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29 Globa l Conflict

Inthe olddays it was just a private matter between

youarid the Galaxians, butnowadvances in digital
communications andgameplay meanyoucantake
on the world. ACEchecks out high-tech multi-player
games,andwonders how long it is before satellite
communications put us in touch withsome real
aliens...

INTERFACE GANIEPLAY
7 News 41 Screen Test

AnMSDOSSpectrum?? Britain'slop review-

Amstradmustbe joking—but ers take to the skies
whogets the last with Flight Sim
laugh?. TwoTwinTwits get andbringdowna
allexcitedaboutmatters dia- fewturkeyswhile
bolical...Activisionandthe they'reup
ec-compatiatespec- Incredible Shrinking there...Plus—solve
hum shock horror! thetrafficproblem Page 60: Giganoid- should this
Sphere,Mirrorsott work up a
game be illegal?!
newimage. If it's going on, this is Mere it goes in._. with a spot of high
explosive in Roadbiasters or should that be Fire
18 Previews and Forge); Helfer Skelter—bouncing ballgames
meetBubble Bobbie;and the President's brain is
ACEtears down the barriers between today's missing. as wellas the rest of his body.
Digital communications could spread games around the
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77 Wa tc hing The Detectives
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Your heart's in your mouth, your pistol's in your
against-computer?CantheSTrunan Amiga emu-
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lator? You write. Andy Wilton answers
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reviewers don their dirty macs and slick their noses 122 The Blitter End
intodelect-em-ups.
ACEtears down the barriers between today's
37 You C a n Do It! pagesandtomorrow'sgames.
Didyouknowthat
somepeoplespend SIGHT... Page et Flight Sim t h e definitive flying program in a
their lives playing nein incarnation.
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Ournew-stylegraphics sectionbursts into life as
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MSDOSSpectrum,checks out Deluxe Paint lI nario of 1988 is Toobin', in whichBi1and Jet. the
intricate process of
o•nBig tBlue.
ol he Tubular Dudes.paddledown the river in old tyres
games design,produc-
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about their work and Latest news fromthe world of graphics software, SoccerfromSNK.
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TheACECheat Factory takes the impossibleOutof
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98 Panel of Experts
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Newly appointedConsultantMusic Editor MarkJenk- bursts at theseams withnews, tips, and the latest
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The Three Stooges go to sea...

GIANTS GET TOGETHER

elecomsoft, Mirrorsoft, and ment of a potential new competi- together.
Psygnosis have stunned tor with quiet confidence in their In the past, the three compa-
the games community with a ability to triumph over all. Speak- nies have brought us such clas-
shock announcement that they ing for the company, Richard sics as Carrier Command, Dun-
are to join forces and create a Tidsall remarked that any such geon Master, and Barbarian.
common label, Triad. venture '...could only narrow the However, it remains to be seen
A dramatic press release choice for games players. They'll whether talent shared is talent
was fax'd to members of the be bringing out one product tripled. Doubtless the Three
industry with a joint statement where previously they could Stooges - anti-heroes of one of
signed by all three companies, have brought out three.' Other Mirrorsoft's recent releases -
declaring that: reactions were chiefly of the 'too would have something to say on
Our common conviction In many cooks variety - under- the matter.
the future of the 16-bit market standable when three major par-
place has brought the three ties, normally competitors, get
companies together, in what we
are sure is just the first of a
number of joint-ventures. We are
all of the belief that with all three
of us working together we will be
able to offer new opportunities SPECTRUM GOES
to both the industry and its con-
sumers.*
PC-COMPATIBLE?!
Sean Brennan of Telecom-
soft confirmed that the three games software. It's doubtful EGA capability. However, it seems
companies would be collaborat- y again - but this time the whether a TV display would be well- unlikely that such a standard would
ing on titles for the ST and urumours appear to be substantiated suited to business applications, so it feature on a budget machine.
Amiga and added that they pby one of the company's directors seems reasonable to expect the Amstrad have already released
might also be looking at the PC ,and have a firm basis in truth. machine to be bought primarily for one series of home micros with an
format. 'We'll be more oriented i According to Computer Trade entertainment. Although much of industry-standard operating system
towards the games side to start tWeekly, a Spanish magazine has the American software is the CPC computers all
with, but there are certainly pos- sprinted details of four new Amstrad of dubious quality, there have the option of run-
sibilities raised by new technolo- Aproducts that include an MS-DOS has been an enormous ning under CP,
gy that we will be looking into in mgames machine. This supports ear- improvement in recent ,
company do go ahead
future.' He added that multi-play- slier rumours in the industry that months, with excellent and
M. introduce
I t the new
er games were one such possi- tAmstrad were planning a PC-com- conversions including tmachine,
h e software hous-
bility. rpatible micro that would be sold PHM Pegasus, Flight es will almost certainly
PC - FJJgif 5 111
At the time of going to press awithout a monitor for connection to Simulator Ill (see this go for PC games in a big
Jonathan Ellis of Psygnosis con- da domestic colour TV. The comput- issue, and Incentive's Driller. way - the attraction of a UK home
firmed that the group was ready rer would carry the Sinclair)Spec- What really mailers, however, market as well as over a million
to announce project number utrum logo and retail for around is what graphics standard the new business users and vast numbers of
one, but further details would mE299. machine would operate under. EGA PCs in America would be impossi-
not be available 'for some o The system would allow users graphics are becoming more and ble to resist. The PC could become
weeks'. uto gain PC-compatibility and access more desirable and many new one of the biggest games machines
US Gold took the announce- rto a vast amount of American PC state-of-the-art games require an out there yet...
t
i AdvancedComputerEntertainment 7
m
ThE TWITS RIDE BLASTEROIDS
OUT
I mageworks have signed their
first major coin-op licence for the
y Wheatley, of course. Yes you Atari game Blasterods that is cur-
o
have - he was the man who wrote rently doing well in the arcades. The
u
over 80 novels in the first half of game is an updating of that old clas-
'
this century, most of them thrillers, sic Asteroids- adding in filled in
v many dealing with black
and graphics, lots of nasty aliens and
e
magic. The Devil Rides Out (filmed extra weapons. The conversion
h
starring Christopher Lee) and To won't be out until early next year
eThe Devil A Daughter were two of until then you'll have to keep pump-
his
a best-known works. ing those 10p pieces into the arcade
r Domark, it seems, are plan- machine.
dning some devilish masterpieces of
otheir own. Its all happening
LitiCIF; 1 i •F
fbecause Arch-twit Dominic Wheat-
Dley is the great Dennis's grandson.
\
eand the company that holds the
nrights to his books has recently
nbeen taken over by the enterpris-
iing Twits. They plan to revamp the
Christopher Lee and his companions shelter from the forces oil evil in The Devil Rides Out.
simage of the books and then, per- Lee s indicated to Domark that he'd be very keen to do a remake cil the film, particularly
haps, launch a series of computer since - at 60 years old - he now feels he's the right age lor the part'. With modern filmmak.
games that follow the 'Left Hand ing techniques, it could certainly be quite a blockbuster. Let s hope that it comes off - and
Path', as the black magical career- that we get the game as well. Blasteroids - the arcade version
ladder is sometimes known as.
however, we probably take more
Domark are certainly riding Out
interest in a new Trivial Pursuit
in style. In a feverish burst of activ-
game and this autumn's big Star
ity, the company are launching all
sorts of extraordinary ventures.
Wars release, The Return of The
Jedi.
DREAMS AND VISIONS
Twin Twit Mark Strachan revealed
'We wanted to do a new ver-
to ACE that - amongst other pro-
sion of Trivial Pursuit - a proper
jects - Christopher Lee wants to A ton has revealed more details on their plans for the autumn and
do a new film of The Devil Rides computer version rather than a
Christmas
f markets.
board-game conversion. We spoke
Out. there's a musical being con- l The big game lined up for Christmas is Afterburner and it will be a
to the manufacturers and they
sidered in Phantom of The Opera y
while before we see anything concrete for that. The rest ot the coin-op
were delighted. So there are not
style, Stirling Moss has recorded i
licences make an impressive line up for the months leading up to the
some in-car cassettes for them - only new questions in the new
Christmas
n boom.
game, but also a solar system
and that's all without mentioning g R-Type was another monster arcade hit and both Spectrum and ST
packed with planets which you visit
their main business of producing v
versions were in evidence. The Spectrum is the furthest developed and
to pick up various trivial objects.
games. i
sports some impressive graphics. It looked pretty tough (hard to tell
Great tun - and programmed by
'Software, murmurs Mark, s
without collision detection), but theidevelopment teams are apparently
ODE (Oxford Digital Enterprises)
tracing a pentacle on the desk with i
very much into 'learning curves' at the moment, so hopefully all the
who did the original.'
his fingers, is and will continue to Return of The Jedi is a faithful t games will benefit as a result.
be our main business, but we do t One coin-op conversion nearing
conversion of the Atari coin-op, a
want to pursue...er.,', he gazes to o completion is the ST version of Super
the Heavens. 'other business. You diagonal-scrolling Zaxxon format
t Hang-On. This has been touted as an Out
game (in contrast to the vector-
can almost hear the cheers on the h Run beater, so we can expect some fast
Astral Plane. Down graphics approach of the first two
e lane duelling when it hits the streets.
Star Wars titles) that should be
here on Earth. E Two other coin-ops in the pipeline
with us in November. And, of
l are SDI and Time Scanner. SDI is derived
course. The Empire has just struck
back as well...elsewhere in this e from the American Star Wars project -
ST - internationai Karate •
issue. c which was probably inspired by that old
t
game Missile Command. Time Scanner is a pinball game played on a
Domark are moving to new
r
scrolling playtield and with several different playfields representing time
&ic es in the summer - to gain
zones.
i
badly needed extra
c Getting away from the coin-op conversions, there are a couple of
space. When you gaze
original
D products also nearing completion. There's the ST version of
into the crystal ball,
r
international Karate + and a brand new game called The incredible
you can see why...
e
Shrinking Sphere.
a iSS is an isometric 3D game in which you control a sphere trying to
m get through a series of maze-like floors.
• The Domark 'twins' - s The floors are made up of tiles that col-
Mark Strachan and Dominic A lapse gradually, in the order that you
Wheatley. The software busi- c passed over them. Many of the tiles have
ness would be a duller place
without the hare-brained duo, t special properties that change the balls'
whose publicity antics have i size and mass. Mix in a few aliens, tricky
justly earned them the title of v control and puzzles, and you've got a
the Twits. Don't be looted,
however - these lads have i wacky, enjoyable game. In control terms
had some major software s it's got similarities to Spindizzy, but the
successes and know what i - incredible Shrinking action and puzzling required look to be
$64
they re up to. o
Sphere more involved.
n
o
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THE IPAAGEWORKS
his own back on his tormentors.
M burst onto the Don't you just love the idea of a
imarket with a brand
Fox with a machine gun wasting
rnew label called
beagles, badgers, squirrels and
rImageworks. The
anyone else likely to get in his
ocompany had kept a
way. All this in aid of bringing
rlow profile over the back the bacon. Imageworks
slast six months,
could well be right in expecting
oleaving their Ameri- Foxx to achieve cult status, after
f Cinemaware and
can affiliates
R I to maket all the news. Dur-
ing that timehthey've been work- Tony Crowther and David Bishop
a label and new
ing on the new
games_ It's av big launch for the
company and e Managing Direc- DYNAMIC DUO
tor Peter Bilotta is confident
about the prospects for suc-
cess, We believe the market is T ents of Tony Crowther and David Bishop. Both have been involved with
ready for Imageworks and that w
computer games for a number of years. Bishop has designed the two games
there is a very real demand for I T- Mainframe o Crowther. well known for titles like Zig lag, Monty Mole, Black Thunder
and
the calibre of product we intend g other C64 games. has programmed them. The two new games are
and
to release on this brand.' all we Brits love an underdog. It a
Bomboozal and Fernandez Must Die_
So what are the games lined will be out first on C64 and m Bomboozal is an exciting prospect because it has levels of the game pro-
up for release? The initial range Spectrum. e
grammed by star guests - namely the likes of Jon Ritman, Andrew Braybrook
Consists of six games to be Mainframe is a game from s Jeff Minter. It's an isometric 3D puzzle game in which you have to blow
and
released over the next few which great things are expected. i all the bombs and mines on a level. It looks set to appeal to everyone who
up
months. The first is Sky Chase, It's at an early stage of develop- n
enjoyed games like Sonecruncher and Xor. It will be out on five machines -
a combat simulator giving you ment but Imageworks say it's l Amiga, C64, Spectrum and Amstrad.
ST.
got the fastest filled 3D vector m If the game is received well, perhaps we'll see more games with guest
graphics of any game yet. Look- a
programmers in them. Imagine a level of Dungeon Master designed by
ing at the demos we've seen so g Christopher Lee, a planet from Olds by Neil
far it's hard to disagree with e Armstrong, or an area of Batman by
C64
them - they are lightning fast. w - Bomboozal Adam West.
As yet the gameplay isn't fully o The other game from the
developed but this looks like r
one to watch. CrowtheriBishop team is Fer
k
The new label means that Tnandez Must Die, It's in the
s mould of Ikari Warriors - plenty
Mirrorsoft is now the parent n of action. One of the differences
Amiga - Sky Chase
company for six different e is in sheer game size. Image-
the chance to battle it out in an brands. In addition to Image- w works say the game map is huge
F-15, Migs, F-18 or even a paper works and recently acquired r and packed with things to blast and be blasted by.
airplane. This is the only game strategy specialists PSS, they a This one will also be on all five major machines.
in the range that has been pro- publish games from four Ameri- n
grammed in America, and for a can software houses - Cine- g
full rundown on its qualities maware (Defender of the Crown, e
take a look at the review in Three Stooges), FI L (Olds, h
Screen Test. Dungeon Master), Spectrum a
Foxx Fights Back is a novel Holobyle (Falcon) and B M W BROTHERS
v
game idea from Denton Design, Mindscape (Balance of Power, BOUNCE BACK
e
in which - as you've probably Deja Vu). c
guessed - a fox decides to get Eo r he Bitmap Brothers, authors of
m the successful shoot-em-up
Xenon,
e have signed up with Image-
'We believe the market works
f and are close to completing
their
r new game Speed ball. The
is ready for lmageworks Bitmaps
o were much in demand after
the
m success of Xenon and Imageworks
and that there is a very are
t understandably pleased to have
picked
h them up.
real demand for the e The new game Speedball is a future
sport
c - the sort where the violence takes
place
o on the pitch and not the terraces. You
calibre of product we get
m a top view of a scrolling playing area
where
b a large ball is hurled around by the
intend to release on this players
i trying to score in the opponent's goal.
This
n simple, addictive concept is added to by
brand.' weapons
e and tackling.
d The latest version we've got our mitts on looks like a very addictive
and
t competitive two-player game, with the same sharp, clean graphic
• Peter Bilotti. MD at Imageworks
style
a that was prominent in Xenon. It will be released initially on ST,
Amiga
l and PC.
- AdvancedComputerEntertainment 9
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SNIPPETS...
clATS MAJOR MOTION
CCS Microdeal
PC 9.95dk Amiga E 1 9 . 9 5 d k
Corning soon f or PC owners are Atari ST E 1 9 . 9 5 d k
R.T. Smit h's t rio o f wargames. Its down to you to rid the land of the
Arnhem, Desert Rats and Vulcan
Up a nd c om ing title s for your micro evil Draconian League, and make
were all well received by Spectrum the roads safe f or civilians once
and Amstrad wargamers (indeed Spectrum version) is soon t o b e more. In this thrilling driving game,
Vulcan is still in Ace's recommend. released for ST and Amiga and - armoured cars try to smash you oft
ed top 50 games), and with all the 16 Combat Pilot is due out on the the road, spiked cars try and cut you
additional features included for PC ST and PC. TT Racer li's also mov- up (literally) and the enemy assault
owners, the games should be well ing across to the larger machines helicopters will never be far behind
worth taking a look al Desert Rats but in an enhanced version that's with their barrage of bombs...
will be here first with Vulcan and designed to give you all the thrills of
Arnhem following in September and motorcycle racing at speeds of 180
_,1-100T-EM-UP
October respectively. mph. CONSTRUCTION
KIT
PLANETARIUM Outlaw Productions
Microillusions•ediagenic Det-ort Rats Amiga P r i c e undecided
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This is a full-featured astronomy you got what it takes to be able to You wanna write professional quality
program f or t he novice and pro command 6,000 men, and s ome shoot-em-ups? But wouldn't know
alike. Users will find a database of 100 aircraft? This naval strategy hexadecimal f rom a hole i n t he
9.000 stars down to the eighth mag- game promises to have some heavy ground? Don' t worry, t his utility
nitude and the ability to view skies arcade flavouring added. (already out on the C64) takes all
in a 20.000 year span from any- the slog out of writing a game and
where o n Eart h. There' s a l s o TT RACER II let's you get down to the serious
Voctothair
'Accurate Celestial Representation' Digital Integration business of designing alien forma-
that takes into account the effects of Atari ST E 2 4 . 9 5 d k tions and explosion sounds. Who
polar precession, nut at ion a n d PC E 2 4 . 9 5 d k VECTORBALL knows. i f y our creation i s good
atmospheric ref rac t ion. P h e w ! Digital Integration are now focusing Mastertronic enough, a software hous e ma y
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nations, one of whom's your ally, it's shots is determined by the length of and now hts claims have landed him in
not going to be easy to protect both your droid's neck - should be inter- the arena where he's going to have to
yourself and your friends from the esting! Vectorball should be out as prove he's as good a fighter as he'd
constant air and sea attacks. Rave you read this. claimed to be. Serves him right really.

LOOK AND FEEL..

When you've just spent a large sum of money on an arcade licence, prob-
ably the last thing you want to have happen is a rival company getting a
similar product into the shops first. That's what Thus have managed to do
with Fire and Forget, which is not a million miles removed from U.S.
Gold's officially licensed conversion o f t he popular At ari coin•op
Roadblasters.
Naturally, the Brummie Big Boys are upset and are looking at the
U.K. copyright laws. which Richard Tidsall - Gold's Product Marketing
Manager - claims are 'weak and 'difficult to change'. U.S. Gold don't, as
yet, have any firm plans to lobby for changes in the law but Richard was
adamant that 'anything that could be done, would be'.
Readers may be aware that Apple in the USA are taking a very
strong line over the alleged similarities between Microsoft windows and
Apple's very own Macintosh user interface, s o - although difficutt to
implement - legal action on lookalikes' is not completely out of the ques-
tion.
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Ramparts. The game not only played like Mediagenic's (then Activision)
Rampage, (which was a big arcade licence) but the adverts carried a fist
smashing through the game's title - lust like Mediagenic's! Richard has-
tened to assure us however, that any similarity between the two games
was lust your opinion'.

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detailed backgrounds a n d excellent use of doesn't even have Fenrzt Formula One -
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all those games soon to hit the streets. That's what ACE Previews are here for - a
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4 S T - the sports car encounters death dealing jeeps,

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one of the I k now what you're e
biggest names i n football. Besides, i n this thinking - not y et h
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game you a n get Gcay back in shape 1 for tak- another f o o t b a l l -
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gramme includes the g y m section - where when y o u t h i n k
4
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4 those are just aliens trying to kill you.

you build up fitness and stamina -. ball jug- about i t t h e o n l y I, ' 4

gling, and field work where you can practice really dec ent f oot • • • • MENACE
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dribbling chipping. shooting and penalties ball
, s imulat or s o
Ica h a s b e e n C64 - ErMyn must be the Psyclapse/Psygnosis
0 Match Day 2. This
Marred figure headed 10f
9041•
one shows a lot of Remember w a y bac k t o t h e day s o f t he
1 promise but a f ew features were missing Imagine mega-9=es and the subsequent col-

4 from this version - including the prospect of lapse of the c ompany / The games and their
authors r e a p p e a r e d i n v a r i o u s guis es .
hav ing indiv idual play er strengths as i n
1 strategy games . Amongs t t he ot her f ea- Psygnosis being one of them. No w their new
tures implement ed are sidestepping, barg- label takes the name of one of the two mega-
H ing. backheels. heading and sliding tack- games - hopefully not a bad omen. This first
les game on t he label isn't in t he nmego-game'
U ST - this la a ball Gary. You're samosa' te try tO mould but is a shoot-em-up with the usual add-

G put it in the net. on weapons and nasty aliens. Ho w will the

gameplcry measure up to other 16-bit blasters?
H
E BARBARIAN
S Psygnosis/MelbourneHouse
Here's a t urn up for the books - a 16-bit
game being converted down onto the 8-
bit mac hines I t has happened bef ore
wit h the likes of Starglider and looks set to
occur increasingly often wit h games like
Carrier Cornincaid and Virus also mak ing
the transition soon. The graphics obvious-
ly aren't any where near the standard of
the 16-bit versions. b u t t h e garneplay
should be muc h more attainable.

ST -the Ostightfully deep graphic tortes as the Space Harrier blasts his way across the landscape.

SPACE
HARRIER
Elite
The classic c oin-op is Spec - Hegor encounters some nasty looking creature&
nearing completion on
the ST. Th e graphic s
are las t a n d furious.
and those aliens a r e
big and bold. The drag-
ons a r e part ic ularly golt 3
impressive. w e a v i n g
around the screen and
letting loose barrages of
fire 1111111EILAIAL811.11a
Heavy stuff indeed tacing our C64 - is this guy looking for a fight? - rug.
airborne hero.

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YES,SIR!
PC ACE's graphics section has proved so
popular that we've now made the infa-

PAINTING
mous Brian Larkman one of our new
Consultant Editors - and that means
some exciting developments for all of us.
From now on, Brian will be presenting his
'magazine-within-a-magazine' every

DELUXE
month - a complete guide to computer
graphics including:
• Regular reviews of the hottest graphics
software;
• Graphic Accounts - the latest news
of up'n'coming releases:
• Further instalments of Brian's excel-
lent DIY series for budding computer
artists;
Amstrad's rumoured new machine (see page 7), suddenly • and, from next month. Pi xel P o s t
puts the future of MSDOS in a whole new light. A cheap - a
colourful readers' letters section entirely
MSDOS home computer could give you access to some dedicated to matters graphical.

pretty smart software. Brian Larkman checks out one of the Get into the act! Drop Brian a line with
giants... your views, problems, and gossip and
he'll do his best to help. The address is:
carefully balcmced combination of discrete Pixel Post
has enter ed the I BM PC graphics icon block on the nght and menu boa at the ACE magazine
market - the porting of a successful top. Yet beneath t he * simple trappings lies 4 Queen Street
Arruga pr oduct - Del uxe Paint 17 the a m a z i ng pow e r o f t h e pr ogr am. BATH
T Whether this will be followed by Examining the m e nu bar reveals a wi de BA1 l E
Photon
h Polll PC or I BM Pbrmate remcdns to range of options, many of them contalned in
be
e seen, but there is no doubt that the supe- sub-menus. Similarly, almost a ny icon can
riority
f of Deluxe Paint on the Ami ga has also bring up requestors allowing the default
been
i included wi th the transfer to MSDOS, features to be changed with - at first sight - a
r
',here is no IBM compatible pa nt prograrn to bewildering range of options.
match
s it. Pressing the left button over a n i con
t Regular users of Am i ga DPaint woul d
o
have no problems adapti ng to the PC ver-
f
sion (once they have got post the unfamiliar
a
operating system) - the interface is the same
n
e
w
b
THEFILLFACTOR
r
e a
e Most painting packages provide a means to
d do a flood fill, i.e. flooding an area of pixels of CIIE7M11
o a particular colour with the current (chosen)
f •colour up to any boundary of pixels ol a third
isisisiso w a w a toms, = i n
s colour. DPalm II is no exception. and 'flood fill'
o is the default fill mode. Selecting Fill with the
f right mouse button brings up a requestor pro-
t viding a range of other fill possibilities. If a
:
w 'custom brush is in use, selecting the Pattern Great software, but pricey hardware, However Amstrad's
plans may include a cheaper MSD05 system. He did with
a box will allow filling with a repeated pattern of CHfIll - can he do it withNISOOST I t Y.

r this brush. If Perspective is in operation (see t i

Perspective box) and selected in the fill 4
e 1
requestor the fill will be in perspective. allows the selection of the usual r ange of %
Dithered 'Gradient fills are also possible. 4
drawing functions: standard brushes, dotted 0
Any group of colours previously selected as a The man himself. We promised Brian we wouldn t give too
and solid freehand, curves, airbrush, flood
colour cycling 'range' can be used to fill an much away, but lust for the record he works at York
fill, regular and polygon boxes. circles and Collett of Art and Technology and specialises in...comput•
area ckthered to produce a smooth gradation ellipses - outline a nd filled, gridlock, text. er graphics. He s totally dedicated to his subject and r ed.
either vertically or horizontally. A three-dimen- magnify, pl us a symmetry toggl e a nd a ens that there are _certainly tots of carter openings in
sional effect can be produced with a third computer graphics. The best thing you an do is learn either
simple to operate but immensely power ful
drther effect that fills each horizontal line inde- programming (probably a university court.) or go to Art
user-brush selector. Below these cue the cur- College. Unfortunately no-one seems to have combined the
pendently, thereby emphasising contours. rent fore a nd background colour indicators two approaches as yet. but Art College is probably the best
The only fill effect not provided is an area and the palette, which displays from 2 to 256 bet - although I m obviously biased because I wort at one,
fill to a colour boundary, and even this can be The art colleges are buying up loads of equipment at the
colours, depending on the capabilities of the
moment because the graphics industry is computerising at
achieved using Background (see box). machine used. anastonishing rate, Check Out the continuation at Brian s
Icons selected w i t h t he r i ght button excellent DIY graphics course in the months to come_
 T o n
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21
1-111I
CS reveal requestors used to modify the action
of the selected tool. Standard brushes can be

PERSPECTIVE enlarged or reduced, dot spacing changed.

spray density intensified. fill type altered (see
box), g r i d size. s y mmet ry t y pe a n d order,
palette - almost every function can be mcdi-
As well as the usual 2D block manipulation fled to taste.
tools - rotate, mirror flip etc - any area of The real power of c omput er drawing is
the screen cut as a 'brush' can be manipu- the abilit y to transform the picture once the
lated i n t he third dimension. Selecting initial f orm has been produced. The seven
PERSPECTIVE on the brush menu allows headings of the menu bar contain tools that
the current block (in the form of a wire
allow almos t ev ery transformation imagin-
frame rectangle) to be rotated around the able, both of shape and colour, as well as a
x, y and/or z axes, Moving the now distort- number of other more mundane functions,
ed 'frame' around the screen shows that it
such as pic t ure fi le management , print ing,
is not just the block itself that has been page Sae, screen format and fonts,
rotated, but the whole 'screen-plane'. Thus Many of the most useful transformation'
if the block is moved towards the 'horizon'
tools are applied to or b y the user-defined
it gels smaller. Using Perspective it is rela- 'brushes' discussed in one of the side boxes.
tively easy to change a flat, square picture Two other extremely useful facilities - BACK-
of King Tut into three sides of a cube. A GROUND and STENCIL - are also described in
few airbrush bursts o f several golden detail in a box
brown tones, picked up as a brush then
used a s a perspective fi ll provide t he CONCLUSION
desert wastes.
Deluxe Pnunt 17 for the IBM PC and compati-
bles is not the ultimate chcrwing- program,
but the prospect of getting it on a cheap

BRUSHINGUP
you must first have a printer - any
0 To produce
printer, a decent
a s long as it'hard
can copy'
print
Another standard feature of many drawing systems is the ability to move and transform areas ol graphic. Leaving the exotics of colour and
the screen by 'framing them with a box. This 'frame' or 'window' can then be pasted down any- laser aside, this means a dot matrix printer
where on-screen either as it stands or rotated or flipped (mirrored) in some way. usually with a with preferably 24 but probably 9 pins,
transparent background colour. This allows irregularly shaped objects to be pasted down without and a quad density capability (see the
a border. They can also be saved to a disk library ol 'clipart' for later use Deluxe Paint uses a box). Next you need software that uses
similar technique, except that these 'frames' can be used as custom brushes. Any size up to a your printer to the fullest of its capabilities.
full screen can be cut and pasted down. In most cases the paste is so last that this brush can This is where you stop - and think -
spread colour onto the screen continuously in a most spectacular way. If cycle is selected on the and realise that there is none. Even for the
Mode menu, the whole brush changes to the current colour, and with each paste cycles to the Amiga and certainly for most of the 8-bit
next shade in the range. This can be used t o produce animation of an image with Colour machines there is virtually no commercial
Cycling. graphics program that provides a printer
Other modes include Smooth - colours within the area under the brush are averaged, pro- dump to utilise a n ordinary dot matrix
ducing a smooth 'anti-aliased look; Shade - affected colours are darkened or lightened slightly printer to the f u ll The exception (there
to form shading or highlighting effects: Blend; Smear and several other colour transformations. always is one) Might surprise you; i t is
Transformations of form as well as of colour can also be applied to DPaint brushes. Any MICRO DESIGN for the Amstrad CPC range
brush can be scaled up or down in size, rotated through any angle and bent horizontally and available from Siren Software. Although it
vertically (or in shear). Overall, it is probably its use of brushes that is the most powerful tool of is flawed in one o r two cgeas, Micro
the program_ Design is exceptional in the wa y it has
been designed specifically to produce the
highest possible quality of output from an
ordinary dot matrix printer o n A 4 size

BACKGROUNDANDSTENCIL paper.
Even with a 9-pin printer the dots pro-
duced are so small that a 'dot-for-pixel'
printout of a normal screen would only be
These two functions in particular mark Out DPaint a s something quite different in the run of PC
about 1 0 cm b y o cm, Mic ro Design
painting packages. When Background is selected, the complete picture is set as a background employs a working area larger than the
over which all later drawing actions have no effect until Background is deselected. Using this screen that will print out dot-for-pixel a full
technique it is possible to try out a new idea over the top of the original without affecting it. If A4 size picture. Many other systems includ-
something goes wrong, even after a number of different actions, selecting Clear will remove ing AMX Supetart for the BBC and Amiga
them all, leaving the original still onscreen. Another use is in the production of a mask or out- Deluxe Ettint will do this. Where Micro
line. Drawing carefully over the 'background' in a contrasting colour, a detailed outline of a sub-
Design scores is in its ability to print out the
ject can be drawn. It is then a simple matter to pick it up using 'frame' and paste it down on the
spare screen. full p a g e i n quadruple density wit h t he
paper advancing o n ly one point (pin-
Stencil is, in effect, a means to 'turn off' any colour or group of colours so that screen
pixel) each time the printhead posses. The
actions do not affect them; they become 'protected'. Stencil can be used to place part of a brush
result is extremely dense, black printouts
behind a section of the screen image. For example, if you have drawn a landscape and later you without the characteristic banding of dot
wish to draw the sun setting below the horizon it is a simple matter to protect all screen colours matrix printers - ve ry slow but almost
except those of the sky and paste the sun down. It will appear that the sun is behind the protect- unique in my experience.
ed colours of the land and in front of the unprotected ones of the sky,
In most other respects Micro Design is a
strange beast, neither fish nor fowl. some-

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)Is that
nolgm- Greatrange of colourscangiveimpacttoevensimpledesigns. Drawing
ql as a foolscan vie yousetupanImagelike this oneinnotrne atall,

Futons,
home MS-DOS mac hine is tantalising to say
inting. the least. I t is alway s possible t o t hink of
tools that would be useful (Trench Curv e fit-
nation
ting to poly gon lines and 'contour mapping'
lefined
are t wo further candidates), but it is hard to
boxes.
think of any importcmt facility that could be
BACK-
provided a t t his lev el o f h a r d wa r e a n d
bed in
whic h is abs ent here. Th e l ar ger palet t e
av ailable wit h cm MCGA board makes some
of t h e c olour transformations v e r y mu c h
more effective, but for normal mortals using
rti-
16 colours the program is still a vast improve-
gram,
ment o v e r a n y t h i n g e l s e a v a i l a b l e f o r
:heup Filthry locra• Bat doesn't 01'MM II make it look pretty? MFTX
-

ETTING IT DOWN
DDPIe )S
-any m a
print c h
r and i n
rrinter e s
Computer artists good, bad or indifferent, have you really thought about the
Pins. •
e the
quality of your graphic output recently? Have you examined closely the last
uses printout you produced? Do you even bother to DO black and white printouts of
lies. your pictures considering how bad they usually look? Unless you are one of the
nk few who have colour or laser printers or VCRs, you are stuck with a whole bunch
ir the of artworks that can only be seen properly on a monitor. In most cases this is art
8-bit
for your eyes only. Lets see what we can do about it.
raai
tinter
iolibc where between a DTP and a PCB program has far better drawing tools, but is limited to
there (though it makes no claims t o DTP aspira• a screen size drawing area and an inferior
it is tens), Any AMX compatible mouse c an be printer dump. Ov erall, Mic ro Design is a
ige used, t hough t h e 'one-handed' operat ion good drawing package and, in conjunction
gh it mode using the numeric keypad is so simple wit h a more powerf ul paint program, c m
Even with a standard 9-pin dot matrix, you can get tome
icrn and effective most users will prefer this to a exceptional print arid large picture assem- decent results from your graphics file. Whatever your soft-
has mouse. Dr a wi n g element s (ic ons ) a r e bly utility. ware/hardware, experimentaion pays off.
the deswied in a rather rudimentary Icon Editor,
n an It would probably hav e been better if this
size was a separate program so that more tools
could be added to make design easier. Up to
PRINTINGDENSELY
Pco 66 can be stored in memory and more sets
saved to disk,
iixer
-
Drawings are assembled using the icons Most dot matrix printers have a vertical row or matrix
ign designed earlier, plus the tools prov ided on of nine pins which Can be 'fired in any order against
the the Design Page. Only Airbrush is missing of an inked ribbon to transfer ink onto the paper. As the
I full the common tools. Points, ellipses and rect- pnni-head moves across the paper 8 of 9 lines of
!hid- angles c a n b e produc ed, fi l l e d wi t h a dots can be produced in the pattern required. There is
t ga repeated icon pattern if desired. Any area of a small but finite distance between each line because
'Co the screen c an be cut or copied, saved to of the mechanics of the head and between each verti-
Epson s 24-pin La-
the disk, fl ipped (but not rotated) a n d pasted cal row depending on the speed of printing. These
850 gives great quality but is still expensive at
the once or repeatedly. Over twenty useful fonts C659. Other manulacturets are introducing 24- gaps can be reduced by slowing down the pint head
are provided on disk plus a good range of pin m odels fr om ar ound £ 3 5 0 a n d and by making several passes across, advancing the
loons, patterns and excmple pictures. detailsionces change daily. Shop around for a
the paper a very small amount each time. Most 9-pin
bargain, but make sure you see a paint-out in
outs Pictures f rom any other CPC program printers can print into the gaps once (double density)
the shop before you buy - and always check
dot can also be included wit h a simple utility to compatibility with your software as well. and some twice (quadruple density).
ost convert t hem t o Mic ro Design format, This 24-pin printers have three vertical rows of 8 pins
widens the usefulness of the package great- slightly offset from each other producing double and quadruple density effects in one pass. The
s ly by encouraging its use as a utility in con- pins are also slightly smaller, allowing an even smaller dot size.
rrie- !unction wit h other CPC paint packages.
Pconbird's Advanced Art Studio, for instance.

1 Advanced Garroter Entertainment 2 3

 IF YOU CAN DRAW IT,
MOVE IT—
Almost all new graphics packages
GRAPHIC broadly comparable to Photon
Paint (reviewed ACE 10) using
much of the same style of interface

ACCOUNTS
appearing these days for the Atari originally pioneered by Deluxe
ST seem to combine paint and ani- Paint. Unique in this section is a
mation. Three recent arrivals look drawing are limited only by expan-
particularly interesting, and each sion memory rather than the more
one provides some degree of ani- usual 512k chip-memory limitation.
mation. New and exciting graphics products keep falling onto 'Colours' the image-processing tool
GFA ARTI ST (MichTron allows any picture to be swapped
E49.95) uses a dual mode screen to
the shelves - now you can keep track of what's new between modes, any palette to be
provide BO column, icon-based and what's hot with ACE's own dedicated graphics swapped between pictures, RGB or
function selection and a lo-res draw- news section. '(CM colour separations, and many
ing area, The drawing area can also other forms of image analysis.
be in one of two modes. Animation 'Posters' will print any image as
takes place in the normal 16-colour large as 10 foot square or small as
mode, but by taking over the whole sideshows have appeared o n e
processor, a 1000-colour, static !o- each from the Iwo original support-
res mode is available. All the usual ers of Amiga graphics.
EUROPEANS NOT TO BE
drawing and sprite animation func- AEGIS VI DEOTI TLER TRUSTED YET?
tions are provided plus some inter- (Aegis/FIB Marketing E110.40) is pri-
esting extras. Amazingly, or perhaps marily a semi-professional title gen- First the good news! All of Electronic Arts 'Creativity' series for the Amiga
not so amazingly, a large part of the eration system. A wide range of - Deluxe Paint H. Deluxe Video, Deluxe Music, Deluxe Print etc - are to
program is written in GFA-BASIC fonts are supplied and even more
be issued in future unprotected_ All previously purchased titles can be
with machine language integrated in can be used from Calligrapher. Up replaced for a nominal sum with versions
where necessary for the special to ten can be loaded at once and
tricks_ without copy protection.
displayed in 20 different styles. The bad news? It seems that this offer
Kuma are breaking new ground
with their drawing and animation
Several poly fonts are also supplied PNNIINIC only applies to North Amehca. Does this
allowing smooth scaling and distor- mean all the Europeans are not to trusted
'1111
offering curiously
titled K-RI KKI
tion. All Amiga resolutions, over-
scan and Extra Halfbrite are sup-
f
„,••• yet? Or is the news of the change in policy
going to lake as long to get here as PAL ver-
(E19.95).
Operating only in
ported and any IFF picture can be
used as a background. P -F sions of NTSC software? If you want to test
your chances try contacting Electronic Arts
medium and -a
For our purposes the second
high resolution
the program is
part of the Aegis package.
O r at Langley Business Centre, 11149 Station
Road, Langley, Berks. tel. 0753 49442
VIDEOSEG (VideoTitler Special P
probably better
suited to accurate technical illustra-
Effects Generator) is of more inter-
est. Any IFF image, including titles • ...
tion. Most of the common functions from Videorttler and AIVIM anima- scenesNper production, each with 5
are available though block transtor- tions. can be wiped on and oft ..
static or animated clips can be
mations are limited leg no rotation). screen with dozens of different tran- wiped o in up to 40 ways in any order,
Animation is also limited to 'page
flipping' all of the pictures in memo-
sitions including burst, scroll, fade
and zig zag. An easy to use inter-
• 1
all using double buffering for smooth
transitions. Overscan, broadcast
ry ( though this could be more than face allows complex presentations quality fonts, chained productions
100 on a 104ST). to be assembled and played back, (for loops), and many other facilities
CYBER PAI NT (AnticElectric either automatically or manually. combine to provide a useful tool for
Distribution E69 95) fills in the major DELUXE PRODUCTI ONS professional quality video presenta-
gap left by the otherwise excellent from Electronic Arts allows high tions, The price is also quite profes-
Cyber Studio suite, post production. quality video presentations to be sional at E139_95.
Once a Cyber Studio animation was assembled. Titles. 16 colour high Of more interest to ACE graph-
complete it was a somewhat labori- resolution pic- ic artists is DELUXE PHOTOLAB
ous task tures and ani- Deluxe Photolab
(E69_95). Three of the most useful
adding back- mated objects post-DeluxePaint ll graphics orient-
grounds and can be con- ed utilities are omni-colour paint 1inch square, anti-afiasing the
other special trolled quite systems, image processing pack- enlarged pixels of giant prints to
effects. simply using ages and variable scale print pro- give a smooth appearance.
Cyber Paint the storyboard grams. Deluxe Photolab provides all Considering the integrated
simplifies this design inter- three on one disk in the form of sep- nature of the package the only pity
process by lace, Up to 12 arate programs. The paint system is is that direct transfer of pictures
providing a between the three modules (by
simple method of registration for cel means of the Amiga's clipboard
animation. Many other features are
AMIGA ANIMATION COMPETITION facility) while multi-tasking was not
offered including the usual drawing implemented.
tools, 3 axis block manipulations
and tweening (intermediate cel gen- Against the backdrop of the Edinburgh International Festival, Amiga
PROTECTIONISM
eration for animations). Centre Scotland have organised an Amiga Computer Animation
AFTERTHOUGHT
Competition, to be followed by an exhibition and workshop. The work-
shop will be open from 11th to 20th August. Unfortunately we went to In view of the problem with protec-
MORE press too late to get you into the competition, which closed at the end tion on European versions of
Electronic Arts 'Creativity' titles (see
SUPERSLIDESHOWS of July, but you can still go along for the workshops and exhibition.
box), it is interesting to note that the
Details from: lain Anderson, The Amiga Centre Scotland, 4
Following on from last months fea- two most recent products. Photo/oh
Hart Street Lane, Edinburgh, EH1 3RN, Scotland. tel 031-557-4242.
ture on adding a bit of production to and Productivity are without
your slideshows. two more 'super- protection. •
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to rump ov er obstacles (t hough its doubt f ul
tube (I) to bring you the latest and best in arcade youll ever bother).
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Last Due?s a v ery s t andard c oin-op - vertically. The game has nice graphics and sound long display. Use your dagger and throwing stars
tough, good-looking and f un t o play But it but little to make it stand out from the crowd. to fight off the security guards (arid dogs) that
offers nothing new and its doubtful you'll be as are trying to stop you breaking into the Air Force
base. Look out for it.
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rounds (playing against either the machine or control your current footballer. You've got half travel should you chocce to kick it. The direc-
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Once upon a time it was just you against the Galaxians, but
revolutions in communications technology are going to
bring about tremendous changes in the way we play - and
whowe play against. Andy Wilton looks at the past, present
and future of the communicating games revolution.

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Csa fascinating prospect - an arcade
game that spans a country, a conti-
nent or even the entire globe - and
its not so for away. If you saw the
Air Warrior feature in ACE issue 9 you'll
know that these gctrnes have already ston-
ed in the States. General Electric ru n a
multi-player flight simulator that can han-
dle 100 phone-line pilots at once, and other
companies are expressing a strong interest

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in th e field. SubLogids Flig h t S im 3
(reviewed in this issues Screen Test) allows
several players to connect up via modem
and practice formation flying. Other gcmies
run over existing or custom networks, and
improvements in communication technolo-
gy could see these stretching out over high-
speed phone lines or satellite networks over
the next decade.
People can string together games over

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almost any sort of commumccrtion system.
Ordinary letter post supports huge PBM
games, a telephone system designed for
human voice traffic carries streams of com-
puter game messages - whatever next?
Plight sims by satellite? Lets take a look crt
the development of communications tech- The oast—and
the future? One
nology for gcrrnes players.
small etep tot
comms
SNAIL MAIL technology. one
Postal chess is as old as the hills, but the cur- 1i010

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rent PBM (Play By Ma il) trend probably 11
stems from the far more recent boar dgame "P
Diplomacy. Th e shifting alliances a n d
tet
vicious betrayals of this ultra-cynical game
(see ACE issue 5 for a review of Leisure
Genius's PC version) depend on the large
number of players involved - seven for a

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 lull game - but get t ing so many people in HI GHER SPEEDS
One place ccm be extremely difficult. The ma i n limit ing f ac t or o n t h e sorts cd ht
The post prov ided a neat wa y round games you can run down a phone line is the
this, but also raised far more interesting pos- dat a speed required. With conventional lines
sibilities. I f t he Roy al Ma i l lets y ou run a in the UK, you can't send information reliably
g a me thcrt's inc onv enient ly large for a liv - at muc h more than 1200 bits per second in lo
ing room, w h y n o t s et u p a g a me y o u each direction. That's no problem as fat as gc
couldn't possibly fi t in a honse? Wit h hun- cc
outgoing information from your micro is con-
dreds or ev en thousands of players in one cerned - it's easy enough to let the host com- bE
game univ ers e, t h e i n t e r p l a y reac hes puter k n o w wh a t you're u p t o - but it's a hc
heights t h a t a s ingle-play er mic ro g a me severe limit on inc oming data. You see the sY
couldn't hope to match.
host has to tell y our micro about every other
Of course, PBMs are only as fast as the The multi•storey ItBACI motherboard.
play er in the game, a n d wit h a 1(X)-player
post, a n d t hat isn't alwcrys v ery fast at all game t han acceptably responsive this could
You c ould speed things u p a bit us ing f ax expect t o see a lot more of it i n t he nex t involve a n enormous amount of dat a. I n
mac hines if y ou want ed, but t he logistical few years. practice the upper limit wit h today's technol-
problem of reading a n d rec onc iling orders A dis t ribut ed s y s t em I s m a d e u p of ogy would probably be around 16 players at
(and ac t ually getting t hem all print ed out ) machines any one of whic h can operate on any one time,
would then rear its ugly head. its o wn , b u t t h e wh o l e s et -up ac t ually Changes are afoot, however British Tele-
behaves more like a mainf rame wit h t erm- c om a r e c urrent ly int roduc ing a d i g i t a l
E MA I L
T h e pot ent ialadv ant ages o f t his k i n d phone net work that'll stand c omput er com- cr
With large online networks prov iding elec- of set-up are enormous, a n d not just for the munications o n i t s head. Th e s y s t em i s di
tronic mail facilities, it was only natural that sort of prac t ic al task most present-day net- k nown as the Integrated Services Digital Net-
these should be turned to entertainment pur- works are aimed at A n y o n e writ ing games work (or ISDN for short)., and it's already oper- 01
poses. A t first t he games were just higher- for a dis t ribut iv e mi c r o wo u l d p r o b a b l y ating in the 'Silicon Valley triangle' of South- P:
tech versions of PBM. wit h users exchanging want to allow not only for the av ailabilit y of East England, a n d in most of the UK's major e'
Chess or Diplomac y moves by mailbox. The extra power, b u t als o f or mo r e t han one cities. What will the changes mean to home et
networks themselves weren't slow to see the person play ing the thing at once users? Well, the details haven't been work ed tc
possibilities here. I n part ic ular, elec t ronic
PBM forms c an be read a n d reconciled by
computer, t h u s s olv ing a ma j o r a d m i n
headache,

NETWORKS & PHONE GAMES

MLA
Far mo r e ex c it ing t hings a r e af oot t h a n
postal or pseudo-postal games. For some time
now there's been t he t ec hnology t o get a
new: programmers have been seeing
whole Load of people play ing the same com- • the possibilities of multi-player action
puter game by means of networking Rat her D Intrigue tor some few years now. Look at
and
than having everyone play on one micro (as o
these real, up-and-running games as they
in Spy vs Spy or Leathernecks, for ex ample) n
progress from split-screen spying to online net-
or on t wo micros linked t ac k to back (as in '
work aerobatics Its all happening!
PC Falcon or Amiga Flight Sim II). the idea is t
to use a large number of micros a)] exchang- SPY
g VS SPY
ing inf ormat ion wit h eac h other or wit h a e
Violently competitive two-player games can
central host computer. t
trace their ancestry back at least as far as the
For a net work ed game t o really catch AtariconsoleclassicTankPang.butBeyond
t
on, the network it runs on must already he in brought
h awholenewideato thegenrewith this PC - Falcon
use for other purposes. Hcedware's the impor- e
split-screen spy-em-up. Straightforward
tant factor here: setting up several machines i
ambushes dearly weren't going to work e you Want to go flying with a friend several hundred
close t oget her, c onnec t ed w i t h s pec ial d simply look at your opponents half of the
could miles away? No problem!
cables, is a lot more effort than most people e
screen to see where he was hiding - but booby
will go to for a game Microillusions• two Amiga titles Firepower
a were another matter. The game offered
traps and Galactic Invasion (as reviewed in ACE
The problem doesn't exist i n t he s ame t an exotic range of lethal gadgets to plant in
you issue 10, p55) can both be set up for two-
way o n phone-line g a me s bec aus e t h e h opponent's path (as you might expect from
your
micros inv olv ed don' t h a v e t o b e c los e machine, two-player use down a phone line.
a original Mad comic strip) and he was usually
the The Hayes modem protocols used make this
together and may well already be connect- t busy himself to watch where you were
too option largely irrelevant for UK modem owners,
ed t o modems. I n any oase, c omms equip- putting
a them.
ment is more or less standard so the same unfortunately.
l These four games illustrate a couple of
hardware set-up could access several differ- PCl FALCON S FUG HT SIM II ET AL
ent phone games, imponant points. First, multi-machine game-
t
Though a very impressive flight simulator in its play can be an awful lot of fun: and second.
h right, this Spectrum Holobre title had a
own even over the phone these things can be very
BLURRI NG THE BARRI ERS i
lovely bonus in the form of a two-player option. difficult to set up. The enormous advantage of
Comput er net woric mg ma y be a big issue With
s two PCs back to back, a pair of Falcon a large network like Compunet or Micronet
now, b u t i n a f e w y ears t i me t he t e r m i can dogfight not with computer-controlled
fans over these one-off 'user to user' arrangements
might not mean v ery much. On the cutting MIGs
s but rather with each other's F-16.s. is that it's so much easier finding an opponent
edge of t ec hnology t he buz z word n o w is b There's not quite so much point to Amiga when you're in the mood for a good blast,
distributed processing - t he idea of link ed r
Flight Sim Its interface option, simply because
MiCTOS not o n l y ex c hanging inf ormat ion a not a combat game so the two players can't
it's MIDI MAZE
but ac t ually s haring processor power. Dis- n each other. That said, there is the big
fight Two player games are all very well, but they
tributed processing is one of the underly ing advantage
d that the connection can be routed
leave no room for alliance and very little for
concepts o f Perihelion's Trc uis put er-pow- through a modern and down a phone line. surprise. Getting more people involved can be
ered A B A Q . work s t at ion, a n d w e c a n
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sorts o f higher data speeds and muc h greater relia-
r,e is the bility within the next five to ten years.
nal lines Though a digit al phone system is great
reliably news for all cornms users in the medium to
)cond in long term, it s only a part ial solution to the
is for as games bottleneck Hundreds of players and
o is con- complex control options would probably still
ost com- be beyond a domestic lines capabilities. Per-
ut it's a haps the answer is to look outside the phone
see the system - and the atmosphere, come to that,
Ty other
3-player SATELLI TES
Lis could As w e ' v e a l r e a d y
Iota. i n seen, c o n v e n t i o n a l
tectmol• phone lines a r e per-
ayers at fectly adequat e for the
dat a your micro needs
sh Tele- to g i v e t h e s y s t em
digital host Th e bottleneck is on t he inf ormat ion
er com- coming t he ot her w a y but . c ruc ially , t h e
;tem i s data the host needs to send to your mic ro is
Eta] Net- the same as the dat a it needs to send every-
ty °per- one else: namely , det ails of w h a t e a c h
t South- player is doing Since the info's the same for
5 molar everyone, a n d p h o n e l i n e s c aen' t f as t
Dhome enough to handle it, t he obvious solution is
As seen on TV, British Telecom's changeover to a digital phone 5ystem proceeds apace. Here, a dish is hauled into position
worked to broadcast t he detctils of play er mov e- high up on the Telecom TokW

very difficult: user-to-user phone arrangements NET TREK

are no good unless you've got two phone lines An outstanding example of games that
apiece - not to mention two modems and two use existing hardware set-ups, this
RS232 ports - so most people fall back on real-time shareware game runs on the
some sort of local (ie direct cable) network. standard Macintosh network
With its striking combination of cuteness AppleTalk. It's based on those creaky
and violence, this Hybrid Arts shoot•em-up has Star Trek games of old - no relation to
done a good deal to bring these local network Firebircrs licensed offering - but the
games into the public eye: small wonder given multi-player angle and some very slick
its strong graphics. camera options and mar- programming make it worthwhile stuff.
vellous 'Kill a happy face slogan! Choose your vessel - either a
The game uses up to 16 STs linked in a Federation starship, KIMgon battle-
ring network via their MIDI In and Out ports_ cruiser or Rornulan 'Bird of Prey' - and
Because this set-up is completely nonstan- boldly go forth into an eight-system
red dard, MO Maze is inconvenient to play - galaxy. Your aim's to build a base in
you're certainly not going to have a casual each system before any of your oppo-
, game at any rate - but the results are worth nents. In practice this is difficult almost
e the effort: Charging round a maze blasting to the point of impossibility, but that
v away at happy-faced blobs may not sound too hardly matters: with tough controls, ter-
taxing, but there is a definite tactical &de to rific sound effects and up to tour opponents at Air Warrior that it's hard to know where to start.
things and - crucially - the human angle gives once, the playing's enough fun in its own right. It's a big game - up to 100 people can play at
Drs. the action a real edge. once - and runs on an established network
AIR WARRIOR (using surplus processing power, in fact). It's
(See ACE issue 9 pp40-41 for more not restricted to one machine: Macintosh,
details.) Amiga and ST owners can all join in, with a PC
A milestone in computer gaming by anyone's version in the offing too. It allows teaming up
rY standards, this multi-player combat flight simu- either for bomber crews or fighter squadrons,
ol lator runs across the United States and Cana- and combat with rival game-nations.
da. Individual players log onto General Elec- Probably the most remarkable thing of all
its tric's online database GEnie by standard is that Air Warrior's one of a kind. There's still
it phone lines, using special combined no similar real-time game in the States, and no
commsisimulator software. Once you're air- sign of one this side of the Atlantic either.
borne your own micro displays the out-of-cock- Some estimates put as many as a quarter of a
pit view - in solid 3D - and generates sound million modems in this country, so the first
effects, while GEnie's mainframe coordinates mainstream entertainment use for the things -
your movements with everyone else's. which Air Warrior surely is c a n only be
be Amstrad1200 PBS modern card - for the IBM PC There are so many remarkable features to ignored for so long.

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Sounds fanciful? Well, it isn't. The satel-
lite rev olut ion is already c oming to Europe.
and wi t h t he t umbling pric e of rec eiv ing
dishes - wat c h out for Amstrad's price-bust-
ing dish on a skyline near you] - satellite sig-
nals c o u l d s oon b e o n e of t h e c heapes t Is all this technology only just of these games could have been the basis for
means of s ending mass dat a B y bounc ing catching up with what arcade networked real-time games - if the coin-op
its out going dat a off a geostationcny satel- games have been doing for years? companies had thought it commercially viable,
lite, the host opens the comms bottleneck up Take a look at these, and ask yourself if some that is.
wide enough f or not hundreds b u t t hou- of the most influential computer and coin-op
sands of players. titles aren't really multi-player games in ELI TE
disguise. If games like Bat-
THE OUTER LI MI TS tiezone were in a
If games dont even stop at the outer edges of PONG sense multi•player
the atmosphere, t hat doesn't me a n they're The grand-daddy of all arcade games, Nolan games with micro-
absolutely unfettered. At any iate. gamepicry Bushnell's classic bat-and-ball game was a processors for
across the galcory is unlikely to ever be feasi- two-player effort mostly, one suspects, opponents, that
ble. You could send a Mac wit h Air Warrior because that was the easiest way of doing was doubly true of
software, a mo d e m a n d c ommunic at ions things. (Anyone remember it cropping up as Elite. This vast space combat and trading
equipment out on a Voyager-type interstellar the final-round competition on Crackerfack9) game went out of its way to make the player
probe but it wouldn't get you very far. Even it Porrg did well for Nolan's fledgling company feel like just one of many, in a game structure
it wa s f ound b y aliens w h o c ould r e a d Atari, but the single-player sequel Break Out that owed him no special favours. Combat was
English. a n d even if t hey c ould understand did far better. Whether this was down to tough, and until you'd really learnt the ropes
the concept of aerial combat, they still could- Break Out 's greater complexity and better you could quite easily die in a one-on-one dog-
n't play. At the speed of light, the round-trip game structure or just the age old multi-player fight.
time for one alien control movement and the problem of finding an opponent, the video That was not all. Elites trading structure
GEnie hosts reply wo u l d b e at least eight game as a man vs machine contest was seen suggested market prices that fluctuated with
years - and that's assuming there's intelligent.. as the way ahead. supply and demand: with enough players buy-
ing, selling, using and destroying goods, these
SPACE I NVADERS • DEFENDER market forces might well anse naturally.
SCRAMBLE Though technical strength may have a lot
When coin -ops pulled out of the post-Pong lull, to do with Elite's success in the shops, it's a
they were single-player with a vengeance. In fair bet that the game's multi-player feel also
Space Invaders and the shoot-em-ups that fol- sold a lot of copies. And that in turn suggests
lowed, there was only one point of view a play- how popular a truly multi-player online version
er could have: the lone, heroic pilot. Putting of the game would be.
humans in control of the massed enemies just
wouldn't make sense. The games were based HEAD OVER
on inequality, and the heart of the inequality HEELS
was that the bad guys were extraordinarily Intriguingly
stupid. The Invaders plodded down the screen enough. this Jon
like redcoats marching into a tank battle. Who Ritmarililernie
on Earth would take on a cannon-fodder role Drummond epic
like that? Even Missile Command 's smart has the core at an
bombs, the Einsteins of the invader scene, amazing multi-player game even though it's
English-speaking plane-fl ying life in the near- were fish in a barrel compared to a human very definitely a one-man show. lime and
est star system to us. Proxima Centauril opponent. again, obstacles require careful 'co-operation'
This isn't quite as frivolous as it sounds: between the acrobatic Head and his athletic
even wit hin the confines of the planet, com- TRO N B A T T L E Z O N E 0 POLE counterpart Heels. Imagine how interesting
munic at ion delays caused by the light barri- P O S MO N this could get if Head and Heels were con-
er c o u l d b e c o me s ignifi c ant . T h e s a me While the games trolled simultaneously by separate people!
round-trip t i me f or a n Aus t ralian player's mainstream pitted In the room illustrated. Head ferries Heels
messages t o a UK games host c omput er human players across to the far side of the room and then
would be over a tenth of a second, and that's
against a million Heels returns the favour. Suppose that Heels
wit hin the limits of human reflexes: in other and one bubble- could accept the lift across the kiling floor and
words, the cmlipociecm gamer could be at a brained aliens, a then charge off on his own, leaving the hapless
noticeable (but very slight) disadvantage! few titles offered Head on this side - or worse still, stranding
Battleume
the far greater chal- him halfway across! Would it benefit him in the
COMI NG SOON
lenge of competition on equal terms. Some- long run? Would Heels need Head's help later
Now that you've checked out the games that times this meant very simple two-player action on? Could Head avenge himself?
already t alk to eac h other, t he games that with the competitors both appearing on one That's just a two-player example. With 16
easily c ould and the technology behind the plan-view screen Tr o n and Tank Pong are cute, cuddly players in a castle the problems
whole fi eld, as k yourself this: if y ou c ould obvious examples here - but more interest- could be much larger and the potential for
play a g a me wit h hundreds of ot her real ingly it could also extend to taking on a few interaction much greater_ Beginners might
human beings, co-operating or competing as well-equipped computer opponents. need to team up to tackle obstacles that expe-
the balanc e of power shifted, wit h state of In Battlezone the bad guys had tanks rienced players could manage single-handed.
the art graphic s a n d responsive controls, very similar to yours, and you won or lost on Large teams might break into rival factions
wouldn't y ou b u y a £100 mo d e m' A n d if reactions and tactics alone. Pole Position where there's not enough treasure to go round.
you don't even need a modem to go online wasn't quite so clear-cut, since your racing or where obstacles limit the numbers who can
in liv e years t ime or so. wouldn' t y ou get car always took the damage in a crash no get past by trap doors, disappearing blocks or
involved then? Look a l i t any way y ou like, matter who caused it. Be that as it may, both whatever).
this has got to be the face of games for t he
Nineties - and what a decade it'll be! •

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olid graphics became known unto the •
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LL OTHER PROGRAMS IN THE
.;NIVERSE' •
•and there was a blinding light and the Earth spat
ind trembled.
knd as the fire diminished and the vapours cleared,
he fruits of their labours emerged from out of the
haos.
FHE ULTIMATE CREATION!
TARGLIDER 2 • • •
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DIMENSION.

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Nexus have bitten the dust, Piranha h ave
gone to the wall, and small Independ(
are feeling the pinch - but new softy\.ntsare
houses are still moving in for the kill. Just I
who do they think they are? And have t hey
got what it takes to succeed where otll e r
have
- failed? s "II

that Terry As ht on describes as 'something GALLIC INVASION I

Apple. Big name.. big compcmy...tat special'. A t t he c heaper e n d of t he scale French s of t ware hous e Ub t Soft ( ertainly
wallets. b u t what's behind the hype, there will be the Brooklyn range of original know how to treat the members Iof t heir t o :
and what games are they going to budget titles. lb-bit owners haven't been for- development unit - t hey house tho ' m i n a o r
F be thrusting under our noses? gotten either because most of Big As games 19th c ent ury c hat eau s urrounded by 700 r e
i To start wit h, t hey 'v e got s ome strong will b e c onv ert ed a n d releas ed o n t h e
acres of grounds and woodlands was t o
r
backing. n a me l y t h e i r p a r e n t c o mp a n y Manhat t an Transfer label. Curiously, only a
Prestwich
s Holdings.. whos e 25 or so c ompa- couple of the forthcoming titles will be writ-
nies
t (who range f rom Quilt cover monufac- ten specifically for the larger machines.
nue
o t o v i d e o dis t ribut ion a n d c harac t er Whether well see one of Big A t first ven-
licensing)
n managed to turn over a whopping tures i n lic ens ing o n t he I 6-bit mac hines
c42m
t las t y ear. To get t he a p p l e rolling remains t o be seen b u t y ou c an bet y our
Prestwich
o hav e set as ide S5m f or t he first bottom dollar 8•bit owners will soon be able
year.
t of whic h some £400000 has been set to thrill at the sight of a computer game full
aside
h for advertising.
e Big A are hoping to bring a little piece of
New York into the homes of games players c,7f7-7F771r1:77
b
country-wide
a
three
n
wit h t he introduction of t heir
n e w labels. Top of t he range games
/IT
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Flicorir
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will
d
games
w
b e released under t he t it le Broadway
- these are likely to be 8-bit products -ii_ a
A.9
1
A nice place to have to work? (It's a bit of a trudge to the
chippie and back every lunchtime though-)
a
—
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1
g here that Ubi Soft recently invited lc urnalists
o
1.r.1(1T r r 1 from as far afi eld as Finland. England, Italy.
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a new range of games ( a n d enjoy t he o d d
r drop of the bubbly stuff) that they're gearing
e :.L a r1c ut e•'n' c uddly Calif ornian raisins up to release across Europe.
of1
B
i rare
(you
r those

.t: soknow, r from the TiV, ads who

the ones
g 1 -sm000thl) 4 fruit-em-up
It seems the raisins, stars of
-.40 first
this , dried are to c ompet e in
1 .
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their
1
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lac F- ing1u p t h e grapev ine, j u mp i n g o v e r I
rf
breakfast bowls a n d pepper pots etc. I t all
r- a bit wac k y , b u t if Big Apple c an
?W up- and - improv e upon the standard set
sounds
keep
byr— 1 Cops( Then games players should hav e
I—
something
i I Terry 1 to look forward to.
Ashton, Big A's M.D. hopes his first
rt t it les w i l l c ollec t iv ely s e l l s o me
twelve
1 ?fl —
250,000 unit s across t he fi v e f ormat s (ST,
i
Amiga, PC, C.64 a n d Spectrum). Ams t rad
8 1L owners wonUt get a look i n t hough,
FIGHTING TALK- CPC
r another c ompany wish to do the con-
unless t
'There's always room In the market for another trader - -
versions.
and it established !MISS ain't doing it right, they II sulfa,'
i Iron Lord

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Ubi Soft were founded in 1986, and have esteemed software houses as Electroruc Arts, Hotshot. Released under the Addictive label.
released some 20 titles across a number of Minorsoft and Elite.
Hotshots a wacky simultaneous two-player
formats. Even so, they've made little impact game with a couple of Breakout features and
on the European scene as a whole (who
remembers Zombi on the CPC?). Company
VETERANS... a lo t mo re besides, Richard Hennerley
(Prism's P.P. Manager) is confident Prism are
president Y v e s One at the oldest British software publishers is
Prism Leisure - they're the people behind going to continue to be a major contender in
Guillemot reckons
the market place over the next few months,
thats a ll about to Addictive (of Football Manager fame) and
Endurance Games, and if the versions we've seen of Hotshot and
change wit h t h e
Prism have been around for some six The Kristal are anything to go by, he could
release o f t h e i r well be rIght,
next half a dozen years and have, up till now, kept a fairly low
Or s o t i t l e s . profile. That could all change over the next
Flagship o f t h e few months as Prism release their next few
Autumn range will games - first o u t is Addichves Football
be I ron Lord. Th e Manager 2. The g a me was a tremendous
games set in the
age o f ch iva lry
when the Lords of
the K in g d o m o f
France r e i g n e d
over a great num-
ber of vassals and
lived i n fortified
Company President Yves
Guillemot poses on the steps castles (and wore
on one of Ubi Solt's two chain ma il under-
chateaux. pants a n d ro d e
lee are now ready to
launch properly i nto t he mound kn o ckin g
Maxwell Technology's Stotshol.
British market because we people o ff horses
can release our products on with g re a t lo n g success i n its 8-bit formats a n d n o w 16-bit
all torntats - including the pointy sticks).. As a football management fans will be able to
Spectrum. Surely the French
don t still think ol i s as a young k n i g h t join in the fun. Prism fi rmly believe in the
MAGNI of Spectrum Owners? you're out to seek strength of the 16-bit scene and are gearing
your fortune in this up t o launch a three-disk Amig a game
adventwe-type g a me , w h i c h i s f u l l o f called The Kristal. It will be released under
arcade sequences such as arm-wrestling, the Endurance label and is based on the
archery and sword fighting. Other titles stage musical written b y Michael Sutin,
were likely t o see a re th e Gauntlet-ish Rodney Wyatt and Mickey Keen. The games
Putty's Saga and the graphically stunning a mix of arcade and adventure elements
B
and features some 60 stunning backgrounds.
A Ubi Soft are hoping the European sales Also from Prism will be several games
T these new titles will help bump their turn-
off produced by Maxwell Technology, the com- Prism's Pk teenager Richard Hennerley outside the Prism
.over up from from some $5m last year to pany f o rme d b y Jo h n MCD:Well ( e x - olfices
S10m this year. That's not too unrealistic Mastertronic) and Dcrvid Jones (creator of the 'I feel there s few people about with original Men et
either when you consider Ubi Soft are BIG Magic Knight series of games), who's first product - the market's become a bit staid. There's a hole in
the market that anyone with original ideas and product and
distributors i n France - handling su ch offering looks likely to be a gcane called can back them up should be able to fill.

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THE
PROFESSIONALS
What exactly goes into a game? What goes on behind the scenes at
Britain's biggest software houses—and can YOU join in? In the first instal-
ment of an epic series, ACE takes a look at people who spend all day
messing around with computer games—and get paid for it!
his mont h, just t o get y o u in t he grarnmers are rarer beasts for a number of CONTACTS ARE VITAL
mood, we r e going to t ak e a look reasons. For one thing.. mos t programmers As wit h all bus inees , in games creation
at t h e r e a l s hoc k t roops o f t h e have ideas of their own whic h they'd like to not just what you k now but who y ou know.
games world - t he designers a n d build int o games t hey 're work ing on. For Contacts are vital' says Vet minator designer
coders They may rely on others to another, y ou can't produc e a design f or a and graphics artist Nigel Brownphn. Th e y
provide t h e graphic s , mu s i c o r s o u n d technical masterpiece wit hout s ome sort of give y ou muc h more flexibility. If y ou don't
effects, b u t these r e a l l y jus t bolt ont o a programming background: there's no point know any one in the business, you'll just be
framework of gormeplay ideas a n d code. specifying inc redible g r a p h i c effects l i k e stuck in a corner,'
Its this game core that entertains - or does- those in Zarch or Nebulus unless y ou k now Friends in t he industry c an help y ou in
n't, as the case ma y be - so its these peo- they're possible and that takes a good deal loads of different way s For coders the divi-
ples work that's c ruc ial t o a game's suc- of coding knowledge. dends are particularly high: most of them are
cess
In t he g o o d o l d day s . a g a me wa s
normally a one-man ef f ort The s ame per-
son designed t he game, d r e w t he sprites, HARDGRAFT
composed the mus ic a n d wrot e t he c ode
that implement ed a l l t hree. No t c ont ent
with all that, t he v ery s ame person might
Andrew Hewson, head of Hewson (nee Hewson Consultants, reputedly the
then produce t he inlay art . organis e t he
UK's oldest surviving games software house).
duplication of t apes a n d mark et t he fi n-
ished game by mail order!
Nowadays, t h i n g s a r e f a r m o r e 'The thing people don't realise about games programming is how hard it is: its far more difficult
than it seems.
specialised, Sprite artists create graphics for
a game they won't code using utilities they 'People write some bits of code at home, get a few shapes moving around on screen and think
didn't write, wh i l e programmers wo r k t o i ' He y , this is easy!. They totally underestimate the amount ol work that goes into a game.
the g a me designs o f peopl e w h o don' t 'When you've done what you think is 90% of the game. you're probably only about halfway
actually k now how to prcgrcan It's a sign through. People dismiss things they don't really know about. 'Sound effects? That won't take more
and his horn
'loved in to that the industry's maturing, a n d it means than a day or two_ Music? That won't take long either... Graphics? Those'll be easy.,..'. Now sound
spectrum ar that ev en if y o u nev er mas t er ma c h i n e effects actually take a week or two, music's more like three weeks and as for graphics, those realty
dscapes drah code, you're tone deaf or you can't draw to do cause problems: you've got to leave space for
in your them, and negotiations between graphics artists and
rid wit h the!. save your life, y ou c ould still fi nd a nic he
Ll servant for yourself in the games business. programmers over this can get very tricky:
re Wiz world 'Once you've got everything working on the first
ry. Collec t ia THE TASKS few levels but you're committed to giving the game at
ects as you least eight, you get problems again there. You start
) shake of f tt The norm Ls still for the same person to code
and design a game. or for the design to be running out of memory so you've got to compact all
tunning gr4 the data down, and that takes time. And even when
pod for a thrt shared bet ween t he c oder a n d one ot her
ire game wir person - often the garne's graphic artist The all that's done, it takes something like three weeks to
big advantage of this k ind of approac h is get the difficulty tuning right.'
that the coder can tailor the design to what 'Creating a game takes months of hard graft, but
den f e a t u r e i
he knows is possible. Tales abound of soft- it's a lot of fun too. I'd definitely recommend it as a
ware houses specifying game features t hat Career for anyone who's interested: you can't see
1
the mic ros c onc erned phy s ic ally c annot more than five years ahead in this business, but
1
1 manage , t here' s plenty of work to go round for that long.'
Games designed ent irely b y non-pro-

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'EXPECTC10•15000m yot
hot
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1 is there in programming? Software houses are very

Just how much cash
cod
lou:
reluctant to talk about sums of money on the record, but here are a few point- adc
act
ers from the people who sign the cheques:
exc
yot
Programmers and other software professionals are paid either a fixed sum or royalties. Authors or
opt
designers of original games usually get royalties - including royalties at a lower rate for versions intc
converted by someone else - while conversion programmers and others will more likely gel a fixed thc
sum.

ha
Royalties vary considerably according to the type of game and the software house making the
go
deal, but a typical to goodish figure would be around 15% of the software house's nett takings for
what they get back from sales, not what customers pay for them.) You can also work out some
In
kind of tariff for fixed sums - at the ends of the scale, at any rate:
ly
sio
Nigel Browniotin For an original ST and Amiga game to be sold at lull price (i.e. 120 give or take small change) you loc
could expect El 0-15,000:
vit
For an original 8-bit budget game, you'll probably get rather less than E2,000 from a quality house du
- or as k ik as a few huncited pounds at the very bottom of the heap. thE
yo
The middle ground, and in particular the 8-bit full price market, is very unstable at the moment: Fir
some houses are holding firm here while others are losing confidence in the 8-bit machines. How
VP
well a game sells just seems like pot luck at times: r e a l l y is Russian Roulette', one software
Co
house told us.
Cu
Add this to all the other factors affecting the programmer's fee and it's small wonder that soft-
ware houses disagree on what the going rate is. It does seem however that out of the El° you
ge
might pay for a full-price game, the money getting back to the game's creators would be around tin
the 80p-E1 mark. Do you stritthink piracy doesn't really hurt anyone? dr
Vorminator
pr
kE
self-taught programmers, but there's a great wr
deal you c an learn about the liner points of at
coding style just from talking to others Books fir
specifically o n game-writ ing are v ery rare
indeed, so (other than hacking other people's
games apart ) these technical conversations in
are t he only alternative t o re-inventing t he Br
wheel al
It's not just ideas or rules of t humb that ta
other coders c an pass on to you. Routines -
crucial sections of code for doing frequently. cx
needed tasks - often change hands between tro
programming friends. I f there's a lot of this
• • • • • • • • • • • * • • • • • • . . . d . . . . . * 0 0 0 1
,
going on wit hin a circle of programmers it
• • •
can save everyone a great deal of time - and
—
time, for a freelance programmer, is quite lit- gl
1
erally money. ty
,
••
•• For a designer, t he ma i n adv ant age of th
contacts i s s light ly different. Selling y o u r if
design talents t o a software house c an b e a
-•••• pretty diffi cult i f you're o n yo u r o wn :
approach t h e m a s o n e h a l f o f a
programming/ des ign t e a m o n t h e ot her
hand, and you're in a much stronger positron.
But how are you going to build up those
contacts in the first place? The best wa y is IT
probably by work ing in-house at a software IT
c ompany for a while - Nigel did a halt-year
stint at now-defunct games house MikroGen -
before setting yourself up as a freelance.

I N-HOUSE AND FREELANCE

There's no doubt about it. serving your time as
an in-house programmer is a great wa y to
learn the ropes. It may not pay t embly well,

Conqueror
but while you're dev eloping y our o wn pro-
gramming style and seeing how the industry
Id
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works you'd be hard put to earn a liv ing for

yourself as a freelance any way . Sof t ware
house boss Andrew Hewson reckons that in-
house experience Is inv aluable for budding
INPERSPECTIVE
coders
very .
lousy work t o d o . mas t ering t apes a n d If the sums quoted sound absolutely vast to you, bear in mind that these are for original games -
)oint- ' Y e loading screens a n d stuff, but y ou
adding very time-consuming things to program - and that the D0,000+ figure might well involve four or five
ll
actually get a tremendously broad base of months' work including some very long hours. Also remember that the people getting these sums
m
expenence f rom t hat k i n d of t hing. Als o are selt-employed, with all the vulnerability that implies: if the software house fails to pay up. they'll
a
you're seeing other people wit h game devel- have to go to court; if the software house goes bust. they might not get paid at all; and if they're late
lOrs or
irsions y
opment problems t hat y ou'll probably run with the game - even through no fault of their own - they may well lose large chunks of that fee in
3fixed t
into yourself later on, so it a m be a big help penalties David Braben might be heading for the millionaire bracket thanks to Elite and (we at ACE
that
h way: would wager) Virus, but most games programmers in the UK won't be buying Porsches this year.
i The morn t hing y ou c an get out of in-
haz
n e work is a track rec ord - a series of
ig the
kgood (or a t least c ompet ent ) games t hat of t he 8-bit machines. they're often not fast There's no substitute t or learning t he good
is (i.e.
form
y a portfolio to show prospective clients. enough at development tasks. and b a d point s of a system bef ore y o u
same
In
o an industry where you're measured most- The main time-waster here is aesemb/y - plough y o u r o w n mo n e y i n t o hardware'
ly
u by what you c an do, freelance COMMAS- a vital preparation step that turns a human- even if you don't like the set-up the company
sions
' and advance payments go to whoever readable program int o one t hat t he t arget uses, at least t hat should giv e y ou pointers
e)You lcoks
r the most impressive on past form. micro can run As s embling an average-sized on what to look for. Also, of course, the salcuy
e Both commissions a n d adv anc es a r e Spectrum game could take several minutes if from y our in-house stint c ould well prov ide
house vital
b to freelance success : if you have to pro- you're dev eloping on a Spectrum, but an ST the cash for that freelance equipment •
duce
e games o n spec a n d rely o n s elling might do the some job in just a f ew seconds.
them
i once t hey re (more or less) fi nished. This process of assembling a program on one
meet: you're
n headed for trouble two different ways. type of mic ro a n d running it on anot her -
How hist,
g you'll have the ccshflow problem of sur- properly k n o wn a s cross-assembly - c a n
'Iware viving
g until t he g a me 's finished, a n d t hat speed things up enormously.
could
i easily mean two to three months with- If you're using a cross-aecembly system,
Soli vout cash coming in. y oull us ually need addit ional hardware t o
0-you e Second, y ou c ould we l l b e left wit h a let y ou transfer t he assembled game c ode
round game type that's badly out of step wit h the
n over to your target machine. With some com-
times: a Roaciblasters or Fite and Forget style binations of development and target micros
driving shoot-em-up might c ommand a high you c ould ps i pull t he program disk out of
price at the moment f rom software houses one drive and into the other - buzzword fans
keen to jump on the bandwagon, but it you might like to know that this system is called a
a great were to start writing one now it would prob- sneaker-net - b u t a mo r e n o r ma l s et -up
points of ably look very dated by the time you'd got it would involve sending the code down an RS-
Is. Books finished. 232 cable
?.ry rare If freelancing has so many headaches, Again, experience as a n in-house pro-
people's why do it? Is it really wort h the hacsle and grammer c an c ount for a great deal here. larch
mations insecurity? Yes, defi nit ely maint ains Nigel
trig t he Brown)ohn I t does p a y better, b u t there's

nb that
also the extra freedom and that's very impor-
tant. If you work in•ous e you can be land-
THEGOINGRATE?
utines - ed with incredibly awf ul dead-end propcts
quently- and you hav e t o work on t hem, but as a
ietween freelance you can pick and choose.' Herbert Wright of Logotron, and formerly Telecomsoft.
t of this
- HARDWARE NEEDS 'You can go for a royalty deal and get an advance on the royalties, or you could go for a lump sum -
Le - and
L Whatever skills y ou ma y hav e, y o u won't though that's usually just for conversions, or games where the software house hands you a complete
Iquite lit- specification to work to. Normally you won't have to return any of the advance, even if the game flops
get very far as a coder unless you're proper-
T and the royalties fail to cover it. Software houses would only normally specify a returnable deposit if
ly equipped. For starters of course you'll need
Iloge of you didn't have a track record, or had a history of delivering late.'
the micro you're c oding f or - t he t arget
G
g y our machine as it's known - but you'll also need 'For a single format 16-bit game, we wouldn't normally pay an advance or lump sum that ran into
I
am be a development mac ht he t o ac t ually t y pe five figures. That doesn't mean that we never do, but the
S
r o wn . your program code into. alarm bells start to ring when we get that high. We're talking
I
t of a You could type your code in and test it about a good game too, for this kind of money: the sort of
other on the same machine, but this slows things thing that would gel 750+ in an ACE review.'
osition. down v ery considerably. A t t he simplest 'If somebody comes to us with a game. we'd ideally like
p those level if you've got to quit from your develop. to see a completely finished product. We're also quite
way is merit tools, r u n a g a me test, res et t h e happy to look at a complete specification for a game, along
ottware machine and reload your tools again, you're with a demo of some aspect of it so that we know the peo-
alf-year obviously wasting good c oding time. These ple are up to the task: for example, if you came to us with
roC*n - days there's rather more to it than that, mind an idea for a vertically scrolling game we'd want to see a
e. you spec explaining why this would be the best game ever, and
Ifs a statement o f t h e obv ious , b u t a demo of some really good scrolling routines.
games micros are designed first a n d fore- 'We'd also be interested in a spec on its own, if it was
time as most to give good games performance. They brought to us by someone with a really good track record,
way t o don't necessarily have the high-quality key- it was brought to us by an unknown, we'd be unlikely to
ly well, bcceds. 80-column screen displays or fast, accept it - and it we did, it would be on a very low advance
krn pro- capacious dis k driv es y o u ' d w a n t y o u r or royalties only. It would be a much bigger risk, you see.'
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INDEX
tings lightly. In fact this month we haven't REVIEWED
een able to bring ourselves to give it to
ALTERNATE REALITY Dotos or
ny o f the new software. Boy, though -BETTER DEAD THAN ALIEN
- were there some near misses... Electra
Helter Skelter from the programmers of • CHUBBY GRISTLE Grand Sion
8 DREAM WARRIOR US Gold
mpact is a marvellously playable game 6 FIRE AND FORGET Titus
eaturing a bouncing ball trying to stomp a 2 FLIGHT SIMULATOR 3 Sublogic,
lew monsters. There's Flight Simulator Ill, a 2 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2 Prism
8 FURY Mortec h
glorious-looking program on the PC - but is 0 GIGANOID
Swiss Computer Arts
it just a game? 4 HELIER SKELTER AudiogeniC
It's been a special moilth for Updates, a HOPPING MAD Ehte
with a horde of new versions needing to be .4 LA CRACKDOWN Ep x
,9 NIGHT RAIDER GrerrnIn
ooked at in light of what went before. THEPRESIDENT IS MISSING
Not forgetting a t ough r o a d r a c e CoSrm
between Roadblasters a n d F i r e a n d .8 PSYCHO PIGS UXB US Gokl
6 ROADBLASTERS US Go/0
Forget. Then there's N ight Raider, t he .7 SKY CHASE Imageworks
President is Missing, Sky Chase, Where *7 WHERE TIME STOOD STILL
Oc ean
Time Stood Still.. well go on, get reading. 68 WORLD TOUR GOLF
Electronic Arts

T H E R AT I N G S UPDATES
A MI GA
H O W t he y ' r e c a l c ul a t e d- - W H Y y o u c a n r e l y o n t he m . . . :
The ACE reviewing team covers a broad spec-
If you buy a game, how much enjoyment will
trum of computer entertainment talent_ Andy
ADERCATS
, Elite
you get out of it, and for how long? Just check .
Wilton - ACE's resident technical wizz - is as
out our revolutionary PIC (Predicted Interest AMSTRAD
handy with a smart bomb as he is with hex- .
Curve) for the full story. Brilliant arcade games jIC COMMANDOS GO
start high on the curve, and then steadily tail
adecimal. Andy Smith wouldn't know hexadec- B
imal from a hole in the ground, but can wipe RENEGADE rmagoc
off a s y ou los e interest; powerful puzzle B
the fl oor wit h any number of aliens. Rod ,
games may ride the crest of the curve for L ATARI ST
months - but the moment you s av e them Lawton prefers to reason with aliens - then
shoot t h e m. B o b W a d e (ex -Pers onal 3/ BIONICE COMMANDOS GO
they'll come tumbling down; complex strategy 63 GAUNTLET
L II US Gold
Computer Games, Zzap164 a n d Amstrad
games may stump you at first - but climb up
Action) has played more computer games 43 JET e SuOlogic
the scale as you begin to appreciate the scope
of the gameplay. And as for the turkeys - they than any sane person ought to. Add Steve 63 SIDEi ARMS GO
start low, stay low, and have nowhere to go
Cooke (ex-PCG and formerly columnist for ' 'WARD
s WARZ GO
but down, down, down. magazines ranging f rom Zzap164 t o Your u
Sinclair) and you've got age and experience C64. 128
Once you've seen how long ifie game can r
hold your attention_ all you need to glance at is
as well as youthful enthusiasm. DARK SIDE inc entwe
Every game on the following pages has e
the renowned ACE RATING. This is calculated
been seen by all of us. We compare notes_ G IBM PC
according to the area under the PIC_ The big-
express differing opinions and only then do 62 PHM e PEGASUS ElectrOnic
ger it is, the better the game. Add to that our
we decide who's to take final responsibility for n
definitive ratings for 10 Factor (will it give your
getting our views into print. What follows; then. SPECTRUM
brain cells a work-out?) and Fun Factor - a :
measure of instant appeal and exhilaration as isn't just a collection of casual comments, but •BIONIC COMMANDOS GO
the definitive ACE verdict OP this month's soft- u
-IMPOSSIBLE MISSION It US G
you dive into the game. And, of course, we s
ware. We've checked it Out - now you can too. (57 MARAUDER Hewson
rate the Graphics and Audio effects too. for
EVERY machine the game's available on.

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, C E S S k now t h e d r i l l
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trouble c oping wit h t he concept
s
behind this one The name says it all: this is
b w i l
a simulator, not a game. If you want missile
u t l
dogfights or Liby an bombing missions, look
t a l r
elsewhere. Sublogic reckon that learning to
h e a
fly is a big enough c hallenge in itsell, a n d
e d y
after t ry ing t he program out or ev en just
T
rummaging t hrough its enormous ma n u a l
e
you may be inclined to agree with them.
s
The s i mu l a t i o n c ent res a r o u n d t h e
t
Cessna 182. a single-engined propellor-driv-
CO o
en a i r c r a f t c o mmo n l y u s e d b y fl y i n g
M f
schools. What y ou do wit h this hardware is
PA y
very muc h up to y ou
SS o
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A t hexplore
e r e ' froms your borne field in Illinois,
u
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m
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e a little local entertain-
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y
craft
o however,
f and that's not a simple mat -
h at all.
ter
a
The n u mb e r o n e p r o b l e m mos t a r m-
v
chair pilots will hav e when c oming new to
e
the Flight Sim I I I Cessna is lac k of power_
al Unlike t h e Eagles . Harriers o r Fi g h t i n g

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n a suitable preparatory dive I n general, y ou
s ° mi l t hrow the plane around wit hout keep-
c
r
e
LANDSCAPES ing a careful wat c h on y our airspeed, nor
c an y ou rely on opening the throttle up to
get y ou out of trouble. These may be state-
e ments of t he obv ious as f ar as (real lif e)
n
Sublogic are very keen on amat eur pilot s a r e c onc erned, b u t t hey 'll
s
modules - data files tor extra come a s a r u d e a wa k e n i n g t o a n y o n e
h
o planes, airports or whatever expecting afterburners or 9G loops!
w which can be loaded into their Don't despair: ti you haven't got endless
s games separately - but their amounts of power.. y ou do hav e an instruc-
C landscape disks take the idea tion mo d e t o t eac h y ou h o w t o use wh a t
h one step further. The added you've got. There's also a whole load of use-
i map areas let you fly your
c Cessna or Learjet around
a Western Europe, including a RELEASE BOX l i r
g fairly detailed UK: or Japan. IBM PC I m p o r t only—prices vary
o
complete with a snow-capped
( Other versions currently under development
Mount Fuji; or anywhere else
a
t Sublogic sell a few games,
a presumably. The point is,
n these selfsame disks will load
a into Jet so that you can fly an IBM PC VERSION
n F-16 over the home counties The sown may update slowly, but Ierrillo EGA and VGA
g (or their Tokyo equivalent). ophons put FS Of streets ahead 01 I
l Gimmicky perhaps, but fun! r
keyboard responses and a low frame rate rrrake it all a pretty
e k o nng expesence,
daunti o n mind yorr. and you'll need a hard disk or
l - P ress P o conti nue. g ,rtarato access
c c i die
mmore
. adiranoad llyirv lessons.
a P o o r
sr - The F-16 from Jet prowls the
s G RAP HI CS 8 1 0 FACTO R 8
skies over the Severn Estuary, as its
v M M E 1 p i l o t sets a course for downtown AUDI O 2 F U N FACTO R 2
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ATARIST • Sublogic, import only
ming to
elf, and (prices vary) • ACERATING684
iren just Amigaversionreviewed
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ld t h e
lor-driv-
flying Leaning strongly towards fun rather than
ware IS f realism, Jet has always seemed a bit flim-
re US of , sy next to its Flight Sem stablemate. The
C new ST version fails to escape this rut, its
o to fly O toy-like graphics and simple-minded
tertcon- M gameplay once again making a poor
P' •
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A'
le mat- To be sure, the lack of either
S
Interceptor or Falcon on the ST
S
arm- leaves the game with far
F
new to U less competition than
power, E its PC and Amiga
ghting L equivalents,
o. t he g h PC lECIAl - Spotter and cockpit views as pour Learjet 200MS across San Francisco
. Bay, in the general drection ol That's
NIP' Oakland.

) and
otter just a b o u t unique. r a d i o nav igat ion,
L you night fl ying and even v ariable reliability
- could y ou cope wit h an engine failure on
keep-
nor fi nal approach? - help keep things interest-
ing even for the seasoned fliers among you.
up to
state- Added extras inc lude f ormat ion fl y ing
life) and crop-dusting exercises t o t ry out y our
= I , Me i
skills on, a powerf ul mult i-play er facility for
0,1110.021- organising phone-line air shows (or whatev-
ST - YOW
yone imenrifinid
-- er) and a rather weak World War I air com- as
heads into combat
against an enemy
bat g a me - t his las t t hrown i n mo r e f or well
dless 1 ..7 ,
, I,' : . . , ..Pr. laiG 'the thing in
between the while
truc- ' ;:' —
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P e _ ... . . lenge is just building up fl ying expertise on bracketsi.
vhat r
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Chicago, - Asinset
yourwindow
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zoomsaover nighttime
spotter plane tion. a n d t hat makes it v ery muc h one for
t i frame rate
view of your own aircraft. r
a : r
the wo u l d • b e pilot s . Gamesplcryers c a n
s 1 . and poor con-
7
. - probably hav e a lot more t un wit h one of trols would make
tut flying theory in the pin manual, a n d a host the m a n y c o mb a t - o r i e n t a t e d g a m e s it easy prey for
of difficulty settings i y ou c an alt er t o giv e around.
you as easy (or hard) t a t ime as y ou wont . such big fish.
• Andy Wilton
And 11 that still leaves I y ou feeling unsatis- The gameplay's decidedly wobbly too,
The aerial combat's about as realistic as
fied. you'll just hav e nto switch to Flight Sim
Ills alternative plane - the Learjet, Afterburner and rather less satisfying,
PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE while the lack of a proper out-of-cockpit
As FS II devotees will already know, the 4m2
Learjet has got power c oming out of its ears •0
view makes it hard to believe you're really
•0 in a plane at ell.
If anything, the wretched picrne just has too 222
much power o p e n the throttle up while in While not really a bad game, this one
a.

level fl ight and you'll lose control or break 20 tails a long way short of both Sublogic's
the thing u p entirely' (One feature added
a. and the ST's capabilities. Ground attack
20
since Flight Sim I i means t hat , a s wi t h 20 missions and loadable landscapes are no
scenery, ex t ra planes c an be loaded int o
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the game at a later stage - if Subbgic mak e min 2 how I day 1 week 1 month 11110111
them available, that is.) • Andy Wilton
It's Mint fun while you're learning, NI dedicated fliers win
In eit her plane, t h e r e a r e s imulat ion still be playing next yeart
opbons that make the night Simulator series

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 filk thle level But monsters and ball can wrap restund off the
Could you get down that stairway in six seconds? Its easy How about this for tricky. You ye got to get maximum
bopand bottom of the screen. Ms is terribly confusing at If you are good al damping the bounce - otherwise, no
chance. height and be able to kill the boimce ill you re going to do
I t , bul as you get used to it is an asset in clearing up

HELTER
!yields this in time. Not to mention the tricky hops needed when
you get near the monster.

However, it s no ordinary ball. Pressing t he

fire button will init ially mak e it bounce, but
what h a p p e n s c rit er t h a t d e p e n d s o n
whether the ball is going up or down. I f Its
going u p anot her press on t he but t on wi l l
dampen the bounc ing action. If its headed

SKELTER
down the bouncing force is increased to gain
greater height.
At first the control is difficult, but wit h a
little practice the t all becomes very manoeu-
vrable - y ou c an ev en stop it dead b y a
well-timed downward effect just as it's about
to bounce up.
The only ot her t hings on screen apart
from t he ball are plat f orms a n d monsters.
The monsters c ome in several varieties, but
they all behav e identically A t the start of a
screen one monster will be highlighted by a
A U D I O G E N I C t u m b l e for ya y ellow arrow. This is t he one y ou hav e t o
bounce into. mak ing it disappear The OTTOW
1 will then appear abov e a different monster,
All y ou hav e to do is hit t hem in t he right
• M E M B E R t h e Break out c l o n e need y our wits about y ou to cope wit h this order.
impac t that was ACE one.
If y ou hit a monster t hat isn't arrowed it
9130 Rated in issue one? From the same pro- In structure the game is a lot like Bubble splits int o t wo smaller ones. These can't be
grammers - John Dale, Adrian Stephens and Bobble. You p l a y a screen a t a t ime, i n further subdivided, but they move faster and
Spiny No r ma n - c omes anot her g a me i n whic h you have to get rid of all the monsters. mak e clearing the screen an awf ul lot harder
whic h s imple, addic t iv e gorneplay is t h e This sounds easy - though ot course its any- - particularly if they are t rapped in a small
order of the day. Don't be fooled by appear- thing BUT t hat The t hing y ou control to do space. You see wh e n y ou hit a n c arowed
cmces or simplicity t hough, bec aus e y ou'll these das t ardly deeds is a bounc ing ball. 'twin t h e other one immediat ely reverts t o
full size, and in a confi ned space y ou often
c ant help going into it again and creating
another pair of twins. a n d so on.
The screen layouts v ary in difficulty and
its pleasantly surprising the number of tricky
designs that the authors hav e come up with.
Each screen has to be completed within a time
limit, bonus points being awarded for time left
and for using as few jumps as possible.
There are a host of random objects that
appear randomly on the screen for t he ball

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One of the worst screens el all. Its incredibly difficult to

Repeat the process
gel up to those snakes and is complicated by it being vir•
starting at this ledge
Wally impossible not to split the monster at the bottom
to get the other two
when you start. Down to this mon- monsters. Get any in
ster neat. Use wrong order and
to collect 11 you can grab the spinning letters you d better pray for
a level ship because
to spell EXTRA it gets you an extra life. Other
you won't manage it
bonuses are a lev el skip, ex t ra time, t i me any other way
freeze. monster freeze, a n d a handy t hing
• that makes all t he monsters onowed, a n d
therefore vulnerable, at once.
As with Impact there is a screen design- 4 Th is is awkward because the monsters are arrowed
in a nasty order. First you have to gel one from the right
er. Its delightfully simple to use and you ccm
box, then the left, back to the right, and then left again. If
!mock up playable screens in no time at all. you split an unarrowed monster while doing that you may
There are 80 pre-programmed screens and find yourself desperately bouncing between the two boxes
room for another 48 more. You c an in tact trying to eliminate everything - luck plays a part in what
order they become ',rowed after the initial mess up,
program all 128 ii you want to.
The other special feature in the game is
the ability t o hav e t wo play ers a t once.
There's a specially programmed bloc k of
screens that con only be play ed and com-
pleted by two players, while the others have
shorter time limits for two. This means t hat 0•0
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U S G O L D p u t t h e i r f o o t t o t h e fl o o r T you're
I at the wheel of Thunder Master, h e
N ultimate
G weapon.
T H aircraft descends towards you near the start of c The 'cisterns' actually contain Omega.
" ' em-ups in which you pilot a heavi- each level and drops a weapons pod onto
I C
ly-armed car doing battle with a ll sorts of iKerosene, e s
your roof. To activate this weapon while driv- drive,
i
moving and stationary hazards ss e triple-turbo car-thing as you charge
ing, p u ll b a ck o n th e joystick a n d fire. across
s In this game you face other cars, motor- Beware, though. benefits such as the extra- tn t i a l enemy territory blowing u p tanks,
mines,
ef u ehelicopters
l and bunkers - and getting
a
cycles, roadside gun turrets, slippery patches fast firing don't last far ever, so use them only blown up a few tunes yourself, for that mat-
n mines - together with fast diminishing
and f o r
rter.
when you must. Get blown up. and your
fuel
o supplies A gauge at the bottom of the eraa weapon is gone when you restart. ny Chooseo
the level you want to play on,
screen
t tells you how much fuel you have left Roadialcrstels is nothing special graphical- u
spick r
one of six battle locations on a map of
inh your main and reserve tanks, and this can ly, but overall control and playability is good mf world,o
the and get ready to go. There is no
bee replenished by running over the red and for this type of game. On later levels the au r
relationship, appcaently, between the triple
green spheres that appear i n t h e road. gamepicry gets quite tough, but not to the
r iw
turbo V16h engine's appetite for fuel and the
Otherwise you have to rely on completing point where it becomes unplayable - and
i le
speed e
you're travelling at, so your best bet is
sections of the course to get refuelled Run out with fifty levels to get through you're going to
n tonl just charge along the twisting and turning
before you reach the end and its game over have to be pretty determined to finish it. roadway absolutely flat out to give yourself
a
Reach the chequered finish and you advance • RodLawlor o
l the next. harder, level. the
t best chance of reaching safety_
to
I s not easy to crash, but it is practically
o Study the control method, a n d you'll RELEASE BOX impossible to avoid getting blown up several
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indifferent, grapicatly, with sparse sood elms oul a pleas- bing onea of several different jet aircraft over a
ant tune between games Cat o] es actually guile elective ' cflat green
k landscape marked with a grid, as
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culty add long-term appeal to an otherwise standard game- a smashed windscreen) ii you get hit by too
ACE RATING 6 5 4 style. many enemy bullets, cm enemy missile, hit
the ground or stray too far outside the grid

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tanks, copter - the Thunder Cloud - which flies dous, although attacking tanks and heli- l
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triple- that's wo rn o f I there's little to keep yo u n
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pack- e
though it has to be said that you're not going
istian tornotice much difference in flying properties
ion s
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t, this a
one over on the computer b y giving it the
greet t
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e fly- buth as a combative dogfighting game it has
irer a The screen is divided into two identical or another human. The computer opponent little
e competition (but see the multi-player
d, as cockpit views, one for each player. Your is no pushover, especially on the higher lev- games
g feature this ish). It's a long way from a
htm Instruments show you how much fuel you els, but perhaps the hue appeal of the game proper
r flight sim, has a minimal game area,
lore hove, your altitude, attitude, thrust a n d is in its two-player option, which really is ter- noaexploration o r strategy element a n d
d by speed. A rudimentary map shows the posi- rific fun. p
essenbally zero gameplcry - but actually fac-
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t?, tut i
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MG 31 versus F-I6 Falcon. At a ci ong speed of
, tw o thousand miles an hour neither sides got much
chance to launch an air-to-ait missile.

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pull
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HEROES OF THE LANCE marks the first computer
action game that re-creates the epic battle between
good and evil on the world of Krynn.
Contr ol l i ng eight Companions, each wi th different
specialised attributes and skills, gui de these brave
adventurers deep i nto the treacherous ruins of the
temple XaK Tsaroth to retrieve the precious Disks of
Mishakal.
As you descend into the Abyss, the Companions must
defeat the hordes of monstrous Draconians in hand-
to-hand combat, deal wi th power ful magic and
survive the onslaught of attacks from giant spiders,
skeletal undead and countless other terrors.
But your final obstacle makes these monstrosities
innocuous by comparison. The pl ati num disks you
seek are guarded by Khisanth, an ancient black
dragon. And there is but one way to vanqui sh this
mighty beast...
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Located on the northern shore of the Moonsea in the
Forgotten Realms, the fabled city of Phlan had been
overrun by monsters led by a mysterious leader, Your
quest: discover the identity of this evil force.
Pool of Radiance adheres faithfully to the legendary
Advanced Dungeons & l)ragonsTM fantasy role playing
systems. No detail is missed including 6 player
characters; computer controlled non-player characters;
the Adventurers' Journal packed wi th history, maps
and clues and the Translation Wheel that converts
Elvish and Dwarvish writing to English. The gameplay
is exhilarating and the graphics state of the art— portrait
displays, 3D perspective, tactical combat display and
personalised weapons selections compile to form the
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computer games.

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D A T A S O F T in a w o r l d o f their o w n
the city is inhabited b y cutthroats. thieves, ing to how you fare when dealing with the
B E I N G plonked down in the middle of
an alien city absolutely starkers muggers, skeletons, ghouls and the like would city and its various inhabitants
is a pretty grim prospect but then finding that make a strong man pale. You need money (gel a lob at the tavern,
This fantasy role-playing game takes maybe). weapons, a watch, a compass.. .a
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IBM PC E24.95dk OUTNOW energy field into the city, and as you do you hour' passes in four minutes.
set the level of your various characteristics, Alternate Reality is tough from the start
such as Stamina, Charm and Strength. These and complex enough to keep you going for
levels. or Stars, are displayed along the top of quite some time. H there is a criticism to be lev-
AMIGA VERSIO N the screen during play and change accord- elled against it its that maybe its a little hard
Indifferent graphics are not realty releyant in ths case, where to get into. Combine that with some rather
the garne0y is ail. yet they do affect the 'Meg appeal. repetitive and dingy scenery and you have a
( 1 4 1 game whose presentation is the weakest link.
G RAP HI CS 5 I Q FACTO R 8 • RodLawton
.nu h a v e e n c o u n t e r e d a G u a r d .
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tat) is mom irritating than useid The sold gameplay lakes a Guard a t t a c k s , v e . 40
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whee to emerge.
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I Mon 1 h ono I d ay 1 we e k 1 sm m l h 1 ye ar
AUDI O 2 F U N FACTO R 5 PC - You could try attacking this Guard to gain same r a w
rience, but bare hands aren't much against a greatsword. Once you get past the initial impression it's solid, long-
ACE RAT ING 7 1 3
1 Your Hit PoInts figure (tap right' will count down to zero
during combat as you approach death,
letM stuff

FOOTBALLMANAGER2
Can ADDICTIVE m a n a g e it a g a i n ?
IMAGINEthe fame
g lo ry a n d
strong midfield and a mini-
mum attack?
Football Manager 2 's definitely best left to
fans of the genre The match highlights are
the mo n e y yo u 'll receive : As yo u have t o p la y badly animated, and its hard to see how any
when you've led your football each team in your division as of the extra frills added to FM.2 make it any
team to the top of the first well as cup matches, juggling better than the original version.
division. That's what you're your team around and only • AndySmrth
aiming to do, anyway, but playing your fittest men can
should you manage to win be tricky (but that's all part of AMIGA VERSION
the league cup or the F.A. the game). The choices are all Not noticeatify oiderert to the ST version.
cup on the way, well its icing yours, and once you've made
on the cake, isn't it? Amiga - Setting up your team Imitation- them you get to watch the G RAP HI CS 3 I Q FACTO R 4
It's down to you to make outcome in the form of high- AUDI O 2 F U N FACTO R 3
the decisions - should you buy a new star, or lights of the subsequent matches. ACE R A T IN G 3 9 2
sell an ageing one? Can you afford to do As yo u r t e a m improves, sponsorship
either? And as soon as you've got your full money starts to pour in and your gate receipts
complement of players you've got to decide swell. But prove to be a poor manager and PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
the team's line-up. Do you want four attackers you'll start sliding down the slippery slope
and iust a couple of midfield players? Or a toward bonicmptcy.

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R T E R R O R I S T S have kid n a p p e d
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E European ncrtions as they attended a top DEFINITIVE ACE guide to CRIME
N secret summit in Lichtenstein. Your task is to (and how to solve it).
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PRESIDENT
r of the hostages.
m YouVe been appointed a s a special
investigcrtor and have the vast resources of
s the CIA and its computer data banks at your
disposal The quest begins as you listen to the
audio tape enclosed i n th e package, I t
includes messages from the President and

ISMISSING
the kidnappers, background information to
the snatch, Morse code transmissions and
other messages and information. Pay atten-
tion to everything on the tape, as it will pro-
vide several clues to get the investigation
under way with.

Kidnap caper from COSMI

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up the game ore firstly that everything takes RELEASE BOX
place in real time and secondly that you IBM PC E24_95dk O U T NOW
cant restart. This means that decisions taken
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arresting anyone you come across. Logging
on involves codewords and numbers and
you've got to close the ternincd properly tons: subject, photographic, document,
each time in order to avoid that rigmarole on records, case files, audio, reports and confi-
subsequent occasions. dential.
There are four main options available: Subject files contain pictures a n d bio-
files, agents, codes and comms. The first two graphical details on all the characters you're
will be the most frequently used as you try to likely to encounter, The photographic files
C64- this is the biographical delail you get on one of the obtain information to continue the investiga- are surveillance pictures of various scenes
many characters you'll encounter during the investigation. tion. The files are split up into eight sub-sec- that may contain crucial information. but its

L.A.CRACKDOWN
S m a c k attack from EPYX

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conducts conversations with other characters, tures of any relevant material. You can also
so your choice can be important. The screen is -
get him to bug rooms tit listen in on telephone
SEARCH split into several window areas showing the calls. The floor pion of the building shows the
BUG
SNAP P I CT URE scene you're at. what the rookie is doing. a rookie moving around it as a dot, but doesn't
T I PIE CO PPRESS floor plan of the building and a menu of com-
ARREST show up anybody else who might be in there,
REU I EN mands. These alter depending on your cir-
I DE NTI FY If the rookie comesOCIOSS another charac-
QtJ I T cumstances - the lower hall of the screen can ter he will automatically have a conversation
be replaced entirely by conversations or other with them. You can then identify the charac-
informcrlion when it happens. ter and get some background detail on them.
You start at headquarters and know of Some of the people also have dossiers in the
only one other location - a warehouse, You
Icou're staking out the warehouse, The rookie is inside, instruction booklet. Naturally there are certain
searching one of the rooms, Kt appears as a dot on the can get to it and the other locations you'll dis- things the rookie won't do, like search a room
hoof Man, and visually in the to left corner, cover using a van. Once you're there you can while someone else is present - he's not stupid.

5 4 Advanced ComputerEnterfainmem,
 S 1 1 e b a S

up to you to spot it Doc ument s are offi cial the deciphering section. The comms section is
papers. including an account of the events your link to the authorities, enabling y ou to
dunng the bdnapping. Records are pieces of search premises and detain people for ques-
information from various sources, whic h will tioning.
need cross-referencing I n order t o fi nd out All this information should lead you down
what is important about them,
several paths of inquiry, hopef ully to a suc-
The case files are created by y ou for fil- cessful conclusion. There isn't a single correct
ing information, while the reports are f rom solution, but once you've got as muc h solved
agents that you hav e t o crisign Th e audio as possible y ou hov e t o contact Cosrm for
files are merely a list of what's on the tape. details on the outcome of the investigation.
The conficlenticil doc ument s c a n o n l y b e There's quite a lot of analysis and aces-
accessed with a special clearance - but that
checking to do throughout t he investigation.
shouldnt be any problem to a special inves- It's absorbing stuff and rewarding when you
tigator make discoveries The pace is slow, but its not
PC a picture trom the photographic tile of the scene of
Once you've been t hrough all the infor- the President's abduction. a game that you'll want to rush - it requires
mation initially at y our disposal, y ou ought plenty o f t u n e a n d t hought t o g e t
to have a large number of leads that need the eight agents assigned to you. The speed through
fOTIcFe.T of their response will depend on the accura• • BobWade
- cy of the information you provide them with_
fg u p IBM PC VERSIO N The t wo options y ou wo n t use
T Theoabcographs add an almOsphenc touch, much needed by much at first orP codes
d at otherwise lei-heavy game. It suffers from disk swapping - and c omm. The coding
o unless rttfye got a hard disk to install it on. section is where you can
t h either dec ode messages
aG RtA P H I C S 2 I Q FACTO R 8 yourself or giv e t hem t o
y AUDI O N / A F U N FACTO R
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u
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k The tinges arent as delated, tut are nonetheless adequate,
, Dsi.u.vauftni;is stI a problem. The orgarisabon of the hies is
uavikward. Otcatsa you can't ste0 back through a series of
tado
i screens ttt nave to return to the main control screen.
u
s
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It gels you absorbed early on and grabs again later when

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This nate accompanies the packaging. Is it a clue? Who
you're making breakthrough discoveries
is the mysterious, cowardly writer'?
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a suspect or search somewhere. Fortunately
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72
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reviewed a t headquarters. This is als o t he
i•l i -
-g place where the rookie can get some sleep.
• - ,-
m n -, Most of the investigation is purely a mat-
• ter of leg work - there are no Columbo-like
w i w1
-• - hunches here. There a r e a f e w unrealistic
• occurrences - you would think people would
I be a bit surprised to find someone wandering
. to take a snapshot al some revealing evidence around their house wit hout knocking at the
Time You've bumped into ore of the characters and can call up
youye door first. You may end up getting booted out
_ discovered. an identification screen to give more inlormation about
of places, but you can wander into just about them.
- anywhere.
.In order to find new locations you've got The game is well structured for work ing
to stake
, out t he warehouse and f ollow sus- through, discovenng information, arid should
pects. They will drive off in cars and some-
PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE
_ prove a testing challenge.
times you will lose them From there on its a • BobWade no

_ In

matter of gathering enough ev idenc e a n d en

clues to lead you to an arrest. This will take a 70

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long time and a lot of effort. Its a matter of IBM PC VERSION SO

collating all the Information and cross-refer- The graphic sequences are simple and unimpressive. The
de

encing it to lead you to new clues sound effects are vrtualy non-existent mutt for the title rune.
1 ZI4'
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ensure that the rookie gets enough rest and G RAP HI CS 3 I Q FACTO R 7
1 m in Ch o w i d ti n i S IM INIa I m e n t h 1 ye ar
that you don't ask him to do daft things, other- AUDI O 1 F U N FACTO R 2
lacks the atmosphere to really licoOk you but the task lasts
wise he'll quit Parts of the game rely on y ou
ACE RAT ING 7 1 3 well
being in the right place at the right time to tail

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t you
T haven't actually got the second option. So move up and down the screen, but this is only triple firing, rapid fire, clone ships, n1in freez-
of cmy use for one wave in every three - the ing. shields, extra lives and missiles.
Eitmlooks like you're going to spend a lot of time aliens send two straightforward waves fol- The third wave guardians come in several
u
p c This is basically a left-right shoot-em-up lowed by an end-of-level guardian, forms. There's a mini-game o f Asteroids,
The waves are phalanxes of aliens that guardians who take multiple hits and aliens
ah shuffle from side to side, Space Invader style, that you have to shoot away to nothing
-o RELEASE BOX throwing down the occasional bullet, Every The action is all very predictable and adds
f now and then an alien detaches itself and nothing new to the pack of shoot-em-ups that
r a ATARI ST E 19.95dk O U T NOW descends towards you Shoot any aliens flash- already exist A simultaneous two-player option
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e c makes progress easier, but doesn't add greatly
to the action The graphics aren't even much to
s ho PCandC64versions under development ATARI ST VERSION
shout (about Strictly for shoot-em-up freaks who
The graphos ate virtuaty the some as the Amiga version. They
i play wholly the same as welt The action is a bit smoother like a tough. if unexciting, challenge,
and taster an this one. • BobWade
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ter.
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Twenty or so different tower and to your right is what you're alter. ing a n d original, b u t the
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n hazards You move from screen
ous - to screen .
enough right from the start to put a lot of
- ladders a n d walkways - there's n o
via PREDICTED 9 INTEREST CURVE
people Oft And twenty or so screens isn't an
scrolling. Neither is there any time limit, so awful lot for thc6e who stick with it. 100 5
you can tackle those hazards more carefully. • RodLawton C
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AMIGA VERSIO N AMSTRAD VERSION ,
The graphics and 1Lne are good but nothing speaal, Nice encidgh gracnics and ada.miale soi,id. Gereplay is the 1
Chulty's voice is quite amusing. Hardly stateol-the-art same as tor me other versions. 4
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WHERETIMESTOODSTILL
Has O C E A N ' s clock stopped?
Iles for
freez- G L O R I A Dirk. Chve and Janet have the ground, simply move the pointer to the panic - any of the others can take on the role
1problems. H o w a r e t h e y icon representing the object and then press of leader but your chances of survival are less-
going to esccrpe from the Himalayan plateau fire Your character will now, if possible, wan- ened.
ieveral on which they've crash landed? Youre the der over to it and pick it up_ All you need to do Where Time Stood Stars a n attractive
terolds. cmswer. You take charge of Janet (initially)
aliens now is find a way of using the object correctly. game (similar in appearance to Ocean's The
and it's down to you to lead the others to safe- A good example of an object correctly Great Escape) and one that's fun to play Once
ty. To complicate matters, this particular part used is when you come to cross the rope
I adds you've started on the adventure and, after a
of Tibet hasn't evolved with the rest of the bridge (to the tight of the crash site) Clive.
asthat few games, have figured out how to keep all
world but has remained i n th e a g e o f who's overweight, manages to fall part-way
option Pterodactyls and cannibals your team alive for a while at least. you'll find
through the floor of the bridge and cries for it difficult to put down until you've completed
reatiy The action's a ll in 3D and is viewed
iuch to help. II you've managed to collect the rope it - which will take you a long time and give
through a large window that occupies the earlier. you'll now be able to rescue Clive by
Lswho you a lot of fun. Once you have completed it
majority of the screen. Below the window, electing to use the rope - get the picture? though, its doubtful you'll play it again
three bars indicate your character's strength, Should you le t Janet get killed, d o n /
bVine • AndySmith
hungerlthirst and ammunition levels. You
start the game controlling Janet. and wherev-
er you direct him, the others will follow - don't
move too fast, though, as you could lose other
members of your team. And unless found, lost
members of the team will wander around and
try to make their own way off the plateau-
their chances of succeeding are then ve ry
shin.
Solving the game revolves around the
careful use of objects found lying around the
garne area. These are picked up by accessing
a sub-menu (which can be moved around the
screen Apple Macintosh-style).
The objects on the ground are displayed
asicons under other icons representing object
corrEd by the character. To pick up objects on

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especially when yours trying to move your character and
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participate in this unique acti
packed soccer game. Execute
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passing on the run, heading th
ball and shooting at the goal wi
a variety of shots. That is it
all, avoid obstacles such
Select from 16 of the oilslicks, manhole cove
neighbour hood's hot hitters and pot holes. Real life
and hacks. Each w i th his fast action fun fro
ow n level of shill i n the masters
hitting, fi elding and
throwing. Wi th the Street Sports
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bling towards its destiny, t he end of the run-
swayi l avn de ar n undignifi ed p l o p i n t o t h e
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ter how awesome or n i mb l y the Grurnrrkan
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Avenger n- a t win-engined World War t wo
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bomber - might Le, y ou c ant just j u mp in
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and expect - to fly it straight crway.
Your ultimate aim is to sink the notorious
Bismcnck in this mixture of simulation, action
and strategy. But first you must learn how to
fly your aircraft - made more c omplic at ed
by the fact that you must continually switch
from the pilot's chair to the engineers, where
you have to adjust the throttle, mix t ure set-
ting. undercarriage, fuel tank selection and a
whole host of other critical factors.
in a cast Two further views can be selected - the
ers and rear gunner's and t he navigator's. The rear
action gunner has a sight whic h c an b e mov ed
cute all about t he screen t o c ent re o n attackers.
es like Fortunately, e n e my airc raf t aren't t erribly
g the persistent, a n d wi l l peel of f before they've

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al with done major damage. The damage is cumula-
tive though, so get them as soon as possible.
t is not
The pilot also has a gunsight whic h he ATARI ST - There's one more Dornier shot down in flames. The circled cmishairs just below the fuselage are your pilot's gsm.
uch as m sights. (Inset' SPEC - The engineer s view before take-off. You'll need full throttle the mixture on its richest setting, fuel tank
c t o g g l e on or off Beware. though - while

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covers 1, 2 or 3 selected and the wings locked.

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from
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the sight is on the aircrcift's controls are frozen.
You can fl y and shoot at the same t ime_ RELEASE BOX
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your machine guns, but so are mines, U-Boats
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requires a torpedo is the Bismarck itself. C64/128 C9.99cs, E14.99dk IMMINENT
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the strategy side of the game. A map of the
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positions of enemy aircraft, E-boats. U-boats
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mines - and even the Bismarck itself. You see
while you're out to sink the German battle-
ship. those Nazis are after the Ark Royal.
ATARIST -The map screen, That patch of yellow spots is a
inuiefield - well out al the way, fortunately - but in the to Night Raider is a long wa y from a true ATARI ST VERSION
lel the Ark Royal is surrounded by two til•Boats and an E- flight sun, but as a mixture of arcade action
Pretty tut basic graphics ccrnbine with medocre sauna to create
litist. You've also got, just off-screen, a flight of Darrlittfl I and strategy it scores highly. At first, s imply an irditterent first impression The lighting ellects are nice,
headingyour wiry. You're flying that red aircraft, which is landing and t ak ing off is enough of a chal- thfiugh, and he t t t e brig IscyJfie a-limo-rect. The dsk swap-
goingto have nowhere to land a your carrier gets sunk! The
lenge, while navigation - and the act of actu- ping between missioris is about the colv realy an-cling feature.
yellowVOSS in the middle of nowhere marts your compass
aligswnent point -it s about the safest place on the map! ally fi nding an enemy vessel in a huge tract
of ocean - is a feat in itself G RAP HI CS 6 P O FACTO R 5
PREDICTED INTEREST CURVE One of five missions of v ary ing difficulty AUDI O 5 F U N FACTO R 7
can b e selected, A c ouple hav e a list of
objectives to be tackled in sequence while for ACE R A T I N G 7 7 3
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. m pr -11 the last - ominously - you're just told the situ-
ter
IM ation and wished the best of luc k
, SPECTRUM +3 VERSION
MI There's enough here to keep you busy for
Slightly less playable tan IN ST version, it Only cile to the
cruite a while, Even the easiest mission is a
N ertnarnoyouggist gunsight coned. The graptics are actualy very
Long way f rom being a pushover You ma y good bough if you can forgive the ;merle& a t t re dries.
eventually go on to crack t he toughest mis- Scot .regt. forget it Ottlensise..'pst as .moterb acd enloyail
10011 I 1 wook I manth I weal sions, but it's not going to happen overnight.
It gels you hooked early on BM ICS lough enough not to Purists will fi nd fault wit h the realism, perfec- G RAP HI CS 7 I D FACTO R 5
lel yougo for guile a while Eventually. you'll either crack rt tionists will pick holes in the graphics. but you AUDI O 1 F U N FACTO R 6
or lose interest can bet they'll still want to play it.
ACE RAT ING 6 9 0
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1 W H A T iooks at first sight like a hyperac-
tive caterpillar turns out t o be a ground giv es y o u e x t r a h e i g h t f o r t h a t
2 C64 VERSIO N string of f our bounc ing balls y o u hav e t o bounce - useful for catching those higher-fly-
8
'Theusual big. colcidrful graphics ale corrolernented by a guide ov er a n d t hrough s ome v ery haz - ing balloons Ta k e c are t hough - this also
happy Mlle tune and good sound effects duong play to create a ardous s c enery i n t h i s l i v e l y horiz ont al puts y ou well in range of various seagulls,
Icily effect weksuited to the game scroller. The aim is to collect ten of the small crows and other airborne predators.
G RAP HI CS 7 I Q FACTO R 3 balloons that drift towards you. at the same And that's bac ic ally t h e point of t h e
time av oiding t he ma n y fl y ing a n d earth- game. Collect the balloons, adv anc e to the
AUDI O 7 F U N FACTO R 7
bound creatures y ou meet along t he way . next level, collect ten more and so on. Wit h
ACE RAT ING 5 7 0 Touch o n e of these, a n d y o u lose one of only eight levels t o complete. t hough, t he
your...well, balls. When all four are gone you long-term interest is limited.
lose one of y our t hree lives a n d start t hat Nevertheless. Hopping Ma d is original.
AMSTRAD VERSION level again attractive, a n d really rat her f un. I t s als o
Drab colours and sub-Spealurn deur make It* the worst Kor Joystick controls are simple. Push left to addictive enough to keep you c oming back
sion, visually. The effects afe g000 enough. but Ire ere plays accelerate (inc reas es t h e s p e e d o f t h e again and again until you've cracked it.
6 scrolling) a n d right t o decelerate. Pressing • RodLawlon
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n ticularly well, athough the sound elect are lass than corhincing
t
G RAP HI CS 8 1 0 FACTO R 3 1 min I hour 1 day 1 weals 1 m onth i V o a ,
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eA U D I O 8 F U N FACTO R 7 It might riot look much at first, but it's highly original and
g SPEC- You've already picked up one balloon, so there s just tarok highly playable. Finish all the levels_ though, and there's
ACE R A T I N G 5 7 6 let to go. That rook CI will lose you a ball lit you duet avoid it, al , nothing left.
a
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o love o r hat e t his of f ering f rom deflect your ball at the last minute, but y ou
Swiss Computer Arts - or both. You'll love it for
AMIGA VERSIO N
a do get periodic sub-games where you have to
Itsd s uperb graphics, a n d f or t hat f amiliar Excellent graphics and equally good sound make Os a wen
parry balls spewed at you by 'demons to skip i,mpressive OW. The garneplay, too, rs good. despite Srame
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gameplay - or you'll hate it because you've from one to four levels, depending on the diffi- occasionally suspect collisicn detechon. But rrry word. doesn't it
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spent all that dosh on a minor image of the culty lev el y ou select. Watch out too for t he look laminar'
.
former. Yes.. it really does look that similar. extremely unpleasant 'gatekeeper, who spits
TheD bat looks the same, the benefits look the G RAP HI CS 8 1 0 FACTO R
i lethal bullets at you as you're trying to hit his
same and it all plays the same bonce with the ball AUDI O 0 F U N FACTO R 7
s
Basically, y o u h a v e t o k noc k a l l t h e Beyond t hat , there's not mu c h t o s ay
a ACE R A T I N G 6 6 6
blocks
p from the screen v ia your mov ing bat about this highly competent but oh-so-unorigi-
andp bouncing ball Tak e too long over it and nal bounce-em-up. Th e graphics are quit e
the o b a l l g e t s progres s iv ely superb, while the sound
P RE DI CTE D I NT E RE S T CURV E
faster
i Collec t t he bonus c up- effects - inc luding t he
sules
n t hat c ome rolling d o wn 'voice' a t t h e s t art o f
fromt t he t op of t he screen t o each screen - are also
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e 1miry I hour I day 1 week i m o n t h ' v e e r
r That doesn't mean t o say better. Nevertheless, the
there Collett that red l a w capsule and you'll be Initial disinterest at what looks like an Arfranad clone gives
a crren't a f ew differences, well set up to take out the rest at those game is almost too simi- way to grudging respect tor the excellent difficulty pacing.
though.
l I n Giganoid you don't blocks. Don't conoentrote so hard you II miss lar for comfort Short-term addiction only though.
getl t hos e inf uriat ing a l i e n s the ball though! • RodLawton

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ed bec aus e this one is one-play-
plenty of detail. The garneplay is
similar to the 8-bit versions but a though, is lack of sleep from playing l
Ner only Ha v i n g s aid that, t his
I version does benefit greatly from
bit tougher There are the s ame too
a ' many of them. Just how addictive
five t y pes of add-on we a p o n
mouse c o n t r o l M o v e m e n t
- around t he screen is good a n d This c an be a problem because are these new versions?
after mi mi n g u p a n d blas t ing
r shooting l e f t a n d r i g h t i s away imperv ious ly f or a t ime. ST and Amiga owners have the is
E handled us ing t he t wo mous e you'll ev ent ually lose a life and
buttons, rat her t han hav ing t o weapons. l a y i n g y o u o p e n t o merits o f Scrabble spelled out for
s twin round.
- The graphics are of a high
several crwck deaths.
• Bob Wade them. Gauntlet II teleports in on the ST
r to challenge 16-bitters with myriads of
u monsters, PC owners can get their
P
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TAKE to the nigh seas again in the s c reen lay out b e i n g we l l
your Pc rt rol Mis s ile Hy drof oil. designed a n d c olourf ul. T h e
This strategy-wcagameS got the sound isn't too special but it's sur-
emphasis h e a v i l y o n ac t or' . vivable, W h a t ma k e s P H M
Your mission objective changes Pegasus s o mu c h f u n i s t h e
depending on t he scenario MI
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The graphics are good, wit h • AndySmith C64 Incentive I E9.95cs el 2.95dk I ACERATING904
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gram. us ing t he Reescape sys- this version. but thcrt's part ially
tem f or c reat ing a 3 D world. dependent on knocking out tow-
makes a sale transition to the 64 ers. so its hard to tell exactly
Its slower than both the Amstrad The big difference about this
and Spec t rum v ers ions , b u t version is that it's got a n excel-
makes up for it somewhat wit h lent soundtrack ac c ompany ing
some deceht use of colour the action, Its not too intrusive,
The g a me m a p is ex ac t ly but v ery hypnotic t o listen too
the same as the other versions - However, y o u wi l l occasionally
the some wic k ed layout of ECD need t o hear the sound effects -
towers that hav e to be knocked stop y ours elf b u m p i n g i n t o
out in the correct order by your things. see
man wit h a jet-pack. The t ime • BobWade
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tying and 8-bit versions. Ha s the sequel been features missed out on the 8-bits like the drag.
ctive improved?
The first thing to note is that this is a
ons that take multiple head shots, thieves and
muggers who steal objects from you Al] the
rewrite rather than just a bunch of new levels other monsters me included, as are the special
using the same graphics as before. Everything objects and potions that give you powers like
the is smaller on this version. so that some of the invisibility, invulnerability, repulsiveness,
for detail is missing, but compcaatively more is on reflective shots and super shots t
screen. The scrolling is also smoother. It's much more enjoyable to play than its
9ST The other really big difference is that you predecessor and with the four-player option 4 L EVEL 3
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could he considered graphically thrang, but means) or 'al' (a three toed sloth from South anything. You can make life tough for all the
this version is the best looking of the lot. America). You can play with tour players, any players by setting a time limit in which they
Saabble has always been a popular com- or all of whom can be computer controlled. have to think of a word. Set it at 30 seconds
puter game, ever since its first incarnation on There are a number of handy options at and youVe got a game of speed Scrabble
the Spectrum With its transfer to the 16-bit your disposal For a start, you can set the corn- • BobWade
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Scrabble provides a n id e a l computer whether you want to see the computer's tile AMIGA VERSIO N
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very s imilarly t o t he 8-bit versions and will
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THUNDERCATS • ACE RATING 838

Elite C24•99dit
Spectrum version reviewed issue 3 -
ACE Rating 931
WIZARD WARZ
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STversion reviewed issue 10 - ACE Rating 895
Every b: t a s pret t y a s t h e S T v ers ion, C64 Version Reviewed issue 10 - Ace Rating 612
Delightful animat ion a n d nasty opponents
TARGET; RENEGADE In this RPG y ou strat as a nov ic e a n d t he
demonstrate the conversion work that went imagine C8.95cs C14.95dk idea is to work your way up to senior wizard
C64 Version reviewed issue 9 - Ace Rating 653 status. Th e graphic s a r e good, t h e mous e
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Spectrum Version reviewed issue 10 - Ace Rating 650 COIIITOFS fine, but as RPGs go it's nothing out-
addictive mix of running and hac k ing wit h
standing.
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doesn't stand up quite as well today as it did vicious gangs before you confront the nefari-
In 8-bit form in issue 3. but it's still pretty hot ous M r Big' T h e simultaneous t wo-play er • ACE RATING 622
stuff. options great fun, but it wont take y ou too
long t o beat t he game, a r i d onc e y ou'v e
0 ACERATING 895 seen all the gangs the fun soon dies.

• ACE RATING 655 SPECTRUM

AMSTRAD
BIONIC COMMANDOS
BIONIC COMMANDOS
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C64 version reviewed issue 10 - ACE Rating 838
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C64 version reviewed issue 10 - ACE Rating 83e
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Predictably this is the most visually attractive The enemy have, if anything, bec ome more
monocolour. The gcrrneplay t oo is a good
deal slower t han t he other 8-bit verions. I f version so far, and does justice to the ST One difficult t o deal wi t h - ma k i n g t he g a me
of the major differences about the ST version tougher. Howev er. i t has lost s ome of t he
you can c ope wit h t hat it s got t he s ame
level of tough action - if any t hing i s made is the behaviour pattern of the enemies. They immediate appeal that the C64 version had.
easier by the s lowing d o wn of t he action. don't appear at specific points, but instead
Very disappointing indeed to look at, but it t wo opponents are always on screen. falling • ACE RATING 803
has got some garneplay. in f rom t he t op when one gets killed. This
makes t he g a me a l o t t ougher bec aus e

• ACERATING 584 there's never any respite from the attacks. It

also results i n frustrating a n d unav oidable
IMPOSSIBLE MISSION II
Epp t a l k s
C64 Version reviewed issue 9-Ace Rating 785
Elvin Atombender's u p to his old ticks, and
it's down to y ou to stop him in this plat orm
puzzle game t hat follows fi rmly in t he foot-
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original, you'll love this.

• ACE RATING 785

MARAUDER
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064 version reviewed issue 11 - ACE Rating 791
This version curiously starts on what is t he
second level of the C64 original. The graph-
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exactly the same patterns as the 054 but are
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things where y ou couldn't on t he 64. The

11=3 end-of-level sequence has been beefed u p

k and Ls much tougher.

STBrimar Commandos
• ACE RATING 791
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and destroy a set number o f competitors each race.
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TheThief of Fah,
ELEC TR O N IC A R T S re-role the dic e.

M O S T players will be
Bards Tale familiar
series, withhthe
wh ich as
been around for several years now a n d
remains unchanged in essence, though sig- BETTERLOOKING,BETTERPLAYING
nificomtly improved in presentation.
The game format consists of a graphics win-
dow for displaying either your location or the The latest Bards Tale game offers a number of refinements over its predecessors. First, the
monsters you're fighting; a text-window that graphics are better animated, richer in detail, and more varied - though Dark Priests still look
enables you to select command options and like Magicians and a number of monsters appear suspiciously similar.
view character inventories: and a character Second, the ranged combat routines (first introduced in BD!) mean that tactics have to take
status panel at the bottom of the screen for careful account of the distance between you and your opponents. In some cases, 30' of space
seeing whether your party is dead, alive, or can allow you to take constant breathers while your enemy hovers just outside striking range -
somewhere in between. useful for regenerating your characters during a nasty bout of combat.
The objective in M E is more complex Third, there are a large number of outdoor locations, as well as the scenes in the wined city
than in previous releases. You must travel of Skara Brae and_gulp..underneath it. As an aded refinement, you even get on-screen map-
through seven dimensions in search of The ping in the dungeons - though it can be difficult to interpret and should not replace your own
Evil One whose malevolent p o we r h a s efforts with paper and pencil.
reduced the town of Skara Brae to ruins. If Finally, the game is bigger than ever before and represents excellent value for money in
you've played previous Bards Tale games terms of playing time. Ws true to say that many of the improvements are simply tweaks of the
and have developed powerful characters, original games, but they add up to something a lot better - and worth getting even if you have
you can upload them into B rill and get the other programs in the series,
straight down to the nitty-gritty of clang bat-
tle with almost everything you encounter
If you're new to the series, then you must though only eight of these are available at Mage Flame (a small source of light) to NUKE
first create your characters. Up to seven the beginning of the game, The initial eight - a positively devastating little number that
characters comprise a p a rty, a n d t h e are Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Monk, Bard, annihilates your opponent by robbing him of
strength of your party is largely responsible Rogue. Conjurer, arid Magician. Once you've a massive 2000 damage points.
for success or failure. Characters are defined developed these characters in combat, you The Bards Tale games are called role.
using a series of menus that allow you to fix may then be able to aspire to the higher playing games, which is slightly misleading
sex, race, and clam for each one. level classes of Sorcerer, Wizard, Archmage, for anyone who's played a real-life RPG in
There a re seven races ranging fro m Geomomcer, and Chronomomcer. which the breadth of characterisation is
Human t o Gnome a n d thirteen classes, Sorcerers, wizards, and archmages are infinitely more complex, Arcade players
simply more powerful magic-users, but the tend to shy away from them because the
last two classes are both new and different. action appecns repetitive and the combat
RISING Geomancers enable players wh o h a ve
developed powerful warriors to acquire mag-
routines are very simple: adventurers, on the
other hand, a re p u t o ff b y th e la ck o f
EXPECTATIONS ical skills for these characters, impossible in
previous Bards Tale games. Chronomcmcers
machine intelligence and limited command
options However, these games offer tremen-
are required for teleporting between dimen- dous lasting interest, a r e easy to play
sions. You can see, therefore, that character (though they require a lot of initial effort),
development is essential it you want to move and keep you playing because of the bonds
The sharp-eyed amongst you will note that
into different parts of the game, let alone tri- you develop with your characters. E U/ is
the ratings for Bards Tale III result in the
umph against the opposition you encounter undoubtedly the best yet and deserves a
same ACE Rating that Bards Tale there.
received only four months ago. ButBT111is place on any fantasy gamester's shelf,
As in any RPG, you must survive a series
definitely a better game. What's going on?
of encounters with the ungodly. I n each
Its all due to the improving standards
combat round, t h e opposition will strike RELEASE BOX
of software brought about by games like
blows to weaken your po:rty. Complete loss
Dungeon Master and Corruption. Every C641128 E 1 4 95dk O U T NOW
of energy means death for a character (who
time a new state-of-the-art game i s
released, it raises our expectations of may, however, be resurrected by magic at Otherversions under discussion
later stages of the game) but victory means,
future releases and consequently affects
In Ermr, gold and experience points. The lat-
the ratings for subsequent games.
ter slowly accumulate, allowing your fighters
Next month in ACE we'll be looking at LANDS CAP E 9 0 S Y S TE M 8 8
to rise up through the ranks, mastering more
this very subject in a special feature on
Games Milestones - don't miss itt spells or wielding more effective blows. To CHALLE NG E 9 3 E NCO UNTE RS 9 0
give you some idea of the scale of the game, ACE RATING 920
there are 120 spells to cast, ranging from
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homicidal business that really marks Out this ,,
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ELECTRONIC ARTS First, you can split your party, so in theory
you acan creep up on an adversary from all
sides.dYou can also leave a wounded corn
UNTI L the destruction of most of the human race, o fand run for help in an emergency -
pcmion
types of computer role-playing You start outside the Ranger Centre, s time passes for everyone and he/she
re ce
game. n Bards Tale format (see elsewhere
The though
which i s ro u g h ly equivalent t o t h e
t lthis
y column) gives you a view of your sur- maywbe dead or killed by the time you return.
in Adventurers' Guild in the BT senes, and must
troundings
h e that scrolls a s yo u mo ve Second,
o r y o u r u se o f weapons a n d
explore the surrounding desert and town- approach to puzzles is dominated b y the
about.
r e Then there wa s also th e d
ships in an attempt to clear u p a knowledge your characters have, rather than
Ultima
w series format in which the s
series of disturbances. Characters
landscape is shown from above just brute
a force and hit points. Party members
e r you encounter then set you new can acquire
n skills ranging from Cryptology to
as e a crude map that explodes objectives, a n d success i s Silent Movement, depending on their IQ lev-
intot finer detail (though still rewarded by hints and sugges- d
rather crude) when you enter els, which can be enhanced during game as
w tions that take you nearer to s
an interesting location a re su lt o f g a in in g experience points.
o your goal. A book of numbered Choosingp the skills your party starts off with is
Both formats enable you to paragraphs comes with game at e important part of the gameplcry
b a very
create your own characters, and at times during play you will be
a Bards Tale games even allow l
Third, the game behaves like a giant
the prompted to read them either for
s to load Ultima characters into them databasel and every time you carry out an
you scene-setting o r for details of a new action, s it per momently affects the program.
- ithough not all the ob)ects they carry will be challenge.
transferred.
c Thus ,if you blow up the Ranger Centre, don't
Movement around the country is in top- ever expect to go back there. This even over-
Now the programmers of the Bards Tale y
down view (as in Ultima), with more detailed
series have gone one step further and devel- rides o previous SAVEs, so to do a proper restart
displays of townships such a s Las Vegas you have to create a new master set of disks
oped a game that looks very like the Ultima (undestroyed, a p p a re n tly) a n d va rio u s u
series on the surface, but has an enormous from yourh back-ups (you did keep back-ups,
nomad camps, Adversaries cue displayed BT didn't you?!). This is a fascinating idea, but but
number of gamepicry features hidden away style in full•frontal, animated glory. a
backing-up involves n o less than 45 disk
swaps. v
As with Abstract Concepts' Mindlighter, e
I didn't find Wasteland quite so atmo-
were in a post-holocaust environment, but a as Bards Tale III, but then I'm a trait-
spheric
there the comparisons end. Wasteland has
you traipsing around the American Southwest tonal spell caster - what I did find compelling
after a Star Wars-type blunder has resulted in was the extra dimension of strategy. which
leaves the cut, slash, and spell scenario of the
BT series way behind,
RELEASE BOX
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No other versions planned
VIRGIN throw away the m o d e m
fight. hug, shout, and nee just like the real
I C you've ever wanted to play the multi- more hazardous, there are 112 computer con- McCoy.
" u se r game MUD, but didn't fancy log- trolled creatures (called mobiles) who hot The only drawback with this game is the
ging on with a modem, now's your chance. about and tend to be aggressive
This version presents on almost identical user- speed, which because of all the processing
The game holds 250 objects, not all of involved can at times be horrifyingly slow,
interface, gameplay, and challenge as the which cue valuable, but with ten characters especially during combat in a crowded loca-
original game - with the computer handling rushing about the place, the loot soon gets tion. Otherwise, you have a very cheap way
a collection of 'human' players for you to inter- picked up For this reason, the game 'rests'
act with of playing MUD or. looked at in another way,
every forty minutes of real-time a t which a very large text adventure with some very
The scenario is simple. Wander around point you lose whatever you're carrying and active interactive characters and a wonderful
the kind collecting treasure, which you must must start again - so rush to the swamp if atmosphere. Definitely worth checking out by
then deposit in the swamp. You gain points you've got treasure to deliver' anyone not totally addicted to pretty pixels
for each item and also for defeating other Considering th e problems o f making
characters in battle. computer co n tro lle d ch a ra cte rs s e e m
There are over 400 locations, ma n y of human, the program succeeds remarkably LANDS CAP E 8 5 S Y S TE M 7 8
which are very well described, together with well. Perhaps us humans are simply more CHALLE NG E 9 0 E N C O U N T E R S 82
a database of 100 players. of whom ten k.. mechanical than we like to think, but in any ACE RATING 8 5 2
play
- simultaneously. To make things even caw the characters you encounter certainly
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) in theory Here's a selection of timely tips for Pilgrims retrieve jewel. You let it fall and the mother Many thanks to all of you who returned the
y laom Pilgrim Questionnaire. It's going to help us
lost, loitering, or simply too lazy to work things swallows it_ However, if you use the Eversion
decl com- enormously in giving you exactly what you
out f or themselves. Whether you've been stick on the mother, the jewel is yours to sell in
2,rgency - want on these pages. In particular, in future
stuck with a lump of dough in Kings Quest exchange for the hourglass.
'ict he/she well be bringing you:
burnt to a crisp in Shadowgate, or stumped by
xi return.
the weedkiller potion in Gnome Ranger. it's Kings Quest Ill
ons a n d • more tips and players guides
Wo Pro&emff or the Pilg! Open wardrobe in Wiz arn bedroom then look
by t he above wardrobe for key to open wizard'S Safe. • more readers' letters
rther than • ...and as many reviews as possible!
Gnome Ranger Leave dough in ears as wizard can't see it.
members
Get the greenslave to take a telehly to the
Aology to stinkwort and drop it. Shadowgate The five lucky Pilgrims are: Sharon Aston of
tit IQ ley- Get the shield from the lair first. Port Talbot; Michael Major of Andover;
Weedkiller potion: Thistle, Eleder Berry, Mint,
game as Rowan Then take the spear, ace, and wear helmet Janice Charnley o f Warrington; J ac k
points Animate potion: Elder, Thistle. Rowan, Mint (operate it upon yourself), O'Driscoll of Dublin; and Hans Elias of
Al with is Break middle mirror with axe and unlock with Cuckfield. A big thank you again to all of
Fertiliser potion: Mint, Rowan, Elder, Flower
key from lake. you, and we can expect to see the benefits
a gicmt Rigel's Revenge To get key from lake, put white gem in hole in of y o u r adv ic e s t art ing f r o m n e x t
y out a n month...Watch this space!
Troubled by worm' pedestal room, then put sphere in lake to
Program. freeze it.
) o get
T F ouniform,
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tie, don't

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t o get
T r past
a cthekguards, find the bomb, then
et restart introduce it, Leave the car ASAP_
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t of disks
rick-ups,
To enter hut. use bomb.
The patch and dinghy are red herrings.
Wear the mask which allegedly wards off evil
Read the journal in the bedroomm
FAVOURITE
but but
45 dis k
The Big Sleaze
Spray railing on verandah with Spider Cider,
leave, then return to get spider
GAME?
Examine car to get dynamite, then put dyna- Scare spectre with spider, One of t he questions we asked i n t he
o almo-
mite in keyhole and tight fuse to open safe Pilgrim Questionnaire concerned your three
a tacit.
Then go north to shelter from the blast. Contact the Pilgrim! favourite adventures. The following twenty
mpelling From next month we'll be printing a selection received the most mentions - draw your
which
Rebel Planet of readers' letters in each issue. Make sure own conclusions!
of the
Examine the steps for the key to the alcove. you get YOUR views onto these pages by writ- 1, The Pawn
Answer SAROS to the man in HQ. ing to the Pilgrim on any subject related to The Hobbit ;Guild of Thieves
adventuring. 4= Bards Tale i Dungeon Master I The Zork
90 Beyond Zork Series
•S 9 0 Sell Mischief and fireworks - both useless. The address is: 7 Rigels Revenge
To retrieve the jewel from the idol - try to kill ACE PlIgnm Letters 8 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
the baby hungus and then run to idol and up 4 Queen Street 9 Lords of Time Lord of the Rings
with the mother chasing you. After she's BATH 11 Jinxter
weighed down the idol base, go further up and BA1 1EJ 12 Knight Oro
13= Gnome Ranger' Kentilla
15 Ultima Series
16= Space Quest/Police Quest series

low PLAYERSGUIDETOTHEPAWNPART3 Leather Goddesses of Phobos I Beyond

Zorki The Boggit
20 Planettall

So you opened the door, rescued Princess Lacey. and taken her back to King Eric_ Silly you y o u
lost 40 points. Go back to your last SAVEd position and this time IGNORE the heavy wooden
le real door, OK?
At the lop of the ancient tree, you can use the wooden key and, once inside, try mixing RIGEL'SREVENGE
is the
xezmg
' slow,
colours to get light. Check out all available locations and wear the hard hat. Don't miss the coin
(sure you're not sitting on 11?), the teapot, and the carrot. UPDATE
Once you've found the lift, push the button, wait around, then slide the door open. Going
1 loca- down in the world finds the lumps, which only the trowel will get for you,
p way The safe under Baconburgers rug can be opened with the blue key and yields a ballot paper Nigel Brooks has phoned in to tell us
r way, which, if put in the right box, enables you to VOTE FOR GRINGO and get 40 points. Decent chap, about his game Rigets Revenge, which -
? very Gringo... as many readers will know - has a seri-
icier NI The coin, by the way, enables you to buy the whisky bottle arid the beer bottle from Honest ous bug in the early versions. Nigel tells
mt by John. A better deal than the alchemists, who will rip off your lead - but at least you get 30 points us that the bug has been corrected and
cels. for it (and lose the rice into the bargain). Cast a spell on the tomes. that c opi e s n o w di str i buted b y
In the wallpapered room, get the hook_ tie the rope to the hook, and tear the paper wall with Mastertronic a r e O K . Unfortunately,
the trowel. Then you can climb through it and,..go to hell! Knock four times, dispose of the whisky, there's no way of telling which version is
78
and everything should be hunky-dory. Jerry Lee Lewis, on the other hand, expects beer. which apart from by playing them, so it's
82 best to send off your bugged copy to
Next month: the final stretch. Mastertronic for a replacement.

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my car under and could have hidden
anything from a .32 to a howitzer.
"Hey, are you Marlowe?" he grunted past
the cigarette jammed like a toothpick in the corner of his mouth,
I took the unlit cigarette from my mouth and went to speak, but
found myself staring down the barrel of a gun.
"Too late Marlowe, you should have read the instructions." he
said as he fired.

hich of us hasn't at ing and entering but piecing

some point dreamed ACE dons its dirty mac and deerstalker together the code word is a tough
of emulating the
exploits of Sherlock
hat, pockets a magnifying glass and bit of work under time pressure.
VirtuallY all games have a
Holmes, Miss Mcuple or Sam packs a rod. Aside from looking pretty missing person or object in their
Spade? Detective shows are
immensely popular on TV. none
silly, i t means we've delved into the scenario, but most fail to carry
the investigation element
more so than the whodunnit?, murky depths of investigation and the through to the gameplay Those
Agatha Christie type of set up that do can be enormously
where the audience can try to underworld, Could you solve the most rewarding. The only surprising
spot the killer (it's always a killer)
for themselves
dastardly crimes a micro can throw at thing is that more classic detec-
tives haven't appeared in com-
In a world so fascinated by you? puter games. Never mind S.
crime cmd detection its hardly Holmes and friends, how about
surprising that computer games Columba. Sam Spade. Hercule
have tried to get in on the investi- Poirot, Magnum, Kaiak, Cannon,
gation racket. And why not? detection elements that occur in Batman, that legendary crime Lew Archer, Inspector Clouse-
After all computers are used them too. Take a game like fighter, didn't get anywhere near au.. the list is massive. Happy
more and more in real investiga- Driller. Its got a strong detective a villain in his memorable hunting.. and mind your back
tive work, and are perfect for let- element in that first you have to arcade adventure. Bladenmner
ting the player do the detection find the clues or objects and then too became an arcade game CLUEDO
at their own pace. And then work out what they mean Mer- and ignored the possibilities of Leisure Genius
there's the immense satisfaction cenary also has that sort of set tracking down androids that are
cracking a case Lan give. up, and both games seek to lust like humans Perhaps well Amstrad 9.95cs E14.95dk
One of the main areas where crttcrin realism in the game ',I:1J- get a rework of that with a few C64 C12.95cs E14,95dk
detective games have prospered verses they create. They aren't andract-detecting elements of Spectrum E9.95cs
is in the realm of adventures. pure tests of brain power, though. Terminator thrown in.
Most of them involve some sort of because they involve so much The cryptographic elements The computer versions of the
deduction and investigation, so arcade action. of detection have even popped classic board game stay very
its not hard to turn them into full- There have been some up in games like Impossible Mis- true to the original. In a way It's
blown detective mystenes. notable games based on detec- sion. Here you have to find and a shame because it fails to make
Its interesting to look at tives that haven't actually had piece together punles The use of the possibilities the micros
arcade games and to see the anything to do with detection. searching is more akin to break- offer Howev er it's still bound to
AdvancedComptiterEntertainment 7 7
 way from a number of sources
You can plant bugs in rooms,
use uunteras to monitor rooms,
break into rooms, or use the files.
Phone calls to and from the
characters can also be useful,
and often provide a few laughs.
A lot of guesswork goes on
but its a very entertaining game
that takes a more lighthearted
v iew of the whole detective
genre

appeal to the many lovers of the 0

game. MOVIE
The aim is to discover who Imagne 1
murdered Dr Black, what the
1
murder weapon was, and
where the evil deed was carried
Spectrum E 7 . 9 5 c s
Amstrad E 8 . 9 5 c s 1A11 1
out. This is done by mov ing
around the mansion in which
the game takes place, asking
the other players if they have
This isometric 3D arcade adven-
ture was very nearly a brilliant
game, but gist fell short on a few
1
for cd1 actions - drop, pick up, ment with lots of henchmen won-
shoot, walk, talk, punch and dering around shooting at you
particular cards relating to peo-
ple. weaports or places. They
must reveal these cards if they
points. It stars Jack Marlow, a
raincocrted private detective try-
ing to recover a tape recording
11
throw. Accessing them is slow but
you've got interesting features
like talking, which allows you to
There are even twin sisters o n e
a femme fatale who will get you
killed and the other a friend who
from Bugs Malloy, a bad dude

P111
have them. By a process of elim- type Into a speech bubble and plays an important part in solv-
ination you should be able to gangster. try to get information from other ing the gone. Not a game for
track down the three pieces of The unusual thing about the characters - including a parrot
game is that it is icon controlled text specialists, but captures the
information and win the game.

1011
There's a strong arcade ele- atmosphere well
Up to six players can take
part, or you can compete
agcanst computer players. The
fact that the game is on comput-
er means more can be made of
graphics and sound. and it elim-
THEPE.t
RPETRATORS
St1
inates the need for those forms
where you lick of t he eliminat- Sad to see another title that isn't
to do. The game is superbly pre-
ed oblects, people and places. goody-goody stuff, currently available_ This time it's
• where are all the bad sented using windows. Still a very

KILLED UNTIL DEAD

US Gold
E
guys? Here are a couple of games
n
that turn the tables and allow you
o be on the wrong side of the law.
;
because Ariolasolt pulled out of
the UK market and nobody has
picked up the rights to market this
original concept with nothing quite
like it on any machine.

to as far as we know,
Amstrad
C64
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In other words they're perp-ern-
g
ups_
h
1 Its a very novel game in
which you have to pick a team to
Spectrum Elit. 99c s perform a robbery. There are

0
o
many different possibilities, each
f THEY STOLE A
man having different skills. Then
a MILLION
-1 • l
tbe job has to be planned down to

1
Ariolasoft
mut • 'r l
t
the last split second, before you
actually see the raid as it hap-
Amstrad, Spectrum and C64 pens,
- hcurrently undistributed,

1Z
* PI 1 0 1 , , There's an immense amount
DO I
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s of planning and thinking through

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This game cicesn't just set you

1
KING OF CHICAGO
Cinerruware

Amiga E 2 9 . 9 9 d k
ot
the task of solving one case but
21. The cases all involve five
This graphically delightful and very
authors of murder books, who atmospheric game casts you in the
are collectively known as the role of a mobster in Chicago. His
Midnight Murder Club.
aim is to take over from the gang
All the cases take place at boss by fair means or foul, and then
the hotel in which everyone is to lake control of the whole city.
staying. The five writers are all Nothing stands in his way, but
amusing stereotypes and the he might easily wind up on a slab in
investigations will reveal plenty the morgue himself. Like other Cin-
of funny facts. However, solving emaware products it lacks a tit of
the cases is still a matter of dig- gameplay and variation, but it is
ging for informartion and work- very slickly put together and is no
ing out what it all means. pushover to complete.
Information comes your
7 8 Advanced ComputerEntertainment
 FOURTH PROTOCOL
Century Communicattons

No longer available. Check tor

PICKOFTHESHERLOCKS
second hand stocks on Amstrad.
C64 and Spectrum.
that weakens the detective ele- town. Only available on C64 and
Its a shame this highly enjoyable and most people will, at ment and therefore the game. Spectrum, however.
0 Think
some of detective
stage fiction
or other. pick Finding a jewel in Big Ben's clock Amstrad CPC owners can
investigation game is no longer
widely available because its still on Sherlock Holmes. Not surpris- tower is all very well, but it would enjoy a very different experience
one of the best of its kind. Its ing, therefore, that this infamous have been more in keeping with with CRL's Robin of Sherlock
based on the Frederick Forsyth character should have poked his the genre illogic had led us to its from Fergus McNeill of Delta 4
book, and was out before the head up in a number of computer location and not simply experi- fame, This is an excellent satirical
fm games, most of which claim to enced use of the EXAMINE com- stab that manages to knife both
give you the opportunity of solving mand, Adventureson's ancient Robin of
Its in three parts, which ore
quite wide ranging, as you try to classic cases in the style of the A rather older game is Sher. Sherwood and the whole Sher-
unravel an international plot. The great detective. loc k from Melbourne House. lock detective scenario at the
lint part of the game involves The most recent offering must When first released this adventure, same time. Worth it for a laugh,
be Infocom's Sherlock Holmes. with its real-time puzzles and but don't expect too much serious
tacking down the person who
:eaked some documents, solving but the emphasis here is more on strong detective element, was way detective wort
other cases and proving your puzzle-solving in traditional adven- ahead of its time. It still plays well
ability along the way Then its off ture style than on player detective and offers considerable challenge
work. as you attempt to solve a murder
ROBIN OF
to locate and deactivate a nucle-
ar bomb which has been planted The game features yours truly mystery, catch trains, and find your SHERLOCK
in London. as Doctor Watson rather than the way about a murky, misty London CRL
All three sections are well legendary detective himself, but
Holmes follows you about during Ams E7.95cs
presented and ese an icon sys-
play However, he contributes little
to the action as you attempt to
SHERLOCK
locate the missing crown jewels.
kletourne House
The game starts at 5,00am on Sat-
urday and you must find the vil- C64.128 E 1 4 . 9 5 c s
lains - and the jewels - before
Spectrum N 4 . 9 5 c s
Monday morning to avert a nation.
al catastrophe.
The action takes place in 19th SHERLOCK HOLPAES
century London. The map is rela- intocomrAcNision
tively small, so mapping is the
least of your troubles, There are a C641128 E19•95dk
number of puzzles to solve on the IBM PC E24 99dk
way to locating the jewels and it's Atari ST E24.99dk
this puzzle element, paradoxically, Amiga E24.99dk

tem. You've got a lot of freedom out to be not so simple. of the investigation takes place. game is that it's not very well
in what you do, so its easy to fol- The case starts with an You can communicate wit h translated. This means you can
low up on red herrings The examination of the scene of the other branches of the pohce and get an awf ul lot of frustrating
whole thing is very difficult to crime. This is graphically depict- judicial services in order to get responses from the computer.
solve but is completely engross- ed and has to be carefully more evidence. You can call up without fi nding out what you're
ing. If you haven't got a copy scoured to make sure you don't witnesses' statements, whic h are doing wrong. If you can cope
and omit get hold of one then miss a clue. Information in accompanied by pictures of the wit h that, both Allair games ate
you'll just have to wait till some- hand, you head for the pobco people. testing pieces of detective work.
body has the gumption to re computers. from where the test The only problem with the
release it or convert it for the lo-
bit machines SUSPECT
Infocom
,
THE VERA CRUZ A c tActivision
urts
Check with (01-431
AFFAIR 1101) forl oprices
n and availability
tnlogrames
One of the better text-entry
Amstrad E 9 . 9 5 c s E14.95dk solve-em-ups and worth
C64 E 8 . 9 5 c s E14.95dk at t empt ing even if you're not a
Spectrum E 8 . 9 5 c s habit ual text adventure player.
IBM PC E 1 9 • 9 5 d k Suspect takes place in on
Americ an country mansion
This French game was rapidly where the hostess is found
followed by The Sydney Maar, strangled during a high society
which was in a very similar fancy-dress party. You're
mould. You play a detective at t ending the party as an
from the n d a r me r i e , who has eager y oung news-hound look-
to investigate what initially ing for gossip c olumn material.
appeals to be a suicide but turns Your role as observer is serious-

AdvancedComputerEntertainment 7 9
 rs e mArk I_

partner in a London stockbro- you'll find yourself hard pushed

...Slumped be hi nd t h e l a r ge de s k i s t h e body o f Ver oni ca kers, but only hours atter.your to solve the puzzle before the
Ashcr oft. He r mask has been pul l e d of f , t hough t he r e s t o f promotion you fi nd yourself end of the day. Adv ent ure fans
the costume i s s t i l l i nt a c t . Ar ound her neck i s t he agent o f arrested by the police. will love it and those normally
Aided by excellent graph- accustomed to arcade action
death, a r ope . I n f a c t , i t s y our l a r i a t , w hi c h y ou g o t
ics and a powerful pczrser, you could well fi nd it a good intro-
t i r e d o f c a r r y i ng ar ound a nd hung i n t he c l os e t w i t h y our must travel about London and
coat, duction to text•based goanes•
investigate your colleagues and
Michael star es, hor r i fi e d, a t t he body. their shady associates. Someone
Colonel Mar ston star es, hor r i fi e d, a t t he body. has put the fi nger on you. and
>Ask Col onel Mar ston about Mi chael you must either fi nd the true vil-
'Be must be devastated. But he 's a str ong man. H e ' l l sur vi ve lain or end up in pal. Even bet-
i t. ' ter, y ou must nail the person
responsible and get your
)Mi chael , t e l l me about the mani l a fol der .
revenge.
'I 'm not sur e what I can t e l l you about t he mani l a f ol de r . ' Corruption is a tricky game
and you'll have to use your
head if you're to crack the case. ,

You're on the spot in Suspect. Mot surprisingly, Michael clams up about the manila Every move in real life uses up 'mtIgI .dam, oat
, I P
folder - it contains some interesting intomiation. a minute of game-time. and h O t
d a
m

ly compromised. however, by I
s
the fact that it is YOUR lariat ,
t •

that is found around the young

%PEEPERS,PEEPERS
'
m

lady's neck. Someone has fixed a

i

y ou up good and proper. t

M

Garneplciy is simple but o

n

atmospheric. First you must use of textual responses to raise

M

thriller has yet to appear in com-

r

map the mansion, hav ing done Dashiell Hammett, the atmosphere and imitate a tra-
p

puter game format We can't wait

h i

that. y ou COM begin to build up • Ross MacDonald...cre- ditional American detective fiction
g i
to review it, so would someone
fl

a detailed picture of the various R of heroic, single men who

ators
i i
scenario. Unfortunately, it's no please write it?
characters' behaviour and a
know which end of a gun you longer available, but you could try
movements. You c an question y
should point at the ungodly, and - fOr a second-hand copy or ask THE BIG SLEAZE
them, eavesdrop on them, fol- m
hardly suprisingly - originators of your dealer to pester Activision to
low them about, and interact CRL
aostyle of fiction universally imitat- import a copy from the Slates.
wit h them in a number of n by computer programmers.
ed We have to thank Fergus
different ways One of the pro d Despite the number of Currently undistributed
McNeill (as always) for a com-
gram's main strengths is the C
games that attempt to combine pletely different kettle of fish - fis
way in whic h the various char- h
mystery with murder and may- satirical private eye game The INTRIGUE
acters respond to your a Only a few qualify for men-
hem. Big Sleaze. This text and Mirrorsott
advances The Infocom parser n I nt rigue, reviewed in ACE
tion. graphics adventure, produced
is used to excellent effect and d C64.128 E l 2,99dk
issue 8. gives you a flip-screen using the Ojill
ma n y of your conversations l
display that takes you through the difficult
, for the player in a world
will be unc annily realistic e locations of Washington DC
main
Text adventures aren't to
where
m a kjust e about
s everything goes DEJA VU
Inr an attempt to slop the ungodly bang.
l i fAvoid e the bangs. crack the PArrorsoft
everyone's taste, but Suspect is , unleashing a cloud of poi-
from case,
v eandr have a jolly good lime
a minor classic - and an excel
sonous gas all over the city. without
y expecting anything too C64128 t 1 4 . 9 5 d k
lent whodunnit into the bar- Detective work is confined to serious. Atari ST C 2 4 . 9 5 d k
gain TALK TO, SEARCH, and PHONE Here at ACE we can't help Amiga C 2 4 . 9 5 d k
commands, and the game suffers feeling that the ultimate American Apple Mac f 2 9 . 9 5 d k
from being rather too easy.
Deja Vu is a better bet alto-
CORRUPTION gether. Programmed by !COM
Magnetic ScrcOstl3ainblra
Simulations, the game was the
first of ICOM's now famous icon-
Atari ST E24,95dk
controlled games that offer graph-
Amiga E24.95dk
IBM PC ics and text input as well as joy-
C24.95dk
stick/mouse control. You wake up
Spec E15.95dk
in a deserted room with a corpse
Mac E34.95dk
and have to clear yourself of guilt
C64.128 El 7.95dk and track down the true
Ams 6128 only El 9.95dk
offenders. Great fun, good sense
of atmosphere, and some tricky
Receiving cm impressive 920
puzzling that will appeal to both
rat ing in issue I I of ACE, Cor- adventurers and arcade freaks
ruption is the latest release from alike.
the software house that brought
Just as good as Deja Vu is
you Guild of Thieves and The Activision's excellent icon/
PCIWT2
textigraphics adventure Bar-
As wit h Suspect, even peo- rowed Time. There are some
ple who don't normally go a
tremendous sequences in this
bundle on adventures should
game which makes maximum
get good value out of Cozrup-
on The game makes you a
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 STRATEGY
CAL
Why are American big boys Electronic Arts taking a great interest in strategic software?
What's got erstwhile 8-bit wargaming house COS looking closely at the ST. Amiga and PC?
And why do SSI think the whole software market is changing?
• REACH FOR THE STARS Every other turn is just a movement turn
been seen as something of a niche SSG Efectronc Arts so spending your RPs rashly is NOT a good
market. The b ig companies have idea
simply not been interested in pro- Once you've played through the tutorial
IBM PC E 2 4 . 9 5 d h
s ducing acmes for a small - though game and got to grips with how the game
dedicated
t - following. That was then, Although the title conjures images of cow- works (the manuals not ashelpful as it might
r This is now, a n d things are about to boys and gunslingers of the old American be, so be warned), you'll be ready to start on
change
a - radically. Electronic Arts have West, its actually a space exploration/con- your own Th e game turns oan be set to
decided to dip their toes into the Bnlish strate- quest game. The game map contains some
t between 40 and 150. although you can play
gy
e software market and are now distributing 50 or so stars, each with varying numbers of on if you wish. A1*.et a coupe of games at the
games from Australian wcmgome specialists planets, a n d the idea is for you to take
g easiest level, you oari start making life diffi-
SSG (Sticrtegic Studies Group). E.A. have, as charge of your forces and go conquer the
y cult for yourself b y including options that
Debbie Alla n (EA's Product Manager for other stars before the other players. Up to four
s allow stars 4:0 go NOVCI - destroying planets,
Affiliate babies) says, No great masterplan' people can play at once, but the computer
o the British strategy scene, but because ships and everything in the system - or you
for will play any or all of the other players if you could a llo w natIrcd clictisters to occur on
f A. are Involved with SSG in the States, and
E with planets (upsetting the economy),
because
t they see the British market as limit-
ed
w at the moment, but growing all the time
they've
a decided to test the waters over here
and
r will be releasing some SIX titles now.
with Cas t or Wo lf
e another three scheduled for release
before Christmas.
h Otoi
So why all the sudden excitement about A s c e lla
a
Strategy' I n the words of Trisha Peters from S a i ph
s
CCS, wh o agrees the market's expanding, s
g II i r z a n •
'People are becoming more computer liter- •
e and are not afraid to play a game that
ate, •
ica •
n
doesn't just g o Zap and Pow! Trisha also •
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reckons that the people owning the larger
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The most optimistic vie w comes from
Jerry Howells (U.S. Gold Product Manager
handling SSI games) who thinks the market f •

is Definitely growing, along with the Fantasy

Role Playing (FRP) market'. SSI will soon be 1e a us u o x urn Ur"
bringing us a series of games based on the :
Advanced Dungeons And Dragons system The game stouts by giving you a planet These extra options and the advanced
that Jerry thinks Will really open up the FRP around a star (at random) and you're then scencmo included make for one terrific game.
market'. Again, Jerry reckons the software confronted with a production screen. Here Its not easy to get straight into but once you
market in general's going to 'change greatly you spend your RPs (resource points) o n get to know your way around you'll he well
in the next 18 months, because people are things like n e w ships, colonists, o r ju st and truly hooked
bored with the same old shoot-em-ups, and improving the industrialisation of the planet
the 16-bit machines are much more capable (that enables you to produce more RPs each
of handling complex game ideas', turn). At the end of the production phase, the OPPOSITION 0 0 E AS E OF USE 0 6
So, what's all this new software like? Can ships etc are manufactured and you move DISPLAY 0 8 G AME DEPTH 0 9
these Aussie games hold their own against immediately into the movement phase. Then
the lcrtest SSI and CCS games? you decide where to send your ships ACE RATING 940
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• DECISIVE BATTLES OF strives to fulfil that objective until it receives what limit ed control over indiv idual units,
fresh orders. the game plays well and provides y ou wit h
THE APAERICAN CIVIL The system takes a while t o get used a t ough challenge. The abilit y t o c reat e
WAR (VOL II) to, but ts v ery effective a n d easy t o use your o wn scenarios mak es f or long-t erm
SSG Electroruc Arts after a f ew games. A d d e d options allow enjoyment.
you t o dec ide such things as h o w brav e
C64 E 1 8 . 9 5 d k your Commander should be (heroic, bold.
sensible or cautious) or whet her t o p l a y O PPO SI TI O N 0 7 E A S E O F USE O S
Down to Earth arid back in time wit h SSG's wit h hidden or open movement. A series of DI S P LAY 0 6 G A M E DE P TH 0 7
latest game due out any moment now. The What If suggestions are also included wit h ACE RATING 830
games t he sequel to Decisive Battles et c the scenario notes. Despite hav ing some-
Vol 1, a n d deals wi t h t he lat t er half of
what's widely regarded as the first modern
war (did y ou k now trench warfare, whic h
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Mov ing during accessing a n u mb e r o f me n u s a n d s ub-
positioning a set of t hree cursors . f or eac h • menus during the Orders Phase. Then your
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right and left flanks. The game includes three the Combat Phase. The units will remain In
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The latest Ken Wright game from CCS follows
a large game% area wit h v aried terrain Lik e rupt and issue new orders, or the
firmly i n t he footsteps of his earlier work s
(including Overlord, rev iewed in ACE issue
the earlier games. Stalingrad plays . well and , g a m e e n d s .
the ordering system is easy t o use. The sce-
a) with some subtle improvements. -
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Panzer Strike is a one or two-player tactical
wougarne that contains three theatres and a 1 There's also a design option included
control a s ma n y or as f ew pieces as y ou
wish.
iced tutorial prc grarn on t wo disks. Onc e you've that allows you (or the computer) to generate
erne. decided o n a scenario (Africa, Eastern or i io wn maps. Panzer Strike Is a sophisti-
your
you cecture, i. e y o u issue direc t orders t o a n y Western Europe). y ou then get t he choice of cated g a me t hat takes t ime a n d effort t o
well units you wish, a n d then the orders are d i
carried o u t a t o n c e a n d a n y c o mb a t
whic h peaticular bat t le y ou'd lik e t o fi ght
Each battle gives the play er an objective to
i iwell, and unless you're well acquainted
play
wit h how wargarnes work, you're better off
resolved Then the computer gets to take its
turn and the whole t hing starts again. The
reach wit hin a set number of turns (either 30
or 60 one-minute turns per battle).
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the tape to just before the BASIC and MACHINE CODE loaders for the loading screen (you might need
to practise this a couple of times before you manage to get the right place) then type in the listing and
RUN it_ Now continue loading the game. Once loaded you'll now be able to accumulate a lime of up to
150 before it slops, regardless of how many times you smash up GERALD.

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PESTBOTS - these certainly live
up to their name. These robots
which could suddenly spring up and crush you
against a platform.
what you're upm against and how walk up and down corridors until
to deal with it. The most danger' they meet a lift. They'll then use BASHBOT - quite dangerous, especially on high
ous enemies are u the robots who the lift to move t o a platform platforms. If you touch this robot, he'll pick you up
patrol the platforms and guard above or below them. Be careful and drop you off the end of the platform, often with
the objects yousneed to search. when using a Mt wit h these fatal results. The best way around these is to lay a
Here's a list of the robots and
t
now to deal with them.
around as you may be whisked
up to a platform you didn't want
mine on his patrol path. If you're very lucky you can
somersault as soon as he grabs you.
b to go on. The best way to tool
SENTRYBOTS - the most common robots. Touching them is to try and leave them stranded on a platform SLIICIDEBOTS - deal with as Bashbots.
e you un-plug the robots tem- with no lifts around them. Also, watch out when you
thorn is fatal (unless
porarily from the computer terminal). Some merely sit step on or off a lilt, as a Pestbot may suddenly use You can get around all the robots in various ways -
t
in one place, swivelling round and firing their lasers. that lift and crush you against the underside of a either by avoiding them, somersaulting over them or
h
Others walk (or even run) along platforms. When you
eater a room, study the Sentrybdis routes and when
platform. turning them off by using the terminal. If you're des•
perate you could try laying a mine in their path,
they fire. Thise way you'll know when to jump over SOUATBOT - not really robots but more of a tram- which will destroy them and blow a hole in the plat-
them or when they'll lire_ Remember that these poline. These funny little things will extend upwards form.
robots can't usewthe lifts, so if one is chasing you, run at irregular intervals. You can use As well as the robots, time is a
to the nearest lift (remember he can still fire!). these to your advantage by either great enemy. Those seconds keep
i standing on them to raise you to a ticking away, and should you die you
n
HINEBOTS - youll find at least one in each tower.
It's best to spot these robots early before they lay too
previously unreachable object, allow-
ing you to jump to higher platforms,
lose six minutes. This may not seem
like much but on some screens you'll
many mines. Ifnyou're quick enough, you can lay a or by jumping from a height onto find yourself dying maybe 10 times
mine in his path to blow him up. Remember walking them to bounce you up quite high. before you solve it. A little patience
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bulb icon. Don't waste time getting to
better t o spend a minute or t wo
a terminal in a dark room to activate
studying the screen from a safe point 25
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than to die needlessly through too
much haste
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Once you do, any darkened rooms in
Don't forget what your quest is
the tower will be permenantly lit up_
LAmstrad owners who are after a 28
all about. Each tower has a green choice of 1 - 9 lives and the abil- 29
safe somewhere whic h mus t b e
The PIN numbers are your link
between the towers_ You'll find them
Iity to carry a 1 - 11,000 kg pay-
blown up with a mine. The sates con- 0 3 31
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tain snippets of EMn's music. Don't 32
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get too excited listening to the mum. you've completed as much of a room 33
Always stop the tape after collecting 10 MODE 2: MEMORY 8,1FFF: GOSUB 110 34
as possible then leave it and activate 20 CALL &227A
one piece, don't rewind or you'll find 35
the PIN coder on your pocket com- 30 PRINT"PLEASE WAI T.
yourself erasing pieces of music - 36
puter. Use the arrows to scroll the
remember, you can't go hack to a -40 CALL 8,21F0: X 37
available numbers into the windows 50
tower once you've completed it! , IF X=110 THEN 100 381
for viewing, If a correct number for
Horizontal lifts can be danger- 60
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the code appears then note this down 70 END
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and scroll that number away. You 80 PRINT DATA ERROR": END
crouching before you use these lifts. 411
must do this as the 'FOUND' mes-
In some rooms you can stop these 90 PRINT "POKE ERROR": END 421
sage will remain on your computer, 100 PRINT "DECODING E RRO RE ND
lifts from moving by trying to stand up. In other even if you search the other numbers and find cor- 43!
rooms the routes that the lifts follow may have dan- 110 RESTORE 180 44!
rect or incorrect codes,
gerous walls blocking you and thus knocking you 120 FOR N=82000 TO 8,2295 451
As a general rule, keep a watchful eye open
oft The best way around these is to quickly stand 130 READ AS: A•VAL(R&S-1-AS) 464
and be patient, Keeping your cool and thinking logi- 140 POKE NA: CftC4-A: NEXT
up once you get a lift moving and somersault over cally will win you the game - after a few hours of 471
the wall section to land perfectly on the moving lift 150 IF C‹> 70832 THEN 80 481
On the other side! practice. Remember you can check back on previ- 160 RETURN
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Don't be put off by the look of the rooms, Some 180 DATA 00,00,00,00,00,00.00,00 501
number on your pocket computer. It will show you
of the most devious and deceptive looking rooms 190 DATA 00,00,00,dd,7e,00,fe,c3 511
the time taken to complete the level (not including 200 DATA 20.08,36,79,3,0a,20.c3
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List of cities and trade goods:
Solving the gains:
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1. Refuel and repair the ship (don't buy auxiliary fuel)
and then withdraw all your money from the bank.
Replace all worn out parts in the ship with shunts
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and buy replacements for all unshuntable parts.
• Jorold Drahevo• Antimatter
N Oddburg A r t Objects 2. Take off from Jondd and warp off for the planet
I Esposito Rio Chps Woremed in the Woremed solar system. Don't sit there moaning about the 1
Darvilton Concerns
• price of software, send your maps,
Droning Chronographs 3. Head for the nearest bar in the starport (take the
I tips and pokes to Tricks 'n' Tactics
Heavy Lightening' Clothing space buggy, but park legally!) The reason for going
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Ft Ligon Cormjes to the bar is simple, Woremed is the best planet to and win yourself loads, for FREE!
A Ft. Savon go to to obtain illegal goods. Ask the barman for
Drolds This month's 'Tip of the Month'
x Lalser Tcana Ittieti.Tennow' Exotic Metal information about a cloaker and a ground scanning
c Stool device. Buy these two pieces of equipment.
prize goes to Gary Marr, who wins
Fruits
l Vegetables
himself a copy of Dark Side, Action
r Giorr Glory I Lap:Isar Fa5Sks 4. Head back to your ship and replace the cryoluse Force11,Bionic Commandos,
Won in the force shield for the cloaker and replace the
i Genistrystals Earthlight, Target: Renegade and
Abdridan scanner in the pilotage with the ground scanner.
t Gold Venom Strikes Back for his
Panto Grain The cloaker makes you invisible to attacking ships,
c white the ground scanner lets you see hidden cities. Spectrum. Pretty good huh? The
Cereals
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Corstan Handweaparts other prizewinners include D. Griffith,
5. Buy as much as you can and Ity to another city
Glory II Nelms* M e a t s
by choosing the navigate and then the city to city
who wins a copy of Dark Side, and
Gemyea kiligrates option. Now, sell everything you have and head for Brett Simpson and Mark Stevens,
Jemba Loth Organics the warenouse.
Dark*
who win themselves copies of
Glen •I a rn
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Redl 6. Check out the warehouse for cryogen& Collect
Bionic Commandos. Mike Wong's
a . T.
III Knuth Rare Fain cryogens only, before setting off back to Janda. monster poke earns him a copy of
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Dark Side for his Amstrad and A.
Wasial 7. Buy a lot of food before going into the wilderness
SpicesrHerbs Lock wins himself Virus for his ST.
New Shoot New Shoot WWasiar Sillchips in search of the 'lost colony', known as Banville cen-
NewTenal ter Once found, the ground scanner will store its There's nothing to stop you winning
Stock Ernbrps
Wiidera Stimulants location for future use. Visit their warehouse to find a prize either, so get those pens mov-
NewShoothan Sinsu•s out what they need, and store your cryogens there_ ing and send those red-hot tips to:
Tranet Synthesizers

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Sheol'
Woodsfibres 8. From now on ifs a matter of flying around, seeing
what Barwille center needs and picking up your
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down under? Are human-vs-computer games obsolete? Readers t
pose the questions, and ACE letters ed Andy Wilton fields them. S
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Do you know better? Then write and tell us about it. You could I
see your views in print and maybe even win yourself some software
into the bargain - so get your pens out! Address your biting wit and
pithy observations to
ACE Letters, 4 Queen Street, Bath BA1 I EJ.
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AN EXPERT SPEAKS—
I am writing in reply t o Nicholas
Kingsley's letter regarding Me mer-
More memory doesn't always
mean better games. It's how the
programmer us es t h e av ailable
So you see, it all boils down to
what you want your machine to do.
Andrew Whittaker
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its of t he C64 i n relation t o the memory, and anyhow the C64 often Hull
Amstrad and Spectrum. uses more instructions - and hence
As a games programmer work- more memory - to complete a task Too right it does. Will all the 8•10
ing across all formals. I feel I am in than would b e needed o n t h e owners now stop arguing amongst
a good position to comment on his Spectrum or Amstrad, themselves p l e a s e ? I t ' s b a d
letter. When i t c o me s t o C6 4 . enough having to put up with the
First of all, the C64 is a relative- Amstrad a n d Spectrum compar- ST and Amiga owners slugging it
ly slow machine in comparison to isons, each has its strengths and out, for goodness' sakes r
other 8-bit micros. I f you look at weaknesses. There's the slow pro-
games which don't make excessive cessor of the C64. lack of colour of APPLES DOWN UNDER
use o f hardware s prit es , t h e the Spectrum, and the excesses of I must confess that my curiosity has
Spectrum a n d Ams t rad a r e f a r screen RAM used by the Amstrad. finally got the better of me, and
superior in a lot of cases. A good However, i t I we r e t o writ e a prompted me to write this letter, Is it
example are vector graphics games scrolling shoot-em-up the 64 is the possible that the Apple II family of
such as Elite, When it comes to pro- ideal machine. I would prefer to do computers haven't found their way
cessor-intensive routines a 3.5-4 a wireframe graphics game on the to your shores as yet? One occa-
MHz Z80 leaves a 1 MHz 6510 Spectrum and a game with fancy sionally r e a d s about t h e o d d
standing. backdrops on the Amstrad, Macintosh, but (correct me if r m
wrong) since the first issue of your
excellent magazine, I haven't seen
one word about the Apple II's. Why
is this? Surely it is not because they
MORE FUN WITH AN '81? are considered to be too expensive.
when you carry reviews of Amiga,
Atari and IBM computers.
Perhaps you have some justifi-
Computers now play a major part in my life - not able dislike for Apple !I's , or maybe
just playing games! I enjoy music and program- you haven't yet discovered the joys
ming arid have done so for about 5 years. I start- of using an Apple II GS tor yourself.
ed wit h a ZX81 progressing t o a Spectrum, It would surely be better if you
Spectrum +. Commodore 64 and now an Atari went as far as saying that Apple
520 STFM. You can see the progress from a very versions of the programs reviewed
basic computer with no sound or colour to one were available (where applicable)
with sound and colour and UDG'S, then to better As a closing note, one piece of
sound, graphics and more memory and finally to trivia. Did you know that Sega make
one wtth superb graphics sound and "loadsa" memory. a conventional 64K computer, as

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The point I am making is that I had more tun with my old ZX81. It may well a s t h e Mas t er Sy s t ems
have been drab, although not then, but it was exdhng, exploring the lan- machine? This letter is written on
guage. making simple games that were only ever seen before on those LCD mine, which I keep as a second
things. Now I have a computer that plays music and has graphics (if digitized) computer. Even though it is now
that might get confused with the TV. ancient (4 years old), I still fi nd
Don't gel me wrong, I'm pleased I upgraded. the word processing, graph- some applications better on it than
ics and advanced programming languages helps with my GCSE no end. All my 1 Megabyte Apple II GS.

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rm saying is that my first computer was so much more FUN because it was a
new world to me, espedally when I was Only aged ten! John Thornley
North Parramatta, Australia
Matthew Miles
Maidstone The Apple It's reached the UK sure
enough, John, and there's certainly
it's true, folks — The ZX81 realty was more exciting. Remember the incredi- no dislike of the thing here at ACE.
bit) delight when you got a Basic version of Break-Out running? Remember
the abject misery of losing the whole (unsaved) thing because of that dread-
ed RAM-pack wobble? it bnngs a lump to my throat, I don't mind admitting.
Personally I learned BASIC on one
of the little beauties way back in
1980 and have nothing but the fond-
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 crowded around a Commodore PET
est memories of the machine. Why
the low profile in the mag then? playing Peru, you know the sort of
THE EMULATION GAME
Well. although The Apple m a y thing, buying and selling crops to
have riv alled t h e TRS•80 a n d keep your people alive, or sifting at
Commodore P E T f or t he market Alter reading a letter from an obviously very confused person called
a Beeb playing a thousand and one
lead way back at the start of the Matthew Larreta I discovered in my public domain software catalogue
variations of noughts and crosses.
decade, the price breakthroughs of a program called "Amiga Emulator". Please could you try this and, if it works,
My 0' level years were no better. tell the world!
1981-2 pretty much finished it off in If computers are to fulfil their
Britain. The BBC Micro won over Actually if you think (and know) about it, compatibility is all the rage just
full potential t hen t he education
now. There is disk software for the Archimedes which emulates the IBM PC.
the hobbyist side of the market with authonties should wake up to what
No need for the 310M anymore Also on the Archimedes is "Beeb to Arc"
its higher spec and lower price, is going on in the computer world
while machines like the Commodore which lets the Archimedes run BBC progs.
today.
Everyone knows about SAM the Spectrum done, and now Betasoft have
VIC 2 0 a n d Sinc lair Spectrum With the coming of the 16 bit-
released a programme letting the Amstrad CPC run Spectrum Basic! In fact I
offered leisure computing at a frac- ters budding artists and musicians
fancy that someone will have a go at making the Amiga run C-64 software via
tion of the cost. Apple never cut will really be able to show off their external 5.25in disk drives.
their prices enough t o stage a wares. Professional looking English
comeback, so the II stayed a minori- work can be handed in thanks to Scott McNab
ty machine here. powerful word processing packages Edinburgh
Incidentally we were fascinat- now available, a n d information
ed to hear about the Sega micro. retrieval could become an exciting
Were fairly sure it's never been exercise with the aid of a modem Sadly we can't try the Amiga emulator on your PO list, Scott, because it
released here, but Japanese micros needs an ST with (amongst other things) a Miter. Like most users — and the
and a phone line.
rarely do well in the UK market so PD group whose list you sent us. come to that — we don't have any blitlered
Many people wi l l u s e t h e
that's no great surprise. Any chance STs. That said, I fond it hard to believe that the program can work or that any-
excuse that there is not enough
you could send us a photo of it money t o waste on luxuries like one could have meant 'Ito.' the hardware and copyright problems are simply
too large. I've seen an ST emulator' on one of the Amiga Fish PD disks. but
computers. Computers are not a
TEACHER 5 PET that just put up a fake GEM Desktop and then gave error messages every
luxury: they are a necessary part of
time you tried to do anything. Presumably the emulator you've spotted does
I am writing to you on the subject of everyone's future, and the present,
much the same thing the other way round.
ACE, Advanced Computer EDUCA- and must not be ignored if this
TION. Five years ago we were look- country is to survive.
ing forwards to a future where com- Education chiefs please take 0 Could
detailsyou give
about meC64
their the Emulator
address of
forROBTEK
the Amiga.asDo
I wish to know
you know more
anything
puters were an integral part of a stu- note, and do not leave it to the likes about this product?
dent's learning. Now, five years on, of this publication to educate the
our schools' are still using the same youth of this country. J.J,Hocking
BBC Model Bs arid much of the Truro
same software. I am not, you under- Simon Sullivan
stand slagging off the Acorn flag- Leicester Robtek's C64 Emulator is now available (make sure you get version 2) and
ship, as in many ways it is the per- costs £69.95. The company claim it will allow you to transfer files from one
fect learning tool. I am, however, system to the other arid store your C64 data on 15in disks. They do point
To give the education folks their due,
out, however. that the emulator's interpreter is rather slow, so it's probably
increasingly disheartened b y t he keeping up with advances in com- riot suitable for trying to run C64 games Software on the bigger machine. You
uses that these machines are put puting must be a nightmarish task — should be able to transfer word processing files and suchlike however with
to. and not just financially, come to that. little difficulty. The product should be in the shops, but in case of difficulty try
When I first came into contact Updating computer equipment i s Robrek on 07 847 4457.
with computers at high school. I was expensive of course, but training
taught by Peter Cook of Tau Cet i teachers and building facilities takes
fame. These 'lessons were spent time, no matter how much money
you throw at the problem.
isn't such a good idea. You'll be ful Shadow Dimension, y ou have
• What about Advanced Compute, IN THE RED OR IN THE charging more f or postage t han
Education? Is it about time we did been chosen to battle in single com-
PI NK? you wi l l f or t he fruits o f y our bat with the sinister Sentinel and his
something use 1'4 with our micros..,? See
TEACHER'S PET We hav e decided t o s et u p a labours, and that seems to be sell- henchmen the Sentries, evil entities
fanzine f o r t h e A mi g a , t h e ing yourselves short I'd advise you from t he Depths of OuanderslOp_
Archimedes and IBM PC. It will be to cover y our costs at the very Lightning-fast reflexes and cunning
inexpensive (not cheap – least. After all, you're giving read- strategy will be needed to avoid his
this makes it sound poor ers enough by producing the 'zine: obliterating gaz e. Your Synthoid
quality), as we feel that they'd hardly expect you t o sub- bionic life support module has the
support f o r t h e s e sidise them into the bargain. powers of creation and destruction:
machines is too expensive Getting software to review will these are your weapons in this strug-
for many people to afford be a major headache. A copy of gle for mastery of the Universe of
r like us!) the 'zine may help persuade soft- 10,000 landscapes_ Zargon depends
The reason that we write ware houses that you're genuine on you....'
is that we thought that you but these are suspicious limes that What a pity Firebird didn't give
may be able to give us tips on we live in, and in any case that still Sentinel a really exciting sci-fi intro-
how t o get support f or t he leaves you with the problem of get- duction like that, It would have made
magazine (e.g. how Co we con- ting software for issue one. Things the game so much more tense and
vince software companies that might be easiest on t he Archie thrilling to play, wouldn't it? Just the
• -, w e are genuine, and not trying to side, where conventional magazine thought o f a l l t hos e Zargonites
rip them off?). Coverage is s o muc h harder t o depending on you would have beei
come b y on the PC and Amiga, so inspiring' One false move and a
M A Tyson and P J White perseverance is the only way. whole planet-load of really nice tok
Sheffield
go d o w n t o t h e Dept hs o f
BLURB BASHI NG Ouanderslop f orev er. W h a t a
Inexpensive is one thing. but run- 'Alone amongs t t h e people o f prospect. And then think of that horti-
ning a fanzine at a loss probably Zargon, a planet trapped in the fear- tole nasty Sentinel going down the
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boozer (The Quanderslop Arms) and ing what THAT would mean.,.a shouldn't worry i l l were you - the
spending all evening gloating over serious piracy problem, right? rising flood of 16-bit titles is bound
your failure with his evil cronies. to come up with something in Me
You'd really want to go back and PAOOEM MUSI NGS near future.
wipe the smile off his face, wouldn't From the lowly 2% of modem own- As far as adventure, have you
you? ers. I would like to say THANKS. tried t h e Bards Ta l e s eries ?
Or, perhaps, Firebird are merely Your section in the July issue was Although not nearly so sophisticat-
demonstrating that a game with clear what I personally have been waiting ed as OM, they do offer consider-
graphics, brilliant , at mos pheric fro for a long time. I am an old hand able enjoyment value - especially
sound, quick and simple controls • The F I& When can ST owners expect a
at MUG's, having been brought up Fewaram as good as Interceptor? the latest in the series (see page
and, above all, a strong innovative with MUD version 1. This used to 72). Role-playing software is rapid-
concept, just doesn't need all the run on a DEC system 20 at Dundee ly becoming 'flavour of the month'
usual claptrap about life-and-death College of Technology before the Lastly, could you tell me which of in the USA, so it's highly likely that
missions a n d malevolent adv er- system was replaced by a series of recent adventure releases have mov- there will be numerous releases in
saries. VAXs. For a year I havbe been fran- ing graphics and a gameplay compa- the DM style over ?he next couple
You don't have to tell me the tically searching for IMUGs (NOT rable t o Dungeon Master. I t may of years.
Sentinel is evil: after a few plays I people) that a lowly student like sound like sacrilege to the old faith-
started to get a cold chill down my myself could afford - and you give fuls that consider text-only adven- ON THE DRAMPAGE
spine every time I saw him, even it me a list of SIX FREE ONES! tures to be the ultimate in adventure, You slated in issue 11 that the Atari
he had his back to me. I didn't need immediately broke out the old but having battled with Dungeon ST and Amiga are now the same
to read about it on the cover. acoustic modem (ancient, huh?) Master, t h e Pawn, a n d Silic on pnce, 099, but just cast your mind
Thank you Firebird. Sentinel is and plugged it into old Arnold which, Dreams, I enjoyed OM the best. back t o March this year and ask
elegant, austere, a timeless classic, Nicholas Kingsley from Chichester, yourself why Atari should announce
and to dress it up in the familiar trap- has 128K of memory and can run Phil Anthistle
in advance a forthcoming price rise
pings o f lechnolantasy glitterbumf ELITE faster than your C64 can! RAF Gutersloh
of E100 as from 1st May 1988?
would have been unworthy of a t) The ans wer i s simple, t hey
superb game. .
matter, even a humble Speccy can There are currently n o plans 10 wanted to shift their existing stocks
K Elite faster than a.,.(Aaghghg!)
run convert Interceptor to the ST, but I of single sided drive machines t o
Chris Bishop , Back t o my story. however.
Camberley Seconds
O lat er t he software was
k
configured and I was dialling franti-
PRACTI CAL AP P RO ACH T O cally.
. I managed to get a free line
PIRACY into
g Mirrorworld, but the host com-
Debates about piracy are all very puter
e didn't respond to my attempts PHONE-EM-UP FRENZY
well, but have little value and do not tot log into it. 'Oh well,' I thought, and
go very f ar to answer the points tried
o again. I eventually gave up and
3nd
which are raised. tried
n some of the other MUG's list- Is the time now approaching when man against
erre machine will be a thing of the past and man
II is now lime f or ACE and ed.
w I'm still trying. Can anyone help?
cunt
ibly
eou
associated magazines to conduct a
questionnaire to show just how soft-
Has
i anyone got a cheap modem
they
t could sell a poor student?
PRIZE against man will be as it has always been: the
ultimate challenge. And regardless of what you
with
try
ware copying affects the industry.
Questions should include ones such
h
i Duncan Whyte
LETTER use whether it be leg power, rackets or footballs,
competing against another human is THE ULTI-
as:- MATE CHALLENGE, So where does that leave
t Dunfermline
computing?
• How much original software do .
you own? ACE are the only people who seem to be
Does
E anyone on t he ACE t eam
111 • How many copies do you own? know of a modem for the ST that taking the future of games seriously with their previous articles from America
d
etc on multi-user programmes.
• How many of the copies are from will
. let me play UK MUG games,
nave budget ranges? access bulletin boards etc and cost People have matured since the advent of the ZX81; regardless of the
)
Dorn- • Have you ever contacted or been under 000? type of computer they own, they still compete with the programmer and the
.
d his time has come when this will be a declining interest
contacted by any means by hack- F
tities ers? Chris 'Woody' Wood What I'm getting at is that the technology for multi-user games is here,
o
slop. Of course t he questionnaire Hackney The thought of competing with fellow adventurers in a game like Elite either
r
'fling would hav e t o of f er c omplet e by modem or network or even using cable TV communications is exciting, not
t
d his News on modems coming up in a just YEAH! this is good, but GOD THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WAITING
anonymity to those who answer so h
thold future issue. Stand by FOR'
no pnzes could be given. When this a
s the has been done the true effects to There is no greater thrill than competing with an opponent who will do the
t
ction: AI R TRAFFI C CONTROL unexpected, who will use cunning and illogical acts in a desperate bid for ulti-
the software industry can be calcu-
strug- I work as an air traffic controller on mate victory. Computers do not even come close with their set programs and
lated, instead of us simply having to
se of quite a busy airfield and the work can the same gameplay every time they are loaded up.
pul up with vague statements like
)ends get rather exciting, to say the least. ACE has given us a glimpse of the future, multi-user games are the
'Software's too expensive. so I copy future.
As a result, I read the reviews involv-
it?' and 'Pirates a r e ruining t he
t give ledustry and keeping the price of ing aviation simulators with added We await the death rattle for single games and the birth of the true com-
intro- interest and looking a t the latest puting challenge.
games up.'
made relase for the Amiga there is certainly
e and David Fairweather a winner in Interceptor, and it sounds Stephen Donaldson
ist the Blackburn as if there are a few good combat Glasgow
onites simulators c oming Out f or ot her
been It's a great idea David, but has machines as well. But what about the You're a man after my own heart. Stephen? For my money, multi-user games
and a one small flaw. Supposing the sur- ST? Is there anything on the horizon like GEnie's Air Warrior are just about the most exciting thing on the comput•
IT folk vey showed that piracy was not the for the ST which is comparable to er entertainment scene. They offer brand new kinds of gameplay, with com-
is o f problem we a l l thought i t was. Interceptor? I hope t he software plexity and intrigue that single-player games will never be able to match. In
at a Everyone would suddenly think houses are in the process of produc- its way Air Warrior is as fundamental an advance on what's gone before as
it horn- that, if irs not a problem, let's do it. ing a package which is at least as Space Invaders or Classic Adventure. Now when are Britain's communica-
Sin t h e and there are no prizes for guess- good. Do you know of anything? tions and games industries going to take up the challenge?

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He
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informed t h a t t h e y despatched Amiga, because while retailers are ou
30,000 machines at the old price working their butts off to shift 30,000
F I Ethe deadline.
before ST's, they won't be selling many
F tThis
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tion lines of double-sided drive 520s
to take over unimpeded_ The sum- R.J.Lattimore a
mer pack was announced, and I Havant
would suggest that it was the 22
'free games that accounted for the Interesting theory, Mr Lattimore. In
price nse and not the DRAM chips. response t o y o u r letter. A t a r i
I would also suggest that not spokesman Pet er Walk er s ay s :
en
one person in the UK has paid over 'There h a s b e e n n o of fi c ial
E299 for the basic 520 S UM simply announcement regarding a reduc-
because so many retailers have so tion in price on the ST from the cur- ho
many old-priced machines to get rid rent £399 level We don't claim that
of. the total £100 was due t o DRAM Missed some earlier issues of ACE? Don't fl 0
The summer pack offer expires prices, but the market is driven by despair. Copies can be despatched to your
on 1st September 1988 and Atari price points'. DRAMs might have letterbox for just El .50 each (postage free). Loo
have already stated that they expect pushed the price to, say, E369, at these highlights.
the DRAM shortage t o ease by there isn't a lot of difference to the
then_ This leads me to believe that consumer between t hat and t a ISSUE 1 ( O r d e r code Al20131) The fabulous
from that date the official price will
come down to E299 again, including
price point of E399. Selling at 0 9 9
enables us to offer more and make
• FREE cassette containing COMPLETE
games worth E8-E10 — US Gold's BLUE MAX ACE binder PAL
for the C64 and Ocean's GIFT FROM THE Follow
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Snippets from this month's mail... Is Detailed comparison at the Atari ST CB M m
Amiga and Acorn Archimedes. sA R
MY MACHI NE IS BETTER t4-gam
ISSUE 4 ( O r d e r code Al20E14) r-Jones
THAN YOURS DEPT...
w Bumper Christmas issue with tree 1988 Don't just leave your copies aVersion
On the Alan vs, the ST: ' Neit her is State of the Specin
computer user's diary! lying around to collect the
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 INTERVIEW

NCE CLARKE
VINCE CLARKE has been a pioneer in the use of computers in music. They've
given him No. is with four different bands...
Vinces latest excursion into the world of
sampling has been wit h t he Roland S55. a
keybocudless rac k mount ed version of t heir
pro-level S50 keyboard sampler. 'We got it lust
in time for this tour, and we're using it mainly
for drums. I looked at a few samplers before
this tour because until now we've been using
four drum mac hines on stage - y ou nev er
seem to get one drum machine whic h has all
the sounds y ou want , s o we h a d t he bass
drum off a Roland, the Latin percussion oil a
Yamaha, a n d so on - it was get t ing a bit
ridiculous.'
So is it easy to set up a new kit of drum
sounds on the S550
1 'I don't find it all that easy at the moment,
but I've only just got hol d of the machinel
Usually I compose the chum parts straight into
the sequencer, alt hough t here are different
ways of going about things. For instance, on
one of the tracks of f the latest album we used
all the demos f rom the drum machines, tak-
Vince Clarke - making music with the Beets.
ing the best patterns from each one. Some of
those demos must hav e t ak en days, there's
Vince Clarke's wo r k wi t h Depec he Mode, sequencer as such - I usually compose on the
piano and work out some c hord passages, some very subtle programming i n there, so
Ycrzoo, Th e As s embly a n d mo r e rec ent ly
then p u t a s elec t ion o f t h e m i n t o t h e why not use it?
Erasure has always involved computers in one
sequencer and chain them together to form a Vince likes t o use a selection of synths
form or another. A f ew years ago he was a
song. Although I'm not muc h of a keyboard from different manufacturers t o giv e h i m a
pioneer in taking up the UMI2B system based
on the BBC Micro and a MIDI interlace. Now player. I don't have to enter everything in step wide v ariet y of types of sound. This year's
time because I can play in real time and use favourite has been the Roland D50 (in Its D550
with a BBC Master Series and the latest version
of the UMI hardware and software. some may the micro editing facilities on the UK . I don't rack mounted form) *We had a few problems
mind wh i c h k ey board I us e bec aus e t he with keyboards on tour so we decided to ratio-
say he t ec hnologic ally Cl little behind, since
velocity and crttertouch parts c an be put in nalise for this one. I've been messing about
the Atari ST's built-in MIDI port has allowed it
afterwards as well.' with a variety of synths and I wanted to have
to dominate music mak ing tor the last couple
In fact Vince usually uses a Casio CZI000 a fairly wide selection to get a good variety of
of years
as a master keybocuct and his Fanlight has sounds, because if you have too many mod-
But you can't argue with success, arid the
fallen into disuse. It's really been left behind ules of the same type of synth everything
fact that we were interviewing Vince and his
by all the new samplers like the flolcmd S550, sounds the same. I t's just to get a bigger
Beeb on stage at t he Hammersmith Odeon
so its not even set up at the moment. The sound, which is very important - I don't think
when most ST users are still work ing in their
Series at Fairlight's good if you can afford it you can get a rich sound from just one manu-
bedrooms is pretty hard to ignore
though.. I've just moved to a new house where facturer because all their synths tend to sound
During his days wit h Yazoo (wit h Alison
the same.'
Moyet on vocals) Vince was using t wo huge I'm building a studio so I'll be able to get the
Fanlight set up again.' Vince's onl y keyboar d synthesizer, the
Fanlight Comput er Musical Instruments, arid
fought shy of t ak ing t hem on stage. I f they
worked, they sounded just like a backi ng
tape, and it they didn't work or got damaged,
it would have cost a lot of money. So in the
end we went for art eight-track backing tape.'
But with the development of MIDI and smaller,
reliable synth modules, Vince has been able
to mak e Erasure entirely live', a n d isn't too
warned about t he Beeb crashing on stage
There's a lot of smoothing on the power sup-
plies so that's not very likely. In any case, the
LIMI takes power from the same source as the
PA so it it goes, the PA's probably gone as
well.'
How does Vince use the computer to com-
pose songs? 'Well, I don't compose on the Roland 050 - in Vince s line-up, and Just about everyone else.

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only one he plays live during the act, is the
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traditionally omalog Juno 106. while the S550
sampler and D550 which uses 'LA synthesis' sit
behind him in a 19-inch rack There's also a
pair o f a n a l o g Super J upit er modules , a
Prophet VS module whic h is a digital synth
wit h analog fi ltenng, a n d a pair of large
UK ELECTRON= '88
Oberheim Xpcmders o n a k ey board stand,
Everything's linked by MEDI Thru sockets; the Since we're dealing with computer music here, it might be
BBC micro with a 3.5in disk drive sits close to
hand to Virices left, since he has to load a as well to give a quick preview to the only show in the UK
new set of date after each song. that provides a showcase for amateur computer musicians
Erasure's 'other half is, of course, singer - UK Electronica.
Andy Bell. Both Vince and Andy are playing
of MIDI horns on t he tour, a n d there are t wo
a backing singers who, lik e Andy , a r e well- The show's been running i n t he Nort h of Remarkably, B o d d y a n d h i s part ner
err rehearsed in disaster procedures should t he England for six years, but UK Electronica David Berkeley are quit e happy t o t ak e a
1st sequencer or any of the synths go down ' On held in St John's. Smith Square, London SW1 pair of STs on stage, and hav e been k nown
one dat e i n Scotland t he sequencer we n t on Saturday September 3rd, has mov ed to
ire to perf orm J ade not e f or note. Wh a t t hey
down towards the end of a song. I picked up London s o t he s how c a n b e ma d e mo r e
hav e lined up for OK Electronica '88 is any-
ng a guitar and played along to the end, and I spectacular t han ever. It's being sponsored body's guess...
ier don't t hink any body noticed t he difference. by synthesizer manuf ac t urers Roland UK, The full line-up for the show, whic h lasts
all The bac k ing singers h a v e instructions t o who are lay ing on muc h of t he barrage of for most of a day. is as follows:
ss cony on whatever happens, and Andy's not electronic equipment needed.
1a the s ort o f g u y wh o ' d s t op s inging jus t The headline act for UK Electronica '88 is
bit because all the synths packed in! On another Michel Huygen, wh o usually records under INDUSTRY, CT new UK one-man band in the
occasion the Oberheim Xpander packed in - the n a m e NEURONTUM f r o m rhythmic synthesiser style, u s i n g a c om-
we c ould hav e c arried o n wit hout it , b u t Barcelona. he was born in Belgium, brought modore 6 4 r u n n i n g C-Lab SuperTrack I or
unfortunately it was programmed to play a up i n Af ric a, speaks fi v e languages a n d compositions.
lot of important bits - like the intros to songs! makes a living composing film and TV music
ine! Because everything's connected wi t h MI DI for the Continental market. His dozen or so
into DANIEL B I M' a Frenc h av ant -garde fi l m
Timis it k illed all t he synths after it i n the Net u music composer wh o uses an At ari ST wit h
vnt chain. I had to take it out, and I spent the rest -
over the world (they're currently available in Passport Master Tracks Professional for more
on of the evening changing the MIDI channel on o n iUK
the u t hrough Ma g n u m Music, wh o are
sed commercial electrospop songs as well
the Juno 106 to play the intros. I don't thing I m
sponsoring his appearance at the show) and
tak- played anything by hand for the rest of the a l a b o r a g e of synthesizers, c ommerc ial
use
e of KEVDI O'NEILL, a Cardiff-based composer of
night!' and
b u c us t om-built d r u m ma c h i n e s a n d floating ambient synthesizer music
ne's Erasures concert set includes songs from sequencers.
m s
so all the albums so far - 'We've almos t got a h Huygen's played twice before in the UK - THE LAND OF YRX. a guitar-led synthesizer
whole set of singles now', adds Vince - and is once
a a t t he 1984 UK Electronica s how i n rock band perforrmng compositions created
nths accompanied b y a MIDI-synchronised light Sheffield,
v a n d o n c e a t t h e London on a Spectrum and Commodore 64, and fea-
fn show That idea developed 'from u s i n g the Planetarium
e a n d Lacprium i n 1986. 'There
ears turing STEVE PALMER on MIDI-equipped
Roland MPU•101 MIDI-to-CV interface, whic h b no festivals devoted entirely to synthesiz-
are
)550 is a four-channel unit which has a little LED to er
e music in Spain'. he confirms, 'but obvious-
terns show when each channel is going off. I had e you hear synthesizers all the t ime Meanly Computerissmthesizer composers Michel Huygen, Mark
ly
cm interface built whic h converts MIDI notes n i n c ommerc ial mus ic (Huy gen rec ent ly Jenkins, Ashok Prema and the Golden Light laser crew out-
it's
bout to gates. If I want a light to fade in, the face side the spectacular ver tu for September 3rd's UK
produced
r o n elec t ro-pop b a n d c a l l e d Electronica '88.
nave is programmed into the lighting desk and my Vocoaer)
e so I think there's a good reason to
at gate output just starts it off. I just write all the have
l shows like this'.
mod- lighting date on one track of the sequencer'. e UK Elechoruca has remained stubbornly
t ing Vince's custom MID1-to-Light units sit in his semi-professional,
a pulling in all the synthesiz-
igger 191n rack with the other modules, and certain- er/computer
s music fcms of the UK (and some
think ly helps add a different dimension to Erasure's from
e France. Germany and Holland in past
tcmu- stage shows. But its impossible to avoid the years)
d a n d largely f eat uring amat eur o r
ound impression that Vince is keen to get the tour semi-professional
a musicians who c o m p
finshed and get back to work or. setting up home
-l a n d release their mnsic on cassette.
his new studio. ' I want t o be able t o hav e Al e a oft the UK synth music scene is proba-
Doyen
everything connected a t once, a l l t he ol d bly I an Boddy, wh o gav e u p his job in a
analog synths and drum machines and the pathology lab a couple of years ago to work
Fairlight. I composed for years wit h an MC4 full-time i n Newcastle's Roc k Ci t y Mus ic
sequencer driv ing a l o a d o f monophonic store. He's released four albums, f unded out
synths - and I want to build up a good collec- of his o wn money mad contributions f rom
tion of drum machines as well, not to sample Northern Arts and other interested parties.
the sounds but to run them all together. You Since getting int o t he equipment main-
atm't have too many drum machines!' stream, Boddy has opted to compose on the
Vinces career seems to indicate that chart Atari ST, a n d for his fourth album used t he
success doesn't necessarily depend or. having Steinberg Pro-24 package to create a remark.
the most expensive a n d up-to-date ins t m- able set of pieces titled 'Jade'. Not a note of
ments. True, he did use the very expensive Jade was committed t o t ape before it was
Fairlight for a while,, but his current setup and mastered - using a whole bank of synthesizer
c almly its 'brain', the BBC micro, are not too modules, samplers and drum machines. Boddy
fat removed from what any of us could afford controlled t he entire piece f rom his ST a n d
to install in our bedroom studios. rruxed it down to a stereo digital tape.

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I AN BODDY. whose career is outlined above As i f t hat isn't enough, t herell b e a
l STEVE HILLMAN, a Leeds-based composer of
performing w i t h mu s i c a l part ner DA V I D Llamasoft stand selling copies of Trip-A-Teen.
S crenosphenc, rhy t hmic synth music
BERKELEY. a wide variety of dealers wit h special offers
C
on a l l sorts o f c omput er a n d synthesizer
ADRIAN WAGNER wi t h JETT MI NTER pre-
MICHEL HUYGENS NEUPONIUM, who will be music on LP, cassette and CD, a n d ev en a
sentmg t h e c omput eris ed highlight of t h e restaurant and bar. Tickets for t he show are
day, 'MERAK, a n experience i n light a n d performing a set composed for t he Madrid
Planetarium a n d wi l l feature ex -Tangerine on sale now.
sound dimensions' c ombining Wagner's com-
Drecrm member STEVE JOLLIFTE as special UK Electronioa '88.. Saturday September
positions on t he At ari ST-based Hy brid Arts 3rd. St John's Smith Square. London SWI 3HA
ADAP sampler wit h the mix ed outputs of five guest.
(round t h e c o r n e r f r o m t h e Hous es o f
STs running Minter's Tnp-A-Tron psychedelic
Three v ideo cameras will project images of Parliament!). Doors open 1pm. Underground
graphic software. 5 mi n u t e s w a l k a t S t J ames ' P a r k o r
the performers a n d specially c reat ed c om-
puter graphic v ideos ont o a h u g e screen Westminster (District/Circle lines). Buses 3,
ASHOK PREMA. a n I ndian-born composer
over t h e stage, t wo las er projectors f rom 77a, 159, 10, 76, 507. 8B. Tickets £5 Day t ime
haaing f rom t he Midlands who uses C L a b
G,olden Light controlled by a n IBM PC will (Industry t o A d r i a n Wagner). £ 7 Ev ening
Creator running on an ST to come up with
create cmimcrted graphics and abstract pat- (Ashok P r e ma t o Mi c h e l Huy gen). S 1 0
Peetern-influenced, rhythmic compositions.
terns as well as a huge 'laser sculpture'. and Combined Avcalcible from The Box Office at
TV screens around t he hall will prev iew a St John's (address as above), tel: 01-222 1061;
MARK JENKINS, wh o has been k n o wn t o
write a music article for ACE occasionally ( new sound-to-light computer graphic system cheques pay able to St John's Smith Square;
from desktop publishing pioneers Tecnation, enclose an SAE. Credit c ard orders. add 10%
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who promises a barrage of powerf ul k ey -
called Bit Bopper. handling.
),
board music

MUSIC PANEL OF EXPERTS

This month's letters show the usual wide range of queries from musicians
amateur, experienced, ambitious or confused.
For starters we have CHRIS WAREHAM of Computer Clubs. There are other areas devoted to be a cartridge version of Pro-16 as well, but
to chess, astrology, science fiction, fantasy and you'll probably find it combined with a score writ-
Farnborough who's using a Commodore 64 for
many other subjects. er now and so more expensive), each is a 16-
musical applications. 'Does Steinberg's Pro-
MIDISPOT has around 120 pages at infor- track, polyphonic MIDI sequencer whic h will
16 sequencer package include a good step
mation divided into an Introduction. Equipment record your keyboard performances, play them
time sequencer, or is it only real-time?'
Lists, He l p a n d Advice (including letters). back at different speeds, allow you to edit them
In fact the Latest version of Pro-16 has very
Reviews, and News. The introduction includes and combine t hem wit h subsequent perfor-
powerful step time facilities. You just hit the Step
editorial on how to use equipment to its fullest mances for multi-track performances (providing
Time command button and notes are recorded
and how the MIDI interface works. The equip- you've got more than one instrument, or one
with equal spacing rather than real time spac- instrument whic h c an mak e several s ound
ing. The 'quantisation' value used to tidy up real ments lists give details on MIDI instruments
including synthesizers, drum machines and wind simultaneously lik e t h e Yamaha FB-01 o r
time performances is systematically used to set
instruments, The help and advice section solves Roland MT-32 synth modules), and each is
the step time value - 16th note quantisation will
specific problems (sounds like it might put us out available from music shops - Steinberg through
produce 16th notes in step lime, and so on. the distributor Eventode. Soundworks and C-
There's now an enormously powerful Grid Edit of work). Reviews are self-explanatory and the
news section gives details of the latest MIDI Lab from Sound Technology, any music shop
page which can be used to examine the note
products. which cant get in touch with these distributors
you've entered, insert new notes o r whole must be a butcher.
chords using loystick, and generally take control The recently-introduced letters section has
over the finest details of your music. been very popular and you can access the
MIDISPOT section by typing 'MIDISPOT+ start- MARK JONES of Eastbourne has also bought
Chris i s prepared t o abandon t h e
a Casio HT700 but is not too keen on its minia-
Commodore in favour of the Atari ST - but ing at page 810921.
believes that most sequencers are aimed at the ture keys. 'Is it possible to link the HT700 to a
RICHARD TAYLOR of West Yorks has an inter- basic no trills' full-sized keyboard via MIDI -
1040.
esting problem - he has a Commodore 64 and a and if so how much would I have to pay?'
In fact most St-based sequencers will work
Casio HT700 MIDI keyboard and says he does- In tact there's very little choice in master
WI either version, but you may not have much
n't know of any good MIDI programs on cas- keyboards at the budget end of things. You can
note capacity on a 520 Steinberg Pro-24, which
sette. pay LOADS of money tor units from Oberheite,
theoretically doesn't fit into a 520 at all, but you
He's one up on us, because we don't know Roland or Yamaha, o r portable remote key-
CAN run it, with a few hundred or a thousand
of ANY programs on cassette, full stop. The boards from Casio, Lynx or Korg - or you can
note capacity. A much cheaper alternative is
Michtron Super Conductor, which is only E40 or problem here is that even fairly short pieces of buy something from Cheetah.
music create enormously long MIDI data files, Cheetah's MK5Il costs E199 and has five
so but which will provide powerful editing of 16
and saving them to cassette is just too much like octaves of lull-sized keys, pitch band, memory
polyphonic MIDI tracks with very great capacity
hard work. I f anyone has ever seen a MIDI buttons and footswitch socket; the MK5V adds
on a 520. Steinberg is available through any
package on cassette, or has written one them- velocity sensitivity and a modulation wheel for
music shop and Super Conductor from any
selves, please let us know. Richard will almost E275, and the MK7VA has seven octaves of
music store.
_certainly have do go for a disk drive. He con- weighted keys, afteeouch. three split points, tour
cludes 'How much is Steinberg Pro.16, what is MIDI outs and eight performance memories for
GARY SEDGWICK of Mor den has sent i n
it, what does it do and where can you get it7 E400. Linked by a single MIDI lead, they're avail-
some information o n an area of PRESTEL
devoted to electronic music. MID SPOT is part Well, the answers to these questions also able through any music shop and some comput-
apply to the C-Lab Supertrack package. Each er shops (even Boots)),
of Hobbyspot run by EPUB, t he Electronic
Publishing division al the British Association of costs around E100, comes on disk (there used

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just have to play them on, and the puzzles you
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ACE TOP TENS 110,112
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B L U E R END 122
BRAIN G AMES 102
CARTOON STRIP 112
( COMPETITION WINNERS 111
DALEKSI 108
c HARDWARE UPGRADE GUIDE 106
o INDUSTRY INTERVIEWS._ 112
PENPALS 115.118
PRIZE CROSSWORD NO 6 109
PUZZLE G AMES 100
SPECIALS 103
SECOND HAND BUYS 115.118
USER GROUPS 115-118
WANTED ADS 1 1 5 --11 1 8
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LASEO A tactical warfare simulation

SQUAD Available on Spectrum 48k/128k from August 1988

price: £ 9 . 9 5 (cassette only)

Available on CBM64 and Amstrad CPCs from October 1988

price: £ 9 . 9 5 (cassette) or Cl 4.95 (disk)

GAME FEATURES:

8 directional scrolling window shows detailed 3D maps (80 by 50 spaces)

• One or two player options in each scenario with multiple difficulty levels for
one player • Individual level combat with varied unit characteristics • Eight
directional facing of units and hidden movement according to line of sight
• Ranged combat includes aimed shots, snap shots, automatic fire, opportunity
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TARGET GAMES available by mail order for £3.95 (inc. p&p). The first expansion kit will be
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Aoorn's own super-last 32-bit ARM chin as their centralprocessce. kefitorola 6800010 posh it around while the II uses the much taster
(but closely relatedl680320

PRICES Recommended retail prices start at U101 60 tor the 305 on its own Recommended retal prices start at 22,284 for the SE and E4,329
There's poison al a second-hand market as yet. tor the Mac II. Macs tend to keep ther value well, so second-hand
ones aren't terrbly cheap. Cut-pnce brand newones are rare too,
sothe cheapest thing am be to personaly import one from the
Stales (i.e, fly to New 'tit, buy a Mao and bring it back with youj.

GRAPHICS Screen leSallh011 is variable: typical moces mud be 320x256 The motta-anty SE has a screen resolution of 5121642, while the
25600lOurS 640r256 in 16 colours or - with an expensive mukt Mac II runsio a 1027x760 screen in 16 colours, chosen ircrn a
sync monitor - an impressree 640612. again in 16 colours_ There's calorie of more than 16 milkanl
one hardware sprite - the cursce- but with that e4ieedy ARM clip
or power. the Archie's bindngre last in software.

MONITORS Brei - composite ?deo cciour P ROB. sync no TV modulator Aswee as the boat-in (SE) or clecloated (Mac llj Apo e units, there
. are plenty al third-party rrionaors alleging milion-pixel soreers and
similar. lite most things Mac-ish, these gel very pricey.

SOUND The Archie has a MIDI interlace as standard. its bust in sound fea- The Macs tour-channel sotnd chp can produce Wile very accept
tures 16 channels in 8 stereo pars) and a range ot six ootayes. all able noises - stereoCRIthe Mat 11- but you'll need a third-party
led Itvough a pod-quality internal speaker. MIDI port add-on if you're serious about music

DRIVES,MICE & The bolt-in drve isQuiet and last, and pots a healthy 800K onto a The last reliable bu-m drives pack 800K aria a 35n disk. The
3.5n disk. The Armed comes with a nice 3-button mouse - but has keyboard's very high-quality slut as is die one-button mouse
JOYSTICKS
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SOFTWARE Garnes tor the Archie are rare things (deed. Superior and Grand Games software is not terribly plenblul on the Mac. though adven-
Slam are both committed to suppartng the machine. but lor now the turers ate well catered ice. There's a huge amount al graphics and
anti major titles are Zarch and (for 310 ownersf Cooduendr both desk-top publishrig software - frost el it firmly motto - and a fine
ACE-rated games There's still m ygn al a game that really pushes range ol titles tor the buscess user. There's also penty of great
the 'Niche to anythng like as limits software for the MIDI musican, but it doesn't come cheap.
The handlul al graphics packages available should keep art-loving
Archie owners happy for now Other appicabars areas are Ockng
OVernicety if nal exactly booming.

TheSuture tor the Mac is excelent but mostly on the serous side ot
PROSPECTS The Arches ecticalional leanngs m e tor a poorgames outlook -
there's no sign Di support from anyCdthe bg-league houses - and M ir%
the lack cela joystick pod doesnl help. The graphics sohlwere base
would mushroom 1 Aoten cut Mee picas, but until then things don't
'lack too hot here either.

OVERALL The Archimedes is years anead ol its fime, and vastly more power- The Mac's a wry upmarket mathine, and is priced acoordingly.
tut than the competition A stiff bt cgprice-cutting would make it an Almost asserrh4 tor DIP users, ifs a luxury item or Yuppie toy lot
unbeatabie leisure madfine. but Acorn just don't seem to be titer- the rest 01us_
ested Al the current price its a worthwhile buy for computer SCit
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ATARI ST COMMODORE APAIGA IBM PC AND

COMPATIBLES
The 520SIFIA and 1040STFboth came as contioned The A500 is a angle unit with buillen disk drive, while the A20D1 IBM's PC is the vigirtal, but the best buys these days are 'clones
keyboardsystermotrive consoles. has a separate keyboard and system bor. Ike Arnstrads PC1512 arc 1640. Specnicaoans apply to most mod-
emPCs, but check the details for yoursell Delve buying

The 520STRA has 517K of memory, while the 1040STFhas lklb. Trio A500 has 512K ot memory and the A2030 a hefty 1 PCcarnpaidies normally have 512K or 640K Dimemory, Aim an
Both use the Motorola 68000 processor. M b ,usib
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80286 and 80386 are faster but more expenswet

Recommended retail proses were 520STFM P E399 99, 1040STCP Flecorromereted retailponces are: ASV) £399, A2000 E1236. Shoo Prices start at would E400 for a monoPC., but a 640K inachne
£599.99, but at time at writing news came througn of a price all, around or lower proses or package deals. There's a lair old second- with an EGA display arc too-flight monitor will cost more like ID30.
restoring the 520STs old £29999 proe tag. Whether this will hand trade in unwanted A503's, though the recent drop et RAP There's a thriving second-hand market, and even buying brand new
ndude the 'Sunnier Pack games bundle isn't yet dear. means that prices here may not be too good. Also still available is you're well advised to shop around.
There's a strong secondhand market in 520STs, and reduelions an the creaky old Al DX, the first Amiga model and, with its lenry
brand new ones aren't hard to find either. The new once arts could bcote/p sequense and puny r256K) metmory desersely discontin-
wellMOWthis into turmoil, meld you ued.

IV or colour monitor users can gel at two screen modes or. the ST Hardware spites and scrolling make ocnvertonal games easy to The three man graphics standards are CA, EGA and Hercules
merium res 1:640e200 in 4 colours' and low res 1320x200 in 16 write_ while the tuihon biller greatly speeds up large-scale graphcs None of these coltersponteson scrolling in hardware
colours), bolt working tromp a 512•colour palette. Lien with mono operations Typical screen modes are 320x200 in 16 colOtirS
ntoeitors can only access one mode, nig"! res,%whci hgrves them a games. 3201(256 in 32 or 4096 colours for art, or 640r256 in 16 The mart CGA (Cohort Grapnels Adaptor) modes are 320x200 in 4
640x400 screw r black and white, colours tor serious use. In all cases, colours are taken from a colours and 64074200 in mono. CGA has no palette as such: the 4-
paette at 4096 colour mode comes in two ceiour-scherne choices, out that's all. An
EGA(Enhanced Graphics Adaptor) PCcan vodka these two CGA
modes plus a few of is awn, offering displays colup to 640e350 in
1603101IS tan a palette of 64, Hercules graphics are moo only,
but with a maxram resolution of 720x348 they can be very useful
tor applocatians like DTP :Desk-Top Publishing,

RGB. Mono, or bult•in TV modulator 1520STonly - 1040STneeds SCARToutput tor e.g. Commsdoes Al D91 rnonilv le349,99• but %email standard R08, with no TV output
separate modulator), look out for bonding Valet. TV modulatos are available, but aren't
induded in the prise

The internal sound chips poor, with only three ohannes and no Butt-in sound is excellent, with 8 channels en4 stereo pairs eftenng Awe sound standard is very mucti the PCs Achiles heel as a
slava, but the built-in MIDI port's made the ST a must tor penny- you a nine octave range or some reasonable hurnanish speech. games machine. and speaker quality is usually ow accordingly.
wise musicians. You'l reed a third party add-on to get MIDI comealiblity mild you. MIDI interlaces are eyelet:4e, but the ST aid Mao WI beat the PC
as machines tor the musically minced

The internal drove stores 360K (most 520s sold at the moment' or The Amigas bun-in dnve is often noisy and always slow, but it does Though 525in 360K disks are still the standard, Me rewer 3.5in
720K brand new 520s and all 1040s1 on a 3.5n disk. A toto.butIon pack 880K onto a 3.5n dish so ifs not a tolar disaster. The two-but- 7201<delves are becoming more common. There are two diluent
mouse okigs into one of the inconwmierely situated controller pores, ton nose takes up one at the machine's two c one laystrok standards IBM (whet s analogue, and the norm for cider
leaving the other one free lot a pystok. - or knerdan genies) aret Amstrad (which takes a standard Atari-
0er p o r t s . style MI6).

With the best garnes support of any machne listed nere, the STs Onthe games front the Arniga's now coming out al the Sis shad- There's a vast software base tor PCs, but rotatively fewgames that
probaby still leading the upgrade rase Gtaphics software's some ow at least to the extent that most STgames also appear r Amiga are good by modern standards. This situation's rapidly improving
kat. behnd the keiga but calchieg up last. with new titles seeth- farm. LintortLnalery they are still usuaty straight conversions. taking !lough. as is the art side of things (espeoally on the EGA treat.
e no account at the Arniga's even hardware. Music software is avalatre ff rather expensive', but ifs only on the
- port has earned it oulstancing support on the music iron, with
MIDI Thieves amide range of art sodenand animation paskages for the serious sde attitirsgs that the PC really wins out.
I e ercelent packages from a wide range of companies. Serious
som machine_many of them erselleet. Music's less well catered for, but
software'
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Welcome to the new, BIGGER, Random Access. Apart from the regular ACE puzzle and
ACE Prize Crossword, we feature the marvellous Nigel from Rigel, the definitive solution to
our marvellously enigmatic (!) Prize Crossword No 4, and a whole deluge of fascinating
information and tidbits from the world of Advanced Computer Entertainment.
EXTERMINATE, EXTERMINATE...!
a
Guess what the latest craze is in the ACE offices. Virus? Dark Side maybe? Not
quite. I n fact it s a little game called Dateks which someone copied onto
Production Editor Rod Lawton's Macintosh.
Gameplay is simple to the point of idiocy. You're represented on-screen by a
little man surrounded (at first) by half a dozen daleks situated at random on the
screen_ Around your little man are eight arrows, and clicking on any one of
l•
t 4 td these with your mouse arrow moves your little man one step in the appropriate
▪ direction. In response, the daleks all take one step towards you.
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190 The idea is to make the daleks collide with each other, thus reducing them to
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piles of rubble, before they get you. Since you can't always do this in t ime
there's a 'hyperspace' key to plonk you randomly elsewhere on the screen. This
might put you right next to a dalek, so do it only when you must. Also useful -
although you can use it only once per screen -
is your 'sonic screwdriver, which takes out all
the daleks inside the radius of your movement
In this long division sum the
THE ACE PUZZLE No6 three-digit divisor has been
arrows. Useful if you're in a promising position
but being threatened by one or two daleks far
Set by Archie Medes represented by the three letters A, ahead of the rest. Successive screens start off
C and E (all three digits being with more and more daleks, unt il it seems
different). The positions of the other
you're surrounded by swarms of t he pesky
Can you compl ete the sum? digits in the division, which works
things.
out exactly, are indicated by the So what mak es this little timeewaster s o
A dashes. Also in place are the
addictive? The sound is minimal, gameplay
ACE I positions of all digits as
non-existent, and graphics laughable. It must
represented by the three letters
be just the sheer pleasure of crunching dalek
already given - this substitution
A C after dalek i n a glorious rampaging blood-
having been done wherever
thirsty..,plod. Who knows? Here are assorted
possible.
quotes gathered from the ACE team by your
fearless reporter....
• SerK1 pur anSWer5to PRIZE PUZZLE6, ACE,
4Omen Street, Beth BM 1E,J.
'Ideal f or when y our br ai n's i n neutral.
Clo9n9 date September lOth•
Monumental satisfaction in piling the little
tin monsters into each other' - Bob Wade

'Using the power of the Mac for something

as dumb as Daleks is nothing short of crim-
NAME
inal - but it's SO playable and addictive I
can't help myself' - Andy Smith
ADDRESS

'The simplest, stupidest, most trivial game

on the planet oughtn't l obe one of the most
addictive too - but Daleks is.' - Andy Wilton
COMPUTER OWNED

j ' P l Lawton
e a s e can I have my Mac back.' - Rod

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ACE PRIZE CROSSWORD 6

Set by Mips
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The first correct entry taken from the postbag wins software worth E25.00.
Closing date for entries September 10th.
The ACE crossword is cryptic. The answer might be an anagram, or
formed from the end of one word and the beginning of another, or simply
another word hinted at by the clue. Most - but not quite all - at the answers
are computer•related,

ACROSS
5. Your favourite PC magazine's written about company youth's software
house (8)
6. Program instruction written in BASIC - o dear (4)
7. So when to form a software house? (6)
9. Game sailor (6)
10. Remind Ian about the state (5)
11. Alternative piece of computer data on planet's path (5)
14. Computer snake (5)
15. Hold up programming deal with youth leader (5)
17. Angry. Zorba keeps game from Ocean (6)
18. Its fashionable to try out the final part (6)
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19. Nosy about Japanese company (4)
20. Software house to come down on high flier (8)

DOWN CROSSWORD ENTRY FORM

1. Provides protection on monitors (7)
2. I see man about Ocean (4) NAME
3. Spare time genius has for software house (7)
3t 4. I make a bargain that's perfect (5) ADDRESS
6. Leggy creatures game (9)
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a 12. If rarer could be developed as a Formula One game (7)
13. Game judo expert has to have courage for (3, 4) COMPUTER OWNED
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16, Find car gone when filled with gas (5)
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THAT MAKE THE
Answer: D E A D divided by thirteen equals 1 1 2 1 — arid this months winner is Andrew Scott
ACE TEAM ANGRY from Peterborough, who wins 125 worth of software for his Spectrum 48K_

Solution: The examples given in the question are simply divisions in Hexadecimal form, in which the
'word' is made from the hexadecimal digits A to F, and the result of the division (which works out exactly)
Just to give you an idea how fran- is also given in hexadecimal — though in this case only comprising the digits 0 to 9.
tic and demanding life is in the For example, 'A C E' in hex is equivalent to the decimal 2766. This, divided by 2, gives 1383 (deci-
ACE office, we thought you'd like mal), which converted back to hex is 567.

to know just what really does get Consequently, we need to find an acceptable English four-letter word, made up of the letters A, B, C.
under our skin. D, E or F, which is an exact multiple of thirteen, Note that the use of 'the word 'thirteen' denotes that this
value is the decimal thirteen, To have used the digits '13' could have also meant the hexadecimal 13
(decimal 19). so to avoid ambiguity the word Thirteen' was used.
1. The coffee from the machine being too weak_
The program used generates all 1296 hexadecimal values comprising four digits, each digit being in
2. People interrupting games of Virus. the range A to F. The equivalent decimal values for these hexadecimal letters is 10 to 15 respectively, so
these are the values held in the four FORNEXT loops. The decimal equivalent is computed by multiply-
3. Andy Smith whistling. ing each of these values by its correct power of 16, and adding these totals together (line 150)_
This value is then tested to determine if il is exactly divisible by thirteen. Because some micros can
4. Not having a connecting door to the pub produce small errors with non-terminating decimals such as those obtained by dividing certain values by
nextdoor. thirteen, the program uses a 'reverse' check by direct multiplication to determine exact multiples of thir-
teen (lines 160 and 170).
5. The Art Dept. stealing our biscuits. All values which pass this test are printed out, and from these the only common English word can be
extracted from it. The complete sum is then easily constructed (remembering to convert the dividend
6. Andy Smith smoking. back to hex form!).

7. Game names that won't fit on the page. 100 1 ) $ =

110
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8. Losing at Daleks.
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9. Other people being right.
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PRIZE CROSSWORD Back in ACE Issue 10 we offered FOUR lucky readers the chance to win ALL Electronic Arts

NO 4 releases for their machine for a WHOLE year! That could mean these four people have now saved
themselves something like E500 that they would have spent on software.
Well folks, here's the solution to the ill-fated
Prize Crossword No 4_ Ill fated because of
A.M. Coveney, Donnington. Simon Cox, Ascot. Steve Carter. Chelmsford and Glyn Ababio,
what happened to the last few clues, You Walt hamstow.
see clue number 15 should have been num-
ber 43. and 19 down didn't exist at all,
and...and.._well, last month's Bfitter End con-
tained the grisly details. Anyway, those peo-
ple who phoned in were reassured that any-
THE ACE SERIAL...
one who had correctly filled in all the dues
that really were correct would still be eligible Prepare to be amazed,enthralled, nvetted, shocked and probably mentally disturbed by our
for the first prize.. .which goes to John Shaw
of DukInfield who wins £25 worth of soft-
newACEserial, Set in the not too distant present, it's a tale of ordinary folk faced with the dis-
ware for his C64. astrousconsequences of man'sown technological folly - the evil N'Gar Thrombobo,the sprite
This is what the completed crossword whocame to life. Isaac Asimov eat your heart out..,
should have looked like...
The Git In The Machine: Part
M M S S N'Gar Thrombobo had been a sprite for as long as he could remember. Which wasn't, in fact very long. The life
MMOMM Mo MME MM expectancy of a Cenlauran Battledrone was in the order of four to five seconds - especially when little Horace
M M M M Claghandle was playing Revenge Of The Mutant Hitters From Mars on his Amoeba 520. Four or five seconds was long
M E M MEMMMM 0 enough, however, for N'Gar Thrombobo to establish his own existence. infer that he was one of a large formation of
attacking Cenlauran Battledrones. and even make some rather fundamental discoveries regarding the structure of the
M I M E space-time continuum itself - before being blasted to a pulp by a Terran Megalaser. We can say all this with some cer-
MoMMRMOMMM tainty, since it happened at least tourteen thousand times.
M M O M You see Horace Claghandle was very good indeed at Revenge 01 The Mutant Hitters. So good that it never took
ME MMMOMMM him more than four or five seconds to completely decimate the second wave of Centauran Bat/lei:hones, amongst which
M M E M M M was - in the third rank, fourth from the right - N"Gar Thrombobo. Very occasionally, N'Gar Thrombobo would survive into

OMMMMMO M E M = the fifth second. during which he would make some startling discoveries regarding the existence of a theoretical super.
being controlling his destiny - but N'Gars destiny always caught up with him before he could do anything about 1. Until
MM M M that fatetul evening when Horace Claghandie made his first - and final - mistake. He missed.
MMOMOMM MMMMM In the sixth second of his existence N'Gar Thromboto determined that this theoretical superbeing was in fact a
M M M M M monstrously huge, rather shapeless mass of protein in a parallel universe. By the seventh second he had worked out a
poke to give himself infinite lives - and by the ninth second he had saved himself to disk. N'Gar Thrombobo lived. Lived,
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lmage. Yes. Prime Minister and Friday Night Live, His favourite composer's Jim Morrison (late of The 2. Fans of the genre will love it (Both of
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6. Good value for money (Cheap rubbish).
7. Tricky controls (I kept dying).
8. Poor collision detection (I kept dying).
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• ookfAta ri ST Public Domain software for just toystick. 2 8 quality games, 4 0 Crash maga- 2000, AM X Mouse, software worth E250-E300.
E1.23 a disk a nd fre e . Origina l commercial aroginals. Sta r Raiders E7.50, Computer hots o m
zines and 15 others Worth over E450 will sell Phone 01 540 6752. ask for Ales H a ll original
software worth E2 5 to the first customer to (Hacker I ll, Branaccus, D e e p Space, Little for Ele 80 Phone
d 0422833571 for more detailsr price E325. London
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13p today to: Humberside Public Domain Li- P bound_
•1Amstra d CPC software for sale, some CkSC, o excellent condition. E3 5 ono. phone drive, lots of games. vglities. demos, excellent
brary. 2 Old Mill Close. Market Weighton, York, mostly tape, some old, some not so old. All Llandudno
r 0491 79534 atter 6pm_ condition worth E800, deal at E450 On0 or Wrap
YO4 T Ion Amiga A500. tot: (091) 285 6842, a sk for
cheap! SAE tor into M r Lee, 4 8 Fe ld Road, d
• 2 boxes of 10 IBM 3.5 2.0MB OS RD disks Graeme.
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Ramsey, Huntingdon_ Combs, PEI 7 I JP
worthsE56.00. Se ll E25.00 each box_ 3 boxes
• 4-player ,menace tor Gauntlet II, Leather-
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Verbatim datalife 5.25 DS DO disks_ 10 worth
neck. P O o r C he que only to W a v e M a k e r s , • Amstrad 484, colour monitor, speech synth.
phone 1.0823) 278802 between 9-5 for details • Amlga 500, including TV modulator, dust E26.00. l sell E10.00 each. Phone 0634 377640.
light pen. joycon. joystick, mags, approk E300
ST only, interface £5.49. cover. mouse and poystick, lots of games eg T
Garrison 2, ECO, Arizball etc. Manuals and utils of games, ve ry good condition, worth I:550+,
- Buyi my r,500+ worth of software for E450 and sell for c 3 2 5 One. Te l: Bakewell 4687.
etc. 4 we e ks old, stilt guaranteed, e xce le nt
• Atari ST520FAI with E100 plus original soft- condlliOn. Worth E650, sell far E450 Or ge t mmy S pe c tr um 1 2 8 , m y + 3 , joysticks a nd
ware also joystick and printer WhiCh May need tape recorder tree. Worth over £900. Ask for • 0 6 4 computer • disc drive • disc backup •
attention £ 3 0 0 . Te l: Phil 061 773 8631. 315
1 Bramhag Lane SOLith, Brarnhall.S tOd9Ort. Chrise.on 0592 772058, ono.
CheShine. Te l: 061 440 9861 after 6.30pm. cassette backup devices • software, a good
0. A d a m , S genre base. Cassette and computer case only
• Amiga 500, 5 0 disks, pOysticks, C 6 4 da - • Commodore 64, 1541 disk drive cialaSelte • An d o 500,2 loysticks mouse mat and dust slight damage. vnil se ll lo r £180 or under.
tasette. books. 100's games. toystick, music cover,Aguarantee toms, Deluxe Paint and 4 Superb otter. Tel:0723 370290.
EXP & keyboard, midi interlace E800 ono. Will joyabOlt, magazines. E800 o f original software E
games worth E650. will se ll for E500 only 2
5199seperately. Good buy. Phone Rob 0460 on tape a nd disk inCluding Infocoms. GAC, months r old. Phone Shane o n Cokoryn Ba y • Commodore 64, rhSk drwe, Iwo C2t4's, C900+
4029. wordprocessor andicaS of games, sell for E295. 531003. e
Tel: (0905) 772654. of sottwaie, a l original. expert cartridge, joys-
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tras, excellent condition. Cost E1300. sec for Huey £100 the lot. Contact C K Chili, 1 0 Ann sion, plus Coos and loads of games, mags and ACE magazines. Worth e l 100+, sell MOO.
C300_ Te l: 0444 413425. Street, Shireemor. Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE27 and books_ a bargain al £270. Phone Stafford Telephone Pori talbot 898528.
OOR 107051 4568!
• Amstra d 464 with colour montor, loads Of • Atari 620 W M , over £200 worth of software
games including Gryzor a nd Matchday 2 , • C64 tape games for sale, 5 for £5. For list send - COM 64 and Spectrum • 2. Both in excellent titles including °id s. D M . Sta r Tre k e tc. 5
magazines, 2 joysticks. origina l b o xe s. SAE to Mike, 61 Riverview Close, Hallow Road. condition E200 the lo t Can buy separately. months old, still under guarantee - Only E350.
Whole lot E290. Te l; 01-950 2469 after 5prn. Worcester. WR2 6D13. 100's 04 games for both Also with data- Ring 01 9 8 5 0941. Mouse manuals a lso in-
casette Phone 039-6490 and a sk for Kevin. cluded.
• Am stra d CPC4 6 4 with colour monitor. • C64, C2N, 1541. 1525, word processor. soft-
speech synthesiser and joystick, £500 worth ware worth e ve • Excelerator d isk drive for 064. brand new, • Commodore 64, dataesette unit, music ex-
of original software. Se ll (04 E350 ono Te l: Mikro
, Assembler, all manuals, all good oond lion, only use d once ! Se lling due t o computer pansion unit including 5 octave keyboam and
0992 715513, worth music editor E250 the lot Te l: 061 477 0778
' E 6over 0 0 E1500
. (boxed) C31 5 ono. Hants, Te l: breaking down. Hence El 30 ono.
Call Dale after 6pm 01 -664 3702, Greeelord,
(0252)20221.
• Amstra d CPC4 6 4 colour monitor, fre e m o d e Middx. •C91164, C2N, joystick, lots of games including
extra cassette recorder. joystick (Pro Plus), m ,
-Spectrum 128+2, as new_ many mags and poke Last Niraa, Witba ll e t c £154) ono. Lots o f
loads of lop games (worth E500 - including Ssheets, r games software. only El 10 the lot • Amstrad CPC484, colour, disk drive, plenty
i r E130 computer mage e g Zza pl etc_ E l 5 One. N o
reasonable offer refused. Te l: 01 349 1414.
GAC). Altogether worth £900. sell only E200. iRingO 01-888
n ' 5456 after 7.30pm. 01 software, joysticks, ma gs, Multiface I I .
Tel; (0342) 810407. Perfect condemn, se ll for £280, wil not split
s• Ata ri ST (public domain), games, art, Willie s. Phone anytime 0923 35009. • C BM 64, datasefte. ove r £2000 of games
• Commodore 64. datacassette, 1541 disk B a
music, midi, demos, a ll at only ES per disk post including Outrun, La st N inja . &e ma il, N e w
drive and over £600 of original tape and disk sfree. SAEi list. M r Stock, 15 Woodtwooke Road, • Atari 520STFPA 4 months old £400 software Transformer, R e se t cartridge. programming
software, a bargain a t £210 ono for quick including SI AC, Camer Command. Dungeon books, magazines, music maker. vgc, worth
cBirmingham,
. 830 lU E,
sale Master. Be yond Zork, Ba rds Ta le . U M S. E2500. Bargain at E450. Tel (0669) 59495
after
, 6.30ptn. • Spectrum Plus 3, joystick, cletacorder inc leads Captain Blood. Olds. Ba ckla sh e tc. All for
E200 worth of latest software tape and disc - E370 ono. Phone Peter 02594 2299_ • Amstra d colour 6128, multiface 2, Matzen.
Wi Renegade, Combat School, Drille r a ll original, cassette deck, leads, loads of books, maga
• Spe ctrum+, ta pe recorder, Interface 1 ,
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l and cartridges. magazines, duel- under guarantee E200. Te l: (0942) 6061 35 Man- • Amstra d CPC464 still boxed, E250 of soft Lines and games. All in immaculate conckton.
sport joystick interface with joystick, over E150 chester. ware including GAC , Ima ge Syste m a nd Sell the lot for £300 orio. Phone 01 868 4259.
01
p games with cassette ca se . Worth ove r many top games. joystick, ove r 6 0 maga-
• Amstrad 464. green screen, modulator, joystick zines, books. Worth well over £500. Accept • Printer DMP 2000, excellent condition, hardly
l1400,
i asking only CI 25 ono. Phone Steven,
Northumberland 0434 84751; splitter. joystick, 100+ games inc Driller. GAG, E270 ono. Telephone 10742) 884365, used plus Atari 26-- games machine with live
t Gauntlet 1(2, Gryzor. also dust cover. reags etc. cartridges and few good Amstrad bees with
P• Aw l 520STFM complete system, including Bargain £360 ono, phone Andy (0925) 31578 • CBM64, C2N. disc drive, Action Replay IV, joystick a ll worth £ 3 4 9 . se a for £149. ring
after 5pm. El 000 ga me s including Platoon, Wizbe ll, Shark 01 767 6006.
hprinter. 7 pieceS 01100 quality software, a ll Bubble Bobble . D isk box, 2 0 bla nk disks.
ounder 6 months old. Total value approx E550.
Will se ll for E400. Phone 0454 312135 eve- PUBLIC HEALTH WARNING Neos mouse and cheese. Will sell for £450. • Expert Cartridge tor sale, tape to disk, disk to
nrungs. Phone Glenrethes 741817. tape etc. Bargain at El 0+ P&P Telephone Paul
Needless to say, we cannot ourse lve s Bradlord 671763
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vouch for the credentials of any pa rticula r • Ata ri 520STIFM with joystick, mouse, mags
I• C64. 1541 disc drive. tape deck, sound Aud
entry in this se ction. II you re spond. it's • Spectrum +3 with Mulbtace Three. Two joys-
a+ speakers, disk box + disks, games, books. at your own r
over E500 of original software, copier, disks,
excellent condition. Worth over £800. Quick ticks, ta pe recorder and leads, Tasword + 3
mags, Action Replay MKIV, joystick, worth
nover E4 2 0 , se ll f o r E2 2 0 . Phone (0 2 4 4 sale for offers E300+, Phone Breeden on (01) wordprocessor. loa ds o t d isk software, still
o821484 evenings, contact Justin. • C9 M 6 4 . 1541 d isk drive, C2 N datacassette• 886 0141„ under guarantee, Price £300. Phone Raymond
n computer de sk, competition joystick, Fre e ze (0494) 112895.
1• 520STFIll, two months old and guaranteed, Machine carrying case and over E200 of software • Amstrad CPC464 with colour monitor, over
loads o f software like Dungeon M aster, only £200, will de live r 5 0 mile radius. Phone £500 of software 1Gauntiets. Combat School • Commodore 64 pho
3Captain Blood, Carrier Command, 16 original Stephen Dumeies (0387) 61929. etc). Ouckshol 2 joyball, a ll mint condition worth
, of software plus pystick, will sell lot £200
1tales in a ll. Worth £600. Will sell lot E400, Tel: (Tayside area). Al for only E250. Phone 0382 ono. Te l: 01 247 3981 after Spin.
d a la ca se t t
-021 3 7 8 0472. • Se ga console with E200 games. still under 8111343.
guarantee, a s new, se ll for E150 o r swa p for •eAta ri 5 2 0
5 Nintendo with games. Te l: (0977) 42559 after • Spectrum software 1984-88 for sale. Prices worth
-o vof software
e r including Defender of Crown,
• CBM64, dataCaSeete.1541 disk drive, joys
4tick, 1 8 blank disks, tape and disk software 6prri bonn 99p-E5. Send SAE for list to Scott Wild- Star
S T Rwars,
E 3 . gunship,
A 0 DM arid Obliterator, joys-
- tick, loads of m £ 6 0 0 ono Ring Dave on 01
2worth over E800, books and mags worth over ing. 20 Nene View, Islip, Kettering. Northants. 0739i 3267
s x after
6E100, Total value over El 250. Bargain £400. • Amstrad CPC8I28 pus colour monitor,garnes, NS114 3LO. Thanks ,
m o n
3Ring Esher 62825. 2 joysticks, ta pe recorder, le a ds, magazines,
t• Ci3M
h s64, cassette recorder, over E20 worth of
OMP2000 printer worth over 1000 pounds, sell for • BBCB, disk drive, M O D ES system, quality
4• c a m . * amazing offer! includes E650 of E600 ono. Quick sa le for upgrade. Te l: (0244) data recorder, manuals, leads, E450 software omagazines
l and over 250 games. Perfect work-
8original games - all latest and greatest titles 377851 evenings (disk and tape), worth El 000. sell for E450+. ing order. Worth hunPreila of pounds - Will sell
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tor just £150 ono. Phone 01 841379313 Deepak
- Alien Syndrome. Platoon etc, clatacassene. Tel: Dursley 860261 between 9am and 5pm.
mags. joystick, pe rfe ct condrton. WC ‘tri • Amstra d 6128 colour monitor, disk, tape also Mags and disk box inc. O
C840. se ll for E259 ono. Tel (0924) 253620, joystick, light pen. screens T V adaptor. E3 0 0 • v• Amstra e d 464 colour. over E400 of software
Software Rape and disk) ATF, Ellis, e tc. worth • Ata ri M T H . mouse, joystick. 3 0 disks ol rincluding M ille r. Starglidet etc. Amstrad Action
• Spectrum+2. joystick, software, ma ga - £620. se ll 4 4 5 ono delivered. Julia n 10756) games include s C a rrie r Command, d u st (2-34) Computing with the Amstra d (1 1 ) .
EWorth over 11800.Bargain E350 oro. Te l: Fleet
zines, books and a three year guarantee. all 613414 Still guaranteed. cover, mouse mat, disk box, magazines. First
worth ove r E600_ Se ll for Only £254) ono. rate condition. Still boxed, under guarantee 40252 615929 ask for Ian.
Phone Mark (01) 508 2663 or Simon (01) 502 • Ata ri 520 S T K I Meg Cumana drive. 70 disks E295. Phone Herts 0707 325359. 0
e637 of Settware. lots Of mags, books, jeystick, vgc, 0• Sega system a s new. Kona joystick, After-
sell for E370. Phone 0904 763232. • Commodore 64 computer, external music burner, Soccer, Exedro Racer, 16 games in all.
• ST software. Pawn £13, Glidd Thieves El 3. keyboard, sound expander, tape recorder, boxed, worth E450. Bargain at E190 ono„ Te l
• Commodore 64, disc drive. Come s software, sound studio, disc case, discs, tapes, 0M ic Graham 01 9 3 7 8964
Bodge Player El 2, Gauntlet £12. Pe rry Ma-
son E8 , Ge ye r M e wse , 6 6 Bille t La ne . sound sampler and over El 200 worth of software. emate, Music Maker, na gs. Woks. £150 ono
Berkhartislead Herts. HP4 1DR, All the best arid latest games including Platoon, Me lot. Will separate. Phone 021 444 3157. • Commodore 64, C2N cassette recorder, e t-
Wizball, Defender of Crown etc. C250,00, Te l: O n cart, 40 0 ngi nal games, sell tor E80 or swap
• Amstra d C PC464, mono, mockilator, dust (02731 8 2 0 1 • Amstra d 6128 mono system. Ove r El 50 for Nintendo carts. Phone (0302) 25982, David
cover, 2 0 mags, joystick. ove r 4 0 games original software, books incaMing firmware, Walker, 121 Urban Road, Hexthorpe, Doncas-
1 ter, South Yorks_
including AT E . Elit e . Wizba ll, Tan-Part. • Amstrad CPC464. colour monitor, arcade Joys- assembly, manuals, magazines, ta pe re -
Sorcerer lord e tc. E l 7S ono. Phone Luton 2 Trojan light pen plus over 180 original titles corder with leads, discs worth E5130,, sell only
tick
0582 863579 after 7.30pm. including Gryzor, Platoon, Drille r, Gauntlet I I , for £220. Phone 0977 792361 a sk for exten- • Ba rga in Atari 520 STFM . mouse El 75 Sett-
books worth El 500 only £500 ono. Te l: MarcusOn sion 222 ware Inc Dungeon Master, Pawn. U M & Ba r-
• C1 2 8 0 . integral 1571 drive . two joysticks, 09277 65855 anytime. barian, rnags, blank discs, se ll tor E275. Te l:
expert * Action Replay Prof. tons of disk • • Amstrad 6128. monitor, manual, over £150 Shaun Newton-le-Willows 22356 anew 6pm.
tape sae (a ll the latest) • 5 0 odd computer • Ama zing Ata ri STFM , twenty fabulous titles of games, joystick, mags, offe rs welcome
mags, £ 4 6 0 . Phone Edwin EdnCh on Be l including Gauntlet II O W mouse. joystick, Ad- over £200. Phone Andy from 6 to 9 on 01-697 • Amstrad Speech Synth £10. AMX mouse
(0273) 734860. vanced O C P Art Sha lio. Gra phics a nd Ba sic 0936. £2. ImagerC 5 , 12 T discs C15. magazines AA
manuals plus much much more only E300. Phone 2-26, software from 99p a ll originals. Phone
• Spectrum 48k games for sale. all hall price George on 01 7 0 9 3440. • Spe ctrum 4 8 K triple 'M enace. Cheetah Bradford (0274) 607104 a fte r 6 pm. a sk for
rrp. Phone Fakenhare. Norfolk 2895 a sk for joystick, all leacte & manuals, over E300 worth George.
Guy after 4pm or write to The Star. Oak St, • 48K Spectrum, boxed and complete, interlace, of games. All in top condibon_ E75 WO. Ring
Fakenham, Norfolk_ 70 games, books. 31 mags, Specdrum (Drum 01 337 7178 after Spin. • Atari 520STFII bought on the s a t a with
KI), data recorder. £160 ono. Te l: 06976 283 some disks. Sell torC2CrO.phone (01)501 2062
• Spectrum+3, a low games + home mad • Ata ri STFM, Silica starter pack, mouse and ask for John.
dregs, utilities e tc. I 15 Be a con H ill Road, • Spectrum Pius 3 for sale asap. Still with box. mat, ga me s Including Xenon, Gauntlet II,
Newark. Notts NG24 M M . Te l: 0636 71 106 excellent condition with E200 of games, m e m Captain Blood, Star Wars, 1st Word, utilities, • ZX Spectrum 3 for sale including loyetiCk,
only after eprn C150 books, 2 joysticks. Bargain se ll lot £190 ono. all le a ds and manuals. excellent condition, blank disks. compilation disks, printer lead, and
Phone Daventry 77e09 a sk for Gary. stet boxed C300. Te l: (0272) 633618. cassette team All tote d a s ne w. Only E175
• 128+2 Spe ctrum, Sound sampler. Muer- ono. For further details ring 01 505 1154.
face M idi I n t Spe cdmm printer, lightpen • Am stra d CPC4 6 4 . colour monitor, spe e ch • 1
E500 worth software, a ll for £250 Ph o n e synth graph pad, loads of games sell for £135.00. boxed),
2 interface one , microdrive . se ve ra l • BBC system for sale. Very reasonable send
Jason a fte r 7pm (0703) 582112, a lso copy Phone Bolt 10227) 369246 Kent. Herne Bay. cartridges, low tape games inc GAC, all leads SSAE for details to: ST Brown, 26 Broadaeres.
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included. Evenehmg e go. El 60. No splitting Berm(' M ilt Hetharn. Northumberland, NE47
fender guitar + amp/books £150.
• Spe ctrum .2 , Multilace 126. joystick, £50 of K
Phone Andrew (0423) 888827. 7EF. Don't miss cart on this bargain. (altogether
• CBM 64, disc (Wye. tape deck, reset switch, magsand over 3300 of software, worth MOO. sell S worth E1,200).
Eano disk software + 50 disks. 100+ maga- for £260 ono. Phone (02240 695399. •pAITIStribd CPC464 colour MONlof + speech
zines, E250 ono. Phone Marc O M 773507, synth. T • CBI1128, load-it load it datasette, ?joysticks,
Oxiord area. e over E450 of original games including Alie n
• Spe ctrum .3 . 6 months old, under guarantee V 100 games (top titles), joystick mags, total
includes Multilace 3, tape recorder. 96 software c
worth E800. t o r E299. Te l Damian (0784) Syndrome. ATF arid Surerai Warrior, sea lot
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u n E290. Te l: (0638) 720 317 after 4.30pm_
• c o n s o l e with light phase', ten games, joystick, 4 4 magazines. Total price E891. t
Aft m e r , Global Defense. Zillion, worth selling for E300 ono. contact Tyneside (091 ) 41 0 e r ,
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duding Buggy Boy, Captain Blood, Out Run over £ 9 0 . Interested phone Durham 10910
c 3721716 a sk for Simon after Eipm Now!.
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Tel: Baldock (0462) 893639 after 5pm. D i t t o . sHijack, Glass, Arkanood, Exploang Fist and Very good condition, still boxed. Bargain a t
n e £275 ono. Te l: Windsor (0753) 862077 after
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l • • Loads of cheap Spectrum software fall origi.
deal worth £735, will se ll for E300. Tot 061 Run, Rocky Blackbelt + others, only El 20. Phone i
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• C64, 2 datasettes, jo ystick. teens Mouse &
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•WA N TED games El 0 the lot. Phone 358 5244.
• Amiga. anyone in Southampton area inter-
ested in starting an Amiga Use r Group in this
Nubulus. Pa p e rb o y. Lem :larboard. m a y s . • area? A.D . Cavell. 3 7 Magnolia Flood, M e rry
meets. E150 ono Helpful if inenear Stevenage Contact
S Ju lia n 04024 76738. Hornchurch. • Am ig a and 064 contacts wanted, worldwide Oak, Southampton, Hants, SO2 71-G„
Essex. Please! Good condition only. Write to Peter Lofty, 86 Highfield Avenue, Drif t
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• Commodore 64 with disc Epson printer. joys- • Atari ST pe r ts warned any age. Write C postal footbal management simulation! Special
tick and various OuSCIBSSorientated software. Spectrum
a 1 2 8 .2 plus money or money alone_
nearest otter to E300 secures Clevedon (0272) Quick sale wanted phone 10762) 336239. Newby. Langdale. Fild ro w Ro a d . Ba lla se lla discount for those who apply immediately: For
r Isle of Man. details contact M Smith. 31 COlerictte &Ventre.
879038. Pettertt), S Wales, CF6 1SO.
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around the world. Write to OM Salo, Vthoinicie • Wanted Amiga penpais all over the world
• Am st ra d CPC464 co lo u r monitor. mouse, y Write t o M a rlyn , 1 2 Bryn a w e l Te rra ce , • Pa h l: FOO(Dall Manager. Free to enter. 75p per
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lighipen. jo yst ick, hundreds o f g a m e s a n d Cwrnitynietl, Swansea, SA9 2YT. turn or E5.50 per year. Send SAE for entry form
magazines. ' Alt o s: Laser basic. Pmtext. Be - n• Bi and details to Delmont Betts, 8 Healey Lake-
ginners Guide to Basic, manuals. Worth over • Amigo contacts wanted worldwide. Reply side, Tamworth. Staffs. lel 108) 287505.
f-not essential. L ist s e t c. o r contact Ala n . 6 5 guaranteed if with SAE. Fo r sale; C64, Exce l-
E1300, will sell for E350. Phone (091) 4166585.
ocLime Gro ve . Doddinghurst, Esse x, G U I S orator drive. Expert cartridge. two datasettes, • Am ig a ST owners exchange yo u r software
00X joystick, many programs. E280 ono. M ike. 72 originals only. Send lists and SAE for free de-
• Sega console. Perfect condition E230 worth of co
games, p u s extra jo ystick a n d light phaser. Wridermere Avenue, Ramsgaie. Ke n t En g - tails to L AB. 61 Anglebury We sse x Gardens,
o•nSwa p At a ri STFM, excellent condition. land. GTI 1 OPL. London. W2 5 L E o r ca ll 01-243 8139 16.30-
Worth E375. Bargaina I £200 ono. Phone 01- m
864 5502 after 4pm. Ask for Daniel, t
guaranteed, twenty latest titles, Gauntlet II etc 8.00pm)
,afor Am ig a A500 with some software. Would • Do yo u want to swap info etc on the Amiga?
consider swap plus cash, any offers? Phone Then write to:- Stoo, 94 Ashgrove Road. Good- • New PRIA Zino includes reviews, hints eic and
• Commodore 64 computer, 1541 d isk drive, A cRoger 01 789 3440. mayes, Ilford, Essex, IG3 9 X0 . England. sorry! tree start up in our two PBM's, send 50p for issue
printer. modem, )oysfick and games over 100 m t No beginners please! See Ye Soon! (out now). Julie Gag, 166 Pennsylvania Road,
MOO ono. Ring Stevenage (0438)317968 atter is Exeter, Devon. EX4 6DX
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• Wanted Atari ST contacts, games main inter-
5 • Am ig a o w n e rs write n o w to OBC a t 534 e st guaranteed re p ly, M r Crosthwaite, 4 0 • Outlandish unimilated adventure (Amstrad).
•PSexsalional offer Atari 520 STEM. E2500 Pa1Limbilo Ro a d . Durbam 4001, R e p o f South Westmorland Drive. Stockport. Cheshire, SK5 A novel concept pushed to unsurpassable
worth of software plus Amstrad VCR 4600 VHS ,;Africa. EIHH. Created by the insomniacs. Musxc inclusive.
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video re co rd e r t o r £550 OW. Ph o n e (0935) Ew Price d ! a lso . Se n d E6 .5 0 (tape) t o : Michael
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USER GROUPS Gaul, 125 Lismore Park, Watedord, Ireland.

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Write to T h e Cor Blaney. Not 'Art • ST monthly newsletter only E5 yeafly. Mem- • Com puter 6 4 Swop-shop, bored with yo u r
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£600. wo rt h o f games, m a g s - E450 o n o .
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games then wh y not join our swop shop. Free
quarterly magazine. Send SAE for details -, 64
pm ters answered! C e l l e & Peggy. more Ch e q u e siPO's t o L Rib y, 1 3 3 Sutton
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• Yamaha CX51141.M SX music computer. Inter-
AaeW i l n e c Road, Hull, HUE 7DP Leicester, 1 E2 AND.
o - • ST penpals wanted to swap all sorts. l
ygand • New Man SI anz,ne available-Zenith. Issue
nal syntoesiser with m usic keyboard and edit
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458829 (Canterbury) a l a BB' n s , .J P , 1 C h ilt e rn Ga rd e n s. one o n ly Se p . Also PD lib ra ry d o n a t io n s
wanted. Send large SAE to Zenith, Dept AM. 4 cost will t e clip p e r turn, per game Startup in ail
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Cleveiand Vie w, So u th Be n t s. Sumderland, 8 g a m e s E3 . S A E t o Sco t t M d a re e , 1 6
•DAmstrad C PC464 • disk drive, 64K ram pack. t_B e l SA6 SAP. Lyndhurst Terrace, Dundee, 0 0 2 3HP.
9 a v i d • Au st ra lia n S T a n d Am ig a owner se e ks
music machine, lightpen, Multirace II. modula- o0penpais
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v e write . to: Andrew Knipe. M ader' gully, unwanted original software. Discount sales.
5 forn£300oono..will split. Ring Chris on 0707
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lpRSD. Benclipo, 3551 Victoria, Australia send SAE t o : P Downey, Fairbanks, Sch o o l exchange software, penpals. SAE to 1 M e rlin
55085
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5r Lane, Great Leighs, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 Close, Henault, Ilford, ESeeX. IG6 3XL.
0 • Am ig a penpals wanted, &Re p la y, write to 1NL.
• Commodore 128 for sale. C2N. 2 loysticks, .eMartyr', 12 Brynawel Toe. Cwrollyntell, Swan-
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over 100 titles, worth wet over E500, all boxed.
f sea, S Wales, 5 A9 2YT, Hello Des in Ireland
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HOW TO PLACE YOUR E N T RY
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• Ba rg a in ! Spectrum, p lu s data-recorder, a ll r WR2 5 0 6 .
accessOnes, including le a d s. p o we r supply. e All you have to do is send off the form below, together with your
manuals, m any magazines and games. Ideal
package for beginner at onty E50 ono. Flirig Rob d•and
Amiga contacts wanted to swap latest games
d e m o s from a ll o ve r t h e wo rld . Writ e :
payment: Entries to the Pink Pages cost just E2.50 each.
on Scarborough (0723) 378237. bShaun, 1 0 5 An so n Ro a d . Gre a t Yarmouth. (Except for Helpline which is free).
uNorfolk, NR31 OEG England. Phone (0493)
• Commodore 64, E200 of games, d isk drive, t 655028 6.30pm-9.00pm
datacassette. Fre e ze Machine, g a m e s in c. • The max imum is 30 words except for Helpline. (Helpline entries can
Test Drive , Ou t Ru n . I K+ ju st E410. Ph o n e • Why not try me be extended to 100 words max - use another sheet of paper
103031 76444 a sk for M e e will not split. seeks contacts t o swap hints, t ip s e tc. Bo th
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tape1and 5 dish. Write to Lawrence Werrelt, 16 necessary).
• Electron with Pius 3, rombox +, data recorder. Ballanerne Drive, Kingswood. Su rre y. KT2 0
T2P3, M a n a g e r. To o lkit , Sid e w a ys R a m .
y e a r • The service is NOT open to trade advertisers_
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PSU's, canes, loads of software, box ol aiSks o l d • We will print your advertisement in the first available issue.
E275 the lot. Phone Jo n (0225) 315689 after • ST owner seeks peripal who is interested in • Entries which could be interpreted as encouraging software piracy
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7pm. graphics, sound or demos Writ e to David. 24
oGwm Cottages.
w n Heolgerrig, Merthyr Tydfil. Mid will not be accepted.
• CPC$128 colour, monitor.loystick, dust cov- Glam, e rSouth Wales. C F481 AS, Erd o se photo
ers. tape deck with lead, lo t s of games (tape,' if poss.
disk' a n d o ve r 2 5 magazines E3 0 0 . Ph o n e
Rainham 104027) 50917 • Am ig a contacts wanted worldwide to swap
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• At a ri 520STFM 8 monMs old, excellent con- tips anctgames, a ll letters will be answered
write to Russ. 19 High Park Road. Southport POST TO; AC E Readers Page, Future Pu b lish in g Ltd,
dition. We ll over £500 worth o f boxed games. PR9 7 0 H o r Tel: (0704) 212617. 4 Queen St, Bath. Avon BA1 1EJ,
Loads of disks, joystick, mouse, Se ll for E350 Please p la ce t h is entry in the next available issu e o f AC E.
boxed a s n e w. Phone Richard 01-776 1212 • ST and Am ig a user wants to swap games,
after 6prn. t p s with others a ll o ve r the wo rld . Contact Name
• Amstra d 464 colour monitor. 100 games .ight Stephanie Ro c. 41 Rue de Pressense. Aw e d
331, 76600 Le Harve. France.
pen. Graphic Adventure Creator, mags, jo ys- Address
tick. w o rt h £ 1 2 0 0 reasonable o t t e rs o n ly. • Ala n ST penpals wanted from a ll over the
Shaun Savory, 7 Oakl amts. Swatt ham. Nortolk, world. Guaranteed reply. Write some) to. Alex
PE37 / EN . Phone (0760) 23343. Culajar. St Pa u rs house Valley road, Msda_ Category of entry:
Malta.
• ST o rig in a ls E7 each. Xenon. Outrun, Bubble Hotplate
Bobble, St a r Wars, Gu ild o f Thieves, Airball, • Au stra lia n Am iga owner would like pence's
Elarbanan. Arlia n o d Crysta l Castles. Plu t o & around the world, Also SCI-EIC Ian. All replies , c
answered immediately_ M a rk Fairbairn, P O Method o f payment L I AC C ESS L I VISA • 1 C H E Q U E • E P.O.
Typhoon, Skyfox, (Gauntlet Road Runner E4 Box 279, Golden Square, Vic. 3555 Australia. r 7F
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THE
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- stereotypes, t he French as sex maniacs, t he
Germans as techno-nerds and the British as carp-
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- We see it as a national challenge, to adapt in time

BUTTER
1 for 1992 or die trying. That's why we're going to
- print a pidure of a woman who's only wearing a
1 bath-towel, right away. Tune in next month for our
4 handy 'Build your own Transputer' reference card,
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OOPS! RIDES AGAIN

END...
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Poor old Steve Turner must be a bit miffed. We're
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not sure, because we've not had the nerve t o
phone him after (a) missing his photo out el our
Who's Bad feature last month, and (b) printing
one o f Andrew Braybrook instead. (May be
Andrew Braybrook's milled as well: who c an
say?)
The mistake was at least halfway under-
standable given that we were using a photo with
1992 AND ALL THAT terence, ACE newshound Andy Smith dashed
across the Channel to see for himself the state at both of t he Grallgold programmers in it, and
In lour years time, as Alan Sugar continually 'cropped* the wrong one out. The photo in ques-
Eurocomputer magazines. What he brought back
reminds us, all the EEC's internal trade barriers tion dales from last year's PCW show when
was pretty blood-curdling, we don't mind telling
will come crashing down. This is of vital impor- Graftgold signed up with Telecomsott, and has
you - and that was just his expenses claim! The
tance to everyone reading this column, and not something of a jinx attached to ii. Back in issue 7
mags themselves were nothing shod of terrifying!!
just because Uncle Alan will then be able to flog we used it as a photo of Rainbird's Paul Hibbard -
them a single-version EEC•PC. No, the really I NCROYABLE he was in the shot too - and very nearly printed
alarming thing is what the single market will do to The weirdest-but-one of the foreign mags had 10 the bit showing Steve Turner instead!
, your beloved computer magazines. Oue/ Foreign be that bastion of French computer games jour-
imports not subject to AC Es stringent quality con- nalism, Ti t 'Torrides' proclaimed the cover; 'Les
trols and HMG's jolly sensible veto on Barbarian Sof t Hard'. What could they be referring to? Why,
ads? Ouelle horreur! Donnerwetteril FOR THE WINNERS OF
a feature on micro porn games of course, com-
In a bid to stem the rising tide of public indif- OUREA SOFTWARE
plete with explicit screenshots and (amazingly
enough) ev en more explicit illustrations. Th e COMPETITION, SEE THE
piece - entitled •Lubrique A Brac' - concluded that RANDOMACCESS PAGES...
the games were mostly sexist and nail, and that
you'd do better to buy a porn mag if that's what
you're alter
Most of the screenshots in the article were in
colour and therefore quite impossible to, err...
print here in Blitter End, but the American piece of ACECARD
Macintosh pornware MacPiarnate was very defi-
nitely mono. On closer inspection it also proved to
WINNERS!
be obscene to a quite improbable degree. Even a
rather nicely drawn top-hat had a thoroughly Every month we give away up oodles of
expletive (English) expression scrawled across it, prizes Mr L. Brown, Dover (63321 in Issue
so that was out too. Zut! 10) wins himself a y ears subscription t o
ACE. Neil Dyer, Ipswich (69977 in Issue 10)
VORSPRUNG WHI CH TECHNI K wins himself E25 worth of software as does
We thought Tilt was strong stud until we opened a D. Scourfield, Harold Wood (78370 in Issue
German Amiga magazine, but that one carried the 11). G. Kitchen, Deepcar (77601 in Issue
astonishment prize clean away, in the middle of 11) wins a year's subscription t o ACE. H.
the magazine was a pull-out supplement that Higgins, Newtownards, N. Ireland (35738
built, month-by-month, int o a handy Motorola in Issue 11) wins E25 of software and A.
This is Abigail Darling, sister of Code Masters duo David Selby, Woking (00043 in Issue 11) wins a
and Richard Darling. AbigaH works on the administration 68000 opcode reference. Are they all machine-
side of the business, so naturally enough she has to spend code maniacs in Munich? Do they love Amiga year's subscription to ACE.
long periods of time wrapped in a towel with her head assembler in Aachen? The mind boggles! Keep checking YOUR card - it could be a
tipped hack. tMlorlimately, keeping her chin that high up winner!
does mean that her shower hat keeps tailing oft, as shown. What message can we draw tram this? That
Such are the pressures of business Me. we Europeans can never escape our national

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