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ARCTIC FOX (64)
Electronic Arts
1820 Gateway Drive
San Mateo, CA 94404
Arctic Fox is one of the first titles
which has been converted from the
AMIGA to the 64 (!). Those who take
the controls of this lethal 100 MPH
super-tank will be treated to some great
3-D graphics, plenty of gadgetry, and
all the heat a joystick jockey can
handle! You must Face and defeat a
wide variety of foes on the ground and
in the air. Gamers will appreciate the
intuitive control interface, which is
easy to master, but gives tight control
over numerous real-time tasks. I
especially like the missile control "flight
simulator" -BD
SHADOWFIRE
Mindacape
3444 Dundee Road
Northbrook, IL 60062
Shadow fire is a very stylish import with
an emphasis on graphic gadgetry and
special effects. Play is entirely iconcontrolled
with support for light-pen,
keyboard, or joysticks. You have 100
minutes of real-time to equip your
attack team, beam aboard the captive
skyfortress, free the ambassador and
locate the secret plans. Character
movement via icons gets tiresome after
the first 20 minutes, but the displays
are great and include scrolling plan
views of your team, & status readouts
on each member. An unusual and
entertaining space-opera offering. -BD
BATTLE COMMAND
Applied Computer Consultants
Pentagon Tower Box 36186
EdinaMN 55435
••• +
This game is living proof that you
don't nave to be a giant company to
produce a good game. This is a fun,
easy-to-learn battle simulation game
with limited graphics and sound. The
game is reminiscent of Battleship or
Stratego, but more complex. You wage
war with tanks, field artillery,
infantry, machine guns, etc. There are
even gunboats and spies! The main
attraction of Battle Command, though,
is its two-player-via-modem mode,
which lets you play all night via the
phonelines, passing nasty messages
back and forth. What fun! -MB
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GUNSHIP
MicroProae
120 Lakefront Drive
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
Almost 2 years since I first heard of
Gunshipy the product is finally shipping.
Was it worth the wait? You bet! This
is, without qualification, the best
combat flight simulation ever released
for an 8-bit computer! WOW! solidmodelled
terrain graphics, incredible
weapons and targeting systems
implementation, good sound effects,
and convincing pnysics. Controls are
smooth and easy to learn without
sacrificing realism. The manual is also
a masterpiece, with detailed illustrations
and excellent discussions of helicopter
theory and tactics. PRIME! -BD
MOEBIUS
Origin Systems
340 Harvey Rd.
Manchester NH 03103
This ambitious game takes up both
sides of two disks. There are many
sequences involved in the gameplay,
from karate and swordfights to good
oP graphic adventuring. Unfortunately,
Moebius suffers heavily from Apple
conversionitis, with blocky graphics,
jerky animation, and a clumsy
keyboard user interface. One of the
major amusements of Moebius is the
old wizard himself, who bears a strong
resemblance to Steve Wozniak, the
creator of the Apple II. If you can get
past the look, it has a decent storyline
and the action is challenging. -MB
OGRE
Origin Systems
340 Harvey Rd.
Manchester NH 03103
*••+
An Ogre is a cybernetic tank with
more armor and armament than your
standard army division. In this game
you defend your command post against
one of these juggernauts with standard
armor and infantry. You can play a 2human
version, but the real fun is you
against the computer. The rules to this
one are easier than most simulations
so it might be a good one to pick if
you've been wanting to break into
battle simulation games. The graphics
and sound are limited, but the pull
down menus and joystick interface
make play easy. Very nice. -MB