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* .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