T GO D CONTENTS. PAPERBOY GHOillik•N* GOBLINS BOMBJACK TURPO ESPRIT BATTY PECTRUM £ 9 . 9 9 the titles on this compilation are avail- . e on budget. if you like all the games • • Bombjack. Turbo Esprit and Ghosts Goblins are particularly good • it might .. worth buying this Otherwise buy your ' untes separately VERALL 6 3 c 1MSTRAD £ 9 . 9 9 / 0 „actly the same criticisms as the Spec- • m version. If you like 'em all, you could 've three pounds by buying this pack- ' e If you don't, pick up your favourites budget for two quid (Turbo Esprit, , mbjack) and three quid (Batty, Papery, Ghosts 'n' Goblins). VERALL 6 3 ' C64 3 £ 9 . 9 9 / o Surprise, surprise! The same criticisms again. This lime. though, Batty and Ghosts 'n• Goblins are definitely worth buying separately. The rest aren't much cop - and don't bother with Turbo Esprit - it's complete rubbish. OVERALL 6 0 % ,,,,, ,, CHRISTMAS COLLECTION CONTENTS: URIDIUM CYBERNOID II HYDROF00 (SPEC/AMS ONLY) laiHT FORCE ELIMINATOR EXOLON' SANXION (C64 ONLY) SPECTRUM £12.99 A tasty potpourri of golden oldies and new titles, none of which are bad. Hydrofool is a great 3D forced perspective arcade adventure, Eliminator is an interesting racing game-cum-blaster, while all the rest are extremely polished and playable shoot 'em ups. Highly recommended. OVERALL 8 6 1AMSTRAD £12.99 ) / 0 The same criticisms (or should that be compliments) as the Spectrum version The Christmas Collection offers weeks of highly enjoyable computer entertainment - check it out OVERALL 8 8 % C64 £ 1 2 9 9 Sanxion has been included instead of Hydrofool, making this a shoot 'ern up only package - which isn't a bad thing if you're an ardent blaster There's literally weeks and weeks of fun to be had with this one. OVERALL 8 6 % W Z , TOLKIEN M MTRILOGY MCONTENTS: MTHE HOBBIT , LORD OF THE RINGS . SHADOWS / OF MORDOR / t . / ZSPECTRUM £12.99 t The Hobbit is a classic adventure game. and although it's nearly six years old, its t still challenging and addictive. Lord of the t Rings is a similar, but larger game which comes in three pads and features multi- , character control. Shadows of Mordor is Mrelatively new, and is a complex RPGstyle adventure. The Tolkien Trilogy is a , brilliant package for adventure fans, and is highly recommended, M , OVERALL 8 5 % MAMSTRAD £12.99 t i All the versions play identically to the Spectrum games. but the graphics are far more colourful, and where relevant, the sound is better. Look out for The Tolkien Trilogy - it'll keep you engrossed for months! OVERALL 8 6 % C64 £ 1 2 . 9 9 Once again, exactly the same gameplay as the other versions, but with even better graphics and sound. if you're a C64 adventurer, check this one out! OVERALL 88% f t , M t / M M , M , PREM II ELI A CU DIAN MERCEN BACKLA ST £ 2 4 . 9 9 Backlash <strong>Is</strong> an enjoyable. but ultimately dull ultra-fast 3D shoot em up. Eliminator is a colourful 30 futuristic blastingracing game. Custodian is pretty poor. and Mercenary is a superb. sprawling first per son 3D arcade adventure Overall a tea sonable package OVERALL 7 0 % AMIGA £ 2 4 . 9 9 Same criticisms, really Mercenary and Eliminator are both great, but the other two games let the package down Take it or leave it OVERALL 7 0 % GIANTS OUTRUN GAUNTLET II 1943 STREET FIGHTER R222222222222222222 AMIGA £ 2 4 . 9 9 Gauntlet is the star of the show, combining slick and addictive gameplay with great graphics and sound, but the others on the package aren't so hot. Street Fighter is the worst fighting game available on the Amiga - it's truly dire. Outrun is an average port-over from the humdrum ST version and 1943 is a fairly average vertically scrolling shoot 'em up. Only Gauntlet II offers more than a couple of hours entertainment... OVERALL 6 5 % ftli77/711171171///
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