1 - Commodore Is Awesome

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nd Gary Whitta has a fro
row seat. And why not.
deep, deep trouble. After three
their competitors, find the six allimportant
film canisters and swipe
F long and sleepless nights of cut- them back in time, maybe the end-
iting
together the latest blockbuster ing will be as sugary and nice and
lfrom
movie giants Core Pictures, he's totally vomit-inducing as one of Core
m more than just a little put out Ito say Picture's own formula movies.
ethe
least) when, after a well-earned Maybe.
dnap,
he awakes to find that all six So off trots Clutch, sneaking onto
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canisters of his work have been
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swiped by a rival studio! When studio
boss Buster Smith calls in to
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remind Clutch that he needs the film
r
ready in time for this afternoon's pre-
C
miere, he knows that he's in big trou-
lble.
Unless...
u One chance. If he can make it over
the Grumbling Pictures backlot,
where no less than six top movies are
in production. To get back those vital
silver tins, he'll have to explore the
sets of each and every one, avoiding
the malevolent stars (who for some
reason have a serious grudge against
intruders) and dangerous back-
Premiere's backgrounds are slightly
3-dimensional, with parts of the
floor consisting of a background and
foreground. Clutch can hop between
the two. but the bad guys can't, so
Its a handy way of giving them the
slip. Apart from that, its use is limit-
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to Grumbling Pictures, the scene-
cstealing
rival studio notorious for all
h manner of nefarious activities against
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grounds. Sounds contrived? Well of
course it is, what do you expect? This
is Hollywood. after all!
ed to avoiding and accessing features
like traps, ladders and
platforms.
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ON THE SET!
Each of Premiere's levels takes place on the set and behind the scenes of on. of Grumbling Pictures' six movies
lcurrently
in production. There's a canister to be be gotten from each sound stage but only if you can make it all the
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way through and complete the end-of-level sub-game. And there's no stuntman to double for y
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WESTERN
Grumbling Pictures is obviously trying
to breathe life into this tired old
genre with a new rootin'-tootin' production,
set amid a rolling backdrop
of stables. saloons and jailhouses.
Star-shaped sheriffs stomp about,
accompanied by big-breasted ladies,
six-shooting cowboys and, of course.
plenty of injuns. Clutch protects himwith
sizzling bundles of
namite that roll across the
or and explode on impact.
SLACK & WHITE
Ah, the good old days. it's back to
pre-Technicolour times for the second
level, that takes Clutch through
a variety of monochromatic scenes.
starting off in an Egyptian temple
complete with mummies and 'living'
hieroglyphics. There's also a smattering
of cats because, as us educated
types know, the ancient
Egpytians revered them as gods. Use
those bags of flour (?) to ward off
the bad guys as you progress.
HOR
It's 1t c
tClutch i o n i n on the set of the lat-
aest gory l l shocker. After a brief trek
across a haunted graveyard, you've
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got to
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get through a spooky old
e mansion, populated by monsters,
wzombies,
winged demons and the
aubiquitous
scuttling severed hands
y 'bottles of holy water provide your
only protection. in practice it's all
wabout
as scary as an episode of
hCatchphrase,
though.
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He might be stuck behind a desk all
day, but Clutch Gable is just as athletic
as any of his adversaries. He can
walk, jump, duck, climb stairs and
ladders, punch and chuck a variety of
weapons. H is e ne rgy come s in the
form of a bar that's depleted each
time he has a run-in with a baddy -
lose the lot and it's back to the last
restart point with one le ss life .
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CARTOON •
Its like Who Framed Roger Rabbit
gone mad on this level! The animated
antics hero are all set in a bizarre
oversized house landscape, which Is
patrolled by an assortment of characters
odd enough to do Hanna-
Barbera proud. Furry creatures,
musical instruments, buzzing
insects.- and look out for the oneton
weights. However, unlike Wile E.
Coyote, there's no shrugging off
these vicious attacks...