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Six-Pak Vol 2
Hit Pak £9.95 Nov 1987 YS23
9
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 ACE   Batty   International Karate   Into The Eagle's Nest   Lightforce   Shockway Rider 
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Marcus Berkmann
Corky compilation, far superior to the first 6-Pak package. International Karate (Feb '86) is an unoriginal beat-'em-up, but otherwise the standard's consistently high. Lightforce (Dec '86) and Shockway Rider (April '87) were the first releases from Gargoyle offshoot FTL, and each in its own way is a brilliant achievement on the Speccy: Lightforce, a detailed and addictive (though not terribly swift) shooter and Shockway, a multi-speed scroller of urban walkways in a mugger-infested future. ACE (Oct '86) Is the fastest (but also the most graphically primitive) of all aerial-zapping simulations, while Into The Eagle's Nest (May '87) was one of the best of the Gauntlet variants and certainly the most popular. Finally, there's a game called Batty, which you may well have heard about! All in all, a fine collection.
    
International Karate6
Lightforce8
Into The Eagle's Nest9
ACE8
Shockway Rider9
Batty9


Ratings given by other magazines
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YS Cross-references
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pACE/CascadeYS10
8
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pBatty/EliteYS22
UNR
    
pBatty/EncoreYS43
89
G
pBatty (in The YS Official Top 100 Part 2)YS71
No.65
R
pInternational Karate/System 3YS2
7
G
pInternational Karate (in The YS Complete Guide To Beat-'em-ups)YS53
74
R
pInto The Eagle's Nest/PandoraYS17
9
    
pInto The Eagle's Nest/PlayersYS39
8
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pLightforce/FTLYS12
7
    
pLightforce/Rack-itYS37
8
C
pLightforce (in Christmas Collection)YS47
67
G
pLightforce (in The YS Official Top 100 Part 3)YS72
No.26
R
pShockway Rider/FTLYS16
9
    
pShockway Rider/Rack-itYS37
8

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