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BMX
SIMULATOR
MACHINE: C64
• SUPPLIER: CODE MASTERS
• PRICE: E1•99
REVIEWER: CHRIS
If you LIKE BMX, but don't like
the things that go with it —
broken legs, arms and necks —
this is the game for you!
BMX Simulator is about as
close as you'll get to the real
thing without injuring some
part of your anatomy. With its
two player option, action replay
mode and colourful graphics
this has to be one of the best
games around for under E2.
You and the computer are
lined up, ready to start. Bikers
ready, pedals ready, GO!!
Carefully turning the bike at an
angle which has to be accurate,
everything! As you start, the
computer takes the lead, using
skill like you've never seen to
take the most dangerous of
corners. This computer biker is
good!
On the next course, you learn
about one of the most annoying
parts of what is otherwise a
super game. This irritating
aspect is the fact that if you and
the computer collide, Only YOU
come off. Yes, you lose time
and the machine just keeps
going.
This gets really bad when you
are just about to win. You are
neck and neck. Then the
computer turns into you and
POW!, you're out! What a
cheat!!
If you think the computer
A BMX Racer es about as close as you'll came fa the real thing on a computer.
you speed around the corner,
avoiding the steep banks of
earth. The computer knows
how to play too, and is very
good at catching up.
You zoom around the track,
using the brake carefully, using
the banks to turn, and using a
Pox of Kleenex to wipe away
the sweat from your face,
You've done two laps, and
are coming up for the last one
when bangl y o u hit a
post and come flying off. The
crafty computer takes
advantage, speeding and then
leaving you in the distance. The
computer wins, you lose. But,
you did it within the time limit
and have qualified for the next
course, Phew!
This track looks harder, more
banks, more posts— more
cheated or you want to see that
little bit of skill that saved you,
pressing 'A' gives an action
replay of the whole affair.
When you finish, you are told
who is the winner, and you're
given the scores. If you are
playing in two player mode, you
get a rather short awards
ceremony.
The tracks are graphically
quite good, the only moan is
lack of colour, but that's the
limit of the machine, The music,
although short, is very good
and Dave Whittaker should be
proud of himself. A great game
for the price, very entertaining
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MACHINE: C64
SUPPLIER: IMAGINE
• PRICE: 0.95
• REVIEWER; PAUL
If you can flog it once, you can
flog it twice. That's always been
a philosophy close to the heart
of software houses. And when
you've got a game as good as
Vie Ar Kung Fu it's no bad deal
for the punter as well,
It's more of the same, a lot of
bop, barn, boom as the fists and
feet fly in all directions against
seemingly endless warlords of
the Ye Gab Emperor.
The Kung Fu master you
control is Lee Young. In my case
he would be better named Die
Young because that is what he
did. I became very used to
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ending flat on my back with my
legs waving in the air.
Right, here's a quick run
through of the Emperor's
henchmen, First comes wave
after wave of midget fighters.
Next up is the first of the real
baddies — Yen Pei, who
besides having deadly fists and
feet, has an iron pig tail which
he swings around his head, It
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also has the unnerving habit of
suddenly stretching out right
across the screen to thump you
straight in the mush.
Each of the following gang
has a special feature — it's
always lethal.
Lang Fang has a fan (it's not
me) which causes more than a
flutter in the breeze.
In earlier versions of the
game it wasn't Po Chin's bad
breath you had to worry about.
It was far nastier and far ruder.
Then there's Wen Hu, with his
flying mask, Wei Chin, a
boomerang specialist, Mei Ling,
who does more than just look
daggers at you, Han Chen. who
lobs bombs, and finally Li Jen,
who's more than a little flash
with his lightning bolts.
There are various ways to
improve your energy. Knocking
out the midget fighters in
sufficient numbers gives you a
tea leaf. Get five and you can
brew up a cup of energy-giving
tea.
Great graphics, music and
sound effects combine to make
Vie Ar Kung Full another
winner,
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