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AMIGA POWER Issue #39 coverdisk (.ADF/PAL) July 1994
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Far from resting on our laurels, reflecting on the glory of last
month's coverdisks, we've assembled two more -- and they're even
more splendid. With an exclusive demo of the most eagerly-awaited
beat-'em-up in history, and the world's greatest two-player game...
well, phew.
Introducing disk 39...
ELFMANIA
Don't be fooled by their pointy ears and delicate-looking attire.
These folk are spoiling for a fight and, thanks to AP, you can give
them one.
TRICK OR TREAT
Anyone with contacts in the shady world of PC gaming will have heard
of Doom, and its exciting two-player network facility. Well, here's
your chance to play a simpler, slightly cheaper-looking, but no less
enjoyable version of your own. Kill! And kill again!
APIDYA
Try out a whole level of this tremendous insect-based shoot-'em-up.
Let nothing get away unscathed -- not even the gladioli.
GRAVITY FORCE 2
Two-player Thrust with guns. It's that simple. And that good.
Really, really, really, really good, in fact.
DIGGER
The first of two variations of the digging-tunnels-underground theme
this month. So make like a mole.
BOB'S MAGIC GARDEN
More underground fun, but this time with fruit. You should be
getting good at this by now. Eh, chums?
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APIDYA
Authors: Audios
ALL LOAD APIDYA!
We've had a few problems with this game on one (but not all) of our
1200s, so if you get any funny stuff, boot up while holding both mouse
buttons down, and then select the ENHANCED option in the CHIP SET
memory and then it'll load. Don't ask us why it does this, because we
simply don't know.
ALL HAIL APIDYA!
According to our best estimates, the first time Apidya came (AP13,
89%) it sold about 22 copies, even though we raved about it, and even
though it stands tall and proud at number 11 in the AMIGA POWER All
Time Top One Hundred. This fact, along with Lee Harvey Oswald getting
framed for capping JFK (And England winning the World Cup in 1966. --
Stuart) are some of the greatest injustices in the world today, and
being the upholders of justice and truth that we are, we've been
trying to rectify them ever since. AMIGA POWER's much-publicised
collaboration with Oliver Stone went some way to clearing the name of
Oswald, but even though we've been going on and on about how great
Apidya is, no one out there seems to have been listening. That is...
(dramatic pause) until now.
Team 17 have lofted the mighty Apidya battle banner high, and
reckon that with their marketing clout behind it, such an awesomely
fab game simply can't fail to sell by the bucket load. Let's hope so,
eh? The full game's teeming with insect-related business, drenched
with thumping techno tracks, and dripping with bugs, maggots and
squidgy dead rats, and to whet your appetite, here's all of level one
to sample, which is three complete sections. The full game's also got
a rather odd two-player game, where one player's the wasp and the
other's a kind of drone gnat thing, but this demo's one-player only.
ALL PLAY APIDYA!
In the spirit of horizontally scrolling shoot-'em-ups, you simply
blast your way to the end, taking out dung beetles, butterflies and
even dead leaves that get in your way. If you pick up the red flowers
left along by dead bugs, the meter at the bottom gradually creeps up,
and when you get to the power up you want, simply press the SPACE bar.
If you save up enough flowers, you'll even get to see that little
drone bug, and who knows, maybe at last this top game will get the
recognition it deserves.
Still, don't just take our word for it, slap it in yer disk drive,
power the little funster up and get ready to blast your way to
insectoid glory.
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GRAVITY FORCE 2
Authors: Barf and Mad Lamer
Not Workbench 1.3 compatible
WHAT IT IS
In the few weeks this has been in the office, it's been hailed by many
(but not all) of AMIGA POWER as the best game of all time due to its
irresistibly competitive nature, which has made us think how cruel
life can be. When professional programmers are getting paid vast
amounts of money to come up with gaming drivel such as Dracula and The
Last Action Hero (reviewed this issue, folks) and true talent such as
the curiously named Barf and Mad Lamer are writing this in their spare
time, then there really is no justice.
WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT
As you can see, it's gravity- and inertia-heavy Thrust wars, with each
player trying to take out their opponent. Sensibly, FIRE is used to
thrust and UP to fire, which makes things a lot easier. DOWN
activates the special weapon, the default one being bomb, which
produces a fearsome shockwave. Shields, fuel and weapons can be
recharged by landing on any base, the water makes a pleasant 'plop'
when you drop into it, you can race round various levels, and there's
about fifty levels to choose from. Absolutely everything can be
tailored to suit your requirements, from the weight of shots to the
type and effects of special weapons; our choice for tournament games
is currently the fearsome unguided missile.
It's a shame that we didn't get to see this one in time for our All
Time Top 100, as it would almost certainly have been right up near the
top. Never mind. Maybe sometime next year, Gravity Force 2 will get
the glorious recognition that it so richly deserves.
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DIGGER
Author: Justin Leck
Known to the greater mass of us as Dig Dug, that classic old arcade
game involving digging through the ground and killing nasties by
blowing them up with a bicycle pump in a sadistic manner not entirely
unlike that thing little kids do with frogs and drinking straws. The
great thing about old arcade games is that what you have to do is so
amazingly obvious that you can just play them. So just play it.
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BOB'S MAGIC GARDEN
Author: Justin Leck
Or Mr Do, that classic arcade game involving digging around and
avoiding nasties and, er, hang on, haven't we already done this?
Mr Do is, it must be admitted, awfully similar to Dig Dug, but whereas
you had the fiendish bike pump in Dig Dug, in this one you've got a
magic ball that clatters along tunnels and then returns to you. This
may be a minor change, but it makes a whole lot of difference to the
gameplay, so give it a whirl. It's all-time top fun, we reckon.
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TRICK OR TREAT
Author: Duncan Stuart
Inspired by the likes of Doom and Wolfenstein on the PC, and the
fabulous Extreme Violence on AP24's coverdisk, AP reader Duncan
Stuart's answered our call to arms and been thoroughly rewarded for
his efforts. It's two player fun once more, only this time you've got
to run around an odd maze dressed as a wizard and try to blow the
other chap (also, curiously enough, dressed as a wizard) out of his
little blue curly boots.
The compass shows you where the other guy is and the bar shows your
damage, but you'll quickly find out that running up to each other and
blazing away isn't the solution, oh no. What you need is tact,
cunning, and as many power ups as you can grab out of the rooms. You
choose them by pressing DOWN and FIRE to get the arrow at the bottom,
and activate them by pressing FIRE. Here's what they are and what
they do:
[jam-pot icon] Pickles? Jam? Anyone?
[tractor icon] A Tractor. Geddit?
[glowing icon] Invulnerability. Pretty handy.
[snowflake icon] Stops the bad guy moving.
[invisible-man icon] Invisibility. It's a good 'un.
[magnet icon] Messes up the bad compass.
[pill icon] Remember, just say no.
[crystal-ball icon] We really have no idea.
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ELFMANIA
Authors: Terramarque
WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO PLAY IT
It's a beat-'em-up. You beat things. Up.
AND?
No, that's about it. Work out all the moves for yourself. You can
access them all by either moving the joystick or pressing FIRE and
then moving the joystick. At the end of the round, the one left
standing is the winner. It's ever so simple when you think about it.
NO, REALLY
Oh, okay then. Terramarque are a bunch of Nordic types, long in limb
and fair of hair, and they've been keeping themselves busy with
Elfmania, clattering away on their little keyboards, for ages now.
It's now finished, so to get the full lowdown on the game, check out
Stuart's review on page 32. This demo's one-player-only and features
top babe-on-babe action, complete with very short shorts, very clingy,
toppy, er, tops and masses and masses of great hair. Hnnnngggg!!!
Punches and kicks that connect produce a shower of coins
(presumably from the combatants' pockets) which can be picked up for
bonuses or punched towards the enemy as nasty impromptu ninja stars,
and you can access the secret move by repeating a certain move until
the move kicks in. (Ooh, a bit of a clue there, it's in the wording.)
Obviously, since it's a secret move, we're not going to tell you what
it is, because then it wouldn't be secret any more, would it? We're
like that.
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THIS MONTH'S MORAL: Don't start what you'll only have to finish.
Amiga Power is printed in the UK. Copyright Future Publishing 1994
Note: All games were verified to load under one emulator or another.
Docs re-keyed courtesy of Knuckles Dragon. Original author uncertain.
Please send clarification to: knucklesd@hotmail.com