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houses among the pirates? What industry. a n d it is iust superb!
occasionally got the can he mean I hear you cry? But many people (journalises?) It has a high-res title screen, a 1 /2 player
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It comes in two forms. Ripping have abused this service and option and the locility to continue where
Gran's wooden leg, cover my eye off arcade designs. And using taken pre-release software and you left off On game over —Inn useful to
with a patch and hop around hacked software (utilities and released in onto the hacker practice those high levels.
mindlessly, shouting "Ooh, Arr, games) for release in the UK. network.
Nemesis is very, very close to the arcade
Jim lad!" This usually took place How many times have you This is wrong_ It is an abuse of original. You pilot a Defender type craft
after watching Treasure Island seen games that are coin-op privilege end position.
through space destroying enemy bases and
on TV.
clones under another name? Software houses have finally picking up extra firepower and shields.
Look at Punch Outi seen the light — why did it take Ws a horizontally scrolling game and
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My last observation Commercial pirates are those Pods only matetiolise when you shoot
is based on personal beastly, faceless people who are certain groups of aliens or red coloured
experience. Two ripping off the genuine article to attackers.
leading software make a quick profit. They are The special pods you pick up move a
serl companies in the UK the REAL threat to the industry counter across the bottom of the screen
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world. But just who ARE these You may not even think of it as It's a crazy, mixed
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