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September 1988

Issue 33
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Latest rumour from Amstrad is that there's going to be a 16-bit machine with the Spectrum badge, but won't be called the Spectrum +4. The machine will "likely be a stripped down version of Amstrad's PC 1512 and will run MSDOS software instead of Spectrum games". Rumoured price to be £400 without a monitor.
    Last Ninja II released by System 3, but still no sign of the first Last Ninja...
    The 1982 classic Football Manager gets a sequel.
    Unreleased megagame Battleships returns on a budget label - and gets 6...
    All of Ultimate's games released in one compilation.
    DragonNinja makes an appearance in Slots of Fun.
    YS cover artist Steinar Lund is interviewed.
    A new game called Project 5 is previewed in Future Shocks. The fast action game boasted huge, colourful, well-animated graphics and came in three parts. No one could think of a name for it, even though it had come this far in its development. Then, someone suggested calling the game "Savage"...

 W Search WoS Archive  T Search The Tipshop  p Original YS page 
 V Read Article  P Read Preview  R Original Review 
 r Re-Release Review  C Compilation Review  G YS Guide Entry 

Top Ten Games

1 
WT
 R C G 
Target Renegade/Imagine
2 
WT
 R G 
Football Manager II/Addictive
3 
WT
 
We Are The Champions/Ocean
4 
WT
 P R C G 
OutRun/US Gold
5 
WT
 R C G 
Buggy Boy/Elite
6 
WT
 
Six Pak III/Hit Pak
7 
WT
 R 
10 Great Games II/Gremlin
8 
WT
 
Konami's Arcade Collection/Imagine
9 
WT
 R C G 
Match Day II/Ocean
10 
WT
 R 
Earthlight/Firebird

Previews

 WT p
 R 
Samurai Warrior/Firebird

Reviews

 WT pV
 R
Impossible Mission II/Epyx
 9 
 WT pV
 R C
Last Ninja II/System 3
 9 
 WT pV
 R
The Bard's Tale/Electronic Arts
 9 
 WT pV
 R
Ultimate: The Collected Works/US Gold
 9 
 WT pV
 R
Virus/Firebird
 9 
 WT pV
 R
Dream Warrior/US Gold
 8 
 WT pV
 R G
Football Manager II/Addictive
 8 
 WT pV
 R C
Hopping Mad/Elite
 8 
 WT pV
 R
Marauder/Hewson
 8 
 WT pV
 R
Overlord/CCS
 8 
 WT pV
 R C
The Empire Strikes Back/Domark
 8 
 WT pV
 R
The Fury/Martech
 8 
 WT pV
 R C
Tracksuit Manager/Goliath
 8 
 WT pV
 R
19 - Boot Camp/Cascade
 7 
 WT p
Metal Army/Players
 7 
 WT p
Octan/Silverbird
 7 
 WT p
On The Bench/Cult
 7 
 WT p
 R
Airwolf/Encore
 6 
 WT pV
 R r
Battleships/Encore
 6 
 WT p
Kemshu/Cult
 6 
 WT pV
 R
Chubby Gristle/Grandslam
 5 
 WT pV
 R
Diamond/Destiny
 5 
 WT p
European Five-a-Side Football/Silverbird
 5 
 WT p
Sword Slayer/Players
 5 
 WT p
Tanium/Players
 5 
 WT p
Overkill/Atlantis
 4 
 WT p
Stunt Bike Simulator/Silverbird
 4 
 WT pV
 R
Alternative World Games/Gremlin
 3 

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 p Tipshop 
 p Bargain Basement 
 p Smash Tips Pt3 
 p Play By Mail 
 p Screenshots II 
 p On The Warpath 
 p Slots Of Fun 
 p YS Adventures 
 p Back Issues 
 p YS Superstore 
 p Program Pitstop 
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