The Games Machine Issue 5

Features:

Hype, Hype Hooray!
Mel Croucher's regular rant asks, are the charts charlatans? And software luminaries reply
On Being an Elitist
Roger Kean finds out what's happening in Aldridge as Elite Systems goes into phase three . . .
All's Fair in Toys & War
John Gilbert went to the toy fair and played Captain Power and rumble of robots
The Games Machine's Spring Sale!
16 money-off coupons to cut out to give you huge savings on top games in this special features
National Computer Games Championships
Newsfield is organising the first ever such event for Spectrum and Commodore games players. Read all about it - and enter!
Toys for the Boys
Mel Croucher reckons Yuppie techno-gadgets can be dangerous - and even before we got to press, he's proved right!

Regulars:

Readerpage
THE GAMES MACHINE readership hits back!
News
Brief roundup of the latest happenings
Reviews
Packed pages of the latest games for all popular formats
INFG Desk
Start of a new page of useful hints and tips - watch it grow!
Getting Adventurous
Rob Steel stops being a Lounge Lizard and goes Beyond Zork with Wolfman
Board Games
Players with Spycatcher and computer-moderated Tankattack
Fantasy Games
The advent of Griffin Island gives John Woods a chance to relive the RuneQuest RPG
Previews
We look forward to The Three Stooges and Rocket Ranger from Cinemaware, while Electronic Arts blasts off with Interceptor
Mercy Dash
Has she recovered from last month's lost artwork?
Music Matters
Jon Bates breaks his promise, but comes up with some great drum effects
Endpiece
Trivia or pure drivel? Plus the all-important what's on next month next month . . .

Win!

An Amiga and Colour Monitor
The second in our series of three great prizes
A Load of Stoogestuff
Collectors' items all from Mirrorsoft, plus 16-bit copies of The Three Stooges
Bob Wakelin's Painting . . .
of Firefly from Ocean, and copies of the latest 8-bit hit
Spycatcher - The Boardgame
20 copies of Paul Lamond's latest board thriller
A Personal CD Player
From Inrogrames, plus copies of the adventure, Captain Blood

Reviews:
Lead Reviews:

Dungeon Master
The Americans have been working wonders with the Atari ST recently. As we saw last month, the highest rating in this issue goes to a US software house; FTL's the name, and the name of the game's Dungeon Master - the ultimate in computer role-playing. It grabs a 94% rating.
Ferrari Formula One
For Amiga owners we have reviewed the most elite of racing simulations, a fascinatingly detailed experience both on and off the world's leading circuits. Ferrari Formula One comes from Electronic Arts and features everything you could want from such a game.
Firefly
The highest rated 8-bit game this issue is from Special Effects/Ocean. Firefly is a great shoot-'em-up, packed with excitement and adrenaline-pumping action that should do any Spectrum or Commodore 64/128 owner's collection a power of good.
Beyond Zork
The Zork trilogy has sold nearly one million copies - and now adventurers can go Beyond Zork with Infocom's latest addition to the range. A bit of a change in style, too, both in presentation and in the inclusion of role-playing elements.
Xenon
Arcade-perfect! came the cry from the drooling mouths of our reviewers. Melbourne House's straight downloaded from the Arcadia coin-up ends up superbly on the Amiga and ST, proving itself as the best 16-bit blaster so far.

Reviews Summary:
Commodore 64/128:

Spectrum:

Amstrad:

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Sega:

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