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DECEMBER 1 9 9 0
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CONTENTS
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Edito
Gary Perui
Group Art Edits
Gareth Jane
Laurence Scottori
Start Write
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DECEMBER 1990
HERE'S WISHING you all, on behalf of
The One staff, a very Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year. And that's all there is to
be said'
REGULARS
6 LETTERS
YET MORE readers lay it on the table for
another hour ot topical discussion and
debate. And no Peter Sissons in sight.
14 DISK
YOU GET to play The Assembly Line's
forthcoming epic Cy berc on III before
anyone else, thanks t o this exclusive
olayable preview. Here's how to do it
16 NEWS
WHAT HAVE we got? The lot that wnat .
And this includes the Damocles Mission
Disk, sequels galore, and a first in-depth
ook at Auchogento s conversion of the cult
arcade machine Exterminator.
Poole in Dowd
WORK IN PROGRESS
MORE NO-NONSENSE development
details on s ome of next year's finest,
including Maelstrom, Arc Developments,
Vivid Image, Ian Bird, Random Access and
more more more.
67 Deuteros (Ian Bird)
165 The First Samurai (Vivid Image
Developments)
53 Hunter (Paul Holmes)
168 Midwinter II (Maelstrom)
69 Predator 2 (Arc Developments)
73 SWIV (Random Access)
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FEATURES
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79 REVIEWS
MAXIS' INCREDIBLE Sim Earth deser-
vedly tops this month's line-up. Virgin's
near-perfect conversion of Golden Axe,
Core's C a r
and Anco's Death Trap are the best of the
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rest
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85 TIPS
n ' s
MORE 'straight from the horse's mouth'
R
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help for more games than you can shake a
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96 Corporation (Core Design)
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85 Monty Python's Flying Circus (Virgin
Games)
95 Operation Stealth ( Delphine)
111 Ric k Dangerous II (MicroStyle)
86 Shadow Of The Beast 2 (Psygnosis)
47 STOCKING FILLERS
WE CAST o u r auspicious ey es ov er
Rombo's feature-packed video digitiser,
which could be used to make your own
demos. Plus, a brief round-up of loysticks
and associated odds and sods wort h
checking out tor Christmas.
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178 A WEB OF
INTRIGUE
AS EMPIRE'S official Spider-Man game
warms up for release, Phil South traces the
174 DEMOS
history o f t h e world' s mos t f amous
PHIL SOUTH opens the doors once more web-stinger
to the Public Domain and names his pock of .
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legend Stan Lee comes out of hiding for an violent cartoon character? Kati Hamz a
exclusive chat with The One.
finds out, with the help ol UbiSoft's game.
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ISSUE 27
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Core Design
ADVERTISERS INDEX
WHO'S advertising what and where.
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Addictive
1
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Anco
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Arc 2 3 , 3 1 , 4 4 . 5 1 , 5 8
BestByte
1
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Blackmoon
1 7 6 , 1 7 7
Bondwell
1
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Bruce Everiss
1
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Commodore
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CrazyJoe's
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Digital Iniegration
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Disney
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Digital Magic Software
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Domark
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Core Design
4
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Electric Dreams
1
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Elite
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Empire
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ESP
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Euromax
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Gremlin
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Hardware Distribution
1
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ImageWorks
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Instemec
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Inierlace
3
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Medusa
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MegaMix
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MicroProse 5 6 , 5 7 , 9 8 . 9 9
Microsmart
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MicroStyle 1 1 7 . 1 1 8 , 1 1 9 , 1 9 0
Microtec
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Millennium
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Mindscaoe 1 5 , 1 9 , 4 9 . 8 9
MPH
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Novalogic
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Ocean 5 5 , 5 6 , 75.123,137,187. 195,00C
Official Secrets 1 4 4 . 1 4 5
133
Palace
110
Premier
160
Proton Software
PSS
2'9,164
109
Oualsoft
Rambird
138,139
97
Readysoft
Soltsellers
182.183
93
Soltware011y
144.145
Special Reserve
34.35
Spectrum HoloByte
39
State0iTheArt
172
Third Coast Technology
152
Touch Software
46
Turbosoll
70,77,83.121,171
USGold 2.3,8.9,52,64,65 129,130.101.193
Virgin 7 0 , 7 1 , 1 0 0 , 1 2 7
VirginRetail
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opinionated waffle
elsewhere, but
here we prefer to
let the games
speak for
themselves.
Relevant scenes
are shown, with
informative
captions used to
help convey the
'feel o f the genie.
120 CHI P S
CHALLENGE
US Gold
131 DEATH
TRAP
An co
Provided with
each review are
opinions
highlighting any
good and bad
points, plus
prices, release
dates and ratings
where possible_
Basically there's
something for
everyone — at
best a highly
detailed review
and at worst a
highly detailed
preview. There's
nothing clever,
just
straightforward
facts and ratings.
Updates follow
where
appropriate.
GRAPHICS
Nol necessarily
bow c olourful or
well drawn they
are, but how well
the y a re use d.
SOUND
79 GOLDEN
AXE
Virgin Games
136
MASTER-
BLAZER
Lucasfilm
Games And
Rainbow Arts
115 NARC
Ocean
140
ROBOCOP 2
Again, not a
reflection or
quantity or indeed
quality of sound,
but how well it's
used
PLAYABILITY
How doe s the
Ocean
game feel? Is it
addictive or lust
plain uniMeresting.
VALUE
Essentially a
refl ection of lasting
interest - how
much ga me yo u
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153 SUM
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get for your
mone y.
OVER AL L
Maxis And
Ocean
107 Z-OUT
Rainbow A r t s
A useful point of
referenos a
summa ry o f the
preceding ratings.
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