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10 NEWS

SruppAis a( invnediaey from off ov«r tiie ceunby. indudtng the starv of
ihe avofuMd Konix (oystick.

12 FEAR AND LOATH1NQ

36 LLOYD MANGRAM^S FORUM

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87 PHILIPPA IRViNG^S FRONTLINE

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120 PERFECT TIMING

to youra i1 you mnti a apaokat watch in US Goid'a Metf oc maseomp. and
thoro are popies host ol it^a gtoan new gmnt up for grabs too'

Tite next l«sue o< CRASH \s also
e spec i At orie - we're ifMrm
away a free copy of tt»e IPC
liomfc OINK whkh has be«n
ap«e4alty commissioned for
CRASH. Don't mlsa your copy -
n goea on aal« frofn £S June.
OfWMlIng non-buyefs will tM
raoled out i^funted at and very
protMitily cured and ftoM aa
prime back wrtth ^ie rind Ofl.

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DOWN

A YEAR and two months ago. a
brave experinwrrt wais fofmglated.
Ttie concept had bwo ho^nn^
loflooger, t)u1 in the small Comlsh
[ishing village of Mousedoie
(pronounced Mow-/aO„ th«
directors of Newstield. who
happen«d to be taking a working
break there, committed ttie
connpany to launching an entirely
new lyp* of yotrth mgigaiine.

Fed up with the accepted pop of
ejtisting perK>^icals, Newsfietd
trl«d to ijevise a magazine which
wdukj encompass every aspect of
lite, l^vo^¥e Sbe feadership as
much as the compuief titJes did
and present itseM as a Song ar>d
good read every month. From its
pJethoia of early wofVing titles, it
became known as lm.

Sadly, the enpeniTtenl tias
anded. The trtih ;ssue of um has
not been printed . The magazine
has dosed and its talented and
devoted editorial team have gone
the»r separate ways J aakf 'ended '
- UM dhd fhot fall . Ixtt maricet forces
prevailed against it. Advertising
agencies and t h'ei r c I lents faUad to
see the i mpact lm was go^ to
have on the iraditionatty liractured
arwl difficult 'youth ' market The
mooazine was referred to as 'loo
wloMylargetted': transEated. that
mearw rt oovered »o much ground
in Its editorial that advertteers
coydn't see who was going to buy
it. The belief that peopte aged
between 1 5 arid 25 require
maoazines of a narrow scope and
prembly iMftti very few Mrords
which skate right over the top ol a
subtect, hQrdlv touc hir>g Hs depths
at alt. continues

Advertisers Ehoughl lm woukj
confuse potentiad readers and so
no-ww would buy rt. They were

WFortg. T^irig into account the
increases in mor>|hly sates trorn
the fifst issue, lm Iss^ie Five would
have erMoyed sales probably in
excess of 60.000, and I'm
cocviident it was easily set to lop
1 00.000 before the sod of 1h© yeir

LM had to close because
Newsfield is not a hug|e
congkxTw^tewith limitless funds.
and the company could nol wail
any kxiger tor advertising revenue
to catch up WTtti lm"s monthly
costs. As I wnte. there is sliU a
hope tJTal another publisfier wilt
buy trie htte. But whstever
happens, the spini of lm w»H rwt
die. (1 lit a flame under i he precious
notions of youth piublisi^iing, srnd
poMed a hnoerii^ ^ drfferem, more
vital direction. Hopelully someone
will leam a few lesaoris from It, so
that we may look forward to
magazines with guts in their beiljte
ir\stead of guff.

SOMETHING

DIFFEREHTIH

CRASH

Not ait of LM has disappeared.
CRASH ha? mh&ri-red its sub-
editof Barnaby Page Shuffles
artd reshutnee seem all the vogue
at the momem; Oter^n Br ennan ,
iniToduced last month, moves
Over to Z2AP* in an attempt to
improve its team's spelllrtg and
grammar (now thai shouid be
someihing to see"). Sarriaby taikes
the hot seat at CRASH, and has
already coninbuted heavily to this
issue, neoders of lm will be
fwiAM'W^tti his style - despite his
extreme youth, he's the ore who
car tell you the d iff erence between>
an af dvasrk and a bear-ant. And
he's the on« I always go to when (
get conlused between comitted'
and 'committed'

We've also tried an experiment
in ihs CRASH - you can find it on
page 1 30 - Video Reviews- The
argument goes as follows: CFIASH
readers live ait over the country,
nol always near a cinema and -
whettier Ittey do or not - almost
certainly hir© videos regularly.
FHms (videos) may not be directly
anything to do witti computer
games (though often enough thefe
are tie-ins and even f itm s feal unng
computers), but iheyVa a standard
p»6rt ol eniertfltnrnant. and we
thoughl CRASH readers WOukl
like tne regular games reviewers'
comments on the latest hire shop
relea»8.

If we've QOt that wrong, no
doubt you wi ten us If tne Ideas
proves popular, then we'H rapidly
BKpand the page 1o a small
section, though no mora Itiian four
pages at most.

MUfninq rmn UM Is GfiASH, i*mabi P*«it tnuiinia Dm mw siib-tMir.

CRASH June 1987 7

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UHWELL

CRASH seecos to have suMared
Irom paojpto beifw irmta of laie.
Tadi Niche fans.Tiowevor. wHi t>9
ptoi»icid to see S4rTKHi Goodwin
recovered, back on forni and bsc*(
on tri« technical pages again.
Obver Frey. unforturiBtely , has had
a coupte di *w*a leaiiina poorty.
and as a resutl Itiwe's noTGmmnal
Mvitliiaiseoe. 9ut he. too, is back
at work BOS'" - boailir calcfiinp up
on those cotouflul pages f eady f«
next monih

GAMES REVIEW INDEX

IQ Army Mov«s Oc^n

114 Barbarian Palace
87 Blamarck PSS
64 Book of th* DMd Esa^itial

Myth
igBubbtof Ultimate
21 Chronos WasJartronic
24 Coamtc Shock Abaortwr
Marlech

1 1 6 DogfiaKt 2187 Star^t

61 Dofi*t Pftnlc Denied
Devj^'ia

1 1 4 Efitatpria* Melbourne

Houae
24 ExpiWIs Aalder US Gold
1 1 2 Final Malhx (Tha) Gremltn

20 Ghost Huntsf* Coda
Masters

62 Golden Maalt CoFTvpass
34 Gunrunner Hewsott

no Howard the Due*

ActMaion
l4Hyi*™*MlFTL
66 Inheritance inlogrames

MORECOLOUn

t rtope you enioy this packed issue
of CflASH as much as we've
enjoyed puliling it together- For the
first wm^, sv^ry revvaw In Iha
fna^azine ha3 colour scuaed ihcte
{unlesa l ' ve been m Isted by
someone in ' art'lt rather depends
Ofl how the software comes in
during the production period -th»
month was a tKt o< a atruggle w*lh
ttfe BTftvSiS, last maitti was ■
doddto-asto whether we can get
every review in lull colour; but we
sfiall always try our 1>^.

Look out lor the Sp«Cial
Readers Otter on page 7S. whJCh
has eome o( the tost of US Gold's
past hits as its attraction. Last
mortth'5 Gremlin Graphics OWer IS
ooing Qfieal guns. Over the ne>rt
few issues, we'll be limn^ up some
oxwe amajdng deals 'o* thwse
older games you may have
missed. A1 CRASH we're leaping
and tKHjnding ahead,

ROGER K£AN

32 Indoor Sports Advance

22 Island Capw (Spy V Spy II)

Databyie
105 Jackie and Wide Bulldog

1 10 Uvln5|Btone (I Presunne)
AKgeta

26 Mvkt firothen Ooaan
104 Mr Weema Piranha

33 OctAQon Budgie
62 Operstkm StallkMi

Wrightchotce
iSPSfStMJia Firebijrd
58 Piiwn rnwl Ralnbird

1 1 1 Bed Scorpion Omcicsdva
1038«tKiteurUDurel)

53 Slwdows Of Monkir Mel

bourne House
61 Shlp¥rr»ck/Castte E*f*e

TartFin
31 Star Rufmar Code Mastars
26 Strike MAO
2S Super Robin Hood Code

Masters
31 Tuba Ruba Firebtf d
SB Zulu Wan 005

IN NEXT
MONTH'S

CBASH

EiTvtum H«ni#sls

Sorry' Due to an odd problem that
occurred dunng film planning, l^t
month's review of Konami's
Nemesis lost its ratings. Here we
provide you with a cut out and
paste repiscemeni box...

ADDRESS
CHANGE

JUST afier we dseni tlus nwrrth's
PBM section (starting on page 74)
so the pnnters, the socce* game
IOcAr-Ab4MJ« changed its address.
You can now wnie to Ktck-
About at 53 Swarm Wey.
Broac^tdoe Heath, WesI Sussex

A NEVER TO BE REPEATED
OPPORTUNITY!

Collect the specially commissioned 16 page FREE
J3SU9 of this piggy guK comic from IPC to whet your
appetite for the new CRL computer game. The
snouty team ot comic strip wiz^kids are even now
hard at work preparing comic strip frames of
swjmsh scintillating slbiiance, rooting through their
Ideas drawerlor nuggety tnrfftes to discover in your
next CRASH. You won't b^ able to buy this one on
the riews stands - it's ONLY in CRASH, for CRASH
Headers J

THE ACADEMICIAH TUNNELS OUT

PETE COOKE, programmer of TauCetiand Acadamv
tafks about his new tunneling game, MicronautOne
how It relates to his earlier hits, why juggernauts are '
hardtodnve. being a streetwise upstart, vyhy ucmputer
games are more fun than teaching maths and whv he
switched to Nexus. ^

And we reveal who won the CRASH Mapping com-
petition, how the DOMARK Design a Game entrants
have rar#d, ON THE SCREEN returns, plus loads
more new reviews, previews and other goodies we
haven't even tho ught of yet . , . but we willl

ADVERTt&ERS INDEX

Actl vision
Anco
Ar^otasolt
Atari

9
127

OT.5a

2S.M.36

CRASH Beck NumberB
CRASH Sub*criptlon Offer

CRASH Mail Order

CRASH T-Shlris/Binder«

DaUbyte

Electronic Services

Bite

Gitsott

Gremlin Graphtes 91

Mattel ^

Melbourrw House

106

Firebird

E&J

FTL

Hewson

Imagine

Lerm

MicroprdM

OC4an

Palace

Piranha

RAM

Software Projecta

US Gold

Verran

Vkieo Vault

virgin

16,80
102

8 CRASH June 1987

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!J

IS

I

T FUN-PACKED COMPUTER GAME
SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME

Wonderbov ^ ^i^ ioi your home compuier! From the aicade onginal by
Sega.

Wot^etboy is a kid with a ipest: to reach hss gullnend aaois treachercnjs
laiidsc^ies and rescue Im broin i}!« evfl KiiKI Burnkg bonfiies,
boulders, poisonots snakes, kiDer frogs and murderous blue codgets can all
make Im i sKon tnp - but oui hero c^ break open giam eggs lo coUea a
fKx» axe. a gnardiaii ai^l and Qtlwr viJuables 10 Mp hint on his missk^
~1tai^)oiid sp&^ up his ptogr^s aodipidEina bmt provides boniis pomts-
yoa'recaKM

fast, fun-packed game of sM and timmg.

AMCTUU}CPCCASSCTni9« AMSTRADCPCDSK1U99 OOHMODOKEM IZSCASETitiaSeL
COMMODOf(£ 64. 128 DIS £R» H SFFOXUM 4^ tSSX - {S 9»

KILLER INSECT
HORROR

AMUMOrFnsceived a CRASH
Smutthanct a rav« 1 28K review last
motYtfi - but noM ttvira ar» soma
probMfTis with the Maslsrtronte
budget game, and With (hau- eariler

MuUrtroniic w«re' running v«ry
Mfl wKh itwir ^4/naun3l9 scheduta.
so rather than koop awanona
wading anothar few wvaks thay
dacMad lo ratease a 4SKnonly
varsion ~ vifith(x/l ti>a ftaahy music ,
sbMis and viimatad aaquMnce

Thay ihen ram^tsrad And
ratoasfld ifw 4BK Amaunjia wMh
1 28K an^^ncamante. Tha aamQ
itwvg happenod with ^ub.

So tmre are two vergiona of

Amaurom and 2'ii6 Boating
around in compuldf ahofie.

BulHyou'raa iZS'^So^Mnar
who boug^ a copy of the 4SK
Amaurote ot £vb on the strength
of our reviews only lo fmd that the
great graphics and aonte goodiss
werwri there. yoM didn'i w«s(a
youir do^.

To gar a proper 1 l&K copy of
Amaurote of Ztk> jusi send yOur
48K verstQn bade to Masl^rtranic
with A covering note, and they'll
send you a vrizzo new one for no
extra charge.

WHietoJeffHeamat
Wa aM w I f o nto Ltd. 9- W Paul
Strwr. London BCZA 4JH,

GAMES
MAGS
CLOSE

COmPUTER GAMER nw|azine
has doeed - rust four months after
Argus Spedahst PU()iiraitions tried
to save the monthly with a major
reiaufwh, making It a Itghter nofi.
But the improvomant^ weren't
enough lo keep the titia alive, saHj
Argue Ctrculmon Dir«»or

RO RO RO YOUR BOT

REACH OUT and 1ouc^
sorr>ett>ing wilh Ed^ucated Archie,
nnnoiinc^d a^ the 'uHimate
str I ous toy ' tof home computers -
'S robotic arm which picks i^
objects sr>d usas tools, conlrollad
fiom a Spectrum.

He WJ can strelch hia arm out
350 mm (jusI over a loot} and hOkJ
objects weigh<r>g up lo 250 g,
I about tiaif a pound).

Developecl by Oxbridge
Technology rn Milton Keynes.
Bud<lrighvnshJre. Archte takes
iust two hours to a3aemt>{e. and

the minirobot's sortwara lAnlJ
quickly teadn you how to use him

Archie is avaNabte for most
personal co^nputers; the £220
price includes an appropriate
sottware package. At the moment
he's on sate only from the
manufacturers. thou|^ an
OKbrtdge TechnofogyspOfiesmLin
»ays Afciiie wilt be m al1aesl1fv««
ht^ipstraet cftains Oy ihe autumn

But V yocf can't last the summer
without nfchie stirring a cool dnnk.
ccmad Oxijridg* Tachrwiogy
Umited at Bfeckland, Saxon
Stroet. Unfofd Wood Milton
Heyn^ MK 14 6LD or nng ibem on
(090S) 314626.

Raymond Lewis. It wis Bailing
about 23 ,000 copies a momh. with
very tew' aubscft)ers.

Awo gone to the great back-
kssumotfikM m the d<y m Aigus's
tXMonr-' ^ -.hhadsufferad
m^i^vt -^n damage this

yaar.Thraugn lydSitwaaaeiiing
an average of 2d,6S2 coplea each
month <hilf ol them oversaas) -
but by tfiia spring the fiojune had
<ftOf>^ lb under ao.OCb, iew»
tawMiad.

tn 1 98e CFtASH acid an avoTBoe
of W,327 copies each month.

The June osuea of both Afgue
magazines wiii be the tost . And the
company has rwplarts lo sell them
off or incorporate tfiem irvto othwr
titI'M, according to Lewis

ciY'l-JciYtJ.

ajCN CJir-kiiEJ}-!.!!: -M'~^i ^'^ ^

'jom* proWems in the
n program by David
rtd WHItom Tana titew t

l-L-alUf'-J '.?«

Mptifu and WHitom Tang btew up
in the software hou&p's face
A new tnsfiactof Gadget wri l t>a

hapless pofccefran and hts Go Go progmmmed. starting from

Gadgets in a madcap struggle to
dafusG bombs and save thawodd

'lays Meibouma House's

THINK
AGAIN

HREEIRD'S £1 .93 SOvei range
recemty bought the nghts to some
40 □kftes43ui -goodies by
ActivtBion. Noft* they've a<kjad
ii^noEaj^'f puzzle game Thinkl to
mair list ot cJmp ofassics - It
should be on the otreeOi atraody.
Thftik!. from Tigress Dastow,
received ^% QveraK in me Aixil
I9fl6 CRASH.

BOUNDER BOUNDS
BACK

BOUNDER IS s year Old this
month arid to calebrala the
bbbbouncy tanrtia-bbbbiM hero's
blidbLrthday GramMn win release
nra next advwiiura. Ha-Sounctor,
inJulylorC7 99,

(I'll be mi>ch Ilka Ihe original
Bound&r (aCRASH Smo^m June
1986) - SoorKfer's Iwo

.Cofrrt 'Fungus'
and Chns Keny. a^ owng
the conversion from the C64.

In ila-dounder the player
negoi^Uts 16 p«fik»ua levels of
impanetrabie wala. ooUapeibie
iioors and spiifY tannis-beil-
burstingob^ts

Bui mis time Bounder is
^ixpped Witti armour plating and
a weapon (*t»ch still hasnt been
chosen t>y Gnemlin's armouryt}-
so there'a bg plerrty o4 alien-
biasting needed to get through
and otxinerste the sentinel at the
end of each level.

C^

G^

OCEAN
ON THE
MARCH

OCEAN has GCHTHTtt^onod a
aame i^ the gritty V)«lAaAV Vhn
Piaicon. wtvch zoonwd lo thatop
of tha boa-olHoa etutts wtMn tt
was tekmoti last momh.

The jRCafoivt game shoukl
*pp«er tMs Autumn on the thrw
main fontnais.

Ocean 'B Gary Bt^cey couklnt
revead wtno the pf ogrammers ara,
bui sahJIhert it's not being 6om ir\-
houw - end thai the names wli
have 'a tamHiar ring', tfw world

tiMcnbinalhadifflcutt
FValoon pfO|9Ct. Ocsan Oialrman
David Wsfd flkptalned:
'Ptatpon dioesn't coni^in- ihe
pQiitKai rtieloric of iptambo, yet it's
b«ert a trefnendoiis success- It 's
an hor»est Mm. and we intend to
trafll it SYmpalhetK:ally.

' In compulof antertammflnl the
victonous scridiar (s usually <^
hem,* tw said, 'but in thrs film the
heroaa ara much more co(tipl«x.
So a k>i Off wofX arKi ihoiiatit is
required to croato a stimulattng
pcoduct '

A WAG
TOO FAR?

-niE MAO SCIENTISTS at ICorix
c^mimue their caid and uxisual
MWogHng of the company's Speed
K<nf} (Qvitick in an attarnpt to find
u j! just how tong you c»n shahe it
all DtxMrt. our Wttgs^ing EcMor

Hw joysiick, wTMeh daciinad to
be named, haa baan waogied by
an eiecthc dm Mwa aai^ March
at 4S0 wpm {wagglas par miutaK
t2 hours a day. stt days a w«ek.
CRASH caHcubrtea that by tf>e 'Hma
this i« pubBshad the Speed Kmg
wff have w^aggtoci some 20 rruUion
waggtes - il n iwvnvss

Somoorta stand* 10 win C 1 CO

whan tha joystick wagglaa (t» last:
a CQupla of nundrod entarad a
Kgnix eompalitlon (rvowctoaedjf to
puaaa ita«ndurar>ca. as raportad
by Hunter S Miroon in the
CTviatmas cnASH, t^e highast
gue>88 W88 11 yews, says KoniK
waggting qpohasman Michael
BaJcter . . .

The Spaed King l& Cdivwctad to
an Amstrad 6 1 26k computer,
where a program by Chrisiian
Urquhart will monitor its dying
shudders. Urquhart says ine 4$0
wpm rate is enough to QusMiy from
the Rrsl round in me 1 QO metres in
IMoy Thomf^oft's Oet^tfMon,
whicii he coeu^xxed.

Doad that mak« Konix a
oorporats champion'' Is. the
amatMir apint of the Olympics
irretrievably losi? it's hard to know
wtiere Kontx (based in Tredegar,
Owent)< win Slop - the joystick 19
stiH waggling perststenlly'. says
fioKtar. artd may 're aimir^ lor the

ONE OF

OUR
SUBS IS
BANNED

WEST GERMANY haa banned
MicrOPros^'s Sitonf Service- for
being "too realistic'.

The Second World War sub
siTTHjIalJon. known Jn Gertnany as
Dss l/Soof. was placed on th«
Youth Oangeroua Pubtteations
Ust, set up to protect young
Germans from pom afd material
which might encoura^ violence.

Now the game (reviewed in
F RONTLIN E. CRASH March 1 967)
. ivatlatote to West Garmans

trom controlled outlets such as
SdKShopS-

But MftroProee plans to appeal
the dociskin, srd take the West
German auttiorilies in ooMrt if
neoessary. Satd the American
softwana fxmae's President, Bill
Stealey. 'They stiould take a
second k>oK at iegislation which
wrongly lumps together computer
software with pomogniphic
videos-

' Dnving ^jp^siicaied ^rftware
Into the backstrdets wifi have a
damaging effect on Gerrriany'S
owrt burgeofting industry,'

Whfle Stealey seeks to save Das
U Boot, stati at MicroProse's
European hoodquartars kn
Tetbury, Gkxioeslarshire can wait
and see whether the furore wdl
push MP UK sales of SuianrService.
Bireedy one of their top flatters -
ttieOeirman incic^nt even got
thorn th« front pag« o4 7M
/ndiipflrtdtwil.

CRASH June 1987 11

WAR IS

Nobody said It was going to be easy, but did it have be
as bad as this? The first victim of ligging Is sobriety,
and Minson joins the other grunts in a fight for survival
as publications explode about his ears.

"Rtis has been a tough rnonth, It's
rat that ttvre's been a shortage of
taunohea - far from it. But mighty
forces are shifting, the Vftils are
dosing in end the sbd^ brown rain
teeorrtna.

But W9 Stan our wetdnoss m
the American EmbMily. I've only
vjsitad thi$ imposing bunkhouae
(xv^ before, and that was to
obtaJT) a vsB. That time the
niar<rM« afl but strtp-seaittAd rne
beioreletting me tnto the building.

TNa tinw Twaant laMng any
chances. The nMit bilonB I lawn-
mowerett my h^. giving myseff
the Bort of gA that only a Gi could
love. Then I domed minor shades.
a Hawaiian ahlrl, and a 'Vote For
Nixon ' badge to show that I wasn 't
or>B of thcKEs Qommie f^rkos
who'd kick a prealdent just
Ijacause he was a bigger bugger
thanrrKWL

Aa I approached the buikMrtg I
felt a ititmg desire to at^ chant-
ing 'Halt no, we won't go, arvd
bum my draft card - aorry tnvfte -
but Mlooproae had made it quJta
dear that there was no admission
without that SQuare of card, so I brt
on the bullet.

Havtrtg ain thegaunOstof mstal
detoctofs and sworn thai I have
never bew a comrrurtet Of related
to Qsdatri, l was alkiwed into the
reoeption. And who was the first
person \ saw? If rt wasn't my old
(and I US6 the word advtaecHy}
nemesis. KremNn. a weV known
Commie^dore 64 i«ei),

DMln t this make s mockery of aH
that slringenl amutty? Not at all.
From the number of loumalksis
nobody had ever seen tiefora, all
Ot who^ had matching crew cuts
and wore matching, itght -wei^hi:
grey suits twith equally malcninig
bulgss under their left armpits), T
gunsed ttiat they'd got everything

12 CRASH June 1987

under conttol.

Y«3^, it seems that even the OtA
loves fvlicroprose prograrrts.
uniiiie the (Berman goverrvnenl.
That nobte institution hu put
rsstiictions on ttltas such as the
submarine ai muletlonSflenfSer-
nee. HI cue trie mliHarlvtiC
aspects corrupt their youth, I can
JMtt see a teenage gang cruising
diMMtl the 8onn hion street In a
aaiynshne. torpedoing Old woinen
andcMldren.

Of course Microprose isn't wv-
mongaring. 3ut Miaoprose is
Mator 'WHd Bit' Slealev, Fighter
Pilot Supreme and ChM Ad^nsor.
Joini caiiefs of Staff, as his ' Wild
Bill card' proudly prt>clalfn& And
what do you expect o1 a pedigree
like that - a lesaon in lying down
»kJ letting the commies mardi ail
over US? No sireel You can almost
hear the sneer when trie Micro-
orose promo video turns ^om the
joys of trttShing the towel heeds in
F< f 5 Sitnke E^ to the Idles of
Soilo fhghf. a pacifist prop piane
lor mummy's txiys who like to play
with themselves. 6y me time we'd
reached C^n4lK^ in Vietnam I was
so keyed up that I was ready to
enrol and nodi Ihose gc^ks.

But an ttmy marches on its
stomach, and I ciui Wgi% recom-
merid ttte Amedcan Emb^sy any
time you're fsefing pedtish, Bur-
gers, hot dogs, ribs, and great
pecan pie, piLis Bud to guzzle of
ixiwse. Beats MecOonalds any
day.

After my visit to the helm of the
arcraft cam^ USS Greal Britain,
the Rock Garden was wtnafhing
of a Step down. Actually lti«re's a
(ot of stops down imp that celLar,
befter known for sweaty crowds
on Saturday Ntghts. Bui on a Fn-
doy kinch time, 3w only stariigM Id
bs found was the sdAware label

. . . and the spffikle in the

eyi« of the unbeievably wonderful

Afnartda Bsfry.

Secunty was. if anyttitnrg, even
tighter than at the Annencan
Embeasy. I'm uaed to bouncers
when I go to g|^, but heeviee at a
press launch is a different story
attogeihar. Comb^ with the
opresslw almospliere of an
imperxjhig storm outskls and the
prospecf of i^ock Oerden cuisine.
I did what any self respecting tour-
naiisi would do . . I tntktdi

Staying sane iusf long enough
to log Stwfke nquveeu snoot 'em
tm ned LED. wfrich mvolw^ f^
tiiaslir^ Id win spaces on a liatUe
gnd spread over a multt-lavel land-
scape. I did a C|uick survey of the
thn>ng. Almost 4mma<Msiely my
eyes abgfviad on the eligible
IModaal Saodwand NadMna
partner in Pf^ Sarah Damwan.

'Save ms'. I scraemed. 'Don't
you know that fliey're dosing in?
we need 10 tafce your car, load up
with an expensive sound system
and enough rer^eetional aids to
keep us unhinged, then driiva out
to itie Fens at 1 iS mph, with the
hood down arhd rrra standing
naked '^^loufir^ at tf» e(emants< '

Would you tjellove thai Baxter
iust giggled? I wouldn't take no for
an aiwwer though. Paus^i only to
pick up my super ^ar^nt goodie
baa, I slipped outakle. But Baxtia
ana Donovan were sl^3p»er than i
w^ and lad (riven me the slip.
Never mirtd, I ad learn several very
frittresiiixi tads at»ut the eltgibts

one, and youH be reecing more
about them ottrt nnonttt unles'^
meal la forthcoming m the Intir
(that's what you sad atKMit Mana
Wtiittakar-edjf.

8y now the leer wns upon me
and a was only Vw calmmg pre-
sents of Ctore &)oeley itvat kept
me together eoough to drop m on
Rainbfrd's do al The Cheshire
Cheese, off Fleet Street

Apart from the tact that 123
owners CW1 r>ow er^oy itm king of
pdventurae. Th#P»vm, tf>are was
noihing_^irnmiine n t for spectrum
users. Thils was a birthday party for
itssequsi, GuKdofThievn. which
is ^st appearing on all thoee yi^
pie machines Like the Amiga and
ST Everything com^ to thtne
that wait though, partknjtarty with
th« k^ 3 on ttte horizon.

Everythiffg comes Id Minson
loo As I stumbled out of iNs
thieves den, Cfarepressed a bag
labaHed 'Swag* Into my stidcy
hands. Seems that she d Just done
over a winemarchanta and wanted
me to haip diapoee of Ihe evidence
- a very pioaaiifW White. Cheersf

But making a beast of myself
hasi't been enough to keep avray
theharshnsssof rmfety. It'stimeto
get serious. This month has ssen
the departure of thnsQ magaiines.
Tvra were computer titles. 2Df.
computing and Computer t^iamor.
Ws always sad - and aomewhat
worrying ~ wtHin tfw market stttrts
to shrink. There were some dttrm
good people On tfKwe mags tpo.
more tacee who've gone mteaing
in action.

The other t»g6dy lies ctoser to
home. As you'V have read a(se-
where in this issue, um is a victim
of the accountant and otfter
finandal problenn that mafcea
publisherB Hfe so hanl Speaking
as tysth a contfflautor and a nuder .
Im sorry to see it go It had a fine.
dedicated team wortong i^ pro-
duce an infeif Igeni. per^pttve and
often controversial pubication.
And perhaps that was the profa^
lem, Maybe it was just too hard hit-
Ijng. Maybe it was aliead o1 its
lime. VUhatsver Ifw the reaeon. It
will be I

z

X y" ^ X j/- j^ j< y .

nm^,

* 'A

/

f

GUNR

is the ultimate her.

^ youT Wood racin

■ and save the plan

-^-to which onW V

_ ' have the k(

Along the wf\

f Steel playvng agamst
St semiring landscape.
This is one of Hewson's
most technically
^demanding games, needing '

a cool head and lightning

reactions,

1 A -_*»-

/"

HEWSDN

/ ./

y y

v^ ,^ y y y

tiout a year and a half ago
iSe<f Wilted ExUemeEnvi-
onmeni Orgardam

(SWEEV0 10 hi® hTOfwts) was sent
to a m^ratenoos *or(d. Knutz FoHy.
Ooce there SweewD had to do a
spot of tidying up and captuie sev-
wal one Widger s Now. aftK- mwch
pffoft arvd bufnblnng. Swesvo has
telufrved *ilh a vongeanc^ and.
well, a w^mpef or two.
The Kintfr^ oW Rotxj-Maslef
gnashed his mefaNic feelh and
roaring at Sweovo said, '1 dtdo'l
expect you bach so soon . . so.
go and dean out the Oealhbowl
and don'i relum until you've
finished domg lihal.'

Sweevo, t)6«n9 th« wary soul

that ne is, p»ciKed up Ns copy ot

<'Va ,.. vr; A£|uar4Si (essdnti^ ^ead-

1 1 ; 1 ! ,ii( inter galactic cleaners ol

; .J I , tiowls} arid rest)

m0 gigantic aquantxn knomtas

CRfTiUSM

" SweevQ'$Wotldw»»aiv«fy
origirtBl game that had a
quality vary hard to d«firtat
add Cina that hasn't il^uK^
ba«n r«producad »inc«(.
Bearing this In n^ind I wm
vmoyvd to hear that FTL
WW* 4olrtg a follow up.
Mydrofool tus turrtad out to
ba a Swaevo's clone (tha
sJmllaritles ar« too numai^
ous to mantkin^ lhat*a ploy-
abla artd cornpafiina, but
not ^watap (prward mat its
'parent' w*a. The puzadM
taKe a whll« to aolva btft
arfi-n't fhghtenlngty hant
onc0 you'va leantt tiM
basic Ijsyout ot tti« pl*yfr>g
araa. Ths graphics I»av6 Iht-
tta to be dfl^irod, same

charaotar d«finHion is
akcaltent^ and tha «ub-
aqua affact works convltuc-
ingly wall. Sound, too, is
mora than adaquata (ax>
oapt for the n^tun ol ttie
Sweevo% Worid titia tufra),
btft tha t28K tune and
effects ars far aupertor.Thls
ahould proWda pteoty of
puzzle solving and map-
pirug fun lor ail RactW*!-
merxled-"

iProducen FTL

Retail Price: £7.95
Authors: Roy Carter
and QrBQ Rillts

14 CRASH June 1387

F* O* 0» L

the Deaiti^owi « now so hoavtfy
poSutsd fnar "medytsto

eompferoJy *.' .. putSmg ou!

MChofthefourpkigs
So there you tiave it. Sweevo w»1h
dbving ge^^f m row has. been aban-
dcKied on anoltwf strange wofid
*it(i only his wilB (o/ fack of Iherri)
lOpfOteCl hin- ' "'>p»elhOriiOf

wa*d and . oreaiures,

none o4 vvhom ai u luo fond of al«n
its forms dnurwig 9M9y Ihetr

CRmcism

" EsMntlalty Hydrofool**
conctpt I* ■ rahtth of IfM
old SwBevo's gam*> mm
r%ames and d*ff«fwit b«d*
di«s p«rhap«, but wry timi-
lar - «vMi ttw iMfn«
Swwvo'a tui>«, Howww;
thtv* ar« aintt^ cornptaitslv
n«w graphiicft. Th« main
char3C«*r« ar* supafMy
animatad afid dr«wn wttti a
gri««t amount of datall. I
found: Hydroluol muci\ tVK-
d«f to plry ttian Ks pitt-
d«c*s«4>r, AMioupli tt**
probitmt 9ra faliiy logicaDy
»»t out Tfia backgrounds
Cf*ate a Qood fa«4^ of
da>ptti wtlh Ifia ervatuft*
adding to Ch« itrang ttmod^
phara. H you've MWi
Swaevo's th«n don't »xp*ot
mucfi dWwvrit - vtUI forMt
oamalbouflh."

oltfiepiuqisinuslbe
^of f ecr ofOBT alse an
mii- 'evel 15 cieated. And

tci f^uM .1 p.,rp( se«eral puz^ies must
be sdlwed by moving specific
objects to particpuliir pfSwes,

Ufiilortiiroiiety those objecis aie
oRon guarded by DeathtKuwi's
dflfwiens Of t*>*^ n^ny even be a
part ol . despicabfo

fiasly i i'l if'i"^" ■""'^

wpajxxTs to hie tui;
dance to* ite ciostru'. 1 . .

creatuics but walcfi lt»e amnxj
Icvd. it's vctry limitijidi.
Dcjifht>Qiivi IS cun^truclecf on seu
erai mleflinking levels m a Bin-' ">•
manner to Sweevo's W-
Whir1poQ<s are used to f< ■!.
ckiwnwiHds to the neat fevel ii
txibbfes kMT upward moviiimoni
Ttie gorw* if«!.*^ « ti''*'^^"*'^ *| 3^0
isomeT-
yjiTfl. c.

Swwevo nns iveverai itves. one
betrig toHt cadi lime hts Ruotomlof
reaches maximum. Such occio's^
rapid»v IS soon -''■ '- - • ■ -^.-ri fnakijs
ooniact wit h wn ' > j» torgol

ri<s wel sudj. t>ui 11 t ji-iils (o gel
dangerously high. fu$1<r^ car. be
t«nipofafi(y halted by finding <r -
oil cans that pollute Ddathb;./.

Vrtr r rl<.jf«»'l

" Soma gama fofmats can
■tand cJonfng tiy thalr
craators, and wttat mad*
Sweevo s World waa Iha
conrt«nt mora (tiaft tha look
- wMcti is aaylfffr • >ot
becBuaa ft lookad grvai So
Mydrofool aurvtvaa Iom for
tta oH^inamy tttan baeauM
ft'» still a highfy enjoyabla
romp, p«qk»d with load* o4
puzzlos, B fwwel tpr d>0Ktark
Itv and pl*nty of abnoa-
pnafa - tl>« ftr«t tim* yog
ti^t « »«a s«rparft pop up
frofn ttw floof ranks as
QuKa ft shock. Tha faal of
thd game raties h*avtty on
tha high {Quality graphlcB -
Sw*«vo raally doas saam
to- ba awtmrrring undaf
water. WHh tfw larga
numtMr of scr««r», air>d tha
IfTtHeataty wovan Or«g Fo4-
Its puEEtas, HydrolOOl
should fiokl it* appaal for
quite soma tlma.'*

MOtT

TrMKthing gi,iiird<ans is none toc'

«). Mtihy "e»th<?». so once armed

^lujltokiiii

Thegamo Js spread out over mor.

than 200 caverns, artd (he 12BK

version boasH an even btggef map

ssvtre' !> Hubbard score, a

c^txy dt"i'f|h» 10 t'M^s

HydivtOiM lb. home '

b^t, the programn 1

game Hms of about lour houiB for

experinnr.i-it rjR;irM»r!i

COmMEfiiTS,

Control kays: Q W E R T/
Y U I O P up iefl/up nght.
A S F G^ J K Ldown telV
dowr rtoht. Space to fire
Jeyttldt: Kempston. im^aca |
2. Curaor

llaa of cotoun monochrtxro-
tk^ playing area
QrapMcat supert) deflrriikin
and»)lmBDon

Sound: good tune and spot F^ .
bat1arstlllon128
SkiB la wate ona
:over200

I raflrtg: Afirst dass
sequel, entertatning. arldictive
itnd Nghly amusing.

ProsontStkNI 84%

Graphics 91%

Pisyab^llty 85%

Attdtctive Ouslfttas 90%
Valua for Moffoy 63%
Overall 90%

J^RABOL

Producer: Firebird

Retail Price: El. 99
Author: J Bond

Bouncing Bruoe, tha wall-
known drokj on a spring, it
csughr in a multiseclored
ooamic anaqiy grkj - and ha wants
to esc^M from etnry level.

Surrounded by the black obliv-
ion ot space, each sector la com-
posed ot tilocks, set at different
tietghts ar>d formir>g a grid. Bruce
can move up to ttiree blocks at a
time, in straight lines (he car't
move diagonal^, tfKXjqh). Con-
trotling Bnioa. you can dactde ttie
heigiit of aacfi bounca and nxtve
him up to hktgtier (evete of the grid.
Some grid squares contain

l amtil

Irniicil

" Vm Imfirasaad

though almpia,

PantMla,
I* an
addictlva llttia garrM; my ertly
moan Is itiat tha a c raa m
soon staii rat»*atina
thamsafvas. QultA a chsnga
from dia normal run Of
laofTiatric gam**, Parabola l«

stOTw good

wnfortunateiy,

IIMtruclions

ovarconcls*

undefstood.

gnphlcc;
FkabM'*

typlcaHy
Onca

though.

Psraboia ta wai worth sotting
a B WK MnDr aopaciaMy tn vna
prtea. "

" flot vary orfglnal, this <- thara's a host ot gamas following tha
asfna sort of gamafslan, and rwna of tham ara vary appaaltng. Tba
only raai diffaiadoa bacwaan Parabola and Iha many otiMT 5 Bart
gamas arD««td a taw yar* #90 la Siat hafli you only Iww* to
bounca on soma, not all, of tha tiqiiarvs - which makaa It Mfy
•Bsy to play, and pretty tadious too. For tha prf^ tNa la falrty
w*il-pfes*rited both graphicalty arid aonically, but K lack*
playsbiilty and sddictivanass. '*

rotating er>efgy discs; wtten he
iaxids on one Bruce collecis the
disc and scores po^ta. And when
he's picked up all ttie discs ineat^
sector, bounckng boy can move on
tothartaxt.

But Bruce t£ hJrvJerad by danger
blocks - squares with circular
eiepcik>ri devlcas force him upwtf d
so ha crashM, rrwvn^g guardd can

J PAUL L

"TiM prasantotfon

of Paraboia is supsrti, br^^k-
Irw a few Spactrum bound*
anas - six different colours
In on* charapter square!* Bui
If t a ptty dior«' a nothing new
within the game; h's aM boc-
ing old mOnO'Chn^matki play
oreaa. TTiough ttw control
method B»ama strartg* at
f Ini, pefsistano* bring* Mgh
rawartls. Th* graphics ara
vary dataHed and ttM
pon|)ac:tlva is baliavabla.
Aiid Ihougti th« tuslc idaa
ol Partfjola ^ okj, tt's a moat
af ^ OMb l a product, cartaMy
wofVi two pfHMida. "

shatter 1^ deticale frame, and
directk)n blocks propel him in the
wrong diredton, To avotd ifkese
tfresta - and save his eighl 1ivfi« -
Bnx» must bounce up and over
them,

^COMMEMTS

Control keys; diaflnabia

Joystick: Kampstoh. Interface

2

Ufa ol eeleyrt^ very daver.

touches well employad

GfapMca; raasonabia sprites,

oooddDarfad

Sound: abov9 nwage

Skill level*: one

Qanaral rating: Wetl

pfosonied budget game on an

old themaof inodania

Bddictivenea.

Qrapliles
PtayaMttty
AddtotivequalltlM
Vatufl for money
OveraU

73%
70%
57%
54%
66%
03%

^^■'

ARMY MOVES

Producer: Ocean

Retail Price: E7.95
Author: Dynamic Software

Derdhal in 9 member of the
Special Qparaijons Corps.
hm mission ks lo infiltrate a
hMVfly guvtied aoemy base and
steal infomiation hald rn a safe.

To BchiQve this mm he must
Cfi0$9 th9 seven screens firf ttw
horuonlaJly scrDilung tfCMte
mme, passtr>g throu^ swairip,
^ngle. 6efsetX and saa. Each
scraaii muat be comptMad tMf or«
progreae can be madie to the next.

turbo boogl. HaiicoplBfs arvl
trucks atladf. and contact with
0Mhv kMes B iiie, Thay mdy be
desbeyed with ground to ground,
or ground to aif missiles fired from
the leep At the end of the bridge
an erWmy beae to machad, frtxn
there a haHoopter is stolen and
used to nedh the Jungta base. Arv
extra rttna lives are now credited to
our ocnTrff\an<Jo.

Now OefcSial Itoa over Oesen.
(noh in mlsaie iHaa arxl attacking
jets), a seia Ml of submarinas. and
a jungle (oompleta with Idoh-out
postsy. Low fl]^ng eema l^lm cre-
dits, but is more dangerous. A

JbemL

** Deaptte the Bicfc prMnntation mnd the neat flr a p Woa
aontea which Ofimmc ham Incot poialejl In Amty M(»es, K atiX
oiB, A Hgori^ps play -testing will soon show any
player tfiat there's no tun invotvsd. The first Sli
iflMwh loo Kardi cg^sing in{;r9^;ing trustraUqni aoortv
jty Infuriated. The U9« ot colour ttiroughout is dubi-
OHM, there turn a lot of attribute problems and some of fhe l*nd-
^are l^artalv 1 MnMjUn't recommend tNa, "

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from watch towera, tni\ theaa an
be knocKed out using grenades.
Stwts can be fired fnxn a
CfOu(^wd position and windows
crawled beneath in an effort to
improve your chances.

Ofice tnside the main building
thie central bunker Is ert t ered and
the search iof the se^ begins. Der-
dhai hides behmd doors and pre-
vents them from being opened.

At h4s dtsposai Oerdhal has a
jeep>aheiic<i>pi£K and liis marching
boots . The is«f> ar)d tMlicopter can
be accateratad, avowed arxl rnade
to jump (lake off arid iantf) whilst
Derdhal himseW moves left and
right arid jump«,

Energy and hiel suppllet are
limited, with the level remaining
shoiwn 8t the bottom right, Derdhal
b armed with weapon systems
ranging from missiles to grenades.
When opposing forces are
dratroyed pointa are awarded,
and the toui diapiayed at the bot-
tom ol ine screen. A bonus life is
acquired after 2S»CI00 points.

Ilia Arst stage sees Derdhal s
jeep traveling at^oaa a pavtiaiiy
destroyed bodge, gap* m which
■re leaped by usin^ Itie jeep's

CRASH Jurw 1907

^ In Mf RtprciiinQ ^P^. Dondtdl InmiH ihniiigh Iht InlKtHi junglei.

good Eartding earns additional
points at the |ung!e helipod.
Derdhal moves on foot towards

swamps by leaping hom Island to
isiartd, missing quJcksa/Kls. a vo«d -
Ing the ekplosbns of enemy gre-
nades (at night thie^r position is
shown by iighted eyes) and scar-
ing away or duckino beneath the
d^Kfly beaks Of Gttrtt Toucans
From now on sokiv-boy is equip-
ped only with a rrachine gun arxl
grenades

Having survived the }uhgie
ordeat. the next sta9e involves
attacking the enemy's barracks.
There the mam bulkting e scanned

JOAftETH L

" Oneortha mo«t frusfarstijig
arnmmPfmti this month -
Army Moves la almost totally
trnpoetlWe, not because
playing Is difficult, tiui due to
the ecra*n layout and the
idlpaliQil collision detactlon.
Tlw aound la itoo pratty iuiiH
wnn no twie ana
spot effects. H m^gM
il to the Remibo typae
wilio Mce UHrkg aii|4ilng that
nwwaa, but for ma thane's no
raallMiabitl^. "

J PAUL L

"Amny Moves Is airtrematy
dHHcult to ptay. Not because
Nfa too compllcatad or
requires iightnino-faMirttao^
tfens (t>ec9use it ito a an ^
but because of Ihe bad
ilaeign of tfte play area and
the inaccurete collMon
dalsctlor}. The iiraphtes an
wai defined, avan though the
colour uaed te appilllnfl.
Sourid Is bekrw avaraga witti
very boring affects, and
rtotfiilrtg approaching a
decent tune. The controls are
sluggish » even with a joys-
tick. I had little fun playing
Army Mdvas - it's very tKiring,
plain and a great disappoint-'
ment "

..hen on the stairs he cannot
"- wen by the enemy. Should he
'i<ow pfwiades whilst in the
tj*«iiiiar lie muit take care as they
faHi DQiaica oil waRB ai oangaroiA
angles, FffxJino the safe com-
plale'a Derdhal s mission.

^COMMEHTS L

Control keys: Definable: Up,
Down.^ Left, Right. Firs
Jeysftctt: Kempslon
Uae of colour: van»d through
the scrasfis, often brightly col-
oured

CIrapMcs: l»9a. detaUed and
weU defined
Sourwf: below tveraige
Skill leveiK one
Scra ar w : seven levels with flip
screartt

Oanami rating: Dubkjua cott-
vkm detection spois what
otherwise mioht have been ■
reasonable, if urunspinrkg
shoot 'em up.

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Graphics
Playability
Addictive qualities
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Graphics

The inhabtiant^ ol the &rtCkeni
city of Ir^on hav^ long be»n
enslaved by the *Hzatti tyr-
ant. VatjM'a. To further fasien nis
grip about them he Has now
cmied nwaicai botti«3 - but>bl«f«
- whtch blow mutanvrotoagtfw
bubble*.

LcmQ ttjio you spoica out agalnsi
Vadra, end as a rnutt werte impris-
Qined adxl converted into an
imiTMsdite tilob Kintor, one time
assisiarl toVadra,@v8ntuallyjolns
you. Using magical powers, Kinlor
endows yoti with lemporary
movement and the abilFty to lira
tethal energy, Now you have the
means to ovefthrow the evil war-
iocfc.

Tbe bubblera ftre pbgged by
use of magic cort(s. automatjcaliy
collected when you pass througn
one o1 tte prion's trapdoore.
However, some trapdoors are
cofWess, and entenng them leads
only to death. With each bottle

J PAUL L

"Once Ultimate ws» on ■
ptdevtel ebove all ottier
toftMrere companies. E^ch
releeM aaw their cult follo«ii>-
hng IHI compter «hop« tM
ewerlfie country- eiveryttody
wwting to »e« Juat how far
tbe tfve ACG team had
fNMlwd the Spectrum Ala
Ham. Sadly IhoM Qlortoua
ttmes are long aktcm BOMe«
and the onc«-gr«at company
now blends in unremarftebly
with the re«t ol the marfcet
Bubt^ef bfeaks no rum
greund. The superb^ ani-
mated graphics are very
but the 30 per*
lant aa convincing
af ttiat used (n prevtou* Ultl«
mate products and ttw seen-
ery apfMiars disjointed.
Theee ttiat can master tiM
■wrt nwfd oortroJ metfiMl
may Und a rewarding game„
but I'm imn wtth a slight ieef'
Ing of diaappoifitment "

corked Vadra's power dimmisHiea,
and cortseqgently Kintor's
increeses

Trapdoors and bonl«3 are found
by movJrjg along and throu^ the
pnson'a 3D system of pkatTorms,
lowers and slopes. You can movd
iorward tn a direction defined by
rotatwn to the nght or left, and can
move up stop«3< it)!' down them

JbehL

" After a fair amount of practlce» Bubbler has turned out to be one
of the most pEayBbiB Marbiti Madness type games we've seen.
The sraphlds are Au^rb, with well animated characters artd
pretty landacapes which scroll excellently - the title screen is
impresulve too^ Tha conlrDl methtod is a honrible rotate left or
riflht Job, arvd be<^aus« of this it takes a while to gat used to tti«
BsmWa worltlngs - however, I'd recommend this as It's a ilick
piece of playatin programmlrtg. "

AfHstifri liwa Is

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■tntfVidraiodtliei
omi tlO(M krt the I

under the pull of gravity, |urr>p and
catch hoFSts to higher vtrud)ures
All manoeuvre's must be precise tn
ortiier to remain on ttw ptatfotrns
and pathways, and thus avoid
plungrng to yoUT deati.

As /ou progress, pdaon deni-
zens are relsiued mxn flashing
patches around ttw diir»geor),
these may k>\\ you outright or try to
push you off (edges - other
hazard* to look out for are
wieaporvs towers whK:ht fire accu-
rate bursts of energy, artd spikes
whfctT. posFtkon themselves uridef -
rteath as you plummet from a p^ai■
form. Mystery bubbles are also
blown from the bubblers, when

► Wltat'tanlnl

i> mn you 6oinq in « pUc« like ttits'^

popped these release bonus
poirtts, alarm ckx:ks {for extra
lirrtef. extra lives, or t>ombs. Sharp
objects pterce your delicate skin
and burst you, rf any of your five
lives are remaining reincarnation
occurs near the killing point.

A tirrte limit is set for the task and
should ti run out a life is lost. How-
ever, time is rsBtorad with esreiy
new life or corking of a botlte. and
increased by collecting riarm
clocks. The soorai, cximpan, time
and lives remaining ana displayed
at thie top and cnttom of the
screen.

J RICKY L

** rv* trted realty hard to Ilka
this, but the lack of playabM-
ity destroys tt>e effect
craated by the more e<njey-
wibtu alerrtenia. Like preyiout
ummate offerfnua, BubMr
uses the 'turn and wwMk,*
directional confrol whh^
may have bwen flm bvtor*
but with the sddftior; of ir>er-
lia and leaping It becomes
vary Impreclsa. Tha co«ti-
pass at the bottom pf the
tCTintfk also confuses mat-
ters . "

, ICOMMEHTS

Control keys: 2 C B M left,

X V N SYMBOL SHIFT rtghl.

A S D FfOfward.W B Y I Pfire.

E T U O lump

Jdysbek: Ksmpston, Ctxsor,

Ir^ierfsce 2

Itea of colour: moooohrorrw-

tic pUiying area

QrapMcs: smooth multi-dirBc-

tiortal acroiling arKl exoeHant

d^varacter tMimtion

Sound: a reesortabis tiUahJna,

iam-padted with FX

SIUK levels: one

Screens: live scrotling iand-

scapes

Qanaral retina: Aimost back

to UKImata's old standards

aHhough milxed revkiwer feel-

^s anect the ratings. Wed

worth ft jf you can master the

awkward oontrol system.

Presentation
Graphics
PlayabJIity
Addictive qualities
Value for money
Overall

CRASH June 1987 19

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GHOSUIUUIIEP^

Producer: Code Masters

Retail Price; £1 .99
AuthcNr: Philip and
Andrew Olrver

Pnotesscr TwiMn. 1h> ;
owner of Hi^mtm '/^
sion, hasoffer^ a reward for
the eradication of the stalety
fKMna's ghosts and ghoulto.
Ontxk Studbi>d(lQ took up the
ctHflSTMM, but after five days
inskto ttiQ tKNTid house he stiK h^
no< ntirmd. Aa hta tyvtt>er, it's
your diAy to go and rescue hkm.

trTord«r to make a room to room
search, you can jump gp artd
down, move to the left and n^hrl

J RICKY L

" Now this i« knterestlng - all Ifw fun of a platform/#xp4orattQfl
gMiwci^nbinsd wMh the joy ot fclNing lor a aftcond player. Played
•lOfW^ Otott Kuntera can get rather rrwnolonDUST eape c l e l y ••
then lent Chat mucK to look at However, if you tackle the geme
wtth two players \t o«n really bt nwet enjoyable. Solving the
ta»k« Isn't too difficult, but it »hDul<i keep you playing for k>ng
enough to get your momy's wortfi. "

^fiHIM HIINff'

and cNmb walls- The Mansion's
lifts move between floora ivid era
activated by touchlriig tIasWfu
obiects; Incfaidino a crystil bad,
qobet, r>eddace end opcument.
'his action also increases your
AAiore, aa displayed at the bottom
right of the screen. Ixrt beware -
the objects era not neceseanUy

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dose to the itfls wt>»ch they con-
trol. A mep of Ntghtmere Marokm
te calM up to verify your present
position,

Vampire, hands, skulls, end
siime moteriiltoe to thwart you as
you progress. When dose, these
causa the Terromelef reading to
increase and your Macho Ef>af gy
level to tall Those creatures can
be avoided, btrt onfy vwth tJtfficwHy
^nd a i^reat dram on energy. Your
renteining reserves are shown on
the iefi hand side ol the screen,
arKl are repfenishflcl by drinking
the frothmg beakerg of magic
potion wtmi are found about the
fHxise.

^t M <viM^tf**'Vfa

J PAUL L

^

'" Th« loading icreen and
title music set the tounm per-
fectly for what is a vary
atmosphork; game. The
gnsfihlcs er* supert>, with the
■cr*«n coflteinirtg a lot at
charecter* end fum^twa - all
of ttiam detailed end recog^
nlsatile. Gho$t Hunters is fien-
dlihfy addictive, so make
sure you have a gootf f«t«r
hours lo 9p^« ttefpre load-
ing tt up. Tha Tarrometvr end
Macho tnatar work well
toge'dier end are very ueafuL
I loved every minute of this,
It's a gtwaway at CI .9B. "

9'j-'^^-y:'* ' "^

20 CRASH June 1987

ER GH0ST HUNTERS ik^ii^

Vour only weapon IS a sub-corn -
pact anli-rnattef Phantom sptat-
lerer, one shot Irom wtilCh len>-
noranly retunts defnoits to their
astral piarte. Gome creetures are
ndea^njctitite, but those whk^h are
destroyed earn more valuable
points.

" I luv* ■ lot or rAifwct for
Cod« MBstvrs, Itiey hovs
a¥Okl#d r#t«aiing the sort of
rubbish that •manotas from
oth*r Budflvt Houses. T?i»
atinosph«rbc grapMcs hold
togathsr wall d«^t« l^clLing
colour, and tfia character^
mov* raaliiticatly. floarntng
1h« haunted housa tMcomai
abaorblng once Iha control
rrwthod hai be«fi msBtsFfld,
and th« twQ pl»yi»r mod*
maket ft slightly oaslar as
you dont t\ave to CDrKen-
livt* txath an running around
Hid fthooltrvg up thn
ghouitas. Tha appaaJ may t>a
iliort^vad tuiwaver, as
QlKMl Hunters isn'tttut big a
unia and complation should
maaay. "

Chfonos s imprisoned W»
anolhof Time dimension by
the M^slicail Oimenston
Weavefs, beinos he himself
CfeaieO. Six 1«v9te nead to be
completed belcxe Chronos can be
Ireed from his plighrt

Yotj pHlQl a t^ar-carrying s^ce
craft capable of moving up and
down, and to the left and nghi,
through a maze of constmctod
space comdore. Many of thesa are
blocked by laser biarn«fs or other
obstrvctions that must be cleared
by biEtstiog: fis you progr^s alten
orah. Jathal oft» and rotating 'yin-
yangs' . fly thrdngh your space *il h
increasino Irequerjcy. Contect
with titese. or any part of the space

Ttie program feslures an
unusual two playar mode. Unlike
ottiar two p%er games. Qhost
HontwB does not plaoe (he par-
ticipants in oompwtion or allow
them to coTitroi two separate
chvaracters. Instead, Oft& player
controls tha chaiacter'a nriovB-
mant while t^ie ott>er operatfts the
wnpon,

ICOMMBHTS L

Controt keys: Definable: Up,
Down. Lett, Right. Fire
iJoyatick: Kwnpston, Cursor,
Irrtfi(f»ce2

Um of colour you can choose
0(>e of two colours and biacK
QrtpMet: Atmo^phertc, weii
detailed and naatishcaiiy ani-
mated

Sounds exceiFemi tctie music
arKJ ra^onablB FX
Skill litvito; one
Oanaral rating: An emarta^
kig game with the added bonus
of twH>^8yer mode, playable
but might shade oft In tobg-
term appeal

" Hw |in>portlon>al apadno and Ngti «cor« tabto immedlataly
rang t Da«*OM ball, md atthmigh if s no rriore than a polJslml
Scramble, I enjoyed playing Chronoa. Hhm •asnwM of tt^e fltat
l4v*l is a btt of a M down, init It d«t* a«t aa a warrti-u)]. th*
'OrapMca are quKe good, wtth explosion's a bit rnmintscaiit of
Dark Star, Init th« gama itaetf is eUnost totally ditfarsnti and for
ei.Oft. It la good vafue. "

Tmr ship jab^ve Ihi AtaSMy-lika 9lruclur«} otticki Krasa the A»iB l i| 0y i
in* KTOHlng industrial I

h

Prasarttattofi

Graphics
Playabtlity
Addictive qu3litt«8
Value for money
Overall

Let's not beat teound tt>a
bush, what we tvavt here is
simply a bud^at shoot \
up. No frills^ no adventure,
jual blasting away to ysur
heart's contenL There's liflte
magination graphJcalty, but
Itia sliading makes a bntv*
attempt to bring Wt.
ARbough aliens suffer badly
from the shakes, arxiF tha
scrolling Isn't sup^r smooth
elthw, pii»«»ntation ia wal
up to eemtch, witti a Qood
Design D«Blgn type front «nd
and »cora table, and a
ativnge bit of trtl« sound
Anther than musk). M you'ra
not tired of shoot 'em ups
ttwn this coutd be gem* TOT
you. The aliens nev^r run oi^
but neither does your flra
poww. *'

landscape, losai you Gnb of three
lives For eadi obetruction or
attachar lasar-smeaned, points are
awardad, with an extra life
acqulradat tO.QCXl points,

Oocasbnally . the letters B, O. N.
U. S appear, whhch, surprigingly

enough, give bonus po4nls Siwutd
they be collected Jn ojrreci spel*
kr>g orcter.

JbehL

" An o<ldllttta game this- well
prsasfttadi It looks good:,
^ounda teir, and other than
tha UMad, which is a touch
too slow for my I Iking, technU
calty I can't really fault
Chronos - but it lacks sadly in
gsmeplsv, and just isi^'t fun. I
think Ctironafi halps to show
that simple shoot 'em ups of
Hits genrv have gone about
as far a a thiy can on ttw
Sp»ctnjm. "

^

COMMENTS

Cofilrol keys: Q/A up/down,

0/P lefVrloht, M to fire

Joysticit: Kempston, Interfaoe

2, Cursor

Use of cokHir: MorKxzhroma'

tic playing area, uaing shadir>g

Qraphics: var^ ciityscapes,

neatly def(ned, but luddery

sprites

Sound; average effect'

music

Skai levels: one

Screens: scrolling 'caves'

Oanaral rating: A |ust aibove

averaip shoot 'em up, mildly

addictive, but with nothing

really new or invtgorating.

presentation
Graphics
Plityability
Addictive qualities
Value tor money
Otferall

CRASH June 1987 21

SPY VS SPY

THB ISLAHO CAPER

10 le

PLAYERS^

producer: Databyte
Retal Pnce £8.95
Aythor: Mike RetdeV
First Star

Thf^e mi$9ing psrt* of a sec-
nH msaUm are Mck^en on the
bqpical Spy [tfMnd - and ytxj
aorimt ar\ agerri serA \o reoover
thsfn. jn th<s ssaiiei to Spi' Vs Spy,
• CRASH Smttili in /^jgust 188S.
TTMn wa s«ven gama lavsla. Wi
^tch you struggle witti an efWmy
spy lo complete your mi&sion: ccH-
tecting the rni^siie {Wis and wad-
ing out to A waitifig submarfna with
tnam. The two spies, BCack and
Whita, are sTtown on siackad. hon-
iofita%-scn>lling aoraans.

As in the ori^nal Spy Vs Spy,
you t:an toil tha enainy with the
•quiprrant in your trapulator.
Ropa anaras can be oat in
fix«B"3und tieea wftti ttietr nooses

JmiKB L

" Nooriy ovaryone liked tha
ll«l Spy St% Spy, huA \ Ihtnk
thte fcHiow'ijp will be e
AaappointmAnt to the
faHhfuI. Tha graphics are
p^oof 7 colour i» overused, Vvt
Kcrollin^ H bad , and wliUe the
black apy is appeeHng his
countarpert fa vefy poofty
defirMd. And eattkig traps (k
only hm tor a w^ito - though
fane of the original, who've
waited lorrg atiough for Ihls,
mifiht rind it worth a go. "

poaition«cl inviatbty laetow; spy-
pits can be dug using a shoved,
with stakes positioned at their
oenuiMand tha holes oovarad with
4ht. you can make bombs tram
coconuts and gasoline, drawtng

J PAUL L

"The fkat Spy Vs Spy game didftt have enough colour, and
new Spy Va Spy - Jh6 l^sland Caper euff are from too much o1 ttw
dattted stuftl Tha acnan layout seems to have shrunk a hit since
ttia first garrie, but the trap* have got more devkius and much
more herrnf u1 - and aaiiar to siFl, Hiank goodness. (Even so, ttio
TrapuJatof can getaMt unoontraiablain ttw heat of themomenL)
The scrolling screeng 9k} w the game down tremerKlotnty; the
fldi-ecreen technique we>uid nave removed the need tor
c he na c ter-blctfk scralhng to avoid messy colour. The Qame
wffen ttorti a taw bug% like mounds of 9a nd not disappearinQ
once tiw hkMen o biec t has been found (whkch can ba very
armoylng If you think ttiere^a more Iniried). Still, eiti the anracUve
elements of the first Spy Vs Spy aro there, making it appeeling to
davfous peopte <• if ttiey can stand the look of It "

" the ortginel Spy Vs Spy wes on« of the beat fpamaa «Mr to
appear on the Spectrum, end this could heve been aagood^but
the implementation of the idea bsaves a kit to tie deand. It runt
too slowly, and it's too messy to tja stklkclive or tun. The^taphlOB
are marred by badly-defined char^ctvnt and scenery - tflla and
the twoM:haraclar'&crolUrHi combinwid with the uae of colour
produces a playing erea thai:'s realty hard on the eyes. I'd atay
away from (his; it's sulwtandcrd. "

fuel from the crashed plane on tha
island. But tfways rariembef ti^t
youi^ opponent has similaf
equipment . . .

Traps can be set anywhere on
tfie Island - they're sometime?
beneath the mounds of sand
where you look for the mi^ile
Sections, And oooe a trap is
activated either spy can ir^ger it,
losing all the missde sections he's
collected aa wed afi slrenglh.
When a spy's strength lallsto zero,
tie dies artd the game is over; but
it can be rep4eni3hed by avotding
traps arKJ bycomtial witn the olhef
agem.

If you find a gun, you can usa It
on your opponeni to wukan Nm
and spin him terriporarty out of
control. But the gun's magazine
isn't always fulif, and some buihsta
are duds.

plxHt BTid What tntt^-ntUng tao ritwra to tto SpKtnmi, IhiI poor dM BiKk. wf»'^

When the two agents are within
range, it^ can figtit hand-io-
hafld, swinging and fsbbing
swords - some 33 t>lows kill a fully
fit opponem. Combat ends when
one spy dies, runs away< or falls
vtcttm lo a trap-

And you've also got to brave the
riati/rali hazards of Spy (sland:
strength-sapping quicksar>ds,
shark-i.nfested seas and a volcano
about lo erupt.

To help him complete his
mission, your spy can call up a
map from the Trapulator (unless
he's in the same screen as his
opponent), A naohing qMadranl
indicates your ao/k preaem
position, a dotted Hrie shows tha
last few quai^nts walked
thrdu^ih. and some sectors
comairi wt^te squares showing
where the rmssile sectior^ are.

CamMENTS

Control keys: Q or P/A or L up/
down, Z or N/X or M left/right,
C or a to fire

tjoysticlc Kempston, Interface
2

Itoa of cdour: too much
causes tMd d^hes
QrapWcs: tareg and nicely
defined, bul poor scroKng
Sound: what there is b dUll
Skill ievela: computar't Ki
goes from 1 -7, and 7 pbyer
levels

ScnMfia.- twin-Macked
scrolttng island

OeneralratinB: Spoikid tiy too
many alamantB, the otharwma
antartaMng game only
manages to be average, and a
disappopjming sequw.

Presentetion

ri%

Graphics

Sl%

PlayabtMty

46%'

Addictive quaMtiw

56%

Vatue for nMMMy

49%

Overall

S3%

Musii- Mathiinc irdnsryniK Ihi' Sperlrufn
inio a powerful musir rnmputer,

It brinjis Ingf ihcr all
thr Ted Inn's viiii'd DonitalU
bu\ •ipjjiirfllply. Hnniplifift^
edtling, slr*ii spiiiii'iuinii ((iiitpuvititin,
MIDI, digital nho I'lTccI and niurh mnn',

Sound 'Winpliiitl ihi' latfst buifinonl, lek
wii muni natural sHunils «iih the mifniphrint,"
itupplJE-d, then t4\\ ihi'in iind pUn Lhtmi hditit a I
difTcrenl pilrhc*..

Or >i>u fan thmsp from fight iniprnal
\mm imluding drums and »yiithpsispr; pdil
ihvm, rrralp nen cuh^s and plav ihpm rnjni the
S|ii'iiriiiii <jr a Mint bfytioant,

Ihi' ainazingh rvalistintrum S4»units

Avii liable at WHSMITH

Ihe Spectrum

like you've never

heard it before.

Irlprally bavp lo bp Heard In be belipvpd, and
tump wiLh d Khythm Editor

Fnr buddiiij! rnrnpu^ers lhi're'<s mitr, bar anil
tunt' fditinu. And ht fnlhusiavb. a ruU WUJI
spfciPicatinn thai inrludes ln/()ut/Thru ports
to r4innf!Cl v^ith MIDI inslrumpnl*;.

Yet desptir ib power, Ihi' nu'iiu driven
Ijniphics and eitc^'tli'itt manual allow !>nunds la
be rredtfd and suii^s ctinipusi-d In minute^i.

Sinclair Llsi'r Jtwartli'd il 'the hi|2;hesl fun-
pt>r-prenni^ rating; of any Spettruni peripheral^

The price (iT ail thi^ niA^iic? Jusl t49.95
ntmplete \viih itiatiiul miimpiMine mi denmn-
slFtitinn rfHurdmg.

IX (liimpuling MrtiTlh!/s rwifVHTftindudi*!!;
1 havD nit hesitation in i^i^ing it the higheM

unottiilc p{tiv<iibte fruni a hanl liiUen, ryniral
revii'wt'T. I will bti\ iincf

To which v,i' v&n only add,di]i Ihe rvuponor
pi)|i inlo your nearest iitore and si-e il rnryoursetfl

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'John Menzies and all good i-aniputer stores.

COSMIC SHOCK
ABSORBER

Producer: Martech

Retail Puce: £7.95

The Universe i3 neanng
Cteatfuctlon -aminorcalam'
)ty you may avert by raaeh'
ir>g the intersteJIar Lake of Pro-
tO£Oic Slime at its centre. But your
CZ N«utrD23ppar has just r^lad Its
MOT'

En rotjito Gcreensful of cfeetur^
are out for your blood, ami the
number you must itestroy on each
ID progress is s^iown screen left,
Th6 tw^oiappw has a defensive
shMd. and a photon canon with
limtiad twtm fand unreltabiiity
after protofngsd use), energy
fsewves for bo4h. jvkj weapon
tamperature, being Irxjicated at
the lop.

As your Nfluifoz9iCT*W9 sys-
tents are likely to go kaput, mal-
functions are tndjcaied in a panel
on the screen's riight- hand side. To
corvtlnue, the crib's drcutt board
must be punched up and repairs
made, but as there's rio mainta-
nanoe menuat and you can't tell a

tiyper warp grofnmet Ihrusfer and
a hephalump's rear end apart,
you've only gol ycxir wrts and skill
to complete "repairs. Bumt-ocH cir-
cuitry (s replaced by spare parts
with the correct colour coding,
which can Da choaen irom the on-
screen d^piay and placed in posi-
tion in the Circuit. A courAdown
indictates how much lime there is
10 make repairs. If it runs oul you
artd your craft explode and the
(Tpopes ot ttte U niverse die wiltT y ou .

L

CRITICtSM

1

• " 'You w<m*t have 9««n the
filnn . . . There is no tKioh , , .
Now find OLrt why! (It's 3D blesl"
Ing funl!!]' announces the inlay,
rm sure any putillsfwr or film
producer worth their sett would
instantty recognise this for the
piece of unpolished trite thai it
is, arKi promptly sling it through

the nearest window. The uoin-

Anottor Tine moss! Ycnut CZ MeutroijpfXf 's just tiilad the MOT and than's ttn
Mwitenar Uk* of Pnitoak SUim dud itwiad.

tarasting gameplay is furttier
marfed by slow, messy vector
graph Ic^t and on the later leveis
attribute problems meke an
appaorsnc*. The ^ub-game ha*
tri« f»el of an Q tavel teachir^
aid - again colour is poor and
UDG characters are ua#dto rtf^
resent the componanti.
Detfnttely mt a Cosmtc release
fromMartach. "

■Bl

• ' Battle Of The Planets ^i over
again. Except this trme it's much,
mucih marse. Cosmic Shock
Absorber 's corHmts ars vety urve-
sp&^tvd. and i had gnu prob-
lems wttti (ha cursors - mey iust
didn't seem to do snyitting. The
gfSpt>ic$ are to\&rsbi6 tt you dont
want to se^ wtfat's happening -
The circvrt menditig i$ about 9S
addKtivaffsit^party gamebisis. "

PAUL

SUPER ROBIN HOOD

PrcKlucer: Code Masters

Retail Price: C1.M
Author: Mark Baldock

aid Uarron has been
kidnapped by the

Shanff of Ntottingham
and imprisoned in the East TowV
of his castle. It RoWn Hood is ever
to canoodle with his true lova
again, he must survive ^ rrtany
dangers that her rescoa entaiis.

J RICKY L

** If aaasdb4Jt regular occurrence that a game arrives whh excel-
lent praaentotion arHf pratty graphics . . , but a rattmr tired gam*
Idea - Super F^obin Hood ii one such. Howevar, at the regular
Coda Masters price this comtrirution ahouktn't disaopoint ntany
paAjpla. tjHirnlng to compiete'tha aorMfia auocaaMtMy adda to
tha lasting tnterast as does the va«faty of grmpHet mud inuate.
Quite anjoyabia, If you're rrot too demanding and don't aspect
too much, '•

JbenL

" Hare we have yet eriothar plafform game which talla Into ttw
d*epenlng void of trashable Spectrum games. I can't honestly
aae anyone having fun with this lor more than a couple of day$
as the gameplay is so boring. There's a nice tune on tt>e title
acraan, but other than this the preserrtatlon leaves a lot to be
desired - as does the graphical content There are plenty of
batter games around (or the sanv price - chooaa one of them
end you'll probably have more fun.

Robin emers the ^^stie and
finds hlmsedf running left, running
r^ght. tea^rig, climbing up and
dowrt, di«ckir>g to avoid apklers,
monstrous t%vic6s and the
guards' crossbow twits, ttirougti

a series of rooms and hi^s con-
nected by Jadders and axtandmg
platforms. Pant, panU

Bumping tnto rvstfss, or falling
(fom ladders, loses our woodtand
hero valuable health points, and If
health iS gone Roijm fires an arrow
Heavenward and dies. But picking
up the Sheriff's multivitamin tab-
lets, strewn aboui the castle,
revitalises him, as well as adding
to his score More points are to be
had for each guard eliminated wtlh
nis bow and arrow.

In twrtli of IriM low. Rob^ Hood dealt dastli IS tuddlet oiT tht uninspiring
iKfchirY aiHl platforms.

J PAUL L

" Yet another superbly presented Code Mestur game. The ittfe
tur>e is a great David Whittaker piece, and the options are many
and vahed. The graphics contain good range ot colour -
^though to prevent colour clashes the collision detection seems
to be oT cherac ter size - arrd the scre^rt* ar* aina rtly atti red with
a<kma large objects. Sup«r Rooir> Hood ia tusfcalfy arwther
arcadtt/adventure budget game with some good featufws. "

24 CRASH June 1987

#" ji n9«ded an absorbef to 9m
oyer thA fhech of Cosmjc. It's a
p(t(ful(y basic shtooi em up witll a
few add'cnns. The keyboard
rupOHM Is ■ptMlllrig. making play
nam impottlbto, "

[

commEHTS

1

Control koys; 0-TM-G up/down,

Y-P nght, H-Eniaf tetl. bortom ro

lofire

Joystick: Kempston. )rtt«rface 2,

Cursor

Us« of colour lots ot colour

Clashes

Oraptiica: ^efi^rally small artd

unimagi native with UDGs

Sowto: ^mple 'blip' FX

8MI1 t*v«ls: one

SerwtfM; repair screen and vector

graphics levels

Oeneral raWna; Outdaied shooi

'em ijp epoiiea by poor graphics

and control response.

Pr«ionlat(On
Graphics
Ptayability
Addictive quaHties
Valu«for money
Overall

Ptcking up keys enables him lo
activate the iitts, accessing fugher
levele, where more red havti we
to be coNecteei . When ^ the he0is
are taken from ihe castle rooms,
Robin rosy move on lo the East
Tower . whem he reteeaee the dis-
tressed damsel and lakes her
home for tea.

COMMENTS

Control km; dafinat^

iJoy»tlck: Kempeton, liriterf ace

2, Cursor

Use of colour reesonat>ly

vaf«d, avoid* MdOU>dMh«

Orephicv: wormm not ov«r-

bM«y, Mrne chtraciera and

airnple animstiof>

8oynd: Qood lune

Skin levels: orte

0»fVBrfll rBtinngi: So<^ mined

imimg^, bvt reasonably enter-

tainkiig fore short wftita, no

long mstin^r appeal aod cer-

tffinly nothing riew.

Pmsentatton
GrapNes
Playabillty
Addictive qualities
Value for money
Overall

^

EXPRESS RAIDER

1

Producer US Gold

Retail Price; E7.95

DL>e to a sct>eduling error,
American Railways have
<iteaded to njn eig^
express trains thrauoti your territ-
ory, As an underwnployed bandit
short or reMfee, you'fe certainly
tkH going to mtes an opponinity
like this. However, others have
siimiiar ideas r , .

Tiiii shoot "am up comairts three
levels, eacb of which involves win-

ning a prelimmaiv fi^l - Jeapi^ a
liTM of running coyotes - perform-
ing a dsath ■ defying train-top waik,
ngNlng off cowt>oys (who try to
either siKioi yov or bram you with
boWes, coal or shovets). and
flnaly mountirtg a horse and hav-
kwa go ait anomer train.

To avoid yDwattadcera , you car
step afKj jyrnp forward and back,
leap upwafds. Kneel or lie flat To
prated yourself you can klc^ and
punch your opponents, and wher^
canyir^g a gun, plug them Ml at
holes.

mn*

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•

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> StBflttlw woman. tifcillwe w ei j iwdfli»op-t»Mr«'iilWd Wirt fltHaalfy tar yoy.

PoJrtts era acored by landing
punches and kicks and lobbjrg
hand grertadaa, arkd also l3y shoot-
ing ducka, Ihidden targeis and Ihe
lady In red (hit her rrwre thwr ortce
artd you're dead buster}

Your enemies dio fight tjack,
Take orw of their punches and
kicks, fTuss a leap over a coyote, or
get hit by a fiyhnig object and your
stremgth is diminished {et^ergy
levels are shown at the top of the
screen). One ol your five lives \%
kst if your strenngth faHs to zero, if
you run out of lime (a countdown
IS displayed} or if you austain a
gunshot wound.

I

CRmcmm

1

m " Initially Expr^ Rakler
rvffliided m* of the worKterful
Stop the Express, but M soon
beeamt quHe iMrinQ. TIm
gemeplay has no real lastafailty,
making fi gifting loo much of a
chore to t>e any fun, Th* sound
la mors basic than ttie arcade
version, with no turw and horri-
ble Hltle spot effects. Express
Raider do«i not deverve to be
wal a waed as a full -priced
ganw. "

uutm

• " t've rwver (jeen K> bor^d.
Exprflss Raider/usr goes on and
on arid . . . The garngplay is
ropetiiive and the feel' is vary
nwccomie. lh& idea ot chtxtaing
youf control type be/ore you Soad
itv mffin game « jwers oid and
quit&miriircaaaafy.asyoutmf&to
choosa tttem again mwt ft toads
anyway! It kxika tacky, and is

no.

# " I was I ej^pectihg a lot, but I
didn't enjoy playing it at aii after
three or four goes. TTw graphics
ere colourful and look quite pretty
- until you get up close. Unless ymi
really adored \he arcade machine.
E7.&5 seettis far too rrniCh to pay,
and 1 Should slay well clear ol it. "

COMMENTS

1

Control keys; Daflnable: left.

right, up, down, fife

Joystick: Kempstor^. Interfaoe 2

Use of colour; limited

Qraphtest Laf ge line dlr aw l nq a.

but ths charKters are quile

crude

Sound: poor and SFurse FX

SkiM levels; one

Screen;: four sCrOHirtg levetS

General ratir%g; Thin convaivkMI

of an already unexcftirig ootn-op.

QnpMcs

>e qualiUes
for money

CRASH June 1987 25

STRIKE

Producer: M.A.O.

Retal Price: £2.99

We're back to the Twi-Pin
bowling tan«s agsm, and,
similiar to the reial thing',
the key to auccesa in this simuta-
tion is COirectly liming the bsM's
re(«aae. If \ht& ie ckxne loo soon the
bal's dropped, too late and ytaur
foot's natter>9ci!

The bowler moves left and right
■long the 'top' of the altey (screen
Mt actually), and pressing Rre
releases the ball The altey
threshold must niot be crossed,
dotrig so constitutes a foot lauH
and no points are scored.

You have two b^ks with whtdh
to knock down the teri pino in a
'tranw'. with a point scored per
iqpplBd plr^. Pms sHU standing
«ftatr ft doRvwy are dteplayed on an
Innt top hm of iha acraen. A
'strike' i« soorod vvhen ■• ten are
feiad wrtlh Ihe first bell of e frame.
Uriii MTTB ten points, plus a bonus
of the Kora from your rwct two
Dais. Demolishing ell ton pins with
both baUs is a spare', earning a
bonus of the score from your next
ball.

The score per Irame and a run-
ning total over all frames is ds-
played at the bortofn of the screen,
the winner being itte bowler wtio
aocumuiatea the nnoct poinu at
the end of tort frames.

mend tt ea a same in Ha own
right "

# " 7b say that i dtsiiksd Strike ts
an undefstatemsnt. The whol0
impfsssiop of tho game ^ vary
bere - the graphics show poor
psrspective arwl ItttSe tmaginaUon.
Using thd on a a cxort tenrmi !s a
bad cAcw» - If jnarriovtts Jfte Mforry
ot WftMhef you've pui on enough
spin or not - but th&rs rsn'f any
^>in option so that detmcti ev^ert
more. The oomput»t'9 a stfsnge
opponent too. twymg from font or
ffv» striffes In a row «nd then mi$-
sing the pins corrx^sfy toe (he
rest of ttv tr^ne^ ^"

"* This IS the third ten-Wn bowi'
ing simulation to appear on the
Spactrvm. I don't particularly like
the way m which ihe action is vie-
wed - everything happens on cm*
screen which means the pins are
displayed in a scriinched lp t»x
at the lop. ContrDHing ihe player
proves awkward, however posi-
tions are soon leamfid and some
degree of control can then be
aooompli8t\ed. A prograni for
dwlicated Ten-Bn fans only. "

NTS

ir/cis

o

• " Strike can hardly be
described ■• ■ masterpiece, the
gimitilay la almpie to tfte point
of baJnp tedious and high scores
ar« adileved much too •««%,
Your character shuffles around
falriv well srKl the view of tfw
pint it a nice touch, bot th*
gr a pht ca are fairty bland. The
m^brpralilam ii that the simu-
iBlloii is imnaiist'c - the pins
dont fad logically and more
often than not tf>ey fall in the
same pattern no matter where
your ball strikes. This would be a
addition to a compilatfon
\t but I wouldn't recoin*

Control keys: definable

Joystick: Kempston. Iintedace 2,

Cursor

Use of coioun restricted; brown,

black and iMhite

QrapMcv good bowler sprite.

otherwise uniformly simple

Sound: nothing inspiring

uUM tatfaia* orw

Soraena: one (jphis inset)

Qaneral rabng: A disappojnting

Si muiaiion which has opted for Ine

obvkiLfS. to ifts own cost.

Presentatiofii

53%

Graphics

52%

Playability

43%

Addictive qualities

37%

Value for money

il5%

Overall

40°.

Retail Price: £7.95
Aiithor: Choice Softwar«

Winning freedom from a
nearby game park, crea-
tures enter the faclory
where Mano is visiting his brother
Liiigi. Both set about removing the
invading animals from their plat-
form game wortd.

The brothers move left and nghl
akjng the- mutti-Jovel fioors trying
to disiodoe the tudNss, crabs and
riles whiut not k>sing their own
footing on ihe floors, as theif side-
ways mofnenilin can carry them
over an edge, onto a lower levej
and iNo the path of an oncoming
beasi- But Mario and Luigi can
move 10 higher levels or drop
down to lower ones as llWy
choose.

The creatures, thew numbers
increasing with time, appear from
pipes on the top floor, and touch-
ing one, or one of the large rotating
discs, causes a tuothBr tolosa one
of his three livea.

Creatures are disabled by jump-
ing up ar>d head-buttirtg the
urtdenude of fksors which tiulge
upward. This knocks the pe^
onto ttm backs when they can
then be ktoked to the ground
laeiow, otherwise they recover and
can knock the brothers off. Be
ca/elul however, a second thump
can rioh t Ihem and once more they
sat on. The ROW mwk« on the
first floor car be used to slun all
creatures on screen, so they can
be kicked off cleanly. With all of
the creatures ramoved, the next
screen is reached. There's an
exira life earned for reaching
30,000 points.

cmriasm

1

%" Compelling platform games
are few And far between these
days which is strange as mo»t
gamaa on ttie Spectrum a few
yean ago wera of this formal^
Mario Bros could have aaslty
bean very good, so it's a pity that
It isn't. Oenerally ttie whole
game seema to lack the polish
of a con^Kleted product - front
und excluded. The graphics are
simple but stoppy - porky
characters are a nice idea but
they've t>ee4i tiadiy defined bo
they look mainy and lb* pM-
fDntiSf are HMraljf plalfBnii^ A

few fnore mound effects during
Itia oam# wouldn't go ami^^ as
Oi«yd add a lot of much needed
atmosphere. "

# " t had no fimptey^ Mario
Bros whatsoevsr. Theg9tTf0)SjU$i
so iembly tyoring. AH the screens
are of the same baste layout, and
ofKS you 've found the 'safe' piace
it holds no morw cha^eoge. The
graphics are t^afMytttCtunktwf^na'-
liveiy drawn. Pb^Sfty b po&r.
and fuffhsr itmttedby tarribte coib-
s*on ^tecticn. This isn't a patch
ofi the »cade versioh. Your hard
aamad penrttee wovkt ba tjettar

A " I couldn't ^leve how sifnpie
this garr>e w^; I couldn't find any
pkst. and I've yet to see more con-
cise instructions. I wasexpecbr>g,
consequently, orm of those gamn
whose attra^ction i»e$ m ii$ ^in^iiic-
(ty. 1 f u-ppose that applies to Mmc
Bros to an eKteni, but there isn't all
that much attraction anyway! The
graphica aren't very bad, but the
cf>aracie^ look sr^uashed. and the
turtles area bit chunky: coiour isn't
used thai welt, either. Overai), not
bad, but for eight Quid. i expect a
good deal more ih^ a simple plat-
form game. "

Control key*: A/S lett/rtght.
Space to |ump

Joystktk: Kempston, Interlaoe?,
Cursor

Use of c<il>(Hir; limited, generally
Bitrpie

Qra^k;*; porkyspntes
Soundi ihinonFX
Skill leveti ; one; one or two
players may \akB part
Screens: one layouts different
nasties

Ganaral ratiig: Lif'tie^ conver-
sion of a sirrraje coin -op. theapp'
eal of which (ay in its cute charac-
ters

Presentation
Graphics
Playabtlity
Addictive qualities
Value for money
Overall

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STAR RUNNER

Producer Code Masters

Retail Price: £1 .99

Author: Christian Urquhart

Hera's your chance to
de/^tloa Niterplarvelary

■Meis s kwt, by rep/eseni-
H^ Earth In the Olympic Games -
oneoantUFy in it>e tutufe. )n iHs ftr
off oont^i the traditional
Marathod has baan replaoacf t*y

Star )^unfiir»g, a distance event set
or a floating spaca platlorm, Yoti
are Earth's champtofi, and repre-
serrt tha ptarwft against the ^eam
o1 alien athlates.

The Star niun is a race of no ftxed
distance - the runner wtio trav^
furthest accurruilates most points,
ar>d thus wins. The score is ahown
at the bottcxTi r^ht of the acrean.

Your ctiaractef moves automat-
ically, With your task being to gukle

him left an6 right, and make him
stop arKJ jump as neosssary.
JuiTipdny atkiw9 time wasting obs-
tacles to be avoklad - open pits
trip, soct^e surtaua cat^e alow
running, fire pita return you down
the oowae and teleport pad& take
you even <ur1bef- A contjnuai
update of ytxir course posltiort is
dtaplayod at the top oT ttw screen,
with a flashing message displa'^^
on reaching me half-way point.

Thef B is a speafied lime ii mrt tor
each of the six infinitely repeating
levels, with the t<rre femaming
shown a1 the t>oriom left. Crossing
the linish line allows the next stage
to be raached, and ftxtra tirr^ ts
eained by pteMng up the ciooks
which are foyrKl en route

^ H'tiieiiglnidgtforinBrstwhihiSlirHuniH.

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CRITICiSM

1

m '• Wh«t a Ulrtelly uS*t*»« COr^-

cept Lafa face H, running
erouml and jumping over

' ti aiarda lent exactly an tMcttkig
gjmeplan to bagtn wHh, so the
. action could hardlybe very com*
I pelling. The thing is that Star
Runner has twen very wet'
implanianiad, tt looks sl^k and
la tda^iuatoly presented, giving
Iha ovarall impress^Ofi of being
a mat IMtie germ - end il there
was more corttafit it would be.
Sadty, in ItA p/esent ityfm It's
about ae comp«llina as watch-
ing paint dry . . . stay wall
clear. *'

"As w^ alt Code Master?

games. Star Runner contains
Same very slick presentatuxi - bt/f
r/ie cxjotent is very mm. M^hat luind
of an Qiyn)pic evenf ore you com-
petingin?On0 without opponents,
but with tirgs to jump over, and
holes to M m' Nat wriy ih the
Otymptc sp'rtt, ts if^ Th* portpec-
tive is vwy mtsfeading. ana fhe
chMstJ comms^ts at ffte end of
ttw scfseos fWouki a pair of
cnachK h&(p?' for instanca) we
botina. A totaity uneddictivo game,
for vmich et«n two pounds is too
much. "

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COMMENTS

1

Conlrol hayi; S left. X nght H
stop, SPACE lump
Joyatlck: KeiTpston, Cursor,
Inteifaoe 2

Use of colCHir: mainly monoc-
hromatic playing area with colour-
ful front end

(jrvflhloa: baste, byt ^range^y
pretty

Sound: uninspired Spot effects
Sk\\\ levels; or^
Screens; s»(

OerwraJ raUrtg;: A race agalnet
time thai goaenowhere in particu-
lar,

Presentation
Graphics
Piay ability
Addictive qualities
Vatue for money
Overall

TUBARUBA

Producdf; Firebird
Retail Price: £1.99
Author: Tooba Zaidi

aughty Tubaruba's always
in tro<jt)le at school, but this
time it looks really serious.
He's broken a winj^w. been
cau(|ht by thie hradmaster and
faced W4th axputek)n unless he
pay$^£5Qijerrtldestxll However.
i1 the trainee delinquenl collects
this amount t>y the end of term fie 11
not only achieve good grades, fw' K
atso wind up owning ttw headmas-
ter's Ferran I

In his finarKial search, Tube
passesUvough aiai1w dfn» ms
on dUsrenH floott ooNactmQ
money as he goes. He can move
kit and nghl, lump up or leap
down in Ihe school buildmga ha
hates so much. To make t^ task
thai much harder. bOPritHir^sp^riQ
angels, egg-tayirnj ducks, deadty
ball-aptiting heads, octopuses,
and mtisicel m^irumar^ fly aboui
Contact with any of these saps
arergy, which is replaced by cbl-
lecbng the red disc^ found lying
about the school. Shoukl his
energy levei tall to zero. Tubaruba
Is permanerdly wiped oft the
Khoot register.

OvWdtHJviiy .*iniu depletes
Tiibft's arwrgy. so to rest his legs
he drives at>out in one of Ihe
Sindajf C5's which are conve-
nientty distritioted around ttie
schoot-

Tut>arubB protects i>imsetf by
fif\r\Q on his attackers wifh a con-
ceal gun. Each KjII earra a
penny, txit hns pigsy t»nk fills up
much faster it N) pidks upthecoins
and notes which are also to be
found at>oul the premisea.

Leaping up to ar»d touching win-

dows transports the schemir^
sc^ooiicid 10 another part of thie
buiidino Where he can continue his
moneynunt.

/ CRITICISM I

9 " At tastl Spectrum lovers can
now have a loadlr>g system Just
like (dare I say itt} , . . the |KWd
old BBC, I'm not sure I like this,
but it does solve a lot of prob-
lems - and once you've fir^lly
flot Tubanuibri to load it isn^t at ail
bed The graphi{::s. ar* a tiA
basic, but they're welt con-
structed ar^ use lots of colour."

> ttiiMvStaiield-tiaNem4BW>w.tlvtTubwul^kbrig>Mlrpre^

• ' /fFirebtfd ifwiK maf m^ Jis the
sort of game tflst SiMc:(niFn OMTH
&rs want than fheyVv ^Jf iMng in
i984 . . . it's abaohiteiy appalling.
Ttie rune thai plays dufing and
after the gamA ts atrocious - the
graphics consist of soma baeHy
drawn turrtitureandbaek^ounfis,
and ccn^m maaaaa m tx^our,
ftona of in4)ich is aostfteticaify
pta^ing. A (xmpteta waste of
money. "

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COMMENTS

1

Control keys: Q up, A down, O
left. P nahx, ZM fire
Joystick; Kompston. ini«1»oe 2
(lee of colour: v^ bfioht
OrsfiMcs: primitive andgenais%
'Small

Soundr poor

Skitl levels: one Oeneral retiflQt
TTiis leap, kiil end collect Jet Sat
bVf/V type game, hails from the
past, bi/t at Us prce it could have
appeal for sorrw.

CRASH June 1967 31

INDOO

ProduCAT: Advance
Retail Price: £7.95

This sports simulation
|ic«rkssd from the Amoncan
P^^Jon $ta/ 4rvc allows up to
lour people Co partki^pate in a

seriecs of ioot mdoor game$. The
evenia are two pioy^r only, with a
second round bMig ptayed rft^ir«e
or more cotnpetttors tatte part, tf

an Odd amcXint ot pJay&rS are COfrt-
pQl»rvg, lh$ OOrnpu^Crf takers Ihd

place of the missing oppoocmit.

GAftfm

CkH up trim of tht cUMtt MMt In Iin-p4ri bow<ln«,

"This c«nv«rtk»n is v«rv dtMp>p4>lntin9 b«cauw woti g«in9 to 99
•■ay to bast - tt's pcH^ria to dvlMt ttit comptiler on vvwy l«v«l
•flw orriy pteylfig for tt ritert tinw. Ttw graphics an th« b*st
feature (nat surpna^ really, as there's no sound), incorporating
■moolh afiimartlon of spttteaantf r>eat acrolling action. Thts Is not
Dm baat apart simulation I'va aaen but H coukJ hnve a few hours
of anj^yyoMiit in it. "

» SlAmmlitf lt«na IN Im^ 'A Ur tiadttit.

OD IQOS

3^' i-L

in a a :n3?

poDrTitiE Lfitica St-tiiiTTirtc LfiiiE

IpaulL

*<t^one ol Indoor Spon'a four «ub-i^amM holds {iny lasting app«al,
^nd all of lh«iit ar« v«fy «««y to maatar . Th« perap^ctiva of the air
hOCkay it superb, and the action is smooth and lightning fa«t
Tha darts is the ^asiasl garrn to suss - mSKimums b^ing no
troutilh^ to geL SuperBt^r ping pong is dgain w4ry easy to rtldstAf »
mainly due to the d^nsa opponent. Ten-pin bowling, b«4ng th«
bast of a bad bunch, takes quite a time to gat into - but again
90od scoraa ara aasily rapaated. you may find one or two ffamaa
Itiat you Uha, but tf a aaklng a bit much at £7,95. "

^ UHJricss abfiunds a% tlw Afit cnrnnerhCis baite Ow haannstat wananL

Atr Hooltay is played on a table
with walled edges and a gaai at
eri hof end Bo tit ptayars are equip*
ped wiin a tMttar"* w^hic*! movw
■HAh the conlines of its own haR, to
bounce the puck into tfie opposila
goal or to defend their cywn. TtwBo
playing spe&ds are available, with
a score and tim« counldfiwr
given. Winner is itw ItrsI player to
score 1 ? goats wtthm tt>e specified
time limit.

T?>e nsKt evani is Darta. An
irrow i$ aimed by s]idir>g it along
:l»e bottom of the scteen. the arc
of the throw set by use of an artele
meter and strength ragulatad on
the power meter. A thrown dart's
position IS shown on (he board
wilh a rnessage section above it
indicating treb4es. doubles and
misses, Sc^jres are 'chalked' on
either sicfe Of tt>e board, with a run-
ning totaJ given after every three
dans The game is lost tf avsjiabte
lime (Shown by a countdown) falls
Id zero-

I n Suparstar Ping Pong the tiat
is moved eiflher manually or t>y the
computer. II the auio-rrvove option
IS chosen , ttie fire txjiion is used to
serve and lti« loysuck, or approp-
riate keys, to detflrmineihe choice
o1 return - this can be using back-
spin , an attaching smash or at var-

32 CRASH Jufie 1987

'*! iMnlc Advancft twv9
mirvpmi tha borrsl ■ fittia
htrvv Th* avwrrtB (moat of
IfHni nol too interesting to
begin with) are b«dly
Implemented ^ nd none of ttw
■Ctual 'f0QV of tha ari^rwf*
ii convnyed. Th* badly
dsflrwd graphica are mairad
furthvf by 4w saristi um q(

colovf, Th« »Oufttf Ji» AWfui,
thtre are rw tunes arKJ
eltvcta durtng the germ are
flwi Of) Bte gmufHl I wounn «
recommend thiK, It ^mpty
Kki'i worth Itie askingi
price. "

ytng angles. When manually opw-
aled ihe bal can also be mo'ved
left and righl along the table end, If
tha ball is not relufned onto tha
tabte, w tuts the net, a poinl is lost.
Ttie gan>e is won by the first player
to reach 21 by two dear points,

Now on to biggflf tialts, thts time
at theTen-Plh fiowHng alley Hav-
ir>g positJooed tt>e Dowlef, an
arrow 1 3 tnoved to deterrnine the
bair« direcUon and. using (he joys-
ttcit, Its curve chosen, the ball is
released by pressing fire at the
cofrect moment dunng the
txiwier '3 swing A point is awarded
fof each (alien pm, w^h those pins
titM standing shown at the top of
the screen. Should the bowler ever
cfOM the I ine on the alley, a fault is
incurred and no poults ere scofed.

. leomMEHTsL

Centrol keys: Ct^fi, up/down,

0/P leftrighi, Space to tire

Joystick; Kempston

IhM of colour plenty ol it - a

tirtgansh

Qr^Mea! ganeralty targe and

won defined with &on>e good

scrolling

Soumfcnoce

ScTMfw; four events

Oeneral raiing: TTm apofta

chg«en and their Implenierttft-

tion let down sorne pramistne

graphics. Pretty sveiage.

Presentation
Graphics
Playability
Addictive qualities
Value for money
Overall

OCTAGON

1

Producer: Budgie
Retail Price: £2.99

You are an Octon , a creature
given power by the symbol
of the octaeon Trapped m
ttie coiTtflnes q1 a Tour level com-
plex of 80 c3eU worlds, your only
chance of escape lies in the suc'
cessful building of this octagon
from p^ecm held at tfie cortex's
core.

Ocioos move left, rigiht ai>d
upwards, or fall under the pull of
gravity Each cell: is populated t>y
creatures such as snakes, spiders
and fish, whkch move across the
screen and increase in number
with each successive level. Con-
tact with these saps your psychic
power, but for protection you carry
a stun gun which temporaf iFy vap-
orises your oppon«fits,

To transfer from cdJ io cell, at
least lour tokef^ fi) must be
gathered and tal^en to your 'stan-
don' {home platform). Collected
tokens are dteipiay ed at the bottom
fight of the Bcreen, along with any
ralevani maeaages. Vou may
choose the etandon from which
yoy enJi itie oetl, as Icma as It is a
neutraJ white' or con'esponds to
your designated colour. 1Se count
at the top of the screen ts reduced
by ore unit when a new cell is
reached.

A tetepofi is used to transport
between leve^. but this can only
be done when they are the correct
colour, and when a key Is in youf
possession The position of this
key is displayed on a scanner al
the tffittom left^ wfth Hts nurnber
showing which level you pT'esently
occupy.

No mEjre Ihan one octagon sec-
tion can be picked up and earned
at any on^ time, and access is
gained to the outside world when
all of the F^ec^ have been fitted
into their epproprjate positions at
the starling point on level one.

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CRITICISM

1

• " I *mt ttmi kmiw wfiat t^>

make of Odagca At first alght it
Seems to be vbtv good, but after
a few goes it bee a me s -obvious
ttwt you should be ebte to do
mof* than ^u st fly arourtda st^ck^
of simitar screens. A quick re-

opfloviis. a short but sw^t turn Of>
io&t^fg, $otite avwQipe bur cakmjr^
hit gr^ihks and the optton which
alhws vp to four people to play -
but unioftunalely the game ts A
greet disappointmsnt, Your
t^taracter mot^s in a very jetky
tashiQf) and the interim eonaen tfKBf
fi9$h^s rt^nen yixr move ftofTt oaf
ro cell is unnaansofy and tnjstmt-
tng - this destroys the fiow and
mimes the proceedings very dis-
joii^^. The aPove aven^gv pres-
entation incftasea ihe value, but
unaddictive gamaptay is a maiof
i0t^down. "

fHOL

• " I'm afraid I don't like Octagon

^ Trm^lng belw«HiallG,pfa|Hf1iiglDentarai41.

rea<f of the inlay uncovered e HI*
tie more» tiot M didn't really dls-
Ctcis« how to get deeper Into
piay. The sound is poor there's
r>o tune, and very few spot
effects whilst playing. AJthough
I CAn appreciate some Of the
nicer point*, tt inNn*t realty Idat
good, "

UWETH

# " Thhgs toQkedtjmte promising
at first - the neat inlay, intef0sting
SQttnafio. atjundance ot usetut

W- Qnfld1ttw0cta9iMCtfls,lnlubltedliYiJUturtttiQfilDnprn«iitkrt|)yiHifrofii
collKtlr>olokflnt.

al ail. Tha graphics are (Xttourful
{almost loo colourful in fad), but
Ihey look quite poor. Tf^ scenario
didn'i quite sink m for a while, and
the gameplay didn't aiifjeal to rne
at all: I didn't Hke the technique of
phMSinig tf>a inttiaf letter of the
action required. Finally, Lhe 'ar-
cade' sequences are pretty appal-
ling. *'

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COMMENTS

1

Control keys; Q/A up/down, H/M
lefl/riQhi. SPACF to fire
Joysock: Kempslon, Cur^Sor
Use of colour generaliy bri^
appear Binca

Graphics: a busy screen but
qeneraHy small characters
Sound: rsasonabie tune. t>ut few

FX

Skjfl levels: one- but four plaiyera
mfiy igi<e part
screens: 240 call wodds
General rvtlng: an unusual game
wriu:,h cippearsmorecorrkplex than
It r^ly is, and not very addictive

Presentation

66%

Graphics

49%

Playabklitv

45%

Addictive quatitios

44%

Value for money

52%

Overall

47%

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CRASH June 1967 33

GUNRUNNER

Producer: Hewson

Retail Prfco; £7.96
Authors: Christian
Urquhart and Mike Smith

Adislant ic^clad pLanel rs
urMJer ottBCk from the
dTMded Dflstrovianfl. with
its cofnplex plutcxiJurn pipework
being the saboteurs' prime taraet.
04ti«n; have trnd arvi fjiilea to
ondKatB ttieis attackdfs - now
OunrurWMr remains, t^s onty hofie
for tN&bB(MOuera(t world.

^ch o( the game's ten fevels
oonsMs of B plpeworit landscs^
on a horizontaHy-scrolling screen,
Gunrunner moves l«f1 atvi right
Ihrou^ this, lumping and kneelfng
where neoessa/y - coJlecting a jet •
pactt AHOWS him to fly up and down
u areolflr hetghf & and depths

M he moves forward, grcxjps of
Dertrovwis Btlack trom twth leh
and right, movbg in at vai>ir^
apeeete and heid^s, Comsct
removes one o1 'Runner's three
Kvitt, witn ttiose remaining s.hown
at the top rfgtii. Oi los4ng a life, o^-
hero restarts tfom the tse^inning cjf
Iheprvaent level.

Gunrunner mu^i also tieware of
danoerous gaps m the pipeworlc
boooy-trapped Oestroviari supply
dornes; perikHis. openir>g boinb
(Joor^: m<nes fagainst wtiich thei^

each level, TTii« destroys aWertS
end scanning orbs, with polnis
awarded tor each and total
etiown at the top left A bonus is
SCkfed wt>en 15,000 points have
been sflrried.

To upgrade his weaponry,
Gunrunnef picks up equiprnenl
discarded by previous resistance
fighters Th(S includes; a Mulli-fire
Unit which converts his blester
irtto a rapid-fjie trtdirectiorml

id, ind Gummmr can gat M»«e tta

Is no protection); and pedestal-
mounteci scanning orbs (unarmed,
but worth vaiiuabie points}.

A blsiter conittutes our hero's
only protection at the beginning of

we^xsn: a shieid with finrle energy
reserves giving protaction against
contact with Ctestrovians (a status
tndtcatOf shows remaining energy
levels}; a short duration jel-padt;

J MIKE L

" Heweon's conakienfato reputrtfan led nw to eatpect a gnsot
deal trom Gumunner, Hewewer, I wee dtaappotoited. While ttie
paclugInD artd o^neriil presents tion are all that I expected, ttw
game Itsen ts r>Dt; although I'm sure tf^i many companieB would
M proud of e shcKit '«m up of this calibre. The gnqillics ere
reasonable despite the scfolling jrerkiiK occasiorulty, but I fourMt
h leckmg in gamepleyi ^*^*^ conevquenUy uneddLctNe- Ttw formet
is Iwcomirtg dated, and it's a bit much to esfc£7.d6 for en (»r4inery
shoot "em up. "'

J PAUL L

" SiMwt 'em ups can be food
H they're plsyeble - but Gun-
runner leeks any posftlve
points, and to my mind is a
reiiure due to its unfriendly
feel' ThQ graphics, which are
the g«rr^*s most attrectiive
aspect, are too sqfuarviv
drawm to be irupidng. Sound
^ alio Ihnlled, be^ oon-
llnwl Hi M few nest in-garTte
•ftaota end ant average title

tvne» Gunrunner is off-putting
fiiofn (tie start, and once I bed
mastered it t could find
nettling to m^ke me have
another go, "

and a poison device wtiict^i
eliminates all ^lens in the
Immediate area - but only on
Wmited occasions. This extra
equipment is acquired isy touch,
and more than o<ne piece can t>e
caiTted simudaneotisiv An
orocreen message IncBcates if a
let-pack, shield or poison is
currently to our hero's possession.
In the absence of a shiekj, cc^taci
with a D<9trovtan removes ail of
Gunrunner ' s collecl ed equipmert
A level i^s completed upon
reaching the striped emergerioy
defence computer. Gurrunner
I hen airtomaticaJly receives a jet-
pack to tieJp turn fight his way to
ihe nexl level within the specified
time flmit.

" I'm dhtappoirtted, t»ec«iae
this Is the first unfortunats
game Kewson has produc*
ed. Thepfwsentation is good,
eapecMfy Itie loading screen
with tta scrolling message
and excellent tune. Howevar,
tfw package is a Irttle too
sjrrrilw to Uridium for my lik-
ing - th« monochromatic
playing area, the alien attack
patterns ar>dthe aliens them-
sehme all t»ear an uncanny
resemblance to tfie
■focementioned master'^
p 4e Ce . Gunrunner isn't com-
paWng orpMyable enough to
earn my rocommefw iat i o n. "

, I commENTS I ,

Control keys: detineble
Joyvtlch: Kempston, Cursor.
Interface 2

Lfae of cohMir t>ackground
coiours vary on gorwiiy
monochrome piaylna •!•■
QrapNea: good definition,
large, but laoiing m variety
Bound: a bit min on FX
SMI laveta; one
O c f aa nK ten scroUr^g land-
scapes ol intoressing difflcutty
Qaneral fining: Something of
a surprise from Hew^on, nor-
mally associated with high*
Donterrt games ~ a rather ordi-
nary and not very addictive
shwt 'em up.

Preisenlation
Graphics
PU-iV.ibility
Addictive' qualities
Viilue for money
Overnll

34 CRASH June 1987

For a limited period, the Atari 520 SIM is even more of a knockout than usuaL
We're offering it for just £449,95 (inc. VAT) complete witli SF354 disl< drive,

SM125 mono monitor*^ mouse worth £24,95 and 1st Word, worth £49.95

So as well as saving you from the enemy, the 520 STM will also save you £184,

^u'd better hurry though, because It won't

be long before our stocks are wiped out

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A

Great exctteiinent ensues. The Towers are to h* invaded by one
of th« first «ver Nintendo ^ame^ consoles from Miittet- Could this
be the eod of home computers as we know them? There's a
counter -opinion to last month's ant h Sega Jetter. and now w©
.iw<iit to see whether the Nintendo is better th^n the Sega. Cer-
t.iinlyH within a few days the offices w^ll be ringing with Super
Mario Brothers as everyone fights for a chance to put the
machine through its paces > and no doubt you'll si] de hearing
more in future issues, Meantime, back to Spectrum giamir^g.and
thts months' Forum.

SOME SOFT POIHTS

OearUoytl,

First, a large aniount of letters pub-
tiahec) In your section Ntve baen
saying Iha) the vitai compooent in
a good game is ofigin>aE^ty. i think
omerwise. I aprae that it is impor-
tant (it koepa via aoftwara industrv
QQing;, uvithocit It the same games
would fust get churned out aH over
againi but i 1 1? nor vii^J . No, to dis-
cover what really maizes a Qam«
great we must tmm further into it.
past all outward appearances and
Pasic 4deas. I believe that it is the
game ftsetf . meaning wjhal acttjatly
hafjpens, and how well the idea la
programrned and implemented. ,

For eKampli$, when rny brother
FUchafft (of F/nnk the Ftea fame}
first saw me i^aying l^igfiffofce, he
said, ' Hey wow, somebody's re-
rateased SfMCe Invaders^ I
raaliaad ttut tie was nghl . No w you
can hardly call an btvad&rs clone
original, but thflt didn't detract
from the entoymenl I got from the
game at an. I kept on ptkyir^ It sJm -
ply (no, not because il hod trerrdy
graphics) because I enjoyed the
gan>e- 1 thoi>ght it was fun to play.

rii Quote ^me more examptes

DIG THE OLD
POKES

n.Mi 1 1

if you wish. How about Hesd ovw
Hmts'? Or maybe I could take
aKaniplas from the stream of
Oflumisi clones, many of which
have been good Even the Monty
Mote games can hardly be called
orlginai.yet they're suocessfiJ and
fun to play. See what I mewi?

Equally wail, original gamas
don ' t have to be good- Look at 1^
5 Trading Cdrrmarr^. Doc the
Omtmyer Btid Terror of tha De^p,
to mention but a few.

Of course, that's my view.
People are entitled to their own
opinions, and if you like original
games, so tie rt. flichaid prefers
garneswtth good atmosptierearvd
aesthetic sense (graphically
speahing). Maytiea good game
consists of a combination of all the
factors -graphics, sound, presen-
tation, atmosphere, originality,
pfogramming^ implementation
and so on, It s hard to tell.

On to another point . Yes. il's the
dreaded Budget games' debate
aoam.. Ho w can people say they ' re
alTtrash? Just look at Agent X, Uni-
vBfs^t Hero, Feud. Amsurote, I
fla/J. and qute a few others and

■i^pmfie'

youll aea wtiat I meaio. Okay, so
many are rubbish, but then again,
aren' t many tuli-prtced games?

It obviously proves thai itkere are
some «}rnpan^ m this world
more concecried with producing a
ri^h-qpjatiiy product which will
pnaae thft ooraAMner than with
mdkin^ a prolyl, I'm afraid that
money ^Is aK peopta are botherKi
about ttteaadays, rettwr than pro-
vjdlftg a useful ancVdr efiterlairHng
aervioe>

Ar^yway. tt software companies
do on!y caiB about thieir hank bal*
ance, they don't (and Richard will
conrrm this) know tt>e fiti plea-
sure of producing softwam. This m
1h« pleasure derived from the
i<nowledge that there are people
out there wtio are playing your
gaimes, enjoying ihem ano thank-
irK| you for producing them. After
aC tliay desarve to get somelhing
for thofr money,
Olivar Waloh. Northampton

To successfuHy maks a ptofft, a
a^mpany mi^ prvduc& good
matera^, otherwise fttepuntBrs t&lt
by the wayside, and down go the
profits. To ttuttBftdJ doubt
wtysthsrsoflw^9houaas<iaSbet'
afeiy sef ouf fo create s&cond-fate
ganms - but sofngfifTi^ they
corns out tfM vvay. Cafing about
one's bank t3aimx» s aoma&iing
everyone fends fo do. sutvfyf
Compar^iss are no excapHon,
since on& Of ttietr pfffTte teoL/ice-
ntents ts ks^fitng th^ ttalfpakff
Wtietharsuc^conosmsovgr'
Mfietm theopm^m spirit is anotfvf
nTflff*^<»fltiffe«har,..
LM

a cttczciCi mintor.n.'.; :nri -,{:c-5nd

hanc

POKL. , , ,,t

couia nv^a (i wousd ttuy a copy)

-It m.'C expefrenci?. ate. so would be F

ttfO I V"'- •' '"-I' ■!■> Mr Goodwin iivould ii...,

,1 I 16K iSKana * let

son tAprii

ij I- »■ A-.llr i.<1 1-1 ■ ■

h IS not a pretty

> does Simon Goodwin onty r

j>iiiit tech T(p5 for lh«' 128; ►?'' I 4it.0vl;i:^rit;.c.v-;(:iy>pajJiir.Jiy |

arvgam-

Oearlioyd.

'm writing to you aboui a few
things. Firstly the Hafl of Slirne . ,
Scrap i! ■ AH of ttte people on tfia lisl
have completed ganiestttst have
been on ttw m»^et for more Ihan
a fortnight so F>okes andt^nts have
been pdntad. Wtisi you should do
indeed is, as Steve said half way
down page 43 of your May issue,
pr^nt onby photos of people wtto
have corr^pieted new gaines such
as Hemass. I compiled this on
Sundtyae Mardh at 1 2 . 25«m Vou
giettfie message 'Wen done, you
have saved the piarte^ Nerrws^s'.
Moving on now to Ac^Oiniy. I
woukj Tike to know wtwn Fussel
Muic^ and.i'or CamUo Me3i»
compleied it. if ihey have. I am atso
in lolal agreern%nt wilh Richard
Bailey about Adventure Previews,
lei's, saa some.

There'salso acorrtplainl. yes it's
hard 10 believe but il's about pre-
views - they're too late! Tahe for
eK3mp4e JWerrtescs - the preview
came in the May issue. And I had
aire<idy boughi. playod and com-
pleted the Qarrte before 1t» end of
March. $0 could you explain why
Ihey 'fe so late''

And finaUy. thanks alt rournl to
people at CRASH Towers for an
ex<^lflnt mag that is skmrtv Impro-
ving each month, hanj to bewve
but il '$ f act. by my reckoning any-
way.

Neville Chesworlh tkinlor.
Cornwall

iT m e^inf awwtmg t^ti^ qiiostiofh
naifor^Udtstoaeawt^ataffawef
hasbeenrecaivedrtgafdinpthe
HaSofSHrneanda Rectors 'C^-
fer*pe, beA)r»J9Convnendi<ng«
P9V0ttpttthi-aa)ratat)ie. Sorry
abOLTf jhite iVenwsiespreviaw, tut
qixtting fnonths Mw tfut matos li
seem even tefer (/wi Sr«rty wjm -
reissue, aiteraf. eameouiat ttw
0iyd0fAptH. in ttiai case, tfw
tsview vefSfofi arrrved Ofiiy days
afl0r w0 pf0vie«^ it. frndtooiate
to siop the prirttBff

36 CRASH June 1987

fftiSM USER GROUP

sroup wtuch I am s«ting ud ft la

?^«w- Mambers are welcome

JjBftjirfyc^ would m^iKinth?
9"3tJp in irc5w magazine as I am

^ebriiFandfanrastcmao
, *^ would 1*9 v^ very sao

^ft^fraiTfto***,/

> ^^"Wt

UNREPAIRED

Cte^r Uoyd.

For a lew monthis r>ow my ion has
b^ert wilhctLff fiis SfMctrum. the
withdraw^ symptoms are soms-
bmm pointful te see Especial^
when rww gam^ arrive and he
cannm even try th«n. Whsi fr^si-
ration!

tr otily w0 had looked through
the back ssues ot CRASH beloce
WB acted, and so begirt ttie king
sati lata . . .

One «v«r)ing tn February, I
arnvad home lo be loid the com-
printer wtt&n't working. My ^on had
(ju lied the jntoff ace <fOm the com-
puter witu tfie pow^ still on I
Something, we laler drscovered,
which was qurte a common occ-
ufrefice,

' S^nd It 10 Video Vaun. ' said my
aon. Bui I didn't like ttie idea of
MfX Jng $om«thing rrhe that
through the posi . so I suggested a
(ocai repair firm wrio advertise tn
ajl our locaJ papers.

My eor>'» birthday was coming
up, so hl« grar>dmo(hef sajd she
would take [t and pay for the repair
as hia praaanl.

On focaiving &v computer, the
man put ii on some tasting
nvachine. and aald tt didn't seern

too tjad. it woudd cost about £2^
and would lake siH to seven days
Seven dav» later we hadn't heard
anything bq (pBr>dnwther decided
to rung them, A woc* said ihai rt
hatm'i corrie back yet and |h«y
woukj phone us wherv it was laady .
Two weeks later Ifw phone rang
9nd ws w^fi- t<rid tho COrYlputar
was ' Beyorxl economtcoi repair'
The nest day, after my son had
said ha would like H back to send
to Video Vault. GrarK^na went to
collect It. She was totd it woi^d
cost CIO for the taboyr. Th« ^i«
wasn't axpectiriQ and was reaHy
Shocked, arKi said so. She didn't
want to pay owl for something that
was useless so she len it there

She went back aoam the nex\
day with a fnand, wtio ended up
having qude a heated arDumerrl
alter which they were aiiad 1o
leave and shown the door, She
paid the C1 Q a/Hi took i he compui-
er. The nefl day she brought i1 io
my son. II was sttii wrapped rn the
invoice paper. When rny son
remroved rl, he soon realised tints
was not hia computer. That after-
noon ha and hits uncte want back
with It and biad to explain what
had happan«l and au thay said

was. ir>ey had lett the day before
with 4 so thafa waa nothing tt^
could do at)Ouifi.

We went to C<t«zang' Advice
who seemed heipM They *an<l us
to the Otf ica ot Fair Tradkrlg wtiere
the man gave us no hope ai ad by
saymg I hat the item reeded repair-
ing, so we coukint put a vak« on
It 11 seems incredfele that t»me-
one can get away wMh sorrielhing
like this. (( only we had sent it to
"Video Vault' lirsC
L KMkaldVi Southampton,

COnpufer raipAirers ^u aartr your
sop'scomputerto. Unforturtaiefyl
can r pmnr it allhemdmeni tts we
woiiia have to iffV9$iis^t9 ^itthtr.
tt tkma sound at thoJ^ you have

pUfty. rneseat}. Bvt unMss you btd
baanpHaai^ to^<i r^af than woutd
bee fee for eifamtfi^ng fhe
mactune. ttw taci ittat tl was not
repiind f wMevar 'a rt r^afy wast
means i/iar tfta covTpany (Ad nof
futtH their cofftract with yov
PtKftais a mattior for youf aoi-
tdtorf

FtNGS AIN*T WOT
THEY USED TO BE

OeanemeUoyd,
Aftar reading the Potnis of Vww
sSyte article about At f' '"■>=■■■
May Fofum. rt sudd*

,.i. itxjoghtwasThe

Bog\i ^ months ago I

receivcii f-j cHASHShiashes
compUntion tape wilh my sub-
scnptmn Long gone ara the days
wK^ I wouW rush into town every
. nd to tjuy games like 3D
Htdmdbcap ^d'' (I stJil ploy 1^1)
una ii*nar Jeiman. and swap them
eicitcdiy tOr latHwirtn •< r^h a?: Jt*t
-'IVr^.ThCK-

' i.-member .-.

itruggfiog awa , py

o( Jetpac ffrT ' •I'llh

thovokini- -n it

loaded -^%.-.. - ■-- a

dream.

wttworO' ■">

oneisaalv ..,.....-. ....►--. ,-iDy
ttvose cunning software com •

-s'
opeyel-

"j in
stL'u&reiS-iiri lUMLV-u.' After all
the over -hype that's tieen
reieasad lately, wiin snazzy
r^aphtcs and rw real game , out
■>:T\m;h<' !*9B2 fitvountemanew

' J, rr. AskD 'K;-,: 1 fi'> O? v«*f*Kin Of

Hru PwVVdtf;- an • Yep

irsgoodstuft.prot' nyi

,v> rv^arte and taken .It Pr yood

'lever tudg« a oarrns by its
8. that's whan say)
^p«jio»d IS btfi a .simpte game,
yet It's intriguing, exci ling and
ADDtCTTVE"'

I th<nk thJi Ui*! SiJ'T'AafD com-
pan>«"iltK?

i:t"-' i.iCO<: .. ~,. .. >s.

'or they've giv

ts Fufl Thrantet

Iht.i ■• - -.---..---.-

somt

tjuHot ^■'. !hf iiptctrum Ui-ifsout

th«*ri» who ,ir» inokmq lor a now

-Sit,

you t . "s> «iwa>

£1,00 igelsrunovBT

by s t icifHiffusilv Killed

Th»C ta'l

pouglas Irving. Renfrewshire

MiMSilMEMf

s^i*^ **^ "^ £>wiSr;ii^'^"» s*^ o«j^*^- &:•£''

— r sWMI- I
TMmAfld

Yes. vetydrdts

(he past feu

ffiaf ev<»n on tl^e 6-' '--'

r tw*ri pijyifig 'I

e'lt/jf^^'^ f'^- " s so adOictiwo I
hope it s out soon on tho Spec
tnjmtoo.<ifaphicsarer '
jKkjnd urtimportstnt. (tar
plett'ssiify C<' ' trhjuy!-

Food for thOO'.

EUROPEAN g m*^^i'?Sl£il?' t=t«*^ !»»*« PiSi 7^ Fm Hg wai Ut F^j

A" 0*n». „g,i.we tof ANY 4flK SPECTRUM
(S^:"^r^ -^SS*,!"^ f^fi ln.lru«ion. ,„

|«NTa..cvAU^^,^SSr£2t^^

Frwwr e a J SOfTWARE, <4ooni 3 37 w^^ Z ^^

A" 0*niM .vattowa faf anv 4aM: RP^r ™, .^

CRASH June 1987 37

IV

iMFAfmuTr
cneeps up

I think I havB |ust started rtty MC-
ond childhood, yes. i've bMn
flnaiy IwcMd at th« teoder age of
twrice key of the doof plus two
years. No ti s net drugs or anyihkng
nealy Vka thai, but playing my
4Qn 'a computer.

What oreal game AnaMy
acxompWlMthe kr^Mftlble?
Dynaniitn OaiT If. JhiS. wttft ttie IfrM
pame th^t i took any ootics o4, 1
found It qurttt naeaonatMe to get
ufaout by id^ thejoystick (I'm ter-

ritjie on the keys I find nty flUQera
dont co*ordinaie as wed as vr\irf
used ioi- It had terrrfk: graphics as
lar aa I'm ooncamad tnit f give (1
1 0O pencsnt foraddk»tver)es& Any
time I could ftod { apeni D«t the
computer, wtiiJe my eon was at
$dhQoi. and lateat n^ witien i
coukJm'i sleep. Ww am I kkidinQ •>
I was that twsotted it was alt liotjr*
of the moming belore I got to tied.
The ortty omr game io give me
a leepl eo B nighls was Starqiuafre. I
found tttta very playable. The col-
our and gnphk^ were very 900d
with not too marry nasties 10 avotd-
Having finialied these two, I am
kKikirig around for somettting

ak>ng simljar lines, so far I haven't
found It. rm perBaveriog |us1 mw
with an okjie, AticAtac, txit k«ep
getting kMad. tnH newer say
die ..
Mr* tris Lesnnouth, inveniH*

tcloff'i think your pftjtfetn is as
smkfMaaywmBiymif*. Mrs
Lgmttiouff). anttc^ittintyacouplti
ofA^xnn atlsr dbiner may cufo
^ou compiBtafy. On tt»e^tef
hani, pefhafia taking the com-
jputtrandmonitortohBdm^ba
momralaxinQ antHea dMe^noue:
on tfie higfi aooras , . .

f^^^woi^^'JJJSV

040 OR NO A4G

Oeaf LLoyd (ah&a Ivan Snotsky}.
I fee! ifsmy duly lomfoiTn you that
a certain tiigh security organisa'
Utm must appceherxj ycxjr tumble
BOtf and deprive you of tliat k^
paper bag wHicti ^uta screened
your lace from society for so kMig.
Tlu reason behind our activjities a
t)ia; Wefasi your behavioor of hid-
ing wurtMsa la exlramaty agitating
arxf cauMs a smoH psfEMmage of
CRASH raadsrs tobegln a spell of
psychiatric traatmenL

Ondemeeltii ttie tiag. accordirig
to reOabfe aourcea, (KhjT Hunter S
Iri'mson - no death threats
paeasei). and many nights spem
leafing (tvougli highly classified
fkwumenia, we ohoukl Tind a very
t»ikl. tonaly Sovtei spy, SO
THERE!
JUan MHchell, Edinburgh

Rubbish! i'mtmhttbtianof
tone^. nor db I ntf&ii fortf»Rus'
sians (atthough i'm tdd thay pay
iveil. and t coufd do wfttj a saSary
riia-tvnl hint}. Still, can't stay
here chattmo to you aH day, I've
^Sgotionpouiandgaa/ww
auparm&kat caFTfat b^

HBWFANZfHE

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Honiv Eono do you t&ei the Spec-
tnitn will last as a games machine?
Arvaihef one or two years? When
win it b« superceded as the mtcra
of ttie masses? The arvwert are
that H is anyone's guese. But (et's
tace It, the Spectrum La an arii-
quated maohikie; it's been arourxJ
witn us lor four end a half yesrsf
The graptiiCB and ootour
capabUibes looked gnmt wh«n
compared wrih that great
dtnoiaur, the TXBt. but they now
look dated against arcade
mactiine'S arid many nawo" c(WT»-
puters today.

Ttme tus taken Ks toll on our
dear Inend. ar>d I for or^e feel that
it's ttfTW to move or to l>etter
things, f ve heard that a Sf>ec-
trurn ■^ 3 with bolted on diSJt-dnve
is 9O0f) to be launched- Bui why?
Instead of productrtg better arid
more advanced machiiies, com-
putof manufacturers are produc-
ing revamped and up-graded ver-
sions of old nnachines: the Spec-
trum Is undermirig (tsftDiUfthlr«is-
tormatkor! Addititj a disk drive to
111* Spectrum wiH enable you to
access games faster, and to
breal<-up shames BBC Et/te style -
tMLrt who needs to do tti IS wtiao the

1 26K of memory is rarely used to
any great extent, lei aJoos its full
potential?

This tjrings me on to my next
point whfch IS innovalkm (or ratfwr
the lack of t1) m games today,
People blame it on ttie film tie-in
and accountants running many of
the largar software houses, arid I
fed Van this js true to a certain
extent. Bui I believe that innova-
tkjo aliso stems, or (s inspired by
the hardware For msisrtce many
great irwovatktrts were made in
the eerty Nfe otthe Spectnjmi - Rl-
mation, platfomn games. Land-
scaping, beat 'sm ups and so on,
6ut the amount of innovation has
fallen off inthe tast coqjle of years.
I fe>el that the main reason tor this
ie because the Spectaim has out-
|h«ed its days. The wtwte micro*
computer industry has stagnated
because no or>e ts bold enough to
Introduce new and ttetter ctvinpul -
ers. How marry new micro-com-
puters, whtch you or I tiave heard
about, were brought onto thie mar-
ket last year? The arvswer' nil.

Just imagine playing games on
a computer with arcade quality
graphics and sound, a larige
amount of memory and a modem
which woi>ld cpen up ttte relatively

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unexplored sirea of' multi-user
games'. It couU include such lea-
tures as rrasking. attribute-free
graphics and coiision detection ~
heaven on earth for programmers!
but il's not because such lechnof-
ogy IS not available tt^at we at e rtot
playing on such machines - it ' s ttie
ancient problem of the prK:;e Such
machines are usually found vn the
personal computer pnce-bracKSt
(about C1 .000), not the soil oftNng
many people cart efford for Christ-
mas.

But wa8r\*t H Sir Citve himsetf
Itwt brought micro-technology in
the ibrm ot ttie iSxao rnto a pnce-
range afford able by the masses'?
So, why can't ii t>e dorve again?
Perhaps it's because the micro*
computer industrjf has become so
stagnaie<t that any computer
launched woukl find itself tnthe
vicious cjf da o1 people refusing to
buy it isecause of a lack of compat*
Ibia software, and companfes
refusirtg to produce sonware
because of ttie lack of hardwans
sales,

But there are two ways of cocn-
batting such an occurrence. One
IS to miiske the computer compati-
ble with other madiines {Amstrad
and Commodore are in a perfect
position 10 do thb) wNle stjll ensur-
ing \hti\ ihe machine is substan-
lially different to warrani calling it a

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differerrt fnachjr>e. The other way
is for the manufacturer to suppon
ttie machftie by creating a special
sofhMare house (Sinclair did it).
Amstrad and Conmiodore are
again m a good positior> to do Ihie.
So ComiTiodiOfe, Amstrad, aitt you
buddirig programmers out theie
(arid you acoo^diniants ioo|. let's
put the adventure back into ibe
compute* industry before it's too
late.
M Furlodo, London

} 'm rtdt so sure that Commodbre
are (n mucft oi a position af fte
momoftt to aestB a sottwaw label
(o support any new vwitufe. After
M they Havsn t axsctty done
FTtyc^ topromots tti0lrownAn^
<rv (Msmanrfer. Aanstrad's umthod.
OfBoHnga l^iet and buytfig m
(iBfsefy Spectrum convefskms at
^t) froffi a po&ition of sirmgOj.
was vary auccessfuf, YetinBritaift
today, ttte suppon (or Anstrad
gamasisveryaiaodat.Aaolty^ra
house can conakiBrita^kJCky to
strip oift as much as 5,000 units o(
an Amstradgame to distnt^tOfS.
comparsil to trabbie that ota
Spectrum or 64 game. Soffing on
a disk dnve does have many
advanfagos; qporwu if> new
thids for atrTtB9 mimg mairH^ing
compataBUfty {hop&fu^}.

likely to ba 100 daring. /'

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^0*1 recent QUWttjnna*^
amwe jsoory.
, tM

42 CRASH June 1987

MODEST PRAISE FOR LLOYD

DearUoyd.

I Felt It wfis time to write again.
First Ihanhe for SEwgidar an my
pnz« (Of MrttM- of the inomh in Nov-
emtwr. I thought a 1 28 +2 for the
boys for Christmas so wa got the
fuM effects of Siargiid&f, and wt^
superb effects ttiey aref I ' m 3S now
and caf>'t tielp feeling I'rri a little 04d
ta lead CRASH, but i stJIi read it
»m^ mofitft It's ev&ii got to the
stage now where I redKl It in titecar.
so I can enjciy rt first wittiovt fwvirig
It ripped from my feeble grasp, f
goi a new vmlkina frame end btA-
ler>M for mry f>earing aid for Ctifist-
mas t3y ttia way.

t must congralUtote you on your
sgpert} work or the mspajtine
Uoyd The Fonjm. Rtayvng Tips
»)d Previews are all wiqII written,
l(v$ty. and int^^iirrg. t woukj have
ttwught suc^i a volume would
cauise you to get txjred with ft all
and just do thfl |ob, bui no you're
keenness stiows ttirotigh in every
word. Well done.

Now 10 the point of my (etier- It
IS in repty to Shashy Db$$. Forufn
May, ShusJiy'? Anyway h» wor^
■ ar eight tut rr^achme running al SO
m/% with no iridependefit
graphics' . Well Stmshy you obvi-
ously bon'l program the tiling.
Mrm ta a good Mend, a hatta

mYHO¥ITIATE

I've (eoemiy bought a Spectrum
4BK from one of my tnends for £7$.
Thiamclyded, !38gam»{30orlg-
inaisli, a joystick interface, amicro-
drive interface with microdrive arul
two cortrtdges, an Am^lrad 2Q90
radk) cassette rocorder to kud the
games.

At rir$l. I thoiight Ibis to be the
best deal I could ever make with
anyone, not so. I made an even
better deal wjth W H Smith, when
I txHigtrt the March 87 issue of
CRASH, I couldn't t>eiieve it. All a
beginner like rne<^ukl want to
krvow about software ar>d
nardware (or hia motwei <A a
speccy , in the shape of atraiiginfor'
ward news, reviews, previews,
maps and rtot so reliable adver-
tttemerts. only to be expected,
and all Ihis only coat a quid, Fat^

Fir^i oi all I iiKe the way the ada
are kept on their own pabes and
are not ahoved at the boRom of
reviews, this sivee the cualomer.
or should I say reader, the c^icice
whether he reads the ad of riot.

TTie klea of ordaring bed< r^jm-
bers of CRASH appeals atao
becauaa Tm a late starter, and i
ooirtd do WTth info lo reveal tt>e
deptftt of my Spectmm.

The reviews are honest, with an
ideal rating scheme, but a ladk of
colour in screen shois spoils ri
somewtiBi. althoLigh I must add
that a substanlial in^rovement in
colour was nobced in Apnl s edt-
t^

Of>e game rwiewed lived rtght

adversary, a person I love, sorrw
one who brtngs on boots of &*wr-
ing lo turn the screen blue and
something t could not now man^
age without, l call mine Speocie,
(what's yours called?] arx) I hava
deep involved convwsalions with
It, Of course it doesn't arwwer. n
either rewards me with wt^t I've
been tiytng to gcA it to do for
weeks, or ii shuts down com-
plelely, refusing to allow me any
acOete without a re- sat. In truth of
course I know a crash s my tauH,
tHit in fny hoarl of hearts I know it's
sulking because I f^vaven't been
nice to it.

Come on Shashy , an eight bit
machine? f^o chance. A Spec^m
is more tfwn a machine, it's a way
of Irle.
t^ul Tyktf , Surrey

/ tgtk to my Hermes typevuriter as
wBttMiedsfttite 1935 machine, ttw
iB^jiat wfteeusBs noHf^. tt (us
beert known to sulk occask^raliy,
but wi^ienevttr i jhr»afen fo (um it m
ftre Joyce. I uauaSy get results
It's^ questiOfi t^being firm, btrf
kitKl witti them. Thank ya*i fsx-your
(^fsti;^aiaa.ft'aapttythispag0
isn't in cotour. or you wootabe
Abie to we me bfiushiing.

up to scratch. Fetjrfts one of the
bast (umes I've ever played. As for
CLASH'S solution to It I've got «
much easier one: Get fireballs. Git
Itghtning. Get heal. Get laerKifid

In the f^arch issue. \ detected
&ome leneion on th* subject ot
POKES, i think ttiey're great, and
my ttianks goes to me peopl« who
come up with them. As a begl nner,
it gives me pleasure when typing
POKES to learn more about the
keyboard, as t have not read the
rrvKuat yet - even more ptaaaura
is fell when they work!

Whileon the subject o* POU^l
shouki point out. as will many
others, that tin« 1 00 of the Gauntlet
POKE should read:

IF PEEK 32814 16 THEN LET
A1 = 82: LFT A2 = 1 64. The TME
^fKXJkl reed as THEN ,

One thingCRASH. 1 definitety do
rvot hke ttie drawings in your megs
of Graeme Kidd, John Minson,
Derek Bf ewsler. PtVilippa Inrirvg,
Jon Bales, Sjmofi Goodwin and
Brandon Kavanagh, They make
people, who Im sure lock ainght.
kx>k positiveiy awfuil.

Lkiyd. as I have said. I have had
a great time using my computer
with the help of CRASH, pteaae
DDuld you initiate ma mto the read-
ers.' dan by publishing my letter in
the most oorwenlent i$;sue.
Juetin CoofT^e, London

Ami thts was the mosr convetmnt,
Justm> Sony obOt/f the Gaurrtlel
POKE typir\g error, Jfmy do creep
ttifovoh occaswrwAV . / hope you
cotittnue 10 enjoy CtiASH - and
tteep wrsting in.
LM

HOOKED AT iS

SnSS'ie years who is rearty
■ air Spectrum^ Your

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And another on« bites the dual. And talking of dust, summer's
here with avenge nnce i n %le«pv Ludio w. The muddy, ruti ed trac-
tor tracks betwetrn the idyllic hedgerows, have turned intorock'
hard, du$tbowi9 As tcycle back home up th« hill, away Irorn tt\e
copI, breeze f«tied rooms of CRASH Towers, I choke on the rising
clouds of duat from my bicycle wheels. Anyway, enough of ^is
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HMiAl'i^ r:

*

MIKE SINGLETON, Lords
Of Midnight creator, the
man behind Doomdark's \
Revenge and the notorious ^^-^
Games Pack One, decided it was
about time he spilled the beans.
During a visit to Ludlow with
fellow-members of the CONSULT
programming team, he was pressed
hard by RICHARD EDDY and BEN
STONE, and answered irrepressi-
ble questions such as 'What's
really happened to Dark Sceptre'7

^

^^^ft

I

'I got tnto comiiuters thnnigih a businesi
ventumttiat want badly Mfirofig. I took tiw
oofnpniilnr ami ran . . .

Whno you tf** Of 9 computor games pnjB*
rsTtmer. you probably imagine a fta'totical
whto-Wd, Cokft-^wiggfnig kfta th* Itfe Imurs
a hs dvwsiopl litQhty inriovfcllvt wid axoilino
games. Such irennenl activities aren't usualty
asaodated wrtfi ratired sctHXJt teadiars - and
VM thst't axactty wtiat Mike Sinai«lon It.

He stopped teaching m 19iSfO to enter irtto a
busibiosa wfitch happened to invoKfe e com-

44 CRASH June 1987

puter. But as he aaya, 'Tba wantura went badly
wrong, so I look ttie oomputar and mn . . .

Vrm fnachine tn quetlipn was aCommodore
PET (ttwfe's Qoa on display in ttie Science
ftlusaum). and with it ^ hoped lo produce a
tew program to re-astabJiah his diminishing
Ijank balance. The fir«t ganw was caUM S|P8C9
Ace. and It ocicupied a staggering 1 ^ Of mfftt-
ory. WHttm entirety in machine coda. il had to
be haiid'«»attTibted< a memoty that stilt
causes Mike to shudder. ' By the er>d of ihai I
must have known every Qp code off by heart'.
he say« befnuseciy.

Banh aKOunt stiM fimniy m mind, Space Ace
was handed oi«er to Pataofi for maifcelfng. axd
It brofca bQx-<?Kice raoords when it sold aro<^
three hundred oopiea - a var/ reapactebie
achievament inthoee dayaf But Mlke'$ associ-
ation with Petsolt and Commodore machirms
waa Id be ahart-#vBdL M the Ufiw PeiHitt were
due to sign an agreannan^ with Sinclair to wHte
aoftwm (or the Cembrtdge-tieeed company^s
now 'mega^machine' - Itte ZXQO. Mike Spent
some time messing about wiiti it. eventuafiy
getting a tiny machine code pragram up and
runnkf^ In its t K of merDory,

Actually, the ZXSO didn't even have iK*s
worth of mamory', UtHaracans. *B««uaeo(al!l
9*9 bits of tiobs ^iside there was only about
750t3ytea ot meriKsry toft to play witht'

Before the agreement dateiia were firtaiised,
a d^ar^ge of mmd fesutted in Pston securtn))
the software contract wrth Srnclair, and Petsofl
were dctipped: a srtutfiion wtiich left Mike up
Hie creek wd Kout a ^oyttilolc, ao to apaak- *So.
I rang Qive - just p4ln old dnw in lt>ow days
~ and he told me to send my games tfong, I
did, and heard rkotNng. until one day wtien I
was Mtvitsd to Cambridge to look at h*s new
project.'

The new pro^ waa. in lact, the Zxat . At
that «aga H waa hardly a computer m ita own
right, merely an Eprom fitted into a ZXSO, Mike,
along wMh eome other p<ogranifnet9, were all
givert an Eprom to take away with them sottiei
tfiey codd 'Dothmgs with it.'

'Seieve it or not', he seys with the foffdneaa
of rerriembrence, 'the 81 had even ie^ mem-
ory than the ZXBO. because it had an extra 32
system vartabtosoccupyingltsmarTiorv bankt,
«, make that bank. I knociwl logettter ein
BASIC programa which fitted into its mmiscule
memory and sent them ofl lo Chve/

The sjx games became Qamiea Pack dm.

i^iWi L M i I

kxoijli '^ Ciicnii B«niMH<
>;icl(>rv, |o MMth (.Mdbci
Mtd ConuiK't Oivr Slurp.

and notohsd Mp lh» Idnd of sale that today
would M 9m anvy gf viy programinor or
aoftwara hoiAa -aom«80.000 oopl«&. Qrtttfty-
kig for Mha's ego, lh« «uccan was «ven mora
welcofnod by his bank manager wt»n a
d'teQ^M for sue giand firuiy arrivdd^

Miko't next pn3||aot wM Oonyxjfar Ra». a
hoiw radng oame, dea^inad to ttt u»d in bet ■
ting ahopa wtwn the ractog was off - a Wn
gajiop whid'i was aooTk stoppad byar^ Qb9cvre
ttrw, HowovoTh the Singleton carsar conUnued
wllth a tew games on v«rioi» macMnoft lor
Poaiam, a riow-defunct Chettenham-twaed
software house, Vie most notgbie probab^
being Sna'icfll^.

And then came me big tirne . .

* I wBiM to CfMti an MfMiture ¥iritti the

IBIM Onorat Of ■OIKMflMfl SS MIMfS,

but wtth grspttlcs viiMch rsallif riiMnl

UindE^ Of MicMigM^, Mlke'^ epic adventure
C|Ufist for EMAP's newty t&unched venture into
games aoftw^a. Beyond, became Ns r«xl
game. He is $tlN very coy when It cornea to
explaining how he d^igrs a game, and cspe-
oaJly those areas where ima^naljon ii
foneiriost, prefemf>g to deiil in technicet topics.
When you ask him how he teapi from the
arcade simp<licities Of Stidke Pit to the atmoA-
pharfc sophi«ticfttion fot^td io Loftte Of Mkt~
n^. an you get i»^ ' Ah. mat w«M tie telling^
Serkxisty ttnugh, I very rarely start with a con-
cept cr theme with an interHton of v*Qi\fif^
around ttiat Instead i uauaBy begin with a
lectmhitje arxt build a game arourtd rt - doing
It tiiat way you're sure of getting the guts of a
program together (ir«t, '

Meca thinks tha('9 wtiere a lot of today's
Hoanalng diaata go wrong: The programfners
ham the praUafn of woi^Jng a gamoaraund a
llMfna acxj then fitting the tectvtique round ft.
artd, as wefl yoo itnow, thai can end In a reel
mess/

^ I i 'Lflndaicaptng'isMiicB'sowntachnkpje.and

la the one on which his MKlntght Trilogy is
based. 'When I was constdenng ti>e game I felt
the graphic h&d to be more fetevani to tt^
action. So often ttw grocil'iics in qttwr adven-
tures appeared pjrely decorative.'

Using Landaoaping. a player can actuelly
see hi& jcumey In reel tirrw, with, m the case of
Lords & Midnight, 32,000 vtows. From tha
technique, perhaps, came the ttiame. MMta
wanted to create a massive playing world, so
□t}|ects Like spy satellitE^ were Out, because so
many view points would be taken away from
the larKtscape below. And so ttie murky Middle
Ages ware choaart aa the aetttng, witti oil the
acarwa set firmly at aye-^e^ai and if» tend-
acapa iaadurea aean from itta playar** view-
point.

'ThftLand oricemarf(\explaira Mfca, 'sim-
ply came about trom the graphic ti^wbilitiea
of theSpectnjm, I tiapfianadtotltolheooniti-
nation ot white o n tjJue and so K Dttad in fattier

Having developed his LandkeafMng
technique, the Lonia of Midm^ Qama was
planned, l i^an the ^tna m edvar>ce. but
should I have a sudden flash of inspiraiion tor
an idee then I canusuMHy find room toskrt it in.'
However, hiavingconfiated ft, Mike sawmarty
ways to lurtfMT Gompoaaa Ms tafdmlque and
improve the pnjgrarri, fanprnvementB wtfich
fouTKl their way into itw rtext game, Worit on
DoomOaris's Rtvmtga siaded unmediataly
afterwards, and aMtiouoh mui^ of it was
ataaady p t a rwied, Miite re- wrote many of tfte
baRtomulinea in the ligtit of his new tNnitihg.

So much for NMory. Taiiting about tha Mkh
night Triogy made us wonder w^iatever had
fttppened 1o the tWrd part, Eye Of The MoorP
'Oh I'm still worthing on rl', Milceexdaims, "no?
so mo<Ji as a projeta , ti's more oi a fiobtiy. I've
been coratiucing some new graphk: iQuUnoa
so thd Ifi* Land a icaping ahoold be in Ml col-
our. Oh, and the map should ba about four
timea ttte size of Ooarndark's.*

But Doomdarft's was alreBdy pretty vast,
isn't he creating a world tf^'s juala bit tootnig

W Oaomduk't ttnm^

on tK2e P Loins oP&tjuini^l
lookioQ Nowthecist to tbe
To^^^ei^i oF Tb i t:iai26 •

:^ i

Vr\i:[

'^i' JJ' -L-'tt-

for one qMest? 'Thin isn't |us1 one qu»t. The
map )s divkM Into 12 realrns. and Mrtthln each
rsalin to a minl-^ama . TN»s means that Eym can
be played quickly, because you can j^M tolve
on» Qf two probtemQ. or lackle the wtiote
game. I think thai was one ol the twMs of
Docmdatic'a - it took too tortg to get into.
HopehjUy witti thte 12 rnM^^viies it should
appflii to- > iTnioh wridei mdwixiei'

WNh regani to Characm, Mtta'a intending
to Have even more in thegBfiift than tMioro, but
this time a playw can select b commancler and
then mako up teems sf characters whicli are
oontn>ll«d ss a whole rather t^«n imlivkluellY.

There's no dale tor c om p l e t i on for E^ Of
ThaMoon, 'it'ilbefinfshedwtHinit'egoodend
raady - and a won t be pubfshad I3y Beyond,
or Melbourne House for mat matter.' So, that
lea ves one atterrwUve " his own software tOb^,
Maelstrom Games.

'Hark Sceptre - oti tlist, rs matif
finiilMil . , , '

Maatelrom was set up to deaJ with the Ptey By
Mail {P6iK^ yersior of Dark Soapfra. Are we
ever going te see the computer version? Miica
aays it's nearly finiehed. wtilch prompts
SQ'Bams of memment from tt>e assembled
members of Coneyttf 'He's been saying that
for yeaiB -wet. It aeenis iika it', aays one.

'tt if nearly finished, ' Milts pleads. 'After all,
1 've got you lot working on it/

it becorrtss apparent ihai CofAiH (Daive
i<eiiy. Glenn Berwon and Dewe Sharp) are liv-
ing some problems because tt>ay went To keep
all the original ideas from the P^ version in
ttue game, and it's proving ditftcuH with onfy
4aK to play with . The P6M Oartc Sewpim is still
golno ahead - but only on Miorodhive. Which
brings up the quasttort ol how many Mjcro-
drtvas are amund these day^ Oll^ied Agtires
(Ttdicate as many as iOO,{lCia units have been
sold, but as Mike gets througti one Microdftya
every year it's dubtous that so many are stUi in
use, i-kiwever, the Spectmm Plua Thres with
its bukil- in disltdnvB may cionialrt useful. M^ke
ssea it as a possttts na-b^rth for the Spectojm,
and loefca w^tful e« he says. 'There's aJI sorts
of things that I oould do with it - if I codd get
myhandsononel'

'Can you Imagine a oama with 10,000
duraetan, ajid y ihj ' ve oot comptola oon-
tmf ovtr avwy one of meiTi?'

For Malt>ouma House, Mike SJngtatort and
Consult are working on Lord Ot TTte Rings -
The Aftsde Gsfne which, untikg the attvwT^
tueos, concentrntSB on tv beftto ^oe^ies TTie
piaim shouki Pa able to hoki away ovsr the
snttre map ot Middle Eanh, and coniio4 ail Iha
characters and armies to which Ihey Ijelong,
Fights take ptaioe in real-time but, ot course,
you won't have a coitstant view of bN ol tlie
»Ctfon>

The 3D battlee wtil beiAsp4ay*d In bomalrk:
perspective, having charactere atoning an
•Mrage 70 pixete high - so there slwuid be
about 20 to 30 ^gures on screen at any or^
time. 'The control system la a very interesting
one', enthuses M^ke. 'It's possibis to give
ordars by selecting a cftaracter to attack,
move, or help cvxjther character. And doo't
worry, a pfayer won't miss out on arty of the
fighting as charactars are control i^d dtHnactty-
aii reedy to hack the oppoettion to pieces.
There'll t»e a totsl of 1£S armies, each with a
iegion of up to 128 men.

As far as the graphics go, there's qutta a bit
nt freedom. Some may be taken from the film,
oltwsfrom RPG mlniaturea. but wedblttva to
work within the Spectrum's limitation.'

Forthe future Meiboume House have signed
him up to do a few m>ore titles - 'One of whicti,'
he says proud^^, is totaliy new. Nothing ta$
been done lUts it before/

Yes Mike, tjut how tor^g will we have to wait
this time?

46 CFEASH June 1987

Cbeck
Plon

5»r*srrn:T..-r i^jf--

1

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Jk DjuiScvpliT.

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THE

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Ca^e«»^

For* oi^ov<s .

r^t r^< wr^:^ oP Oqr i r> .

Win a day aut at the LONDON DUNGEON

Copies afMeibaume House's THRONE OF FIRE to be woni

D&»p down in the murky depths of
CRASH Towers, thsfe Are some places
you don^i go aione. Old forgotten relics
are left down there; Graeme Kidd's
Doc Marterts (he wears irendy shoes
nowit Angus Ryafi's ho buUding con-
tracts and other objects of evil counte-
ftance tt}st us humble comps miniorrs
simply dare not c^st our eyes upon.

But there's one place thtti mtikes
even a brave camps minion quail at the
mention of its name. The London
DuiW««Ml, A place of torture, horrific
ematures and dark narrow alleyways -
a place that you lot would probably
love.

That's why Melbaurri« Hqum are otfef-
ing an aii-expenses-paid trtp to Ttw Lon-
don Dungeon for the winner (and their
friend) of ihis comp. And should ycHi get
too scared you can always hold hands
wn'- *'-■ — irgeous Jo Meada f' ■" - "-"i-
ooi ije.orswap&cirys! ;h

our very own Richard Eddy

If you're noi tucKy enough (o win Ihe
day oul, there's 25 copies ot the great
rww Melbourne House game, designed
tiy Mike Sing leton rhf one C?/ Fire (which
received 7S percent overall last moMh),
ailA leady to wing their vanous ways to the
runners up,

Can your nerves stand the London
Dungeon (or nnore to the point car\ they
stand a day with Jo and Rickyl? They
can'? Well answer the following questions
and scribble them (>nto a postcard or the
back of a sealed envelope and prst 'tHTn
off to DRAG Me TO THE DUNGEONS,
CftASH TOWERS, PO BOX 10, LUD-
LOW, SHROPSHIRE SY8 IDS la ainve
no later itian June 2S\i^

1 Was Mike Singleton's first ganr>e

.;.v'ed...

iir Space Race

b} Space Ace

c) Horace Goes Watei- Melon Hunitng

sM

7,

team behmd Throne Of Rre'

a) Consulate

bj Creative ftealrty
c) Consult

3 How many views are tfiere m Lords Of
Midnight^
a 32.000
bi iS.OOO
023,000

■i What was the riame of Mike Single-
ton's illegal horse racing game?

^ony"S Slaughter House

: Wmat IS the name of the King in Throne

ilherik

b) (Sing Erttiiefed
cJ Kmq Grub

F ''

f'i

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^

^

SHAO LIN*$ ROAD

H«ro*B anothftr, and tflghtly
Hsisr, w»y Of seMng Qfv any
you want from Sloven
Mlcha«) in Esttboumt. Hold
down Symbol Shift, m, n, f, t,
■nd 6. R«l9aM your Fin^ars
from tfw k«y« on ttm desind

ARMY MOVES

¥ltaM laokAA* htn. out naManl
tnan at Ito Mytiowili. PsuJ
Sumner^ ha* )if«t found th« coda
to Iht laeond piart of Anrty
and tl ia . . .

sraei

H«y you! Dont reMf ItoU ri«(l thl«: TMa ta the fwavy hacMne fMdt
Orw^CKi beyond!

Yn f &»[*, Ptwbis Tips «r# Itera «galf>. wid t tMnk l*v* |ist abMl
ncov«ftd from litt month's maaalw SpecM SupfiittmaL but ttwy
don't itof) coming! Howwwfi plaaaa do aak» aura Iho POKE
routinv? ycKj Mnd ara co<rFact b«cau», trir«» I nOf^ I doot alwaya
Iwi'a th« Unw to eiwek Uwwjgti aU oi thatfi IfiOf'^ugNy- Aa It ta I hawa
to typa thain »n tfwae t^maa - on<!« from your Jatlaca, aacondfy wrtsan
I urtta H i^ on ol' Hennas and itiircUy wf>an If a typaaaL So,
tfwMtShifw my 4fteapieH FtioMa^

AUF WtEDERSEHEtl MOHTY

Inf inltn livw* hare fnim the won-
d«ffu% wekd Mong^ Bo$.wMi, a
ooQd friend of Oevt l^tonntMan
rm toW> to help you at! say ' G<ood
Riddance Monty' without any
necty writ* collid0nl Danlce
mMa. Th« Cadabuslars hum
ShaffWd al« dtuDverad thte.

"at

Instead of typing LOW '
the alert type

CLEAR 32767 LOAD '"CODE;
RANDOMIZE USR 3?799
Whertttte gamv ha« loaded p4ck
Up Ihe first object (o the left and
wfunderbar!

Iftou

LOFAROBOT

I dont know whMhef robots
have souls, or wrtwttwr
enaroms uiwafn oi ■mcqic
■hasp ; bat • m en's sou l tsbat*
twfTOflHWiiislwoseHdawlHllo
psycneip ■■ oi mwcn waoini m
j the talents of GionnHsgon
^nom Raeoham. Norwich.

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MARTtANOIDS

This Is vMhat you fnigjhi celt a
smafl ed d ttten to (he sm^Mng
Uttlmaitt CoOaclion from lest
moftth'sSuptitentent-onlyiliar-
HafwdUi Meant a Smash. So,
hem's your eui-oui-fi-n<}-glye-
on unSmashIng Ultimate POKE
th«t sends ai the Siena pecldne,

wanes pmwimgi wie muwj
Milh 1 27 gtorlain Num. rrom Kil<>
memock, Ifs Sieva Smiin's bend

you need io shelie - and also

Ihanlcs to ftobeft Slrachan who
also ceme up wtth a slfnllar
roiitloe.

MERGE in ihe toadar and
enter . , .
POKE 46926.121'
POKE 42612,0
POKE 42B15,0

, . . beifcure the RANOOMtZE USR
stalemeni than Kwd the r««t o( the

glUTiQ

II
il
II

FUTURE KNIQHT EDITOR

Now, here's somethina I bet you didn't know! Qrofnlln Graphic's

I^UlLrra Kn/gflf has e btMlt-in edftlr«9 fectltty allowiing you to con-

struot your own scraens. Ivan Bristol from Brinkwood disco-

vffod tNs iHtie marvel of techrKylogy.

Ilia editing keys art;

QiW.PtL - Cursor directi'onaii key^

U - Seloets the building bloch

F - Shirts forward to ttie ns jtt scrsan

3 - shifts back to the previous screen

S - places a block at tti« cursor's posttion

BREAK - returns you to the Future Knight game menu.

II

48 CRASH June 1937

c?

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KRAKOUT

P«Ul WgMs it afllvr my Job, ha! No chanca. But h« wftt hlrKf anotjah

te Mjpply thit rklfty roulina lor OfwnUn'a Krai(0«/t

Load lh*6ASI€ loadar (ttw lerMn MhmM tum bl*ck). Flaa«t

Imspaolrufn, lypaand runttw Itetingandatwillwitapaijp agi^
-fllMiorla.

to REM KRAKOUT

11 REM BY PAUL WELLS

12 CRASH JUNE 1987
20 CLEAfI 65270

40 LET INF^ei: REM CHANGE TOO FOR

INFINITE LIVES
50 LET LEVHL=0: REM CHANGE TO

DESIRED LEVEL '1
60 LET LIVES=2: REM CHANGE TO

DESIRED NUMBER - 1
70 FOR N =65260 TO 65323
80 READ A
&0 POKE N.A
100 LETSUM-SUM+A

110 NEXT N ^^ ,^>^

120 LETSUM=SUM-LEVEL-UVES-INF
130 )F SUM <>360 THEN PRINT- ERROR «N

DATA":STOP „^.„c..

140 PRINT " DATA OKAY, START TAPE
150 RANDOMIZE USH 65280
200 DATA221, 33. 0.64,17.156,190.62

210 DATA 60. 55. 205, 86. 5. 33. 229. 181
220 54. INF. 33. 242, 1^2.54 62 35
230 DATA 54, LEVEL. 35, 54, SO, 35. 54. 156
240 DATA 35, 54, 142, 35. 54, 62. 35. 54
250 DATA LIVES, 195. 168. 139

FEUD

Hummnim. Ckfd T1i« F«ikI POKEs pHrintad 'n jbsub SOaraamyf
ttrytofna; ttiey wc»rk9d fina on my Spactmm and «n quit* a f aw
ethof- paoplM s, but not on Mark Duffey** S(>«ctru m . Ha suppiad
llita attemativa (listing juit In caw anyone «^a wraa havbig pnl>-

REM FEUD

REM BY MARK DUFFEY

REM CRASH JUNE 1987

CLEAR 24716
I REM CODE 4271 7, 40818

1S^471*S?^V POKE 44186.0:,.
' JSJil 7 rokEi92l0^01: RANDOMIZE

USB 41653

!•

POKE

MULTIFACE ONE
SPECIAL!

Wrtfi the growing ranks of Multffac© One owners around. I
lhcHjg4it it about time I gave you a ctiance to use the devk:)e
tor entering some very aimpie POKEs. For information on
how lo insert therri corsuK the manual, but you shouldn't
find ft at an ditficultl

ACADEMY

From Peter Murray and SlevBo Atkinson ot Hartlapool coma
Otmm ftiw POKES which alkiw you to alt«r tha varlabl^a wtthtn
IN owns.

♦ POKE 26497-

1 1 POKE 24496 ■

^« POKE 26458

' POKE 26459

POKE 26460

I POKE 26441

1 POKE4775A

-•I POKE 47755

♦ I POKE 47766

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coiltlOOorleW)

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.picrtw* report ihfe«
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flBTSS tmax 255)

And ftll th« ra«t ar« from Andre Bms, all th« way from Holland,
and should be entArad on tHIa acraana rattwr than whan »m
g>ama is in pl-ay.

COBRA

Infinite IJves:
POKE 36512.62
POKE 3651 3.S
POKE 3^14,0

XEV10US

POKE 53S92. n {*hwe n i$ the
nufnOer of Ives dastra^q

FIRELORD

InfinltQ lives:
POKE 34509.0

5C00BY DOO

Infinite liv«a:
POKE 29614.0

CAMELOT
WARRIORS

Inlinrte livfifi:
POKE 53920.33
POKE 53921,6
POKE 53822.0

WRIGGLER

Infinrta liv^s:
POKE 50173,0

CHUCKIE EGG II

Infinite Kves:
POKE 35453,0

LEGEND or KAGE

POKE 30609 n (where n is the
nunibar Q( liVes. desired)

TOP GUH

tfi1W>rie lives, one

player game only:

POKE 26460,0

Chosen number oA lives: two

ptayar g^me. where n is the

iiuirtb6r destfed:

POKE 27727,0

POKE2772BJ1

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FANTASTIC
VOYAGE

InfinHa Ifvbs:
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InTinits lives:
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SABOTEUR II

Y**, I know it i« r«vittw»d in (M«
IMU* {tomtihing wrong: w^h tlM
poitsl i«fvic* pwtiapa?) bul h
th« S8m«'t b««n awsHabte for a
wMt*, twra'* Ih* icrtutkHi lo )»v*l
Ml* troin Jorkathon ' Ninfa '
Hodgson from auttaighsm.
TlHPW* ahw 90 to Codn C^mpbe^
(rom Olauow afid Scon Sinciair
from Wliwi««t«r« who all pro-
vidadilfis.

Jumf:' g gitdof as soon

Myt)i._.,.. .. ,.; stowly w ■ii- ' '!'^'■
Dropckjwn onto the piar

OOv*. ■ L. V r, I .ot , down steps,
k/h, ftiowHiy oH ine edge, ouo r 00m.
up. nghl. up uniM the laOder «
rftaei^M. up LKTtri you come to the
weapons bsM " ' ^ ^'"-::
I9p«l,ngh1, fit]!

ngrii. use computer ■?(!.

ten (lowr» lefl dciw *n

C dl.

Ic ' • <-<] ull ijown, rtQllit.

C' CO ladders. iUlvw

way iivrmt. mil weapons tl necAS'
$ary, Iqtl. lefi. up. wp. right, move
lift up with letmtnai, letl, left ortto
lifl, movo <ift ckiwr, rtght. down,
dimvT, tjel onto btkft arto e$caf)cl

Andhefa'

Mission 2

M4s&M3n3
MfSStorM
Mi»siOri 5
hAssione

MisSKJn 7

'k KMTie level codes
•■'^ Dgdd» wtto hatls
lum In Sunderland.
Mf aw ENTER
typeJONiN
typeK(Me
type KUJI KIRI
typeSAJMEWtTSy
type GEUiH
typeMlLUKATA
type DIM MAK

SABOTEUR II

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I Fisa Of cooe

1-iW^t hK,

. *T

THE MAP

BY MIKE SARATH

50 CRftSH June 1967

;>

/

NETHER EARTH

H«n*i lh« oofnptcto solution tor
ttw Argut o«it>t wtildi w*
rwrinnd tait Inue. H comes
from Ad^rew Lewis who Itv^s In
Edinburgh. He completed the
gMim«i»<nflApnl.andGlaimstab«
tiw first person to do so. Thai i»
^MnlvM you know dffferent , , .
{As Esttwr Rantzen would u¥>

«p Make on« Anttof av plus can-
non, and on« tradk plus cannon.
AdMne* Aniiarav 30 mtea, «nil
eapCiiJrwthe praMT vtd the niiclflSf
lactofy. Order UiHna vethida to
capture' rwutnt Iw^orles. then
MfOF^ the Antigrav bach. Vou
should now hove one tactary ol
evefV Sundi, ln*ta« your two
rnadhmes 4n the fronl two fac^
tones, wrtn orders to slop and
dcfwKji.

*- Return 10 your wsrbase and
fneks ai many traiM vfih(ci«s wttti
myites or phwwrs, and tin elec-
tric module, because ^ou can sand
them to th« from poettions and
parti detanstvely: again wtlh orders
to stop and dewid

V Mahe an Amigrav vehide with
phasers. mis»ili»s, CMincwAendan
electric module Thtststhe
ttfonaast tjpa of vehicle and can
wnh^andlrMSlwiafroma phasw
bolore tieing dntroyed. Always
put an eidctnc module on vehides
as n adds ranoe and strengthens
its arrnour. Plttie thq vehicle m

your ptiaser laclory, and trom this
poaltbn you can dasuoy any
enamy wftfiiniai>ge. Stay wiir ttus
vaMda kK atwiit 1 00 days and
nputoe any erwmy attacks- This
may appaar (jodng but it's really
wwihit.

•r You sttcMd rtow have many
rvsouroepotnis. Return lo the war-
ba&e arid maHs as manv vehides,
aa described above. Oder them to
dM$roy ertamy robots.

«r Kaepttie offensive up, ^nd tie(p
vehicle to destroy Iroublesome
■names. RMurn once more to
wartwae and maka as many iradi
vehidte m posiibt^, assi$|n>^
them to capture eoanty factoriaa.
Remerr^ter, enemies can be
destroyad by us>n>g your rad.ar -
this wNre mtssii^ are most
handy.

1*^ When one o( your Mhidaa
drawa near lo an enemy w^rtiese.
put It urider combat cxtnistA and
captura ttuM warbase

w Vou may find ihst y our vehk:les
get sbjck tf\ a amaii channel near
the third wartiasa. Should this be
ttte case, take an Anttgrav unit with
a nucksar davtca arfd blow the
blocks out Crt the way - r«imantber
to pull ydur vehidas weii out ot
blaating ranga-

ir Repeat the sbtth: point lo finish
theganw>

HIGHLANDEII

*Why bothar typtfw <n Iha mas-
ahra H^pfMandiar Haling from Issjue
39, when you can use my Qin^lt
eheiai.' crowB Richard Hui^t
from Sale in Chailrira. So
Ct'mon tB4l ua what It la

Kneel ttown and keep per>
formiftQ a N^h btock. u ttml
when the opponerrt hits you ii's
Ns energy that decreasea, not
yours!

Oood Stuff.

SPACE

HARRIER

Here'a a wee bH o' btorpay
fhim Clive Kelly In IralarKi to
make all to«lnee Space Har'
nera invtrtcible. JuM eelect rm
hay* a« normal end wh«n you
mum to the main memi tj/p«
CHEAT3FB69 end. hay preato,
the fsrn* 'Hn rta on its own wffh
you, like I aati, invirtcibita.

Simplar than 1^ month's
hack, |ust MCRQi kn ttie loader
af«l afltar56 POKE 51479.1 and
yoti''re Indaatiuctilita, thanka
to Oevid Stevens fi^m Swln-

dCHL

KATTRAP
KORRCCTIOH

Bit of a C OCk up here I' m efraid,
A tine Of iha Kaf rrap routine
was miasad from the Itatlng in
\&su6 39. Anthony Baardsmore
pointed it out and »Mppia d ttW
conrectkHi. Juat add tha axtra
Una . . .
90 RANDOMIZE USR 57344

ENDURO RACER

Following tt>a Sfnashlngi review of fnduroAaoerlowte Of people
wrote In mtith tha same Up. So, lake a deep braattt aa I Ittanh the

following:

Richard Jenkins. Featherstona; The Sheff Hackara. Shaffiekl;
Qarry Dark. GoSport; Jeff TalttOl, Weytarktoe; Mark Freeman tt^
iMtia Peacock. Twyford: Garnet Wrogg, Huddersrteid: Oavid
Offer, Stidnes; Nigel Jones. Ktddermwtister, Gary IHenderson,
WNtTieid: Stefan Cangford-Roee. Daiston; Paul Robenson. Gar-
denhafil; David Johnsori, Scunthorpe; Steven Wood. Filey: Paul
Mttfray, Hartlepool: John Ctien, Swmdon; Stusi wd Paul Bacfc-
tviuae, Steephill Cove: Paul Beyson. Giaagow; James Ogieaby.
CknUingiham: Jofm Cripps. Chorleywood: Justin Runkett; Artdrew
Woods, 'RxMmNA; CUve and Martm Stonebndge, Dave Dements
and Michaet Rrowrt. Brtstol

Anyway, this la what thay diacovarad - onca tha gama'a atartad
praas forwards, Caps Shift and A at Iha aama thna and you'ra
virhiakad through the first Ihraa lav^a. You'ra on your own
through level four, but Iha tip to eomptala level flva la lo gottahlnd
ttw patm traas and keep Itia ttH'otlf a full on and ttw game ahouMI
ba compMad. Now why didn't I think ol that?

CURSE OF SHERWOOD

Al and Rick from PIrton In
Hartfontahlra would fuve
been popular with tfw Mid-
twHia Saxons of old. They've
come up with a hacking
method (or ridding Sherwood
Forest of the opposition . and
one w'hkh also makes you
immune to their tiorman
waapoftB.

Rfsdy, fJiERGE " ■• m me k)ad«
end delete line tO< Type O-Ear
231199 and kMd in the rest of the
oodewflh LOAD" "CODE.
Then, type Ihaso POKES in
difocUy;

POKE 58370,0
PC4<E 5839S.0
POKE S8704.0

fdWowedby.

BORDER 0: RANDOMIZE USR
35073

and final^ enter

POKE 5«370,0
POKE 56704.0
POKE 55361.100
POKE 58753.100
POKE 58395,0
POKE 58379,100
POKE 58305
POKE 58706,0

And some dues . . .

• Tha scroll with ^ie map la
not needed.

• The shield i« not needed.

• Tha dob amaaftee down ttfe
door through Ihe talap o rt.

• The ice wand freeeee the
rtver making Itp Oiai ti e tO walk

The e#cond In a sefies . . .

THE GOLDEN OLDIE COLLECTION

yet another table of classics . . ,

TITLE

POKE

ZAXXON

48B25.355

ARCADIA

S5776,0

MOON ALERT

42404.255

SABOTEUR

4699B,0

SABOTEUR

29894,0

FINDERS KEEPERS

34252.0

SAI COMBAT

65364,201

SWEEVO'S WORLD

33219,0

FRANK N STEIN

34124,0

HUNCHBACK

26dda,0

R- BALLED

44416,5

BIRDS AND THE BEES

37852.255

JACK AND THE SEANSTALK

56110.0

RESULT

INFINITE LIVES
INFINITE Lives
lOOUVES
STOPS THE CLOCK
INFINITE LIVES
INFINITE UVES
32421.1 INFINITE LIVES

INFINITE UVES

Compiled by Tim Sranon, Steynlng, and Michaet Smith. Morley.

CRASH June 1987 51

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OVER

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Wtwfi I canw Hi this momAng, itry
^n^tn w*(n pratty «»» from
prwlna the ros«B, but by the
tkiM roftni^lMd typing in Uiis
nsil •olut»on , tti«y w*ra pou ring
blood-

Anywiy. Wayn© Pestar from
N«wpOi1 PtflfwU wa» ttw f Irat
QdB lo CWP9 up Mrfth l»^« soUj-
t^, khhougfi manv ■*! ^ Up*-
WByrw, your C20 sottwan wou>
elMK for top'tipttflr o4 (tw montti
Is wtnging lU way to you now.

Th« dtracttom indl<at« ttt#
rou!» ariMind Uw location? and
not (tow to aotva aach paftkwiar
putzl«, and maka n»on a »n *a
wtwn u*»d in coft^lunction with
programmar Jon FUtman's map,

U*0 Hjteport, kftl, do*ri thfouQh
Tloor, Mt, lop BK«. tJouQhnutS. Bot-
tom emtu leti, leh, bottom exjt,
hoOl^ight, top exit. fi^l. rop ernt,
(DP exit, lop exii. top exit, top exki.
doughnirts. bottom ajiit. nghl,
rgtit, lop Bwt, nght, top eJHil, top
0j(it. right, nght, down ttwough
Ikxjf .bottom exit, control Heete,
USA lelepoft, tog «xii. go through
icailin9. h^t , bottom «iut, bsg , lop
exH, rigtrt. 90 Itvcnigh cetlino. bol-
lom exit, ngh, nght. figw, ngm, go
through cailmg. right, right, top
exrt. right, rrghi, down tIrKOugh
fkxtr. top exit, top ^li. top axil,
down tfwou^ noof , Ian. jpm up.
rtghi >ht. top ^xilJOp Awl.

tof I r^ghl. Cfown through

nocx. spl«t up, control Hftad. bot-
tom exit, bottom exit, usa tataporl,
top tinit. hght, control HmIs. rtght.
right, ngiht, boTlomexit. bottom
exit, ri^, LjS« tel«f>ort. top Oxit,
top ttxti. top exit, idfl. top exit, top
ftxii,.ien,uMtaleport. topexit. tell,
loin up. top «xit, top exrt, l«h, use
tflleporl, flpM up. Qontrol be^^.
righi. right. 90 through cttimg, go
ihf ough ceding, go through csilmg.
go through cwmg, right, top 6xrl.

lop exit, control heaboitom exit,
nght. topexit. top exit, go through
ceiling, go through oeihng. lap eKit.
nght. go through c^ng, go
Ihrou^ c»ltng. nght. t)Otto<m exit,
|Oln up. dOughntrts. nght. nght, go
through OBJIifig, go through caimb.
go through ceSmg, nghl. right, bol-
torn axil, get to other artd ol room
and control only H«^. ttonom

exit, t>ottom exit, down through
tloor. dowp through Hoor. lett, lett.
control Heels, bot^trt exit, left, use
tciopari. fump abrug piattorm. top
exit, use teieport, croMm.

Join up. nght. use tataport. left,
use telepofl. n^. nght, use tele-
port, rtgpt. nght, right, splii up.
ponbol Heels, top exit, lop ex)t. top
exit, right, top exii. top exit, top
exit, top exH, right, right, right,
right, cCfitroJ Head, right, right,
right, f ighi. nghi. lop exit, top exit.
ten. left, top «xii. iteughnuts. t>ot<
lorn exit, right, right, top exit, right,
lop exit, top exit, lop exii, lett, jq«i
up, top exil. top exit, top exii, lop
exit, go through cmivig. t»nom
«xit . down Ihrou^ floor . nght,
crowp

left, top exit, use telopcrt. use
teiepori. left, top «x<t, nghn. t^«

CRASH June 1987^

>

^^

,i::l)1 =.(1

"'h!tn? Hpftfc;

1 rfru iiH^ini jt«; «Ln1ii i

pin up. control Heeta,

........ ..^....^^ttifoughartrig.

nghl. 901 10 tihe o(t>er skJa. lop «xit,

topeAFi.taff.got^ '--go

thfougih owKno, - .1

H«atf.r*ghl.'--' ifTt,

go through

(Oinup. top exit

lom B)f ' t.

tKtttOIT r,

down ihtQUf^! Ui^cir. boUGJn cxtt.
down tfirou^ noor, right, n^ht, go
ihrougihcflihng. 90 througih (Mtng.
top exfl. top OJdt, crown.

Bottom exti. u«e icJepon. tx)1-
(cm oxrt_ bol?om o-xit, Dottom eM,
u3«ta)'^' 'etl.uaetAleport,

spUt 141 '^oote. kjtt. te»!.

bK>tto(n exit. Dottom ami, txittom
axit. bonom axil. nghl. fig^l. con-
trol Head, bottom ewt. twttom

eHil IV(!T'"irT', *•»■! !v.1tf;fi- .ml i(j)fln
up . it.

r^.r>1rr4He0l$,

:onttol

P«IK|,

If ' ■^ilmQ.

b-' : bottom

•jxd right, Tight, cJown Ihrouoh
HoOf, crown through floor, o^jhl.
cown,

Left. 90 through ceiling, ijse
lotepofl. use t«l«pcrt. right, top
a»<L top oxil, spilt up, control
Hftels, figN. tcpemt, tiselalefMn.
r>ght, fiohi. tjotrorn ofii. i^ghl, use
t^eport. top eKii, tonifoi Head.
itrTt. lop oxil. use lelepon. right,
right, tKJtlom exit, pn up. rtght.
rtght, tkoitom exit, bottom exit,
tx)ltom exit. )eH. \eH, crown

Right. (iQht. (opexn, lop ex»i, top
e»it, fifltit. bottom •xvl. r>ght. nght.
top extl. get to other end of room,
split up. control HmIs. lop exit, do
not use teteporl yet. control Head
top e«rt, |Oin up. leieport tn mm-
p4ete the g^tie-

STAFEGLIDER MISSIONS

Whm MM with upo<i a Mar,
dctaifi't maner who you tn,
wtien you wi«h Ktpon # ctar th*
mlastona corrve from afar. Eat
yOMT h««f1 0¥t Wall Pl»n«y. Fol-
lowing lh« «p^ quest for
$t3rgtid«F \i$n, hvre coma*
som« help tor mlss^ns tm,
il»«« and four from Mick {Prof ^'
Sof Okiftsif Garlkck Ironi Lowestoft
in Skiff olli.

LEVEL TWO MISSIONS:

Pick up Supar Ml«sila -Thtt 9 an
entumced weapon with a much
kjngef range than normal mlHtos.
Orte can be denied in addition to
the two othof rnftaUas. K doean't
appear to tie any more powerful
ihan theolbsrs.

Destroy Ergon SattI* Crarmm •>

Tbi5isa paMic-d'.irly nasty 0eceol
tmaoNnery, whicn resembles a
mobisgrstn tn- launcher with a
flappjrig lid, Once you tiet (Ht on
the mission ihere' s & lime Umii
w^athtn whtch you are to d^sirpy the
EBC befor« It destroys one 0^ your
kttaai. Thaaaawtl way to dastroy
one is by cirding round betwtd,
and r^ylng yp 10 tt at ground level.
beforA hittir^ tl wilh a m^9il«.

Vou'ne no4 guaranteed to get a
misatta whan you dock for thts mis-
sion, artd lher» isn't tinw to fiy to
another baaa for one. so from j«vai
two onwards it's worth keeping a
mteaite handy iust in case

LEVEL THREE MISSION:

Destroy Ergon Coflimand
C«ntre - The Ergons now Stan
binidtng bas^s en their own m tiie
shap« o( a cube sufTOunded by
four towei^. These pump out hom-
ing misatles as you approach. Bs«t
melhod lor itwr destruction is la
fly QUI at « lair speed aixi at groirf»d
lev^ wttft the lasers constantly
firing. fWlaaae the jn^aile just as
you are about to hit the basa-any
sooner and )t may be destroyed 6y
oneol tha homing missiles,

LEVEL FOUR MISSION;

Destroy Eftion Ammunllton
Dump ^ This looks like 8 large 3D
star set into the ground, tt bohnwes
■n roughly the aame w«y at the
convnend cefiftreeand nras hom-
ing mtssMss as yott pwne irt. The
prooeedure for (jesiroyiing this is
the Bvneaa thai for the Ergon
corronvx) centres

And now ttte revdnge of , . .

THE HAXBY HACKERS

You fust cant ke«p Itiose boys down, and who woi4ld want to? t
love them (to a point . . . ). Tha El Supremeoa of POKEtng have
cofna up with Iwoamazirfg routines this month. Th<Ke'a little to
add except silback, type them In and flnj^oy Infinite a ntenainm»r>t
frofn ttw lop ttpaters.

Oh, and Derrick, Rlctiard says that a bH of boniberdment never
hurt anyonel

STAR RUNNER

Inrtnitetime

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20 REM HAXBV HACKERS
30 BEM CRASH fHEl9B7

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BO READ A: POKE ^^ . ^

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l&O DATA 205,86 6.62

And that's H lor another month. Thank you for atl your help, and
aorry for the many tip i ala r B wrho didnt see thetr rwrme in print. I
wiaa aurpriaed bythe amount of entrtes to our mjspping compet'
Men in Issue 38. Ttw winner Is picked {He's ar» adventure cartog^
mphark but many of the runners up look Uke4y candidates for my
ftirthar requests^ ao keep Ihoae tidy pern at wont. The atfdran
for playing tips, POKES, mape and cfieais varloM* Is, PlAYllilQ
TtPS, CRASH. PO eOK 10, LUOLOW, SflflOf^HIRE SYS 100. t*l
be back next month wtth mora and mere of the aame.

54 CRASH June 1997

The Legend of Norman

An Epic Arcade Adventure thai takes you into iKc realms of Fantasy, Guide Norman
through untold penis in the land of CREYFELL orv his Quest for the Orb of Life.

' Crcyfcll is quite simply the -^"^ — ^— ^— '^•^ -jjjc screens are superbly

tji'swhiikcrsr* ^ ,^ ^ __«^ I <*"wn, pleasing to the eye

/f^7%^ ^^ M J^W^M >^"^^m ^ and offer one of the best

SI^tRUGK^*

views of 3D I've seen"

Watch out for two great new releases from STARLIGHT

DEATHSCAPE and DOGFIGHT 2187 COMING TO YOUR LOCAL RETAILER

on Spectrum. CBM 6 Amstrad.

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DEREK BREWSTER'S

GREAT

ADVENTURING
MOMENTS -
1984

Back In 1964 CRASH took Hs first fa rtdHng steps along
ItM vtprt of Th« Adventum Trail. That year saw the
f l li a ia of many adventures whose lastability might
Surprise those who thmis all old games are long dead
and gone (espec ta I iy a rca de players used to short s helf
life games). H«re I pofrrt the connolssaur of old (but
good) games back to the Summer of '04 where we
begin our look at the Farnous Rve.

FAHTASIA DIAMOHD

HewMKi Consuildnts.

Reviewed way hat.k in lune oi
'M, this illustrated sdwenturt» kid
J tretinendou't amnunt going for
in. tndependenl chardciefs, ^<^al
tinw, cursor key opiion on move-
ment, weakness ds an added
chdraciertstic to bring re^lHrn to

I he concept of fatigue, user-
friendly vociit>uf.iry going beyond
vvrb/nouri with LfXJK AT dislin-
gUfthdWe from LOOK INTO, and
even LCX>K ACRt^S into jdja-
treni: l<x<3ition» to we signs of
impending danger. All of these
served to niade lhi^ an adventure
with a difference.

SNOWBALL

Levels

A classic Level ? lext-only game
with the long, Cdrefully-crafted
^tmo'jphprif' locMlion fipscrip-
tionv and di-i>^led, inlofmative
examine reports which have since
becorne their hallnurk. The
MorylirM? itill kiok« interij^ling,
&ni the Snowba 11 spacecraft h siill
a wonder to eKptorc.

THE KST
TmLOaY

Incentive

The Mountains of Kel started rl all,
followed by Tem[ili''s«f Vran with
j[tmos.ptH."fic kx.itior pj^sjgi"*, J
combat routine, along tvtih w('ll-
rounded, inlpresting probtefrtsi.
The Final Mtiskwi, reviewed ir>
Novi^mber, added neatly boKed-
tn localion descriptions, on-
scieen score, a iLin<^' on entedng
kxratlorH for the first time, and a
ilron^iexaminecomrTvind. Incen-
tive's teKl-only threesome stiJI
kioksgood.

THE HOBBIT

Melbourne House

This «s a moift limdy retr)mmer»-
dalion as fhe Hobbil boo^ cel-
ebrates i(^ fififielh birthday this
yesr, having \ieen published way
back in 191?. The etHinynxKi^
computer fjanw joined ihe super
league th«> moownt it was
rekoied due lo its intk^xindeni
cbaractCfy and comely te>i,t ar>d
pictures, lis problefns are fascinat-
ing, which may go some way lo
explaining the fact ihat i« doe* not
seem lu fiave aged here in 1^7.

LOROS OF
MIDNIGHT

Bevond

You're definitely missing out tf
you havt»n't seen this one. Adven-
ture Trail wis one of the first to
publish i review, but the success
it went on to achieve was all its
own work, as it was (he first garne
lo show what the humble Spec-
tfufii could red II V do givi-n anong-
ina! idea. Many consicJerc^ Mite
SInglefon. Ihe i^pmc's author, a

THE PAWN

Producer: Rainblrd

Price: £14.S5

Authors: Magnetk ScroUi

he Pawn wiU already be
known lo many, a^ it ha<i
bepr^ doinR well on the
larj^er computers (in-
cludmg the QL and the
Atari ST}. However, it looked like
there vtsi little chartce d it filter-
ing its way down to the smaller
home micros, Wdl, before w**'ve
even had time to think about Thf
Pawn and anhcipate it, here it i^
on the 128K ^'ctrum, albetl
without the graphks which have
M) pfettity decorated its revievirt
fofo^her computers. Test-only orii
Ibe 128, r/M» Fawn still {provides
aH Ihe eniertainment of its sister
versiooii.

Unless you'v« been an adven-
turing ostrich, you'll already
know thai The Pawn has received
many accolades. CJpening up tht^
lypkally glossy Rainbir d package
quifr a |umhb of parts comes
lumbimji out The Urgei.1, mosi
gkissy booklet is ihe noveila, A
Taie of Kerovnia by G Sinclair,
wtiich shows a map of Kerovnia
on its b<itk fovef and irKludcs .i
cyphern help section towards the
end. This mm of numbers and let-
ters, when typed inio the com-
puter jHer the tnpcit HINT, is
digmted by the program itself and
are regurgitated as plain English
phrases. As Ihe number of k-Her
arMJ number combinations are

long in order to answer such ques-
tions as How E>o I Ooss the Red
line? and How Do I Drop the
Wristband?, the instructions give
you iwo examples lo try your
hand which I can reveal bnng up
Ihese fwo comments' 'Congratu-
biion^" and 'one two, on^ iwo,
teeing'. AHo in the package are
two smaller bookk!ts, one a gen-
eral guide to giimeplay and the
other a more spectfit set of nok-s
tJirected at The !i8K Spectrum.
To compleie ihe pack is a gorxt
poster diMilayintj the picture fea-
tured on the novella cover.

The screen layout, bemg full of
tent, is rwcessarily restricted in the
ways in can offer diversions from
a large sheet ol words, bui iht'
program has macte some attempts
to provide tnterest. The top con-
lains a band which bears the
name of the current kxiatiori,
ak>ng with your score and the
number of locations visited i,you li

know which is which, m one of
these figures increases rathe*
more easily Ihan the oiherD,
What's below is liahKoloured,
superbly redesiflr>ed and readabk>
U'xt against a oark background.
Lleverly. the program allows the
intensity of Ihe text colour to be
raised or lowered by just pressing
Ihe GRAPH kf^y , so you can keep
the text readable as light condi-
tions falling upon the screen vary
(perhaps, midrlavlo midnight wiln
a game as involved as ihislK The
GRAPH key is listed, ak>ng with
some others which jireatly ,^iwi
editing ytiur input during play.
Apart from ihe usuiil delete one
crwacterlo the left kev (DELETti
you can also employ I ne left and
right arrows to move through the
text, the up and down arrows to
jgmp one word left or rrght
through Ihe lent, or delete one
word to either left or right with
TRUE VIDEO and INV VIDEO,
Were this nol enough, EDIT pulU
down your !asl entry' after the pro-
ttram has at knowledlged il and
lound ii wanting. These features,
akjng with the 42 character line^
(giving an almo<^t worti processor
neatness to ihe display) and the
up to two-and-a-half line input
lengths, give the game a feel far
removiHl from the old Spectrum
fonts and fat es

The Mrjrylme and gameplay are
truly enthralling, although you
might take its boast of accepting
everyihing you input lightly, ^ on
many occaskMUi the parser seems
to ignore the second bgicat part
of a long coTi<itrMCl ion.

The story toncems a King Eriit

whose popularity has sIhI in the
polls due fo his condoning ihe
bjinishm«nt of the Roobikyuub
dwarfs- Ihe puzzle of the
Roobikyoub l>es in (heir supposed
assassir^t^ of Queen lendah II
and their vital economic impor-
tarKe as they produced the
smoothest, strongesl malt whrsky.
Now the economy is iiterally
depressed, wilh the gap in ihe
drinks markf^ filled by Ihe Faith-
ington Real AleCompany And the
spring water-bottHng Komni
gnomes, interest groups who
nave rK> desire to see fioobikyoub
in any new alignment (groan!}.
But peopk siill hanker forihe old
whisky.

Play is fully explained m the
bookkH in a fashion which
fhdeed< as the programmers
hoped, gpes a long way to ef>lic-
ing n«w adventurers lo the game
while Slill retaining Ihe respect of
old hands The number oi van-
ations lo achieve even a simple
task are great as in LEAVE SHOP,
whwe you can enter just thai or>
CO SOUTH. S. CO S, OUT, D.
im. EXIT SHOP, or EXIT
SOUTH- Smiitjply, the* rather
rr>ore complitaSed area of picking
up Items in a crowtied location
albws the likes of GET ALL FROM
THE 5CHCXX BAG EXCEPT THE
ERASER or GET ALL EXCEPT THE
CASES BUT NOT THI VIOLIN
CASE which If you follow ihe
fo^, actually rrtearis you w»ll get
the violin case along with all the
obfects eKcept the other cases!
More impressive still, ihe instruc-
tions weigh in wilh KiLL THE
MAN EATING SHREW WITH

58 CRASH June 1987

THECONTENTSOf THE VIOLIN
Case it» sentence which i$ even
imbtguuuii in plain fnn^lish!) and
REMCWE THE SHREW'S TAIL, Jn
enamph? of posw^sive con si rue -
tMjn I can'i femember seeing
Wort" in an <idven!ufe rSYMB
>HIFT iind 7 brings up the raiwd
dpoilTOpHeK AND. THEN, punc-
tuaiton jind IT ate <:j[ered for Ai
wdl but rounding oH tbp vocdbu-
Urv wtlh dnoiher impftssive fea-
(urtfisthe imdiigeni way ihtpfOR-
QUI deab with tnpui as wheti J1
*s(a i quntinn to cldrlfy the
player's jtmv. For example, when
dfopping i hat the pf ofttJm might
WQodef which one Jihouid you be
aaryiti^ two, Mdny pnwams
inqurre Which hatr of 'Which
oner, bui >hi^ program noi only is
mo/e specific with the ouery {say.
"Wbitn hat, the smaij hat or the
H^otled hat I'} but ^h>o allows the
pbycf to iusr quickly type in
which hal without the ne«d to
repeal the iniiial mpul. Ffiendily
indeed, mtj^ty fncftdly.

evening quite a wjy into Ihe
aiivcnture there are some areAS
which suggest some largess on the
part of tl>e in&truciion^. I have
a (read V menlioneij theoc(^JMorr,al
relapse by the progjam when ii
choo^e^ to ignore the second part
of i com^h ierviefXf The
examine command Iwhefe, like
movt wonds, EXAMINE mubl be
spielled out fully- alon^ with long
words such as ftoo^iird^l cart
be he^l, ti in EXAMINE
GRAVEL, 'The gravel rs small
pieces Qi black stone", can rrHSs
entirely a& wilh 'V^h»\ bidck
ilone^f, or give a reply which
miy Of may fwl be comical, The
ami5 are quite king for the lime of
year.' It'i worth noting befp th,il
EXAMINE and Lf )OK IN are sub-
tly different commands, bringing
about furutamenul changes in
your fortunes should you l^^rn
how lo use tbefn properly On
ariother occasion you are tofd
how yoo cannot iee a tree when
you are in a forest while, despite

the imtruction« boia&tin^ many
weird jnd wonttefftjl Mjecrive
recDgnilK>ns< the prt»ram doei»
not comprehend LOOSE in the
command EXAMINE LtX)SE
FLtXJRBOARD. Let's stay with
this <ir>e 10 k-iid me ini« orje or
two mi*givintj> I hdve with tFie
plot EXAMINE FLOORBOARD
replie* large af>d very *olid' y^
levering the board with the hfH*
achieves nOthiriR but doinf; some-
thing A loi simpfef gets the fesull,
However, more woin iiR m terms
of a credible plot is the potich
which doesn't sewn to OKisl until
you have fipiched the guru his
water, an aci toiatly oncoocemed
wilh the appfii ranee of the
pouch. Syth (nconMsterKiei pull
ihe plot into an ever lightening fed
oftineafity.

The f*Awf} is a major addition to
the Spectrum game player's
library of fine games. Av an
adverniife it is a most traditional
fantasy di^tiir with fewer unusual
addilwns than you might expect,

making little effort lo protw nvv> I
problems or find origina] $olu- )
tions, No-or^e could be blamed
fqr looking enviously at (be super-
lative pit toro i^cen on Iht' Al^iri ST
version Id?, on iht- Ixi*! Ilu> Ihns,
text-only Spectrum narw* i\ still a
fascinating inp into the imagina-
tion wherp ,ail jvid adveniurer^,
fresh-faced of wizened, tong to
(iwefl,

Difficulty: not drfficult

Graphics: none

PmenLalkm: neat character set,

adju'^i'iblc ipxt mtensity

Input facility; complex seflHeflce*

Resptfflse: t,isi

General rating: rt'.iKy engaging.

I iimpk-v itdvi'nlufing

Atmosphere 9S%

VixabuJary 90%

Logic 87%

Addictive quality 92%

Overall 90%

SHADOWS OF
MORDOR

Producert Melbourne

House

Price. £7.95

Author : Beam Software

he biggest scrftware
releases in ad%'eniuf«
gtiming art^ those baited
on the works oi JRR Tol-
kien, for their source
materidl it derived from the great-
est set of fantasy books ever writ-
ten.

The Hobbir told the story ol
BiHki Baggins jnd hciw he was
kinwiltingly thrown into the world
of darl«,ness and danger far from
ihe rosy tunnel he had knowrun
Hobbiton. Bilbo eventually
feegan lo enjoy his exotic
Hjjotmts, along with Ehe treasures
ai^ skills he nad timassed, and
ihis enthusiasm for adventure,
peculiar amor>g home- loving
l4ohhi|», transferred itself fo hi*
toung and impressionable
cousin, Frodo, The frjnrf of the
Rinffittikm otbootts leds Frorio's
slory, andtms game being I hf sec-
ond computer instalrrM^nt, it fol-
lows ihe iheme of the second
book, the Two towvrs,

Tlhe computer game is tilted
SAddoMr$o/Mon^ which proba-
bly reflects ihe adventure's desire
not So be thought a rerun ol ihe
book, but a game more loosely
fused on Ihal work and only
keeping lo the essential atmos-
phere of Mjddk- Earth. They tdke
arHMher chance to di,stance them-
wlves from the awe-inspiring and
entreat task of transposing Tol-
I kien's masterpiece to the micro-

computer i«i the style of the
instructions, which ttave taken on
a whimsicaj and self-di^prwatory
air. Have ^ look ^l this Unv from
the introduction: 'The S/iadow^t
ol^ Mofctof ii a brilliant piece of
fantasy sortwafe thariks to the re-
working of many of the game's
systems by a higlily trair^ team
of idiots'

If (he rntentton is to show the

reader I hat this adventure is. after
all, oniy a g^rne, they Ctin rest
dsisured this style certainly lowers
expectations.

Although there are instances of
idiocy to be fouiKl, let's not r+weli

here and instead consider the
many fine aspects to this great
game,

Gameplay h^ similar to Lotttof
the kitif^ Pjut One, perhaps trxi
similar for (hfjw who wiTcn'r
altogether struck by that p(o>;
ram's perfarmance. The pr(j>;
rammtng team saw in that liist
game advantages in of^ring com>^
iliv charattcr mieraction and

jhulary tuir>dling. Here ilw?
characters again are marveltously
independent wilh their own per-
■^onalilies. Strengths <md
J ilegia nces These characteristics
may well influence the kind of

tiof^M" vou achieve wt>eii con-

,ing with ytjur coHeagues and
acquaintances using the impor-
tani SAY lO (CAN DALE) con-
strue tmn. The two exampk's
given go some way to indicating
the possibilities of inter acting with
■ ■ chief players in the plot, SAY

5AM KILL THE OftC WITH
litE SWORt)' and SAY TO
SMEACOl TAKE THE GOLD
FROM THE ORC" fSmeagol i* a

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DEREK BREWSTER'S

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^

^^S*-,

K~^W

■'V.N^'h^'w

•\

crvatune, who like Thorin in Tfie
Hi^ibit, see«TM 10 be ihe total
in^Kciie. forevef snealunH olY jnd
rtiiUfriirYg irofn the bushes). With
Sam, ytm can €hoo»« to haw him
torjtcolied automatiCfiliy hy ihe
COtnpuH^, m whkh ca^ he cjn
be jsk«d to perform ^pecffit
Actions by way odf the SAY TO
SAM corrMfUction. Aherniitivdv
Vou can take a mofe activfr rolt by
BECOMEina SAM. (nott ihe (ul!
^opl, which may be of more i.t^f
when (ht* Hobbit^i go <heir sc^fLi
rate ways. As wilh ( OKRtfl (J/H'.
you must taki? u|] ihtv opiion jt ibi'
verv Mad oi tht: gjnte, bul urUike
thai Um advi^ntute. there appears
to be only Ihe !wp Hobbil^ avails-
bk? fof tbi<t schemer, as op(>o!eid lo
the four (Merry and pippin were
ihc Otfwrsl HI th*' fiM game. This
fwceisanty thangi-s Ihe look of
Ihe advertlure with the layers of

Eage5 efieci Rone, leavioi; ju^t a
and acroiiv the lop bearina either
the name of ^m or Frodo (the
deiault character^,

Vocabulary harrtflirtS ha*
always been j strorvg poini to the
big N^Wlbourne Houw gomcn.
Here there's an 800-wa*d vocab-
ulary of )r»gliii'h, the EnRlrUi ^ub*>ei
fif« seen in The Hoohit. Ad jet ■
lives and prepoiilinnJi are dej.lt
wtlh jt&efficientfy m the verb^ and
nrwn* w^hich form the ba^H of all
rrwinslream advenlure tommurii-
cation. Punctuation and I he word
AND can allow many in^^uttior^^
In bi> litrung together, and thi^
'^ g.ime b<M^!> the oppoftunity (or

Ihe pLiyef to K''"'" J chjidcliT j
^trind fji ((Miimdnd* lu act vijx^fi
immediately. ALL aHows an
actksn to affect everyone, includ*
ing your own character, %n KtLL
ALt should be l^'mpt^red with
BUT FROfXl unless lhinK,<> an-
goin^ particularly badly!

Due to the compleKity of the
vocabulary yoor input m^iy have
to become quite sfiecifk: in order
tr» achieve ihe destred result, (n a
Rj^mt* which seems to have some-
thing for rolling stone* vtwJ mu*t
spe<.<!y whKh dire<:ti<xi you wish
to roll it< olherwisi.' ihe pro-am

■is'xurTMH north \n another ca^ie
I Ih' iirugram selects Jt vm^jl vword
for a Usk for which H is most
unsuited given no alt«»malive
specific imtmc lions by the player
orv which itpm to erfipltjy-

Rfn m Stiflw Ar^f havf> Ag9 in pen*
ned thii ^ame, and ii has gaiiq be
said that I he Tace this adventure
presents to ihie ptayer isn't thai
lidy. When you consider the
lef^^ even small ^oltware con-
cents art" f^oing to in ordpr to
improve robiirini; and readabil-
ity of the screen. Beam m>gh\ be
said lo be a link* luridite m I heir
attituiies. Thankfully, ihe classic
rounded, comp,v;i prmi famous
from rhe/'tobi»risret^irted{prol>-
abty the pfettiest character set
ever lo $rac« Ihe Speclrum
Kreeni' and your input i$ idily
tucked away at the bottom in dis.

limlive capitals, f>ut atxjve 1% a
stark while ness pLintlLiaied by an
unlidily'SCroJiinf) list of happen-
ings, Technfcally, the game is very
skwf. with prei;nanl pauses
irripased after just ahoui every
deci<.ion And on the bug tronl,
the extremely cr^iourful eiraphics
on the 1 28K (at leasl on the copy
( was semi are loo fast even to
form uibl-iminal imafl^. They're
on and off in a literal r!a$h.

The two nialor concerns (or
shwksl from ftini fine are still
here. The fringe non -loading,
appearance to ihe loading
sequence is retairved, as is the
r»eed to repeatedly save, because
a QUIT or a cieath requires the
whole pfo&tam 10 be kuded hi
ai^in. not something one relifhes ,
with a 1 2flK prfsgram, II mighi be
worth mentiqrung here thai ihe
48K version does not have
^uHtcient merriory \o Mjpporl
graphks.

Shadows of ^ordor looks a
vpry inlfrpslinf^ f^me. The test of
anv game i^ how easily >l enter-
tains and I've got lo say I really
enioyed reviewing this Mel-
bourn«> House classic.

DifficuUy: no pushover

Graphic Si attractive

Pri-st'nldilion: average

In pij I la<. titl y : complex, sentenr es

Respome: i>low

GenCfd rating: a big game

Aimosphere 94%

Vocabulary 90%

Logic 91%

Addiicl ive qua I ilv 95 %

Overall 93%

SHIPWRECK/CASTLE EERIE

producer: Tartan
Price: £2.95
Au(hor: Tartan

, her^'^ «ometiiJTig about
(he names oi these two

proftTiifn^, *<•'<• t»v mail
ordif on one cassette,
which su^ests a certain
Ljmilidrity evert before you load
up, To borrow a Mo-rity
Pyihonftm, they're good 'woodv'
words in the SfMKfie of advwiture
game namK. As tt turns oul. it
Hn'i jusi Ifw name* that have a
familiar ring to tiiem - the prog-
ram* have a took similaf lo Syo-
itsnk, or ^iibd^ De/M, or Hxrtbt
Given the •►uccesi of 1 hose pro-

Kami, and the ever-populariiy o*
e fhefiws of shipwreck and eerie
castles, I could quite go along
with those who think these prog-
ram$ are rather good. The
sraphks, ascver^ are pimple, but
they arert'l SO Cfunde astobe irrtial-
ing (in fact ihev are very ^imiiaf if>
style to SeJMse Oeha). The
characEer set is distioctive and
churticy and rates very hi^ly on
the readabilitv scaUv The be^p
which accompanies ENTER is
also particularly reoiiniscem of
Seabaie Deft,t.

The ftory sets you up oo ih^r
shin (you're taking A wdl-earned
hofiday) and dymp^yoooffon an
inland (there is a fire down below
and you are forced to abandtin
ijiiph Wanderineafoundihe ihip
is much as you' d enpec I, with ihe
po«t on y our te^ and Ibe sher rv on
your right, and all things ship-
shapeandnaulicdi. there's a cer-
tain syrnmetry to this ^hipfi-hapefl-
fMJSs, wilh parallel dttks running
the length of the vessel separated
by distractions ^ch as a shop,
writtog room, cardroom, bar and
bathing poo4. A lifeboat and
liM^ts are an early insight into
your predicament, but for now
you COOCer n yourielf with getting
past the ttewa rd who bars the way
lo the toonge, gaining access to
the bridge (for which you rwed a
perrnil), ^nd how lo buy things in
the !ihop And dsewi^re wnen
vtHir character doesn't ieem to
have any spendi ng money

One aspect of tnis game which
worne^ me a liitJe Js its ir^sislence
on rather specific solutions to cer-
liin problem'.. Mo*t especial^y in
the unht ^tpots, I think [he program
coutd have allowed a greater
number of word options without
wtiich marty oi the problems are
going to h^ve people really
slumped- Anyway, on to the flip
iideto see if it is as much fun.

As with 5t»f>wreck. OifA? f eoe
puis up the instructions on screen
first, with a timely siron to warn
yoLi fostmthetdpe Inthisgame
you pUy Chariic |on«, an extra-
special agent working for a t«cret

government department dealing
with un<i{>lved mysieries. Vou are
cenjfied. lo carry a gun that is,
and your assignment has yov
traveiiing to investigate a mysteri-
ous castle on (he north Scottish
coast. The casile should have
been empty ever since the owner
died In an odd manner some yeafs
ago, bill dimly-)il figures have
been seen at Ihe windows at
night, and strange sounds have
been heard cofniryg from the cas-
tle. Any wtio have beeo foolish
enough to inve<.iigaie in the past
have never returried, so it is with
some trepidation that you try to
round up ihose responsible for
this mystery,

vow are in a smatL, «li rtv toat*>t
u« tK « Wi»sik-iia!»iiii in «Ki> corner
or iKe rooM. hiimt.mr ^rktm tlirou*]!
<» crack in tKe b a& ■ n ■
CXbI^ Ar«! SOUTH & £f15T,
v«tw can al^n ?&««:-
a <d<-k^p»n9 Tfif>

^ TtW t»pft tmrft drip in dutlt Ewte .

Following a rather good k>ad-
ing screen, you begin with a
torch, a gun, but only one bullet
as you have absent-mindedly left
your ammunition behind. The
qpening picture has someatmosr-
pnere aboul il, showing I he gale-
way to the castle wiih iht- shading
used to enforce the image of light
thrown from one side. Trying to
enter Ihe castle reveals the obvi-
ous (The door's closed V), so the
only di ret' Hon lef^ open to you is
west to a ra I her broken-down hut.
This then k'ads onto quite a
number of (ocalions which have
orie or two items apiece, once
again very similar to Shipwreck,
Some items are immediately
accessible, while others can't
even be examined-

OfKe settled into the run o*
things you discover somie nice
toucjies^, picking up the ladder,
you quHe rightly lino out you can't
iust cart it everywhere, whilst on a
more frivolous theme, flashing
lights and creaking door sounds
keep the senses amused. As with
Shipwr^k, there are liiwes when
the vocabulary needs to be very
specific, but given that the solu-

Atmosphene
Vocabulaiy

79%
71%

Logic

Addictive quality
OveraJI

88%

87%
82%

tions, once found, are logical, this
(sn'l such a damning criticism,

Siiipwreck and CtHlh Eerie are
rather entertaining adventures.
They look smart arvd have engag-
ing themes, I pailiculariy liked
Caate Eerie, whose problerm are
especially fun to solve. Programs
for both amateur and wizened
adventurers altke. Tartan
Software can be contacted ai 61
Baitif Norrif Crescent. Montrose,
Angus DD10 9DT.

Difficullv; no brick walls, but the
vocabulary can be exacting
Cnphkf: vary, but some aren't
too bad at all

PrescnialkNi; very attractive,
clean cut look
Input racility: verb/noun
Response; Quill (very fasU,
grgphic s s1(?\ver
General rating: good

DON'T
PANIC -
PANIC
NOW

Producer; Denied Designs
Price: £3.99
Authors: A Sanders, H
Church, M Eacrett

omewhere in the back-
waters of space lies a
■*, j^! blue green planet whose
-; Jsvj inhiibitants are m3 utterly
^ fHiituiivf that tht>v vtifl
think the C5 is a pretty rteat
idea ... So starts a game whose
humorous insfHration becofnes
quite clear when names such as
Arfur Bent and Ford Escort roam
around a Vulgar belching star
cruiser with the aid of a Burble
fish hearing device. Consider
further the programming teams'
name, a reworking of Denton
Designs, and you havewhai boks
like, and indeed ts. a satire in Ihe
mould of Feftus McNeil felted
here as one Fungus Sv Niiiilj. TJ>e
point is that Fergus McNeiJ's
satires deal with Tolkien and other
straight' fantasy works, whereas
Dented attempt to satirise an
already deeply whimsical sel of
books iDotiiglls Adantt' Hitch-
iker's Coideih You can't help
wtjrtderfng how much of this
sanware's charm lies in its simply
purlofn^g the best parts of the
Hifc/iftei"* Scries, and how much
on (he new estrj dash of humour
spread on top'

Arfur Bent's day starts much as
you'd expect - nursing a hang-
over in bed, surrounded by
counlfess empty bottles. The pic-
lure showing Kim snoozing in his
bedroom is slowly drawn, but as
with many in I he three p,irt^ which
make up this advent uro, hds a cer-
tain cartoon-like diarm which in
some way matches ils overriding
simplicity. Vou can collect up ail
the botl les and examine them (the
bottles had previously held dou-
ble-strength Scotch Whiskey), this
ability to examine things being
rather rare in the adventure as a
whole. The bathroom is found io
be in a bit of a mess, but the ever-
uselul toilet roti is here. A ran-
domly-inspired message pops up
now and again which slates,
'Contrary to popular belief, the
Truck Driver's Guide lo the Uni-
verse says that the loilel roll is Ihe
most preciousaj^d important iiem
any person or being could possi-
bly possess' and so it seems the
fight ihmg to pick the roll up forth-
with. tJiher humorous asides
refer to a certain Marillion fan
{yes, that Fungus again), the
planet with 'Nice Big Macs' (The

CRASH June 1987 61

fe

^ Ffimv ttwsuf^ Spm, ind

Earth, vlupid^ and the fact thai ibc
Truck Dfiver's Ciuide m^k*^ no
rrK>nlion of th* Vlt 20 whjl-

0(?ii'f Rank is rm mejn ,9t!i?mpt
t^thnrigknKlhkeirJViiiil^ofi^Drd Pre-

fect <ind Co to the microcompuiei'
screen. Il is j Qinthd jtnd fHuf>-
trated Aff.1tr wilh !.luwly tth^dt'd
dr^wJng^, the odd typing error,
dnd th« odd qu¥fy d^tnsl lU
stniclure (Ai H ww bridge where

you arc laid of a nonh-iiouth path
bul no4 (he cdvt exil which sen
progf^sl What the g^me doei
posive** is oodles of cha racier,
gpod uw? of coliOur to enliven the
tt'Ki. (ind Vinvit \hM ar^ mi ridicuE-
ous thev tickle the chutkletumi
("If you wan! to succeed, ihen
«upercedi> your old %itc6i with
our t\ew Supens««ds. Sow some
soon' - «ffl in (he k^rdpn
centre). Certainly wonh \ne fifw
Acturiin Ntei^ -Credits lor tbi*.
long Ihrw-pjrter, OOflV Pjnw: k
.ivi) liable mdil order from I>e<tt«d
Designs, 1 1 The fHitl, PortstewairT,
Co. Londoncterrv ST 5 5 7 AT

DJifKulty: tricky in places, tdcky

in olhcrs

Graphics: pimple with $, certain

cjrtoon ttjvoijr

PmttAatkm: ^pod: readable sci^

fi -f hiifiK tpr %pl

Input fdcHtty: verb/noun

Rr&pome: Quill

Qtnttit ruling: tonger than a

toilet roll and just as sofit

Atmosphefe

69%

Vocabulary

71%

Logic
Addictive quality

78%

73%

Overall

71%

OPERATION STALLION

I'roducer: Wrightchoice
Software

Author: A \ Wright

h» QuiHed, Patcheti
Aftd lHuiifiiled pro^^Tdm
w.i^> <*ni to me iome
timeaeo. Il'slhettrstpjrt
i>f a MiQgy Qt' .idvcnlunes
whirh give the MJCCessKjl jdven-
tu/er J charKC lO COtloct £S00
from the software houje should
he or she complete dll three
reteA^«, This game comists of
rv^ quite distinct parts (^r\d is fo
old that parts three and four
vhould be ready about now). Pari

DfM? wi?s you finding your way to
the briefing roofn to mee* your
bos^ CJ, On your way you coJIecl
som^ itemv fay searching aroond
yogr offite .inri, if you can avoid
the two (rather obvious) sudden
deaths, drnve at I be briefrng room
TO collect the equipment for yoyr
missiorf, &ut this is jumping the

Ejn. Lei's we who you are and
am about you^ mission.
For the bst six rnonths Bntdirt
has been swamped with drugs,
large quantities of higb quality
heroin fiave made ihdr way into
the coun(r>'. and it was aN ike
Dru^s Squad Offers could do to
p)tpv<?tiil the system collapsings
Ooe lead enw^rgecf during mten-
siive quesikpmingol captured deal-

ers - a Mr Big wtio went by the
name of Stalfion, A stroke of luck
then le>d (he team to a crashed
U>rry which was found to have the
sante type.' of heroin as their earlier
hauls hidden wilhtn its tyres, A
company nam«d Grand Union
Supplies were transportinR a
cargo of machirwty parts (o Istan-
bul with ihe lorry, and would
seem to have relumed from thai
city with the heroin aboard.
Enquiries into the background crf
this company revealed it wa^ run
by O'ne Chow King Kwok, whose
record showed a histcKy of drui^
related ofibnces. The team's
head. Detective Supertntendem
tharnbefs, Wt thai they were on
lo something and that Kwok might

lx> I fw Stallion,

Catching Kwok at his sinister
garrw proved far from easy how-
evef, as the crtminat always
seemed to keep CH>e step ahead of
the learn. Then an agetit following
Kwok discovered (be existence of
a mole supplying him with their
ew*ry move, hut trie agent was kil-
led belgie be could reveal the
nwte's fdentity, II was now that
Kwok's case became a ivianer of
great urgency and ihe Prime
Minister was infbrm(?d,

During times of peace you are
John Blake a felwhJe .idmmi*-
trator in |he riHards dep-irtmenl.
Only twD peopfe know other-
wise : Charles (enson (CJl your
Ihjss, and the Prime Minister,
Your alter ego is The Fixef, a
member of a small crack division,
working in areas outside ihe luris-
dit tifm of the law. the work you

THE GOLDEN MASK

Producer: Compass
Prke: £2. SO
Author: Jon Lemmoti

h yes, good old Com'
iss. soiWare, We last
lumped ir^iu Cantp^ii
in December '86 with a
name railed D^man
ftomtbe Darkside. Welt, don't be
fooled by the title, evert officially,
this is thai game - Part Two. Like
its predecessor, (his makes ^1^1 use
of every utility under th*- sun,
Iricluding the precursor lu PA IV,
(he Press text compressor addi-
tk>n to the Quift suite of aitfs Any
regular rt'Jtief will kngw ihjt I'm
a sucker for inrK>vjtion, no matter
how small, artd here we have a
simple deviation from the norm,
where exit directions from a loca-
tion are marked by little arrijws
Simple erxiugh, and not
aflogether easily followt>d, butf'm
a sucker ftir novel I y and you do
get ust>d to thf< ihmp after a short
while.

Looking back to Pan One m
Det ember, (here was Morrack
(your character^, ttie apiHi?ntic»<
In the wizard Ashmeard, nebein]>(

62 CRASH June 1987

the brave chap who banished
Drakon lo the cave of lllindd
whilst at the sanrte lime relieving
him of the Golden Mask. It was
your task to add insult to injury
and lighten the bad ^uy's load
even further by snatching ihe Fal^
con Staff from him. Well, did you
do it Mf so, this *s how ihe story
now stands . . .

Having defeated Drakon and
(ravelled back up the secret path
of twil, Morrack once more stood
in the lands of DraL As he looked
op at the bright sky. Wise the owl
flew down to him. They talked fof
hours and it scmn becanie appar-
ent thai Drakors had not died -
nor for thai matter had Slodge the
dwaiiT. Now there was a riew
darrger. Ashmeard the wizard
was dead and with him died the
knowledge of where ihe Golden
Mask ha J been hidden. If Drakon
found the mask fjefore Morrack,
he could orK^e again summon
great armies of demons and with
Ashmeard dead, no-one coutd
s<op ihe evil which wcnild devour
Dra! and all of its inhabitants.
Your quest (his lime is to find the
(.i()!tt(>n Mask whikra\oiding Dra-
kon > demun it>rces.

Visually, this game is good-
looking with a demon's mask
prettying the text t>order (or
should tnat be uglyingfh detailed
pictures -even iTlhey do display
a somewhat eccentric choice of
graphic styles - and a character
set which is olde worlde' yet still
attractive arKi clearly readable, A
Kood choke of colours keeps
thinfs bright, and more decora-
tion accompanies the items in the
inventory list, thts time small
token graphics.

Getting involved in the game
reveals a very playable adventure
where your character gets carried
jtong in the smooihfy flowing
action. You might say the game is
not loo difficult in the sense thai
everything meshes together easily
in a short space of time, hut
funher into the p lot yotj mi Rhi f i nd
ihe limiting nature of the vocabu-
lary stowing you up {as at the
boat). The vocabulary on the
whole isn'l bad though, with both
L andf R brrngirrg .?bout a Kede-
scribe. Examining ihmgs is best
done once you^w picked an
oli|eci up, otherwise you meet an

unpreposessing reply, t)i,r*»p«ions
are large objects litie the boat
which can be*iT*amjr»t"d when first
mei. Apart from Ihe crucifix
(where EXAM CROSS delivers the
goods with no allowance for
EXAM CRUCIFIX) examine
always seems lo get a resportse,
evefi if it's iusi the 'who are you
looking at?' from Wise the owl in
the first lew frames. He also says
"Morrack, itnw is short. Stcdge
told me lo meet you fwre and (o
tell you that Drakon has sent five
demoris to seal off the mountains
o^ the moon. Travel east and you
may be able to cul ihem off , Not
everythinB is tompk'tely dear in
all of this, bul al least the owl tells
you which way to go.

Golden Mask is a vety compc-
Ipni adveniun' The game has 65
fmatjons. 2S of which display
picikires, and has over 160 meS'
sages, M rtukes rockI use of spo<
ejects, with lights and noise when
moving certain items and falling

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pofiofm K loo import JDl \a bt' IcH
to huifufl lb^l« And fur tht^
nelson a SFtiaK eJtplosive device
hii iK^n impl^nred in your br,)in
roefHur« your cool inued totality.

Thf adventure beRJn^ wHh a
view ol your offtce. the pitiure
here iin't Icmi bad bul il i% NJowly
drawn and t^en more slowly
ihddrti, and it's rdlhpr untidily
KroHed jboul iwo thirds off the
Kreen. The graphical quality
btCGfflei tMhet academic under
these coflditions. I make Mime
ftjss over ibe 4ovf drawing hi
good rp.iHJfi J* the cfpsrriplir)ri<v
jfc loriRihey lend w «:"jii qH wiih
your irtpul and R for Redescribe
g.oes via the ptclure ss^in - t}utle
<i wiiit I can lell vou. Tno view for
the office pifiufe. Itkc^mx-ofthe
Olher room represeoldl«ons, h
from Ihe lop ude of one oi the
wall*, H* per^peciive which seeftis
toworl( tu»i tine.

The KKTdtiort dei^ripltons do
manage to create some atm<H-
phere Ml (heir length, just cop yoy r
eyestonlhisone, *Yoa'fes.ldodirig
in your oHice, tt ii rather an unl«Jy
affair, Ymj cm $ee a siyrdy desk
with two drawers, one of which is
Uighlly open, a telephone ^its> cm
top 01 t^ devk amidst 4 ^ij nf
papef^and m>inill.j tiles, A Hling
cabinet !>tands in orw corner.
There are also two uncomforla-
ble-l(Xiking chiiit), and a laden
hoak&hett A piciyre antf several
charts hang on the walls. On your
right is a window whilst thp dfMir
fs south. You are also aw jn" of ;-
a book. ' Up until the pbtMie rings

no doifbt . Ttie^ vooo i^ i^x.tM.t.m septal
(•tttf ifou c cirk cl«t«<t tli« »f9« I I of

w ^*' _

1

(it fings ii* times!) summoning
you to the briefing room to meet
Q, thing?, are quite straightfor-
ward, wilh the GET AH com-
mand, unuuial tn this type ot
adventure, proving most valu-
able

Examining the book^helt ^ves
the same report as examimrtR the
book, a remark which Sieems odd
unless a red herring h a |raq)ical
fish ell's a book on tropica Kish, a
whole chapter is dcvot^'d to red
herrings" K Ofkce the bosi hj*
summoned yoii (he program
seems to ctafn up, not allowing
you to do artylhing, although you
ifv now allowed to leave your
office, sontethingdenierj you pfe-
viousjy on the preteKt thai it was
not your tea break. Exiting «>uth

to your set ret Jfy's offkeand we^t
ihrouoh .in oak door brings yoo to
corridors of typing pools.

Pari Two is begun by savirvg the
ob|8cts C| has onered yau at the
end of Part tDne The numljers of
the equipment on orter are found
by consuhing the catalogue and I
ihtnM yOuH find sisi objects are
yCKJr limit. In Pad Two you have
traced Kwok to his new opera-
tional base at his tjfother's man-
sion in Scotland, A further torn pti-
cation is now brounht in as this
brother is a n-vember of ihe
Chinese Consulate and as such
envoys the privile^ of diplomatic
immunity. A raid by the poike *S
thewforc Oul of the qi^eslion. This
is clearly your iob, and the PM's
iri!ttruclions AK to obtain tite evi^

ricrte to impl»caie Kwok. get him
to divuljje thf name ivf the double
,ri^^| who has. inid'triMtxl your
ranks, and linally. lerntinatc Stalt-
ion, By the time you reach Scot-
land rjnly 1 7 of your 24 IboufS
r(,=m.iin, and each move Sirtclud-
ing Reck«rf:rihe) costs you six
minuies, \i the bull shoulcl kill you
*',ir(y on, the saved ^Hwrie from
Part t}fiie must be kiaded agait),
so take care.

Operation ,Sraff»or» is a very
worthy attempt to bnrig th*
fjiciiement of a thrillef to iKe
iidveniure scent'. I panic ularly
Ukt'd thf lortg and fasrtnalinj^
stur>line to draw the pLiyi^r into
lt>e plot. There are one or two
spi'lling mistakes I many centred
ii round 'ie' order »r\ worrit]' h^l
overall, a fine game.

Difficulty: lifst part H.'ems simple

etnoufth

Crapnkt: some are quite detailed

though all afc based on square

shapes, eg doors, corridors and

stairs

Presentation: Avwig/e, to say the

least

Input iactftty; vedi'^noun

Reiponse: f.i.st. but ^/ery slow

graphics

General rating; intefesting

Atmosphere 77%

Vocabulary 78%

tMic 75%

Addictive qua li(y 72%

Overall 73%

down holes. The game looks
good and plays wdl and you can't
ftsk for more than thai. Compass
live al ib Globe Ptace, (Norwich
NR2 ZSQ-

CKfficullY: not drIfkuH

Craphi-( t: sometimes simpk?.

other times detaiiled with unusual

shading

Neseittarion : good use of colours

Input facility: v^ti/noiin

Rr&ponse: fast Quill

General rating; good, easygoing

yarn

t

Atmosphere
Vofabulary
Logic

Addiciive quality
Overall

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74%
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BOOK OF THE DEAD

Krooucer: Tlw Effentio)

Myth

Price: £3.95

Authors: M Oavies, A Dean,

LHcKlf&on

ith a name as Rood as
The Essential Myth, (his
softw.up huuixe can't b?
bad. AllhouRh il^y'^e a
Tnaii-order only outtfl, I
was im pressed by Ihe vu^y in
whkh th« g4me was submitted
wi4h alt the details a twieww
mighi neeti.

This gainw's theme has real
topical appeal fdr m<(>, a» I've ju$t
r^uroed from a ifip to the Bi iiish

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where' Tutefikharnvfi had gpt \o
ibut too afraid to ask le^ ihey
think me >u«1 A lop 1wi,>nty miinl.
Ba^ed upon the mythology of
ancienl E^p^ il makes several
refefpnces to chnractert which
actuailr PKiM in ih? tome of eter-
nal knowledge, ix^tter known as
iHe Collins EngJisK Dictionary (a
cros% be^wwn a dnifonary jnd .in
encyclopedia)

It is here we find lerse de«:rtp>-
tions of ihe stran|;e namt*s thai
inhabit the &ool( of the Dead,
take Chiris, who was ihe tuler of
the world and judge of ihe dead,
and this Hotus chappie, who was
tbe solar god who QUile liked to
be seen w^Eh hii» ornate Ukun'^
head. Throw in an fbis, which is a
wadin|{ btrd found in warm r^-
ions, a Mani^onel .wtiichiSiarDCk'

64 CRASH June 1987

throwing c atapull contraption [al-
though the pKlure ^lo^ %\w a
Booa clue i^reJ, and you shoultf
be aimed with mo«t of Ihe ler-
minQk>Ky to see you well into the
ptot.

Your charador ii Kteth. a fal-
con-headed EtjvpEian godlel (al-
beit a rather minor one), Ltfe
among ihf Rod* has been blissfyl,
but after Aeon<^ of peace diu<>te?
strikes, Voar divine falfier, Ihe
ffieai god S(?t, foully murders ihr
Chief of All CtXlli, OvriN, in |hp

hope of usiirping his co^^eied pos-
ition. Hts ambitk>n is nol to be
reatised Ihouj^^ as the whole
pantheon of [K>i(i{S led by CJviris'
rage-nurtdtT-Httsoo, Horu*. nses
dKains) St'l iind throws him from
ihf Other World lO Ihe Wodd of
Men.

It look^ as though VOti^'ll be bom
banished from Paradise, bul there

is hope ~ sofTTif gods see no reason
why you should be held account-
able fiof the acts of your
heat^trong falher, and ol^ their
help lo see you to the Other
World, tn this way fht' iidvenlurc
presents you wiih a mosi unusual
task - to reach the gods you mu«l
die, and in a nutshell ihi* is what
you must achieve to compile 1 he
advefitu««.

Vou begin your task trapped
within (he gooey Hxlbumpn of ,in
egg, and it won't take (ung In^iorc
you have a cracking idea as to
how to prtxieed. Mapping is
atnwst a complete waste of lime,
as everythina seems to lead to Ju^i
afaomevervlningelse. Thegame's
appearance is pnirtK-ulaHy good.
It's (olourfut, and although (he
mock- Egyptian character sel
makes for difficult reading, it adds
lolbe aln?ady exotic atmosphere.

A solid bw?p ^^su^tls »t eoUies Atw
typed, and bolh text and Kraphicv
appear pcomptly, The wd G4C
irritate whereny the last location's
end lops a new des(ri:pi(ton («, still
here, bul the neat litik' hand
poiiHting to the last mpul helps to
break up ihe texl.

AppeararKe is all svfv we", but
^\s\ of Ihe substance^ Well, \

'Nfvd ihe game really eniertam-

4, The problems are interesting
and their solulion ath.i[lenRe-as
each IS solved vou get that little
seW-':jlistit'd glow which i.s Ihe
mark ot j. good adventure. Most
of all I liked tfw intriguing way in
whkrh the characters are slowly
intri>duced, keeping the pla^fer
jhsorbed and creating a feefrng
thji there's moiv good stuff rouna
tHccorrwt,

eooi oixheD^vih The Essen-
ruif Mylh's firsl release. Il is a two-
[i,vn same^ written using Incen-
sivri' ^ Cf^phk Adventure Creator .
ihe utility of the moment, the
programming team learr>ed so
much dunng ihe game's forma-
tion thai they pUn to release CAC
programming aids shortly,
pernaps under the nam« CAC-
FAC.

Book o( the D&sd h a Hne
advenluf** in just about ev*Ty
department. The ihenw, presen-
}atiH>n and plot are iti oi a very
high standard, and t thoroughly
enjoyed it. The mail order address
for The Essential Myth is 54
Church Street, Tewkesbury, Glos
t;L20 SRZ,

Difficiilty: the friendly vocabu-
lafv t'nMjft", progress
Graphics: colourful
Presei^tAlNMi: g<xid
Input facHhy; verb/noun with IT
and THEM
flesponse: good
General rating: very food

Aimosphere

89%

Vocabulary

86%

Logk:

79%

Addictive quality

99%

Overall

&8%

INHERITANCE

Producer: Infogrames

Price: £9,95

Author: Gilles Blancon

hH H anoiher Inlogrdme^
product, ihii lime com-
posed of three pAtti. A^
wHh all theM? gamn, the
' l^k oi instruclion \i ^een
a an irtlej?/nl part of Ihe chal-
iHtgi?. To proanKS rt's be*! (u?.t lo
sliit pressing K*yi Jfid (earn from
what hiippem,

liere'ii some of ihe evcfydav
story of how our chap, ciown on
hh lutk, it whisked off to Lj*
Vega^ lo earn bag^ loacH of
money. The huildings were
mo^ dilaptdated, and suc-
ceeded each oiNer with
monotonous regularity. In h» sor-
did room on the 1 7lh ftoor jn one
Juch ^qu<)lid buildir^g, Peler Uy
deject^lly on hi<! b«d. Debts wvt^
nxmnting up and there was nol
even a glirnmer ol hope on the
horizon. He hardly dared move
ou1s*de h» room fof fear ol meet-
ing one of his creditors. With no
rmt paid for several months the
Undiady was on the verse of
throwing him out. Then a Tetter

arrived with an aidirw ticket to Las
Vegas, f ]?0O, and a noteexplain-
tng the df alh of h*s aunt, and how
he was the so(e heir to her fortune .
luit orw problem - he ha* to
repeat her achievement of win*
ning a miflioo dollars in one nigjhil
in Las Vegas.

Part Orie has a very familiar
look, tp ■il vk^here the ob|tH.t h to
move a curMjr round a screen and
find items of varying tntifesl. In
thh case yoo must pack a bag full
of goodies lodisirtbutetothevari'
ous credrtofi who prevefit yoti
leaving the buildmg for the air-
pon. Giving up to each character
what you have bonowed placates
therr brrjt enough to make good
your isi J pe. There are some nice
looehes Iwre with one set of keys
on the keyboard packing anr4
unpacking yiiur bag and s«pjtrat-
in^and vurlingthe varkjusoofecls
you meet. Movemeni via doors is
achieved by pladng the roaming
cursor onto a (iuor handle, whiEe
placing it on the doorbell in sofoe
cases sees a chap optening his
door. If this pan Is going well it
shouldn't l>e too lorij; belofe yoo
s("e thf ijM, ih.il IS if you don't run

out of tirrre, an occurence of
whi<:h you wifl be made fully
aware as you vyifl end up buried,
dead and gone-
Pan Two has you at the airport
where you must gel your pass-
port, and *fes ¥*>« becoming
involved with a hijacker, bdbrc
leaving and looking for a bus to
Vega>* Pxirt Three is pure gamW'
ing,

/rr/iefifance is a typkally good-
looking tnfogrames |?ame, con-
sisting of three parts which are
played in order, with a code traru-
ferred between each, I don't
know if I was that much imp^^e-
ssed, and remain puijted at the
lack of lucid in strut tions, even for
a reviewer, but no-one can tfoubi

the superb graphics and the dever
ideas which have become an
Infogf 3me» half mark,

Dfffki^lf: lack of instruction

t austs wme difficulty

Crapbics: vt^ry good

Presenlatiort: neat

Input facility: keywOfds and sen-

lencev

ResjKinse: nkay

Ck-iH'ral rating: another popular

infograme game

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Vocabulary 86%

Lofiic 86%

Adicj icttve qua I ity Bfi%

Overall &6%

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FIVE STEPS
TO HE A VEN

WRITING A GOOD
ADVENTURE

For over four years DiREK BREWSTER
has been writin^g adventure gjmes^
and for the past three he's been
reviewing them as wcJI, With all Ihis^
4C cumulated experience, he now tay&
out soiree golden dos and don'ls to
constructing your own adventures.

STEP ONE

Does the w-orld neerJ vour adven-
ture?

The lirsl (hing (o Aik \oune\f is ju^t whdl your
jdvpniurp miRht have lo qfEprart un<iiispecting
public Will it iiurpriw? irt ,jfiy Wiiy of he
innovative in theme, plot or screen pfpsenla-
lion?

Techntcal InfXJvalton in ddvt'ntunng is
important prt^i'it'lv bi?f auH* >i i^ So tnn\ Afttr
all (here'sa vast wealth oi old adventures and
you musi give the player sonw rea^sn for
choosing yfi: ■ Over lho$<' atrefldy irt

exjsjwict* V- 1 woutcfn'lbebuchabdd

id*".! for thi' proKr^mrrwr tci l^kf? a good look
at iddventures old and new lo see the kind of
areas in which ihe buddinjjwriier might fxcd.

STEP TWO

Choose your medium

Some of tHt' earliest fldveniuries were wiitten
in BASIC- Beginners All-purpose Symbniit
InstriKikHl Code iv very welE-disposed
towafdi^ humans, but mkrocomputer^i take a
Irnig tirfH:' to trans? Jlc th** t-inguagp and hence
progr.)nis .iru ^bw, Idij slow for today's, com-
mercial games.

Machine code, a language much more eas-
ily undeniomi jnd wodced by the computer,
is super ta^i, but it i*n'l a lingu.)g)t designed
fof humjns, jnd nidiny struggle wiih a tcingue
thitt assumes a great inttmij?. v between prog-
rammer and maf hine. Utilities provide a rela-
tively easy way to sampk* ihc ^peed^ of
m.i! -teprogrdmmirifjwjtliout the need

to ! '' slr(?rkuoui5 learning curve of the

machine's janguage. Fof a modi*sl loss of
j^oom for inn{)valive manoeuv rings, these
routines provirle arivcnlufes wbith jre consis-
tently h- - mcjit, for [bey are fli the very
least CO ,.,.,.! iy programmed.

The most famous ulility wai the Quift,
updated with the fflustrstor and P^tch jnd
Prehi. but thts has now been overhauled,
revamp*^ and put nut as the most impressive
utility lo dale, The Profeiiiothif Adventure
Wntef {PAWi, a utility which is probablv

good eriough for iu$i about ^11 mainstream
adventures as it dioes fust about everytlitng
you neeti

In between, locentive released a very useiul
aid narrted the Cf,iphic Ad»^^nhiff.' Cw^ioi,
whiUfrnanysnialief cone ems released mil it les
for those on the lookout (or the exotic, or
perhaps a different look. This la$1 Is an
important point as adventure cloning can
bote players, hefice the Imporiance attached
to P4 Coffering several ways of displaying the
adventure wri|1«'n with il. In general, an
adventu4t> wrilien usirvg a olilHy must be
inncn/alive wherever rt can, as people expect
more from a game they believtf Itiey
thcn^selwes mighl have wrillen - if only they
had theiin>e.

STEP THREE

Begin creating your world

Here's your chance to say something intelli-
gently and coherently to a captive audience
All sboutet be in context jnd keep concisely to
the theme. Vou can lake a leaf out of ttie notes
of novelists here arvd Ify a little rewarth inio
your chuser^ itwifne. For entample, a game
chronicling the travels of Ulysses should be
ju*t thai, with the iir\ ' ^ '.(e being, in my
mind , no way comp r >« a use it might

be considered educiiKinal- il I learn some-
thing new by walc htnga TV program, or play-
ing an adver>lgre, ther* thr? tource of thuil rwiw
information goes up in my esteem.

The geography and biearrngs of youf world
should be readily undersiiKid with deserts
wide, crevasses narrow and mazes convo-
luted, but don't overdoTfiemajfes and dlwjys
give I hem .) reason Ibr being there.

At this stage you sliould consider the prob-
lems thai wilt make up your adventufe ~ for
thai is what an adventure is, a set of pu^fles
punctuating a ctjhcrent pilot. Try lo (brmulate
prntikfiis ycMi might meet in real life arnl to
make I be problems develop reitlislKally,
Avotd too many problems which are overly
artificial as with the fubHer mat which is
needed to prevent ttie asjjirm failing down a
hole no matter where the player is in Submnk
Problems have a spacing and a direttion.
Marvipuiating these two factors you can sides-
tep the llneariiy whfch plagues many adven-
tures and Instead t.m out the problem path-
ways so, ideally, the player has several paths
to follow at any time. Avoid the two extremes
of aHowing the playet lo wander endlessly or

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66 CRASH June 1987

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v^x

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^- K\>

rbtto*' I'll' ursidotiiiiQn, m>?i>rt(l

dim Icii .-> . ..jtalion^i leading mto fdd-

liVfHIv ea»y problems lo eiie \i\e ^dvimiuri^ in
lo the gameand thexeby butldinic conf tde^c
A1

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STEP FOUR
Design

Al oni> itme ($i.*sign mifthi hdv« been curldilcd
by yotir pfogrAmnr tlih^you

dn^ can once agaifi be> fniirtul V empkived.
Involved are porhderablef such as tf rcf^fi lay^
oul, vpJcinE and look of the lest, nfthnhfough
Id how many picluf**^. and of what size,
ihould iNu^triilt.» ihe iidvi-nlur*;, PefMindily, I
prefer a few wdt chosen gf .iphk:; of high qua! •
Jty M each r$ th«i a reward for pfogre^t 1hu»
far. wHh the player p<>rhapv really ccsntemplat-
mg and enjoying the -aitwofh. Tbi* is bi?tier
than prei&ing any key to gel nd ot a <ihoddv
sketch at ewry othef location, whkh n the
tv " t < artfully b*lfofl*

u J ,it all locations,

and It the border colour «s to vary, try and vary
It subtly , a!i df amatit: vanat4on>i caus4* A fl^h.

STEPFfVE
Watch your lai

More I hart any other area, good vocabulary h
a Mgn of a good, weil considered adventure.
6e very loaih to incrnMse ihe difficulty of th^e
game by choosing obscure verij/noun word
C(Hip(ings. friendly gatTl»e^Jrv to anitctpat&ihe
anempt^ of I he ptayer with logical and com-
mon (.ciupling^ forminfj the solution, and
helptul rTi4rt%4iges actum pa nyinn couptingj
which Aie close bul do not quite show an
exact understanding of the problefn,

Decard^ul rvo* to mkoppowle^, for example
DISEMBARK should reverve BOARD and
LEAVE ~ ENTER, bur iwt BOARD jorf LEAVE ,
wtlh no DISEMBARK. Tht'se errors are mcKl
ejBuly H>ot!ed and reciitHid if the game i't
ll>owfi to rtvany who have had no pan m (he
writirigof the advenlure. PJ*v -testing is indeed
an impwiant final Ha$c.

So there it is, a ^ide to writing an adventure.
Clearly not aM these steps are hard and fast
ivies, bul an author would be wt^ll -^dvtw'rf r^
coiKhkf <»ach stag? o( writing carefully, im ,\
is bi the deparlment of plaonfng thai good
adventures ate bom.

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We're changing our format for ihe special this month.
Instead of answering direcl questions^ I have supplied a few
solulions lo various problems in a wide selection of games.
I would like 1o take this opportunity to thank alt thos4^ people
who have sent in lips, for Milhoul them this s4^ction would
not be pf^ssihle. Wlwn a tip has bcrcn us4^d, I have ci^ited
Ihe helpful reader at the end of ihe section.

Traubte 9<tHnq (Hit of bulldlntfT
Take chair (u Nit, i limb ttn iriair,
i>^amir>e ceiling, remove panel
and climb oui oMift,
C«it dr»ln the floodttf twMwrT
Co tu storm drain, "(.wilch torch
ofi, go E, S, S, !>, to Muicegate then
S,E,[,E In ^nd h^ndtp. Rrlum to
slukegjle, tonnetl hamlle to
ihaft and tubricale rT>echdni-Hn.
Open «Juii-ej; Jle,
Cint^tlKoilT

Co to park area and examine bin
1o find bol tie.

M KERR, aofn^ R*^

TMEBOQOfT

Having protHems genlng cut of itie

hausef

Open chest, chmh into che^t, get

dtaxy andeHAmine it,(limb out of

cheslj etamirte door and type in

Fmrfo'^ hirthday.

TrowiXc |i«utn9 tht ^^6m and

WHb7

Pull web and go NE to meet

spider. When it has had ilS say

Eive it ihe sandwit h from Beom'f,

nou%e. Pull web again before

mftvinjt lift,

BORED
RINQS

OF THE

CMitt git tltrsugh the Morofu -gafvT
Co to Ml Fi'jlherwof} jmd lutk'tt
the pefspor, th^n Ukr il to th(.> luili;
and drop il, Cittlet will sneeie and
bkiw a hole in Ihe gale.
To K«t a tuin in buy t map, »m«r1
Ih?- ballefy into (he vrnding
nUchinc.

GAJtT JUKES. Wcit MUtandi

BUGSY

Having dHTkulty rahJn^ th« mofity
for a pteto47

Go 10 Deviney's Bar and fight.
When approached by two hoods,,
taJk to Louie and after exchang-
ing greet inf^s buy the maiik from
ihem. Qu uul and find .1 new^bov^
wear the mask and ask for protet-
lion rrKiney, Hnd Ihv othtT buys
and do the sanie. V041 shoukl then
have enough money.
Trouttl* with th€ potkvT
Bribe I hem!

DARREN and JASON HtAMN

DRACULA

If you are attacked/kHled in the
dream >4'<iuerKC, here arc the xil-
utions. The food fou ihtMHe will
dctrrmirHf (he type of dream you
have.

If you are attacked by a wild dog
look around, look lame, gel bofw,
Kive dug bone, (hen relurn to
bedroom.

Choked I0 death - gel to bed
sooner.

Killed by innkeeper - never ie«««
your bedroom without a tit lamp.
A I tacked by wild birds - make
*Ufe you ilwH* your wirHtow
f»efi>rc* going Ux sleep,
forced to jump from your own
window - thiv ft unavoiidable. fry
a different cambttutiun of foods.
To prevent t^ultioK yourwif shav-
ing, gel thi' 1r.iv .intf polish il,

DAVtO EDWARDS, B«dfOfid

ERIC THE VIKIHG

To |rt*«t« tin •iifll*! t««<l It

with bofled rnutlon.

To g«t th« sllvsr aniulttt

throw th« stick.

To pl«ai« th« dragon 0*1 th«

feathvr trttwit ft* no*«.

To get the itDn* fruK. shsh*

th« tree and thofl plant It In

th« mountainiida wh*r«

youtioflin.

MWmGHT, KlngiLynn

CRASH June 1987 67

dooentxjfie

RED MOON

IxAttiinc oyiief for fungus tm^
urt".

Wvjr the g|ov« lo take the

Edt Ihv mushivpm ta <«(er Ih*

liny door.

Givc^ Kf.>tlf i botllc of witer.

W«ar bracen lo carry mari?.

'Ob»' open» ihe urcophjigin.

'OlUifaiii' reducH Ihc mummy lo

duil.

Rub oul ihe i^ tiiw in ihf r«l

rooni w ihjl vnu dcMi'l crirKS i1.

WeJr the wd4»e« to enler the

me<Ul room.

R C HEWISON

fiOBtH OF
SHERLOCK

To enter the convent you need lo

be w^arinc the iiun'« ruhfi.

To get go« for the peaunl, ju^t

ROB BISHOP, TAKf GOLD dnd

^ votith unlit ycHJ meet ihe pCJIS'

am Jgjin.

To |H¥venl Grdndma btd^tms

you, you will need to find the

d^rriif in Ihr ci«tle Jr>d whpfl he

niiH off, Idike the fl^g he leaver

behind.

JOHN WIUON, RechdiJe

ROBIN OF
SHERWOOD

To escape frtMn Ih* dungeon -
ftand on prjnwief, examine vtt-
m%. call Riurd, tfr^b hi» foot,
slun^ RUJrd, tJKe the tMOfd,
sJlde the boit, open {^raling dnd
Kpgralinft.

KMBeftefne with I he silver Arrow
you win in Nottinghiim,

RC HEWISON

SEABASE DELTA

To get new travel permil, take okt
am to duto-rterk ^nd miii form.

To Ret thi^ oh^ccl (rom tht Idljle
you oeed to vneAr the flipfKfi,
To wake the hen you need Ihe
fum and then blow bubble.
To open Ihe hejtvy mel^l dOor
you need the tape ind lipe
pldiyer.

SiNBAD AND THE
GOLDEN SHIF

ToluH the wi/afd, enter the t .i^e.

pidt up the iron riiii jnd hrl the

wtzani wtlhH.

To ^et pasi the drajpin, cut hit

cKam with Ihe *nt,

Tu vummfKi Ihe Genie, t^ke the

oil Ump from the the'tl jod say

'SHAMAN*.

SIMON AUSTIN

EYE OF BAIN

Give bonev to bear.

To p^iy tlupeleti bea«t, carry

niby and uy ' fire'. Show cro» to

flteleton. To enter lemplc, lidil

the pHe of wood with Ihe lorch.

6a CRASH June 1907

BMUaOLER'S
CO¥E

V'X the Udder to <>pj n 1 he 1 refieh.
To gel <o the ledge in saftly, you
need to throw the rupe ana wear
the shoes and then climb rope>
To avoid rj( bite^ ytm need the
til, it will fallow you if you have
the fit^h.

To es4apc at the end vou musi
HARNESS DONKtY, ENTER
ELEVATOR and THROW CAR-
ROTS.

SNOW QUEEN

If you are having drfftc ull y talking
lo the raven, ^rmw it Ihe opal to
atlTact ftf attention.
If the <.ilv Jt^Ces Are ik>wd when
you arrive, go 1u the i^heltered
niche with dry leavn and vteep.
If you have trouble with the bif;
hiiirtd ddfi, ju%l drop the niwIhlMlli
as it relies on smell.

SORCERER OF

CLAYMOURQE

CASTLE

To dry towel squeeze rt twke

when over lava.

To avoid dying near dragon, drink

potion.

The stars are stored in tree usinf

perrneAbility.

SPIDERMAN

To 6tftH Electro and Dr
Octopus, grab Dr Octopus
before hitting Electro, tney
<ih<>uld txith now he stunned.
All ihe eenrs should be ktofed
with Madam Web.
To start presses, taJie Lizard m*ti.
Electro, Dr Octopus desk etc lo
the scaler and keep addinj; things
until the dial shows over 930.
Then ];o to RingmaUer'^ room
and type ofi computer, start.

FATTtlCK HAAMES, Ham

SUBSUNK

To unblock the sink you need liie
rubber sucker from Ihe toc»li»K
and the btocMTi from the broom
cupboard. Then Jitach sucker to
briKtm and plunge luvm.
Drrtp Ihe insuUttng mjl «hi the
ground In prevent ihe pill fmm
roHing away and getting iofl.

TEMPLE TERROR

Move the roek to enter the cave.

Use paini lo paint glass cover lo

mirror.

The gl«s cover covers an a»e and

is removed by «ayinf( the magk

word found on the »roll.

Use the blanket lo smother the

fire-.

To cross the p)il, throw and swing

nnlhertipe.

ri„^k„ lb*. ^iJirv. uVi- Ihi- r.jd . V

I irrM* , M H*l li ,'•.'*>. 'rt '"*■ *"'*■ *

MVvltif *'*•*<<<*•'"' . :

t (.11 I iu1»l-*M**m'- *" ">'■*'*'' '

din I in(n-. fake Ihp *P-»A-. *'

1 r..if*iit. i-a»<.n'»'''i., »*'"'' .ri
liiffl"*. wK-rh t*ic p. iW*, take the

viilK iiw *'nJ Jf«< "^" ^<""*^-
IT I Mil BUtlBlt UStt. 7.

1^ jg.i- 1 ^mttsw liiriivi *<^k

tut jusr ii"^ *<"'» **'^'^ *v J i*w*v
mjnrtt

htri- in ihr |iu*». He will. iw«*,
fi,llii« v<»u I* VH3 ha^rl^*"-^'
• tjVi' jwl i-\a«rttnr t.rfd * lw«.

(Imp Mumlhinnu dk. wit dfo<>
ihi-.rrttiMJfditrttirt.inh 1

\\M\ I't'ti will "pt"" '"*"

,;„(h .HlHSOStORfHikit
niilwiirki
•I. Siiu . in lUe VulR^n ^Kip. dun «

. .„j.., .r..»nd rir tint II Kf ■ i

' ■ - --'i. thi- kev C.n

„„tth l*Hr, vi-t^i. n"^'/*' -*
i,nl,„kihid.«i' Viiu'lllM'anhi-
.pjt i-*uii tli>pinsrr in^rl ihf

III YL- and *ear the «iit i»«'d

t*»*i'.tM-irlv*i*«'.pfi's>ih*'l'*"
l,m ><KiHli*'«-|f^<"**»'""*P^'*"
jfid iw piikftt u|J ti" llx- (.»+
^^ldstie*t1MMte^hlp,
II «)iie*i v«i*if I'Ve*. It" **»""» ^
t»« f. «iuth. ^H*!)!. «'ut'* '■^^^
V,K# *(!* on» mti-t fWarkirt Ihe
Par^htM *iidH*«l. tj" *«^
l,*«i,<4fld><iu'*t'tiniiJiiHl

In . imi|»tili |Wr1 IV-n

■ (,P»in lbi'^l4rt,B'>fHtrUuo[ieil
rtjmtne Ihr ^ tusveltf IN'" f^

«jt Itif n<> ,

II', Unit ibi* *Kip. syniul, iUti

J PsiH ihi ih-ii ...p«-. R'"" '"';;

Sn^n^ (jfllila*l% ( . He *<[*
iHhh lakt' i*Hi hj»k U> 111* Mh

jHft 111 ihif I ,u . -

vast 1*i^r, w«lh, itoi *«Jt t'i**''
(. -.. Oi east , ml" Ihe *»•■■** I' "*''
Ulsc llw >ufflx»Jfd.
( rf, |iv1 jnd »iKjlt> tn 111' islanil
OpmtW iKi-xl. Ulii- lh«' t'"/^
and K«p """>' *»J* ^ '"' '•«■"»'** "
(HP nnflti, l-J'.l rntff tht *fip

*lK*p '"^"^ '^"- **•"*•' P^"** ^i"
,itit. *s(>sr. viiuih. and «ntn ilw

C ".. .

. <rfi »es1. jtflup "*'Tr ™' ".r.;
vassp Qi *est. in ihe I.Mlet, Itl

jnd ^tHKillhr llalfk
I FriJfii^ l*««' ri'ii-ptMpnisl. -" ■■^*
Iwiti? and iti *"«•'''„„;
tOAD'andPW'.^f^"'' ^>
«*crfdirtJl I" Ihe lapr mslriK-
lion*, f *« »tf**^' ifi^n ihi- (ape
in (hedet k ami linish tht Miw
Into

' Iv4NlAMmiO\ alitfi»ap«

Qnif xw end up <»f''

OWipfiinit tentro. |p» fa'i ^-i^

(ime>J»ress'i'.

On Ihe srt.md tk»t rd ^Hitt^

fJT'UliuljJ

lakTlhetredilv

rti„rtin suit, f*" ^vpsl iMp'th.
vnvvl thrw limes But Ihc lial
l.f* rrth^mer (.<« *J>I '""'
ttmi-s. Prew ■ i'

(Ki ™.ilh, bus ihc jt^pWi -h
iHivsl iflU"* BtJWl, nfit BLJ^

C,Ollltl'*H.« <■" ^'"'^ *'"*'
l^i.r. Mrtilh.i'HK'Uhrrpslaup

^^jlh l*«e, in, Cne l»w iniM^I
,n the fwlonr li-llrf Uki- ?h.
tiive and tiAtrt-tv Rrthamf 11"

tMllrf> CiMlUl

' ., bfr.tV

rf. hil

Ihi tiTitriil l-'» •*'*^ "' V"
v,<...l. .^lulK. hpfdi^ilfcf^enltM-
I MiiM-Irs"^ iHf-hppiake^t**"
I njmin*' the i4in«>li- r^.""""
the |ii«e*, in^rl thr fuse. Pn>*

aar *ruiser. K** «^«- ^'"'^

M'lharM iLinirv (■"" "^
t»,H,inaiHl<smisr*li-si.il

EUflflGI

PREHISTORIC

To kill ihe mdFi in blacl(< ihro**

the ate you nude ottt of the flint

and bone and do not move until

it hits him.

ROMAN

To escape from Ihe leper colony

give the mad leper the egg the

chicken lays (buy the chicken ajid

go wesi),

WARTIME GERMANY

To open ibe shed gel the bunch

of key* al ihe j^uarded j^ate and

go into Ihe lorry from ihe window

ledge I It i^ possible keep lr> ing).

MODERN CARIBBEAN

To gel into the bovie, throw the

C^rtass nf the par^ther into the

fXHil and gel the metal strip which

can he UM.'d on Ihe window.

To get intu the petrel stairway

enamine the boolc.

Use Ihe spanrKT to open the steel

door,

HJOrCXOff.WaUnff

ESPIONAQE
ISLAND

To get knife give beads to natlw.
To get the beads, f^ to the wrec>
kdge and fed comer. To cros* the
trrv^$t, pul tiranr h and then go
south.

In pass ihc lank, ro In the tonlrol
tiul and sMitch switch, ^o to the
landing cleiiring, remove the I i^ht
and insert expkasive. Return In
the control hul and switch
»witch^

§(AYLETH

To gel Ihc cassettes from Ihe
canister you nc«d the tape and
the ^vet. Wear gloves, gel
cani^ler, open tape, sikk Upe td
canister and then gel ^1-
If yoii are havirtg trouble with
your eyes burning out, you need
Ihe le*M from Ihe Py^is.
SefNMfTT,

BOOK OF THE DEAD

The tomplele solution for Ih^ Book o.^ Ihc DF<id follows,
lA'ilh expl^rution for Ihir mf)Vf^•i, dnd allcrndtivt* vaciibuUry
which csn be tised. Note th*l no ^tiempl i^ made ro <«ow
maximum fwints, or to enptore v.arkius intereHling off-the-
route pjrts iif the ddventuro.

Pjri Onr. BREAK ECC: or SMASH CRACK SHEll, Voo tn bom into
thf njmt* imkii!' jn pgj; - j f t^mintkr thji vnu arc u>t wprt'i J fiiki>n'
hi-.idrd K<Mt: GIT kNIt f ; HOUTM, SHtA« SHEFP, Tu ih»' shovp: An
EXAMiNt SHtt P iTU'ssj^e hvtf K'^t'^ J t luc. You aw tva¥> th* proud
DMniT III a iltH'ti'; (Jrijf) KNIf ^; mi (onfior rtwdcd; SO U I H, SOUTH:
10 the Ijke; WASH FltK C; or CLIAN, ItHdirlv win-n fir^t %hcanrd;
tAST. NOHtH: U> th*- vkrljthl^ ItKaliofl; tIFT WFIC.HTS: m USE. Thii
bwild*votif muKlt*, EXAMINE WItGHTS Riv« J citl*; SOUTH: )o the
boulder kK>ii 11 HI. Gf T ftOi'lDEK: il'i Ion h*.iv> untrv^ jbovr body-
huilding hjf> brrrii di>t>^. Gelling the bcwidcr unblm k«r Ihr rh^nnel -
**JU*r fu«J«n frrim Ihe Ijiti* rpmpl vinKitl uirer rhe^ Lliff,\njkini; a fwrmil
umk'riti^.aih. HELP worli> hvre. yiiUTH: to ihe minffond; lOAD
fMANGONEt WITH BOULOER ur PUf BOULDER IN MANGQNELl
riltl MANGONEL: »r SHOOT, Tlw firwl boulder h»t> I hi- biid which
flk".iisrf tk-bke. NORTH: tolheUlie; GET IHtS: theNrdijnmyM be
pkked up frcMH ihr <nnptv) U4f wherif it U\ii. You aIvo pkl; up in
jnlth, which it w^t drr>inK in ilv Im- jk. NOR TH, WEST: tO ihc lcni(rie>
PRAY TO AMONRA or WORSHIP. Armmlta is 4 sm KoJ, he ejluief
tike tun tof hin» bfiKKlirr, dryif^tiw wd&h«i Lleece. Amiin-Rj dpn^ndt
vrntcitty the ucrni jnkh ivhen worshipping him 1hmf);h, SiH^'TH,
NORTH: luUkr JifjinrGET FLEECE: mm drv: SOUTH: litthr soulhc^m
[tiff «1k«; PlUC tC IBrs^: ^llinj; a qutll M.hJc h yuu wv4 Uler: DROP
taiS: rm tonnw fM pdrd; THROW Flti< E OVER ClIFI; THROW
QUiU TOO: Ihrv drop tothe tMVdomof the cliff. Vchj Ar« nowcdrry-

tng nolhtnjt; DOWNr tf am trfjjpct^ jrp r4rrlci), ttw rope «»^k; Gl I
FIEECE, GET QUILI : pHkm^ ihem up jjjjin,

UP: The rope ikiw liU]HHlH^ f oy tXtt^iarty inft ttiiif>|i;v. Btft U\ aktj
ji ycMj 4rc i*it M the bollom. TUG Uf PU LI ROPE dtie^n' I qui Ir t»rr jR
I hr rope- you' vc icot (o KliuNy IrY ind climb up it. f hi' rnpr h.i> iinly
<>nt' vitrAii p<»n|, And nerw thi« n broken H t ^n ne u»d .iKJin, GIT
ROPEr EAST: lo the twl hrrmil under the itiff: DRY HERMIT WItH
IHE ft(ECt: iFteht-cmii itpk-aikcd.dndftivuiyfludmdejf stnitl; BEAt>
SCROLL: ■nvtikcH.JiKix'niii' whaaiik»ford(nmmj>nd Thc^nmiit-i^Jit-
uuiHy Bc%,d fi^ridlv K'nt- CURf ME: ur RID C URSE DtSE ASt Ibr

EwmrrumyfHj. n<Jdinftyouoflhelkfu>priihlfm; EAST: toihte^t^
mdflhpNil^-; EXAMINE RIVER: or MLL W Atf R. C.Ili«> in foom
ctcKriplion 'E«.iniJninK Ihr Nilujliun. yuu ■ipfH-^r to bi« . . . ' HELP
givdr ASvi^incF here 1m, SomeslilU drf> hidden on Ihi^ iri tf r Wd, GET
STILTS: WEAR STILTS: v(*u Jre ncjw tjllpr, rnjLiliiiK vou tixrinvlhe
rivt?r wilbTHJl drnwmn^* EAST, NOR f H. NORTH. SOUTH: ID the town
^\vs. V-iMJ kH« the ikvcrAJKiaift«nnlF»r WAV -hill thev'Tmri nwdbd
^ywjy. WAIT.Drjn^ ulhrr«TW»vi<^iHh j4,INVEr4T01IT LtXtKcK , A
wiMHun Appears, nwM«n 'SOMETHING' lo the Itrwii g«teli«eprir tttd
i» hrl in. She th^n jiue« tp ||w l^vf rn in llw town. ThH k imporl jn<; if
IftHi don't wail for her %he wW twwer Ret Hwfe. NORTH- or HELLO/
GREET/TAU(>SPrAK ItOtCATflCtEPf R. he Mki you (ur the w*tih-
wiord lOMf b . . . which « SOMETHING isf cotine. HELP k vtefut
ben. NORTH, DOWN: lo the bejytJtJ'fri lh« RUtler: GET COIN: he J ri-
Icu^n't i\t; UP, WeST, WEST, EAST, EAST: f □ the rubbish (ti>mp,
wtwrv ther« «rt nunvobiKttlopick up. A t Dnvdlulrd rotilr muit be
Ukfn 1 H«void i bandist muf^ wlwch circ le: t jvem - ^trct-t end - ^1 r«tt
corner - b4< k ^Irtvl -rubbhhdump. You^re wjmed when the Ihug^i
are jpproJif hina, GET BODY Of 5HABTI, WEST WESI, EAST, EAST:
avoiding thu^s liy hidinKin Iht qujy citllhe b^rk iilreel; GET URN;
WESI, WtSr. EAST EAST, GET FILJTE: WEST, WEST. EAST EAST, GIT
BOWL; WEST, WEST. EAST, EAST, GET NEEDLE; WEST, W EST. f ASF,
EAST, GET MEATj WEST, WEST, EAST, SOUTH, SOUTH; irt ihe m*i-

^■>-»

TOWER OF
DESPAIR

To diuMnc of Dcalh, lYpe In
STEAITH to «ntef «lwllh mode
and then USE OACCf R.

To sun ive ifi Ov^pdir, cover yrmt

To tiM Ihc globe in Hope^ wear

dip gaitintlet.

Dfapel Ihe (met fidd by dropping

JEltflfr UAIiGHAN. CHfi»hir^

TWIN KINGDOM
VALLEY

let kill Ihe draeon you nnd ihe
wooden itaff from one of Ihc
I OWNS, then you mii»t hil (he dra-
gon with il.

To kill the wikh with the Bold
itjff yuu niu^l nive her ihe silver
da^g^ Ihat iiII.kLs W-t v«itHd«f.
Soolher alt^i k:>, w iM v«urk d^ ^he
hn a ^taff that turm dll yovT
atlKhs.

v»ifCvnfEf7

To giel money for the hoi*' bill,
fuwn the necklace. To relum lo
IFm" holH, Ret the firing from oul-
side ihc hutthcrs arwd ride the
cjble car by tying ihe slrinR to
Ihe lever,

RtLLY tMNCEALU Edinbw^

VERY BIG CAVE
ADVENTURE

Tu kilt lht« pythtHi iu»l open Ihe
cdfi and the bird will do the re^t.
Pirop (he Iq^ to ( ro^s the cha^m,
In two- pi I r<M>nv water plant
twice and then diji parjquJl on
the utility belt I u kill the Irilfict.
To piis ihe wombdl, drop the
piralc'i c:h»1 and open il to
nleaw Ihe ferrel.

KENTILLA

To p*n Ihe Sirerri,, pul wax in
your earl, il't fouitd in the Ur^-
fnaul'« ceil.

MOUNTAINS OFKET

To go through the dead-end waif
in mint condition, larrv lAdnd
and say 'polo'.

To cross 20* trevasfe, carry |«S
Ihan sit objects and drink elitir,

QOLDEN BATON

To kill the wolf, usv ihe «word
found in ihe ratling leaves. To
unlock Ihe nuissive door^ in cai^-
lle rub Ihe gohlen ring (found up
tree in hollcjwt.
To fill lamp tquee/e oil Kxlden

rig-
To kill liiard man, wave lheg|aiHr<
inj; quart/.

THE HELM

To gel the key from Ihe well you
will need lite hook and Ihe rope,
then lie rope and |^ ft&hing at
well.

To pToere^'i through the ice pit
you will need t<i u««> Ihe italU
Before (.oHeclin^ the <hiIi you will
need to have the pljstit hag to
prevent il from di<isolving.
To fOAi the Piyvk you will need to
shine lorch, thi* will temporarily
blirid you so you can'l be hyp>
notisett.

THE HULK

To find Dt Strantte, enter the

ani's dome with wan, examine
ba<i« board, ptug Ihe gas oul lei
and bile lip.

To pull :ring enter tunnel with but-
ton^ type 'remember ntghlmdre'
when you ant the Hulk, go west
and pull ring.

To destroy egg bul rwl bio gem.
p3 to fuz/y ATti^ rememlirr
nrghlmare, go norlh and eal egg,
leave bio gem in room until aU
other gems are collected.

D UMNHMS, t>onca^«r

IMAGINATION

To move between Ihe different
parti, pinch arm.

KNIGHrS QUEST

Trouble wHh tfw tnalte?

SlTiiniiK' it.

T(t rnltr the tui^t, tK^ard it.

To I* fli; ,!>(,■ tMl,lt. CJHt oii.

To flop freezing In death, wear
cloak irom wdlcH's lower.

LORDS OF TIME

FIRST ZONE

Wave lode^tone to get keyt.
Get petrol from car and sa^e tin
of c alfood and tin opiener for netl
zon^.

SECOND ZONE

Pour pelrol on nyood near mam-
moth and tight il.
Give opened calfood to ubre-
loothed tiger and pult tooth (yoo
will need (he <ipejr lo keep him
back]. Thb tooth will uti^fy Ihe
looth fairy in pari one.
To ge) ici< le to fall - shout.
Throw icicle into take to make it
freeze over.
THIRD ZONE

If you're having trouble with the
skeleton - throw painter pebble
at it,

FOURTH ZONE

To find parchment, dig in cav«
with ^fl und twice.

MAFUi CONTRACT

A| car you mufi open trunk and

cut the blue wire lu ck'fuw the

bomb. After this gel in (he car and

go east,

Al the «talion, buy a ticket by

tnverttnethe loinv.

To get the drink you r*eed - give

the tramp the rtevnpaper and

drink Ihe melhi.

MINDSHADOW

To find Ihe map lo enable ya>u to
gel through the c|uicksand -
climb ckiwn the vine lo the cave

anti dig.

To start a fire lo atlrac t a ^hip you
wJH need the ^traw, steel and
slnnt. prop Ihe stMw and rub Ihe
»lecl with the <iiune,

BRLAM BOYD, Briftol

WARLORD

To pus the guard, wear Lug'f hel-
met,

Reit at the river bar»k tO receive
the sword.

To kill the bear you rteed Hie
sword and thield,
Tu survive the cavern fire wear
the white cloak.

To ijcareiiff I hi' demons wear Ihe
amutet,

RCHEWnSON

WITCHES
CAULDRON

To get past fire you mu^i put It

out with magic dust.

To open coffm, oil il with oil

lamp.

To kill dragon you will nred help

from (he lion.

To escape from uiake bkjw wha-

tie,

Tn npen south door in room with

sigrrs on wall yiHJ muvt have a

bone, then make a skelel<iin key

To turn intn a gorilla ^ou rnrvd

whisky, shell, eye from toy and

diamcHid.

To turn inio man you need a tied

ribbon, gold coin, ten pence And

liiiHis hair.

To enter the phone bun you must
wear Ihe lie.

To Till the water pnlol you mutt
put lt»e bucket on ihe hoolc in ihe
welt and turn the har»dte twi^e.
Ihe tHicket will now be full of
water and you can fill the pistol,

PLANET OF DEATH

To dispel the forcefield you must
firs! nave the mirror, Tbtro
REFLECT FIELO, where Ihe itnn-
puter will respond it has
I Mieakened it. Dt» this unlit the
response 'nothing happem'
appears and then type VANITY
WALTZ.

CRASH June I9fi 7 69

ClooeotcjRe

REBEL PLANET

If you luv¥ trouble dt 1h« cus-
lom*, ]^v?t-ird .idd lt*en go ti*m-
pIcK, To Kt't Ihp tai^r sword |usl
Ihe cuiloms cArry it in the Nle
Kube.

To ««cape front the \aSI, bmd ban
wjlh wrench and then ,ictivdle
llirsr before c1tmbir>R 1h rough
Inlle. Attack ihe palker n «oon
nyoiinHTt it.

JOHN WIUON. Rochdlll

PRICE OF MAQICK

Cel wolfdune to slop wrrewoff

from dltdckJFtg.

Srn4i<>h the rnirror to find tJw

ftr'titn.

Throw Mil At the slug.

C4«tFJXtokill WJght.

The ft4 moon nvuce» ywu young,

only twice.

Cast MAD on yoursetf jnd Rive

,ashe^ to p^iis through the gkiwing

gale.

ADAM £tlJS. Oxford

HE¥EREHDINa
STORY

Mdke Mjre you hivf ihe

illow^blK before you ^ ewt
rom tK(^ church-
To i?nli>r Ihe tower you muiit
unlo<:k the door when you have
(he K(>l^t*n kf'Vj then go ejit.
To enl^r lh« tmpr»»' quarten
fiBt uy p{cd»^.

JOHN mnUON, RodKMB

MOROON'S QUEST

To emit the oukliund - drop Ihe

bbnltd over it.

To kin Ihr pygmy - get the bcr-

rief, Ihomi and tumboQ «nd

make Mowpipe.

To piH the p4ant - feed il with

the pygmy.

To escjtpe from the anna. -

Stntikt the cig^r in fronl of

C^ewr.

EMMA lit GQf . SMMMVy

AhOHTH

^»fP"

fWMlWEyfMSScL tSliy SHAFT

1:^^^

f*BSIP€ Li HfBMlT$

mmfm

^mi/PAiiit,^ gp.

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70 CRASH June 1987

ftnf the tibteil off the pixit ind
Iradt H wirh the wood elf for Iht

StfwAp lh« iiger imulrl for iht

kranin wrc efpr''i tjtisman.

Thr Uli^mjn i dn bt; usvii ta open

the docfmajte.

The bjtckooor pisi Iq Nent»«dr's

psbc« cjn be bought dl the lur in

cimlcot-

ROfiElTT C B£EVER. PiftbtCHW

UrMl

mssA6i7nSIS^F; n^sAS£

J4II 0CIG

I hdve difcovered j bug cmt CAf
that not ciri^ w^i« mentory, but
i« d nuiunte m Mrelt. I donl know
if I'm lh« onfy QAt u?er to
encounter ihis joke, but I'm fS^
juii to complete an advenluri^
dnpile (hi$.

VVhal t am bickering on «bout
are the word» 't^h Brendan!!'
which occA^s-ion^tly jppedr in (he
I op left t Of nernf I h(j lit reen while
I am prn^ramminf;, When ihew
worcli) dppejf t i<in'f get ihiik to
Ihe mjin menu, b«l when I'm
lucky the wonk diuppcar jnd
everyihinie returm 4o nomu).

The ulilttv i(«Hf works fiiw hoi
I'm ^( k of thi^ me^t^ge fl«bin)t
'111 the wreen! It \\3\ even hap-
]jviii.'d whik' i*orkinR on the
jirdphir». Thiit time 1 1 bought the
E^me bad craU^ed, but upon tr^-
ing to BREAK^ it worited. Thk h
no ordinary \»i%, il wastes mem"
Or> ^1^ often dedrnyf my data
after hours of hard wort,. So,
who'it been mucking abuttt with
my GAr whifh I paid hand-
somely for. I t*n'1 be tbeonlyone
to have fallen victim lo thi» nui-
uftce,

Ilephcfi TuHtalc, CMNbfto

We/f, Stepttea, thf fint tft^g fo
qttrslion » wbelhcf iotnt mat
Aaf ifif^kedinlo where you worii
on I'Our pel pmfKH MHt tttm-
pttVif Sfith youf program, tfihk
feem^ uniikeiy thi*n it lotda Hke
some dt^ Jit tncmtivp ha bepn
foo&tg trotrnd. Either vtjf, tovr
klier jbas now ghpn f he « tmo-
drei some pubikftv whkh wiH na
doubt g,he the culprit iome
i^muiempnt,

OB

DUE'D THB
OBSCUflE

CfearOntlt,

With regard lo th« letter you pub-
iKhed (Ml the ^ubi«t of (cctlin^
iifd i4dventuro);;jme«, t have been
mnfiinK an adventuri* "iwjp dub
and it workfi like this. People M.*nd
the game they wish to swap and a
likt ol at least ten games they
want. If no &wap ha« been found
within ^ month, th« gimtr is
ri'turnpid and their name, address
and swap wili ba kept on file for a
further three months. When a
uiitable swap totrtes irt they will
be notified and arrangiemefllj'
m#de<

II goeSi wil hout sa yinft I hat only
nrijtinaK ran be swapped. At the
moment this club ri limited to
adventurer nni arcade |^mes,
but mjv bi" (>!vpanded. Sumtmii h
on offer at the moment for «wap
with Stjbdie Dettd. Ct^mtmi,
Sttefiock and others. Some rare
and obscure titles are alfO on
offer. Furthermore, adventure
hdp is bei njK offefcd mmJ include*
a number of conip4el« MlutiorH
loonumerou'^ to list.

Anyone in^ter ested please serid
game and ii$l of swaps, an SAE
artd a cheque/ PO for SOp to cover
the cost of ireplies lo: 31 Dequin-^
ccy House, Sutton Estate, Sal^
fofd, Manchciter M& 7BU

Wayne Itytiv

Dear Derek,
Thanks for t^tn^ Porttws's |
advice on finding tM )(ames. I'm
afraid Jl wasn ' t much use though ,
Ve*, I have written to FireWrd.
The> «en1 me back a tatakigue
with 'Substtnk/Hefm no kwiger
available' on it. I've trekked
rcHJrtd all the local shops, used
school trips as encuses In k,q lo
other lo%vifi«, trekked round,
asJted and generally got a bit
cfwesed off. Ves, il aoei sound a
Ml mvKh tt? do for a «wple pf
arKtenI ftames, but I enfoyedSe**
Jtkrsf Delta soinmh, and, welt —
yoti know what I mean!

Anyway (and iC ycHi print thh
Derek, l promtse I vvon't hasfle
you ever again - horwsi!> what I
want lo uy h this. If anyofK' is
willin]^ lo «eft me itibmnk at The
Hetm, I will gladly buy it from
them, arsd pay postaj^e etc.

Scott RoMnson, lincoln

CRMCKIMG
THATKRAKOD

Deaf tlerek,

I have just finished tCobytshi
Niw, a budget Actvenliire from
Mastertrftnic, and thoug^ht that
you mi^hl like the solution for
future reference.

The i^flte, in which you
erideavour to roiti theimmorlahj
is spill into three parts, eath conv
p4etely independent of each
other.
TASK ONf : KNOWLEDGE

I I Vou start on a plain. Pick up
the sctmitai ~ a huge Sword
whkh returns like a
bcHKnerang, Ignore the ant-

CRASH June 1967 71

'fi* ^

dooerjtciRe

nuk.

it Ann\f<^ ^he Niecor pl^nt Id
gel leaf.

bi aiulyw lh« 1r(««. Thb will
Inform yuti tKjt ihe Irtw lid»
podst. Trtrow Ihr KimiUn. dl
the fiffm, Thr KimjUii will
return, jiiid you can piclt up
thcpodf.

3> Gfi North ^%a\n. And ihtn
tiii. Vuu witi bv (.iiuiiht by d
Ciiint KrdkixJ;

ai cut the Icntdde^.

b) jKlJv^le lh# ptid (yuu will find
that it will vxcrelr a liquid if
etaminrt^) Mrhith haWs a
bbc It Itquid,

c) Ihruvi the- pod into the nuw.
Th(> Krdkod will throw you
ot'crjlhurn wdll.

4. fhert h i iungf hrrir, but ii h
ufdeiks. Cofiouth.

5. It b impov^ibk- tu penfHritv
the md iiMit;

d> pkli up Ihe hlup flower. Thi»

n what you hdd to g«l to finish

lh«Uik.
b] howrtrtn', ycHJ drt now betng

piMSiinttd io uw the k.!if tO

cure yirtjfsdf.

6. Go bdc^k North. Asterid the
obdi^k. You witi ye« J vi]^
fdymK 'wot iw vertixo' hmm.
liHTip the barrier*

7. Mdtit your wjy W«$l lo th*
^drt kxdiion And %i> Niirlh>

Thj<t -mjrks the pnd oi Knowl-

edee wh*n M of Mnar p<wwe>sions

will be Idken - ntit vtry ^ritcndlyt

EMr«n McExfmn, Stiifh

fwan jctm on to gnv l/w soAj-
thm IP WtSOaM dmi UNOFft-
STANDING, but ytHi wmiidn't
Wilt! mc ttt^ike thf **ht>fegitt»
jwjy iuii like (hjl. wch/U youf

TELL SIDHEY
THE AFFAIR'S
OVER

\y^3r Sin,

Hett h lh« soiulion lo 1h« gjme

Sidney Affiir by lnft»Kfiin>e*. It

took nw jiboiil two and d hdtf

haur^locomplrU'.

Ftrsi, load in P^rl On«. Hvr?
you are sh^iwri the %ce(Mf of the
trimc 4*h4-rt* Mr Stdtiifv v*j> shitt.
Yuu riiuvl p(i!>4t)ii'ii \\\v mj^itilvid^
IfldV^ i»v4.'r l^i' txidv'v nxht Iraui^r
ptKket l(> tind Ihnf bftefidse key.
Vou will dlw find 4 w^lM in thr
left hdnd '^Ve\ piKkfl. In the
briefcdu^ you find d djdry dnd d
bldck dnd white pholfiRfjph, \i
you vedrih l\*e mvsX iif Inc scmr
yuu will lind a bulU>{ htilv in llw
wall which it dboul ihrtH* ^pdre^
to Ihc kft of the door. Thi» com-
pktn the^ fir%l Kene. YtHi will
tb<jii be ^btiwn a room wtwre Ihc
shut WAS iirt>d- On iht' window,
iuHt Im'Iuw thi' Idlth. ihfrc \.\ d
fmKerprinl. On I hi' (op uf Ihe
planl-pol you will hnd thp
cifurette buU dnd on the floar
behind the (un^in, ihe ^ptni car-
[ Iridpie. f hi'^ cumpletw Ihc fir^l

72 CRASH June 1987

(idrt of the g^nte. Now load in
Pdri Two.

fhn frclkm » wheir you

gjlhrr informjtinn and «1ate-

tnvtWt from othtr tharadt^rs tn

the xdmp. The mfiut i^ nedHy the

i»dm« AS Infogrdme'i itnA gamp,

Vera Crui, where you only input

certdin names or word^ 1o Rel the

answers. There are seven main

(haratl^ri m Ibis set I ion. Here

are ihi'ir ndmv^ and dddrevM^:

1. Mrs Marianne Sidrtey (Wife),

Sytvir Sidney ( Daughter ),

Ludovic Sidney (Son) - 1^

Jwntf Squart, Otrmont.

2- PcRRV Cjjthel iServ'jnt of

Hou'te Kei'piTi, tlrnri I ,ijoie

(Carvlakf-T k - St X*mm% ^ldr«,

CM'MOilt.

3. Robert Rennrd (Tino rfi Nalki)
- JH flinln Str««t, Clermofi*
Dofti Squart, Comttkmi^

4. HuIhtI l)r(i)l (Pal rick Ian-
KulHfi - Jade Plate, CPenrMMrt
H«tvl Q*v*»A»n %i Chtif.

Thefe are four optkms ycMJ ran
choose to ^Iher informalion.
Ihcy ar<:

S Stalemetil, E Enaminiilion, M
Me»us«r C CompdrHoti, Thi^rr \\
al^ optirMi A. U&e thn to make
ihe Arrest.

ThCfe ftOw foMow* the conv
ptete whilion to the tecoftd part.
Type ift the option then pre«s
return, then type (h< setono part

and pre«t return and then the

(bird p,irl and return. Do not type

ibe w(»rd^ in l)<ra(, kel!><

E: AUTOPSV SIDNEY

t: 8ALUMICS

S: WITNESS (lEAN NOT)

S: MRS SIDNEY: lAMES

(MARIANNE)
S: PECOI:|ADI
S: MARIANNE: JAMES
S: OttOl:|ADI
S: SIDNEYS CARETAKER:

lAMES (LAiOJE)
S: SIDNEYS SERVANT: |AMES

fPfCGY)
S: SIDNEYS SON: JAMES

<tUDOVia

SIDNEYS DAUGHTER:

JAMES (SVIVIE)

LAJOIE: JAMES

RENARD: 8LATIN

MARIANNE: JAMES

SYLVII: JAMES

MARIAN Nf; |AMES

NALIO: DORE!^

LUIXJVIC: JAMIS

NAUO: DORES
S: LUlMJVIt: JAMES
S; NALIO: IX>R£S
M: GIEiyON;SERCfANT
M: ClAT CL£K.MUNT: IAN*

GUHIE
M: BDRf CiERMONT; LAN-

CUILLE
Ml DC: PATRICK LANCUILLE
S: LANCUILLE: CHELV
C: iANCUItLE

S: lEAN NOT: REPUBLIC

E: BAIUSTICS

S: LANCUtlLE: CHELY

S: NALIO; DORIS

C; LANCUILLE

C: NALLO

S: NALLO; DORES

S: LANCUILLE: CHELY

C: NAllO

C: LANGUIltl

S: NAllO: DORIS

S: LANCUILLE; tHELV

S: NAIlO:f>0«ES

S; LANCUIltE:CHELY

A: guev!kwh(>!f

Vou will then receive the fol-
lowing m«««uk}te: 'The author
{oni^raluliiteN yrtu <in sol v ins thi*
myitery. y<Hi sbtiwed pcrsescr-
ente, inlelligenie, and an ability
fof police work in rearing up
'Tfie Sidney Affair'. You will now
be promoted - ready for your
ne^t <dse,'

And thai i^ ibal, Allo^elher a
l^anH- 1 vi'ry muLhenjoyfd. I lan't
wait for ihe ne*( one. Murder On
the At f Antic.
AArclwr, MkMtnex

Vou thy inSfed ^tow mhtw
^ipfituftr (or potke t*«r* **ith this
^Ution, J krb **hkh pjm* ypv
tim monUt'i £20 worth of
sofhvJw.

JW

1

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^M^i.

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M\v

1

L — » <>«««7f;«9li-^ *»<r>ftii?ii

0«ir Dmk,

Am wHlJns to Kivr you iome
lidpon ihr Fritrr of^jxik. I ^avc
none quite a wdy Inro ihtv Rimt
*nd h»ve finjnd « ^ood f ei* <pf Ki,
16 in dIK And 1h« cibj«t:i» lo fo
lirilh !h«m, thne ar»:

MAD-ttrimoire

FlV-brooin

FIN-lilvtrnMil

SAN - rbvr

OOW-pmduliHn

BOM - trumpet

iSM-MiK-Bov

FIK - vdlerUn PUnI

Sfl - f«l<ftpkar lertf

HVP-Slaff

ZEN -Ittllc mirror

n.ZAP-athet
lA.DET-fklvrcnH*

IS. SPY -hit
16. KAM - pritm

To Kf Mhe silver mjl1 fof rh« Frn
tpeH givF tbe rob« 1o the Guleffl.
To Rrt the cUw for Itw Sdn Hirli
ca$t Bom at th# daii fpjiwn pic-
ture'. Th« pFftdulum for tl^ Dow
ipt^l h found in the clocli. Tti t^t
thr trumpet for the Bofn spdl ca^l
Bmn Mi cherub. The Wue bnn foe
(he Ibffl spell can be found in
ilonehente, to get there CHt the
Bom spdi *\ the stooehenfe pk-
iyre, In |j;e1 (he teM%p#r Irm for
(fvf S^^ ^pell pull Or tul cur|>tir».
To gel Ihe «1 jff for the Hy|) <^ll
cut ¥'mf. To lel the lidle mirror

CRASH June 1987 73

'fRafLfi

for the Zco spdl, cwl ihc mirror
with diamond, Iht ditirmirHl
beirr)^ in I he rin]; which i<i un Ihe

thjl wjs rrudi* from cutliriK Ihr
mirror. To gel ihc Axe for the Kil
«p«H it'^ quite timpk a it l^nds
any<Mir twadin onpofth* rtwfTH
IdkinK 10 sircnplh pciinlv. To (jet
I he j\bv\ for thi' Zjp speW, bum
lh« woodpile.

Thil'i lum to get the iluff (or
the «pdk, rtow hereS «ome hetp
on the o1 her 4spv(1 s of 1 he ]^m¥»
Tn 1(^1 the armaur from the
BJhfHl, bury the ^kuU bunev ,iirHl
tnucliletiorH' (rt-m^ivp rinR tir^lj
with the Hi<Kk, To i»dfdy gel the
tjtismjn, c*s1 Fl)r dt we%hl by
rubbing; the talKman you gel
Iran^porled lu j new section of
toe dt ions. CdvlinR ihe Zen spelj
willhTin^V{Hilii|hemt%1snftime»
Here you can enter different
locations much quicker. Whcfi
you are in the misly room or cor*
ridor, cast the See spd! ind io ett
the wheel in thi<i rtmm CKl Hyp
dl 1h« lul »<)Yir>K ttike wheel' to
it. To reH«l theinvtription on ihe
( i'ilinK. t^sl Fly H yoursctf. To be
jble to itif down on the river
bed, call Fiti at youndf bul
rememher to I4ke all your ttwff
agjtn AUtrviirih becju^' you
drop it.

Thdt'n Jiti the help, now C4n
anyone help me.
t. IHlowdoyou{^tpdstlhe«tone

doorr
2. Wlul is the answer to the rid-
cflef Vou Mid a iew nHinlh^
ligi) thdt il wd<t f'Tdr. I typed
ihi-kinbul nulhin^hiippenvd.
3« Is there anyway of Kcttiit^
fMSl the d^ri: de«l-end where
there'* a feeling of magic ^
4. It there dnyy^dv of opening
the sjrt^jphjjtu^i in the f(K»m
with ihe miimm^f

Ewnon lunlon, Londsfi

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ulitMi, hui (hiTf ,i«' J «■
m<trp whif h np«J (o be (lunf a->
nn *t or«> vk,!". onlv I in out of
Ihn '

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fSCekulNiillin
Kh.Mi jni-'* VuiM'rtiiTn.

k^t'iir lite lull Mify-
1 Im- ni hrl(Jl<i ,lll

Guess what? PBM
MAfLBOX C6iQbrate$ its
first biiitiday this month -
It's survived 12 issues
witti only one libellous
article, so I'm sure you'rs
not surprised to s«« me
still here. Weli, I
hope you're not . , .
anyway, after a year of in*
depth PBMIng, perhaf»
it's time to pay a visit back
to basics for a recap of
the piay-by-mai) hobby
and how to got into it.

PBM?

KAY-BY-MML gflfnos ai«

muttiplayir strategy witifor
fantny games pla^od ttwough tha
post.

Eacli PBM game to run tiy a
OdtftTBt body, ViB 'Game
McKMrator' (QM). The nurrtfier of
piayan varfas frofn oamaio gm«:
td aach ptayer tt\8 GM posts a
'tum9l>eet' or print-out' showing
Nsor har Individual position arid
situation in itie game. piiA tlie
results o' tfw player's last actions,

The pieyer Interprets itiis
tntormetion and pbts hfs piar>s (or
plans hs plots?) forlt^ future,
filling in an " ordere form ' to telM he
GM wtial he wants to do that turn »

T>tis orders f om> (s returned to
the QW by post: ttie GM Itier
carries out the orders in ttw gams
itself, by hand or on a camputar.
The rseufta of these ordsrs are
determined by the scarwto within
tha gBnvB. Including tha cither
players' orders - and the results
are then ported back to tha
play«r« on lha»r tumaheets. Thus
the game oontinuefi . . .

DIPPY PLAY

THERE'S AMOTHE» important
factor in PBM gamina:
OPLOMACY. liipiomacy is the
knterac^ton of players outstde the
gameenviFonment to rmprove
each player's posttioo. ]i can

Include trade between playara.
treaties, dedareiions of war
(Mrfiichshouid be mads tor a Qood
reason . ,), and the stratejpc
ptocing of dislnionmalion to
confuse an enemyf Tliere are
msny opportunities io develop
piay through diplomatic
communicationi: It's up to you.
the player, to nacxioniM and
4xplo411hem.

riff GAMES

THERE AAE hIANY gonres of
PBM game: lantasy , sci-ft.
strategy, role-ptayiru f^lPQ).
historic^ . . and mixiures of it>e
lot. You codd be tha captain of a
atanMp, • power-craueed tyivnt, a
Iflbal leader or even a inythlakl
character - the choice Is yours.

In CRASH I try 10 merrtkin as
many dWerent ^mes as poss'bi^
(Wtough I lend to stay dose to
cof^vutsr-moderated Qames
rather than their human-prooes'
sed counterparts - this is a
oornputer rrug, after ail . . . K eo U
you Ndt through Hits section Of the
Specialist PQiidI mags (listed
beiovn) you'll soon see what's on
offer

The concept of PBM gaming is
enthral ling. Over the past year,
many PBM companies have
reported a great inftux of new
pieyers into ttie hobby, This iss
good thing . and aa ion^ ^ the new
players ieim And respect the
establtehedtradttMxisfno Tm
bofiad oftNsgame. I'tt take
aomabodyouf with ma " taclics,
please!^ FSMimg wil) have a bright

QUESTION
TIME

Many of the letters t
recetva are asking the
saine questions, so
here's a selection of
common queries — with a
few answers, naturaiiy

HOW OFTEN
MUST A TURN BE
COMPLETED?

"nils depends on whtch game
you're ptaykng In, Soine gamse
reve an ordera deadline if your
orders don't reacti the GM by that
date, then the round wUl be mads
withCKrt you- The *tios1 common
turnafound rat© is fortnightly,
though there are quicker gitvnes
for eager PBMers end slower ortes
for player? living abroad, wtiose
ordsni^ lake lorigar in Ittp post

On the other frand. soms games
operate a real-time environment
by having op^ (leadlines: you can
send them orders as often or as
rarftly aa you liks, and ttw game
prograsaAs daily,

HOW MUCH DO
GAMES COST?

Pnoes vary gr ^al ly . Thera ' s usua>ty
a fee around E5 to join a game.
Kvt>ich may Inchjd* your start -up
pack and alew turns. After you've
used these fraebiea, you must pay
for ^ch turn; poces vary irom
bakJwCl toabovBESaium The
nomi IS about £1 .50, so a ^ame
running fortnightly dMdUnss
ooukj cost |iist 7Sp a Mt»et( plus
postage - small price for a lot o4
pleasure.

HOW DO GAMES
END?

GooeJ questiort! Agatn, a vanes.
Some gaines just go on and on
and on. Yoti' simply stop playing
wtron you ttre ot Ihe game» whan
the GM tires of you (t) , or wtien tt»e
GM tires of evefything and dedd^
to set up a pmfiniie ousirvess, like
rscyciing postage stamps. Other
gafnes operate a points system,
and once a player hits a g^ (but
seo^ score, ba-bkig, the game
ends. Most games worH this way .

WHAT DO I GET
FOR MY MONEY?

or. How long Is
a printout?

In general , you 9et a great deat lor
your money once the game begins
to develop ( wf>en you Start 4rt a new
game, it takes a few turris for the
game to mBture and become more
interesting tttan corrfusKio). Some
companies offer reams oTdeiali.
Anyway, I doubt you'll be
disappointed - if you are, write in
and tell me! And when you come
to rnake your orders, it'sneverjusi
a simpte case o* ' GET TORCH ' or
' GO WEST' - l>e knov*n order
fomns to take ttie best part of an
evening to compteta properly*

I LIVE OUTSIDE
THE UK

... can I still play British
gdmes?

Yes! Every PBM company f know
of offers slow'iurnaroufKl ^nes
for players from ttie Continent,
Africa, Asia, America and theott^er
places. Write to Iha compafues to
find out. And th«raiire many ways
of sending mooey ebn^ad, so just
cali in at a local bank end ask for
detstts.
inddentaiiy, i know o* soma

players on the Cksntinefil wt>o play
mainly to improve their English.
And some Bntish players, now I
think atx^ut it . . .

ARE THERE
SPECIALIST PBM
MAGS?

Yea. thr&e

P8M Magazine, Eir^y, i7
Langbank Avsnue, Rtse Park,
NottinghBm NGS SBU (C1 .2&)

Fleo*^. PO Box 12. AkStkjm,
W^sail Wssi Midlands W^
0TJ{£1.75)

First Poet, KG Peck. Waitiut T/ee
£.od!^. 9 Kitrgs Maadotv Lane.

Nontiampton^wm NN9 ^E" (£1 )
But don't forget to read PBM
fvf AJLBQX every month as wellt

WILL THEY EVER

improve that drawing of
you, Brandon?

I don't Know, l t>ope so; it makes
itte todk like a cross between
Spock and an o*d Action Man. (
can tiardly re&ignisa my stunrtiripg
profile in that sketch. Ihdugtt H isnl
my good side . - ,

PBM FORUM

This hsant bssn a very
good month for mm first I
crash my car into a
bolting cow (an
Intarasting experience;
and no - ft did not sound
Ks horns. Nor did It
mooo&ov« over. I hava
heard ALL the jokee.)
Hien I find I've received
only haff the normal
amount of ma I i (j ust three
sacks this time). But sa I
aaa Ht we have two
options. Either you ALL
write letters to me, or I get
no poaL Sound fair?
Good. Enough of ttiis
rambJing^ on with ttie
latters . . .

MOAH MOAN

Dear Brandon

With fesacj to the PBM Awards, i
betitve next year's awards stioutd
indudes Siggest Pain fn The Neck
Irophy, Cor^quest Games stiouW
get ttus award for changing the
rules three times In as many
months, it's so frLrsiraiing!

Roy Pollard, Slapleford.
Notlkigham

My orr/y commeni *s ihis: havwitte
gatnd 's res/fiy and faiffteaa?

SNIFF SHIFF

Dear8rendOT>

I'm sure you have full knowledge

oi KJC's action against

Arcadia and the company who ran

It , Jade Gami^, 1 had been playing

Afpodia for sc«t» tinw and I

thorou^ly enjoyed the game. I

had never even oxietdered

playing Earth ivood<the gait»e

whose copyright

Arcadia suppoeedly tweaches) , so

KJC have not lost any bij<siness

fnamme'

To depr^a me of rny favourite
eotertainmenf in such a way earns
my utter condemnation. Aner ea,
A/cadia is noi a new game - many
peofjle have beer> playing rt (or
months end. at the lime of closing ,
had weU'developed c^isracters.

In the light of what KJC have
done, I ¥^Ti never oonstder playing
any of their future games (OW or
new).

Dreu<g-Dur, Arcadia 13

Vot/'re not very impfassBd viftth
KJC - do eoy Isfthwood players
wish to oomrrient?

BK

SLOTH SLOTH

Dear Brendon

Ckxild you ptease teU the guy who
runfi Stoth Enterprises thai he has
paid 'n my cheque but has not sent
me my startup pack' People have
bean hassling ineto join the game
f or egas : so now I |din and nt^hina
1i«ppeft&!

talkihg of Satumaiia, it woukf
seem that J Cowell is right - if the
gan^ is so bofing and mediocre,
why does ever^xxfy seem to kjve
it?

Char De Bell, Watford
Hertfordshira

Gons^dtsr them told. Asfotyour
tinaicomir)ent.weli,ailtcansayis
'ooops again, AMter, mutter. (By
th&way.yes-than<mietsan . , -.
diffetant 'Cute'tsfx^atemitlike
to use. Too Yankfj

BK

Thefs am best 1 cmiUi come up
with this month. $o come on
now , put pen to paper and send
me some }ulcy giosstp snd^or
naws. The address is: PBM
FOnUM, CRASH, POBoft t0,
Utdkfw, ShrapsMre SYB 10B

By tt>a way, does errybody want
to buy a used Triuitiph SpiitftrA?
Colng cheap . . .

HEAVY
ON THE
FACTIONS

IN THE PAST couple of months
I've received several tetters teiiiiria
me aboul a newfish) Eantesyy^PO
garrte catEed faction Vagidan, I
v^as sorrwwhai scepUcsH ol ttiis
wondrous game tilt tlwv arrived in
my nwlbag a Mter and startup
package from Steve Newton (of
istewly Games) , HI save you all my
txwing waffle - the Isiter read:

Oev&artdcifr

Afofigtima^oiriaiana . , . 0(X»
ufjonatkn... Ouita soma time
ago , . WaH, ^lout tan months
ago. CRASM and mCRON£T
organised acompmtfOft to design
amuttiuaerganw for a c£itnputar.
Jhe fines of MUOJ ffflw if a
i W8S foriunats enougtt to
'harunnets-up - *hifch
1 for a nraf aSiompt-

Aji/*ay, the point ot aB iMe is
tfisl f HWTf on no dbvstep ttta idem
into a PeMgame, diftaiis at wtiiett
lenclose. The game vvaslaun&l^ed
on a natkifialtmsis in January, and
danpitQ {or because oi7} betng
Oflwed leaping room on Mike
MoOany's noor. i ivasn'f abUe to
attend ttw conv^toion.

As you wis aaa. the game ia
hanO'n>odetatedandia baaettin
the far futute, wtten iwVe
recG verwrg from haiHngbfoiim
otjfsatkva back to ttia stone Age,
though the history of the tima
ctoesn t sea if jiiike that of
course. -.

TTieoame is 9uife ilaroB Ihsoqpe
-oiferS0.000d(tfetantlocatk3fts in
0iekno¥fnwotidaioite,2OO-pius
setttaments ranging from vntag^
to crfiss, end fbur dbfirtcr types of
monster, taading to motathan f CO
types Ineir.

TTwol^tiiecro^j^gamei^ torise
ttwotfgh the ranks &f the
mac^Ssns ' nuSorwcriy wfHte
advant^ingth^cm^aQfyour
faction (m /act a»eft eomipl(W7tar4s
ffieoirier/. hhwevar, ttvugsar^not
that simple.

UkB afi Nararchiaa. the highar
means thetawat. andptayarsmay
find ft necaasary to '(she oof 'a
nvBi in eftehii^her tfefus groups.
Added to this aee the <^fScuHias of
mambefscfOiatatiaf tactions
trying to do this to you: poisoning
(^iefyrafaty}.pt^uaandtiie
oocwiof)atHill{X^arttryingtofape
yo*^ horse (they suf^ttieirom}
stapladdarst}. As you can
understand.tite^saldomfM . .
And so the ietier continues. The
stanup- package contaris a very
clear rule book, a few pretty
pictures, a map ol the land of
Tfinovia, and a blank lumsheet.

As you may have gaihered, you
play ttie role of a magician, a

CRASH June! 987 75

I

foAowar of on« of thA land's seven
orn f|04to. Tttareara al tofta of

I, AatfiM^ Cortagi*,
Pmwmnca Road. Pwm^tcx.
Lannat, Aadrvtib. CommUV THt6
STF

Doni fdrget to rT>emK}n OnASH I
Siartup&hv CflASH roadarmoosl
£S (riduding ttwaefeae tuma}, and
turrm cod £1 .90 tharaaftar.

MAIL-
BOXING

TH£ Pro-Box Club appaM to
h«va dona the Irnpossibte PBM

Tha p flM a rraliplayaaB a boNar
<wer a lao ftw wl wa mo m O i patlod.
iM aim of Iha game ta to be the
fnoit niOiMasfui boxcar inihe game
vrtnn Iha iaat round is caKM.

fllMjijiill

OHIWWID

Turnaround is fortrWf^y and
each bjrn costt CI . For further
(MaHaaandanSAEto:

Pn^Bo* Club, 32 Groantoixt
Gvdena. Qnonfom. Mkidlfiawt

SOCCER
STUNNER

KlCK-ABOlfr i» yet onomer
PBM eoooar oame. But Lnilha
other soooer gvDes (and I naceM
f>e** of SO many), Kick-
i4£iouf has a etart4} package
wWtii iap rofea a to naiy praMn t ed.
wiBi a w wi -o oaBed and
ufKlerstandabIa fulebooi( arrd a
cxjpy of (tie Kipfr-Abauf farvtne

It'a a gama of lAam
man a o ament: each league b epUi
Into IDU dtv^iforw, witii tefi teama
in a dtytnion , Againat the other
teams of his la^|ue the player pits
hto«irtta.imaginatiori arid vvhatevar
elaeyou pit Iniha game. And there
aracaahprixea^

Hiia Is one otthe best soccer
versions I'va aasit. though i don't
Ifta Ow ^Mrt I havetv't tried fC^-
About. but t wesiempied . . .

SUrtup a»i9 £S, and turn fees
va top a sessjon, mere are lan

iiiiiiiiiiiiniiii Mil 1 rrriiin

oovvstartuo and twhoiaaeaaon.
Fof turiher dolaais, send an SA£
to:

PtiM Shulklnd, S8 Nomptiiead
fktad. Dofkiog, Sumy RH4 3AH

(Note thai Phff is a very succeesf ut
and wei-known P6M playon he's

I not Hkaiy to try any tunny

I bidineas,)

76 CRASH Jure 1987

PBM MAII^OX: DIPLOMATIC
DIRECTORY

JJuiK i«lKT¥ At lux , but dqn't Ictbo-
dJMTKt ywi loo mudi . , . Juit
roDcmbcr - be carduJ out ihcrt,
Mini keep in lEHicb Ihrtnicb iJk
DIPI-OMATIC
DlRECTORy . . <

*W] AdnHN*d

i| MarliMMcad bau, Kifton, Bomob,

LiiKdiuliinP£»l)$L

GAMES: Vmem Wm U^ 71, C^fmi

15; Eankivopd SI; Aftmdm 6; Str Emf« *i

I; r«ifiHH

*M1 tmamfnmck

TlQllPA

GAMES: Varttm Wm 7S(C«t^^

BUTADi

*mj TriTia Smith

i7 Sku-mon (jckceiI:, BkiWlKDix Friilkf

L^cnstn LE} 6NW

GAMES: S^^Ot 4 (SS Bdit JdUtJ

tSa4 Kg ^w t 1^ M VT MVV

U Thonuiii Qiit, Ckrtejrt, Lam, FT!

IJN

GAMES; /I'l A Cnmt' t fDteiii Wm-

fun); Ift A Cfm*< 4 i Af <fao^ Bbm)

*mi stMBtMii^^

17 Gmfean GHdim, Amotd, NottiB-

^ua HQi 6QV

GAMES : Varam Wmi 75 'Ca^mmdm

SHinVNj

MrGGI

GU7JUE

GAMES : .Up*%aht: CtwrnvfTi V^i^.
BxPkrm tjfOnm; Lmidi tflki Crwivm
Sw; A*t; Mmk pfCkm; Um^tiLmi;

GAMES: JmO* ', £i» JW«« ^
VsRiM ran li; Siitmm»k»;Fim Mm-

pm

*Na Scvct MvcfHtM*

; Bftmtiide Thtkc , Cc«l«JiUAe, Eiilia-

GAMES; V«ran V« «0, £*## ^ww

il Vaiokic R,4wl, Pmtwbck, AynUn,
SCMluia KA9 2AA

GAMES: Vimm Wmt U (Cmmandir
PEPtSHi; An**m; Camfura

«au KcT WiMT

9 Qiitw HffHC, Atawoak Roid, B«i-
GAMESiEartfatrarJO

*«tt k

NrBujtw-
%uSft
VtwTim Wan 65 (Cimmiaukr
PEST/Bi. Vhv V^ttm W^ 77 tCem-
matJm i-HVGADii WmM j^Vmymu
(lat't /imiiciiJ*! w Buy St EAmmidl >

) J' DweaoortCkmt, Almrai

upua TrmiJ

GAMES

4 Whitrliadi ELawl, ThlitcluiA, New-
burf,BBkihiniRCB4AE
GAMES: AmaAa « (£a Gm«MbJ

T74 HobK&dd RiAd , OepMl , M«M.

ntd«LK9}PQ

GAMES : VorrM Kn; Cflufwar,- /r'l A

Crtiif,'<r;Pniftftj

*SI4 t>*m4 I

21 FVmatt tti^, Weii Bnd^erd, Nut-

tiiwfawN»5HR

GAMES; C«f aiOt 5, i^li^v '«

*tlS ManteHM^

WftUaey Huad , VkUcMy, Menfyudc

1>4 2AG

GAMES; Vnrtm Van JlilftACrmmN

1 7} Oaccu Hold . LfkxHcf LE2 1 FN
GAAlBS: Somo/w, AkajIh, Ev~
dtai«rf##,- IfHfi ofiimi 17 i AftoAa,- /r'l
^ Crwati; S^nardi ml 5fa«Ui

*tlT Infcii lai. dii Vm|

SaungilluQ 1 72, |jl» BX Ldd<lt, Zuid

Hdlknd.NdlkrfaBdB

GAMES; Vwtm Fan U ifr

• •It Fl

(^MahPwn Hduk. T bomaiH i^t
MBtfa]rrTy<ttIi Mid Glanor^ii, Souili

GAMES: fft A Cnmt! I iDmlk)

*ait Sun Vkdiuv

GAMES: Socar Sm; I'MMiitfn. Jr*! 4
Cnm/ #; r«rU d/^Cibiat

«•» aiffwifcj Dvilar

1 1 Pri«7 Gnm , Suxkwfil, LawkW SWt

£PD

CAMES;5t0«do^«

*•»

27 RmoBify Hiiad , SpravtiMi , t^w-
ifx^. Nwfolk N|t7 ilk
GAMES; Vemn V>i «/ {Ca
BRlDER^i Itt A Cmm! 4 {#?«*»«

*§U Knia PiMck

Walaui Ticc Lodge, 9 Kiiici Meadow

IhUX, Il^ham Kcrrcn. Nanluvptiifi-

nhircNmiJE;

OAM£S ; £*i44aMi<; ^dMnaha;

S vfisi* 4, OrKn'i Fi^v, /r~i A Cnmt!

1; CoAU S<Ui; Att

una MatdmHuM*

10 Detjbr Lane CfCKxat, Grmf t Mdot.

Wikc&cid, Wat YurkihiK WF4 4ED

GAMES ; Si^ir^i** 4 iSS Dfrndua Pm J.

AnaUm

*tM CawMnkaa

J6 Spur Road, Otpoftoa, Kou Sfti

OQL

GAMES; VarCem Wan 71

#a» o«s wiuuiKfd

11) Pwi RMd, lamkr, STt UgW
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Win a Pogo Stick plus copies
of Thing Bounces Back and
help GRlKflLIN ORAPHICS
celebrate tiie launch of their
wacky new platform game.

Sprotng mania has Struck CRASH
Ttwwrs!' "H's most pecuivar, ' said
on official Co^nps Mirtlon. 'aver
&lnc6 thft taom tww seen Truing

atouKtmoftmiambBr
ViM fofks, toronceoven ageing

you eviafaaentpustit^ with

'iWiifliW. auoPtftjn. 'si^Art
MaestfO Ob. txturtsng into ifew,
t}um9(0ygMng chase to a botih
ot niffy orange ink that hati
a omt h o wgoitmigt^i^'fi-Bd's
cusioifiieadswlyitchairasit, with
ha, tfonnded down the ttain,

MMrrmNto 8an,Mik»and Pm/l
fiffM ot«r ffw SfjacvMofifmtfOuftti
m the Bttieaacfi Claiming that they
to^x>tiltfif9tefta3o itwy deewe
theHrstgo, That is tmtif the E
GfOSSO eaay rate in -snc^ iittaWfls
t)0qnitefaiKheago. He
appfoaeheetNaintii^tjaual
subftv. quM. mtkinifatyteroai^.
'M)neftwantaifo,aKtfwainilA
NOWi At which point thentsl dive
tprt;sovafas he toflps upon the poor

Specs HappefatidtfOunc^otfui
toth&suhaet.

M a a n mN le t, ypurhumbie
Cofhpe MUMem, have nottting to

UtougMforme. (C'mon, we're
talking r«sf deep syn^MtOry here).
The onfypef^)nthmeefeeia the
vt*jptuou» Sue Quinn from
QtemllnOfviNcswho,ovtafthe
kirx^ness of her heart, S9nt me a
ooupie of pogo siK^ts. and now I
eant* aeon bounctng down
UidtowHigh^a^ - a regutar Httie
tourist mttnieiion.

Howevet. as Mummy f^r^on is
a b^rpRsf thapogo-ingage, t've
gotoneapamandl'mghhgH
awayf from me to you. 0«»u»
1'maonicm.AtKlttoveyou. Honest.

Wed, X'a not going to be that
aauy-^metocaltalimose
dofmanttjmncell^intQaetionaind
aon out this spot &» dtftennoe
puzzle first.

The winner w^ tecefve a brand
new Pogo atick and a copy of
Thing Bounces Back, the
amB£fngiy cf9^ GreniUn GrapNcs
game (see revtew on paQS ^4).
CopJw of Una game #i)4 also go off
to 50 tucky runnors up . Spot aiHen
dift«r«nc«9 )n pidura B, nrvg tham.
and poet it ofl to:
BOUNCING BACK COMP,
CRASH, PO Box to. LiM^ow,
Shrop$t\tnt Sl^S tDiS to srwm no
Mir m«% 25 Juna- Ohay? Boing,

CHAS« B<HJ**CI**Q iACK COiiPETmOW

CRASH June 1987 81

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yj flNNERS Cerp MZES

In Jtsu« 39 w« ran four comp«tl -
tlons. Contestants In Imagine
That, thfi [^sign-a-game aflort
for DOM ARK, will have to wait a
bit longer. The many enlhefl
h*v« l»«n BwH to DOM ARK for
IMr perusat, and we «ager)y
mt»B\i the outcome, The Fergu-
■OfVCRASH Mappers' comp
dot^n't close for anotiier wevk
ywH, »0 more riews next i^sue.

BUTCHER
THAN BUTCH

Be Shaken not 'i

GET TO SEE>

ADVANCE were Offering the win-
ner of this cotnpetltion e Gbettot)-
lasler, a Buich Sweatshirt and
heedberxl end a copy of the ganie.
So, the noisy VKlweil-dothed per-
son is P«ul KHcltefMr from Bot-
tesford. Ncns hq\ 3 OBA, while
the second prize goes to Mark
Sliawfrom Harwich, Essex, and
third goes to DavktSatlla or Irby m
the WirraJ , Merseyslde . ^ runners
up each rscaive a oop^ of ttte
game:

K«l^ ««nd«n. WonpHlnhtrw, D Vl4 SAS^
Ar>dnw PMrich, CnttBUnvn, M« of Mm:
S«aw«n Rcnw*!, T«i*an« Wmt, NCaeTjai;
P*tmt TMnwlK. Manwtfci*. ill IBW;
Dvrfd Wlndail, KmH. TN16 OOH: Tony KU-

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BAZCCKA BILL'S
TROUSERS

MELBOURNE HOUSE took a leaf
out ofSM -ED Gm^rm Kidd 's Shoes
fforgtve the mixed tnes^itto^ end
had a psif ot Doc Marten l?ootS
and a patr of comtjat f/mrsen? to
give away together with one of our
CRASH r-Shjrts, The winner is
Qm/kt Homm from Hoiyport.
MaktOfitieaii irj Berks (incidentatfy'
wfth the folhwifig sizes: Footsize:
9. Watst 32. Insidsieg. 29)'

40 runners up aach receive a
copy of Bazooka Bttl.

rmi Wifinwd, Co Dutnn. Sn IPR; M P
Stnu. K*nl. CT M Vl^^ Gv? B«twr, turrwf.
can OLTj JoniUun Wrt^, ^«fiifMrt,
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ana ZNQ; Nkohertai StyUl-HouHitlt, Hats,
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OvmX, 9m\ OPEi K«vtn PM«C««4irtv, H HP*'
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TliMllhv SlOM, WtMhconiM, Olot;
anptian Twranao i V !-•■»•, FV7 TDV: Huw

ku^Mll, N HumbrnU*. DNt4 PHTi Haiti

THE Lf r

virred . . .

Courtesy of OOMAflK. two
CRASH readLf s jfvd a guest ea^
Will be privileged lo atietxl a pr^
va\e viewing pi ih>^ l^xa^i Jntn^^
Bond film , "nt^LMttf DaytigMS
a whole week before ils Boyai f ' ■
mtdfe, and days before thegen-

PuWjc g&t to see t1 «n July'

Not only will the lucky winners
be amorig tt>a f v st to en^oy ttx?
thris of 0b7"s talesi ei,pkMTs. bur
" (jy wiU be seeing 3 oew 8ond, in
[ii<3 person of Timettiy Dation.
Who has now laKert over the rote
from Ftoge* Moore, Oollon's is an
aitogethor more jilhietjc Bond I han
we' we seen lo» mony <i year arid
The L'VVK} Dai^rghis promises lo
be an Action-pacKM] hit .

To coincide wrth ttie (orthcom-
'- "'ai feteaee. OOMWIK are
I .I'll iiworkonthecompuler
9annc (nwe detaits neict month)
and they would Uks two CHASH
winners to heJp (hem celebralf^
(heir efforts Thepnvale show will
be h&)d on22 JufW In theluxunous
Viewing Ihcaire at Pirwwood
Studios, Iver . BucHmghamshift*.
wnere mucft dt tne film was shoi
Arnval lime ai Bnswood is 6.30-
7p(n forihe scrsoiWkg 9t epm.

Because of the short lead time,
entries most be in 1^ 15 June at
the lalflsl and l&lophor« contact
numbers should be si^Jplied

Tiir? drst two correct etitfies
[,ii\«,^:.\ ifom Q'g bag will win a p^iit
at iic^tets eacti Winners will cie
inlof med ot tinal ajTangements.
inn H» winoefs trnm be prepared
to gel io Cmu^ London at thair
own cost.

HOW TO Sf f THE
UVIHG DAYLIGHTS

Just flnswof I he folic wing
simple questions on a postcard,
or the buck of a seatod envnlopc
Dcm*t forget your name, address
and tslephorw numt>er! S«nd
your answers to:

1 . What was the very hr^
James Qond film caltW?

2. &and has driven many cars -
wtnat was the f<imous> gun-
metal- grey one he used in

3. WhH;h earlier Bond dim also
b<9Came a Dofnarfc game?

4. Timothy D.iltDn IS ftow Bond,
but name four ottMJ'r actors
who have played the part.

5. Who wroto the original
James Bond novols?

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with Philippa Irving

1

THE STATE
OF THE ART

TriniHY f«rm has arrived, and In tha giorioutsfirin^
studems an sproadir^ thwnsolv^s oui on co4lege lawns in b fkftwrninM
eflbrt not io do Etny woHt. Moo/rwhile. those wtio have Ftnotii in - uip -
V)van we^3 are EsntvnpioUng Ihfi attractive properties o? MaQdalen
Bndge as ttray tinaNy rSttUiiAthal (ha last bit af work th«y dkj was to taad
hatf a Pahguin tntfodudlon Wt their aeoond teiTn three yaara ago. Oxtatd
ningia to the g«rtie sound of Fin^ista plunging kito ttte Isis arNtrJafjanaae
cam«ras dtcKing,

Onathir>a at I<m^ that won't bakaapioa ma from my wondarfiirevtaion
timatable (and I've got a new ona now, 7 got fed up with the old one) is
t^ [»sHrna which aatractad ma constwnly in my second year tv^
ago; pta^Kng the latest computer game rateaoes. I may sW load up an oM
one, but \ knew what my irted and tasted favotxttes are ^a so the
compulse Interest and urgvicy Isn't thersv SUb, Doo/ndarte's Aevonge,
yrfdiun and d&tefs arani go<ng to go sway and we there to ptav wfien I
)w« more time. As for gamee Ike MorsiparT, Dun Damshgevi Heavy on
tha Magfcfr. I've come ck»e lo solMng these after many ded»cBt«d arxl
sbaorbEig hours of play But m the last six months I haven't bought a
single Spectn^m game, l intend to get SlarBifildiBr sooner or later, and I'U
be Buylrig ITie Pfc^amtonalAdvsnttjta H^Mar wtian I have enough money
to spare, but two pieces of software in six monttn wtian I used lo buy
throe a mtxith Isn't an imprMaiva toiol. Ttie reason la aimplei, aimost
nothir>g rw aa«n mcantiy haa intereated me enough to part with my
limited fmapcM raaouroaa.

It's hardly worth ro<#ervtuig what every Spectrum gameapiayiir muttt
be wsM aware of theee'^yii, ttut the amalgamation of smaNer. Imovstive
oompaniKt Into big multi-nationals has resulted m a collapslr>g of stari-
derds from ur>derr>BBth. By that I mean thai the programming of a game
may be as exc^^ient as a 4 8K macNne with attnbute blocics trying to look
litca a dedicaied arcade machine can be. bul the content - the ga/m& and
the ideas underneath tfie on'scneen appeararK:e - has drained away.
Someone, I auppoM, must tiuy these Film and TV licensed games. I
presume, in fact, tfmt they must be a really commercial ooncwn for the
producers or there woukf be no point In maKIng them. QooastorkBlly e

media llcanoe Nn reauitad in a good game, but on ifw wtwM these types
of product are being turned Into msttcettm] aserdses. Tfwcynlclam ol the
big cornparieA is appalling ; they musr -^^'a nothing artisttcalty or

intellectually satisfying about these ;..-_-„ o( soflwve. but I should
imaoioa that if they shrTl a reasorjable numtnr of ur^ than sucti conakt-
eralKHis ore ineiei^nt.

there were always ruff garrwa, but in the past one found honestly bad
products liine the classtc arrxing turlceySi, me Gfoat Spaco ftaco, and
weedy platform games with tmpraliabie soanarios pnxhjoed from some-
one's back bedroom. It used to be mudi mora common, two years ago.
for a game to faU down on pn^eniatlon and programming rather than
imagwwive Input l am imereeled in computer games as setf-justifying
antartalnmani; woiltsol art. H'yoo use tt>e vwrd ina broad, unpretentious
sense. Pad of the art is entertaining ihe player - the plays of ShaJtespe^e
we iudged not only on the tieauty of tt>elr poetry but their ability io
entertain an nudiervce in the theatre - a part of ti is ttte visual dtilgn and
something of the quality m imagination in the coding itseff. Staqj w dbr is
a game with imagirtative Oodlrtg, and so were Bttaand Knfg^ir Lore in
their day.

^Eiaganoe* is the word I wixid uaa to dBScribe the eeaiheUc affect of
ptogrmwrt g vi Nka we sae in Maraport and the MlKe Smgieton games,
Unwaa a gafi» to dietgned from the slart witti tfw SpKtrum in mind, and
wHii an Idea which is going to baa oornputar game arvo not arrytfihig alae.
we will noi see Boftwwe with thaBaqu<aiaa.T he o r Wlicai>y thaw wwuld
be nothing to stop designeia taking a tfname from a film or television
programme iTKl using it to tMdd a computer aosnarlo, but in practice thto
seems to pmat^ the creative abilities:.

Wargamea era tfw last tHstion of the Old- style bad games, f am uniike^
aver to find myself ravlewing a fNm loanat in Frwittlne. despite the
popularity of warfitntt raoantly. This would ba a good thing if the standard
of preservation at«i programming of wargarrtts was higiwr' (nthe mean-
time, 1 oogin tobagivtWLi. My puree andleiHjre lime (wt^h^ ougtut to be
revising time) «e now ftear thai ttiay used to be.

BISMARCK

Producor: PSS
Pnce: £9.95

This game occupies a poeiition
somswhera hmily between strat-
egy counter-movmg and simula-
tion, It is in PSS's familiar house-
style, as opposed to what seems
to be their 'imported ' styie; that Is,
we have slick machine code prog-
Tommlrig, nice presantBtion terms
Of rather bland and pretty
graphics, and the admltiediy
handy 'com-bOK'.
The arcade sequence, which is

predtctabla from thla deacripUon.
ts not. in this case , an optional friJI .
IT attempts to ooct^jy a oam/ai
position in the game, and |usbfia-
bty so wt^an you consider the
Boenaffoc it ooncantratas or the
rart pl^«d In World War II bv the
Sismwctc - one tyf those unainka-
ble ships wtiioh inavitably go
down. Hlstoifcaffy the Siarnarck
lived up to the tradition set by the
Titanic, and the gameplay of this
compuier slmutetiion of tlie bief
Serving life of the 'pride of the
Kriegsmarine' does na baaH to be
authentic in this respect.

The Bismarck was taundwd into
active service on 1 8 May 1 941 and
aur^ by the flagship of the BiVAtt
tiome neat. King Oeorge V. on 27
May. It was trying to head towards
the mHJ-Atiantic, wtk«ra it would
keep the Sntish bOtieahipa busy
and allow its companion-ship, the
Prince Eugen, to attach ttie mar-
chant convoys safely. Before It
could break (Mt Mo the open
ocean >t was bonaged not only by
half Iha British navy, who had
Int a roap te d its radio messages
and were able to track its poeidon
accuroiely, but by air attai:dt..Triere
is a. detailed and well-rwn^ed
accourit of the Bismarck's mne-
dky reign in the rulebook, which
seta tfie scene admirably and Jndi-

viduatises ifta vanous Bnti^ ships
whk^ appear on the acraen.

The map shows waatem
Europe, teeland, and a portion of
lt^ Morlh Mfantic. tf you accept
the defauN option to pfey the G«-
msfi side, it shows very iittle else
wlien the game stans: the Bis^
marck, a smaM square with a cross
on it, awails orders ai the top of
the soraen, Aflhough the sur-
rounding ocean is teemng with
British battt sa Wps . convms arvd
aircraft oirflait, the German
player is only intarmriantfy made
aware of thte^ positions.

There are icons on the rrup. m
the lomn Of a Rag and wirXlSOck,
representing the command oenlf e
and weather station of wtuchever

CRASH June 1987 87

tidi yciu're playtng. Tho mo tihm
cantrt car stwayv b« accassod
with tfw ooiTi'-tMJx and ahowv what

(hi WMAhw OOfWHtkWW KftBS 0W

m«p are: a peilem a( dquds.
remtrntscent of rhose rxtw trsneHy
otactronic wtHit^iennaps. appears
MipQrtmposed over Europe II you
tmify warT to imtiale 1h«taltviiww
wMfhar forecast on ytHjr SfMc-
tnim. sueooflsiM k«ypre«a«s cad
up a prticMetlon of wtrerfl the cloud
will be arry numbsf o1 hours laler,
Cotmaiieaiy this i« an aMr«ctiv«
fwHifa, and ttw (haory fa thai ttw
Oarman player ougM to koep th«
8(amarcfc traMNing uwtef dOMd to
nrMrMrrise th« dtfigar from Briteh
airattadit.

The command centre can only
tw acorased wti«n n nsshes- For
th« Gamian player M raporls U-
boat sigHings Ot Brilivi ships,
which coma rBgtHafly arvi are very
tiQipful in attempting to avoid lf>e4r
path, The Brittsh p&yor h told of
radio intsnsapts. itihicti p^potnt

oOfn-bcn iamovamarii but it alao
iOQaneatha unit's batlieacreert^
This ia whare the famous - or
notofibus - F^S arcade svquanoa

Sins to look aurprisingly Hca a
Qus attempt at aimulahon, The
batdaaoreen. whk^ lenllka pan
vandon^ arcade aaquances, car
be accaasad at any tinw, is «ptjt
ioto three aactiona, Theuppet pari
□f the screen shows a featureless
viaw of the aea in front of the ahip
arKl itie arwmy if ttterais one in the
vk;truty- CRher ships appeal^ aa
Nglhlv detaftKl outlines on the
horizon^ The mtddle sedon a a
COfn^ex bank of icons and Nor-
mation. which are usad to contTot
ship fnovernoni arxl to lire the
weapons. The lowflr part ot tt>a
screen ^ows a dtagrarnatic lap-
reseritalion of the ^ip Irom the
3ide on; as won as you start ©et-
ting sheied the point of this dte-
pE^ tieoomes el arrNngtv apparent
PS fire spreads throu^ (he tnjU
towards the eng^DM and fuel

the aism«rci(*9 position, These
raidk> atahtinos don't start happerv
iDQ unTiratHXit halfway throuoh tt«
game, so tt>ere'9 lihle the @nti9h
piByer ean imeUtgently do urrttt
than, boydod trtlking sure the
navy iS in a fairly carrtral position
(aady la stenn towards the Bis-
man:;h, vt^m it tfiowa up.

The main f^jndjon of the com<
bOK IS. as wiih ottiar games in this
style, to give movemerFl orders to
Ihe units. The German player only
has control ow the Bvamarck.
while itie Sillish player can gh«
orders to a rtumtier of tHtttiesrap«
and sn aircrafl camef. The only
order whk:h can be given via tiie

88 CRASH June 1987

tanks.

Whan the Btsmarch satis near an
enemy unt H appeers on the map
screen, and even If tfia other ikie
decides f>ot to engage in batlte' the
ship will probably t>e visible i1 you
access the beHiescreefi. Onca in
view, you can attempi to eSoaa on
the enemy by selecting the
appropriate loon, and wheri it's m
range of youf guns you can lire.
There seems to be litile skj)l
involved in the actual firina. irs a
metier of pointing Ihe vjewfinder in
the right direclKin and pressing the
butlon« discharging an appwentty
liirnidaae quariiily of shelL PSS teM
me It^ the real auH tea in out-

manoauwlng i
and oertalnr^.

the erwmy ships,
if you let the Bis-
marck sit there and take substan-
till damage fkom an opponent,
then you wW EnevMably kne,
Somewhai artlfloiafly. hHs to the
enemy ship are displayed at>ove
hits toyoitf'own. The Bismarck can
take 99 posits Of d^TLoge before
sirtking, tjut as she! Is hd .fires, start
around the ship and urileaa thaoe
are dealt wrth you nsk having an
explosion in l^te fuel tanks before
you re actually shot to pieces.

A separate k»n allows the
player to mov9 a fli'^^flght i ng crew
to Ifie scene of the blaze, but In the
meerTlirrie the ertemy rnay still tie
fking. Am I being loo exadlng to
point out th.al on a battleship like
the Bismartit, which carried a
crew of 2,300 men. H was hardly
neoeasay to ^op firing to run with
a bucket of waiar to put oui a fire?
Prabafaly not, tMcauae it puts the
ptayar at a dtoadvamtage. The
anamv doesn't pauaa to repair its
fira oamage. Juggling baftween
combat artd lire-figimirKj mode can
become wearisornety fibdly-

The Bismarck 1$ Jtttemptjr>g
eilher to reach ttie southern edge
of the map reasonably intact, or to

gat to Brest with at least one sunk
ntish ship to Its name. T1^
sounda aa^and la anttamely arvd
depresalngiy dtfRcutl, as 1f>e his-
torkaid disadvantaQa tfw Bisn'wck
was under is ruthlessiy rapro-
duceii, The ship only Iws S9 Wl
points ar^j no way of raoovering
iham once lost, several at s time,
to enemy ifteRs, it follows there*
fore that the Bisniarck ought to
avoid any combat If at all possible
and head for the aoulh edge of the
map, despite am ln|unciion In the
rules to keep ctttt Of bettiasiiips
but sink everythliig tta». In prac-
tk:e. It's very dNmMt to avoid
being caught up m battle. Obvloua
Bntnh tactk:s unfortunately
encQtMtigt a kamlkaid mentality,
for sendh^ weaker sh^ locartain
death againM Mm Biamarck can do
a signMVcant arnourit of permanent
darnage. There ought lo be penal-
tiea for Ajiddai stratagiaa, ^ it ia,
you gat A British Victory' and a
reapeciabia percemaga for scup-
pedng an o4 your sNpe except one
which was on the pwnt of eipkid-
ing Irom fra damage. It's good to
rxMe at least thai aetualy wboting
a! your own sNpe b not tolerated.
The game proceeds in real tkne,
with a cfxjice of pace tyetwesn
last, medium and sbw. Fast is not
panicularty speedy, and there
stiou^d tie no reason to want to
slow up wtiat happBTn on the map
screen. Tb6 <|uick pacing means
that the pame la unltkaly to last for
a long time, and l^ial - to rne -
contrnutes lo an knp r as a ton of
shalkjwnesa Ottwr pliyen may

Htfl a game which haa flxad boun-
drtas and a detHta raaok^ioo
within the space of an hour.

Ttw rtiea coma in a aimil high'
quality booklet and are nk»ly pre-
sentedi there's an k^timt labia.
illustrations of symbol t»ad on
the 3<7sen, end useful I n formation
about the miliary capabilities of
the ships. All aspects oi gacneplBy
are dearty descrtMd in a mean-
ingfuf sequence, and the historical
overview is wen-written and
interesting. The siarxtard ol PSS
documeniAiiion seems to be
improving.

Bismarck a a smootfrly-pre-
sented. uncSemartiling game
which tries to make an arcade
sac^jerxse work as an integr^ part
of a wargaine', Of that type, a type
PSS are creating, it is Succeasnil. t
iBmav^ unqonvinoed Ihat this
paftksular Myfa of iwarome tiaa
anywhere to go: It's too gl%>, H
seams too much of a pala ratlec-
tkan of what H's attamptino to
blvtd. md It doesn't offer anough
of a kHTg-term chaiienfie But
there's a lot packed into Bistnafck,
and Ihffi may be a game which
younger and inex[>enenoed war-
gamers will en^.

PRESENTATtni^ 97%

Optior^ I 'iiprahei>*

sivet ttte pur..i^cigin{} is attractive
(though PSS have gone over to
ttwae boring double casaetfte
boHae ntn^ end iitieon*acraen
irnpiBMiiyi is polished

RULES 8S%

Not voluminous, but detailed in all
Important respects, wett-pra-
nntad. and Iwipiui.

PLAYABILnnr 80%
Very easy to get into.

AlfTHENnCITY 79%

The irrtrodiKTtorv material m the
niksbook creates an {itmosphere.
but aspecls of the simuletion-
saquenoa ara unoonvlncine.

OPPONENT 74%

As \fm Brrtish tt>ftcon^juler is vie-
kH«t. as the Germara, it krxtws its
own viciory conrftior^.

VALUE 70%

Depends what youVe looking fbr-
aome fMOple may find it's al over
too ()ulcMy for their money.

GRAPHICS B0%

The urtekciting appearance of the
map-screen is olntft by very pretty
touches , such aa the weather fora-
casl, the icOTMi and the tfiip out-
lines.

OVERALL 75%

Well produced, wHh sorr* scope
for varied ptay; not a kyug-tann
chaHengB,

ZULU WARS

Producer CCS
Pnca; £8,95

This latest game from CCS lakes a
littlaHB^cpoaad conflld betwe«i
the British and the Zulu trtns
towards the and of the nineteentti
century for its soenark), which I
can't help watoomlng « a chttiga
from the end^ re-enactments of

the Second WorkI War which , afler
four momhs of edltir>g Frontline,
are baginnk>g to make me feel as if
I'm tapped in a recurring time
kjcp.

On the i^f'ier hand, there's little
point In novelty for its own sake.
Each game must sUmd on its own
merits, independent of previous
,;^j|lu Wimw uses its

$c&riafio to wort< seme mteresting
and novel stoments into the
gam«plsy< and wtth two sepajrate
pfogrsms, one on «tt>ar side ol ihe
tape, rt WKXrtd wem to ofler value
for nx>ney too: but (t'& (el down, as
^ 100 many wwQwnw are, by
shoddy unpnofasmnsl progrvn-
ming.

Thera sfo two s4»narJoa wfticti
mu5T bs loaded saparatsly. and
one - the ea^ter^ iAnu^itan - la
baaed on a tiatile whilch just rnlght
have happened, but dkln'1.
Althciu9h Tm all for spec^ulative
wafgamlng, this sugoeala to me
Chat the potential of tlie historcai
n'^tanaii ^ limited somewhat; par-
ticuttrly wt>«n tt turns out that the
vtirt-up condltkjra of the battle ofi
ttw nrat side o^ the tape have had
lo be tweaked corttKterably to give
ihe ZuhiS any chance at aH, Zutv
Wars riiMrt M more accuratelv
titled Venations on the Ztdu Wars I

Sti, It's an academic axardse
af^ywuy to be tew that Rttte boxes
on a oomputer screen bear arty-
thififl more than a numerical
fe«embtanoe to what reaMy hap-
pened on the tjsttieflela, and
aHhoogh I'm strornly In favour of
9S much historical baching in ftie
paci<a9ing aij possible to assist
this act of faith, an approximation
\$. always inevitable- Ttie leaflet
thai comas in the standard doubie
cassette box describes tfie polill-
cal i^luatlon tn Africa which led up
to the oiJtt>reak of the wars, and
the specHic conditions of each
^ceriariOt in a conci^ but
adec^iate way. The Zulu Wars
worn CBLMd by British impertalia-
iic ambition in the tw«Ttleth cen-
tury, or ratfter Ifw curlou& Brifieh
t>eljel prevalent tfien that only ttiey
were competent to "keep ttie
peace m Afnca; on this occasion,
between the Ek»r3 of The Trans-
vaal and the Zulus of Zukiiarxt,
wNch was recognised by Bfltain
as a 50vere<gn state, Irt 1879, the
British moved into annexe Zulu-
land and met a weti-organtaed
native anrtf which, despite its
stnMigifi and tactics, ended up aa
cannon-fodder to ttie technbiogi-
ca3 might ol the Empire. TWa out-
come was eril ire^ predictabia and
although, aa laay. the balance has
been unhialorfcety redrvMed, this
s stifi one of those wargsmes It's
difficult to lose.

For reasons which bcconr* app-
arent once ptay fias started, and is
for onoe excusapte. there is no
tvko-player option or choice of
side. Tfie player takes command

of tfie British forces. or>der GerTeral
Chelmsford Hi L^vndt and Manr^
General Crealoch ri Ummazi.
egainat lt» oomputer, which eorv-
trofs the Zulic. Fis^ takes plaoe on |
a small scaie. iha screen reprt-
senting^ In cvtousty distorted per-
s>pective6. inc^lduaJ buildtr>gs and
foliage on the battief^eld. The units
thems^lvTO are shown not as trad-
itional, syrrtbolic boxes birt as a
matrix of little stick rrten which
dwindle, rather alarmingly, as
damage ■& incurred.

in the first scenario (he pliayer
has 13 blocks of slick men to
march against the Zulus, and
they're often dffflcult to marj-
oeuvre through dosely-piai^d
otjstacies. or indeed paat each
other. The clumaineea of (t»
British movement m IrritaiNng only
before It tMOomos apparent that
it's part of the ganvepiay; histoh-
cally, it reiXttMnts the regin^ente-
Hon and rigid (ormatkxi of the
Bdtis^ troops, and in game terms
It gives th« Zulu forces an advan*
tsge to compensate for the
piker's supertor firepower.

The UTiifs have a foced efficiency
rating and a fhictiMtina morale rat-
ing, 0x1 a nurnber of nrovemeni
fiobm tjssed on their effid^icy-
When each unei Is Mghligf^ted in
turn by the computer the nanre of
the regiment is displayed abng
with a bar-chart of these simple
statistics, and reference to a list in
the rules gives the exact number
ot men in it. This list, which even
tells the cunous wtial ihie regi-
ment's present designation is, is
the sort of hetpfui, easy ^ref arena
faalure that I'm always glad lo see
inarulebooh.

Three cffficulty levels are
offered, which simply determine
how many hundreds end
thousands ol Zulua you gel thrown
at you. At Full Battle levsil the figure
is 40.000 spear-weving warnors
^Qtitat 5.300 infantry and ^OO
t^volfyi OfKM the dHflcuity level
has been selected, the games
start automsbcaMy; and so do the
impressions of tachinessand 8wl<-
nnard pro g f a m m l n g. Tlie player ^
troatad to a demonstration of the
acpaing scrolling routine, which
chums the map laboriously bad^
and forth across the screen in the
nv3S4 Incompeient and fflckering
wey rve see on a recent game. But
this IS a wargente, rtot Uridiun^,
and so. generwsly recognising
this is tnvial - a matter of aesthet-
ics, really - the pJayer might tie
amoyed to discover this ugty

routine iS the only way of vievmnig
the map avatbbie. tt cannot be
scTOlled under tt^ player's control.
only by a 5<ngle keypress which
gives a repetrtion i^ the guided
lour.

Movement and oombat for tfie
British IS iximt>jned into ifie sorne
phase, and the computer selects
units in ium lor atlantton. Fortu-
nately, a seiecied unri can t>a
passfld unt>f later. Ihe units are afi
crowded togetfwr and getting in
each other's way at the stert of the
scenano. sO this system becomes
labodous end fIddFy, but also
creates an atmosphere of infleKl-
bility whtoh oa doubt reflects tf«
battle tactics of the British forces
■t the time; ai>d the system itself is
qtidk erwiugh to operate onoe
you've got tjsed io its kftnyn-
craoles,

AH units c»\ nra onoe In a re<ir^,
and can engage In okna combat
as tttey come intooonlact wHh the
enemy. As Ove game pFogresses,
the physical we oi ihe units
tf minlsh because of iosses and
this affects directfy - in a vmibte
way - how much damage they can
do by riring into the ZuMs Gunfire
is the player's most affective
weapon agatrtst the Zulu hiordes,
b»c«use they have no guns them*
selves btkI so no way of retM&aiing
in the same combat. Close combal
can prove dangerous, although
tfie Bintish sltll have the advantage
over the Zulus^ the morale of a unit
starts to decrease if they take
rnore losses than tfieir opponent,
and the lower itm morat, the mom
likefy dsfaat bacomas.

Once moverrwU and combat is
oMTipleted to the player's satisfac-
tion, (he returti can be ended and
itw Zulus begirv to move. This is
when n becomes obvious why tfie
game is cne-player only, with no
choice of sides; the Zulu move-
mem es radicaty dttfamit from (ha
British. Instead of attacking in
dUfTisy rectangles, ihey swaiw
Individually ortto the scraan and
around the British raghnsrrta like
ants; th«y start in struggling wavu
but soon break up to enveKJpe the
player's units, one stick man at a
time. This is the novo* element of
Zuhi W&fs. and it reprraents a fair
attempt at figures wargamlng on
the computer in a Eimited, one-
sided way. It would be di^flicuh for
a human player to move these
large numbers of figures individu-
ally unless the overall standard ol
geme design were very mi>ch bet-
ter than thte- But iulu Wars t%as to

be noted as one of tt4 fiew games
which makes use o< (he comput-
er's abilities to do somethirtg a bit
more rniagmaiive thian c^Ct^ing
damage

The Bntlsh victory condrtrans
are simply lo kill afl of the Zulus,
and It is supposedly the Zulu's aim
10 kill tlie feoder m each scenario.
This is something Ihey do not pur-
sue, however, with any
emhusiosm and the only threat to
Ihe Bfttlsh lies in the sheer num-
bers of the enemy. The Zulu pat-
tern of atiacK rs predictable and
ahvays identical - they come in
from three sides of the mu '«\ an
attend to envelope the Brltiahi.
then move bi to surround eat^
r9girviertt - and. after a few
attempts. I came to realise ihai
there's attie scope for variety ol
tactics. The battle formation or tf>s
troops le pfBdetenrtined and
there's too Nttle apac« to move
imaginatively, for within three
moves of lf>e atari you're so over-
whelmed by the Zulus that it 's |ust
a case of weanOg them down.

The progroT^rNng is unacospia-
tiiy inconsiderate in placsa - for
iriStance, In tfie Zulu comtHt
ph^e the pogram soieinnty
aciotts around to each Biitdih unit
to decide wftethar ii 's under attack
or not - and although it's never
aclu^ stow erxxigh to make me
reach for (hie p^. T am tjegmning
to get dapressed by the starKivd
of some softwve lumed out pro*
fasaionaty packaged by rv^Mcta*
t)4e companies. A corrpufer-llter'
ate friend fiaoKed into ^u/u Ws/s
for me on (fiesusptoon t)>al it was
ki Basic, and came out with the
conclusion tfwt it looted kke it f;ad
been put throu^ a BAS^ com-
.piier.

It's p4ayal>le enough, but has St-
tle depth and nowhere to go Ttie
higher levels offer no extra compll -
catiom, Just more and more
swarming Zulus to outlive. This
game would have been more
aoceptat>le at a budget pricx.

PRESENTATION 3d%

Abysmal scrolling and an overaB
ahoddgng ss oUWJei^fis the
acceptably straighflorwsrd orders
sequence.

RULES 70%

Bn6t. but cleorfy set out with a
C04jple of particutariy useful rKites.

pucemuTf 72%

the Inoompatent pneerttamon
only just fails to gM in ttw VMjf of
ptayabtlity. whldhisveryefifoyBbls
for the firsi couple of games.

AUTHENnCTY 70%

Although the author seems to have
taken llberlxn with the historical
Mt-up, the way tfie Zulus move is
sirrKispharK: and sahsfying.

OPPONENT 65%

Alt the same ihey se^n unaware of
their own victory condltkxis.

VALUE 5S%

Uttla liiEting interest.

GRAPHICS 66%

Unambiguous as far as the units
go, though the map kxiks slighlfy
odd.

OVERALL 61%

Some ifiieresting realures. play*
able for an afternoon, badly ptog-
r^rrvned arnJ unkkely 10 prove of
lasting interest.

CRASH June 1987 88

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FORUM

I'm gr^j^tly eneouraged by the volume and quality of matl I've
been geitting ev9r since i appealed to the nation. Quite clearly
Hhmit are a Oivat many wargamefs out there wtio mrm
enthusiastic acout our special interest, and involved enough
to write at length to Frontiina, K only I were allowed more
•pace, I could print a wider cro»»-secti on of yourcorr&spofi*
dance. M«ny people have asked if it would be possible to
have a wargan^es chart, amj thanks to the incredible kind«
nass (they asked me to put ^fft in) of my editor, there now
wil be. Check out the f onn on these pages and use your vote
to help create a CRASH Wargamarm* Top Ten eacti month.

HIDDEN
INTELLIGENCE

Omr Philtppa.

Your comrnents in the March issuQi
of GnASH OOnCsming ihe pros
dnd Cons el the CtxTtputer war-
game were very rnterestin^, par-
tlCUtBity your request tor more
infCvniMion on the 'Ndden ryes '.
My mm view ts ItM pert 01 tlw
appeal of iheee gemes is thai they
iftck nrtost of the verbiage ftoiwafly

astoototed wth wargames njies.
After all, how many real gsnerate
were provrded with reams of

The most significant problem
Ihgt hes ptagued evory type of
war^fne is ihe abiJrty of ihe par-
tictpants lo tee everything ihat's
happening together wtth Ihe leJe-
pathic way thai troops are able to
respond to ary new a>tuat>on, ^k}t
QCiy should trw Ndden foc&es be
hidden from eech other: both gen-
erats should often have only
Hnttted kncwtedge Gf th9 wt^eeb-

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ouls 0* their own troops, especiatty
in periods befcire the invention of
the racMo. The computer IS the only
medhjm wtttf a raasonaUe dunce
of being idjie to kncorponte such
raxiHpts but little has been dor>e
up to now. apart from Li9jr>g
anonymous squares lo hkie the
identity of units, I aiso fFr>d stahng
at the wallpaper while my oppo-
nent makes his move rather tedi-
ous.

The only game that has come
closa to wnat I woutd like to see in
a computer wargame is Doom-
darks ftmimge. Jvet imagine an
hi^doricel seervano incorporating
the sartM feetures. Tine wmies
woukj become divisions, or corps,
eech having a commander with his
own 'parsonattty'. AM ttte problems
conr^ectBd with NdcSen movement
{and many others) wouk) t» solved
in ways thm no wsfgamer oouid
have envisaged A law years ago.
AJl wo med now la someone with
the time and mclinalion to lum the
dream inlo'enlity.
Yours stral«9k»liy - Bryan Hurt

fm epreataolFnirsrdf MifceSi'igito-
tofi's gamtB m¥i U anoniatms me
tftat. with awora/pfoKllc and pro-
fs^ioff^so^tiMfetKMtsKspudah
ising In wargam^s, noHma hss
pFci^iX0d a ggnuinefy artistb,
Spoctn/m-strtifbtung parne Ate
Doomdark's Revenge, lagrgf itvt
tem#ed infsN|ierK)e is on» thing a
compiitae oan hancfe vary aeSy.
aimough i dont know if iatk of
comfTHK^Sttthfilsaitween geftafais
and troops cou(d be made to work
in practica.

LEAVE HITLBH
ALOHE

Deer PhiKfjpa,

I woukf Hte to make a plea through
fi>jt pages to the wsltware com«
penies productng wargames.

Almost exciusivety software
houses stici^ with the old fanttfirla
d WWII and NapoieCinic periods,
no doubt becauM tiriey are the
most popular and therelof* com-
mercial.

However, ort receipt of »ch
new reieaae I arvd a few friends
invadatily study the battle or cam-
peign in more detail, thefefore
widening our knowledge, I firmly
believe mat reieases covenng lesa
popular pedcds wouki Ir^^ire
simitar sludy {eg. Nafeby, Six Day
War. or AnotiVlil.

So ittara it is: please, aii you
autfiors - gtwe a iMe thougbi to
other theatres and periods stkj let
poor old Napoleon and Mr Mirtler
have a temporary rest.

Orte onwr thvig in parting. I
would iita to echo the sentimenf
sitpressed tjy Ally Hume Itn Issue
37 whan he rnada a plea for a strat-
egy games oi«tor remember
^4s Press BdverElsJrtg one For
the C&4 some time ago, would a
conversk>n be m order?).
8K Jernlaen, NewtonaMMy.

I'm most mipressai^ thai you
ttttort^awafgamatdpiayit. That
aovfids an eRce«l<mr way otgatttng
aw moat hr vour momy, and
compmaatifig for scanty or unin/t-
agkasfv* background msfariaf m
tha njta txxik. On the sut^act of
stratBgyoattm enaiora, Beb Kaff
of Sury S EdrmiTK^ Ins imftar? to
aayttmhanndaUm 1983Ujitk>-

fien game Confrontation* whi^
apparv^ has a wy oomprahen-
sive sat ot t^sr-demabfa options
to be kioat tor tt^ purpoae.

CONCISE
BUT...

Dear Phiiippa,

Just dropping a m»e about the
game Ssmu^et you reviewed in ttw
Aprri CRASH. If Hsnjies were 'con-
osB and uninfomiative'. why did
you give them 90 percent?
N Ifealion, London.

I wandarad that too! P*^otabiy for
(fie same irsaspn tNxt a tank tpom
Tobruk vm>derad into Vuioaa
There wan a lot ot typc» m ttw
Aprs CflASH Ffondim- Hen t$ a
comection:

Concise and unhformative.

BRIEFING

Doomdmfs's Revenge is an okj
game now. but it's stiti one of the
tiest sljategy garries available for
the Spectrum .Tony Beedon from
Letchworth fias wrrrten in wrtfi
advice dMMit orte of its more
esoteric elemems, Ihe cnMma.
T>w Crown of kniritf isto be found
in the Hiil of Hagirtoen , and should
be taken by Luxor to any tower,
where he wM be told the positkjn
of tfie crown o( Varenaod ; a useful
fashkjnecoessory wtiteh draws all
the other characters you control to
Luxof 's posilion, magicaiy. If you
visit a towor with a crown in your
possession you will be told the
position of the naxl crown, and
some of them have lurpr^ng and
entertaining uses.

Several of ytXi fiave sent slrategtes
lOr the new R T Smilh game Vul-
can.inckjding Frank David BaNby
from Doncsster, Sendy Nook
from Liverpool, and Mofana
LaiiTladan all fha way (rofn
Denmark, From Jjheir detaied tet-
ters, I've collected some general
tips lo help you make a iuD«ssfii
stanontheQame.

Forces should always becorv
served, parlictiiarty the panzer
divisions, and otfensivesshouW
never be launched unta at your
forces are ready.

It's always best to travel akxsg
roads, unlMS thent's no attema*
live. Enemy units usually do. Bui
bewve of ambushes!

Attacks should be made from a
positkjn of strength by stacks ot
three or four jjnits. Birt be careful
atiQut stackir>g loo heaviiy yn the
face of Axis air supehonty . as tha
kiaves you vulneratile to erwny
airpowar.

Reecerces are often more useful
than air atriltes.

I^^kmntains make excsVent
defensive poeJt ions for du^-in and
fortriiGd inlantry,

/Ulied tanits are scarce so
should be used sparir>gly: they're
particuiarly Dseful for allackiog
infantry units caught without
cover.

Never aHows unHs 10 run Out of
supply, as thto lays Ihem open to
attack. To GonaariMi supplies when
fonifyirtg. use a miKture of dig-in
and hola commands.

H you're kwing a battle, run kv (t!

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One-time revtewer and Playing
Tipster ROBIN CANDY returns
to the pages of CRASH to dis-
cuss ttie arguments for and
against a software industry run
by distributors and large
software houses.

Flh;kii>g through tha papas od the very fmt
>5Sbe ot CRASH (Fobruwy ^g04ji. ti soon
becoiT»es apparent that the number of
soflvnare hcxjses in opefalior m those far oH
days wa£^greaief thar^tH3day'». S4jch nsnnesss
Abacus, UJL Soflware. Starzone and DoHc
gractfd fh^ P9Q&^ That month's u>p game lEhi$
was tha pi^ CRASH Smash erai was SOOomti
Cha&s by Mtc/wn^ga^ a comfieiny vittbci^ wvftt
on to produoa Mveral top-riotch games, but
diaappearad as quickly as ti had arrive.

Many of today's btg names were eittrar In
their infancy or non-«x)BlQn1 - for instance, a

IMgling Ocean had raoently changad theif
rt^trm from Spectrum, and FirabtPd were a long
way from the<r first reteaee. The or^ really big
software house of ihe tl*ne >w» vnagine, a
cqrrfpany armed wtth Vtm rnarketing power we
take for granted nowada^ {howe vef 11-ie LEvsr-
pudiian company were woiohd up for failiti^ to
pay their suiystarttial advartiaingdebte. and the
ridhta to Imag'rie's name and k^ waaeventui-
alTy purc^aaad irom the Receiver tiy a rapidly
growing Oocrah), In general^ the aoftwara
irVdusby was a home-run affair controllBtf by
anthuaiasls rather than corporate
buaineaarTwn.

One of the advsrttagea of a strftwart irHJuairy
run by larger companies ts tfiat Itiem's no
lorvger a rieed to sell via maii order, they have
Iha power to get «mo the dtaHi stores and
creaie a shop-besed market. Dunng the eerfy
EighiJe^ rnosl software was purchased
through matl-order. Numeroua dasaifSed
advarttsamanta festooned the pages of

maga^tne^, promotir^ g^mes Wflh "Hjgh l^es

Graphics", Ama^iog Sound' ar>d the inlamoua
■100% Machine &ode/ Having seoi the
ch<dqua or postal order, the customer then

waned the customary 28 days ... but an too
often it took ^ighljy longer tor the game to
appear.

When your box (A delights dkf Hnaly ^nive,
4t oh9n turned out ittai the product didn't tive
up fo ttie ad'iwniserTtent's boeete - in tact the i
game waa in^vttatriy some poor done ol Ihe
Pacman of Ooofcoy Kong types that wereT"
popuitar iri' the arcades One panicular pre
wtUch sprinm^ to mind ■$ (hte motar racing'
Simulalion Formula Ont (Sptnt Software)'
whu*! was advani&ed as including a sfaerir)g
wheel for eicira naiissn. 'When ttw game even-
tuatty turned up. sfler inquiries by the police
into the softwaie houee's ba^tgrDund^ ihe ao-
catted 'stearvig wtieei' provea to be nothing
more than ar> ashtray'Shaped plastic bowt,
whi^ wa« tolled along the top row of keys to
stear the car tn>m left to fight

Of course the real problem with mad order
was the worry about whether you would actu-
ally receive your goods al ail Tales of com-
paniea loiding after castwig oAiomers'
chequiS ware not uncommon, and theie was
frttle the public Coutd do ir^ tfiis event After ihe
{:omputer l^i^ boom of 33/84, mora ape<>at-

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a;^Qua.t. ceased lra*nQ) ^7- ^i ^^^Jrad.na>
' Vision* <,c»a-

created on^inai h^oh-quaiity games, but Vfrnt
parent oompany felt tho relums were nol high
enou^ to jt&tity to continuing m the a^amm
sativtan mmkefl - a cobs of a company d^sap^
pear^ng despite pfioducing popula/ gameg
SmaJler eompanies |ust carv (<»)rnp^ with ttie
marh^tmg skiUs of it>e likes ol Ocean and Fire-
bird. Inorderlsensiire financial S4iGC«&a.same
softwaf e homn have f esoned ^ sailing their
products thrcH>gh a third party. Utift is usualty
one o( the bigger scritwara houMS. as fn Ihe
case of Firebird and ReatUfne, Leva) 9 aiKl
fl3»nbird - m ttoih cdses. British Telecom are
the driving force. To be fair to the larger com-
panies though, ^15 does allow the design
teams to conceal Irate ihw sKiNs on the erxt
product rattier than on ho* to £eN <L

'*ln general, the software Indus-
try was a home-run affair control-
led byenttiustssts."

The advantages and disadvantages of this
industry structure are easily ^mmarisad:
software 1$ now more easii'/ avaiJabte at spec-
ialist ^ops and chairt stores: there's Irttiensk
of not getting your product ahm parurg wrth
yotir money: pfogtaWners don't have to worry
about how 10 market earned. Ttiere we of
coyrse disad^/antagee: hype can lead to raised
expecia lions fof a product which I urns out to
be sub-Mendard; smaiiei companiw fiod it
hard locompete; onginality soml^irnaaaufffia
t?ecabse aaftware houses don'l aha^^ want
to nsk putting out a new 9anie cortcept

so|bMn|ataps opene^ and the ijig chain
xerjOTWlVte rra

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siofaa^JftiftfWte market. TT113 ted lo the even-
tu^ dabHirie of the ma ii order rngrkeu
lr> August SS <af» Slndafa' of UK <a company that
procKiced games for the Orlc and BBC) wrote
' . . , the pubtk; (ov^s arcade games. whAe
reviewers hate them, artd origtnet games have
the oppowte efi^ct.' Things haven't changed
imdtu and attt>ough the eucoess of many orig-
ir«l games has proved that ttiere is a niche for
Ihem, many of today's twst'SeHers are arcade
cooveralons or vsrwite on t^ ^rrte. Arcade
origini^ «ia deidgned to enttca the player to
part with money arid flash up the 'Qame Over'
massage aa putckly as pos^ble, ready lor th«
neirt unwMmg custorro', When trans^atir^ a
program to a horrte computer format, the prog-
rammer strives to ernutate the features inal
made the origiinal successful. These usuaily
consist of outslartdk>gf|raptii(^, superb sound
and an overall impreaeion that a kit is happen-
mgon $aeen. rsbiuraily sucfi features a waHow
up mamory,^ leaving IMta room to cf^bie any
game depth'. Many arcade games io&e the^r
atrT»sp4wra when iranaiatad to a home com-
puter; for instaAca, one of the attractions of
6aurifiief was trying to find one more \0p
before your character dHedf

' ' The blgg«r software houses <^
seem to produce games that
catdi the eye rather than striving
fof originality,"

Jhm many arcade conversions self well on
appQaiancaG aione. Conversely t^ie more
CDfT>ptex arcafle Bdvar7ture&, like those pro-
dijced by Gargoyle Gamesar^d Hewson, man>
aga to create a giame with more t^ehmd it than
sapping averyHvng in sight - but usually at the
expense of fitB grapMcs. This type of game
can achieva a raaaonable starviard of
graphiea,'but rarely a^. good as tha^r arcaiJe
rtvats. A caaa In point are two games by Gar-
goy*a/m.. The Iw^, Marspori, was an arcade
advaniure of great depth, and white its
^raphtes were quite good, they eventually
tiecame boring. An arcade game by the aame
programmws, Ughtforce. produced outaiand-
Ing grapf*3 and arimaiion, wnda ttte game
itseiT was quite straightforward -

It seems that outstanding gamapiay coupled
with great graphics is almost unotmsinabte.

What this IS all leading up to i3 that the bigger
software houses seem 10 produce games thai
catch the eye rather than striwng for ooginality.
Ar^ riew 'Ctea that sells w$JI ^S quickly done to
death by the numerous clones ttiai follow hard
on tti heel^- fUSt look at the number of marital
aria tttles avaJlable. Whan Ultimate's Kntghi
Lon first appeared, it miroduced an ingenrous
rnsthod of presentatton, Since then the sarrve
style haa been used on many garriea, ensuring
8 certain level of sales. Garnes which use tfiase
graphics are playing safe in much the same
way ttiat the Pacman clones of yesteryear d id

Much of the software industry is now run by
h^ghl^ efflcienl corporations, wt>0 control the
interests of smaller software iat^eis. This
means that the direaion which new software
iaJ<es IS kh the hands of a relattviety smaU
number of peopia. "Pits inciudes the mam dis-
tnbuiors, who have selection t>oards to decide
whether a game is worth dJstributlng^ after all.
you can or\iy buy what's been released.

When Oeus ^x Ms^ine (a program devised
by Me^ Cro<iCher| was released. M\e seleciion
txiartto lejected it because it couldn t tie easily
categorised - despite the mve reviews (t
received from many magazines. Consequentty
the game did riot do as well as it deserved,
These large companies are m tl% tiusiness to
make a prdfti and to achieve maximum market
parietration ol iheir products. To do thismoney
IS poured irito lavisn advertising campaigns lo
promote producls wtiich often don't live up lo
ttw expectatiorts rawed by SuCh marketing
strategies

Licensing deals are currently all tfte rttgm,
pariicularty if tr>ev're t>0-^ns with the latestM
movies. The product has to be released white
the film IS still firmly fixed m the pubiic'a mirid,
and by the time the advertising has beer^
booked end the deal bought, there's iJttle time
or money left to be spent on ttie actuaJ product
As a result, the end product has had to be pul
together hurriedly, and is otten a rather poor
game wtth little connection to the Mm Rambo
was an average game which sold well because
of tfiefilm tie-in; in realrty it was nothing more
Iftarii 3 variant on tfie weti-wom Commando-
type game

The smaller software houses that do special ■
ize in original games wtthoui itw need lor tie-
ins don t Qet the t inancial rewards they deserve
becauee they cuiH atlof d the lavsh advartis-
ing campaigns needed 10 promote their prod*
ucts. Micronf>ega was a softwam house that

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\ SNORT STORY
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. Hobbiton KbcI a strange air about it one partKrular
morning None of the Hotntitts quite knt-w what
w*» going on - even lh«r wiw old Todts Mwre puz-
zled.

'OtK),' uid Frtxio Baggins as he walked out of
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Copies of the game!* Mugs and posters toor^

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ner's name engmived on i\, and a copy of
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SOUND
ADVICE

HoHum. Despwingisspwung.ttegwasstswis . . . 'and
It's about time to deal with a few of your tetters. If I havBrC\
responded to your letters yet. then tt's a running possibility
that either:

1. I wilder . , .

2. They've got Jost.

IhQ tatter excuse was validated to some extent by the
Great Kean, who inloimed me that some may have been
mislaid during the recent qame of musical desks at
CFIASH Towers.

Jon Bates answers hts
fang nmglacted readers
tetters ^ and gets down
to some seriovs
interfacing in t/ie
process

Sewal poople tiave written m witn
enquiries r^gardtng the ram«iflmic
Music h^KtSna fr«vi«we<t m Issue
34. Novembor 1966). for Ihosfl of
you who have experienced
cTiHtcuWy in getting ho4d of Itw
Musk Machh0, the address
appears l3t0f on.

Most quosltons rsvotva around
thf •-''"*-• -rftg of part^'-'- ""'tsic
p! riardwar^ r>

goi dfijiJung specitic h^b '.m^ io
ask, ttien send me an SAE and I'll
do irry be$t to nnd out and rep*y to
you On a more QWieral note. PMI
Oyfon} (rom Essex wonders if he
can connect his 138 and a tuau
jTLAM Music Macnin9 lo the
CHOTAH MK5 kefboard Jf so. how
and vrturt would be ttie resulP

JhttMusicMitr^"" -^■'-ti'^i'-'t'-
tnlo (he I/O pon

Midi 'In'. 'Out' , afiij '-T,'r\^iij\\ « i>
tntertace mid* devtces you need a
m6i caUe - lt«s is m fact a tead

tKiuipped wlh five-prti DIN plugs
Lit ^-jLCh ond. but unless you are
^keiIv«ly into a sotdering iron,
meiiwi bil& of piaslic, find enjoy
frustration. I would suggest that
you boy ofw made up from a music
or electronics store. If you cofvrxKt
Out" of ttw MK5 to In' on the
iVfusic Machine, you should find
thai ttve notes played on the
keyt)oard will sound (rom '^>^-
Moatc Machine duMlto o
However, you must che.
bolti the MK5 and the h^
Machine an set to the same mioi
channet. ottienwise you won't get
a peep out of it. By careful use at
the Music Machtt^a you can get it
to ptay Its own drums and also gh«
whatever voice you havesairiprad.
The drums themselves are
samples, and by no! rhtf ,'A,nq
them away but over ^e

bulR-ffi sampled sy^M- .. . - ;rOur
own sample you can ptay this
voice from tfte external midi
cortiroUors f*" this case the MHSi.
and have the drums ptay trieirown
pattern which you have cunn^ngiiy
writtert Mo (he MuStc Machine.
Oneslight fym is Ifial you can onty
play up to two notes
Bimultcinfioustv on the Music
Mach ' tie Mi<5. or indeed

any &/.:,. '■ f<«v>ce. so big

chordsari out.TheAwS

rtsolf w*U p.n, a? . ..any notes
siniulianeousty as the device it is
oortneded to will attow A cheaper
way would toe lo us« the Miru
If ■ ■ , . — - ---.

tr^ ] 2& & intwnai U3<^« '

with no sa«nplinQ or dru
iMNuruuK have threalened to
expand on itte Mttsic MachuiM'
software capatxiities, especiaity
wdh the ^^>^ '" "■■"rt, Th« should
rrtean tha' software

coupled wi 1 n E I 'f. r ididware could
give you greater sampling taciinies
or greaier drum (aciiities.

Of trif Utriyr njjnu. \t ygu t.lH

»ireich your budget you can ptck
up a good sacond-hartd head wHii
lt>B cuto CZ101 wfiich will
respond to nnidi vary intelligently
•rxleed. The goir)g rate a«ems to
be about C 1 75 (or a model in
reasonable nick You can Ttien
have a Music Mactrine d

Irom the CASIO ior wee ^ -- id

have er>dle8s fun as well as

sampling, seq- -''^'ums.

ttrainerdeper usee

youfsetf expaiiu^riy [-e i^niem. At
|U3t under C 1 00. tf>e A4K5 would be
idea) if you are going to expand the

byituri' in tnc lit?

However. I wou^'. <' ,\

second-hand nudi cquiijped
Synth would be a good orveKift
purchiase. If you couldnt afford
the M«r*c Macftme immediataly
you could a ' niuogthe

Synth and lr>. j ihe nrMi

outlet on the 128 Oetaiis of how
this is dorte are contained in
CRASH 1^0 28. May 19B6 vmu
FLARf can be found at: f nil tS,
RtdOmidm IndxUUi^ Park,
RwdSmtd LMna, Church
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SOUND FX FOR CHEAPO
MULTI-TRACKERS

Emia Pollard from Liverpool has
come up ■■•■*•'■ ^" "'■ " Tfw mswtmg
sound et* ' Ihe

cogrvosctiini.i'^ r A^nnt^yourmulti'-
lrack recording These FX can ol
course be 0>ose created by
Spectrum rurdware sitch as the

CHOTjiM Sourxf Samptor Utility
package

Hisappiic i.f-tfack

cassette mac xixv - » «; .lisowrtJrH
on any machine that can bounce*
sourtds from one track toartother.
i>ui owmg 10 either its tow cost oi

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CHBNICHEnTECHnNICHEnTECHnNICHUI

vasi overstghits by the design
leam, has not been provided wHh
auxrtia/Y insert points; as m a fair
maprrty of the opsone mu»t(-track

Ernto riohtrully pcmts oul that it
IS always Der;t io rficofd sounds
whew pos- Jut reverb or

delay, and i . -.- j it later wher^
you nave a roitgti idea ot ttw near
ovoraJI soLind - thua avoiding
overlull in any departmenc.

Having done this, keep one
Ifack free for the FX ar>d \hen:
1 . Select tt*e chartnel/instrumenl

fouwanl to odd itie FX lo.
ake a phorw tead from the
Tape Otit of thai channel af^
feed It lo the input of your FX,
Pe ft Spectrurn or oth^rmse.

3. Take aftother if^ na
output of the FX ,. : — n-e
ii>p4Jt of ihe channel you tiave
kept free.

4 . Playback from the of tglnal
channoi but siinultanoously
record on the spare channel,
selecting 'line in' to do so.
Here t would recommend a

few tnes at this to get the
vokrfnes and EQ set correctly.
H lis never e good idea to have
one gain conlrol flat out and
another only just an. Oori't
forget that the FX ynit rrt^y
have It 5 own g Eun control too.
Keep an eye on the input levels
on the chsnneHo be recorded
on as you won't want to
overtoad it would you ... It
could tie tres expensl vol
5. tf all has gone to plan you
should now have two tracks
from the sarrw so^irce - or>e
'dry' and one with added FX.

If you are using an effect that
doesn't allow you to hear the
sound source rraxed in witin the
pftKessed sound, then ' bouncing '
tt>eae two tracks toQether will give
you the result in one - this would
rec|utre carekil foreUiought oboLiI
the wtxjte mcording proce^
though. Hopefully the diagram will
help you to visualiad the process.
Nappy multi-trackinji. don't btow
anyming up! See you nejrt month.

D

nDDi

MPS

SIMON GOODWIN
retyrns wHJi news of a
program designed to
make playing tips a thing
of the past: an automat^
infinite-ltves POKE
generator! PLUS help and
advi ce f or owners Of 1 28s »
DlscovefV disks,
Microdrives and
Snapshots . . .

BUGS REVISITED

I'VI HAD two more tetters about

the bug in 129 BASIC which t
mentkx>€d m Apdl's CRASH. In
some circiimstancss
compari.aons are reordered - for
inatarx:e.lF2>8'1 would become
IFZB>-1 < As far as! know this bug
l3 In all Spectnjfn 1 28 FlOMS- in my
last column I suggested you could
get past the protilem by putting
brackets round the nght'handpvt
of (he comparison, but that's not
the only ar>swef , it seems.

PaulCarrig found the fauH
independently, and came up with
art ingenious but rather king-
winded sokitlon. Fwnl he typed
SPEGTRUfwl to Qiet his pfogram
Into 48K BASIC, v4me the bug
does not exist. Then he entered
the tricky hne, saved the result,
; md reloBded the file into ^^6

BASIC.

Ian Tomey has a sHr^^ler
solution - he says all is well if you
type a spaos after the comparison
^rnljol

Asimilar trick is needed to enter
cur&OT'Conlf ol lines Iske this;

LErX-Xt(DXANO

INKEy$-"B")-(DXAND

IKKEY$=''5")

If you type that into a 1 28 as
written, the computer will
mistakenly intiiGate an error after
the first ctosing bracket . But if you
put a space before ttiat tyadcei. it
worksl

These bugs in the 1 SB's Editor
RON^ aren't serious , but they can
be irrilBlirtg till you know how to
get round them.

BRIGHT IDEA

THE OniQfNAL black Speetnjm
123 haa ffi^ output tor an RG8
monHor, but unlike Ihe Plus Two it
u«e» a separate BJ=IIGHT line
which few monltof s can accept.

Vid&i guru Cliris Howland has
whtten in to eKplain how the
BRIGHT signal can be combined
with the R«d , Green and Blue Irn^ ,
so that BRIGHT chafacler-
squetfes ^>pear correctly even if
your monitor hasn't got a BRIGHT
input.

You H need three small slQftaii
diodes ~ Ihe IN414{I is suilwle,
cheap and common ^ wtd three
75ohm resistors.

Connect the resistors aJ>d
diodesinpalrs,wjth the end of tt«
dH3de marked wtth a ring (the

caltKideli ori the f&r side from the
resistor. Corvtect aH ^>e c^hodes
to the eaiGHT output from the
computer (pin 3}. and connect the
kiosa endi&ol the resistors lo the
Green, Red emti Bbe outputs (pins
B , 7 aod S). n doesn't matter which
way nxind the reiistdrs are
connected, but it's vriaJ to get (he
dlod^ the right way rovnd , a&
shown in the dtogrem.

Chr^ hwt tested this cirouit on
Ferguson MC01 ana MCQ5
mrmltors. and H shoukj worK |ust
as. welt with ottw AGS linear
dispiays. It won't wor^ wtth ROB
TTL monitofS, whfch are lirreited to
eight cotours.

WNftOlt!

PLUS TWO
ADD-ON

TS^

mi^ HV AMS has tound a mm
wayof wmng ur " -"'^frval
csraefle reoor Pkis Two

without drilling a n:>;^ in the Cdse
and thus invalidating the
guarantee.

Mike refTWved the rubtw foot
from the base of the computer,
under the buiH-tn tape dnve, and
fitted an earphone sociiel «n its
place. He routed signals to the
socket from the buiH-m cassette,
fts I explamed in ihe December
1S85 CRASH.

H's not in an idedt position, but
the extra socket is omy needed to
toad old. badly- t>ehaved tapes, so
rt's noi loo inconvenient.

And it anyttting goes, wrong, as
kmg as it's not cai^ad by his
modiflcabon he can just remove
the socket, replace the fool and
return the computer for repair
under warranty. When the
guarantee runs out heU
move the socket to a more
accessiljte posHion on the side of
the computer bo*.

TECHIES

DAMIAN SCATTEFIQOOP has
wrilten in iii^^ng where lie can giCl
hokjofthie i2B Tw^vttcat Gvkie
That was the grarKl title of a ?3 ■
page photocopied memo
prmuced for software houaeo by
Andrew Cunrtmins, o) Sin^tir'8
defunct Technical Sut^>ort
depart merit.

AmstradflflJ; 0277 22BSm now
own the rights to ihe Guide, so
they're the only people I can
Suggest as a source. Much of tfie
iftformatkin merein. arvd lots
besides, has appeared In the F%i$
Two manual and past TECH TIPS
cohjmns - so you may find the
Gmde e tifl of a disappointment
when you gel hold of a copy.

fUchard Walitt isorteof sevatsi
readers wrning kn for more
inf onmtion about the ihtamal
wortfings of the Plus Two. He
wants to know If the keypad
socket coukJ be used as an esctia
interface, perhaps for a ioystk^.

The keypad circuit is rath^
strange, and nsiies on special
electronics inside the pad« I m not
sure whether Sinclair cAd HiNi to
reduce ttie number of wires
needed tor tfte Nnk. to allow lor
future expartsion, or just to keep
the market for keypads to

98 CRASH June 1987

^kWECHnNICHEBTEC

HEAVY
READING

V YOU'VE GOT a keypact and
you're teelinQ Kaeru you can read
Its tg koys using a madKne-coda
fowlific m the TSSEchtorROM, Vou
can t call itw code from BASIC,
unlcwlunaloly. ss yoo musl page
oul the ZX BAStC ROM to gain
access io me E diior . The fonowing
expianaiioti i$ a brt escrlsoc. but i
hcbe rt'il saitsfy the tecN«<
The rirst step ts to disabid
ititefTupts Than swap ROMs by
clftaririg bil it on port 32765: you
can get the mine of the other bits
from BANKM. at aH&OSS 2338B
&t 3 setdcts between the two
screen RAM banks, and brt 5
cotAtda the hardware lock ' that
makes it impcBs«3le to get into tf«
128's mwpory when you're using
H>e computer tn^iSK mode. Btts 0,
1 and 2 select wthtcti of the oght
RAM pages ^ipnrB hn the tcp

VOLEX
UPDATE

IT'S BAD NEVra. I'm alraiij. The
Vulij): r t Sl'UQOS te<l«4exl adapter
IS only compatibto with tNe bog
stiUKlard 4aK Spectnjm It won)
worK with (tie Discovefv dtsk ex iho
Specif um l?8. though <i4 can dnve
a ZX Prinlof . Ttwnks 10
N M Ougttton list this triformation

^CORNER

ihemMtws. The last explanation
searni ttie most Nke^, as the 12B
Tectttwcal Guida delibereiely
avokia '^Jnoribing ttie circutl.

The Ocida says t^ about the
ikeypad 'It connects to the
Sjiiecbum i2dcrv«re9pocUi
bidirectiioiial link, using a protocol
which due to its complextty iand
iliteiy charuing natureji we wiFI n<H
i^0€umem. It seen^ that the pad
bohavesesa Sx4 matrlicirttBmaily,
but it's not easy to reed it .

I'd be tascNirted fo hear tram
any reader who's worked out
wtiat's 90«no on, Of found an
apptlcation tor the socket , but I'm
not very hopeful. The keypad ita«n
it no longer available, though meet
of Hs tunctkuns can be obtained
usk^ oombinationa of norma]
Itaw. 8S I've eKpJairwd m past
ocshiimns,

Vou couM wire the socket as an
"istant intarface for joysticks,
u^ Ihe oonnectkjn points I Kaied
tn the December t S8& CRASH . but
you'd have to diecannect all tha
existing: wires and tepiacB lh«m:
with connectkMis to the keyboard
matrix; ytju'd get IHtle more than a
ccnvefuently^^jlaced nonsiaodard
lodtet,

16K. as I explained last year.

A cat! to address ?80 w»« return
with ttie lero flag reset d
-lornpthinrr"-. wrong - eg, H there's
! . . ■■ k I • > f :• .■^n' . ! f 1 a i -s nuanylceys ore
depressed , OtfwrwBe the vafee in
the E register tefts you what's
gotngon, t28indicaitesnokey.
vahjesfrom^Si to 107 cxirrespond
to unsttifted keys, and 1 (^ in t2S
indicale that ttw O^SH IFT key m
ftepreesed (ehhl), w^h or without
.wtoiherkey.

Remember to restore the ZJ
BASIC ROM, and to then turn
lintttmjpts back on, when you've
finislied reading the pad.

Other useful nsutines inihe l<2ft
ROM are at 286, to wnle a
character ip the MION port, and ai
395, to send or^ to the RS-232.
Both raquirv that interrupts are
disabbd, and send the character
ifitheAregw^.

You can reed the RS-232 t>y
caUir^g 269^ agam in the Eddor
RDM If a character ft received ttie
csfry flag will be set on rettjm and
the chvacter-code will be tn A.

DISK DILEMMAS

KEITH T>^Onf^TOM read
Dominic's recent rev«w of the
RAM fmrni mterface, and warns
to know if It'll work with drsk
systems RAM Electronics say H's
compatible with Micf odnves and
ttie Opus Discovery doit drive; and
they say they'll nuke every eNorl
to gat It to work with the Spectrum
Ptus Thro© wnen il turrcs up.

As I write, in eaity May, a few
Pfus Threes haveapparentiy made
lhe<r way to software houses,
accompanied by secrecy
agreements 'Aian Sugar might
ha ve leamed a le^orv Irom the Inxi
Ladyhenetr.

StiB. a public launch appears
Wnm'm6r\ii W H Smfth seem to b^
cieanng oul tfteir stocks ot Pfcis
Twos in preparation.

PersonaKy. I RrKt the idea of a
Spectrum with a ^andard, tJuilt-in
t^ee-irKh dish appealing, but
rather nsky for the trade. I can't see
software houses being very keen
on the mach^ if Amstrad indude
a sni^>sihot button to save games
on <^k - they've akeady been
damaged by pirM^ on Amstrad's
earlier home machines. Disks
rrrake hfs very, very e^y Ibr

pirates. That said, the Plus Three
certairUy won't take o^ unless we
can use the drive to save frames.

Time will tell. I hope lo have
more to say about itve Plus 'Three
- and tt^ prospects for a Plus Four
-* nejct month.

A few hearts must have mi^ed
a beat wtten^ Opus> maker of the
Oiscovsnr disk system, slopped
|radb<ig, Bui ft looks ^ ii the
machirie will still tie supported; a
n^rketing company has picked up
Lhe stocks of imerfni' -" "'■(1 I've

j«St received a cot rst

newsletter ot the &i«-i.;i ^.--i
Discovery Ckib, ai^ independent
uaar group which ptditiahes
materiid on disk and paper.

'Fhe spelling is a bit erratic, but
the inipnTWUon is interesting.
There's lots about program-
transfer techntaues. and
InatiuctiQne on how to oonnteci
SKb^ drives and bump ttie
capacihi' of an aO-l7ack disk to
7tBK. For deia^ «id a free copy
of the riewsietter, send an SA£ to
PMer iJiley at Itflymam

Yoff&hk6BD2t STP.

MICRODRIVE REVIVAL

MICRODRIVE owr^rs may be
interested h a s^gestkm from
F SJallng - a single t>ut daUcata
operatkNTi which apparently yields
an extra 2-3K on most tapes, and
often restores the performance of
cxiea ttsat seemed worn put.

F Bieling seys old or tired
cartridges can often be lyouQht
back to life by retenbionmo the
little coppar soring that holds the
tape ai^nat tna microdrive hewf.
Th« spring is compreaaed when
you ir'isert and remove cartridge,
and problems crop up when it
won ' t hold the tape finnly In place.

Use a pencil or a »na]l
unmflgf»et«sed scfiewtJriver to pufl
a two-centimetre loop of tape from
the cartridge. Raschp^ithiaksop,
very caref uHy , and loosen the
spnng by urthooMng ofieend fram
tfiHS piastk: mcMiidlng. Ocn t just put
a screwdrivsr in the mickjie wid
jerk it. or you'll probably break the

each other, as shown; to restore
the spring's power.

And. as it>ey afways say h repair
manuals, reai^embly Is the
reverse ai the above procedure^

Once thespHng is back in place
you must push the toop oil tape
bedf kftd the cahrtd^e, without

It wtih your fingers, and
format the canhoge once to let it
wi\ m, I woufdn'l advise you to tr^
anythir>g so drastic on a tape
containing valuable information,
but this technique may be worth a
go H one of your cartridges takes
early retirement,

spring.
Before)

ore you raiaaae the other end
of the sprir^ you should move the
loose end outside the cartrtdge. as
shown in the diagram . TTits rmAes
it easier to remove the whole
spring, try moving 11 gently toward
the end that's atifl dipped in.
Bend the sprtng legs tovrsrd

PLEASE STAND UP?

lmmi^^^,^^^*±^ '^*;«newhowori;edfor
B'^V^'nd-ej^thstMa^ eSSlvJ^ and Cftve before that, is

SimonQoodwinS.

ItttsnamelStjvnw.

l^ltfnonGoodw^
ft^1a,»lhnow.l'n»heontv«ie

S^o« Soil you're cajrt

CRASH June 1987 99

il

zBTECHONICHEDTECHONICHEOTECHn

THE GAMESTER -
LLOYD MAHGRAM
IN SOFTWARE?

THIS MONTH Vm r«viow^ or*
cKtha strwiQesl proy a ms we'v«
•v«r raoatvwt: a u(i% Mendad to
AJtaffHttcrilv flhw ItM Dicvflr
MMteRvM onnraitlypMoi
^yHnni') h comss wtth a lisl of 23
Qaniaa—aR fsoani Nts-^witiich tha
auttxir Nm tastad atx) foumf
eonfMllbia; IVa tiiad M on acvarat
olhar nilaft, wtth mixatf bu«
in^iguing raauHs. TTwQarrwsraris.
i as tnfr author saya. iotaflyortglnd

and quite uniqM*'-

TTw GamaMiar is aat up mucti
Mta 43arN«, iha £9.96 poo-up
daantmblar t raviawaa in
JviUBry. n'a a amall machintt-
COd«prografn that lo«da into the
add-«n RAM or RomiMie Robot'ft
badtupMarfaoa. MuMtacA 1 . This
maana that you can uu ri writheui
«ncroactiino upon the 48K used
for normal pfxigrama, and can cait
M M «r^ tima, whaiavar aisa it>a
compm a fiadQinfl tavp r aa s inqtHie
ted button on the Muliiface.

Tha Oarnasiar takaa lass than a
minuta to load (ram osaaita; ttie
computar than eppaere 10 raaal
Msalf, aa if you'd kjsl tunad R on.
and you can totd oamoa or ottMT
progrvna as normaii Whan you
press fh« magic button B manu
appaan at mo lop of the scraaa
Tha manu irtdicaitas 1h« afnouni of
disk, tope or wafar space thiif s
neadad to sava ma praiQram now
In m^matf, and Invites you to
prees one of ffv« keys.
aaalngRreaeisme
oompular, leaving The <3amaistar
•ot up» eo you can load a dttlsrent
MAie. Keys 1 to4 ta« TTw
Qamesfiorio saarch quictdy
through the loaded prognim,
findInQ and mot^fying groups of
instmctione that loolt as If they
kMp tradK of the playor'fl lives.

The tour opUorts conespond to
different groups of instructions;
the author telB you whidt to
choose lor eech of the 23 games
on hi s Bst. b ut for other tiflee you
must fesort to trial and erroi.

Onnvou've selected an^
apfMQptlMe option the normal
MuWfeoe m«nu appears, and you
can nMtart, save programs or
•eraene or make manual
iWerstlone to the code as if TTw
Oameater weren't loaded. Vou
mustn't use the WINDOW
mertiory-dlaptey option, hewwwer,
or The Gamealer's code MM be
pvsrwritten.

I tried TTie (3krneeferon a coupte
of aames from the supplied )isi
Urafum wBS patched for inflnlte
HveewWinomjubie. but The
Gomesterseemed to corrupt other
perts oi the cods of J(ad( The
/i^lpper. the lower part of the
soiwn filed wiih sprite

u

components alter I lost my first life.
tfKtugh piey continued with mlMte
Ives in the top snw.

Having loedod Hftewif's teir, a
program not on theHot, I found that
The Gamssfsr coukj alter the
game tMt could not give me ^ifiniiie
Hves. One option caused B> the
sprites to move back and forth
along fixed {Uogonats; amther
stopped the animation.

At Ihispoint I realised or>e major
tauM of The Gamester from ifw
point of view of hurrtfjie cassstte-
t«ers such as nrrteif - you ^wnd
a tot of time kMKsng and reloMAng
programs. If you don*t find the
right option at first, you must
reioed the program to be pslohed.
Vou may have ui toy el four options
-end ytiu' ve noguarsntte that any
of them wW work.

I switcfied to t6K programs al
tfiis point, lo save time and try TTw
Gomesfer on a range ol old litlM.
Jet^BC and Pssst were patched
perfectty, uskig Option One. tut J
coutdnt got <|w« e whet I wanted
on ofher gsmea.

Opt»n One gave a oontmuous
explosion effect In Oa^hohaae.ao
my first aoourale Shot wwalao my
ten OpHonTwogaweliriMtatvee.
but atao made the other t)H(ee run
Away faster than arry player ooukJ
chase tfwm - it was impoeatliteto
get witNn rwge^

I was Interested to see what The
OarrfeetsrwqUkJ do to Sarth
OMi|»ioe - a misaite-canimsfhd
variant which doesn't realy use
the normal idse of 'lives*. The
QamMlar lapped n so ptay dMnt
continue after ttie Ant eereen.
Uaing H on Alerecr Afteck I ended
up wnh Q(#y orw Ufa ralhar than
the origird three

An inimresting
toy

Ai a guess. T?ie Oamststar works
Isy asaccMng for indirect
decmamant iratructior^ followed
by tests for zero. This is a good arte
to Stan out with when heclung
programs fay hend. but it's too
cfuoelo give reliable resUNs.

Frwikly. I'^h mrwmi it works as
weH as it does, and author
& B Vtwtlon deserves credll to«-
perseverir«g In on ar«e where most
programmers would give up after
• few ntjnutesl

As ft stands, The Gamester is
more of a toy than a utility, thoutfn
Hi mofy be worth havihg If you've got
several mmes on the author's M.
It costs CS from D R WsKon. i t5
WMh Une, South YvxHey.
BifmtnghamB25aPX.

CANDID SNAPSHOTS

QUfTEAfEWof you have written
In about tie OenelSrapehoi. whk^
I tesledfwith very iWeeuoceu) In
the ChnstmiA CfUSH, Opinions
are msxed: some people twxt it
work$ okay, others critk>9e tfie
sioppy desmn (and Dotef's cfaim
that It wiU com al gemes)t and
some users rind it ilrTtost
compleleiy usotess

It's probal>ly a design fault tf^
rakes Snapshot mcompatijle
wHh certain Speqtninm, avsn
ttiOugh those computers work fine
with oltMr ipreas-button copien.
Oatel haven't useponded to our
off Sf to test a reptaeament unit , so
I aaaume the Haws haven't been
coTfected.

The gocxl news ts th^nt Amtwoea
Cterka has written in with a lotaliy
new applfcatkMi for the Snapshot
wtiich dbes seam to work on aM
machines - .and otters tots ol
scope for hackers.

He's written a tiny m8chir>e-
code program which copies the
first ek of Spectrum ROW Into
Snapshot RAM, so you can
cusbynlse BASIC. (For this
Ambrose wma €20 worth of
software of his choice,)

All you need to do ts plug in s
Snap4lwi2 aivd RUN ins program.
You can brina baci( ttia dd ROM
at ntff time vAth QiST 127,66. To
bring m the RAIU. type OUT
1 27!B7. Ambrose suonests a few
changes, such as POKE
BOSOMS : POKl 8021 .201 to
<£8^iie BREAK in a program, and:
POKE 1 524,0 to Stop BF^AK while
kjdding,

I was rnore interaeted in playinq
around with ttie tirrdrtg vakies used
irt the cassette routnee. tt only
ishM. one POK£ to s|wed 14)
loading, though four «i« needed to

SAVE files at lurtio speed.

The value St adckess 1427 is
normaly 203. ^jiMiaet 8 ftom thus
for DscaihafeMVSpeed lc«dkig --
atMXit 20 per cent faster tfisn
normat, without the unreMMi
modified header that Oosari used.
Subtract 14 (ghring ie9) to kwd
tiles In two twdsof the ryormal
time. An at^usimeni lector of 2t
gives megarast double-apeed
kMding, but you may find this
unraiabiBv

These 'teHoads' wM only wortN:
If ti^ooneapondkigfliewas saved
at higii speed. Vou need four
POKEs to ai^ust tfie spe^ of
SAVEing - ad|iisi the values at
1272, 1306. 1311 and 1326.
Subtract 1 2 from si four locations
for 20 per ceni extrm speed; - 21
gives two-thirds ioading time; -32
gives douisie speed.

'W CLEAR 29909-
Br|STOfi£ -T.o

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COMING SOON -
JULY TIPS

iMOHQ OTHER GOODIES, naxx
mcflths ctfurrwi should flciude
r^uiMies to conven samples and
drum files between Cheetah add-
ons and the RAM Muse Machine
I've twl several letters asking for
these; they were ongvisly ptwmed
- — paar m the Aprf CftASH.

CHTlPS«atw«>*waw
column. Jt you've got art idea or a
qusstfOn. please wnte m. biul
Check whether ot not ive
answered your Queslmr in 3 past
column, and please don t dsK me
to write ptograms |U«t for you

Tiiera are a lol of you . and only one
otme'

Pie^a don't send SAEs - iftere
are so many leners mery month
that I can't promise to r^piy
personaly. I respond to as many
letters as posaible tfi each month's,
cok^nr^ and there's a prize of C2G
worth of software of your chotce
each month tor the reader who
sends m tlie best tip Tiie address
to w-f i? to tS Simon Goodwin.
TECH TIPS. CRASH, POBoK W.
Lutffgw, StjTopttwf SY8 106

100 CRASH Jufie 1907

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nst the londlrtg cIqujs dT the Mortlon silver shijp.

M&iy Lucre the fotkles of etefight from toll wid vicious

thickens. Oh suofleoi through cheeky coclus grove ujent-^

Zo^ppo ocf v<>uo9 h«fo< should pecKehjIly coftteatmeot,

fl brcAen ibell of €lephont B(fd ocross his poth become.

His eyes ood ears alerted up. His nose o-tuj itchy noised to

the wUid. He SQUJ' them leove their silver shipr he soui their mutcwt hatd^ing. He heord

their evil picjfts for dogs ond beosts. He sold. 'I shall not feof these fiends from Plo<iet

Mors, they ofe but <hlchefis'. He wished he hodn t for ewery sJrigSe thicken XMtey&6 to

whefe he stood, ond hoisted up their feorsoorte uieopons. LUlth rtothlog left to do, he

)Offlmed the broken egg shell on his heod, The confusion reigned f<jr ho!f o tich ond

u/hile he ran omciy, o chousond Morning bolts of fire burst oil oround his totl.

RVfllLaSLe FROM ALL GOOD COMPUT6R RCTfllL OUTLCTS

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SABOTEUR II

Producer: Dure 1 1
Retail Pnce: £7.95
Author: Ciive Townsend

Cvrrtra) secunty of \hQ Oic-
tator'a mountair. Ndeoul
wtt branched and details
of hi& miasile systems ttoian in
Saboteur ^, With the Nir^ warrior
wtio undertook that miasjon now
deed« h^ sisier oontinu«e tntt
wori<, u^kng the newty acqiuiired
mforTnation to alter the missile's
target.

To do that oof Nirijette most firet
enter the headqoartefs. which flf>;"
protected by arKJfotds and pumas.

JbenL

* Considertnifl the time that
OureM have had to develop
Sflteiteur i\ tt Isn't a step on
h-om ^ predecessort more
of a lateral move really. Hsv-
lr»g saJd thts. It isn't a bttd
oame. and it's sure td lie«p
Saboteur fans hsppy fof

agn. There are a Icit of
■ Cf a eni and the Quarda mtm
louOK *o ovecaH tfe ■ very
hvd spme to ptay - but it m

WHaitling when you find the
ArM pl|i c e o4 tape, or the
tiitM. Th* Jertcy grvplitcs can
be annoying at tfrnes, but
they're generally beereble.
48K sound is reasonable,
with a title tune and some
worthy affecta during the
otme; the t2aK version ha«
8m s*me effeds tiul it
gracMf with ■ greet tune, "

** lio eurprlses here, folks,
Itie beate concei>t la wry
■bnttar to the first game,
Or^vMcally. H'e exactly the
tame, tHit eontaku trmttf
morv feieturee; ftame throw-
era, hang glldwa etc. Ttie
animirtiori t» sup«rb - eapa
chatty that of the pumas, and
I like the idea of the player
controlling a women leaping
about - it makes (ittle differ-
ence really r but Tm sure lady
players will find It aftpealing.
Overall, SatKileijr IJ la a tnitch
more chattenging gaine than
the ffrst, w:ttli more obetaclea
and many mora rooms, A
superb foltow-up wHh great
depth of content. "

by choosing her moment lo drop
from a hang-glider. There she finds
an antiourv. missite siko, offices.
Kfte tnG underdevelcfied open
areas. Ir>side the complex she can
run left and nght, jump up, drop
down, ot use ladders to reach
other Jewels, while avoiding vam-
pire bats in ttie kxwer levels,

AlthoiiQh android guards carry
throwing knives and flame thro'wv-
ers. with each programmed in
unaimed combat, they can he
evaded and their weafions
avoided by leaping or reachin0
areas where they 60 not follow.
Androids and pumas can be kMed,
try punching, high kicking and
flinging obfects. (a martial arts
throwing weapon is initially car-
riedj, btrf their great strength o&i-

OnysrliifctJDiririt'iitH Awfigmq Arigei: hvidt, itmil in \v
aiHlroida.

^ly

erally requiras eeweral tethal biows
to be fWivered very aoouratefy.
For every blow tanded and oppo-
nent kilied, money b earned.

No energy a consurned by rjn-
ning Of ciirini)ing. but puma bites,
bun^s, drownirvg, laHsand contact
with guard's weapons irsduoas our
heroine's reserves. Thia can t;e
repleniahed by standing quietly in
screens where aU gc^rds have
been kJned, or do not folkm, but

Igareth [ ,

" Saboteur II Is ^ appaallna
as its pcfldec^essor. I had
mariy hours of fun playing the
original - this follow up haa
ad Rs qualitjuaa and lots more.
Screen layoi/ts are pretty
much the sam*, end so'a the
aound; which nuay imply that
Ifs a copy rather Uian a con-
tmuation. Not at aU Ptayab4t-
ity has irfcreaied greatly,
wHli keytxiard response
being Impfoved. You mkght
get a Itttle bored with tha
same aspactS of play, but
although Saboteur 11 ta
aHQlitry expensive, it's well
wwlOi having as a follow
up. "

not by waiCng on tedders.

As progrew is niade ttirough the
700 or so flick screens, supply
crates containing objects, such as
pieces of pipe, spanners, knives
and some rtertis f>ot immediate^
kJentifiable are discovered, Crates
can be searched - a stash
searched message appears when
tills is complete - wit^ their con-
tents succesaivety displayed m itie
'near' box at Itte screen's t>aae.
When there, they can be trans-
feted to the 'hekt' box and sub-
sequently hurleitf at attaciters. Only
one object can be hekt ai a time.

Corripuler tape may be con*
twined within supply boxeSt and
^*^nen suKicienl has been col-
lected, rt car tie used to redirect
I ln$ missile^ At higher G^ilt levels the
lermpnal next to the inissile can
only be operated when extra sac-
bons of computer (ape have been
coikecled. When acguifed com-
puier tape pieces are tfspiayed si
ihe bottom of the scroen. Oihef
computer larmlnals control trfts
and the etec tri W ed perinMsr
lence.

Once ttie missile's flight has
been altered, survrval deperwjs on
i:.i:u"ipinq by molortukeH along the
■j.r.gJe esil Irom the mountatfr -the
tunnel protected by electrtfied
lences - beksr e missiie laune^. A
dock shows time remaiirMrkg until
tgnitkin,

Ortcaa missicm's been success-
^ iv completed, the naxt game
- with tts separata misskm
?s, can be started.

^COMMEMTSL

Control keys: A/Z igp/down,
N/M left/hght. Space to fire
JeysHefe Kanipston. Interface
2

Use of colour strong and
clean

Qraphica: larQa, nlctf y defined
chiai«:iers. tendency lo flicker
So4in(t; good tune and Spot FX
SUM levels: orw; codas for
other 13

Scraenti: over 700
(Seneral raHngi: Invoiwing and
challenging b«l *em up which
successfufly Inconxvatn Its
adventure elements.

Preaafttetkm
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Addicthre quaHttea
Value for money
Overall

CRASH June 1997 103

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THE ASTOmSHiHG ADVENTURES OF

MR WEEMS

AND TH£ SHB VAm,

Producer: Piranha
Retail Price: £7.95
Author: flam Jam

Vamptfe huming ktn't
evervor>e's idoa of a hobby,
but Mr WMmt thinks that
K's a pretty good way of passing
the time, Witn this (n mind he sets
QUI to kill th^ Gre^t She ^/ampife,
Having enlwifld her Mansion. Mr
Waems discovers ihsl it's a Sijt-
Ipivei. flick screen comp^K ol cor-
ridors and rooms, wuh locked
doors. Collef:ie<l keys unkxk
them, but there ere tudden doors
as wefl, and magic tivnvporter
t>t6cks.

On eat^ level Weems eocoun-
tefS bal-irtlesled coMins and pots,
tumbertng, but stupd Frankens-
tein monetera. and menacino she
vamf>tfoswWhsifest5n'wta iHl^y
botnp hjm in the n^hi. th«y give^
WMms anaemia. Should his blood
count ever fan to lero he sue-

IpmulL

** I found Mr Wi^oms to be a
most efijtoyable game, lit
pnty flaw b^ing ttte grraphica.
Due to the ht^h amount of
dataH wwd, Itwy vary easily
appear maaay on the ecree^n
- oftefi quite IrKJistingufiba-
ble. Colour ia weU used how-
ever, de^iHte beirrg mainly
nrtonochromabc, and ttia
flick sc ree n W ee tea ee n alfale
choice, aa a scrolltn^ play
area vvould have ruined it.
Nonethelaea, Mr Wesms l«
fun to ptBy, avan though It*!
a ftottar on the well-wofn
Gauntlet path. Asking the fu^l
week for a re-hash of en
older game puts ita value for
mofwiy down quite a bh. "

Jbeh L

" I waa a iKtle surpneed to
aaa Ihla in the In Tray, as
ttiere ha& been nofte of the
usual Pir{in-ha hype sur-
founding. Despite strong
Gauntlet ovarlono* (which
I've teen all too often
recenttyl, Mr Weems ixovee
to be a pteyable gome, 'mar-
nd ortly by Its difficulty ami
laaa than slick pr««ertt«llorL
Along ¥inth mout Gaunttetea-
il|U«9airHia th« graphics can
get nMssy, and confuairtg
when there 'a a lottwppenlrHO
Qn screen. THe does effect
gamepJay semewfiat If
you're playing on a colour TV
{but then again, tuming the
colour down at tim«4 df
pantc shouldn't be 1o<i much
ofaalrain)... "

oumba to death, but Weans can
turn vampire himseltand replenish
N^ blood levels by pK:l<ing up the
bkwd txstttes he linds on his
adventure. He can ai^ pop a
srt\arl -{jarhc pitl to give himselt a
ahort-l€rm immunity to others'
bloodsudifing attentKxis,

Not content wth mefety smet-
iing liiw a French chel , WBems also
totes a ^trllc-titirtg gun wth
aimc^ Umitless doves; Itiere are
garlic bombs to be pt<Aed up en
■route to. 'When used, iheee
remove (rffer>ding creeps Irom tfvi
8bow» but sre irwtf ective when the
uttiHTiaie level 19 reached- Points
ere awarded tor each creature
craamed, artd when when all
bloodsuckers have t>een removed
from each room, coffms can be
destroyed, a point bieing given for
every one blasted.

On reaching the ultimate level.
our b»-gvhdied vampire
enthusiast finds the Great She
VaiT^ptre'^s penthouse lair . There he
can kill twr at his leisure, but only if
he has aOCiutred the aecrat
weapons - a stake, a ma l l e i s
mega-gariic piece, a mimx and

J MIKE L

** Hera's a pteeeent erwugh Qauntlet derivative. The graphics are
firke; though tfta tMspectaclad Weems loftlcs out of piace in a
gama that aaams to demand warrtofa ar>d wtiards. Ho hum. Aa
hr as playabiiity goaa, tliara'a a good bH tr^ere. but I'm afrsiid
laatabtlfty is limited - 1 got a bit bond after only the sec ond ie vej .
TMa, In a game costing a$ muell at Mr Weems, i* too Ntlle playing
time. Ow^ced, but a fun play. "

cruciftx - contained wthiri bOKSS
on each of the levels. Once qqI-
lected ihese are shown on screen.
II he manages to despatch the
Credit She Vampir^, W^MTitt must
make iike Seb Coe and leave tbe
vamp^e-ndden Mansion before
iH^r r^areged mirnons can seek hnn
oi>1 ~ but il thal'$ what you like
doing tor a hobby, Bon Apetrt.

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, I COMMENTS I ,

CSontnl keys: cief inable. 141/
down, lett/nght, smart-garlic
and QafUc bomb noadsd
Joymtu Kenipsr(Mi,lntarfao»

Uh of colour vary brtgin flur-
rcMinds to a ^gely monoc-
hr^TwUc pIninQ VM
QrapMccs onwi ixtrvfnoiy
btity and tonrnlifnea. confus^
ing

Sound: abOv« dvsrage
Skill l«v«ls;on«

sbc levels of WcK

(terMnl fating: EftocOvft enter
and 0«tfoy 9am« of (vaaona-
tii« eddk^iMty, slightly spoiled
by over-buiity grg^hics.

PreMtitation

Graphics
Playabiltty
Addictive qualities
Value for money
Overall

JACKLEAND WIDE

Producer: Bulldog
Relail Price: £1 ,99

Aft©! yeafs o! fagearch. Dr
Jackl6 perfects Ihe ever-
laslirHgi youlh polK>n which
he ho» long sought However, on
downing the m^arious br9w he's
Iransforrned tntD his evJl alter ego,
Mr Wide Foolishly Jackie pro-
duced rw afTlidolffl twlome iHs
mslamorphosis. So, the secret
lafboTBtory of EX Piqued (a nvai sa-
entlat wrho may ha^ fofmulated q
remedy^ must be found and
entered if Jadtle Is ewr to t»sl him^
seHagaki.

In tNs arcade adventure, Wide
o/dss. itvough Hyde Park before
erterrra the sewnr maze which
hides p»qued's lab. A bird'«-Qve
view iS ^yt^n of the park with the
screen scfoiing vertiQelly to reveal
pathwsrys in Ifie four ustial difec-
Uons.

In ;he park, our hero discovers
uMrfui OD^ts^ such as a double-
fiesded axe, a sea -sickness ptli,
some vanishing herbs and Sparkl-
ing gems - tour of wtitch can be
carried at any one iJrne They
assist Wide in solvirig riddles
whKh take him further lowafcJs

Piqued's hideaway. An on-scfeen
mcHsage gives hints i[can you
swim?, aolett} and identifies any
acquiroa item, wrtti an inventory of
earned obiects available vft^en
required,

One bekm. Wide ^landons hJs
biKe and tip-toes tl>rough a
labynnlh Of sewer rooms. Some
room« quickly diminish Wide's
energy, whilst others are full of gas
which tnowBea the tim*
countdown egainsi which the
game 13 played, yet more riH with
fising water. Hasty exits can be
made through dborwsys.

Cfesfures Mai to the touch lurit
tn some sowers, wt^ others
merely reduce Wida's enaigy Ittwl
which nutst nw<mi«ath xam. The
rate of energy loss is diminished if
Wide Qarhes appropriate ob^ts
(tor instanoe, the sea- sickness pill
counierscts nsing wal#r). Erwrgy
rwsen^es ar& 1opf>Bd up t^ firing al
the 'inlaHigefit spike",

Ttie park can be revisited from
cert^n sectiora o( the aawer.
However, once (aft, the adenti^
scoundrel cannot netum through
the sa/rte enfrarwe. On f©-entry.
Wide receives a fun complement
of energy.

Sha Imn tbova [m Ms t>«fifi^ irtMAg. Midi (WtHrit tlH pti^^
hwkikffQ lEMr sn underqrDuiMl BRtrMCi.

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9 " I was tyeglnnirkgto thirrk ih.a't
BulI'dog would be one of the
most notpblQ budget software
houses around. Feud was en
excellent start end Colony had
quite a few good poirrts. How-
ever, Jacki« and Wide Is disap-
pointing \n comparisort. Tlie
tursic plot of 'find an object so
you can con'>p(ete a aub-game'
has l>e*n ua*d to its limit by now
and should ready tie for^nen.
Ttw underground ■*9uence
kwhi good but plays bedfy and
the Hyde P^ark section is vsfy
primilive Indeed, Unirttaresittng
and at limea laiiQua so lasting
■ppasi Is very limbed. "

• " if spenf mosf of the ttme with
Jackie and Wide wandenng atout.
trying to woik out axactly vvhxt t
waa supposed ro be dbArw. jNow-
av«r, di^ngthisftanbfefmtnotica
that fhe jcra a n ii WB to ntattyaSime
same - tn Acf alf aspects t^ the
graphiGsar9apff a l S ng,AtBfO,aHtth
sound woiikfheve gonoakjng vtay
towards ma)<fng p&y mon v^Of*
atii^. I Wilt gtve some oredtt (hough,
fhe ffame « ohgtnat. but peftiafm
youcon't expect a great debtor 41
txjdget price. "

• " The instructions are vague
and unhelpful However, I found
^ye gatnepiay to t>e very simple,
and spent my tune wishing tnttt
there was more I0 it Graphically,
the prograrn ranges from colourful
and distinct characters to plain
and unimaginative tjackgrourictti.
Despite the stroog slory ine,
JacMe arrd Wtde nvdwes Kttle
n>ore than trudging around and
getting very bored.

MM.

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COMMENTS

1

Conhvl keys; Q-'A up/down. O/P
lett/nghT. SymtMH Shift to fire
Joysltck; Kempston, interface 2
Us* of col«UR rattier varied: olten
excellent, sometimes dull
OnfjMcs: busy scrolling track-
grounds and reasonable aired
sprrles
SourKi:pOor
Skill levels; one

Scream: sooWng park area, f#w
sewers and the flnal chamber
General rtfUHK A good» and oftei^
or ig I naJ Idea fMS mio a sadly
ciichM game lacking content

Presentation
Graphics
1^1 ay ability
Addictiwe qualftie*
Value for money
Overall

CRASH June 1987 106

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BCk to Victoriaji days when
th« Quean nsvdr smil«d
andi Stwiley had lost
Uvmgstone,

In flin arttdmpt tO dtftOOv^ him

Stanley sets oui into 63 flick
9criuns of ^tm Afri&ar jungly aft«r
the good doctor. Moving left, righi.
docking and Junnoing irom piat-
fonn to plattorm, stv^ley's lask >s
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"Tht hteu wiNMfl
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that?' profatam, but thay
snn't frustrstlng» and can be
m^>«t rawHTding wtien coin-
p4atad, The grjupihica appaaf
tti su^l ihm action wall and
gar>ara)ly it otitis up to an
plaasant tittl« game th^t
atiould hLa«p a good chunfc of
apactrum owrtara amu3*d
for aomai tlm«i. "

JbenL

" lhavafttsa«fiagAniain1hla9anrator9g«a-KeanalnIymak«4
a ctiAEiga from all the uaual shrff and no miataka. The plol'a fairly
Binu4a once Uw phraae book English on the inlay has been
dac^ptwnad (Liv^ngslone to a Spanlah ^ama). aa ia tha gamaplay
onca you've worXad out the behawiour of your weapons. The
presantatton. graphics and aiHBid are all welt above average so
this isnt a bad buy at eti, although Vm net too sura it will keep
moat fiaopia playing tot very Jong« "

tradition by pidkrng 14] tha food
and drinh he finds on his travels.
Zero energy causes the unsung
expkver toloseor^ of hishis iives.

On hts quest out lief must bat-
tle past, or avo<d a crop of man-
eaiing plants, slithering snakes.
iiart'puftir>g pygmies, watching
eyes, cooortut-chucking monkies.
quidaanda. buHets, canibals.
alligatixs, scorpionSi and tumbles
irvto deep mine wortilnga. Should
ti^ fall foul of any of theae a ^ te
io$t As «ri ad<}ed probtem Sumtey
finds that a flapping sea eagle is
out to get him.

For protection and help tha
intrerHd Vidonan {:ames a
t>oomeirang. daggers, and gre-
r>3des. which must be used with
care if he is ri£j< to setf-deslruct.
Additiortaily he owns a vaulting
pole lb help him rea^ higher pl^-
liDftna. The strenath with wtiich
vf&apom can be hurled or vaults
FTiaae is regulated using Space,

1^ OeaolUli 63 licit tcnki«H0f

LAtngMxie, wnh hareic StuMv In
■airciiaf Bia pwa poctv^

J PAUL L

"What a pl a w ant aufpcfi^
Uvingstorw la. Tha graphtca
tottlqr aiiil Itie scenario, and
thate are many different co(-
ourvand aome VERY attrac*
ti¥e bita of animaton. The
*er«en la aet out supertxty -
you would expect load* 4f
colour clashes, but in iBOt
the/no disguised very vmA.
The equipment that you cmty
and the foraignars that yqu
meat ci«at* tha p«'rfa<rt
■tmoaphara • 1 especially
rikad the piranhas that jump
out of the rfvar. This gama
haa so much content and hf a
ahaerfun* "

HOWARD THE DUCK

1

Producer: Activision
Retail Price: £9.99
Author: Software Studios

Howard ts an extra-ternutnai
duck who ha& been myaieh-
ouaty spirtted to Earth, He
loolis a bit odd, but ^ an amicable
fsMow wtth two friends, Bevedy
and PhV, Beverfy and Phil are good
sorts too, but itwy have pst bean
kldrsppod by the Dartt Overlord.
wt>o has taken them to his atidde
(^ Voicano island Hawnd ia a
niiepMved at ihis. and «oh« tats
out Qo a rescue missnoo. What he
doesn't know is that ttie Overk>rd

15 0)tpaciing ttto sort of reaction,
and has wt traps to capture the
teatfiered hero.

To begin wnh. the player's name
IS typed In and the level of play
seJected from tfie four provid<ed:
novice, intermediate, advarkced.
and aiqwi. Tha levels differ in t^>-
nuntter of Uvea granted, ir^
inenw'^ aggression Jevei and the
lenath of the game.

The screen iMffsiaya a view of
the island, with Howard automati-
cally iHrachuting onto a pathway
lbs joystick ts used to move How •
ard arourtd, and he can go any-
where as long as the landscape

no CRASH June 1967

JbenL

" A film tie -in which ectunDy r^lalvs to rts Subject rrvatter is ari
unusual event, so on this levet Hownrd the Duck i$ quite a pleas-
ant surprise. The pro^mm sti-cks as clO'deiy as pcss-ilsle to the film
(considQf'ing the limitation's of tti« computer cianre format), io
the only re.il pity is that the t\tm was so naff* The pres#ntstton Is
up to ActivisJcin's usual standard, and the graphics and adund
are con^petent dnd functional -th« only problefn gamAp'tay'wIsd
is tha) the conliol method is quite tricky. Howard the computer
geme la an average, but utt^rrurteiy uninteresting product - and
qiiHe exiMnake U> boot "

al^ws, scroitirvg ttie sosriary as he
go&S- The fire txition makes him
iuinp^ kick and punch, the action

dapendlrtg on Ns SituBtKjn,

The ftrsl part of the mission fol-
lows Howard's heroic journey
across the island. First he has 10
find the back-pacik wtijch he dnop-

ped dunng the parachute drop.
This contains a So4ar-Povnered
Jet -Pack, a MicfoHte Rying
Machine and a portable Meulron
Disintegrator.

Having fodFKl ttie pack, our
(eathered friend makes his way
around the island to a volcano,
home of the Overlord. Hazards are
encountered throughout this >our-
ney; mutant slime has to be
jumped and mmi-mutants intent
on Howard's capture pop up from
motehiite. These are dispatched
with swih. weil-aimed iucks, and
jumping on the motehitis prevents
thetr re-emergertce,

ShouJd Howard reach ttw loot
ol the vdcai^ tie is automaticai^

J PAUL L

*' At flrat aHlht Howard Tha
Duck is ■ very attractive Spy
Va Spy lookalik*. Th*
graphics am very well
desigrtedd comtilning some
good detail with lots of col-
our,. The instructions are
corTHTwndabiy fherKlly, ^jh-
ifig all of the iMCMsaiy facts,
f particulArfy Uksd the dHfl-
cuity raVngs - ttMy Imiirxived
the adkHcttvenkaM Ian tirrtea
over, and ahouid apfwal to ell
types of player. Howard Tlie
Duck l« a phMsing game,
aHhOugh the price ta a m
over Ihe top- "

iTKl artMumiratad ilcori at iri«t>ase
of the screen fnR)m»o( the object
cufrerttly held.

Points «fe awarded for
despatched etiackers, bui |ungle
life can be ledious, so watch out
♦or fiye oems which may Sw in
sirange (Atcee such as birds'
nests ^ only wt>ein all of Ihese have
toBfl col i#cted is t^ere any chance
df passing the siecret temple,

Controt keys: Q/A up^down^

CVP leh/nght. Space to fire

■Joy*^lck:Kampston

Um <rf eoloun no dashes. kHa

usftd to rnake cokxjrf uri and

varied screens

QrapNes: neatiy deagdtwd

dwracters, good animation

Boun&. rto tune on 48K aivi

few FX, title tune and boner FX

onisa

Sm l e wi i a: one

Oeneral rathia: A modest
sounding 9anDe ihat iufpriaee

for its poliihed design and
interastir>g F>tay.

si/apped in lo hia fnicroiite. He
must then % over the mouth of the
voteano afid parachute in.

The penunifnate section
InvoJvBS a dargef otts run throijgh
a cnjmbHrtg cave, whSfe f3tln>g
stalagtites and holes in the floor
mpeoe the duck's progreiss.
When this has been negowrted,
Howard meets the O/erford tn a
final, deadly confrontation The
evM kidnapper di«s when shot
thm times with tt>e neutron dtsm-
tegraitor.

RED SCORPIO

Control keys: T/fiurk^down, S/
8 leflAwht, zero to tire
Jeyetl^Kempision. intatfaoe
2

Lfa* ot Goloiin vahdd, and
ofif^eraUy dash free
Qraphica: tm^ spntes on a
lively badnoround
Soumt: limited to rare spot FX
SkMl levett; four
GanerU rvtingt A sligiht ty
above swrwgis genie which
Ilea epnmg vom a dreadful

Pntsentation
Graphics
Playabifity
Addictive quaitti
VaJue fof nrtonoy

77%
72%
59%
49%
53%
«1%

Producer: Quicksitva
Retail Price: £8.95

Ttie Bombyx Moons are
almost entlreiv composed of
pure Tj^antte. wNch ihe evil
Neerons ue rtpptng olt from trte
Bombyxians, TefTan civilisation
can offer them far more. To that
ond you , as a Star Commando, are
sen) to the Bombyx Moons to dis-
pose of hJecronisi personnei and
their miirtay and commiinJcation
insiallaiiorts.

Femed by the mottier shipe
Zhukov' and 'Coral See' you re
dropped lo a moon's surface in a
Red Scorpion space tighter. A
head \jp displav views the combat
zone on a honzontally scrolling
screen.

Red Scorp*on moves left, rtaht^
fonvard and bade with direcmon
indicated on a navigational
oeocomF^^s. The cralt carries
four vision syalemai mi C fo w ava.
whtch detects undsmrourKl Instar-
laiions aryj loofis through
camovfla^; infre red, which
detects (eat movinQ objects; ultra
violei which identifies Ts^ite
sources, and natural Nghl .

It carries four threat deladore.
activated when enerrsy targers^
come within ran>ge. Ttiese detect
above ground structutes, Tj^iar^He
mines, armed aherts, and Necron
missiles Additkmal hrip b given
by tti« 'Coral Sea* which rebns
information about Necron nrttssHe
launches.

Enemy fir« d«r«Q«ft Red
Scorpion's Shields, with e two-
figure number at the top left ol the
screen indicallng thek condHkin.
When that rating falls to ;zero ttw
nart hit destroys the craft.

The ship's armouiry ils made up
of Brrr^xir-pjerdng missiles, clus-
ter bombs, flonic stun ners , a mutti'
frequeocy etectronlc warfare sys-
tem, and a partidle cannon Points
are swarded for each «nemy larget
destroved, and a tofitf Is showniK
the top of the screen, Ten on-
screen icona show ttie status of
weapon' Aivi vision systems^

Both mother strips are tised dur-
ing itw operation , a rendervoua
can tie made with the Coral Sea
and Zhukov provides heavy cover
fire, this however causes damage
to ihe Red Scorpion's shields.

Complete tho mission! success-
fully and pron^otion is yours.

# " What's thJs. 8attlezone vi^th
a plot and s strategy «l«m«rit?
Nobody could possibly cope
with the nasty tQ0n$, th^ hostile
craft that you can't shoot
bw^usa you^re supposed to bm
friefids and the rest of the abys-
matly slow and ever-con>plh
cited gemeplay. The grapbics
are as well ct«4in«d as most vec-
tor graph idfi, but the icons teave
seHTiethlng to t>e desired in the
way of dartty. On the who^e I'd
give thia a miss, it might have
been worth a look for two quid,
but for nearer nir»it pounds it
Isn't worth It "

wm

• "I'm aun tttat thata's s pet-
foc&y good game n this pmck*

age . . , somawhefe, n seams to
Aave been toat in ftte ijnhelpHti
rnsfrucfions - too much scensfk)

and not enough led. The v/tKsie
ftfee of a Battlezone fype game is
atways entfc^ if the graphics are
fast and tfickef'ffee - buf tha one
misses our on ihe hfrtier. fled
Scofpion is weif iaid-aut. but it
(0(^3 the necessary speed. "

• " Tm sure the auttiorsaretisap-
pointed with Rett Scoq^on, I kixiw
I am Ttie pachagina is very good,
with a geniaral^ prorassionalleel -
but tt^at'8 what you expect when a
corruany has been around as long
as QuicksiWa- Their expedenoe
doesn't coine 10 tight on the game
thougih. which falls far below stvi-^
dvd end is r>othing more titan a
poor Battlezone vananl The icons
on the bottom of the screen are a
nioB addition , but wtnn compared
to something as sHck as ftesl-
lime ssemi-artctant Tank Du&i. it's
r>ot up to so'atoh. '*

Control keys: v/H up/down . O/P

letl/righl. J or bottom row tO fjre

Joystick: Kempston

U*« of colour some distinction

made between craft

Graphics: wirre frame 3D

Sourtd: limited

Skill leveila: one

Screens: continuDus larxfscape

General rating: Slick instructions

impiy complex game, but really

ttwre's nothing much new in this

variant

^ TlKiriew at in MefnTpWlwxipp(»rs[mvEHjrRi!4Scoirp|[>nNsd't9Atrt*r.wNtoM

/is

THE FINAL MATRIX

Producer: GremHn
Graphks

Retail price: £a.95

Our haro. Nimrod tha Biop-
tor, has been called upon
to rascufl his fenow Biop-
looij. Captured by a bunch of
unthendty Ciertons. Il^e hapless
Sioptons have been taker hos-
tage, and locked them away in the
rriatnx, a netvvork of prison plan-
ets.

Despite all the miracles of
lechnotogy, motecutar trarsfef {«,
*b«Bm ttierFt up. Scortyl hasn't
cofTte about yet. ^ Nimrod is
roeM*^ 'o toddle off inlo this
potenttaJ deaih-trap al) by himsatf
«\ an Btlflfnpt to rescue tt>e cap-
tivea.

The matrix spreads over a vast
area of the galaxy, but since its
ejciem is y^kj-Kjiw* the firet task «
to locate matrix pteiels and then

JrickyL

infiltrate itwm, The Btopions havft
been scattered inrooghtxit tf^
matrix, so Nirru od is going to be
visiting aeverar ptaftets. LocaUons
IS achieved by using a display
monitor caileo \ha PantavisJOn,
which icieftttti^ matrix planela.
Die orvscrearf-s^itacan be main-
oeuvred so they ceittm ever a
planet, and then Nimfod Is trans-
ported lo Its Buriacfl.

OfKe do<Mn. Hie hunt for tt>e
hostage is Oh. The display
awttchea to an unusual isometnc
view, acrdiing horizontally or verti^
caiy depenano on Nimrod's
direction, artd nthat isn't to be
aimfcess he might tie thankful for a
map. Foftunatety Cratqn letty 'so't
all its cracked up to be, just map
programmes for entartainmBnt.
but seeing one Isn't so ei^ , . .
OrHtorrs appear to \o(3k down on
tfwir TVs from a great heigiht. This
forces Nimrod to stand on top of
itw mofiitoF to look at the map.

Lucky for him, tf'ten, that upward
ttvust-paks are available to propell
Hm into the air so long as he
approacfie? from tfie nghl dirac-
tkm.

Having located the hoaiaga.
Nimfod C3n rettrm to 1t>e launcft
point, fellow Biopton in tomr. and
escape. The return route tfvoogh
the maze is indicated on a scanner
top'fight of the screen. Of course,
itw Gratons don't sit idly by, tfw
mBlhx <s tittered with guards who
are all on the often sive, Nimrod
does tiave imtted firepower at the
outsel. but the Cratonsafe a touch
carelaas, arid rf searches , powerful
weapons such as rnegaboKs are
to be found lyirKj arour>d ,

Tf>e matrix planet nnaze is rep-
resented in different stadaao< one
colour, each wiJi their mm tflVict
To Bucoeed the ^yta of floor
deelgrB, and their effects, should
be rerrvflmtwred. for in addition to
the patroltoig guards, there aie

On Imr4 Ms craft, Iflninid
MittntHUts of mafrii prtswi plHML

PidtaniiM wf dwMlo Bn

" Tak« H from m«, The Final
Matrix is a ruthlass gsrm- so
If you^ra rwt planning to
tfMiKl qutta a while practis-
ing ttwn you may as well
hgnora it. Howevef, and
harft's tfM crun^, It'aa realV
addictive and highly axcttir>g
ganva, Ttwre's plenty of con-
iMt, but it's vary well pre-
MHlad and so not too daunt-
ing to play. Graphicatly, Mat-
riM to QuAe (Mhl, but rwnatiie-
leea p lee it ng to the ave. The
display remains consntently
cl*err piraHMioh the way the
screen scroUa (not ttl you
reach th« very edge of a
scraan) can be offputing
wtwn a guard tudddnly
appsara from nowtiere. It's a
neat antertalnment that
oflera quite ■ M t» w^efl-
enced ganiaa ptayan,"

(tSmaWc itifii !>0 Jipfiy af The Firgi fatstni wtiwi down un i

J MIKE L

" As an arcade a<tvantivtb
The Fir^l Matrix pfesents
some 0Ktr#mely dlevlous
puxzles ar>d a whoie host a<(
planets to axplofe. The
graphics ar« strange ift that
they uaa an urtorthodoic,
overhead viawpolrrt ratlwf
than thfi nOffflat 30 perspec-
tive; this looks odd, but
works unusually wall. The
backdrops are naat and
dearly preaantad, wtth a
' IM* of colour, althougli
aerolling is a bit on tha
jerfcy side. Those who perte-
vara will no doubt find a
worthwhile chatlen^ In Mal-
rtK, but be prepared to spacYd
a lot of time going (o and
from th« titlfl screen: ifs
tough."

JbehL

** I'm sure that this would be
much better suited to Otwn-
lin's five quid semi -budget
price tag than nearer ai|^t
pounds. Having ssid this, 'The
Final Matrix is a v«fy onglnel
and varaatila game. My only
nag Is that It's much loo
difficutt, a Hrst time player
would be luclQf to aurwive tor
more than a few aec«ndftt

and after pl^rvg fQr n con-
sidorable tims Tm stllf having
trouble progressing through
tf>e garrte at ail. G«fi»ralfy tfiis
iia wall presented both
graphically and sonically - a
tune and a \Hi9 screen
vHMjIdnt go Bfliise

thought. ."

mines, ef>ergy drajmng blocks,
black ice ai>aiethal disnjptors,

Nimrod'S rfiiSSion isn't going to
be easy, but he does have 99 eons
to do It in: unlortunately, one Biop-
ton eon is equaJ to only one of our
minutes. Ho hum , , .

COMMEHTS

Control keye; delinat3ta

JoystkA: Kampston, Neriace

2

Ue« of colour monochroma-

tk: playing sre^

@rapfika: fast in space, tidy

and unusual 30 on planets

Sound: good gener ai {and

spot)FX

Skill leveb: ana

Scraens; space scraen and

^ge scroiiiiog aurfaioa p4ay

<l«i*cal latlngB Thia unuouM
and addictfye game preaanis i
very tough ctuJIer^.

Presentation
Graphics
Playiibility
Addictive qualities
Value for money
Ov6ra\}

TrVr^* i^T

1 §■

^

f L *^ "^i

T ^1

lU

Power to your palette

TheGraphic Art D&partmefit is the most powerful, mosiver&aiile flraphicsdesign pfogram
gva liable for the Atari Home Com putets If s Simplicitv of use make il 3 jov^orpeopjeot all
ages 10 pa ini With It has more than 30dtff ere nt commands tochoos? from Aruncr§^i|jle' 1 ;
diffefent colours can be u &ed in any one picture . A three stage Zoom feai ure ^lows one itie
ability to do werv detailed and iniri cate work

Other features include ; the use of text m your pictures, 40 different brush paiiems. abrush
«j I lor to create vour own brush paiierns, character editor cimledraw, brush speed coniroli
minoTand vgv can even obtain apnntout of vourpctures Theseare just a fewof therrwr >
tine features tobe foiind in tlieGAD. Ask yourdealer foradefTionstfation now Disc: £29.95i

Producer: Palace
Software

Retail Price: £d.99
Author; Steve Brown and
Shaun Griffiths

Hi

lardly a mcxith goes by with-
out B figNting game appeaf-
Ing on our raviaw pages.
However, amoogsi all rh6 oriental
oft««ir>gs Palace's lai^ rateaiM
takes us into ti>& ageol m/ibtik/gy
vritha beat em up featuring WHft
hunky swordsmen. v/i\ giMrgnms
a^ strange nnan-eaiirfg crse-
tures.

JbehL

" Make 'em bleeds, tieat 'em
Ups or wh4rte%rer ttiey're
called nowedaya ... I love
'em, especlaHv when they're
as beautifully programmed
a* this. A tew more cfiarac-
ten and backgrounds
wouldn't have gone emlaa^
but this still com(»araa wall
with Palace's other ralea—e.
What charscfers aine Vvefe
are eiceflently animated end
well drawn, and tha baclx-
grounds ere elso pretty neat.
I'd »ey that thi$ i? one of the
best beat 'em upt on the
Spectrum sq far, even if it l« a
Mtlei

ChampKxi after champiOfl is
dafeated and the Jewelledi City i3
losing hope, when, from the for-
QOtten wasteiands of the north,
comes a mystertous barbarian
wiilmg to take oo the awesoT^e
task. And guess wi^at? That's you .

Bvbarian comos in two parti,
loadin9 in ao particular order. The
first Is a combat practioe routine
for one or two players, designed to
h»lp you get to grips with the

fr- TrmiMaiotatmQtwiptttiiittimtfoutdaoin^tMiti,mm'iim

the background is straight o\..
of any Boy? Own act>Or Stctry , te'
ling of Dra.N, ^n evil sofcerer, who :
lu^tingetter itte beautiful (arid very
wet} PnrK^ne Mariarka. Unless
she's delivered to hbn he shall
unleash his txispeakabte wrath
upon the people of the Jewetod
I City, Offic pws onlv one ettema-
tivB - the Jewelled City must offer
up a champion to deFeat tiis own.

> Tau gppDiwiil almt tn unpteaurrt slice si yt^jr m^ti - pnptrvd to ba tf Ictcl

Jiyhttng rr.-v^ijj tii^J rt3i«;i>ii tile
strength of oppo^ienis. The sec-
ond IS a Fight to The Death - itie
real game wtiere the Princes'
future is at staHe and where you
eventuaily come face to face wrih

JrickyL

" Just as we were thinking
that no-ort« would have the
audacity to raleaae anothef
beet 'em up, along come*
Palace with Bartjar ian - ericj
it's remarkabty Jm p r na hie.
The p<ack.ag« is very p ir olea -
sioneliy put togettw, with a
combat practice game and
the actual 9v«nt t>o1h
I ncfuded , The animation ts so
•lick that the characters
appear to have a littte life of
their own as they roil around
One of Bartksrtan's rnoet
pleasing elements is tfie
sense of achievement as an
opponent is defeated. Ma^-
terirfg Bartiartan will taka
some time, but ifa worth It "

Simitar to other beat 'em ups,
BtirtBnan has 1€ awaitatitfl moves
- fligtH using thv dtreclional kay9
dhow QOntTQl body moveme4nits)
md anotftsr •isM w'lh ifw direc-
tkmil kays wid tire button (ttus
g|wM ttw ttttKiking movemerts),
Th«rQ are foai stages, and foor
incniBSingly drff Hcutt opponents 1(x
Barbanan !o beat on his way.

Kl* <

J PAUL L

•* Yt^l Now tMi la what 1 4_ _

!■ MMl Mo« 'n* dlca flgiit tit*

^gn(pWc» af* r««itftio, iShm

MChgrourKN corrvincli^g

•nd (l3NMt of a^l) iti«re'9

propar iTHXtfMTt#fit (like

nwelt cwning ofl) - ganwa

M«t this ra«Ry bring out the

•nimiBl in m*. Ths progrwn

tKNM to v«vy BJmpI* In corn

■fructton, but ft's stl bdi-

tanrt^ axAcuied and vefy

l^addtettws. I tovad th* way tha

I IM* charwctar comaa on at

of a Iwttia, kickinfl
knar's hawd oft tha
pudttng ths body
bahlnd Miti. Bartmrian ia aasy
to ascapa in, ami hanJ to oat
away ffOfin. Worth ttta aaltlng
prica. wIthcHit o dkiubt "

As each toe *$ defeated (literally
by knockinQ his tiead off], a smalt
lizart^tka cr^^iture ambles across
tjr« screen, kicks the severe head
aside tni di^f^ the txK}y off to
prepare for a teaat. Tasty^

On the lirial screen you hove to
fight It^e mighty Drax. He's <a no
swordsman and launches ifvto bat -
tie by hurling ixtlts Of magic; thiese
should be avoided to the b^i of
Mjur abitity ar>d a physical attack
leunctwd, Witfi [>a)c defieatod,
Prinoaes Mariana is saved and
«haB probably warn to marrv you
(or somathing soppy Nke that).

COMMENTS

1

Ifsya: definable

c icempston.tnterfaee

ilour: bnghlly
EujfToundand

omatto p(ay^ area
K sinwie backdrops.
, exceMntty aniiTvited

eveni 4dK sound
a greet tune
If one

eigM stagas, plus
at practiea mods
raffing: Probalaty the
beet 'em up yet.
I, addicthw and worth
prtoe.

ctlve quamias
fformonvy

ENTERPRISE

Producer: Melbourne
House

Retail Prtce: £7.95

Tradlrtg with the aliens ia the
only way to make a fa$t
tntengaJactic megabuck
these days. And as you're facing a
masshre prison senterx» back
horrie, the fhougfit of trading min-
erat9 on g.? b^Hiori planets ^ more
itian invitinp.

Vour ahip {stolen of course),
moves left and ri^t. up and diown.
accelerates, siows and rolls. The
main screen shows surrounding
siarfieids. but can be replaced by
a miip trom which a prospective
n.Hding planet's hoiiesty, eco-
i'i-.''-,y. heiptuine*B and minefal
■■■-■:'i 13 assessed. H & planet is
:.ib(e. Its coordinales are p4ot-
; Tfid a hyperjump made.
H aving pi«roed the atmosphere,
.1 :>uii^ce ^ndscape appears <x\
screen. To help your larxling, on-
screen prompts indicate wtien
landilng gear shodd be engaged
and engiries swiftchod oft. Addi-
l^oraJ >n(ormation is provided by
Yaw, Ptlch and Roil Indicators ai
ttie top of the screen and Speed.

JbenL

** Ho H*9 not a Star Tre4^ rip-
on, but wtio's to say that yoa
won't corne across the USS
Cnterprlsa and har crew
members somawhere

batwoenttia four Utlton plan*
««ei The cflecto an pretty {a4-
ttKHjgh there coufd be a Ihtta
mora varlaition}, and ttta way
in which th« p^ar^ets end
tandacapes have bawn ajca>
cutad works exc«ltMMl|r.
Howavar, Enterpn^ prtitu^
biy wont have a tot of lasting
appeal, as it's tuisically an
Elite vsriani without tha
sKtensfva and alt important
stioot 'amupaections. "

J PAUL L

" 1 was completaly surprfaad
by Enterprise, K faala sonw'
what like a lOia odtUctlve
ElMe. Tha piesarttatton is
average and tha
effecta iwiitlit^aif
serves to create wry little
atrrwosphere. Ttie only rvat
iun part is the conversation
wWt the trading aliens - ft
oan prawa very profitable or
unproduethM, but it pro*
a good bit of Jovial
' wtm one of the tocaISi
Enterprisa rrtakes quite a
change, not mega, but worth
apaak. "

Acceleration, arwi Attitude read*
outs at its b»e.

Trading with afiens begins when
a succeratui landing has been
madB: These fall into two types ~
those that are helpful and honest
and those that aren't. Chiooae
carefully wrth whom you deal, and
beware of ttkose that en^ige in idle
diit-chat. To $am oonversatiorial
time, stock phrases car^ be called
up.

The price Of minerals is deter-
mine by ttieir rsnty and the trad-
irtg planet's economy. Bargatrts
cart be OKhec up though , arKibu^
buying offers discounts. You can
atso buy food, fuel, insurvioe and
shnp repairs. All trades are togged
into thi6 ship ' a computer, and your
bank account accordingly
adjusted. Be carefut that you have
sufTicient funds. oiherwi:se you'll
find yourself m troubie with the
poiKre. or wiped out by the Ror>
f^tce Guy Credit aoartcy. Though
this nest e^g may be earning you
interest, it'salr^ eaten away 1^ the
ravages o1 jnflatior. constantly
increasing the wealth you need in
order to retire to Paradise PI Email.

Damage occurs to ttve ship's pri-
mary systems, with the luseiage

the mt^ vulnerable. eaqMTOlva
and potemiaiiy disastrous atcHon
10 go down. When damaged,
«r>gines and boosters run was
efficiently with ineraaaim tiMH con-
sumption, remaining Mvats are
shown at the bottom nght of the
sctaan; whilst imperfect shields.
lancing gear and braking systems
fail only with use; cargo doors can
>am open; and ^uity storage sys-
lenrs cause food to rot. Systems
can sustain dantage m coni&orrs
with minerals, poMoe ahipe. or rf Mt
activated . durwig «ntr$ Into a plarb
et's atmosphere.

To give you some protectioni,
seven types of Insuianoe policy
are avaiiabie. The price of each Is
deperident upon a planet's eco-
nomy and the status of ^rsured
Items. Should a claim be mads
against the policy, the items are

J MIKE L

*' Titer* are some lovely
effects in Enlerpn&e - indud-
big s marvetlous spinning
iNanet - but it still doesnt
generate much SKciiement
None of lti« many tasi^s
oflsred any sense of
acHevemer^ - however
swapping idle tiarrter wtth
the ptanat's rasklents
became (|utte pl*asanL ff you
want a game that doaanH Just
rely «i lUlUng off the unwar*
aa, Enterprise is worth con-
aldaring • btft it's r>ot ttM type
that Vd naaOy go for. "

rstumed to you Ni the state Oiey
were in whtert tt>B insurance was
taker* out,

In tf^ course of your hwhieeling
and dealing, it's aM too easy to
commit caimaa: booster rodtats
damage nearOy craft, and hyper-
jump nxketadOB&oy them A con-
se()uent arrest by the interplanet-
ary police caifses financial dam-
age, atong with a potentially prob-
lematic cnmtoiat record.

, t COMMEHTB L^

Controt Itays: Cursors and
other touts

Joyrtkk KempstDTi, Inlerfaa
2

Uaa ot colovr good
Oraphfca: some sptsdid
effects, and neat characters
Sound: minimal
SUh Hvani one
QSAeral ratirtg: A slower-
paced treding game with some
arcade skills rtfquired, rr>ora
Kl^ to appeal to fans o( the
ganfe.

Presontation
Graphics
Pttiyabitiry
Addiclive qualities
Value for monny

CRASH June 1987 115

wi^piti^

DOGFIGHT218Z

Producdr: Starlight
Retail Prtce: £S.96
Author: Timothy Walker

aniarQa our Unrverse
rhroogh a rip m the
space time conlimjum, RheM Dex-
ter ia thu only man who can stop
th«4r crthMwise inevocabte dk:>
tatofistnip, Tt> do ttiat h« must first
dBther nin^ of tha 1 0O separated

J PAUL L

•■Wh»t w* h«ve h«r« is a
larM ■mount ^ ParV Star and
■ bit of Eirte all roH«d Into on%
mOimr ttotlnQ v#cttif gnfihte
mhoot 'flfn up. The fun It, erf
counm. Improved when
chKKwkif) th* two*(riiay«r
eiMlon, but I found tha on**
pbysr ffntw raiMtitiva and
slwllow. It must b« said that
th« vector graphics ara sup>
•rttly dons - vsrj^ srnooth , jral
»tUI quits fast I rsaMM tfwt
the ptay area h«« to to
radlMMd for a two-plvysr
fame, but I woutti hav« liked
fo htvm seen mora of the
•nefny wlia«i playing ofi iny
own. Oood to ••« a aound
option as wli^ nolae la heard
la WHMth turning off, I'm sur-
pdsed that such a sjmpl* and
riHtnotonous game stwuld
be rajsesad at a fi^ prteel "

" A neat Idee |Mfti«p«, but

don't thtnk Dogfight Fus twen
hnpteaiefTtad as wall as H
■hMitd haiva b#en, The basic
gamepiay to simple ertough,
<MMu^ on one-ptaysr
motle it Isn't too comfwllmg,
and lasting appeal will be
thoft-Uved «9 tttsfe's iitt»e
variation throughout the
pame. The twa'pleyer mode
n much more r«wardfn>g to
play, because the split
Screen works well and ttie
minimal use of graphics it
hardfy noticeablR. If you have
a friend ta play this wfth, It**
not a bad i ittle gams but play^
feng aolQ tott ma coliL "

compooents of tfie Spatial
Generator. Qnoft these ara reun-
ited the rent in the spat^ fabric can
tw sealed.

Seated in his intersieiiar flghtor,
Rtietl guides it horfzontally and
vertlcafly. aocatoraUng and brak-
ing, by watching his two-part spin
screen - eoemy cratt shewn on the
^, and his owvn on the ngtii.

The lighter's position is sl^own
by a flawing dot on the galactic
compass at the top left of ttie
screen, with ttie intersection of the
crcHshBRs aiigrwd wtth the di&tant
space hole. A osntiily placed
radar indicaies itie ralaiQve post-
tHMi of other craft, planets and

gerMrsOor componen is .

Armed with interchangaat)le
weapcft types , red alert I n^icator
wains of appronghing alien, dis-
playing tbeir injAntftOm pants on
a schematic at the base of the
screen. Some enemies require
se'verat hits before they are
destroyed, and for each one
blasts points are awarded.

The fighter's fuel supciae and
the power of Jts protecliwe aNeM
are limited. Should fuel levels tsll
to zero the missron fails. Bui
recharging and rahiellif)^ \s undef -
taken by %hg Ihfougb the roia 1 1 n^
vector aqMaree on various planets
~ t ev ^ eJ e d when all enemy craft in
ItM area have been btsrate<t Ounng
tNa Mad* up to four enemy ships
may appear and attack, H they do
Rhett must defend himself fast.

A countiJOwn cloch dtsplays the
time left before the aliens' domina-
tion of the Universe becomes
inevitable. And It's a tilg plaoo: any
of the Universe's 256 sectors may
,t>e warped to. arxJ searched for
components » though this Can only
tie done after retuellimg or upon
ooHadton of M least one generator
piece. TTw vttal component parts
are revealed on the ma^ screen

^ Mult Miter's tMrtn vtowscrssn, sttowins his wm titH efl tM (tfpd, Md wmhi

entteML

J MIKE L

** Oogfioht looked M ttouglt
It eoutd have been « good

gaf'i'Ve, but unfortunatsfy, I
dfought it lecked quite a tot
of playsbiltty. I enjoyed ttni
Itrst go, but that was jus^
whHa I flew around and »hot
Uilnst to get • feel of ttia
num. Whan you start loolt-
iig for btta of the generator,
ttiough, It starts to get a bit
more bortng. The two>play«r
n«ode makes tta bit more fun,
but ihe graphics are stW the
best bit "

when all enemy craft in ttia sector
have tmen eiiminatad.

Alter destruction, any pieces
allert craft may Imve tiaan canying
can be pickad up by Rhatt. when
comporierMa era ooHacDed the fact
IS indtcstad it Vhe bottom left ol
tfia acfaen. Only two plecaa ol
generator can be carried at one
ttfTte. and thasa must deposited at
the hole before arty other compo^
nanta can be collected. The holt
ooneiats ol a ntrw square grid,
ge n ar a tor parte plug the aquares,
when an are ittlW tfie Univefse is
saved.

commBHTS I

Coritrol keys; def »nablew ufV
down, left/nght, fire and
change weafran needed
JoysBokr Kampeton
Us* of cotouf? morvochroma*
lie playing area
Graphics: slow moving vac-
tors

Sound: urunspiring. no tune9»
few spot FX

SidN levels: one, although two-
play er mode offers t¥rtj ven-
ations S cr een s : startN::ap4
Oensral ratlrtg: f4eat
two^/^rpiayer game, not so hot
for the solo pikH.

Presentation
Graphics
Playnbitrty
Addictive qualities
Value (or moAey
OveraH

116 CRASH Jiine 1987

D^LTTl^

Some guys are good. Some guys

are bad.

Sam Spillade was just plain

dumb.

4

■>-M

L

TOP 30
MAY

.^w

^^ AND ADVEHTURE CHART compiled from me vot^
r s IS me rrjQs ! realistte chart f Of gauging the poputau'-

gfCa''

iiV o( Spt.'t 1 r I > ni game* - rt IS the games thai are being ptayect tfurt get

the votes, not the gami!« thai are In the shops thi9 wee4( or momh

ArKi the votes are imporlamJ t's uo to ytMi to lei us know whatyou
1 eel , so till in the voting lormt wNch live on the RfSULlB PAGES and
mahe your voice hoard

tt you doo'i want 1o carve up your is3ue of CflASH , we understand
U <^ a photocopy if you Hke, or copy tiie <leiail& from ttie voting forms
onto a posicajti. or the back of a aaaleil onvelape, antf send thai to
us ipistsad

Apart from the satahicfton of regtstenog your vcjte, there' s always
thecfurtceor winnNnig a prize, fachmonth we draw ten winners from
all the voting (<5rms recftvad -five for the HOTLINE btkI five for the
ADVENTURE chart

A lop prize of £40 worth of software (your choice, not ovrs) airvd a
CRASH T-shirt A amviieti to the ttfsl slip drawn from the HOtUNi£
votes, and another C40 of goodies and a Shift goes to the Adventure
draw winner

Four runrwrs up from each ballot box coUact a CPCASH T-shirt and
a CRASH Hat So gel those votes m to the CRASH HOTLINE artd
CRASH AOVEl^TUnE TflAlL. PQ BOX 10, LUPt-OW, SHROP-
SHIRE SV81D8.

f .A 4\

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THE BOQOrr aiKl HEAVY DN THE MA^CIt we stilt fl^ghttng rt out
for tho top two positjions, whito a 12* pl ace friumroet suggeeta
yoyVe otm^a hond ol BORED OF THE RINQS.

Th^Advantum TfaU £40 wcfth ottoftwara go«»
to Christoph«r O'Laary frenn NtttmrH^mgm in Dartiyttiirm,
and ttte four runners -up ara: David Clsfra InHn Osselt, Wast
Yof1i3iiira; Jade Murray from Sasffdon, Cssejr; Richard
Wong fVcrn iJvwrpHM; and Stave n Nicholson frttm
Weodnrct Qra^n, MM^x.

Ten rtew entrieat GAUNTtET and COBRA May at the top of tht
Hotflfl* chart for ttHi th^rd month running - but tfMr«'« more
excttaineirt In Hw top skiia this month than last, as FEUD flghti
Ms my 1^ Poof PA^R SOY runs for hl« Df*. E«» iust bests
Ocean with six plaoaa to flW, and perhaps Flrablrd can look
forward to two fr o w tn inners next mon&i when THE S£NTINEL'i
had tlma to atieorb tts way up tits cfiart . . .

This mwith 'a w/ninero/£40 worth of*oih^rw torhtttMUnttntrt
Is David Oiynn fh»n Botlon in iAncathtf. Th» fow n^Mti-
upaw; Ian Tr«ogure tram Werfsfon, Cwmw^fr JohnTaylo*
Awn Nonricti; Tim Watkin from Norffiwicit, Chaahira;
mid Robart Banaon from Derfiy.

I

x 1 1

Hotline Top 30

Iff J GAUNTLET

US GOLD

%{2l COBIIA

OCEAN

3 am FEUD

MASTER-mONIC

4fS/ ELITE

FtREBIRD

a r-J HEAD OVER HEELS

OCEAN

iM ENDURO RACER

ACTMSION

7/41 URIDIUM

HEWSON

are/ starolider

RAINBIRD

9/31 PAPERBOY

am

10191 COMMANDO

ELITE

11 m BOMBJACK

ELITE

nam quazatron

HEWSON

n(W} MATCHDAY

OCEAN

14 W THE GREAT ESCAPE

OCEAN

19fffJ LIOHTFORCE

FTL

ie /-/ ACADEMY

CRL

17£2fl BST2

MELBOURNE HOUSE

ia l^l BATMAN

OCEAN

19 M SABOTEURS

OUflEU

20 H AUF WIEDER MONTY

GREMUN GRAPHICS

. 1

tM27} TRIVIAL PURSUIT

DOMARK

>n

12 H SPLIT PERSONALITIES

DOMARK

23 (2m LORDS OF MIDNIQHT

BEYOND

'a

24 (23i SPACE HARRIER

EUTE

25 H 1942

EUTf

1-

29 H WORLD GAMES

US GOLO/EPVX

27fl«JSCOOBYDOO

EUTE

t&M THE SENTINEL

RReeiRD

19 H THANATOS

OUREa

30 {24} SPELLBOUND

MAD

Adventure Top 30

1 m HEAVY ON THE MAQICK

GARGOYU GAMES

2ff/ THEBOGGIT

CRL

Z (31 SPELLBOUND

MAD

4 (0) LORD OF THE RINGS

MELBOURME HOUSE

5(6} THEHOBBIT

MELBOURNE HOUSE

S (13} GREMLINS AOVENTlffiE INTERNATIONAL

7 im LORDS OF MIDNIGHT

BEYOND

Sf4l KNIGHT TYMB

MAD

9 (24} SEA BASE DELTA

FIREBIRD

10/f4J FAIRLIGHT2

THE EDGE

11 (2m DRACULA

CRL

12 ri^ RED MOON

LEVEL 9

1 3 (27) DOOMDARK'S REVENGE BEYOND

14 am PRICE OF MAGICK

LEvag

1SI2«J ENIGMA FORCE

BEYOND

IS (4 DUN DARACH

GARGOYLE GAMES

17 rS) BORBD OF THE RINGS

CRL

MASTERTBONIC

IS ^as; VERACRUZ

JNFOGRAMES

20 (291 HAVLETH

US GOLD

2 1 (2m SPIDERMAN ADVENTURE INTER NATIONAL

22 (4 KENTILLA

QUICKSILVA

23r-J FOURTH PROTOCOL CENTURV HUTCHINSON

Z4ii7l MINDSHAOOW

ACTIVIStON

20 am SHERLOCK

MELBOURNE HOUSE

20 (23} SWORDS AND SORCERY PSS

27 (2i} HAMPSTEAD

MELBOURNE HOUSE

28 (71 JEWELS OF DARKNESS

RAINStRD

2S H THE SIDNEY AFFAIR

INFOGRAMES

30 am MARSPORT

GARGOYLE GAMES

Hav« yoti got perfect iJming? Vou
have! Good. Ihen go away - iMs
gr^Ht MettKiCtxiSS competition ts
for readers that havert'h

US Gold are helping lhe9« poor
unfortunates Out by Offering a
ws.idn to ha(p theni ksep time, As
this comp is being scrawled onto
paper. Richard Tldsall, the man
with the USGolden toucli, i« busily
ruBhing «rour>d Bimiinohani
issirdt^rtg out the tiest sports
stopwatch that the recently

120 CRASH June 1987

breeched US Gold piggy bank can
fllford - Filus ... a copy o< the
game iof the Winner, and ?0 more
for the na)(i-besi entrants (phew!).
Anyway, atxiul the game , . .

Strangety enough. Metrocross
is rtot about angry peopte in the
Pans unbergroond. No . . . it's a
(^laJlenge designed to MispW-e you
(at least that's whai the blurb
says). Tttis cor version from the
Namoo arcade game seee you
hurtljng down a honzontsljy-

Sicrdling tunnel nddled with
potholes, a barrage of obstades
and a ptethom of rvo-go areas
devised to push your frustralkwi to
its limit.

The Key factor In tftiia space-age
obstacle race KS time -you're con-
stantly playing sgainBl tt>e dock -
and if you haven't got pertect tinn-
ing then you're me&OfHJlp.

To win these tab priras we're
caliing upon ytMJT artistic tatenta to
desi(^ a sp»ciai CRASH M«tch

that any mimon would be proiid to
own . Take our Uanh watch and fW
its wrtpfy f»C6 with copiOUS inspi-
reftionai ecritibiings. That ctone,
9«id Iha result toy post, helicopiw
or Qfwiagged e«rriar pigeon to:

TICKING MINIONS,

CfUSH,

PQ Box to, LudkfWt

Shtspaliin SYS tOB.

Oesigna should be in try 25

Juoe at the latest.

Leather boinging gloves for

a sure lire grip on tin at

Joy»llck.

SJate 14 racing tread
flippers for iriDight
stability and a Sure-
footed landing.

i|

Qnfmlin's spri(^$t star is set to biounce strmghl bock
into 9 mew adventure

Folk»vmg hts world saving exploits agakut the evil toy
goblin and his monstrous lo^, Thtng'a enjoyed his much
needed recuperdltian, oBed his spring dr»d is now ranng
(0 go What next?... he must rtnishihe]f]b properly and halt
the factory computef auio producing these hideous to^.

But as sijpierfit » he ia and fast as he can move there's
dar»ger hidden arourtd every bend... gobtins^ turlung to
dram his oil, watermshingtobowl him over, iron chiciiens
rieJdmg dastardly deadly eggs.

A quick hand and dogged determmabon are needled i
you re to get anywhere with TWrig in his latest escapade.

Fast and furious action « ttie order d tlw day and a
good sense of direciiort woutd be helpful to guide Thirkg
round such a comptei! location

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As the May Fairnotsdy txjssias out
of Ludlow my poor hftad »tiU spins
from the 'n-des' orrtd which < was
Lin'^iHin^ ctrag^od by iha odious
^ .? .1 m - not rea»^ my (Jiikng - but r m
sttu «Hpecle<l to br^ you « round
Mp of gfSfnes coming toa Spec-
tnjm new you soon.

To kick oft ttven , . . Oc««n has
a ventabla ptathora of ratwisas
^c^)edlided over the rMwt f aw
mcmihs, most notable, perfups.
t»>r>g rai-Pan- an arcade adven-
tura on the tttdti Cliina seas taftan
fnyn James ClaveU's novel of the
same name TT<ie actioo is set m the
ia40s, with you playing the role o<
tntrepid Dirk Siruan. wno starts his
acfventure as a penniless trade*
amt hopes lo make ii all the wa> i
the QTientaJ ladder to be come the
Tai-Par, a maroheni Pnrtce with
lots of loot (and a harem no doub r \

Tat-Pm otters some vahaty m i ts
gameptay - there's a tradw^
game, a simple shoot 'em up and
an a«t»de adwenture^but to mas-
ter n you'lt 7>eed to become profit
cient In ad three. Us prograirvning
leam. $«ii|l««rt Solhiare. has
finally managed to squeeze the
whole lot Into one ^eKtoaii- wall,
moat of it anyway. On the 1 28K o*
'2 there's extra mustc by Petw
Clarke. and lurking wilhin the
depths of ifw 1 2B version, there's
an addittonaj oanibl^ng game,

D\tk bmirh» nis apic qpe9l in
Canton, desperatety trying to
scn^ some cash tooeihar to buy
a siNp. Three types of vessel are
avftiabie. a tjorc^ia. a Clipper end
(most expansive) a Frigate. Once a
ship ia possessed, a crew must be
tound - pay them to sail with you.
orpressganglhem. ll'sentireiy up
to you. You cm then set off abrig
the safe !ri>ipptng routes, or risk the
navigatlonai (oitures of the high
stoi. Elti^ way, thane's plenty of
money to be made - d your crew is
loya* and doesn't rrmtiny.

W'Psm boasts 32 ports, each
with 32 loo«k)(is, so h looks as

though mapping to gotng to be
pretty esaenltal. As good as
fenished vrhen we sew it. look out
for the full review next month. In
meantime you may be inteie^ed
to know thk my local piinese
takeaway does a very nice Egg Fu
Yung.

The hack I sent up to Manches-
ter to see Ocean's forlhoomirtg
output eiso came across
Bsnggmh, an ansade conversion.
Apparanlly the grvphtes on the
later Isfveb are quite stunnitM, but
sacHy the said hack ran out of wni
Howevar tttef e shouk^ be a sfnot of
Ihe first ievet on \ho page some-

> Dtrfc man Tat Pun cattHUty flantfnfl arwaal BrtiiSi a 'Iwim el M ritiiti'.

(yes. I know it sotimis incredibly
sitty). and then you fxidte through
cavenw kWNng off the usual bunch
of ensuingaiens. MagMwci^
youra for C7.^ very soon,

Ooeen has also tied up tfw
are»de games Gyrzor from
Konami and Athena, a tvand new
one: not to mention ttie kcanoe to
produce a game around tfte hit
Vleinam war nm Ptefoom this one
ataodesignad and written by Sen-
tiem Software (as soon as tfvav've
finished Tat-^an that is).

1^ nilllutopr«llyiahlftBMiH«-bw1)uslw«itt0rlti« action la M up let F((h«9adi

where. Hsnogad6 is a horEzomaliy
scroHng beat 'emn up with lots of
opponents. Ii shoukJ be finished
just m itfTte lor review next montiv
certainly one to watch out (or.
Alter many, many months ot
warting A^l^g Max is alfnoel r^dy
it seems tfie delay was due to the
f\m teem of programmers mes-
sing up the attempt lo repnoduce H
on the Spectrum. Ocean deckied
agBins4 publishing it, and started
aga^ kom scrstdn. Mag Max b
simply an out and out shoot *em up
played on a hght-to-left scrolling
grid. You slaft Oul wtth a fairty
wimpy ship, but ft can be buin up
by addrtH) «i head aniJ legs to ji

iBUtflklkr

sadly (kill workJ. AMIed by nuiwr'

oua lelrna (puasy cat) allies, you
must suppress Zivk's Dmik forces
and make the whole world a better
place to live in - cue Julie
Andrews, A« Sensible Sofhvare
(have you seen those tdkH hip-
pies?) would say, 'tt's actioo.
action, action fl*l the way. wfth 24
ieveis Of turvpacked love and
PANIC . , and whera's the
nearest pub please?'

Finally on tfie Ocean Shore,
ifiare's Mutants, an ufHtsuaHy
entertaining onginal shoot 'em up.
Interstellar ww has r^jad aoroaa
the oenturiM. weapons evolve
ijtimaie in biological war-
:<?vekiped - Mutants. As
)f gut^ destructive
■ -s, tfie Survivor Zero
Gorpufdtiun becomm the largel
for padtist attack. The Mutants are
hekJina l6-square space grkJ. 15
of these we etactrlcaliy sur*
rounded, rruitant pens, the other is
a control 2Qr^. As one of the
pacitists you vokjnteer lo fly a
highly manoeuvrable flQ^er into
each pen to collect Hs self-
destruct rnachsnism. When att
such dtovioes are gathered ar>d
placed on en assembly unit m the

9' .A]

MO U

► rsWllt(M^C««ckMiliMBllB«filtwillittartetD
lay BMCaP^SMl).

Seilnm 1st Mil*

^giUuiffiVi^^

From sertiience to sensftiltiy -
Sensible Software's Commo-
dore creaLon, Watjall is tieing
converted to the Spectnim by
Steve Wataon (pn^rammm^ and
Mark Jones graphics) to be
imm^ si the end of May by
Ocean. Taking the rale of a f un-
tovir>g Wizard, you've got tfiB latest
form ot spherical trampon caHed
IMltiiH for your use. Loads of
a ie ns singly beg to be zapped
4mo the middle of the next aeon
while you tmsrfy oo^r in your

contnslzone, IfwMuiafUarxttheir
holding pens are destroyed. Out-
side the pens. Mutant strains ol
wariabie Strength hanss the
flghMr, dabllitBting its ahiekls. The
Ij^me's being oonivarEed from ttie
Commodore at the moment and
sf^ould be out In early June. ZZAPI
gave it 90 percent.

In addition to Microneuf One
(see foOpwlng pages). Nexus ts
due to retoaae a manic shoot em
updubbedH^lBSfWsbuiaon2l 1
May. which is a vertically scrolling '

CRASH June 1987 123

shoot 'em up with sofTw giortous
QntptitC3 boastingi Ooubla Pmansx
Scrofting (wtiatever that may be).

Meenwhite the pcxx prooraiT!'
mirtgi slaves under RidiafdHd-
safl's Cfud wlNp over ai U8 OoM
aren't goind to tifvS much time tor
summor hds this year, wttat witti
ih© load o1 produci they're pfepar-
inQ, Rrsi on the Ust isAosdm/n-
ner, on licence frcm Atari's ORMde
machina (xit of the fonxHjs cartoon
Mrbs, I've onfy aeen some biii
from the Commodore version, t>Lrt
It looks liMe H 'B going to be g«x}d
Hurt Screen shot for next issue,
hopefully.

AfKrtfw ganne straight (rom the
arcades Is hdiana Jones, featur-
ing three levels of typical hero type
action. Start oti by rescuing some

E defenseless chiklren, then
acfo« bridges over gre«l
es and finally travel down
dieep Mo the caverns tor the real
adwenture. Until the full review,
hopefully next month, feast your
ewes on the screen shot, don the
(W satert ^cket. grab your whip,

Wou«JR 1 you know it! Too late
for review, and just as I'rn wrap-
ping this MP, Wt oomee Howarti tt»
Dudf from MUVMan, Based on
the mJiiedH^ceptlon George
Lu<^sfl)m, it's sub-titled Atft«n-
tum Oft Votcano faiand, and les-
tures Howiud rescuing his friends
from the dutches of the Dark Ow«r-
lord MS<ng his t^ pack, amazing
C|uack-tu skills and a laser. It's
^M. and wo'll get round to the
full review next month.

Due for raiaase in laie May,
M ei twt ro fU c s Mm ftocs fides
test on thewtiaei tracks of the real
thkig. Monaof thecompeblot^^
this round- Brttffln race you've got
to pedal: your way hrom Newcastle-
Upon-Tvne to London m 1 3
stages. Hold your lead; over these
stagss and you're the winner.
Things ain't so easy ss an that
though. Against you are 83 other
piston lexers, and hazards such
as oars and jioi^Dles to aifn your
chancae of a victory piftt of cow
luice. Occasional Urns trtais force
yow onto Iho road alone, rwing

^ Sil laidy Inr atiiy iiwawini bfaii rt pt) efwatle ii>*a Is '.' /j^-ts, taminfli trpm
Ocean toon.

Ar>d talkJng gf tiagging energy -
and bikes - «■-. (.mf* t , * revitalise
mine and ate' ^backup

ttiehiUto11}0^>-'LL<i^i.. ^lomefor
tea.

against the dock - miss the time
limn and it's bye-4>ye t>iksr. On the
CTOdit aide, however, are ttie ktotd
pedestrian souls who offer you the
odd glasa of milk to boost your
flagging energy levels.

I

!► n|ta|e«eventfllBHBiinTiiilpflnhaii»tictiuii»-bvHl|«EUf«Q«i.

and leap and bound around ii^
garden rescuing srt^ fair rT\aidans
you rruy come across.

Finally. US Gold has Lasf Affs-
from Data East and t^fgor. a
-cum-plBtform ganne from
up the coiiectivs sleeve.
And the twst of fuck to them.

After coTTverting lindium to itw
Spectrum, Zymps is Dominic
ftabibaon'sfirat original game. He
taBFTS up with John Cuininiiig to
produce Hawson's latest offerttg,
almedat the shoot 'am up brigade.
With graphics by SiaM Craw
(MUurtrs Laiy^. Starquafr^ and
music from Steve f^^ Aisrna
Tyrfi«r. the action rnoves across
450 scroiir^ screens of what
Hewson cafe ■ a uniquely styled
comic booh forrrkit ', with ctiapters
arxl ^sisodes. Reaching an alien
stronghold for B b<f of the okj ' final
conflict' is the name of the game.
8ut to do that you've got to make
like a Rentokjl rtwi and Wipe out
an alien-infested space station,
battle through an asteroid atomn
without the sW of an umtirelta artd
infiltrate unknown planets. Ofs-
carded weaponry aiid hyperspac?
units are on hand, but ere they
enough to sort out those ikiien
hordea?

124 CRASH June 1987

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, l«D)( iiht llu oMlMits of tha HflrsBs sAtei't daitliln, Sul in fact tf's A
._,,,,. clii« MThKia art neeuury In Mlve n* lefsbry M Vutr^r cH<i itw
mfopwitn' litnt wtventurt!

Thfl «■ 1$ Hw laic ihirtiK. ana urou'rv a (mIiix uiperintHMlHtl takimi a wreM'
aWfwri break, attord Itve AUantic lirwr Bourgognt. Hnwevn, 3 tcKil rnurdlGr i%
aaninitltd swn atier t^e »titp ieavn N«w Vork, aiul it'» u^ to fou ifr firtd itic
guBlf party Cielorc ttw cruise anti in Euroiit, Mv* Iwl iltojr ocuiis Thraugli«ut
ttwtnp, md the pace spetHls iqr wt»fi you real^ Hiitlht wICDnw ol Uie uconct
ivorid w^r depends on yaur nrccr^stul satution*

Mutijen otk trie Mjidiiiit i^Kiutd b* available by Itw tune you ftcd tius, prtod ai
Ef2.96,

bum Hemen,

I

THE EQUALISERS
STRIKE BACK

MICRONAUT ONE

Nexus

AN APPARENTIY m\9^
a$teroKJ rioais li$ile$sly tn
space; but it's home to
you, on« of Una greatest bfisak-
throughs in t^c^nologv - a IMng
computer, hatf machine, half bkj-
organiam. A nelwori<;of inierlinked
tunneis running deep under the
ast49fo<id's equator is integral to its
power system, for tying in dead-
ends are toijr powsf generators
thai ought to be kept at optimum
levels c? energy. As a member ol
the Guild or Equalisers, your life is
gearet} to marntain thj& system
and to keep power levels in the
four generators slabie, wliich
largely means cotocting power
from an over-rurmln^ generator
and taking It to one which istjnder-
powercKl,

MiCfOnsut One is a new game
from Pete Cooke, author of Tau
Ceti and Academy, atyl while It'e
quHe cNffereni from those two
games. Its ffori end is simiar In
t>e<ifig large, and offing plertty of
texibiltty within the game. Yoocan
ftddle with tl^ screen colours, tun-
ml de&3rLilions, sound, takea looh
at the ssxee. platy the demo,
check out the map of the cuirem
lunnel net*ortt (four in aJI^, schbWe
notes down on a pad or see what's
happening on the Energy Trarraler
Ufilt (ETU) - iho mecfkanism which
monitors the sialus of eAch power
generator.

There are two games too. Ftrsi
there's a simple tunr>ei-recing
game againsi time for high-soor-
hg heroes, but if you like some-
ththg to ra(» against, there'^ a
speed-aetoctable 'pacer' avaii^'
We Then tfiera'a the fUi game. As
well as shuffling energy l;>etween

fr CrMliirBlBt1iir<:affiaj|yp1twfti»dt1wtnfonitrthiPiawBiwwlilaw tfa^

<l.urckly in tile

rich tunnels
into Larvae.

These orawl through
neMtunnel sections and
continue to Feed unttf
they split and forw
theT ufly adult Jell^Flnj .

,Henu

very
energy
and hatch

(hem, but ifie otJier forms can tie
wiped out - if you cat^ up with
them.

The speed and smoothness ot
Hie anirrtated tunnels In Mtcfonaut
0ns is quite amazing and Pete
Cool<a has coma remarkably ckise
to produang a r^islic 3C game
tlT«t thCwfct plenae many a oainN^-
ter. Ai the time of wnting. pete la
slill working on the gameptay;;
Neitua akm lo ratease MrcronaLif
One 'when it's ready', which
should be very soon. Wat<*i out
for our speciat in-depth interview
with Pete in neitt month '^ iDIV^H.

I

generators and ateenng your craft
irirowgh the twisting ttmoei r»et-
workfi. a horde of creatures create
bio- problems . Ttiese are ih¥
Scrim, and their entire Iffe-cyclt;
may be followed just by sitting
Quietly and watching one. They
begin life as a egg quietly gestating
and sweHiftg on (he ii^nnel floor.
After a minute, wrtft g rumble and a
flash, ihey turn into siug-iike larvae
and sojfry off into ihe dia4eftoe.
Follow closely, and shortly you witi
see the next stage: if>e ianfae splH:
m two, forming another egg and
the adult Jeltyfty.

Jeityfties, umbrella-sfiaped ai--
aturea. roam the tunnels buildmq
energy wabe which block your
way. Tiie egga are impervious to
the electricity bofis you car bLri at

And Itart'i OM mat

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ides is sHniw. as Ihctc we no huniiiH on lUvhdiv
potn wh»tsecvc/. hut then Tm nm pid to think, I'm
wM psM at afi, Unlc<w-k y<>u (mint ittnc v^rtril hjiN itf
rij bv (he Icgcndaty Krey t*im, Olner
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Thi^ pUnti 1% inoctliM* upty Pwine fit* in pct-
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v^hiiK' entire vurface b cowfcd in gfrnlTiti, 4Ih1 tts
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il» jll over Mxne pixe nimcd Maftdl. f an nuchtlte^
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IHih; iwiirr lulled BritainjNrrc's nolhii^but utterly
u>^\ch*. ^.tmhlin^ ile^iccth ApfMrcntIv it all hcftiin
long. loB^iLfii. when yiiurrrivthiil;^Bl£oddos Mag-
got HaifihcrdemiimlcJ iittpttNMhkvicnlknffQnihcr
wonhiiipcrs, Afict wlhngoff ihmj^ hkc gus.oil ick-
phoflc ccnveftaiions^ jibiuX', health And uii , %hc Jis
peo'ted With people allnf^ther, replaciRjt them »iih
tnucti mure effkicnl muchmes And thrw mjehincv
*efe bjpp) a> Larry. tr^Umg in hits t>f papci itjtKd
b^' the Krcy Twir». which had no real vidue, and
voting for the goddet.^ Hatcher in a peculur Mtual
rile ratted a (icncral brit'clion. ljn> wauit loo
h:ip>p% . mind i le wa^ turned itilu h!irdcof«. aod (he
phij^ihisrcmN from hu br;im heeamc pan of ihc na-
dom number {lenerator circuit tn u Biniti) tmchine.

"Here 1 »m, the must imellicL'nt L-nlily im
thh entire plimirt uttdmv primt^functjcin tv
as a lM{!ail«n(dant"

i eipect )i» are utiniknng uhv I hdven't men-
li0iit<f fttiny 10 the totlel vcl Alter all it is the itkhI
common muiivjiur in every cptwitlc wf \at Apatl
Ikhti |;ntuitiHt» «* jrwl vk>teo« Well bow ear I
diMippoini ynu, hen: goes. iiS loitci tunc a^in
DuarK t^pe hav twi> k^, one Wrsath each (if hi»
MTiihcrous hull(x''k^ Thrv le^ arc gcMHcbcnV'
haired siumpv irdumnib whiirh biM^ milwurd^ like it
piiif iM rurifd hriii'Lctv either nide nt a very unall
pcR-cnijp <iyml:<icil. It tN this p;iri dE' hn unjtiniiy
'Mhnrh h^ ctutchcii as he iw\pi tiam one goct^heTry-
halted Miiinpv kg to tite other. A^i I tell thi^ leUtn^
talc ta vtHj be i» ripfinj> Uwk a b^tiiocfc bl»Mer<om-
priMng n% vulphur dmuik. H"'^ methane. IT'o
jwhiiciaii and 48'^v ci^cltv to unckr^lothinf..
"Potih^" f*Y\ Tainuia. t ctirM the afmamenls
ik<dgncr »ho eii|utpped mc »irh *ccnt snaUMv I curse
my roolitng pimply hi>M for lighting jtKnti iind m^k-
11^ nw Icel 4uej.\y jv a vegefarian in a FretKh kis<>
^nd I curv forty four wMd tciileneei- wilboul uny
pynctuatHW in them. The idiot hiv> iv xd^ing me
where the nearest wee -wee hmiM.' i^. Imj^ine it. here
I ,nn, the most tnlellitiefli cntits upon (hu cntkrc
pLnri j.nd m> prime furKlKMi is its Ji hug attendant
Anti *hai i\ *orc, I di>nt kth'w the stm>*cr.

"Try thdt muehinc over there. Dunne, you inronih
ncnt little rat ' I i^reci him tmineW the more ahuKd
*a\\ ■tt^petH'i'^ "Tht!i diTin't \(hA, like •> unnal" he
» hine's . ' li v tiHi f »t iiH the poatii "' " 'Then rfiind tin
tip-i<^. .ifvd Slim hiph And huiry up hcf<we .til this

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ahfive the will-miiichine. in flakitij( andeni Engliish,
Kit wime (>( the ktici^ hase hcen cfiwrd set the
•M;) leh i^rrimc over pautin^ce nt u nes, not to itire ni ion
Ihe %hwldy myliinantliip of Dt Vnung. an itinerant
Welsh U-tr^Hgn iHlheriE^I. who lived to h« M>, and
SfKnd the 1wt|^lij;hl ot hH da)> addtsicd \v the glue
on the back t>f the Jctte r ■ K'. The *ipi rcadi ' ACtT-S-
C-D-ASH D-SPf N ER'. NaturjSly for j heiiijt
ervdtmed «vith my great intcitigcnce. tl teifctv mc a
TViiiKMCcrnid lo computer tha,t ihis mafhine is a hcidily
wxste divp4iMl[ un4i, i>l the distntcft^tor hcam type.
siSHTimon m the Armiiagie-Shiinks Nehulji The Mgn
must have onginjlly tcad ACT ESS CRUD SLASH
DISPENSLR', in that chiinnini «hrecttK» helowed
iA ihc ancient BritotLs.

"All thw« >«ars of \facilanii1d^ pottv
Irainin^ irt stboul to pay off . . . '*

"But I dofi'i knew how to lue tl Loute, tnd I'm
huritingT Cmnt on. yoa'n suppoted to be my per-
soniil itdsisory unit, fo adMw mt, ioA hurry upV
Tamara is watking a*fly m dtsf imt, md wh^i a stint-
ing gust ills, in ihc general ilirectioh \*i S4.'fricd canka
rt tnui mchiiKi. My heart adiet Ihe further she
retreats fmcn l>yane'f jJinL. I hatl better advij^ him
tjM bdote I liwn{[htflf my »Yindef lul heRHiw, " Jiet
read the msiriKtioru, Daine« Ihcw Cdrnput^rncd
urifiaK uiwjy^ have a disptay screen And a licypid to
hcEp idiots tike you " lEcpi^ksakiut in front of the
Slashpctint . and nire crtuujilh , its {Kolecltve gl«<.s fmni
panel in sliding tipwirds to reveal my prcdictcil
KK«D. kcypAii. and a caapie i'4 functitMtal kukirtp
skits, t fim hope thai all thoie ycar^ of Macdonakb
poily mining art about to pay off. The nuchinc
iprinft 10 life and i^.- " i i nMruclk^n ; ' INSERT

CARD'. l)u;ine is . . bewildered of course,

rkit haviiift the intclli;L:entr to masts'i Ancient Engl-
ish, let atisn* iii pj tu the tujlet utuided

N<m' I am advisinjt him U> put his identity card in
ihe appropfiaie sIiM t mejin. the BntvtMn't have any
did lik'Uvm voiding their hlad<krs hereiihciult, can
ihcs . He IS inserting his card, iinsl ligjil^ng about with
aiarmtng force ESTEft PERSONAL ACCF.SS
NUMBER' glovrsthe UBtrusiiciniMi the titik monos-
hroiQilK VDU. Sothai s vi hat ittrv cjifled Pr)v;iie<i in
the old day*t! Hotn' quaint ?f I have la explain tbiUo
the imhedlif DuiiTte Pipe, who ha* the audacity to
doubt my superior intetlect befotc obeving the
madiirw't iwimand. KfiY IN AMOUNT
RF.Ol^IRFD' flLtiinr aclualiv manjigi^s to l<ip imt
Number Ones' all on his own F.NTEH DEPOSIT
OR WfTHDRAWAL" Well, gcnik teadc*. theft is
iKi need for me to tell you e\ainly what <% taking place
at thi't moment, hut th« machine is ftashin{> up it^
theniuMt iiruhMs of f>uane'i depiiut with the Mmple
verdict MAI-FlilSmON', which I can cctlitnly
cunhmi. His funcltoi^ are rotten

Ouane heaves "Ho". ^ sa1i'«fied sigh of relief, and
lurm a*»y (i%*m the Acres'. ( twd Dispcn^r. bvt I am
not ktlmft htm get awjy tsith ihjl " Young m;in'" 1
lekpiilhirally lepnitiand hitti, "W,«sh yiiur hiiivdiat
iHKc! AntJ !S.ht(me on yon. you diny litiie beMi. IjmIi
few the the soil diftper^t heain before you indulge in
IWK picking or any other of your fairounie foul hob-
bies' ' Lisiemi 111 him mutter itttHeriiiis-> under his
breat h . whieli also stmiLs. Watch him ^iieh bsick lo
ihc nMchi nc . hiund slxiuldered. squarehcaded. brK>
feet kggetJ. the perfcntige cymbal shrunk, to an
timlaiiil 111 h»d not disctiserrd that (khI h;i% Aothtng
hut an ejttH'ctflnc nick'n'roll Compact Dimc hull way
ihrcHigh EpiMKk Three. I wtiulJ priiy to him no* lor

dehveTsnce fromlhistfiirtuic i»f lorccil symhioai* with
a moron.

The cretin hj% minifed ti> ikaphei the current
me$&i^ s4:riil!jng vp ihe machines v uecny iLreen,
which !itites thai Dtianc musi awart a receipt lor his
dcpoMt. Things must hasT been homhcalty beduruc-
tatic in bie Twentieth Ceniury tint inn il they gave
receipts csery time v"u wcrvt \*ce tt.ec As Dsuine
wave^ his hands m fionl u( the hkiriJtorttdl hafuF
cleanscr slot, sevnciMi small p»*per t<i*cls are ejected
from it. How incredibly primitive' They arc raltict
^ini *nii I viouSd tbon^ht ihcm unsuitable to ahsofh
surplus iTK^iisture. but they are quite pi city, imprinted
With aivient runes athj prtrails tA dixtsestic pyck
-Who* this 'orriMc lookinjt |M on the ici**b.
Louie?" isiki DiiatK, in that chamiTng snivel of bis.
I iinalyie the portrail. and icarch my prch»ti)rK his-
tory data hanks. NutiiralK I un able to Anvitvi," His
unaige coincides with a twnHhmensicuwl rep? csentn-
lion of The [>uli« o( Wellington, a great Bnlish war
kader' "Ye jhT' sneers fiuanc '' n^nrtstnl

cxmienis into i he litt k kerr.' hief . ^^ ".> |reat ,

htMS' ctume he witund up in Ihe papci mwel racket?
TfotttMnmmphk"'

''Qurcn Fili/uheth was never in the paper
luwtd TiitkrL She nas In eKtortiiogi"

I must admit that I cannot revpumJ tothi«, kjurstinn.
allhtmgh my itwrni^ry banks mform n^ thai ihi- bd;
wcATinn; the metal hat on the itihcr side af the tiwcl
wift kmxwn hercaNiutv as Queen Elocabdh Aye-
Aye (Jueen Fli/aheth isas never tn 1h< paT^r t<mt\
tacket She WHt m ettiMlion I hiisesiir: -in^

mitt an twr mtm ioa, »hu%c favout.:. p.- ;-n»c
involved ultra vk^ lijjhi. bcMly kition Ud a rub-
ber . . "[.niise! I nuw' I wanna pa Number Two*
nowf How ca,n I use tbit siu^itl iL^ikt wlien it's half
way up the walM'* Lciuse? Help mc Louve. t w;mna go
Number TwiH'" Tanun has gdi bored «tth the (rtiit
madiinei and war^rs tiver . only lo dare chk perlcet
mi^tril. ik liter the word "Piwh"'. whiih bKip^ns to
be the only syllable that has rscapcd her lips for two
cpistxks. ami retreat ii> 4 corner luil of chewing gum
Riiichir»ei, wh«)M: flaking brnnii name reads F-
ATHER'ICHT

taineitcgorH.-ali' ' ipDuan^rhpf.ms

ntoet. Let hur wi'i- vr twos himself I

will ntJt abase my mtcHea any (uwcr that it has
already vunli. even though my hcHi is awkwardly
(iimbinfi up on the little miU\ kdgc ul the Accevs
Crud Slafh Dispenser, and has dr^tpped hr^ tmuserv

10 radlililt the scifoi* EI^JTER DEPOSIT
AMOUKr rc(|mr»i I am noi pjin^ lo warn him
abuut itic Jinii-vjirtdaliMn pmicclitifl buiJI in lo tlx
m<]chme Ut (um ftwJ fHir fof himself

There i^ an cmiiwu^ whirnnf (4 fMti tutm Vriihin
like *vi 1 1 cimy. ami my tmolw! regMtcr* an inieiir4>ting
cambiiuljcm oi vilioin (iHinii and calllvlttT duitft,
Whaluabmil (Hi hjffi^'iii pivf-. ,i *h«ilf rh:* m^jnmp
lo ihc vwU divLsicr. Kith ihc inH'nh>n of the Iciicr
'r' alter th« a' anil an e' aiter the 'V, The glass
pmMKtKHi pamrl Mim dciwiiwanh with a iinaallincs»
. and r3i|iHiiy rcmmtKirnt nf ihc guilkidne. but tUi n
W" time to his* yivur hcj^J, tJvanc^ eye* vidnt in
reverie prD)KMli>mT to hi« newly ^IrcamliAe bftcksiik.
and e ( fall to (he cracked paveflaiK of anctent
Earth, still di!^uneda»i hutrock hoil, Taiti nbwr>in{>
« n|h( that will haunt me )i;>Mhc rcvt r»f my NIc. at
until the end nf the rtcsi para^mph Whichever «siiCi

"The let tlibii wfckli l« iwof^Lubly
Duanc P1p« is his dislodged right «>e. A

Ihc vtxiccn Ycar-old livinfi carcas of Duine Pipe
H bcmg sittkcd inld the Icti-hand slot of the V^-
|KiHer. M.iTltn]( aK the k^wcr tmiHel. jrul unruvcHing
KljHirpHiedfpajjhctii.lcininiheinuiJei.'KUt thcJut
ineasurei> 5!^ miilimettrswiik "hy 2 EiiillinK!ireithi|:h.
Mid u|> until se^cnieen wcnnds agti, Dunne Wii» a
nonml round shduldered ^loh weighini; dff k iliw At
thi^ ftty nnxiieni his ftarhdanl kkitwy iv tlnmg
K'-H hifd &fe tmpre».«i»n^, fliipfinj4ml IcJipingtMi ihe
pjvrmcnt, rslhcr prettily in my opinion, and noM
I ilcHppearing down a fmct drtin la hcjtin i new
imtCT ts a [It siUKk Hi« leeih dre heinfi cirpclled
bom the Duke of WeHmftrtn (tnper umd dtspenvr
dof, and lamf ncaiiy on lop ol eKh vi the
ri|Aaniunem- kry^, m the wm of caincitknce tbiii
mB be (iimili^T ttt rejilen uf thtt ^ury Hi) blood
iptft^ Thmt the Rircet|>i Sk>t »n a ^|te afc of
pmbdie pertectimi. insuntly tteing ewmcrted \o
otK long Ku^ini, Mack puUtting. due tr> the fad thai
iheskrt Blow's while hcil Ftirihn: hTMlimesinec Ihave
jriLit' ' ifice ihi: vi^ung man ^melK nm

BTifi j^i ihinj which t\ reci^iuhly

Duame Ptpeiii htudntud^d n^re^re. AUnu^Bght^
■hidi now v^i^mtivco tnto i deeorvli^'e lifihencat
ilkawer o( iiny pintiules with a Hwmi whjch is. i^r>'
umibr 111 the ancient Hntivh word for inltmatecMh

*'The only pay nrutmn honih fn F^l'ilpnfe,
dui- 1(1 his At'lK' ci>ri\iTk-r litirit^ fitted
Iwck lo from by an Aiislin'Rover robot
with AlliilUfinwr's E>lsett$e ,

TV heal j^neraled by this amiutnif; iiKHknt i»
causing the buitc^ck ilice un which I am reudrnt to
M«ic miwr thitn iiiirrKwhjil. aocotnpanted hy the
inouLh-wiitifnni. mjkU \M iniag bacon, Tuflian wan-
derii met and peen dow ii at me , wiinkli n| Ikt perfect
nme. aikl utirnng hcnncviubk "Pouh!" Half Ml
a lenmd , 1 am (ccervi n; a meatf^ from Ixune #007,
which may pnne eriticiil to my errttre future While
Tairuira wi>ntler> if >>hc should tepoti the hereby of a
lilice olfned Neon on the pavemcnmla Mactkmald*-
(Mty p>Um:i, *W7 it tcMitig me that he hai fallen in
kiwtl This. J eannot lake' #Wr7 ha* Always, hecn ibe
otAy ^jy neutron homh in eusicncc:, due to hii AC/
DC; c(M)vertcr heini fitted hack tti lr>vni hv' m anttqtK
Auiitin-Ravcr robot with Aluhefmer's. DHcaie. ««
h(tw tan he have fallen fttf mytswnirue hearth dnire.
the iiKiifnpdrjMe liimaru Koighi' If J wji •« human
beinit t'd kill mv^eit. Aiiil iii, I'll kill nny former imMy
#007.

"Don't be a ully^bilJ^', warMs fiKf?, -ur* not
Tainan thai make$ itke ^ oR we^k at (he interface,
it's him mtt Ihefc'" Me uthIv d mHrrat^^fie hcitm of
delight in the djtectujn n( ,i Iruil machine hjnginfs 'W
the oppoute w'itll. which re&ponih tiy wa^iing ttsikhin)
chrome tuntfic in a highly provocative yel pieauol})'
erotk mitnner "lusr knyk M hbi well-oiled fcar^. ami
thtne beautiful Nud^e'n'Hdd huiltHb, and when he
ipiiia Ua chenies, wdl #^ ]'12. my atflma pik jiites
quite eriliCkl. Vo« mud hcl^ me. pjeaie^ E warn m
take a chance oa love, and Macdoitaldican pi take a
tlying fumlte at a nillmj; di,>u^hitui'" t ihtnk 1 know
what'v coming t»t*t Oh )ny. oh Hi*>. oh T^imira.
HHrn ymu smd I will be one H/un.

#tl(7 impiaoKalow'kvelauloi^jjtestidninTam-
an* mind, and die picki up the hoi ilicc -of Duuite
from the pai^eRMfit. Like n Ueepwaiief. !>he taken
this ptiful rerniutnt of my fi^rmer ht>st over to the
one-armed buftdil, wbi> mlti^iKef himielf us t^ively
If Battered fikctronic Karvdom Acce» riieni Enter-
tainer, or I IB [-RACK tor diart,a4id thanks me Irom
the bultiitn u( hi<t ' ' iht vrvicc I am jdbcjui

to lender him ditil <uml paramour Ink^vs

time tt rake« for a rvphi cyel»ll to % iqMMiri» Tamara

plucks tf(ll?lnMn herperfcet Uiin.andpafKhiminln
Liberiice's ntoisieoed cikh viol 1 have nc^er «een
such happy maehmery m my 4itiifkiaJ life, .kntl t .im
sure ihiit y«)u wiJI |i!in me in wisihing ihi'm j lon|^ ^nd
rnttlfyl jiynv(>i(YM<k i()]gctlKr May they rcMpcct one
HioithicT^ iOi alwayv rememher iIk wtirdk o| the
appfopfiateh christened Ftnnct% Bacon, "It tsintpo^
viWe to Une and he wive" (t-S-says, Itv2^ AD.
Kii^hdispensirhii^, (ormerly Anocrtt Unuiit Eurth-
linjtl

fiow Tama ra is pick ing mc out of lite congealed far
of what »he %hm\^ i^ a dice of Mnolied streaky, and
l)oldtn{; me up for exammdlmm ''Taman! My own
swKl ktwc. I hale (Ken wainnj; for dite tUfomeitl fctr
»if teen yearn' At last we can bcjsm our life together
all over agatn' It'^nte, yi>ur ran ^weet l^ntse, ready
to hecomc v«ur miin with a unddish mnu^ladiK and
totta ki^ufewate "Shepeer^atme.vniflsme.think's
(or ill moment, murterk ■' Fooh' ". anj with a dudam
ftd iiek of her perfett wmt lowardi the tonge^ Maek
pudding oo the planet Kuhdi^teou. fcwmnly Earth,
the iiHsel me away

DOfTT MISS PART KIGHT OF THIS
AWARD-WINNING SAGA flHE TYPK-
SKTTKR WHO WROTF '24' INSTKAD
01 TICK MAI HIMATK AL KlRMl LA
FOR BALLS' IN LinSOtJt: SIX IS MJW
CONnSEI) TO A WARfX. WHLHFTN I
INVIVr A VIACIHNK WHKl! IS
Gl ARANTEtD TO MAKE VOL DIE
LAI (.HING, A\D lAMARA KNKJHT
LEARNS A BRAND NEW WORD.

TOBECONTINLfED..,

By Mel Croucher

CRASH June 1987 129

^Wtff^

A,rnl, yes, ^ou turn lh« page
,iricl - . wh^l^"sth^5?T^lor«'5^o
INVADEFtS FROM MARS gMtUt,
Kurety . . , unless it*Bafioth«r

No, it's t^e 1)rst-«vw CRASH
video review. WelilJh«r«eretwo
oi them, actually ~ two recent
reltAMS^you can ^q tjut and r«nt
wtwfi you d^ofi't lueJ like f unn<ng
!h« GAUNTLET j^el affffin. FOr a
white.

VfHi'll notice these vtiteos
r«^ew»ar«(i't sttiuctured quite
like the CRASH gwne rovio w&.
For Dn« thing, there's tio
det^tled synopsis; that's
because the lun at ^ film often
lies in finding out the plot,
whereHs in mu!)l y times it's lh«
proving rather than a
suspenselul scenario that realty
iniitters.

And (to be honest - - . ) we

didfi'l hrtwit Um<! to(}tr1 CRASH i
patent Itemized comments out
of those video reviewers before
tfiey l«lt Ludlow lor pA^ture'g
n«w and adventures as yet
UhdrMmt of; they wero writers
CM1 CRASH'S rorm<er sister ma^,

finfway. the buck ground is,
welt, hcickground; the irnportsnt
Ih^ im wh^t you thmh of these
revtows, not just as opinions but
BR. modeta for a future CRASH
•iection l^th«re room for videos
in CRASIf ? Write ar»d let Uoyd
know ^ hell pass the mesoaQB
Oft «<id, M your letter* m«et his
exacting aUindards of logical
re««Of|irid and brand
scliDlBrshlp. {lublisih <i few
commeftts In the f OflUM.

Ar^d rK)w, as they say in
Ludlow Lttwary. read on - , .

With Timothy Bottoms

and Karen Black
Label: Cannon
Certificate: PQ
Running time: 95 minutes

When ttw M^liaMMta(*asmaH
American town, it's up to b
sdentfst's sm to conirirvx the

ioCBf rmktary that they havs to tSo
something - but it ssetns ev&ryont
he meets has been Marisaniseft

" Ift dMfkult to pisce Invaders
Frofn Marss Should we smile or
ihudderT

It o(i*rm Wkt «h outtaka from
Close EnccxjmefS. with the
fHicJaar family watching
mat«ors and th« space-mad
ton^V^MfHOtdi seeing worse; it
b* CW W *t 9«fiuir>*ly creepy as
the aH«ns taka over young
Davkt'i parantSt his teachers,
■nd the local police fit's
tpciokirwai on the same thema
•* that aubtty tanrffyfng thriller
The Sleplord VWves, where fov
know . . . something's wrong
with tffasa p*op4e . . . but you
don't know . , . what , , ,1.

Then H gO*« pl«ln
preposterous when tf>e aliens
are f e w— ted - fer too edrfy in the
film - M eb&urd turtle creatures
fThese things.* $4ya Davids
'they're huge ugly gi^ant S^liniy Mr
Potatoheads/)

And then it basins to drag as
Pdv^d p*rsuadfts the local
milttery base to atorim the enemy
^neiwhip fWa'ra not out of
vpftofn yet,' tfw cfimmander
announces. 'Marines have m
qualms about kHIing Martiansft^

130 CRASH June 1937

Ami it ends wfth a tw4tt loo
corny to b0 taken seriously - H
Was All A Oream, Or Was It?

But if you can ^-tand the llve-
frog-eating acena - I THINK
that's what it is, I heard it from
tMhirKl my hand - then Invaders
From Mars is good for a few
apine-chitls ar>d ttie gi/tsy
performance of Hunter Carson
as David, the kind of kkl Mrtw
myn ' No, Dad, I know what tMlf
iightn^ing iS- It wasn't that. H was
Something else. "

" Hsvfng suffered Tobe Hooper's
tBd>ous Texas Chainsaw

Massacre and fften Ws
^od/h9orn9 Uferprce. / covtdnt
imaginehimm^ingamovi&ivtiicti
would ptufTJb do^f^f dwths ot
absurditf-yet with tnvaders From
Mars he s done exactly that Did
this man reaHy direct Poitergeisl ?
Look out, this is tat comt^settr^
ot Um woH snd tnfy awful. "

" There's nothing like 8 good
invasion from Mar» to che«r up
Dauid. the infurialing brat who
saves the world in thtsfilm. There's
too much of him and hia unlikely
WFSdom, and not encxigh real
terror - and the film falls
eompletoly apart wtwn the
Martians appear. Ini/sdefs Ffom
Mafs IS a missed opportunrty, a
cheap t>n o< acj-fi rtonsense which
wastes a lew strong cf^arecters
and scary scenes. '*

CRASH rating

fngs for ifiniw^ EalrMMTB^tna^
turtlM! It's SR Invaswi from Miirs , , ,

40%

'HE MONSfk^
CLUB

With Vincent Price and
Donald Pleasanoe
Label: Channel 5
Certificate: 15
Running time: 93 minutes

Tak& a fang-h-cbeek g^ndef at
the despicably foul htstofy of tfm
Mofmtof Ciub. aLonftaftfvfene tor
them twho can enfy go out at
night. . ,

" Vampire EraemLti jVlrycrefit
Price} invite» iMstingutshed
horror writer Ronald Chetwynd-
Ifayes mlo the Monster Club to
give him new matehal for his
books. Erasmus tells the writer
three stories of ghoulish goings-
on, illustrated by short films with
DonakJ Pleasance, Britt Ehtar^,
Patrick Magee and others in
tHillliant cameo roles,

Al th« conclusion of his
chronicle, Erasmus nominates
Ronald for an honorary
memtwrshjp, to put down
rmnatar protests at Ronald
baing a 'Hume' (human},
Erasmus eiiplains that man is
the most ingenious monster of
•0, having destroying millions of
Na own kind by the most deviMsh

nwans In his short htstory.

Vary profound, and VERY
funrty^

rouLTei

" Have you ever tteaid ot a
weraf^Ktut. or a sfiadmoch? Well,
nor had I -but these are tost two &t
the many monsteFS in the
Monster dub.

Thi$ aim ~ the most bizarm and
cvtraoecus I've ever seen - haia a
weifQ story hne and atmosptvce.
Mixed w0i good specuii effects
arid fTKisic fo omplfr nan fe ro U84d.
John Vi^iams and Expfssss^},
these make it a pleasing ((f not
gonh stf movie.

By ttte way, don't get excited
wt}enyouget lo Shestnppmg- the
well-proportioned body ium$ out
to tie a t^oody skefBton* "

LNinmcEiirMnT

" TTvis is a hiJahous rtjmp thrtjugh
some spooky stodes wrth Vincem
Price and his ghouHah guiiie. The
fiicnstor Civb, ah. ppjaajiaaii an
inspired plot With a wickedly
twtsted moral aiihe end "

niPHCXS

CRASH rating

70%

D

O

.\

Are you the one in a million who can ^ ^
thifik in microseconds not minutes?

~ .„tf you am, Metrocross Is the challenge that's been

designed to inspire you, if you're not then ycHi'd better
ftft improve your skill and co-ordination. A chequered
floor ridd(ed with ptthotes, a barrage of obstacles
ttiat hinder your progress and no go areas that
bring you to a standstill make this race against
tfnie Increasingly impossible. But not everything
is against you. Spnngboards are primed to
catapult you forward and a speeding
skatet>oard waits ready to hurtle you
aiong that desperate rush to the
finish line.

^ If you beat the clock the first
time there's no guarantee
11 not be flattened at
next level.

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