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September 1992
A monthly guide to new and upcoming Atari ST games
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Edited by Eric-Alexander Bitton (Zenobot)
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A CyberSysTek Publication
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Z editorial:
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Elite 2 is coming, Elite 2 is coming!!! No, really!! For sure!
Trust me on this! Look for it in November '92, probably from Microprose UK.
Racing fans, we got 2 hot little numbers in the works for you!
Red Zone by Psygnosis, a Team-Suzuki style motorcycle racing game.
And Nigel Mansell's World Championship by Gremlin, a Formula 1 racing game.
Good ol' Nige just became the best Formula One pilot of 1992! Hurray!!
There's also No Second Prize by Thalion, another Team-Suzuki wannabe, but
I don't expect anything much from that one, given Thalion's past track record.
We shall see...
See y'all next month!
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ST Gaming News:
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New This Month:
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Domestic:
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--The Carl Lewis Challenge (Psygnosis/Tex Designs).
Imported:
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--Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy (Loriciel).
--Cool Croc Twins (Arcade Masters).
--European Football Champ (Domark).
--Fascination (Cocktel Vision).
--Fire And Ice (Renegade/Graftgold).
--Graham Taylor's Soccer Challenge (Krisalis).
--International Sports Challenge (Empire/Harlequin).
--Sport's Best (Loriciel) (Panza Kick Boxing/Tennis Cup/Turbo Cup).
--Striker (Rage).
Budget games and re-issues:
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--Advanced Destroyer Simulator (Action 16).
--Apache Flight (Atlantis).
--BSS Jane Seymour (GBH Gold).
--Castle Master (The Hit Squad).
--Disc (Action 16).
--Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters (The Hit Squad).
--Final Command (Action 16).
--Heroes Of The Lance (Kixx).
--Horror Zombies From The Crypt (GBH).
--Italy 1990 (Kixx).
--Nightbreed (The Hit Squad).
--Pang (The Hit Squad).
--Pro Tennis Tour (The Hit Squad).
--Puzznic (The Hit Squad).
--Skidz (Kixx).
--Sly Spy Secret Agent (The Hit Squad).
--Spellbound (Sizzlers).
--Steg (Codemasters).
--Turbo OutRun (Kixx).
--Turrican II (Kixx).
--Tusker (Kixx).
--Yogi's Big Clean Up (Hi-Tec).
"Once Again, Here Comes The Incredible, Atari Animal!"
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September...
For people who dwell in Los Angeles, it can only mean one thing:
it's time for the Atari Faire in Glendale! And you can bet I'm going!
Especially since there will be Falcons to examine (translation: drool over).
The show is held over at the Glendale Civic Auditorium, at 1401 North Verdugo
Road in Glendale, California.
Saturday September 12th (10a to 6p) and Sunday September 13th (10a to4p).
Be there or be triangular!
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The Guide
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Stuff In The Works Without A Publisher Yet:
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--Disaster Strikes (Nirvana Systems),
--The Edge (Nirvana Systems),
--Impossible World, no details.
Accolade (UK):
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--Elvira II: The Jaws Of Cerberus, mouse-driven graphic adventure.
1 meg required, hard-drivable.
Action 16 (UK): see Digital Integration (UK)...
Alternative (UK): (Budget)
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--Popeye 2 (Quex), oh darn, I thought this was going to be like the old
Nintendo coin-op, but no dice. It's a pretty mediocre platform game.
Anco (UK):
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--Footbal Crazy Challenge, no details.
--Tip Off, basketball.
--------In the works:
--English League, containing a full 4 division league. KO2 data disk.
--Giants Of Europe, data on 30 major teams. KO2 data disk.
--Kick Off 3.
--Player Manager 2.
Atari (UK):
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--------In the works:
--Road Riot 4WD, conversion of the wacky armed buggy racing coin-op. Special
version for STEs and TTs only.
--Steel Talons, conversion of the really neat helicopter shoot'em'up/sim, also
a coin-op. Special version for STEs and TTs only.
Atlantis (UK): (Budget)
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--Apache Flight, vertical scrolling shoot'em'up.
Audiogenic (UK):
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--Exile, omni-scrolling sideview action-adventure.
--World Class Rugby: Five Nations Edition.
--Wreckers (Denton Designs), isometric action-adventure on a space station.
--------In the works:
--Graham Gooch's World Class Cricket, just what everybody needs...
--SuperLeague Manager, soccer management.
--World Class Soccer, soccer.
Avalon Hill (US):
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--Third Reich, conversion of classic wargame. Works in Med-res.
Will not run on TTs.
Celebrity (UK):
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--------In the works:
--Ian Botham's Cricket, ack!
Cocktel Vision (FR):
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--Fascination, R-rated graphic adventure, 2 disks. Maybe it's a sequel to
Geisha? Doesn't look like it though. Them wacky Frenchies...
Codemasters (UK): (Budget game kings of the Universe!)
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--Cartoon Collection, contains Seymour Goes To Hollywood, Slightly Magic,
Spike In Transylvania, Treasure Island Dizzy, and CJ's Elephant Antics.
--Dizzy Collection, contains Kwik Snax, Treasure Island Dizzy, Fantasy World
Dizzy, Magic Land Dizzy, and Fast Food.
--Dizzy's Excellent Adventures, contains Kwik Snax, Prince Of The Yolkfolk,
Bubble Dizzy, Panic Dizzy, and Spellbound Dizzy.
--First Division Manager, sounds suspiciously like soccer to me!
--Hover Sprint, futuristic hovercar racing game. 2 machines link-up. 2 disks.
--Magic Land Dizzy, a cute sideview platform action/adventure.
--Quatro Fighters, contains SAS Combat, Kamikaze, MiG-29, and Guardian Angel.
--Slightly Magic, action-adventure.
--Steg, a cutesy platform puzzler starring a slug. Yes, a slug...
But what a slug! Feed your baby slugs by trapping maggots in bubbles and
making sure they arrive in the nest. Weird and somewhat tough.
--Tilt, no details.
--Yolanda (Millenium), impossible platform game.
--------In the works:
--Captain Dynamo, platform game.
--Soccer Pinball, the fun of pinball with the scoring scheme of soccer.
--Super Seymour Saves The Planet, no details.
Core Design (UK):
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--The Adventurers, contains Corporation, Hunter (Activision), and Supremacy
(known as Overlord in the US) (Virgin).
--Heimdall, isometric viking action-adventure. 1 meg.
--Thunderhawk, 3D polygons simplified helicopter combat game. The chopper
used is fictitious and looks like the bastard child of an Apache and that new
European gunship, whatever it's called... Gunship 2000 this ain't!
Mouse driven, mission-driven, DS only.
--Wolfchild, Strider-esque sideview scrolling beat'n'shoot.
--------In the works:
--Corporation II, maybe the interface will work this time. And maybe they'll
add some originality and consistency to it...
--Jaguar XJ220 Sports Racing, race against Ferrari F40s and Porsche 959s.
Looks like Core wants a piece of the Lotus/Gremlin pie!
--Premiere, platform game based in a movie studio.
D&H Games (UK):
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--Rugby Coach, manage a team.
--Striker Manager, more soccer. Manage the team and play on it too.
--------In the works:
--Football Director III, more soccer.
Daze Marketing (UK): (New home of Silmarils)
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--Fantasy Pak, contains Crystals Of Arborea, Colorado, and Boston Bomb Club.
--Ishar: Legend Of The Fortress, sequel to Crystals Of Arborea. Dungeon Master
style 3D fantasy RPG. 2 disks, color and monochrome compatible, STE.
--Storm Master, "He who controls the wind controls the planet" or something
like that. Strategy game. STE enhanced.
Delphine (FR): see US Gold (UK)...
Digital Integration (UK):
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--------In the works:
--Tornado, simulation of the Panavia Tornado multi-role combat aircraft.
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Dream Factory (UK): (anything that's not a simulation)
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--Gobliiins (Tomahawk), an amusing fantasy mouse-driven non-scrolling
puzzler. Comes on 3 disks.
--------In the works:
--Supaplex, a Boulderdash remake.
--The Drift, futuristic CRPG.
************
Action 16 (UK): (Repackaged oldies priced to go!)
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--Action Pack, contains Cosmic Pirate (Palace), Rotor (Arcana), Eliminator
(Hewson), On Safari (Infogrames), Maya (?), Fast Lane (Artronics), Hostages
(Infogrames), Sherman M-4 (Loriciel), Targhan (Gainstar), and Colorado
(Palace/Silmarils).
--Advanced Destroyer Simulator (Futura).
--A.T.F. 2.
--Colorado (Silmarils).
--Disc (Loriciel).
--Final Command (UBI Soft).
--Gridrunner (Llamasoft).
--Hostages (Infogrames).
--Iron Lord (UBI Soft).
--Jupiter's Masterdrive (UBI Soft).
--Kult (Exxos).
--Mystical (UBI Soft).
--North And South (Infogrames).
--Rotor (Arcana).
--Rotox (US Gold).
--Sherman M4 (Loriciel).
--SimCity Terrain Editor (Infogrames).
--Sir Fred (UBI Soft).
--Tennis Cup (Loriciel).
--Tintin On The Moon (Infogrames).
Digitek (US): (Dinowars isn't coming out)
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--Big Business, by the same team who brought us Prime Time. You are put in
charge of a large company and must make all the necessary decisions and
transactions. A very silly look at business. Mouse-driven, digitized sounds.
You also get an older game called Wall Street as a package deal.
--Hill Street Blues, you get to run the whole station. Also runs in
monochrome. Originally released by Krisalis (UK).
--Tie Break Tennis, previously released by Magic Bytes (DL).
Dinamic (SP):
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--------In the works:
--Arctic Moves, snow version of Army Moves/Navy Moves.
--Mega Fenix, an updated version of that ancient Centuri coin-op classic,
Phoenix. A blast from the past!
Domark (UK):
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--European Football Champ, soccer. It's all they ever think about!!
--Grand Stand, contains Gazza's Super Soccer (Empire), Pro Tennis Tour
(UBI Soft), World Class Leaderboard (Access), and Continental Circus (Virgin).
--The James Bond Collection, contains Licence To Kill, Live And Let Die, and
The Spy Who Loved Me, all previously released by Domark.
--Mig 29M Super Fulcrum, 3D polygons simulation. Barren landscape.
Sluggish controls. Hardly worth the $70 asking price.
--Rugby: The World Cup, rugby.
--Shadowlands (Teque), isometric fantasy CRPG. DS only, comes on 2 disks.
1 meg enhanced. Realistic area lighting effect: you can only see what's in
range of your light source. Anime-style character graphics.
--Super Heroes, contains The Spy Who Loved Me, Last Ninja 2 (System 3),
Robocop (Ocean), Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Action Game (Lucasfilm).
--Super Space Invaders (Kremlin), conversion of the Taito coin-op.
The first wave looks normal enough, but after that, it's gimmicks galore!!!
Expanding invaders, add-on weapons, cattle rescueing, end-of-level ships...
--TNT 2, contains Hard Drivin' 2, Badlands, Hydra, S.T.U.N. Runner, and
Skulls & Crossbones.
--Virtual World, contains Driller, Total Eclipse, Castle Master, and The Crypt.
--------In the works:
--Championship Manager, soccer. 2 disks, 1 meg required, up to 4 players.
--Columbus (Matthew Stibbe), the guy who "bumped" into America.
Probably a mouse-driven strategy game.
--Harrier Assault, simulation of the AV-8B Harrier jumpjet used by the Marines.
************
Tengen (UK): (Conversions of Atari Games coin-ops.)
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--Pitfighter (Tech), wild and wooly fighting game with all-digitized graphics.
Looks a wee bit blocky. DS only.
--Race Drivin', the outrageous Hard Drivin' sequel. The Super Stunt Track
will bring you to your knees! 1 meg usage, STE enhanced, DS only.
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Respray (UK): (Domark's budget label.)
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--APB (Tengen).
--Hard Drivin' (Tengen).
--Licence To Kill.
--Shufflepuck Cafe (Broderbund).
--Toobin' (Tengen).
--Typhoon Thompson In: Search For The Sea Child (Broderbund).
Dream Factory (UK): see Digital Integration (UK)...
Electronic Arts (UK):
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--Populous II (Bullfrog), available in 2 versions: 1 meg and 512K. Check the
label on the box. Hard-drivable, modem and data-link support.
--Powermonger: World War I Edition (Bullfrog), as promised. DS only.
--Simcity/Populous (Infogrames/Bullfrog), a good pack!
--Strike Fleet (Lucasfilm/Nickel Ltd), push-button modern naval warfare.
Select missions and take control of various US Navy vessels.
--Zone Warrior, sideview scrolling platform shoot'em'up. Not terribly colorful.
--------In the works:
--Birds Of Prey (Argonaut), 3D polygons flight combat simulation. 40 different
modern-day aircrafts: Eagle, Tomcat, Falcon, Hornet, A-10 Warthog, SR-71
Blackbird, F-117, B-52, B-1, B-2 Stealth Bomber, C-130 Hercules, Tornado,
and a bunch of MIGs, SUs, and TUs, as well as a 747. Missions include tank
busting, airdrops, bombing, aerial recon, and CAPs (Combat Air Patrols).
--Castles (Interplay), medieval strategy game. Build your very own castle, or
rather, round up enough materials and people to have it built.
--Evolution (Bullfrog), no details yet.
--Flood 2 (Bullfrog), no details yet.
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Millenium (UK):
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--Kid Gloves II, basic Wonderboy style cutesy hack'n'slash platform.
--Steel Empire (formerly Cybornetics), strategic game with mechs. 2 disks,
DS only, 1 meg, STE.
--------In the works:
--Chinto's Revenge (Wing Lai), overhead-view action-adventure.
--Daughter Of Serpents (Eldritch Software), spooky 1920's Egyptian mystery.
--Global Effect, no details.
--Haunted House, devious scrolling platform game.
--James Pond 3: Aquabatic Games, 11 fishy events.
--James Pond 4: Splash Gordon, fishes in space!!
--Strike Command, sequel to Thunderstrike.
--Tentacle (Eldritch The Cat), sideview scrolling space shoot'em'up.
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Star Performers: (EA's budget label)
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--Battle Chess (Interplay).
--Flood (Bullfrog).
--The Immortal (Sandcastle Productions).
--Magic Fly.
--Populous (Bullfrog).
--Projectyle (Eldritch The Cat).
--Starflight.
Electronic Zoo (UK): (Closed, out of business, the end, finished)
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--Cougar Force, multi-format game. A mish-mash of unconnected arcade sequences.
--Daylight Robbery, cutesy larceny game.
--Galactic Empire, 3D polygons adventure simulation. Pretty bad.
--Geisha (Tomahawk), an R-rated graphic adventure. Mouse-driven.
--Germ Crazy, a strange game where you struggle to save the life of your
brother from a nasty virus. Somewhat strategic. Mouse-driven. Terrible box art.
--Under Pressure, robotic shoot'em'up. Huge sprites. Boring as hell.
Elite (UK):
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--Virtual Reality Volume 1, contains Carrier Command (Rainbird), Midwinter
(Rainbird), Starglider II (Rainbird), International Soccer Challenge
(Microprose), and Stunt Car Racer (MicroStyle).
--Virtual Reality Volume 2, contains Weird Dreams (Microprose), The Sentry
(Firebird), Virus (Firebird), Resolution 101 and Thunderstrike (Millenium).
--------In the works:
--Caveman Ninja (Eldritch The Cat), Data East coin-op.
--Edward Randy, Data East coin-op.
--European Championship 1992, conversion of Tecmo's World Cup 90.
--Last Battle, a beat'em up currently on the Sega Genesis.
--Suzuka GP/Winning Run 2, Namco coin-op.
Empire (US): see Readysoft (CA)...
Empire (UK): see Entertainment International (UK)...
Energize (UK): (Budget stuff)
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--Ancient Games (Golden Sector), lame Olympics sports game.
--Cap'N'Carnage (Golden Sector), sideview shoot'em'up. Mediocre.
--Cybercop, sideview flick-scrolling platform shoot'em'up. Really bad Robocop
ripoff. It's slow, the graphics suck, the sounds effects are stupid, and you
can actually walk faster than your bullets fly!!! Danger Will Robinson!!
--Soccer Match, no details.
Entertainment International (UK):
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Arcade Masters (UK):
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--Cool Croc Twins, cutesy sideview platform game.
--Volfied (Arcade Masters), Taito coin-op sequel to Qix. Even has powerups!
--------In the works:
--Magic Boy, no details.
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Empire (UK):
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--Deathbringer, sideview scrolling fantasy hack'n'slash. Really impressive
parallax scrolling, only 3 attack moves, gets boring...
--International Sports Challenge (Harlequin), not your average joystick
waggling multi-sports game! It includes the marathon, several diving, swimming,
and cycling events, and show jumping (that's the horse obstacle course jumping
event). Get this: show jumping and all cycling is in 1st person perspective
with 3D polygons! That's a little unusual...
--MegaTraveller 1: The Zhodani Conspiracy, loosely based on the RPG system.
Another Paragon Software disaster...
--Pacific Islands (ODE), sequel to Team Yankee. 3D wargame. STE, DS only.
--Space 1889, another Paragon Software RPG conversion. This one is actually
pretty good. 1 meg required, comes on 2 disks, hard-drivable.
--------In the works:
--Award Winners, contains Dragon's Lair (Readysoft), Kick Off 2 (Anco),
Populous (Electronic Arts), and Pipe Mania (aka Lucasfilm's Pipedream).
--Campaign, WWII 3D wargame. Sep '92.
--Cyber Space (ODE), cyberpunk CRPG. Oct '92.
--Eye Of The Storm (Jason Kingsley), 3D polygons space combat game. Dec '92.
--MegaTraveller 2: Quest For The Ancients, hopefully better than 1.
--Soccer Stars, contains Emlyn Hughes International Soccer, Microprose Soccer,
Gazza II, and Kick Off 2 (Anco).
--Twilight 2000, another Paragon Software RPG conversion. Squad-level combat
in Post-WWIII Eastern Europe.
Flair (UK):
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--Elvira: The Arcade Game, a not-so-bad sideview omni-scrolling platform
shoot'em'up starring everybody's favorite Mistress Of The Dark.
2 disks, 1 meg enhanced, STE enhanced.
--Winter Supersports '92, 8 events: bobsled, luge, giant slalom, speed skating,
snowmobile racing (skidoo), downhill, bale jumping (?), and pro-ski (??).
GBH (UK): see Gremlin (UK)...
Gonzo Games (UK):
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--Brides Of Dracula, sideview scrolling action-adventure where you can be
good ol' Drac or Van Helsing. 2 players simultaneous, I think...
Grandslam (UK): (Just when I think they're dead, they release another game!)
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--Die Hard 2: Die Harder, movie license.
--England Championship Special, action soccer.
--------In the works:
--Beavers (Arc Dev), cutesy sideview platform game. This is not a teenage
sexploitation game!
--Liverpool FC, soccer.
--Nick Faldo's Golf (Arc Dev), never heard of him...
Gremlin (UK):
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--Chart Attack Volume 1, contains James Pond (Millenium), Venus: The Flytrap,
Lotus Turbo Esprit Challenge, and Ghouls'N'Ghosts (Elite). DS only.
--4 Wheel Drive, contains Lotus Turbo Esprit Challenge, Team Suzuki, Toyota
Celica GT4 Rallye, and Combo Racer.
--Harlequin, bizarre platform game.
--Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Magnetic Fields), where 2 can play in split-screen
mode or with 2 connected machines, and 4 can play with 2 connected machines
both in split-screen mode! Instead of racetracks, it uses road courses with
a wide variety of weather and road conditions. Kinda neat. DS only.
--Space Crusade, conversion of a boardgame similar to Heroquest. Overhead
and isometric view strategic wargame. Take your squad of Space Marines through
several hazardous missions aboard huge derelict spaceships.
--Suspicious Cargo (Exile Designs/Imagitec Design), DM-style sci-fi
graphic adventure. Nice graphics.
--Utopia, Sim City on another planet with warfare!
--Utopia: The New Worlds, data disk.
--Videokid (Twilight), cutesy platform shoot'em'up. 2 disks.
--------In the works:
--Daemonsgate 1 (Imagitec), fantasy CRPG.
--Flag (Ian Harling), wargame.
--HeroQuest Twin Pack, contains HeroQuest and its first data disk, Return
Of The Witchlord.
--Jelly Bean, puzzler.
--Little Divil, no details.
--Nigel Mansell's World Championship, 3D Formula 1 racing game. Preliminary
screenshots indicate that this will look kinda like Super Monaco GP, but
better. Congratulations to Nigel for winning the World Champion title!
--Pegasus, shoot'em'up.
--Plan 9 From Outer Space, what a great idea! Let's make a game based on the
worst science fiction movie of all time!
--Zool, a console-quality platform game from the "Switchblade 2" team. Sep '92.
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GBH: (Gremlin's budget label)
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--Cloud Kingdoms (Millenium).
--Combo Racer.
--Deflektor.
--Footballer Of the Year II.
--Horror Zombies From The Crypt.
--Impossamole.
--James Pond (Millenium).
--Kid Gloves (Millenium).
--Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge.
--Manchester United (Krisalis).
--Manix (Millenium).
--Mindbender.
--Resolution 101 (Millenium).
--Shoot'Em'Up Construction Kit (S.E.U.C.K.) (Palace).
--Supercars.
--Team Suzuki.
--Thunderstrike (Millenium).
--Toyota Celica GT Rally.
--Ultimate Golf.
--Venus: The Flytrap.
--Voodoo Nightmare.
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GBH Gold: (Slightly more expensive than normal GBH titles)
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--BSS Jane Seymour.
--Greg Norman's Ultimate Golf (Virgin).
Hawk (UK):
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--International Athletics, the return of joystick-waggling sports games!
And boy is it a stinker!!! Avoid at all cost!!
--------In the works:
--The Executioner, a Oids-type ship shoot'em'up.
Hewson (UK): see 21st Century Entertainments (UK)...
Hex (UK):
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--Top Banana, sideview scrolling cutesy platform. This game is simply hideous.
The graphics are terrible, and the gameplay is non-existent. Avoid!!
Hi-Tec Software (UK): (Lo-Tec is closer to the truth! Budget stuff)
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--Alien World (Pal Dev), sideview scrolling shoot'em'up. Venus: The Fly Trap
meets R*Type and Alien after too many drinks. Ugh...
--Black Hornet (Hive), vertical scrolling shoot'em'up. Tiny sprites. Boring.
--Interchange (Pal Developments), amusing little overhead-view maze puzzler.
You guide a little guy inside a maze and you must rotate the maze sections into
their correct positions. Shoot and/or avoid various nasties. Password system.
--Jetsons (221b), flick-scrolling action-adventure.
--Potsworth And Co, British cartoon license. Platform game (of course!).
--Scooby-Doo And Scrappy-Doo, platform game..
--Wacky Races (Pal Developments), sideview platform race game featuring the
race-crazy Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters.
--Yogi's Big Clean Up, would you believe... Another platform game? Yup.
--------In the works:
--Johnny Quest, no details.
--Quick Draw McGraw, no details.
The Hit Squad (UK): see Ocean (UK)...
IF... (UK): see Impressions (UK)...
Imageworks (UK): see Mirrorsoft (UK)...
Impressions (US): see Merit Software (US)...
Impressions (UK):
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--Africa Korps, follow-up to Blitzkrieg May 1940. So low-tech, it's not funny.
--Airbucks, strategic business simulation. It's 1946; you have a DC-3 and
some cash. Your objective: build up a world-class airline.
--The Charge Of The Light Brigade, wargame.
--Cohort, mouse-driven Roman wargame. Uses the same system as Rorke's Drift.
--Discovery: In The Steps Of Columbus (Golden Sector), kinda like 7 Cities Of
Gold (remember that one? No? Oh...). DS only.
--Feudal Lords (The Mindless Team), medieval strategy game.
--Fighter Command (Golden Sector), strategic wargame. The manual describes
the icons and buttons well, but it forgets to explain how to play the game!
--Fort Apache, cavalry and injuns wargame.
--Great Napoleonic Battles, rather self-explanatory, non? You get 3 of them:
Marengo, Quatre-Bras, and Waterloo.
--Merchant Colony (Video Vulture), strategic game of American colonies
management in the 18th century. Mouse-driven.
--Samurai: The Way Of The Warrior, no details.
--Warriors Of Releyne, fantasy strategy game.
--------In the works:
--Caesar, SimCity meets the Roman Empire.
--Paladin 2, but what about Omnitrend?
************
IF... (UK): (Stands for Interactive Fantasyfiction. Dictionary anyone? :)
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--Crime City, mouse-driven investigation game. You must clear your P.I. dad
from a murder charge
--------In the works:
--The Hand Of St James, derived from that Sean Connery movie "The Name Of The
Rose", which is itself based on Umberto Eco's book.
Impulze (UK): see Zeppelin (UK)...
Infogrames (FR):
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--Advantage Tennis, another tennis game.
--Alcatraz (221b), the sequel to Hostages, set on the island.
--Killerball (Microids), looks exactly like the sport played in that sci-fi
classic Rollerball.
--Tetris, the classic puzzler.
Kaiko (DL):
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--Gem'X (Demonware), mouse-driven puzzler. Duplicate the pattern shown on the
right side of the screen in the left side. Looks like Columns, but it ain't.
Kixx (UK): see US Gold (UK)...
Krisalis (UK):
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--Champions, contains Jahangir Khan's Squash, Manchester United, and World
Championship Boxing Manager.
--Face-Off Hockey, hockey version of Manchester United Europe. DS only.
--Graham Taylor's Soccer Challenge, more soccer. 1 meg, 2 disks.
--Hill Street Blues, you get to run the whole station.
--Manchester United Europe, soccer.
--------In the works:
--Ed Head: Private eye, no details.
--John Barnes European Football (note slight name change), still more soccer.
--Roofworld, no details.
Loriciel (FR):
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--Baby Jo, a sideview scrolling cute platform game. Take control of a baby
and see how far you get. Amusing digitized sound effects, though the controls
are a little sluggish. Average.
--Bumpy's Arcade Fantasy, non-scrolling cutesy bouncing puzzler. Kinda fun.
--Golden Eagle: The Return, sideview flick-scrolling action adventure with
super detailed animation. Looks neat.
--Guardians, mouse-driven puzzler.
--Paragliding, a new sport in which you throw yourself off a cliff or other
high place and fly with a wing that looks like a very big rectangular
parachute. 3 disks. Pretty pointless as a game...
--Psyborg, 3D polygons space racing/puzzler. I vaguely remember playing
something similar a long, long time ago... 2 disks.
--Sport's Best, contains Panza Kick Boxing, Tennis Cup, and Turbo Cup.
--Steve McQueen Westphaser, this is an Operation Wolf style shoot'em'up in
a Western setting. Other than that, the reasons for involving poor old
Steve escape me...
--Thunder Burner, Space Harrier style 3D shoot'em'up starring a walker machine.
Been done. Boring.
--------In the works:
--Baby Jo 2, more baby platform fun-stration.
--The Cartoons, kinda like Lemmings.
--Jim Power, yet another platform game.
--Out Board, overhead-view boat racing.
--Tennis Cup II.
Magic Bytes (DL):
-----------------
--Air Supply, overhead-view vertical scrolling shoot'em'up. A virtual remake
of Goldrunner! Why bother!?!?!?
--------In the works:
--Dinowars, "educational" arcade game.
--Industrial Rebound, a 3D polygons shoot'em'up in the Resolution 101 style.
--Second World, a strategy tale of two warring planets.
MegaSoft Entertainment (US):
----------------------------
--Disciples Of Steel, fantasy graphic adventure. 1 meg; you can send away for
a 512K version. Hard-drivable, comes on 3 disks.
Melbourne House (UK): see Virgin/Mastertronic (UK)...
Merit Software (US): (Well, this IS unexpected!)
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--Fighting For Rome (Impressions), US version of Cohort. Roman-era wargame.
--The Final Conflict (Impressions), WWIII wargame.
--Merchant Colony (Impressions/Video Vulture), strategic game of American
colonies management in the 18th century. Mouse-driven.
--------In the works:
--Traders (Linel), 4-players space trading game.
Michtron (US): (Still around)
--------------
--Ancient Battles, wargame. Originally published by CCS (UK).
--Front Line, WWII wargame. Originally published by CCS (UK).
Microdaft (US): (British imports)
---------------
--Rotor (Arcana), mission-driven Oids style game, but you don't save anybody.
Microprose (UK):
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--Knights Of The Sky, 3D polygons WWI simulation. DS only, 2 disks, 1 meg,
hard-drivable. The cure for Artech's really nasty Blue Max!
--Microprose Formula 1 Grand Prix (Geoff Crammond/Pete Cooke), 3D polygons
Formula 1 racing simulator from the man who dreamt up Stunt Car Racer. STE.
Comes on 4 DS disks, supports 2 drives, and has a built-in copy program.
Very decent frame rate considering the amount of detail.
--Microprose Golf (The Thought Train), the next generation of ST golf games.
DS only.
--Railroad Tycoon, why play with an electric train set when you can run your
own railroad company? Mouse-driven. Needs 1 meg.
--Silent Service II, upgrade to that classic WWII submarine simulator.
Keyboard only, DS only, 1 meg required, hard-drivable.
--Special Forces (Sleepless Knights), a sort of sequel to Airborne Ranger.
Overhead-view tactical commando game. DS only, STE.
--------In the works:
--Advanced Tactical Air Command (ATAC) (Argonaut), part flight sim, part
strategy game. Pushed back to November '92.
--Air Duel, a dogfighting simulator featuring aircrafts from WWI, WWII, the
present day, and even a space scenario! 2 players can participate via a
split-screen mode or a null modem cable connecting 2 STs. Designed by Glyn
Williams, who also designed Warhead.
--B-17 Flying Fortress (Vektorgrafix), 3D polygons combat simulator.
--Civilisation, 1 meg. The letter-writing campaign paid off!
--Covert Action, the closest you'll ever get to working as a field agent for
an intelligence agency.
--Elite 2 (David Braben), long-long-long awaited sequel to the ground-breaking
classic. Nov '92.
--Gunship 2000, more missions, more choppers to choose from.
--Lightspeed, something like Elite, sort of...
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Rainbird (UK):
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--Midwinter II: Flames Of Freedom (Maelstrom), a BIG game. 3 disks, no hard
drive support, and I'm not even sure it uses 2 drives!
--UMS II: Nations At War, overhead-view global wargame.
--------In the works:
--UMS II Planet Editor.
************
Spectrum Holobyte (UK):
-----------------------
--------In the works:
--Crisis In The Kremlin, you too can take charge of the Soviet Union and turn
it into the mess it is today, comrade!
--SuperTetris, will it ever end?
Mindscape (UK):
---------------
--Blue Max: Aces Of The Great War (360/Artech), WWI combat sim. From the people
who brought you Blue Angels and Heatwave: Offshore Powerboat Racing. Ouch!
Go for Microprose's Knights Of The Sky instead!
--D/Generation (Abersoft), isometric action-adventure. 1 meg, STE.
--Knightmare (Tony Crowther), "Captive"-style fantasy 3D graphic adventure.
DS only. Works with 512K, 1 meg enhanced, STE enhanced.
--Legend (TAG), isometric fantasy graphic adventure from the design team
behind Bloodwych (Imageworks).
--Ultima VI: The False Prophet, fantasy RPG. 1 meg required, hard-drivable.
--------In the works:
--Battletoads (Rare), those wacky Nintendo critters are coming to the ST.
--Captive II (Tony Crowther).
--Moonstones, fantasy CRPG.
--Skid Marks, 3D polygons Hard Drivin' style driving game.
Mirrorsoft (UK): (Out of business. Most of these are still available.)
----------------
--Flight Of The Intruder (Rowan Software), 3D polygons flight simulator. Fly
missions aboard an A6 Intruder and/or an F4 Phantom over North Vietnam in '72.
Tons of features. Incredibly realistic.
--Falcon: The Classic Collection, contains the original Falcon as well as
Mission Disks 1 and 2.
--Wolfpack (Novalogic), WWII submarine game. DS only. Hard-driveable.
************
Imageworks (UK):
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--First Samurai (Vivid Image Dev.), sideview scrolling hack'n'slash beat'em'up.
--Mega lo Mania (Sensible), strategic wargame. DS only.
--Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Arcade Game (Probe), conversion of the
Konami coin-op. Sideview scrolling beat'em'up.
************
Mirror Image (UK): (Classic re-issues)
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--Austerlitz (Arc).
--Bloodwych (Imageworks).
--Carrier Command (Rainbird).
--Defender Of The Crown (Cinemaware).
--Federation Of Free Traders (Gremlin).
--King Of Chicago (Cinemaware).
--Onslaught (Hewson).
--Rocket Ranger (Cinemaware).
--RVF Honda (Microprose).
--Speedball (Bitmap Brothers).
--Starglider II (Rainbird/Argonaut).
--Strike Force Harrier (Mirrorsoft).
--3D Pool (Firebird).
--TV Sports Football (Cinemaware).
--Xenon II: Megablast (Imageworks).
Mirrorsoft Casualties Stockpile:
--------------------------------
(This helps keep track of which projects have been salvaged by other companies,
and which ones are still in limbo.)
************
Saved:
------
--Cannon Fodder (Sensible), saved by Virgin (UK), coming soon.
--Fire And Ice (Graftgold), saved by Renegade (UK), out now.
--Legend (TAG), saved by Mindscape (UK), out now.
--Lure Of The Temptress (Revolution Software), saved by Virgin (UK), out now.
************
Still in limbo:
---------------
--Alien^3, based on the upcoming movie.
--Battle Of Britain Jubilee, also known as Reach For The Skies (Rowan
Software), WWII air combat simulator using honest-to-goodness, genuine, 100%,
for real, 3D polygons. Still on, but no publisher has been announced yet.
--Bill Elliott's NASCAR Challenge, 3D stock car racing. Looks cool.
--Blade Warrior (Jason Kingsley), formerly known as Lord Of The Dancing Blade,
a sideview fantasy hack'n'slash magic-using game with silhouette graphics.
--Drop Soldier (Graftgold), some sort of 3D POV futuristic infantry wargame.
Allows up to 16 STs linked-up (through MIDI I guess).
--Duster (Realtime/Rowan), 3D polygons insect extermination simulator.
--Mega lo Mania Data Disk (Sensible).
--Mega lo Mania II (Sensible).
Mythos Games (UK):
------------------
--------In the works:
--Laser Squad II, sequel to the Blade Software game of tactical powered armor
infantry combat.
Novagen (UK): (Paul Woakes' company)
-------------
--Mercenary III: The Dion Crisis (formerly Damocles 2: Double Trouble), further
adventures in the Damocles Universe. No more flying around, you have to use
the mass transit systems (cabs, buses, commuter ships, spaceships, etc...).
There are some people to interact with. More of a graphic adventure than ever!
Ocean (UK):
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--The Addams Family, cutesy flick-scrolling platform game. Nice graphics,
console style controls (push the fire button to jump).
--Epic (Digital Image Design), 3D polygons flight simulator in space.
Battlestar Galactica was a big influence for the design of the various fighters
and ships, and for the storyline too! The controls are extremely touchy,
forget the joystick and use the mouse instead. Useless manual. DS only.
--Hook, based on the movie. Graphic adventure very similar to Secret Of
Monkey Island, but less sophisticated. 3 DS disks, 1 meg, STE, mouse-driven.
--Parasol Stars, sideview cutesy platform game. The third chapter in the
Bubble Bobble Trilogy. This time, you use some of those brightly colored
oversized sun umbrellas instead of bubbles or rainbows.
STE, 1 meg recommended, DS only.
--Push-Over (Red Rat), puzzler, DS. Set-up dominoes and make them fall over.
--Robocop 3 (Digital Image Design), with 3D polygons. Might use a "dongle".
DS only, 1 meg required, Mega STE compatible. 32 colors on STFMs and STEs.
Comes on 3 disks. Not too terribly exciting.
--The Simpsons: Bart Versus The Space Mutants (Arc Dev.), straight port of
the Acclaim NES cartridge. DS only.
--Smash TV (Probe), the insane Williams coin-op of Robotron-like TV massacre.
Overhead-view non-scrolling shoot'em'up. DS only. Supports 2 joysticks.
Bad white noise for the crowd, no digitized sounds, just boring explosions.
--Space Gun, Sega coin-op conversion. Operation Wolf-style "Aliens"
shoot'em'up. DS only, STE. Mouse, joystick, and Trojan Light gun supported.
--Terminator 2: Judgement Day, just your basic average multi-format movie
license. Pretty bland, neat intro though...
--2-Hot 2-Handle, contains Shadow Warriors, Golden Axe (Virgin), Total Recall,
and Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road (Virgin).
--Wizkid (Sensible Software), sequel to the classic Wizball. Looks demented.
--WWF Wrestlemania (Twilight), coin-op conversion. Take control of either the
British Bulldog, Hulk Hogan, or the Ultimate Warrior and pretend to beat up
other "wrestlers". Very limited moves. DS Only.
--------In the works:
--Billy The Kid (Level 9), multi-level shoot'em'up/action-adventure.
--Demonsgate, CRPG.
--Espana '92: The Games, 30 sporting events.
--Lethal Weapon 3, movie license.
--Liverpool FC, soccer.
--Ninja Collection, no details.
--Retaliator II (Digital Image Design), 3D polygons flight simulator with a new
batch of aircrafts: Apache gunships, A-10s Warthogs, Navy F-22Bs, SU-27
Frogfoots (Frogfeet?), Hind-D gunships, and the bogus MIG Ferret stealth
fighter. You can finally perform real carrier landings.
--SimEarth (Maxis), no details.
--Snow Bros (Ocean France), coin-op conversion. The 2-players simultaneous
mode has been dropped!!
************
The Hit Squad (UK): (Repackaged oldies priced to go!)
-------------------
--Afterburner (Activision).
--Batman: The Caped Crusader.
--Batman: The Movie.
--Beach Volley.
--Bubble Bobble (Firebird).
--Cabal.
--Castle Master (Domark).
--Chase HQ.
--Cybernoid II (Hewson).
--Dragonninja, also known as Bad Dudes (Data East).
--Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters (Domark/Tengen).
--Head Over Heels, an old 8-bit classic makes it to the ST.
--IK+ (System 3).
--Ivanhoe.
--The Last Ninja 2 (System 3).
--Lombard RAC Rally (Mandarin).
--Midnight Resistance.
--Navy Moves (Dinamic).
--Nebulus (Hewson), sold as Tower Toppler by Epyx.
--The New Zealand Story.
--Nightbreed.
--Operation Thunderbolt.
--Pang.
--Platoon.
--Power Drift (Activision).
--Predator.
--Pro Tennis Tour (UBI Soft).
--Puffy's Saga (UBI Soft).
--Puzznic.
--Rambo III (Taito).
--Rainbow Islands.
--Red Heat.
--Run The Gauntlet.
--Shadow Warriors (Virgin).
--Sly Spy Secret Agent.
--Super Hang-on (Electric Dreams).
--The Untouchables.
--Voyager.
On-Line (UK):
-------------
--------In the works:
--Chaos In Andromeda, no details.
Oxford Softworks (UK):
----------------------
--5 Intelligent Strategy Games, haw-haw. You get chess, bridge, go, backgammon,
and draughts (that's checkers to us Americans). DS only. Monochrome too!
--------In the works:
--Omar Sharif's Bridge, already released by Interplay (US) for MS-DOS.
Palace (UK):
------------
--Boston Bomb Club (Simarils), puzzler. Guide bombs through a maze of grooved
tiles by manipulating gates, rotating tiles, etc... The whole thing is set in
a private club in the '30s. Strange, but fun. Monochrome compatible.
--Crystals Of Arborea (Silmarils), 3D mouse-driven fantasy CRPG.
--Demoniak, text adventure with a few pictures.
--Hot Rubber, UK version of Grand Prix 500 II (Microids). 3D chase-view
motorcycle racing. Real-life tracks, 2 player split-screen mode. Average.
--Metal Mutant (Silmarils), sideview flick-scrolling shoot'em'up. Guide a
transformable robot through lots of levels.
--Sliders (Microids), isometric Marble-Madness hockey type thing.
--Swap, puzzler.
--------In the works:
--Complex, sideview scrolling shoot'em'up. Stryx meets Police Academy XXII...
--Hostile Breed, you're in total control of a research station about to be
over-run by mutant animals and plants. Wipe the suckers out!
Sounds like Millenium 2.2 crossed with Aliens with tons'o'weapons thrown in!
--Super Barbarian, wonder what that's gonna be like!
Pandora (UK): see Interceptor (UK)...
Pocket Power (UK): (Really cheap game re-issues: 2.99 Pounds!)
------------------
--Archipelagos (Logotron).
--Bad Company (Logotron).
--Beyond The Ice Palace (Elite).
--Deflektor (Gremlin).
--Eye Of Horus (Logotron).
--Quadralien (Logotron).
--Starblaze (Logotron).
--Stargoose (Logotron).
--StarRay (Logotron).
P.S.S. (UK): see Mirrorsoft (UK)...
Psygnosis (US/UK):
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--Armour-Geddon, 3D polygons strategic shoot'em'up. Control 6 different
vehicles in an attempt to find the scattered pieces of a neutron bomb.
Looks good, but the manual ain't that great. The storyline is all wrong.
--Barbarian II (Pandamonium Entertainment), sequel to Barbarian (Psygnosis).
The annoying push-button control panel of the original is NOT missed!
You need 1 meg to view the intro animation, but not to play the game.
--The Carl Lewis Challenge (Tex Designs), track and field.
--Dungeon Master/Chaos Strikes Back Twin-Pack, UK release only.
--Leander, pseudo-Japanese sideview omni-scrolling hack'n'slash. 2 disks.
--Lemmings, a really funny and addictive little puzzler. Guide a certain
percentage of Lemmings safely to the exit. You can order them to do certain
things, like digging, mining, bashing, blocking, and exploding!!
--Obitus, action-adventure with a mix of sideview and 3D sequences.
--Oh No! More Lemmings, 100 extra levels for Lemmings. Available as a data
disk and a stand-alone version.
--Ork (DMA Design), sideview scrolling fantasy shoot'em'up. Free hint book
enclosed (sure beats another dumb t-shirt!).
--Shadow Of The Beast II (Echelon Games), sideview omni-scrolling platform
action-adventure.
--------In the works:
--Air Support, no details.
--Amnios (Paul Lyons), vertical scrolling space shoot'em'up.
--Aquaventura, 3D chase-view shoot'em'up.
--Armour-Geddon II, bigger-better-faster? Easier would be nice.
--Bill's Excellent Tomato Game, cutesy platform. Pass the ketchup!
--Carthage, where you guide a chariot-driving messenger between cities. The
roads are pretty dangerous, though. 3D and overhead-view perspective.
--Infiltrator (Wayne Smithson), working title for a new platform shoot'em'up.
--Lemmings II, bigger-better-more, Nov '92.
--Red Zone, motorcycle racing simulator.
--Shadow Of The Beast III.
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Sizzlers (UK): (Budget re-issues.)
--------------
--Anarchy.
--Baal.
--Ballistix.
--Blood Money.
--Captain Fizz Meets The Blastertrons.
--Menace.
--Spellbound.
--Shadow Of The Beast.
--Stryx.
Rage (UK):
----------
--Striker, 3D soccer.
Rainbird (UK): see Microprose (UK)...
Rainbow Arts (DL):
------------------
--Logical, puzzler.
--Masterblazer, an ST conversion of Lucasfilm's legendary Ballblazer.
3D split-screen 2-players future sport.
--Turrican II: The Final Fight (Manfred Trenz), multi-level futuristic
platform shoot'em'up.
--------In the works:
--Centerbase, futuristic trade and strategy game.
--Fate: Gates Of Dawn, fantasy CRPG.
--Mad TV, no details.
--M.U.D.S. (Mean Ugly Dirty Sport), from the man who brought you Grand Monster
Slam. Overhead view scrolling monster sport.
--Rescue On Fractalus, ST version of the classic Lucasfilm fractals-using
flight simulator/shoot'em'up.
--Rotator, rotating overhead view tank shoot'em'up.
--Transatlantic, the sequel to Black Gold/Oil Imperium. Mouse-driven strategic
business simulation. This time, you're in charge of a company that operates
ocean-going vessels. You make all the decisions.
Readysoft (CA):
---------------
--Dragon's Lair: Escape From Singe's Castle, the missing scenes from the first
Dragon's Lair. What's next? Dragon's Lair: The Lost Episodes?
--Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp, a planned coin-op sequel to Dragon's Lair that
never made it to the arcades, until now.
--Space Ace II: Borf's revenge, the further adventures of Space Ace.
--------In the works:
--Guy Spy, Indiana Jones style cinematic action-adventure. Sep '92.
************
Empire (US):
------------
--Pacific Islands (ODE), sequel to Team Yankee. 3D wargame. STE, DS only.
--Sleeping Gods Lie (ODE), graphic adventure using a mixture of 3D polygons
and sprites. Oxford Digital Entertainments' 1st game.
--Team Yankee (ODE), 3D tank wargame based around the novel.
--Volfied, Taito coin-op sequel to Qix. Even has powerups!
--------In the works:
--Campaign, WWII 3D wargame. Oct '92.
--Cyberspace (ODE), cyberpunk CRPG. Oct '92.
--Eye Of The Storm (Jason Kingsley), 3D polygons space combat game. Oct '92.
--International Sports Challenge (Harlequin), not your average joystick
waggling multi-sports game! It includes the marathon, several diving, swimming,
and cycling events, and show jumping (that's the horse obstacle course jumping
event). Get this: show jumping and all cycling is in 1st person perspective
with 3D polygons! That's a little unusual... Sep '92.
Renegade (UK):
--------------
--Cadaver: The Pay Off (Bitmap Brothers), scenario disk for Cadaver
(Imageworks/Bitmap Brothers).
--Fire And Ice (Graftgold), cutesy platform game. Saved from Mirrorsoft.
--Gods (Bitmap Brothers), sideview omni-scrolling mythological platform game.
Great graphics, monsters that chase you all over the place, and lots of
puzzles. Music by Nation 12. A good one! DS only.
--Magic Pockets (Bitmap Brothers), cute sideview platform game. DS only.
--Sensible Soccer (Sensible), a more Speedball-like approach to soccer.
The players are so small, they're cute! It's incredibly fast too.
--------In the works:
--Bitmap Brothers Volume 1, it's compilation time already? You get Xenon,
Cadaver, and Speedball 2, all previously released by Imageworks (Mirrorsoft).
--Bitmap Brothers Volume 2, contains Speedball, Gods, and Xenon 2: Megablast.
--Chaos Engine (Bitmap Brothers), overhead-view scrolling shoot'em'up with up
to 3 players (human or computer). Victorian sci-fi (ie: Steampunk).
Simulmondo (IT):
----------------
--Football Champ, a redesigned version of their earlier "I Play 3D Soccer".
16 Blitz (UK): see Virgin (UK)...
Sizzlers (UK): see Psygnosis (US/UK)...
Smash 16 (UK): (Re-released games at budget prices)
--------------
--Captain Blood (Mindscape/Infogrames/Ere Informatique).
--Operation Neptune (Infogrames, and also known as Project Neptune by Epyx).
Software Projects (UK): (Budget stuff)
-----------------------
--Manic Miner, sort of the Miner 2049er of the Sinclair Spectrum computers.
It's a platform game (surprise-surprise!). Contains both a reconstruction of
the original Spectrum levels layout, and a brand new 16-bit set-up.
--Jet Set Willy, the sequel to Manic Miner. This one doesn't have a
"Spectrum reconstruction", only a 16-bit version.
Starbyte (DL):
--------------
--Crime Time, framed for murder in a foreign land, you must prove your
innocence and get back home. Mouse-driven graphic adventure.
--------In the works:
--Crown, graphic adventure.
--Lords Of Doom, fantasy graphic adventure.
--The Return Of Medusa, sequel to the fantasy wargame Rings Of Medusa.
This time, it has 3D dungeons. 3 disks.
--Spirit Of Adventure, CRPG.
Star Performers (UK): see Electronic Arts (UK)...
Storm (UK):
-----------
--Big Run, conversion of the Jaleco coin-op of Porsche 959 racing in 3D in the
Paris-Dakar rally. Doesn't live up to its arcade counterpart. STE.
--Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat, in the same vein as "Ironman" Super Off-Road,
but with Indy cars. Leland coin-op conversion.
--Double Dragon III: The Rosetta Stones, sideview scrolling beat'em'up.
--Final Blow, basic sideview boxing.
--Rod Land (Random Access), non-scrolling sideview platform game. conversion
of the Jaleco coin-op T&J, featuring wand-waving long-haired cuties with
pointed ears. It has the neatest play mechanics since Rainbow Islands.
One of my personal favorites...
--------In the works:
--Asylum, no details.
--Brute Force, no details.
--The Lawnmower Man, no details.
--Solar Jetman: Hunt For The Golden Warship, no details.
Strike Force Designs (UK):
--------------------------
--------In the works:
--Touchdown! American Football, team management.
Sublogic (US):
--------------
--Great Britain Scenery Collection, for Flight Simulator II.
--Scenery Disk 12: New England, for use with Flight Simulator II.
--------In the works
--California Collection, for Flight Simulator II. Oct '92.
System 3 (UK):
--------------
--The Last Ninja 3, isometric flick-scrolling beat'em'up. 2 disks.
--System 3 Premier Collection, contains Tusker, IK+, Flimbo's Quest, and
Ninja Remix (Last Ninja 2.5).
--------In the works:
--Changeling, featuring a shape-shifting machine.
--Constructor, mouse-driven house-building on another planet.
--International Karate Deluxe, beat'em'up.
--Myth, mythological shoot'em'up.
--Silly Putty, platform game.
--Turbo Charge, driving game.
--Vendetta, Commando-style shooting, driving, and strategy, all rolled into 1.
TEAM Software (US):
-------------------
--------In the works:
--3 Days At Gettysburg (Marshall Lake & Piet Francke), Civil War wargame of
the Battle of Gettysburg.
Tengen (UK): see Domark UK...
Thalamus (UK):
--------------
--Armalyte: The Final Run (Arc Developments), upgrade of a classic C64 game.
Kinda like R*Type, but way tougher.
--------In the works:
--Arsenal F.C., more soccer.
--Creatures (Creative Materials), no details.
--Restrictor (Arc Developments), 3D sci-fi driving and flying shoot'em'up.
--Summer Camp (Creative Materials), cutesy platform game.
Thalion (DL):
-------------
--A320 Airbus, a very detailed simulation of the European airliner. Programmed
by "Oberst" Rainer Bopf, a professional pilot of the Luftwaffe.
--Enchanted Land, sideview fantasy cartoony platform game.
--Ghost Battle (Interactive Design), this one really sucks! Budget
Ghosts'N'Goblins.
--Thalion: First Year, a compilation containing Chambers Of Shaolin, Seven
Gates Of Jambala, Warp, and Leavin' Teramis. And a free T-shirt!
--------In the works:
--Amberstar, fantasy CRPG in the Ultima mold. Hard-drivable.
--Dragonflight II, graphic adventure.
--No Second Prize, another Team-Suzuki style motorcycle racing game.
Funny thing is, they announced it 3 years ago and at that time, it was a
car racing game!
--Tower FRA, an air traffic control simulation.
Titus (UK/FR): (Some of the worst games ever released, until now...)
--------------
--Blues Brothers, sideview flick-scrolling platform game. Find the instrument
on each level. It's alright, if you like that sort of thing. There's nothing
particularly Blues Brothers-y about it...
--Crazy Cars III, 3D racing game.
--Crime Does Not Pay, mediocre game alternating between sideview
flick-scrolling and mouse-driven graphic adventure.
--Duck Tales: The Quest For Gold (Incredible Technologies), no details.
--Prehistorik, sideview flick-scrolling cutesy platform game.
--Titus The Fox, nice cutesy sideview platform game. STE. That's funny, I
always thought that their mascot was a cat, not a fox...
--------In the works:
--Arachnophobia, no details.
--Battle Storm, sci-fi shoot'em'up.
--The Brainies, no details.
--Crazy Bikes, no details.
Touchdown (UK): (New kid on the budget block)
---------------
--Better Dead Than Alien (Electra).
--Emlyn Hughes International Soccer.
--Gazza's Super Soccer.
--Gazza 2.
--Paradroid 90.
--Pipe Mania (Empire).
--Time.
--Sleeping Gods Lie (Empire).
--Stormtrooper.
Trojan (UK): (Makers of the Trojan light gun for STs.)
------------
--Cyber Assault, futuristic DM-style shoot'em'up.
--The Enforcer, gangster-era shoot'em'up.
--Firestar, kinda like Defender with a light gun...
Tronix (UK): see Virgin (UK)...
Turcan Research Systems (UK):
-----------------------------
--Dreadnoughts, WWI text-driven 3D perspective warship wargame. Hard-drivable.
21st Century Entertainments (UK): (formerly Hewson UK)
---------------------------------
--Deliverance, sequel to Hewson's Stormlord. It looks like Shadow Of The Beast.
--Moonfall (The Evil 3), 3D polygons shoot'n'trade'em'up. Zzzzzz...
--Rubicon, sideview scrolling shoot'em'up. Annoying disk swapping every time
the game is over and you want to restart. Nothing earth-shattering...
--------In the works:
--Nebulus 2, sequel to that innovative game sold as Tower Toppler by Epyx.
Probably a platform/puzzler/shoot'em'up.
UBI Soft (UK/FR):
-----------------
--Maupiti Island (Lankhor), graphic adventure with speech.
--Mega lo Mania/First Samurai, DS only.
--Ten Great Games (oh, yeah?), contains Ferrari Formula 1 (EA), Rick Dangerous
(Firebird), Pick'N'Pile, Night Hunter, Carrier Command (Rainbird), Satan
(Dinamic), Superski, Chicago 90 (Infogrames), Xenon 2 (Imageworks), and
Pro Tennis Tour. (Final score: 3 greats, 4 alrights, and 3 stinkers!).
--Unreal, multi-level fantasy hack'n'slash, alternates between sideview and 3D.
2 disks. Got some real bad reviews.
--Vroom (Lankhor), the greatest Formula 1 racing game I have ever seen on any
machine, computer or console!! Can be played in 3 different modes: arcade
(joystick or mouse), training (mouse), and race (mouse). Modem and data-link
support. Fast and smooooooth!!! But if you want a simulator, check out
Microprose Formula One Grand Prix.
--------In the works:
--B.A.T. II, futuristic graphic adventure.
--Celtic Legends, fantasy wargame.
--Dyna-Blaster or Bomber-Man, no details.
--Lightquest, sideview action/adventure.
--Star Rush, shoot'em'up.
US Gold (UK):
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--Bonanza Brothers (Tiertex/Synergy/Twilight), sideview platform game with
really weird graphics. Reminds me of Keystone Kapers on the old VCS.
--The Godfather: Action Game (Software Creations), multi-format. DS only.
--Mega Sports, 30 sporting events! This compilation contains all the events
from The Games: Summer Edition (never released on the ST), Winter Games, and
California Games. Truly, an Epyx package <grin>.
--Mega Twins (Twilight), CapCom coin-op conversion. Cutesy sideview scrolling
platform hack'n'slash. DS only.
--OutRun Europa (Probe), announced two years ago, then cancelled, and now it's
back! Race down a Motorway on a bike, then hop onto a jetski and cross the
English Channel, then... I don't know, I lost interest. DS only.
--Their Finest Missions Volume One (Lucasfilm), mission disk.
--------In the works:
--Blade Of Destiny, fantasy CRPG.
--California Games II, featuring snowboarding, boogeyboarding, hang gliding,
jet skiing, and skateboarding (again).
--Citadel Of The Black Sun.
--G-Loc (Images), Sega coin-op sequel to Afterburner.
--The Godfather: Graphic Adventure (Delphine), no details yet.
--Greyhawk, a Dungeon Master style game.
--Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis, graphic adventure.
--Legends Of Valour, fantasy 3D RPG.
--Links (Access), think of it as Leaderboard III. 3D perspective golf.
--Magic Sword (Probe), CapCom coin-op conversion.
--The Manager (Software 2000), soccer. 3 disks, up to 4 players.
--Menander Brothers (Twilight), no details.
--The Quest For Adventure Series #1, contains Operation Stealth (Delphine),
Mean Streets, Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Adventure Game (Lucasfilm).
--Street Fighter II, coin-op beat'em'up.
--Super Sega, contains ESWAT, Golden Axe (Virgin Games), Super Monaco GP,
Shinobi (Virgin Games), and Crack Down.
--Super Sim Pack, contains International 3D Tennis (Palace), Crazy Cars II
(Titus), Airborne Ranger (Microprose), and Italy 1990.
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Millenium (UK): (For future releases, see Electronic Arts UK...)
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--The Adventures Of Robin Hood, isometric graphic adventure, mouse-driven.
DS only. All the characters as so teeny!
--Horror Zombies From The Crypt (Astral), scary platform action-adventure.
DS only.
--James Pond 2: Codename Robocod, the fish gets metallic! Omni-scrolling
platform game. The Sonic for computers. DS only.
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Delphine (FR):
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--Another World, "Cinematique" alternate reality action adventure. Looks
strange. Plays like Prince Of Persia. It's really cool though!!!
--Cruise For A Corpse, "Cinematique" whodunnit graphic adventure.
The graphics have been seriously revamped and the interface further improved.
Hard-drivable.
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Kixx (UK): (Repackaged oldies priced to go!)
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--Action Fighter.
--Axel's Magic Hammer (Gremlin).
--Barbarian (Palace).
--Barbarian II (Palace).
--Bionic Commando (Go!).
--Blasteroids (Imageworks).
--California Games (Epyx).
--Conqueror (Rainbow Arts).
--Dragons Of Flame (SSI).
--Forgotten Worlds.
--The Games: Summer Edition (Epyx).
--Gary Lineker's Hot Shot (Gremlin).
--Gauntlet II.
--Ghouls'N'Ghosts.
--Hammerfist (Activision).
--Heroes Of The Lance.
--Impossible Mission II (Epyx).
--Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade Action Game.
--Italy 1990.
--John Lowe's Ultimate Darts (Gremlin).
--LED Storm.
--Moonwalker.
--1943.
--OutRun.
--Rick Dangerous (Firebird).
--Roadblasters.
--Saint Dragon (Storm).
--Skidz (Gremlin).
--Steve Davis World Snooker (CDS).
--Street Fighter.
--Stunt Car Racer (MicroStyle).
--Super Scramble Simulator (Gremlin).
--Switchblade (Gremlin).
--3D Pool (Firebird).
--Thunder Blade.
--Tiger Road.
--Turbo OutRun.
--Turrican (Rainbow Arts).
--Turrican II (Rainbow Arts).
--Tusker (System 3).
--Vigilante (US Gold).
--World Class Leaderboard (US Gold).
--Z-Out (Rainbow Arts).
Virgin (US): (Guess what? No more US ST versions! Low sales don'tcha know...)
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--Corporation (Core), futuristic adventure simulation. Infiltrate a large
building filled with crazed and malfunctioning robots, human guards, and
genetically engineered yucky things. Just your basic old-fashioned dungeon
game with a new paint job. The interface ain't too great.
--Spirit Of Excalibur, RPG with 6 different quests and an interface similar
to War In Middle Earth (Melbourne House). Needs 1 meg.
--Thunderhawk (Core), 3D polygons simplified helicopter combat game.
The chopper used is fictitious and looks like the bastard child of an Apache
and that new Eurocopter gunship. Gunship 2000 this ain't!
Mouse driven, mission-driven, DS only.
--Vengeance Of Excalibur, the sequel to Spirit Of Excalibur.
--Wonderland (Magnetic Scrolls), text adventure based around the original
Alice In Wonderland books. Features "Magnetic Windows", a totally new
interface with resizable windows, auto-mapping, and other neat stuff.
Virgin (UK):
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Virgin Games:
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--Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (Archer MacLean), 3D-polygons snooker
simulation with light-source shaded balls and really fast screen redraws.
--Lure Of The Temptress (Revolution Software), Lucasfilm-style adventure.
Digitized sound, mouse-only interface, nice graphics. Check it out!
1 meg required, DS only, supports 2 drives, comes on 4 disks.
--Realms (Graftgold), Populous-style game. 1 meg enhanced.
--Shuttle (Vektorgrafix), total 3D simulator of the Space Shuttle. This one
makes learning Falcon look easy! 2 disks.
--------In the works:
--Apocalypse (Strangeways), helicopter game.
--Archer MacLean's 3D Pool (Archer MacLean), using the Snooker graphic system.
--Cannon Fodder (Sensible), army "Lemmings"!
--Dune (Cryo), loosely based on the movie. Strategic graphic adventure.
--Floor 13, graphic adventure. You're in charge of a super-secret branch of
British intelligence.
--Rookies (Perfect Set), squad-level mission-driven wargame, "Lemmings"-style.
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Melbourne House:
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--Magnetic Scrolls Collection, contains enhanced versions of Fish, Corruption,
and Guild Of Thieves. All three now use "Magnetic Windows". DS only.
--Vengeance Of Excalibur, the sequel to Spirit Of Excalibur.
--Wonderland (Magnetic Scrolls), text adventure based around the original
Alice In Wonderland books. Features "Magnetic Windows", a totally new
interface with resizable windows, auto-mapping, and other neat stuff.
--------In the works:
--Conan The Cimmerian, action-adventure.
************
16 Blitz: (Budget games)
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--Continental Circus, 3D F1 racing game. No biggie.
--Double Dragon, sideview beat'em'up. Ancient.
--Gemini Wing, overhead view vertical scrolling shoot'em'up.
--The Ninja Warriors, sideview scrolling shoot/beat'em'up. Good conversion.
--Shinobi, sideview scrolling shoot/beat'em'up. Not the best conversion.
--Silkworm, sideview scrolling shoot'em'up. Good conversion.
--Xenon, overhead view vertical scrolling shoot'em'up. Bitmap Brothers' 1st.
************
Tronix: (Budget games, formerly called Mastertronic)
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--Double Dragon II.
--Golden Axe.
--Italia '90.
--Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off-Road.
--Monty Python's Flying Circus.
--Viz.
Vulture Publishing (UK):
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--------In the works:
--Siege Master, isometric fantasy CRPG.
Zeppelin (UK): (Budget stuff)
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--Arcade Trivia Quiz.
--F1 Tornado (221b), 3D polygons jet fighter shoot'em'up.
--International Ice Hockey.
--Sharkey's Moll, a 1920's Operation Wolf of low quality.
--Stack Up, a Columns clone.
--Titanic Blinky, cutesy flick-scrolling platform game.
--World Cricket, urgh!
************
Impulze (UK):
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--Graeme Souness' Vector Soccer, soccer with 3D polygons.
--Neighbours, isometric omni-scrolling racing game. Similar to Gremlin's
Skidz, but dumber and smaller. Based on some sort of foreign TV show.
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If you have any questions, comments, criticisms or suggestions, you can
contact me on GEnie (ZRATH-SMILEY) in the ST RoundTable, Category 9 (Games),
Topic 22 (ST Gaming Digest). He can also be reached at the O'Mayer V BBS
(213-732-0229, 1200/2400/9600).
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