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78 of 83 files ionizer

1998 June 28

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.x#$$#x. `:$$$$:' The Game Review! .x%#$$$$$$#%x. .x#$$$$#x. .x#$$$#x. `""""$$$$""""' .S$$$$$$$$S.$$$$$$$$$Ss $$$$.sS$Ss.$$$$ $$$$$`$$$$ $$$$$ ************* $$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$',$$$$ *ESTABLISHED* $$$$$$$$$$$ """"`$$$$ $$$$$$ ****1995***** $$$$$$$$$ sS$Ss."$$$ $$$$$$ pn `-------------- $$$$$$$$$$$ ------------' $$$$$$$$'` ~VOTED #1 SCENE MAG/REVIEW BY INTERNET USERS~ (a while ago) ~TGR IS PROUD TO BE THE LONGEST RUNNING WEEKLY SCENE MAG/REVIEW, EVER!~ ~~CELEBRATING OVER *3* YEARS IN THE SCENE~~ .a$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&$$$$$a. $$' . `$$' `$$ ' `$$' s `$$' s `$$ $' $ $$ $ $$ a a $$ $ $$ $ $$ ISSUE #56 $ $ssss$$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ssss$$ $ o o$ $$ $ $ $$ sssss$$ssss. $$ 06/28/98 $. $ $$ $ $$ $ $ $$ $ $$ $ $$ $$. $ ,$$ $ $$ $ $ $$. $ ,$$. $ ,$$ `$&@%o%@&$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$&@%o%@&$$$$&@%o%@&hd' "All the games that are fit to print...and some that aren't." Un-Realistic: "I have never played a game I didn't like." -Stupid Idiot Realistic : "This game sucks!" -Ionizer ____________ News Updates ============ -I know have a 3DFX card (Monster II, 12 mb <voodoo2>). This means that any 3DFX only games will now be reviewed and any games that support 3dfx will be reviewed in 3dfx, because I'd like to assume that I'm the last person on the face of earth to finally have a 3dfx card. If you don't, let me tell you first hand, you're missing out big time, it's one of the best things I've ever bought for my PC. -I also got a nice subwoofer! ============================================ HOW TO GET THIS MAGAZINE ON A REGULAR BASIS: ============================================ TGR is released on Sundays, at approximately 8pm (EST). It can be obtained in 2 different ways. The first method obviously being the easiest and best: ***************** ***NEW ADDRESS*** ***************** #1 TGR Web Page: http://www.monmouth.com/~jionin ------------------------------- (Over 84,000 Served) (Note: Contains all issues and gets them first) #2 Through irc, you can dcc from me the newest issue only, simply type: /msg ionizer xdcc send #1 OR /msg iondcc xdcc list <to see list> On the day of release (Sunday), you may also use IonDcc instead of me. - * - * - * - * - * * - * - * - * - * - GAME REVIEWS, RATINGS, UN-BIASED OPINIONS, HELP/TIPS FOR INSTALLING GAMES! [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] -Rating scale: (0-19)/100 = In a nutshell, it sucked! (20-39)/100 = Still crap but slightly better. (40-49)/100 = Possibly worth downloading. (50-69)/100 = Pretty decent game. Might want to check it out. (70-79)/100 = Worth the download if you like that type. (80-89)/100 = Very good, 9 outta 10 its worth the download. (90-99)/100 = Excellent game, a MUST download. 100/100 = HOLY SHIT I'VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER GAME! RATINGS are based on the game idea, graphics, sound, playability, ingenuity, versatility, and a lot of other words ending in `ity'. These games are based on what happens on MY COMPUTER ONLY, unless stated otherwise. I always first follow .nfo directions, and if those don't work or are not available, I then try other ways. So just b/c it doesn't work for me, doesn't mean it won't work for you. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -<*><*> THE GAME REVIEW (c) Ionizer <*><*>- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vangers: One For The Road [XX/75] /\______ /\______ ____/\______ __ \____ \/ \__ \/ _ \____ \ __/ \____ / _/ _/ \/ / / / _/ _// / / / / / / \ \ /\ / /\ / / \ \/ /\ / / / \__/\ \/RTX______\___/\__/\ \/ / /_/_/ =====\___)===\__)============\___)=\/======= -Filenames: VOFTR??.ZIP All I can say after playing this one is, "uhhhhhhhh...." I don't even know where to begin reviewing this one. This is one of the more bizzarre and confusing games I've ever played. Basically, you're in a car, and you see yourself from an eagles eye view, and you have some kinda mission to go and get something and open it. I mean you're in some weird place with little tiny spiders crawling around that you just ride over, and there appears to be other cars there also. There's a lot of buttons that you can configure, like 4 different weapon fires, open buttons, a "deactive KID" button, and so much more. If ever there was a need for some directions, this one is it. I mean I got lost and they put a weird thing to help guide me, but it seemed like I was going on forever and ever and the map kept changing and wasn't repeating or anything. I, for the first time, feel that I can not advise you to either download or not download this one. I'm still trying to figure out myself whether I should keep it or not or even play it again. I mean, I guess if you like confusing games with lotsa buttons and things to do, well try it. It's not like it has the hottest gfx or sound or anything. But to be safe, I'd probable say, don't bother, it's pretty big, and most won't enjoy this type of "car" game anyway. RATING: 65/100 ======================================================== Space Invaders v1.4 for Win95 Cracked (xx/o1) 06/21/1998 <useless huge ascii removed> ======================================================== -Filename: ILLSI14.ZIP I can sum this shit up in two sentences, starting now: A shitty version of the old Space Invaders game. I'd rather take the effort to hook up the old machine and play then to play this horrible clone of it. RATING: 25/100 ┌─────════════════════════════════════──────╗ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄████████ ▄██████▀▀ │ │ ▄███▀ ▀░███▓▄ █▓██▀▀▀▀ ▀█ █▓██▀▄ │ │ ▐█▀▄▄▄ ■ ▐███▓▓▐██ ░ ████ │ │ ▀▄██▓██▌ ■████▓▌███▄█████▄ ████▌ │ │ ████▓██ ███▓█▌ ▀ ░▀██▓██ ▐███▓▌ │ │ ▐██▓██▌▐███▓█▄ ▄▄ ■ ▄███▓█▌ ███▓█ │ │ ▄███▓██ ▄█████▀ ███▄▄█░███▓ ▐██▓█ │ │ ▀██████████▀▀ ▀██████▀ ▄█████▄ │ │ ════════════════════════════════════ │ │ DARKSIDE INc. │ ╚──────════════════════════════════════─────┘ Pretty.Good.Solitaire98.v4.98.0-DSi [o1/o1] -Filename: DSIPGS98.ZIP I've seen a lot of solitaire games for the pc in my life, but this one is probably the most intricate. It had so many different games of solitaire if I knew how to play any of them, it would take like 1 month to try them all. Basically, if you're a Solitaire nut (aka a loser with no friends and a lot of spare time) you must have this, otherwise I'm sure you already skipped it. RATING: 87/100 <compared to other solitaire games> RATING: 48/100 <compared to all games> Intl Cricket Captain (c) Empire [xx/36] ______ /| ___ /\______ /\______ / \/ | / _ \ / _____/ _____>1 / |_ / |/ | \\____ \ \____ \ 9 < | < / | / | \/ | \ 9 \ _____\_<____|___\_____ /\_____ / 8 +=\/======================\/====hh!\/==+ -Filenames: CLSICC??.ZIP You don't get to play cricket, but you get to manage it. They have every little aspect of this game pinpointed. The weather, the grass, all of it, but it doesn't matter b/c no one GIVES A SHIT about cricket! I mean, come on, do you Europeans actually still play this game? You pussies, go play some football...I'm sorry, I mean AMERICAN football. They should put on the box for the requirements: 65+ years old, live anywhere but in North America, currently residing in a wheelchair, access to your grandson's computer. But other than the fact that no one will play this, it's pretty good as far as sport sims go. RATING: 59/100 ===================================================== Classic Peg Solitaire v1.0 Cracked (xx/o1) 06/23/1998 <un-needed big ascii removed> ===================================================== -Filename: ILLCPS10.ZIP You know that game in Pizza-Hut or Friendly's or other "fine-quality" estab- lishments? The one where there are pegs in a wooden thing triangle and you have to jump them and try to leave only one peg in the end to be labeled a genius, or 2 to be labeled a smart person, or 3 for avg, or 4 for really big dumb shmuck, and 5 for mentally retarded? Well this is it, and it also has 2 other versions of this time killer. I guess it's kinda cool to be able to say at a conversation at one of these restaurants, "Hey guys, <snort> I got this game on my <snort> Pentium II 400MMX, 10 gig....etc <snort>" Yeah, sure it is. Fun to run in the background when the boss ain't looking, and that's about it. Also for those who wanted to steal it from the rest. but we're too much of a pussy to do it. RATING: 53/100 Robo Rumble (c) Topware/Metropolis [xx/08] ▄██▀██▄ ▐█▄ █▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▐█▓▌▓█▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▐██▌ ▐██▌██▄▀█▀██▄▀██▄▐█▀▐█▓▌▄ ▐█▀██▄▀▄██▄ ▐██▌▄██▀ ▐▓█▌▌ ██▓ ▐██▌▌ ▐██▌██ ▌ ▐██▌█ ██▌ ▐██▌ ▄██▀▄██▌▌ ▄▄▄▀▄██▌ ▐██▌██▌ ▐██▌█ ▐██ ██▌▐██▌ ▐█▓▌▌▐██▌ ▐█▓▌▌ ▐█▓▌█▓▌▌ ▐█▓▌█ ▐█▓ ▐██▌ ▀██▄█▀█▌█▄▀██▄█▀█▌█▄██▀▄██▌█▄▐█▓▌▀ ██▓ ▄▄▄ ▐██▌-bd! ▀███▄███ -Filenames: PDMROBO?.ZIP A nice little twist to the usual RTS. This one is more "3d" like. I got the chance to play this in both 3dfx and non-3dfx. The major difference was basically only things seemed much clearer. Rather than the usual RTS where you see from overhead and it's usually not too 3d looking, this one has a more up and close feel and just more 3d looking. It's a nice switch from the usual RTS and the graphics, although dark a lot, are nice. If you're still into these games, definitely check this one out, I mean it's only 8 disks anyhow. RATING: 80/100 Deathtrap Dungeon (c) Eidos [XX/28] ______ /| ___ /\______ /\______ / \/ | / _ \ / _____/ _____>1 / |_ / |/ | \\____ \ \____ \ 9 < | < / | / | \/ | \ 9 \ _____\_<____|___\_____ /\_____ / 8 +==\/=====================\/====hh!\/==+ -Filenames: CLSDED??.ZIP If ever there was a disappointing game, this one is it. From the screenshots this one looks beautiful, and it is, but the gameplay sucks. The camera angles are constantly switching - making it hard to maintain your direction. And it's really hard to get that good angle of the girl's tits, it was much easier in tombraider. Oh, and if j00 dunno, this is a "Tombraider" like game, but it falls way short of Tombraider's playability. I mean other than seeing one angle from the characters 1st person view, you can't switch to look around or anything, making it even harder to figure out where to go. The graphics beat Tombraider any day, but I'll take good controls and good camera angles over graphics any day. This game had so much promise, but it is one of the year's biggest failures so far. RATINGL 64/100 ┌─────════════════════════════════════──────╗ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▄████████ ▄██████▀▀ │ │ ▄███▀ ▀░███▓▄ █▓██▀▀▀▀ ▀█ █▓██▀▄ │ │ ▐█▀▄▄▄ ■ ▐███▓▓▐██ ░ ████ │ │ ▀▄██▓██▌ ■████▓▌███▄█████▄ ████▌ │ │ ████▓██ ███▓█▌ ▀ ░▀██▓██ ▐███▓▌ │ │ ▐██▓██▌▐███▓█▄ ▄▄ ■ ▄███▓█▌ ███▓█ │ │ ▄███▓██ ▄█████▀ ███▄▄█░███▓ ▐██▓█ │ │ ▀██████████▀▀ ▀██████▀ ▄█████▄ │ │ ════════════════════════════════════ │ │ DARKSIDE INc. │ ╚──────════════════════════════════════─────┘ Napoleon.Solitaire.v2.1-DSi [o1/o1] -Filename: DSI-NS21.ZIP BLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah. More solitaire. More boring games. You know who buys stuff like this? Those handicapped motherfuckers who are strapped down into wheelchairs for the rest of their lives with drool dripping outta there mouths. And you know why? B/c they CAN'T DO anything else. So stop being a handi-warez and play a real game or go outside. RATING: 45/100 COMMANDOS *FINAL* (c) EIDOS [xx/45] ______ /| ___ /\______ /\______ / \/ | / _ \ / _____/ _____>1 / |_ / |/ | \\____ \ \____ \ 9 < | < / | / | \/ | \ 9 \ _____\_<____|___\_____ /\_____ / 8 +=\/======================\/====hh!\/==+ -Filenames: CLSCOM??.ZIP Commandos is another mission based game where you control a select amount of people and try to blow up something or retrieve something. The game is pres- ented beautifully, with narrated missions, and a cool "zoom in" feature during these missions briefings. Well put together, but very hard to get the hang of and become good at. The first mission itself is very hard. A good grab for those who like very challenging games. GFX and sound are excellent for this type of game. However the usual responses from clicking on a man become very annoying quickly. RATING: 81/100 ULTISOFT.3D.SPINBALL.v1.1.REGGED-DK [XX/01] Wo. .......... ..oeeeu..um-.n $$$$WWWW$$$$$$$$$$$$$Wu .e$$$$$$*$$*`u* "*$$$$$$$$$$$$$**$$$$$$W +""` ``iW$" i" .oe$$$$^* ``(U@"2# W~ `"*$$$$! :W$$" W~ .uW$$$$$$$^ .e$" :# X? ~$$$$! x$$$# WU+*""$$$$$$$ .e$$T @ :* :$$$$~ .oWWWW$$$$ :T` 2*#" x$$$$ U~ W*:....m$$$$$ ```"$$$$$~ @ ..m"` ...u$$$$~ :T U? ``` :$$$$? ?$$$T W!ue$$e. ue@$$$$$$$" .* :* ..... W$$$$ .eeeo$$$* x***$$$$$x "` `R$$$$" .@` $*"````"@$$$$~ ""*$$$$# x# "$$$$$. .$$$#`.oT..U? .$$$$# W$*#`.+" ?$$$$W u$*"(ue$$$$$$$$$WeeuW$$*# u@*CieW$eeou..u*$$$$$u+ .x*"CoW$$$***$$$$$$$$$$*"` .uW$W$$$$$$$$$$*"` T$$$*" <(!+*""`` ``""**#" m**"""````""***" #"`[DK] -Filename: DK3DSP??.ZIP The nfo summed this one up pretty good, minus the fact that it said it was fun and addicting. Take the element of pong, times it by two so that you have both the left and right side plus the top and bottom and then add a little basic breakout type game, with weirder shaped objects and then you got this cheesy game. This game is cheesier than a fucking polly-o string cheese. This game is cheesier than your mom's cunt. Don't bother, it's lame and gay, making it therefore one of the biggest outcasts possible! RATING: 42/100 MECH COMMANDER (c) MICROPROSE [XX/89] ┌─── ███ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ░▒▓ ▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀██▄ ▀▀▀▀██▄┐ │ ▄█▄███ ▀▀▀ ███ ▒▓█ ▀▀▀ ▓▒░ ███ ░▒▓ ▓██│ │███ ▓██ ▓▒░ ██▓ ▓██ ░▒▓ █▓▒ ▓██ ▒▓█▀▀▀ │ :██▓ ▒▓█ █▓▒ ██▓ ███ ▒▓█ ██▓ ▓██ ▓██ ░▒▓: │██▓ ░▒▓ ██▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ▓██ ███ ▒▓█│ │▀██▄▄▄▄▄███ ▀█▄█▀ ███ ███ ███ ███▄▓█▀│ └sL!(sac)────── <06.25.98> ─────────────┘ -Filenames: DVNMC??.ZIP Take the characters and the idea of Mech Warrior and throw it all into a RTS like game and that's what you have here. Certainly not worth the 89 disks, unless your nuts about the theme of Mech Warrior. No sound and very small characters to deal with made this game quite dull. Sure you can blow up basically everything, like the trees, little guys, walls, etc, but the fact that you have to aim the little crosshairs on objects the size of YOUR small penis, makes it annoying. Plus the battles between your mech warriors and the other mech's are tediously long as it takes many shots to kill them and waiting between shots can be painfully long. This one simply ain't that hot. RATING: 66/100 MORTAL KOMBAT 4 (c) MiDWAY [xx/09] ▄██▀██▄ ▐█▄ █▄ ▐██▌ ▐██▌ ▀ ▀▀ ▀▀ ▀▀▀▀▐█▓▌▓█▀▀▀ ▀▀▀ ▀ ▀ ▐██▌ ▐██▌██▄▀█▀██▄▀██▄▐█▀▐█▓▌▄ ▐█▀██▄▀▄██▄ ▐██▌▄██▀ ▐▓█▌▌ ██▓ ▐██▌▌ ▐██▌██ ▌ ▐██▌█ ██▌ ▐██▌ ▄██▀▄██▌▌ ▄▄▄▀▄██▌ ▐██▌██▌ ▐██▌█ ▐██ ▐██▌▐██▌ ▐█▓▌▌▐██▌ ▐█▓▌▌ ▐█▓▌█▓▌▌ ▐█▓▌█ ▐█▓ ▐██▌ ▀██▄█▀█▌█▄▀██▄█▀█▌█▄██▀▄██▌█▄▐█▓▌▀ ██▓ ▄▄▄ ▐██▌-bd! ▀███▄███ -Filenames: PDMMK4?.ZIP The classic fighting game returns to the PC once again. Nothing much has changed, OTHER than a "3d-like" arena, so many more new characters, new moves and lotsa new ways to practice or fight. You guys dont need much of an explanation. The graphics are beautiful (if you are able to use f5, i think) and the sound and action are just like the arcade (get a subwoofer, 2nd best 20 bucks you can spend on your pc). If you never really had a thing for fighting games, you won't be entranced by them by getting this, but I'm sure I don't need to tell you to either d/l or not d/l this, cuz you all know what it is, quality fighting and at a low disk cost! Provides hours of entertain- ment, but you know you'll get bored of it soon enough. RATING: 84/100 Jackpot Slots V1.5 32 bit Regged [XX/02] Wo. .......... ..oeeeu..um-.n $$$$WWWW$$$$$$$$$$$$$Wu .e$$$$$$*$$*`u* "*$$$$$$$$$$$$$**$$$$$$W +""` ``iW$" i" .oe$$$$^* ``(U@"2# W~ `"*$$$$! :W$$" W~ .uW$$$$$$$^ .e$" :# X? ~$$$$! x$$$# WU+*""$$$$$$$ .e$$T @ :* :$$$$~ .oWWWW$$$$ :T` 2*#" x$$$$ U~ W*:....m$$$$$ ```"$$$$$~ @ ..m"` ...u$$$$~ :T U? ``` :$$$$? ?$$$T W!ue$$e. ue@$$$$$$$" .* :* ..... W$$$$ .eeeo$$$* x***$$$$$x "` `R$$$$" .@` $*"````"@$$$$~ ""*$$$$# x# "$$$$$. .$$$#`.oT..U? .$$$$# W$*#`.+" ?$$$$W u$*"(ue$$$$$$$$$WeeuW$$*# u@*CieW$eeou..u*$$$$$u+ .x*"CoW$$$***$$$$$$$$$$*"` .uW$W$$$$$$$$$$*"` T$$$*" <(!+*""`` ``""**#" m**"""````""***" #"`[DK] -Filenames: DKJ3215?.ZIP This group is beginning to piss me off. They keep releasing these stupid SW games w/ reg codes and the games are all similar. All are dumb slot games that suck really bad. This one is NO exception. For christ sakes, when you lose it makes a big *EHHH* sound. If any casino ever did that, they would be the poorest casino in the world. Everyone knows you only make sounds when people win. Anyway, this zip contains more garbage than Oscar the Grouch's home. RATING: 37/100 BERZERKER BIRDS (c) ASTREAUX [XX/32] ┌─── ███ ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ░▒▓ ▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀██▄ ▀▀▀▀██▄┐ │ ▄█▄███ ▀▀▀ ███ ▒▓█ ▀▀▀ ▓▒░ ███ ░▒▓ ▓██│ │███ ▓██ ▓▒░ ██▓ ▓██ ░▒▓ █▓▒ ▓██ ▒▓█▀▀▀ │ :██▓ ▒▓█ █▓▒ ██▓ ███ ▒▓█ ██▓ ▓██ ▓██ ░▒▓: │██▓ ░▒▓ ██▓ ███ ███ ▓██ ███ ▓██ ███ ▒▓█│ │▀██▄▄▄▄▄███ ▀█▄█▀ ███ ███ ███ ███▄▓█▀│ └sL!(sac)────── <06.26.98> ─────────────┘ -Filenames: DVNBBD??.ZIP The fact that this game is 32 disks and sucks so bad and the game looks like it was from 3 disks pisses the hell outta me. This game sucks BADLY for it's size. It's one of those "made with macromedia" games, or whatever the hell it is. You're this horribly ugly bird on a surf board and it's the usual fly around the one screen and shoot the enemies, until you get to the next level. The graphics at certain points (like the block like colored ascii looking gfx that were just in VGA) reminded me a lot of my commodore 64. This game is a waste of space and time. It's as if someone tried to make it seem better by putting the gfx in vga mode. To simplify, this game is like taking an ascii and converting it to a .jpg/.gif. RATING: 30/100 Ancient Evil(c)Roadshow Interactive[X/13] ______ /| ___ /\______ /\______ / \/ | / _ \ / _____/ _____>1 / |_ / |/ | \\____ \ \____ \ 9 < | < / | / | \/ | \ 9 \ _____\_<____|___\_____ /\_____ / 8 +==\/=====================\/====hh!\/==+ -Filenames: CLSAEV??.ZIP This game was a little buggy at least with the video. The pointer dragged and skipped a lot and it just didn't seem to be a well made game. It's an RPG like diablo, but to be honest, doesn't even deserve to be compared with it. If you like the more simple kind, and have a lot of spare time and feel the need to d/l something, go ahead, but I'm telling you it's crappy. The gfx were about the only thing slightly decent. Hey does anyone here notice a trend? I get my 3dfx card and all of a sudden every game is some lame homemade like game that I coulda ran on a 386 with a plain 2d video card. RATING: 48/100 ========================================= NOISY VIDEO POKER and BLACKJACK 95 v4.8 Poker and Blackjack Games for Windows 95 Great sounds, real cards, and a beautiful user interface make this the best video poker and video blackjack simulation available. The included sounds make even losing fun. ========================================= -Filenames: DKNPBJ1?.ZIP HAHAAHAHAHA, how funny is that diz? "The included sounds make even losing fun." Bwhahahaha. Who the *FUCK* are they kidding? Oh my god, who the hell are these lying saps? Anyway the game had a runtime error, which actually made me happy, b/c I didn't even want to have to see another one of these "Ultisoft" releases from DK. I think I should ban reviewing them and there stupid boring casino games. RATING: NA/100 ======================================================== Power Play Slots v1.4 Suite 16 and 32 Bit Regged [02/02] <overly large DK diz removed> ======================================================== -Filename: DKPPS14.ZIP ========================================================== Double Wild Slots v1.3 Suite 16 and 32 Bit Regged [xx/02] <overly large DK diz removed> ^^? ========================================================== -Filename: DKDWS13.ZIP ======================================================== Wild Seven Slots v1.3 Suite 16 and 32 Bit Regged [xx/04] <overly large DK diz removed> ======================================================== -Filenames: DKWSS1?.ZIP See other reviews and insert "slots" into the game description. RATING: 37/100 ON THE BALL 2 (c) ASCARON [xx/38] ______ /| ___ /\______ /\______ / \/ | / _ \ / _____/ _____>1 / |_ / |/ | \\____ \ \____ \ 9 < | < / | / | \/ | \ 9 \ _____\_<____|___\_____ /\_____ / 8 +=\/======================\/====hh!\/==+ -Filenames: CLSOTB??.ZIP Yet another soccer MANAGER game. However, this one had some realistic options like embezzlement, illegal funding, etc. Also, in my short exam of this one, your players, if not controlled properly, call the press names, like one of my players called the press an "IDIOT" and I was supposed to calm him down. Certainly an impressive amount of detail in this one, but then again, I ask the same question I've asked many times, Who the hell wants to manage a soccer team and not get to play at all? RATING: 59/100 Pinball Soccer '98 (c) PG [xx/36] ______ /| ___ /\______ /\______ / \/ | / _ \ / _____/ _____>1 / |_ / |/ | \\____ \ \____ \ 9 < | < / | / | \/ | \ 9 \ _____\_<____|___\_____ /\_____ / 8 +=\/======================\/====hh!\/==+ -Filenames: CLSPOS??.ZIP This is ONE of the best pinball games I've seen for the PC. I dunno what it is exactly, but it's just really good and realistic. The view is not the typical boring overhead, but more the view you would get as a the height of a 13 year old kid playing at a real machine. The theme of soccer is one that hasn't been used frequently and they make use of all soccer elements in this one. Guys run out on the field, a big soccer ball in the middle comes out. A great pinball game for any soccer fan, and if it weren't so big, it would be worth it for everyone else too. RATING: 74/100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*> THE GAME OF THE WEEK <*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Two GOTWs this week, and both happen to go to PARADIGM, one for MK4, and the other for ROBO RUMBLE. MK4, you know it, quality stuff there, and ROBO RUMBLE takes the usual RTS and twists it slightly. Congrats to PDM for the fine releases. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- <*> CORRECTIONS <*> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -I failed to mention that the X-COM game was a sim game as opposed to the past ones which were not. Sorry for not stating that. -Also, remember how I kept saying Rockman was like Megaman? Well that's because IT IS, except it's the Japanese version. 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