Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

E xclusivel Exclusive!
&I Tony Takoushi
picks his nose!
Wow what thrills
As you may have
gathered from the
above, I am really
naffed off about the use
of the word EXCLUSIVE.
I am sick and tired of
people making a big
deal about having
exclusive this and
exclusive that.
Before I go on, I have
to say I try to get an
exclusive every month
for C +VG readers in my
Hot Gossip page. But,
apnd it is a BIG BUT,
'the exclusive is to
little shoot-'em-up that is
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is called Killer Rings
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satisfy MY need to give
you something hot and
new to read about.
The fact that I may
have an exclusive on a
game speaks for itself,
and the reader will see
that if he reads C+VG
and other mags over a
period of time.
I do not plaster the
word exclusive across
my page even though
most of my reviews are
way ahead of other
mags. Examples of my
"exclusives" being
Mercenary / Gunship /
Killed Until Dead /
Batalyx 1 numerous ST
games blah, blah, blots.
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C+VG's Hot Gossiper
Tony Takoushl has the biggest eyes, nose
and mighty mouth in computer games. He
sees all, hears all and he then shouts
about it each month exclusively in
your favourite computer mag.
So read on for the man
who shoots from the li
at the good, the bad
and the ugly in
the software
world.
• Killer Rings
can move this around the
bottom half of the screen
spewing out death lasers up
and down the screen. Above
you there are fat, squat hairy
looking flies walking across the
screen_
The flies peel off from the
formation and zoom down on
you but they swerve and twirl
The whole situation
got very petty and
unprofessional with the
Sinclair User parody by
Crash, but this seemed
to settle the exclusive
review scene for a
while.
Magazines are an
information service and
they try to bring you,
the reader, the most
interesting info as early
as possible. The word
exclusive is to my mind
most effective when
used sparingly.
My criteria in what to
bring you in Hot Gossip
is that the game is HOT.
I will not review a game
that I do not like. Thus if
I see a game that I like, I
will approach the
author and promise him
space in Hot Gossip if he
can give me a scoop.
Alright, I have let off
steam, NOW YOU LET
OFF STEAM.
Do you give a damn
whether the reviews
you read are Exclusive
or not?
I would really like to
know (and most
everyone in publishing I
would imagine!) so put
aside five minutes
tonight and write to me
a letter telling me what
YOU think.
zipping around the screen.
On level three you get
metallic log rolls to shoot and
they are protected on their
sides by little shields, so
accurate shooting is in order.
Levels five and six have you
facing the same fat, ugly flies
again but they ore more
colourful and a chain of
bouncing bolls that loop
around the top row of the
screen regenerating the flies
you kill.
level seven has you facing
that old brute the Mothership
and you have to shoot a
passageway into its hold to
around you, teasing you to go destroy it. As in the Phoenix
for them. They also drop lethal , tradition the mothership
bombs on you and contact is releases hordes of flies to keep
fatal — you lose one of your
four lives.
Your laser can shoot the flies
and the bombs they drop on
you. When you shoot either
bombs or flies they explode
with zillions of colourful bits
you on the move and away
from shooting her.
Lots of colour, blow away
action end some really
groovy, groovy music to zap
along to make this a budget
offenngyou cannot miss 11
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