Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

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REVIEW
PC ENGINE E35
BY Kutimait
I scum out of the universe. They're
terrorising poor little planets all over
the solar system, and it's your job to
sort them out and kick some ass.
s Armed with a mere machine gun you
t need to jump into your mega space
i ship and put it into hyper drive to
reach the mutating scumoids far, far
maway
- in the hope of finding some decent
weapons and earning some re-
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spect for you shooting abilities.
t Some of you lot may have already
seen coin-ops, which was released in
o 1986. Since then it's been converted
b quite a bit, earning an all-round reputation
as a cool blast. Now the game
l has emerged on the PC Engine, and
a It's one of the strongest of the lot!
Get to it and blow some space blobs
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The PC Engine has flip-
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with another arcade per-
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to its massive catalogue!
Basically this is
virtually the coin-op machine
squeezes into a
little box, and all the features
we've come to expect are there.
Super smooth scrolling is the first thing
you notice, then it's the gorgeous graphics
faithfully reproduced from the arcade
daddy. Gameplay has got to be where the
game scores highest, though - it can be
one tough mutha of a beastie and some of
the end of level baddies remain awesome
after all this time! I must have pumped a
fortune into Nemesis in the arcades, and a
small mint into Salamander. Now I don't
have to spend a penny (00-er!) because
Salamander on the engine is just the tops!
Buy it and discover a total arcade experience
in the comfort al your own homel Is
there anybody still out there who doesn't
realise what an incredible machine the PC
Engine is • and it only costs about eighty
quid! Oujite simply this is another Engine
classic and another must-have!
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The follow-up to the excellent
Nemesis. Salamander is
packed full of lab power-upsi
Initially you're equipped with a
pathetic machine gun, which
can easily be powered up by
shooting an entire attack wave
of aliens, revealing an extra
weapon. Take your pick:
SPEED UPS Feeling a bit
sluggish? Is life lust getting
you down? Pick up a few of
these little darlin's for super
speed thrills •ril spills!
LASERS red hot wonders
which blow away anything in
their path:
HOMING MISSILES - alien
scumbags have been seen to
turn green and poop themselves
when one of these little
babies gets on their tail:
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GUARDIANS A GO-GO
In true shoot 'em up style. there are numerous massive guardians
at the end of each stage. On the first stage you have to pit
your wits against a huge brain that's equipped with two pincer
shooting arms. Once you've defeated this meanie it's onto the
meteorite storm. Make your way through the meteorites and
you'll end up in the company of a vicious twirling electrical fan
(well, sort of!). Circle around this, trying to shoot the centre
which will eventually result in its death.
The best way to defeat all guardians is by powering up your
ship to the maximum before you confront the big meanie. if
you're only equipped with a puny gun you'll be there forever -
and you'll probably die of boredom belore he finishes you off!
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