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4 ;" ": 3 ;"SPECTACULAR" 3 ;" SPECTRAXX "; 3 ;" A "; 2 diff=32768 2 X,Y;A$(N): 2 STARTUP SUBROUTINE 2 SPECTRAXX ISSUE 5 JANUARY 1988 2 PROFF=9100 2 PRINT ON SUBROUTINE 2 PRINT OFF SUBROUTINE 2 PARAMETERS SUBROUTINE 2 CHARLOC=32256 2 CHARLOC=15360 2 ;"SPECTRAXX ISSUE NO.5 - JAN. 1988"' 2 ;"PRESS THE KEY OF YOUR CHOICE" 2 ;"PRESS A KEY." 2 ;" ": 2 +diff-CH*768 2 (CHARLOC/256 2 @ 1 a$=a$+"##Also,rumour has it that Mastertronic have beaten all competition#and snapped up the licence to the Renegade sequel,Double Dragon!#It's only a roumor though......" 1 THROUGH THE TRAPDOOR 1 Spectraxx Tape Magazine 1 STAR PILOT 48K 1 SEE YOU NEXT MONTH!! 1 M9A!GaM!q!A 1 Lee Tonks + team 1 LOADING PART 2 1 ATV SIMULATOR 1 A$=A$+"you are to do this is for you to find out! The police are hot#on your trail at all times though,so theres no time to lose!#The game is written using Gilsoft's PAW and so looks very nice#and the response time is fast. The text is very atmospheric and#interesting to read and the pictures are alright,though i'm sure#the game would have done just as well without them." 1 A$=A$+"will,when blasted,reveal an extra piece of equipment which can#be picked up and used to your advantage! Get a copy of#SALAMANDER and save the universe.....again!" 1 A$=A$+"through the door behind it and carry on down the corridor you#will find a room with four blocks. This is a puzzle. Shoot the#second block,then the fourth,then the third. All the blocks will#have gone. Retrace your steps but as you approach the door you#came in by,edge out slowly. Shoot the block on the right and you#will descend. Return to the start room. There will now be a#teleport visible. Thats all for this month so i'll see yers! AZ." 1 A$=A$+"this,ten tasks must be completed in THE PHANTOM CLUB's H.Q. Your#fellow heroes will attack you but can be put out of action by#shooting them with a lightening bolt from your forehead (?)." 1 A$=A$+"even more time being lost. To qualify for the next part of the#race you must reach the check point before the time runs out.#Your bike runs very fast and once he is at full speed, a turbo#can be activated to send him speeding off even faster!" 1 A$=A$+"budget kings MASTERTRONIC have released a couple of compilations#on...DISK! For `9.99 you get a disk with three MASTERTRONIC#games on it. Not a bad deal for new owners,eh? Oh! Out of room#for this month! See you next time! AZ." 1 A$=A$+"and quite frankly i've lost my faith in them altogether! CODE#MASTERS have released a new type of budget game! Selling at#`4.99, the games include two cassettes, one with the game on and#the other with a harder version on. The first title in the range#will be JET BIKE SIMULATOR from the Oliver twins! Could be good!" 1 A$=A$+"and extreme care must be taken to make sure you aren't shot down#or you will lose one of your three lives. The game is written#by two ex-HEWSON programmers,Dominic Robinson and Steve Turner." 1 A$=A$+"a player is touched by it he becomes IT and all of the monsters#will home in on him. The only way to rid yourself of this curse#is to touch another player,therefore transfering the curse to#him! With hundreds of dungeons to go through you will need more#energy and this is gained by eating food or drinking cider." 1 A$=A$+"Nasty thugs will try and kill you and you can only stop them#with a well aimed punch or kick. Not all people are nasty though#and some will help you by giving you information." 1 A$=A$+"Also while in play,if it is the opposing teams centre,as the#whistle blows run straight at the ball. You will take the ball#before the opponent does. Then run to the bottom of the screen.#As your kickometer goes fully up when you are close to the net#let go of fire. The ball will fly past the keeper and into the#corner of the net (this tactic works from anyones centre ball)." 1 A$=A$+"#P.S. WATCH OUT FOR A FREE GAME NEXT MONTH!!" 1 A$=A$+"#Not a lot to say about OUTRUN. Its a pretty straight forward car#racing game with no strategy or IQ needed,but i'll try my best#to stop you taking a nasty spin and landing yourself out of the#race. First off is the old favourite- Braking loses time,but not#as much as running in to the back of a lorry and crashing!!.#But the main tip is which route to take. The easiest I found was#LEFT LEFT RIGHT LEFT." 1 A$=A$+"##Yo,this is one hell of a game! ELECTRIC DREAMS have really made#a good job of it but the colour on the biker gives it that#slight unprofessional touch. The speed is amazing and the#graphics are magnificent. Would have been worth `7.95 but `9.95#is just a little too high! MT." 1 A$=A$+"##With the exception of SALAMANDER,this issue seems to be#dominated by mega graphics! This must be one of the best games#of it's type that i've seen and we can expect great things from#these programmers in 1988! AZ." 1 A$=A$+"##Something extremely weird is going on. For years and years,#FIREBIRD have been one of the lowest rated companies ever to#raise their scraggy head on a Spectrum. And now they start to#release all these brilliant games! The graphics are perfect,the#gameplay is perfect and the scrolling is perfect. What more can#I say? AZ." 1 A$=A$+"##It's NEMESIS 2 and what a flop it is! Maybe it isn't quite as#bad as NEMESIS was but the graphics are nothing new and the#sound isn't up to much. The colour is well used but the same#problem occurs as with NEMESIS,the mass sprites of the arcade#machine have shrunk drastically! Definately not worth `8.95! MT." 1 A$=A$+"##Believe it or not,GAUNTLET II is a very faithful conversion.#Although it may not be much different from GAUNTLET,neither was#the arcade machine so you can't complain. Still,it is vastly#overpriced. If you fancy a change from the normal,run of the#mill GAUNTLET,I suggest THE DEEPER DUNGEONS as a better#investment. MT." 1 A$=A$+"##Actually,honestly,this game is terribly boring. It's back to#the isometric arcade adventures with no real depth and even the#graphics can't make it for this one. This must be the worst game#OCEAN have released since HIGHLANDER. AZ." 1 A$="Yo! And welcome to Januarys edition of news,now incorporated in#part one! Games on the way for '88 look pretty promising!#DENIZEN from PLAYERS looks very like ALIEN SYNDROME and lets#just hope that the gameplay is as good as the graphics!#GARFIELD'S BIG FAT HAIRY DEAL looks extremely cute (see last#months previews for details!) and probably the most amazing#graphics of the month are INSIDE OUTING,also from THE EDGE. As#always suspected,GO! have made a complete muck up of SIDE ARMS#" 1 A$="Well,thats the end of the first new look SPECTRAXX! Cecil Pitt#is missing this month as,unfortunately,after all of the Xmas#parties BJ didn't have time to finish drawing it! But never fear#because he'll be back next month with the second part of his#adventures. The next issue will be on sale on FEBRUARY 1ST and#will cost `1.00,as usual. Watch out for reviews of GARFIELD,#RAMPAGE and MAD BALLS,to name a few.Also,SCREENSHOTS! See you#all next month! Pokes follow. ED." 1 A$="Welcome to the new look ADVENTURES column! I haven't seen the#page heading as yet but I hope it's good! In the new look#section I hope to be taking a look at more adventures than usual#and theres a possibility of a solution to a game being printed#here in the next couple of months so keep your eyes open for#that. By the way,if you're having any trouble with last months#freebie,A BAD DREAM ON MEL STREET,drop me a line and i'll try#and cover your query in the column. Next,the review! (with a new#ratings system!)" 1 A$="To tell the truth,I wasn't really expecting much from SALAMANDER#because of the simple fact that it is by KONAMI. I was right!#The graphics are small and undetailed,the scrolling is o.k. but#the game is not addictive enough to want another go. Apart from#the fact that the arcade machine was just NEMESIS in a different#box,i'd say that this won't go very far at all! YAZ." 1 A$="This is a U review for an 18 certificate game! Jack the Ripper,#programmed by St.Brides for CRL,was given an 18 certificate#because of the ~GORY~ pictures which it contains. Personally,I#think the pictures are rather badly digitised and at times it's#hard to see what they are! The game shoves you into the role of#a man who is suspected of being Jack the Ripper. The police are#after you and you must try and prove your innocence. Just how#" 1 A$="The Budget and Full Price Charts - December 1987##Lots of changes in the charts this month,mainly because a lot#of older games sell well in the run up to Christmas. The big#surprise is that budget king MasterTronic doesn't have any games#in the chart this month! Come on MasterTronic,wake up! Code#Masters now hold most of the positions in the Budget top 10.#Take a look -" 1 A$="That little,round,yellow berk with a big mouth is back....no,not#Fu Man Chu,it's Pac Man,probably the most overused character in#the history of computer games! This time it's a conversion of#PAC LAND and it's Quicksilva who are to blame! The plot,as you#might have guessed,involves a lot of eating,a lot of jumping and#a lot of dodging. The graphics are much mure detailed than the#earlier PAC games and take a side on view rather than from#above. Could be good. Out soon at `8.95" 1 A$="THE PHANTOM CLUB - OCEAN / REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000041##Plutos is a hero. Not an ordinary,every day,run of the mill sort#of hero though. Oh no. Plutos is a SUPER HERO! Yes. He has#powers! He obviously doesn't have a brain though because he#joins a league of heroes called THE PHANTOM CLUB which is run by#a fiendish villain! The other notso-super heroes are soon taken#over by him and you must combat the villain to free them! To do#" 1 A$="System 3 seems to have finally converted it's Commodore sequel,#INTERNATIONAL KARATE PLUS to the good ol' Speccy! (Quite an#achievement to do it so quickly,remember LAST NINJA?). It's#generally the same as INTERNATIONAL KARATE was but this time#you can fight more than one opponent at a time which seems very#like another game I heard of recently..... Still,if you like#beating the hell out of men in pyjamas,give this a try! Its out#now at `9.99! (REVIEW SOON!)" 1 A$="SUPER HANG-ON - ELECTRIC DREAMS / REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000037##Grip the handlebars,put your helmet on and roar off across the#world in SUPER HANG-ON,the latest arcade conversion from#ELECTRIC DREAMS. The roads are bendy and an inexperienced rider#could easily take a nasty fall,losing him time! Other bikers#also prove to be a pain in the neck as they generally get in the#way and touching them will cause a terrible crash,resulting in#" 1 A$="SPECTRAXX EDITORIAL - ISSUE NUMBER FIVE - JANUARY 1988##Hello and welcome to the all singing,all dancing and all new#SPECTRAXX! As you can see,as it's the new year we decided to#take on a new look and we think it rather suits us! 64 column#text means you get more to a line and the whole thing comes in 2#loads which means less loading time! Let us know what you think#of the new style and thanks to Jon Riglar of Sinclair User for#featuring us in Fanzine City. Enjoy the mag! Lee Tonks,EDITOR." 1 A$="SIDEWALK must have some of the flashiest graphics i've ever seen#before! Every character has a different picture and the amazing#thing is - they've actually put a game in as well instead of#making a complete cock up of it! There are bits of kicky games#and arcade adventures in there! Very good stuff! YAZ." 1 A$="SIDEWALK - INFOGRAMES / REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000040##Things couldn't be worse! Tonight you are meant to be taking#your girlfriend to a concert on your flashy motorcycle. You have#to pick her up from the other side of town at 8pm exactly. You#don't yet have the tickets. No problem? No,not if you had your#bike but it's been stolen,pulled to bits and scattered all#around the town! In SIDEWALK,your task is simple. You must#repair your bike,buy the tickets and pick up your girl in time!#" 1 A$="SALAMANDER - KONAMI / REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000039##SALAMANDER,the follow up to NEMESIS continues the tradition by#being a scrolling shoot-em-up. You pilot a spacecraft and must#weave and blast your way through various levels full of nasties#to the end. At the end of every level,in true shoot-em-up#tradition,is a massive monster to be disposed of before the#next. But before you reach this mean beastie you must kill the#minor ones from the level. Fortunately some of these nasties#" 1 A$="Rumour has it that GO! (who I was on about earlier!) have#grabbed the licences to at least ten new coin ops. Who they#belong to and what they are,I don't know. More as we get it! #Platoon is a game of a film. Big deal. It is actually,and must#have cost OCEAN a bomb (sic! ED) 'cos it ain't even out on video#yet! The screen shots look fairly trashy and very clashy but I#dare say OCEAN will fix that before it's released. Finally,#" 1 A$="Once again,i'm caught off my guard! I was expecting great things#from this,programmed by the same man who did the masterpiece of#1986,MOVIE. But once again it fails to reach the standards set#before. The game is too slow and boring and with 550 rooms the#whole thing will get too monotonous to play after a while. YAZ." 1 A$="Now it's INCENTIVE's masterpeice DRILLER. When you start there's#a shed holding extra supplies. Drill on the 'X' on the floor.#Now go right to find a room with three blocks and a beacon.#Shoot the beacons tip. Now stand on the block on its own. Face#the other two blocks and shoot the left one. You'll be in a room#with a large block in front of you. Look behind it. If you go#" 1 A$="Listen good,'cos have we got some hot news for you! Mastertronic#is about to launch a new label called MAD X,and it will be#generally the same as MAD but you get two games on one tape for#only `2.99! All this,and.......one of the first releases will be#the arcade game ROCKFORD,converted and rammed on a tape with#another game (as yet unknown!). So watch out BoulderDash fans,#because it'll be in your shops very soon!" 1 A$="Lastly,it's INSIDE OUTING from the lads at The Edge! Not#satisfied with GARFIELD (reviewed next month!) they've also#released a 3D arcade adventure....Hey! Come back! This is an#arcade adventure to beat them all! You play a burglar who must#recover all of some famous woman's diamonds and jewels 'cos she#can't remember where her late husband hid them! Man eating#budgies are promised and the graphics look clearer than any#other 3D game yet! Should be out now,priced at `8.99." 1 A$="I can't really fault GAUNTLET II because it's a really addictive#game. The graphics are a bit crude but there is one small thing#that prevents me from rating it higher...it's no different from#the original! Owners of the first one may feel cheated if they#buy this. But if you don't have number one,get number two! YAZ." 1 A$="GAUNTLET II - US GOLD / REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000042##Once again,Thor,Merlin,Thyra and Questor are on the trail of#treasure. GAUNTLET II is the follow up to last christmas' best#selling game. The foursome must battle their way through various#dungeons,collecting the treasure and shooting the nasties who#will try and drain your energy. The monsters are different to#those in the original GAUNTLET and include the dreaded IT! When#" 1 A$="GAME - THE PHANTOM CLUB#COMPANY - OCEAN#MEMORY - 48/128 PRICE - `7.95#CONTROL - REDEFINABLE KEYS,KEMPSTON,CURSOR,SINCLAIR#SOUND - GOOD TUNE.#COLOUR - MONOCHROME.#GENERAL - A BORING AND OUTDATED 3D GAME. BIG ISN'T ALWAYS GOOD!##GRAPHICS - 80%#PLAYABILITY - 71%#ADDICTIVENESS - 48%#PRESENTATION - 75%#OVERALL - 69%" 1 A$="GAME - SUPER HANG-ON#COMPANY - ELECTRIC DREAMS#MEMORY - 48/128 PRICE - `9.95#CONTROL - REDEFINABLE KEYS,KEMPSTON,CURSOR,SINCLAIR#SOUND - GREAT EFFECTS#COLOUR - GOOD BUT COLOUR ON THE BIKER SPOILS IT SLIGHTLY#GENERAL - A BRILLIANT BIKE GAME BUT MAYBE A BIT TOO EXPENSIVE!##GRAPHICS - 96%#PLAYABILITY - 95%#ADDICTIVENESS - 96%#PRESENTATION - 92%#OVERALL - 95%" 1 A$="GAME - SIDEWALK#COMPANY - INFOGRAMES#MEMORY - 48/128 PRICE - `9.95#CONTROL - REDEFINABLE KEYS,KEMPSTON,CURSOR,SINCLAIR#SOUND - GOOD TUNES ON BOTH 48K AND 128K MACHINES.#COLOUR - MONOCHROME.#GENERAL - A RARITY - GREAT GRAPHICS AND A BRILL GAME AS WELL!##GRAPHICS - 98%#PLAYABILITY - 94%#ADDICTIVENESS - 94%#PRESENTATION - 93%#OVERALL - 95%" 1 A$="GAME - SALAMANDER#COMPANY - KONAMI#MEMORY - 48/128 PRICE - `8.95#CONTROL - REDEFINABLE KEYS,KEMPSTON,CURSOR,SINCLAIR#SOUND - POOR.#COLOUR - WELL USED.#GENERAL - SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN NEMESIS BUT STILL NOT VERY GOOD.##GRAPHICS - 77%#PLAYABILITY - 57%#ADDICTIVENESS - 43%#PRESENTATION - 58%#OVERALL - 59%" 1 A$="GAME - JACK THE RIPPER#COMPANY - CRL#PRICE - `8.95 MEMORY - 48/128#GRAPHICS - DIGITISED,RATHER MESSY.#GENERAL - PRETTY GOOD,BOUND TO SELL WELL BECAUSE OF THE 18 CERT.##RATINGS -#GRAPHICS - 65%#VOCABULARY - 87%#ADDICTIVENESS - 80%#ATMOSPHERE - 92%#OVERALL - 81%" 1 A$="GAME - GAUNTLET II#COMPANY - US GOLD#MEMORY - 48/128 PRICE - `8.95#CONTROL - PREDEFINED KEYS,KEMPSTON,CURSOR,SINCLAIR#SOUND - TUNE AND EFFECTS.#COLOUR - WELL USED,NO CLASHES.#GENERAL - VERY GOOD BUT OWNERS OF THE ORIGINAL MAY FEEL CHEATED.##GRAPHICS - 77%#PLAYABILITY - 87%#ADDICTIVENESS - 93%#PRESENTATION - 85%#OVERALL - 86%" 1 A$="GAME - FLYING SHARK#COMPANY - FIREBIRD#MEMORY - 48/128 PRICE - `7.95#CONTROL - REDEFINABLE KEYS,KEMPSTON,CURSOR,SINCLAIR#SOUND - GREAT EFFECTS AND A BRILL TUNE!#COLOUR - MONOCHROME#GENERAL - A SPOT ON CONVERSION! MISS IT AT YOUR PERIL!##GRAPHICS - 98%#PLAYABILITY - 96%#ADDICTIVENESS - 97%#PRESENTATION - 94%#OVERALL - 96%" 1 A$="FOLLOWING ON THE TAPE ARE FIVE POKES -##DRILLER - INFINITE POWER AND SHIELDS#MASK II - INFINITE FUEL AND ARMOUR#ATV SIMULATOR - INFINITE TIME AND FUEL#THROUGH THE TRAPDOOR - INFINITE LIVES FOR BERK AND DRUTT#STAR PILOT - INVINCIBILITY FOR BOTH PLAYERS##USE THE EXIT PROGRAM FEATURE AND TYPE LOAD """" TO LOAD THESE." 1 A$="FLYING SHARK must be one of the best conversions ever to hit the#Spectrum screens! The graphics are nothing short of amazing and#the Steve Turner title tune is great! Add this to superb#playability and brilliant scrolling and you have one of the best#games for a long time. Don't miss this one! YAZ." 1 A$="FLYING SHARK - FIREBIRD / REVIEW CODE NUMBER - 0000038##FLYING SHARK is a conversion of a TAITO arcade machine of the#same name. You are the pilot of an aeroplane and must fly over#enemy territory,destroying planes,tanks,ships and gun posts.#Extra weapons can be obtained by shooting certain things. Little#icons are then left behind which can be picked up to give you#more firepower. All of the enemies artillery is focused on you#" 1 A$="Burble. SUPER HANG-ON has sent me absolutely ga-ga! The speed at#which it plays has to be seen to be believed and the graphics#are brilliant. My only minor quibble is that the main rider has#been coloured in and it creates a bit of clash. Also `9.99 is a#trifle expensive but what the hell,give yourself a treat! YAZ." 1 A$="And God said ~Let there be playing tips!~,and there were playing#tips. This munfs tips are focused on GARY LINEKERS SUPERSTAR#SOCCER,720~,OUTRUN,and DRILLER,with a few more thrown in. First#off is GARY'S SOCCER and all the bugs in it. If you fancy a good#team then find Liverpool on the TRADE PLAYER menu. Swap your#player for the same position man on their team and offer an#extra bid of nothing. You'll be graced with a Liverpool player.#" 1 A$="720~ now and here's the way to do it. First go to slalom park.#When completed go to ramp park,then downhill park. You will now#have enough points to earn another ticket (5000pts.) to enter#jump park. Then repeat the process on level two and onwards only#do some stunts outside each park to earn your ticket (this is#easier if you buy a new skateboard giving you 700pts. per jump)." 1 ;"THE FULL PRICE TOP TEN - DECEMBER 1987 - COMPILED BY GALLUP" 1 ;"THE BUDGET TOP TEN - DECEMBER 1987 - COMPILED BY GALLUP" 1 ;"5.EXIT PROGRAM" 1 ;"5. LOAD PART 2" 1 ;"4.PLAYING TIPS"; 1 ;"4.NEXT MONTH"; 1 ;"3.CHARTS"; 1 ;"3. REVIEWS"; 1 ;"2.PREVIEWS"; 1 ;"2.NEWS"; 1 ;"1.ADVENTURES"; 1 ;"1. EDITORIAL"; 1 ;" LOAD NUMBER TWO :- MAIN MENU " 1 ;" LOAD NUMBER ONE :- MAIN MENU " 1 "10. (NEW) DRAUGHTS GENIUS - RACK-IT"," 9. (8) BMX SIMULATOR - CODE MASTERS"," 8. (6) DIZZY - CODE MASTERS"," 7. (5) BACK TO THE FUTURE - FIREBIRD"," 6. (4) SOCCER BOSS - ALTERNATIVE"," 5. (1) ATV SIMULATOR - CODE MASTERS" 1 "10. (6) ROAD RUNNER - US GOLD"," 9. (8) PAPERBOY - ELITE"," 8. (NEW) COCONUT CAPERS - GREMLIN GRAPHICS"," 7. (NEW) W.C. LEADERBOARD - US GOLD"," 6. (4) BUBBLE BOBBLE - FIREBIRD" 1 " 5. (2) TAI PAN - OCEAN"," 4. (NEW) COMPUTER HITS 10,V.4 - BEAU JOLLY"," 3. (NEW) GAME,SET AND MATCH - OCEAN"," 2. (3) INDIANA JONES - US GOLD"," 1. (1) RENEGADE - IMAGINE" 1 " 4. (NEW) PRO SKI SIMULATOR - CODE MASTERS"," 3. (NEW) FRUIT MACHINE SIM. - CODE MASTERS"," 2. (2) JOE BLADE - PLAYERS"," 1. (3) GRAND PRIX SIMULATOR - CODE MASTERS" 1 Spectraxx Issue 5 - January 1988