc ent iv e t hought good
occam
n egg
eyes". sw...thlm
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do that? May be even.., and it 's a enough t o publis h. That 's probably wh y is hems base
The J ade St one has mos t of the nif t y neon
c
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at least six week s to see it in print . Even fi nd t he J ade Stone, and of course use it a
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P UBLI S H'. Merlin Games
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Now here's the b i t where I'll deal wit h what ev er
T y ou'v e b e e n up to each mo n t h -
that's written b y the hc onc erning adv ent ures , t hat is! Y o u r
ipriv at e lif e is y our o wn af f air (t hough
syou c an s end me t he phot os f or my
real adventure ipriv at e c ollec t ion if y ou likeI.
s If y ou'v e writ t en an adv ent ure and
twant it rev iewed, s end it in. If y ou'v e
experts - you hsolved a t rillion adv ent ures and want t o
ehelp people out wit h t hem (or y ou jus t
swant to brag about it) let me k now. I f
py ou'v e dis c ov ered any nif t y lit t le
rout ines f or use in programs like STAG,
o
well here's where y ou c an t ell t he wo r l d
t
about it.
i
Spent t he last mont h put t ing
n s ome like Lanc elot and J imrt er a r e
t oget her y our own adv ent ure fanzine, or
' hardly brand new. There are graphic s
play ing a g a me f or days on end? Think
Aan adv ent ure is under-rat ed, ov errat ed.
dbug-ridden or the great es t t hing s inc e
vthe inv ent ion of knicker elastic? This is
ethe plac e f or you. I'll be t elling y ou
nabout my adv ent ures on t he adv ent ure
tscene, s o y ou t ell me about yours.
uOkay?
r As t his is the fi rst issue and no-
e one's had a c hanc e to writ e in yet, I ' m
sgoing t o t ell y ou t his mont h what J o h n
' Barnsley and Sue Medley have been
up t o - whet her y ou like it or not!
They 'll be regular readers s oon any way ,
like t he rest of t he int elligent adv ent ure
play ing public .
Sue Medley 's run an adv ent ure slot on
Mic ronet f or s o me t ime, a n d eac h y ear
helps organiz e t he Adv ent urers
Conv ent ion d o wn in Sut t on, Surrey .
J ohn R. Barns ley set up and ran
Soot hs ay er magaz ine f or a year, and is
a regular c ont ribut or t o adv ent ure fanzi-
nes wit h his clues, s olut ions and
maps : The t wo of t hem hav e got
t oget her and t he res ult is a bounc ing
baby c alled S y n Ta x
Thumbs up for SynTax
Sy nTax is a dis k -bas ed adv ent ure
magaz ine f or ST users. The idea of disk-
based magaz ines is an ex c it ing one, as
long as t hey use the disk to do what it
does best - whic h is n't t ry ing t o emulat e
a regular magaz ine. Us e lot s of screen-
shots, inc lude c omplet e programs ,
demos and ev en lit t le p r o g r a mmi n g
routines, and y ou c ould be ont o a
winner. J us t reproduc e pages of text
your adventures
and y ou' ll nev er emulat e a magaz ine
like ZERO - but will cost t hree t imes the
price.
Sy nTax h a s made a good start
wit h its fi rst issue, t hough t here's r o o m
f or improv errient . That may well c ome,
as Sue tells me she's lined up a d e mo of
The P a wn f or issue t wo, whic h will als o
c ont ain an int erv iew wit h Al Lowe,
creator of Leisure Suit Larry. Me a n-
while, back at issue one, y ou get nine
f ull s olut ions t o games , inc luding t he
one, t he only , Du n g e p n Master, as well
as hint s to s ev eral more. There's a news
and adv ert s section, a f eat ure by J ohn
Barnsley on t he his t ory of Sierra-Line,
and rev iews of 12 adv ent ures , t hough
screens f rom s ome games , s o y ou c an
see what y ou mi g h t be buy ing, but I'd
like t o see this aspect of the magaz ine
improv ed as well as a section on STAC,
inc luding readers ' rout ines .
What int eres t ed me about Sy nTax
is t hat it's writ t en in STOS Basic,
s howing t hat the program' s more t han
just a games -writ ing utility. It's a well
t hought out program, and y ou can click
back and f orward t hrough fi les, and get
back t o the main menu at any t ime, as
well as print out any t hing y ou f anc y -
useful f or t he lengt hy s olut ions .
Sy nTax wi l l be out ev ery ot her
mont h, s o issue t wo will be av ailable by
t he t ime y ou read this. It costs f a g / UK
and Europe, E5.25 out s ide Europe by
airmail, av ailable f r o m Sue Medley , 9
Warwic k Road, Sidc up, Kent DA14 6LJ
or J ohn A. Barns ley , 32 Merriv ale Road,
Ris ing Brook , St af f ord S i l l 9E13. I like
J ohn's pos t c ode!
THE FINAL CURTAIN
Right now it's your turn to send
me your hints and tips, problems
and a ny other juicy bits of info
(keep those Readers' Wives
photos comingi)l Whatever
you've got to say on the subject
of adventures say it to me, The
Man With The Beard, Adven-
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These pages are all yours.
'Cos Tikes! is the section
where you get your chance
to be funny/wacky/pithy/
dry or downright stupid.
Seeing as this is Issue One,
we haven't got any
letters at all, so we're going
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CLAIMS
TOFAME
Have y ou peed in t he gent s
alongs ide J eremy Beadle? Drunk
t oo muc h and v omit ed in
Ric hard Bak er's f ront garden?
Camped out in one of Claire
Rayner's stockings w i t h Claire
still in it)? Yeah yeah, we believ e
you, But we need phot ographic
proof. Here are s ome of the
ZERO t eam' s c laims to f ame t o
giv e y ou an idea
P ubl i s he r Te r e s a ha s a f t e r n o o n t e a w i t h Buz z a

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mark et opening c eremony ' will do. So wi l l 'In bed wit h To m
O'Connor and his mistress' (al though you mi ght get a bit
more dos h by s ending t his one t o The News Of The Wo r l d
.b ut s end it t o us any way ). Send all y our phot os t o Yikes..
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INTERVIEW
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Every month, Yikest interviews a 'famous person'
on the telephone. We were thinking of doing one
with Tommy Cooper, but as he died about four
years ago we did one with Jeremy Beadle instead...

Yik
Errrr...
g
Where were y ou born?
Beadle: Hac k ney .
i es 1; M m m m m . Nic e place. U m

h At this point t here's a lit t le bit of

Y i k e s ! : S o y ou c an r e me mb e r then.
Beadle: D o y ou wa n t an int erv iew
or not ?
' t i k e s ! : S o r r y . Was t his a nor mal
school, or a drama s c hool?
B e a d l e : ( G e t t i n g all s t roppy ). Whaddy a
mean ' drama s c hool'? I nev er went t o
n o w? " " Er. Ho w about his tastes in
mus ic ?" c omes a rat her obv ious
s ugges t ion f r o m t he corner...
Beadle: A r e y ou still t here?
Yi kesl : Sor r y, the phone fell off the
table. Um. _ or... what k ind of mus ic are
y ou int o?

ic,
panic
t in t he ZERO offi ces as ev ery one
dr ama school !! Beadl e: I 've got the wor l d's wor st taste
tries
l t o t hink of an 'int eres t ing' ques t ion
Yi kes!: Y i k e s ! Sorry. in music. I particularly like country
to
L ask...
Beadle: I t was a Sec ondary Mo d e r n music.
Beadle:
e Hello, hello?
Yik es ! : C a n y ou hang on a mi n u t e school: it was a n o r ma l school... Yi kesl : O h dear
t Yi kest: I n Hackney? Wynnette?
please? ; D o
'
"I'm not an actor, I'm Beadle: Well Beadl e: N o no no no no (still a bit yBeadl o e: u Yes, yes, I love Tammy
s Wy
no, not really, stroppy), t his was in Sout h London. l i kt e.eI lik e J ulio I ngles ias as well.
nnet
not a singer, I'm not
b
no. I ' m v ery "ti kes!: O h . What was your favour i te ' t i k e s ! : O h dear. Ho w did y ou actually
T a m
e
a comedian." school di nner ? 'get int o' t elev is ion?
busy ac t ually . m y
g Beadle: C 0 0 0 r r l Bloody 'ell! (He t hink s Beadle: We l l , it was a mat t er of
"tikes!: O h,
i about it f or a bit . ) Gy ps y tart!! osmosis really.
alright then. Urn...at, um, s c hool, were Yi kes!: E h? You mean you passed
n Yik es ! : S o r r y ?
you a ' birrov a' jok er. t hrough a s emi-permeable membrane?
a
Beadle: Oh yes, v ery muc h so, Defi - B e a d l e : Gy ps y tart. It was a desert. We
tnitely. Oh, t ot ally . all us ed t o go f or Gypsy tart. And chips. Beadl e: No, it was drinking in the right
t' t ik es ! : W h a t kind of ' wiz ard japery ' V i k e s l : S o u n d s nice. bars. That ' s quit e import ant in televi-
Suddenly one of J eremy Beadle's sion, It's what t elev is ion's all about . It's
hdid y ou get up to?

f,1
eBeadle: Er. . . t he bicycle ov er the lamp- ot her t elephones goes off, and we get a questi on of 'who do you know' and
put on ' hold' f or a bit . 'who likes you' - what you've got to do
spost, t he t rous ers up the s c hool
Beadle: Sorry is pick y our enemies well I t s import ant
tfl agpost. All t he normal stuff,
Yikesl: Y e s , * ti kes!: Tha t ' s okay. Um, when di d you to hav e enemies , t hough, bec aus e
a
leave s c hool? people (particularly British peopl e) like
r ev ery one does
that. E r m Beadle: A t sixteen. I was ex pelled taking sides. You just hope that the
" I' m not
t a magician, majorit y of people are going t o take
Anot her actually.
I'm a con-man."
. yours. Any way , my TV career started by
mo me n t of mild 'ti kes!: T h e y di dn't find your 'jokes'
very f unny t hen? writing bits and bobs for the influential
panic as t he
Beadle: A p p a r e n t l y not, no. people I met in pubs. My first break as a
ZERO staff try des perat ely to c ome up t elev is ion 'pres ent er' was af t er I'd
wit h t he ' f ollow on question'.... Yik es ! : S o , um, what was y our fi rst
writ t en a s eries f or Willie Rus ht on - who
Beadle: Hello? Are y ou still t here? job t hen?
t hen c ouldn't do it - so t he produc er
Y i k e s l : S o r r y , yes. Um, did y ou get in Beadle: M y v ery v ery fi rst job was
asked if I c ould s t ep in instead. Whic h,
any t rouble f or play ing these pranks: work ing as an ins uranc e clerk ( h e
whit t ers on f or an aeon about t he of course, I did.
y ou k now, did y ou get the cane or ' t i k e s ! : Y o u were s ay ing it 's import ant
any t hing? ins uranc e c lerk job)...
' t i k e s ! : T h a t s ounds a bit boring. to hav e enemies , Um, we were wonder-
Beadle: Oh, bloody hell yes at least
What was t he mos t c rap job y ou'v e ev er ing if t here's any t rut h in t he tale that on
once a week .
had? a liv e rec ording of Game For A Laugh,
Yik es ! : Really . What k ind of area were
Beadl e: I 'v e had loads and l oads and you and Henr y Kelly actually got
y ou hit on?
Burn? Hands ? loads of jobs. I was a lavatory attendant involved in a fist fight and creamed each
Knees? Where? once, it was wonder ful : this was in other in the chops in fr ont of the studio
" I' v e got the wor ld's audience?
worst taste in music." Beadle: It was Germany. I even had to pass a test. It
was a wr i tten test, and I di dn't speak a Beadl e: Whe r e did you hear that? I ts
on o u r hands or
wor d of German, so God knows how I not true at all. Absol ute rubbish.
get s ent to t he
managed t o get t he job at all, I got t he Yi kesl : S o who are your enemies
head and get it on the arse. then?
'tikes!: Really? sack, though, for locking peopl e in the
toilets. I wor ked in a baker y once as Beadle: Ah....
Beadle: Yes! A n d our art mas t er used
well. I actually wor ked INSIDE the Yi kesl : Mi c ha e l Grade? Leslie
to hav e a c upboard wit h six dif f erent
ovens. Crowther? Tar by? Roy Castle? Floella
canes, and t hey all had names
Yi kes!: Y ou' r e lucky to be alive Benjamin? Rod, Jane and Freddy? ...Um
' t ik es ! : B y jiminey l
then. Er.... you'r e not goi ng to tell us, are you?
Beadl e: Yes. I can't r emember what he
Anot her quic k dis c us s ion ens ues in Beadle. No.
used t o call t hem. Um, t here was one
the ZERO offi ce: "Wh a t can we ask h i m Yi kesl : O h. Okay then Bye. Click.
called Grand Harry

112 ZERO
 FRONTPAGENEWS
Have y ou got a really useless 'loc al
paper'? You k n o w t he k ind of t hing
0 0 tIvect BUILDING TIPS
we mean, The Penge Mirror or the By Robert McAlpine
Huddersfield Echo the kind of paper Junior
t APJ . C111. 1403 NNort h 0 0 0
Hello, My name' s Robert
where t he main s t ory on page t hree is via.s s t o 1 e o t t o t o a
all about s ome elm trees being pruned Mc Alpine J unior and I ' m
1401,Jellape1 sttia is pl) WASt
(or s omet hing), Well, we t hink it's about going t o be here ev ery
).14 T h eV49.5 hO tl ea 1)01;114 DO -
V i l t143111 mont h t o help y ou t hrough
t ime t hat these ex t remely int eres t ing
the c ons t ruc t ion and
stories were giv en s light ly more 'na-
e t t a r e t t i l l S t A i d O M -ti n demolit ion jungle: and let 's
t ional ex pos ure. So, scan y our local
tbe O N O . ParNt likoaa betvieeo face it - it is a jungle Out
week ly (or daily), cut out the mos t
I'llevia)f avid rilltlreoW t here - a lot of builders are
y awns omely t edious piec e y ou c an fi nd,
and send it t o us - we' ll do t he rest. You' ll 'latter day c owboy s '. Rest
assured, t hough, t hat I ' m not
win a s plendif erous ZERO T-s hirt (as will
one of t hem, and in my fi rst
everyone else wh o gets s omet hing print ed in
YikesI) and we' ll s end a ZERO ' Mos t Boring
News St ory In Great Brit ain This Mont h'
YAe2,sexxxelxilou helpline I ' m going t o giv e
y ou a f ew tips on h o w t o
Certifi cate to t he news paper. Ho w t hrilled it 'll
be! Here's one we f ound in The Surrey Mirror.
Xi remov e an int erior s upport -
ing wa l l . _

s PREPARATION
( l ) Ens ure all wi n d o ws in t he

READERSWIVES BLACKSHAPE l hous e are fi rmly closed,

(2) Turn of f (at t he mains ) t he

(AND,ERM,PETS
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gas, wat er and elec t ric it y
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I recently bought some
ANDTHINGS) (as you can see). I'm
appealing to you lot to vcotton pyjamas em-
(3) Siphon t he wat er , , , , I t i . . , , , , ,

1 This is t he Fiesta part of the

mag - except it's not quit e as
'rude': no Duck Billed
write to me - about
anything, absolutely
anything at all. The
blazened with the cast
of the cult ITV chil-
idrens series Rainbow,
out oflav
hold allattory
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more letters I get, the Bungle, Zippy,

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even f riends or relatives) in However, if I don't get
much mail then I'll
VThey are all there.
a
downstairs
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and v a t %
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an embarras s ing pose. You upstairs carpets.
k now the k ind of t hing - t he wither up and die - only a Luke 'Beatmaster' (5) Sec ure any
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sort of shot where t he ' pho- you can save me. Kool ex t erior TV ariels l
t ographee' didn' t k now a Because I'm in need of Brixton to t he ground l
camera was about t o go of f your correspondence, Well done. Black wit h rope. i
and was in I'm going to start off a Shape. (6) Send any k
t he mi d d l e bit sort of 'grovelly'.... pets t o a
See how easy it is
of a part ic u- please write, dear kind k ennels (or
reader. Um, that's to 'get on board.' l
larly ridic u- get t he
lous facial Write about anything -
enough boot-licking. neigh-
Here's a sample (all my absolutely anything at
ex pres s ion. bours t o look af t er t hem)
own work, as this is all (You've already
Or ma y b e
said that. Ed). THE 'JOB' ITSELF
y ou can Issue One).
' borrow' (1) Set up not one, but t hree
s omeone' s s c af f olded s upport ing jois t s
pas s port
phot o. You
can ev en
ASTRONOMYCORNER (this gives a 66% margin f or
unit f ailure).
(2) St rip of f all wallpaper ex-
Be comment! By Professor Bernard Nebula t remely c aref ully (y ou may
send in Bad n e ws f or NASA I ' m af raid, and r emember y ou read it
be able t o re-use it).
shots of pets land these CAN here first, but t hings hav e gone awry wit h t he depend-
be rude -- after all, Dav id At- (3) Soak t he plas t er in Sugar
able old space probe Voy ager III_ Short ly af t er phot o-
t enborough has f oot age of Wat er and c hip it away . Take
graphing Nept une (and, I mus t add, what an abs olut ely
elephants mat ing: and t hat 's care not to damage the
s uper job it did), t he radio s ignals bec ame v ery weak and
not c ons idered ov er the t op). bricks beneat h, as t hes e are
then, all of a s udden, fi zzled out. NASA' s wors t fears
Oh, and s end a bit of inf o have been c onfi rmed by t he c omput er enhanc ed pic t ures pot ent ially re-us able as well.
wit h each pic t ure, so we can ( 4) Onc e t he plas t er is off, get
taken f rom t he fi nal radio
do a lit t le writ e-up. transmission.... t he s olar a s t urdy s c rewdriv er and
begin s c raping away the
system is s urrounded by
point ing bet ween t he bricks.
the sticky we b of a mon-
This last stage takes quit e
strous 's pac e-s pider. '
a bit of t ime, as y ou c an
Tak ing a t ip f rom ITN, I've
imagine, s o I'll c ont inue nex t
dragged Heat her Cpuper (t he
mont h, But as y ou can see,
only f emale as t ronomer in t he
t here's no reas on at all wh y
wo r l d ) out of the closet, Here's
remov ing an int erior sup-
what she had t o say:
port ing wa l l s hould be a
"Amaz ing, t ot ally amaz ing,
mes s y or dangerous af f air - if
giant web, gigant ic Spac e Spider,
y ou do t hings the Robert
might be heading t owards earth,
Mc Alpine J unior way that is
we' re all t rif fi c ly excited, I c an't
Any c ons t ruc t ion or demo-
convey t he at mos phere here
lit ion queries ? Or may be
Davi d Masco - w oul d you Bernard, huge s pider t remen-
y ou'v e got s ome s hort cuts
buy a car off thi s man? A dous ly ex c it ing stuff, mu s t go
now." (Thank God for that. Edl. or tips? Writ e t o Mc Alpine
pretty gr i m passpor t pic by J unior - he' ll get y ou s ort ed
anyisodys standar ds.
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17 Ak in (4) 13 Edge(3)
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21 J o h n is alway s addres s ed 20 Beer (3)
this way (4) 22 Sc ope (6)
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2 5 Comprehend (7) 25 Amphitheatre (4)
24 2 7 One t i me ( 4 ) 26 War wound, perhaps? (4)
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