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MONTHLY SOFTWARE REVIEW FOR THE

AMSTRADcomputers

Previewed

The Siege of Earth Begins

MARSPORT

Gargoyle Games

ON THE RUN

Design Design

Reviewed

' » WAY OF THE

EXPLODING FIST

Melbourne House

PLUS

Playing tips, a look at some

AMSTRAO

ROCCO

3D action as you take on the

challenge of a lifetime against

UMBEL-UN, TED MATARE,

JANSEN SINO and FIGHTER

BULL Emerge victorious from

all 4 rounds and youll have

more than earned the WORLD

CHAMPIONSHIP CROWN

WANTED:

MONTY MOLE

The original adventure of

this famous friendly mole.

hing out coal he

encounters enormous

dangers, mechanical and

r^i

human, and bravely laces

ilie a* esomc . hjllcnge

the mighty King Arthur h 4

and his personal body- Jf4|

guard, armed to the

teeth with mammal

AJH

repellants

PROJECT

•y, FUTURE

, 'wyA \ r mission M

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and activate

fiJ the S it Destruct

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SSH HI';

FUTURE is a huge

h^J

labryinth of a Space

SxJ

Ship covering 256

scrcens of the most

amazing graphics

/ METABOLIS

/ Before your eyes yOUf

( friends >'»ur family are

rendered helpless, trans-

formed to lesser beings -

birds and mice - by the

invading Krcmins But by a

cruel twist of fate the trans-

formation leaves you with the

body of o bird but the brain

of a human You arc the last

chance the human race has left.

Four exciting titles that have already established

themselves favourites with many games players now

available on the Amstrad.

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will provide a lively debating

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Both CRASH and ZZAP' 64

have earned their spurs by being

actively involved in the

improvement of software and in

promoting an interest in areas

that some readers may have

overlooked such as adventure

and strategy games,

telecommunications, music and

the work of programmers. You

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in AMTIX! as well. That's why

we say 'the world of the Amstrad

is about to burst open'. AMTIX!

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the real work. Robin Candy is

famous throughout all Britain

for his CRASH Playing Tips —

K ou either love him or hate him,

le's been playing games on the

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As many games are converted

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To bring you the reviews we

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pooling both their skills and

opinions with ages ranging from

14 up to 30 something. Some,

like young Ben Stone, Mark

Hamer and Robin Candy, are

local school kids, others like

Gary Penn, Julian Rignall and

Gary Liddon are big city lounge

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fingers and experience in

writing reviews for magazines

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ZZAP! 64 and Big K {but we don't

hold that against them). Then

there are the calmer spirits like

Chris Passey, who has been

reviewing for CRASH for almost

two years, and the big boys

Jeremy Spencer and Roger

Kean.

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FRANK

BRUNO'S

BOXING

Producer: Elite

Retail price: £8.95

The object of Frank Bruno's

Boxing is to defeat 8 boxers in

succession in order to gain the

world heavyweight title. To

defeat a boxer you must learn

their individual styles and then

knock them down three times.

This is done by reducing the

opponent's status to zero (by

repeated hits, when the punch

power indicator reaches maxi-

mum the right hook or upper cut

can be used) but you must also

dodge the other boxer's punch-

es. Should your opponent knock

you down three times then the

game will fend.

When a boxer is defeated you

will be given an EVBA code (Elite

Video Boxing Association). This

code enables you to access the

next boxer, just enter the code

and start the B-side of the tape

but you must remember to

always use the same name.

forget them in a hurry. The

graphics in Way of the Exploding

Fist are excellent. The sprites

are wonderfully defined and the

movement of both characters is

very realistic. This version isn't

quite as good as the CBM 64

game, largely because the

sound isn't anything like as thri-

lling, but it is still worthy and

should provide many hours of

enjoyment. The greatest advan-

tage that it has over many other

games is that it's instantly play-

able and should appeal to just

about everyone."

WAY OF THE

EXPLODING

FIST

Producer: Melbourne

House

Retail price: £9.95

two, it can be used to turn your

character around, just start the

kick and then abort it half way

through execution. The high

back kick, is the reverse of the

high kick and is only effective if

your opponent has slipped past

you.

As well as kicks there are 3

S unches that may be used, the

"One of the first things I noticed

in Way of the Exploding Fist is

how flexible the characters are,

no prancing stick figures here.

Having contrived to make so

many different movements pos-

sible from the joystick, the result

is both realistic and confusing at

first. It's well worth playing a few

rounds just to get the knack of

making your man jab, leap and

kick at the right moments. This is

a great arcade scoring game as

well as wonderful family enter-

tainment."

Melbourne House's karate sim-

ulation explodes on to the

Amstrad. As a young grass-

hopper you must work your way

up from being a complete

novice to achieving the magical

10th Dan. To help you gain this

award against your opponent,

there are some 18 manoeuvres

at your disposal.

the various kicks that are

accessable (keys or joystick) are

our movements to success.

e flying kick, best used when

your opponent is standing and

not blocking, is an extremely

powerful manoeuvre that ren-

I ders the opposition helpless.

The high kick also deals a blow

1 to the race but is risky to use as it

can be countered by going into a

crouch and using either a low

punch or a forward sweep. Both

the mid and short kicks are

effective in close combat — the

mid kick is the least effective

because it is easily countered by

crouching or by a straight for-

ward block. The forward and

backward sweeps are probably

the most effective moves in the

game. To use them you must

first crouch down, press fire and

putl down on one of the joy-

stick's diagonals. A forward or

backward sweep can be count-

\ ered with a short jab kick (but

I only while the character is

crouching) or by somersaulting

, out of danger.

The roundhouse kick has two

purposes: one, to kick an enemy

| in the face (but it often takes too

I long to perform to be effective);

ib punch being most effective

and the easiest to use because of

the speed with which it can be

performed, and it is particularly

useful in tight spots. The high

punch is also easily executed

and highly effective when your

opponent is close in. When in

the crouch position a low punch

can be dealt to the enemy, again

this is an effective move but it

can be easily countered by a jab

kick

There are two somersaults,

forwards and backwards, and a

jump that can be used to get out

of harm's way. The main use for

somersaults and jumps is to get

out of danger caused by forward

or backward sweeps.

A two-player option is avail-

able, where each plays against

the other simultaneously. In this

mode there are four rounds with

the highest scorer winning. If

you play against the computer,

then the game continues until

you are either kicked out or you

reach the 10th Dan. Unlike the

C8M64 version, there is only

one background, but this is

hardly a serious drawback.

you

Th«

"Karate seems to be all the

vogue at the moment on the

small screen, perhaps because

we've had to wait for program-

ming skills to catch up with the

requirement for realistic anim-

ation and fast graphics. In Way

of the Exploding fist, Melbourne

House have scored a great hit

with a version of 'Karate

Champ'. The controls are sens-

ibly thought out and make it

immediately playable, although

skill is required to become a

master, I've been playing it since

I got the copy — / may soon even

be a master'

As Frank you have a variety of

possible moves including:

guard up or down, left or right

punch and dodge, right hook,

upper cut and duck. The type of

punch delivered depends on

whether your guard is up or

down; if up then you will deliver

a punch to the head, if down

then Frank will do a body punch.

The right hook or upper cut, as

mentioned, can only be used

when the KO indicator is

flashing.

All eight opponents vary quite

a bit in size, meaness and fight-

ing styles. The first. Canadian

Crusher, is big and lumbering

but he's quite easy to defeat

because of this. Fling Long Chop

is small, fast and a master of the

Presentation

87%

Graphics

91%

Payability

89%

CRITICISM

Sound

63%

Addictive qualities

"Learning how to use each of

the moves property can take

quite a few games but once

mastered you are unlikely to

89%

83%

88%

Value for money

Overall

AMTIX! October 1985 5 D

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