Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

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HANG ON
The other motorbike offering
this month is the other arcade
classic Hang On. This is
absolute dynamite. As a
conversion it is sil
and
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action packed.
You have three gears and
switch -smooth between them by using
the up and down on the pad —
this con be frustratingly dodgy
to start with as you can change
gear while taking bends
unintentionally. There are five
stages to cover: circuit, seaside,
monument valley, city night
and circuit again. Each stage is
four kilometres long and has to
be completed in the time
specified.
If you hit any road signs or
racers, you lose a life.
Any spore time is carried
forward to the next stage and
you score for bikers passed.
This is a must for anybody
into racing games. Check it out.
GRAPHICS 7
SOUND 7
PLAYABIUTY 8
OVERALL - - - '
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• ENDURO
RACER
Endure Racer is a conversion
of the arcade game in the true
sense of the word. It is not a
true on-the-bike view, instead
Sego has opted for a
diagonally scrolling ZOYJCOn
type approach. Initially I was
disappointed after seeing the
conversion of Enduro Racer. I
figured they could at least
come close on play and
presentation.
Enduro Racer iso ten stage
game with five basic scenes
(country track/ruins/red desert/
marshland and mountain
roads), which are repeated
with a shorter time span to
make up the ten — 60 secs first
time round with 50 secs on
tracks 6-10.
You con enhance your bike
by passing as many cars and
bikes as you can along the
course, these are totted up at
the end of each stage and you
ore placed in the tune up
screen. Here you can choose
from accelerator, handling,
tyres, engine, suspension and
items which decreases your
damage rating.
The ploy is fast and
challenging and the only real
problem, and it is a biggy, is
that your ability to turn left and
right is very sluggish. There is
the ability to pick up better
hondlina nff the tune up screen
0 GRAPHICS 6
0 SOUND 6
0 PLAYABILITY 5
0 OVERALL 7
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• Afterburner is due out for
the Sego and new barriers are
set to be broken as it should be
a four MEGABIT CARTRIDGE
(that is 500,000 bytes to you!)
Graphically it should be pretty
amazing (see the preview plc
of the Sego cart below).
• Fantasy Zone 2 is a two
megabit cart for the Sego and
should be heading in your
direction next month. Other
Sego gems include Kung Fu,
Zillion 2, SDI and Rescue
Mission, these are scheduled
for release in early 1988
• 5.0.1.
• You have played the arcade
game, bought the Sega
cartridge, listened to the
album, tape or compact disc,
tinkered with the plastic to
AND NOW you con watch
THE VIDEO!! Yes folks you can
now buy videos of your
favourite arcade games, the
first titles covered ore After
Burner, Hong On, Super Hang
On and Enduro Racer (see pic).
• Next month I'll be reviewing
Zaxxen 3-D is due for release
quite soon and I hove seen a
prototype version. You hod
better start polishing those 3-D
glasses as this game rates as
the best 3-D game to date.
I have also got finished
Fantasy Zone 2 (two megabit)
and Kung Fu Kid (one megabit)
carts, reviews to follow soon.
The other prototype carts to
arrive in the UK are Zillion 2,
SDI, Combat and Rescue and
Alien Syndrome.
• 3D Zoxx.
My word you lot are keeping
me busy!
My postman is about to go
on strike because of the
amount of mail you ore
sending me (keep sending it, I
never really liked him
anyway!!) there seems to be a
heavy bias at the moment to
Sega, and despite little
coverage in recent months it
will change! I have had a few
problems getting carts for it but
that has been sorted.
The most popular cart at the
moment seems to be Outrun (I
do not blame you, IT IS HOT),
the top score of over 45 million
is going to take some beating.
Mike Donnelly is confused as
la which system to go for, sorry
Mike it really is a case of horses
for courses, there is not a clear
cut favourite especially as the
new Nintendo stuff is about to
start entering the UK.
Special thanks must go to
Robin for sending me some
JUICY tips, not forgetting the
Wonderboy himself Glenn
Black and MY Kung Fu Master
George Wade.
If you should be having
problems finding Sego carts
then pay your local Woolies/
Smiths/Menzies/Toys R Us/
and Virgin stores a visit.
OK! now for the tips and
there are some real beauts this
month.
SPACE HARRIER - there is o
secret screen hidden in the
sound test port of the game
(see the manual for entry) first
select the UR-7-4-3-7-4-8-1
and this puts you in the secret
screen.
You can also get unlimited
lives on Space Harrier by
pressing xxxxxxxxioac on the
game over screen.
QUARTET — to access the
sound test press pause four
times and press player 1 on the
second player pod while the
title screen comes up (on
power up). You can select
sound through pad 1. To get
wide beam at game start press
the pause button 14 times and
then press *1 on the control
pod on the title screen.
CHOPLIFTER — On the title
screen press up/down/left/
right and press *1 on the
control pad, repeat the process
for the next screen.
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