Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

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•