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NEW YEAR
W e i n v e s t i g a t e the utilities that s p e e d up your g a m e p l a y
S t r a n g e l o o p , in all its g l o r y . Plus D r a g o n t o r c a n d N i g h t s h a d e !
MONSTER M A P S
How to m a k e the most of A r n o l d in the b a t t l e f o r financial solvency
Plus
Music Composer
- a great type-in to make Arnold sing.
Duretl—
we preview 3 great new games.
The
Worm in Paradise -
The Pilgrim delves into Level 9's latest. As well as competitions, special offers, your
high- scores and much, much more.
HOME ACCOUNTS
REVEL IN THE THRTtLS i SPILLS
OF AUTHENTIC AMERICAM OOTBALL
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Ocean Software Limited authorised user
JANUARY 26, 1986
LOUISIANA SUPERDOME
NEWORIEANS
Ocean Software limited. 6 Central Street, Manchester M2 5NS. Telephone: 061-832 6633. Telex: 669977 Oceans G
AMSTRAD ACTION FEBRUARY 1 986
LINE-UP
86 G r a b a Gremlin.
93 Special Offers.
Graphics
Adventure
25 pairs of
Monty
and
Profanation
are u p for grabs in this groovy competiton
Massive savings cn
Elite and
Creator.
G o for it!
HOT REVIEWS
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Pretty houses though.'
36 Nightshade.
48 Sweevo's W o r l d .
A wacky new departure for
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goyle. Stunning 3D graphics, oodles of humour, bags of
pu22les.
48 T L L .
Have you over seen the like of this scrolling? No, you
haven't. Vortex swoop down with another wmne:
72 W i n a disc drive!
Incentive are offering you the
char.ce of getting you adventure published - as well as getting a disc-
drive in this ace Pilgrim Comp.
54 Barry M c G u i g a n ' s Boxing. B za
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knocks hell out of numerous opponents. Great graphics, great
animation, great fun.
A C T I O N REGULARS
6 Ed-Lines.
announcements
The ed blatherson. Pius some very important
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FEBRUARY SPECIALS
If you want to get those meca-
games ::. :o disc and load them quick, read Joseph Winchester's
survey of the available utilities.
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12 A m s c e n e .
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All the news that'sfitto print iromthe
74 Durel!
land, Dureli are coo;
to have a look
There's such a lot in it
Home Accounts, Business Accounts Laser Basic. Sprite Generators.
14 Serious Software.
30 Type-ins.
Another great listing This prog makes
Arnold a powerful music centre.
35 Action Test.
colourful game reviews
Page after page of our detailed and
62 Voice of the People,
think of the games we've already reviewed.
YOU
ten us what
YOU
64 I m p o s s i b l e Mission.
challenging game from US Gold.
Previewofthehctand
W S B F
The Pilgrim gets to grips with Level
9's iatest and brings the g o o d n e w s o f Infooom's arrival on Arnold.
Fair means and foul to get the most
66 Adventures.
84 Strangeloop - the m a p !
undertaking z
game.
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78 Cheat M o d e .
out of your games.
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Can you measure u p to the country s
You ve got to keep track of
those pennies somehow 5e: tram Carrot - our man with the keen
eyes - looks at software a: a>.ms to help you d o it.
14 Home Accounts.
90 Hot Stuff
Mail order and special offers. Buy £15 of
software and get one game FREE.
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80 Obsidian - m a p p e d !
Artie's engrossing game.
The ms and outs of
92 R e a d e r s ' Charts
of games and serioussoftware.
Your favourites in the worlds
96 Subscribe.
JUICY OFFERS
93 F o r m s .
The all-in-one action entry form
OK so it's 1986 But we re still giving you
the chance of getting your hands on our Christmas subs offer of two
FREE US Gold games when you subscribe to AA.
BOUNTY BOB
STRIKES BACK!
Twenty*five Levels.
Multi Channel Music.
Dual Joystick Capability.
"Bounty Bob Strikes Back" is the sequel to
"Miner 2049er' which was a huge succcss
on the Commodore 64 and Atari
machines. Now on the Amstrad. this ver-
sion features Bob's toughest challenge to
date and he needs your help more than
ever before to guide him through the mine.
The mutant organisms within have multi-
plied and over run the mine entirely,
making it extremely difficult to survive
the hazards of the underground passage-
BEACH-HEAD
Multiscreen 3-D Arcade Action
A
peaceful island is being held
by
a
ruthless dictator and his troops.
As Chief
Commander of land and sea forces in
the Pacific, you must obtain a quick naval
victory and then invade the island
with
land forces. If your troops succeed in
penetrating the island defence systems,
the most difficult challenge still
remains: capturing the enemy fortress of
Khun-Un.
Beach-Head is a multiscreen action game
which requires different skills and
provides new sequences as you progress
through the game.
BRUCE LEE
Twenty secret chambers to explore
Unique multiple player options
Dazzling graphics a n d animation
In "Bruce Lee" you will experience the
power and the glory of Bruce Lee, one of
the greatest masters of the martial arts.
As Bruce Lee. you will confront a barrage
of vicious foes. You must penetrate the
fortress of the Evil Wizard and claim his
fortunes. Destroying the
Wizard
will earn
you immortality and infinite wealth!
ways. Using
high powered
special
equipment in the twenty-five caverns is
Bob's only hope of achieving his objective
ofsecuringthe mine anddefeating the evil
plans o f Yukon Yohan.
U.S. GOLD ON THE AMSTRAD*- ON
RAID!
Gripping Arcade Action
Multiple 3-D
Scrolling Screens
The scene is one of
World-wide conflict.
The only hope of
saving the World from
nuclear annihilation
is an attack by stealth
bombers on the
launch sites.
As
squadron leaden
you must lead
your
t roops
on a virtual
suicide
mission: knock-
out
the launch
sites, and proceed
to
the
command
headquarters-Armedonly
with
the
weapons you carry,
you
must
destroy
the defence centre
and stop
the
attack!
DAMBUSTERS
Superb Graphics a n d Sound
At 21.15 hours on the evening of May 16th
1943. a flight of specially prepared
Lancaster bombers left R.A.F. Scampton
for Germany. And so. one of the most dar-
ing and courageous raids of the Second
World
War
was underway. Now you have
the opportunity to relive the drama
and excitement of this famous action via
your Amstrad computer. You will take the
pans of Pilot. Navigator. Front and Rear
Gunners. Bomb Aimer and Flight Engineer
as you play this authentic reconstruction
of the night's events. The multiple screen
action is complemented by a compre-
hensive
package of flight documents and
authentic material from the period.
IMPOSSIBLE
MISSION
Game of the Year 1985-
British Micro Awards
Message from the Agency computer.....
"....Your mission. Agent 4125 is to foil a
horrible plot. From an underground
laboratory. Elvin. the scientist, is holding
the
world
hostage under threat of nuclear
annihilation. You must penetrate his
stronghold, avoid his human-seeking
robots
and
find pieces of the security
code.
Somersault over the robots or use a
precious snooze code to deactivate them
long enough to search each room. Use the
Agency's computer to unscramble the
passwords from the code pieces, or try to
solve them yourself. You'd better
beware
This mission is stamped
IMPOSSIBLE!"
U.S. G o l d Limited. Unit 10.
The Parkway Industrial Centre
Heneage Street. Birmingham B 7 4LY.
Telephone: 021-359 8881 Telex: 337268.
GREAT GAME AFTER ANOTHER!
'All scrccn shots as seen on the Commodore 64
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