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A NEWSFIELD PUBLICATION
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THE LAIR
Singing Alien Hat
Laser Disc Interactive - are Microdeal
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Are ghosts !earning
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to be hackers?
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'The best sound on any
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ISSUE 9
AUGUST 1988
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ENTERTAINMENT
COMPUTER df ELECTRONIC
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7 NEWS
12 PREVIEWS
29 REVIEWS
58 GETTING ADVENTUROUS
72 FANTASY GAMES
73 COMPETI TI ON RESULTS
76 P LAY BY MAI L
8 0 CONFRONTATI ON: COI N-
OP
8 3 GOING OVERBOARD
8 4 MUSI C MATTERS
9 2 ME RCY DASH
101 READER CLASSIFIEDS
1 0 9 READERPAGE
111 I NFORMATI ON DESK
1 1 3 ENDPI ECE
8 8 GISMO VIDEO
Part Two of Mel's delve into
video and computers looks at
peripherals
9 0 CAPCOM COUNTDOWN
GO! is releasing three major
Capc om coin-ops and
c omput er game versions
simultaneously - exclusive
preview
9 8 MACHI NE SPOOKS
Are ghosts learning to hack
computers? TOM
investigates the hauntings
1 0 5 GAMES CHAMPI ONSHI P
PROGRESS
Updat e on the exciting
National Computer Games
Champions hip sweeping
Britain
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18 I ACCUSE
Mel Croucher discovers
some famous films which
have borrowed their themes
21 TEARS IN RAIN
Part Two of our Cyberpunk
feature - the seminal films
26 THE BIGGEST POSTER
Deluxe Photoiab is latest in a
line of Amiga colour
production processors
74 DISNEY SPELLS
Microdeal are selling the
laser disc game Dragon's
Lair. We tell you what to
expect
COHPERIONS
25 BETTER DEAD THAN
ALIEN
Electra all-expenses-paid
V1P days at the 1988 PC
Show for 11 people. plus
E100 spending cash for the
winner
78 ALIEN SYNDROME
Win a singing alien hat, plus
copies of the hit game from
ACE
8 2 WHERE TI ME STOOD
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No time to lose, Lautrec,
you want a giant Swatch
Clock from Ocean. plus other
goodies
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ISNEY SPELLS
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Years ago, Dr agon's Lair was a
celebrated coi n-op experiment.
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Microdeal would like you to take
part again, at home. TGM
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explains how the laser disc
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Issue 10 of THE GAMES MACHI NE goes on sale from August 18, see
page 121 for details - don't miss it because it will be packed with
essential features, reviews and articles - as usual!
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