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1 THE BUDGET TOP 10 - SEPTEMBER 87
1 Spectraxx Tape Magazine
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1 A$=A$+"ICONS DECORATES THE RIGHT HAND#SIDE AND BY COLLECTING GREEN#CIRCLES WIZ CAN ACCESS THESE TO#GIVE HIM EXTRA POWERS."
1 A$=A$+"A TWO PLAYER OPTION IS GIVEN AND#YOU AND A FRIEND CAN COMPETE#FOR THE BEST TIME. BUT BEWARE!#FAIL TO COMPLETE THE COURSE#WITHIN THE TIME LIMIT AND IT'S#THE END OF YOUR GAME!"
1 A$=A$+"#THE GAME CAN BE PLAYED WITH#ONE OR TWO PLAYERS AT ONCE."
1 A$=A$+"#EACH LEVEL,A GUARDIAN GUARDS#THE GATEWAY TO THE NEXT SECTION.#FIVE LIVES ARE GIVEN TO COMPLETE#HER TASK,PLUS A TIME LIMIT."
1 A$=A$+"#EACH LEVEL GETS MORE AND MORE#DIFFICULT EVERY TIME WITH BACK-#DROPS RANGING FROM THE TUBE#STATION TO THE DOCKS."
1 A$=A$+"##YUK! YUK YUK YUK!!! I JUST CAN'T#GET IN TO THIS GAME. THE#CONTROLS ARE TERRIBLE,AND THE#ICON SELECTION METHOD IS STUPID!#I MEAN! WAGGLE YER JOYSTICK???!!#THE GRAFIX ARE GOOD BUT THE#PLAYABILITY LETS IT DOWN.NOT#HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. AZ."
1 A$=A$+"##YES I CAN! I GOT TO LEVEL 6 SO#BLEUR! SERIOUSLY THIS IS ONE#GREAT GAME! THE TWO PLAYER#OPTION MAKES IT EVEN MORE#EXCITING AND THE TUNE ON THE#START IS A DAVID WHITTAKER#MASTERPIECE! ALL THIS FOR JUST#`1.99! GO OUT AND GET IT NOW#OR YOU'RE A JAM SARNIE. YAZ."
1 A$=A$+"##WORRA GAME! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!#I LOVED THIS IN THE ARCADES AND#I LOVE IT NOW! EVERYTHING IS#JUST SO CUTE AND CUDDLY - JUST#LIKE TRAPDOOR (MY FAVOURITE!)#AND THE WHOLE THING IS JUST SO#PLAYABLE YOU COULD SCREAM! BEST#THING FIREBIRDS EVER DONE!!!!!!!#NUTHER GO? (OK! MT) LEE."
1 A$=A$+"##PHOOOUGHHHHUGHHH(AND A GENERALLY#SICK NOISE)OOOUGH! THIS GAME IS#SO VILE! WHAT I MEAN IS REAL#CRUD. A DEMENTED CHIMPANZEE WITH#A LAUGH LIKE SWANNY COULD WRITE#A BETTER GAME! THE GRAPHICS ARE#JUST PASSABLE BUT GET MESSY AND#THE MAIN PROBBO IS...WAIT FOR IT#...YOU CAN'T KILL ANYTHING!!!#YOU MIGHT DISAGREE WITH ME BUT#I TURNED IT OFF IN CRIES OF#~YOU F'TN THING!~. MISS IT! MT."
1 A$=A$+"##P.S. BY THE WAY,ALL CHEQUES#SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO MARK#TONKS NOT SPECTRAXX! OK?"
1 A$=A$+"##P.P.S. WE WANT TO START AN ART#GALLERY AND A LETTERS PAGE SO#SEND US LETTERS AND SCREEN$.#ALSO,WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE#IDEA OF A BUMPER CHRIMMY SPECIAL#ON A C60 FOR `2.00? LET US KNOW!"
1 A$=A$+"##MEGGA(AN I MEAN MEGGGGA!)WOW!!!!#RENEGADE IS JUST SOOOO BRILL.#I CAN'T FAULT IT APART FROM THE#FACT THAT I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF#IT! THE GRAPHICS ARE MEAN AND#THE SOUND IS MASTERFUL. IN FACT,#I THINK IT'S THE BEST KICK-EM-IN#THAT I'VE SEEN(AND I MEAN EVER).#IT'S AMAZING THAT OCEAN CAN PUT#OUT WAPPY STUFF LIKE THIS AND#CRUD STUFF LIKE WIZBALL AT THE#SAME TIME! MISS IT AND PERISH!AZ"
1 A$="YOUR CASSETTES RETURNING,PLEASE#ENCLOSE A STAMPED ADDRESSED#ENVELOPE WITH YOUR GAME.THE#ADDRESS TO SEND EVERYTHING TO IS#AT THE END OF THE TAPE.#NOW,THE HELPLINE! I HAVE SET#THIS UP BY MAKING A GIGANTIC#FILE OF ALL THE ADVENTURE CLUES#I COULD FIND.IF YOU ARE STUCK IN#SOME ADVENTURE,SEND YOUR PROBLEM#IN AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO#ANSWER IT.IF I CAN'T,I WILL#PRINT THE QUESTION IN THE COLUMN#AND ASK FOR HELP TO BE SENT IN."
1 A$="YES! ITS HAPPENED! I KNEW IT#WOULD! WHAT IS THIS MYSTERIOUS#MIRACLE YOU ASK.WELL IT'S THIS..#AMSTRAD HAVE DROPPED THE +3'S#PRICE TO `199!!!! YIPPEEEEEEE!#AHEM! NOW TO THE SERIOUS SIDE OF#THE NEWS. AH! IT SEEM'S DOMARK#ARE CONVERTING NOT A PENNY MORE,#NOT A PENNY LESS-THE BOOK BY THE#CURRY'S MANAGER....SORRY...#JEFFREY ARCHER. SOUNDS LIKE THE#BEST IDEA FOR A LICENCE SINCE#ELITE TRIED TO GET THE HOLY#BIBLE!!!!!! >"
1 A$="WIZBALL - OCEAN#REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000007##THE LAND OF WIZ (?) WAS A NICE#COLOURFUL PLACE UNTIL THE#INVASION OF THE NASTY COLOUR#PINCHERS! THEY NICKED ALL OF THE#COLOUR AND TURNED WIZLAND INTO#A TYPICAL SPECTRUM GAME WITH#MONOCHROME GRAPHICS! WIZ AIN'T#TOO HAPPY SO HE SETS OUT WITH#HIS CAT IN HIS TRUSTY WIZBALL#TO RETURN THE COLOUR TO WIZLAND.#TO DO THIS HE MUST SHOOT THE#NASTIES (NO GREAT SHOCKS THERE#I'M AFRAID!) AND USE HIS CAT TO#COLLECT THE DROPS OF COLOUR THEY#SOMETIMES LEAVE BEHIND. A ROW OF#"
1 A$="WELL HERE WE ARE AGAIN IN THE#TIPPUS CORNERUS,SLAVING AWAY#WHILE HAIRY UPSTAIRS LAZES ABOUT#PLAYING BUBBLE BOBBLE. SO HERE I#AM READY TO DELIVER THE BEST#TIPS AROUND. FIRST OFF THEN IS#RENEGADE,THE ULTRA MEGA GAME#FROM IMAGINE. USING THE HIGH#KICK (ACROSS UP & FIRE) HIT ALL#THE MEN (OR WOMEN) ONCE.THEN#START KILLING THEM OFF.WHEN#THREE REMAIN THE BOSS WILL#ATTACK. REMEMBER...THE BOSS IS#EASIER TO KILL ALONE!"
1 A$="TRANTOR - GO! - MAN THIS IS THE#SORT OF GAME THAT I LIKE! THE#LUVVERLY COLOURFUL SHOOT EM UP#WITH WIZZO GRAFIX AND A FOUR#CHANNEL TUNE PROGRAMMED BY#EXPERTS AT THIS SORT OF THING!#BEING THE ONLY SURVIVOR AFTER#HIS SHIP EXPLODED AFTER LANDING#IN A CRATER,HE ALONE MUST#RECOVER THE HIGHLY MEGGA QUARK#MK.3 BOMB,WHICH HIS TEAM WERE#SENT TO FETCH.#RELEASE DATE - OCT. PRICE `9.95"
1 A$="THROUGH THE TRAPDOOR - PIRANHA#DON PRIESTLY'S WEIRD AND WAPPY#MIND TAKES TO THE DRIVERS SEAT#ONCE MORE AS WE GO IN SEARCH OF#BONI IN ~THROUGH THE TRAPDOOR~!#ACTUALLY IT DOESN'T LOOK THAT#GOOD! THIS TIME ITS A SCROLLING#AVOID EM,DODGE EM,ZAP EM SORT OF#GAME. YOU CAN PLAY THE PART OF#EITHER BERK OR DRUTT AS YOU#SEARCH FOR YOUR LOST FRIEND BONI#IN THE LONG CORRIDOR ~BENEATH#THE TRAPDOOR~#RELEASE DATE - OCT. PRICE-`9.95"
1 A$="THIS IS ANOTHER SORT OF GAME#THAT I ADORE. NO MINDLESS#VIOLENCE AND NO PICCYS OF WOMEN#WITH JUGS AS BIG AS MISS#JUGGERNAUT HERSELF ON THE ADVERT#AND A DECENT TWO PLAYER OPTION.#WITH GOOD GRAFIX AND GAME,ME AND#THE ED HAD HOURS OF FUN PLAYING#IT. AND ME AND MISS JUGGERNAUT#HAD HOURS OF FUN AT FRANCE WHEN#WE...(SNIP! ED.) MT."
1 A$="THIS GAME IS THE BEST OF IT'S#KIND! THE GRAPHICS ARE MEGA,THE#SOUND GREAT (EVEN ON 48K!) AND#THE ADDICTIVENESS ASTOUNDING!#UP TO EIGHT PEOPLE CAN ATTACK AT#ONCE AND THE BOSS IS THE#TOUGHEST OF THE LOT. BIG BERTHA#IS A REAL PAIN! THIS GAME IS#AMAZING! MORE! YAZ."
1 A$="THE CHARTS!#THIS IS A NEW SECTION HERE AT#SPECTRAXX! THE CHARTS WE USE#ARE THE GALLUP CHARTS,FULL PRICE#TOP 20 AND BUDGET TOP 10. HERE#GOES WITH THE BUDGET CHART!"
1 A$="THATS IT! THE END! FINITO! DONE!#THE LOT! NO MORE! ABSOLUTELY ALL#GONE! WELL,MAYBE NOT YET,THERES#STILL THE CHART SECTION TO GO.#HOPE YOU ENJOYED THE MAG.IF YOU#DID,WHY NOT WRITE AND TELL US#(OR EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T).REMEMBER#WE ARE ONLY A POOR LITTLE MAG,#WE DON'T HAVE MANY LUXURIES SUCH#AS POKES,LETTERS,PROGRAMS,TIPS#AND ALL THAT,SO WHY NOT MAKE AN#EDITOR VERY HAPPY AND SEND US A#FEW? WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD TO HEAR#FROM YOU! ALSO,THE NEXT ISSUE OF#SPECTRAXX WILL BE ON RELEASE#FROM THE 1ST OF NOVEMBER,WE#LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU#THEN.NOW,I LEAVE YOU WITH OUR#ADDRESS.BYE! LEE TONKS (ED.)"
1 A$="SPECTRAXX ISSUE 2...EDITORIAL...#WHAT A BRILLIANT RESPONSE WE HAD#TO ISSUE 1! THANKYOU! OUR ADVERT#IN CRASH OBVIOUSLY HELPED TO#BOOST SALES! THIS MONTH WE DON'T#HAVE A UTILITY,WHICH IS A SHAME,#BUT NONE OF US HERE ARE EXPERTS#IN MACHINE CODE (ALTHOUGH I DO#A LITTLE BIT! SEE THE HEADING ^)#SO WHY NOT SEND US SOME OF YOURS#AND WE'LL DO THE BEST TO USE#THEM! THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!#LEE TONKS (EDITOR)"
1 A$="SORRY,BUT I JUST COULDNT GET#INTO ATHENA. THE GRAPHICS TEND#TO GET MESSY AND YOU CAN'T SEE#WHATS GOING ON AND YOUR ENERGY#JUST SEEMS TO GO TOO FAST! MUCH#TOO DIFFICULT BUT A LOT OF#BRILL SOUND EFFECTS. NOT VERY#GOOD BUT PASSABLE. YAZ."
1 A$="RENEGADE - IMAGINE#REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000008##IMAGINE YOURSELF AS A HUNKY#MACHO TYPE OF PERSON WHO HAS ALL#THE LUCK WITH THE GIRLS! THE#STAR OF RENEGADE IS ONE OF THESE#TYPES AND AT THE START OF THE#GAME IS GOING TO SEE HIS BELOVED#GIRL,LUCY. AS HE STEPS OFF THE#TUBE HE IS ATTACKED BY A GANG#OF MUGGERS! THEIR LEADER HAS#LUCY HELD PRISONER AND YOU MUST#FIGHT OFF THE VICIOUS HOARDS TO#KILL HIM AND WIN HER BACK! YOU#DO THIS BY KICKING AND PUNCHING#YOUR WAY THROUGH FIVE LEVELS."
1 A$="OUTRUN - U.S.GOLD#U.S.GOLD'S BIGGEST ARCADE#CONVERSION THIS YEAR MUST BE#OUTRUN! A CAR SIMULATION,YOU#TAKE THE WHEEL TO DRIVE THROUGH#ER,ER,LOTS OF DIFFERENT COURSES,#EACH LOOKING DIFFERENT FROM THE#LAST. THE ARCADE ORIGINAL HAD#THREE TUNES TO CHOOSE FROM TOO#(HINT,HINT!). WHETHER OUTRUN#WILL BE THE SAME WITHOUT THE#SIMULATOR,STEERING WHEEL AND#GEARSTICK WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT#AND SEE! RELEASE - DEC. PRICE `?"
1 A$="OH DEAR! I'M WRITING THIS LONG#BEFORE OUR ADVERT IS PRINTED IN#THE COMPUTER PRESS AND THAT#MEANS I DON'T HAVE ANY LETTERS#YET! SO THERES NO HELPLINE OR#READERS GAMES AGAIN THIS ISSUE!#ALSO,I STILL HAVEN'T RECIEVED#ANY COMMERCIAL ADVENTURES SO I#DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO!#THE BIG NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE NOW#PURCHASED A 128K SPECTRUM SO YOU#CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SOME 128#ONLY ADVENTURE REVIEWS (AND#ARCADE FOR THAT MATTER!) SOON!"
1 A$="NEXT OFF IS ATV SIMULATOR. (SEE!#WE ARE FIRST WITH THE TIPS!)#TO ACCELERATE FASTER LIFT YOUR#WHEEL. LEVEL 1 - KEEP YOUR WHEEL#DOWN AND KEEP JUMPING FOR THE#FIRST TWO JUMPS AND THE TWO#ROCKS. LIFT YOUR WHEEL SLIGHTLY#FOR JUMP THREE AND FOR THE BIG#MOUND TRY TO KEEP YOUR WHEEL#GOING UP AND DOWN. NEXT LIFT THE#WHEEL TO JUMP THE LAST OBSTACLE#AND YOU'VE FINISHED SAND DUNING.#MORE ON ATV NEXT ISSUE."
1 A$="MIRRORSOFT MAKE THE NEXT MOVE#WITH ANDY CAPP THE COMPUTER GAME#WHICH,IF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE THE#COMIC STRIP,IS GUARANTEED TO#MAKE PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD#PUKE.BY THE WAY...I THINK THAT#'HOW TO BE A COMPLETE BASTARD'#IS A VILE AND TRASHY IDEA FOR A#GAME,AND VIRGIN SHOULD BE#ASHAMED. THROUGH THE TRAPDOOR#FROM PIRANHA LOOKS UTTERLY#UTTERLY BRILL AND ALL I CAN SAY#IS ~WELL DONE DON~AND~DONT WORRY#BONI! WE'LL FIND YOU!!!!! >"
1 A$="IF YOU OWN A SPECTRUM THEN YOU#MUST HAVE ATV. DESPITE THE PUN#THIS REALLY IS A GOOD GAME. THE#GRAFIXX REALLY ARE GOOD FOR THE#TYPE OF GAME THAT IT IS (SIDE ON#SIM.) AND THE TUNE IS NICE TOO.#I JUST LURVE THE WAY THAT THE#MAN FLIES OFF THE ATV WHEN HE#CRASHES!!!I GOT TO LEVEL 5.CAN#YOU BEAT THAT??!! AZ."
1 A$="I'VE JUST SEEN A PREVIEW OF#BASIL THE GREAT MOUSE DECTECTIVE#AND IT LOOKS (AND PLAY'S)#TOTALLY SLUGGISH,AND AS SWANNY#WOULD PUT IT ~THE SOUND IS CRAP#COZ THERE I'NT NONE~,BUT TRANTOR#LOOKZ ACE AND I THINK ITS REALLY#MEGGA-WOW! EVENING STAR LOOKS#NICE BUT HEWSON REALLY OUGHT TO#CHANGE THE GAME IF THEY WANT TO#MAKE A FOLLOW UP! IN OTHER WORDS#IT LOOKS JUST LIKE SOUTHERN#BELL. A QUICK A-UP TO JOHN#THOMPSON AN' I'M OFF TO THE PCW!"
1 A$="HERE AT SPECTRAXX WE ARE ALL#AWARE THAT SOME OF YOU BUDDING#ADVENTURERS OWN COPIES OF THE#QUILL AND G.A.C. WITH WHICH YOU#MAKE YOUR OWN ADVENTURES.HERES#THE DEAL! IF YOU SEND US A COPY#OF YOUR ADVENTURE,WE WILL DO ALL#WE CAN TO GIVE IT A REVIEW,HERE#IN THE ADVENTURE PAGES FOR ALL#TO SEE.DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE#YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS,PLUS A#PRICE FOR IF FELLOW ADVENTURERS#WISH TO BUY YOUR HUMBLE CREATION#FROM YOU! OH,AND IF YOU WANT..."
1 A$="GAME - WIZBALL#PRICE - `7.95#COMPANY - OCEAN#MEMORY - 48/128#SOUND - NOT MUCH 48,LOTS OF 128!#CONTROL - REDEFINABLE KEYS,#CURSOR,SINCLAIR,KEMPSTON#COLOUR - A FEW CLASHES,BUT WELL#GOOD IN GENERAL.#GENERAL - YAZ LOVES IT BUT AZ#WASN'T AS KEEN ON IT.##RATINGS -#GRAPHICS - 90%#PLAYABILITY - 73%#ADDICTIVENESS - 89%#PRESENTATION - 90%#OVERALL - 86%"
1 A$="GAME - RENEGADE#PRICE - `7.95#COMPANY - IMAGINE#MEMORY - 48/128#SOUND - LOTS ON BOTH MACHINES.#CONTROL - REDEFINABLE KEYS,#CURSOR,SINCLAIR,KEMPSTON#COLOUR - NICELY COLOURED BACK-#DROPS WITH MONOCHROME MEN.#GENERAL - GREAT BEAT 'EM UP.#BEST OF IT'S KIND SO FAR!##RATINGS -#GRAPHICS - 93%#PLAYABILITY - 94%#ADDICTIVENESS - 96%#PRESENTATION - 94%#OVERALL - 94%"
1 A$="GAME - BUBBLE BOBBLE#PRICE - `7.95#COMPANY - FIREBIRD#MEMORY - 48/128#SOUND - GOOD FX,WHIZZO 128 TUNE!#CONTROL - REDEFINABLE KEYS,#CURSOR,SINCLAIR,KEMPSTON#COLOUR - BRILLIANT!#GENERAL - SKILL CONVERSION OF#THE ARCADE GAME! GREAT VALUE!##RATINGS -#GRAPHICS - 87%#PLAYABILITY - 95%#ADDICTIVENESS - 98%#PRESENTATION - 91%#OVERALL - 93%"
1 A$="GAME - ATV SIMULATOR#PRICE - `1.99#COMPANY - CODE MASTERS#MEMORY - 48/128#SOUND - GREAT TUNE PLUS EFFECTS.#CONTROL - REDEFINABLE KEYS,#SINCLAIR,KEMPSTON#COLOUR - TWO COLOUR DISPLAY.#GENERAL - HIGH SPEED FUN WITH A#GREAT SOUNDTRACK ALL FOR `1.99!##RATINGS -#GRAPHICS - 83%#PLAYABILITY - 83%#ADDICTIVENESS - 92%#PRESENTATION - 87%#OVERALL - 87%"
1 A$="GAME - ATHENA#PRICE - `7.95#COMPANY - OCEAN#MEMORY - 48/128#SOUND - LOTS AN' LOTS AN' LOTS!#CONTROL - REDEFINABLE KEYS,#CURSOR,SINCLAIR,KEMPSTON#COLOUR - MONOCHROME.#GENERAL - A DISSAPOINTING ARCADE#CONVERSION. NICE TUNES THOUGH!##RATINGS -#GRAPHICS - 81%#PLAYABILITY - 62%#ADDICTIVENESS - 48%#PRESENTATION - 84%#OVERALL - 69%"
1 A$="COMBAT SCHOOL - OCEAN#ALRIGHT YOU 'ORRIBLE LITTLE MAN#GET ON YOUR FEET NOW HUP,TWO,#HUP,TWO,HUP,TWO! I'M HERE TO#TELL YOU ABOUT COMBAT SCHOOL,#THE NEXT COIN OP RELEASE FROM#OCEAN! IN IT YOU HAVE TO BATTER#HELPLESS KEYBOARDS IN ORDER TO#COMPLETE LOTS OF ARMY TYPE#EVENTS,SORT OF LIKE DALEY#THOMPSON MEETS COMMANDO! TWO#PLAYERS CAN PLAY AT ONCE (DO IN#YOUR KEYBOARD IN HALF THE TIME!)#RELEASE DATE - OCT. PRICE-`7.95"
1 A$="BUT DON'T WAIT FOR ME TO ASK FOR#HELP BEFORE YOU SEND IN YOUR#CLUES! EVERY CLUE I RECEIVE WILL#BE FILED AND USED TO HELP OTHER#PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK.IF I GET#REALLY GENEROUS I MAY EVEN PRINT#A FEW SOLUTIONS (LET ME KNOW#WHAT YOU THINK OF THAT IDEA!).#THATS ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY NOW,#BUT PLEASE(!) SEND IN ANY CLUES#OR HELP YOU HAVE BECAUSE IF YOU#DON'T I WON'T HAVE A COLUMN TO#WRITE NEXT MONTH! GOOD LUCK TO#YOU IN YOUR ADVENTURES! LEE."
1 A$="BUBBLE BOBBLE - FIREBIRD#REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000011##TWO LADY DRAGONS HAVE BEEN#KIDNAPPED AND LOCKED AWAY AT THE#END OF A 100 SCREEN COMPLEX OF#CAVES. OUR HEROES BUB AND BOB#MUST FIGHT THEIR WAY THROUGH THE#CAVES TO RESCUE THE FAIR DAMSELS#FROM THEIR PERIL! MONSTERS#PATROL EACH ROOM AND PROGRESS#CAN ONLY BE MADE WHEN ALL ARE#DEAD. OUR HEROES KILL THEM BY#SPITTING BUBBLES WHICH IMPRISON#THE NASTIES WHICH ARE THEN#BURST BY HITTING THEM WITH YOUR#SPIKEY BACK. SPECIAL POWERS ARE#AWARDED TO BUB AND BOB FOR#COLLECTING THE OTHER OBJECTS#WHICH APPEAR IN THE MAZE."
1 A$="BOSS 1 - RUN UP TO HIM AND DO#TWO FLYING KICKS. TURN AROUND IN#MID AIR AND DO TWO BACK KICKS.#THIS SHOULD FLOOR HIM. THEN RUN#OVER AND PUNCH HIM TO DEATH#WHILE HE'S ON THE FLOOR.#BOSS 2 - REPEAT AS BOSS 1.#BIG BERTHA - KILL WOMEN,RUN AWAY#FROM BERTHA,WHEN SHE RUNS AT YOU#DO A FLYING KICK AND IT WILL#FLOOR HER. DO THIS UNTIL SHE IS#WEAK AND THEN PUNCH HER TO DEATH#AS ABOVE. HOPE THAT HELPS YOU#BUDDING RENEGADES!"
1 A$="ATV SIMULATOR - CODE MASTERS#REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000010##JUMP INTO THE DRIVING SEAT OF AN#ALL TERRAIN VEHICLE AND SPEED#OFF TO COMPLETE THE COURSES OF#AN ATV TRACK WITHIN THE GIVEN#TIME LIMIT. YOUR ATV CAN JUMP,#WHEELIE AND SPIN AROUND AS YOU#SHOOT AROUND THE VARIOUS LEVELS#OF THE GAME,EACH WITH A#DIFFERENT THEME. LEVEL ONE IS IN#THE DESERT,LEVEL TWO IN A FIELD#AND LEVEL THREE IN THE ARCTIC!#"
1 A$="ATHENA - OCEAN#REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000009##ATHENA IS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO#STRONGLY BELIVES THAT THE PHRASE#~A WOMANS PLACE IS IN THE HOME~#IS STRICTLY UNTRUE. IN FACT TO#PROVE THIS,SHE'S GONE OFF TO TRY#AND WIN A BATTLE AGAINST THE#MEANIES OF A SIX LEVEL PLACE OF#NASTINESS. EACH LEVEL HAS A#HOARD OF BEASTIES WAITING TO#GIVE ATHENA A HELPING HAND INTO#THE NEXT WORLD BY DRAINING HER#LIFE ENERGY. ATHENA HOWEVER,CAN#KICK THEM TO DEATH OR,IF SHE#FINDS A WEAPON,DO HORRIBLE#THINGS TO THEM! AT THE END OF"
1 A$="AT FIRST I HATED WIZBALL....THE#BALL WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO#CONTROL AND I SCREAMED AT IT.#THEN I LEARNT TO USE THE ICONS#PROPERLY AND NOW...I LOVE IT!!!#WIZBALL IS FANTASTIC,GO OUT AND#BUY IT NOW! THERE ARE PLENTY OF#LEVELS AND DESPITE A LITTLE#COLOUR CLASH AND A LACK OF 48K#SOUND THERES NOTHING LIKE IT#AROUND. KNOCKS THE SPOTS OFF#MOST GAMES! YAZ."
1 A$="AS THE PEARS GENTLY THUNK! ONTO#THE GROUND OUTSIDE I PONDER ON#WHAT TIPS TO WRITE.MAYBE WIZBALL#WOULD DO! OK. FIRST OFF GET THE#WIZ CONTROL ICON(1)AND THEN GET#IT AGAIN TO GAIN FULL CONTROL.#THEN GET THE CAT ICON (3). THEN#THE BEST ONES TO GET ARE THE#AUTO FIRE,THEN THE WIZSPRAY!#NOW. IF YOU HAVE ANY TIPS THAT#ARE JUST DYING TO BE PRINTED#THEN SEND 'EM IN TO THE USUAL#ADDRESS. SEE YER NEX ISSUE! MT."
1 A$="ANYTHING YOU WISH US TO READ OR#WHATEVER YOU DO WITH IT,SEND TO-##SPECTRAXX MAGAZINE#57 MYRTLE AVENUE#SELBY#NORTH YORKSHIRE#Y08 9BG##SEE YOU NEXT MONTH!"
1 A$="3D GAME MAKER - CRL#REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000012#3D GAME MAKER IS HERE AT LAST!#A SUITE OF 3 PROGRAMS COMES FOR#`9.99 WITH WHICH YOU CAN CREATE#MILLIONS OF DIFFERENT ULTIMATE#STYLE GAMES. THE FIRST PROGRAM#IS THE GRAPHIC EDITOR WHICH IS#EXTREMELY EASY TO USE,NEXT THE#ROOM DESIGNER. WITH THIS YOU CAN#CREATE UP TO 255 DIFFERENT ROOMS#FOR YOUR ADVENTURE,LINKING THEM#TOGETHER AS YOU WANT. FINALLY,#THE GAME MAKER LETS YOU PUT THEM#TOGETHER AND SAVE YOUR GAME OUT#AS A SEPERATE GAME TO LOAD AND#PLAY AS YOU WISH. IT'S SO EASY#TO USE,AZ COULD UNDERSTAND IT!#BUT DONT BELIVE US,SEND US `1#AND WE'LL SEND YOU A COPY OF#THYME SLIPPE WHICH WE MADE WITH#IT. A GREAT UTILITY AND A MUST!"
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1 "20. (18) BIG 4","19. (13) F15 STRIKE EAGLE","18. (NEW) MICRONAUT ONE","17. (NEW) SILENT SERVICE","16. (15) VULCAN","15. (11) HEAD OVER HEELS","14. (-) KONAMI COIN OP HITS","13. (10) PAPERBOY","12. (NEW) ZYNAPS","11. (4) ARMY MOVES"
1 "10. (7) ELITE 6 PACK"," 9. (NEW) THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS"," 8. (2) ENDURO RACER"," 7. (5) GAUNTLET"," 6. (-) LEADERBOARD"," 5. (1) BARBARIAN"," 4. (NEW) GAME OVER"," 3. (-) LEADERBOARD TOURNAMENT"," 2. (NEW) EXOLON"," 1. (NEW) ROAD RUNNER"
1 "10. (6) BRAINACHE"," 9. (9) I,BALL"," 8. (-) OLLI AND LISSA"," 7. (4) FEUD"," 6. (7) SPEED KING"," 5. (NEW) KICK BOXING"," 4. (NEW) DEAD OR ALIVE"," 3. (1) MILK RACE"," 2. (NEW) RUN FOR GOLD"," 1. (3) BMX SIMULATOR"
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1 Spectraxx Issue 2 - October 1987