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07016tres46 WIN A KART COMPETITION49 GOING FOR GOLD50 US GOLD NEWS52 OUTRUN57 GO!60 COIN IT63 GAUNTLET II64 SCREEN STARS68 KNIGHTMARE COMPETITION70 STAR TREK - THE NEXT GENERATION74 FAST LANE - NIGEL MANSELL83 FANTASY ROLE - PLAYING SPECIAL98 PLANET OF DOOM BOARD GAME103 COMPETITION RESULTS104 ALTERNATIVE WORLD GAMES COMP.109 GRAFITTI RESULTS111 THUNDERCATS CARTOON132 WIN AN AMIGA145 COMPUTER HITS COMPETITION164 KONAMI T-SHIRT OFFER168 BUGGY BOY PLAYERS GUIDEonet/ps 2, Iviet/vs--,NIGEL MANSELL/13748 NEWS16 REVIEWS: GAMES OF THE MONTH:THIVERCATS AND NEBULUS.C +VG HITS: JACK THE NIPPER II,TERRORPODS, BUGGY BOYREGULARS77 IDEAS CENTRAL122 FRAME UP126 BIG SCREEN136 ARCADE ACTION140 COMIX146 ADVENTURE174 THE MEAN MACHINES180 STREET SEEN185 MAILBAG194 HOT GOSSIPte4H4• STREET SEENiP180EDITOR Tim Metcalfe OEN FY EDITOR Paul Boughton EDITORIALASSISTANT Lesly Walker SUB-EDITOR Seamus St John ARTEDITOR Craig Kennedy ADVENTURE WRITERS Keith CampbellSteve Donoghue Matthew Woodley AMERICAN CORRESPONDEN IMarshal M. Rosenthal ARCADES Clare Edgeley SOFTWARECONSULTANT Tony Takoushi PUBLICITY Clive PembrIdgeADVERTISEMENT MANAGER Garri Williams SENIORADVERTISEMENT EXECUTIVE Katherine Lee AD PRODUCTIONLora Clark PUBLISHER Terry Pratt COVER Lee SullivanEDITORIAL AND ADVERTISEMENT OFFICES Priory Court, 30.32Forringdon lane. London. EC1R 3AU Tel: 01-251 6222. July-December 106,571• BUGGY 80Y1P1681.

Contents-• ACTION FORCEIP45• THUNDERCATS/P16• ROLE-PLAYING/P83• MEAN MACHINES/P174• TRAP DOOR/P25I n a 4 e C 5If this is the first time you'vepicked up C + VG then you'vechosen the right month! Not onlyare there tons of really greatgames about at the moment whichwe've packed into our reviewssection, but also we've got manymega-competitions On the frontof this issue you'll find your FREEminiature role-playing figures foryou to use playing Our exclusivePlanet Doom fantasyboard game. Talking of fantasyfigures, Wayne has been hord atwork to bring you C + VG's specialFantasy Role Playing supplement.We take on in depth look at whatUS Gold have up their sleeves forChristmas, offer you the chance towin on awesome Electronic ArtsAmiga and check out our BuggyBoy Players Guide. All this plus ourexecutive Nigel Mansell GrandPrix preview.e C o a t .a d m a y be- f chewed a -, 2111R ' d. •IF• •Ame••••••••••• KNIGHT GAMES 21128• BIG SCREEN/13126• ARCADE ACTIONIP136L i a n a " 11• FRAME LIPIP122 • TERRORPODS1P29a l t e n t S

111AF 11111M A E ALLAIAlliff911kINTRODUCINGBE SCAPE11411•••Al.F.ir F::•••••7'l1.i1pLasers that don't r miss Scanners that hunt you out. Mitral is MASSIVE"The 3D presentation is Spectacular" A siNcLAIR USER. " A Major Breakthrough"AMSTRAD USER."A New 3 Dimensional Reality... WOINI"cRAsH.n---©1987 INCENTIVE SOFTWARE LTD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED .WRICW4v I S A T R A D E M A R KO F I N C E1N T I V ESPECTRUMCOMMODOREAMSTRAD CPCCassette E14.95Disc E17.95Mitral — An abandoned Moon — An unstable Moon about to blow —A defence system set on automatic —THE DRILLER EXPERIENCE — IT'S JUST LIKE BEING THERE!

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Piranha's new Berk game,Through the Trapdoor,which is reviewed this issue.Olympiad 88 which theChocDrops• The All Because the LadyLoves Milk Tray chocolate adsare to be turned into a computergame of the some name bySuperior Software. Soundsbizarre, doesn't it,But Superior have token thethemes of the all-action ads,where the mysterious Man inBlack performs all sorts ofamazing stunts just to deliver abox of chocs to a lady, and isusing them as backdrops for onarcade game spiced up with alittle problem solving.The game will last over fivelevels. The actions will includeskiing, bike riding, powerboatsetc. In the final level the Man inBlack must deliver the chocs.Those who make it to the end ofthe game are promised a specialtreat!Cadbury's ore running anew series of the ads overChristmas and the Superior gome—available on Commodore,Spectrum and probably Amstrad—will be released in the NewYearfi f t l d l e t k Gibie+S• To roars of "fix," "fiddle"and "shame," Cs-VG writer andsoon-to-be horror author JohnGilbert won a personalcompact disc player in a prizedraw run during Pirahna's firstbirthday party.C+ VG's editor TimMetcalfe, mightily peeved atnot winning was heard yelling."You'll never work for me again,Gilbert,"The outrage of the assembled150 odd assorted magazinejournalists, progrommers, artistsand distributors, was furthercompounded by the news thatPirohna is to be release a JohnGilbert designed horror gamecalled Coven sometime in theNew year.John, whose first novel, TheDevil's Children, will also bepublished in Britain next year,was not available for commentbecause nobody was preparedto talk to him afterwards.There is no truth in the rumourthat the C+ VG team were laterseen trying to persuade John totake up swimming in the tank ofpiranha fish on Piranha's stand atthe PCW Show.G edi• Okay, it's grovelling time.Alligata's hugely addictiveAddictaball on the Atari STsells for E1495 and not E241.95as stated in C+ VG's review of thegame in the October issue. Sorryetc etcF• Pac's back in Poc-land. Thedot-munching,oghost-crunchingPAC has been snapped up byOuicksilva For release in timefor Christmas.Set on his home island, Pacmust xhelp a lost fairy home toFairyland. To succeed, Pac mustpass through towns, forgethrough rugged mountains, crossdangerous ravines and trekacross deserts.,Throughout the adventure, Pacis hindered by his enemies Blinky,Pinky, Inky and Clyde.Versions under productioninclude Commodore 641128,Spectrum, GAmstrad CPC, MSX,Atari ST and Amiga forChristmas.i3Ivc• Berk and his friends will returnointelevisiona new seriesseriesofTrapdoorthe populorlateIin 1988. Meanwhile you concatch the re-runs of the first series, It,right morning. up to Or March you can every play Saturday 1• Bobble hats at the ready,chops. The season of chill thrillsand frostbite is on as the wintersports simulations slip and slideonto the games scene, The picsare from Tynesoft's Winterf0,4aTynesiders have released to cashin on the XV Winter Olympics inCalgary next February.5• A thick fog has descended on Old London Town. Afull moon can occassionally be glimpsed. From out of1the dank, dark depths of C+ VG's office a horriblehowling can be heard. It turns the blood of all thosewho hear it to ice. it can only mean one thing —werewolves are about!iStrange that such off noises should coincide with therelease of Viz Design's Werewolves ofLondon game and C+ VG's Out Howl a WerewolfCompetition.cPictured here is Viz Design's Paul Smith the manbehind Werewolves of London and that otherhorror game Bride of Frankenstein. He'sCclutching a poster of the game and we've now got twoof those posters PLUS 10 copies of the game to giveaway to the readers with the best howl!Just send us a tape of your very best bloodcurdlingwerewolf howl to Out Howl a Werewolfo competition, Computer + Video Games, Priory Court,30-32 Farringdon Lane, London EC1R 3AU. Theclosing date is December 16 and editor's decision ismfinal. And we're sorry but we can't return the tapes.The two best howls will get the signed poster plus acopy of the game and the eight runners up will get thePgame.Don't forget to fill in the printed form and say whichcomputer you have.e117Name11t U AddressTHOiWlLA SpectrumE CBM 64 E Amstrad -7W•

Preview The Future!PROJECT: STEALTH FIGHTER• milikahk-Stealth Fighter.. ,the hottest topic of conversation in aviationcircles today. Space Age technology and engineering makethese aircraft virtually undetectable by enemy radar.Stealth Fighters are believed to be in operation, flying themost sensitive missions,flown by a superior class of pilat.Youcan experience that thrill of flying a revolutionary aircraftpreviewing the edge of the future.Please sendName (block capitals)PROJECT: STEALTH FIGHTER. Another brillant simulationfrom MicroProse. Available for the Commodore 64/128K.Cassette £14.95. Disk £19.95.a a .41AM 1 AM ME M A NM • imilln• I N66.011 IIMInwdllOPIE Mimddl.AEr I N I E W0S I M U t k i l o N • S O11F Tcopy/ies of Project: Stealth Fighter CBM 64/128 0 Cassette £14.95 0 Disk £19.95 0 Further details1AA d d r e s sI enclose L i n c l u d i n g 55p P-I-P. Cheques payable to MicroProse Software Ltd.or debit my Access/Visa card. Expiry date N oPost CodeMicroProse Ltd., 2 Market Place, Tetbury, Gloucestershire GL8 8DA. UK. Tel: (0666) 54326. Tlx: 43422 MPS/UKG.WARE1 1 1 IPSF/C + VG/1287

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ADVANTAGE.ZX SPECTRUM+3. E199The new Sinclair ZX Spectrum +3 is a real hero - because it helpsyou to be one.While you're a daring motorbike rider or the all-conqueringintergalactic warrior, you're gaining priceless experience inhandling computers.Loading games is quick and easy with the built-in disk-drive.You'll be in the thick of the action in seconds. And the fantastic128K memory gives you the power to outsmart the mostsophisticated enemy.Get to grips with the latest high-tec graphics on the vastuniverse of games available (six of which come free). And there'sa free joystick to give you ultimate control.But the real hero is the person who buys it. For theZX Spectrum +3 is only E199, so they've really saved the earth.ZX SPECTRUM+2. E139The amazing ZX Spectrum +2 has a built-in datacorder -to save youthe bother of tape recorders and leads. The advanced128K memoryhelps you get the most from the vast universe of games available.Every model comes complete with six free games to startyou off, and a free joystick to make you super agile.With the advanced Sinclair technology you can afford to letyour imagination go wild. Because at E139, only your enemies payheavily.BE WHO YOU WANT TO BE.Available at: Ailders. Boots. Clydesdale, Comet. Connect Currys, Dixon& John Lewis,John Menzies. Lasky's. Tandy,* Wk. Smith. Visionhire, Wiglalls, and all goodindependent stores, i i z k Spectrum + 2 oniyReoommet-611.13137 PTIce5 sLaltact to orange warTmA Oro ontica,dadr e t a i lo n ce S,nNameC L iAddresse rZXS Oe tt ru mPlease tell me more about the SINCLAIR ZX Spectrum i 2 fl Z X Spectrum +3Amstrad plc, Brentwood House,169 Kings Road, Brentwood, Essex CM14 AEF Tel: (0277) 262226

OFT1•••'•-•IIlUDDENLY, thelet plunged into asea of flashinglights -•Chuckgasped with horror- he had enteredthe Other World :.."FIGHT T9 survivein a hostile alienworld. Collectenergy-givingpower pods as youfly through eightaction-packedlevels, and sevenbrilliant bonuslevels.IP. Features sevendifferentweapons,including QuarkCannon,WideBeam and Lazer.Amstrad'Smooth Scroll'.••• .4107/ctrum,mmodore.•

P. MACHINE: C64P. SUPPLIER: EP• PRICE: Et%P. REVIEWER: TIIMVer0000rn I There burningrubber around this big bankedbend whefwIl of a sudden hat.alb I see? AS_'.ing great rthe road in front of me! Hethought to myself, I'm inR Peiwonderful. What is it? BuggyBoy of course! That tried atested coin- i t s the smscree l i t e has itsbeslt'lailabilitysplus treat valueyou're after then look nofurther. p Buggy Boy has all ofthese l — and more. All theconversion a lacks is the steeringwheel from the arcade machine.yIf you've never played BuggyBoy a or Buggy Boy Junior in theandwheels to squeeze throughseemingl possible gaps,pick up b points and extratime by c i n g flags anddriving th h special "gatJump obst es by launchiyour bugg off tree trunksjust love that bounce! Driv pbanking to get up mar s ed— but steer clear o o t h e rdrivers and hard k 1And when you'v n h a t ,check out C+VG'players guide to r e hintsand tips.There are fivto test your drdifferent tracksng skills;South, East andis a closed circuitimply shows yout on the othere the bonus flagsbe collected inwn at the top ofen t h e bonuses" p n y • theOff road, NoWest. Offr— and rewhat to.tracks. $twhic avtheezards.After a coupthis you'll procomplete the tto move on to theNorth features snow,ancl banked corners, Sopts atou canarcade machineflags and the orthey have to be cwing thehichshowing your locafTn on thetrack, hi-lo• ear settings, scoreand tim verything youcoul w a n t on onee end of each gamsee your scor u sbonuses plus o fthe track showing ho y o uhad left to go.The game features high-scorecharts for EACH of the five'tracks, nice sound FX, butstrangely, on our review coof an accident here. But no Ijust in front of the rock there's aweli-olacNi tree S o it'sup and over the great anitelump and 11Ply downroad agale'Did gtz safely? How DngcameM be. I may have mithermic but what I didn't knwas that there's a whole buchwater the other side—and thebrfdge wasn't where itshould've been, Still, the buggyneeded a wash,Yes, it's here and it's trulyyou've nottre drivingeseat of one of th BeetlBuggies much-lovesroad racers in the UScompete against the do e rl. five demanding tracks p e dI ith hazards and opport itiesut big dents into yot ice,p void rocks, drive on wouwith palmd; Ead yellow buggdriver here; West featmountains and anotheNorth, South, East analso f tures Outrun-sexten d play — reacspot h e map andcontin driving. Faiback to the pits.Screen display is IoreOVest,certaincanit'sIke theanyTheplayabialmost goes°meter. Adword. If youor even if you aborrow or steal aP GRAPHICSP. SOUND11* VALUEPLAVABILITYusic.ad andon itd C+VG's't thegy Boy fan,then beg,it19

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m e we 91arnb iith cm Out Run!"ZZAIP! 64 6AltracoTHER DAVAT THE ARCADES'•S•LOPER_Officially licensed from the greatestmotorcycle racing game, the thrills are soreal we considered making a helmetcompulsory.Four skill levels.Four music tracks.Push your turbo charged racing machineinto 18 progressive stages racing acrossAsia, Africa, America and Europe.mpton N8 CR. Tel (0933) 76768Copyright 1986 Segd Enterprises Inc. (USA). All rights reserved.Electric Dreams Software. Authorised User.ELECTRIC DREAMSS O F T W A R E

*CaptainAmenP. MACHINES C64, AMSTRAD,SPECTRUM, ATARI STP. SUPPLIER: GO' MEDIA HOLDINGLTDP. PRICE: C64/AMSTRAD: E9.99, SPECTRUM E8.99 (CASSETTE)ATARI ST E19.99. CM DISCE11.99, AMSTRAD DISC E14:99P. REVIEWER: iANEver since I can remember,superheroes made up a largepart of my childhood fantasies.Heroes like The Hulk, theFantastic Four, Spiderman and,of course, Captain America.Even when they first appearedin comic form, there have beena series of cartoons and motionpictures made about theiradventures and confrontationswith the forces of evil. Softwarecompanies have also realisedthat there is a substantial profitto be made from these heroicbeings, and have recentlyproduced a succession ofgames to tempt the youngergeneration into buying theirproduct, So far it has been asuccess, and their games haveshot up to the top of the charts.Now it is Captain America'sturn in the front seat, and provethat he is also capable ofstanding on his own two feet, inhis own computer game andgdelrRI lir• , dr-emerge triumphant. The newgame is entitled, CaptainAmerica in The Doom Tube ofDr. Megalomann (Phew!), Theplot behind the game is asfollows; Dr. Megalomann hasreturned from the grave, andhas told that the president ofthe United States of Americahas until midnight to standdown, and pass his authorityover to the Doctor, otherwise hewill launch a missile, whichcontains a deadly virus, ontothe nation.Captain America's task is topenetrate Dr. Megalomann'sunderground bunker, which issituated in the Mojave desert,disarm the missile and destroythe deadly virus. The missile isknown to be sited on the lowestdeck of the Doom Tube, whichis sunk deep beneath thesurface of the desert.Each deck contains severalrooms or Quadrants, whichemit a high level of psionicenergy. This psionic energy isthe only form of energy which iscapable of penetrating CaptainAmerica's shield, althoughrecent modifications to theshield have given it a certainamount of tolerance. Thefurther down the tube you go,the higher the level of psionicenergy is present, so cautionmust be maintained throughoutthe journey downward.Your shield is one of twoprime defensive weapons thatyou have in your possession,the other is Cybo Grenades. Theshield is virtually indestructibleand is able to slice through theair when thrown. The CyboGrenades have been designedto destroy electronic circuitsand are only effective at closerange.To travel to each deck anelevator has to be used. Onceon the last deck, you mustdiscover which room themissile and virus are kept, oncefound they must be destroyed.Although the graphics andsound are quite attractive, thegame itself is a bit of adisappointment.Playability isn't too bad, thecharacters respond well to eachin every condition that mayoccur,Music and sound effects aregood as are the graphics, theback drops especially. The onlybad point about CaptainAmerica is its lack of lastabilityCaptain America will need alot of considering before youactually buy it. That's the bestadvice I can give to all youunsuspecting superhero fansout there.• GRAPHICSP.. SOUNDP. VALUE▪ PLAYABILITY888

SINCE THE DRUID'S LAST VICTORY, ACAMANTORHAS RETURNED TO BELORN, DEMON PRINCESRULE THE LAND, AND A R E THEIRLEGIONS; WAITING FOR BA1TLE.Spectrum £1.95 Commodore & Amstrad E8.95 (112.95 & £14.95 d)I t ) PUBLISHED BY HAM AD sorrwARE A CHWSION OF BRITISH TELECOM PLC FIRS! FLOOR, 64 7 6 NEW OXFORD SI LONDON WCIA IPS

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CVGThrougha110 MACHINES: SPECTRUM,CM, AMSTRADIt. SUPPLIER: PIRANHAlb. PRICE: C64, SPEC, AMSTRAD0.95 cass). C64, AMSTRADE13.95P. VERSION TESTED: SPECTRUM10• REVIEWER: IANBerk is back in his most daringadventure yet! Together withDrutt, he must go down throu9hthe Trap Door and rescue Bonithe skull from the evil clutchesof the skeleton which haskidnapped him.The aim of the game is to findBoni, and escape.There are four different areasto the game, each requiringseveral tasks to be performedbefore you can exit through adoor, to the next one. You canplay either Berk or Drutt,swapping between characterswhenever the game demands it.Berk will come across avariety of magic potions whileon his travels which give himspecial powers and will helphim considerably. Certain tasks,during the game, will have to beperformed by either Berk orDrutt, Most of the time Drutt willbe responsible for achieving alot of the given tasks that arepresented to them. The maintask in each region is to retrievea key, which is needed to openthe exit door to the next region,and key. A whole host of themost uncanny and evilcreatures roam each region,and are intent on preventingyou, completing your quest.Only quick reactions and logicalthinking can ensure old Boni'srelease.The game begins with youwitnessing the abduction ofBoni by a headless, wingedskeleton. You, as Berk, pick upDrutt and head down into thegloomy depths of the TrapDoor, Down there, you musttake control of Drutt, and searchfor the first key. Once found,Berk must retrieve it from itsresting place.When he's got it, proceed tothe next couple of screenswhere an enormous pit islocated. Once across it, the firstof the exit doors is found on thenext screen. The following threeregions are played the sameway, and the use of a magicpotion in each one isessential_ Each magicpotion comes in theform of a particular item, whichBerk must eat. They includesausages, eyeballs (that'sdisgusting, EDI), sweets andmushrooms.The graphics are exactly thesame as the original Trap Doorgame, simple, but effective. Theuse of colour and sound is ofaverage standard, and couldhave been different to theoriginal. The game is extremelyhard to complete, and willrequire a lot of trial and errorpractice to actually get off thefirst region. Getting to thesecond region is a feat in itself.Through the Trap Door is agame where you must likeoorarcade adventures to reallyappreciate it. The multitude ofproblems and puzzles areextremely taxing.But once solved, leave youwith a feeling of satisfaction,Through the Trap Door is anideal game for all of you wholove a challenge now and then▪ GRAPHICS11. SOUNDto VALUE▪ PLAYABILITYa7a7

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Jack the Nipper IICVGlo MACHINES: AMSTRAD/SPECTRUM/CBM 64The bad lad's back going nuts in sty1,: game. They seemed to belo SUPPLIER_ GREMLIN GRAPHICSthe Coconut Capers. Naughty everywhere. But now. okay, Ito PRICE: 61_99 (SPECTRUM)/ but nice. Gremlin's little Nipper really got into this one.69.99/114.99 LAMSTRAD/CBM is certainly a ripper gripper of Jack the Nipper's firstCASS/DISK)jungle jollity.adventure ended with the• VERSION TESTED: AMSTRAD/ There was a time when I troublesome tot and his familySPECTRUM/CBM64Alb' I would sore f I sawNo REVIEWER: PAULflying to Australia following aner platform RP iPrn- deportation order on them.Jack's not pleased with theprospect of going down underso he jumps plane — using hisppy as a parachute.-• P l i tThe idea of the game is, iply to survive in the jungleof screens to explore, traps tountil he reaches a score of 100 avoid, puzzles to solve. Both tr,4 • ••per cent on the Naughtyometer.Spectrum and Amstrad m have rPEP"° • WIMP i-, 1V •1 PEI, •-- __•,But he musn't get caught bydad.So, to sum up. If you're fed upgreat with the graphics. millions of shoot-'emupsaround and hanker for5And there are plenty of waysfor Jack to be naughty —hurling coconuts at natives and some good, old fashionedanimals, firing blowpipes andplatform and ladders fun, you141Nt?e 1 44could do worse than Jack thegenerally creating all sorts ofmayhem,Nipper 11Iti4Itii%, 6.,. ,•.5All along the way he can pickup weapons and some reallyA0 OIL AM SP CBto GRAPHICSuseful items such as grease.r 9 9 9Nisi • 0 1,, - -• ••••• 01I. SOUND8 B 8-1•2.honey and wood worms..•.e1/4110There's1 1 1 - 1 1-F 11EtIV i „,1 1 •I I•/sean amazing numbert", to PLAYABILrrylk.H7^6,9 9 9V9 8 9• • 44:0 • • At re V ,LTerrorpodsmIT 1noiU• I 'E% fl Pti t.H twP,II.1„:ir.I;•Io NIP1MACHINE: • ATARI tp ST/AMIGA hardest metal known to man—No SUPPLIER-NoPRICE: , E24_95ideal for the production ofweapons_No VERSION TESTED: AMIGAPNo REVIEWER; S Y G11111 DAVIDTen mining colonies were setiiiN O S IStuck•up to exploit Colian's mineralOut On the edge ofSdeposits. Each had its ownSystem 7, Colian was not the mines, dumps, stores andmost 111P • hospital of places, but itdid have one of the rresource centres inter-linked byrichesta complex network of shuttles,deposits of rare minerals in the to transport minerals betweengalaxy.1111 •the various installations withinForemost amongst these are each colony and betweenDetonite, a powerful explosive.•colonies.Ouaza, an energy giving crystal Everything worked likeuseful P111for regeneratingclockwork until one day. ITmolecular • structures, Zenite, a happened,metalic ore good at storing Out there in st,magnetic fields, and Aluma, the was - an Empire r: ,r ,• S ah ir p y ,t oh r eb i t1P111enemy's most potent fightingmachine. Missile attacks quicklytook out Colian's defences, andthe colonies waited for the endto come.But come it didn't, for theenemy fully intended to keepthe colonies producing, butnow it was for the production ofcomponents for the mostawesome of weapons—Terrorpod Fighting Machines.These components were to betaken back up to the mothership, for final assembly off theplanet surface.Your mission is to discoverthe secrets of Terrorpodmanufacture, by obtainingcomponents. You start with aDefence Strategy Vehicle (DSV),a small trading drover, and anincomplete map of the area.Everything was OK for awhile. You kept a low profile,trading a little here and there.top build up your mineralsupply. Then the Mother Shipdetected you and the enemy'sstrategy changed immediately.Now they were intent only onthe destruction of every colonyon Colian, together with thesecrets they held.To succeed in Terrorpods,you will need to map all tencolonies, and gain anunderstanding as to how to usethe many and varied gamefeatures, as well as.howvanou5 i m e rrelate.To help you get started,Psygnosis has supplied a mapwith the game, with one of theten colonies already marked,showing the shuttle routesbetween each installation.Once you know whereeverything is on Colian, youmust then become a master oftrade, learning where differentminerals are consideredvaluable or cheap.Combine this aspect of thegame with the requirement forfast reactions when avoiding ordishing out missile fire, andquick thinking when workingout what to do next, and youhave a game that will not becracked over night.Congratulations are due toPsygnosis• In the past theregames have been pretty butsomehow lacked that vitalplayability. With Terra pods.everything has come right.lo GRAPHICSlo SOUNDVAKUEPLAYABILITY101099Viog•ep•% lor a/ S t

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orheusMACHINE: CUM 6411. SUPPLIER: RAINBIRDIP' PRICE: E9.95/E12.96 DISCREVIEWER: IANAndrew Braybrook has earnedhimself the right to be namedone of the top gamesprogrammers. Ever sinceAndrew's first two majorreleases, Paradrold andLtridium, there has always beenmuch impatient finger-tappinggoing on as Braybrook addictswait for his next block-buster.The wait is over, for his latestoffering is called Morpheus.The objective is incrediblysimple, enter the chargedominateduniverse, attack anddestroy the orbitals, and shutdown the nucleus.You begin with a standardspaceship, equipped with ashort range plasma-beam. Youare able to build and developyour ship by purchasing andearning extra weapons andsystems.Points scored are convertedinto guineas, which in turnpermit you to purchase yourextra requirements.In all, there are fifty levels.The mysterious Morpheus islocated on the final level.The screen display is split intwo. The top display has playerone's total points on the far left,and player two's to the front.A radar display is situated atthe top centre of the screen andonly shows the nucleus and thecharged orbitals that arescatterd around the universe.The bottom display shows theplaying area. On each and everylevel you must attack anddestroy the charged orbitalswhich are defended by morphaiparticles.The morphai escape from theOrbital once it's under attack.Attacking the Morphai givesyou valuable extra points.Immediately after the orbitalhas been destroyed, it collapsesto become a Neutron Dwarf andthe Radar display will turn red.As soon as the orbital hascollapsed, you must whizz backto the Nucleus at the centre ofthe universe and destroy someof the bonus Morpheussymbols which are emitted bythe decaying nucleus.The points gained fromdestroying these is invaluable,Once the nucleus hasElcompletely disintegrated, yourship is transported back to thedocking bay.As you progress througheach level, the quantity oforbitals that have to bedestroyed increases and all thetime the morphai become moreand more aggressive and beginto be less susceptible to yourolder weapons.When back at the dockingbay, the points which were justgained are converted intoguineas.If you were lucky enough tohave gained quite aconsiderable amount of points,you may be able to commissionyour ship with a selection ofsystems and weapons toenhance your capabilities.Llro zij this menu is a rselection i of jalternative add-ons whichinclude onboard systems,5 replacement hulls and extraweaponry.i tEach item has a menu, withinIt is essential that you equipyour ship with as many add-onsas you can, and as early as youcan.The correct choice of add-onis also essential, as you will findout. The best way to get as faras you can in the game is toblast everything that you comeacross so that you get as manypoints as possible.Then when you return to thedocking bay you will haveplenty of guineas to splash Outon what ever your heart desires.To tell you the truth, I wasvery disappointed withMorpheus. The originality of thegame is great but the game playis extremely laborious.Probably the best thing aboutthe game was the music andsound effects. Steve Turner hasdone a neat job on these, themusic has a good ryhthm to itand the sound effects up toUridium and Alleykat quality.Morpheus is more of anarcade/strategy game, not theusual arcade shoot — em' — upthat Andrew has beenassociated with in the past.Graphics are of the usualBraybrook quality, playability istough but after a considerableamount of practice, playable.For those of you who arestrategically minded, thenMorpheus could be quite achallenge for you. If you're arEr"1 -r-111111•follower of the Braybrookarcade shoot — em' — up seriesand were hoping for another,then Morpheus may not bewhat you expected.1•1Overall, Morpheus is visuallyvery good, only it's playabilityand lack of back drops let itdown. If you had set your hearton buying Morpheus when youfirst read the previews, Isuggest that you actually try thegame out for yourself, beforeyou decide.I'm not saying that the gameisn't good, it's just that it didn'tappeal to me and this may gofor you as well.Give the game a test beforeyou shell Out your hard earnedpennies.IP' GRAPHICSP. SOUNDVALUEPLAYABILITY7a7

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CVG- •-•••••••••••• ••••.••••••••ThunderceptorIP M AC H I N E: SPEC TR U MIP. SU PPLI ER : GO!O. PR I C E: 6 8 1 9▪ R EVI EWER : TI Mcs)Thunderceptor is an interestingattempt to turn the shoot-'emupinto a sort of arcadeadventure. Thundercepror,developed by Ernieware in theNetherlands, features icon%to1frtic.1•1,driven menus and a load/save11feature. Ever seen that on a1Ezap-to-kill game before? No, ,neither have we. And it almostworks— if only the shoot-'emuppart had been just a smidgenfaster.Load in the game and you see1 C 1 IItunfilifil re m• 1•1111F. IF*1511F--twit 0mots • k —1 • I. o•a series of icons which allowyou to load/save your hi-scoreand position in the game, checkout your hi-score and anymedals you may have won, lookat the configuration of theenemy fleet and the number ofthese craft you have knockedOut of the sky and finally re-armyour ship between levels.All nice touches which makeThunderceptor stand above thenormal shoot 'em up in terms ofpresentation. Graphically, theshoot 'em part is pretty good.Big ships, nice animation — butit lacks the sort of urgency that aclassic zapper needs to keepyou coming back for more.It's a scrolling shoot 'em up inthe Defender/Salamander style— but falls short of theclassiness of those two games.The action seems a mite slow— although it is difficult to zapthe approaching enemy craft,which come in many and variedforms. Shame all the neat icondriven additions weren'tcoupled with a hotter game.ie GR APH I C SP. SOU N Dit• VALU EPLAYABILITY8678Ok M AC H I N E: SPEC TR U Milk SU PPLI ER : U S GOLDlk PR I C ES E8 .9 9b. R EVI EWER . TI MYeah! Rygar, at last! Get thetape loaded up NOW! Niceloading screen — but whatabout the game! Hmmm.Graphics ain't that impressive.Rygar looks a bit wimpish andmoves a bit oddly for my liking.And was that the first level? I'vecompleted it without losing alife! Shock horror! On to leveltwo— which is a bit moredifficult. I'm starting to enjoythis a bit more now despite thedodgy graphics.And some of the effects —like the three creatures doingacrobatics, leaping on eachothers shoulders — are a bitneat.If you've not seen the coin-opyou won't know that Rygar is abarbarian character trapped in aworld full of larger than lifemonsters, objects and weaponsto be collected and, moreimportantly, a lot of fun to behad!The coin-op is a multi-level,horizontally scrolling game withstunning graphics, hugecharacters and great gameplay.The Spectrum version, wehaven't seen any others yet,crept into our office just beforewe went to press with thisissue, and initially it looks verydisappointing. But ignore thegraphics maybe we're beingspoilt by all those ST games —and play the game. Soon you'llbe hooked.Although the first couple oflevels are reasonably easy tocomplete you soon work outthat almost all the elements ofthe coin-op are present so ifyou have played the arcadeversion, you'll be able to use allthose hard-learnt tricks in thecomputer version.As you hack 'n' slash yourway through the assortedmonsters you'll find somethings are transformed intoobjects or weapons which willbe useful to you in the future.Objects like:• The Star gives you extrafiring range.• The Crown — gives you extrafirepower. You can kill morethan one monster at a time.• The Tiger Head — allows youto kill monsters by jumping ontheir heads. Without this youcan only stun them using thistechnique.• The Shield — makes youinvulnerable for a short time.• The Sun — allows you tojump higher and have a crack atflying monsters.Each level has to becompleted within a set timelimit —ticking away at the topof the screen. So don't hangaround killing monsters for toolong. You can go back onyourself to pick up objects —but beware wasting too muchtime.If you reveal a question markdon't pick it up — shoot it first touncover what the real object itshiding.Ignore the graphics and enjoythe game is my message. We'veyet to see the other versions —but we know you've beenwaiting for this game with itchyjoystick fingers, so watch Outfor more Rygar reviews in upcomingissues. Overall,Spectrum Rygar is slightlydisappointing compared withElite's Thundercats, which is,we have to say it, a similar typeof game.Spectrum owners should takea look at the game before theybuy — this version could be forhardened Rygar fans only.ilk GRAPHICSO. SOU N DP. VALU EPLAVABILITY678

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ANTORThe LastStorm.troo rPP SPECTRUM11, + 3/AMSTRAD/C64/ATARI ST111.SUPPLIER: GO!M'PRICE.E899 (SPECTRUM/E12.99A+ 3) E9.991C64/AMS) E11.99/E14.99IC54/AMS C DISCSI10H, AMSTRADI REVIEWER: TWIVNEWhere's that terminal! TheRclock is running down too fastSthere've too many damn aliens.Iin the way my ammo andSOenergy are running low and I'mreal P close to destroying theNbomb! E It's action all the way asS the Got label kicks off with aCTreal winner.TE Trantor gives you arcadeRSaction with a capital Al And it'sUTprobably the best game theMEAmstrad has seen for a longtime. 4D8 The scenario goes like this.: Trantor is the sole survivor from/Sa team of stormtroopers sent tothe 1P planet Nebulithon todestroy 2E the deadly Quark Mk31Cbomb and restore peace andharmony 1 to the galaxy.TRUM/Someone sabotaged thestormtroopers' ship which wasdestroyed as soon as it landedin the underground complexwhere the bomb is hidden.Trantor escaped—but facesan additional hazard apart fromthe alien defence systems, Hisbosses implanted all the troopswith a special bionic bodybombjust to make sure theycompleted the mission andcame back without pinching thebomb for their own evilschemes.This means that Trantor hasto dash between securityterminals in the undergroundcomplex resetting the timer onhis body bomb. He gets just 90seconds to dash between theterminals which also dish outother goodies—like energygiving food, ammo and the allimportantsecurity letterswhich, made up into a wholepassword, will give you yourbeam code used to escape thishostile environment.In between you must fight offnoardes of droid defenders andsome awesome looking Alientypecreatures.Run, shoot, duck and dodgeyour way through the everchanging tunnel complex.Search the lockers for extraequipment and watch out forthe eight computer terminals.Without the code you'redead. It's easy to access theterminals—no fiddling aboutwith keyboard controls.Just position Trantor in frontof the terminal and pull downon the joystick. The screenchanges and you see a print outof the code letter you'vediscovered as your time clockresets.Access the lockers and thegame freezes while thecontenets are displayed in thestatus readout at the top of thescreen.Animation and graphics areexcellent on both Spectrum andAmstrad versions. Andgameplay is totally addictive.The Amstrad game is one of themost colourful and actionpacked that machine has everseen.Watch out for the animatedloading sequence which showsTrantor's ship slowly landing—and then detonating, leavingour hero all alone on the plane.At the end of each attemptyou get a percentage rating anda cute comment on yourperformance. See if you canspot the rude remark aboutFergus McGovern — the boss ofthe programming team Probesoftware.Sound isn't bad, specially onthe + 3. Trantor is a fine debutFora new label—and if this isthe shape of things to comeexpect big things from Go'b. GRAPHICSl• SOUNDP. VALUEP. PLAYABIUTYSPEC/AMS8 97 1 89 9P- SPECTRUMU.1,-AMS

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t=4CVG0 MACHINE: CEIM 64/SPECTRUM10 SUPPLIER: CASCADE10 PRICE: E9.96/E14.95 (CBM)/EELBS(SPECTRUM)10 VERSION TESTED: CBM 640 REVIEWER: PAULImplosion is from the mind of16 year old Joe Booth, aided bygraphics from John CasselIsand sound by Fred Gray. Itpromises great things to comebut, for me, it lacks that vital,almost indefinable ingredientwhich makes a good game. Tobe honest, I can t quite put myfinger on the reason for it, but itfails to satisfy.The plot is weak. The Earth isunder threat (yes,again) from aperil from deepest space.Nothing new and original aboutthat, is there? It's the same as ahundred other games.Some nasty intelligence hasmanaged to harness the powerof a Vifitite Dwarf star andcreated an artificial planetaround it. That planet is now ona collision course with good oldmother earth.And guess what? You mustsave the world,You do this by flying in andaround the planet's protectinggrid. Your craft can zip in andout of the grid which is veryimpressive.What you have to do is locateand destroy energy cells on thegrid and collect the crystals ofenergy which are released. Toget these you must duck anddive under the grid. But youmust learn which are beneficialto your mission and thosewhich will hinder it.It goes as follows: grey-extralife; green-extra energy;brown-extra points; pink-extratime; blue-saps energy: blacksmartbomb.Eventually the grid will beginto break up and you must findthe portal to gain entry to thenext level. In all there are eightlevels to penetrate.Of course there are various"anti-bodies" zipping in and outof the grid which must bedestroyed before they destroyyou.The game does look nicethough, with its colourful grids,360 degree scrolling action, andthe sound is nice. It's just thatwell, I didn't get a great deal offun out of it.But Joe Booth obviously hasa lot of good ideas whizzingaround his brain. We lookforward to his next one.P. GRAPHICSSOUND0 VALUEPLAYABILITY9aa7CompletestarO MACHINE: SPECTRUM/CBM 64/AMSTRADO SUPPLIER: VIRGIN10 PRICE: 0.95 (SPECTRUM)/E9.95ICBM)/E13.95 (AMSTRAD)O VERSION TESTED: SPECTRUM/CBM 64/AMSTRAD▪ REVIEWER, AMSTRAD (PAUL)/SPECTRUM AND CBM 64 (LEE)It wasn't long ago that Virgin'sRichard Branson undertook aGovernment crusade to cleanup Britain's litter. A noblecause. So, I ask myself, howcome he allows this piece ofrubbish Onto the streets?This game, writes Paul, mademe so angry. I found it crude,vile trash designed to cash in onAde Edmondson's book of thesame name. It's even worsethan The Young Ones fromOrpheus— and that's sayingsomething. Come to think of it.that featured good old Ade aswell. I wonder how he feelsabout putting his name to acouple of the worst games inexistance7Okay, I'm getting too angry.So let's go over to Lee for hisviews.Hi, it's Lee here. Enough ofthe outbursts. This is what Ithink:Have you ever fancied being acomplete and utter illegitimateperson? (rye been asked by Timnot to use that certain wordvery often). Have you everwanted to gatecrash a yuppieparty, and throw up oversomeone? Well, I can't say thatit has ever occurred to me, butapparently the gang at Virgin,and in particular, Ade, think youhave, which is why they'vereleased this game.It's basically a cross betweenThe Young Ones fromOrpheus, and Spy Vs Spy fromBeyond. The overall object ofthe game, is to be as vulgar andas nasty as possible, and lightup the phrase COMPLETEBASTARD, (sorry Tim, I didn'tmean to use it!).At the bottom of the screenare four meters. The Weee andDrunkometers speak forthemselves, as does the Fartand the Smellometers, butthese can be revealed bypressing the F key, and lettingout a pretty whiffy poolAt first, the game is quitedifficult to get the hang of, dueto the slightly strange screenlayout that lets you view thesame room from two differentangles, hence the new displayfeature. "Bastavision".As I've said, it's slightlyconfusing at first, but once youget used to it, it worksexceptionally well.Graphics, althoughmonochromatic, are verydetailed and fit well into theoverall structure of the game.(enjoyed it, and although it'sfairly simple it's definitely onefor your software wanted list.Watch out! Paul's comingback to sum up.Paul: I don't understand Leeliking this but that's hisdecision. In my view HTBACB iscrude, tasteless and, evenworse, unfunny.SPECTRUM CBM 64 AMSTRADGRAPHICS 7 7 7111.• SOUND 5 6 6'VALUE 7 7 4P. PLAYABILITY 8 8 4

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-MACHINE; AMIGAti.• SUPPLIER: ANCOIli. PRICE- It• REVIEWER: CHRISE9.9Hurrayl What am I cheeringabout? 5 Well, one of my all timefavourites has finally beenproduced on the Amiga. What isit? Pac-Man of course_Yes, they've finally broughtout a Pac-Man for the Amiga. Ithought that being such an oldgame, software houses wouldforget all about this classic and itwould be lost forever. rThisPac-Man is not the original asproduced by Atari, but it's byAnco and is called CrunchetFactory.Your aim in Pac-Man is toguide your little yellow 'ball witha gob' around a maze and eat allof the little white dots or pills.This would be quite boring on itsown, so you also have to watchout for the ghosts. W00000hlThe ghosts are nasty creatureswho like nothing better than tochomp on your bones. There areufour ghosts in Pac-Man, and sothere are four in Cruncher. ButCruncher has one specialfeature. Well, it's not exactlky afeature, more a gimmick. Withthe press of a few keys, theghosts will all transformthemselves into nastly little Atarilogos, and your little yellowspheroid will turn into thefamous,'Arniga Ball'.This has no real use, butnevertheless it is quite fun to seean Atari logo legging it awayfrom a little red and white ballwhich has just consumed apower pill.A power pill? Yes, a power pillis a small green pulsating dotwhich will give Pac-Man supermunching strength for around 15seconds, more than enough timeto get his revenge.There are four power pills perlevel, well at the start anyway.You see, one of the interestingthings about this great version isthe fact that, if you wish, youcan create your own Pac-Mazes,or edit an existing one. The diskcomes supplied with 30 differentmazes and an extra 40 can beadded. This brings me to theonly sour note.The game disk is copy-editied,to protect piracy and the like.Smart move, right? Wrong.Because the disk is protected itmeans that you can only saveyour mazes on the original disk,very dodgy. What Anco shouldhave done is offer anon-protected version for a fewpounds more if you send themthe original disk. A number ofcompanies are already practisingthis including Electronic Arts,authors of the fantastic DeluxePaint.Still, that's only a littleproblem, nothing to affectgameplay.So, what have we got. A reallyneat and extremely fast versionof the arcade classic with extrabits like a screen editor. Nicegraphics, although not what youcall Amiga standard, andthe sound isnt much cop either,but it has it where it counts.N. GRAPHICS 7P. REALISM 7PLAYABILITY 10P.. VALUE 10dPi MACHINES: CBM 64; IBMTANDYB. SUPPLIER: ELECTRONICARTS••• PRICE £1696 discP• VERSION TESTED. CBM 54it• REVIEWER: STEVEOften when somebody famousendorses a computer game, thegame isn't very good. Thelegendary Brigadier-GeneralCharles Yeager, US Air Force,first man to break the soundbarrier, is an exception, and so isthis game_ It is demanding anddifficult, and you won't master itin a week, but like flying it's wellworth the effort.This is a flight simulator, not acombat simulator or wargamehi nTrameT0(we are promised thoselater).The only things youreally need to think aboutare the joystick and throttle.But anyone trying to fly lik6 anarcade game soon learnsdifferently - the ccontrolsare very sensitive and veryrealistically tuned. Part of theprogram actually teaches youthe basic manoeuvres of flying ina Cessna trainer, first with the'instructor' in control, then withyou coping solo.The core of the program is aFlight Test simulator whichallows you to test fly any one offourteen different aircraft,ranging from World War One1hefighters to modern powerhousescapable of over three times thespeed of sound. You are not toldhow they perform, it is your jobto find out and record it.Particular fun are three fictionalaircraft, all similar-lookingmodern jets with very differentways of behaving in the air.The program works in realtime in a 'world' that has threedifferent airports and a numberof aircraft 'obstacle courses'.These can also be used foraircraft racing - at below 100feet in one case - and forformation flying stunts. Theseare not to be attempted untilyou've really worked out how toP. GRAPHICSREALISM10- KAYABILITYVALUE111111111211fly.Some of the options offeredseem unecessary, like the abilityto look through the aircraft'sfloor or tail, or move outside it inflight to see yourself from achase plane or a satellite, oremploy an eight-times zoom tolook at an object.Altogether this is the best, themost realistic, and the mostcomprehensive flight simulatorthat I've seen on the market.799

many ernbarrasing questions toanswer about just how this wasallowed to happen.Botsneda's closeness to themainland is of great strategicadvantage to the enemy. Cobracannot be allowed to consolidatethefr position, nor must theyhave the time to retrieve andanalyse the classifiedinformation left behind ori theinstallation.iy771010I. MACHINES_ CM/SPECTRUM,AMSTRADSUPPLIER: VIRGIN GAMES▪ PRICE: 17_95 (Spec) ES.% lAms19.95 1064/• VERSIONS TESTED CMdSPECTRUMREVIEWER: TIMThis is, quite simply, Virgin'sbest release since Dan Dare, Andit comes as no surprise that, likeDD, Action Force has been puttogether by The Gang of Five.Its based on the comic toys ofThe small island of Botsneda,just off the mainland, washeavily populated by civilian andmilitary personnel. A ruthlessattack by COBRA, the enemy,meant the evacuation of civiliansfrom the tourist resorts ofBotsneda.The military istallation was notso lucky. Despite the latest earlywarning systems guarding theinstallation, they only realisedthey were being attacked after itwas too late to retaliate.The only sensible option wasTime is of the essenc4butconventional forces cannot beused because their planning anddeployment will take time.The easier sector of themilitary installation was a spybase which collectedinformation about COBRApersonnel and tactics. The maindatabase is on hard disc attachedto the computer,Gun-happy Dreadnoks may•= ,in7998the same nem, that bput uyou t of i tkedThErndercats,o n 'also reviewed thisish, the game stands up in itsown t right as a good, solidblaster, l etBut there's a bit of arcadeadventure and strategy thrownin for good measure - makingAction Force one of the fewgames around right now that willlast beyond the first few plays,True to form Gang hasput together two completelydifferent games on the Spectrumand 64. OK, so some of theelements are the same - but ifyou've got a 64 don't expect tobe able to beat the game on yourmate's Spectrum.Meanwhile on with the review.First we'll take a look at thescenario.1.11E1011f:5F,to withdraw, which was carriedout swiftly. However, the alliedforces destroyed much of theinstallation to prevent it fallinginto enemy hands. The easternsector of the installation couldnot be destroyed during theattack as there wasn't time, andcertain classified informationmay now be in the evil clutchesof COBRA! The allies will havewell have destroyed it, but therisk cannot be taken, If theenemy studies the itelligenceinformation they will know howto change their tactics anddefence systems to defeat theallied forces, Alas, theinformation will take years toreplaceA crack squad is needed tomount an immediate raid to getback the information lit it is stillintact) and get Out again.The Action Force squad willland on the western sector of theisland, cutting straight throughenemy defences. A.W.E. Strikerand Dragonfly are to carry outthe raid.The AU Weather andEnvironment Striker hasfour-wheel drive and is capableof speeds of 60 MPH crosscountry. Roll bars protect bothpassengers. Its biggest assestsare its manoeuvrability, speedand smooth passage over roughterrain.A.W.E. Striker carries delicatetapping equipment necessary toretrieve the classifiedinformation from the hard disc.Graphics vary in all versiens.The 64 version has jets,mini-copters, energy barriers allon a background of iron girdertype constructions.The Spectrurri version hasdetailed buildings and tanks andgun emplacements - whichreminded me a bit of GreenBeret, although the game istotally different.The Striker and the Dragonflychopper look different in bothgames, although the basicprinciple of protecting the Strikerby flying the Dragonfly aroundblasting a clear path while at thesame time moving bits of bridgearound are the same.I found the C64 easier initiallyfor although the Spectrumversion is more challenging ittakes more time to get into,You have to move quick i nboth versions dodging enemyfire white making sure thebridges are in place for theStriker to cross.There are eight challenginglevels to complete - each withdifferent hazards and enemies toovercome, lots of tactics to belearned and plenty ofopportunities for all you tipstersto be learned and plenty ofopportunities for all you tipstersto get you maps and tips printedin ideas central!Great presentation, with infoscreens appearing betweenlevels giving details about thenext set of enemies you'llencounter, nice hi-score charts,nice sound effects the works!Great to see Virgin come upwith a winner after so manydisappointing games this year.SPEC CMI. GRAPHICS 9 9Pi• SOUNDaVALUE 9 910- PLAYABILITY 10 10

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*The Christmas number one with a bullet?Well, that's up to YOU, the games playingpublic. But one thing is for sure, thecomputer conversion of the year's mostsuccessful coin-op is the game thateveryone is waiting for!like a steam-roller! AsO UTRUN oon as the hit the hydraulic arcadescabinet appeared it wasswamped by hoardes ofenthusiastic gamesters willingto part with their cash to drivea roaring red Ferrari.Now the thrills of Sego'ssensational coin-op are dueto race onto the small screenof YOUR games machine.Will it be good? You Betcha.Here at C +VG we've seensome early versions andreckon that you won't bedisappointed.Outrun is the successor toSego's Enduro Racer andtakes the state of the art onestep further.In the arcades the game ishoused in a moving facsimileof a Ferrari which hurls theoccupant from side to side aseach bend is taken atbreakneck speed.The computer conversioncan't hope to give you thisdegree of realism, but itDOES promise greater thrillpower than anythingyou've ever playedbefore on a homecomputer.You can settlefor a short trip tothe Vineyard totone up your reflexes or gofor the sweat of a long haul toLakeside which takes youthrough almost all of thelocations in the game.This challenge to squeezethis well wicked game into ahome computer is a severetest for a programmer butU.S. Gold are past masterswhen it comes to taking up theGauntlet. Geddit?Enough of these in-jokes.let's check out the game plan.Take the wheel of your redroadster at Coconut Beach,choose your route and hit theroad.You can almost feel thewind blasting through yourhair as you race against timethrough the breathtakinglandscapes of Death Valley,Desolution Hill, CloudyMountain and a host of otherlocations.From the heat of the desertto the frozen roads of theAlpine section, your drivingskills are stretched to the limitas you feud with juggernautsfor your right of way.A collision may do no morethan dent your bodywork andyour ego but wrap yourselfaround a tree or collide withthe walls of a tunnel and thecar will somersault throughthe air as it carries you off intooblivion.If you can stay in one piece,the rood dips and rises underyour wheels as you motoralong, The hilly sections of thegame make it very difficult tosee what's in front of you. Itgets very hairy when your'resurrounded by toweringrocks.This is a realistic landscape—not one of those flat, boringcomputer circuits of the past.The perspiration andexcitement may be real butprepare yourself for possiblehallucinations. Your joystickmay seem to turn into asteering wheel and yourcomputer could take on theappearance of a dashboardas you race along.Purists, who simply can'tlive without the car module,might like to build their ownsimulator.First acquire four goodstrong springs, on old car seatand the obligatory SqueezybottleBut those of you who aren'tinto DIY might just like to waitfor the January issue ofC + VG when we'll beGIVING away a genuinehydraulic Outrun arcademachine! Betcha can't wait!P• Three different Outrun machines forthe car conscious driver.• • - • .1114%10•- -52

The mind blowing sequel to the No, Ismash hit. Addictive. frantic and packed•s e a m y new feat um It's a totally new gaitte.sating action as you take on the• e player. even they're akeadyglib Mt& Secret Rf o g o nout for the o fa nthedevil -tr.w iacid puddles. forrefields and moving exits makeyour progress all thc more difficult. Rut there aremystic 4111MtlietS to be gained which will enhanceyour powers to repel the monsters, Irakth i 'nigh walls or inirsease your fire power. You may evenmove some of the mare walls to your advantage. Gauntlet IIla i n t h e r episode in this enthralling arusade,I isnot aanew espenerKe in action packed adventure.It . i ,-ee mind blowing sequel to the No.1 smash hit!U.S. Gold Ltd, Unita 213 Holord Way, Holford,Birmingham B6 7AX Tel: 1:121 356 3388 ATARI tIR\ G A M E S, , •',,,SCREENSIOOIS FROM ATARI ST VERSIONSPECTRUM 48/128K£8.99TAPECBM 64/128t9.99TAPE £11.99 DIS\Wirt,..077.01.• /..:/ATARI STs19.99 DisKAMSTRADL9.99 TAPE L 4 e9 9 DISK

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COIThe current romance with coin-opconversions looks set to continue intothe New Year — and the US Gold guyshave snapped up some of the best of themean machines, including the epicskateboarding fantasy 720that's not all0Prizes are awarded for. Askateboarding n d move negotiating special coursesT is called a 720', It's which depend on the class ofat Hsort of twisting jump — the park chosen. The easiestE sort of manoeuvre you see course is a simple downhillarcademplayers make when run where you make yourthey are trying to play a way down the twistingogame and get more coins course by jumping fromOut s of their pocket at the ramp to ramp. If yousame time.tcomplete the course within720 is also the name ofdthe time limit you'll win somethe most demanding arcade cash and an Olympic styleiskateboarding game yet medal depending on yourfseen. It puts you right in the skill. The most difficult run isfmiddle of Skate City — the slalom where skill,paradise for street surfers.idexterity and supplenessYou play the part of a are tested to the full. Theclikely young lad aiming tourise to the top of thelskateboarding league. Inyour snazzy gear youtcertainly look the part butthere's room forimprovement Betterequipment is out there forthe taking. The catch is thatthis costs money and the bigcash prizes come from thein-park competitions butyou're on the outsidewithout a ticket!The scourge of the city is aswarm of killer bees thatappeared from time to time.They seem to have it in forskateboarders, but can'tenter parks (probablybecause they haven't gottickets!). The solution issimple: before the beesappear get a ticket andzoom into a park. Did I soysimple?Skate City is a tough anddangerous town. As youkick along you're assailedby flying frisbies, kamikazecyclists, careering cars andmanic musclemen. You'llalso meet the othercompetitors who are alsohustling for tickets. Hit anyone of these obstacles andyou'll suffer a spill and losevaluable time as bee timeapproaches. Skate or die!•• 7200A RC AD EVERSION1.1-LAZER rAG1rewards are greater for a-successful slalom run but 1your nerves will be jangling -by the end.1When you have enough Vcash you can buy new gear eat the skateboard shop.Shoes let you jump higher,pads let you recover from aFall more quickly, with a newhelmet you can be moreadventurous and a new4board will be faster. All thebetter to help you on yourway but have you got thetalent to use them wisely andcomplete all twenty levels?C-t-VG's arcade aceClare Edgeley, talkingabout 720° said: "Thiswould make a fabulousconversion to homecomputers and I wouldn't besurprised if the licence issnapped up over the nextfew months." She was right!Another coin-op comingyour way is Sidearms thistime on the Go! label.0.720'SPECTRUMVERSION• IStk 41:-l.::rv • • 10• -rprqr t uF -r1,fi f • • •14 r • • • • •'I 2 tarS 7•-r§tLAZER ; 14 TAG•,oll;tttSidearms is air4:,e t,•e; 'f*,1:t*vdesperate battle betweenthe human race and 'Bozon'who intends to exterminateall living things on earth.First you must shoot yourway through until you reachthe entrance to the giganticunderground empire.Once inside, Bozonsattack gets harder. You thenfind yourself in a cave wherehuge rocks are floatingthrough the air. You willencounter a lot of hiddenarticles and enemies,especially when the cavenarrows and you areattacked from the water.Eventually, after muchfighting, you will comeacross Bozon's ultimateweapon, 'The MobileArmour Sentipeet' whichmust be destroyed at allcosts.Throughout the game youwill be given the choice ofvarious kinds of additionalfire power.cokSidearms is a supershootiem up game withlarge impressive graphicsthat keep you triggerhappy!Speed Rumbler, thesecond game from Capcom,on the Go! label, is set in the21st Century where aterrorist group mercilesslyattack peaceful towns, Withonly 24 hours left, your goalis to free your family and•restore peace in your hometown.•• You control a car that will• travel through towns, desertlands and across oceans.As you travel you mustS. IS • shoot the enemy and releasethe hostages.When rescued, you willreceive extra power and4 bonus points. You must• develop a technique tobreak the enemies' trapsand avoid at all costs theirtrailers and evade theambushers.Eventually, you willConlanted on Pogo 58

* .COIN ITContmood from Page 3 7arrive in the enemies' town.A once beautiful town thathas now been taken over.Here they will use everypossible way to kill you. Ifyou succeed in battle, youwill free the hostages andrestore peace in the townbut it's going to be tough,some of the enemies you willencounter are armedbuggies which will obstructyou car by using stretchablehorns which hook onto thecar and create havoc!Also shelling trucks movein on you and shoot in eightvarying directions.You will encounter overtwenty different kinds ofenemy.Bionic Commandoswas recently reviewed inour C+ VG arcade actionspecial.Clare Edgeley wrote:"Capcom's latest release,Bionic Commandos, is asimple but thoroughlyenjoyable shoot'em up withone innovative feature — abionic arm which plays amajor role in the game."Your mission is toinfiltrate enemy lines,destroy their super missileswhich threaten your countryand discover the secretplans which detail whereand how their next attackwill be made. Simple!"Armed with absolutelyno useful knowledge aboutthe habits of the enemy youswing into action. Swing isthe operative word as yourbionic arm shoots out tograb onto a tree branchhigh above your head. Atap of the fire button and itstarts to reel in draggingyou up with it. Quick as alash, hop onto the branchmachine gun ready to knockout any attackers."Some of the enemy arecontent to fire at you from asafe distance, others chargeonsight and you'd betterhave that arm ready ifyou're to escape beingflattened and finally othersgive chase in a desperateattempt to stop you gettingnear their base."Bionic Commandosis a levels game with theenemy base high out ofsight. You'll have to swingfrom branch to branch usinglw SPEED RUMBLERyour arm to get you overimpassable gaps and toescape the enemy."Apart from being ableto hoist you up, your arm, ifattached at an angle to aledge on your left and rightacts like a rope."You can swing on itTorzan style and even use itto knock out the enemy.Unfortunately, a blow fromthe arm only stuns themmomentarily, but it givesyou time to get yourmachine gun ready to shootthem."The action is fast andhighly entertaining.Weapons can be collecteden route that is, if you grabthem as they float past onparachutes. Again use yourbionic arm."Hazards include beds ofmonster thorns, growing likestrange orchids on the treebranches and hornets' nest.Both are deadly. Avoid thethorns at all costs and shootthe nests and resultingswarms of iratc hornets asyou come across them."At least if the nests areempty you won't have toworry about being stung to- i s s • — " E .BIONIC COMMANDOS w a y through all the floors ofthe bastion unlocking doorsin your search.Each of the 112 levelsSPEED RLI41L- death in the middle ofbattle."Another tip for the flatfooted: not all branches aresafe, and more often thannot you'll be standing on thewrong end of one when itsnaps off from the tree. Aplunge to the death is theresult. The answer is not tostay for too long in any oneplace and have your arm atthe ready to catch onto abranch or ledge above you.Flying mutants ore a furtherhazard, either knock themout in mid-flight or shootthem."After the first level thescenery changes the goinggets tougher and thehazards more numerous.But that's only to beexpected and odds to theenjoyment of this highlyaddictive game. Onceagain Capcom has come upwith the goods."Watch out for Shackledfrom Data East, this time onthe US Gold label.Shackled describes thestate in which yourcomrades in arms findthemselves and your job isto free them. The enemy haslocked them in dungeonsand you have to fight yourgives you a 3D bird's eyeview of the action. Thedeeper you penetrate theenemy defences the meanerthey become so you'll needa range of weapons to takethe attacking hoardes.A special feature of thegame is that you can take aFriend into this hell to helpyou out. This doubles yourfirepower and naturally,your chances of success.The Speed Rumbler isthe second Capcom gamefrom Go! It's set in the 21stcentury and you play a roadwarrior attempting to freehostages using a heavilyarmed car.519111mmommamommimmilm

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displaying the map andaction as it happens.As you lose health orbecome weak, the mop screenwill shrink. If a visual spell isused this screen will increasein size thus greatly enhancingyour view.When you are incombat, the monster'sspells will beGol is the newest addition to the USGold software scene - and it promisesto bring YOU some truly spectaculargames. Witness Trantor - The LastStormtrooper reviewed this issue. Mor(good home grown stuff is on the way.Here's a quick run down on what youcan expect to see in the next fewmonths.version of LaserIF IRST Tag, up the is best a computer sellinglight-gun game. Laser Tagfrom Worlds of Wonder, is atotally new concept and thebest selling toy in the USA.It is a futuristic game usinginfra-red technology whichgives a whole new dimensionto the backyard game of tag.The uniquely designedLazer Tog Storlyte hand'laser gun' sends on infra-redlight beam to the Lazer TagStarsensor and, if the beamconnects with the starsensor,sound and LED lights registerthe 'tagThe computer game is set inthe year 3010, and you, thethrobattlimonstarrifico 9, 'xnerienceLL*r cadet at the Lazer Tagptraining school who mustlattempt to gain a higherstatus level and thereforeaprogress through six ranks;y Neophyte, Beamer, lance,e Armsmon, Professional andrfinally Duellist.All the same rules as the, Lozer Tog toy apply in orderbto earn promotion through theeranks, the rookie mustccomplete target shooting andRabbitoid. The targetoshooting lest is where themrookie follows a fixed pathe through the bier Tag Arenand must aim the gun to tag asamany targets as possible. Your will be awarded a score onceothe test has been completed.oIn the Robbitoid test, youmust tog Out Os manykcomputer controlled playersi without being tagged first.eP.,CaptainAmeewriocro!Auer Tag is a fast arcadeshoot'em style of game setagainst a detailed verticlescrolling background.Wizard Wan z will takeyou back to the mysticalmedieval dark ages whenwizards and warlocks ruledthThis is a fantasy roleplaying game with adifference. You willexperience as much graphicalrepresentation as adventureland strategy.d See the action as youcommand it and do real battle. with the opposition. See theeffect of your spells as theyhurtle across the screen.When you enter the game itis at a time when the world isto elect a new Chief Wizard.The new chief will have toCaps' Americaand collect spells tofill your spell book,ready for the laterstages of the game.The screen will besplit into varioussections, oninformation section,the characteristicsand spells of yourmany battle opponentsand a larger.secticoNin••••

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GAUNTLET 1EThe success of Gauntlet will pass into legend.But the powers-that-be at US Gold were notcontent to sit back on their laurels. Theythrew down a fresh challenge to theirprogrammers: Do It again - only better! Theresult is Gauntlet II. Will you take up thechallenge?be done. But GauntletT HEY turned said out it to couldn't be a realwinner — especially on theAtari ST. The four-playercoin-up was the first of itskind and spawned quite afew imitators. Atarithemselves had anothercrack at the game,producing a sequel called,imaginatively, Gauntlet II.No ordinary sequal this,however, lots ot newfeatures were added to thefrantic gameplay and totaladdictivenes of the originaland most of them oreincluded in US Gold's newcomputer conversion,heading your way verysoon.Over 100 different levelshave been created withmore randomising mazefeatures to provide furthervariety.You will be able to chooseyour favourite originalGauntlet character, even ifthat hero is already in play.So you can get lots ofwizards or barbariansplaying together.Another major newfeature is the additionalgame play objective ofGauntlet Irs Secret Roomwhilst the other player istemporary suspended fromploy. If you complete thetask given, you arerewarded with a largebonus score as well aspermanent portions andfood.All of the originalGauntlet opponents remainwith the addition of manynew creatures.Among the newestadversaries is the Dragon.The fire-breathingDragon is found guardingthe exit to the maze andrequires several direct hitsto overcome.By slaying the Dragon,you are rewarded with apermanent potion and abog of treasure.At the start of the nextlevel, there will be a hint onhow to find the secret room.Another new creature isthe IT creature. You will befollowed around the mazeby this creature and then itwill tog you.Once this happens, youwill become 'it' resulting inthe monsters homing in onyou, regardless of the otherplayer.Look out for the SuperSorcerer who will teleportaround you, shoot and thendisappear.As you fight your waythrough the complex mazes,you will now be able toactually move walls. Thiswill enable you to block inDemons or any of the otherenemies you come across.Secret walls are alsoincorporated, but do notalways turn out to youradvantage.If you shoot the wall, itcan turn into food ortreasure if you ore lucky — ifnot, the wall could turn into the oncoming monsters.another attacking monster! Also beware of lockedYou will also need to keep treasure chests that can onlya watchful eye open for stun be opened with a key.tiles and acid puddles, Stun Gauntlet II does havetiles will be hidden in the some new features to helpfloor but will be spotted as your crusade however!they pulsate. If you step on These take the form of extraone, it will stun you for a amulets which last for thetime leaving you a sitting duration of one level.duck for a hungry monster! These include:Acid puddles also travel • Temporaryaround the maze and will Repulsiveness - Garryagain do you damage if you Williams has thisstep on them, p e r m a n e n t l y — where aEven leaving a level is no monster will run away fromlonger straightforward, y o u for a short time.Exits now tend to move, just • Transportability —as you are about to reach when wearing this amuletthem. They will close up, you will be able to walkdisappear but reappear through walls, but you willsomewhere else. n o t be able to pick up foodTraps are set again in the or treasure,various levels but can now • Super Shots - Thisbe up to three in a row, amulet gives you ten superFor instance, if a wall is shots that will keepblocking in a number of travelling and killingmean monsters, or chests monsters until it hits a wall_overflowing with treasure, I Reflective Shots —or even a room full of these will bounce off thepotions and food, if you walls up to a maximum oftread on the trap it could three times,remove any one of those • Invulnerability -walls m o n s t e r s can't hurt you butHopefully, you will be your health does tick downable to spot the poisoned twice as fast.food and potions. If you eat The many new game playor drink it you could lose features of Gauntlet II,100 health points, but if you make it a whole newshoot it you will slow down experience,

SCREENSTARSCharlie Chaplin, James Dean andMarilyn Monroe - unlikely subjects forcomputer games? Not according to USGold. Boss man Geoff Brown hassnapped up the rights to these famousnames. What we all want to know iswhat he is going to do with them. Startfinding out heretotally unique gameC with a whole newconcept. H This is your chance tobecome A a silent moviedirector R and produce theworld's greatest slapstickLcomedian Charlie Chaplin inan J epic production.E To start the game, you havea Cchoice of hilarious scripts torecreate.HAEach script will tell you howmany scenes you will have toproduce, P the characters andbackdrops. LI The next step is to selectfrom N a large choice yourbackdrop i scene, investigatethesprops room discoveringthe various articles you willaneed - and then cost yourfilm from a choice of buddingactors. Now you ore set forscene one and action,The action sequence playslike a level in a fost-movingarcade game.You control the amazingantics of Charlie Chaplin withyour joystick and ovoidgetting caught by theinevitable baddie.If you do get caught, thebaddie will hold on to you fora certain length of time actingas a penalty because eachscene is timed - and in themovie business time is money.And you don't have much.Once your scene has beenrecorded you may retire tothe edit suite. Here the sceneyou have just directed will beplayed back to you, if you likeit, then it's on to the nextscene, if you don't it will hitthe cutting room floor and youwill hove the chance to do are-take. But beware, asmentioned before - time ismoney and you will havebeen given a budget for theproduction of this film.Obviously, if you hove tore-shoot a scene, it will bemore costly and you could riskgoing over budget, turningsuccess into a failure.Remember - you have toproduce a box office hitlJust like working on C+ VGreally.Once all the scenes havebeen shot, depending on therequirements of the script,you ore ready to release it onthe eagerly awaiting public.You will see the cinema on theopening night with the nameof your film up in lights.Once inside the cinema thecrowd quieten, the curtainso.o, gnidraw bock and your veryown silent movie will berecreated before your eyes.Between each scene, astoryboord caption willappear and your block andwhite silent movie is complete!Now all that's left is thereaction from the audience ifthe applause is loud and long,you will be awarded higherbox office earnings. This is thecrucial time when you know ifyou've madb it!If you have not gone overbudget and have high boxoffice earnings you con makea sequel, with more scenes,more action and moreentertainment. As long asyou're making money, youwill be making movies.The disk version will havethe facility to store your silentmovie classics, so you mayplay them bock at anytime.The Atari ST version willgive you a review from acelebrated film critic in theVariety News.Charlie Chaplin will beavailable for the Commodore64, Spectrum, IBM PC,Amstrad and Atari ST.No news on the JamesDean or Marilyn games -but, as always, watch thisspace!

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ACaptain's Log. Stardate 16.12.87.C+VG's John Gilbertt, who boldlygoes where many people can'tbe bothered to go, reportson Star Trek — The NewGeneration now beingfilmed in Hollywood.What will the finalfrontiers of space belike without CaptainKirk, Mr Spock,Bones and Scotty?Four successful movies, anon-stop deluge of fan mailand the continued popularityof science fiction promptedParamount Pictures toreincarnate Star Trek thetelevision series.It's token ten years for themoguls to reach theirdecision and, because theoriginal cast has grown olderand technology hasovertaken fiction, they haveset the new series amongstThe Next Generation of StarFleet officers and crew. Morethan 75 years have passedsince the original USSEnterprise was launched forits five year mission ofexploration. Captain Kirk,Scotty and even Mr Spookare dead, the Federation hasinaugurated sevenconsecutive versions of thelegendary Enterprise, and theimplements of explorationand warfare have changed.But, the Federation has notfound the edges of theuniverse, despite Kirk's earlyefforts, and continues thesearch for new life forms,minerals and phenomena.The Enterprise still has that joband the way in which its newcaptain and crew go about itis the central strand of thenew series.Pre-flight CheckGene Roddenberry, creatorof Star Trek and now in hismid-sixties, is the man behindThe Next Generation. He wasParamount's obvious choiceas Executive Producer butwas initially sceptical aboutthe project.The company has in thepost treated him shabbily.Roddenberry sold Paramountthe complete package,scripts, crew and rights, inorder to get the company totake the series and push it fora prime-viewing time slot.Paramount was notconvinced that the showwould work and, during its firsttwo seasons, Gene wasconstantly at war withtelevision executives andeventually resigned asproducer when he'd hodenoughHe returned to Star Trek asExecutive Consultant whenthe series hit the big screenand, when Wrath of Khan wasdoing the cinema circuit inthe 'States, starteddiscussions with the newParamount regime aboutanother series. Preliminarydetails were finalised in late1986 and Roddenberry wasgiven a free creative handand a budget ofopproximately a milliondollars for each episodeCrew CutA fresh, fairly young,production team was puttogether but Roddenberrywanted some continuity withthe old series so he broughtin two older-times advisors,David Gerrold wasresponsible for the famousTrouble With Tdbbles episodeand, more recently, wrote theoriginal short story for the filmEnemy Mine. Bob Justin,original Associate Producerof Star Trek, was also broughtin to balance Gerrold'swriter's eye with expertise offilm making.Both joined a brainstormingteam who's job Itwas to come up with not onlystory ideas but also a newfuture reality. According toRoddenberry the creationprocess was made worsebecause they hod to movethe futuristic technology ofStar Trek forward nearly onecentury rather than lookingforward from the reality of the1980s.The original sets havebeen updated. rather thanredesigned, to keepcontinuity with the old series.The bridge of the Enterprisewith its Captain's chair andsurrounding control stationsand panels do not look agreat deal different fromthose you'll have seen in themovies.The crew's costumes havegravitated towards boilersuits, the living quarters aremuch more outlandish -because of the increase ofstrange creatures on the stall- and the production teamhas been able to buydifferent looking corridors,rather than having to use thesame one to race or walkdown every time, in an effortto make the ship look larger.The special effects, fromspaceship propulsion tophaser fire will be at theforefront of movietechnology. Roddenberry hashired California-basedIndustrial Light and Magic, anoutfit created by StevenSpielberg to produce theeffects on Poltergeist andother movies - including theStar Wars pre-quel, CloneWars, which is about to startfilming at Pinewood.

ISthe bT of Wrath ofKhaniand Search forSpock onto the smallhscreen. It alsogensures that theplanet e exteriors,which min some episodesOut-numberreviews of theEnterprise's interior, are asorealistic as present dayearth, and sas imaginative asthe landscapes v produced atPinewood for u Ridley Scoffsfantasy film ieLegend.The series has a scientific,rather thanltmilitary, basis so,rather than puse the constant'shoot to kill udirective of theOriginal series, t the Captainhas to rely onsthought, ratherthan weapons and a bigmouth, to escape disasters.He's also more of a coordinatorthan the leaderJames Kirk was and allows hiscrew the luxury of solvingproblems themselves. Thecast extra who you know willalways be killed by the aliensis also gone and replaced bythe alarming possibility thatthe main characters may beseriously injured - apossibility explored in themovies but not the originalseriesCast All SetAs Leonard Nimoy andWilliam Shatner step bock toconsider the possibility ofdirecting a few episodes ofthe new series' a new cast,which includes a 15 year oldboy, takes control of theEnterprise.Roddenberry has goneback to the original Star Trekideals, set out in The Cage,the two-hour pilot episodewhich was never shown butyou can now buy on video.The jobs of second incommand and scienceofficer have been split -because there's more moneyto spread around. A head ofsecurity has been added aswell as a number of Star Fleetpersonnel.The case is headed byBritish Shakespearian actorPatrick Stewart, who recentlystarred in Dune and, twoyears ago, took to UKtelevision in a BBC tv seriescalled Maybury, He playsJean-Luc Pichard, who is theonly normal earthling in theseriesOne criticism of the oldseries was that the Captainput himself into too manydangerous situations and hebeamed down to planetswhen he should have stayedwith his vessel. The criticismhas been heeded and, whilePichard does step intodanger on occasion, it'susually the wonderfullycreated characters amongsthis crew who are always inthe firing line.One of those unfortunatesis Commander William Riker,played by Jonathan Rakes.He's called Number One -the original Mr Spook in TheCage pilot - and is CaptainPichard's heir apparent.Spock's science officer'sjob goes to LieutenantCommander Data, played byBrent Spinet. The character'san android with Spock'sfabulous head for facts andlogic, combined with thestrength of the Six MillionDollar Man that was how itwas described to me! Youmay remember Brent Spinerfrom appearances in HillStreet Blues and Cheers, buthe's most renowned in the'States for his theatrical workand has appeared severaltimes on Broadway.The second brainyEnterprise passenger is a 15-year old moth's genius calledWes Crusher. The boy is tooinquisitive for his own goodand, in most of the first seriesepisode requires rescuingfrom situations over which hisbrain but not his body hascontrol. Wes is played by thenew Hollywood discovery WilWheaton.His mother, Dr BeverlyCrusher, is the ship's medicalofficer who has little time forsleep. When she's not at herpost in Sick Bay she's keepingWes, the spoiled brat, incheck. She's played byCheryl McFadden, a directorand actress who works mainlyon American television.Women play an importantrole in the running of the USSEnterprise. The female officeris joined by Ship's SecurityOfficer Natasha Var.Her job has changed andexpanded since the originalseries and she now has thepower to order an alert, beconsulted about all planetarymissions and, unless theCaptain has a preference,choose landing parties. She'splayed by Denise Crosby.who's main claim to fame is aco-starring role in EddieMurphy's 48 Hours.The Search ForSuccessGene Roddenberry doesn'tpretend to believe he's ontoa sure fire winner. The series,like any other, will have toprove itself beforeParamount supplies moremoney for the next one.The elements of failure arethere. It cannot rely on theold series for successbecause it uses a differentformula and characters. It'snot certain whether viewerswill like the new, more alienlead characters, and it's alsonot certain whether Trekkiefans will continue to supportthe movie voyages but avoidthe series which could beseen as a cynicalmanipulation in order tomake more money.But, the signs ore alsothere. Each week's story willcontain human interest aswell as action and specialeffects. Also, the science onthe show is very possiblewithin the context of the 24thCentury, and the story linesare fluid enough to bebelievable within the 24thcentury setting - the writershave been careful not to useany present dayAmericanisms whichappeared in, and doted, thefirst series.Unfortunately, it will be theAmerican public who willdecide the success or failureof Star Trek — The NextGeneration. The show startedIn the last week of Octoberwith a two-hour teleplaycalled Encounter Al For Point,written by Gene Roddenberryand the late D C Fontana -script editor of the originalshow. The BBC has not yetpicked up the rights to theseries and if it doesn't showan interest soon Paramountmay sell it to ITV.Latest so-called pressleaks claim that the series willnot arrive in Britain untilDecember 1990.Still, who knows? We couldsee The Next Generationwhen it has already floppedand been dropped in theStates. It's a sad state ofaffairs, but if you want to seeStar Trek over here beforeyou grow old take the adviceGene Roddenberry gavefans when they wanted a newStar Trek series in the late '60s.Write to your local televisionstation

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ToveRED L.E.D.For success at Reaktor's REDLED, you must get to knowthe abilities of the three droidsand a good few mapsintimately.1FANG sticks to s slopes,very useful for the centre (red)hexagon and for the top rightand bottom left greenhexagons, but isuncontrollable on acid lakes— even when they are ice.Take him to an acid world atyour peril.2 HOVER floats over thesurface and so is immune toacid. Isn't so manouevrable asFANG or BALL but is a lotsafer until you learn where theice switches are. Very usefulfor bottom right and top leftgreen hexagons and manyothers, A very handy droid.3 BALL doesn't have theabilities of either FANG orHOVER, but can manoeuvreanywhere if the acid does notkill him. Also he does not takeas much damage from theflashes trying to end yourC E N T Ht h e n1 1 0 0b e t te rs t ar ts e nd * ,inhthe i "dryn-tALERT.. ALERT . ALERT.. .ALERT..ẠLERT. Melissa Ravenf lame has beenkidnapped. Send help to IDEAs Central,Computer +Video Games. Priory Court, 30-32Farringdon Lane, London EC1 A 3AU. Until thiscrisis resolved IDEAs Central is operating onremote control.•THE LAST NINAgame as the other Iwo droids.A good choice for the most ofusually safe anywhere elseonce l a nyou find the ice switches.d Learn s c the maps. Each of thehexagons a p e will always go to thesame landscape and on levelonesthere are fourteen timeplusa capsules. Ever neededan n extra seventy minutes?You'll d find a couple of handyones in the hexagon justbelow centre. Just make sureyou can tell the differencebetween the positive andnegative ones. It's a good ideato have a route across thehexagon grid which takes youthrough as many landscapesas possible, with time pluscapsules in. You can alwaysjust dive in to grab the others.Don't be afraid of aborting alevel if it doesn't harm yourroute. It can be worth going injust to get some time or to getenergy for a weak droid.where you know a safe spotwhere you can sit and defendBotit/The 0Who I 811t doesn't ',sutler —P E TiPSand lOtt more POKES, op else.0Wait I napperSyourself_ n Always try to enterthe next t grid level with all thetime t you can get your handson.0The BONUS is a critical partof playing S RED L.E.D.Sometimes e even that extra 70minutes e is not enough. Anextra Abonus letter is awardedevery t 10,000 provided youpicked i up the last one, andonly tone is given for eachhexagon. e Learn where thebonus s letter appears, so youcan take it as soon as it'sathere and get out for the nextone. RAlways a try to collect the Son the g top and bottom bluehexagons, a as the bonusphase i starts you next to theexit for n a massive 28,000points and seven very handyminutes. Decide on yourfavourites and save them forthat S.The Smart bomb reallycomes into its own on gridstwo onwards. After level one,the enemy droids really go foryou once you have collectedyour last energy pod. Try topmake the last one you collectthe one nearest the exit.Having a smart bomb onboards can make all thedifference, as you dash for theexit.Always leave the last poduntil after you have collectedanything else you want tocollect on the level. A goodtrick on a few landscapes is toshoot all generators you meetand then carry a smart bombto the exit, when there is bothanother generator and yourlast pod. Fire the smart bomb,and you're all alone andcompletely safe.Droid freeze devices are ahandy breather at any time,but like smart bombs, can be areal droid-saver on highergrids if you can save themuntil just before collecting thelast pod. Again learn wherethey are.The most crucial thing toremember about RED L.E.D.is that you can save alot oftime by getting to really knowthe maps.A lot of landscapes haveshort cuts over the edge ofcliffs which can make thedifference between a goodbonus and a poor bonus, andbetween life and death as yourlast ice freeze is running out.The teleport network canalso save a lot of runningaround but isn't always thequickest route a pod that isthree may be or just four over teleports the edge away of Ithat n cliff you are standing on.Following on from where IanWalker left you hanging abouton level 6 of the Last Nittla,Trevor Fox of Norfolk hascome to the rescue with thefinal solution_ start at thebeginning of level 6 and goNW to NE and get the bluebottle of sleeping potion, goSW. NW, NE and then followthe path up to the room fullvases. Open the door byputting the flower in the blue/white vase nearest the door.Go through and stun the dogby using the sleeping position— fire button/stick left to right— but you must not be holdinganyweapons.GoNEthroughthe door. In this room there isa giant stone archer. To getpast him touch the smallbrown patch on the floor togain Ninja Magic and just walkpast. Keep going until youreach the evil Shogun. kill himwith your sword. You are thensent to the room with thescrolls in, there are twosquares on the floor, jump into the inner one. The outerone kills you. Once in the innersquare pick up the scrolls andyou have finished.

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When youare a couple of hundred feetup and have translational lift,try to shut down one engine, itsaves fuel.Now the real missions, thisis important if you haveacquired some points. Keepupdating your saved status. Ifyou act bravely and destroy atleast one of your objectives —do not just quit.When it gives you the optionTAI-PANBefore we start with hints forTat-Pan, Anthony Dixon andhis friend Andrew have a fewcomplaints. The biggest is thatit is a right pain in the backsideto have to keep on loading theseem suicidal, but bycontinuously pressing fire oneand fire two one after the otheryou will not be gunned downnor crash. Use this tactic allthe time even though it maybecome exhausting, When agap appears wait until it isdirectly in front then drop thejeep back to the left, still firing,until the screen scrolls enoughfor you to jump across, landingas far right as possible,The best strategy at the2nd, 3rd and 4th stages is tokeep the helicopter roughlycentralised on the screen,Drop bombs continuously anddestroy aircraft before theytouch the missiles.Finally —don't use aoystick — unless it's auickshot Operating two fireuttons on joystick andkeyboard is impossibleto retry. type No if yourmission status says you areseriously wounded behindenemy lines then your likely tobecome 'missing in action', soyou would do better to switchoff and start again. 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started. The firstT thing you should dohIs have a word with a fewof i your friends who areinterested s in playing anddecideiwhat kind ofF.R.P.sgame you would alllike to play.wThe list is almost infinite, butthe h most popular games playedover the table are of the SwordsandeSorcery type.r However the type of games varyimmensely. For instance there areesci-fi games, where you can playanything i from a 50 foot tall robottota weird, exotic alien. There aresupernatural detective games,allwhere you have to find thesolution to crimes caused bymysterious beings; superhero typegames, where you play thesuperhero who has powers of yourown creation; holocaust games,where the dreaded A-bomb hasbeen dropped and you have tosurvive.Once you have decided whatgame you wish to play, you eithergo out and buy (or order by post)the relevant ELT'. system or joina local F.R.P. club so that you cangive it a try to see if you like it.A few hints here, Any shopworth its salt will let you have agood look inside the books orboxes, so that you can see whatyou are buying. Don't be put offby what you see, it may seem all- - -gibberish at first, but ' after acouple of reads and a 1couple 1 ofpractice games you will M find i that itall falls into place. kSee what kind of dice I you needto play the game — aMwellpackaged game will have diceIincluded with it — but buy somemore, as you'll need them.IFinally, contemplateIinvestingin a few metal figures Iand othermetal items — monsters, . boxes oftreasure or vehicles—that m arcrelevant to your game. . These willenhance your enjoyment1immensely, as it's easier to relate0your character to a painted lead1figure than a piece of paper.Once you have your 1game andbefore you read anything 1 in detail,decide between yourself 1 who is tobecome Games Master 1 (G.M.).The duties of a G.M. are , manyand varied, but the main one is tobecome a sort of umpire. Just as infootball F.It ,13.gamesr e q u ir ereferee who is loyal to neitherside, can make unbiased decisions.There is an art to this and it is asenjoyable as playing the gameitself.The G. M. shapes the worldwhere all the adventures takeplace. They are allowed access toevery piece of inwhereas the players are not. You,as G.M., must know the gamessystem inside out so you are ableto tell the players what dice to roll,work out the combat situationfrom the charts provided andgenerally enforce the rules.The players play a game youcreate and it is your task to playthe part of every person that yourcharacters meet.For example, if the playerseither meet a barmaid, a fifteenFoot bug eyed monster, a zombielord or a king, it is your task toplay the part of these characters.continuad on page 85

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DREAMS COME TRUEiA F.R.P. game is only as goodas the G.M. that runs it. To giveyou some idea what characteristicsa good G.M. should have — theyshould like to see their friendssquirm with fear they should havean inventive and imaginativemind, they should he able to thinkon their feet, making decisions atthe drop of a hat.Once the G.M. is decided upon.the other players read the booksthat they arc allowed to and thencreate their characters as allowedby the rules. You should put asmuch background, detail andpersonality into your charactercreation as you can. The closeryou are to your character, themore you will role play itcorrectly, Again this is animportant process, as ultimately.when your character gets killed alittle bit of your heart should bebroken.Just imagine the G.M. tellingyou this; "You are sitting in a dark,dingy tavern which is thick withsmoke. There are about seventeenother people in here who all lookvery shady to say the least.' Some ofthese folk are small squathumanoid', some are dark skinnedand reptilian looking, whilst themajority are tall, humans who arewearing armour and carrying avariety of lethal looking weapons.Whilst you are supping your ale.you see a small, old, craggylooking man approaching you. Heis dressed in black robes and lookslike he is going to pull somethingout of his pocket. What are yourreactions?"As your character, you decidewhat would you do. You couldattack him, talk to him, run awayor do anything else that may comein your mind.This is the gateway to adventureand now you hold the key!This is a form of F.R,P. y postwhich also can include diplomacy,tactics and strategy, The G.M.here is the P.B.M. company andthey send you all the informationyou need_You are spoiled for choice at themoment as there are P.B.M.games covering all the followingtopics; gangland warfare,supremacy of the galaxy, Swordsand Sorcery, football, gangster.sci-fi and world domination! Whenyou have made your choice, youmay have to send off an amount ofmoney — ranging from 50p up to£10.00. However OM is theaverage for a start-up and somecompanies charge nothing at all.Within a few days you shouldreceive a rulebook plus anyadditional info about the game.This usually consists ofnewsletters, source books, notesof historical interest or currentevents plus various pieces ofbackground info.The next step is to read therulebook several times to makesure you understand the rules.Then, you create your character oiteam, adding a full background ofyour choice. This may includeaims, attitudes, beliefs, moralsand history, to name but a fewthings.You keep a copy of thisinformation, called a start-upsheet, for your own reference andsend the original to the company.After about a week or so youshould receive your turn sheet andit should contain detailedinformation of your startingposition. rumours of happeningsthat you may care to investigateplus additional info that yourcharacter or team may havediscovered.Then it is up to you to use yourskills to explore the unknown,develop your team, make friends— or enemies— use yourdiplomatic skill and generallysurvive. The main aim IS tosurvive in the hostile environmentout there.Once you have entered yourideas and decisions on the turnsheet you return it to the G_M_ Indoing this you have completedyour first turn. In about two weekstime the G.M. be it human or acomputer — then examines yourturn and using dice, imagination.ancient mystic formulae orcomputer programs. analyses it,enters various comments andreturns it to you.Each time a G.M. analyses yourturn, you pay a charge for thisservice. You are informed of thiswhen you get your start uppackage and it is usually a fixedprice. The average price of a turnat the moment is approx between1.50 and £2.00.This is the chance tor you Coactually show your skill —or thelack of it — with a sword. You getthe chance to play the part ot ahero or heroine you create in a livesituation.If you fancy dressing up inarmour, wielding a sword — madeof wood. wrapped in a lot of foamand covered in gaffa tape —running around in dark, damp.cold. wet caves getting totallycovered in mud then fightingzombies, skeletons and goblins,Live Role Playing is for you!It's your chance to see if you areas mighty as Conan or as wimpy asUkko the Dwarf_The way to get involved in this isto telephone a live role playingcompany. Make a booking. sendyour money off on average£6.00 an adventure — and within acouple of days you will receive fulldetails of what the game is allabout, where to go and whenYou can book individually orfor up to a group of ten people.On the appointed day you travelto the caves or castle where youare kitted out with all theaccessories. If you want tobringyour own costume that's fine, itcan be as outlandish as you want,but no armour is allowed at first asyou have to "earn" it and theability to wear it.You get instruction on the useof various pieces of weaponry,safety regulations, the rules of thegame and how they are applied.Then, as is the way in F. R.P., youare asked to stat what characteryou want to play. Then you areinformed about your powers,abilities and weaknesses,You usually get the chance toplay either a warrior, scout,magician or priest.Once everything has beenexplained and all your questionshave been answered. you are setan adventure. This can be done inmany ways, but here is just oneexample.You will be approached by amerchant, who tells you that hisdaughter has been kidnapped byan evil magician. He will pay youa princely sum if you will rescueher and return her safely. Themoney he pays is real in gameterms and with this you can buybetter armour, magic potions ormore vicious weapons.If you agree, he takes you to adungeon entrance and your partyis left to investigate. You usuallyhave three real candles betweenthe ten of you and this means thatyou cannot sec more than two feetin any direction! You then amblealong a maze of passages and it isup to you how you deal with thereal life monsters, traps. andpeople that you encounter.A typical adventure lasts two tothree hours. It is advisable to wearsome old warm clothing that youdon't mind getting filthy dirty ordamaged. Boots are a must. If youarc under 18 years of age, youMUST get a letter of approvalsigned by your parents before yougo.COntinued On page 87

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This has got to be the ultimate insolo roleplaying! You neednothing else except a pencil, acouple of dice and some paper.Ever since the introduction ofKR._13roleplaying books. But at first they_ were just a written form of overthe htable e gaming and you neededto re have the large rulebooks handy,or a very good memory, toremember h all the rules.a The first break from the mouldwas v Tunnels And Trolls a Swordsand e Sorcery solo game from acompany b called Flying Buffalo.eHwy produced a game that couldhe e played fairly simply with lots ofhacknand slay involvement to keepsoloback into the past to stop arenegade Time Lord meddelingwith history.Indeed the list goes on. but outof all these solo adventures therehas only been one best seller torival the Fighting 1.i:in:my to dateand this was the Lone Wolf seriesby Joe Dever and Gary Chalk_The series was in fact so good thatit won the game book of the yearaward three years running in 1985,1986 and 1987.The Wolf series allowed you alot more control over yourcharacter. After your characterreached a certain level you couldchoose his weapon skills, psioniepowers and various other abilities.You get the feelin that you wereMAN w Katiloi9114,DREAMS COME TRUEand that gives our attributes inweapon skill. stamina, luck etc.These final attributes tell youhow well balanced your characteris, You are then allowed to pickyour characters' magical spells andequipment. Then you read how tooperate the combat system whenyou meet monsters and the like.This is very simple.Usually you compare yourweapon skill plus a randomnumber you roll on a six sided diceto that of a monsters. If your totalnumber is higher than themonsters, then you do a certainamount of damage to it and younote that down. After the monsterhas taken a certain amount ofdamage it is dead.You usually get a brief historyof your land and you are set sometask, like obtaining a magic crownto ensure the unity amongst yourleaders. You then turn tosomething like this: "As you makeyour way down the corridor aportcullis descends with a loudclang blocking off the southerlyway behind you. Unimpressed.1 paragraph you walk down one where the dark, you'll cold, readdirty corridor and finally you cometo the end. Here you can see astrong looking wooden door infront of you to the north, the firststeps of a set of descending stairs tothe ems and a stone wall to theprtpue4-These are probably the mostrestrictive forms of role playing.but nevertheless very enjoyable.They vary enormously from soloboard games, where you play apredetermined character hut makethe decisions yourself, to gameswhere up to ten people can play atonce.The rulebooks are usuallysimple-to-read and easy tounderstand. There is a goodpossibility of -involved option and you have to placethesec aonr dcertainsparts of theboard."One of the first board gamesplayedb emanyiyears ago, whichinvolved n g an clement of roleplaying was the Battle Of The LineBig Horn, It was a game for twopeople where you reinacted thisfamous battle, one taking theguise of General Custer and theother of Chief Sitting Bull.However, times have changed andStandard Games have lead theway for many years, with gamessuch as Cry Havoc and DarkBlades. See Board Battles for a fullreview.Games Workshop has also comeup with the solo board gameChainsaw Warrior, where you playthe player happy_ This was notexactly a challenging task andwhen you had done several ofthem, they became a hit tedious.However, solo gaming reemergedas a force to be reckonedwith when The Warlock Of FiretopMountain was relased in late I V82.This solo book had its own uniquerole playing system, calledFighting Fantasy which wassimple, easy to play and very fast,It not only contained the hack andslay element, but there wereproblems to be solved, puzzles toanswer and traps to be negotiated.Steve Jackson and IanLivingstone, who wrote andproduced the game immediatelyrealized that they had a mega bestseller on their hands, so they wenton to produce many others,including another notableadventure called DeathtrapDungeon, Since then there havebeen many other solo adventures,written by many different authors,Mark Smith and JamieThompson produced Falcon: TheRenegade Lord, which waseventually turned into a computergame.It was an adventure set in 3033A.D. and your aim was to travelactually running the character andthat you were not being shuffledfrom one part of the book to theother by random chance.IIadventure, ' you were allowed totakeyyour character onto the nextbook,owhere not only could youstart off a new adventure at anaudvantage, but you could continueto develop s your character further.The u latest craze in adventuregaming r though is nothing to dowith v playing solo, believe it or not.You i play an adventure againstyour v best friend. You buy a set oftwo ebooks, then one person playsa goodie and the other a baddie.Then,dyou call out to each othera number a on the bottom of thepage Wyou are on, and then each ofyou oturns to a page where you seca picture l of where you are in adungeon. fIf you call out certainparagraphs you will meet youropponent and perhaps cutch themoff guard.The way most adventures areplayed though are dead easy. Thebook gives you a system wherebyyou "roll up a character using asix sided dice. You add your diceroot to certain present numberswest, y o u try to open the doorto the north (2C), go down thestairs to the east (87) or examineshe wall to the west for secretpassages (69)?"The book is divided up intohundreds of numbered paragraphsand the figures in brackets relateto those. So. if you wish to take acertain course of action your turnto the appropriate paragraph,where apart from a possibleencounter with a monster, whichyou resolve via the combat system.you are given another chance.The game goes on like this untilyou achieve your objective or dietrying. If you die, no problem, acouple of dice rolls and a ncwcharacter is formed to fight again.a special forces operative who hastwenty four hours to kill apowerful extra dimensional beingwhich is threatening to pull thewhole of New York through a timewarp, destroying it totally.The same company has alsoproduced a game called BloodBow/ which is a cross betweenAmerican Football and Swordsand Sorcery! You create teams ofores, trolls or any other creaturesfor that matter and you put themon a typical American footballpitch, where they batter hell out ofeach other most of the time, withvague thoughts of a mystical thingcalled a touchdown crossing theirminds occassionally.Continued on page SO87

DREAMS COME TRUE!For niany years the nearest thecomputer companies have come tocreating role playing games wasvia the adventure. However,although they were very popular,they left a lot to be desired as faras role playing was concerned.The games were based onobtaining certain items orpasswords and using them at thewounded, then retreat. gel healedup at a village and come back formore or you can press onregardless, losing a couple of yourparty on the way, hoping that youcan strive on and achieve yourobjective.Games can be saved at certainstages to stop repetition and thebut here at C+GV we confidentlypredict that k88 will be the year ofthe role-playing game.We reckon that Gauntlet and allit's clones will have given you thetaste for the real thing. Andcomputers are the ideal mediumfor FRP's— solo games orotherwise.Dedicated adventurers willenjoy them, arcade players with adesire to try out something moredemanding will enjoy them — andmost of all this type of gamerespresents great value for moneyand will last for a long, long time.The biggest release of the NewYear will be S_S.l.'s ADdIDcomputerised FRP — we've seensome early screens from the gameand it looks tryly awesome. Watchthis space for more news on thisimpending release!have started issuing figures withplastic detachable bases andshields. You can also buy figuresthat have the ability to wield avaried array of weapons that areincluded with the model.appropriate time to progressfurther in the game.Recently though. there has beena new style of computer gamesentering the market and throughone company. That company isS. S_1. They have released over 10roleplaying games, which aretotally unique. True, they haveonly a limited form of role playing,but their games get better andbetter. They have also taken theinitiative by snapping up the rightsto T.S.R.'s Dungeons andDragons IF R.P. game and theyare busing producing thecomputerized version as I write.As in F.R.P. in general the waythe games work are as follows.You create a team of characterswith randomly selected abilities.which range from the magicalpowers of a wizard to the sowrdarm of a fighter_You then set out exploring theworld, picking up tasks and questsas you go.You usually move your groupuntil you get to a combat situation,where you can move eachcharacter independently and selectvarious options which can includefighting. moving, spell casting orissuing forth a divine power.You meet various monster onthe way, find magic items andmeet various interesting people.You can fight until you are badlyworst thing that can happen to youis that you can get wiped out! Ifthis is the case, no cause for tearsbecause all you do is create a newparty of characters and off you goagain!!The best FRP_ computergames are at present coming outon disc for both the Commodore64/128 and the I.B.M. I suspectthat in the not so distant futureyou will see a mass of these type ofgames swamping the market forthe Atari ST and Amiga. Peopleare at present saying that theAmiga has the better capacity torun games, but it will take time forthe programmers to get to gripswith it.There are other companies outthere at the moment issuingF_R_P. type games and it will benice to see how they take them up.For example Moebius from Originwas an attempt at making acomputerized F.R.P.French software companyinfogrames also produce a roleplaying game called Alandragore— which is a big over the Channelbut wasn't received well here inthe UK.US Gold has been released allthe Ultima series of FRP's — all ofwhich have a big cult following inthis country.But as yet computerised RFP'shave yet to take off in a big wayThese are an essential aid toF.R.P. as they give the over thetable games a greater depth andsense of involvement. There arenow thousands of figures tochoose from ranging from fightersin full plate armour wading hugeswords to detectives in raincoatsmenacingly pointing hugemagnums.Most figures in the F.R.P. world25mm scale and are usually madeof a soft metal plus a liberalquantity of lead. Most of thefigures come completelyassembled in certain poses withfixed bases: but some companiesCollecting these models has nowbecome a hobby in its own right.Some people like nothing morethan to buy the figures and paintthem, collecting them to make onevast. impressive, army. Otherpeople make "dioramas" withthem. Basically this meanspainting your models and. –mounting them in highly detailedmodel dungeons or villages. Thistakes a lot of time and dedication.

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REVIEWS1;14"(41"e4' Mtt/rurielbolieftwle4/1TOWN 1 OF BALDEMAR11.1BLAKEGli• PUBLISHER: NEW.INFINITIES PRODUCTIONSAINCMUIP PRICE: £7.95ET:HFOGygax. the grandfather of• F.R.P. A has returned with aRN: new company and even newerTproduct.RA The first thing that catchesOSyour eye when you open thisBY book is the detachable, well-full-colour 17in byEMproduced,/R1 22sn A town map. It is divided upHTSinto four major areas with aeITriver and a major road'Eresponsible for this divide. Onthe reverse side is a chart onsRwhich you recall the currentb:political situation of the towna and a list of the mostc important townspeople.It gives an in-depthkdescription of over 125 citizens! plus the shops and the guildsY they run. It has a helpfulintroduction which containsemany useful hints and tips. Itseven has a section so you can, create your own politicalE power struggle between. whatever section of societyyou want, be it the church, theGguilds or the ordinarya populace.rMy only criticism of theybooklet is that the artworkleaves a lot to be desired andsome of the statistical chartsare complex. However, if youare feeling lazy and want acomplete town setting in amedieval-style which iscompatible with any F.R_P.system and that is good valuefor money, then this roleplayingaccessory is for you.As the man said, you can havethis converted to your systemwithin an hour.E. Gary Gygax is back andit's good to see him.• RATING: II8/0IP. GAME; LORDS OF THEMIDDLE EARTH — Vol. II; THEMANNISH RACES: A FANTASY'GAME CHARACTERCOMPENDIUMII. PUBLISHER: IRON CROWNENTERPRISESPw PRICE: 0.95This book is NOT a game initself. It is a source ofsubsidiary information for arole-playing system calledMiddle Earth Role Playing(M,E.R.P. for short).goFor the uninitiated,M,E.R.P. is a F.R.P, systembased on J. R. R. Tolkien'sThe Hobbit and Lord of theRings. It provides thestructure and framework forrole-playing in Tolkien'smystical mythical world, soyou can play characters andenjoy the universe that he sostylishly wrote about.If you have read any ofTolkien's book you will reallyappreciate the work that hasgone into this supplement.Basically, what it does is allowyou to have at your finger tipsaccess to almost all of thehumanoid that occupied theMiddle Earth realm.Spread over 108 detailedpages are hundreds ofdescriptions of the mostprominent or powerfulindividuals Tolkien created.The descriptions are written intwo formats either long orshort (short being up to 50words). They contain detailednotes on the character'spersonality, as well as theirhistory, traits, abilities,magical powers and specialweapons, if any. Furthermore,it gives a full breakdown of acharacter's statistics from levelrating to Skill bonuses and iscross-referenced with theTolkien's actual books andother M.E.R.P. aids.You also get a fairly lengthyprecis of the history of theMiddle Earth plus a veryhandy abbreviation table. Totop this all off, it gives amassive 25-page spread to theNine Nardgul, which is worthreading on its own.To be honest, when I firstread it, The Mannish Racestook my breath away. Fromthe minute you look at theexceptional artwork on thecover to the time you finish thelast page, you can appreciatethe awesome amount of workthat has gone into researchingthis_ The artwork throughout(and there is a lot of it) is of ahigh quality. The tablesprovided are easy tounderstand and the familytrees of the most importanthumans are a sheer joy toread. It is also written in a veryfriendly manner, which makesyou want to get up and playimmediately.If you play M.E.R.P. it is anessential buy, if you playanother F.R.P. system buy itanyway, you'll get years of useTablvtop Games (formerlyAsguard Miniatures) have sentme most of the figures in theiraptly named 'TortureChamber' range amongstothers. These little beautiesvary from The Rack, whereyou get a victim, a torturer, asadistic onlooker and theactual rack itself, to the IronMaiden. where you just getthe spiked maiden andscreaming victim.There are 12 models in theTorture Chamber Range andthey vary from 75p to £2.50.The set I got did not includeassembly instructions andwithout them aninexperienced modeller couldrun into a few minorproblem's.All the figures are relativelyflash free and only a smallamount of tidying up work wasnecessary.Some figures have to beglued together, so a smallamount of modelling skill withlead figures would be anadvantage, but not essential.I was also sent a selection ofTabktops• Orc range andyou'll have a hard time findinga more nastier, evil lookingbunch of characters. Themodels come armed with afrightening array of weaponswith massive maces towhopping whips. Well worth alook! The cost is anythingfrom 45p upwards.Turning now to PrinceAugust Gaming. They sent mea selection of figures fromtheir Fantasy Armies range,their catalogue and a poster.The poster, which can beobtained by sending an s.s.a.e.and three backing cards to anyof their models, shows the fullrange of their products.Out of all the figures theysent me I was most impressedwith their ranger. It is posed inan all action fashion, sworddrawn and ready to swing.whilst his ankle length capeflutters behind him.A neat touch that I likedwas the addition ofgroundwork to the base. Itmeans that even if you areinexperienced at modelling,you can still give the figure apresentable base setting with afew strokes of a brush. Allmodels come in a blister pack,with a foam backing.One thing that makes PrinceAugust different from themajority of the modellingcompanies is that they giveyou the chance to mould yourown models.You can buy casts, mouldsand soft metal at veryreasonable prices, so you cancreate your own figures.Their handbook (which isfree) shows you step by stephow you can turn lumps of softlead into crisp sharp paintedfigures in a fairly short time.It also contains a faultfinding table to tell you whathappens if. your moulds gowrong_They have a large range offantasy moulds ready andwaiting to be used. If you wantreally big armies then this isfor you, because after youmake the initial outlay for themoulding start up set, figurescost around 10p each to make.For full details of start up '-packs etc, please contactPrince August at the addressbelow.

0,i/t471 geolete4-PP CRY HAVOCSUPPLIER: STANDARDGAMES111. PRICE:19.95Have you ever thought ofplaying board-based F.R.P.games, but been put off by thelook of the awesome sizerulebook and the complexcombat tables? Well, don't beput off any longer.Cry Havoc is a simple gameaimed at beginners. The ideais to slowly, but surely, get' involved in a tremendoushobby, step by step. CH. isbased in 'medieval' times withIwo players (Or more if youplay team games) controllingvarious counters, that canrepresent anything from amounted knight to a peasant,which either fight until theysurrender or die.You move your countersover the two full-colouredmaps that are suppliedthrough the use of hexagons(or hexes for short): Using thehex system it's easy to keeptrack just how far up yourcharacters can move in oneturn. It is also possible tore-arrange the maps in 10different terrains and this givesyou various options to changethe game.There are three easy-to-readbooklets supplied with thegame. These are: The Rules ofplay; Historical Backgroundand Playing Pieces; and TheScenarios,The Historical Backgroundand Playing Pieces bookletsgives you a detailedbackground of 13th-centurylife, full details of thecharacters involved and theway to use the playing pieces.You learn the way the worldwas run then and how eachcharacter was respected orfearedIf you aye never played arole-playing board gamebefore, then you should giveCH. a go, as it is just whatyou want to start you off.• RATING: 81%110 DARK BLADESPIGAMES ,110. PRICE:11130SDark Blades is the expansionUof the Cry Havoc board gamePPLIEreviewed above. It includesthe full rules of CH. and usethe same basic system, but itgoes much, much further,introducing the element offantasy by bringing you amagic system, mythical beastsand monsters by the score.In the tradition of StandardGames, D.B. is simple to playand easy to learn. If you canmaster the CH. system youare half-way there. In this setyou only get one bookletcalled, naturally enough DarkBlades.Basically, mankind strivedto make the world perfect bydeveloping all the land. Somenon-humans regarded certainplaces sacred, but mankindignored them. They thenstarted to use non-humancreatures for only menial jobsand this made them changeeven more in attitude andappearance. Finally, the non.humans became fed up withbeing second-class citizens andrevolted. The humans tried towipe out the creatures, nowcalled monsters, but someescaped and hid from man. Intheir exile they adapted to theenvironment they were forcedto live in and after the yearsthey became Mon-Ogres, amighty creation of mancrossed with ogres. Once theMon-Ogres had sufficientnumbers, they launched aseries of attacks againsthumans and led by their mostpowerful warrior The BlackFox. they quickly turned thetables on the humans.There were many, manybattles and the humans lostmost of them. The onlysuccessful human general wasa warrior called Tristan, whofought with a mighty blacksword, that legend has it, cancut through any armour. As hereputation grew he becameknown as Dark Blade.This game, for two players,is suitable for those who enjoya good deal of Hack and Slayon a regular basis. You neednot play one of the two leadersall the time, as you can playmajors of certain forces andfight for strategic places.paving the way for The Foxand The Blade to meet in agrand finale.Overall, I thought it was agreat game for a novice to startoff with as it is very playableand highly enjoyable.• RATING: ilrYoStandard Games can becontacted at: Anon House.Scation Road, King's Langley,Hens WD4 8L.F.The lAibyrinthe has done itagain! Not being content withhaving two of the mostunusual places to run live toleplaying adventures, namely amassive countryside dungeoncomplex and an island in themiddle of the Medway, it hasobtained the rights to use anintricate cave system underDover Castle!Needless to say, the locationis ideal, being a series of roughhewn caves that wereexcavated in the 17th centuryas a part of the castle's defencesystem.The adventure we went onwas up to Labyrinthess usualgood standards.The seven of as were hiredby a merchant woman, whohad had her identical sisterkidnapped by an evil demon.We were asked to rescue herand she came up front with thecash, we agreed.At first we trekked aboveground on Dover castle itselftaking on very powerful castleguards.We at last found one guardhalf asleep at his post, so wequickly swarmed over him likeants and disposed of him.From this encounter!"obtained" a rather tasty longsword! We entered the gatebehind him and entered thedungeon proper.Finally we came to the lastroom and found the captivemaiden. Two evil people werecasting spells at us, but Imanaged to get in and attackthe main man himself.I started attacking the otherman and disposed of himquickly, freed the maiden andthen we all made a run for it.That was our big mistake, aswe got lost in the maze ofcaves and, separated, we wereeasy meat.I understand that theLebyrinthe will be runningfully residential holidays basedon the location and you canget more details from theaddress below.Write to: The LabyrintheClub, 77 Hinton Rd, HerneHill, London, SE24 BHT.• •

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• In a major coup K.J.C.Games has obtained the rightsto run Trolls Bottom fromProject Basilisk.It would appear Basilisk isgoing into the developmentside of P.B,M. and is moreinterested in creating gamesrather than running them. Thisleaves K.J.C. with the twomost enjoyable computerisedP.B.M.s in the country,K.J.C. players can expect anannouncement about thematter in their It's A Crimeturns shortly. Meanwhile,check Novembers C+ VG forthe review of Trolls Bottom.• Now for an update onC+VG's It's A Crime Game14. The colburnites (102) andThe Sons Of Batman (689)have slipped dramaticallydown the notoriety table, TheNumero Uno gang is now TheKiller Hawks (184) with 332points, but they are closelyfollowed by the Bogie Men(512) with 329 points and theSatantists with 328. Less than50 points separate the top tengangs.*Legend Incorporated Ltdthe company which runsA.E's, apologise to players forthe delays in the turn aroundtime. Despite taking on moreG,Ms they are stilloverworked and some delayswere inevitable. But by thetime you read this they shouldhave all their problems nearlysolved. However, they doNOT want any more newplayers to apply for playingpositions as there are noneleft. It is pointless sending inapplications for rule books, setups etc, as they will take agesto be processed. I will let youknow when normal service willhe resumed.•Two Fantasy role playingcompanies are moving intoP.B.M. Games Workshop iscontemplating running aP.B.M. on Vslarhammer!It will be fully computerisedand should be running by latesummer 1988. They envisagelarge player attended meetswhen two major armies faceeach other in the game andwant to re-inact the actualbattle over the table with theappropriate figures. This couldbe very interesting, but alsocostly and hard to present.Meanwhile, StandardGames, the company whoproduced the excellentminiaturised figures forC+VG, have also decided torun a P.B.M. based on theirboard games, Dark Blades andCry Havoc. I was talking toRichard Cockerill of StandardGames, and he is very keen toHi, everybody, Wayne here again. Signed, sealed,delivered. I'm yours! The Play-By-Mail pages have anew look this month. Hope you like them. Meanwhile,as the festive season approaches. I'd like to wisheverybody a Merry Christmas and a PBM New Year.start the game in the not todistant future. It will also becomputerised, but he has theadvantage of having a wellknownprogrammer, who hasto remain nameless at themoment, at his disposal. Also,being a man who likes to givevalue for money. Richard ismore than likely going to havea stall at the Third BritishP.B.M. conference inFebruary and he will hand outquestionaires to find out whatkind of game YOU want. Thisis a highly original move andone that could really paydividends.• The Third British P.B.M.Conference takes place at thePorchester Centre,Queensway, London, W2 onFebruary 20 between 10.30a.m. and 5.00 p.m. and we areexpecting a near sell out.People with advance ticketswill be given priority entranceon the day.Not only are at least 20 ofthe major P.B.M. companiestaking part, but there are atleast 20 small ones. We havethe usual attractions of theLabyrinthe. U.K's leadingLive Role Playing company,will be running mini-dungeonsfor free, a leading Fantasy roleplaying and board gamecompany displaying theirlatest wares, an open AD+Dcompetition, P.B.M.seminars, computercompetitions, bookstalls, theBritish Play By Mail PlayersAssociation will have a stall,and there will be a licenced barand mini cafe, You will alsoget your chance to vote for thevarious coveted P.B.M.awards, including magazinewith the best P.B.M.coverage.Entry on the door will cost£2.00, but if you apply to: TheBritish Play By MailAssociation, 2 David Court,200 Lansdown Road,Edmonton, London N179XW, enclosing the logoabove, a S.A.E. and a chequefor £1.50, you will receive youradvance ticket. All cheques/POs should be made payableto the organisation,• A few copies of thebooklet 'The B.P.B.M.P,A.Guide to P.B.M2 are stillavailable. The booklet is freeand if you are interested inobtaining a copy, cut out the PBMlogo and send it to me atC+ VG with a large S.A.E.First come, first served.• Spellbinder has just takenover a Football game calledKickabout. In fact it is thebiggest football P.B.M. in theworld. The first full season hasjust finished and a newenhanced version of the gamewith inter-league EuropeanKnock Out tournaments andrepresentative World Cupmatches are about tocommence. I've looked at therulebook and will be reviewingit shortly. Meanwhile here is aselection of options.Aggression: You can getyour team to play harder incertain areas and you have aincreased chance of injuringone of the oposing teamsstart players by gettingstuck in. But with this tacticyou also stand a betterchance of getting bookedSchoolboys andapprentices: You can createa Maradona by traininghim and giving him firsthand experience in a leaguegame. Your teamsperformance may suffer atfirst, but as time goes on theyoungsters get better.Transfer Markets: Canyou play Big Ron Atkinsonand make a killing on thetransfer market?Spellbinder's traditionalpolicy of freebies for all,continues. They are givingaway copies of theirrulebooks for FREE topeople who write into mevia the mag and enclose aS.A.E. When all theapplications are in they willpull two names from the hatand they will be entitled toplay the first season free.• GAME: Starship Commander• SUPPLIER: Mitre Games• REVIEWER: The Devout DespotJUDGE; Ladies and Gentlemenof the jury, do you find MitreGames guilty or not guilty ofproducing top quality,affordable and very playablegames?JURY; Guilty, your Honourl IJUDGE; Mitre Games , youhave been found guilty of theaforementioned crime. It is myjudgement that you shall betaken from this place to abuilding full of computers anddata bases, pens and paper,stamps and envelopes, whereyou will be chained to a swivelchair and shall produce,correlate, assign and deliver tothe general public a brilliantconcept that is affordable byanyone with a weekly incomeover f1.00•And so into the sunset,surrounded by armed guardsgoes the creator of the newbudget game StarshipCommander. But wait a minute,did I say "BUDGET" game? Ifso, surely that means lack ofquality, quantity and Quarktorpedoes?Well, not really, because ifyou examine exactly what youContinued on page 9593

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1Contmued from page 93get for your £3.00 set up fee anf 1.00 per turn, you will bepleasantly surprised.First you receive a rulebookthat isn't really a rulebook, butis a secret document designedas your mission briefing. Itstarts off telling you that as anewly promoted commander,you have been given commandof a X-71 scout ship.It then explains how paralleltime space areas werediscovered more than 50 yearsago and finally colonised by theHome System. Unfortunately,these were already occupiednot only by humans, but byaliens as well. Some of thesealiens are good, some fair,some not so fair and somediabolical, Further readingshows a new parallel area hasbeen discovered, namely shiftD. They cleverly use ahexagonal diagram to showthese shift locations. It is up toyou as Starship Commander togo back/forward/across to shiftD and set up bases, colonies,factories and tradingembargoes with humans andaliens alike.You then have to teleportmaterials and power crystalsback to your mother system forcredits, which can be used toraise the level of your via tradefrom a penny farthing to amegaplanet shattering allieddestroying craft. The problem isthat everybody else has thesame goal!The set up has examples ofmoves and results which helpwith the first moveconsiderably, as this move isalways the hardest.Once the briefing section ofthe rulebook is read, you thenget onto the How to Playsection. This part of therulebook is excellent because itreinforces the briefing sectionin a nice easy flowing manner.This game is fully run bycomputer and you put yourorders in via a special codeexplained in the rulebook!VERDICTThe Only criticism of thegame is the results sheets get tobe a bit samey, but as it onlycosts a £1.00 a time I canoverlook that. It is the kind ofgame that would appeal to aperson who had given greatthought to starting up in a Sci Ficomputer moderated game, butwas undecided what to go for.If you are interested in joiningStarship Commander, it costsE3.00, but if you write to Wayne,enclosing the logo above, hewill pass your money ontoMitre and they will credit youwith two free turns. All chequesand POs payable to MitreGames.• GAME Saturnalia• SUPPLIER: Sloth EnterprisesREVIEWER: WayneSaturnalia is without doubt thelongest running singlecharacter fantasy RBA, in theU.K. I can remember startingthe game way back in late 1984,because one of the GM's, NeilPacker, had a party in anotherREIM, game that we bothd played and through the gamewe met at a pub meet_ Whilechatting, he casually mentionehe was starting up a new P.B.with a partner called SimonLetts, under the banner of SlotEnterprises and he invited meto try it out. To date, over threeyears have passed and I am stiplaying the game. I think thisspeaks for itself!Admittedly I do have a softspot for the game and wantedto review it for some time.However, Sloth had declinedmy offer of a review on severaloccasions because they had asmany players as they couldhandle and they did not wantanymore. I really respected thisattitude. Now, times havechanged as they have employequite a few new G.M's and theyhave spaces available for newplayers.The world of Saturnalia is onof monsters and magic. Greatdragons abound, Magic Casterare common, monsters of alldifferent kinds roam the planet,mighty warriors clash for gloryand you have to try and surviveamongst all this'The mechanics behind thisgame are simple and are asfollows. You control a singlecharacter, whose personalityand background you create,then each turn you decide uponthe actions your characterwished to take. You can send inyour turns whenever you want.This game has an "open"format, so it is really up to youhow much you play. This is agood option for people oflimited finances or live abroad,Of course, the more turns yousend in, the more powerful yourcharacter becomes, so there is aslight disadvantage to notsending in regular turns.You are given a total of 250points to create your characterwith_ These can be divided youamong the five variousattributes your character has,which are:Combat Ability (CA): Ameasure of your offensive anddefensive weapon skill plusoverall strength.Magic Power IMP): Thisdetermines what spells you areable to cast, what divine powersyou are able to learn and howresistant to certain magic spellsyou are, It can also determinehow mentally stable/unstableyou are.Vitality (VIT):This gives youan indication of your charactersoverall health and physicalcondition. If you go to 0 or lessvitality you are dead! A score ofaround 500 vitality means thatyou are very healthy.Scouting Ability (SA): Thisguages your ability to hide inthe shadows, pick pockets andclimb walls.Perception (PER): Thismeasures how observant youare, how much you can see,hear and perceive out of theway places. A score of 0 PERmeans you are blind. A score of500 means you would spot aneedle on the floor of a roomthe minute you entered it.You then give your charactera background and history, plustraits and hbits. You areencouraged to go into greatd detail, as this gives the G.M. theM. idea what kind of character youare trying to play. You can alsoh worship one of the 14 gods thatrule Saturnalia, straight away,but I would advise you to readII about the gods below, beforeyou do!Once you have created yourcharacter and you get your firstturn back you are then set looseon one of Saturnalia's eightislands and expected to survive.When you start wanderingabout actually doing thingswhich call upon you to use yourmajor abilities, you discoversome of your total scores startto drop. For example, if youd were a thief and you creeparound someone's back yardand suss Out their house for apotential future robbery, youwould find that you lost pointsfrom your PER and SA overalltotal. What you have actuallydone is "used" them up withthe effort you have put intospying and sneaking about.These losses are dependant onthe GM, who decides what youhave lost through acombination of personalopinion and random dicerolling.Magic spells are quite easy tolearn as they are usuallyavailable cheaply from temples,wisemen and sages throughoutthe world. The magic systemand divine system are one andthe same, being very easy tohandle, Basically, you need 100MP to "learn" a 10 point scroll,200 to "learn" a 20 point scroll,etc, up to a maximum 400points, which can "learn" youthe most powerful spells.WAYNE'S VERDICTSaturnalia is my favouritegame. However, when I startedplaying, it was the only game ofit's kind and there were notmany people playing. Now it isbigger arid more commercial. Ipersonally do not think thegame's expansion has madethe quality of it deteriorate.Good news for all you It's ACrime players who are not inthe top 100 or are strugghingto find your feet in this game.Jason Gilbert, who plays abunch of hooligans calledDark Justice in game seven ofCrime, has written enclosing afew hints and tips for theCA-VG game. I have added afew of my own and I hope theywill be of use.If you want to make surethat you take over a certainblock, work out how manymen and machine guns youneed from the following table:Block Type Combat ValueNeededPitiful l e s s than 7V. Weak less than 7Weak 7PEAfl gffCautiousAlert 15Guarded 1 8Rough 2 0vStr Strong more ' 2than 424Too Strong more than 42Invulnerable m o r e thanyou'll ever have!This table is approximateand success is not guaranteed!For high notorietyFirebomb Churches, ambushother gangs and issue Controlorders for other blcoks thatother gangs own.The minimum criteria forbecoming a boss is: At least 30blocks; five sub-machine guns;13 pros; 400 notoriety points:$5most Yt notorious gang within asquare 300. " of blocks not exceedingoi When robbing try sendingonly a one pro, one punk andtwolrecruits and make it thefirst order on your card. Thisusually s has the effect ofobtaining o a lot of money.h Finally, never rob with yourwalkie-talkies on. The policelistenain and have a greaterchance v of catching you.e There is still time to join inthetCA-VG It's A Crime game.Just send me your name andaddress, o which I will pass ontoK.J.C. b They will send you: aFREE rule book, two PREF.eRounds and a FREE Start uptWAYNE'S WONDERFUL OFFERhThe cost of a start up inSaturnalia e is usually £5.00 andfuture rounds are E1.75.However, after negotiating withthe peopleat Sloth, I have comeup with the following offers:• Sloth will pull 20 applicantsnames Out of a hat and they willget their cheque/PO sent back tothem, with a FREE start-uppackage and rule book. •Anybody else who applies willget a REDUCED start-up for£4.00 and will also get threeFREE turns which is a SAVINGof E5.25. • Anybody whoalready plays Saturnalia can setup a second character for FREEand also get three FREE rounds.

EVERYTHING MUST GO!Yes, you can win a copy of anyitem that has been revealed onthese pages if you write andtell me what you think of theC+ VG Fantasy Role PlayingSpecial. [want your thoughtson what was written andreviewed. Do you think thatthe fantasy special is a goodthing? Do you want a fantasyproblem page, a letters pageor both? I want to knowYOUR views, so I can shapethe next special into whatYOU want to read. So write tome via the mag and I will pickout the most interesting lettersand send the lucky winnersone item of their choice. Besure to list your name,address, age and also give mea list of what items you wouldlike to receive in order ofpriority. [look forward verymuch to hearing from you allsoon!• Talking about giving thingsaway. I have a couple of itemsof fantasy metalware to giveaway as well. Rieder Design,had sent me a necklace and acouple of earings! For those ofyou that do not know RiederDesign, they are the UK'sleading fantasy jewellerymanufacturers.They produce a largeselection of rings. badges. beltbuckles. pendants. clasps andkey rings. Rieder hand makeall their items, usingtraditional methods combinedwith the ancient metals ofpewter and bronze, Theirdesigns are unique and highlyoriginal.All item range from £2.00up to 0.0.00, so if you areinterested further, pleasecontact: Rieder Design Ltd, 5Brainstone Gate. LeicesterLE3 5LH.I've got a necklace with aintricately designed tombstonehanging on it. with the words"R.I.P. See Ya There"engraved upon the stone andtwo earrings, one which is inthe form of a large viciouslooking battleaxe and theother which is the shape of asmall grinning skull.Reider Design have alsogone into 25mm miniaturefigures suitable for F.R.P.Their range is called DungeonDwellers and they include ablister pack of basicadventurers, consisting of amagic user, cleric, thief andtwo fighters, plus OrcWolvery, consisting of twocharging wolves with separateore riders.• Gamesday is one of thelargest meetings for F.R.P.ersin the U.K. and it takes placeOnce a year. It's run by GamesWorkshop and is the placewhere you can come and lookat all the new games, playgames you have never seenbefore, meet loads of peoplewith similar hobbies and muchmore. There are alsodemonstrations of live roleplaying, paintingcompetitions, artists drawingyour favourite F.R.P.characters and competitions toenter. Furthermore, you willfind that Games Workshop tryto sell you as many of theirproducts as possibly can.This year it took place onthe weekend of the 9110/1IOctober at the RoyalI lortieultural Hall. Victoria,London.Over the weekend therewere a lot of C+ VG readersaround and I had a chat tomost of them.One major event of notewas that there was theunofficial P.B.M. meet with alot of players from K.J.C.Games, Sloth and Ae's allchatting away.The hall was quite full andgetting a place in a game wasdifficult, but not impossible.After three days. I felt that,on the whole, Gamesday was adisappointment. There werenot many tables where activeparticipation was possible.The food was as had as everand even the independenttrade stands had been vastlyreduced in numbers, but to behonest that came as nosurprise taking into accountGames Workshop's policytowards their rivals.• One of the highlights ofGatnesday for me was meetingthe editors of various fanzinesand chatting to them for awhile. I managed to "acquire"a couple and promised them areview, so here goes:U.D. i90p): The biggestfanzine of the lot with 60interestingly filled pages.Editors, Ben Gooddale andGordon McLennan arecertainly no•strangers to the'zinc scene and have beenaround for many years. Theyhave music columns, P.B.M.reviews, articles on F.R.P. andscience fiction. It also runs aP.B.M. itself, which is uniqueto say the least. It is wellprinted and the front cover isabsolutely brilliant. Wellworth buying.Bone Of Contention 1,50p):This 'zinc was the funniest. Ittakes the micky out of a ratherinfamous daily gutter presspaper very well indeed.However, it also does a greatjob of parodying D-f- a Myfavourite article was theinterview with a imaginaryThrash/speed metal band. Itmakes the Comic Strip's BadNews band look stylish. It alsocovers F.P.B. and P.B.M. andhas very good artwork. To mymind the best out of the lot.Buy it!The Blue Shaboo (40p): Notmy cup of tea at all I'm afraid.Badly printed, lack ofinteresting content and toodiverse for my liking. It hastwo redeeming features.namely the review of theF.R.P, Warhamnter FantasyRules and the discussion onAnarchy. but overall it's prettypoor.Brain Damage (54): GoodF.R.P. coverage, it even hasit's own fantasy continent andthe rules to run it. A veryinteresting read, but theprinting quality varies frompage to page. making it hardto read at times. I agreed witha lot of what was said and likethe style of the short, chattyreviews jumping from recordsto fanzines on one page. It hasa silly game called Sheep KillerFiends and after a cursoryglance it looks like it couldwell be fun to play. It also hasa few quizzes that areenjoyable. Highlyrecommended.Daughters Of Dool Iliked this 'zinc a lot. Goodcover, excellent letters pageand quite a few stories of ahigh quality. It has a Call OfCthullui scenario, which is setin India and quite unique.Reading the scenario made mewant to play it immediately,GLARG! (60pl: The smallestand wackiest of them all. TheYoung Ones of fanzines!! Iloved the solo adventure WhatThe Hell Do I Do With TheseHippy Trousers, which iscrazy. The editor must bemad, honest! The reviews ofthe F.R.P. material on theother hand are well writtenand informative_ The artworkis weird to say the least, butunderstandable.96

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There are thrills-a-plenty as Ward R. Streethunts for his film of the month — and finallyfinds it in heaven!Beware! Ward's weather forecast is forpelting rain and icy winds this month_Better shelter in a nice warm cinemathen. with a thriller to startle you outof hibernation.Remember all those heist moviesthat were so popular in the seventies.where some big star would plan a bankraid in minute detail and almost getaway with it? You do! Boring weren'tthey?BELLMAN AND TRUE is a heistmoNie too — but you won't fall asleepon this job! There's no raid on FortKnox, just a bank outside HeathrowAirport. There are no big Americannames but Bernard rYosser) Hillproves yet again what a brilliant actorhe is. Arid superheroics and unlikelystunts are replaced with computersand electronic trickery for this is crimeas business — crime for the eighties!Hiller anivtts at Paddington stationwith his young son, and from themoment he steps off the train he's amarked man. A systems operator for abank, he promised a criminal syndicatedetails of a security system but failedto deliver. To force him to complete thejob, they take the boy hostage. Slowlyhe's drawn into their plot, and when hebecomes invaluable he's forced toaccompany them on the raid.So this ordinary, honest man isdrawn deeper into a world which hehates, but from which he can't escape.Everyday scenery, from London to theSuffolk coast, becomes hostile as thestory unfolds. And as the promise ofwealth tempts him. Hiller tries toremain close to his son.Heilman and Due will hold youhostage because it's not lust about aningenious robbery, it's about people —people you really care for. It cranks upthe tension until it's almostunbearable. ICU be appearing on TVeventualy, but it'd be a crime to missthis great British thriller in the cinema.Corruption of a different sort rearsits ugly head in HOUSE OF GAMES(15). a low -budget American movie setin Seattle which appears to be theStateside equivalent of Manchester, ifthe weather is anything to go by!Margaret Ford is a successfulpsychotherapist who's just published ahest selling book, but is still worriedthat she's not really experiencing life,and that for all the listening, she'sunable to till anything positive to helpher patients.When one of them, a compulsivegambler, claims that a local gangster isgoing to kill him because of a debt, shegoes to 211 Beaumont Street the'House of Games*, to talk to the hood.But instead of the poker players andpetty criminals she expects, she findsherself drawn into the elaborate worldof confidence tricksters.From this point the film is like anonion, and every time she thinks she'sreached the troth there's another skinto be peeled away, more lies to beA House of Games: Okay,hand over my copy ofBarbarianuncovered. By the time Margaretdiscovers the truth it is too late, andshe's been drawn into the dark heart ofthe confidence ring.If BELLMAN mives the heistmovie, HOUSE OF GAMES takes afresh, less sentimental look at theterritory worked by The Sting. It's anintelligent movie aith several smalfaults, but the revelation of trick aftertrick is spellbinding, like watching amaster conjuror at workBut that's not all. The thriller's amighty versatile form, and the thirdvariation on the theme is a guaranteedBest Seller.In 1972 LA COP. Dennis Meechumsunives a raid by masked intruderswhich leaves two of his coleaguesdead. Ilfteen years later he's become abest-seling writer of police proceduralnovels, though he remains on the force.Then, into his life comes Cleve. aweirdo's weirdo who claims to havebeen an assassin for a topbusinessman. He wants Meechum towrite his story, uncover the criminalityin the big corporations and portrayhim in a sympathetic light while hedoes so!Meechum takes a little convincing atfirst. After all. Cleve appears to beV Bellman and True: Lesson three In how to make aSpectrumA Best Seiler: Honest, guv,I never nicked that CI- VGtotally whacked our_ But slowly eventspiece together and an uneasy trustgrows between the two men, until asudden revelation reveals a linkbetween the present and that fatalraid.The film is held together by the twocentral perfommaces of big BrianDennehy as the cop and James Woods,neuroticaly superb as the creepy killerThey play psychological games, circlinglike suspicious dogs, sniffing at eachother. And what is the truth? You'llhave to stay to the last page to findout!After this terrific trio, SLAMDANCE (15) walt2es in and drops witha dull thud_ There are so many twistsand turns to its plot that it ends upV Slam Dance: Tom Hulce isquick on the draw7tied in knots and chokes itself.Tom Hulce is C. C. Drood, anavant-garde cartoonist whose carefreelifestyle is ripped apart like one of hisdrawings when a casual liaison with amysterious blonde catches up on him.With the police on one side and violentcriminals on the other he has everyreason to feel paranoid — everyone inLA appears to be out to get him.Unfortunately director Wayne Wanghas opted for style over content. butinstead of adding to the sense ofconfusion it merely serves to cut-offany real interest in the labyrinthineconspiracy on screen. Still, three out of

HerngithisIIII II II III • II II I II II U I S I S U I S R I II II IIfour ain't had, and any one of themcould have been my film iif the month.but forJust before my deadline, I saw arnmie which is a fantasy Imlay!. a lovestory imvw wwwI and unlike anythingI've ever seen before! In fact it's sofresh and imaginative it's hard tobelieve that it wasn't actualy MADEIN HEAVEN il%).V Made in Heaven:"What's a girl like youdoing in a mem like this?"•• I II 1 II IIIeIn the 19.10s Mike Shea (TimothyHutton}, young and unemployed,decides to look for a new life inCalifornia, But only a hundred milesfrom his home he rescues a family froma wrecked ear. and loses his ownlife. Suddenly he is standing naked in apalatial room as his dead aunt comesto greet him. This is the afterlife,Heaven is a place where anythingcan come true and that includesfalling in love, which Mike promptlydoes with Annie {Kelly McGilliSt abeautiful soul who has never been sentto earth. Everything is well,heavenly — until the time comes fo to depart to he born,rV Creepshow 2: Well, don'ttoenails?•Luckily for Mike it's possible to bereincarnated, and he manages topersuade Emmett, God's manager, tolet him he reborn. But he only has untilhis thirtieth birthday to find Annie —and she could he anywhere in America!Okay, so it all sounds pretty soppy.but don't give up. because directorAlan Rudolph is clever enough to givethe whole confection a rich centre, tobalance out the airiness of its icing, theresult is exquisite witty, funny andcleverBut most of all it's daringlyimaginative in the way it tackleswhat's been caled the last great taboodeath! Mike's reaction soon turnsyou enjoy biting yourV Surrender: No Michael, I won't let you make morethan two films a dayA Bliss: You'd look furtive if you read Games Machinefrom dismay to delight as he realisesthat here is a place where all hislong-dead friends are still alive, and(like the Land of Oz) where dreamsrealy do come true. If heaven doesexist I sure hope ifs like this!Next month there'll be a festive mixof blood, guts and adventure, but fornow I have no hesitation inrecommending this brilliant. mindexpanding, tender and funny — yes,truly dhine movie!Of course there are still pie* ofgore hounds out there, so for youthere's CREEPSHOW 2, sequel to thecolection of Stephen King stories froma couple of years back. This newcompilation has got a harder edge,though. and earned itself an 18certificate.The three tales are no great shakes,but they do have a ghoulish glee asthey tell of a wooden Indian whichcomes to life, an unspeakable thing in alake and a hitch hiker who Just won'ttake no as an answer.Actualy, the 18 seems unfairconsidering that it's all played for fun,and there are enough rough edges tokeep any hint of nightmarish realism atbay. But I actually preferred this to theoriginal. Creep in if you want somelightweight laughs in the jugular vein!This month's other comedy offeringLsproduced by Aaron Spelling ofDynasty fame. written and directed byJerry Belson, a veteran of 1.S sitcoms,and features Saly held, who startedher career as TV teenager Gidget Withcredits like that your reaction may wellbe to SURRENDER!SURRENDER's a smart-ass comedyabout love, money and divorce in LA. Italso stars Michael Caine. lookingsomewhat out of place as a muchdivorcedbest selling author whobreaks his vow of celibacy when hemeets Miss Field, but. decides to keephis riches a secret to test her,The pace is miler coaster hectic andit's all silly stuff, packed with onelines,a few of which are very funny.the others raising a smile or just fallingflat Whether you surrender to itsoutlandish plot will depend on yourtolerance to American televisioncomedy,At the other extreme there's BLISS(18). a very odd Australian alegoryabout a happily middledasz man whodies for four minutes after a heartattack, then discovers that life cannever be the same again.He finds out the truth about hiscompany's involvement with dangerousproducts, his wife's infidelity and therest of his rotten world — all of whichmakes him suspect that hell is, in fact,on earth.This is truly weird, unlike any ofHollywood's attempts at wackiness.But it rambles too much for its owngood, and individual parts tend to bebetter than the whole. But if you're outof an adventurous nature give it a go- - at times it's blissfully bizarre.At the other extreme you couldspend A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY(I'Gi, one of those nostalgic tales,bathed in the golden glow of the yewsfollowing the First World War, whichthe British do so well.It's not all pretty pictures though.Two ex soldiers are brought togetherin a smal Yorkshire 1,111age to excavatefor an ancient burial site and uncover amedieval mural_ But during the long.hot summer the scars left by the GreatWar are re opened, It's a smal scalepicture, but it's none the worse forthat_III I • II••••dBa

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:de1 OPERATIONWOLFunadulteratr....2 main theme in Tkperation Wolf Arlo:te to say it, this game •iiiremely playable and wusprobably one of the best newgames to be shown at the recentarcade show,You're in the middle of a war,One man against on army Yourobiective is to free some hostagesand get them safety. How manytimes hove we heard thishackneyed story lone?Your only weapon is a meanlooking machine gun perched onthe outside of the cabinet and alimited supply of bullets andgrenadesStarting at the CommunicationsDepot, finger quivering on thetrigger, you steady the gun for thefirst shot. In no time bullets areflying Enemy snipers zip on andoff the screen. some hidingbuildings, others running in at acrouch for a snipe ot you You'vegot to hit them all_ Some runstraight into the foreground of thescreen, appearing rightunderneath your noseThe appearance of depth on thisbattlefield has been extremely weltdone as those soldiers appearingcloser to you ore obviously largerthan those hiding at the far end ofthe screen behind oil drums.Watch out for the knives andgrenades which will be chucked atyou There's not a lot you can do tododge a bullet except gun downthe enemy before he has a chanceto fire. However, getting hit by aknife or cotching a grenode orclose quarters is not my idea of funand If your are quick off the mcrrkand a good shot, you should beable to hit these with o bullet,deflecting the knife and blowing upthe grenade before it gets tooclose to do any damageThe action s ron•stop anddoesn't let u I r secondhriighh 'you r',pen fly in and turn to bear onwith cannons blazing Theseneed at least ten bullets beforethey'll explode Trucks and kinks_•re slightly easier, but ogein have.0 be hit more than once. And then•here ore the pares. Descending•am the clouds, they reach theiround and instantly open fire.And all the time your ammo'siricrectsing Luckily, magazines are•trapped, and if you can hit theseyou'll be awarded another 30bullets Its frightening how quicklyone magazine con be emptied.Taking careful 04rn and shooting inshort bursts to conserve yourammunition is the only way to getthrough each screen. Sprayingbullets wildly will get you nowhere.though the rot-a-tot-tot of the gunis very satisfying. Extra ammunition_is only found when you hitcoconuts, condors, chickens, wild INIEN,pigs and other innocent oblects •ee— ;Just don't make the mistake of •hitting an civilian and then expecta bonus or a thank you!.One piece of ammo is a mortarrocket which acts in the manner ofa smolt bomb Hit the button on thenozzle of your snub nosedmachine and you'll let loose one ofthese killers. You've only got a fewbut they're devastating, wiping outall the ememy, their trucks, tanksand choppers on the screen. Likethe magazines, extra rockets conbe picked ..q.• , scooting at themwhen they appear. Your otherbonus is a power drink whichrestores five units of damage. Veryhelpful when you're on your lastlegs and con give you thenecessary time to finish a screenA panel down the side of thescreen tells you at o glance howmuch ammo you have left, whatdamage you've suffered, howmany hostages have been rescued,and the numbers of the enemy stillat largeThere are six scenarios in all —the Communications Depot inwhich you have to kill all theenemy, the Jungle where you hoveto extract the exact IcKation ofconcentration camps from theenemy, the Village where you canrestore your strength by clearingof the enemy, the ConcentrationCamp where you can free thehostoges and the Airport whereyou and the hostages can looptired and thankful onto a planeborne_Operation Wolf is a powerfulgame and one of fast action,requiring a good aim and swiftreflexes

EIL4WARDNERPlotionris, ladders, movingelevators and ropes, monsterbashing and gold collecting — allthe ingredients are here for ariotously enjoyable arcade game.Warder is cute, addicitive andimmensely playable While takinga stroll in a magical forest,Wardner the evil Guardianswoops down from her castle eyrieand turns your girlfriend into acrystal ball. This is promptly spiritedaway by a dragon, leaving youseething with rage and determinedto put all to rights Playing a knightin shining armour means fightingyour way through the magicalforest, blasting baddies, avoidingtraps and ineeking into the castleto do your rescue bitThe game starts off on the forest.On the ground level are swamps inwhich lurk sundry noshes Climb upthe trees and there you'll findchests glinting with gold, witches,warlocks and other baddies. Useyour Rome thrower to hit theboddies and, jumping to theplotforms, col act the gold — you'llneed this later on'in the level.Even this early on in the game, thegoing con be tricky. Shooting thewitches, who are hidden behindleafy branches, can be o problem,especially as they shoot back anddodging a ball of fire whileperched precoriously on o branchisn't easy. You'll often have to jumpand then fire to get the boddies.This saves you climbing to theirheight and into trouble. When theattackers are killed, golden crystals1'1 1.1•Iiucr—321:10are left behind_ Make sure you pickthese up as they add extra fire ballsto your flame thrower. On stoningthe game, the flame thrower onlyspits out one ball of fire, but as yougo further into it, you'll soon beable to shoot out a barrage of firewhich will sizzle your opponents.At the end of the level, o shopcomes into sight where you can usțhe gold you've found to buy exti,weapons such as a solar sword ormagical cloak, The prices all varyạnd if you haven't got the moneyyou'll be turned away emptyhanded.Further levels have beenbrilliantly designed, and the timini,element is perlsops one of the mo,important ports of this great littlegame. On top of that, the areasyou have to negotiate must hovebeen designed by a partizulorlytortured mind Traps ore sprung,the forest becomes deeper, morenoshes appear and you'll certainl)rneed those more powerfulweapons. Magic cloaks are inshort supply and ore found rarelyBirds can be used at times tocarry you across difficult terrains,like flowing rivers of burning lavaHowever, to hitch a ride on a biroyou must be in the right spot ondbe ready to jump for its talons atthe right time. If you're really luckythe bird will carry you through awhole screen to the shop at the foiend.Flying dragons appear atregular intervals and these hovebe defeated to continue the gameHit them a number of times andthey'll eventually dissolve into aboll of flame. While doing this,however, be ready to jump or duc•their fire which can beuncomfortably accurateThere's no way Wordner couldbe termed an 'original' game asbits hove been borrowed from somany others of this type, Ghosts 'n'Goblins and the like_ Still, only thebest features have been used andI'd r, omme nd you to try this oneyourself,l IIP. TOP SPEEDTop Speed from Taito is e fivestage driving game with slick andsensitive handling and a gameperspective exactly like that of OutRun. What's more, like Out Run itcomes packaged as a huge sit indriving machine as well as yournormal upright. The upright versionis great fun and I initially reviewedthe game on this format. However,if you get the chance, go for themonster version which moves left,riwhole lot of fun.Peering over the dashboard asgyou crest chill at top speed ishnerve rocking — it's anybody'stguess as to what's over the brow offie hill.,backwardsandforwar The idea in Top Speed Is to get, dh-,hortest s possible time. The tracksare tortuous and wind all over therplace, Awith many circulardiversions o which add extra milesand u time to the course. At the endgof each level, study the track forhthe next stage and work out theshortest route. Ws the only wayayou'll make it in the time allowed.l The first stage is fairlystraightforward, lno diversions, noloops, and the track itself is amule-lane f highway. Using yourNitro-switch i on the straight, youcan v turbo charge your car andezoom forward at a much greaterspeed for a short while. Use thisfeature s sparingly though, it onlyworks t three tomes on every stage.a The second stage iso trifle moretricky. Although the track splits, thelength g of each section of road isthe e same_ What you do have tosinthworry about is the width of thetrack which alternates betweenmulti-toned and single lane.Bill-boards now line the route,and, with rocky cliffs tightly to oneside of the road, there's no place tomake a mistake_ Normally in thesegames you con use the brakes togood effect, but in Top Speed, tostomp on the broke to slow downtends to stop you dead whichdoesn't help your time.Racing games hove been doneto death, but manufacturers keepbelting out new ones. It would beunfair to compare Top Speed withclassics like Wec Le Mans and OWRun as these are dedicated gamesbuilt and designed round sot-incabinets. Top Speed is in onupright cabinet and for its kind, itmust rank amongst the top as arealistic racing game with greatgraphics and smooth handling. It'salso addictive and offers quite achallenge.

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••• PREVIEW '88Preview '88 was held lastmonth and follows hot on theheels of the Japanese Coin'opShow, JAMMA. It's at about thistime of every year that the showis staged to inform distributorsand dealers what are going tobe the new biggies in thecoming year.Sadly there wasn't a hugenumber of new games to beseen, and the really good oneswere pretty thin on the ground.Operation Wolf, Wardner,and Full Throttle have beencovered in some depth andSega's After Burner is alreadyfiltering through to selectedarcades.A Atter BurnerIn fact, After Burner's alreadybeen updated to include somenew features which are awelcome addition. The mostimportant feature which I feltwas missing on the early modelI played was the lack of athrottle whereby your jet'sspeed could be reduced slightlyto negotiate some of the moretortuous screens. That has nowbeen added and works in thesame way to that of a gear stickor racing sims. Push forwardsto slow down or backwards tospeed up. The graphics havebeen turned upside down onthe new version too_ Now thereare night scenes in which youhurtle through the skies in thepitch black and all you see in thedistance are the burning jetstreams of enemy fighterszooming towards you. Landingstrips now appear and you canwatch as tankers trundle Out torefuel and ground crew patchup the damage.A great game which comes inthree models, upright, theCommander version whichincorporates a seat but has onlytwo-way cockpit rotation andthe Super Delux model whichfeatures all mod-cons plus fourwaycockpit motion. Enough tomake you air sick but it's a hellof a ride.Free Kick from SegatNiha isan idea ripped off fromArkanold/Breakout. Still,whatever form this game takesits always addictive and FreeKick is based on football. Youstill control a moving basewhich must be used to catchand bounce the ball back up thescreen. However, instead ofknocking out a brick wall, youmust send the football back intothe football team which isweaving intricate patternsround the screen. The ball, asusual, cannons off the players,knocking some Out instantly,other have to be hit more thanA Free Kick.once. New screens can only bereached when you'veeliminated all the players or byscoring enought goal points. Ifyou are luckly, and skill doescome into it, a goal can bescored though you have to getthe ball past the goalie first,Moles appear, digging up thepitch and then quicklydisappearing, though apart fromdeflecting the ball I couldn'twork out what they were for.Break Out clones have beendone to death, but Free Kick iswell worth playing.Taito's Rainbow Islands isBubble Bobble II and is justas cute. The game is made up ofseven islands and there are fourscenes to clear on each island.Climb to the summit of eachisland by jumping from ledge toledge and climbing rainbows.Rainbows can be made toappear and you can structurethem in steps to cross largegaps. Pick fruit to increase yourstamina and kill a myriad ofnasties by using the rainbowsas weapons. Trap a nastie in arainbow and it won't be able tomove for a short while, or spella rainbow into the path of amonster to kill it. And you caneven use the rainbow as a smartbomb to kill all the nastiescreeping up from behind.Amazingly bright and colourfulgraphics, Rainbow Islandlooks set to be yet another hit.Capcom's Street Fighter isyet another of the martial artsgenre with some huge sprites.The characters are among themost realistic I've seen and theaction is intense. At least it iswhen you've mastered theV Street fighter.controls. It's a one or two playergame and you must smasheight mean looking opponentsfrom Japan, USA, England,China and Thailand. Each gameis won by winning the best ofthree rounds and thecompetition is intense. Puches,kicks. stoop kicks, flip kicks andbackward flips are just a few ofthe moves to master. Thecabinet comes as a standardupright with the usual joystickand button controls, or a Deluxeversion which is much morefun.Road Racer from Euromaxis a bicycle simulation whichyou are more likely to find inA Rood Racerrecreation and shoppingcentres, gyms and the like. It'san exercise bicycle with a builtin bike game and seems to becreating quite a bit of interest.No longer do you have to lookat a blank wall while pedallingaway like mad to keep fit. Justget up on Road Racer and playthe arcade game. The faster youpedal, the faster your bike willmove on the screen — and itkeeps an accurate account ofyour speed. Whizz round a trackstrewn with obstacles and beatthe other riders to the winningpost while keeping a watch forpuddles, oil slicks and maniaccar drivers.Sky Wolf is a very mediocrechopper game and in manyways similar to Choplifter.Steer your chopper throughenemy skies shooting downsquadrons of attackinghelicopters and jets. Thesedon't shoot at you in earlylevels but if you hit one you're agonner. Next comesparachutists which must betreated in the same way andthen you're attacked by surface1) 19422) Wonder Boy3) Arkanoid4) Tiger Hali5) Ghosts 'n' Goblins6) Bubble Bobble7) Rygar8) Choplifter9) Star Force10) CommandoAtand though it's resonablyplayable, the sprites are minuteoand the movement of thechopper S must be about themost : unrealistic I've ever seen.iCharge is a one man in atank against the enemy' type.Guideyyour tank into the emenyterritory, r shooting down theattacking T forces. Re-equip yourtank with extra weapons andwthread your way through amaze o of tunnels and track ways.: Aaarghl and Road Warsare I two newies from Arcadia —Mastertronic's coin-op arm andlketsfireA d Actorghllthe're both a lot more slick thanRockford. e Whoeverprogrammed fAaargh musthave t played Rampage inwhich you have to raze wholetCities to the ground with yourfists. o The same seems to be trueof r Aaargh! It is a two playergame i in which you play adragon or giant. Both are prettymeangthough the dragon seemsto hhave the edge as he can snonout t flames to torch attackingnasties. The graphics are prettyslick though a little cramped. InRoad Wars you control abattle sphere making itsuntiring way up a never endinghighway. The idea is to becomeKing of the Road and to do thatyou must clear the track of killersparks, spikes and otherobstacles. To get onto newlevels, certain panels at the sideof the road must be blasted out.Ca pcomSegaTaitoTait°CapcomTait°TechmoSegaTehkanCapcomThe Top Ten is compiled by Euromax and showsthe most popular games nationwide.

titans clash ...That must be thebiggest cliche in the entire history of MarvelComics. How many times has that title beenused to tip off eager Man-elites that two of theirfavourite super-heroes are beating tar out ofeach other? More than I can be bothered tocount_ And more than once it's been used todescribe a confrontation between TheIncredible Hulk and The (ever-lovin' blue•eyed)Thing.All of which is my long-winded way of sayingthat Greenskin and Rockhead are at it again.This is a titanic clash with a difference or two,however.This time around, it takes place in therarefied (not to mention expensive)ṣurroundings of a Marvel Graphic Novel - alarge-format. high-quality - printingsquare-bound book of the same kind as theMoebius albums I raved about last month.Another unusual aspect is that this particular"battle royal" is scripted by Jim Starlin, doinghis first Marvel super-hero story for quite awhile. Starlin, better known as an artist, wasresponsible for the very first Marvel GraphicNovel, The Death of Captain Marvel", whichhe wrote and drew as a fond farewell to the herowhose adventures he'd chronicled for someyears, on and off. In this latest work, however- perhaps because he's already drawn one ortwo Hulkfrhing confrontations - Starlin hasprovided only the script, leaving the artwork tohis occasional collaborator of the mid-1970s,Bemi Wrightson.Wrightson, of course, is best known for beingthe co-creator, vs-ith Len Wein, of the SwampThing (Drat! And! thought I could keep AlanMoore out of the column this month .). Hewas one of the first fan-acclaimed superstars ofcomics in the late 60s.early 70s, and one of thefirst to depart from comics for the morelucrative pastures of limited-edition prints,portfolios and book illustrations. Probably hisfinest work during this period is his magnificentillustration edition of "Frankenstein" - which,incidentally, has recently been remaindered byMarvel in the States, and may be available atyour local comic ship for as little as S3_95.During this time, Wrightson shared a studio(imaginatively known as "The Studio") withfellow ex-comic-artists Jeff Jones. Mike Kalutaand Barry Smith. Urrightson, though,maintained rather closer links with the comicsworld, contributing the occasional cover to,say, a reprint, of his Swamp Thing stories. Ayear or so ago came his first Marvel GraphicNovel, "Hooky" - a largely unsatisfyingdepiction of Spider-Man up against a classicgruesome Wrightson monster in full ghastlycolour.That brings us to his latest work, theaforementioned Hulklhing "story" (if you cancall it that). Here his portrayal of two very wellknown characters is much more convincing.On the other hand, though. the idea of yetanother typical meaningless Marvel slugfestmust have seemed as big a turn-off toStarlin and Wrightson as it did to me - becausethey've pulled out all the stops to find a newapproach to a tired old idea. In fact, they'vechosen to play it mainly for laughs, and in sodoing have come up with unusual and satisfyingsatire on that old Marvel standy, the all-battleissue ("when you've run out of plot ideas.spend a whole issue on a pointless fightbetween two heroes and call it a change ofPace"),What is it. about. this story that transcends thecliches, then? Not the plot; that's a simple affairconcerning our heroes being teleported acrossthe galaxy to a distant planet where they musttrack down a kidnapped scientists. After facinga series of obstacles, they succeed and are sentback to Earth.Fortunately, there's rather more to it thanthat, as we realise early in the story when thenarrator informs us."I am the Watcher. I see all and record it forfuture generations. Some believe that I am onlyinterested in tales of cosmic proportions. This isnot so! I am also a keeper of small stories.Human stories."By the time you finish reading this time youshall realise that I even save silly and trivialstories.*'No one's perfect.s„-, ot4tas, ti. WFThpra.' 5 ?. tgsakw- pktid-kit94f )001(ii clitirts% MO disitactor•tokikokril kik!.i.triskii0(11mnititHirsit• tr The :kilt .3tALitts*S4 -as•in short, quite against my originalexpectations, I find myself recommending thisbook. 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4- 0,401OF UOE ZVNnewsInfocom title to be1 4 ( The eighth and finallaunched this year,will be Border Zone,Intocom's first adventurewith a spy scenario.It was written by MarkBlanc, co-founder andco-author of Zork. Nolonger working ot Infocom.Mark wrote the game onthe Infocom computer,working remotely via amodem.Release is expectedduring November in theUSA, and a few weeks laterin Europe and the UK.Eight releases in oneyear is a record forInfocom, and it is expectedthat a similar number ofnew titles will be producedin 1988. One of these will bea Sherlock Holmesadventure It will be unlikethe Deadline/Witness/Suspect series, havingmore object manipulation.Two new Infocom gamesare reviewed this issue.Light is the working111( Fromtitle ofDarknessa new gameintobeing written by JudithChilds, previously of Delta4. Playing the part of awoman, your task is toreturn a chalice stolenfrom the local church.Written on the Quill, and tobe published by CRLaround November, thegame will be available forC64, Spectrum, andAmstrad.Following the success ofRod Pike's Dracula andFrankenstein adventures,CRL has three more tales ofhorror in the pipeline. Rodis working on Wolf Man,and Jack the Ripper is onthe way for St. Brides. Anadventure based on Jekylland Hyde is also planned.Two new non-Kerovnianadventures fromMagnetic Scrolls willfollow Jinxter.Assosin is the workingtitle of the next Scrollsrelease via Rain bird. DueWelcome to the Adventure Zone! Anythingcan happen within the next few pages —and probably will as Keith Cambell,C 4-VG's master of the mystic arts, bringsyou news, reviews and helpful hints fromthe wacky world of adventuring. So pleasedon't adjust your magazine — reality will beresumed as soon as possibleearly next year, it is set inpresent day London,Meanwhile, AnitaSinclair's own -special"adventure. UponWestminster Bridge, hasbeen postponed until late1988.Colleagues in theStates commonlyhave undergroundtunnels linking thebuildings on campus. Theyare built for use in the verycold weather oftenexperienced in America.Those in Lurking Horror orea close copy of the tunnelsat the MassachusetsInstitute of Technology,says author Dave Lebling,who co-wrote the originalZork on a DEC at MIT,before moving on to foundInfocom, and put Zork onmicros."Lurking Horrors shouldreally have been written inthe Interactive Fiction Plussystem," explainedLebling. He would haveliked to incorporate a lotmore choices for theplayer, such as being ableto repair the floor waxer.and then being able toride it. However, he washalf way through when itbecame apparent that todo this would meanmoving ly over on to thelarger 'plus' system for 128kmachines, delaying theproiect by some months.Count yourselves lucky, 64owners!Pollizos of Athens,l i won him O+VG'sA monthly award of a freel subscription eto thet Adventurer's tClub. Curedeof r buying cheap piratedf software after discoveringthat he couldn't playrPortal because the pirateomKosthad omitted a completedata file from the illicitcopy, Kostas decided theonly way to get Adventuregames, not easilyavailable in Greece, wasby mail order from the UK.Kostas is a loneadventurer, for all hisfriends play arcadegames. "Write to me if youcan, so I do not feel solonely when I am playingan adventure!" wroteKostos.To help him with his mailordering,Kostos will nowget the benefit of discountsoftware through Ad, anda bi-monthly dosier.You too can win an ACLsubscription! Write aninteresting letter to me atthe Adventure Helpline,and you're in with achance! But no beggingletters, please! Only lettersnot mentioning that thewriter would like theaward, will be consideredeligible!Pete Moreland andJohn Jones-Steel arediscussing plans for a16-bit version of the classictext adventure Mordon'sQuest. Details are not yetfinalsed, but is likely thatAtari Mordon will havegraphics.is to be the venue ofan Adventurel i tSConvention, on Saturdayu28th t November. Seminarston o Multi-user adventures,n adventure games, will formpthe background to anuall-day workshop featuringon-line demos of multi-userbadventures, with otherl games running on aivariety of micros.-clibraOrganised by Clubspot,the Prestel arm of theAssociation of LondonComputer Clubs, togetherwith Sutton LibraryComputer Club, the eventcommences at 9.30 amand admission costs E2.50on the door. Sutton libraryis situated in St. NicholasWay.There w nethingnot quite right aboutthis particular visitorto our live Helpline at thePCW Show. Smiling andchatty, but starting to getup my nose. Don't youcome here and pick mybrains, and then startgetting nasty, -I And then he did it. Hissmile t h o turning u g h tto an uglysneer, his lips curled, andhe . slowly reached for thezipper of his jacket. "I shallundo it now!" heannounced, mockingly. Ofcourse I knew in that lastsplit second what horrorwould be revealed - THATt-shirt.I fled in terror, lest Ibecame the object of hisdisgustingly evig groping&And he calmly walkedonto the stand, donned hispaper bag, and took overthe Helpline if you please!That was my first and lastsighting of the Fiend, whenI plucked up courageenough to return, he haddisappeared. I still don'tknow who he is, and sofrighteningly ordinary arehis features, I doubt if Iwould recognise him ifever I saw him again. Hemight even be standingbehind you in thenewsagents this veryminute. reding this copy ofC + VG over your shoulder!A belated 'congrats'to Fergus McNeilland Anna Popkess.of Delta 4 and AbstractConcepts, who recentlybecame engaged. andplan to marry next year.One honeymoonpossibility, a cruise in theFlorida area, has beenruled out, because it'smurder off Miami. (KC'sbeen playing far toomuch Nord and Bert! Ed).

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eviewsPASSENGERS1064/123.im• SUPPLIER: INFOORAMESMBUIS A ICBM diskCREVIEWER: PRICE: E24.95 PA LH1IrtariIfyou can rememberNIssue E and the review ofS:ATIndeed, A he wouldRnot I a trueproblem-solvingSadventure,T/91Iback to C+ VG's Augustthe first Passengers on theWind game, you'll knowthat Keith is very hostle tothe style of this adventure.probably argue that it isThat's a good point. It'smore like a role-playingbook where at the end ofa paragraph you have tomake M a decision. Thewrong choice can sendyou off on the wrongtrack. With Passengersyou have to decide onthe correct sequence ofpeople to talk to andmaking the right decisionwhen confronted with achoice. Getting thecorrect sequence right Isvitally important toprogressing into thego me.In Passengers /basedon Francois Bourgeon'sbest-selling French comicbooks, all the maincharcters wereintroduced. Basically thegame is set on the eve ofthe French Revolution.Is°, an adventure girlwho turned Out to be acountess whose title hadbeen usurped. Hoel ayoung sailor unjustlyaccused of murder whofell in love with Ism Mary,a young English girlexpecting a child whofled from her father andcountry. John, an EnglishOfficer and the father ofMary's unborn child. St.Quentin, the ship'ssurgeon and also a goodfriend of Isa. Boisboeuf, acaptain of a slave ship,The King nust know that nghusband is suffering fron avery ngsterious illness.and more than 15 othereighteenth-centurycharacters.After many adventuresin France and a toughcrossing on board a slaveship, the group reachAfrica. Still with me? Youare forgiven if you thinkthis sounds more like asoap opera than a game.Right from now on it'sPassenger 2.Unfortunately, fate isagainst them - Johngoes mad; Hoel becomesIll and the two women areexposed to the designs ofthe evil Viaroux andMontaguere. Deciding tohelp Hoe!, Isa goes toDahomey's kingdom toAIM=„41011-see King Kpengla. Youmust decide by living thisadventure in which youwill learn the mysteriesof voodoo when meetingthe king and upon visitingthe Savannah,Despite the fact that theoperation of the game Isfairly complex and, attimes, confusing, I doenjoy playing it, althoughI'm not sure how muchsense the second gamemakes it you haven'tplayed the first. Thegraphics are trulyimpressive,Before buying thisgame, I would advise youto try and see the gameworking first. The ideasbehind it are, I think, newand exciting and deserveencouragement. Theexecution of the conceptdoesn't match this,The Passengers on theWind series runs, as for as Iknow, to about fivevolumes so there is thechance we will be seeingmore Passengers gamesfrom InfogramesVOCABULARY"ATMOSPHERE"PERSONAL"PACKAGE VALUEMA7ej

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40torirePLUNDERED••• MACHINES: C64/128 DISK(E24_99); ATARI ST; AMIGA;APPLE II; MACKINTOSH; IBMPC (E29.99)B. SUPPLIER: ACTIVISION1INFOCOMN• REVIEWER: KEITHThe schooner La fondDeux is heading for theWest Indies, supposedlytaking you to visit yourailing father. But beforereaching her destination,she is attacked bypirates, and CaptainDavis is only too eager tohand a beautiful younglady like yourself over tothem.Narrowly escaping theclutches of the randypirate Crulley, you orerescued by the piratecaptain, the dreadedFalcon. Your father. itturns out, hascommissioned TheFalcon to rescue him froma dungeon in which hehas been incarcerated1 1 1NORD & BERTo• MACHINES: C64/128 DISK(t24.99); ATARI ST; AMIGA;APPLE II; MACKINTOSH; IBMPC (E29.99)0.• SUPPLIER: ACTIVISION/INFOCOMw REVIEWER; KEITHThe little town of Punster issuffering from anoutbreak of a plague ofverbicide. Languageitself is in danger. Hereare eight short stories setin Punster, for you toby King Latont. He sendsyou a letter begging youto trust The Falcon.All this takes place atthe beginning of thegame, and there is verylittle else to do but to sitback and read the text,and press RETURN everynow and again. But soonthe player finds herselfable to control heractions, and the gameproper gets under way.There is, of course, aplace for easyadventures — after all,everyone has got to startsomewhere.Plundered Hearts,written by new InfocomStoryteller, Amy Briggs, istoo romantic for my tastesbut should suit beginners.IP• VOCABULARY e I% 9ATMOSPHERE " - V t 1 0o•- 0 PERSONAL N,7-VALUunravel, E to break theplague. 7 The storiesmainly involve word play.but each in a differentway.In Eat Your Words, youfind yourself in the TeapotCafe. Here you must usewell-known sayings withinthe context of the story.The trouble is, this plot israther linear, and if youmiss out on a saying, you-)may not get a chancewith many more.The Shopping Bizarrestory find you cast is adessert aisle in asupermarket. So far, sogood. This one involvespuns. You see a man withbad breath, so you hopover to the Meets aisle.and type MINTS when youspot the mince. Thus youcan cure the badbreather.In Play Jacks, you areconfronted by acontraption with manycontrols, and using eachone in turn converts it intosomething elsebeginning with the wordJACK.For example, Jack inthe box, Jack-knife,Jaccuzzi • and youhave to use the differentobjects obtainable, tosolve the puzzles.Two sections inparticular are great fun.In Buy the Farm, you mustguess the well-knownphase or saying_ So whenI had taught an old dogsome new tricks, and heran off and knocked overa milk churn. I was soonnot crying over the result.Shake A Tower is a storyof spoonerisms, and thattoo proved highlyplayable. Easy prey wasthe queer old dean, andquickly spotted was ashoving leopard.Treat Nord and Bert as aparlour game, play it in agroup and you'll get a lotof fun out of it, even if youdo speak English_ It's niceto see Infocom branchingout with new ideas.11. ATMOSPHERE N/AII- VOCABULARY 6PERSONAL 70- VALUE 7

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Keith Campbell's deadlyadversary, The Fiend ofFaringdon, traditionally makesa furtive and unobserved visitto the Ci-VG stand at the PCWShow. Did he turn up this year?You bet he did!•SO you wish you hadbeen to the PCW• Show? Someone wisheshe hadn't! Here's a rundownof what was on offer foradventure players, from a aFiendish point of view!' Those of you who were inthe vicinity of the V Gstand on Friday afternoon,may have been aware of aslight altercation.Now, I ask you, what elsedid that nice Mr Campbellexpect? After all, he did askme to expose myself on theC- VG stand. What a thingto say to a Fiend!KC rushed off in a panic,probably to fortify himself inthe nearest bar, havingsuffered the ordeal ofmeeting The Fiend face toface. And for ten gloriousminutes the Fiend foundhimself in sole charge ofthe HelplinelThere can Only be half adozen games that haveeluded the Fiend's greatintellect, and blow medown if those who came tobeg my aid didn't ask aboutthose very games!"Stuck at the river, sonny?So am II" This was swiftlyfollowed by a "Don't askme," and a final "Push off!".Oh, the joy! Not only did I reveal the t-shirt, made it allget ten minutes of sheer seem worthwhile.unadulterated publicAt first I thought thenuisancing, but I managed moisture on his brow wasto shatter the Helpline's caused by fear, but inreputation simultaneously! retrospect it was probablyMind you, even if I had snow melting.known the answers, my I ended up with a stiffreplies would hove beenneck from looking up, andthe same.sore feet from trying toThose of you who suffered stand on tiptoe.should consider yourselves So what did the Fienddeeply honoured, for after make of the show? As aall these years the Fiend Spectrum-owningchose to make a public adventure player. I found itappearance.the most disappointingThe look upon KC's face PCW ever.as I unzipped my jacket to Where was that lovelylady of last year who soldme no less than eightadventure games for thepaltry sum of E1.50 each?Mind you, this bundle didinclude Seas of Blood. 'Nuffsaid.Oh yes, it was all right forall you strutting about withyour ST's and Amigos. Therewere parsers for you tochoose from, and lots ofpretty graphics, too. Butsuch are not for the poorrelation. your Spectrumowner. I could only fondlethe Leather Goddesseswistfullly, and caress ThePorn with longing. BAH!All was not a total loss. Ienjoyed a nice chat on theLevel 9 stand, andelsewhere saw Rebel Planeton sale for a mere E2.50. Allthose of you who didn'tsnap up this bargain, hangyour heads in shame, for thisis THE one game that alonehas received the Fiend'sstamp of approval thistwelve months gone.If you haven't played it,then do yourself a bigfavour, for I have seen itrecently as part of acompilation, and it must begood value.In summary, then, was theshow for adventurers at all?Or was it for arcade freaks,and an excuse for thoseinvolved in adventurewriting to get together inorder to quaff ale? Thelatter, I suspect.Had it not been for theHelpline, any pureadventurer would havebeen badly served.If anything, the wholeshow resembled one hugegames arcade, completewith sweaty, shoving bodies,flashing lights andintolerable zapping noises.Add to this the queues forthe indifferent andexpensive refreshments.In desperation I wasforced to take refuge in oneor two of the inner sancta,those closed off little areasthat the bigger standsboast.If you have everwondered what goes onbehind the curtains the'Invited Guests Only' notices.then eat your heart out. Forthe Fiend has seen, andwhat he has seen defieswords.So I am not going to tellyou.

' Benedetto Dell 'Olmo,Wpresently languishingin Rome? He needs helpwithhthe meaning of themessage o from theresistance, c in Rebel Planet.And awhere can he find thewirenhe needs to disablethe fence?hInferno is another gamestumpingeBenedetto — heis trying l to pass through thegreat p barrier."How do you get throughthe door into the basementof the Carfax Estate?" asksDracula player LewisMcNiece. And is thereanyone in the world, heasks, who knows how to getANYWHERE in Twice Shy?Help is at hand for MrsSamuels of Gillingham. Torun her old Scott Adams4DVENT(IREHelp came this month fromthe following adventurers:Aoge Christoffersen,Denmark: Lewis McNiece,•.uot.i4ueuoi 'olomAoHteioo !souoJDIBocialeo - !sni5ieptoplooi •epis 101440 1314 LIJOJI'llom xotio ou4 dn uedo' U O NU D a Woo 8114 PeeJpoof5 D JOJ ')1011BIA454! 1135— Aomo obe eq eAieStuoa01:BOBBOH 0O1N,DIBM s30H4.L'DN'er1d3ONOM MINIM'esiwoid8)1011J ueul puo'ou 11Au l 'dOCZIOIAI dO SMOG VHSjejnpou eut moituu! )13h45 '1•4131A1 iiodioos' 1 0opeo 01euj t.thm ejonoiif 5 o'310W110 dnolooe wcartridges on a Vic-20, thecode needed to start thegame is SYS 32592. Thanksto the many readers whowrote in with thisInformation, includingAdrian Smith and AndrewBethell would like to knowwhere to find the Mark ofthe Snake, in Ultima 3.Simon Percival, ofColchester, is a bit of ado-gooder. He has this urgeto dig the vicar's garden,but can't find a tool to use!He's playing ShrewsburyKey, and also wonders if thesneaker is a red herring?Are you wondering whereBard's Tale 2 has got to? Itis about in the USA,according to K. G. (Bing)Taylor, of Dyfed. But don'tstart getting excited — yet!Bugs in the review copiesclues•wimsJo; pr0nt50144puos 4poeti8144 leA0 petisoo flujed uljmdo pe 'ZI3ON390Nlitiliiem uetim Isooeq isnui puo 'sesn eam sousslI9 '31I5V3 3110tIOINAVI3lo otoodos.1 WAdOINI -Sjo edAl 5 e114 3 -egiJosepAuo3 s!uedo o 1NOIS3Nriti•Ajjoieul oel)!AH•Jks10)101 I I :sainao Ascloa0 I 5 eN 9 3 eul uolisenb puo3'seuJj; eeigt BAUD 11H "esoloCoot puo4s 4,uop Ind — Aomosejonou JnoA molo puo jjomeojI844 cind 'N131SNDINVddOOM3H1SN3dmake the gameunplayable, says Bing.Finally, a message hurledin the general direction ofC + VG's Matthew Woodley,and The Fiend. "Get stuffed"says David Picking, ofUpminster, attacking theduo who have attackedSavage Island!Don't forget that you canwrite to the V GAdventure Heipline forhelp in on adventure, or tohelp some other poorsufferer out, or to simplyinsult us! There's PaulCoppins, our long-standingadventure expert, andmyself, to help you.Write to me at theAdventure Helpline,Computer -4- Video Games,Priory Court, 30-32Farringdon Lane, LondonEC1R 3AU — and we'll getback to you,The Adventure Helplinewas "live" at the recent PCWShow in London. Among thevisitors to the stand, wasDave Lebling, co-founderof Infocom and author ofthe famous Zork trilogy, whopopped in to find out how tosolve one of the moredifficult puzzles in his latestgame, The Lurking Horror.Just as welcome were themany readers who poppedin with a problem, or just tosay 'hello'. Mike Thomas,Russell Mills (thanks for thePerrier, Russell, it's realthirsty work at Olympia!),John "Loony" Yeates PaulCunningham (of Sherlocksolvingfame), StephenEnglhout and ColinMattews, were alladventurers I felt I knew,from letters written to theHelpline over the years_There were so many morefamiliar names, that I losttrack please forgive meif you feel left out!Two runners-up in lastyear's Adventurer of theYear competition, GarethWilliams and William Hem.called in on the Saturdaymorning, and so were bothable to join me for animpromptu lunch.Gareth had a longenough journey he leftSwansea at 6.30am to get tothe show. But if you thinkthat's keen, spare a thoughtfor William, who leftAberdeen at 7pm on theprevious day, aiming toreturn on the 8.45pm coach!We were joined in thepub by Mike Austin andJohn Jones-Steel, and soGareth and Williams wereable to find out all theywanted to know but neverhad the chance to ask,about Level 9 adventures_The highlight of the week,adventure-wise, was anAdventurers Night Out,when a party of 20, allconnected with the world ofadventure games, went outfor a meal after the show.Infocom, Leve! 9,Magnetic Scrolls, St. Brides,Abstact Concepts, Rainbirdand Gilson, wererepresented. We were alldelighted to be joined byvisitors to the UK, DaveLebling and his wife Janet,and Christian Mortensen,adventure columnist anddeputy editor of the Danishmagazine, COMpuler.The remains of the beerkitty (yes, there was aboutE25 left over, so eat yourheart out, Fiend!) wasdonated to the NSPCC onour behalf, by AnnaPopkess, of AbstractConcepts.Don't forget the C-+VG Phone-In Helplinel we'reabout to relaunch ourregular Friday afternoonproblem solving sessionswith the help of our trustyAtari ST, KC's computerisedversion of the awesomeadventure database asconstructed by his own fairhand. We've got extra helpin the C • VG office, andonce our switchboard hasbeen sorted out we'll beannouncing the data for thefirst phone-in session.

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•••Yeee-ha! Buggy Boy is about tostart burnin' rubber around thecircuit boards of YOUR computerpretty soon. Here we proudlypresent another of C + VG'slegendary players guides thanksto Elite's talented map makers.This isn't quite a map of thegame — more of a pictorialreference guide to the majorhazards you'll encounter on theroad with the bouncing buggy.

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Tony Takoushi will be pulling out all thestops to bring you all the latest, hottestnews and reviews from the consolescene — not only in the UK butitgatIttiliaraUtf:VMertfi rci ttb 'aClu Land plus a red-hot news on newgames coming soon from the US/Japan.So stay with C + VG, it's where theNEWS islREVIEWSOver the next few months I will beDUwell . as reviewing the hot stuff to bereleased in the near future on thesege machines. But first here's a rundown onthe first batch of Nintendo releases.ttGOLF; By its very nature golf is o slow,Peripherals tend to be full-on you lose one of your Oi thoughtful game. And to be entertainingregarded as novelties when iton a console—or micro for that matter—three laser bases. The game Acomes to consoles, but both is over when all three ore it must have great attention to detail andSega and Nintendo seem destroyed.U presentation.determined to establish their At the end of this scene you alight guns and 3-D glasses as see a count of the missilesmajor players in the console launched and those you hove tbuying concept.destroyed. You ore then told mDespite the trendy look of you have two more chancesthe Sega 3D Glosses I to destroy the missiles before ithad assumed they would be they reach their destination in lilike most of the previous the East city.efforts at 3D — nice idea, Scene Iwo is over the nshame about the product. North Pole. Here missiles are !I was surprised!forge or small depending onThere are currently two flightungle, and they get real rigames for the glasses,tough to take out.Zoxxon 3D and Missile The final scene is a realmDefence 3D. I couldn't get very tough one. You hove to imy mils on the Zaxxon but destroy the missiles as they flyMostertronic did shove andown over you, heading forMissile Defence under the city in the distance. Don't smy nose!!be nervous, just slip that kThe glasses are large and finger round the fire buttonshaped so that even people and blast the mothers out of iwith glasses can fit them over the sky!ntheir specs. They are wired If you fail there is ainto an adaptor which then destruction scene where the ifits into the card input on the city explodes.console. Your game cardsThe West city defencethen fits into its slot and away follows the same pattern with t .you go.a launch scene, a spaceInitially when the game is scene and the final cityplayed, it does take a little scene—this scene is HARD.time to adjust to theIf you complete all sixperspective and I imagine it scenes you start over at adoes depend on your own faster speed.vision as to how strong the The graphics and sound3D image is.are good with some scenesMissile Defence is working better than others,basically a gome with six but again I stress that thestages. You have to destroy image depends on yourNintendo Golf is a good game. Itmissiles that ore launched at perception.offers one player stroke game, twoeither an Eastern or Western It is a good game although ployer stroke game ond two playercity.once you have clocked the match game. A full range of woods andThere are three stages to six scenes it starts to get irons are available and you can controlthe defence of each city. First repetitive.the swing, power and flight curve readilyyou are faced with the launch Still, this is an early gamefrom the controller.sequence. Here missiles pop and new titles will develop Sound is basic—to soy the least—butout of silos on either side of the 3D format into something then what sound DO you get playingthe screen and zoom out at worthwhile.golf!you. Some will head out of The glasses ore not cheap There are variable factors to moke thethe sides of the screen, others at E40 a throw, but they do round tougher, wind direction needs towill come straight at you. represent something new be watched ond a keen eye to be keptThese must be destroyed and different.on the part of the swing controlling thebecause they hit the screen And it works!curve of the ball. Bunkers abound, and0000000600006-

•00are all too easy to fall into.The only problem withreviewing Golf on theNintendo is that I have playedLeaderboard on theCommodore! Of course that IS0the definitive version, but youcan still while away the oddhour on this offering. It ployswell and is challenging enougheven for the hardened golfersamong you.0SOCCER: This is a real gemof a simulation. Most teamsport simulations tend to be abit dodgy when it comes tocontrolling players, but not this0lithe beauty!There are plenty of optionsto choose from, length of thematch, skill level, two playeroption and team colours.Control is nice and tight0when you have mastered theart of passing and switchingcontrol to another player. Thistake around a couple ofnutes.Gameplay is nice and0000000smooth with some bonecrunching tackles if you shouldfeel the urge.All the elements from thesport are there with throw-ins,goal kicks, comer kicks, penaltyshoot outs and offside&At halftime you get a zippydisplay of girls in ra-ra skirtsdoing their dance routinesbefore the teams trundle backout to start the second half.This is a very polished gamewith good graphics and tunes.Above all it is playable andFUN. Go for it!CLU CLU LAND: I almostswitched this one off after aminute or so, but I re-read theinstructions and sussed thegameplay. I could have kickedmyself because this gameis excellent. Simple concept,simple play, simplefish)graphics and sound — yet Iwas hooked.Clu all is o cross betweenthe arcade golden oldiesLadybird and Pacman. Italso boasts some novelgameplay and designelements. You control a girlcalled Bubbles, who looks likea fish to me, and you have todiscover all the gold barshidden over 20 screens.Each screen has to be solvedwithin a time limit and whilezapping/ramming the standardissue nasfies which room at willover each maze.To expose the gold youhave to guide Bubbles arounda maze and get her to lookaround various pillarsscattered about. As she goesthrough pillar posts sheexposes any gold hiddenbetween them. There arebonus point to be had bypicking up fruit and extra lives.NEWS• The arcade hitSalamander has now beenconverted to the Nintendo. Asyou con see from thescreenshots, the graphics aresuperb. All the arcade featureshave been included with bothvertical and horizontal attackwaves.•Salamander and otherKonami titles should be in theUK from January 1988onwards.• Xevious fans of the worldunite. Apparently there was afollow up to Xevious called(wait for it) Super XeviouslIt has been released in Japanfor the Nintendo and from allaccounts it is a hot item.Not missing out on a goodthing you can now save up allyour hard earned YEN and goout and buy a model kit of thecrafts from the arcade game(shame it's only 1/48th of thereal thing?).• It is quite rare for a UK gameto make it in Japan, butGremlin has scored a successwith Monty on the Run.Apparently there was a bit of aculture difference when it wasconverted to the Japaneseformat and they couldn't relateto moles the way we do.So they changed Montyto a cute bearded criminal onthe run, or maybe they just losta little in the translation ...?• If all you Nintendo ownersare a little disheartened atSego 3-D glosses, then don'tbe! The Nintendo system doeshave glasses (although justwhen will WE see them?) andthey can be used with a gamecalled Highway Star.The game has more than apassing resemblance toOutrun with its rolling hillsand twisty roads (more on thisin the future) in fad in 3-0 itcould well be somethingspecial, watch this spaceThe arcade licenses toRygar and Solomon'sKey were snapped up by USGold for the 8-bit formats. WellNintendo console ownershaven't been forgotten as theyare available on the console,but only in Japan.Both Sega and Nintendothird party UK and EuropeanLicenses come up for grabs in1988. This should mean thatcompanies like Copcom,DataEast, SNK and Konamiwill be negotiating the release ftheir games into our markets.Super Marios Bros is sopopular that in Japan and theUS there are official SuperMorios Bros fan Clubs, with ahandbook (detailing all thefeatures) and tee-shirts of thecharacters.Anyone over here willing todo the same?There are currently 30 titlesdue for release on the Segabefore Christmas with another60 to follow next year.Nintendo has 27 at presentwith the third party stuff tofollow next year,• Come on let's be having allyour favourite tips for consolegames. This month's tip is forKung Fu Master on theNintendo.The usual place to get stuckis on level three, at the end ofthe level you face a large sumowrestler who with very fewblows con wipe out yourenergy. To destroy him waituntil he has just kicked thenstep forward and, whilekneeling, punch rapidly to hisstomach.At the end of level four youare faced with a bombthrowing midget, to destroyhim simply wait until he hasthrown a bomb then step inand punch to the head rapidly,as he dies step back andrepeat the process on hisreincarnation.Has anyone out thereconquered level five?,

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IILast month we brought you a wonderful Jackalposter - thanks to Konami - and this is aglimpse of the Spectrum conversion of thecoin-op smash, heading your way soon. Watchout for a full review next month.Mega City is living n fear. The tour dark Judges.Death, Fear, Fire and Mortis have arrivedjudging the living and absolving them of theirguilt - by killing them!Step forward that 2000AD curvy cutie JudgeAnderson. elite Psi Judge, and the woman tosave Mega City. These are early shots fromPiranha's game which should be out on allformats before Christmas at E9.95 and E14.95Judge Death kill people by thrusting hishand through the bodies of his victims. Fearopens the gate on his face mask and orders hischosen victim to "gaze into the face of FEAR"Fire envelops his victims in a prism of flameand Mortis brings instant decay to his victimsby just touching them.You play Judge Anderson and because shehas been out of services for some time there isa practice gallery for perfecting shootingskills before going into attack against the DarkJudges. But your arm must be true becauseInnocent citizens and the city itself can easilybe destroyed.You must battle through four sectors ofMega City then out into the mutantwastelands before the final confrontation•knightmare and Predator head Activislon'sattack on the Christmas charts this year.Knightmare, based on Anglia TV's brillianttelevision show, provides puzzles of it, it'sclaimed a varying nature not found before incomputer games.The game will be available for theCommodore 64/128, Spectrum, and AmstradCPC. priced at E9.99 on cassette and E14.99 forCommodore 64/128 and Amstrad disks. An AtariSTversion is due to be released in Januarynext year.Predator, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger,grossed $12,000,000 after three days whenreleased in America in June, and is now set tobe premiered In the UK in January next year.Currently being developed by System 3, thegame follows the film's plot, placing you Incontrol of Schaefer with a mission to destroythe predator. Before confronting the predator.Schaefer has to pass through numerousscreens of treacherous jungle terrain,swarming with enemy guerillas. Extraequipment can be acquired along the way.The game will be released to coincide withthe film premiere, and will be available for theCommodore 641128, Spectrum and AmstradCPCat a price of E9.99 on cassette and E14.99for the Commodore 64/128 and Amstrad disks.44- 44:Ipilot n extraordinaire, star of Reaktor's Out of must force the enemy to surrender.the World. Chuck jet enters another world O u t for the Spectrum (E8.99I, CBM andwhenrhe goes faster than anybody else. In this Amstrad K9.99/14.95 in November..4oGasp d atatthe graphics and swoon at the sound - Pthis u is Rainbird's Dick Special - The Search forSpook c on the amazing Amiga. it's got the bestcartoon i graphics we've ever seennYou must move Dick through scrollinglandscapes, g solve puzzles and collecttogether items which will help locate and freehisCfaithful hound.aSpook has been kidnapped on the eve of the MrDoggiversepshow. Dick is hit on the head andtwakes up to find Spook missing. Setting of/ inpursuit a his first task is to search the hotel,while i overcoming hostility from the staff.inanimate n objects and broken equipment.Its C programmed by Sandy White and AngelaSutherland, h who were responsible for 3D AntAttack. u It should be available in the New Yearoncthe Amiga and Atari ST at E24.95.kHarrisI I

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• In your October issue yousaid you wanted to hear fromgirls who read C +VG, Cue meI'm 16 years old and I've beenreading C +VG sinceSeptember 1983.Basically, C + VG is the bestcomputer magazine around,Not perfect, but then, who is?The Books of Games are great,as are the occasional AdventureExtras, talking of which, Mr.Campbell's Adventure columnis brilliant - the best part ofC + VG, if I may say so. Noprizes for guessing - yes, I'man adventurer - you can tell bythe spidery handwriting and mycontinual muttering of "FollowGandalf".None of my games werebought without a shiningreview from your team, and Irecently bought the computerof my dreams, the Atari ST,which I have yearned for eversince that fateful review of ThePawn (a copy of which I am theproud owner, not to mentionThe Guild of Thieves).Last weekend, with greateffort and even greaterexpense, I translocated myselfto the PCW show at Olympiwhere I confess I visited anrevisited the C +VG stand,each time asking adifferent person for a sheetof stickers - thanks!I also managed to get mygrubby paws on a cheerfullyyellow C + VG bag, completewith Big Red 'n' all!itThe fantasy section is veryinteresting - would youhappen to know if anyone isplanning to make a game of TheBelgariad by David Eddings? Itnot, why not?Complaint one: I couldn'tfind the 1986 yearbook: Isought it here, I sought it there,in fact, I sought it pretty welleverywhere, to no avail. Whathappened?Complaint two: I can't readthe Adventure column whenyou put it on a dark colouredbackground. Could youperhaps sort that out?Sophia Chan,Surbiton,Surrey.Editors reply: So that iswhere all our stickers went!Answering your moansSophia. 1) There was noyearbook in 19862) Sometimes Craig's artisticnature gets the better of him- then WE sort him out!Please don't praise KC toomuch - he's too expensivealready• Congratulations on anabsolutely mega Novemberissue of C+ VG - a tape,posters, lots of funny aadvertising bits which fall out, amillion pages (well, almost)and all that for f 1. How vcomeall the other mags put the pricesup for much less? tBut what has happened toour dear, sweet, divinelybeautiful Melissa R at IDEAs eCentral? She's changed beyondbelief, Was it anything to doawith her holiday? In October,there was the Melissa we knowand love, boasting about r goingto a "sun drenched beach" forher holidays. And then inNovember she's totally3changed. Was it the HarveyWallbangers? The hard4nightlife? Or did she swim in aradioactive sea? I know peopledo change but this is silly,1Explanations please.George Brain, 4Sheffield.Editor's reply: Would youbelieve a new hair-do? No,didn't think you would.Hmmm. Okay, it's own uptime. The picture was ofMelissa's mum. You see thereal Ms M disappeared. She'snot been seen since herholiday. And we've receiveda ransom note (see IDEAsCentral). Frankly we'ref-7• in reply to the over stressedremarks from the lads at Bugmagazine about racism andsexism in the computersoftware market I would like toadd my thoughts on the matter.I agree with C +VG in that Iannot think of any trukailritota +Tide) 4mes30 --31.Fonmdau timefjelm"horrific" examples of racismin computer games. The onlyovertly racist games I have seenare the usual "kill the nastyaliens" type.All games are 'racist' towardsthe enemy of the piece. Theyhave to be to justify thegameplay.If you play a war game,taking the side of the Britishagainst the Germans we musthave some racist feelingsagainst them, wanting tobeat/defeat them because theyare our enemies (in the game)or the whole exercise would bepointless.This is not real racism, but adeep rooted desire to protectour own against invaders ortrouble makers. It may be right,it may be wrong - but it is partof the human nature andhistory.That aside, sexism is a •itdifferent matter. Sexism alwaysbrings out strong emotion inthose who see it as anoverwhelming attack on theposition of women in society.There maybe many examplesof male dominance and femaledegradation in the outsideworld but as a whole there isreally very little real sexism incomputer software. A verylarge proportion ofsoftware programmingis performed bymales, with amale orientatedview.Therefore is itnot unusual thatgames will beprogrammed with a malelead.A male character in a gamedoes not automatically meanthe game is sexist. If the malecharacter has to rescue a femalewithin that game, that is (tonon-sexists at least) a romanticand pleasurable experience.This male rescues femalerole is not new, fairy taleshundreds of years old tell muchthe same story. Can this becalled sexist? If so most ofhuman literature must belabelled in the same way.I believe much of it reflei

eal life, life as it is, and was inthe past. Sexist, no! Realistic,yes.The lads state that femaleeditors of computer magazineshavso-called e sexist material. I'msure ththey do this without theirhelp, e or with the insisting of anyhottheir cbe bonnet.hdSome advertisers or softwarehouses a may push the barriers ofggood n taste, but they know ifthey r went too far their advertscwould o be banned with a drasticloss eu in software sales.tp Female persons adorning thejackets owof computer games arethere c to enhance the "goodlooks" ie of the product. I am surethat t most men and womennwould h agree that a female bodyis sa more attractive than a maleone ob (and I say that as aco r iplimentl.eI myself do not really agreewith e the use of bodies - facesyes i Very often a female isshown n in an advert to brightenup the product, very rarely as atool to exploit or degrade as somany people think,How many of those whenprotesting loudly about thewomen in the bathing costumeon the cover of Barbarian alsocomplained about the presenceof a less covered male? I haveheard non up to date.Those complaints must inthemselves be sexist for notmentioning that! Are we then tobe ashamed of a half clothedfemale but a less than halfnaked male is okay.There was no doubting thatthe Barbarian exercise was amarketing gimmick, but it waslastefully done.Let's all rush off to the nearestnearest art gallery or museumand deface all the works of artfeaturing women (you know,all t le naughty ones).That seems to be where thelads from Bug are leading us.Final point. 52 percent of thepopulation may be female, butwhat percent are programmersor gimeplayers? If women areturned off by male orientatedgames (going by the ladsargument) and losing profitbecause of it, surely it followsthat the lads will be turned offby female dominated games.And as the largest proportion olgameplayers are male theprofits would still fall. No thatargument doesn't wash withme.The reason more lads thanlassies play computer games ismore fundamental than thatbut that's another story!T, Worrall,PrestonEditor's reply: And thisintelligent, thoughtful epicends the sexism debate.OK?!• I am writing to inform yourreaders of a home baseconnection service. Not toswap software but writesoftware. If any of your readersare talented musicians, graphicartists, sprite designers andwish lobe put on aprogrammers data base pleasewrite and send a S.A.E. to theaddress below.This service is free all it'llcost is the price of stamps andenvelopes. The service I'll putyour readers in touch with thetype of people they want egcoder needs graphicdesginersiartist. And throughthis hopefully we'll have a lotmore software teams, Teamingup. And a better chance offreelance software beingpublished.Richard Johnson,20 Lauder Close,40.sole-Willenhall,Wolverhampton,juW. Midlands p-WV/3 3QH ol• I thought ooI would write to askwhy you rro employ an Australiandesigner. Before you say youdon't, think about how you aregoing to explain all the screenshots that you print upsidedown.There are at least two anissue, is this a secretcompetition that you haven'ttold the readers about.Please explain.Gerry Murray,Kentish Town.Editor's reply: Not Australiandesigners - Australianlayout artists at ourtypesetters. And yes it is asecret competition -unfortunately the prize is asecret too. Tough!The Pro'schoicewemisesdar£15.9540r---£1ar.. AMP' I I I I ir 1111-In-Ail MAda t AV k 111 AIAM1 P 1- • 1 • 1• 0- • - •VOW MEW I M F V W - . --AArcade CLEAR -- ,quality joystick teeth allfeatures of the"I' -ft-all.Competition Pro MOObut with an excitingclear case. _ _ _ . . . . .SCORE LIKE A PRO!4.95(Onpet'ition PROAmairm r a rauk AM M k Alf OIL Are f NIL le rIIIIIIPP NEW MEWArcade quality joystick fittedwith super sensitivemicn3switches for the ultimatein joystick control.Features include dual firebuttons for left or tighthand operation; firm basepads for non-slip controland a robust steel shaftwith rubber return for asmoother operation.•(cOnpetition PROA brand new fully micro.switched arcade qualityjoystick Features includeRAPID FIRE; UNIQUESLOW MOTION; dual tirebuttons; firm base Pads,for non-slip control anda robust steel shall withrubber return for asmoother operation_£16.49The Competition Pro range of joysticks carry a two year guarantee.The Competition Pro 5000 and Pro bail ale suitable for use with the14:Mowing computersAmstrad/Schneider; ZX - Spectrum (when used with an interlace);PoISX computers; Atari; Commodore 64 and VIC 20.Amstrad; ZX Swa im", Atam: and Commodore ere bade marks niapectivetyAmstrad COMIUMer Electronics Ata ri Internettonal, Commodore International LtdDYNAMICS marketing LtdBowe•COIN HOUSE NEW COIN STREET ROYTON OLDHAM 012 &a ENGLANDTELEPHONE: 01 626 1222 TELEK: 669705 WING

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• Here are some seriouscomments regarding the Bugscomments. To him I say, sowhat if most characters ingames are male? Are we tobelieve that young lads playingthese games will grow upbelieving that women are theinferior sex, just because thereis male cat in GreyfelL I thinknot.would like to hear what theBug thinks, the consequencesare going to be if malecharacters in games continue todominate, Would we all -including the girls - besubconsciously trained intobeing sexist?I doubt it, and I reckonpeople like the Bug are totally0.T.T.Another point to be raked, isselling software through sexistadverts/posters with the game.He insinuated that the solereason Barbarian got to'number one was that MariaWhittaker was scantily clad onthe cover. Rubbish!! Whowould pay 10 for a poster!Especially if you could get onevery similar in C + VG butbigger, forBarbarian got to the top slotbecause it is a damm goodgame! Also does the Bug thinkthat females don't buy a gamewith a male character in it?Preposterous! Ludicrous! Hashe ever talked to anyone withnormal views?And I think, baron and Jeffrey,that woolen can do their owntalking.Chirry,Derbyshire• After reading the letter inyour mailbag column, aboutsexism, I had to put pen topaper. I've never read such aload of rubbish. There'snothing more annoying, orsexist, than a male trying todefend females against sexism.It seems like that sort of personfeels we can't defend ourselves.As for sexism in computergames, I can honestly saydon't think of the sex of aicharacter in dny game_ It is anobject tI am controlling in orderto play the game.The player becomes thecharacter. So the sex is that ofthe player. As for Strip Poker, ifyou think it is degrading forwomen, don't buy the game.How many women do youknow who would like to becapable of being as coldblooded as a Ninja or Rambo?Anyway you asked us girls towrite in, Although I am nolonger a young girl I hope Iqualify. I've read your mag. forbthree years and enjoy it.Mrs I Bra rtinghamDover• Being an avid reader of yourmag. I was well pleased withT.T's remarks last issue.Women are women. Theyshould not and need not beportrayed as sex objects for thelikes of men. Yours after all is acomputer magazine and notPlayboy!A good friend of minerecently wrote to C.U. aboutPage 43 girls and the effect onwomen, as well as in computergames. She is a good person towrite such a thing - as anex-Penthouse girl, she can lookat this issue form both sides.There are loads of computermad females all over the worldand I bet most feel a bit peevedat having to buy Barbarian witha Page 3 girl on the front.On the subject of Barbarian,didn't you think it was a bit of adegradation to men as well?Come on girls, let's show thissexist computer world what it isdoing to us. If C +VG and C.U.support us, we're gonna makean impact.Katherine James,Doncaster.• I must write to say how I andsons enjoyed the PCW show.We used your stand as ameeting point, a very wisechoice in my opinion. Yourteam were so friendly andhelpful to all the boys and girlswith tips and help and I noticedthat you didn't hassle them.I am a mother of three boys,one husband, two dogs andthree computers. So,sometimes I feel a bit left out,until I can get my hands on agame or two. My favourite isRockford and Boulder Dash.Are there any other mums anddads out there who feel thesame? If so why don't you askall the kids what their parentslove/hate.A C SmithLondonP.S. Someone has to tell thedirectors what a great team theyhave in C -4-• I VG! am sick and tired of hearingthese no good trendy oiks,always saying the H.M. is deadand old hat. HM unlike thepulp musak that exists fromtime to time, and rears its uglyhead, lives on and will neverdie. Being the natural heir toclassical music it has producedmore musical classics than anyother form of music. Stairway toHeaven, Stargazer and Heavenand Hell to name but a few.If it wasn't for HM bandstoday, there wouldn't be aguitar industry. Just look at allthe new guitar lines thecompanies produce, all for theHM industry.Musicians they are, andGods of their craft, not pulpwimps that mime -can't cause play".If HM's so bad then whyt h e yare the old punk bandsswitching over, and thousandsof new bands forming eachyear? Two massive festivals ayear, in Britain alone, showsthat HM is alive and kicking.Shows how much your carbadge stealing trendies knowabout music. It may have notcrossed your little mind but the iBeastie Boys claim to like titviand have Slayerguitaristplaying on their piece of vinyl+Tido gtottes30 -32•Fownodon towetilltdm earptiSlayeris a Death Metal band,and you can't get more HMhard core than them.One simple page in acomputer mag and you startwinging. Look at us, we're themajority and we only get twohours a week, on one radiostation from 10-midnight. Youlot get non-stop pulp frommorning till dusk on fivechannels, seven days a week.I know its hard for you wimpsto comprehend that your reallyin the minority_ Hard luck, andif you don't like HM - thenyou know what you can do.Wayne, take no notice, theyknow not what they say orlisten to. I was so angry, I wrotethis at two in the morning.Phil Napohtano,Berks.Editor's reply: Tough talkin'from Phil - anyone, wimpsincluded, got anything tosay?• After being a devotedAmstrad CPC owner for acouple of years, I suddenlyrealised that Alan Sugarsbrainchild was pile of *****,so I decided to buy an Atari ST.As you seem to quite like thiscomputer, I was wonderingwhat C+ VG's top tenST games are, as I am anewcomer to this ST thing,don't know what to buy.Also, why on ST gamereviews are the screen shots allblurred and horrible? Everyother computer is OK, even theSpectrum. So, why are theyblurred ie. Addicta ball, RoadRunner etc.Also which is the bestImpact, Addict ball orA rkanoid?Justin Mason,Isle of Wight.Editor's reply: Our top ten STgames? Difficult, but it wouldgo something like this - notin order of merit - ThePawn, Addictabak Arkanoid,Road Runner, leviathan,Karate Kid Ii, Backlash,Mercenary, Indiana Jones,Super Sprint. 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