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1 • 'tAlltlES . • AT SPEED OF LIGHtlf, T H E • FASTE11-THAN-LIGHT • • ek• SHOCKWAY RIDERS are the pick of the street gangs - ATHLETIC,AGGRESSIVE & ARROGANT - triple-speed . moving walkways that circle the great as tMEGACITYS h e y ofthe 21st Century. THE ULTIMATE AIM OF EVERY RIDER c r u i s is to go "FULL CIRCLE" - to do that,he must fight e off the Block Boys,the Cops and the Vigilantes a l as owell as negotiating the Speed Traps nand g Rider Ramps erected by the angry t h local residents! SHOCK e WAY RIDER is the most ogiginal arcade gamtl of the year - THE ULTIMATE FUTURE • SHOCK!! • • LIGHTFORCE AVAILABLE SEPT. '86 SHOCKWAY RIDER AVAILABLE OCT. '86 • LIGHTFORCE is for VENGEANCE LIGHTFQRCE is the Punishment Arm of Galactic righter Command_ When a Terran-settled system at the edge of the galaxy is seized by an alien force .revenge comes in the form of a lone LIGHTFORCE fighter, LIGHTFORCE confronts alien in a dazzling battle above the strange landscapes of the Ice-PLanet,the Jungle Planet ,Alien factories and the impassable Asteroid Belt. LIGHTFORCE - at the speed of Light • - from FTIp • SPECTRUM E 7.95 AMSTRAD Et COMMODORE E13.95 FTL FASTER THAN LIGHT, CARTER FOLUS GROUP OF COMPANIES, SEDGLEY ROAD EAST, TIPTON, WEST MIDLANDS DWI WI Tel: 021-520 2981 (4 lines) 1 • • ••• 4
1 7 1 4 1 . SUPPLI PRICE: E9,95 cats/11E1415 REVIEWER: CHRIS N I haven t E , playing 1942 since !first R loaded it some 10.5 hours ago. E The game is so addictive, : fast, and furious that it must be : my favourite shoot- 'em-up to date. C The first thing that gets you when you eload up is the brilliant music. But ufor the life of me I SCORE c1000100 0 0 0 • ROLL: Rlitit 0 • (1(14111)410 HIGH - SCORE couldn't think r of the tune's name. It's 8one of those old war tunes that 4sticks in your mind and you hum it for weeks. After / questioning the family, friends, and relations, E Jasper the dog I finally came 1 up with the goods. I can now 2 reveal that the tune is from the 8film 633 Squadron, an old British „ war movie. Now back to the game The idea is to fly your aircraft from carrier to carrier across A Despite its Otte, this game's nght up to date. When you reach the waiting carrier, a tune will play and you will be thrust onto the next level. Some areas have different land and sea shooting down names, starting with Midway loads and loads of enemy then Marshall, Attu, Rambual planes. You guessed it 24 until you finally reach The Final stages of pure blasting! Area. When you get there you'll At the start of each level, you know the meaning of the word take off from your aircraft tough! carrier and head for the enemy. The graphics are clear and The screen scrolls up and you colourful. Sound comes in the are attacked by nasty little form of that fantastic tune, planes which are willing to die which really drives you on J during the game, and also don't mess around! various spot effects which, u If you shoot the right fighter, although clear, are a bit flat s it will change into a special The game is a blast, and if t "POW" sign which, when you don't buy it then you don't tpicked up, will give your deserve a 64. It's that simple. o humble plane extra capabilities. Well done Elite. Can we have On the first couple of levels, some more like this? You can also protect yourself life, and you have three lives. syou are given an extra gun, for a short while by doing a roll. When you have the extra tallowing three bullets to be When performing a roll you go planes and three guns you will I a ofired at once, on later levels you out of the enemy's line of fire find knocking out large tie SOUND 9 p get two escort planes which fly and can come out of the most bombers extremely easy — but r▪ VALUE either side of you and help you vicious attacks unscathed. You you will be an easier target for ybattle on. G111. PLAYABILITY N are only allowed three rolls per small kamikaze planes to hit, o R e ,1 u A 1 n . is well N TII• SUPPLIER: ARIMASOFT P 1 , n I• I PRICE E8.95 - h , H B I• cVERSION TESTED AMSTRAD TAPE e W I I I I - p kick. Its eyes open and I r I 9 • continually while walking s . . . 1 . i , t Crid jumping giving it an e R 88 F years after the famous 1 1 1 k n dearing quality sadly lacking gabortive E 2 Clapham Common - g n Sthe central characters of u summit V I of 1987, between me games. a i w President yI T Reagan and Mr. Especially useful for map Gorbachov, the United States n h oaks is the screen dump feature sE had I almost finished their e f - t r hich lets you make a hard WStrategic N Defence Initiative n py of any location at the press ESatellite. E i m Only a mere SO years i f a button. The one real niggle R late • ana 42 trilliant mega-buckse h r e e ith this game though is the t over : A budget the system still umber of times you have to be a t needed D M to be tested. Buthow to dstanding in a pixel perfect r r i test A S SDI without starting the war oposition before being able to it was designed to stop? Well, e successfully make a jump. e Vthose T awfully clever NASA o t Ichaps R s have come up with a tiny 10 D robot, A so tiny it can wander c l a , P. SOUND 7 around D the satellite's circuit 11. VALUE b ( l k G PLAYAS/Lin' 7 boards C examing all the e ilk Seeektri's 0 tgame For those who need an Ultimate substitute_ i R components of the main P computer, reporting back if it s n A Unfortunately the place is finds C The feeling of height has also any problems. s riddled with all things sharp! been exploited more in Sepulcri d P 4 As you control the robot o inside 1 the computer you will p Sepulcri is definitely in the H than in many similar games mould of Knight Lore and Alien giving the impression of an f I encounter 1 many 'bugs' and m Eight. environment with many levels. C miniature 1 sheep (inserted into e tUnfortunately there are a few This also helps to give a S the system instead of the usual 1 too many of the latter and not RAM geddit?It) that will o refreshingly wide variation of enough really meaty logic room shapes and sizes. bring on a sudden case of deathi problems ; in this game. l That Graphics are crisp and well if touched. Your robot has also, e said there are some neat ideas designed with a number of inconveniently, got sensors like trap doors through which different wall textures and under his feet which cause it to l you fall onto yraised platforms colour combinations (in four self-destruct when it comes intom containing flip switches that colour mode) which further contact with anything sharp. w seemed impossible to reach. e help to make every room look w n h e
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