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state-of-the-art arcade console. Whether you're punching the pads in
Streetfighter or leaning into the bends in Super Hang On, i's an expe:
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typical examples. Games lke these give the home computer industry
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games software everybodys
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the ley company responsible ‘ayig in Japan ane the US,
for tha marketing of Nirondo at which has never
games consoles in tho UK - have | appeared over here.
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pany ard we rave other brands we
avo to suppor, declared Miele
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and Matel ae parirg company.
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unhagey nih Manets perormanca | Japan to conven ites tor us poor | fl
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covsd fr he UK manor Tho ony | | development house provious ites, Riots That might be otfcut,
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arcade or stateoy tion oncoming cash? a company that doosmt rly ono
releases, “Well ty out for Rely on Forsng alens to eat leaden
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Sol 36 wor aa arcade Tfeitetomeamun 88° Pow i goes\ sad the wal
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ie bd 10 attack the more mature
rane.
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disceraing buyers ateady ext
cares Wig, ‘and we want obo
ec Weep.
prograner, in te prime of
Your games-witng ife at te
age of 19. Youve just released a
game tat got an ACE Ratrg of
‘var 900, andi sling vorynee-
I. Youre looking foward to a
couple more bg leases in the
reat 12 mores
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‘ont you forgeting someting?
‘Thera smal rater of your mt
[22 youre success
tary sorice to consider. For be
rent 12 months, istead of exding
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fay tracing and CD ROM. Ware
avoiding emphrass on Bt
machines or leaning, and aiicg
for a maniat tats more mature,
mote pracitatle, and hae mere
spending power:
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posse, shat he company aren?
fore to release much hyped ites
in rape eueseeeen But ean concen
trate on fone (an thereto hope
fuly bet games
XOR, got an ACE rating of 927,
Late nope the nox ona ust as
good. Mearwhie ts rice te hear of
onpany that tirks we're ‘matte!
and ‘deoring, tut prodciable?
NosiRt
nator’ sounty.
CCoulsrt happen ere? No, it
couldnt. because wo havont rad
National Service in is eounty or
cover 25 ars Bu ifs happening
ght now to programmers al over
Europe. In parler ifs haope
ng 0 poor Stavros Fasoulas, ro
(garmer ofthe 994 raled game
Queda
Desoie his Greek name
Staves hots Finish anton
and ust about the tine you read
ths wil be staring an'8 oF 11
month stint the mitay. How
val tafe nin?
1 realy dont know whats
ping to happen. Tho &# market
ould be completely dierent
len | gat cut” He dows
‘ell get muen work gona who
esti anal ay ob — ur
ring, raring. clearing ‘ola. Io
tre whclo pored of is service,
hell get a mero three weeks
heave.
Ira makes you wonder what
would have hagpened fo some of
our best-seling games i ne st
hag National Service ore 1
Davie Brabo nad boon square
bashing instead ot programming
there mgit never have been ar
ite, Fectare as Davi Daring
‘has bean poishing boot thre
might be no Code Masters i
Paul Woakes had to spend a year
serving tea tothe Cactain what
would become of ‘Novagen?
Thank God) trey abolished
Natoral Soren.
Advanced Computer Evletannent
Hogs ae tating up in the
at againe raies — ott
fron sentence forthe cme
tas fst bean passed. The pale
sent wo the bg ore Garard
‘Wireln Moers, a Geman ra
In Torquay.
arions got 12 mots por
ego ater pleasing uly
charges of forgery, copyrent
lnngement ar agaly por
Ing sofware In to tho UK. Hs
‘am was by te prated dks
in Hong Korg (where they are
ea, egal avait) and the
manuals im Tawan. Ho. thon
shipped the stat over hare and
_ovorsed is wares inthe con-
fuer ores, at ces erty — but
rot outrageously ~ loner than
ter shops.
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chaser realised thet the heavy
weg’ database package ed
ought wasnt al t seemed. He
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Snippets.
Up and coming titles
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Activision
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PIRATE CLAPPED
Federaion Against Software
That, tre organisaion setup by
the computoriusty 0 hip wpe
cut pray. FAST oo oinator
Boo Hay wert into acton, making
‘sample purcrasoe, ‘olowod up by
‘aid on the premises in the cam
pany of the Regional Crime
‘Squad
‘Macione was caught bang 10
rights took the FAST team Iwo
ays to St trough the 200 pirat
6 tes inte shop. Not ony tt
‘hey get the sofware, but they
‘aso found that he was pirating
Cotes; ct you suspect tnt the
lino atigator n the next hin you
buy looks rile od, maybe it
care tom Torq.
LIBRARIES
Manors’ sofware business cor-
‘0d entre of businoss ot-
wae. But what are FAST cong
about games piracy? Bod Hay
‘ays hat Nis beet oes not cover
nck: 1 do nt eal wie ono
‘stad
£0.90 c0 £14.99 aK
The computer version of the board
game where he players compete to
Const a ino from onesie of the
board to the other. Hog In some
‘uarers as the frst new strategy
{ame since Chass or Backgarrnon,
‘Soptorter should be avaiable
‘Thundercross
cat.
(0649.95 cs £12.95 ok
From the man who brought us the
computer version of The Pocky youngsir copying a progam
fd passing on © another”
But wre pracy is commercial
FAST can — and does - take
‘cton: We bute 8 guy recent
ly who was ruming a. lnding
Ira’ he says. Whon we got
there we founda Rousand dks
with over wo thousand games
on thom’ The case Is Hhaty 10
ame tb cout qute soon: we
keep you posted on the out
Hower Spow — eft Lee
the fast and Wows sneak em un.
The Thundersoss is, apron,
sa of spaco Noover tat’ ding a
ot good jb of suceng up the
Unverse
Power at Sea
Accolade
(5480 95 9 £18.95 ak
Tihs aconsalagy game & based
onthe WH Bale of Leyte Gut
Tre payer tates the role ofthe US
Feat commander ordered 10 cap,
ue the Gl rom tha ery — with
In hous. Youve got a Batesnp,
cargovoep ship an an aera car
er under your command. bo wath
adforhe Kamares,
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Gremia
Spectrum
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(5460.00 8 21499 6
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£7990
O MASK it you preter. This
lime the badder have hcnanpes
Matt Trackers on ana are haling
fim in ther moon HO. You play
Matt and youre on your own fr is
‘mutovl space agvenue
Champ
Fobtek
ign
£19.95 ch
Ths {ast moving and realistic box
ing game shod be onthe svasts
by now. I features auentc nosos
(amnurt~ noun) and speiacilar
(aphics. The layer has a choice of
Tour fghor trom varous wages
Crazy football
Fobtek
Ariga
£19.95
This Nighy orginal arcade game
hus the player tying fo debe four
bas wough a mazo ~ smutane
248.8 going to be a very tough
(ame fo master, but actos makes
procs.
Blackshadow
or,
Amiga
e1995aK
Te ono or wo payor shoot om up
lakes place on the scomieg'y
deserted asierod Blackshacow
(Cores tig brome?) 1 was up 19
you to save the earth rom colsion
with hs astorad, butt was ui
You got to the asteroid that your
feanmererveaieg wave upon wave
of atack crt Surpree surprse
Loads of Midnight
cAL
Spectrum
£895 ce
This adventure game is a spoot of
thal al ime clase Lovds of
‘ight Tako the par of Lugo, son
Luawg and raco against no
Baron Gloompotk to reach the al
power ce Cow
Coven
Piranha
Spectrum
soa5ce
(0689.95 co £1495 ok
‘en ST
£1995
‘sa wich whos broken fath with
Your coven you must attempt 12
take the power fom the tweWve
covers befor All Hallows Eve
reves when they wil be at the
height of thar powers. So get on
you! broomstick and prepare for
gnatus — Goosobaskot ie
famous fr his fast and furious
arcade games. He's been wi
Ing for tho C84 or fue years now
under a nom-eeybosré and
this isthe fst itervew in wich
he has gen permssion for his
real name 19 bo used. We
apgroacned Ignatius to dscover
how to wie a gare in a week ~
whieh a recon! ACE survey sug
(ests is the time you need to
knock them up if you want to
make money programming but:
gets.
ACE: ight Ignatius Is here ary
thing I need belore | start to
‘became a reh and wort mous
‘budge games programmer?
IGGY: Yee, tho tet thing you
‘eed it you ine to wite a com
‘nercialy viable game ina weeks
4 personal Ierary of machino-
‘code ravines. My own tok about
four yeas to buildup.
ACE: Is there an atemaive 10
spending four years. mastenng
machoe ease?
GGY: Yes, the usual answers to
steal source code from famous
games tke Unium are Gaur
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trouble. This atcadesiyle game
shoul be out around June tne
Escape to Nor-
“The acton tas pace In France la
1944 and the player takes the role
cf Resistance leader Pero Le Feu
The miesion iso seze an armoured
van tats leased wih prcoess
French an treasures and guide
theaugh the enemy ines to safely at
River.
[ACE: OK, 1vo got my routines.
What now?
Jeay. You need an idea Al he
best ideas are pfs, 20 te se
les thing to di 0 Jk around
‘he sofware Seane untl you ate
Int by a sudden inspiration”.
yd akeady miten a game, do
a sequal; same code, change be
pros around and adda tow put
‘down menus, thas te usual or
mal W you havent ya writen a
‘Game do one a8 homage 10 an
‘id favour, My let moga-game
‘was a sequel to apo of an ea
fer homage to an arcade game
(unlicensed cone). tt made a
packet.
ACE: Ar programmers overpaid?
HOQY: Weil, | certainly am. Bu
then I overspend, s0 it tands to
Daarce av.
[ACE: Now, about this gare.
1GGY: Al you noo, basialy, are
few prety sores, a calision
‘detection routine and sore back-
(rope. Ad6 a tnt, o..tune,
fand some FX (Boom! Bonk!
Whoosil) and Bobs your TV
‘gam host Gamoin awock!
Advan Comyuter Enea! FNEWS SPECIAL
‘game was undoubtedly the
Degest Bi seler of 7,50 not
a Wal the US Gols
froup is the most successful
purveyor of nome compute
fewer inthe UK In fow years
since it was established, the
eameary has grown from mating &
tet pot of £175 000 ona turnaver
21 £3,000,000 in 1986, 10 at
profit of £1 02,682 ona tumover of
£20 miton n 1987,
as prelty good going, by
any standards, out not everyone
makes it othe tp, Neaus went out
‘Christmas, Mikrogen disappeared
‘when datibutors CSD went oust
and Software Projects cut thei
tewases dow tothe bore. I looks
like the smaller independant
sofware houses ae ether going 1
10 Advances Computer Entertainme
OFTWARE
HOUSES ‘88 -
BIG BUCKS
BIG BUST?
0°64 game (ussite some mega
‘cade licence). Well spond £1.99
without batting an eyelid, but tl
reo jst ngrens us of.
‘Derek Brewetor of nowy
formed budgeteers Zeppelin (see
ofr more abou them pus ths
vay Thro alot be sf tl
price sofware at Christmas, but
lot ofthe time its dead’ Herbert
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orger tes: "you havent gota
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uoget of couse:
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the wall oF being absorbed i
larger groups as ‘developement
6-BITS DEAD?
Tho problems have come about
largely because of the uneorainty
over the ful-price &-bit market
Thoras a goera fokng that you
and | a6 no longer wing 1000
ino a shoo every waek and
pay 10rqud fr @ Spectrum
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trey have leased ay feu
yet ut fhe charts are anh
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mel, hank you Net yt he
big league, but ones o wach,
But re UK companies haven got
eventing homcoves
Activision came rere sever |
years ago ad, ater ashaky
couple of years, a8 1m
sertrming wal, Electron Arts
‘are bigin the Sates and seom
eo be ig ove er
troy oog fr more labo o
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Accoraing to Rachel Davies of
NNosterrone ~ ane anyone ought
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setwara row account for 60% of
to markt. Sho to suspocts fat
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det sofware ls inthe ests ot
companies ike Mastertronc and
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Mastrtonic’s prcis of £12 millon
last year were 50% up on the
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sofware, Coos Mastore haven't
‘elased putes a yet, but you oly
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ur Fun: thy must nave taken
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the substantial costs of
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feputed six months
rumbered, toro is @ widely
bell that 18s a growing market
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