Official feedback for issue 86

[hydr0x]

Yay, finally got it this morning, now lets take a look at our own interview

[Sepp Salerno]

The making of Druid really had me grinning. Love that game. The turbo outrun feature was nice, and it made me want to have a crack on it, as back in the day I turned my nose up at it in arcades (although I'm not sure why - it couldnt have been that bad)

[Darran@Retro Gamer]

Only had a quick flick through thus far but the "appalling box art" quote beneath the Japanese cover for Bare Knuckle II was a bit harsh no? It's a great cover and if anything should accompany that quote, it should have been the PAL cover which has countless flaws.

Just a small moan that I felt compelled to post

Any videogame cover with Jean Claude Van Damme on it (or an unlicensed lookalike) deserves all the hatred you can muster.

[CraigGrannell]

Despite being a big C64 fan, I've always been a little surprised C64 Turbo OutRun was held in such high regard. Aside from the music, I felt crushingly disappointed with it after high hopes from the Zzap!64 review. The car seemed too big and the game was horribly fragmented. I always thought Chris Butler's relatively overlooked Power Drift was a better crack at an impossible-to-convert arcade game.

[merman]

Despite being a big C64 fan, I've always been a little surprised C64 Turbo OutRun was held in such high regard. Aside from the music, I felt crushingly disappointed with it after high hopes from the Zzap!64 review. The car seemed too big and the game was horribly fragmented. I always thought Chris Butler's relatively overlooked Power Drift was a better crack at an impossible-to-convert arcade game.

Power Drift is good, probably deserving of the Sizzler. It's remarkable how much Chris Butler managed to pack into a single load, and Dave Lowe's excellent score suits the action so well.

As for Turbo, it was an impressive attempt to match the scale of the cross-country road race it portrayed. The music in particular is awesome. But I played it from tape, and that multiload really damaged the experience of playing for me. So I would have given that a Sizzler too.

[Duddyroar]

Any videogame cover with Jean Claude Van Damme on it (or an unlicensed lookalike) deserves all the hatred you can muster.

Quoted for truth.

[ncf1]

yeah the C64 version of Powerdriift wasnt too bad but I felt it didnt have enough of the "tilty" action. But what I did to rectify this was place two telephone book underneath the legs of one side of my chair and DWO-LAH! a near-perfect arcade rendition!

[Seadog74]

Liked alot of the magazine. Big fan of Starglider so I enjoyed that. Shame there wasn't more of it.

[Joey]

In the SoR article, the last screenshot in bottom right of 4th page what game is that from?

[Sepp Salerno]

In the SoR article, the last screenshot in bottom right of 4th page what game is that from?

Yeah I was looking at that the other day. wtf?

[delbert_trout]

Only had a quick flick through thus far but the "appalling box art" quote beneath the Japanese cover for Bare Knuckle II was a bit harsh no? It's a great cover and if anything should accompany that quote, it should have been the PAL cover which has countless flaws.

Just a small moan that I felt compelled to post

Any videogame cover with Jean Claude Van Damme on it (or an unlicensed lookalike) deserves all the hatred you can muster.

Just as bizarre to see Gordon Kennedy (that Scottish bloke who used to present the lottery) on there as Max as well

[delbert_trout]

In the SoR article, the last screenshot in bottom right of 4th page what game is that from?

Yeah I was looking at that the other day. wtf?

'Beats of Rage':
http://www.senileteam.com/beatsofrage.html

[Duddyroar]

That screen should have had a caption explaining it was from Beats of Rage, it must have gotten lost on the way to the printers.

[Sepp Salerno]

In the SoR article, the last screenshot in bottom right of 4th page what game is that from?

Yeah I was looking at that the other day. wtf?

'Beats of Rage':
http://www.senileteam.com/beatsofrage.html

[Darran@Retro Gamer]

I'm guessing that the lack of feedback is either an indication that everyone is happy, or that no one has picked up the mag this month.