Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

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Smash TV is currently available
on the Nintedo NES and its another
corking conversion, certainly
as good as you could ex-
Oect from an 8-bit machine. The
control method is a little kooky,
but it seems to work quite well. In
one player mode, you can use
both joypads, obviously one for
movement and one for firing.
Trying to figure it Out causes
brain leakage at first, but practice
pays off and it's among the best
Shooters on the NES and worth
forty quid of anyone's money.
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B LOODY HELL! Not only does CVG
grab the Super Nintendo Exclusive
and tell you all about the game,
we've gone and scooped everyone
yet again to tell you all about the sequel
to the arcade game and it's not
even out yet!
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• The game produced a whole new
• I breed of arcade gamer, some-
/ thing akin to the movie "Tommy.
.'They couldn't possibly see what
was going on in the frenzied baddie
infested screen, but they still
survived and kept on racking up
points. The extreme violence in-
,. valved often made their eyes
glaze over and they would drool
and slobber as they played. Jeff
Minter, the famous hairy person
it was such a big fan of Robotion
that he did his own version and
gave it away for next to nowt on
the Public Domain market Being
Jeff Minter though, the sprites
were all replaced with things like
Llamas and cans of cola. Then 1PrO
along came Smash TV in the arcades
and what a hit that was.
Using the technology pioneered
in the amazing Narc coin-op. it
was a blatant rip off of Robotron
Thai was all right though, because
Williams did both machines
so nobody cared
•IIPEIMS
TOTAL
C RNAGE
ALL SORTS OF ACTION!
TOTALLY
AWESOME!
Total Carnage is the name of
the follow-up to the phenomenally
successful Smash TV, and it
should be blasting its way into an
arcade near you pretty flippini
soon! As you can see from these
scrummy screenshots, the game
is looking totally amazing, and
seems to have taken all the best
bits from the firt game and improved
on them! Captain Carnage
and Major Mayhem are your
main men. They don't just sit
about and twiddle their thumbs
and drink exotic tea when the
going gets tough. Oh no. They
saddle up with some serious
hardware, get going and kick ass
on a grand scale!
Prow what we've seen, Total Carnage features an amazing
goodie bag of features and bonuses to try before you die.
These include maps, secret codes, special warps and serious
firepower - alongside the usual mayhem we've come to know
and love from the boys behind Smash TV. Just like Robotron
and Smash TV, Total Carnage will be a two-joystick game - one
for movement and one for firing direction. There's also the infamous
Smart Bomb for that tidal wave of destruction from which
there's no escape! Total Carnage looks to be a treat and a half
and no mistake. Rest assured we'll be giving the arcade machine
the full overhaul just the second we can!