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Title: Arcturus (£25)
Guide your craft around a landscape battling against momentum, holes in the floor and various enemies. This game could have been superb, but the viewing angle unforunately often makes it hard to play - you view the game from a point too close to the floor and so it's often difficult to judge exactly where you are, which is essential in a game where one tiny mistake can send you plummeting to your death. Colourful gouraud shading gives an attractive game display, and there is some very nice, smooth animation.
Links: Demo: Stuttgart
Supplier:

Title: Aries
Four game pack worthy of note only because it contains Hamsters.
Links: None
Supplier: Eclipse
Players: 1
Type: Platform
Needs: OS 2: Yes OS 3: Yes RPC: Game On SA: ?

Title: Arya (£6.50)
Adventure game with pictures and a graphical front-end
Links: Demo: http://www.eganc.demon.co.uk
Supplier: Skullsoft
Players: 1
Type: Adventure
Needs: OS 2: No OS 3: Yes RPC: Yes SA: Yes

Title: Asylum
Fun platformer with some massive explosions and a huge variety of power-ups. Crashes on high score table on Risc PC occasionally.
Links: Demo: Stuttgart
Supplier: Digital Psychosis
Players: 1
Type: Platform
Needs: OS 2: Yes OS 3: Yes RPC: Yes SA: Yes

Title: Axis (£25)
A very good game with a unique rotation effect whereby you stay still and the whole (sprite-based) world rotates around you. Not content with graphical excellence, the game is great fun to play too, although perhaps the game design is a little simplistic. A nice touch is the way you can shoot and damage all the scenery, and the game has an impressive array of power-ups, enemies and scenery, although unfortunately the difficulty setting is a little erratic. Definitely worth buying, however. (This game used to cost 20 pounds but has now gone up to 25 pounds!)
Links: None
Supplier: TBA
Players: 1
Type: Arcade
Needs: 1MB OS 2: Yes OS 3: Yes RPC: Yes SA: Yes

Title: Ballarena
Breakout-style game with all the bricks arranged in a circle in the middle of the screen. The bat can move the full 360 degrees around the bricks, and various power-ups are available (mirror bat, enlarge, reverse mouse movement, gun etc.). Sixty levels and a bit on the easy side but one of the best break-out games available with bright, colourful graphics. Upgrade for StrongARM compatibility may be available from Uffenkamp Computer Systems for £10 if you send them the original discs
Links: None
Supplier: Eterna
Players: 2
Type: Breakout
Needs: OS 2: Yes OS 3: ? RPC: ? SA: See comment above

Title: Bambuzle
Things appear at the top of the screen and you have to manipulate them into the right position quickly before you die. Sound familiar?
Links: None
Supplier: Arxe
Players: 1
Type: Tetris-like
Needs: OS 2: Yes OS 3: No RPC: Game On SA: Yes, but runs fast

Title: Battle Chess
Links: None
Supplier: Krisalis
Players: 1
Type: Chess
Needs: OS 2: ? OS 3: ? RPC: No SA: No

Title: Battle Tank
Links: None
Supplier: Minerva
Players: 1
Type: Tank
Needs: OS 2: Yes OS 3: Yes RPC: No SA: No

Title: Big Bang (£15)
Strange platform game full of zany special effects. Often very difficult to see what you're doing due to the game design and the large main character. Nicely coded but often lacks playability.
Links: None
Supplier: Psycore
Players: 1
Type: Platform
Needs: OS 2: Yes OS 3: Yes RPC: ? SA: ?

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