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TGM NEWS AND PREVIEWS

Stuti that hapiwned — stuff that wilt, plus the definUfve
Batman preview: Ocean s game, Burton s film

ROBIN CANDY'S PLAYING TIPS

Everything AND the last part of Zak McKracketr

CENTRE BYTES

II moves. And gets bigger! State-of-the-arl with Arnica
dlgilising, In-deptii repon on 16-tiit wordprocessors
pJu$ printer^ at a budget. Fafnous iKirror novelist
Ramsey Camipt>ell on coping with word processing. The
New Yorif Expo, plus aJMhe usual Bytes Bits.

PLAY BY MAIL RETURNS

ttohn Woods (the 2nd) explains lite rules

THE ADVENTURE COLUMN

An expanded Paul Rigby checks out (heexclttng range
of exportware' and the latest big adventures, strategy
games and computer RPGs

REVIEW CATALOGUE

A It' format games hit the definitive Uactiine hotspot

HAND HELD AND LCD

An Hxc!uslve report from Chicago on the new revolu-
tion in hand-held games consoles, plus Sam Tramiers
future vision for Atari and the role of LCD games

CES REPORT

Marshal M Rosenthal catshes up with the Batman and
other assorted super- ho roes at Chicago's big computer
showcase

THE DANGERS OF VDUs

Um a computer? Listen 1o Mei Croucher. M's a fright
when it comes to the diseases you can catch

FANTASY GAMES

John Woods (the 1>s1) gets into Games Workshop's
RuneOuest and slays perps in the Judge Oredd HPG

AN IDIOT'S GUIDE TO...

Program mefs have planet- sized egos, says Rulh Pracy
in this first of an irregular series which takes the Jid Off
the computer world in a light-hearted way

POCKET VISION

Met Croucher's run down on the range o1 mln) TVs and
pocltet video players you can find in Tottenham Crt Rd

OUR MAN IN JAPAN

Up-to-date specs on consoles and software from the
land that gave us cutesy chsractefs, Sliogup and Shusi

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CENTERING THE BYTES

Th« traditional summer software stump is well and truly
with us this month. Even the 16-t>it sector, more than lively
of latiS, has slowed to a trickJe, but nonetheless, in this
expanded TGM, you'll find more leatufes Ihan ever before,

For a start, we've moved Back Bytes to the middle of the
magazine, so main features can take advantage of some
Qolour — in this case a TGM Lab report on Amiga dtgitising
and vid«o applications. Games are important, but with the
access of greater (and cheaper) memories on i6-brt
machines and highly improved sohware at reasonable
prices, users are seeing wider horizons for their oompulers
and leisure time than zapping errant alien hordes We also
take a lool< at wordprocessing and printers, the first stage
toward using DTP applicatiorrs (a futbire TGM Lab exercise
to watch out for}.

Obviously enough, with it in the centre we can't calf il
Baclt Bytes' — Centre Bytes it is then, and if llhal smacks
of Cenobites, you'd better t>e prepared tor some real tech-
nical hell-raising in (his and future issues...

But on the games front, all the hardware action recently
has been in the States, centred on the Computer
Eiecironics Stiow in Chscago. We have two reports: one
general; one on the developing hand-held mactirne war,
and the relevance It has for us here in Britain in what is still
really a pre-Nintendo era — will they ever make the move?

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NEWS

PREVIEWS

A PARADOX

ARCANA wouJd like all TGM
readois to xmderstand thai
Mars Cops will not be avail
atole tim month. But. it's not
their fault'

Unfortunately, the program-
mer has done a bunk and
walked Out On the Bnstol-
bssed oranpany, just two
weeks before the game's
release. Don't worry, though.
Mars Coi^ is now planned for
an early September release.
And if you're really desperate
you can travel abroad and buy
rt at tiie end of August. Now

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th@ Future U Fmadox.
Elecinc Dreams produced the
original film, bm snU don't
Know wbetbez tbey'U do tbe
sequels (both Bacfc to ihe
Future U and Ul are being
filmed at the sam<e time), AJt
the other major Olm releases
have already been picked up.
Indeed, the Aciivision/Elecftric
Dreams partnership have
great potential with
Ohostbtisters U and Alien m.
for which they produced the
original games. Die Hard.
licensed by Activisjon last

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Two of TGM — Afcans's Mars C^ps was fscJwfwd to be neariy ready'

there's a paradox.

TaUdng of paradoxes, it is
still uncertain who wiU pick
up the licence to the new
Michael i Ft^ fi^ Back to

CtaiiBtmas is still not out It
seems as if the Mediagenic
household are waiting for the
video release — aren't we aU,
Talldng of fUms. The Gaioes

Foxed: Michael J's back afiafn,
but wt computer...? wuh two
■equflls n&one's y«t vying (or
the licence, not even Electric
Dreams who produced the first
game

Machine recently attended a
special preview showing of
Indiana Jones and ihe Last
Crusade {the computer games
are coming bom US Gold and
Lucasblm) and a pnvate
showing of the new Bond film.
Licence to Kill (out now bom
Domarkji, at studio 007 in
Pine wood Studios Tlianks go
to both companies. However,
Ocean, who have probably the
most eagerly awaited licence
of the year, probably won't
have a Satmaji preview at all.
It seems as if Wamer Br<^
don't want any pre-viewing of
the film. So it looks as if you'U
see a lot of tired out journal-
ists in the queues when it
opens on August 11.

ParSec packs pixel punch

And after Mais Cops, another
of those stories that almost
got away

As promised in TGM007,
all these years ago, Elmtech
Computing have desifjned a
revolutionary graphics boaid
for the Alan ST (to released
m the end oS August), to
make it mto the super oom-
putei Atari promised it
wouMbe.

But Ehntech aren't limiting
themselves to the ST, The
ParSec Graphic Inteiface will
also be availabte for the IBM

PC (September/October}.
Amiga (November]! and pos-
sibly for the Apple
Madintcsh. We'll be having a
full review next month. Sorry,
taut like over a year ago,
there are no pictures yet.
Until then here's a bn of the
specification to whet your
appetite.

The ParSec Graphic
Interface comes in ewo
forms; the 4768 (£460) and
the 8768 (£920).

Resolution of 1024x768;
ootour palette 4096 (model

4768) or 16,777,216 (mode!
8768 — honest!); maxmium
colours onscreen

4096/196,608: and memory
(video RAM) of 76eK on both
models.

It's supported by lots of
utility software includmg an
an, CAD/CAM, DTP. ray trac-
ing and animation packages.
Ttwce wlU also be some
'Tecssation software*. Elm-
tech also have plans for a
Genlock device and a digitis-
ing module.

Can't wait.

Arcade
action
for UK

Everybody wants to do it but
nobody ever does it What are
we talking about, software
houses and arcade games, of
course. Somewhere amongst
every software company s
future plans is a section enti-
tlMl arcade development.
Very nice if you can get it.

And it finally seems that
after Ultimate turned mto
flare t^ produce the Razz
board for arcade machines,
everybody else is following
suH.

American giants Micro-
Prose, recently announced
their intentions to form a sub-
sidiary company called
MicroProse Games (MPG).
dedicated to producing
arcade products.

MPG plan to design and
produce their own hardware
as the equipment presently
available is just not up to the
power of the games they are
trying to develop MPG hope
to release their first game in
autumn of this year. It will
most likely be a combat lUghi
sunulator, creatmg 60,0(XI
polygons per second. An
arcade fUght simulator, devel-
oped from the leseaidi used
In F-19 Stealth Fightei. is also
planned

More blood money

On our side of the Atlantic.
Psygnosis are also planning
to get into the aicade act —
and the consoles and hand-
held markets.

After their recent agree-
ment with First Star,
Psygnosis are now able to
develop for all the formats
you can find First Star games
on — including com^ps That
means Psygnosis may soon
also be seen on the Sega.
Nintendo and even the new
Game Boy.

With more than 30 special-
ists, the Uyeipool-based oom-
pany hope to fltorm the con-
sole market m 1990, which
they believe will realty oome
into its own'.

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News

Fun School 2 not
left wing enough

Top-seJlmg Fun School 2 ttom
Database has run into a bit of
political pressure The reooid-
breaicmg school package —
the &rst piece of educational
software to enier the Gallup
chart — has apparently been
given the coW shoulcier by
left-wing educationalists who
refuse to use the program as
part of lh«ii teaching courses,

So mfunated was Tameside
teacher Shelly Gihson that
she decided to put pen to
paper and ask Minister of
Education. Kenneth Baker, to
'hit back against the bias of
left-wing educationalists',

Shelly, from Poplar Street
pFiisary School, Audenshaw,
wrote in nud-June to ask Mr
Baker to include Fun School 2.
released ui January of this
yeai; m the natiooal teaching
cuTTicuhnn- As yet no reply
has been received from the
DoE-

But what are the objections
na Fun Schocd 2?

TArtial they dont like about
tt — apart from it being based
on the 3Rs — is that ii
involves an element of com-
petition/ says co-author Petei

Shelly 'Gibson s«n>d9 H^afith
Bikit 3 copy of Fun $chioM 2, tRit
mota* In th9 govaf nment haven't
rvsctad yst...

Davidson. 'One official in
Greater Manchester consid-
ered it old-fashioned- But
what can you expect from an
authonty where children at
one school are required to
play bongo drums duiing
maths?'

But why's it so popular?
What do the users think o( it?
'The children love it/ says the
prunary school teacher. 'They
aie not Only learning but hav-
ing fun at the same time,..
The national cumculum
states that more use should
be made of Infonnation
Technology and that's eitactly
what Pun School 2 does
renuirkably well' And of
Ktimeth Baker? Well, the
ball's in his court now, says
Shelly.

Fun School 2 is available on
BBC/Electron. Amstrad. Spec-
trum and C64 at C9.95 cass,
£12.95 disk, and on the Atari
ST, Amiga and IBM PC priced
E19,9S,

Ctieap -thrill

The recent Atari ST Show held at Alexandra House (June
23-2SCh) was a virtual treasuie trove of bargains. Recently
ralessed garner were going for budget prices, while you
CDuld pick up a 520STFM for as little as £200. The soon to-
be-withdrawn Multiface ST was alto twavily discounted
(new oopyrigbt laws come into force next month). New
products launched included a new range of utilities from
Hi -Soft. K' Spread 3 a spreadsheet from Kuma and The
Creatoj. a cartoon generator from Signa Publishing. Atari
were conspicuous in their absence perha ps biding their
time until the launch of the romouied STE. Undoubted star
of the show was Elmtech's soon-to-be-reieased ParSec
graphics sifstem (see ParSec packs pine I punch). For more
details on new ST products see Toolbox (page SO}.

Barbar's back

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Central

computer

show

The first ever computer show
to be held in Shrewsbury.
Sluopshiie, lakes place on
September 1-2. With more
than 30 exhibitors from all
over the Midlaruls and Wales,
'There are only a handful of
stands left,' says David Pletts,
bom of The Computer Room,
sponsors of this new event. 'In
the past people in this area
have had to travel to
Birmingham, Manchester and
London. This is very mconve-
nient, particularly for those
who live in Wales, Now, for
the first tiroe, they're getting a
computer show on their own
doorstep.'

The Shrewsbury Computer
Show will feature games. s«ii-
ous software, and home and
business computers. The SCS
will also be showing computer
hardware and software for the
handicapped, with demonstra-
tions.

S(^ adinission in Che Music
Hall. Shrewsbury, is free.
Contact David Pletts on f0743,)
231172 for more information.

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HAMing
it up

From Imagiewotks comes
DDT. a zany game set on
the planet Shooalc
waggle Here t
profitable ptotes^i^jn
that of Dynamo:

Debugger (le f\
of the variety
bugs that
Sh-'-"' -vaggle).
h ith a oork !

champagne bott!
uum cleaner, a I :
and battery you n
tackle ten world-
ed with a Vi.
pests The Amiga vt
is one of the first, ii
THE first game to exploit
(te, arumate and scroll)
the Hold And Modify
mode, with over 4000
oolourB on screen* VJ^trV.
out for DDT

year when ii ..i.i t^--
available on Amiga. Aiar:
ST. C64 and PC. (Am!q;i
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Compilation corner

Summer's heie, The^ sun's
beating down, and who
wants to pJay a computet
game? No many people it
see'ms, ioj summer is notori-
ously the worst time of Lhe
year for sofrwaie sales.
However. Hewson have
turned the concept on its
head wtth the release of their

latest compilation Heaiwai^e.
Theii latest package is
designed in postcard form,
oomplete with stamp (of
approval?). The compilation
also features the new Hewson
logo

fjeatwai^e, available foi
C64. Spectnim and Amstrad
at the end of July priced
£12.99 cass, £17,99 disk, con-
tains; Nebulus, FiTBhrd,
Ranaiama, Netherworld.

Zya&ps, Impossgibail (Sp,
AiQslf and All^ykat (CM}.

Also coming out with oom-

pilations lately aie Elite, They
recently announced their
iiitentiona to stop producing
8 bit games, to oonoentratie
on coiiipUation^i. 16 t>Lt prod-
ucts and — like everyone else
— consoles.

Their latest anttiologles are
entitled The Story So Far.
Volume 1 (16-bit): Beyond the
Ice Palacs. Buggy
Boy, Ihaii Warriors
and Batileships.

Volume Z (S-bit):
Space Karri Bf, Live
ajid Let Die,
Overlander. Beyond
the Ice Pal&ce and
Hoppin Mad

Volume 3 (16'bitJ;
Space Harner, Live
and Lei Die.
Bombjack and

ThundBFcats. Volume 4 (B-
bit): Ghostbusters. Aliens,
Wonder Boy. Eideion. Sack to
the Future and OuarteL
Volumes t and Z are now
available for £19,95 and
£14 99 respectively. Volumes
3 and 4 are expected in eaily
Septen±ier.

More news from Elite \s
that CommaiJdo and Paperboy
are almost ready for their 16-
bit debut. Okay, Elite, enough
of the old stuff, how about
some great NEW games, like
in the good ol' days.

French quest

InfogTames jump on the comic conversion bandwagon vfith
this stylish game by the programmefs of Passengers In The
Wind. The Quest For The Time-Bird comic has won numerous
awards, and takes place on the planet Akbai whera magi-
ciaris, dragons and witches still eidst. The computer same fea-
tures a knight, a witch- prmcess and a 'stranger' attempting to
recover the Gonche Of Time from the evil monster Ramor,
Available on the Atari ST. PC and Amiga nowj

Paradroid on the Amiga

Star programmer Andrew Brayisrook is letuming to well-trod
den territory to produce the smash hit classic. Paradroid, on
the Amiga, Apparently Bray brook is taking six months to pro-
gram it, so it's not going to be just a straight port across.
Despite GraftgoEd leaving Hewson for Teleoom Soft, it seems
that the Abingdon based company have picked up the rights to
publish the sequel to their Christmas of 198S hit More nevtfs
when we get it...

More tennisU

WIMBLEDON wiU be long fin-
ished before Passing Shot is
I ei eased, but this tennis
n iiTiP licensed from & Sega
promises to be a win
'••A hmageworits {just taki»
x)k at the arcade sciet n
lassing Shot will offer an
impressive array of playlncj
options along with the obtjtj l
tory line judges, ball boys eui

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aU major forinats, we pcomise
not to let John McEnioe any-
wher<e near it.

In a German
prison...

Kayden Garth is a prison
planet oontroUed by an orbii
ing space station. But ona
day contact with the station
ts lost and chaos threatens to
. rivelope the world. You oon-
r:a| fouj characters in a tltis
intnguing fantasy toloplaying
game from Germany-basod
EA3. Out now on tho Amiga
(pictured: aix>ve, nght), vuHh
an ST version tc follow soon.

Get the Vette

Created using the singulation
itjchnoiogy that brought you
Falcon, Spectmm Holobyte
are set to release Weice onto
the Amiga. Atari ST and PC
later in the year. So jam a rac-
ing helmet on your head and
choose one of Uie three
'orvettes on offer as you pre-
i>are to race through the com-
pletely accurate streets of
San Franasoo. {PC screen.}

Bowled over

Shock horror, Dr Slimms (a
brilliant female scientist) has
been kidnapped' Call in
Captam Frontier, a retired
secret service officer-
Apparently Dr SUmms was
miniaturised and hidden in a
mysterious world withm one
of the laboratory's lerraiiums

(smaU glass contamers for
plants), Your job is to rescue
her and return to the real
world- Terranum, pron
grammed by SpUnter vision,
is available on the Amiga,
Atari ST and PC on the
imageworks label in Aulumxi.
(Amiga screen-)

Flight fantastic

The flight sim fanatics among
you vi^ be pleased to know
that F-%B ComiJat ?noi will
finally be available for the
Amiga (pictured) from Digital
Integration now-ish A TOM
Top Score on the ST, the
Airiiga game should have
improved somes but other-
wise be very similar So those
of you who fancy puUlng
some fancy aerobatice or
blasting seven bells out ol a
vanety of enemy Largets with
the awesome weaponry at
your corarnand can start
queuing now.

The story so far.»

You play the pan of EUtred
the Brave, son of Kmg Eldred
the Good- Disaster strikei
when the King i£ poisoned by
a spiteful wizard called

Zfindor. Now ycu must battte
your way Uuough Zander's
evil mimons to gsiin the anti-
dole and so save your father
Released by Delphine
Software. distnliuced by
Palace, Castle WainoT wiU be
available in July for Amiga
and Atan ST. (Amiga screen-)

Previews

THE LAW

Officer Sob is tbe long sxiffer
ing star of APB, a hilarious
oops and robbers game
which will be the latest con-
version to appear on the
impressive Domark/Tensen
label in a mattet of weeks, il
not days. This triendly poUce-
man's task is catch a daily
quota of criminals, ranging
from tralfic offenders to mur
derets. (Atari ST screen.)

Officer Bob roare off in hia car in APB (top), while In b inort
fantasy world. Teirhum's attractively shaped screen can be
5e«n immediatelv below. Below that is a screen fionr Digital
LDte^ratJODS F-16 Cambat Pilot, and at the bottom of th« pSQe.
Eldred the Brave tigbtl for his father in Castle Warrior. L«ft
page, bottom: great gnpfajcs from Spectnua Holobyie's Vette.

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(iea; tor a Balman moifte
bawflliMn ditulsting lar
nine ytari or mwt. with
dire dons stich d$ Steven
Spjelberti showing inter-
est in a project whtcl^
has been boin a Thirties
period piace antf a t]jg
- budget cDiTiedy $tan-ln;i
Bill Murray wnen Ihe
nim actually started produciion
many lett t^e latter concept was
still on, with Michael Keaton
replacing 81 II Murray. But thank-
fully, on the smh anniversary Dt
the comic hero's creation.
Warner Bros have ^one back to
the 8a I mam's ominous roots

Ttre Batman originatect with
sketches tiy Bob Kane depjciing a
hero mora demonlG than angehc.
The man In the baisuEt. Brute
Wayne, had no superpowsfs ~
merely intierttetf wealth ^nd a
iiuming ottsB^sicn lo fight crime
born ot witnessing his parents
gjnnecE down by a muggef at Ihe
age qI seven.

Serious commentators see the
Dark Kniglil as a product ot the
limes: Amehi::a was only liisi
recovefing trom the Oeprfisslon,
a fHiiati Ql terrible poverty w*""*
vldlenl criminals litce Baby f
Nelson, Bonnie and Clyde, anif
Capons were regard^ed as^ heroe£
tiy many. Tine Batman was as
rutlilBss. shadowy ar"^ virliially
as violent as sucli criminals In
till purstilt Dl vigif ante-style jus-
Uce, While supporting aulfiortty
wtien many pestioned ii. his
characier bordered on the fascist .
Hence ttie esriy sloriei
emphasised the relentfess de("

tive side ol lus character.

high-lech gadgets and brutal vio-
lence. Comics ai the time were
oltert eitraordinarily violent,
evenluetly leading to a backlash
vlilcli lorceil b sweeping code of
lelt censorship an Ihe industry tn
1954. Dubious characi«r$ inch as
Batman were gulled la become
lianai goodies, in Itie fate Sixties
Wi Ginractef was gloriously sent
uji in the fani>ous TV series,
Devotees ot the original style
CPU Id oitly groan as IJie once
intriguing, morally dubious vigi-
lante was maite an internalianal
comedy hit by Adam Wasl.

Since tlien comic books have
outgrown Ihe sefr-censDr$hip ol
Ihe Rtiies and in 1986 one at llie
most innoualive writer/aftlsls.

The summer of 1989 sees Hollywood dream
factory cranking out big-budget movies almost
by the dozen — indtana Jones Jll,
Ghostbusters i^ Star Trel( V, The Abyss and
Lethal Weapon II. The first two smashed
records for first week box office takings,
records which have. In turn, just been broken
by 1989's hottest film: BATMAN. Stuart Wynne
looks at the phenomenon of The Batman.

Prank Miller, produced Hie Dai
Knight Returns (£7 95, Titan).
This graphic novel has sold over
a mllllen copies and finally made
people outsliie the comics world
aware of how grown-up It can be.
Appropriaiely anougl^i Ihe slory
begins with The Batman in retire-
ment, bul an outbreak in crime
caused by a vicious itreel gang,
and the release of rehabltitated'
toes like Ihe Joker and Two Face,
brings llie Capad Crusader back
into aclion. Prom pi ly I hereafter
the new police commissioner
iss4ies a warranl for his arrast as
a vigilante.

crtptwrlter for the Itas

Batman film, Sam Hamm, h a
comics bull and some it1 Ihe dia-
logue m Ihe movie li Inspired
directly by Dark Knight. The core
story, however, seems to owe
most to Ttie Killing Joke (£1J^.
Titanl by Alan Walctimen"
Moore Her^ the Joker is a mir-
rof-imsge at tha Batman: one is
ttedlcstei) to justice, the other lo
crime, but botti are mentally
unbalanced and scliifophrsnic.
Indeed ai ttie Jokers brand of
crime created, In some sense,
the Batman, so the Batman s vigi^
tantism in pan creates ttre Joker.

In Ihe final film, the dubious
and most fnteres:ting parts ol 'nte
Batman 5 character have moslly
stripped away la Hamm's dis-
pleasure. S2S million inspire
caution, espectally when director
Tim Beeilejuice Burton casts
Wiciiael Keaton as Salman. Tli«
overatt lone of Ihe picture
remains disturbing howevsf, with
JacN Michotson making Ihe Joker
B mesmerising portrait ol evii.
And the Balman is certainly no
grinning. Superman-like uphold-
er ot The American Way. In one
ol his tirst meetings with a
Gotham City criminal he gruffly
announces; I'm nol going to kiil
you... I want you to do me a
favour ... I want you ttll iill yotir
Irlends about me.. I m Salman.'

Just as in Ihe comacs the
Batman sets out to terrorize his
pmey. The film deals with Bruce
Wayne's return to Goltiam City,
and his decision lo become ihe
Baiman who will, inevitably, kt
lotted in a spectacular con-
trontatlon with ihe Jotter. One ol
tite many Gothamites itirealened
by this contronlalion is Bruce's
girlfriend — reporter Vicki Vile
(played fn fine form by Kim
Basingerj.

Another star at the pictort is
Gotham City itsell. The largesi
outdoor set since Cteopaira. this
is 3 breathtaking vision of an
iirbaTt hell. Production Oeslgner
Anton Furst has described the
city as Thirties vision of a city at
tha Eighliet. II It Itttly to rival
the Los Angles ol Blade Runner
H cinema's most aslonishiflg
vision ol an alterasitye world
Ttien thert s all Ule Sal devices,
Including Ihe ominous Batwing
and 22 foot Baimoblle with tlicii-
ering afterlitinier and pop-up
Brawn ing machine guns.

Tim QuMan has been ott-qHSl-
ed about ttie lour moit rtcof-
nised symbols In the woftd,
these being Coca Cola balUt.
Mickey Mouse, Ihe swastika and
ttie Batman logo. Thai logo Is
now being used to sell a whole
hpsl of nterthandising, already
mare ticences have been sold (or
Balman: The Movie products than
any other singl^e lifm And Ocean,
ol course, have the computer
game licence.

Balman: The Mavia will be
Ocean's Itiinf Batman game The
first was way ba^k in May tgSB

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Michael Keston (opposite page)
storrns Jn a$ Ihe new imn-mLis-
cl^ O^Hc Knighl lacked in bat-
tie wllh hts arch-erjemy The
Jokef (Jack Nicholson, bottom
right, in superbly evil fOfm)^
who is after Batman s girlfriend
V^ki Val6 ([>layed by Kim
Basinger top, with Kesion).
Also pictured Iwo screen shots
from Ocean s forth coming
game: the Atari ST versian
~>~^v« and Ihe C€4 beJow.

- ^,v/,JL'A.

mt wm
nian and Bemle

twist on the Krvight Lore-styte
isometric arcade adveitture.
De^pite the fsct the main cfiarac-
ter was perhaps inarie fatman
tlian Batman tti^e game was a
massive CDmnnerciai and critical
success- Head Ow«r H«els. the
progirammtrs' next game, dra-
maticatty impraved the game-
styte but lacking Ihe Satman

ii'i,-:ii"j,:ii

ttarled that a

Batmatt fnovfe was attaut 1o be
maite Ocean thus knew better
titan most the value ot the
licence. A meeting was arranged
with M\e head of Wari^er which
convefli^ntiy enougtr jjwns DC
Comics Wilt] one successM
Batman game already released.
Oceaii won the licence tor not

1

but Bha anottier game based
purely^ oi^ tt>e c^smilc. Dc«an
entrusted the taller protect to top
programminQ team Special FX.

Ilickscfeen technique to suggest
Ihe panels qI a c^imlc book.
Batman: J^e Gaped Crusader
was another big bit.

Qlvan the tiype suitoundtng
the tjtm Batman: The Movie
coutd well emulate I^oboCi^'s
recordlireaking slay a1 tfie lop of
the ctiarts. Accofi^ingly, the
design of ilie game l^as l»een
entmsled with Mtk-e Lamt} ^hit
Dawn Drake, the team responsi-
ble lof Itie Spectrum/Amstraij
RobeCop game Following Ocean
practice since the groundbreaii'
ing Platoon, ttie

programming/grapjiic artist learn
has sought to la How Ihe plot and
reel of Ihe lil^m as ma^h as pesst-
ble, rather than simply changing
the graphics nt an e$tabll$hei}

Mike Lamb and Dawn Dratia

game-style. Film tans slieuld be
warned that reading abottt the
game's structure rtViSllt ft tot
aliQuI the til m tool

Batman: The Movie comes In
"— separate parts Level one
place in the Axis Chemical
ry where Batman must battle
both cops and rebbers in his pur-
suit ai Jack Napier (tlie Jokfi-to-
be). The batarang can be fired te
^tng iatman above his loss
Bfonie Comma niiortyte The itext
level has Batman pairoEling
Gotham In his Batmotiite. men
giving chase to the Jokers van.
Then it's back to tlie Batcave
w^ere ihe woirtd's greateft detec-
tive does some chemical analy-
sis.

Level four sees Ibe Batman fly-
ing down a street in the Sa hiving,
in a Zaixw-style scene he must
cut ttie repes hrmg batSooits la
parked trailers without burning
them.

Tba linal section is the
Batmsn/JofeSf canlrontalion in a
cathedraF. Tfie Cbi version is cur-
rently being coded by Zacti
Tawnsend and Andrew Sleigh,
Hhe program ming/orapbie artisJ
learn previously responsibte Ittr
Piatopn and Renegade lit. IB-bil
conversions should be underway
as you read ttiis, programmed to
best exploit ttie host machines.

All versions should be released
by September at the normal
Ocean prices, and reserving
advance copies mighl be a good
idea toifowing the example ot
tickets to tfie supertt movie

Batman: The Wo vie opens In
the UK on August 11.

The

With Nintendo's
Game Boy storm-
ing chainstores
all over the US
and Japan, Atari
rushed their
announcement
of their hand-
held toy for the
CES in Chicago
(see report on
page 21). With a
full colour LCD
screen it shook
the pillars of the
Game Boy stand.
Marshal M
Rosenthal, our
man in the West,
found the near-
est saloon and
wondered if
Nintendo had
met their
match...

The Stranger enters th^ (own,
dusty as rhe dm-filled stra«t
beneath his feet. Hts poncho slaps
bac(( and forth against his c^est as
a CO(d wind bkMr$ &vb smoke Irom
his chsfool up and away. Th©
townspeople stare — he has a lean
and angiy ksok. The fat slienft goe$
inside, botts tJ» dow and hides

The Stf anger enters the satoon.
He walks to the tiar and oirders a
drink. A greasy, uiQly man In a gar-
ish shift comes over and spins the
Stranger around

Who do you think you are., 10
come in heie like you own Itie
town? Yov must pay respect to our
leader!'

Time Leader sifs in a Qomef —
oblivious to what j^ {lOfng on. IHi$
ears are plugged up witti head-
phones, his eyes ^iued to the tiny
black and white screen of his
Game Boy system.

Yeah — siKM some respect ot
we'll cul you up.' bellows anoiner.

The Stranger shrugs off the hand
upon him. and walks slowly Ofver to
ihe Leader The Leader lakss Off
his headphones, and looltE up.

So wtx3 are you. ttw Man With

No Name'^ Laui^ier and guffaws

atiQund throughout l^e bar — untit

'" Stranger slaps one hand down

1, waist.

Ouiet.

The Leader stands and laoes ttie
Stranger Siilence hangs in the air
' " log You can hear it>e dtock on
jtfall - iidn. loch, lick. lock.

Two hands nse up as one. The
Leader is flushed with easy victory,
ijniti he sees the Atari Portabte
Entenainment System in the
Stranger s t\and.

The Leader fails back, defeated
— his Game Boy dropped to ttw
floor.

An aura ot respect envelopes th*
bar as the Stranger lurr» and goes
back oui in 10 the street A voice is
iward to call after him — Hey
Mtster. where can I get rrra oneT

Et wasn't quHe a bar- room scene,
and the oompetitkjn wasn i invited,
but Atans sfiil unnarned Color LCD
Portable Eniertainment System
made the impad of a ten Don
weight striking an egg A hunled
press event called af ehte CES in
Chicago br<oughi in 20 30 people to
listen to Atans President, Sam
Tramiel, expound on bnnging the
gaming business back to America-
We haven! t:»een sitting back.
waiching profits go offshore tQ
manufacturers wtK} are totally unrfr
alistic about offering oor\sumers
value, Tramiel begins 'ii wouldn't
have dor>e the consumer any good
il we had simply brought out anoth-
er grey screen that ont/ offers sim-
ple, sk}w. flat graph k:s, People
want and deserve more Tramief'S

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rema/4(s sasm in defiance to the
fear of God thai big N has hekJ
over the gaming comrfiuftity these
East few years.

But defiance ccmes easy wfien
you're hiolding AcBB. and the
System is impressive {ii shoui<i be
r>oted that It was designed by a
team of experts at Epyx software),
Weighing abokJt a pound and no
terger than a VMS video cassette,
a 3 5-inch diagonal color LCD
screen stands out. Easy to view
and with a resolution of ieOx-t02
pixels A buitiin speaker outputs
(our -channel sourKf. and there's
also a headphone jack A rocKer-
pad on ono side perforins direc*
ttonal functions, while A-B buttons
oo the othter take care of the activa-
tion/Hring modes, Sbit technology
(6502 microprocessor) is gtven a
big push through a 16 hAHi clock
— running at least three times
faster than other units- 16 coEours
onscreen are selectable from a
palvtte of 4096. wHh game car-
tridges ranging from one up lo 1€
megabytes. Multiple player games
are possiible since the system can
be interlinked with up to e^ht other
units using a connecting cable (and
just one game card). A nice touch
is that the entire screen can Ije
rotated 1 SO degrees lor left-handed

players (which Is what the

second set o* A-B buttons
are for), and there s a Pause
button as weiJ, Six penlight
batteries power the unit,
which can also run off a car's
CiQiafette i'ighter of an AC
adaptor.

The units are turrted over
to our greedy little hands,
and we start playing. Tfw
SySteiT) fits nicely in our
hands, the size and weight
working to gilve it a solid and
secure feeling. The gan^e
cart tias a Califomian motif
(more on that later), and is
fun to pitay — although my in-
Be guy i^eeps falling off his
si^aleboard. Hey, these are
FIEAL — no wires leading to
VCR players under a table,
and we walk around with
them witfiout noticing any
horrified looks from Atari. It's
ti^ to malte a decision
based on Just a few minutes
of use, but action onscreen
was i^kk, entertaining arKJ
very colorful. Mot rnuch more
10 ask than that.

We turn our attention to
two offljeat-lookirtg guys
wearing Epyx sweatshihs
and hangir>g out In the cor-
ner. These two are prodding
ind poking the units like they
were hand puppets In a
Punch and Judy show, Its

okay, were toW — ttieyre the sys-
tem s designers. Jhe tall, thin one
with the stare tike that of Jasofi
from Friday the I3th, is RJ Wical —
software engineer extraordinatrf^
His partner (noi as tati and ti&jo
ediy more normal' looking) is Dave
Needle, wizard at hardware design
These are the two guys who creat
ed the Amige (we knew that the
4096 ookiur pafette sounded famii
iar!}. Getting them to hokj sti^tt lor a
few questions Isn't easy, but an
electric cattle prod works won-
ders...

Mical seems the more vocal of
the two He pulls out a Tor Our
£yes Only' notepad and states All
engineers are jerks'. Needle fakes
umbrage with that, and corrects his
partner, All engineers without
exception are Jert^'. Asked |o
explain what that means gels the
gjiswer that hardware designers
constantly UNDERRATE what can
be <^rte with their products, But
wa feel that this project will allow
great ihings. notes MucaL and they
both agree that iheir device has
great potential, since it takes many
of the problems away from the sofl-
wafe — lreeif>g the creative pro-
cess. For instance, perspective
afid size changes are trandted
automaiically. with each player

t>aing provided witii a lirst person
view of Ihe acUon (when two uniis
are hooked up m tandem). An
example would be a race game.
Each driver views his per-
spective only, so when a
second car approaches the
lead car, the lead car
becomes larger on the sec-
ond player's screen. H the
second player should then
pass, the first player then
sees the other car ahead of
him.

Noting that the Rrst senes
of garries will come from
Epyx, we try to ask a few
more questions, tjut Mica!
and Needle can't sit still.
Besides, Aiari^ personnel is
teanng aher them trying to
recover two of the game
units that they've stucih in
their pockets!

Speaking of Epyx, ttiey
have the inside trade to the
first series of game carts lo
be released (makes sense).
First up will be Monster
DemoUtion — which enables
vou and another to go on the
rampage (tad pun) through-
out the country. Impossible
Mission has you trying to
save the President's daugh-
ter from a band of terrorists,
who are protecied in a
lonress complete with iniilef
drcids, explosive traps and
elect rilied floors. Bfue
Lightning places you In Ihe
cockpit of a Supefsonic tight
er jet — taking on all-comers

Tb«i M«r»hiil gats

his fnen
Ail cnain««rf are
Jertts... claim th« men
who created the
Amiga {ii^p l^ft):
Marshal M Rosenthal
with aytems deilgnari
0«ve tiMdIe < left) and
nj Mical (centre)^
Oelow; 'People want
■trd deserve more...',
■ays Aiarf's Presifd«flt
Sam Tramiel at a CES

Kress conference,
^hal s h& talking
atiout? The Atari
Portable

EnlE>rtainment System
(I mm ed lately ainove),
witti Its brilliant colour
graphics on games
such as Biutf
Lightning. Caiitornia
C0mBs iind Monster
Demolition, pictured in
order on the letl.

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while Hying to reach the target
(Ihwe's even a. warbling tone lock
on' tor Ihe <ire cantroi), Tim»
Quests and Treasure Chests is an
advenlure in dark dungeons, filled
with mean and ugly characiers.
Survive this and then tfv to handie
being thrust into Outer Spaco — all
HI pursuit of the Star Gem. a stone
ttial bnngs the owner eternal life.
The Gates of Zendocm chaJtenges
you 10 fly a stoten spacecraft as
you attempt to wipe out the cruel
aliens (some 50 types of them), It
helps that you're armed with a
destructor shield, photon bombs
and neutrino laser Finaliiy.
Cafitornia Games »S a muHiptayer

treat that takes you on a whirlwind
touf of the Golden State, Try your
hand at such sunny sports as sori-
:ing, skateboarding, foot bagging
and BMX bike race (this cart is
included with ttw system).

Other con^panies are keeping a
low profile tor the moment, tnjt the
talk under the tabies is that those
now gearing up to develop for the
Game Boy will also be dipping into
Atari's Well, 6ul lor right now. it
does seem thai discretion is the
only pan of valour being oonsid
ered.

The rnint-party is winding down.
Marketing people dan lo and If o —
recovering gaiTte units from pur-

naiisis who are trying to wa!k ihiem
out of the meeting room. Referring
to a Cjuole trom a competitor that
Atari's producl is like using itie
Ferran to get to the corner grocery
Store, Tramiet retorts; "I'd rather
dhve a Ferrari to the corner grocery
store. Who wouWn't rather have a
Ferran than a Toyota"? But our
price is no) ttiial comparable to a
Ferran.' Tramiel sums it up by not-
ing ihal It (the Portable Cotour
Entertainment System) really is US
technology at its best.'

The Atari Portable Colour
Entertainment System will retail in
the United States for $149.95
(around COO).

Below: the two-toot-
lall After Burner hand-
held machine, with (to
the right) a typical
gam« screen and
another from Outrun
which can [» played
on ^slmiiarEy'Sized
hand' held

Handle with

It all started with the Game and Watch systems of
the Seventies. Then, the hand-held games market
went quiet, till now. Last month we introditced you
to Nintendo's Game Boy — with interchangable
cartridges. This month Marshal M Rosenthal looks
at the phenomenon that's sweeping America, and
is now taking off in the UK: dedicated hand-held
games...

Everything seems to be electronk:
this y«ar. and hartd-held LCD
qames are very hot, both in saeen
size and popularity, We know that
there's a wt^ole new adventure with
interchangable canrkjges tor the
Nintendo Game Boy and Atari
Portable Color Entertainment
System ^ but small, inexpensive
■pocketablQ" LCD games still com-
mand attention.

Wrestling is one US sport that
can't be explained. Suffice to say
that you either love It or hate it.
Those who love it will also love
Acclaim's hand-held verskjn of that
great American spod (?) WWF
Wrestfefnania featuring hfuik
Hogan, The LCD screen enables
you to rassle' your opponent, while
avoiding being hit by his chair-
wielding teammate. Other
lavourites include Airwott, wttefe

you go atler missile launchers and
enemy aircraft, and Rambo New
ones in the works tqr Ihe holiday
season include Rodiy and
Wizards And WamorB (t>ased Oh
Nintendo s own cart trom last year}.

Tiger Electronics wont disflf}-
poiint you either Their line Of LCD
games include Double Dragon,
Simons Quest {which displays four
different stages), Gauntiei and
Hea\^ Barret — and even video
adaptations o1 computer garnss
like World Games. Plus screens
based on new leies^ision sliows:
Poiice Acachmy — Ti^ie Series
being one. Great sight and sound
is enhanced by auto shui-off and a
special memory leature that keeps
the high score Intact when it>e
power 4S switched olf (as supplied
by two penlight battenes).

For serious lun, try Afterburner

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Over two feet tail it featur&s a Full-
size ioysTJch and 18 levels. Great
sound and wamfng alerts make
tfHS ttie one to fly, Th«n oool down
on the open road wilti Out Run.
Shaped like a sports car, this baby
has a realistic steerrng wlieel, shift
lever, and five races to master.
Both have targer-than-avwage
LCD screens. ar>d keep your high-
est score in memory (bit heavy on
the batteries, though).

Pnobably the neatest from Tiger
is Sugar Ray Leonard's Talking
Boxing, it even looks like a boxing
ring" 12 exciting LCD rour>ds —
tfiere minutes to pummel your foe
into submission — with a talking

handed joystick controls combine
with buttons to let you do it all —
just remember to watch out tor that
uppercut!

Maybe it's not technically a
hand-held, but Video Tek's
Electronic Taking Battleship
Co^nmand is really Somethir>g.
Based on the popular board game,
each of the two consoles react with
a talking nanator' who keeps
score of the game. As on the
board, you position your navy, but
by using a keypad to punch in their
location. Then it s time to try and
defeat your foe by guessing where
they ve placed their ships. Sound
and light effects highlight the action
— so sini^ your opponents fleel
Ijefore fie gets yours f

One of the first soiind chips to
really show its smarts came a long
time ago in the Mattel Intellivision
game. Wave come a long way
since then, so say twilo to the
Hitstruments from Nasta. Hit Stix 2
follows the success of last year's
niodel. Two bright yellow drum-
sticks trail wires that attach to a
smaJI speaker boK dipped onto
your beit Beat the sticks in the air
{or against a walbiriend) and out
comes the sound of a snare drum.
Change a setting on the left stick
and now it's a Tom-Tom (or a
Bongo)- The tone control on the
right stick varies the timbre tor
dozens of sounds.

Rather a piano? Don the two mit-
tenlike pads and finger the keys

I

referee to announce every move
that occurs. Score points with jabs,
body punches, and left a>xj right
hio<^, while weaving, ducking and
dancing away from being hit. Play
against a human, or let if>e com-
puter do its thing — start off
against the third- ranking contender
and work up to the champ. Two-

on Hit Keys. Ten musical tones will
resuit. and the speaker box can
svtritch from piarto to organ in a
flash.

Or how al>out Hit Guitar, the
free-Styte guifp One hand wears
ttie 'neck',\* le dip- on speak

er hias a pao A funky coiled

wire keeps yoi. gers talking to

the speaker.

Let's end with some unusual
high-tech: Hkte N' Seek from
Worlds of Wonder. Now what was
a simple game becomes high
adventure, as the seeker uses his
device to home in and locate the
hider' units. Light p>anels on the
speaker device sync with beeping
sounds when within 50 feet of a
hider. You can't turn off the hider
unit either — thai can only be done
tty touching it to the seeker unit.
One seeksf and two hider units
come in a kit. ar»d all are powered
by a 9v battery-
Most of tf>ese types of gan>es
are now available in high street
stores like Dixons, and small inde-
pendent chains (ranging from £10-
E20). Check em out to see wf^t
should be in YOUR hands this
summer.

Game Boy gaming

In all !he excitement we mu^n t for-
get Nintendo's Game Boy fas fea-
tured in TGM last month). The
Game Boy is available in Japan for
aljout £55 (so expect grey market
imports at atiout £tOO). Games
should appear over here soon,
pfObably at around El 2.

Ttie Game Boy already t^as a
large amount of third party sott-
wafe support from tlie likes of
Kemco. Bandai and Coconut
Japan, plus Ninterxto, of course.
Games currently
available indude
Tennis {two-player
option, with two
machines), which
brings back mem-
ories of Psion's
Match Point

Baseball (also
with two-player
option); Teths, the
arcade puzzle
game (which t$ on
every single for-
mal imaginable):
and the inimitable
Super jWano/and
(a real classic].

Over tfw next few months expect
Mickey Mouse and Hyper Lode
Runr^er (both arcade/pu22l6
games): PwibaW and Pachinco
Time (conversions of table-top
games): and Golf ami F-i Rac&-

It youve seen our feature on
Alan's handheld this month (prew-
oos pages), don 1 be put off buying
one o1 these (remember, you'll
have to wait till 1990 for thatl), The
Game Boy is a real 'hartd-hefd'.
with super sound and smooth
graphics, and all the games are
VERY addictive (although I dread
to think what Mel Croucher woukj
have to say about that screen!}. It
you see one, GET IT!

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Leonard Boring (left)
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teh) prove with funky
force.

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the hand-held slakes,
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ing a host of LCD
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— The Hardware

The Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago is so huge
that \Vb easy to miss many of the more unusual and
interesting products, many of which might be making an
impact on your life as we head into tfie Nineties. So we
sent out TGM's super-snooper American corr^pondent,
Marshal M Rosenthal, to brtug them home.

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his m«n
Apprehended by
all-American hefoss
(above) for being a
amanly dressed New
York Joumo, Marihal
URosenthfii Can
r«tte<ct trpm ihe
\e'i$KiT0 ol his Gotham
Cily call on the sprawl
of I he Chi'cago
Consumer
Electronics Show
(HghiK Us relevance
to the British market
(5 one ol 1xiture»; from
fN$ international
showcase, expect to
see moat of tha prod-
ucts fealyr^d In lhl$
a nict<» appear In our
highstreets soon.

The Consufner Etecironlcs Show is
unique among the trade shows,
because (here is hardly ever any
vaporware; that's pfoducls that &m
shown artd discussed but never
make it 10 the store down ihe block.
CES is an opportunily to see
amazing devices, some costing
just a bit. wtille ottiers ars proto-
types ntnning tnto thousands ot
dollars

The hand-hild gamtng end is
heating up like mad. We're all
familiar wtlh Game Boy now — the
LCD black and whHe screen com-
bing with stereo sound and Inter-
changeable cartridges. Atari's
Portable Colour Entertalnn^ent
System {no name lor this yet] is a
strong contender fof this rrwr^et;
with its lourchannel sound, 16-
colour 3,&*ineh iCO soreer^ ar>d i@

MHfz cksck speed isee Atari feature
on pa^e 14). hlany of the gaming
companies will be putting out car-
tridges tor both these systems —
itll be interesting to see what hap-
pens next- There's even talk of
Sega getting into the act.

Staying in ttie game area brings
up soFTi© interesting devices. Strike
Force Navigator (Advantage Ace)
is a navigational device that albws
the user to move trimseit around
wnh absolute accuracy. Designed
lor vehicle simulations. It's made of
ctear plastic with a handle and a
360-degree navigation compass
printed on the lace. As the handle
bends, it can be used with a vidao
screen — makirbg it a valuable tool
for all computer and video enter-
tainment systems, since most of
the simulations come with maps ot
the theatre of action {with your
starting location noted)

Camerica caontinu© then' theme
ot remote control for the Nintendo
with The Freedom Stick — a
cigarette pacitsized unit that con-
nects to any joystick alf#ad|y
owned You plug the hwo iDQBttldr,
and Stick goes into cordless action
(you can hang it around your neck
or use (he attached belt clip). Stic^
runs on penlighi batteries, artd has
automatic and manual lire switches
for turt)0-t<re capabilities Just stay
in line [up to 35 leet) ot sight with
the receiving unit that has tieen
attached To your game machine

Designed spedtically for ihe
Nintendo rrtarftel, Acclaims two
person controller is very similar to
their Individual one of early this
year. The two pads woftc together
with the receiver so as to let two^
player garrtes go on simultaneous-
ly. It s the erxl of passtrtg that con-
troller back and forth,

Interactive Vision (View Master
Ideal Group] challenges the user
through an inlertace ol video and
computer graphics It consists of a
handhekj remote unit with colour-
coded selection buttons and a
muHi directional joysticK The video
processor looks a bit like a
enlarged Lego btocK. and is
attached to a standard television
and VHS vWeo reooftier (which
you supply).

What hapipens is thai graphics
appear at strategic points ot the
tape, and require actions to tie per-
fofnwd. This "overlay' ts handled
quHe well, and ttte results are very
pleasling. No cartridge or program
is nedded, the video tape contains
all the data neoeesa«y to access
the system,

The first set of tapes oonsist of
children's titles, such as Sssama

20 TGM 1X021:8-89

Hew Products

Street ar>d Disney cartoons. Future
applJcation& could become quite
e»(citirig ^ we'll have tQ wait and
see. {Rumour has it that the graph-
ic system was designed by
Cinemaware)

Riighl next door can be found the
ultimate home robot, Newton.
Syn Pet's mechanised creaiJon is
not a toy — rwt with features that

indude a 20Mb hard disk drive artd
two mtcrocompuiers- Appiicaiions
are accessed on an IBM XT/com-
paiit}ie while alf the interna! func-
tions are dfiven by a realtime one.
Standing Z2 indie$ tail Newton
can both speak and understand
voices — and be programmed to
respond on command. He can
team about his location, and then
patrol it — keeping a lookout tor
trouble. An tnlernal telephone links
up with the one m the house, and
enatiJes hirn to iAKe messages and
respond to cal>-in commands from
his owners. You can even have him
control lights and olh&r eJectronics
using a BSR X-10 interface (this
line of unris work through the
houses wiring), Newton runs on
rechargabfe batteries and knows
when its time to dock with the
charging unit lor a quick Tut' of the
C3td AC. The lovable robot has a
bri^ and oojourful appearance
(sorry, no laser gun accessory).
arxJ could certainly make an
impression the next time you're try
ing to 0Bt nd ot those pesky house
ffiests.

Om of the hot items right now is
^^iHATideo — point and shod cam
eras that take a picture which is
recorded onto a ti^mputer disk.
The image can then be viewed on
a conventional television or moni-
tor. Sony's MavK:a has a fixed lens.

auto exposure — In fact auto
everything, It's the Brownie of
today. The disk holds 50 images,
which can then be played bacit on
an aooessory devi^ (the camera
itself is small and compact).
Canon's Zapshot goes one better
with an LCD read -out and a built-in
playback! device. Both systems can
record up to 300 line^ of resolution,
with a playback of 400 (Super VHS
limit}. Uses tor these i(ind of cam
eras include digitising and comput-
er graphics work, pius the safety of
non-tilm (a phnt can always be
made with one of the thermal or
cofour printers from Kodak, Canon,
etc)

Goirtg one better is Toshiba s
prototype IG Card Camera. Similar
in size to the Zapshot (arxf needing
a vrewsr like Sonys model), iC
Card Camera actually records its
itnages ori, a pof>-tn card — no
disk. Bieing looked at as a device
for security and high-tech applica-
tions. IC Card can store some 13
images per card, and has a resoiu-
tion of 400 lines. An optional elec-
tronic 'album' can be used to store
some 1600 images for viewing
(tiasically a record' play bad< unit
using DAT (Digital Audio Tape)
technology).

Let's have a bit of fun with Voice
Over ^ The Personal Sound
Studio. It's a walkman-si^ed device
that inserts between your portable
radio/cassette player and special
headphones with a mike attached.
Voice Over adds echo and depth to
your voice as you sing along with
the music or speak. The results
make you sound pretty good —
certainly better than in the shower,
and now other peopJe can hear you
as welt.

MicroProse are out to grab some
ot the lucrative coin-op mad^et.
They plan to design and produce
machines with ail-new hardware
featuring 3D graphics which will

draw on polygons for the multi-
dimerfsional e^ect. This is not new.
but the average coin-op today
draws some 12.000 potygofis per
second. MicroPros* plan for their
system to generate up to 60.000 ot
ttiese little teikws. This will be cou-
pled wr|h a screen- refresher rate of
30 frames a second The tnck will
be to get all this going without sac
rif'icing speed. And iet's not forget
that the coin -op needs to be a fun
and challenging gan>e too.

Speaking of coin -ops. check out
the Battietech Center. Parts loc^
familiar; gaming boxes to dimb
into, with controls, video screens
and joystick handles. But the dilfer-
ences are pronounced. The idea
behind the Center is to create an
interactive, sophisticated simulation
for the player — one enveloping
him in a total environment.
Recreating a Star Base, each
Battletech machine is irvierconnect-
ed; you're fighting against a real
person. In other words — no artifi-
cial intelligence, just the nastiest,
deadliest carnivore In existence
You I

And it requires both concentra-
tion and quick reflexes, The screen
above you is the window to this
world, filled with hostility and dan-
ger< while the lower secondary
screen displays radar and vehlde
status. And we're not talking about
one or two buttons here. Try duaf
loystidfs With tngger buttons,
weapon selection displays, ihrottte
control directional pedals, ceiling
m^sage centre, arid radio controls
to communicate wrlh teammates.
Enough?

More information:

BATTLETECH CEMTIR; ESP Corporatton.'FASA. 1026 W.Van Buren

Street. Chfcago. illmofS 60607

FREEDOM S'nCK: Camehca Lfd. 230 FiHh Avenue. New Vonk. New

York 10001, Price $39.95.

INTERACTIVE VISION: View Master Ideal Group, 200 Fifth Avenu«.

New York New York 10010.

MAVICA (MVC-Ct): Sony Corporation. S6S0.D0

MAP*T1 Playback Adaptor. $a4&.95.

NEWnrON: SynP«i 7225 FranWin Ho3d. Dept P. Boise, tdaho 83709.

STRIKE FORCE NAVIGATOR: Advantage Ace, Ann Arbor. Michigan.

Tel 0101 313 677-0732 Price $8 95.

VOICE OVER: Vopos Over Mart^eting. &055 North Unooln Avenue,

Chicago, Illinois 60659.

ZAPSHOT RO250; Canon, $800.00

Ninlendo's stand tor
The G@mc Boy (left)
was a popular venue,
and so wa$
Interaclive VHltto's
{far leti, this page),
wher$ visitors could
ptay with a victeo antt
compute graptiics
interface unit

Robots Abounded.
lUfs the lovabte and
brl9htly cc»lounHl
Synpel {abDvi}}, but
some visitors pfelcr
their pels 1o ba aa
muicular as Michael
K*alor> — «*en
above In a cardiward
form morm auHMl to
thfi cHaractod«tfc« of
the TV series t hflfi
(he n«w f)tm.

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Softwaiv C^

As wtlh our own PC
Show, the ceS often
promises whal it will
<}e liver in time for
Ctirlstmas, profnlses
I me the 3-0 so ltd
graphics, text and
action adventure Of
Star Trek l'(rlgtTl),
which M4ndscaf>e
say wtfl have all the
characters from the
TV show and new
movie. Somewhat
more complete )s
Epyx's California
Games ti (beiow],
with some exciting
new skateboard
«Ctlon.

Eadh Banietech machine itses
three proprietary computers
lotailirig over 32 megabytes o<
RAM, ar>d capable of displaying
200 3-D objects in reaHime (using a
maximum of 64,000 odours
onscreen at onoej. The units are
linked up ^a a tocai area rwtwork
— with groupings of esght
machir^es possible m teams of lour.

Unlike a pay and pray' machir>e,
these simulations are designed fof
set periods of time {30 minutes)
Scenarios can be changed, so an
m battle today, could turn inio
fighting giant robots tomorrow, Of
course that aJso means tfial the
vehicle being controlled can t>@
altered — sl^ycraft becoming sub'
marines. The two environments
aJfeady created are Banietech.
game set in the year 3050 wnii
huge manlike Batttetechs slugging
It out, and Renegadft iegion — a
garne of starfigihtW oocnbai irr the
year 6000.

Battleiech Centers are sched-
uled to pop up along thte US and
Canada in 19d0. with the first one
(in Chicago) designed to open in
9w next few moriths, Theiy w4ll fea-
ture a tola! environment tfwi sets
tfie mood — with a tobby area
resembling the deck of a giant star-
shtip. Combat Infonration Centres
and embarl^ation halls leading to
the launch area, vtriiere you gel into
your maiclTirw, It becomes some
thing to do with your nuales. ar>d
rTKire ©njoy^le than just watd^irig
someone else fiaving all the fun.

— The Software

Did you ever wish on a star? Carry moonbeams
home... enough of that! Who needs to make
wishes, when there's the Consumer
Electronics Show to go to? EVERYTHING that
eats electricity can be found there. tA/ith that
in mind, we turn the page over to TGM's
American correspondent, the one and only
(once again...) Marshal Mllosenthal.

Ready to go? Better lake big steps,
because there s a lot of stun at ttre
CES. Epyx presents CaHfomia
Games ft. Participate in four
events- bodyboardJng, jet shilng.
skateboarding and snowboardJng
(Ihink you II gel tsoard?). Less
events mean more to do in the four
presented. Ready to Joss your
cookies over a monster wave?

At the Electronic Arts booth,
Defuxis Vkieo 2 \& displayed —
promising greater control and
added features. SSi previews
Cur^e Of Ttie AzufB Bonds, the
sequel to Pool Of Radiance. Your
party of adveniurefs awake to dis
cover strange azure-blue markEngs

on their slun. which take over c^xi-
irot of ttieir bodres when ttwy glow
(checkout adventures on page 70),
Then there s Interstels Dragon
Force which places you in charge
of a seven-man elite strike force
that taikes on toddies ai\ over the

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Moving a king to MastertroniC
linds their Megagames — Amiiga
games featuhr>g tfve same graph-
k^. animation and sound as found
in the afcades (and requinng 1
Megabyte). First out will be Rick
Davis'$ WpfUl Tropf}/ $0CCer. fol
IovwkJ by Magic Jotjnsons
BasHetbaff But what Im wailing lor
is Wew York Warriors.

Then there's Mediagemc host
ing a suite for theif line of affiliated
companies, Infocom's texl^graphic
Afthut — Tfie Quest For Excalibur
Features such added goodies as
onscreen mapping, and Merlin's
crystal ball (which reveals hints as

Moving forward a few fi*»ousand
years takes us to the worki of
(nfoooms BattteTecf^- AfeofiwamOf
drops you into the cockpit of a 30
toot tall, lethal combat robot.
Strategy, action, war — ail this arid
more as you earn bkjod money,
while trying to buiW a lance (family
of four) ol Mectts. At least this is
one picnic where you're too big to
be bothered by ants

MJcrotliusions is goirtg Hanna-
Barbara crazy Sctx^y Do tets you
range among the characters —
move Sa>oby ansund or follow
after Velma ^ the garig s all f>ere
in tour mysteries to solve, each
based on a cartoon episode.
Rajsed 3D perspective, arcade
sequences (hey — lei s ali run from
the abominable snowman), even a
Scooby Snad^ feature.

In the world of Tfie Jetsons. you
most Keep George from being fired
by that creep of a boss. S{»c^.
Complete!y mousednvert, win-
dows pop up with information, and
you can look instde of Qb)ec$s and
col led items for use. Text interac
tk>n ot ccurse.

Vabba Dabba Do That could
only t>e Fred The Flmtstones
stresses the essence of Fred — so
there S no teihng whal wtll hapoen
next (the screen evr/i' ^,■■.

Age TV to turn on). Mufttpte advan-
tures mix wrth large characters that
give off a true cartoon fe^ng. JusK
point and clidt on what you want to
do — but never, ever, ever make
Fred have to give up ttowling just
because Wilma's mother is around f
Johnny Ckjest com-
bines the feeling of
adventure with action
and mystery Jotn
Johnny and Hadji (and
Bandit, too. of course)
as they search for lt>e
stolen Splinter of
Heaven. Text display is
combined witti combat
sequences, icon oorv
tro^s, and ttie full cast
Irom the cartoon.

The ActivlsJon pot is
tjubbling rticeiy.

Tongue Of The Fatman is a tulufis-
tic har>d to hand oombat game wtth
a sense of humour — and charac-
ter anjmatKsn ttoriienng occasional-
ly or> \be obscene Human arxl
alien lite forms of ail kimls take on
each other for the ultimate reward
— COW cash I Then there s
G/Njsfttuslerf it Onve the famous
Eciomobile through the streets ot
Mew VorK, destroy ghosts, and
generally have a great time blast'
irug ail ttiose suckers The game is
affcade-orientated. with iots ol
action and almc^ no strategiy
whatsoever!

Die Hard also continues this
theme of action, bul the toes are ail
too human Take ooe off-duty New
Yorit cop combine liberally with ter-
rorists holding his wife and otf>ers
htostage in a modern skyscraper,
and ttie result is pretty messy
Digitised scenes from the film nink
the arcade sequences togethier,
and you've only so long before tfie
terrorists break ttte seven access
codes to the computer twhfing their
ptunder- to-be You shouW get over-
time for tfWB.

Retummg to tfve show, we duck
into Mmdscapes booth lo see a
tew minutes of Sfaf fra* V — sIjII
under development The program
promises 3D solid graphics, iex\
and action adventure, plus all the
characters fnjm the TV show and
new niovie.

There ahead is the HUGE
MicroProse boothi^audntorium. F-
15 Strike Eagte 2 is almost ready
to be released More action
orientated than the first. Strike
Eagle 2 will feature intelligent help
10 mahe if easier to fly ar>d f^ht.
Enemies react intelligerrtiy as well
(aargh), and oorr4>3l takes ptace in
four regiors of the worfd: Lybia. the
Pefsian Gulf. Vietnam and the
Middle East.

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A didoctrc look at Visual Display Units and what
they con do to you, from Me! Croucher

"The number

of spots on

your face pfus

your need to

wear glasses

is in direct

relationship

with the time

you spend

using youf

compute^

I ahMays resented the fad tnst my
schoolboy skin fooKed like a pizza
and my eyes resembled what hap-
pens to snow when a dog pees on
it- More recently, I was still amazed
thai I could grow facial Wemishes
and Z4is of the Elephant man and
go bald at the same time I tried
changing my diet, gelling married,
living by the soa, washing more
often, growing a beard, but nothing
seemed to work Then, after all
these years of looking like the dark
side of the Moon. I discovered an
explantion tor my afflictions, and
having met thousands of spotty
four-eyed computer maniacs in my
lime, I rechon it's time ( shared my
research. So take heart, my
legion^^ the pocked and biinded,
get that paper bag off
your heads ar>d
prepare lo face
r wortd again.

V

Heres my theory, lets call it
Mel's Law. and it goes like
this: S+G s VDU x (T-D). Or to put
it into words, the number of spots
on your face p<us your need to
wear glasses is in direct relation-
ship With the lime you spend u^ng
your computer and ffie distance
you plonk your face from ttie
screen Ar>d if you thrnk I'm kid-
ding, take the trouble to read the
fallowing facts.

Back in 1982 a doctor named
Nilsen wrote a three-page refx>rt
calM Facial flas/ies in Visu^
Dispiay Unit Operators. As this was
published in an obst^re jot^naJ
catM Contact D^rmsatis. hard-
ware manufacturers never got to
read it.

Then In 1985, two
Scandinavians called Wahlberg
and Urxlen noticed that in spite of
good diet, pfenty of heatttiy exer-
ctse ar>d enlightened sexual atti-
tudes (which had all been previ-
ously offered as remedies for rotten
shin) young people who played
with computers and used VDUs
suffered from an abnormal rate of
zits and bad eyesight, Bui they
didn't know why, Was It because
spotty bespectacled Mk were natu
rally less sociable, and went in for
soF^ary habits such as computef
games? Was it because computer
users were Jess interested in Iheir
real personal appeamnce and
more interested in living out Iheir
fantasies via their screens? Or was
■it just ooinckaence?

Thgrg are none so bfind as tfwy
who wiit noi $de ' (Old Engllttt
proverb)

If a mart destroy the eye of anoth-
er man. they Shalt destroy hi$ e/a
in return. ' (Hamitrabt, 203{IBC>
'Men seldom m^ke passes af gifts
who wear gtas$0$.' (Dorothy
Parker. 1942)

After great wodges of research the
OOiricidence theory was bkjwn sky
high. Some of you may have read
my lasi brt of scare- mongering {in
CRASH) about oompuler screens
causing cancer, aborlion and delor-
mity (I know several ioumaiists dkJ,
because they've been repeating
the facts m their own magazines'},
well, it has now been proved that
your screens are zapping skin and
eyeballs too.

Last year, the University of
California Eye Clinic came itp wi^
the worrying tact that the favounle
atfltctkjn suffered by all computer
users is eye damage, ar>d I mean
real damage There was plenty of
Ityack strain, ftnger delormtty,
headaches ar>d epileptic fits too,
but a loss of aye focusing can»e out
top of the problem league by a
mile. People who play wrth comput
er screeins can lose the ^lity to
focus properly up to 30 years
before nofmal.

The next lump of data listed the
skin diseases caused by computer
monitors and close contact with TV
screens, it s a very nasty lisi indeed
and the winners are:

Rosacea (which ranges from a
slight blushing of ttie cfieeks. all
the way to turning your face into
somethjr>g that k»ks tike a
boiled strawtieny)
Acne {puss-tiUed ztta whicti tiave
a habit of latving craters and
scafs)

Setx)rrheic Oermaiitis (inflamed
skin caused by glands produang
greasy gunk m huge quantities.}
Poikiioderma (llakey zits caused
b^ abfxsrrnal temperature
chariges in ttie ^n)
Paraestt>esta (itciiy, burning
inflamed skin which often starts
two or three hours after using a
VDU.)

Now that ytm've buried your moni-
tor under tfie nearest mattress and
rusfved to the bathroom mirror to
examine your boat-race, I il leil you
exactly how all these ghastty dis-
eases can be caused by your
machines Unlike the lethal radia<
lions thai can delorm unborn
bab»es and knacker body tissuWi
skin problems are caused by fli»o<
irostatic fiekls.

These energy fields are presen
around most TVs. VDUs and monh
tors when the atmoflfthere is dry
and they tend to vanyi at highei
humkiily when there is more mois
ture in the air

According to the British medica
journaJ The Lancet skin problem]
suffered by computer users hap
pen most often in hiodhftm Europe
during the winter months. an<
that's not because we play comput
er games more in the winter, bu
because the water in the air (rela
five humidity) is less than 40%. Bi
the drier tlie air the more you
screen pumps out charged air
borne particles, and they're th^
or^^ thai warn to zap your skin.

24 TQM

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union arKl environmental groups
call ~&afe' levels, and th^y afnl
mudh good lor playing games on.

And as for the popular garnes
machines. I won t make any com-
rnents but I wilf pass on the infor-
matfon thai the Friends ol the Earth
London office had stuck a Bio-
Hazard' sign on their Amstfad! But
don't despair, you need noi spend
a fortune on fancy screens or cover
■ ^our face with gunk, because IMel's
[Lew can be fought oft if you follow
I »my advice:
. B Don't use your screen (of
' longer than two hours at a lime.
TaKe a break for at least 20 mirh
utes between bouts.
' • 1^ Sit as far away from your
fi^een as you can, and never do®-
JBirthan tour feel,

I II Cfean off the surface of the
fsyeen every time you use il. Arxl I
,n#an every time,

i .;* Don t touch the screen with

yfur fingers (or any other part of

I /our anatomy come to think ol it*).

i . « Try not to finger your face or

your eyes while you are mm-

iter gaming or ftddlir>g your com-

j^terrsedaccounts-

- If you suffer from' bad skin

tions, ask your friendly non-pfi-

tjsed doctor for some Ouodenn'

Of a similar blocking cream. Yoy

nmght even tell tier atiout this arii-

|;ie.

■ Every chance you get,

demand that hardware manufactur-

'^ Slop ignoring the FACT that

Jtkk machines are hazardous to

^'Dur health, because only by doir>g

T ^1 will we force them to clean up

^ their adt

■i^ Don't pick em and th^'ll get
a lot bettef (dangerous machhiM
AND zrisl).

"If you suffer
from bod sktn
eruptions, ask
your friendly
non-priva-
tised doctor
lor Sonne
blocking
creann"

B!ushing is the colour of virtue. '
(Dtog«n«« tht Cynic, 400aC)
'Out' Oiitf Damn spot!' (Lady
Macbeth)

7/1 ,5n ugly worfd. the rictjest man
carf isuy nothing tut ugliness.'
(Q*org« B^mtrd Shaw 1903)

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Many temate operators have
noticed that tiny particles of their
make-up get deposited on their
screens during the working day.
and I bet thai if you run your finger
over your screen now [go on. do It)
you'll get a film of electrostatic
deposit, This Is a similar effect to
the trick of rubbing a balloon
against a woolly Jumper and charg-
ing it up with enough static to sticK
It up on the wall all by itself. Oka/,
try and work out how many times
you wipe your rtosB. mb your eyes,
rest your chin on your hand, mop
your bnow or simply touch your
face every hour that you use your
computer. Again. I bet you finger
your face every minute, and cf you
don'i you are ve^ unusual.

If you work or play any dosar
ttran four feet from your screen,
you are depositing these charged
particles ail over your face simpty
by sitting there, but if you touch

your face you are concentrating the
dose. For those of you who have
the habit of touching your screen
as well, you are upping the pfob-
lem by a factor of up to 1 0OI

In the United Stales, computer
users have started to use a skin-
cobured 'sun block' type cream
containing 2% titanium dioxide with
iron oxides, This has two effects:
firstly it stops a lot of skkn contact
with the deposited partiolss, and
secondly it soon cures you touch-
ing your screen because of the
stichy fingermarks you plonk all
over It!

Some spotty Norwegians have
begun using antistatic floor cover-
ing to cut down on the charged
particles, and most ot Northern
Europe (except Brfiain) is already
wridely using electrostatic shiehjs
attached to the front of the screen.
Ttiese aiiminale the stattc Held (or
a whsfe. but they lose ihetr effect
after a month or so, and its an
experksive busir^efis rep{acir>g
them

For anyone thinking atmut
c^kanging their machines. I dont
have much good news to repon.
Only Olivetti and Compaq come
anywfwre near what the trade

Mel Croucher Is a regular con-
trfbutor to Tlie Games Machine ^
And we have just heard that as a
result of two Mel Croucher fea-
tures In sister magezfrw,
CRASH, a major TV company
(and we don't mean Sky I) has
asked the old foo^ to make a
pilot TV programme on the
Seamy Skje of Computing. Full
details as soon as we have
them!

Illustrstkxts by
Robin Evans

TGH^ TX 021:8-89 25

ZAK McKRAKEN

I

his is my third ^
m&nlh as Playing
Tips editor and
i*m pieased to
say that the tips are
roiling In more tiran
ever. Compel ft ion is hot
for the ESQ software
prire, so I'm joolting for
those extra speciai tips
— just like this month's
winner's who's lieen
working hard on if

Popuius. And remember
it's not just tips that win
prizes, t've yet to receive
many maps, and POKEs
for I6<bit machines are
ithin on ttie ground. .

{M\ Formats — (lie tinai soiution)

Use IhQ crayon on the wailpaper
map. Read the strange mark-
ings on tiie wall and not© ihem
down (call ttiis diagram 3) t4ovt
using the Sphynx map prinled in
TGM020. n^ke your way out of
the Sphynx and go to the air-
port. Use the reservations termi-
nal and buy a ticket to
Kinshasa, Walk lo the plane.
Walk through the jungle till yoj
gat to the vttlage. Go inside the
Shamen's hut. Give the yeHow
crystal to the Shamen. He
shows yoy how lo use it. You
are now outskle the Shamen's
hut.

Use the yellow crystal. The
wallpaper map appears. Click
on Egypi You are leleported to
a $ec:ret room at th« top of the
pyramid. Walk to the left and

pull the lever on the side of the
wall.

Switch to Anrite. Make yoor
way oul of the Sphyr^x Walk left
to the to the pyramd and go
through the door. It's very dartc
in ihere SO use the WHAT \S
command to find the door. Go
through the door and go as tar
left as possible and use the
WHAT IS command again to
find the stairs Go up them,
You're now in the same room as
Zak, Pull the fever on the wall.
Switch to Zak,

Walk to the centre ot the njom
and use the gtowing objeci on
the base. Walk away from the
machine and use Ihe yellow
crystal. ClfCk on Lima. Pick up
Ihe candelabra. Use l^e yellow
crystal and dick on Egypt. Walk

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to the machine and use the can-
de^bra on the glowing object.
Put on Ihe wetsuil and the o.Ky-
gen tank. Use ihe dud tape on
the fish bowl. Put on tt>e tapped
fish t>owl You are now wearing
a space suri. Walk awa^ from
the machine and use the yellow
crystal. Click on the Mars Face
chamiwr.

Use the crayon on the strange
markings and reproduce 1t>e
markings from diagram 3, The
three doors at the back of the
room open. U5« the Mars Face
map and make you way to it>e
exit. You have to use the lighter
to find your way because the
doors are coloured. Walk iefi to
the landing site and switch to
Melissa

Put on the hefmet, pick up ihe
boombox. open the dcxir and go
outside Switch to Zak and enter
the spaceship. Close the door.
Now lake on the taped fish bowl
and the oxygen tank. Use the
oxygen valve tt^sn switch to
Melissa Walk right to the huge
(ace, Enler the great chamljar
and walk to ihe first large door
(it should be open^^, Walk lo the
pedestal. Switch to Leslie.

Make your way out ol the Map
room using the Mars Face map.
Then llnd file exit from the
maie Give the DAT and vinyl
tape to Melissa. Use the ladder
on the pedesial ihen switch to
Melissa. Use ihe vinyl tape on
Ihe DAT ihen use Ihe DAT on
Ih© boombox. Turn on the
boomtfox, Clk* on record aivd
switch to Leslie. Ptck up the
crystal sphere then switch to
Melissa,

Walk to the second large
door. Turn on the boombox.
Click on ptay and tt^e door
opens Go ihrough the door and
use the WAHT (S command to
fifkd another exit. Go thrchugh
this door. Use the Ankh on tt>e
panel. The torcelieW dtsap-
pears Push the button on the
machine and you receive a
message. Pick the gokJen key
and walk back to the great
chamtier. Go back to the landing
site Keep walKir>g lefl lill ycu gel
to the monolith. Use the cash-
card on the slot and you get a
token, Switch to Leslie.

Go to the monolith. Use the
token on the tram and wail tor
her to gel into it, ihen swrich to
Metissa. Use the token on ihe
tram and wait You are outside
the pyramkJ. Take both Melissa
and Leslie to the pyramid

26 TGM TX021 :8-89

dittranca. Switch to LasGa and
use ihe broofn alien on the pile erf
sand. Switch to Zak.

Put on the oxygon tank and
the taped fish bowl, open the
door and go outside. Walk left to
themondnh. Use tine cashcard
on ihe skrt, use !he token in the
trs^n. Wiidrt ytnj arrive at the
pyramid, waJk ta the entrance.
ike the bobbypin sjgn in the key-
hole, onm the door. Use WHAT
@ to find the exit. Go thf oi>gh ti^is
door. WalK as far left as you car,
fr«o switch to Melissa, Enter the

tSoof and use WHAT {S com-
mand to find tlie other exit, go
tlnroygh it, Go as far left as you
can. Switch to L&slie, Enter the
door. Use the ilashlight to reveal
the other exit. Go through this.
Walk to the Sarcophagus feet
afKi push if>em. Swtich to Zak.

Walk lo the stairs which should
be directly in front of hwn. Switch
to MeJis.EA and weJh to the stairs.
Switch 10 LesNe and walk away
from the feet. Switch to Zak and
stand him in front of the white
crystal. Switch to Melissa and

walk to the tx>x on the wall. Use
the golden key on the box. Push
the button. Switch to Zak.
Quickly get the white crystal and
use the yellow cryst^. Qick on
Egypt,

Take off the taped fish bowl
aid the oxygen tank. WaJk to ihe
machine. Use the yellow crystaJ
on the candelabra^ Use the white
cfystai on the candelabra. Walk
to Ihe switch on tfie right of the
machine. Turn on the switch.
Switch to Annie. Tom on tfie
switch — iftat's iti

XENON

(Spectrum)

A quick cheat from Mark Dow
of Wolverhampton maltes bat-
tling ifw^e aliens a bit easier.
Start the game as usuaJ and
then pr&ss the break key to
pause the game, hcdd down
keys T.I,N and V ar»d yoor ship
becomes irvJestructtbte.

POPULOUS

(ST/Amiga)

Bryan from Toltesby is this month's Star Tips win-
ner for hia complete tist of level codes from
Electronic Arts's excellenl Populous. Level 999 is a
bit weird — complete ii and see what happen a.

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Playing Tips

MILLERNIUM 2.2

(AtarlST/Amiga)

Having problems defeating the Martians? Fret no longef,
Manlisw Pegs from Milton Keynes knows a trick or two.

1. Don't establish loo many bases or you spend all your time
cte!ending them from the Martians. It's possible to finish the game
wttti only three. There's no point in establish! rig a base somewtief©
that doesn't have vitat resources. Tt>e most usetui bases are
Cailisio, Titan and Triton.

2. Tnton is the only p^ace thai has Chrofnium — and you need that
later on in the game. Since lis far away it's a good id^ra to send a
probe arxj estabtist> a t>a&e there e^riy on in the game.

3. II a base (ose« all Els colonisis. dismantto one o1 the Can-acks or
Waveridefs and thrs crew oan fepopulate ttie base.

4. New bases n^sd at least one fighter an Ofbital laser and a solar
battefy. Send these in a Carrack because Vt&amitimt aren't able to
trati^XKl Oio neoessa/y eqwpmem for some planets.

5. SuoCTSsfui Manian attacks lend to destroy your most powerful
eolaf battery. Sto^e themi in the ho(d of a Carrock or in the bunker
tor safety.

6. You will have to turn otf your re*nery (o get enough power to
build a fleet carrier.

7. As soon as you slart converting your fleet earner your moon
base wBI be totally destroyed. Unlortunately. there s not much you
can do about iL Just repopulate Hhe base and store a battery as
above.

6. After Ehis your ooJonies start dsdving Independence Again
ttiere s not mudi you can do about it. Any ships you land on i-nde-
pendgeant colonies are lost. Jusi make sure you get as many
resources to lf>e moon before this hapf>ens.
9. H you're stuck for materials for tf>e earth base dismantte all your
S^Hps arxl use their raw matenats.

THUNDER BLADE

(Sesa)

One of the trickiest stages ol
the ^ame ts undoubtedly the
oavem eecllon. However,
Andrew Hop<<insfrom
Stapenhill recommeiKJs this
strategy.,.

STAGf 2 LEVEL 2

■When the caverns first appear
on screen press both fire but-
tons rapidly ar>d the garrye sk>ws

down mahir^g tf>is tridty seck>n
a lot easier Wtien you emerge
from ttw first cavern, go down to
' the bottom nghthand comer of
the screen straight away and
slay there and none of ttw
plar^'s missiles will hit you- ^f
you lose all your lives pish the
pad down then right and press
tKJtton 2 to Stan the game from
wf>ere you le^ off.

Andrew SmaEes sent me this
'ofllclBl' ch^at 10 help Inexp*'
rlanced ninjaa gel started.

Switch otl the machine
Switch back on. Hold down
RUfM and SELECT together Let
go of RUN and push up once.
Now release SELECT and push
up three times. Push right six
times, down twice and leH three
limes and ask lor Melissa

fnikay Inrgel the lap' hi! ^ it

EMYLYN HUGES
INTERNATIONAL
SOCCER

If you're a poor loser, try
Danny Anderson's Itttte cheat
to guarantee victory.

You re in the lead during a
game and don t want 1o lose, so
kick ll>e ball off lor a throw in or
goal_kick Ihen press P, @, '
and J togalfver The game quits,
but your score remains.

Danny adds that if you wish 10
attempt this in the fir^ half, you
may have to press the keys
more than once lo achieve the
desired effect.

DRUNKEN IIASTER

(PC Engine}
Mlcromedia s very own

you can remember aii that, an
option screen is revealed where
you can cfvoose tf>e number of
lives and make yourself invir^-
tXe.

WORTH OF SOFTWARE MUST BE WON!

Each month the t^st set of tips, hints, POKEs or maps will
earn its sender £50 worth of software (your choice), plus a
TGM T'Shirt. Send em to Robin Candy's Playing Tips, TGM.
PO Box m. Ludlow. Shropshifff SYS fDB

SUMEY'S MINE

(FireliN)

No) OMaclly a cheat or p tip,
this item from Hobart Sharp of
Batiey may interest fans of
the game'B sound samptsft.

When the game loads, press
the space bar and hold it down.
Let it go after a while and a
rat a tat sour>d shoukj be
heard. You can rww replace that
sound with any of the samples
from the game by pressing the
oorrespondirtg key:

Commodore Key — Bomt

Left Shift — Gel Readyl

Right Shift — Aargh!

CRSR Left/Right — Vou are

here!

Z — Drum Sample

X — Go! Hlml

C — Owwl

V — Uurghf

B — Screen Cleared!

N — Gopher!

M — Sertlef

c->^ Snore

> — Scream

/— Game Over!

Say. for example, you wanted
some drums; press Z and rt
piays the drum sample, but
press Z five times in rapid suc-
cession and It repeals the sam-
pte in blocks of five. Thts is use-
ful for arranging a tune wfth tfie
samples (you can also add
them to the existirtg Me track!}

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A moody Tawny KItaen in hi-res above and
HAH mode below Who sa»d shc'9 & h^m?
Bui con sh4^ rem^mbcF 1h^ film in which
IJM tpptflrp d " Title pk; Jack Nicholson
Mt iShm tipple Is he g oing l o Cofce"?

In aur very first TGM Lab Report^

Franco Frey achieves some

startling results with a video

camera, Oigiview and a colour Rank

Xerox printer. You coultf too.

Whais Ihis Ihen? A joumey into
movieland? Recognise where
itiese pictures (xime from? Yes
foiiks. ihy (irst Itire© readers lo pal the right
picture to the right pictures i sorry, movies,
will get an inhjet pr'miQut of Michelle
Pfetfter, wowie*

Bui ^ Ihis only ar>othef (abukius comfje'
tiiion'' No. this IS itte rambfing o1 one \Arbo
has made the big step ot entering ttie workj
04 digitising, drop his lavounte computer,
the Speccie. buy an all-singing. aJl danc-
ing, sometimes all crashing Am^ga SGOO.
Spend anotiier a?upla liundred quKi on the
all imporlanl DiGiVlEW digitiser and graph-
ics editing software (see product listing
box), then make tile decision to spend
El 250 on the wor>der{u( RANK XEROX
4020 inkiet firinter artd to tlien declafe him-
seif completely and utterlv ioco and br o*^e,

Woftin it? You bet. every penny, or sjiouid
that be pounds^''

Alright. weVe all seen the standard
reviews in computer mags praisirig the

excellent DIGIVIEW dtgitiser and

the RANK XEROX 4020 printer,

we've ail seen the usual demo

pictures (remember oW Tut or Itie

Newtel^ ^dy in wool?), but these

poor reviewers never have the

tin^ to seriously get lo grips with

their review machines, tjetore they

have to be returned to the asylum f

and the machines to the manuiaciurer

or distributor). So, what's it like to use this

ALSO IN THIS MONTH'S CENTRE BYTES...

WORPPROCESSING

. sfyMng you atways wanted to Know about wordproces&ors but
ware altaid it was too expensive to asi( TGM Lab tested, we put ail
it% popiriar pad^ges through their paces. There's a ion of informa-
' ;jn on w^ial lo lool4 out tor. ttow to get the beet out of it. and where to
9tit It from PLUS Horror novelist Ramsey CampbeJJ as a WP guinea
p<g. and pnnters to see the results on.
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MEL'S TRIVIA vuamEMuvrm ,. .^.jmmm

eqit'^)menl and software, and
are the resuUs as good as the
demos wouVd indicate?

Well judge for youi'self ofi
these pages. The originals have
come from various sources.
DIGIVIEW is not a full colour
dtgitiser, bul in comtMnation with

a cotaur filter wheel in from of a
normal black & while video cam-
era it wifl scan ihree base colour
planes (fed, green, blue — or
RGB) and combine these to a
full colour picture in any of Ihe
Amtga s forrrYats, KJeally in HAM
mode or in high resolution inter-

lace,

When to use ome mode or the
other' Quite sini:pJe, tf y&u're
looking for best colour rer>dftion.
select HAM to give you 4096 dif-
ferent shadings, but with only
320 X 256 resoluttofi. If you're
looking tor best resolution,
choose hires interlace to give
l^ou a usetui @40 n 5^2 pixels
across the screen, but with only
16 colours If your picture has a
multitude ol prime colours (red.
green and blue), choose HAM,
othenwise you will tind
DIG IV IE W selecting an idieal
palette or 16 colours, but urmbie
to cover sorrw »mportarvt Shades
in the picture. The result is a
removal of bright red lipstick
froin leading ladies and other
wetrd discolourations.

But (ton t lorget, ^ digittsed
image is not only necessarily
good when it apjxoaches the
ortginial in tone and hue. you
may lind improvements on ttie
Ofigmal by making use ot these
inefficiencies and create, rather
than just digitise, images,

Newtek suogasi it>e use of
tiuorescent K^hiting for their new
titter wheel and witt^out going
too technical, you need baf
anced lighting with the cofreci
colour ternpefature Iri practice.
this means seleciing either mini-
fluorescent strip lighting from
your hardware sto/e or minia-
ture htak>gen lighting. As long as
the you're not imposing too
much of a ooiour tint Irom yoiir
light source, you can corrad the
hue within DlGlVI^W It you re
warned about expenrnenting,
'■ V the speaat copy stand and

. =Dr>g with your DIGIVIEW and
vicleo can^ra,

A good investment is also
DIGIDROID — the motohsed lit-
ter wheel, which selects the cor-
rect colour filter under fuli pro-
gram control and lets you mai^e
a perfect, undisturt>ed cup of tea
during full colour scans.

What video sources can b&
used with DIGIVIEW The
answer is any. You can enperi
ment with colour camcorders,
mono carneras, video recorders
or direct from TV, But there's a
snag DIGIVIEW is onty
equipped to harxjle a mono
video signal. So you need extra
equipment- Even it you're not

worried about the colour ete-
ment in the ptclure, you will
need to hlter out \b& cokiur mod-
ulation in the composite video
signal, II you don't, you get a
diagonal pattern across ttie digi-
tised image. So if your colour
Camcorder or video recorder
doesn t have a colour kill tsutton,
yov wilt have to improvise, More
ol this in a future rssus

It you re more audacious, you
Will want to digitise colour
images from your cokxjr cam-
Qprder Or home video recorder.
Tfiis means replacing tf\e ok}
mechanical filter wheel wfth an
electroriic setup, wMch splits the
colour composHe signal Irom the
vidieo source into separate RGB
signals ar>d combines them with
The compete sync signal and
feeds them on demarxJ 1o
DIGIVIEW

Complicated.- ? You bet. So
don't worry, a number of prod-
uds will appear goon to (at you
do this — at a price, tn tact, one
such product is already avail-
aiM. arv AMIGA COMBINER
RGB whicti only works in oon-
junction with tt>e professional
RENDALE genlock, so be pre-
pared to spend in excess ol
£800, Of wail tor less expensive
product to appear. The pidures
on these pages were t^en
mostly Ifom slides and kom a
digital video recorder fed
ttirough a very early prototype of
a colour splitter video manager
Irom FREL Ltd More of this
product m the near future.

Video recorder and cam-
corder images pose another
major probfem to DIGIVIEW,
The scanning of an image can
take several minutes and mufii
theretoce be frozen for \h6 dura-
tion ol the scan. That « obvicnis
ly not a protJ^em with a still
image such aS a colour slide or
artwork, but it you have live
action — say from a TV « film
or home video movte — . tNs
must be hailed and reialmed
with a good quality and steady
image. VBfy (ew video recorders
have a petfaci still frame capa-
bility due 10 the dynamics of
storir>g inuges on magnetic
media.

The only useful solution lies
With the new digital video
recorders. This does not Impiy

Left' a dithering Susan Sarandon, is she getting

the righl vibesf Imset left; you shouldn't have

said that about his mum — Sylvester Stallone

over(rejiacting?

Above, right: on the fly,., iteeie trsme vJdeo

image dighlsed using a new prototype colour

splitter video manager. And below it, a taste at

things to come — Xorox print version, but

what's the film?

Inset right: Steve Outtenbero meets his match

with Darryl Hannah in one ol her better

mromenls in,..?

Far right; a sweet looking Jutianne PhllNpB in.«.7

Centre Bytes

of

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dtgn^ recording onio madia as
itnlh CD disks, but dtQital rerer&
to Ihe freeze- frame pfindple —
trm lape is rut physK::ally hatiad
on these mactim^. The picture
is grabbed and digitised into
RAM memor/ in the video
recorder and output instead of

lt>e moving" pfclure. In other
words, a cornplete frame grab
ber within the video recorri- -
OiGlVlEW is to fecord An
already digrlised image'
Expertswe? Yes, bui don't forget
if >rou're already fanting a video
recorder, you're only^ looking at

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Send in your list ot film
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of the bag who gel at least
three tilms right will receive
B XEROX print of ttie lovely
MJcheMe Pteftfer (pictured
left).

Please also stale what
digitising equipment you
alrwdy have or would like
to purchase. Send ttre entry
to GRAB tX The Games
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The Products

(All prices are RRP inclusive of VAT)

DIGIVIEW GOLD V3.0 (Newtekf £129.95

WV>4tO CAMERA WITH 8.5MM LENS [ Panasonic]

£263.82

OtGiDHOtO (Newtek) £59.95

COPY STAND FOR D1GIV|£W (Newtek) £59,95

AMtGA COMBINER RGB (Pure GraphicsJ £172.50

AMIGA GENLOCK 8806 i A?000) (Rendale) £750.00

XEROX 4020 INK JET PRINTER (RanK Xerox) El 437,50

STARTER PACK (includes all necessary consumables):

C146.68

A fuM list ot products and suppliers will be published in the
next issw or TGM ai^ Centre Byles. Watch Ihis spaoel

Michelle Pleltfer (above) isn't
wicked, but shie also isn 1
ftdverliaing a hair ahompoo
la .-7

War isn't always a picnic
(below) In, ..7

the rental upgrade difference.

Thtere are a number of digilai
VHS recorders on the markeL
so try them out t>etore you buy
or fsni Selection of a cam-
corder can aiso be tricky. Tlie
probiem heie is fesoiulion, or
fack of it! Your average VHS,
VHSC or VIDEO 8 camcorder
provides a resolution of 200-
240 Una*, whicti is about ha>f
{\\% image resoiutton of the PAL
TV system you tiav© at home
To obtain good results wtien
digitising in HAM (320 x 256) Or
in hires mteriace mode (640 x
512) this IS insulfidenft and
Newtek advise ttie use of 9
mono video camera, as ttiis
provides resolutions in excess
oi 400 lirjeSn The only other
option is the new SUPER VHS
format which provides a similar
resolution in cotour, and reach
es the limll of the PAL video
format S^ai- Again, be pre-
pared to pay somelliing in the
region of E 1 400 for this type of
camera

SUPER VHS formal records
and outputs the luminance and
cliromi nance element of the
video signal separately, so you
need an adaptor or colour split-
ler/RGB-comtJine which lakes
care of this, Perhaps you're
best off following Newtek's
advice after all. At under £3(X>
a mono video camera ts good
value for money. But tieware ol
Its HmHations. Unlike modern
camcorders there's no user-
friendly macro facility, in fact
you need a screwdriver to

adjust the foca^ length range, a
must tor slldie digitisirkgr t just
hope the screw <s built to last,

Anott>er niggly poinl is ttie
Choice of the 8,5mm lens
Check th« edge of itie scanned
image and you find massive
distortion. The ceintre area of
the ima^e is lengltiened and
the perimeter areas shorter>ed,
Foftunatety. anyone you show
the results to won't usually be
able to compare original and
digitised image &.ide by side,
but the distortion can cause
probiems on sorr^e geomeU'ic
inrtages,

Previewing is another prob-
lem on olGlviev^ Untonunaie-
ly Newtek have r>oi provided a
monitor output for previewing
and focusing' centering of the
image. You musi purchase a
video amptrlier with multiple
outputs or wart for the new
colour sp^itter/yideo managers
which incorporate switchover
between computer activity dis-
play and video input monitor-
ing. Who said digitising was
simple?

In the next issue I'll be dis
cussing tt>e various compo-
rtents in more detail and pro-
vide son>e useful tips on t>ow to
digitise slides — a chapter in
itself Further there will experi-
ences to report on RANK
XEROX 4020 printing and anal-
ysis of printing «jsls In ihe
meantime t^e a k>oK at wicked
witch Susan Sarandon in full
Inkjet glory.

34 TGM TX021 :8-89

I

GUIDE TO
WORD
PROCESSORS
& PRINTERS

Anyone who has to do a loi of writing wUI soon realise the
bnutauons of a tvpewritet — if you make any major mis-
takes or just want to jnake a few changes ihe entire
□aga bas to ba re typed Obviously a word processor is a mxxst
for iJiy writer whether you're wntmg magaaina arudes, bust-
naas reports, novels or just letters.

Eaity word prooessors weie very basic text editors. Spelling
mimifcwi and typing errors could be rectified, paregraplis could
be changed, ten could be moved or inserted to another part of
the anide and words couJd be replaced automatioally with oth-
ers However, word processors have come along way Whie
many stUl retam these basic features they've been expanded
upon For Instance many aUow t^ct to b« cut and pasted
berween two files: multiple documents to be worked on at the
same time; niajl merge and macros Some even alk>w graphics
designed on an art utility to be included m a text f tie.

So what then is the difjArenoa between a word processor and
a deslctop pubhshing (DTP) package If truth be told very little
Generally a word processor features better text editing focUi-
tiet such as spell checkers and fmd and replace options, while
DTP packages are best suited, for layout aiid graphic work
However, the dividing lines are becoming increasingly tiluired
tpute often word processors duplicate many of the options of a
DTP padtage while lexi edltmg factHcies on DTP packages are
beconung more sophisticated^

Wben purchasmg a word processor it's Inuporiant to consider
what you want it for and what facilities you need This may
tOttOd obvKnis but it lb poindess spending money on an expen-
dve package when all you want to do is write letters Another
eoosicteration is youi printer, Colour graphics import facilities
are foie if you've got a colour printer but a bit pointless other-
wise; also don't forget to check to see if youi printer is compat-
QAt With this m mind read through the TGM guide to IS bit
woid processors to fmd the package that suits your own pnce
raoQe and needs.

GLOSSARY

ASCII American Standard
Code for Irformation
Interchange. A file format
where just tbe basic codes for
pnnimg the characters are
saved -- le. all printer codes
are srtnpped out Word proces-
sors which Support ASCQ can
eixetiange files with other
ASCn compatible programs
(and sometimes other com^*
puiers. via serial ports or simi-
lar disk formats)
DOCUftHiNT Any file created
in a word processor, can con-
tain graphics and text
DOCUMENTATION A bnef
de^cnption of the manual Is it
easy to understand? Or does
it fail to highlight potential
problems"?

FONTS Types of character
sets If your printer doesn't
support a particulai font it
won't be sSjle print it regard-
less of whether the software
can

EASE OF USE What It's like to
work with

ORAFHICS Some word proces-
sors offer the facility to
include graphics in a text file

However, few allow for muiu
ooiouied images to be includ
ed and will often reootour the
graphjr.

INTERLACE A screen resolu-
tion mode on the Armga with
a vertical resolution of 400
Lnes

MACRO A user-defined oper-
auon A word can be
tAdigned stnngs of frequendy
used instmctlona which wiU
be performed when ever this
word IS entered,
MAIL MERGE ITseful for pro-
ducing a series of documents
which differ only slightly
from each other The most
common use is to producH
multiple letters with different
names and addresses on
each but the same body of
text

MISMATCHED WOltO Any
word not found m a spell
ctwc^wr'e dicuonary A mis
matched word may not be
misspelled it just isn't in the
flictionary !f this is the atse
most spell checkers aliow you
to include it in the dictionary
for future use

MULTtTASKiNO The capability
to run more than one pro-
gram at a time The Armga

TGM 1X021:8-89 35

has Lhis facilitv buUtin. Many
word processors allow thm
usci ID edit several docu-
ments at once and cui and
paste between Lhem.
ftOlHifTERLftCE A Scte&O.
modis wiih a vertical resolu-
tion of 200 lines
POltn SIZE A unn of ineafiure-
ment used by typesetters and
printers lo measure font size
Theie are fZ points per inch
Common sizes include 8, 10
and 17 point

PRINTER Whai prmtois the
packaae will output to. Check
to see if your pnniei is coin-
patible with any oi those list-
ed

PRODUCER Who to contact if
you'ie iiUMested m any par-
ticular program
REQUESTOR A box thai
apj^ears m a window as
rL'sponse to a choice made on
a menu requesting additional
information to complete the
command .

SCRE^ The screen re^tu-
tton This IS particularly
umportont on packages that
can miport giaphics. Higher
lesolutjons allow Tor more
detailed graphics.
S4ZE5 Font sizes measuied m
ixsint sizp

SPEC I AC FEATURES Any addl-
tioaal functions not nomtaUy
featured on a word piocassQT.
SPELL CHECKER/DiCTIQ-
NARY/THESAURUS Details on
sp«U cor t BCtion facilnie^
includmg the size of the
mbuilt dictionary and any
ChesaMrus functions.
STYLES Alter nativF© ways of
representmg the same font,
Useful for hiQhlighung sec-
tions of text

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Mmtmum hardware and soft-
ware tequif ements to get the
package up and runnmg. The
moref powerful programa
operate more efficiently with
two disk drives and memory
expansions for dicttonartes
lAB GUIDE Our TGM Lab
Roport at a glance overall
appraisal of the piDgrani tak-
ing m to oonfiideration ease of
use, functions and pnoe
WIMP Windows, icons.
mouse and puU-down menus
V.' Windows, icons, mouse
;i:irl pointer, which some
iiq-iit^ was the original inter-

ii o( the acronym)
,^^. are selected by point-
ing to the desired function on
a pull -down menu The stan-
dard working enviiOrunent for
most word processors
WYSIWYG What You See Is
What You Get Documenta
appear on screen exactly as
they wlU be printed fvery use-
ful I— saves reams of paper' )
However, it relies on screen
resohition and can be quite
misleading at times.

WORD PROCESSOR PACKAGES

KCKAQE: Prowrite
SYSTEM REQurRtiMCMTt: Amiga.
&12K HAM, iticHsuijt I.?, oi later
SCREEK: In ordi?i lo display pjic-
tutes artd lejtt in th& same pro-
portions ttial they will be pruited,
Prowriio operates m high fesolu-
Ltun mode. El you done owii a
high resolution cnonitor Uie
scT&^n will nickel. Kpwever, an
addiuonal medium resolution
v<<rswin is supplied on disk
H,egardli«is ot which version is
used both vtfiU ptmi in lughres,
WVSIWYO; Yes. ut higit resolution
only

POWTS: Diarncmd, Emerald.
Garnet, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire,
TopaJ

STYLES: Plain, Bold. Italic,
UnderiinQ, Superscript, Subscript.
SIZ»; n. 2G.

QXUkPfKA: Lmpons normal IFF
pidurea such as Uioso creaied on
the Ovtuxe Pauit series of art util
ities as w^U as Hold And Modify
(HAM} pictures. Although the
Amigs is capable of producino
4090 colours, most colour printers
can only produce seven colours.
When a muitl-oDlour picture is
printed ihe printer produces an
approximation of the on screen
ooloure using a ditheruig tech-
nique This works by printing
two cxilours clc^e together to cre-
au9 Che illusion of a third colout.
For instance to produce dark
blues the pnnter alternates
between prmtmg blue and blaclc
dots. Howevei. this method
doesn't always produce satisfac-
tory results. Prowrite attempts to
rectify this by showing the
dithered picture on screen along
with options to control the
degree of ditheruig Alternatively
a graphic can be convened into a
monochrome image. Pictures can
also be resized both vertically
and horizontally. Very close to a
DTPpadcage
MAIL MERGE: V^s

PRINTER: Epson. CBM MPS 1000.
IBM, Xerox and compatibles
ASCU WTPUft Yes
SPEll

CHEC KER/DtCnONAR Y/THE-
SAURUS: Mismatched words are
highlighttid in a special re^jue^or
where they can be ignored,
changed or added to the 95,000
word dictionary A suggest
o(>tion Will diiiplay a lit^t ol simi'
larly spelled words m a list bpx-
Corrected words will automaii-
cally replace mismatched words
in the docuinent
DOCUMENTATION Very detailed.
The manual assume the user is
familiar with WIMP environ-
ments and Worktiencb hut never
fails to explatn any option m suf-
ficient detail for inexpenenced
computer users. By the end of the
tiist chapter the user is famiUai
with spell checking, cut and
paste, and basic document edit-
ing functions While subsequent
chapten show how to get moie
out o( ihesf itrii! oih«r options.
SPECUU. FEATURES: Supports
AxiUQa mulu lesking. You can
open sevi^ral documents simulta-
neously in seve]fai windows and
cut and paste between them
EASE OF USE: While the manual
gives detailed explanations of ail
the program's functKins, anyone
fanuMar wtth word prooessotrs
will experience very few prob-
lems using Prownte without it.
Most of th« options are self
explanatory and a little expen-
mentation soon reveals the pur
pose of those that^aren't.
1fGMQuiOE;?ncedat£95
PiuVt'i lie can't be grouped witfi
the budget word processor $ not,
IS it as expensive as some of the
lop-end Amiga padtages. As
such it tails in a shadowy middle
ground which is fiequenily over-
looked by many potential buyers
Which IS a real shame because it
Is a manreilous package — pow

erful yet easy to use.

PfMCE: £85

PftOOVCER; N«w Hohzoas

Scdtware Availahlfl in the LTK
from HBM,<iikfltma, Brooldyn
fioua*. 22 The Green, West
Dravton. Middlesex UB? 7P0
Tel: (OaSSil 444433,

PACKAISE: Trnmira^tpl

SYSTEM REQUtREMENTS: Amiga,

bl2K KAM

SCRSN: Low resolution, mter-

laoe and rvon interlace modtti.

wmWYH: There's a video pie-

view option which allowB you to

view a t' ■ •■' '■ :t ofthe

actual I tjowevsr.

you can ijijiiy v;i,'W tno document
in ihlfi mode you can't edit it,

FONTS L TapAl.

STYtES PUnn, Bold. Italics.
Undflilme.

GRAPHICS: l4o graphics support
MAIL MERGE; Yes.
PRINTER: Any of Uwse featured
in the Preferences directory on
Worktscnch
ASCII OUTPLTT; Yea
SPELL

CHECHER/D»CTIONARY/TNE-
SAURUS; SfK:L!! ch^n-kmo i.-s rtone
by a sepatatc> ].iEr.i>g[.uin cmU'ti
TranapeEl Individual words oi
entire documeitts can he apeHed
chodned, Mismatched woids can
bo corrected m a special
reguesior and will be automau-
cally replaced m the doaimenl.
ignored oiT added temporanjy to
the dictionary AKonauveiy,
guess ■pi?llmrr wiU open &
requesr words that are

close in , , The default dic-

tionary consists of 90,000 words.
Woids can bo added lo it tern-
poraitly but they wiU be lost onc»
the Amiga has been switched
off, unless a new dictionary is
saved Tr.fds;;k

DOCUMENTATtON: There are
always itKssf users who wish to

36TGMTX02l:e-89

WP HORRORS!

It'a all very well TOM lecturing yvu on whafa
the tMtflt way to proc«e« your words and what
•iqutfifnent to buy, bui how do ihe profess^en-
Mte fio about lh«ir word processing days.
Androw Ritson spoko io top horror writer,
flaniAey Canipb«ll on the joros and cons of
word pfbCftssing,.,

Ram««iy Campbcil) (author o! Ttie Hungry Mxyr,
At^d&« tm^m and Oemows By Oayi^gin) is Hie
raaponsibie owner of an Aprjcot 266, It's the diary
of his night and daycares.

The master ol horror s<t5 htirx^eid in his eh&lf,
a green ilght biatlun^ his face in a ghosiiy gan^t)
shiidii. Hfo computer lie* dorn^ant, t&s\mf} Its
weary CPl^ (head), before b«ing isoughed into
action by Its hideous owner.

It's, ool R bad cgnipiiter,' he siiys,, proudly pSH
ting hts WoFdstar 5 padiage. which he re^rds
wiih high esteem, Preitty much uniik© tfie tnla-
nious Amstrad manual' h& laughs with a conta^
giout smirk. Did you know Ihofe's even a best-

semn^ book callad How Ta Uf^dsmmd Y^r

.^VrisffVKf?'

CampbeP t«gan ct^rriputing as an ignorant.
Thie leap from the pneumahc-dnllir^ typewrttor
to She word pfocessw began five year^ ago,
Cornpulei Sp«ciaits1 Jtian Hill introduced hJm lo
Ihe meiaf-kind. wiiri an invrllnfl hand. >ie y'are;
Bhfli sakl one day, come piay on ihiev He natural-
ly datit^ed with Ihe ccnlnoos Keyboard and look
an immediate dislike lo it Hie r«$ponse7 GhHiairiy
The phrase 'lata! Ofrof' crdpp«>d up and sonie-
thtng disappeared off scra«^n. Most o0d inde^id.

Hnwevef , since ibai shock 04 a bmp Bftd Qruni
from the fxHitputer g metal gui, he's b«en ha^fiy
with hlf newest con^panlon; ihe Aprtcot In conv
paii&on has boon ever bo user-frw*dty,
Oampbeli's Apncol is his closesi companion,
Carelully, he cAr«>&e«& its mivtiry face with a
iov«f $ totidi: speaking lo it m a lar greater pa^
than the printer prints.

The most useful thing about this buio is that (t
chfick? repeiilion. A diclKsoary ii> ihere for use,
wNch i& extfemety powerful Qm comical
occurence of the new system happengid whwi h«
added tbe words grtj^some' ar>d 'o/ota^ue' lo
Its literary banks. The computer's response^:

Ceiitra Byt0B

WORD PROCESSOR PACKAGES

itL?e suaigbi into a piogiam with-
out readtng the releva^i details
fiist A tidtoriaJ early on in the
nMnual is design^ied W3th them in
toind pro^vjdmg a simple example
of how to create, edit and save a
docuo^Eit. G^eraUy Uie docu-
nvstatjoit is One with aJI lelei-
enoes to word prooesscfi jaigon
d^rly explained.
SPICIAL FEATURES: Designed
to work with the DTP package
ftclessional Page,
EASE OF USii Virtually all fmc-
tioas can be carried out with only
afewkpy presses.
LAB Oil IDE: Excellent text edit
and layout Eacilities. Clearly
aim^d at the senoufe user and at a
baigain price Lack of graphits
sup-port may be disappotdting but
at such a cheap price it is easily
imegiated in a low cost DTP set
up.

PmCES; £25.
PflOOUCEHi Gold DiSk-
Distiibuted in the UK by HB
Maiiieting, Biooklyn House, £2
The Green, West Drayton,
Middlesex UB7 7PQ. Tel: (0895)
444433.

MCMGE: VVotdFerfect
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Amiga, 51 2K RAM
SCREEN: The text window can be
set to ahy size using the usual
wukJow resize prcx:edtires.
Operafes in mediuin lesolutioii.

FQfrrS: Many.

SITLES: Plain, Bold, Underline,

[talics. SupersciipiL, Subscript.

Overstrifee

SI2E$: User<lefined

BRAPfllCS: No graphics unpo^t

Jaolities

MAIL MERG& Yes

ntiNTER: A separate disk oontrols

an printer configuration opttons,

Mftst dot-mauuc and mafly otfter

types of printer are catered lor.

ASCII OUTPUT: Yes

SPEIX

CHECKER/D<ICTIONAffY/THE^
SAURUS: A ^'iepafato disk takes
care of the spell check, dictionary

and thesaurus hmctions.
Mismatched words are highJight-
ed along with a list of simllaily
speLed alternatives. Other correc-
tion options include the Phonetic
option which produces a list of
words which sound stmiiai to the
mismatched word. Any correc-
tioDs will automatJcaiEy appeal in
the document Dictionaries can
be set up loi specific purposes
such as business or computing.
Not only can words be added to
the dictionary but they can also
be deleted when you feel they are
redtmdant.

WordPerfect features a fully
developed thesaurus Option.
Once activated, woids are easily
selected usmg the cursor The
program then pioduces a list of
possible alternatives Should you
decide va setea any of Oiese ihe
old word will be substituted in
the docuinem for tfte new one.
DOCUMENTATION: A huge 600 or
SO page manual. Incredibly
daunting and incredibly detailed.
The size of the manual makes it
difficult to locate exact informa-
tion quickly and quite often sev-
eral pieces, located in different
sections of the manual must he-
cross referenced to fully under-
stand a function. However, a cam-
prehensive tutonaJ section helps
teach Biajiy of WordPerfect s fea-
tures.

SPECIAL F^TURiS: Sequences of
insEnjctions can be assigned ic
MACROS

EASE Of USE: I>efin:tely not for
beginners Basically it's difficult
to use because ttieie are so many
faalEties to master, Some options
ajre not immediately aooessable
and a fair amount of documenta-
tion reading is necessary before
you can start using the program

adequately Fortunately, a tutorial
disk 15 supplied and a help option
provide a quick keysLioke relei-
ence guide. If you're still prone to
getting lost (which is likely for a
good whUe} a template with a fuJt
li£t of key functions fits over Lbe
Amiga keyboard.
LAS GUIDE: WordPerfect is gener-
ally legatded as one of the best
word processors available for the
Amiiga and quite rightly so. The
editing and layout features are
everyiliing you could want in a
word processor and more.
However, the price is rathe? pro-
hibitive and only worth the outlay
if you're really serious about
word processing or DTP
PnCE:£2Za.

PftOOUCIA: WPCorp Products
Supplied in the UK by EleOric
Distribution, Meadow Lane. St
Ives, Huntingdon, Cambs PE17
4LG. Tel (0490H9^89.

PACKAGE: Tlisfs Vi^rite
SYSTEM REQUIREMEIfTS: Atari
ST. 5i2K RAM.
SCREEN: Medium resolutioa.
WYSIWYG: Yes

RHfTS: Pica. Elite. Times York.
Rods, Helbo, Greek.
STYIES: Plain. Boid. Underlmet
Double UndetJined, Stnke
Through, Italic, Superscript,
Subscript, Symbol.
SilSSt Varies aoootding to font
and style.

(JHAPHICS: No graphics support,
MAIL MERGE: Yes. compatible
Willi some database packages
such as dBMan.

PIHNTER: Most 9-pin and 24-pui
dot -matrix printers also the Atari
laser 5LM 804
ASCII mjfmjti Yes.
5PO±

CHE€KER/0lCT10NAnv/THE'
SAURUS: Fast spell checker The
dictionary ts kept m RAM when-
ever possible. Also one of the few
programs to suEqxm foreign Ian-

Horror author RAmsey Csrnp&eti

Do jrou reauy want to add 'i^me *wrtfe?

CarripbelL laugfis giiigedy, his heart tkiting like
an old graFidfatf^ec dock.

Ca<TipbeJT was a latecorrwr to wrord processing
Howevaf, hd agm&6 Hs us&g&s are ^ntihfi A
cornptel^ly differarrt pntrrf-s^t oomes into pla^f
ofwe 1 switch irom longhand to scfeen, Cfeative
enefgy 'i% ust^aliy usurped on paper, and revision
on acreen, I can rww ^tm oomptele r eOundancies
o* lej(t on se^ng a pnnfed page, i guess the thtfig
which coftvinc0di nn* of WPs' advantages was
ttmif abifrty Id cut here and ther^e. without scfew'
ing up pieces ol p^ies afKi hsvittg io etari ^abi/

Canpbefl begirm his daily wmiriQ shift at
7;30am* Tho morntr^ is swaKcnraid up by thinHtng
jmagtn^d>v0ly. Cf^tivity is an eadjf nx>rfiir>g pdort-
^. Whting noft-ficBon, whkc*i he r^gard^ as b&tng
rrx^fs laierat, can be don« straigM onto screen
wUhOirt (hd us© of 1+19 mrahty swwd — frw pen.

Has he any r^&t£ of t^i&m#ss to vent ^^aih^Sl
(tje computer ifKlystrv aJ iaf^?

Yes, h« ^ues <tefiafi!^, flaying £3,000 tor a
system and b^^ tokf to simply go away and use
k is nol my ktea of s^^sman^ip.' Ha adds: "Wa
once had a prcWem — the compufsi' rsfused to

conmu&d m page 38

guages |cunenUy German and
Dutch, others available on
request J,

OOCWIiNTATION: Concise manu-
al wrineii with beginne/s in
mind.

SPectALFEAIUflES: Font editor
for user-dehned character sets
includmg logos aod other sym-
bols

EASE OF WE; ViHT simpte. As
any key oa Che keyboard caii be
assigned its own maao you can
efitectively customise the pro-
gram to Suit your own wntmg
and layout habits. Selections
need never be nK»e tfian a key-
press away

LAB GUIDE: A reasonable woid
processor with a wide setecHon
of fonts {n»re sie available)
which slK»uld appeal to those
who wish to vary the appearance
of their text. The font editor
proveiS 10 be very useful for
adding a personal touch to a doc-
ument in the form of a custom
kjgo

PfltCE; £129
PHODU^R: Cavendifih
Distributors Ltd. 209 Tottenham
Court Road, London W1 9AF Tel
(Ol) 323 4761

PACKAGE: K-Word 2
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Atan
ST. 5i2itfiAM

SCRGEIt: Medium resolution.
WYSIWYQ: Yes.
FONTS; Just the one.
STTLEfc Plain. Italic, Bold.
Underline.

SIZES: Non -changeable.
GRAPHICS: No gmptUCS support,
MAIL MERGE: Yes
PB*NTEH: Includes a printer con-
figuration program which can be
adapted to tami popular makes
of printer The configuFatKin rou-
tines also work wiUi other soft-
ware application i^ckag^:.
ASCII OUTPUT; Yes.

spa±

CBECKER/DfCTlONARY/lHE-
SAURUS: K Word does not lea-
•.^■.. ^:., :,peU checker, theSBunu
or dictior^ary options of its own.
However, it is fuUy oimpatitda
with K Spell and KRogei (also
from Kkima} which provide exten-
sive docuovent correction facih-

DOCUMENTATION; SmOe tiUs Jsnt
a pa; ' omplex word pro-

cessor ,rLuai isn't overly

long Shouldn t pose any ptoi>
iems for anybcxly
SPECIAL FEATURES: Frequently
lonsorwojds
any one of ^e
r . t-.L-ya

EASE OF k^E: Operates m a
wiMF envtronroent wtthoitt
hordes of windows to clutter up
the soeeiv twy easy to use Aii
the editing functions are- easily
accessed with just a few clicks of
the mau*e. There's even a hetp
option which provides bi lel
explanattDns q( some of the pro-
gram's funaions just in case you
get lost. The document editing

TGM 1X021:8-89 37

WORD PROCESSOR PACKAGES

\ I ili'.i-^^. including cut and. pa<td
:u..i ;.:jlanclteplacp at^n't
(developed tQ A p nh

<f*0t«'butaiet' : > ■-

nent rm everyijay use.
LAB OlflDC; Aimed very much at
Uie first umeuser The pfogiain
IS preseDtod m a Donansaiue
nuuum witbout tiefty manuals or
ovflf comptex meriiui While Eoost
otMr ST word procesBors are
moic- 50pliixticatecl (and expen
sj.vej It's wionh askintf yoursoil d^
you need reaios of functtons'' K-
Wofd 2 L£ tutly compatihte with
the IC range of applicaiian pack
ages iiam Kuma Prissently these
include a speU cbeckejt. a the-
saurus, B documectt lEdffiCing sys-
tem and a spreadsheet By mat
irtg the program modulai you can
adapt It to suu your own needs
without paying for functions that
','1!] won't uso Lack of ij^rsphics
h ..pport Is disappointing but si
VQU cin3y want a word proc^sor
to wnte weU ptesent«ci l«tt«{$ K-
Wofd 3 IS more than adequate.
PfliCE:C39%
PfiOtHlCEfl: Ktuoa Cotnputers

'iorseshoe Park'

itne, B«r)tahue Rea 7JW
Teik 07357)4335,

PACKAGE: Protext (v«T^idil 4.2) . |

SYSTEM ȣWIIRCMENTS; Atari SI*

or Anuga with minimum of SIZK

RAM

SCREEN: Medium resolulioii

WTfSlWTfl: Yes,

FONTS: Just one

STYLES: Plain, Bold. UiidfflrLin«,

Italics. Condensed, DcMJhle Strike

Pica

Suiwo-jpi SupersT]

SIZES: Standard ttv^

ST or Amiga

WUPMCS: No graphira Impart

faciliiy. However, simple line

bosrrs can be drawm.

MAJL MERGE: Yes

PfnNnit; E{son. Diablo, HP
Laseqet and oompatihles Otlwi
makes of printer are easily con-
hmnt^ for us« with Piotexl.
ASCII OUTPUT: fes
SPfU

CHECKER/OlCTIONAflV/THE-
SAUAUS: Bujll m 70.000 wotd die-
tkinarV' Mismatched words can
b« kgnored or added to the dicito-
naiy There's also a speU check
while typ ingjac tmy
OOCUMPfnulOM: The manual on
^ailier vfrtaton^ wm rather mud-
died; it was often difficult to
locBld exactly what you were
JooJEinofar ThanlduUy m the lat
est version itus has btieo
improve

SraOAL FEATURES: CompatiMe
With sooie other woid processors
indtiddig Fust Word on ifie ST
EA$C OF USE: GeneiaUy straight
forwatd Initialiy verv easy lo use
but some ol the more complex
functtona cah be a bit Ult^ to
irtaater However, the new
improved inanual is a ODftsldei-
ableh^

lAI ttJiDE; A popular word pro-
cessor for both the ST and Amiga
and oonunual revisions ensure
good aft«f safes support perhaps
4 little ovmirioed m view o( the
lack of gtapbk:s ooimmainds
Nevertheless an ostcellenl word

processor
PRICE: £dd 95. Owners of earlier
vi^riiioas can purchase an
upgrade at a disoouitt
WOOUCEII: Arnoi, 611 Lincoln
8oad, Pet«thoroi*gh PEI 3KA Tel
J07U) £8909.

PACHACE: Tlrst Word Plus

{Vet8lcMl3.14)

SVITEM RCQUIRGIIENTS; AVU\

ST. 51 2K EU^M.

SCRC0i: Htgh and mediuin rma-

lution modieit are supported. Foi

high les you'll need a spectaf

mono momtor Medium les works

wall With TV£, although diatin

guishing a comrna and a lull stop

la difficuii oa smalto seta,

WVSlWVO:¥es.

RMTTS: Pica, Elite, eitpandsd aiul

condensed

STYLES: llahc, uilderliilied. SUptiir-

script. suhsCTipt can he com ^

fjined and presented in bold.

mediu m or Ught.

smfc Ju5t one.

GRAPHtCS: FWF OOEDM vtnth a

S[ifi|jstH>i: acceaaory vtttich can

Snatch any pictures Created by a

QEM based package and jMSta

them ml,., d document Theresa

alao a DegaSnap for use with

Qo^as and Degfat Eiiie

HUM. MERdE: FWF oomes with

Flint Mail ^ a maS meiige pack-

aga sold separately fof £14 9S

Bes,ides FWP dataliles you can

use f!Qes ttom H&D Bas«,

LaverBase. DB Master One and

dBMAN to Croats form letters

pmNTEn: Brother HH datsywbeei

series (exrept HB t) DiablQ

CMiplieFI. fnxR prB¥foM

pnnT out It &at tliere glumly convimc^d It was about
to do somelhing, but Ft didn't We rang Aprioof —
Ihey said il was a software iaan. Vte rang the soft-
wtrv pioducQfs: ihtii response — wait in a queue
and be paOenl' Thankfully, Jesn Hill performed
QfMft-t)eflri sufgery and solved the praoem. The
flrily jM^wftv — stoaptess nJghte.

Woutd CampMll be interested in toOowtng CUve
Baffcjef, aiTd seeing his name on ihe computer
gan^e shelves? WoiJid ifie Idea ol ruwe^ conversion
ID screen anracs the yourqw generaiion? "Oh
undoUHedy YES \ think H whM he greet fun.
Lefs hope 50ftie scttwere housei apf>rpaehes me!'

Campbell's househokj doesn t cofiiair any addic-
bve computer games. He does bravety admit to
often whilkng away tfie hdurs sitting in a spacepod
simulator down at the tocal arcade. Sitting iig^tiv m
a enit and weaving yourself in betweer) an astaraid
Shower is tun. he gleams, but addtchon admittedly
tt frtghienirtg. Fortunately, my children haven't ool
itwiir miiile^ into the danws martinet, althoogn I
wouHdnl dtoeoufogtthem.'

Campbell's most recall viefiture inio Itie apoc^
oiypOc (tihire was The Hungr/ Moon (available on

Amw Boo^s) — a podrayal of the sh«k>wy era of
posl-nudear war- Is he afrajd of nuo^ar l8ChrKjk>

fly'

Of course, yee. Sut i! is usages whict% are dan-
gerous PrimanJy its us«h$ are economK: ^ cfieaper
goods ai a fasier rate. Bui the drawback is the old
Freudian idea — once you learn to db something,
yog cant undo iil Csrt you? Dependence is als«
dangerous,'

Rom darkrwsa to Hghi, Campbell add^esaes Hie
comtaa! side of . compuiing 1 dont know wtwthar
this is true >n Bniain, but *n Amenca, there s a com*
puier game whereby if you feed in the wrong eigit,
your whole system wifi be fused-' A bjl Hue f)us$iao^
Roulede? Ves, he hatils L»napo(ogetic^,

His pastirrws include watching re- runs oi Tron —
the computer -generated film Will he t>e employing
the sefvices ol a robot cleaner shoukJ ora land on
ftis doorsiep? Emtrmm.' he cowls, I'd have toi
examine H pretty carefully. &ui it sounds fun doeent
VI? Of course, a maJfunction woukl be something
else.

The conversation ended abn^Jtty iMHh the mva-
sKjn of a hum His computer bfinked ar»d yswned
Are you talking about me 7 it bleeped.

daisywtieel, Epson FX. RX, JX 8
ooAour printei, LX and LQ. IBU
Petaooal Graptucs prtntar and
Pft>f3ffinter, Juki 6100 daisyvfbod.
Star. Qume Sprint daisywheel
series (except IC), Atari SMM804
and oimpatlblas. There's also a
Standanl ASCII printer driver
and a cuvtoroise printer driver
option

ASCH OUTPtJT: Y«
fPEll

CHCCItEII/tHCTIONARY/TMC'
SAURUS: ^0.000 word dictionaiy
With opuon 10 cnole auppiamen'
taiy dictiooadai whi^ can be
mauitaload tepaiaiely. or owged
with the main dictionarv wtuch
currently takea lew than a
tninu^ to load. Docunienta aiay
be spell diK^ed all in one go. or
continuously with a beep
announcing each misspelling ai
u'a input

dOCtiMfifnTtiON: A sturdy rii^
binder talws both FWP and First
Mall mainjctions. Both are well
laid out aitd oompr^wnsive (FWF
uaehiUy aq^ilaua whyoany
pilntars have protema with NLQ
Mabcal. the indexes could be bet
teitlioi^fh.

tPRlM. fUnMOi mab'b«Hd
Scn^ file and a spill faattue
which expfoiu a hard disk lo
aUow bigger documents
EASC OF USEt FWF takes the
basic First Word WP roost people
wdl tie faniiUar with and oat. oiity
adds addlHooal laabina but
improvoi eadsttna doea (le
putting beadar ban on file seiec-
tors ao yvu can tM whetbei ibe
menu is fof daliTtftg at edaing
files] Also weteonta are stadatlca
(words, remaining disk/BAM
9pa>»), Save and neaunu and
backcpround priiuirm wtule edU-
ung In sbotl an ekttemaly usBT-
iriendly [Htigrwn
IAS dUlDE; FWP IS one Of the
most powerful CEM-besed word
processors around and the natu-
ral choue (or upgfadug First
Word users.
PRICED ai 9S
PRODUCER; OST SoHwaie
QisLributed ui the UK by Elactilc
Distribution. Meadow Lane, St
Ive9. Huntmgdon. Cambe EtEt7
4La Tel (04801 496789.

PACKAaE: Worrt Wciier ST
SySTEM REQUtREMENTi.* Atari
ST. 513K flAH A RAM ffitpeniiion
ts lecomiaeflded to make eflec-
tiva uve of the spell checker
SOim; Win work in high or
medium tea modee, but not krw

Jim

WYSlWYd: YeS-
RWrS: Just one

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WORD PROCESSOR PACKAGES

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SUES; Jusl one
ttVLES^ iLaiicB. bold. tii^. siib-
Ktipi and superscttpt inay be
mixed and maiched as usual
OUPMC&No.

MM. WERQe: Y€S. Can draw dais
frm TSmeworlLS Swiftcalc St and
D«a Mdnagei ST
FRHITER: A wide range includmg
Alan 804, Brother HR senes,
Ciujsen P35, Conm^t. Epson.
Juki, NEC 3550. Paoasoiuc.
Diablo. Toshiba, Seilio. Star.
Ctume, Transtar, OkunGMje and
dompatibl^s

ASCi OUTPUT: Yes (vja printer
firivef)
9KU

CHiCHER/DlCnONARY/TTiE'
UUfltJS: SQ.OOO EngLsh dicUp-
tuai amd 60,000 hey woid the-
rautiis Untoriunateiy on a stan-
dard 520 STFM the size of xhB
dictionuy meati^ you re unabte
to spell cbeck dociiment$ at more
than a couple of pages withciut
ronning out of rnemorv.
D{>CUMENTAT10N: Geiwn% 0OO4

except for the allimpoitaiit print-
er section which is rathei small
and noi verv mfomiatitfe.
SPEClAt FUTURES: A USeftf]
'Integrated OutUne Processof'
which uses a Mielied series of
labs to help with planning out
essays etc,

EASE Of US& Sp«ll Checking doc-
uments Is one of the most tedious
WP functions, and if you've got a
megabyte of memory or more the
90,000 word dictionary is
exuemely attractive, [n addition
□Dce ytiu chcxise to i^ote a woid
on a S|ieU check sweep ail further
occurences of the word ate
ignored as weU The Lhesaurus is
reasonable as well, though a disk
access is reqiwed for each word
yoti warn to find synonyms (or
Wdfd Wriiei ST is comp«kiLbie
with both First Word and FWP
LAa OUIOC: A suponor speil
checli. bold menu headings and
QuicIk Kgy system make ijus a
senoits nvaJ to FWP in many
respfjcts
PRWE: £79.95

PRODUCER; Tuneworfcs AvailobEe
ui the UK liom Electric
Distribution. Meadow Lane. St
jves. Huntmacion, Cambs RE17
4LG Tel r(MaOM9€7^.

PACKAGE: Word up

SYSTEM REDUmEMENTS: Atan

ST. 5i2K HAM If.^U iioeded for
giaphics import options and some

pnnteis. It's also advisable to
h^ve either a douMe skied disk
dnve or an additional drive
SCREEN: Medium or high resolu<
tjoD- Smaller fonts would piwe dif-
ficulties on most TVs.
WYSfwVO; Yes.
FONTS: Swiss (like Helvetica^
Dutch (like Timee), Typewiltai:
Sm£S: Piatri, Botd, LiOhl.
Skewed, Outline, Underline,
Broken Underhne, Double
Underline, Sirtkethrough,
Superacnpt, SuJ:>s€ript.
«IZE3:8. 9. 10. 12. Z4
GRAPHIC^ Imports graphics &01It
Vvgiis Elite, Neochiome and m
OEM miage format However,
ooloui graphics are automalicallv
converted to moncKhiome images
and some adjustmenLs may have
to be made to Uie graphic to
ensure ihat tl]e colours remam
Uieu origmal mtensities Graphics
can be resijied eilher manually or
with aspect' latio scahng options
to maint^n the origma! width and
height ratios
MAIL MGnOfi: Yes
PmNTlR: Epson FX/EXJJX/LQ.
Atari ShTM804. Star Gemini lOX
and SG series. CiLizen Tribme 224
nnd compatible pnnters.
ASCII OUTPUT: Yes
SPCU

ChECKfS/OlCTfONARY/IHE'
SAUHUS: NOTj'.'

DOCIiMENTATION: Good, with a
nice Ouidt-Start mini-manual. But

the pilnier section ooukl ve been
more substantiaL
SPEiCtAi. FEimMES: IndividDa]
words can be tei>laood with
Uocks of text usmg the Gkissary
(qMJon. For insianoe there misy he
a partjculav pteoa of text that you
use trequeoity. Instead of typmg
UUs time and time agaki it can be
asfiigaed a ksywofd of your
choice. When ever this word is
typed into a document it wHl be
naptaced with the relevant blodt
oftem

EASE Of USE: To begin wttti the
disks must be backed up in a
Jflfigthy process, and Uicn old
First Word files must be cofivert-
ed to ASCn fall codes stripped
out} to be read by Wordup Otioe
past all this Wordup ts reasombly
uaer-lfiendlv

LAB GU40E: Wordup ts a powerful
tool as regarcis the final prmt-out,
offering a wide- range of opttona
from fonts to texi size, but lacks
both a spell check and Fit-«t Word
compatibility PotenLal buyers
must decide for themselves
Wbtttber the pros outweigh the
signifiQant cons.
P«IC£: i:5<l 9S.

PfHMMiCEIh Neotton. Available
from HB Marketing. Brooklyn
Houjse, 22 The Green, West
Drayton. MkHtleflex UB7 7PQ. Tel;
(01^5)444433

ATTENTiON

NEC PC ENGINE ANNOUNCEMENT,

NEC Corporation, NEC Honne ElecHronics Ltd, and NEC (UK) Ltd (collectively 'NEC hereinafter) have

r«c«ntfy become awara that the PC engine ts being offered for sale in the United KingdOfn.
NEC believe that it is important that UK fOnsunierS Should be awar« of the foUouvIng informatkHt.

1. The PC ENGINE is a product mijntrfartured by NEC Nortme
Elettrpnic) ttd for ui# with the NTSC transmit»on systcfn.
tt Is not compatible with tfie UK PAt transmiision systefli'
nof any other non NTSC tranimttsiort syttem. For tftll
reason. NEC Corporatkxi docs rfot market the PC ENGINE in
Itw UK or in any other lEC countriei.

2. There are no authoriied distributors of the PC ENGINE in
the United Kingdom at present.

Therefore, if you are offered a PC ENGiNl wt^ch is said to
be compatible w'tHh the PAk tyjtem or any tranimission
system oAer than NTSC, you should be aware that it will
have been modified by a third p4rty.
This modification is made withrout NEC's permlsfioo
or approval.

In tfic event chat a defect should arise in any modified
PC ENGINE you must contact the dealer from whomi ywi
purchased the product. NEC cannot Iw held responsible for
any defects tn any modified PC engine nor be involved In
any disputes between purchasers and sellert of luch
products. In particular, NEC (UK> Ltd cannot respond to
service calls in respect of any modiffed PC ENGINE,
Please note that the guarantee provided with each PC
ENGINE Kitd In Japan by NEC Ho<me Etectron»» ltd extends
only to the use of the unmodified PC ENGINE in Japan and
thefefore NEC cannot assist you if you purchase a
modified PC ENCINE in itm UK. Any othet i|uarantee pro-
vided with a PC ENGINE in ttw UK is not an NEC guarantee.
Finally, any modified PC ENGINE'S sent to NEC (UK) Ltd for
servicing will lie returned to the lender.

MC CsrpordUon HH Mom* ItmXrtHtia IM. HtC |UK) LU.

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PRINTERS

TGM LAB GUIDE TO
PRINTERS

For anyone mtereswd in
word processing, desk-
top publishma or other
applications (fiom music to
spreadigheei^) a pnntST mav
be Uie singlo^ most expensive
Item you buy loi vour oompui-
er Obviously dyoum atoui
to part wuh a tidy some of
money you want to know
exactly whoi u> look for;
diodf out UiG glossary for a
full e^cplanation or prmter jar-
gon Tlie fust thing lo decide
is piecisely what you want
youi priiiier for — different
types of printer are suited to
different funrtions Then
decide how much you've got
to speDd end take a took
through the TGM guide to
printers

Daisywheel printers are
greet for word processing ot
any package where you
requue quality output^
However, there MB a severaj
diBWt^cks They are often
expensive iwe couid only find
one below £500), prmtuig is
slow, they orJy come with
one font and they can't print
graphics — so they're not a
lot of use with DTP softwere.

Chances are you'll want
use your prmier with severaJi
padtages and print graphics
as weU Bs text. U you're on a
tight budget its best to go for
a dot-matrix printer. These
aie the mcst popular type of
sub-£1000 printej and can
cope with any type of output.
Tlwf e are two mam types of
dot-matrijc printers; 9'pm and

NECP2300

24 -pin. Provided you're not
after high quaLty output a 9-
pin printer is fine, they're
often cheaper tool

Itik'iet and laser printers
vyUJ probahly be outside the
budget range of most TGM
readers and are only neces-
i^ry where extremely high-
tiuahty output is necesseiy —
desktop publishmg for exam-
ple However. TOM did find
one inlC'jet prmter below
£1000-

The prices quoted are the
manuiacturets own reoofn-
mended retail pnc^
Generally these prices are
artihciaily increased due to
EEC levies on Japanese print
er imports which make up
80% of the dot-matrix printer
market However. H you're
prepared to shop around you
should find some reftsonable
discounts The only hktden
msi to watch out for lg the
prtntei lead, the caible needed
to connect the printer the
oomputer A suitable lead can
cost anything from £& £10
Printer manuf actuiers usually
make their own lange of
accessories including replace-
ment nbbons, buffer expan-
sions and sheet fevers
Contact the manufacturet for
relevant pnoe lists. Finally iJ
your prmiei should break
down after the warranty has
expired TGM Centre Bytes
features a full list of indepen-
dent repair services which
repair various makes of print-
ers.

GLOSSARY

BUFFER The pnntei s own
memory Computers serid teirt
to theprinter much faster than
it can pr^mt, so the pnnter
needssomewhere to tern-
porariiy store the incoming
information Alimitcd amount
Of information can be stored
in the buffer. Information that
can't be immediately placed
m tbe buffer wUl remain m
the computer until it can be
sent; effectively locking up
the computer until theie is
sufficient space in the buffer
Therefore, large buffers allow
you lo return to using the
oomputer quicker bemuse the
printer can temporarily store
the inforrnation in its ovro
memory Jusi like computer
memory buffer size la mea-
surett m kilobytes (K).
CARRIAQE This physical part
of the prmter handles the
p^per OBVIOUSLY larger car-
riages can handle (aiger
ptPtes of paper
CHARACTER Any letter, num-
ber or printed symbol.
COUHWi Wtcmi The number
of characters that can be
printed on onehne: deter-
mined either by caniage
width or software.
COillESPOmiCNCE A pmt
mode liHiween draft and
NLO

DQT MATRIX A kind ol printer
that produces characters as a
senes of dots in vertical lines
The most popular type of
home computer printer.
Suiiablie for priming graphic
DRAFT The quickest and low-
est ctuality print mode
Suitable for printmg rough
drafts.

CPS Print speed measurecf in
ctiaracters per second
DPI The prmt resolution mea-
sured in docs per inch. Higher
resoluliDns produce better
quality prtn!.
FONTS The number of cyp^

iPSOii COMntrtfiLE Epson

largely ptoneered the fiek] of
low-cost dotmatrut printers
with tJie Epson FX-K3
Printers that are said to be
Epson oompattble will work
With software which works
With the Epson series o(
printers — which mdudes
most packages.
LQ Letter-quality: a high-qual-
ity pnnt mode Envolving two
printer bead passes — usual-
ly a quarter of the tpeed.
MODE Different print modes
produce different staiidards
of output Modes are usually
selected by switches on the
printer, or via software codes.
The highest quality modes
(SLQ and LQ) prmt at the
slowest rate

NLQ Near-tetter quality. On
the lower cost printers this is
usually the highest quahty
print mode

PiMS Dot-mainx printers pro-
duce each character by draw-
ing a series of vertical lines
Pins refer to the the number
of dots in each vortical line
So 24 pin printers produce
better quality prmt than 9-pin
pnniers 9 pm printers have
largely been iuperseded by
24-pins printers and can often
be bought at reduced pnoes.
SLQ Super -letter quality
Found on some makes of Star
pnnters this pnnt mode
reputedly produces 48 -pin
quahty output usuig 24- pin
technotogy.

Some of the widely populai Stai prtnten

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not iiist talking money),
CbBliman ol Che soul body ts
Jon Dean, a pfogranuner and
developei at Konix Assistant
Chatrtnan and mntTvatoi is
Mev Dine

Mev IS a. tongUme ZBO pro-
gramme; and is currently in
ttuB pfooesB of publishing his
tiljfst game thiough his own
company Vivid Image. Also
helpmg out are Dr David
Pringle, head of Oxford Digital
Enterprises, who have just
signed an exclusive deal with
EntertainiQent International to
produce games on then own
label, Empire

Alao volunteermg then
experleitce is Jacqui Lyons.
Jacqui's a prograinmers' agent
at Marjaoq MiOo, represent-
iim ebe Uhes of Argonaut
(SiBrglideT H). Steven Dunn
(Spectrum Staighdei. U. Virus
and Vivid Image's first game}.
Aicher MacLean (Dropzonen IK
Plus), ajKl David Braijen {Eiite.
Vitus]. Hod Cous0])s,
Activtsiion suprenu). is helping
out with the ftmdraising He's
ptrevknisly helped with cash
on Soft Aid and War On Want

Have you had a lot of coopera-
tion from the software pub-
Ushers^

Obviously it's very difficult,
tjecause primarily wie re trying
to represent the development
oommunity. and at the same
time we wanted lo work

closely with the pubUshers-
It's very difficult to achjevp
something as important a^
standard contract. There aie
suJl a couple of points m the
contract that we haven't
resolved. Hut we do have a
draft contract for people to
look at and get an idea of what
were trying to do, and see the
prot^ms we're trying to tadf-

What are you trying to achieve
with a SSA contract?

In every other industry they
have proper contracts 1 still
{eel our irtdustry's younQ, but
we have been arouitd long
enough to get our act together
and become more profession-
al Its true for both the pub-
lishing and development oom-
mumiy Our idea is something
similar to the ELPSA ja new
body set up for the software
publishers) idea, and that's
good. But you don't have to
use the contract. it'$ just there
if you want it — as a guide

So it's not fijte a union?

Mo. not at all We'll be giving
free advice lo people, and gen-
eraJly being at the end of the
phone for consultation,

What son of respohse have
you had?

We've had a Very good
response Usually with new
organisations people just say.
oh we'll wan and &ee. and join
later'. But we've got a oonsti*
tuuon and aims, so we've had
a real response, and it's grow-
mg all the time

Where's the fundmg coming

nease send nte more Information on the Society of

Softwaie Authois.

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POSTCODE

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Programmer Q

Musician LI

Graphic Aitiflt
Game Deisigner

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Send to:

Depi TQMi02t. Society of Sofiwafe Autbors. 6 CaUow

Croft. Burbage. Wiltshire SNA 3TB.

Long-time Spectrum programmer Mcv Dmc turns
anociation founder

from?

It's mainly seif-funding. with
the profits being put back into
t2ie Society. But. obviously
we'll try to gel hipding from
organisations and groups
wnen we can We're non- prof-
it-making. We have a oonstitu
tion and bank aocxrunt to sup-
port that.

How much do people have to
pay to jom. then?

Full membership is CiSO a
year Obviously we're offering
a lot of services, and we
require somebody lo look after
the Society full-time So far
we've all been doing it tn our
spare time and it's i>een very
difficult to get everyone
together at the same tiine,
Hopefully, once the member-
ship IS there, at the hist AQM
they U be able lo vote in who
they want. At the moment it's
completely voluntary, but
we're eventually looking to
employ someoDe to look after
the Soaety's interests with a
helpline etc.*

So bow will the Society help
people? Is it }u&t there to help
programmers get money out of
difficult software houses? '
That's one way in which we
can help people. Maybe, we
can work towards bemg some
Bon of arbitrator. We could get
members from the publishing
community as well, to sit
down and son out problems,
get advice and, hopefully,
some sort of result. If these are
common probJems, we can
highlight them. But we're not
a unjicm, so it wouitd be ditficuljt-
to approach a publisher and
say stop this or else'. But the
publisher in question would
know that there is an organi-
sation out there they'U be
more careful

Similarly, the same is true of
programmers, if they mess
around with publisheis, We
can do quite a kit for publish-
ers in that respect.

Do the ^ftware houses think
It's a good idea?

The ones we've spoleen to
so far do Obviously there's
always going to be a conflict
of mterests, unfortunately.
But they feel it is going to be
good for the whole industry,
and we need the publishers.
We want to miftkie the indus-
try more professionaL

Apart bom advii^ and a stan-
daid contract, what do devel-
opers get for their subscnp-
tion fee?

We'll be providing a quar-
terly newsletter, padced with
prograimnifig hints ajid
advice The SSA will also iMl
producmg some fact sheets,
about things like VAT and
other buainea* a$peas that
most programmers know fitlle
about We're trying to get
accountants and lawyers to
get matenal that we can pass
onto our members And we
already have a helphne.
which David Pnngle will host
— he's got ejqpenence m pub-
lishing as well as develop-
ment.

£150 stUJ seems quite a large
amount

Well, we think we have
some valuable experience in
all fields We're also trying to
obtain some haictwaie/aoft*
ware discounts fof our mem-
bers. But that doesn't mean
we're a union, we think of
ourselves as a dub, whose
membets get together.
eiit^axiga ideas and support
each other. That's not hap-
pening with programmers at
the moment There are so
many tatooted people out
there, it would be nice to tveip
them Obviouslv, program-
mers don't tell each other
what ttiey earn, bo they don't
know if they're being eapkiit-
ed= We'll be able lo give peo-
ple a guide of what they

Continued on p»ge 62

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Centre BytBS

NEW YORK PRESENTATION EXPO

,

TGM*5 always-on-the^pot American correspon-
dent, Marshal IV1 Rosenthal, walked the aisles at
the recent Presentation Expo In New York. This
ts THE place to be for jmaglnatlve Innovations on
the PC and Amiga, Although, don't forget, most
of these items can aiso be accessed via efnular
tion devices. (Which just happien to feature
prominently in next issue's Centre Bytes.)

Macintosh) with the adde^ji
{lovtst of an inira-fed remote
featuiing highlighting, drop-
down menus, and special
fiftects lihe fades and wipes.
Black and white dispJay can
be changed to blue and yel-
low, and there's s memory
module that 'eoaks up' 100
images so that the PC can
be left behind

Pushing LCD technology
to the wall brings ua to
Sharp's immmem 100 -fool,
colour, LCD proiection sys-
tem Similar in concept to
conventional front pro)etn,ion
units, the still -unnamed unit
uses three LCD panels to
separate the source beam
into highly accurate red,
green and blue components
which are then recombined
and projected onto the
screen. A zoom lens selects
the image s\ze (from 40 to
100 feel), and the picture,
which is qxnte clear and
sharp, hes a resolution of
300 lines (input is des'tgned
for a video source] Price has
yet to be finalised, but
expect this baby to hit
somewhere in the 35000
(£3000) zone. And it looks
kind of like a cannon from an
old scifi film of the Fifties.

The Amiga booth was
bu$tling with activity —
mcluding desktop pubh^h-
mg and video apphcations.
Seen for the first time was
JmageLink -- a software
package that converts
images between many of
the formats used by Amiga
software (IFF. Sculpt 4D.
Digiview. QallgariJ and the
world of ISM (GIF and TIFF,
among others). Expandable

There ait iii.jj:y wiiys to get
pe($te's atteniion. You can
become a rock ^ar Wear a
futmy (ace. Or show them
Gomethlng interesting and
unique Part of the fun m
having arid using computers
is that they lei your imagi-
nation soai. You can create
graphics, cartoon anima-
tions — do things that just
can't be in reahty. The
drawback is usually m try-
ing to show what you've
done to someone — it's hav-
ing to drag them in front of
the 12-inch monitor or TV
ficieen and make them
watch The tJew Yoik
Pieseniation Expo deals
wtlh this problem, and in a
big way. Talk about high-
tech to the Max' It's the
only platee where wails are
stAckftd with syncronized
colour monitors, and any
saeen smaller then 37 inch-
es is 'cute'. The Expo
bridges the gap between
creating amazing video and
graphics, and getting them
ouc where they can be seen
by audiences.

'Create A Lasting
Impression' is this year's
theme, and how can you
miss with the assortment of
&lectromc goodies beinr:
displayed? Take the humbJ-
overhead projector: boring.
It's b&en turned into, a
turbo-chaiged umt thjough
the addition of PCViewer, a
high- res 640x430 LCD unit
thdl mis on the glass top Of
the projector PC Viewer
transfers images directly
from the computer (ail types
of iBM compatibles and

modules turn Commodore's
whiz into an image coovei'
sion workstation that even
lets you talk to Macintosh
PICT and PICT2 [24 buj tiles
No rr^odems or hook ups
between computers — all is
done on the Amiga using an
Intuition-based user inter-
face (the ARexx language
can also be implememed}.

Enc Lavitsky of Video Airts
was showing The Cable
AdViSion System on the
Amiga. This is an extremely
professional: package

designed for controlling a
television station — com-
plete with digital tranaitions.
and full ficheduUng control of
program output (it will even
yanh out expired ads once
theii air time is complete).
This is one heavy duty pro-
fessjonal software package.
Expect TGM TV when the
Government deregularises
television in 19d2.

Digitising pads aren't new,
but how about cordless oper
ation? Wacom's SD-Senes
creates a link between the
pad and you by installing a
transmitter in the pen that is
used on the drawing surface.
Electromagnetic resonance
elinunates many of the kmks
found in other pads, and the
pen itself is so pressure sen-
sitive that functions can be
programmed onscreen to
relate to it [in the draw
application being shown, dif-
ferent colours snapped on
depending on the pisssure
being applied, and pressing
harder on the pen made the
Une thicker) The RS232C
port is used to receive the
information from the pad
{which comes in varying
sizes), and there's an option-
al IZ-button, 24-function cur-
sor unit — aJso cordless.

This one's fun, Silent
Partner (PreBentation

Electronics Inc) is ^ hand
held remote that allows you
to control your PC/XT/AT
from across the room, It can
learn tt key or seqtience of
keystrokes and then access
them with a single press
Non -volatile memory remem-
bers your programs — it
even comes with stick -on
overlays for your tiied brain.
The receiver unit connects to
the keyboard or serial port,
and has a ready light that
blinks when a oomntand is
executed.

Of course it wasn't all
walking, there were also
semmars to participate m.

These ranged from how to
show slides effectively to
speaking with confidence
(you can't avoid themt)
One, for the Amiga, took all
dtny. delvmg into applica
tions for video and print.
But It WAS mostly waJking...

Until you bump up against
Ultrawall This consiats of
multiple monitors separated
by only a hairhne eighth of
an inch, and towering some
16x16 feet with sharp, clean
Visibility from any direction.
Computer control ensures
syncronization between
multiple video projectors,
while a dedicated nucroprcK
cessor constantly checks
performance and does fine-
tuning as necessary.
Internal controls for multiple
special effects are easily
accessed as well

Advertising types say 'Sell
the siz;!le, not the steak'
The Presentation Expo
shows that even sizzle is
computerised today

MOKE INFORMATION
{all addiesses are US)

Imag«LI]ik: Activs

Circuits, 106 U.S.

Highway 71, Suite 101
Honsquan. New Jeissy
0B736.

PC Viewer: In Focui
Systems, 7649 Southwest
Mohawk Street, TuataUn,
Oregon 97062.

SD- Series Cordless

Digitisers: Waoom,

Country Cfub Plaza/West
115 Ceintiiry Road. Box 6.
Paramos, New Joisey
07652

Silent Partner: MedlsNet,
305 Madison Avenue,
Suite &64. New York, New
¥ofk 10017.

TGM 1X021:8-89 45

REPAIR

No msttcf tKiw much you care
901 m mmputsr, eventually
MmwtMng flOM wrong.

And you can bet your hta nil
happen attor the euarantee
has expired, so you can fc<rget
about sending it bach to the
manufacturers- In nnost cas^s.
thfly won't want to kfiow.

Before packing your oompuit-
er off to a repair ftrm, check to
see if yt)uf local con^puter (leai-
cr can re<:ommen<J a local
repair putfrt.

pnorw the company you
choose and try to gel a rou^
guide of the cost of The repair,
how long tt wtll take — and
wlwiher they ft give a warranty
to do H again for frae rf the
repair do^n't work.

Make aura that ttw quotpil
price deludes parts, labour
VKT. arxl return postagis.

When sending your computer
tjy poat. pach it carefully —
pftferably In the original bo*.

AJways include a letter with
your name, addre&s. artd tele-
phone number and the ef fe'Cts
of the fautt.

Send the whole package by
recorded defivefy *— juat 24p
on top of the Stamp coart —
and pay the extra cash for en
advice-of Oeiivef y slip {25p H
you ask for it when you post
the package, 65p if you leaM
i1 titl later).

. That way you know it 'a got
there.

■ Al Cofnpifter Servlcet.
Unil 9. pTtririock Mount
Olftt'L's, Dawley, Telford,
Shropshire Tt4 3PR (01952 J
602737,

COMPUTERS REPAIRED

'ViTtUflllv any coinpuior' —

tocludmg Spectrum. C04/128.

SBC, 16-bttg. C16, Vic20aild

Plus 4

PERIPHERALS REPAIRED

Prime IS, ai^olull djsh dinve

service for £25.

PRICES Mostly CZS-C30. but

Ciaa IS LiZ.BO.

WARRANTO Three monthB-

■ AC£ (^ep«ln.

Outways Faira, PeJimi, Looe.
ComwaU. PL 13 2NW (0503)
20232.

COMPtTTERS REPAtREI} Ma}or
[[lakf'M except Atari ST
PERIPHERALS REFAlRgO
Sinclmi liiLsffacti 1 and
h^icrodiive, Amstrad disk
dnves and printers and
Cpminodore disk drives, print-
ers anddatacorders.
PRICES From £15 upwards
depending on fault
WARRANTY Six months,
IKIFORMATION Sinclair,
Am^iiiid uiid Commodore
spares and leads.

■ Ampowar Vitfeo ami
Cornputem,

IbA Alcester Rd, Siudley.

Warks. B80 7AJ (0527)

853374

OOilPUTERS REPAtREO AJI B-

bttend 1G-bi[ machines

PERIPHERALS PtidIbib. motli-

lois disk drives etc

PRiCC Phone for mformaiion.

WARRANTTY Three months

m BGL { Hfl«t ComiHItll* Ltd).

Galaxy Audio Vtsufiil. first
Hoot, 230 Tottenhftm Courl

Road, London WIA 3AP (01)

631-On9oT!SQO-f5640
COMPUTERS REPAIRED All B-
bit and J-Gbil mduding PCs.
PERIPHERALS REPAIRED AI3

PRICES A typical small repair
would cost ElS-Cao.
WARRAKTV Silt months.
INFORMATION Free estlmAtes
Gal^jxy Audio Visual also seU
micros

a CambrtdB* Micro Surgery.
Unit 4. 377B ClietJV Hmton
Road, Cambridge CBJ 4DH
(0223 > 410234
COMPUTERS REPAjHeO
Spectrum, CG4 lilW. Amstrad,
PCs

PERIPHERALS AiPAlflEO
Printers, monitors, disk
drives etc,

PRICES Cheapest is 4aK
Spectrum at £13.9B plus cost
Of parts; others from £23 50
WARRANTY Three months
INFORIVtATION Wiil provide
annual maintenance for huBi-
TiBss micros, on a contract
basia.

■ The Computflr Factory.
Analytic Engmedring Ltd,
Unit IflA, Grainger Road
Industrial Estate. Southend
SS2 5DD(0707)61B455
COMPUTERS REPAIR! AH
mapr models fxitii; Aiari.
PERIPHERALS REPAIRED DISk
dnvofi -ind primer:!,
PRICES E7-E40.
WARRANTY ThrOO months,
INFORMATi(}N Free esuinates.

■ ElectrQjnle A CamputVf
S«fv|««S.

lOQO Uxbridge Road, Hayes >
lUliddlesex UB4 DRL
(01)573-2100

COMPtlTERS REPAIRED The
full range of hnmi^ trnm [niters

-^ that includes all the well*
known Sbit and 16-blt
machiiiiea.

PERIPHERALS REPAIRED
Eiuctionie & Computer
Services will repair some
peripherals, but write or
j3hone for details in case yours
isn't included.

PRICES According to thte prob-
lem Phone lor a quote
WARRANTY Write Or phone for
details. The warramy only
covers the problem repaired,
not the whole computer
INFORMATION Turnaround
vanes, depending on the prob-
lem, from two {^ays to a weelt

Electronic & Computer
Services also sell spare parts.
Again, writs or phono for
details

■ Hlndlvy Electronlct.

97 Maiket Street. Hindley.
Wigan, Lancashiie WN2 3AA
(0&42) 522743
COMPUTERS REPAIRED
.■sl^H-Ttr'jni. mfi-lvl Vir':JO,CPC.
PERIPHERALS REPAIRED Some
PRICES Set price for each
machme, ranging from £17
(4SK Spectrum) to £25. 1&41
disk drives £32 &0
WARRANTY Three months.
INFDRMATIDN Average two-
day turnaround — well quick-
er than the average

■ HS Computdf S«rvlc«s.
Unit 2, The Orchard, ti^arton,
Pireston, Lancashire PR4 tBE
(0772) e326B6.
COMPUTEI^ REPAIREO All
Specttums

PERIPHERALS REPAIRED

PhortP

PRICES F[om EU.S&.

WARRANTY Three months

■ Hytek Computer (Rental*)
Unit 4C, Veovale Industrial
Estate, Lapfor<j, Crediton,
Devon, (03635) 604
COIMPUTER REPAIRED Major
makc><^, including Acorn,
PERIPHERALS Most major
iriaKos.

PRICES Fixed price lisi avail -
abts on request.
WARRANTY Three months

■ Ladbfakv Computing
lnt«matlQA«l.

33 Ormskirk Road, Preston.
Lancashire PR1 20P
(0772)21474 or 27236
COMPUTERS REPAIRED Mainly
At fill

PERIPHERALS REPAIRED
Pnntors and disk drives
PRICES According to machine
— tor example ST C34.50,
XL/130 XE C23 fthesi;? prices

WARRANTY PJioruj toi inJorma-
ijon

■ MIcrDtwh CemiMrter
S*rvlca*.

216 219 Cotton Exchange

BuUdmg. Old HaU Street,

Liverpool L3 9LA

(061)236-2208

COMPUTERS REMIRCO ST,

Amiga, BBC, Amstrads

PCRIPHCRALS REPAIRED

Prmters, monitoia, aliso^lec-

tnc typewriters and other

office equipriu>nt

PRICES Ktiirt Jftjm £30 — call

Mike Lopez at Microtech for a

quote

WARRANTY Three months.

■ MP EJadronlcs.
Wendliiig, Dvtuham, Norfolk
NR19 2LZ(0362>8732?.
COMPUTERS REPillfllEO
Spectrum. C64. BBC B, PCs —
in fact all major makes except
ST and Amiga

PERIPItfltALS REPAIRED

Printers, ptottQ?^. monitors,
disk drives etc
PRICES All inclusive prtcea for
most machines - 48K
Spectrum ElB. 1Z8K Spectrum,
BBC a and Cei4 £27 50. PCs
From£20-£100t These rates
cover all faults except those
caused by other people's
liotched repairs'
WARRANTY Phone (or
information

INFORMATION Free estimates
£20 repair and overhaul sar^
vice for 4dK SpectiuiQS — MP
Electronics replace sockets,
keyboard membrane etc and
will repair any faults that
develop withm six months of
overhaul.

■ OrtH Mloro CemiMitem,

ORC GKC ITEC, GEC Switch
Gear, Piairibution Division.
Higher Openshaw.
Manchester Mil IFL (061)
301 2210

COMPUTERS REPAIRED All

hoiue iiucroa and ?(>■

PERIPHERAU REPAIRED

Printers, momtois and disk

drives.

PRICES Depends on fault —

phone for details

WARRANTY Throe months

■ PM EnfilnMring.

Unit S. New Hoad, SI Ives,
Cambridgeshire FE17 4B0
(0490) 61394
COMPUTEftS REPAIRED Ail

home LX.ini[jiixt'[!i
PERIPHERALS REPAIRED

Printers, monitors and disk
drives.

I

Attention

repair firms -

H you would llk« « nvHitlort In
Hhe OKki BytH repair pugm,
p li MB awid the raltywit
details to BMh ftytee* TQM,
PO Box 10, Ludlow. ShmpeMie
SV8 lOB. Ifi«tudlrt|£ ■ phtHM
HMltor and tit* tiMiMiftr't
«MMa Ifof our Mas).

46TGMTX02t:8'8S

Centre Bytes

^

il

PHJCES Ptione. Tht ;
repair pnce for eacJ ■'•-■

61 regaf dJess of the (au)t aivd
indudingMJ parts and labour.
WrtRHANTY Thiee nronlftfl,

■ RA EI^BtfDntes.

; 33 London ^oad South.
LmvestOft, SulfOli!. NR33 DAX

COMPUTERS REPAIRED All

Sp^rtituriiH:
PERIF^HEAALS REPAIRED

PRICES Spectnim iSK £14,
5p«Ct;un) l£eK £20.
mpORKUnxm IIA Electronjcs
also sell components,

■ fteebifcl[ Des|0H.

Victory Works. Birds Hill.
Letchworth, Hertfordshire
SG€ IHX m&2) 480723 Qt
490S29

lOYSTlCKS REPLACED
Roebuck Designs run A clever
loysiick-replacement service
whicli oIlMS faster
turnaround than a repair rirm
might.

Send in your broken joystick
— any mcKtel — and they'll
send bac'k a second- liand but
workirLg stick oi the same
model Later, they repali
your& and pass it on to anoth-
er customer

PRICE £4.50 including return
f"isiag& ■

■ TtlafanrMt.

trilby Bridge. Wigston,
Leicestershire LES ITE
10533) aaCM45 01 813606,
CONSOLES REPAIRED Atari

VCS2600. Coleoovision.

!ni.e!bVjSJor5. Sega
PERIPHERALS REPAIRED
Phone tc a.sli
PRICES VC52600 £17 95,
Coleoovtsion C14 95,
tnteUlinsJon £19 95, Sega
£14 95

WARRANTY 90 days.
INFORMATION Telegames
piomise tD leturn the console
to you ]tist three days after
Lhev've received jt They're
also the official UK repair cen-
tre fur Sega and Colecoviaion

■ Vttnn MIcrtHMalfitenwice.
Alba.iv Park. Frimley Road.
Canib^rley. Surrey GUI 5 2PL
(0276} ee266

COMPtJTrRS RimUflED

Spectrus, Amstrad.
Cmunodoie

PPHPtSRALS REPAIRED

Punters, tnonnois

PRICES Range from £V9 95 for

Specuum to C9& for Amstrad

PC1S12

mFDRMATlON Established six

years Approved by AmEtiad.

« VMM Vault.

140 High Street West,

Glossop, Derbyshire SKI 3 BHJ

104S74) 66SS5

COMPUTERS REl^AIREO Most

PCRiPH£RALS REPAIRED

PhtMie,

PRICES From £19.95. acoonl-

mg to machine.

WARHAmr Tbiee months

INFORMATION While-youwait

service in Manchester

■ VSE Tflclmtcal Servtce*.^

Unit 6, B Nursery Road,

London SWgaBP (01) 738-

7707,

COMPUTERS REPAIRED All

Spectfum, Annttad, Atan and
Commodore models
PERIPHERALS REPAIRED Opus

Discovety drive { pa npei Ian
Veudrey is official repairper-
son for the Smclair Discovery
ClubJ

PRICES Each model has a set
price which covers all repairs
exii^pt very major ories like
keyboard or diak-driva
repilaceibent. Spectrums range
from £12 90 to £17.90: C64 is
Ci9 90. ClZe £24,OT; CPCs
range from £21 90 to £24.90;
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tdst month, Zog MD (Doctor of Modomology)
answered a few questions from worried
patients. This month the doc sees If ail that
well-researched advice has done them any
good, and are they now afflicted with Modem
IVIadness...

Since you may by now
hAve gi^spBd ihe
basics ol a goad
nUDdem, and can man-
age to get on-line to a friend,
leave messages on a Bulletin
Boaid {H tap into the
Pentagon command netwotk,
then perhaps a furtnei com-
ment or three about i;^em
would help you on your way.
FirsUy, w^mg to your
tDodem, Here are a few of tlie
ttxm commonly used com-
mands which youj friendly
Hayes-compaiitile should
understand, when in the oor-
cect mode, of course,

AT Precedes ALL

Dnnan Dial :.lie telephone
nvimber nnnn. Only the digits
0-9 are recognised as num-
bers to dial, 30 you can hai^-
pi!y \ks& brackets spaces and
hyphens m your nmntier. For
example, the command ATD
{DD 9^-9119 wLU dial the
Gods BuUetm Board and
MUG system in London from
elsewhete m tl^e country

The modem should atso
accept oertam other charac-
ters which may be mixed in
aj needed T,P and R specify
the type of diallmg to be ear-
ned out - T for lone dialling
and P for puise dialling The
letter R is u,5ed when dialling
an 'Ofi0nate only' nrodem
and specifies a reverse dial
mode (the modem uses
reversed signaliing frequen-
cies) A comma m the dial
strmg spe<3fiies a pause or
delay (usually of one second),
whidh can be used for. such
purposes as waitmg for your
dffioe phone to give you an
outside line Finally, the
semicolon is used at the end
of the string to force the
modem bad( to command
mode after dialling.

Hn n*0 Hang up {drop
thehne)

n - ! Sieze the phone
line.

Return online from
command state.

Sn> Return the current
value modem register n,

Sr - n Set regtster i to

value n. Hayes-type modems
are quite clever beasties and
all of the setting's that you
can tweak are stored in regis-
ters, which you can ej^amine
and change. Amongst other
things, they control which
speed the modem is going to
work at tS26 to S3Q, preset to
SI 8 automatically), whether
the modem is m autoanswer
mode or not (SO, nuinber of
rings before modem
answers), and the character
used by the modem as the
escape code (S2, value in
ASCH).

The default escape
sequence. Your modem oper-
ates in one of two modes:
Local Command state and
On-lme state When first
switched on, your modem
v\^l be in Local Command
state and will sit at the end of
your H5232 lead waiting for
you to teU it what to do Once
It has dialled a number for
you (without a ■;■ character at
the end}, or answered the
telephone (if in autoanswer
mode), the modem will
switch into On-line state, and
merely pass data up and
down the phone line. To force
the modem back mto com-
mand state so that you can
change a register or hang up,
lor example, you must enter a
predefined sequence of char-
acters By default, the escape
character is the '+' character.
Because even three '*' char-
acters oonld be present in
normal d ".a, the modem has
a second condition which
must be satisfied before is
will change modes. This is
known as the guard time
(register S12, m units of 1/50
second). The guard time is
the nunimum period ^jetween
the last character of data
being transmitted and the
first character of the escape
code. Therefore, with a
default guard time of one sec-
ond, to get the modem to
speak to you requires that
you do nothing for over a sec-
ond, type ' + + * ' (or whatever
your escape code is), and
then wait at least one more

second. The mctdem iiiO'iiicJ
respond with some form of
acknowledgement, such as
an 'OK' . It wdl remam on-lme
for you. so to get back to your
communicatmg you can type
ATD': alternative! y> to bang
up, type "ATH' mstead

Error-correcting

Error -CO: iemsare

modem-s i) clever-^

er. and b) much more eiepen-
sive than yer average bog
standard modem They only
work if the modems at both
ends are enor- correcting
(and use the same error-cor-
rection standard}. They sneak
extra hidden characters tnco
the stream of data which
they are passuig so that the
modem at the oiher end can
taMe them back out again, tn
other words, the process is
invisible to the user at either
end, The purpose of the exua
characters us not so much to
slow the whole process
down, although this is the
penalty that you pay for error
correction, but to allow the
receiving riKxiem to detect
whether the data is the same
data that was transmitted to
it. This is usually cleverly
done with multiple Cyclic
Redundancy Chet:ks and
suchlike, so the modem can
often detect which part of the
data is corrupted and convert
it to the proper value before
passing it on. If not. it can
send a request back to the
trinsmitting modem for a
retransmi^ion of tJie last
chunk of data again. And
again Andagaun ..
Error correctmg modems are
especially usehil over noisy
lines {BT has this annoying
habit of providing a free ran-
dom-number generator to
your line) and at high speeds .
of operation. However, they
add a layer of complexity thai

most communjcciuon^ pro
grams already allow for,
using a protocol such as
Kerrmt or XModem for error-
oorrected file transfers.

Getting baud?

The twua rate of a modem is
the moduLauon rate That is;
the number of times per sec-
ond that the earner frequen-
cy IS modulated to transmit
bits of information Sinoe a
single character consists of
an 8 bit word fbyie). with a
Stan bit in front and 12 stop
bits afterwards, a low se^
Imk such as 300 baud will
actually transmit somrethmg
like 30 characters per second
(300/10). This modulation is
done using Frequency Shift
Keying (or FSK) So far this is
all pretty logical and sensi-
ble. However. FSK requues
something Uke t .5 times the
baud rate as the nolnimum
channel bandwidth Over
normal 6T phone lines, the
bandwidth is about 3100 M:s
Thus there is a limit lo how
fast you can send data,
whtcli LS quickly reached,

The solution is to use a dif-
ferent form of nKxtulation for
speeds greater than 1200/76
baud With either DPSK
(Dilferential Phase Shift
Keying] or QAM
(Ouandreture Amplitude
Modulation ), you get to oon-
fuse everyone by encoding
two bits per baud Therefore,
data sent over a Imk running
at UOO baud fuU duplex is
actually being modulated at
600 baud, even though you
are sending 120 characters
per second in both duections
when at full speed'

And If you think that's con-
fusing, then wait till you see
what I've got prepared tor
the next installment of Zogs
Guide to Life, the Universe
and Modems,

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Some of the new improve-
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Just days after we biusbed
our assessment of Psion's
new Organisers {the LZ and
I2&4) last month {Toolbox
TQM020) what should amve
in the TCM Labs but Sharp's
latest hand-held organiser.
The size of cheque book, the
new Sharp IQ (11189.99) is a
toucb larger t2ian the Psion
Organiser (about an inch all
round). However when
dosed the new [Q is just over
half the thickness of Psion's
hand'bekL Where Sbaip's
Ofganiser scores over Psion's
is in Its layout. The screen
has two modes of display: 16
characters by 3 lines and
12x4 {Psion's is 20x4 J. The
keyboard is also easier to use
with 65 keys, and eight mode
keys Modes include calender
display, diaxy, calculator,
adidiesses and tetepbone
nmiibeTs. notepad, and world
tunes The 10 also features a
very useful password system.
There is the usual overall
password and also a secret
function which aliowi; you to
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(such as youi bank card PINs)
D0t to appear unlasa another
password is entered. Where
Slmrp's IQ fails down is that
its a kn haidet to become
familiar wtUv oompaied to the
Psion NoUtmg seems logical,
and (surpnsinglyji there are
loo rrfany keys You tend to
end up thinking Now is this
function on the keyboard or

hidden away m a menu
ffi:tnie where?, whereas the
Psion IS totally menu-driven.
Also the lO doesnt seem a;s
robust as the Psion orgajuser
{which you can ihiow around
like a filofax) It is alfio worth
noting that the 10 is — unhke
the oSganiser — not pro^
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to 32K, afthougfa sKtiaJK^
cards a/e to be released soon,
so the only way to save your
data reconis at the mcsnent is
onto cassette (yes. CAS-
SETTE!). Expansion-wise the
SSiarp is just behind Psion,
vintb a PC Imk (instead of sav-

ing to cassette data can be
sent to a PC and «tved lo
disk) aiKl thermal prmter
(£109.99). Software support,
due to its sboft and hmitad
availability, is not as good yet
l)ut Sharp promise to remedy
this shortly Current IC cards
{whjch slip m lecter/poetboac
fashion) include a Tione
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users Carter FoIlis Software
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Executive KNOT (E91) is an
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phone- letters meetings
:r minders, work and home
mdex files More importantly
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(inoorpafating a very useful
route-planner), a literary
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Shakespearean quotations),
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tures would cost more than
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separately. An extended ver-
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be released m the auiunui,
containing several e?rtra fea-
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Centre Bytes review. Carter
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Slave to the rhythm

Lihe Mr Murphy {mtormatioii
desk TGM 18) I'm intsres^ted
in setting up a low- cost music
studjo. However, I own an
Amiga and there seems to be
a leaJ lack of %ppropiiate soft-
ware. What software/hard-
ware would 1 need to ni;i my
Yamaha keyboard from my
Anuga. I am also interested in
purchasing ^ recording aind
mixmg desk ; I know that
Amstiad market such a prod-
uct for £300 but is n any
good? Finally when, is STos
BASIC gomg to be available
foi the Amiga
Sam FtaiLagaji, Homcastla

TGM and Centre Bytes in par-
uculen &re aJxnit to undergo
some tathcaJ chAng&s. These
include a new fonnat legulBi
music cohmn featming hints,
ups and guides on setting up
low-cost home studios. In the
meantime, you wUl need a
MIDI inteiface to get yom
Amiga talking to your key-
iMa/d (iiyour keyboard
doesn 't have any MIDI pons
then there isn't leally any-
thing you csn doj, Trifogjc
produce one lor £29 99 MIDI
ieads can be purchased torn
most mnsic baidware stores
foi a few pounds

While the ST dominates the
music software scene the
Amiga is rapidly smpioving.
Steinborg and Dr T fegaided
as two of tite to}> ST music
soitware producers, have
reoffnily started converting
some ol their poputaf utles to
the Amiga — gtve UB
Marketing a call for more
detaits.

Muiti track home recording
machines aren't essential far
producing your own ||omo
cassettes. If your only sound
source is a synth Unking it up
to your hi'fi will produce a
reasonable quality demo.
However, if you also want to
record vocal and guitar trackB
a muiu-track tape machine is
a must, A muSti'irack tape
recorder allows you to record
ditferent instrumeuts onto
separate tracks on the same

tape. The advantage of this is
if you've recorded a hassline
and a guitar lead and decide
that the bassUne isn 't good
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without interteiing with the
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don't need to spend that
much money to produce a
reasonable <iuality denao, oar-
tmnly no more than £500
unless you m fanaticat about
racoiding. Ttie Amstrad hi-ii
cum recording studio didn 't
receive rave reviews in the
music press. However.
TGM's guide to mufti trfldr
home recording machines
(TGM 003} reoomme/ids die
Tascam Porta 0&. at £329 n
represents ^emandous value
for money

Amiga owners eagerly
awaiting STos for their
machine will be pleased to
know that Mandarin
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What
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t am thinKing of upgrading to
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Mega Drive. However, I've
fust, heard that the NEC
Turbo Grafx 16 has Just been
launched in America. How
doea this machine differ from
thf> PC Engine? .
Matthew Bauer, Rochdale

Exact details on the Turbo

Grafx 16 are stiU a bit sketchy
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I still haven't
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A friend has lold me about an
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Sitnon Oliver

Somewhere along the luie you
or your friend has got a little
confused A FCB (Printed

Circuit Board) is the etBctionic
guts of an arcs^e rriachine
which iTKlude the actual
game program. The r^se this
is housed in with the saeen
and joys^A is known as the
cabmet Some ^Heads'
machines allow you to install
a new PCB without having to
change the oabinet. For
instance you can insiah an
Etnpire Strikes Bach PCB m a
Star Wars cabmfit The advan-
tage of buying PCBs is that
you aniy have to own one cab
inet to piay a selection of
games Unfortur\.i: "fiis

no cabin et wtuch ■. . v j th

all games — you couldn't piay
Out Rur) on a Detend(}r
machine Costs of PCBs and
cabinets vary acoordmg to the
game you want to buy For all
intommtion regarding buying
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Skit 2 Daltry Street. Oidham,
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Tell me what

1 J Which is the best out of
the current and forthcoraing
consoles?

2) In TGM 19 you stated
that the Sega Mega Drive
wouldn't be available until
1990 yet some companies
are selling them now and
you carried reviews and
game hints.

3) Is the PC Engine capable
of producing graphics iden-
tical to any arcade machine?

4) What is the acjvaiitage of
a console being iSbit. I
thought that the games car-
ried their own memory?
Stephen, Kingsbury

J) The general consensus in
the TOM office is that the
PC Engine and Mega Drive
are the best consoles to
date. However, we've yet lo
see the Konix Console, 16-
bit Nintendo or the Atari
hand-held carisole.
2} The Sega Mega Drive
won 't be officially released
in the UK untii early 1990
when the

Virgin/Mastertronic group
will be handling marketing.
In the meantime a few com-
panies are importing the
Mega Drive from Europe,
and adapting it to suit
British TVs. It was one of
these imports that TGM
reviewed. It 's afso worth .
noting that the PC Engine

isR t 'o//JaaUy ' a vax/4iiie m
the UK either
3} Generally no, although it
depends what games you're
comparing it wrtjfi
4} 16 bit refers to the con-
sole's (or computer's) central
processor not memory
Basically the more bits there
are the faster the processor
can carry out the complex
maths involved m software
The end result is faster and
more complex games

Dithering over diak drives?
Surprised by sprites?
Going crazy about CD
ROM?

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Nothing in life is free

Software freebies — have they gone from
bad to worse over the years? Nick Roberts
delves into the desks of TGM writers to
find out the truth.

It's a w«U stated fact Uiat life
as a software reviewer tor a
oomputei magazine is an
eKtension of homely interests,
and B nghc knees-up is had
by aU 'AU yciu do is play
Oaines. isn't it?' Everyone
heie fcnows how untrue thai
siaiemeni is Hov/evBi, Like
any other industry, the com-
puter softwaie world has its
fair share of freebies But
there are some people who
aien't affected by endless
gift-giving on the i^oftwaie
bouses' part. CRASH'S Nick
Roberts IS one of tbeoe
reviewers, he took an unbi-
ased look at the changing
state ol the software freebie .

What has happened to soft-
ware freebies^ One of the
highlights of working in the
magazine industry is (or was)
the things software oompa-
nies send out to promote
tbeir Latest releases
AoooTding to many people at
Newsfield {who wiU remain
, nameless for fear of victimisa-
tion) they have gotten gradu-
allv wors« over the years, Bui
the quality of the games has
improved And that's what
matters, isn t it?

We've all seen the mass
maiket freebie distributed by
the liMes of US Gold, Ocean
ojid Gremlm, but there's
much more to the world of
freebies than a flood of T-
shirts, badges, pens and
posters. These perishables
don't leave the reviewer virith
a long lastmg impression

MicToProse are well known
for the lavish goodies they
have distributed amongst the
press Not alE have been
material goods which you can
keep for ever — although the
tailor-made leather flymg
jackets went down a treat!
Over the past couple yews,
the American giants have
given away Highls m heli-
copters and stunt planes,
plus a very tasty trip to the
States

Exotic tnps are popular
with many compames
{System 3 have one lined up
lor their Tusker release this
year, which vnll take Hogei
Kean to Africa), but amongst
us lesser mortals — read that
as reviewers — it's what you
can show that counts.
However, if you've got any

serise. you show them to
everyone then take em
home quickly (jtis!: as well
with those Spitting Image
slippers)

More often than not. it's
the stranger gift that proves
popular Weirder freebies
include umbTellas. bach
robes, pool balls, match
books that turn into calcula-
tors, fruit baskets and varied
inflatable animals!

Many of the freebies seem
to be alcohol based, especial
ly around Christmas time.
You begin to wonder
whether software companies
are uying to get you drunk

so that your vision will be
impaired when it comes to
reviewmg their product.
Mind you, no reviewer would
say refuse the odd bottle of
champagne

It has to be said that the
latest batch of freebies to
come our way have been a
little poor. If you were won-
denng why the TGM staff
have been looking a bit pon-^
ly of late it is because they
have been led a steady diet
of sweets From 'a packet of
Chewits for Gremlms
Muncher to « stick of rock
promoting. Jaws, of course!
Hewson are also getting into
the tacky freebie game To
ppomoie Space M'A^X", then
latest PC sb'ategy game, they
sent each magazine ONE lol-
lipop in sherbert powder
(outs was cherry), called,

Oil He's pinching our hard earned fieebie't.

stiangely, Spltshl? And there
was also a dteap- looking
(although we'^re assured ii
was very expensive!) Pierre
Cardin pen ~ they admit
they were disappointed with
the pens, too Free uipa to
the dentist would be a good
idea (or the next promotion

All reviewers look forward
to a new oonvortiian of a hit
film It IS essential that the
reviewer pre-views the film
(prelerabiy m the Empire.
Leicester Square) if he is to
appreciate the game (it u,
jione.5tlyj — RoboCop from
Ocieain is the classic exampie
The latest films to come our
way aie the new Indiana
Jones and James Bond
movies, lets hope Warners
allow a showing of Batman
— Uimgs do not kx>h good at
the moment

Back to T shirts, though
As a mite portly chap myself.
I must protest at this 'one
size fits all' claim. Even lot a
normal' person, T-shirts ate
always either too big or too
small. The colours of some of
them are also a bit much
Seen a Thunder Blade one
recently, or a Motor Massacre
(Gremlin) lop down your
area' Thought not. Any
streetvmse reviewer avoids
them hke the plague {espe-
cially when going to someone
else's press launch).
However, J it wasn't for
these I'd have nothing to
wear whilst cleaning my bike
on Sunday afternoon.

Bamaby Page is one exam
pie of a magazine writer who
took the freebies and ran
The ex-TOM member
received {with thanks): a
Leisure Suit Larry towel , an
IBM puzzle- toy, trips to
Madrid, f'rankfurt and
Amsterdam, some Ocean
wine {although this was
donated via CRASH), an
Oracle propelling pencil, a US
GoM puzzle, a fake Filofax, a
bottle of tomato ketdliup,
some green slime (Gilbert),
an Electronic Arts watch, a
shoulder bag and mountains
of T-shirts t The sad thing ts
that some people can get
very attached in these free
gifts Baxnaby comments: "1
don t know what 1 would do
without my Gremlin Coconut
Capers T-shirt It's so good I
can't bring myself to take it
off I*

'But what of us punters?' I
hear you cry. Sadjy. the buyei
IS probably the last persoiv to
receive a gift. However we
take our Indiana Jones hats
off to System 3 who included
a Uee throwmg star m Last
Ninja n.

Now then. Where's my
Qacnes Machine T-shirt'

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Who do the high street chains think they
are in refusing to stock Astaroth with the
artwork on the cover? What right have
they to censor such fantastic work?'*
...writes Chiistophei Hester, complaining
aiDOUt the censorship of Astaroth's artwork
by high street chainstores. He wins this
month's £50 worth of software

Censorship^akf"*"'^"'"

I was leading TQM019
vrhsn I came across what I
thought wQ£ an axnazing'
piece ai artwork used for an
advert. Over the years I've
taben ta cutting out the
best adverts ajid pastiBg
them fnta a scrapisook —
the Pgygiioaie and
Thalarous adverts aie
usually the best, yet here
v/as an i^veit fronx
Hflwson for Astaroth — The
Alltel of Death which
ifbpressed me c^insiderabSv
The woman featuied with
h«f winged hands and
m99ctoid figure was siictple
stunDing Jusi look at the
Cities in the backgiound,
l9ttiTig in light troin a
webbed canopy 'Gieat.' i
thought. That'll really iook
good on the sheJve^when
the game is released,' How
wrong 1 found 1 was, for the
cover of TGM020 boldly
stated Hewson's 'iisky
package' liad been
censored Censored? Tm
incensed < I canjiot
tinderstand ihe niotivee fox
banning this bnMiant
aitwoElE Is Use woman too
'naked' for the ceneoTS to
deal with? Too
'pornographic'? I feel not-
There aren't even any
offending nipples. The
woman's body is almost
like a ooetume. wonderfuUy
depicted in a moody alien
style. To ray mind, only
someone with a warped
mind could possible be
offended by it. or even
shocked- It JS not a picture
of a naked woman at aU.
but a picture of a creature,
the Angel of Death. What
anjgers me more is that J
have seen tax more
erotJcaUy suggestive covers

used for ganae^ in the paM
that were never banned at
all. Take Defender of tJi©
Cn)wn for example, with
tlie woman'G oversized
breasts; or Sliadowfire.
There axe dozens more,

Who do the hjgh street
chains think they are in
refusing to slock Astaroth
with the artwork on the
cover' What right have they
to censor such fantaatk;
work? The box for Licence
to KiU showing James Bond
holding Pam Bouvier is
infinitely more 'seiry and
seductive', with ita gotd«n
flesh tones, than the
brovyms used in Astaroih,
The shops are censoring a
work of an, 1 only hope this
bad pubLidiy for Hew$>on
ends in added sales for
their game, and that the
artwork appears Inside the
box, if not allowed on the
cover.

Finally, I like the nefW
coloured lettering TGM is
achieving with its
computers Thesunrays
used in tite Coiu^oie Dawn
(TGMOaO) feature are a
delight to look upon. But
why do you keep changing
the lettering on the spine?
TGMQl 9 uaed f aner teict
and now TOM020 has
changed typeface
altogether! When I put my
copies of TGM in a neat pie
on the shelf, they now loc^
messy, and not one of the
sputes match, Can't you
line them up T,he same eac^
month? Having said that.
I'm glad to see tlie return of
an adventure ootuitm at last
to TGM and let's hope it
grows ii: strength — and
pages f

ChrtAopber Hester,
VioBt ybrksblre.

Well, at Jeasi we've one
guaianzeed reader who'U
be happy with the 175%
incxsass in advsDttir0
space. As to the cBjisarship
of Asmroth, you U be happy
rohear tbatH&wson are
tndudlng a poster of The
Ang&i of Deatt} m the

patScsge. and iUusttatJons
tii xtw manva} are very
iweatkig... sorry, artiscicf
Silt (lon't you think thai
covers like Asi&rotti 's coukd
BtiU prove oSensive, or
even Trigbtenmg. to very
youjiff chiitUen. Perhaps tt
is these sofiC ware buyers
the cbamsttites are trying
io protect? AAei aii. this
women w The Angel al
Death

Is the woman too naked for the cenBoiv to deal with?

50 TGM TX021 :8 89

entrB Bytes

Sell your MSX
(please!)

DearTGM

As I own a popular 3-bit
annputer {Amstiad CPC} I
think It's only '^ ti you print
this letier on behalf of other 8-
bit owners m reply to tha
anony^mous MSX owner,

Fusily why did you bother
printing a letter fioni
somebody who clearly is
unable to give oonstmctive
CTitictsm on tbe three most
popular oomputers in Britain
Saying a machine has
graphics liise blocks of ice (?!}
is hanUy a mature statement,
if he's going to say the

tnenthis

almttst extjuGt. I novw s«e
these machines or their
software being sold in the
high street and there is
nothing aiound to make me
wantons

The majority of people
would rather own a Spectrum
with tons of varied
ENJOYABLE games than a
macbine with capabUities
which are never exploited to
the fuU and are

person
should state
facts uiBtead of silly
UtUe sentences.

I can't understand anyone
bving in the UK who Sllll Owns
an MSX. rt may have excellent
graphics but it's been around
for quite a while and is hardly
going to pick up over the next
year, software support :s

UiiQd.

Why don't
MSX iiSeis look into
the future. Clearly the
machine isn't even putting
pressute on a Cl6 lei alone
other 8-bits. so sell up and get
a machine that is well catered
lot or one which looks as
though its got a bright future:
you'U be a tot happiei and you
won't have to write a siUy
letter tryirHl to get more usera
to tKiy a machine that died
many years ago.
M Tbacker. Leicester

I sold my
ST!

DearTGM

I bave three computers, A
Spectrum +2. Electron and a
plus 4 I used to have an Ataii
ST but got fed up with ii so I
sold It.

This is becau^ the
keyboard is rubbish, the
graphics are good and
cxiknirful but things look flat
the games are too expensive
and the joystick/mouse ports
are m a stupid place which
makes changing joysticks
really annoying. The BASIC
isn't buiit in and Uie one 1 got
free with the ST is so naff I
wiped the di^k and used if for
saves on adventure gam^.
1 sun u^ my Plus 4 regxjlarly.
AdifaaBetU, TamwoitlL

TQM only recommends
computers, we try not tos^y
DONYBUYTHSS'.as
someone somewhere will
always buy it and folly wajj
enjoy using iL Hoises for
courses.

DaaiTGM

With reference to your
oompetltion on Page 35
TGMCi20 1 enclose my entry
to the competition ►

The only three groups
beginnuig with the letter 'z' I
can thuik of are : Zeno. Zodiac
Mmdwarp and the Love
Reaction, and ZZ Top.

Pl^tee oould you pac± my
oomflake cai efuHy a& I would
not want it to get daii»ged in
the post U. however, the
cornflake proves to be
uDavailable I win accept
Barbarian n on di^k for the
Amstiad 464. Or a twenty
quid note
Ta very cnuchf
Paul Berredoth, Cardiff

J>rd w&ssY groups? 1fl%
maanr GOOD groups f How
much are cojrnCIaJIreff worth rn
your necJr of the woods,
snyway'^

Just plain
bad luck

Deal TOM

1 have purchased every ZZAP!
since Issue 3. and all THE
GAMES MACHINES and have
entered lUSt about every
competition available, yet t
haven't won a ihmg
Ironically, 1 have only bought
ACE once, sent it a better, and
won £25 It also sedrnji: unfok
that a TGM reader wins twa
competitions m the same
month (lam 3 Etyder Silkworm
and Fiieiord comps) Tlus is
eiUier unfau. or just p^m bad
luck on mv part!
Grant Hobson, Henf rew»htre

It 's the luck of the draw —
bonestf There's a reederover
the page who has won mo/e
Chan once and' on occasion
twice from the same issue.
But we'll uy haider for you
next month Gran;

Less violence

DearTGM

Ever smce I started to read
Crash way back at Issue 1 1, a
KewsfieM article or letter has
never prompted me to put the
proverbial pen to paper, but
Michael Hughes' letter in
TGMOIS was such nonsense
that I feel I have to write,

Mkhael, when darling
ftambo kills a 'commie' It is
MURDER! Yte. I know it's
only a film tor a game..,) but
the act of talcing human life is
miirder I'm not talking about
technioUities of war where
it'a 'OK" tcy kill, but about
plain reality.

Now, I'm not so short-
sighted to believe that all
violent games are 'mind-
damaging' or 'influential' (I
ffl^^eU enioy a good, bash at

Star Wars at even Batman)
but I do think a hne must be
diawB, Geoies like Operation
IVoff are so blatantly pro-

Amencan gratuitous dnvel I
do think they should be
banned. There vs a difference
between a pbiel spaceship
expkxting with a bang and a
pbcel soldier dying with a
sampled scream,
Non-violeot games can be

ftm and horribly addictive —
Like adventure games such as
The Pawn and Guild ot
Thieves I hate to be a
whmgmg old whatever, but
Jer Set WiMy was amaziRg
(you really had to be there , ,)

People do need to gea. nd of
theli tension and anger but
there are a multitude of ways
to do this Perhaps you could
take up yoga, Iviichael..

H you are to criticise, in' to
come up with a better
argument than Rambo is a
good wholesome Amern^ati
who only kills commies.'
Graphics are becoming
lifelike FACT Sound is
becoming more realistic;
FACT. Some day there will be
a computer game-related
killing FICTION?
Matthew Pbs«, Wokingham.

Amazing: Jet Set Willy —
addictioD without violence

TGM TX 021 :8-89 61

CBntre Bytes

Forget the spec spec

DfieiTGM

Look, excuse rae very miich
and all that, but let's not beat
around the bxtsh. Some p©o*
pite are just not being very
Tiks to the Speccy lately and
I tJiinlt il s pretty danuied
iginorant.

Three people slagged the
lovely Speocy m TGM019
ReadeTpage, just because
they hauent got one they
automatic^y ihmk that
they're crap. Well they're
not, so ttore. Oh. STs land
Aimgas etc are all very well
tf you can afiord them and If
you want to pey up to E30 fw
a game, but for us lesser
monaJs with S-bttfi. we {or
most of \is) are quite content
with what we've got,

I for one don't go rouiiid
saying Ooh, the Amiga's got
reaily crap sound' fcoe it
hasn't, I knowl so why
should otheis slag the 3p«c7
Just be(miise it's got coIout
clash. Blame Sir CUve! The
Speocy's graphics are not
'rubbish', they range !tom
'decent to ooh lovely' {most
ot the time)

I have playe<l several ST
games, and what's the differ
eijoe between one pt those
and a Spec game*^ Graphics.
Wa aU down to graphite My
128^ 2 '5 sound easUy inat<:b-

es the ST's (when progiain-
mecs bother to use it), and I
personally think my Speocy
giames play Tar better.

Admittedly all machines
have their daasics. and in
time 16 bits v^ develop vast-
ly better ^ames, but for now
just leave \is atone. If we
wanted 16- bits, we'd buy 'em.
tucA al a -bitters are poor!
TOM is also obvioualy roovtog
towaids le-bit moieand
more, and wiU eventually
leave B-bits behind as the 16-
blt market grows. But for now
you provide good coverage for
all popular fonnats, so let's all
keep our snide comments to
ouiselves while it lasts.
l«igb 'Attribute problems

don't matter when tlia
gameplay's fab' Loveday,
West GlaniiDioan

tU wU yoR something, Wli&a
CRAS/i covemroLinCed the
^^seotTy classic Moon Cie«:ta,
everyone Jkim TGM was
fdaying it for days {when we
could get it loBdedt). We stjli
haveni s&en a version of
MoboCop on any coiQpucej^
tliat's AS good as the
Specimm version. And as foe
the CommodOFe, when the
Zzap Sizshrs compdation
came in EVERYONE on TGM
was plsying Dropzons at
iunchiiwe and aftei work.
Nuffsaid.

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Lucky in
luck

Dear TGM

Am I the vrortds luckiesst
TGM reader^ 1 was reading
TGM 01 & back m Januaiy look-
ing (ot my name in the com
petition results page alter US
Gold told me I'd won a prize. 1
scanned the results and
couldn't believe my luclt when
I saw t was runnetrup m tba
Elite oompeUtion too. Me...
Twice in one magazine^

But thai s not ail Look in
TGMQ20 and on the results
page there I am again Twice I
One prize for the TGM ques-
lionnaire, and a runner-up
pnze ui the Silkworm compe-
tition. Am I the only reader to
appear twice in one issue on
two separate oocasione?

I buy inany different com-
puter mags and have every
issue of TGM, I've bad a com-
puter since [ was about 13
(six years ago) and have
always bought c»mputef
magazines. However 1 only
started to enter the competl-
lions about eight months ago
afier a friend won three prizes
m three consecutive months.
Mark Shaw, CaniMwic.

No, it's only luck, Maik — and
oddly enough, seveiai peopfe
win twice in the same month

Braying about MSX... again

Dear TGM

I am back to say more about
8 -hit machines and my name
i£ anonymous

Ti^re IS Something I want
to say and that js Denaris on
the Commodore E4 looks good
and also got a good mark
{torn TGM But on the other
side the MSX 64 got a good
marlK for the Nemesis 3 which.

Looked UNBELJVEABLE for an
S-bit machine,

Well the point 1 am trying to
maice is that ! have played
both of them, WeU, Denaris is
OK but Nen3»sis 3 is just TOO
MUCH in sound, colour,
graphics, shades and many
more other styles.

But don't get the feeling
that ]ust because I own an

Con&nued iiom page 44

should get paid, depending on
experience etc

What about the fiituie of the
SSA, are you loohing to
expand?

Were hoping to heooine
international, and invite
European and American devel
opers And once thai happens,
it's going to be a lot easier for
UK developers ovei^as — and
XbSti'B very unportant for us.
The success of organisations
liKe ours helps the suc^»^ of
tiie whole industry — ft adds
credibility so that wa can get
leaHy established En the
future, we hope we'll be here

u> help the Govenunent on
copyright problems, ooroinunl'
cations, data protection and
oontTLbute to their discussions.
Perhaps, when we're estab-
lished we'll have guest mem-
bets — from Parliamattt — to
add oedlbiJity,

WeU-knowfi progranuners who
are already Diembers of the
Society ut Software Authors
include Jez San, Steven Dunn
and Raffaele Ceoco U you're a
developer involved m any part
of producing software, fiU in
the form for more details. All
enquiries are totally confiden-
tial, and mvolve no obligation

MSK 1 am saying that
Nemesis 3 is Izieiter. 1 mean
just check it out for yourself
and decide betvtfWD your-
selves about which is better.
But just remember Nemesis 3
has-

a) 2Mb ROM

b) Arcade sound effects

c) LSI custom sound t^p
mounted

djf New eight voice polyphon-
ic chip
Anonymous

icff again Poor old

.^ J .nous's letter had to be

hacked down and conected
quitoa bit but we think you
know what he's trying to
say,., don't you?

^^^

iJR^

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WORTH OF
SOFTWARE
MUST BE WON!

There's £50 worth of software — your choice — for
each month's Star Letter Write to; Readvipage,
TGM, PO BoK 10, Ludlow, Shropshire SYB IDB.

And rest assured that even it your letter doesn't
get printed. It's been read and where necessAry
shown to alt the TGM staffers who can use YOUR
suggestions to improve the magazine.

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very difficult to have many
secret ptots going on |eg. the
thief cajis the GM outside, so
everyone automattcaUy checks
ttieir pockets') In P8M there
isn t this pfoWem — your char-
acter IS tree to interact in any
way he/she wants, and with
hundreds of other players the
po5ShbiNt)es are very exerting.
£ach turn you give your char

66 TGM 1X021:0-89

acter detailed mstructionsH and
the reply will usually be around
1.5 pages of storyline detaihng
how things went- Most of these
games are hand- moderated
(fel)ow humans decide yc^ur
fatef) although there are excep-
tions

SPORTS GAMES

Most spon PBMs put you in the
role of a team manager com-
peting in league and cup oom-
petrtfons with varying degrees
of contrd- The mam task is to
pick your team each game,
although the tietter games also
inctu'de tactical decisions as
well as linancial controls on the
club. Most sports have a PBM
simulation. There's footttall.
cricket, rugby, ice hockey,
snooHer... you name ttl Most
sports games are computer
moderated.

So what actually happens in a
PBM game? You start oH, logi-
cally enough, by tKiying a start
up This includes rulebooH(s)
ar»d your first tumsheet- The

'osi of these vanes irom noih-
<ng up to about £10 — tfianktul-
^ rrwst are no rriore than £5.
Each turn you s&nd ofl a turn-
sheet and receive t>ack a reply
sheet whK^ details how your
actions went, >tou may also
receive messages from other
pJayers. newsletters and so on.
Turns again vary in price from
80p a turn up to atxxjt £4 PBM
doesn't work oui to be very
expensive — in an average
game you may be spending
£1,30 a turn (tortmight) — less
than a pin of beer, m Lorsdoo
anyway (and I have plenty of
those!).

So enough of introbuctions.
tet's now take a look ai some of
the better games on tt>e mar-
ket-

Continental rttt

Continental Rails is a new
release fiom' Sioth Enterprises
The game is set in Amenca m
the middle years of i-ast century
Each ol the is players takes
the role of a railway tycoon.
With his tew initial assets he
mtist attempt lo carve out a
finarKjal empire, and become
number one honcho. Ttie game
is divided into two parts, ^fore
the ctviE war comes the $|ruggle-
tor the railways of ihe east, as
players attempt to build a
sound finar>daj base. When the
war f^nist^es th>e race is 10 link
California with the east, and
open up the farther Ircntiefs of

Play By Maii

the tiewty &slablist>ed United
States, Start up lor TGM read
er^ is. free, and fufttier turns
£2 SO Conlaa: Sloth

EntefpriSK. Freeposi,

SOlrthafnptori S09 1BH

Isles style

The hJes IS a. sirtgle character
foleplayrng PBM sei in a fanta-
sy land You piay the role of a
recently released outcast wito
has irttte o** rw hope of stirviv^i
urUdss you join or>e of the tour
guilds The guilds are ot
Weapons. Stealth, Wtlda and
Third Eye. As your character
progresses fthem are ski its lo
(flam, and plenly of adwnlgres
t& keep you busy. Turns are
wofd processed and streich lo
ai least a sid« ol A4 Costs are
lo* ai CI .50 start up and 90p

Sjs SAE) lor turther turns,
ntact: Wyvem Games, 34
Arnside, Staptefwrd, iSkjtts NG9
FEY

Puck stuff

Tactics have recently launched
Slapslxrt. an ice hockey stmu-
Laiion The ptayers are a>achQ9
arxj make tactteal dedsions as
well as coping wtth injuries,
training and pi^yw trades Start
up IS quite expensiH^e ai £5 (£4
(f you mention TGM) with lur-
ttier turns at C2. The game is
runi tjy Math, Walton who is a
real ice hod(0y Ian. so much
detail and realism has gone
inio the game Contact : Tactscs,
£5 Lotw Friar Street. Newcastle
Upon Tyne, Tyne And Wear
NEl SUE.

Lone crusade

Crusade is a century (100 per
man unrtj level oorresponcfenoe
wargame where intr)gue and
diplomacy are an imporiarit and
integral part. There are 15 play-

ers in each ganw, with three
fadions Crusaders. Muslims
and Neutrals Each with their
own factional and tndividuaE vic-
tory conditJCMis The Crusade
follows the historical events
fairty acajrately The njletXK>k
Is quite attractive and the game
destgn well tested sjrice it's
been running in the US lor
sonw lime. Set up costs £2
with further turns being Z2.50.
Unlike many of the games oi
rfiis type there are no hidden
Charges'. Contact: WhiteGoid
Garnes. PO Box 47, Ayr KA7
4R2.

Dlskovering PBD

A new idea Ive recently heard
alxiut IS Play By Dish Micro-
Ger>esis are offenng Itiis oppor-
tunity to owners ol Amiga,
Atari. Spectrum, Commodore
and I8M compatiWes. The
game, Ranch Wars, is a 30-
player wargame in which each
turn's resurts are in ttie (onrt ol
arwnated graphics and digii-
ttsed sound. Start up is a bit
steep at £^t.4S (inching one
free turn) wiith lurtt^er turns a
more reasonable £1 ,73.
Contact: Micro-Genesis, PO
Box 1 , Cropwell Bishop, Notts
NG12 3GT

All together now

One or the lun things about
PBM IS meeting new friends. A
great place to do this iis at con-
v&ntons, and H ju&t so happens
that a couple have just taken
place The British PBM A 4th
Lorxknn Convention was hek^
on June 3. and well attended
and enfoyed by all They had
demonstrations ol live roleplay
ing. PBM debates plus a well-
stocked har On the morning),

The second convention
called Fiasco was held In
Leeds on the June 17,
Although billed as a wargames
corivention, they had almost 20
PBM stalls Both events were
really cheap to get in to, so
watch out lor news ol the next
tew events.

Another popular activity lor

P9Mefs is attending pubmeets
There are several across the
Country of varyir>g Sizas Bnd
regularly A pubmeel is an
opportunity for players to chat
with other players ^n their
games, arid perhaps gel some
hot tips, Ttte biggest pubmeet
IS the monthly Lortdon meet-
Around 50 players attend
including a numtief of GMs.
The event ts held on ttie lifsi
Frtday of every month at Ttie
Leicester Arms, To get tfwfe,
go lo Ptcadilly Circus, then
down itie Ittlle road t^y the
Wimpy, ar>d its on ttte comer at
t*ie erid. I'm there every month
— so come and say hi'

Head all about H

For those who would like to
know much more about PBM
there are a couple of really
good magazines available

PSM Scroll IS written and
produced by yours truly, so
don't expect an unbiased
review I tslow on its ninth issue.
PBM Scroll Piae proved itself to
be the most regular publication
in the PBM market, This 'ssue
stretches to 6B A5 pages and
inckjdes a very up-to-date
news section, reviews, offers, a
readers chart, pen pals comer,
interviews with top play$rv,
company profile (thal's

enough — Ed) plus late tots
more. At just £1,25 per issm or
£4.50 (Of a year (four issues)
it's pretty good value Ch«oues
payatiie to John Woods and
sent lo 9t Wandte Rd, Morden.
Surrey SM4 6AD

Flagship is the most profes
sional kx^king magazine for Vw
fvobby. tt's usual^ around SO
A4 pages and i» a v«ry welt
written read. The reviews are
always very oomprehenstve.
tut the news ofteo suflers from
t)eir>g out of dale, and there's
also a tair amount of ooverage
of US gam^. Also the reviews
of new games generally take a
k>ng time lo appear, it's per
haps a little prt»y at £2 25 an
issue {£8 a year) tuA well worth
tl oonsk)efing itie depth ol cov
erage. Cornai^: Flagship. PO
Box liZ AJdrldge, Walsall West
Midlands WSa OTJ

It you've any »uggc4tJOiM^
or eonimvfifs on the PBMi
wortd then drop me a line.
Rememtxsr, it s the poettng
that keeps ■ column going;
so If you don'i want lo see
me disappear WRITE NOW!
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&e TGM TX021 :8 89

DREADING THE DAY

Judge Dredd — The
Roleplaying Game

Hardbacfc. 220 pages. E12,gg
Publtstied by Games Workshop

I Iter a period ot Gnmes
Workshop concenlrat-
Ing on irs lantasy ant)
si^tence-IJclion battle <
systems. H s good to '
S«e two new ralepf^nfrng
games Upm ihe Nottinghnm-
based company, Followinq on
from Ih0 recent Warharnmet
fantasy Roteplsy soltback
frdttlofi. Gamo* Workshop
have now repackaged two
other lavourile roJeplay^mg
games systems in compcti- ,
tiwly -priced formats. [

Each offers a complete sys-
tern suitable for virgin role-
players and experts alike,
conveniently housed In a sirr- |
{jie volume and re|>resen1lrvg
vxcelleni value lor money.

Judge Dtedd is. ot course.
the roleplaying game of
crime-fighling in Mega -City
One. Ba&ed on the famous
2000 AD comic strip, the game

lets pfayers lake on the role
of rooKte Judges pal ro (ling
the ultra-mean MgrJsNc
streets. As such, they are
fesponsible lor trachlr^g
down, capturing and sentenc*
ing criminals (or perps —
perpetrators} o( every kind.
CDpiJig with crimes ranglrvg
trom murder to tobacco
smoking.

The chunky hardback rule-
book is divided into two sec-
tions. one for ptayef s and one
lor referees. The players sec-
tion starts by introducing the
basics of the game, and
describes (tie sirnple process
ot creating a new Judge char-
aclof- The players a^e then
introduced to the various
Hams of equipment they II
nieed to use in the line of
duty; from the familiar {hand-
cuffs arvd personal radios) to
the ultra- sophisticated

nnrMn

Lawgiver {a Judge's gun.
capable of firing anything
from knockout dafts lo HE
grenades) and Lawmaster
(the uitra-powertul, heavily-
armoured Judges bike,
brlBfltng with armaments).

Now the Judges are fully
fttiuipped, the book moves on
lo I he most important part of
their duti^es — making
arrests. In spite ot all the tire-
power they pack, Judges
must atlow any perp, however
dangerous, the chance lo
surrender. A nice touch in the
rules Is that players are
encouraged to Issue suitable
ctwttenges to wrong -doers
they come across. So Hall or
I shatt rire? might jusi
Impress a hardened crtminal.
but Hold it right there perp,
or you II be wearing your hal
on the wet end of your neck!'
stands a better chance. It the
perps refuse to come quietly,
the players' section in etudes
full del a lis of I he combat
rules. These arc quite simple
but comprehensive, allowing
for the use of all soris of
weapions In various situa-
tions^

The Game Master section
of the book goes into more
detail on Ihe running oi
adventures in Mega-City One.
There is a chapter on Itie
geography of the ciiy. in elud-
ing instructions tor designing
your own 248-floor city block.
Then comes a section enti-
tled People, Places and
Products which gives more

useful tjackgrownd Informa-
tion Including a list of famous
individuals ^Judges, inform^
ers and perps) lor players to
meet — those featured
Inctude Judge Dtedd himself
ilwith a truly impressive set of
abilities, of coursef} and the
four Dark Judges — the evil
twinge from another dimen-
sion.

ConcliHlIng the Game
Master'^ section are chapters
on equipment, giving all the
necessary details required by
the referee lo datermii\e
effects ar^d abilities ot
Judges' weapons, vehicles
and other gadgetry. and also
• ahort introductory adven-
ture. Also inetuded wilh the
book are a sheHet of cut-oul
cardboard figures represent-
ing Judges, perps and
bystanders, and a large
colour map sheet containing
floor plans for use in the
introductory adventure.

Thp rules system ot Judge
Dredd is simple taut effective,
allowing a fast -moving game
that doesn't get bogged
down in details. It's an rdeaf
system for beginners, and
will appeal to experienced
players who enjoy a fasi-
movlng, act ion- pa eked game
with an eiement of humour
The game captures the atmo-
sphere and tone of the comic
extremely welt. Any roieptay-
er who enjoys Judge Dredd's
adventures should get a lot
Of fun out of it.

RuneQuest Fantasy
Roleplaying Game

Soriback. 95 pages. C4.99
Published by Games Workshop

uneQuest Is an old :
favourite of mine. It's a
fantasy rolepfaying
system that has seen
several incarnalions,
the most recent of which is j
the Third Edition, published in |
the Slates by Ave Ion Mi If.
Games Workshop originally
released a UK version ot this
in the form ot a series ot hard-
back books. Now the first of I
these is back In prim in the '
new, low price softback tor-
mat.

Purchasers get a lot of
game tor their live pouiKis.

Is extremely comprehensive
and allows players to devel-
op characters with highly
detailed sets of atei lilies. For
example, characters have not
fust the usual Hit Points,
(describing Ihe effects of
injuries) but also Fatigue
points, which keep track of
how exhausted they become
through their exertions.
Characters who wear heavy
armour will find themselves
rapidiy running out of pulf in
a prolonged battle! In spite of
the high ievei of detail, the
underlying rules system is In

TGM TX021;8-89 69

use In p\9f, seMom requking
reference lo charts and
tables.

As woll as rulc!^ for combat
and day^o-day skNIs like
TracMng, Climbing.

Swiinrning and Flrsl Aid.
Ihere is also a large section
of the rule&OOk given over 10
magic. There are three types
of magic in Run&Onesl:
Sorcery, which is like ctassl-
cat wizardry; Spirit magtc.
which laps the power of t tie
ettrerea! world: and Divine
Magic, which is carried out
with the help of the gods

Itwmseives. Mot all types ot
ma^ic fiec«ssarity exist in a
given fantasy world, but the
Itiree sets o( rules allow (or
«lmosi any possible type of
magic to tie fitted Into tile
garrvc syslem.

The book Is atmost entirely
given over lo rules — the
only background material
inclu<ied is a section on mon-
sters and non-human races
tor pJayers lo cncoynler. So
this book by itseil isn't
enough tor a compiete game.
A referee must add back-
ground detaifs ol a suitable
laniasy setting for his or her
campaign by borrowing from
other games or getting hold
of one of the imported
RuneQu^st background

packs. Sadly these aren't cur-
rently available in UK edi*
lions, and subsequently not
as competitively priced as the
rutebook. Hopefully Games
Workshop will retease at least
some of these add-ons in a
low -cost format. That limita-
lion in mind, this is an ideat
purchase for any GM who Is
kwking^ lor a realistic, sopbis-
iicated and playable system
oi rules lot a fantasy cam-
paign.

TO TGMTX02 1:8-89

Civilised

Outstanding amongst the
recent board game releases ts
a new British production of
the classic strategy game
CiviifssUon (published by
Gibson Games, about £13).

Covering the period from
the dawn ol history until
about 25<JSC, the game recre-
ates the birlh of Western civil-
isation as the various
fiJlediterranean tribes struggle
for dominance. But this is no
dry historical simulation!
Players each take the part of
a single tribe and must
expand their population to
control more terriiorv, con-
struct cities lo generate
wealth and survive many nat-
ural and man-made disasters.
Combat will inevitably take
place as rivaf cultures cEash
overmuch-needed land, and
huge armies w)H be raised to
sack opposing ciltes and
shatter the enemies economi-
Ic base.

There is also a Cdoperalive
side to the game. Players
must trade with one another
to generate wealth which can
then be used to purchase
Civilisation Cards, the acqui-
sition of enough of which is
the ultimate aim of the game.
The cards cover the various
cultural, technological and
artist accomplishments that
are available to the various
nations. These range from
humble crafts such as pottery
and clothmaking to the ulti-
mate heiights oF law. philoso-
phy and democracy.

Many Civitisation Cards
also provide an immediate
benefit to the owriing nation.
For instance, a player with
pottery can store grain, there-
by reducing the effects of
famine.

The nation that can survive
all the inevitabie setbacks
and be the first to reach the
pinnacle ol civilisation wins
the game. The gante works
best wlilh l>etween five and
seven players, but can be
played wfitti fewer.

CMtiaation is an unusual
and compelling boardgame
wrth the added adVfintage of
an ahraclive and fynctional
presentation. The simple
rules and the complexities of
the play, with both competi-
tive and cooperative ete-
ments, should appeal to tjoth
t>o9rdgamers and wargamers
alike. A worthy addition to
any games cupboard.

AM programiTtei^ have EGOS. And these egos are
not just large, they are planet-sized. Every program-
mer is The Programmer. His programs are not just
good, they are the best that have ei^er been written.
Does hJs scroll jerk? Not his fault. It is IMPOSSIBLE,
watch my lips, IMPOSSIBLE to get a smooth scroll
given the limitations of this crap machine' he has to
work on. The animations aren't right? Speak to the
Graphic Artist, matey boy, riot The Programmer.
There's a bug in the sprite routine? Never! Your
hardware's up the f— ing spout. This is The
Programmer's game you're talking about. So go f—
yourself.

Jt shoutd also be noted that most programmers
have IVs— Interesting Vocabularies.

PROGRAMMERS TYPE #1:
The Unbearably Enthusiastic

Distinguishing Maries

MALE — Aside from the Ian an-

cai light in his e/es, tliene is
very ftttle about the UEP lo alOft
you to the horrors in store for
you if you enooumer him These
will become hideousE/ apparent
Within iwo seconds of hfm open-
ing hrs mouth. Once started,
nothing will stop liim tafl^ing,
stioft of a blow v^ith an extreme-
ly heavy object — preferably a
meat cleaver. If you have any-
tiling a{ aft to do with the game?
software industry you are
advised to carry one

FEMALE -The UEP has not
yet been able to ifififtrale the
femafo of ttie species, but HE'S
WORKING ON IT.

Habitat

Wherever there is a computer,
you Willi find a UEP. Unable, as

yet, to master Ihe an ol rising
above nonentityism. the UEP is
always employed in a ^^f<f. very
junior eapaciiy. Freelance UEPs
are kept chained Ig their Key-
boards by desperate parents,
who can be instantly recognised
by rheir naunted expressJoris
and severe nervous ncs

Ttw company UEP (every
company has onei) will be found
in the broom cupboard, or it a
broom cupi)oard \& not avail
atTle. in a room full of peopl^e
who have developed a sucMen.
pathological and total deafness.

tncidentaiiy. it your broom
cupboard has a spider, ral of
cockroach problem you wiif fif>d
ihai the UEP makes an excel-
tent pest controller.

Beliaviouraf Patterns

Wi!h !he emotional oeveiop-
ment of a twoyear-old. the UEP
brings a new m^anirKo to the
work monomaniac. He Uves,

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1

PirogFmmming

Idiot's

H may '

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Ttothe

Guide

fdiO^^

Software In^jstry

BY RUTH PRACY ^\

PART 1 : The Programmers

breathes, eats, ^eeps and
dreams progfamming. and
indeed, he is capable ol noth-
ing eise. Failing a human audi-
ence, he wiU dt&cuss his new
routines wrth carpe^ts. d^sks
and The small Idi is of green ftuff
!tha! grow between his loes
The mundane Things ot life.
IrHe survival and personal
deanline^ are totally beyond
his ken

Unless helped, he wiFI noi eat,
sleep or blow his nose. His
bed ts The tloor beneath h»s
Keyboard and hiis home, if he
ever had one. vs something
that is rxofoundly grateful to be
rid of him. If he stitl HAS a
home rt will undoubtedly be
making strenuous eflorts to get
rid of him. His heattng will mal-
function , his taps seize up, his

fridge putrity ar^ hrs parents will
long since have be«n removed
to the security of a nice mental
hon>e for I'epeaied attempted
assaults wilh a meat cleaver.
(One of 9mb rrrast annoyir^g traits
of the liEP IS that he leads a
charmed life.)

There are those who wiii say
thai these maltunciions occur
because the UEP is so dedicat-
ed that he does not have Time
for ttie routine thir>gs ol life.
Anyone who has ever met one.
how^vet, knows differently.
Even inanimate ob)ects and
parents have a sense of self-
preservation.

Other Remarks

It you see him — RUN ill

PROGRAMMERS TYPE #2:
Mr Universe

solitary splendour resaarchirtg
new and esoteric metfKtds of
pfogramming I hat are poiential-
iy dazEtingly lucrative. Here, His
every need ts attended to by a
bevy of suitably subservient
(aciieys who mahe His cofloe,
and Itsten with f erven liy bowed
heads to the pearls oi coding
wisdom that tall from H<r lips,

Beltaviourai Patterns

Mr Universe kriows His worth,
and expects others to Know tt
too. in His beneficence. He
realises that the tower orders,,
wtiose brainpower ts not ol The
greatest, need constant remind-
ing of thiis simple fact, ami. duly
He so reminds theiti.
He walks tafi better to iook
down on the wortd and remind it
ol Its proper position m Hts
scheme of things He has many,
many friends, all of wfiom main-

Distinguishins Marks

RiALE — Mr Uni'verEe is the
Best of the Best. th« Creme de

la Cfeme, the Greatest the
Woi-kj Has Ever Seen In a
world of geniuses He is The
Genius; tt>e Ullirnate Zenith.
You know this because He has
saiid so, and His wofd is Law,

FEMALE — No Ms Universe.
He knows the way to succeed
in tNs business At puberty He
saw the blinding vision ol His
glittering future and decided it
was not enough Accordingly.
He programmed a best-seller at
tfie speed of light and invested

tain the suitable distance from
l^iim and come only vyhen sum-
moned {It. tfiey keep out of hts
way). AM are eager to please
Him, and express iheirgDOciwill
by leaving Htm to itie solitude
He so chenshds.
He fs far too taiemed to stay
with any one conpany for tong,
and theretom tries to grace a»
many as possible with His
pcKence. so that all n%ay have
ttie iMK^efit of His great talent
(ie. he gets fired a lot} So thai
up-and-coming lesser souls
may gain tfre maximum advan-
tage from His presence. He
always leaves His oarnes untrn-
ished when He moves on, tfiat
ThHy may have the chance to
' i'n trom His code by com
piesing it He is magnanimous
in ihe ojntreme
He has had 20 bestselling
jgamss to date.*

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the proceeds in a sex -change
operatton, emefging as Tfw
Mosi Wonderful Person The
World Has Ever Seen {see
al30vej.

Habitat

As a Ireeiancer. He has a t>eaii-
tlfu* maison <n a rtghteous sub-
urb that He bought when He
was 1 7. wfier e He lives m tuMury
surrounded by His checish^d
machtnes. and where His every
need is attended to by a bevy Of
ravishing maklerts.
fn -house, He has the largest
office (the MD, of course, lakes
second place), where He sits in

TX 021 8-89 71

Pfo^ramming

other Remarks

^or those ot you nai au fah wtlh

computer world technospea^,

the foJIowfng iranslations are

provided : ■

'beautiful matson' ,— "Mitf-

Victorjan Terrace'

luxury -^ SQualor

bevy ot ravishing maideos' —

mle' tot 'motfuer')

largest otfice' — 'standard

desk'

'his ev«y need is attertded (o

— ignored

subservient lackeys' — aniag-

onlstic colleagues'

pearls of wisdorr — crap

'Divrde by ten and lor best-
selling' read nniid -chart entries'

PROGRAMMERS TYPE #3:
The Laid Back

So Laid Back he's horinint?)

Distmguishing Marks

MALE ~ TT« LBP i» no4 so
mudti a person as an experi-
ervce Conversaiiorts with him
are best oonducfed through t5
metres of ttte kirxl o1 reactor
shielding Chemobvl lad<.ed, or
faihrig that, a space suit This te
laigely due to the inter&sling
aroma ihai accompanies tmti
wTwever he goes Never let tt
be saiki he doesn't wash: he
does. . . whenever he can be
bothered Oaperjding on how
Laid Back he is, this could be
onc^ a month or once a year:
you can gauge h\5 Laid
Backness by the depth of the

h-fvn^ -

trail of grease he leaves behind
him on his perambulations.
Theae are tre<!uent, and the
path beiween his desk and the
coffee pot is jsuaJly only nego-
tiable by Otympic-standard

skiisrs or small chikjren who
missed the snow last winter. A
really laid back Laid Back
Programmer can produce
enough grease from a srngle
foilide to keep a medi urn-sized
McOoneld'^s supplied with fries
and lishiburgers all year round

FlWAte — No. surefy. there
oxjldn 1 be, ojukJ there?

Habitat

One out of every 1 5 program-
mers is an LBR This means
that every company ar>d club (n
the oouniry has one. You'll find
him lurking m a darkened corner
surrounded by half a ton ot da.n-
dfutf arKf a moimtan o1 half
chewed and excitingly lungoidal
sandwiches, rolls and empty
crisp packets Gas masks are
usuaJfy hung t>y the entrance to
his domain for use by those
brave enough to entef . along
with a sh£>vei or two to clear the
track to his desk.
Like many programmers, the
LBP has no home When nol
hunched over his keyboard
multenng strange oaths in an
arcane tongue, he can be four>d
under his desk, resting his head
on a pile of old beer cans o^^ dis-
carded Risia papers ar^i tobac-
00 shfeds. depending on exact-

ly what he uses to keep hiimsell
Laid Back His keybo^ is
always missing at least three
keys, its cover having tong
since gone where ihe dead
crabs go. His desk is supported
by two lags, a stack of paint
pots (half full, cor^aJed) and
prayer.

Behavioural Patterns

The LBP has no worries, none
at all. ever, He never linlshes a
game (sae Mr Universe) — it's
too much bother. Nothing fazes
him The building's turning
down? Let it burn Its some-
body else s problem, not his.
Like the UEP, he leadts a
charmed life and knows, with
pedect oonhdence, thai the
Hames will go round him, {ust
like everything else does
Bomb a software house and
you will lind, once the dost ftas
cleared, that a desk -sized pin-
nacle /emains rtsing up Irom
the rums m solitary sf^ndour
arid perched on top, the LBR
programmrng away with r>ot a
care in the workt. II anything,
he will be happier, because
ttwre's nobody to bug him up
there.

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ideo killed thei

Portable entertainment has advanced in teaps

and bounds since we first slipped on a pair of

lightwieght headphones and boogeyed on the

bus. Now you can watch the tube on the Tube. Of

playback your own replays while you're watching

the cricket- Mel Cfoucher looks at the revolution

that we cannot ignore. What we want to know Is,

will it all end up with Max Headroom?

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Television has been around
longer ihan you think Whan
HG VV^fEs pc^ictMl pocket
vvteos m 1903. he was loeh-
tng inio me pi^i as wati as
gamg nto vm tutum Wty

tucK in fBI? a Sviredtsti boffii^ namt^ 8er7eliu5
iransmittM iOhM of tight over distances, and as
tar bach as 1 639 radioactivQ Edmuixl Bscquengl
m$ ising the eJectfo cJiemcai effects oi light
The pho^ns^tive seleniyin ceN vras up and
running in tS73, and prototype TV &ets we^e
canstrudfld m 1884 !t>y Paul NipkoiAf using scan^
mng discs Five years later an attemativs system
was btiilt by Lazare tetter uSing revotvmg mt*
irors ^iedhfif of thsin could ampily tfieir images,

'But tMtiai ateud Baod^ I hear my Scottish
isidefs cry. Sorry Scotfand, but John Log« Basird
didnii iFwent latevtston on 11 Apni i925 a& The
T«iieG woutd ham il ha didn i even conie cioee
T«(encion HAS mvenMI by a Russian Jew
naned Bon$ Rosung,^ the year was 1907 artd m
stjccsssfully loed catfioda ray tubes connected
to r$vofvim mifrored dmms, Fojf years lat&r Mr
CampbeM Swtnion ncked tr« Ktea, afid ijied to
maitja a portable mactune Welt, it was on 3
' Batbad iT'OI^. but it s tne thoi^gtit that coufits

So hcmv did we get trorri there to pocket
vison^ By 1923 two Vanl«s named Jenftuns and
Moore were happ<iy sending shadows dtmn
wires, and Behri' and HohVOcK were doing the
same thing mnihout wteb ffiiough the French air-
waves TTte same yter artotf^r l^iAann.
Vtadimir ZnKvyHin. cfactoJ rt. and too't out a
p»ini for an electromc t^^/ision system He
uns bought out I3y a hnie outfit m the StatBs
caMed EMI. Ttwn, and only tfien. comes Bvrd-
Wm JOhmy Qawd ^so tooli out a patent in
1S£!, based on the oid Sp*nn«ng dt$c idea In
Sapiemtwf 1929, the youthful BBC ^ar»d
txptpfotmi broadcastirtg us^ng his system, and
at 330pm on Morxlav. ? Ncventher 1^6. ine
mf^Ki first tetewsion servi<^ was launched hwn
tie Ally Pally London, H was oap In lact the
240-brte pdure quatiiy vi^ $0 dire t^al the
whole system was scrapped after itiree months

Meanwtiiile badu >n the states Zworykm, now
a refugee l^om (he dreaded Boi^neviks. had
roped! tn me raiO*o pioraer Marram as wetl as
EMI, and tjy 1^* ihty had a system wttich
would be easity reragnized today 405 lines, 50
n«[)daced ftwnes a second, giwing 25 coir^ilMe
"^aoes a seam). They had eteciiorK amm&.
'S and receivers. i4moh by Hmch
u,<iL'. a.<d white screens reraiiing at around
eighry <Tuid, and just like Rwperi Murdoch 5 Sky
cha/HMis tfuy had no aud«nce because Ihey
tiad no programs Tfie Beeb took or^ belied
look at the system arid the rmt. »& they say. is
history

Apart from a load 0^ old gimmidts, nothing
niuch changed m tlw world o( portabte televis»on
untit the Seventies, The scifi OuNs *ere way
ahead Ol the field, as th«y aiways are Pulp mags
ot Bie Forties and low budget SF fitms ot ihe
Fifttee rsgulorty featured' the next televisual revo-
Mion pefsenaJ tv Wnst- watch TVs. po<*ei
reoeivers. perfect images com?ng from iiny flat
screens W^hen the Japanese actually produced
a wrist waich TV m t97t nobody was the least
bit surprised, and when Undo Chve threw Ne
mof>D 2(nch screen Sinclair mio the maritet
place a decade later, ttie ortiy reaction was wtiai
kept htm so king, and why do the battenes keep
rufininoout.

From !97i onwards, portable miru TVs were
available to anyone in Britain wMi a bn of nxmey
and a fet 0! musde. The RikorxiM ffOffl the
USSR being chunlty. meialtc. cheap and wei^
ing a ton the ubtquitous Japar>ese brands bang
tussy plastic, overpriced and also weighing a
ion But, and slop me if you've heard this one
before, after Sinoair paved the way he was
bkjwn Out by competrtors wrtfiin a cotipie of
yea^s, and miniteilevtsNHi started to take off
OuTftis like Casio produced very sexy pet^onai
receivers, like ttieir 3-inc^ model costing £96,
we<ghi!ng a few ounces, and folding down to a 3-
trwh by 4indi packa^. The image was tMadt
and whrie. and receded onto a thp-up mirror The
genefat pybltc was sceptical!, put the yi^]p«JS
bough) them by #ie thou»nd. T^ are now
buymg cotour portables |ust as eagerly,

MirH^lure televi$iOri screens wHI soott b$ &s
Gpidemc as canned mi^sic The Germans are
alreedy fittirvg an imeradive auttevisual unit mio
car (toshboantte as a navigation systern Tnnee
West German cities have been sprinkled with
information nodes and the entire country wilt be
etectronicaUy mapped by 1 994

Back home, Wgin's Richard Branson, has
ordered over three miHion quid s worth ol 5- inch
LCD colour screens, to tit on the bacn of all his
airlirw seats Passengers can choose between
ten ifldao channel, they can ofder boo», grub
and duty frees off screen They can also play a
seiectton of silent [\\ video games including
che$s. by using tfTtsfactwe pads burtt into theiir
food trays

Not to be outdone. Pfybps and VVvner Bom
have joined torces m a jomt venture called
Airvison First cifitomer m Brmsh AtnArays who
are titling out Boeing 747s with back- ot seat 3-
inch LCDs Passengers wiH have access to six
diannels and can watch Airplam 2 m living
colour, |u$t as the jxk^t anrtounces the traditional
emergency landtrvg for real When n comes to
personat mrmvision. science- ftcticn « already
fact. So here s my guide to what s r^ew and cur-
renUy available

PERSONAL TELEVISIONS

(Olmensioos in inches^

BOOTS (own brarxJed) MTV-S. E70

SiHxS. 5incn rngfto tuom mdims Of adaptor Cheap
and nasty ri« little cube, tM it » porUtHe JusL

CASK>TV'500,£d9

2Sx4i\.S. 2'nct> LCD ootour scmm banseries
imdudBdi car bghter sodtet or m«m abatttm
{C^ IS Birtrei In g wgrd abnkMty bkndy niarv«^
iMmi il weigrq less ifian (weiw ounoet. ffw pciura «
pin sharp You can use the thing as 1 video or cam-
cgrder monftcr it's got an automatic channel leartft
tor bom VHF .and UHF lr«queflci*ft, and K ihi tele-
scopic afUnma isn t good enough (or you, (here's an
e<lamal fack lor any ottw source el signal Eat yow
hean out dwe S^nciair.

BOOTS (own branded) CTV>5B. CieO

6kS):9 $-in^ cokjur lube, mans ol adaptor **«. so
dn^ tt tttt Boots MTV-5, but |ui) IS n««ly ptntc
bust Mflh dreidlUI pictwe and leuonatate sowA For
ClQft you get a FM>ly(W fAto ««fadBe

SEISHO CTV'^S.S, £160

7x7x10, S5-<ncn csfcur tutH. baiOBry, mm. car-
lighter adaptor Oaons o«n-brand machra indbdec
an FMMW mto^ and qtMMie ai t HemiBfiw « fw
peiiabilty sattes. Pieiu» tfuafty i$ surprieingly ciaer,
arv9 v\6 sound isnt bad «ther Beats me Boots oppO'
iition hands down,

FERGUSON PTV02 A, t3M

4x41,2. 3 !n<:h colour LCD s^wn. rnaifis {if inclusivir
rediargeable battery A tr^e pochet inacJiirie, with a
frusiraiNng; hour or SO ol waldlaOAty u«ing the bonery
pad( <a[^ugr> it ooe$ have a betttry-eaving auth-
ority taiiure wtwh s en emezin)|^ n^ tonoept (or a
televWer^ saiv WMghino in at orily 350 green, and
wi|h an active matrn hi-ra$ sorein, the image is
exotent, the aound m poiy as youd aitpea The
opuoiial hgh^iapecity baiieiy pack « recommertded
if ftkff Httiei can stand ii l^e, camcorder moum is
pancUady use^ lor tocaiion rnantsims. end tw
Witrple ere pertsd lor a pa-kat mactww.
menibtaM nw i tehea you eaiM hnoefc Oiem off
superb product

F^NASONIC TC-L30 Minivislorv, ir32t

4Kg)tZ 3 mti) cotour LCS screen, matns. battery or
asa«Mor. Loohmg H« e commurticator Nun tfu 0$$
Ento^risa. this hand-held has a huge advantage
over itiofi rmnivtsktn setr 4 works anywtMfiB n
Europe AH ^ou have to do is mneh to the appropT'
aia syiflfltn and rtapbDn vw rhe letascopc a^nal rt
unsurpassable Absolute ttaie-ot thtari wafer-vwi
screan, i^mpnsing over 100.400 piHels. each fidmd-
idHy controRed. Ine aud« n erummy, «id a decerii
ear^lwie is needed to gM anythtng approadwig
deosflit sound Thelt^upacreensaemivery vutner-
able and prorie 10 gMtmg iisall fheand off, and tor
this son of pnce t$Q wmeflwig more lobustf ooik
ibuctttd wouid seem 10 be r order Bid 'Sht butt pic-
lurt I have evtr eipenenoid. whch 4 quit Uine-
th*^ (rom a getuiiie Mwh.

Mers Reeofiifneiitfetf Best Buys
In personal TV

CAS«0 TV'500. EW
FERGUSON PTV02 A, E2»

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TechnQlogy

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PERSONAL VIDEOS

I Have soir* dfffiiaiiy wKtefstan*rig the whote oon-
cept of portable mini video systems. Isn't tfie whoUe
poml aiawn personal TV to enabte tfie viewer to
wWr\ Ml (he hcxjf? So wtiy Ume-shift on ffie more
w+ten you cart do it at home? Obviously th« manufac-
Curefs tiave re$earch«4 itie* globaJ maritjelptaGe, but
wilti poce t^ *« tfwse I rernajn irt»fi«ncsd. A
personaf wdso is not a camoonjef. twt a mireaiMsed
VCf^ pKiS monito'. ollefi witt a racfio fiecetvieT ixMigfltl
in. to doubt these mactiHrh&s are pnecursofS to the
in«vrtjyble global pocM ctommuncator 'ealiinng TV,
VCn. VKteo letephone. personal organiser, computer
and data£)3S8. Shalt we ^ tuif 19^? I ^wk we
shafl-

CANON Canovisior^S

Svidged version of the Sony Video Walkman,
TV.'Video-e machine (SM betow}

SONY GV-d VidM WsKcman, Etb«

4i8x2. VtdeO'B lotmai, 3'H>wi colour screen, battery,
ma^n; adajytt}r. Sony are so conficteni about this
product thai rh«y tiave iaur^cned 400 prerecorded
titles to go .With *t. beautifully produced, robust, ^e*h,
|iusi wiiat you'd expect from tihe markel teaders tad
mst\iOtt of ttie originaf Walkman Excaltsni soirrtd
via headphores. but !he live' picture was a iiTlie dts<
appwnting Prerecorded V«deC'8 tapes eave excel
>ent 'esi^, tMt off-air homQ- recorded ta^pes $uHer
trom the ftarujitiap of time limitation, TMs can t>e
exiftrtded by usiflfl M-min-uta (apes in lor*g-piay
mode WTw> It was. launched m TfJvfQ il cost We
equivaiertt o( £570 Biit the UK laurich is rumoured to
be pftce<J at a horrilN; CQOQi iQhedt with reiariersn)

PANASONIC NV-1 S-VHS-C, £840

tex6*3 VMS C formal, S-mcn LCD colour screen,
mairts- rKJiargeable power pack. # truly amajing
rriaci^ine. and &o >i ^houkl be at this price BnllianI
picture, nme heads using the mim-VHS system, hi-ii
souiKt. tHiilt'in radcD, lonq-piay option, and all m a
gsnuHuly ponabie paci^age i^eighirii^f t 5k(). The
accassones are verging on th« insane., w^th a micro
camera costrr^ £440 and weighing 349g ttial you
war on a headband (£40 e^ctralf t can see those
Japdn#s« tourists already, wt^ich is jugt as wel* cos I
don t tnow any Briis who can aftord gnrnos like tftis.

CASIO VF-3000, £558

3.3-indi LCD colour screen, slarkdard et2e VMS (or-
mal. mams, adaptot or power pack The two MIO
uwiglit IS |ust aix>ij.r acceptable, bui the image $eemG
£omew^t washe<l' out unless iigtiting conditions are
perfect Obvious advantages with the standard VMS
cassetifls ttik and maichinp w<^ home- based sys-

lerrts, but disappointing that Ca&io have not opted for
lioensing the new, rmproved- thifd generatiort Super
Of HO VHS. Ths ts not for reasons of picture quaMy
bwt because ot frw hombie sound that VHS pro-
duces. arKJ the Iremer^docs socind i^jaMy of other
Casio lyoducts

HITACHI VT.LC5, Etba

i6j!6x2, 5-incfi colour LCD recefirtWi'monitor plus VHS
fecoiider , mains or battery II you tfm* that over ttviw
and a hatf k»los counts as yiy portable I man'X dis-
agree, bet tuand-hew this m]. TT» hqutd cfystai
image is superb, and itie funge-up screen reveals
surprisingly robust CorttroSs and assorted gfmmnits
Tn* d'esjgn is remirnscent of ttie sta^ike miiac osn-
VBS Of lti« eariy SevenDes, and already tooics Idte a
inuseum pieoe. but e a <isttf»ct altem^tive to the
dwarf Slack sysiems on ofler.

S0HYEV-DT1 r900

6!t9Kt2,t- .-,:■.„„: •.., .^ - .c^-jo^ formal,. mains.
1Z24V adapter-. I^leady snx Idos m«ke this one a Lap
lop. and 01% thofi if you're r^ consideiiing retroduc
iiQfl. Classic layout of monitor sitting ontop ot VCR
Hitti twin lelescopii; ani«imae kjokifiQ |ust liiie a hvts
dtawtng of a Ma^tMn. One (or the lujtmry
cafupBf r^^i^nsng bngade, and the de^ Th« sound s
appafnp amd an nfrusive cootaig £an cuts m eve^y
Bme me damn tftrng is SMtci^ on Other Uian tHat
no ownptainits at alt BeatrtifuMy- r.^.-,..n..^ ,^f,
ev«ry ^mmicfe imagiriaibte tuiA '^ :hs tan t

reoonl arrytfitng except ttie ctn^ine: yOu ib wstehtng.
what tfie bioody ti^snkff

Nlet^ Recommended Best Buy in
persona t viAett

SOMY GV-£ VtOEO WALKMAN M CSK
eiighity less of a waste of mwwf ti^ ttw i«l,
but th£ prtc« hike fqr^s ma to say w«^ ■ yew
Of two detofe popfiing a video in your podtet
A playback^only tm6ti wM soon be
at a irun redistic price.

6f Itisti Airways an* Inslalling (tie Skyvlew
System. Passengers simply pull up a screen on
)heir armrest, plug in a headset and load one at
the avaiiatiie video 3 cassettes. Volume, briQlil'
nesa, tint end colour can ofli be «diM«t«d.

Above. icrlockwisG' from Itie lof^
left; The Ferguson PTVOJ,
wllti 3-inch LCD screen, the
Sony EV-DT1 with 6- inch
acrc*iii. Ga&iO TV6500 ol 27
inches, and the amazing Sor^y
GV-S Video Walkman with a 2*
incfi $crQ4}ni. The appliances
ahi>wr> are not in scale with
each other!

TGM TX 021 8-89 77

h

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TGM^s Japanese correspon

dent, Shintaro Kanaoya,

gives the lowdown on Far

Eastern news

that dire StaJtorie mofvue, te. in
tact based on a comic. The
Cobra of the stoiy is an hsroc
space pirate A long ihme ago,
he had his left ami surgicaity
j'smovt^d with ^n axe, and n^gw
p<»5e5ses a Psycho-Gun titere
instead Being a Japanese
game, ^11 ttie women wear
shoelaces as cosluines and do
ard say provocative things,

Hudson uts desigr»fs) are
txinginig out an evtefnal Banery
Back-up Sysiem Thrs save-
game idea hias proved' to be a
hiu0e success on thns Nmtencb.
most notaWy on RPGs, where
prevHOusty long pa&swcrds haid
to bo entered. With a press ot
The button, ttie garrw is saved to
memory, powered by a sm^l
battery whrlie the computer is

Welcome 10 a new
regular column that
will try to uphold
Iruih, justice and
the Japanese wa/
ol piaying oomputef garnes.
Each month 111 be brrnging you
the latest news, views, gossip
and lotaliy unconftrmed rumouffi
in the hope ihat one of Ihem wiff
be true.

I If primaNiy be covering com-
pulers arti software but il some-
thing catches my eye, or ear. HI
try to menlion It here, Most
Japanese machines will be
loohed ai. from the Nintendo to
itie FM Towns, from itie PC
Engine to the MSX (well, maybe
the MSX). From time to time
itiere may be the odd Up Her© s
two On \n& Ergirws CD ROM,
il you play an audk^ CD witti the
Systems Card in, yoo have

access to a Gu menu witti lunc-
tions such as Fade Out and A-B
Repeal, And did you know thai
you can run an unconverted
Engine on a monitor with only
the loss ol colour? However, I'll
leave the game tips to Robin
Candy.

Natura%, rrxist of the things
mentioned won't be available
her© for a while, apart from PC
Engine goods which are now
(instantly entering Britain But
most ttiings will probably gel
over here eventually — ar>d
TGMs liere to prepare you.

Now, firstly, I he ev^ergrowing
PC Engine Twin Cobra which
was mentioned last month as
both a ROM card game and a
CD ROM game is in fact two
games I haven't seen the ROM
version but Ih© CD version, just
called C&bra. and not based on

Astafoth has nothing on this, t
bought the gams on a Monday
evening. Tuesday e:00pnn it
was completed* Yup, C!^ira is
pne rnean game Although it's
lass ol a graphics and sound
demo than Dragons Lair, it sti^lf
looks, and mostly sounds, like a
CD-ROM denro. Oh and it's an
adventure — in Japanese, of
course I

One game that Im especially
looking oul for is Aiter&d 6&3Sl
This could prove to be a testing
point between the Engine and
the Mega Drive . Qraphkaily the
Engines actually not up to the
Sega machine, but playability is
the Engines strong point, In
fact, Sega's games are appear-
ing quite regularly on the
tngine: Oul Run, Shinobi.
Afterbumm, Thurttier Bfade Blc

Staying wiih the Engine.

off. (Ell Ilka
add-on

Because of Ihe size ol the
Engine's media (the ROM card},
this metfKK) had nol been used
before. Hudson s sysiem ins on
th$ expansion port at the ttack
of Ihe machine so there may be
a problem with some Engines
over here. Howeveir. Micrp
Media toll m© that they r© looK
ing into producing duel expan-
sion ribbons for PAL TV users

What about CD ROM' Well
no, it protjably woul<in t lit into
the CD-ROM, but the CD-ROM
has got its own back-up systeni
in the RAM interface land nol a
tot ol people Know that). Looks
like RPGs can finally make it to
the Engine (Boo, ) hate
Japanese RPGs. after all, wt>en
did you iast see a cutesy zotn-
bie^)- A qupcH tip toT Engine

78 TGMTX02 1:8-89

A ^%

i^^f-^j^%

owners kxM out for Dsmis, rt
looks sat to nvai R- Type

Orio other machines., Th«
NtnterKio 8 bit has. once again,
gone ipio Dragon Quest manta.
This fouhfr one wiM pitibatily
have hJds KjlJrng their parents (of
cash to buy it. You hrtow Japanf
TTm last one had^ kids bunHJng
SCtWOJ on Ihe cJ^y i1 wbs
released, arxj adults rtoi ^oing
to «ofkl I cam see wtiai the
tiBs's about, Though Also on
the Nintendo front, prepare
yourseH tor the oommg oi
another baseball seasor^.
Although the real season has
alread)^ started, the games are
GtHI fn their starting blocks. This
year tliere are i4 ol ihe damn
things coming out Japanese
ecscentncrties... i guess itiey bal-
anoe out the hard wotlk. global
monetary doitiinalion, aTiid the
desiructton ol the motorcar and
ttke industry Nyah Nyah Oh,
ar>d Hostages will be coming
out in November (or the
N^nter>do,

The Maga Dnva has. Out Of
fiowtiere, brought out

Daimakaimufa. Ghouts 'n
Ghosts to you- And i1 k)oks
awesome. The graphics are oF
pure arcade quality and com-
paring them to the arcade ver-
sion seem* pomiless: you won i
spot any dftfwence, As for how
it pleys. we'll all have to wait
until August. Also coming out
for the first of the two 16-bils is
Supsr Hang-On and Super
Masters Remember Super

Thunder 8ia(fe? I'm beginning
to wonder about Sega and all
the«f Supers. Afso, watch out for
Wo^ Cup Soccer ar>d Fist of
the NofJh Star — the comic has
just come out m Britain, com
plete with appalling translation
and lots of blood, Fists pre<ie-
cesser appeared on British
Segas as Bhck 8^t

And fmaiiy, following last
month s Garne Boy storyn Sega
ar»0 Atan are laur>chinQ hand-
held machines. The Sega
machine has gone right back to
Bhe Game * watch roots ot one
machine, one game, no Car-
tridges. Still, they only cost
about £15 so that's not too bad
a price and cheaper than mosi
Amiga games. The games are

Out Run F'1. SutfftisrifJs Wars
and SDI, And you may even
see Ihem nn the Virgi^n
Megastores, ttianks to Richard
Branoons importir^ig console
^af With Jap>an.
TiJI next month, sayonara.

ai|

TQM 7X021:8-89 79

STAR-SPANGLED
SOFTWARE

Paul Rigby takes a took at the phenomenon of
American imports. TGM's regular columnist tells alMirt
shadow software, what's out, and where to get it from...

The

ADVENTURE
STRATEGY
ROLEPLAY

Column

t

Pick up any compuler magazine with a
leisure soltware section and you w<l4
encounter sudi names as Ocean and
US Gold, American-boBed companies such
as MicroPfos« and Eleclronic Arts, a spfin-
ktinq o1 European and Antipodean software
houses and the Japanese console ph&-
nomenon,

While bafiking in this corvfortabie state ot
familiarly ytw may ba surprised to learn
that, within foreign shores. Ihere is another
large, thriving sohware industry producing
quality, inrxivairue and sometimes revolu-
tionary prnDducis Yei you have probably
heard litlie r>r nothing atrout Ihem,

The principle country which houises this
'shadow' :software mafhei is the USA.
However, Itrere are other countries, such as
Japan H who have an increasing E^hadow
home marViet {an-d I am not referring lo con-
soles here}. But for the rncmenl all Sudl
products terw* to fitter towands the more
mature Antofican arena.

When I describe
these home
markets as \

*stiadoW mar
kets what
mean is that the
said protfucts
are, m ihe
main
researched
designed ar>d mar-
keted (at least ini-
tially) for the home

market (a possible UK parallel being home-
product adventure games) With national
economies and the large number of com-
puter literate users in the USA and Japan,
the shadow software market does very well
thank you There is no pressing need to
export Itie products to the
liKes of Europe.

In Ihe case ol the USA this
js amptified by several con-
tritxitory factors such as the
USA having a long history of
senous. disK-b^ed software
with a higher shell ble Thus
shadow software houses
tiave twen able (o survive Ctie
lurbuienr and periodic market
slumps by bemg able to lall
hack on the steady, rrtature
software buyer That is, the
person wtx? purchases disk-
ba^d adverltures, RPGs and
strategy games.

In this country and. in fact.
Western Europe as a whote
we are only now seeing seri-
ous attenlion being paid to
the latter software categories
by the Itkes of US Gold and
Ocean. Conpanies who have
t>een harnpered by the popu-
larity of tape-based soi^vare

But what Ibrm does the shadow software
take?

The shadow unveileij

Well, you may have heard of several exam-
ples filtering through as imports from
obscure sources. One or two popular and
familiar titles used lo be obscure, import-
ware The Ultima series is a good example,
made popular with MicroProse s baoktnfi.
I brought two pieces of importware to the
notice of the UK
gamesplay
er when I
recently
reviewed
(elsewhere)
two games
c a N e d
Breach and
Patadtn
from a US

shadow software

house called Omnitrend. Both of these
games have been snapped up arvd will now
be distributed by Artronc Other cases
have occun^ed where a Eurr^wan distnbiM
tor has grasped, with txiih hands, a pc^si-
bly jujcy piece of shadow software. So you
may find a piece ol shadow software being
monitored (for good or bad reviews, sales
perlormance. etc) by oiitside sources lor a
shon period before any lormal approach is
mecte to the shadow software house But
this IS all rather general. Lets look a little
more ckisely at a few of Ihe piayefs in tfte
game whose teams atways play ai tiome.

Simulations Canada, or Sim Can to the
streetwise, are. as you may have guessef}.
t>ased in Canada, They deal largely k\
war^mes No sufpnses so tar FiOe — but
how many computer based wargames
have you played wilfVHit graptiics? Sim
Can's whole gaming po*tcy revoives around
the prir>ciple of the much-heated subiect ol
tt» Fog of War Which, basically, means
{Ptat the player, as the commanding ofricef,r
is sevefety restrictsd in his supply ot intefU-
gence regarding the enemy (your oppo-
nent's strength and location, for exam^],
as well as having hmited observaition about
what the enemy is up io and having more
than youf fair share ot bad luck. In other
words, a true simulation d military combat

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-c. Cit^ '*^lt« ^

Siar^apan^td: Uaswrplsy's Star Sagi:
Ori*£*di(J{eifn£r {f^ft), thirst Row s urtusuil
OtY TV show ganv. Prime Hme, ffov^A •'*<'
SimulBiions Canada's Grand Fkwt

As Sieve Newburg, PreskJeni of Sim
Cart has said: '.when your carefully
planned anack goes wrong, weksonve to ihe
real world Do you really want to know
sverylhing about youf forces and the
erjemy s' tf 50, why are yoo playing a'com-
puier game? Etoard games are greai ai <et-
ling you know pretty much everything and
Ihey COS! a loi less.

Which IS vii>y Sim Can games are, lafge-
ty, t^xt-based, Feeding you a variety o'
reporls from your offcers, recce ai/craft
snd so on. You iry yoor best to keep iradt
of all the movemenls by using the Included
map and counters (or laminated map
sheets and pencils}, Sim Can gama« are a
bre«d apart arx) are, ^ndrdily, an acquired
taste for all of those sirategy players so
used to graphic-based wargames.

Rjoleplaying games too

The dedicateo American RPG player waits
wrtlh bated breath tor the ne>!t in the series
of two wedHnown products. The lirst is the
tatesi Ultima game The second is the next
Wizafdry RPG. Sir Techs Wixardfy may be
fsmillar to one or two of you out there. They
did try to Introduce Ihe series to the UK
many years ago but biigh jorioes amd bad
timing let them down, so they retreated to
the USA However Wizardry is recognised
as one ot the top RPGs in the field — rank-
ing along Utftma tor sheer playabcFfly arid
qtiaJrty of gameplay (even though the
graphics are refnble]. The senes has

d ready reached Wnardry V on the PC
while C&4 conversions are catching up ~
Wiiafdry fH havtng jusl been releaseid.

One of Wizardry^ mairt contrtouting
authors, Andrew Greenluerg, recently
formed his own company, known a&
Masterplay. TTieir first product |ust happens
to be extraofdinarv. Star Saga: One is,
probabfy, Ihe very first multiplayer comput-
er RPG Each player lakes control of an
individual character {a maj<^imum ot six
playing) within the same game world
Each character has h»is own quest and rt
is possible to travel the game work] and
never see another player Although cooper-
ation soon plays a pan between players
Star Saga One is, in a word, revotutionary.
In fact Greenberg has termed it as
PartioipatKvi Drama to $ei it apart from
other RPC^.

Koei are arxither sfwdow sottware
house. inA this time from Japan. It )S
Strange to think of serious sottwam ema-
naling from this source. (However, Koei
|%ave gone down a storm in their t\Q(ne
oountry. as well as ttue USA. lor their series
ol strategy game« which alkiw trie player to
take economic, diplomatic and military
decisions. All of their creations are based
upon t^ie historical East, Scenarios include
the second century Japan and sixteenth
century China.

Para^jn Sohware are about to step out
of tt>e shadows. Having previous^ pub-
lished Ihejf aidvemyre games m the USA.
Paragon have been picked up t>y
MicfOProse So a European debut canrvoi
be far away Two titles figure in the deaf.
at ttie nfKxnenl Ttie lirst. Tw^tght's
Ransom, involves you on a frantic
search lor your girifriervd who tias been
kidnapped by terrorists. The second.
Guardians of fniinity.: To Save Kennedy, is
an adventure full of seaet agents, tin>e
travel and JFK, The latter adventure was
written m the adjticial mielligfirtoe language,
Prolog (ttie first of its kltvi to my knowl-
edge], so it has the capability 10 wipe the
tioor with Infocom — we shall see.

There are many other shadow software
companies and games which i have not
had Space to mantron. But, if the above
makes your mouth water, you will be
pleased 10 learn that I will be taktng a regu-
lar look at the reams of importware avail-
able, as well as news ot new products. As
you may of guessed. Ih© one drawback
with fmpoftware is the high price. However,
many ol these games are worth it. But
which ones, you askl^ Stick with The
Games Machine to llnd out.
■ Wf>efe can you buy these weihj and
wonderful games' Well, you can txjy direct
Irom the USA However, there are a small
number of dedicated UK outtets who spe-
cialise in [tits (orm ot soltware, coniaci;
Strategic Pliia Software. PO Bok 8,
Hampton. Middlesex TWt2 3XA.
Tel:(0l)979 29&7.
Computer Adventure World, Bank
Buildings* 1 A Charing Cross,
Birlcenhead L4t GEJ.
Tef: (051)666 1132.

Software Circus, The Plaza On Ovford
Street, London W1.
Tef: (01) 436 2811
I do know that Strategk: Plus and Computer
Adventure Workf have a catalogue (includ-
ing updates) bul Software Circus, at Ihe
time ol wntmg, do not. However, please
gi\^e them a rin§ to check.

LARRY'S
BACK!

Gofng over tt» your friend's hotii« to
se9 hit latest game can be fun — btrt
think how great It Is when you're visit-
ing Sierra On-line In CatifOftli.
Marshal M Rase n thai, looKs at their
Mwnt gdmes — iflcluding Leisurt
tittUrrf3.

Cokimi's BeCftiost begins anoth>er 3-0 ar^
maied adventure, o<ne crsllsdi by Robena
Wiitams of Chiesi lame. Take p&i\% ol Mel
Brooks and Agatt^a Chnstve. and the result
Is a 1 920s muriler mystery set on a plwUh
Iron mansion deep in the Bayou Of nIbw
Orleans There s a mmour of Civil War
treasure, and perhaps a kJtier to discover
— lei s t>ope young Laura Bow is up to the
task. A new feature is ihat the game r^jne
In real time — events occur wheA^er youVt
there to witness them or not.

Jim wails leaves the police scene lo
bring us Codename ice Man. Play Ihe part
Of ,k»hnny WesHand, one ol tm ekte US
Navy SEALS (SEa, Aif. Land Service).
Your mission is to rescue tf>e Aimbassadof
wTios held hostage in North Atnca. The
hpew Sierra Command intertaoe (SCI>
gyves this animated adventure great musK
and double the gra|)hic resoicftKKi of belofe
(a teaiure that can tie found now m ^ e(
Slefras new products) A new wrinkle hat
beeci aidd«d — srmulaiion Part of your
mission wtll reqiire piiohng en aitvancad
nudear submanrie to your dealihetion.
aivQiding detectuHi and destroy ir^ eno
mieB.

Ae a bit of change ol pace, there b
Hojfte's Book Ot Games. Qlve a go at
crazy ei^^ts. c/ibbage, soAaire arxt tive
other tavourttes. Wlh a drffarence, cjf
course, because you're pJayir^ agamst
three eKtremety animated opponents Your
point of v^tew is that of sittif^ <lown el e
card Labia, your harxl face Up (everyone
B^se has their cartas face down). And don I
take too long to make a rnove, or one ol
your o$)por\ents will give you a VERV dirty
took! The cafds. by the way. are not quHe
as inanimate as you might think.

King Arthur And The Search for The
Maty Qmii is an animated adventure that
draws h«a^ on Hie le^vnd. There's
Arthur, his sword Excallbtir. Guinevere, S^
tjjicelol anid Merlin Plus p^my of troubte.
as Arthur's quest takes him throughout
CamekM and the Holy Land Designed by
Chnfity li^arx and Peter Lodger {a husband
and wife te^n), Arthur titenefils from thetf
expenef>oe and expertise as writers and
cartoon animators.

Finally (I know you've been waning for
Ihisj there's Letsure Suit Lmry 3, Info here
is sketchy, but it appears that poor Lany's
marriage Is on the rocks, A new character,
Passionate Patty, makes her debut — and
she li be figunng pretty heavily in the
action, in fact, you II be controlflng her
some ot the time rather than just okl Larry
(a good opportunity to see tt^ womani
point of viewj. How lo describe PR? i ve
heard itiai she's a (shudder) female Larry.

All gamee are oul in the Stales \hts
Autumn, so eicpect a Ctvnstmas UK
release

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Ratings — The Whole Story

Over the page the reviews start; Paul Rigby explains the ratings...

Dim Iq luck of space lasl mofith, I was
unabte \t> expfaln wttat on *eanh tti« rat-
ings meant. I now hop« lo reclJfy (he sit-
ualion. As Ihls column covers adven-
tures, strategy and RPG9 (three game
Cfl'tegorles with fundamental differences)
I thought II vi^ould be foolish to give
itwanfngless general ratings, t have,
therefore, adopted a dtfferent ratings for-
mat tor i^ach category. More complicate
e>d? Mayt>e- However, ihey wKl provide
more Information than a simpter
QrspliJcs' Of 'Sound rating.

ADVENTURE RATINGS

■ PrttMntation: graphics (qualrty. rele-
vance, aimosptiere conveyed ), packaging.
plu£ things liite: itoes Ihie adventure have a
wtKjppirig graphics window so there's onHy
room lor one line 0I lexf?

■ Interaction: encoonleirs wittn other char-
aclers and the parser quality
Atmosphere L quality of the storyline, Does it
make you leef invofved'?

■ System: puzzle quanty. How the whote
giame hangs together. Does the game con-
sisi o! hours of boredom wilh a tew rninutes
0I excitement? Bug- ridden? Spelling mis-
takes^

V Overall: taking all the above imto

account, plus the price
RPG RATINGS

■ Attributes: character oompleKilies
GhOKie of diHerenl races? Arnouni of sktte
avaiEahie.

■ Pre«enbitlon; graphics, interest ot giame
worfd. orgartisalion of onscreen in^oiTTta-
tion

■ rmef action: quainy of pafser, it any
Depih of inieraction with char^^iefS

■ Atrnosphere: involving storyline

■ Engagement: combat system, magic
system.

■ Overall; taking all ttte above Into
account, plus the price.

STRATEGY RATINGS

■ Presentation packaging, graphics,
organisation of screen rnfo

■ At: quality of artificial inieiligence.
Atmosph^iQ Involved^ Good ttistofy ot
scene setting information

■ Efigafgement: quality of combat system.

■ System: does ihe game have you on the
edge ot youf seat' Bugsl

■ Overslh taking a" the above into
account, plus the pfice

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Amiga £24.99

ZORK ZERO

Infocom

TTie Greal Underground Empire is being
evacuated, the intiabitanis are fleeing in
terror and the Royal Family have all but
been disposed ol. This is the resuti ol the
dreaded curse issued by Megab&i the wiz-
ard.

Although The cur^ has been delated by
the Rojfal magicians it cannot be removed
Mo-one el$e has been abUe to banish the
curse artd ciainii the reward offered by
Wurb Flathead, the current occupant of the
throne. You are the fast chance. Yet whai
can a peasant from an obscure village, in
3n outnat-lbe-vifay province, do to save the
Empire before Curse Day arrives? Well,
maybe the scrap of parchment that one of
your ancestors found, t»elongirbg to
Megalwi himself, could be of sorne use

After aauaily playing the said ancestor
dunrtg a t>riei prologue (good idea thai)
duhno which you witness Megaboz cast
the curse, the game fast foiwards to the
day of the cunse. You awahe from the
CasUe floor and iitimecdately notice that
everyone has fled — everyone, that is,
exoepi lt>e Court Jester This chap pops up
when you least expect him, giving you
dues and riddles to aid your progress but
also slipping in a tew deadly trid^s to keep
you on your toes.

Although Adjvision have classified Zorif

Zero as an Intocom Graphic', it's more of a
text adventure with the occasional picture
thrown in for good measure. The adventure
is big. However, onscreen mapping is avail-
able to ease your search of the area. As
well as the usual puzzles, and the unusual
riddfes provided by the Jester there are
gra|}hical puzzEes which provide a touch of
variety. The tei^t side of the game benefits
from Infocom s improved parser adopted by
Intooom's other recent adventures. The
additior^al contents of Infocom adventures
fiave always achieved a fasci nation for
many devotees, in Zorfi Zero you are given
the infan>ous scrap ol Megatwz's parch-
ment, a Flathead Calendar for ^3 {which
osHitalns one or two clues) ard a set of
phase two blueprints for the Rockville
Estates.

Zofk Zefo is, frankly, superb. The adven-
tufe is a py to play and. while being enter-
tained with Steve Meretzkys unique
humour and tiecoming lotally absorbed by
the game's atmosphere, you will expen-
ence a range of excellent puzzles which
vary widely in difficulty I must say that I
have been totally impressed by Infocom's
feceni releases They have been going
through some shaky times recently but they
are rww loolting like the Infoooni of old.

Atari ST, Amiga C9.95

DUNGEON MAS-
TER EDITOR sot.ex

The DungeoT} Mbs^bt Editor is. basically, a
cheat program for FTL's Dungeon Master
Features include being able to create new
doors and passages in walEs. remove
secret doofs, open doors without a key and
print out the plans in all dungeon levels, in
addition to this is a stxid hints artd tips sec-
lion. The whole pack arrrves in a re-seal-
able plastic bag, complete with a single
disk and a 20-pag@ manual, The difference
between the ST and Amiga ve*^sicns is
generally one ot screen presematron. The
Aimioa having the better p^eseniation than
the ST However, they both do ihe job.

Right that's ttie facts, now the comrrtents.
When t first heard about this program I was
none to pleased. How anyone can cheat
theif way through an excelleni game, such
as Dui^geon Mastar, and then honestly say
that they have finished fl is beyorKJl me.
Why spend your cash to buy the game In
the first place? By all rneans, consult hints
and tips to guide your way around any diffi-
cullies But chealir^g? What's the point'
Anyone who acuially enjoys playing flPGs
will noi bijy this program. Anybody else will
probabty not buy Dur\geon Master in the
firsi ptace. Unless they revel in some sod
of egotistical delusion of ttefeaiing the
compuier My advice'' Save your moiiey
for the sequel. The overall mark's for the
few hinis and lips.
UTILITY Overall 15%

Atari ST, Amiga £24,99

DEJA VU II

Mindscape/ICOM

You're up to your neck in debt. Troubfe is,
the debt collectors are the hulking great
cronies of Tony Malone — mobster eKlraof-
dlnaire. You ve got seven days lo find the
cash. However, Malone s boys sire watch-
ing your every step SO you don't get any
kjeas of skipping town,

DOfa Vu //comes with a 14 page manual
and a reference card. The ST version
comes on two disks while the Amiga
an^ives on one. The difference between the
two is that they both have a slightly differ-

Deja Vu? MugaiHt by the orfglr^af on itt0
streets &t the At^ri ST version

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your village Iroin th& evil pres'
ice.

firaptilca mm quite good wtth
ritkrrw snlnwtion. So ft you sal
tli« bar or the D09 & O09 aixl
I nothing, life would revolve
ittnaie?} around )fOV. ttem*
— be pk:l(«d up ffom th«
_ t whtte open doors actual-
Open onscreen. EMteris4ve use
Ihtrelore, made ol th«
«»e. The ST ((ive di»Ka> and
ilga (three dttks> veftJont ar ^
Y similar bul the Amiga h^s
V better graphics and
I. While Itw system to fkret^
good, (tie acluat adventure is
ily so-io. The game apfiears
f Ificrwsslngty ahaHow rhe longor
you play it. Horror sol r havfr
^t poteriejal. and Personal Nightmare
a good development game. How«v«r,
If MiH tunre to ifi^ove the garr^play

ent scfeen presentation whila the Amiga
has improved sound effects, Deja Vu U )s
enjoyable but rather linear However, my
ona big di&appoHntmer>t i& that 4 COM did
not se* fit 10 impfov© their system. It can
be extremely trust rating as there are so
few comrriarKJs to choose from.

An impatient train conductor wants your
Chicago ticket fare in the unimproved Deja
Vu II on lite Amiga

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STEEL THUNDER

Accolade

Steel Thunder oorrkss witti two disks, two
keyboard overlays for both PC keyboards,
a 4S-page manual arKt an anri- piracy code
she«t, You take command of one of four
armoured vehicles (Abrams, M60, M48
Patton and the M3 Bradtay The lattef bein^
a welcome irvclusion), There are 24 day and
night minions based in either West

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THE ULTIMA

TRILOGY

Origin

Germany, Cuba or Syria. Selecting your
three crew is important as each man has
his own skill gradii>gs whch directly aftect
your performance.

The screen i& nraostly filled with the partic-
ular crew station's instrumentation. The
view to the world outside is restricted to a
small barnd along the top of the screen
Graphics, while not staggering, do the job
well While not a true simulation, Steei
Thunder is still fun lo f^ay. The choice of
vehicles and the variety in missions ensure
lasting interest.

Good ghel, this one bnngs back some
memories. The ftrst oompuler RPG that I
ever tackled was ifltifDa i, bach in the days
wh«n people responded to computer RPGs
with either a sneer or a vacant expression.

Origin are giving you three lor the pftos
of one here. UHima t. which is displayed In
glorious EGA, and theCGAonly Ultima HI
are familiar to many. However, il i^s the
appeararKe Of VlliftiS U whic^ may interest
roiepiayers Rymours abounded that
Richard Garriot (Lord QritiiSh himself I was
disappointed with the original Ultima II
{which was d&veloped by Sierra On- Line,
of all people} and thai he was going to re-
design it for general release (I have only
seen Sign's s Uitifm it on the ST). This ver
sion may be Ihe re-signed version.
However, if it iSn why is it In old-fashioned
CGA'' 111 gel back lo you on this o<ie. when
the fog clears.

The pack comes on four disks, a tOO-
page manual a qujckstad leaflet, a player s
guide and three colotir maps. One tor each
game.

Beginners could not find a better inifo-
ductior^ into tt»e world of computer RPGs.
Even if you are an experienced RPG piay-
er, and have missed any of these games —
Ireat yourself to an interactive history les-
son. It is worth it just to play Ultima it — \
know I will. Primitive tt>ey are but tfie
Tritogy is nostalgia at its best

FUTURE SHOCKS!

I must say (tiat I have never been happy with SSI's
Pool ol Radiance. Their first AO&D game appeared,
to me, to be more akin to the basic D&D. Wany
character dasses were unavailable (sudh as
Paladin) ar>d many of the spells were missir>g (such
as raise dead). However, I have been playing
through the Beta Tesl version of the second in the
ADSD series. Curse of tt)e Azure Bonds (CAB), srrl
(t looks like these criticisms have been allayed ;
extra character classes, 20 extra high-level speUs
and a bunch of new monsters make CAB a very
promising product. It is possible that I will have a full
review ne!(t month. Slay tuned.

Stayirig w»th SSI I have atso had a glimpse at
their laie^ strategy game Storm Actoss Europe.
SSI have taken a Colonial Conquest/ Risk-type pre-
sentatksn to give the player a strategic wargame
covering the whole second world war in Europe
Each turn covers one season, beginning In Autiif,'i ,
t939 With a userlntedacs thai looks deddedly tor
etgn 10 SSI — friervdiy. Storm Across Europe is
another promising release ►

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and prepare to battle your way
through a ci^ty lull of defence
drones and gun emp^ace*
ments. or atiemativeiy the not
so brave can read the review.

88 ■ DOMINATOR

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DOMINATOR

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System 3

rl amed lor Ihwr highljf successful ori-
' enial beat-em up ganies (narrwly
fnterrtshonai Karaie. SK* and Last
Nm}3S i and //). Pinner's |jride and
joy now tell a terrible laie ot orfible
planet' munching monsters and very expen-
sive spaceships which will probably be
pranged into passing asteroids by the Fool-
ish playor.

You re the brave vxalunteer chosen to bat-
tle a vast alien wtw — probably through no
fault ol his own. it was the way \\& was
brtjught up — devours ptanets lo keep up
h^ strenglh {a btl like the Galacius charac-
ter in Marvel comicsji- But there's a sinister
purpose 10 this planet noshing, Mr Alien
wants to become the rT>ost powerful being
in the universe.

Now Earth is in danger of being gt)bbled
up, so iea^iri^ into your spacecraft you
twad into batile Dominatof consists of four
levels, with each path leading to an
anatomical part of the beast to be
destroyed, Bui don t think it's that easy, the
galactic gourrr^et ain't too dhufted to have
his culinary plans dis1urt>ed by a meddler
li+(e you, so as you zoom through ih© diWer
eni guggy bits of organic matter various
horrors attadt without mercy

In se<^on one you're battling your way

you to continue. tt$ here that the
Comtmodore 64 and Amiga versions
diverge slightly (due lo the fact thai itray
were programmed by diHerent learns). On
the C64 Level Two boasts a mid-tevei frog
who spits ma^ots. and a vast honeycomb
area tilled with vidous bees and t>orne!s.
with the Una) obstade being a large yellow
nodule. The Amiga's Level Two has mushy
laces, large slinging tentacles and a huge

£9 99
cass,
£14.99 disk

The UBualty blocky C64 graphics are
surprisingly well defined here. We also
lound that the C64 game waa lilghtly
more playable than the Amiga vefs^on.
but whichever format you own
Dominalor li welt worth the asking i
pric*.

siudga, victory is almost at harvd because
the fourth arxj final level has been reached,

This IS the Amiga s metallic' level, with a
myriad of metal monsters preventing you
from reaching ttte Nnai challer>ge — a
gigantic toad Similar problems are faced
on ihe C64. with particularty vidous atwns
tir^cluding furry aeatures resembling
TnbWesj trying to siamp your card on the
way to disintegrate the bram residing al
[heertd of a long and harrowing foumey.

On both madimes playabilrfy is high — at
first trustratingiy so — but once the alien
attack patterns have been teamed {rest
assured this will lake a lair few games) the
joystick is difticuU to put down Ship control

The Commodore 6J snd Amiga versions differ from each oih4v in game' structure. Herm.
CHI the Amtga, an intenstmai tritct rivals honeycombs full of ar^fy *ntS vicious Iwes.

Up a vertk^lly scrd4ing screen KanKed by
the creatures ribs, and from all angles nasty
aliens bombard you. Bonuses are present
{you need them) in the Form of extra points,
limited Invincibility, smart bombs ar>d extra
lives. Extra weapons are handy, too, and
rear mounted cannon, autofire and a pulse
cannon {among others) can be picked up to
make mincemeat out ot the icky hordes.

Al the errd of level one lies the creature's
heart, and th^s must be destroyed to enable

be& as its obstacles

Level Three on the C64 is the 'metallk:'
level. Here, large gun turrets, tortuous
mazes guarded by mobile guns ar>d Ihe
occaskjnal asteroid siorm try destroying ihe
battered ship as it attacks the end-of-level
generator. On the Amiga a toothy problem
faces you, Apad from the obligatory aliens
there's a row of teeth perfectly capable of
giving a dentisi cardiac arrest. Bui once Ihe
end-of-level brain Is reduced to a messy

Prosentatiort Is damn near faultless,
wUh graphics that are disgusting ly
reallatic backed by great sounct
effects. We ve seen It all before, but
rarely so well Implemented.

OTHER FORMATS

Available on most popular tomnats,
Dominalor should be available by the , .
time you read 1hls> i

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IS ffisportEive, scrolling is smooth and ihe
en«my am vicbiis swine wlio fling out the
builets mercilessly. Buy DofninatOf toda/.
Math Caie needs ihe mon^y to keep his
saa>nd Farrari on the road.

A giant frog acts as an snd-ot'ievel mon-
ster somewhere in the depths ot a plsnet-
^0ting 0tiBn. Only y^u snd th^ DaminatOf
can save Earth from a feast worse than
death

No, it Still isn't safe...

JAWS

Screen 7

■ hough released way bBdk m 1975,
Jaws still stands as one of
Spwlbergs rrtosl popular and suc-
cessful movies, a great translation
of Peter BenchSey's original novel. It
Sve its name lo an early Spctmm ganw in
( days before otiical Icences were
thOMQM of. but Ihis one ts based on ttve
film's plot, You're Brodie, chief ol police in
the tounst town ol Amity, played by Roy
ScHeider tn The film.

Aboard the ttawler Orca, with its ownef.
Quint and Hooper, an ooeanograptw:
expert, status panels above and below ttie
Orca graphic (Xinirol much ol the pames
act«n. Tfwjugh the mam objdctrve is to kill
Jaws. Brodie has 1o keep his job by keep
ing the deaitt toll dkswn arxj as many beach
e$ Open as possible To this end, tf>ere's a
map, tennperature.^ weather gauge,
'Maytxrofneter', artd swimmer death «)unt.
Tfwse are given lo keep track of Jawss
actions as weattior chanfjes: usirig a map
screen, beaches are opened and ctosed at
wtH and the Mayor's reaction to deaths and
ensures measured on Ihe Mayorometer —
if it reaches the top Brodie s sacked.

Other than Quint and Hooper, Qrodie
also has the help ot three divers The spe-
cial weapon required to kill Jaws has been
spirt into four pieces and lost amid a reef
One-by-one, the divers — aboard sub
merstoie cratt — e^iplore the flidtw^een
ufKJersea mazes, in search ol the weapor<
parts and arrwno. Nasty aquatic creatures
are destroyed with a gun, flashir^g ones
mVh mega- bullets, some leaving behind
pieces of equipment (see bon),

Ultimately, with the special weapon
assembled, Brodie. Ouint or Hooper laces
Jaws, with four me§a bullets and 80 sec-
onds in which lo kill tf>e monster.

Screen 7 have ctx>sen a big name for
tfieir first release, but ttie flesh-eaiing name
is virtually all there is to H. Much of the
gan>e consists of exptorir>g a maze, shoot-
ing enemies ar>d locking out for specisi
items to colled — an aged format, and
though Jaws is a passabte game of the
type. If hasn't been done partkiuiarfy well.
The strategy' ot ck3Sir>g.''opening beact^es is
little more than a titler to make it seem more
substantial — keefwng an eye on the dis-
plays he^ break up Itie shoot- em -
upmaze action but it's limited, dull and —
excuse the pun — lacks bue.
WL

£14 99 disk

Though maze lloora and walls are's
iyeliow/green cyan patchwork, there's a
nice spread of colour amongst the
undervrater crealif-- "^^ey're com-
pactly drawn, wel -d, and mill
oboui busily. Cieaoiy programmed,
Spedrum Jaws (pIcluriKl right) Isn't at
all bad but the machine's had more

Jaw3 mfSses the mark on thB Alan ST

A nice Intro sequence — In •
itie Screen 7 logo sfMne as the famous
pace-gathering Jawe music builds up,
and a swimmer is swallowed in a
bloody 9ulp — leads lo B|>rite and bock-
ground graphics which are badly
drawn: undetailed, lacking in cotour.
with simple animation and overall cru-
dity of design. Sour>d mokes no attempt
St getting something oul of the ST.

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£9 93
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The CommOKiurr- utissHfa wuf

status and map screens, leaving )ust
tlie maze shool-'em-up. apparently
due to memory re<^Tricisnns — strange
%% there's nolhinf; '<cated atiout

dte game. Title rtiu^c warbles Irriial:
^Hly and sound effects are bleep s and

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A load of monkeyshine

SONSON II

Hudson Soft

Che eitact intricacies of the plo! are
unknown io US {wb really musi gel
around ID learning Japanese some-
time), bill Sanson tf follows ih©
usual orienlal scroJJing ptatlorm
gaiTiepian in ihat the beros tfiends have
been caplured by a con'upt magical beast
and must be feturnBd to saloty. There's a
difference, ^nh ihe iyp»cal sickeningly ouie
good Quys here though: they're based on
the wild, wacky and hon'endousiy dubbed
characters of the television series, Monk&y
(bmadcasi a few years bad<. on BBC2}.

Yup. you get to play at being Monliey
himsetf, the overly-yellow guy with a
pfediiection lof tlymg aroLir>d on a nice
ca/np ptnk doiid ^nd beating people about
Ihe head with his size-changing stick.

His weapon plays an trnportani part in ttie
garne (rvo commenl) — jabbing il forward
irtto Ttie stomachs of the minions sends
them raptdly away. The stidt atso smashes
pols tt»t. like ttw bad guys, raveaj fruit and
veg oollectsd lor various point values

Al intervals thfotigh the levels shops are
found where a woman kindly s*aps Zenny
— money gained along wrtfi points — for
helptuE items such as extra lite and magic
afwrgy The laTtef is needed for the tamed
Monkey Magic which powers his fying
doud As progress is made through the lev-
els, Monkeys friends are rescued and
numerous bad guys, ir>cluding ever-
st/onger and more resHient end-of -level
creatures, are beaten to a pulp till V^e mys-
terious ultimate enemy is faced

Gaining sofr» inspiration Irom Super
Mano Brvs — hitting the pots to gain tnirt )S
a martiai als s^ni on the bnck head
buttu^ of "Mario — Son^on /' has its deve;
hidden bonus^ features and devious ptai-
form layouts Shops, magic, many col-
lectable items and tough adversaries to
bsad up at) help expand a very used game
siCj/te in the consoles market, but can't dis
gi^ the riin, jump and collect that makes

ROM

card
£24.99

As befitling the game design, Sonson U
Is highly colourful, wtth bright. bo?d
backgrounds and cartoork-like S'prites.
They m^y be too aweet and cuddly for
some pecp^. but you must admire the
deiAil packed into the (generaliy) small
characters. Animation is quite simplis-
tic but. apart the occasional mild jerki-
n«3»judderli^g (unnottceabte while
involved in a game}, the multidirection
&crol(ing Is smooth. Obvious Jingly
sound effects and happy kiddy music
suit the game, though not necessarily
the ears.

up the majority of the gameptay.

Sonson it is one ot the more playable
works of ttie Maria/Shinobi school of game
design, with ihe added bonus' ol cutesy
caricatures of Ihe silly ovef-thetop Monkey
characters so people lucky enough
(what?!) to have seen the programme are
likely to get more involved in the game. Ex-
perienced gamers may soon yawn at

Sonson's cliches but most will find it a fun
and highly enjoyabie Japanese romp,
WL

MtHikty'9 magic? Waif wa woatdn 't nty
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Forward to the past

Electric Dreams

he ominoLis deserted cities of
Wartin Walkers latest c/eation have
been on the drawirtg board for
many months now. a fact known
only too we^ll by readers of hfs pfo-
grammer's diary in our sister Fnaga^ine,
ZZAP!, Now. though, alt's well, arid the
du?t-cover$ have been pulfed off it>e play-
er's remote vehicle — MONITOR.

A smaJI, riKidesi and apparently dead
planot. so insignificant that it hadn't even

b&en named, has been discovered to be
more than anyone bar^ned tor. t4em
Atenapool, faint signals from the planet
were pwiCKed up by chance and subse-
que^itly investigated by a remote prot*.
The probe never returned- However, it sur-
vived long enough to beam back pictures of
the entrance to a silent city and the earlier
chambers of tfie vast underground com-
plex. Ancient, almost prehjstorical, but
technically in line witti ttie day and still

humming with energy. Still alive.

The togicaj assumption made by the
Council elite (hal 1^« cily complex had elimi-
nated I he probe led ihervi io forbid any
hunian(-old) to approach ii. But the untold
secrets of the city aroused their curiosity,
especially what vastly aged yet advanced
devices could be held ai it>e botiorn oi the
arcane complex.

Yog will be the on« who discovers tfw
truth. Ffom your distant and cosy control
centre, you view Monitor, a Hoverdrone
Mark IV remoie device This floating vehi-
cle can move in the four main compass
directions and has a bu^-in multi dprection
canrxjn and capture probe — and ol
course all its functions can be utilised with
a joystick thousands of miles away and
vieWed on a vid screen via a search probe
above Monitor,

Ai ttie entrar>oe to the fir^t dty. Alien, it>e
aifft (sanre fOr all eight citi€isj is simply to
firtd the exit. This, in itseH, is not too diffi-
cult; despite the dlies each having two lev
els — linked by lifts — they're fairfy simpie
mazes. They're also mazes packed with
traps, set off by r>earby moving objects —
Hoverdrones. fm example.

SorT>e traps are jusi gun emplacements
Arhich fire vertically and honzgntally or
diiagortally. but others are generators fof
various mobiles These have different char
actenstics in speed firing and movement:
watchers mdl around Monior bul don't
atiack, aggressors move in fast and dose
beiore finng, cyions move slowly but take a
lot of beaiing, arXJ so on.

Its not al! for the bad. though. Launching
your capture probe and targetlirtg n on a
mobile allows you to take it over, providing
you have enough energy. Tfte energy
required h shown on a mmi-so'een In the
centre of Monitor (next to the letter C) and
that amount is deducted from your supply
shoukj you deode to capture the mobile If
so, It follows your movements arvd fires like
a drone,' multipte. till its energy is e)tper>ded.
The mobiie can be iod*ed into a particutar
position relative to Monitor with the space
bar (useful for certain assault tactics).
Some traps are reaily quite frierK^y — see

Monster pinball for masochists

ALIEN CRUSH

Hudson Soft

Domputensed (oonsote-ised?} pinbaii
has never really caught on. with just
a few games of that ilk released
over tfie years — its quite a coinci-
denoe tfiat the long-overdue conver-
sion of Sega's Vm^ Scanner synrhesised
pinball was reviewed last Issue {updated in
this}

In an oldie of the pixelised flippers,
Siamb^tt (rereteased on Americana a few
years baci<), the ball was a Smiley charac-
ter trapped inside a monsters stomach,
which jusi happened to be formed like a
pinball tabie Alien Cnish is 0l Ihe same
nature in it^at the table is of organic compo-
sition and features monsters ol various
descriptions affecting the life of the ball,
A squid'like creature projects Ihe ball up

into the arena and from then on the player
has two sets of flippers to keep the ball in
play on the two-flick screen table.
Art>ongst the usual bumpers and targets,
giving points and score muflipliers, those
adjacent to the lower flippers are eggs
which hatch scampering spidery- legged
amphibians (much tike Aliens' Face
Muggers); luckily, they don't eat fhe ball

However! Tfiere are a number of hungry
mouths af eitt>ef aide of the arena. Some
jusI chew the ball thoughtlully before spit-
ting it oui- Others lead lo a bonus screen
where different types oi monsters — skulls,
snakes. Obese frogs — are killed with the
ball. Ttie longer you keep the tiall in ptay,
ttw nxire bad guys get hit by the ball and
the rrxjre bonus points are scored.

Aden Crush adds lo the genre wiiti ris
bonus screens and. most importantly, is
unustial and ongirtal graphic design Expect
ihe unexpected: its obvious wt>en tf^e
aneirnne will sieze the sphere but Ifie split-
ting of the brain and hatching of the
amphibians is an unpredictable and surpris-
ing event.

Alien Crush is dutMoua value foi rT>oney
{aitf>cugh you can ihop around a little for
Engine cards) as there's no real variation in

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.99 disk

II shed altraet se<;uence. show-
ires and elefnents of the game
ck«d by a dramatic Waliter

Ke. are a taster for lh« highly pro-
ionat and detailed graphics. Silky-
oth mul1!-direcUon scrolling of a
' »ly of cities, ail drawn with a con-
s^ng metallic shee«> that |Hits bas-
. ,. gf In It* place. Colour is brlHi
'uiied on spfttos so that »

^graphic area Ihey <•.- j,o
J^c and robotic looking. Monitor
HKaa nice littte touches, like the
the appropriate thruster ports flap
fit moves and Itta hatches which
over thf ■"""' -Yitni-screen when
not In use. ; s backed by a

aaiacUon of great sound effects
Inehiding some vefy atmospheric ctiy
sound* in the t>ackgrourKl. A must tor
i owners.

Martin

WalkBr'$ high'
iy professionml
graphics are
9#f off by fUky
smooth
scroiiing in a
shoot-'em-up
requiring
rather rn0(^ ot
the player than
the average

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trosslv^

Not every trap Is an dggrossh
rottor some can be quite help-
ful, though only for a limited
period:
(F> Extra firepower gives rapid,

2-way, 3-way or burst tire.
(E)An energy pod recharges

your supply
(S) A switch opens <or closes

depending on its state) a
'^ force bear

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The trietMHy bail, hesitant to siip tief*e*n
your f tippers, means that it tvcii is with
you Alien Cruffh can become a bit Msy

gameplay (the bonus rounds help bt.
rapidly liscome an integrated pui<1 <yi the
game) and pirtball 'tt a simple game any-
way. With only one tabte layout, it soon
beoomes familiar and tt>en a little boring,
but its certainly fun arxj worth playing.
WL

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ROM

card
£24.99

Estxos should be posllively green with
envy. The graphic daslign Is so classi-
cally alleit tfiat It iHits Captain Blood,
Purpis Saturn Day et a I to shame.
Various types of monster are drawn
with ciever shading and brilliant use
Of colour. The best graphics are I he
eyes in the middle of Ihe tabie whlc^
Hick open menacingly when hit. The
ball moves well though its often
strangely reluctant to fall down the
escape chute); it's just a shame that
the gaitte is flick-screen rather than a
•cf oiling creature table. Most music
competent but forgettable Japanese
ditty, but there are arcade quality spot
effects and one of the bonus screen
.|tines is briliiantty melancholy, with a
ly echoing lead sound.

the panel

We revjewers hare at NewstMd axpeci-
ad C/tadef to be yer average {though not
sverdayj fast shoot- sm -up. but we've been
very pleasantly surpnsed Its aclually a
shoot-'emup wh»ch requires thoi>ght. intei
ligence artd plannir>g The tatter quality is
possible due to the norx^ajant traps wh^ch
generally only fire or move whan you rnove
or fire yourseH; (Is bes\ to move only one or
two squares al a time tt's even mere Itke a
board ganw when you consider, die&s like,
the Firing and moving patterns of traps.

A captured rnobiie is a k>i more than a
simple multiple. As well a^ foilowing
Monitor around, it can be used as an out-
board direciabie gun, a battering ram, a
shj«ihj, and with use of ths k>cked position
fadliiy. a tacttcal assassin

Unlike the vast majority o1 shoot-em-
ups, CitadBl isn'\ a game you can gel
straight into — irear it like a mindlasa
blaster and game over witt com« much
sooner than expected M takes a good whil«
to get to know its ins and ouis and for !t>e
first hour or so of play you II find it lough
going. Patience reaps its own reward,
though, ar>d il's playab^lity comes sfUning
through.

The ditfculty level's set }ust rigtn so you
get a little furlhef each game, ensurmg you
become well ar>d truly hooked ar>d don t
rest until youVe completed the OlBdBl
comptex. Even ttien. there's plenty ol game
left there s an opton which sets the tfap
layout at rarKk>m SiO the cities never repeat
themselves.

For once. CHadei is a shoot -em-up
whidi breaks new ground, adding puzzles
and strategy to blasting in an addictive
package. A dassic combination of styles,
CHad&iiS a game you shouldn t miss
WL

OTHER FORMAT

Bonversions are under consideral
■- tor both 8- and 1&-bils — butj
wm plans have t>eeii made as yi

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Machine update 58%

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And not a drop to drink...

AFRICAN b

Tomahawit

JH^ he 1/24tti scai'O remote control rac-
^r ing cars that speed around the park

■ scaring the wits out of Irttle old
I ladies and sending dogs into a mad

■ frenzy were tfanslated into pixels in
Rare's BC Pro- Am for ttie Nintendo — the
first ever TGM Star Player (TGM014). Now
French -originated Tomahawk have decided
to put you ar the controls of the reaJ thing
and race against the type of trucks and
tHigg^es that the models are based upon,

r^thing so conventional as the Paris-
Dakar rally, the five-slage rout« \ak9s you
from Tunis to Dakar, taking in such African
Sights as in Salah and Ouagadougou (well,
lois of sand and dust and some more sand,
actually, ttien thefe's itm odd grain or two of
sarvd. but you can t have everything).

Viewpng the player s buggy from behirxt,
barreis rrtark oyt the course \n the sand
Notmal racing control convenuon applies
except il^t the buggy has a reverse gear.
The status panel irxlicalfls gear, two- or
four-wheel drive, speed, distance coveted
and fuel remaining,

While the obvious thjf>g to do is to follow
the marked course, rt's possible to drive off
the sand track and take a short cut across
the. sand (thought that d surprise you) To
this end. there's a compass (an electronic
one, no less) and a mini screen, which
gives ^e current and last grid square num^
t5ers visited, allowing a course to be faJ-
lowad on tt^e map indudsd in the package
ir>g, Tf>e mini-screen can also gfve the time
arxJ position ot competitors.

ShoukJ fuel run out, Itie player get k>st,
get trapped in quicksand, ruin the geart>ox,
get sand in tt>e engine, or wtvatever. a res-
cue helcopter can be summoned — but
that's the end ot ttte race.

Which is Ithely to be something of a relief
Following the track is a chore and going off
it, by accident or design, results in long

£19.99

ATM ST

53%

Thti helicopter sample ts badly edited,
so there's a clicking sound where it's
looped, and screen update is a little
jerkier than the Amiga« but otherwise
its virtually identical to the 16-bit
Commodore. That includes the barrels
which, when hit fly high up into the air
never to be seen again and the bag of
wfmnimm' sample when the buggy't
asfit afitnriJf>g«

minutes of rolftng along an empty plain, wth
an occasional sandy hiltock and sonrvetimes
an opponent trufKiiing along just ahead.
The manual suggests ft^t a frierid shcxjki
keep an eye on th« map arxJ the headlmg,
acting as a navigator, but kmwing where

Sand, sand, sand — evmi wiren it's blue
and white on the PC (below) — is mostly
what ytiiJ i^^ when raiding Atrics

The obvious thing !a to follow the course
marked by barrels, but if you de deviate,
thwtf's ptmity ot sand to see — ST sctvtn

you're going doesn't Kwlp the dich«d rac-
ing.

If you've a sand fetish by all mear^ take
a k>ok. but others are most likely to find ri
mikty more interesting than counting grains
of the stuff.
WL

£19.99

The Intro sequence of a hetlcopler
hovering over a hastily serviced buggy
ts perhaps the best pari, although the
game staris from there whether or not
you've touched the controls. The
sprites are neat as are the occasional
'roadside teal urea, but sand thrown
up by vehicles' tyres is a bit over the
top — some appear from the distance
from within a huge dusl cloud. Vou
can guess what the b»ckgrour>d
graphics are like. Yup» sand. But still.
There's some nicely ahaded hllfs and
iunea In ihe distance. The engine
sound groans Irritatlngly and lurning
response Is sluggish.

£19.99

CGA is used badly. The grourui la
white wllh dark blue pinstripes, hills
are pink and blue.-- cotour is generally
used in an ugly way and definition Is
thick and lacking in detail. Screen
update, particularly when turning Is
lerky, though speed In Itself Is line.

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OTHER FORMATS

No a~btl versions planned. Though
there might be a bit more sar>d.

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A tabby tail to tell

GARFIELD

WINTER'S TAIL

The Edge

OrtcQ again ifs timd agaifi lo hide
your food, dog and tedd;^ bear in a
safe piiace because has back.
GafHeki — Winter's Tait starts wHfi
our Feline hefo catdiing a few zzz's
aher a fiard day tidyir>g out Jon's refrigera-
tor (with fDOSt ot th« contents linding iheir
wa^ mto his stomach)), snd he's dreaming
of Five exaring game levels: skiing, a
lasagna factory, a chocolate factory ar^ the
lake Four levesl can be visited tn any

aim is to re-route the chocolate (using junc-
tkms in tile p^pes) to Ihe cfiidtens. Thts
causes thaiti to lay dioccy dggs, Onc«
they're all at it. he can tace ckwn ifie chck-
efi that eats them all.

But the leathered felon has fkiwn tfie
coop so Garfield chases him across a
frozen lake and into the Swiss Village,., arvj
on it goes.

QarfiBW — The Big Fat Hairy Deaf was
too strategy orientated. Gsrtiefd —

order, the *iftti onty aftef c^mpleiing the
other four.

in skitng Garfteld dreamlngly visits the
Alps and participates In the death defying
sport of hurlJing down a heart -stopping
sfope avoiding the many obstacles in his
path. Contact with the objects littering his
path gradually walte our tiero up. Thts can
be avoided tjy eating food offered by the
occasional spectator, but watch out for
Gadiekj's oldesl enemy, Odte the dog
jTipps down the slope on wtiat looks like a
(^usitHn ltd He attentpts to nab the food
before you.

If ifve firval obstacle is successluiiy
jumped Garfiekl firtds hintself crashing
through the roof of a lasagne factory. The
idea's simply lo eat as much lasagne as
possible by rapidly waggiirtg ttre joystick
back and forth till Oldie informs you its
dessert time (ie time lor the next screen).

The Chocolate Factory is where Garfield
starts hjs search for the chicken thai eats
ttra chocolate eggs. In the many corridors
that make up the Chocolate Factory
Gadiekj comes across r^ p^p^s. carrying
liquid chocolate to several mechanical
chickens scattered around the maze. The

Wmter's Tail is mudi more aciion packed,
V¥i'th ttie fat hairy one partici paling (probabfy
for the ftfst time in his life) tn some strenu-
ous exercise... mind you this is just a
dream. With four subgames in one package
GarfiBid — Wmter's Tail provides a fairly
stiH challenge-
MC

£19.99

ATARI %T

80%

Th0 graphfcs are cule and cuddly and
Garfield is his usual canine-punting,
lasagne-gobbling self. Its attractions
are more aimed at a younger audience.
bul it probably remains a game tor
anyone.

OTHER FORMATS

Expect an Amiga version to be avail-
able by the time you read this, &-Bit
owners should see Garfield on their
computers soon.

AMIGA aftMSTRAOCPC
Time Scanner

ACTtVlSlON 1&-bi1 £24. is
a^iit 1:9.95 csas. Ell J5 dl«l(
Alaf. ST 70% — 1GM020

Taken fron^ the Sega arcade game, the
Amiga version boasts very pretty graptv
ics and some impressive tunes. And n
also features the same wikjiy anarchte
ball which seems at times to have a
mirfcd of its Own. Tht© Amsfrad game
obviousiy lacks the graphical capabitt-
tiefi ol the 1€-bit gart^e. but is rather

rdespite this. Overall if you are
after a pinball game take a look, but the
genera! Machine feeling is that Alien
Crush on the PC Engine provides a

stifler challenge.

hivchlfw update: Amiga ^6*^
AmstradCPC e4<^i»

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Rock star Ate My
Hamster

CODE MASTERS £9.99 CM*

£1 2.99 disk

5p«clfurn 74% — TQMC^l 7

With 50,000 quid in the bank, Cecil and
Clive have just one year to make them-
selves and their rock stars milllonairas
Although the sound has t^een improved,
the graphics are very similar to the
Speccy version and ihe action' is rather
stow and grows repelJlive quickly.
Machirw Update GO<^

ATARI ST n AMtGA

Navy Moves

DtNAMIC Atari ST a 9.95. Amiga £24.95

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On both formats the hero garns plenty
ot chances lo practise both his com-
mando and Jacques Cousteau tech-
niques on a variety of enemy troops.
Graphics are good, especially when he
gets his hands on a (famethrower.
Sound is also good, with a lively title
tune ar>d apl sound effects, Navy
Movffs is tough but worth the effort.
Macltin* upd»t0i Amiga T<4-*^
AtaHST 72«/^

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The henuty of sleeping

SLEEPING GODS LIE

Empire

SJeeping 9«ajty m©e!s RPG and
ToUtien In this Empire release, wrth
ytxj as ths hero having to awa^n a
slumbering prone {and hon^sO god,
N'Gir This lantasy wofkJ of Tessflfa
was Created thousands upon thousands of
year^ ago by the old gods, but most of
them got bored with it {well you krnw how it
is: if you ve created one planet teeming with
life you've created em aii). N'Gir ts the only
remaining god (presumably bMiuse he
w$$ a^eep when iha others tell) and so is
the on*y being cat>abie o1 preventing a tfs-
astrous future for Tessara

Recent years have seen the nse of the
archmage. ctiief wizard to the emperor.
He's hardly a faithlul wiz, though, because
he graduatly took over power fro^n ihe ever-
wnnklirn amperar and rK>w holds him cap-
ita wra» maintaining power with an army
Ol Itesh eating deiTkons

Other things in these limes aren't exactly
going swimmingly, e<ilher recent harvests
Kave gtvflfi low yields and the poor of Ihe
world are being sirucl< down with a mysteri-
ous illness.

N Gka was expected to awaken but still
lies in peacelul slumber, l-lowever. a dying
follQwer of the gods, the Kobboid Old Way,
4>ss tntrusted you with a device that ahoukJ
fouse The Sieeper. Its noi a simple )0b.
ffGira rests in an unknown location an a
dtotani kingdom and only the old hermit can
give you the clues you require.

Beginning m your humble home {very
humtjie — your household possessions are
a chair and a bowli), Ihe quest is &pread
across eight 3-D perspective kingdoms, afi
of which are happily angular in shape.
MlagiC barriers >ie Iseiween them so portais
must be used for imerkingdom iransporta-
lion,

In true adventuring style< objects are
found, used and exchanged, and many
creatures encountered- These range from

varkHJS humans to weird monsters, but ol
course many of Ihem are inciined to hostili-
ty, To this end, provided you have the
ammunition or magic power, there are a
rBng^ ol weapons at your disposal: from
bare hands, through heavy crossbow, to the
hefty (understaterT>ent) Ring ol Annihilation.

Adventure'RPG meets Freescape here,
bul as Sf&epsng Gods Lie mostly consists of
open landscapes, rl's Isiss vieuaiiy impres-
sive liian Incentive's 3-0 games. Steeping
Gods Lie has ils own spectality: characters
and objects are bit- mapped m 3D perspec-
tive, giving different approach angies.

in gameplay, combat can easily be fatal.
To get anywhere i<n the game, a good set of
armour, fast reactions and a healthy trigijjer
fir>ger are needed, the latter two essential,
initially, to combat (no pun intended ) the dif

»old ptec«s.

Adventure RPG meets Freescape, wilh bit-
mapped 3-D graphics, tn Sleeping Gods
Lie, providing some Intor^ting eharttctttrs

ficulty level.

Sleeping Gods Ob cornea into its own
with the depth and overaK complex ily of the
puziles and actions that are required to get
anywfiere. CompleiJng a kingdom is task
enough in itself, bul it wiil take many, many
hours of piay (and tactical game saves)
before N'Gnir has his cornflakes.

Though most suited to RPGe^ (and
adventurers}, the arcade elements of com
bat and exploration open up the involving
fantasy workj of Tessara to action freaks
also. Would I lie to you?

C24.95

Though not perfect, the 3-D moven^nt
of scenery Is good — amocth and
swift — especially with the added ref-
erence points within rooms. The char-
acters you meet are often deforme<f
(small legs, severely rounded shoul-
ders) but olhera are neatly done and
some are brllUant In the Imagirialjve'
ness ol theif design. The storage and
display ol character graphics results
In Ihem being blocky when partlculsrty
close (o the viewscreen, and they're
also Indistinct at a distance. Sound is
MOR, but the game's size makes up
for lis aesthetic lautta.

OTHER FORMATS

Amiga very soon and PC shoi

£24.95.

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THE CHAMP

Endorse b^ the WORLD BOXING COUNCIL, THE CHAMP Is

simpJv the mosi realistic boxing simulatton ever written for
the computer;

- wm the original 'nodty* ttieme tune -

- More than 1300 Frames oi anfmation -

~ One or two player mode -

A Booklet with the htstlry and rules oi bosting -

- Keyring with mini boxing gloves -

and 3 lot more- No surprise that everyone Is enthusiastic

about it: TILT HIT in France, SMASH GOLDMEDAL in 6er- 1

many .,. a great simufation

Now available for Amlgi soon out on Atari ST, €64,

Amslraif and Spectrum

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Out on the Amiga trom mid July.

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Domark's Btintl licence is revoked

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F :■::;:. b;ii;. ■„jr-;-.^:,. ::.'o^3n the failed
George Lazenby and eyebfow-twrtch-
ir>g Roger Moore. to the fresh-faced
Timothy Dalton. Bond <n the movies
has, always been eJegant. intelligent.
madTo. womanising and very Britt&h. This,
despite the Scottish Connery, American
Laienby and Irish Daflon. The computer
game translations of the 007 films {A Viaw
To A Kill. The Living Daylights and Live And
Let Die) have t»een less consistent, In both
design and execution, but nc3w Domark are
set to change all that with Licence To KUt.

Operating independently from Her
Majesty s Secret Service, Bond has a score
to settle with notorious big-tirDe drug smug-
gler Sanchez — this time it's personal.

In the first scene Bond is piloting a hdi-
copter. aided by US Inend Felix Leiter. dodg-
ing buildings and bullets to shoot oul the gun
emplacements which protect Sanchez's
home in Cray Cay. This is similar to stage
one of Thun^f Blade, bui withoirt the multi-
layer 3-D buildings.

TlTen, pursuing the smi>ggleT on foot, gun-
ttfting Bond runs, Comms/jcfo- style up iha
screen, collectirtg ammo to replace that
used on the Sanchez henchmen and land
vehides, Picked op by Felix in tne ctipter.
Bond dangles from a rope in an attempt to
grab onto the tad ol Sanchez's light aircraft
and climb aboard.

f^T. rrupting a smuggling transactfon in
ii-it^rib two. Bood has to escape from boats
and divers Bond must swim under the sur-
face to avoid the boats' tire — wtlh a knile
as hts only \Areapon against divers.
Cottecting dr\>g caches are a mild consola-
tion tor his predicament.

Once the drop seaplane arrives, 007
hooks onto r| with a harpoon and waters^is
barefoot behind it While making his way
tQvirard the plane. Bond has to swing rrom
side to Side to avoid the catamarans intent

LICENCE TO KILL

Domark

Top two: bombing Cray C^y and Cessna
hooking (ST). L^n: water skiing behind tha
f>lan» (Amiga}, and, atove, the tanker
tinato (Amigaf

on hjs capture.

A leap forward in tirrte for the third and
flnait scfine: Bond has destroyed Sanchez's
drug tactory but the smuggler has evaded
him yet again, Sanchez has taken the lead
ol a comvoy of 18-wheeler petrol tankers
fitted with drugs Bond is at the back and

£19.99

The titte screen shows a great Del ton
port rait, apparer>tiy tSigiU^ed, backed
By a Interesting rendition of en aJler-
natlve Bond theme, strangely using
pan-pipes (or similar) as one of the
main voices. Ttia graphics are very
arcade-liike — Iota o< colour and detail
— and scrolling is very smooth, over-
ilaid with stylish, fasl-movlng sprites. A
few appfopriate. but unoriginal, gun-
fire and explosion samples (It's a
shanw thvre's no vocal ones) nutch
Um gamaptay nicely.

must force them oft the road or U^l them
out of the way Once all the tankers have
been destroyed Bond comes up against the
evil SarK^ez — ^kopefulJy for the last time.

Determined to improve on the standard of
their previous three Bond games,^ Oomarit
hiave designed Licence To Kill on a grand
scale, with the package consisting of six dif-
ferent svb-gamss. Thoogh they're all firmly
in the aciioaarcade mokj tfiey follow the fHm
quite well, albeit wnh scenes simplified to
shoot- em-up and dodge games,

htone of the sub-games are partvcujairty
good but they're all attractive and playabie in
their own r^hl: and when corttbined form an
action -packed f>tgh- value produci. Ucenc^
To Kitf is a tun and challengir\g cornputer
transiaiion of a lively {as ever] Bond movie,
and shouk) be snapped up by anyone who
lik^ ^eir games fast and funous,
WL

£9 99
cass,

14.99 disk

£19.99

Barely dtlferent Irom the Amiga,
grap}tllC8 are a little smaller an<l
merglnally (ess colourful, end scrolliftg
slows down for a momenl occasional-
ly, though Ihls Is hardly perceptible
within (he game, Sound effects and
music are standard ST fare and jolly
everything aiotig. A stirring game from
Domarlc.

With Its &-bit srsphics. the
Cwninodore slllt has the prolessionat
arcade almosphere, with colourful and
well-drawn backgrounds and sprite*.
The buildings of scene one, part two»
being particularly good. The man
^Sprites in this stage of the game are
|reminiscent of those from Sensible
Software's Parallax — compliment
enough — and scrolling, as with every
sceoe. is smooth, Spdtea move
around quickly and neatly, effecia are
loud and lively, and Licenoe To Kill
proves itself (o be a great Bond game.

OTHER FORMATS

PC (£24 99). Spectrum end Amstrad
{(XA prices} should also be out now.

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Hi -ho, hi -ho, it's off to work we go...

HIGH STEEL

Screen 7

Quikl-'n'-dodge games hark bach
from Ihe earfffif days of computer
games, boi there's be-en so litHe
ftiade of them in recent times that
High Ste^t — which is one —
appears quit© Iresh. Your pb of oonstruct-
mg bui Wings, each of a repuifed number ot
floors. IS made ditticult by sites infested wittn
all manner of cuddly but dtsruptive mon-
sters artd further still by a time limil
imposed by the coritractcH;

A friendly cran« lowers both girders afKf
floor Bagments onto a pre-buin base. Tfte
vefticai girders are picked up and locke(irH
to place 041 a dear piece of base segment
and then they can be dimbed to place a
floor segment on lop followed by a segment
to either stde. Al (east two girders arid five
connected segmertts are needed to make
lipatkxx.

Small bouncy gremlins unloch segrrNsnts
afkd stun you if ttiey land on you; ttiay also
drop bricks and slippery banana skins.

Mothers artd crawlers have different move-
mem patterns, but both are fatal to the
touch and killed by throwing spanners at
them. Spitters grow out of girders and are
fatat, but the acid glotJuEes they ^t aren't
so dangerous,

Energy lost to gren^lins. britcks. banana
skins and globules can be restored by coi^
letting sandwiches and Thermos flasks.

Thefes no mo'f to M (han pickir^ things

Old-slyl9 ganw end graphics proves

pinyjbfo on ttfc Amiga

fig. 99

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The well drawn title screen (a con-
struction worker looking distraught on
a girder) is twcked by a basic mono-
phonic ditty. Sonics Improve in the
game itself, but graphics become quite
simple. Though short on colour, (be
sprites' style, complete with black out-
Nr>e. makes them very carioon-like.
Animation Is merely average, but the
characters move in an amusing way
titling to their jokey definition.
Backgroijr>d8 ere either non-existent
or crude outtines of buiidings and
skyscrapers, sometimes with thickly
drawn detair. SiK>t effects are a mix-
ture of ftttjng samples, from loud,
clumpy footsteps to tweeting birds as
stars revolve around the buttder's
head.

up from one place and pi/Tling them down
elsewhere, while avoidi^ nasties, but the
simple fun can tie qurte al:>sorbing.
Unfortunately Iheres always a pite of seg-
ments at the Stan of a level, preventing a
girder from being locked Itiere. and just as
you shift a segment, more oHen than not
the crane puts a new segmenl right back in
Its place I

Frustration may soon develop, from tfw
Inendly bul capricious crane aS much as
the monsters and time limit, so thai it com
bats the jnvofving and playable etements of
Itie game. Probably best avoided uniess
the gamep4ay particuiarly appeals to you
WL

OTHER FORMATS

Atari ST (Cld.9d), PC (t24.9d{ and €64
(caes E9.99, disk Et4 99) by the end ol
Juty. Spectrum and Amstrad {C64
prices) to (oUow,

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GREMttN GRAPHICS V:9.9i cass,
El 4.99 disk

Spwtmm 80% — TGW019. Amstrad C(=^ nrtt
— TGMffiJO

The graphk^^s are small and bkx^y.
whilst the dilficuiiy level posed by
enemy ships is painluily high Th© 'jump
back a screen wt>en you die" which
proved an annoyance on the Spectrum
where it came into eMaa on the third
level has tieen taken lo a ludicrous
degree here where it starts on level
one. With this and xenophobic aliens
pumping biitiels into your craft your first
few ^an^s are very short
Machine update SO'^^b

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Skyfox

II

ELECTRONIC ARTS £9.99

Commdgre 64 e&% - rGM004, PC 77% —
TQM0&9

Just over a year after the 3-D aerial
blasier (ammsd onto the C64, ST own-
ers can battle the despicable
Xenophoties at a (for the ST) budget
price. There are plenty ol opportunities
to slaughter ttie enemy in the ten m^
skins available. But pott\ap$^ too much
time has slipped past, tot &adty Skyfox
tt dKJn t thrill us a great deal — perhaps
the game type is getting a little long in
the tooth. At ten quid this may give
Star R&it^^rs lans a happy few hours,
but long term playab^lity is lacking,

mm

Colossus Chess 1

CDS U4.»3
ST%-^TQMCS0

Nothing much to add to the ST review
of last month, Since appear ar>ce arxJ
playing are kiantical, swept to reapeat
that CDS have provided probably the
very best computer cfwss game of the
moment, with a manual kind enough to
take chess tyros through the early
stages.
Machin« update SSP^i^

TGM TX02t;9-89tO1

RBvlews

Rock 'artt robotics

XYBOTS

Tengen/Oomark

Way back in TQM003 (February
66. where Pfatoon was the top
re^i^iawed game), our then'resi*
dent arcade expert Robi.n mad
scienl(^' Hogg @nthj$ed in nng-
<ng Wessfi tones over ihis high tech maze
game (is laheo a long lime in the conver-
sion but now, lollowing anticipation,
DomarK have come up ^ith the goods,

It s hardly a dazzitng aixl in-depth ph>i,
though an army of fobots and cytjorgs
caJied tt>e Xybots have invaded a nearby
moofi and constructed a vast, nvuttilevel
base The heroes. Major Roc* Hardy and
Captain Ace Gunn (trying to itve down
itioir parents* herrencious taste in names),
have volunteered to mtiJtraie the base and
eliminate the Master Xybols, thus trans-
forming the Xyt^ots into an unorgani&ed
rabble and preventing system-wide iriva-
sion

Designed as a two-player game, a sin-
gle person can select a chafacter and ptay
on itieir own. The screen is spilt into tlire«
main parts. The upper half gives the
score, lives, bonus attributes arnd so on for
both players, ptus a map of th« maze
level. The lower half is divided vertically,
tooth seciions independently showing a 3-
D isometTK; view of the nrtaze-iike corridors
from behind the appropriate player charac-
ter.

Rock and or Ace move (arvd slide
strangely) around the maie and can shift
their viewpoint through 90 degrees A
standard blaster takes care of tt>e Xybots
(some more easily than others] and a Um-
Jted-energy Zapper can freeze ihem for a
wtiile: damage taken from then^ is restored
by collecting pods Keys open up previ-

PLAYER

ously inaccessible areas.

In between levels, extra equJipmient is
bought with coins p<K;keted from the corri-
dor floors (the lift apparently doubling as
an international armoury). Increased shot
speed and power, laser cannons, guard
monitor lor the map, e)ttra speed, stronger
armour and increased Zapper energy can
all be acquired if you have the necessary
cash.

At intervals tietween the ever more diffi-
cult and complex mazes, a due] with a
Master Zybot is a tough and unpleasant
experience Not bealir>g around the bush.
Domark have produced a highiy accurate
conversion of a playable coin-op. The
game is approximately a 3D Gauntlet {but
adds^ the futuristic robot- blasting of oldie

Tough men Maior Rock HArdy and
CapTairt Ace Gunn h^we 9 flno 0(kl
time, each In ttielr own screen on
the 3T, above. Spectrum, below,
and Amiga, right. The Amstrad
screens look very similar to those
on the SpActrMm w«r«lon

Befzark). with the advantage in the two-
player version that you can both do what-
ever you like rather than the reslrrcftve fol-
lowing ol one another — although team
work can provide fun itsell

The 3-0 environment adds tension amd
realism to the rniii;e game rormai;
Gauntlet was exciting but being able to

£9.99

cass,
£14,99 disk

Monochrome has been thoughttulty
used to differentiate the player areas
— Rock's In while and bfue, Ace's
white and red They and the rot>ots
move about neatly and the coin -op's
section-by -section update means the
conversion isrt't a strain for the
Spectrum. The controls need getting
used lo- and very average aound
won't set the world on flre, but It's 9
pretty nffty conversion a1 that.

RED HEAT

Ocean

0rnie Schwarzeneggers ba<* as
CaptaJn Ivan Danko, a top Hussian
cop teamed with his American
aqurvafeflt to track down Viktor
RosiaviJi. a Soviet at ihe head of an
intemaikinal doig ring.

The Yartkee cxip doesn't take pan m ttiie
game, it's just you oontrolting Amie 9^ his
musctes through four tevels. Beginning in 1
Russian sauna, his upper torso fie*
ttifough scrolling screens, punching and
headbutting cnmmals and dUK*ing their
bbws. A gun ar>d ammo can be coHected
but are best spared for the toughest thygs.

The game progresses 10 a hospital, then
a. hotel, and finally a goods yard wfvere
Rostaviti is itxind. Each levef has a sub-
game, from a nxH-crushirig wag^e in level
one to a $l^ioot-out scene where gangsters
appear une)(pectedly Irom t>ehtnd cbsad

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doors. That, as they say, Ib all there \£ to Jl ...

Red Heat is a simpJe beai-'em-up.
Reading the instructions, the very real limi-
tations n'lake themselves known: a tnem
two offensive rnoves and one defensive
severely limit control freedom In playing,
it's a case of crawling along each level
KO'ing villains with the same joystick move
— not exactly designed lo mstil wiki excrie-
ment. The sub-games ftd^ a little but only
ts^ up a small amount of piaying time.

It's a tough game; even picking up energy
capsules, positioned at intervals through
each level, two or three screen lengths are
the limit for a beginner. Certainly, practice

£8,99
cass.
£14.99 disk

Monochrome has been taken a bit too
far — black and white lor the whole
screen — but there s plenty ot atten-
tion to graphic detail, bar the odd plain
wall or skyline. Arnie and the bad guys
ore semf-caricatures of real people
end are almost cartoon- like.

S9& who and what was goiriQ to attack
you, and when, provided no surprises.
Though it's clich6d in coricept ar>d fairly
Sifttpia m SKecuikin, Xybots generates a

£19.99

ArUAlST ^

85%

In the arcades Xybots wasn't exactly
amazing visualty; neittier's the ST con-
vefsion. Walls have few coloLrrs and
darkefi uti realistically as they recede,
and the maie is updated section by
section . The Ace and Rock sprites are
very nicely done, though: nol over-
whelmmg in colour but with an am us-
ing matily swaggsf as they jog atong.
The Xybols themselves aren't so
endearing but are certainly ad&quale.
Spot effects are warbles, bleeps and
btasts and title music grumbles along
Placability is what countSr though, and
wtven the mlldy aiwlcward controls have
been mastered, Xybots has bags of
ihis.

alkmrs greater progress through the game
but rto tncentrve is giv&rt for the effort that
requiffis. Only tseat-'am-op addicts need
apply.
WL

A marginal Improvement over the ST
graphically — more shades are used
In the corridors and ttie look Is
smoother overall. When few charac-
ters are on the screen the Amiga Is
noticflably faster than the Atari, but
vrith a few Xybots on-screen it slows
considerably, though thankfully not
enough to spoil gameplay. Spot effects
are sampled and add a loud, lively
arcade atmosphere — particularty the
vocoded Intruder alert!'

good atmosphere and its gameplay ib
addictive, it s a bit tricky (sometsmes trus-
tiaiingSy soj but it's the sort of direct action
which has you coming back again and
again. Sven it you're no Gunn or Hardy,
go and grab hold of this — before the
XytMts grab you!
WL

£;9.9g

cass.

50%

£9.99
cass,
£14.99 disk

The graphics (plcluredh wflh a long
cinematic strip, against which real Is*
tic, muscular men move. limpreSs. and
the restricted colour palette has been
used well to shade the sprites. The
very average backdrops scroll stowly
by and It's infuriating to be sent back
to the start when a life is {osl.

OTHER FORMATS

Alari ST (£19.^) and Amslrad (C&4
prices) avaitabie as you read thts.
Amiga (£24,99) to follow.

99 disk

Disappointingly similar to th«i
Spectrum *n terms of colour restric-
tion. Black corridors are patrolled by
stngle-colour robots and explored by
likewise plain Rock and Ace — it's a
g.reat shame Mode 2 wasn't used.
Though definition is good enough, the
two adventurers hobble along the
block-scroll corhdors as if deformed
(or at least with blistered feet), Sound
effects and title music are the usual
CPC coifeclion of drones and l^eiches.
but Us the control response that's thfs
version s Achflles heel. Sometimes the
hero turns when you don't want him to
and at others he WON T turn when you
DO want hfm to. Luckily, ptay ability
si ill comes lf>rough.

OTHER FORMATS ^

PC {£19.99) and Commodore &4 (cass
£9.99, disk £12.99} were scheduled fof
early JuJy release.

mm

MicroProse Soccer

MICBOPROS6 £24.95

■iitnrTioooTe aJi 99% — TGMO15. Sooclrum %.
ST %. A"-iStrMj • „ — IGMOaO

FA rules and Anifencan S!.x-a sjob are
the two games featured in this package
trom ttie people more accustomed to
MACH speeds, sidewinder missiles and
nriultimillioriHdollar aeroplanes The
Amiga game, trarling t>ehind the other
fomnais, is not lardy in its presentation,
however, and is just as playable as the
others. With all its frills 'n' fun. one o'
the best action football ^ames arour>d
Maiohin« updal* 80^^

SPECTRUM

Kenny Dalgltsh Soccer
Manager

COGNITO £7.95 casft, £14.95 disk

Amiga 64% — TGMOT&

Yet another famous footy player has
discovered that he can make more
money andorsing a computer game
than booting a sphericaj air-flTled cow
Madder up and down a nicely mown
pitch Kenny Oalgiish is the gsnt in
question, and ilor the Spectrum) many
games of this type have appeared since
its birth, but sad to say this one barely
manages to mahe ii out of the training
camp
Machine upiiate 62^4*

AMSTRADCPC
Silkworm

VIRGIN GAMiSXf).9« cass, £14.99 disk

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75%. Speclcum ??% — TOM0£0

Tfw Amstrad version of SUkwotm is
oolourfuL hectto and very tough Okay
tf>ere are times when itm action slows
down to 3 pace thai a snaft could man-
aige. but on the wtKnle it's saiisfyingly-
isst Bnd fuhous, making this ar>othier
quality version of a hiigihfy enjoyable
same
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PHO

Imageworics

For a complete reversal Of the usual
role of shoot 'efTT-up piot' characters.
tti« Galactic Errtpieror in Phi^a i& a
good guy. And fi^'s altowad hlmseli
IQ be caplurfltd by someone wUh the
ludicrous name of Phobos — so he musi
be a bit dirri, too Natch, you re the one who
must save tfie Emperor.

He's being heW m the sun a1 Itie heart ol
Phobos home system (a physical impossi
b^ity but we didnl write llie plot), a. location
far too hoi iof your humble one man ship.
Parts of a protective st>ie]d are he4d on nir>e
of the planets orbiting the sun. Collecting all
of these prevents your ship from becoming
a tump of molten metal arid plastic as soon
as il gets within a few hundred thousand
miles of the sun.

Before the game gets underviray, a pianet
10 be taci^led is seiecled from a networ)^ ol
15 You're m for a shock on each horizon
tally-scroll tng planet/levsl as the nasties

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and landscape features are all based oo
ptwbias {now the reason behind the game
titfa becomes clear), Spiders. snaKes,
decapitation, dentists' chairs(iK all manriec
of vife creatures; the stuff ttvat nightmares
are nriade of.

As well as your average laser canrxxi,
blasted bad 9uys leave behind icons to b&
cxMeaaA for the ubiquitous add on devices:
h»ph-pQwer engines, bombs and ext^a
lasers. The ^od news is there is also a
drone ship. The bad news is that, unlike
those in most st>oot -em-ups, it's as vulner
abie as you are.

Arid with Phcbia't difficulty lovei in mir>d.
itiat's an ertremely unsafe sHuation to be
in. It has to be said that it's a loughy {some
lime's maldng Sartxton: The Spectrum
fimtix kxA raitief tamalj. with many arxJ
diverse enemy spfites swarming towart^
you while awitward scenery, often with arii
mated elements, restricts your flight possi
bWkM,

WMft gamepiay has all been seen
before, the design of ttw levels and their
sprites are inost ur^usual inspiration strud^

£19.99

Naturally. 16-bii pixels allow both
greater detail and more colour to
define the pHobla&. but unfortunately
not enough has been mede q^ them to
make the graphics es horrific as they
CQutd be. Sc: rotting Is smooth, but
rather than being in parailax the bach-
ground pattern flows lowefd the cetitre
of the screen, almost as If the ship Is
moving away from the background.
Phobta also allows hi-res mode to b«
switched on so that the playing area Is
compressed into a small area In the
centre of the scfeen, a la Dragon s Lair.
This makos playing flddfy but is good
for showing off to non-Amiga owneral
With adequate sound and dl^flculty a
lltlts lower than the 64, Phobia ie a
great blaster on bolti Commodore
machines.

tViitr Crowth6f'$ graphics worHdna bmttar
on the CG4 (top) than the Artitga (ibov9
^rni !eU}. Phobia 's a game m^te fft>m th0
stuff ot nightmares

veteran programmer Tony Crowrther when
he decidad to base the games leveis on
fears ar»d nightmares Phobias levels
range from the bizarre to the sun'ealistic —
you're not I lately to have seen a game Itke
this before and ft's its wetni graphic desagn
which heips keep you playing

ExperienHijed shoot 'emup players will
warm greatly to Phobia, a game wiwe your
worst nightmares re^)pear as greai sprite-
Wasting dreams.
WL

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£8.99

80%

£12.99 disk

Typicelty lor Crowther, graphics are
bright and colourfgf: f>ere originaf eme-
mies and upper lower background
graphics ate supptemenled by smooth
mulfi iayer parallax scrolling.

Definition Is on the blocky side in
ptai::es but nothing's acluaify bad. Spot
effects are unspectacular but mesh ^n
well with the action, ar»d the syncopat-
ed beat on the title pages Is sirangelv
comfwlllng.

OTHER FORMATS

TTie ST version (£19.99} wifl be
released soon and is sure to t>e dose
in appearance to the smooth AmJ||i.

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SKWEEK

Lorld0ls/US Gold

Skweez Land was once a peaceful
and pleasant world... ThaVi along
came Pitark. an evil villain if ever
thefs was one, With his accom-
plices — Ihe Skartfs and Ihe
Schrkofeuls — ^ Pitartt infecied Skwee; Land
hi a dar>geroys, blue skweeticide. lordng
•^ SKweez&E to flee their planet and sei up
home on Reluznoid-

Many years later Ptiark and his not-so-
merry followers died off. bi/t the Skweezes

lltes in an atlempt to turn them pinh again.
Th$ Sk9rk$ come in various guises: includ-
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(rap; doinq Itiis fssuHs in a toss of life {as
well as face]. FaWng oft ihe edge of piai-
forms Of failing to beat tt^e timer also results
in death,

Sitwe-ei^ s not totally detenceless, though.
He's comes armed vvith an infinite supply ot
lur baJJs to throw at hm opp<ressors, Vou c^n
also pick up bonus objects, tties© inctude:
power up weapons, shields, shoes (to stop
you sliding on )c») and teddy bears (ootiiQct
atl four and you wilt be awarded five extra
lives and get warped to the ne^t continent)
There are also BOOM tiles; the green ones
act as smart lx>mbs. but b^ue tiles disinie
grate a ring of tttes around you. And. don't

sUfi remembered their ncmefand and vowed
to return.

However, the 99 continents tttat make up
SHweez'Land are still infected and it needs
one txave voJunleer to decontaminate
them. This is wtwre Skweek comes in. But
the SItarks haven't complieie^ lorgotten
their battles, so getting around the pjaoe is
goir^ to prove a mite difficult for our cuddly
{r»end.

You Stan the game on a platform far
above ti>0 ground, and nnusi run over all the

£19.99

Acceptable ST title Iraek, although too
repetitive, with many In^ame effects-
Graphics are very colourful, with
smooth scrolting and animation.

Attractive screen ttackgrounds 3nd tore-
ground graphics speak of » game wtnch
4oesn't rsfy on violence tot effect

forget, your pals are countirig on you.

Its nkij© to see a game thai doesn't con-
tain loo much violence. The main character
walks around ttie mazes in a highly amus-
ing fashion, with some very weird baddies
chasing him, Although instantly attractive,
the addictive may not last too long for older
teenage ptavers.
MC

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AMSTFtAD

£14.99 disk

£19.99

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ty Improved.

Out goes the scroitlng. replaced by the
more anrioymg flick screen tachnique
(yoit'we no idea what s coming).
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&tm 9V0n more annoying. Sound is
almifar to the ST — not very good.

OTHER FORMATS

A PC version priced £:fd,99 isavaMabte
IKiw. C64 and Spectrum versions are
not expected at this time.

AMSTRAD CPC ■ SPECTRUM

The Games — Summer

Edition

EPYX Spectrum ZB.m case, CI 2.99
4tElK; CPC £9.99 ca««, ti4.m disk

<^i 66%, PC 76% - TGMO 1 3

On both formats the game is very
playable, the Amstrad version is the
most colourful of the two {though the
Speccy isn't all monochromatk:). The
list of sports games itiat have appeared
over the years is almost too long to
read, but Epyx are still producing Ihem.
and very wetl loo.
Machlrts updal*:
Spactnim T3^*a
Amatrad CPO 7t%

COMMODOUE &4/128
Spherical

RAINBOW ARTS £9.99 casa,
£12.99 disk

Aisjri S r 73% — TGM020

The wizard with the i^at is back {but he
hasn't brought his dad). Sphertc^iori
the C6^ IS graphically good with soimd
to match. Playabidty is high, mainly
because a lot of thought is needed to
escape, so if you lii<e piatform
shoot/collect-'ern up games talcB' a (ook.
•teeMfka updat* 74^

ATARI ST ■ PC

Circus Attract tons

GOLDEN GOBLINS RAINBOW ARTS
El9Jft

Cwrmodof* 64 67% — TGMOZO

Automaficalty sensir^ EGA or GGA, the
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wilb tf^e ST looking stmilar to the EGA
Both versions fvave good soundtracks,
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Reviews

You coulda been a contender,..

Receiving muNipie blowa to the t
and body isn't a plaasant exptrrt
ence — boxing isn't the sort of sport
TO take up on a whim, as Line^
advise in their packaging. Producing
an accurate boxing game so that compulor
owrters can enjo^ the spoft without \h&
bruises is also sometl^tng the Swiss sott-
ware bouse doesn't take ffghtlir: The
ChBTTp is endorsed by the prestigious
WofW BoKing Council and the Rod*y il^me
music is officially licensed I

Once your nanw ha& been entered,
either Iromi th© keyboard or — if youVe
played before — from a disk holding the
name and its associated records, you are
launched irito a match. If tf^ts is your first
9ame under thai paniojlar name. yov1l find
yotirseM in a seedy alleyway — ^though.
Strangely, three-minute rourt^ aie still
used, marked by a mysterious unseen 1^11.
In the beat- em -up tradition, joy slide
moves, with or without the fire button, pro-
duce delensive, oftonsive or lateral rrwves.
Energy bars tor both boxers are suppfe-
rnented by a round timer and points, award-
ed for winning rounds, knocking down 1h&
opponent, and so on. ^

iHopefutty your fists won't go unnoticed
for )ong and a tramer wiii adopt you. The
first frufts of this are tt^ use of a gym.
Upward slick moves make you jump whili^
skipping, but mistimimg spends you sprawl
ir^ in a tangte Of rope. The trainer shows
him$eH fof the sandsack. He punches llie
sack in combinations of different blows,
than lets you repeal the sequence. A cor-
rectly copied blow is shown by a blue light.
WTorig by a red. Left and right stick moves
are made In time with your graphic fists

professional matches, with a proper rJr>g
anA poitly referee, follow, allowing pnDgress
up (he world rankings, Ttie ranking table
can be viewed or reset in-between bouts,
and & high score table called up.
Eventually, with many fights under your
belt, you may find yourself numtier one

THE CHAMP

Linel

contender and gel a shoi ai being World
Champ.

Getting to that championship fight Is a lot
sasber than you'd imagine. First bouts mB
often ridiculously easy — hali-a-dozen
killer pur'iches {as the manual calls them)
and your opponent s fiat out on the floor, He
instantly springs back up but then one or
two killers' flatten htm again. This goes on,
the iToxer sometimes being knodced over a
dozen limes in the same round, until he

ory test and skipping seems lo trip you up
when the computer feels like ii.

The Champ is enjoyable in as much as
the masochistic knock-down, spring- up
tx>xers and sometimes silly movements of
tfie sprites are laughable ai first. Ultimately,
playing is a boring: s'ug-out, the two^ayer
one-on-one bemg httie improvemeni over
the computer's championship. Something
of a self-inflicted KO lor Linel?
wu

finally runs oul Of energy: a trifle unrealistk:.
( think you'll agree I

Once on the prolesslonal circuit things
toughen up and some skill is required, but
even tf>en tf>e computer doesn't put up
much of a fi^ht (sorry) and a little luck is all
yourwed.

The training events' are nofriing to write
home about, although the punchbag ta
quHe tun. Sandsack Is more a Simon mam-

Eia.M

Tfie Introductory sequence wtiere A
boxing MC announces the game Itien
The Champ logo appears, acciimpA-
nied by (h# Rc^y theme, Is probably
tha best pari of the game. Oe spile flat
faces, (he boirers look okay and are
weii-anintated — despite their sirange
felled-tree falling movement, stranger
knock*ovef recovery and downright
stupid victory jump. The ref is a Jolly
round fella who walks sideways and
whose cries of 'Boxf . Break!' and
knock-out counts are cteanly dlgtNted.
There are also some sampled grunta
and on»>ns but fo« some reason
there's ahirays the (extremely repeti-
tive) sound of machinery in the back-
ground and an occasional dog bark of «
car horn.

OTHEn VERSIONS

Atari ST version is planned, afthough
no release dale has t>een fixed.

110 TGM 1X021:8-89

It's all in the mind

i

•

4i ''.V V'*l»"v V m

Hewson

staroth is the name gtwn to TJw
Ange* of Death, And evw since her
conception, shes been beni on
destroying afl in hw way It « your
. fate. ^ the tHave Ozymandids. to
entef Ner domain wrthin the catacombs, and
contr&rn hsf face to lac© However, youf
mina ts not yet pf&pared tor such an
encounter On your travel you must pick
up nine mind poweis wtiich are to be found
in targe bei tars (see box). With tt>ese you
can bflMle. ce« lor orfl, againsi the Angel of
Death.

Astaroths vicious minions patrol tt>e dank
caves Waich out lof Jmpaders, Bludgeon
Beasts, Harp»es and Tortufed Souls {Ihe
remains ol p-revioys adventurous souls lihe
yourself). Until you cofteci a m^nd power, its
best to avoid them (unless you approve of
ttie brain drain! ^

Jump the prolilerating traps, and keep
kx>K>ng tor mind powgfs thai will gel you
past ice and stone walls, acid drops, and
axes and spears which si&a idrop from the
oeUmS' Once past all ^se obstacles, your

nine mind powrers really come into use as
you (ace ypu Final otisiacie -- Asianotti Its
mind againsi mind, so keep your wiis aboui
you, As^oth »s certatnly a tough game to
play, the enemie* take their jote very sen-
ously and its often very hard to get goirrg
(even alter a few hour^) We were very split
on wt>eihef Asiaroit} was original enough to
^ successtui However, everyone agreed it
was well programmed and VERY DIFFf*
CULT!

^to

£24.99

Graphically Astaroih Is terrific,
Ozymandles is a very smooth charac-
ter, and Asta roth's minions carry out
Iheir duties vvilti great zeal. Extremely
disappointing soundtrack, trylrtg to be
atmMiriwric'.

MIND POWERS

Telekenesls: Move otj^ects with the

power of your mind

Pyrokerieilcs; Create fire

Telepathy: Read othar people's minds

Shape Shifting; The ability to change
the shape ot your body

Levltatlon: Defying the laws of gravity

Transmigration: Hyperspacing

Cryokenetics: Freezing objects

Night Vision: Seeing in the dark

Meditatton' RelaJtiri^ the body and
mind to refresh yourself

OTHER VERSIONS

An Amiga verslion is imminent. Same
prtce, same game — same sound)

021 :8-89 11

SOFTWARE SNAX

TIME RUNNER

Red Rat Sottware ■ Atari ST
Price TBA (probatily £19.99)

Teezles areni ciangeroas, we're lold. but
They are small, yellow, very ugly and very,
very misdiievous. A gang of them liave
escaped from ihelr cages and are now hav
ing a good lirr>e in the Tirrve GOffidOfS
{which means troubles lor everyone else)
Enter stage left the very unJIke^ hero ol
TTme Runner, Captain Crumble — «x-star
fighter pilot wIto keeps the Time Corridors
bdy in Ws capacity as Janitor.

Pausing only to don a jei pack, grab his
trusty sonic smasher and a Teezle trap, the
good Captain heads into battle. There are

SIX Teezles to capture on each level, but the
danizens of rhis netherworid aren't too
chuffed at his actions, so as he zipps
afour>d the various rooms and corridors of
the Time Zones, ghosts, shulls, skeletons
and a host of nasty creatures belt him in an
attempt lo knock down his energy meter

But whether Captain Crumb^ sav^g the
Time Coffido<s from the rampaging Teezles
is a matter o1 how long you can stand play-
ing ttus slMfHndudng game. Graphicairy
limis Huraneris good, but the whole shoot
ing match Is brought to a grinding halt by
impossibiie character control. Some of the
gaps Crumble has to squeeze through
(without touchir>g} are ridiculous, and the
anr>ount of baddies chasii^ him give Irttle
chance to surviva their onslaughts.

|l«chin« rating A^*^

G.NIUS

fnfogrames ■ Atari ST £19.95

Ahh this IS the lite, sitting with a can of oil
courrting the robosheep as they leap over
the laser mesh fence. Oh sofry I was just
dozing off there, I am G.oius the robocom-
mander of this interstellar cargo ship on its
way to trade with alien civilisations,

What was thtat?. H $oun(ied like an
Acturan Mega-€lephant breakdancing, Oh
dear it was worse. A huge asteroid has

honourable thing and leg it before the damn
thir^ goes BCOV^ Ur>forturtately various
Obstades stand between rrve and freedom
— the maintainance robots ft instance, they
were quite friendly little chaps yesterday.
Thay obviously suflered a nasty bang on
^e t»nce in the cfash because they se«m
more intent on des^royir^g me tfian filing
the ship.

Extra energy, shields and amrrx} can be
collected by destroying the mamtainance
robots, tNJt sunwal is the main considera
tjon so I C^n't stand and rtatter any longer
as the ship's about to disintegrate. |

G fifus- is admittedly rattier confusing at |

|l

sma;iii*.fd into the side of tfw ship, so 1 have
programmed the auto pilot to take us to the
r»aresi pfanet for repairs

Ah. here we are Looks a bit of a dunnp.
Never mind, we can't be c^ioosers I sup-
pose. We're coming in too fast, lire the retro
rociutG you fool... Well were down I sup-
ptiM, let's have a teok at the damage.

The ship s too badly bashed about to do
wtyS^ about U, %a I'm Qoing to do tfia

limes (although mappers amor^g you will be
annoyed to dtscover ^iai putting pen to
paper is useless because tf>e room layoum
change from gan^ to game). But a little
practic» soon sets our robo hero on the
right path to freedom A game worth corv
siidering if you kke blasting j^mes requinng
a bit qI thojght,

MAcMfw nrtlnt 73*9^

BUFFALO BILL'S WILD WEST
RODEO GAMES

TYNESOrr £24.95 « Atari ST

This is the gamie that soris out the men
from ttie boy 5- Take part ifi Buftak> Bill's
own antfKJfogy of wild west tough tests. Six
eiv»nis must be successfully eKOCUied. and
ytNir reward being that of fanw and glory,
Old a high score!

KNIFE THROWiroa

You face your beautHul ass'stanl revolving

on a target. By throwirtg kmves at her you

112 TGM 1X021:8-89

iijji r94

tCKCi BBHIBPI

Obtain points. Ttie nearer you throw, (he
higher your score. (Hitting tier results m her
death — obvtousiyf)
THICK SHOOTING

Consisting o! two sections. Trick SfXKiting
first sees you shooting targets as they pop
up from the ground. Avoid hitting innocent
bystarders as they deduct points The sec
ond part is much iMa dangerous as you
shoot tlying iDotHes thrawn Inb the air by a
(now male) assistant,
BRONCO RIDINQ

Here your reputation as a rootin toottn
cowboy is at stake, so take ahoki of what
nerve you have left and leap onto the
■■ tjack How on lor dear life, as Bie
_; ,.^' Throws you all over the place

SUPER

SCRAMBLE

SIMULATOR

Gremlin Graphics ■ Spectrum,

Commodore 64 C9.d9 cass,
£14.99 tfish

No, thts isnt a computer reproduction of a
s«qu&l 10 an tnfamous bomb and laser
scrolling shoot-'&nnLip (and H c^nainly i^n't
frofn Co<Je Masters), but a sim of cross
country niotorcyde trials. Its undoubtedly
irispiredby BBC TVs K(Cfr5fart programme
(tTosted by hairy Dave Uee Travis), espe-
cially as It was created by Stiatin Souttiem.
author ol C64 Kik Start and Kik Start U.

As this is a computer game, the oompeti-
tion you are taking part in is Itie uitiitiate
ctialieng^ {it always is). IS testing courses
— arranged into five sets of Itiree — await

you. with nasty steep slopes and otistactes
sucfi as bga. cars, water hazards and lor-
ries. A plan view ot fhe current section oi
Vhe current course is displayed toward the
tioflom ot the screen.

Each course is against a time timit so
care should to be taken to avoid stalling ,
Precious secxMxls are also tost if the b*e
laryJs iincorrectly from a jump.

Immediately itiis is seen as a(nother)
sequeJ lo Ktk Start same sport, same view-
point, Ttiere is in fact less vahety of obsta-
des than m K^ Start II and there's no con-
struction kit.

The ability to steer left and right has been
added — though this has tinle etfecl — and
Its a simulation in as much as it's possible

to stall ttie bike, and laiKling incorrectly can
damage suspension. The benelifs ol this
dep>ends on your potnt of view. The game
isn't all-out race and jump [it would be a )ott
and a shudder if you inedj but the restraint
of driving the bike carefully and properly
can have its own rewards

On the Amstrad the biker hunches over
tils small-wh^ed cycle and trundles along
a juddery-scrolling course. Detail is ade-
quate if a intle sparing, but piay elements
{bike, rider, scenery) are each in two
colours — tieTter than monochrome but fair
ly btand. A boppy
numi^r plays qn the
title screens but In-
game sound Is the
usual engine drone.

In a similar awk^
ward position, the
Spectrum rider and
whole playing a^ea
are in the same two
colours, but scrolling
is smooth ar>d anima-
tion IS quite realistic in
the way the biker
bobs around as he
passes Over obstacles
and bumps. Jingles
(usually of condo-
lence) break the
silence.

A bit btodty and
wfiite on the C64, itie bike and its rider are
adequately drawn, and thougfi the oolqurs
are gaudy, bushes are well shaded,
Scrdting's fine but the title music drones on

— though not in sucb an irritating manner
as ttie jingles af>d engine noises.

Gameplay requires too much discipline

— and has too iiffle fun — for miost people,
but if the kJea appeais to you. try before
you buy. Atari ST and Amiga (El 9.99) ver-
sions will loiiow {provided they don't stall,
land on their front wtteel, hit an obstacle,
run out of time...)

Machlf>» ratings: AmMrad 40^!^
ComiTiQdors f»4 5 -I *^
Sp«ctruin 5S*^^

STAGE COACH

Once out oi hospiial you hear that the stage
coach is t>air>g attacked by indians, so you
race to the rescue. Watch out tor ttve lug-
gage being ihrown off the coach by a very
unobliging mdian, ihen clamber on tK>ard, A
good punch in the face is what that darned

Indian desen^s, and you must dish out
what s due
CALF ROPING

TaKe your lasso in one hand and aim pre-
cisely to get the calf under your control.
STEER WRESTLING

The tinal event is ttie toughest ot all. Tame
ttiat anarchk; animal and become the won-
der of ihe west

Graphically and sonically Buftak> Bill's Wild
West Rodeo Show is very good, especially
on the sialic displays between events.
Tho50 of you wtio have ever dreamed of
being a cowboy shoukj try this game, but
watcti out for tftemi varmits.

Machine rating 82^^

THE ZZAP! SIZZLERS
COLLECTION: VOL I

us Gold/ZZAP! ■ Commodore
64. £12.99 cass, £14,99 (]jsk

The nammg of this five game oorrpilalion is
a little deceptive as our $tsler magazine
didn I awan:! Sahmon's Key a Siz^ier.
a!tfxM>sh it stilt stands as a great arcade
puzzle game As a wi?and. you have to ooi
{ect treasure as you make your way
through a maze of cav^ns, magical^ form
ing and destroying Nocks and avoiding
monsters.

Impossible Mission H aoain has Agent
4125' @}<plorlng rooms lor clues and codes,
avoiding various types ol robot and hoping
to preveni Ejvin Atombender from world
domlnatk>n. For a more reiaxing time, the
sun beats down while competitors p^ay in
the siK -event CaiiiorniB Games, involving
such pastimes as surfing. Frisbee throwing,
and BMX racing, The fantastic play ability ol
Capcom's shooting, swinging coin op is
reproduced nicety in Btonic Corprrrando,
where a cyborg hero must fight through five
soldier Infesled levels.

Finally, Dropzofre is another misfit — it
was awarded a Gold Medal, and rightly so
Tl>e jet-packing spnte patrols the suriaceot
Mars's moon, lo, saving scientists while
lighting oH waves ot aliens. Inspired by
coin ops Siargate and Detmder.
Dropj[orw is a fast, furious and thoroughly
addictive blaster that no ComnKidore
owner should be without.

This package is good value Just on the
strength of Bior^ic CommarMto and
Drop^one. but together with the other three
high quality games, ZZAPi Siz^lefs is a
compilaiion well worth anybody's money
Machine rating &A*¥v WL

THE CRASH SMASH
COLLECTION: VOL I

us Gold/CRASH m Spectrum
E12.99cass, £17.99 disk

Like ZZAFf Stizlers, CRASH Smash&s
isn't exactly accurate 720 — the fab Alan
skatetx>ard coinop — wasn t a Smash, but
it deserves to be here.

Bionic Commsrjdo, from the Capcom
coin-op, is an extremely addictive plaifarf
game. Equipped with your bionic arm, you
must climb to the top ot each level m s
tx3pe to advance. Great graphics and very
playable.

Spy HofJtffr, from jhe S^ga ooift-Qp, is a
classic not lo be missed. Jump in your car
viewed from above, and race through iar 1
and water blasting al) and- sundry.

Next comes impossibi^ Misston II More
super graphics, with excellieni anirrtattor
The game'fi very tough, a real chaltenge icf
puzzle fans. And rir^ally we travel to snoA >
slopes and prepare for pienty ol wnst acti«»
in Wmt&r Games. With a doubts loa(tot on
48K machines, its tough to decide which
four of the eight to play. All the games may
be old. but they're all real dassics, A super
compilation — great value for money,
Madilne updat* d2<^ MC

TGM 1X021:8-89 113

■ DAVID CRANE SPEAKS

After years of silance, ihe programmer of probably
the BEST-SELLING computer game EVER,
Ghostbusters, speaks in an exclusive interview to
TGM. David Crane talks to us about everything
imaginable, plus a few plugs and pictures for his lat-
est game entitled Ths Boy and his Btob. An inter-
view NOT to be missed...

PLUS, in Centre Bytes

■ EMULATION

Ever wanted a Macintosh but could only afford an
Amiga? Ever wanted the massive software support
of the IBM PC without forsaking your STs MIDI
ports? Since the dawn of lime, every computer has
had its pros and cons but now — thanks to the
Centre Bytes investigative team — we solve all

those urges to buy another machine by revealing all
about the world of emulation.

■ TGM GUIDE TO DIGITISING

Without a hint of He'Wra/ser anywhere the Centre
Bytes crew take to the TGM Labs for the definitive

guide to getting video and TV pictures pixeiated.
This month was just the tip of the icetierg...

■ COMPUTER SYSTEMS GUIDE

It's back. After many many requests from readers,
the TGM Guide to Computers returns. All Ihe specifi-
cations on all the popular and not so popular, com-
puters available today in the UK.

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previews, and much much more in the next issue of
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