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CONTENTS
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CF35
August 1993
Editorial & Advertising Offices:
Commodore Format, Future Publishing Ltd,
30 Monmouth Street, Bath, Avon, BA1 20W
Tel 0225 442244
Fax 0225 446019
EDITORIAL
Editor Trenton Webb
Art Editor 011ie Aiderion
Production Editor Dave Golder
Staff Writer Clare Hodgson
Art Assistant Lisa Kellett
ADVERTISING
Senior Sales Executive Caroline Simpson
Trainee Ad Executive Rob Bennett
CONTRIBUTORS
Editorial
Jason Finch
Andy Roberts
Apex Productions
Galadnal
Photography
Stuart Baines
Cover
Paul Kidby
Artwork
Mike Roberts
PRODUCTION
Production Co-ordinator
Claire %Hick
Production Technicians Simon Windsor. Chris
Stocker, John Moore, Heath Parsons, Mark Gover
Paper Controller Fiona Deane
Production Controller Claire Thomas
Group Production Manager Judith Middleton
MANAGEMENT
Publisher Cohn Campbell
Promotions Assistant Tamara Ward
Circulation Director Sue Hartley
Group Publishing Director Greg Ingham
Managing Director Chris Anderson
1 = 1
411Ele
1 0 CHARTS
More pop-picker type nonsense with Clur, Mr
Gallup and the best-selling games.
1 3 NEWS
Gossip, facts and fiction a h well, no fiction
at all, in fact, we made that bit up,
5 6 HULK HOGAN'S
SUBURBAN COMMANDO
Alternative
The Hulkster makes his movie debut on the C6-
The movie may only have been average, but th.
game's brilliant_ Hulkmania runs wild on p.56•
1 4 PREVIEWS
Match Of The Day meets a sideways (yes,
sideways) scrolling SELICK game!
6 0 PIRATES
Kixx XL
1 6 THE ULTIMATE
BEAT...FE/1616UP
Hold on to your nunchakas. Clur's
been hunting down the great, the good
and the grossly inadequate in the
world of fighting games. Do you
wanna be in her gang? Then it's on
p.16, oh yeah!
p.56
The ageing MicroProse sea-dog
sail as a bugeteer. Can it
I rule the seven seas or IS.!
now the scourge of the
sette?
suburban Commando.–
,
2 MERCS
1 9 EVERYTHING
YOU WANTED TO
KNOW ABOUT W t . .
Once upon a time Commodore released a
portable C64! Known as the SX64 it allowed
you to compute while you commute, to game
away from, er, hame._. C F now re-discovers
the C64's tong-lost prodigal 2nd cousin.
01Y820
't get even get mad as or
rice's super soldiers on
this isometric blast-•em-up. Can it
match the coin-'op? (Erm, no actually!)
6 4 TURBOCHARGE
Kixx
System 3's classy car racer cum shoot-'em-up
was hailed as the fastest ever game on the CEA
It may have hit the budget circuit but it still has
horsepower to spare!
SUBSCRIPTIONS (SEE P.28)
Subscription enquiries should go to: Future
Publishing Ltd, Cary Court. Somerton,
Somerset TA l l 6TB 0 4 5 8 74011
ADVERTISING PROBLEMS
It you have a problem, query or complaint about
an advertiser in this issue then contact Alison
Winter in writing at, Future Publishing, 30
Monmouth Street, Bath BA1 28W.
C9mmodore Form
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D AV I SOLDER
PROD ED
O M GUARD)
In k e e p i n g with our
SOS special this
month w e
picked a
rescue t h e m e .
Dave w a s
well chuffed
because it
gave him a
chance to boast
about his B e y w a t c h
days as a life guard. "I
used to work at a pool in
Brighton. I once saved
this girl called Victoria.
Her husband Albert w a s
real impressed and it
got in all the p a p e r s . "
Victoria? Albert? i t
doesn't sound m u c h
like B a y w a t c h • Is t h a t
the original c o s t u m e ?
USA KILLART ASSISTANT
(MOUNTAINEER)
CLUR HOD' $ ;
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All material F u t u r e Publishing 1993
ABC
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Memt*, ol IN? Avid Oweao ot C.wlelhor,
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Oltw would also like to rescue; Leslie Ash
Cho would also like to rescue: Andre(w) Agassl
Treat would also like to rescue: Himself
Lie* would also like to rescue: The world economy
Dave would also like to rescue: Della Smith
"Well, I n e e d e d
Clues m
help after
person'h
seeing
people
rather
Cliffhanger. A
friend said t h a t it
in peril h
was based on real
but sh h
to be
life, so I Slatted off
to the US to see it I
once,
then
could find any of
that cash t h a t
ry
should still be
scattered all over
m o o d s e m i
the mountains
Aliet
Zeal
after Sly beat up
that international
one o
crim'. I climbed the north ridge and
that prot
minute she was
it w a s going well until I chipped one
deck, t h e neat t
of my nails. I swore, k i c k e d the
paddling in the I
mountain...and promptly fell off. They
had to call out the mountain rescue
happy. Mind o w •
unit and everything. Lordy me, how
b e t t e r when sht l e
responsible. Zut a
embarrassing! I could have died.
Then I m e t their paramedic thorn..."
punch she's got k ,
she
21 LETTERS
The Mighty Brain has his say, about what
you say - in a lettery kind of way.
2 5 LET'S MAKE
A MONSTER
Three months and counting! Mayhem In
Monsterland draws ever closer. Forget
Sonic, completely ignore Mario, this could
just be THE game of 93!
Three games,
one demo and
a full utility.
Just load it!
SPACE
ACADEMY
Side One
Tape count 000
16 testing sports, all set in
space! Space Academy
tests your waggling, nerve
and timing to the limit!
2 8 SUBSCRIPTIONS
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2 9 GO SOUTH
YOUNG M A N
C64.
t the
6,
11111 he best cheat-sheet
the world just got
better. In a 13-page
extravaganza the most
popular. the trickiest and the
most down-right difficult C64 games in
existence all get the Andy Roberts'
Gamebusters treatment.
and how to use them.
3 4 L A S T N I N J A The full solution.
3 6 F U T U R E W A R S Cheat to the future!
3 7 I T ' S W A R ! Arcade battlers get
One
in
it
blown away.
3 8 L A S T N I N J A 2 Destroy Kunitoki's
evil plans, for the second time.
4 0 B E A T - / E M - U P S Kick for victory.
Stuck on an adventure? Do you keep
exiting when you should be inventorying?
Do you keep trying to carry the East?
Then relax, take a deep breath and read
N O o u adventures - and enjoy them!
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The Binary Zone PD top lives!
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Side One Tape count 075
Play at Robinson Crusoe in
this space wreck epic.
it
r is it
3 3 G B I N T R O Where to find which cheats
4 6 TECHIE TIPS
The best Inside Info in the world from Jason
Finch - to whom tech stuffs a cinch!
HALLAX
Side Two Tape count 055
A brilliant PD clone of that
arcade star Breakout.
4 9 SCHWING LOW
WINNERS
The hilarious results of our Gott clubs
competition. It's a bit course, but it's fun!
5 2 BUlt•A•RAMA
CFs equivalent of Exchange and Mart
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4 1 B I G SCREEN ACTION Superstar
celluloid cheats and tips.
up
84.
as
4 2 L A S T N I N J A 3 The final chapter!
4 4 C A R T O O N T I M E Cute made cuddly!
5 4 MAIL ORDER
The Commodore Superstore is open, all hours.
4 5 THE NEED FOR SPEED Drive taster
NOW! (And don't worry about crashing.)
6 6 NEXT MONTH
If it's September then it must be CF36.
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Side Two Count 000
A full playable demo of the
suicidal super-game.
al t9 the rAscuel
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ur's rr me the sort of
'son ho puts
ogle
peril
the,
ham being
Peril herself,
ut ah' t has had
° be ' escued
ce• and even
then - be w a s
tryirq t o r e s c u e
8..cm" thing else.
e.be V a s d o w n in
nal° land, New
OWE ALDIRTON
ART EDITOR
Tomperom WEBB
EDITOR
(ST BERNARD)
0kay, so it doesn't look
like a St Bernard, but
you try getting an
Alpine costume in A K E L
July (I managed it -
Lisa). T h e only reason
I didn't g e t t o be a
real r e s c u e r is
b e c a u s e I'm so hard * .
I n e v e r need help
(SHIPWRECKED)
011ie had a terrible e x p e r i e n c e on
his w a y to a gig. T h e F r a n t i c
Elevators w e r e playing on t h e Isle
of Lundy. 011ie t o o k t h e ferry,
but due to an excess of
'Lemonade h e fell
overboard. Wa s h e d up on
a b e a c h , h e struggled for
weeks to eke out a
REAL
WRITE
Side Two Tape count 085
A smart scrolly demo text
writer. Dead easy to use
and fun to watch
And another
great Odus
Hyperpack
offer too!
Zeal n d , helping
one 0 [ those ships
Prc't 6ct t h e whales. One
was s w a b b i n g the poop
oat s w a s doggy-
the I t i n y. Clur w a s not
dYOU, s h o felt a bit
n she c a u g h t the guy
Zut d i o r s ! W h a t .
living. H e a t e r a w
fish, r a w p l a n t s a n d
drank r a w w a t e r.
Imagine
what a
fool h e t t k . •
felt
when h e ' I t -
looked
over the
dune a n d
found
himself In
from no-one not
never (sob)... and
for.o.. why did you
got on her!
filinehead!
dress m e a s a
dog? I could
have b e e n a
Thunderbird.
What is it?
Do you all
hate me?'
(Er, y e s ! -
the c r e w ) .
"I'm leaving."
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