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March 1989

Issue 39
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Download Cover Tape Cover tape has Army Moves (Imagine, 8, July 1987) and a demo of its sequel, Navy Moves.
    YS Photo Love Story "Love in a Cold Climate".
    Valentines Day Vox Pop.
    Clive Sinclair (48) announces engagement to Bernadette Tynan (22).
    After the disappointment to many Speccy users of the PC 200, YS finally gets around to covering another computer in the making - MGT's SAM Coupe. Planned specs were: Z80B microprocessor, 256k RAM (upgradeable to 512k), four graphics modes, including one Spectrum-like mode and one hi-res 512x192 mode with 64 colours, six-channel sound and built-in disk drive capability. Planned retail price was £150 and the Coupe was going to be the first in a line of SAM products. Computer will be ready "in May".
    Chartbusting bestseller Robocop reviewed and underrated.
    US Gold throws the Christmas gauntlet by announcing one of their big licences for the end of '89: Ghouls and Ghosts.

 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

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Afterburner/Activision
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Operation Wolf/Ocean
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Thunder Blade/US Gold
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Batman: The Caped Crusader/Ocean
5 
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Double Dragon/Melbourne House
6 
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R-Type/Activision
7 
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Guerilla War/Imagine
8 
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Rambo III/Ocean
9 
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Pacmania/Grandslam
10 
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Last Ninja II/System 3

Previews

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Navy Moves/Dinamic

Reviews

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Ancient Battles: Encyclopedia Of War/CCS
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Heroes Of The Lance/US Gold
 9 
 WT pV
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WEC Le Mans/Ocean
 9 
 WT pV
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Computer Maniacs Diary/Domark
 8 
 WT pV
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Echelon/US Gold
 8 
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Into The Eagle's Nest/Players
 8 
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Rebel/Ricochet
 8 
 WT pV
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Robocop/Ocean
 8 
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Star Farce/Mastertronic
 8 
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Afterburner/Activision
 7 
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Clock Chess/CP Software
 7 
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Heavy On The Magick/Rebound
 7 
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 R C
LED Storm/US Gold
 7 
 WT pV
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Operation Hormuz/Again Again
 7 
 WT p
Question Of Sport/Elite
 7 
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Las Vegas Casino/Zeppelin
 6 
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Last Duel/US Gold
 6 
 WT pV
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SDI/Activision
 6 
 WT pV
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Spitting Image/Domark
 6 
 WT p
The Munsters/Again Again
 6 
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Tomcat/Players
 6 
 WT p
Death Stalker/Codemasters
 5 
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GI Hero/Firebird
 5 
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Aquasquad/Atlantis
 4 
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Battle Tank Simulator/Zeppelin
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Classic Games 4/CP Software
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Shoot Out/Martech
 4 
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The Deep/US Gold
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Misc Reviews

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Ingrid's Back!/Level 9
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The Balrog And The Cat/Zenobi
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Ice Station Zero/8th Day
 5 

Features

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 p Pssst 
 p Cover Tape 
 p v Next Month 
 p v Letters 
 p Input Output 
 p Tipshop 
 p Bargain Basement 
 p Screenshots I 
 p v YS Adventures 
 p Slots Of Fun 
 p Screenshots II 
 p Future Shocks 
 p v YS Photostory  - Love In A Cold Climate 
 p Valentines Vox Pop 
 p YS Superstore 
 p YS Superstores 
 p Back Issues 
 p Program Pitstop 
 p v Rage Hard  - SAM Coupe preview 

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