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People on Chips
Judge Dredd is just one of the colourful
characters being launched on
computer at the moment. Melbourne
House has set him up in Mega City
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dangerous criminals. You must track
down unsolved crimes from giant
apartment blocks to the city streets, to
the deadly chaotic Undercity where the
ruins of the 20th century still stand.
As well as the violent criminals,
there are Robodogs: ancient guard
mahcines escaped from their storage
bunkers and running free. Sattelats are
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, apocalypse war. And there are the rats
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brutal subhuman Undercity
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in the lower regions of the
city.
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training and your trusty
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s Activision is releasing a bundle of
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those long winter evenings.
Tass Times in Tone sown, has you in
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pursuit of your missing grandfather
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who disappeared leaving a cryptic
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and a receipt for an anchovy
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filled with the tonest assortment of
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snousers, doods and tass cits. You
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have two objectives to find gramps and
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Lass because if you can't you'll be
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confusing. The only way to sec the
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is to play it. It's E19.99 on
C64/128 disk.
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Lakyrinth is the computer game of
the Jim Henson film starring David
Bowie.
In a world of magic and mystery
you'll meet such characters as the
Fireies, Ludo, Hoggle and Sir
Didymus. You are a captive in a world
of twisting mazes and corridors. You
only have 13 hours to unlock the
secrets of the Labyrinth or you'll be
enslaved for ever. It's available on the
C64 at E9.99.
Shanghai is a strategy challenge
game based on the ancient chinese
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piercing heat-seeking bullets. It's for
the C64 and is 1:9.95 on cassette and
1:12.95 on disk.
Firelord is a new C64 arcade
adventure from Hewson. Set in the
medieval land of Torot, the intending
Firelord must save the land from the
evil queen using fire power, skill and
cunning. The queen has tricked the
dragon into parting with the firestone
and is terrorising the people with
deadly fireballs. It's priced at E8.95 on
cassette and :C14.95 on disk.
Touchline
Melbourne House: 60 High Street,
Hampton Wick, Kingston-upon-
Thames, Surrey KT1 41)B. Tel: 01 943
2688.
Hewson: 5611 Milton Trading Estate,
Mihon, Abingdon, Oxon OX 14 4RX
Tel: 0235 832939.
board game of Mah Jong& It's
available for the C64 at E14.99 on disk.
The rules are deceptively simple. From
144 randomised picture tiles of seven
different suits, players snap off
matching pairs until they run out of
moves. The tiles are stacked in the
shape of a dragon ready for battle and
players can only match tiles from the
dragon's head or tail. It involves
thinking as many as 20 moves in
advance. There are four different
options from Solitaire to a game in
which any number of players can take
part.
Howard the Duck, brought to life
on the movie screen is now starring in
his own computer game. On a remote
volcanic island, Howard must try and
rescue his friends from the dark
overlord. Obstacle and enemies on his
quest include fighting the rapids,
battling the mutants and making his
way to the thrilling finale. Aids to his
journey are a jet-pack, his quack-fu
skills, an ultralite and a lazer. It's on
the C64 at E9.99 cassette and E14.99
disk.
Touchline
Activision: 23 Pond Street, Hampstead,
London NW3 21N. Tel: 01 431 1101.
YOUR COMMODORE january 1987
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Lots of Ariolasoft
Ever conscious of the Lapping public,
Ariolasoft is bringing out a whole
selection of kill and main games to
keep you happy during the season of
good cheer and beyond,
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Zar jazz is a space arcade game set in a
zone of the galaxy which doesn't obey
any natural laws. This zone leads into
an area of Crazy Space. As an undergraduate
at Marsport University you
have been detailed off to find out what
exists at the apex of the cone shaped
Crazy space.
Summed up by the words shoot
'em up with great music!
It's for the C64 and costs E9.95 on
cassette and £14.95 disk.
Another zany arcade game for the
C64 is Mountie Mick's Death Ride.
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