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ACE issue 11 is dated August 1988 and priced at £1.50

News[]

16-Bit War
Hewson go 16-Bit
Big splash from Big Apple
Jeff on stage
Tandy CD-ROM does it all?
The Phone Game
Musical Bonus
Repeat Powerplay
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Birds?
Is Big Beautiful?

Snippets[]

Galdregon's Domain - Atari ST

Debut - Atari ST

Joe Blade II - Spectrum

Black Tiger - Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST

The Fury - Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC

19: Part One: Boot Camp - Spectrum, C64

Dream Warrior - Spectrum, C64, Amstrad CPC, PC

Rally Run - Amiga, Atari ST

Mars Corps - Amiga, Atari ST

Coming Attractions[]

Barbarian II

Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Oops

StarRay

Tetra Quest

1943

Features[]

Graphics: Back to Basics

Flare

Whos Bad!? - Games for programmers

Interviews with Jon Ritman, David Braben, Steve Bak, Steve Turner, Raff Cecco, Chris Hinsley, John Phillips, Realtime, Mike Singleton.

Carry on Screaming: Feature on Frustrating Games.

It Hurts But I Like It - Batman, Bounder, Nebulus, Tetris, Thrust, Xor
It Just Hurts... - Army Moves, Barbarian, Eco, Predator

Music: Budget Ivory

Reviews[]

Arcades[]

Vindicators

Bas

Vulcan Venture

Operation Wolf

Dragon Ninja

Screen Test[]

Game Title Publisher Format Reviewer Gra IQ Aud Fun Rat
Whirligig Firebird Atari ST Andy Smith 9 5 8 8 868
Dark Side Incentive Spectrum Bob Wade 8 7 2 6 904
Dark Side Incentive Amstrad CPC Bob Wade 9 7 3 6 915
Skate Crazy Gremlin C64 Bob Wade 7 2 7 7 612
Skate Crazy Gremlin Spectrum Bob Wade 6 2 3 7 600
Alien Syndrome Ace Atari ST Rod Lawton 7 2 2 6 511
Alien Syndrome Ace C64 Rod Lawton 7 2 6 6 499
Mickey Mouse Gremlin Spectrum Bob Wade 8 3 6 8 743
Pandora Firebird Atari ST Steve Cooke 8 6 4 6 678
Pandora Firebird C64 Steve Cooke 4 6 4 4 440
Shackled US Gold Atari ST Steve Cooke 4 1 2 3 356
Shackled US Gold C64 Steve Cooke 3 1 2 3 369
Shackled US Gold Spectrum Steve Cooke 2 1 1 2 297
Shackled US Gold Amstrad CPC Steve Cooke 4 1 2 3 380
Killdozers Lankhor Atari ST Bob Wade 5 4 6 6 589
Desolator US Gold Amstrad CPC Bob Wade 4 2 3 5 505
Desolator US Gold Spectrum Bob Wade 4 2 3 5 505
Virus Firebird Atari ST Andy Wilton 10 3 6 9 981
Star Fleet I Electronic Arts Amiga Andy Smith 1 3 2 6 386
Star Fleet I Electronic Arts Atari ST Andy Smith 1 3 2 6 363
The Great Giana Sisters Go! C64 Rod Lawton 7 3 6 8 701
The Great Giana Sisters Go! Atari ST Rod Lawton 8 3 7 8 713
The Great Giana Sisters Go! Amiga Rod Lawton 8 3 7 8 713
Marauder Hewson C64 Bob Wade 8 2 8 8 791
Phantasm Exocet Atari ST Rod Lawton 6 3 5 6 404
Aaargh! Melbourne House Amiga Andy Smith 8 1 7 6 261
Sargon III Logotron Amiga Rod Lawton 1 10 6 6 553
Peter Beardsley's International Football Grandslam Atari ST Andy Smith 6 2 6 6 392
The Sentinel Firebird Amiga Andy Wilton 8 9 6 6 963
Street Fighter Go! Spectrum Bob Wade 410
Hercules: Slayer of the Damned Gremlin Spectrum Andy Smith 339
Vixen Martech Amstrad CPC Andy Smith 452
Every Second Counts TV Games C64 Bob Wade 363

Updates[]

Game Title Publisher Format Reviewer Rat
Platoon Ocean Atari ST Andy Wilton 668
Leatherneck Microdeal Amiga Andy Wilton 897
Buggy Boy Elite Amiga 833
Return to Genesis Firebird Amiga 624
Black Lamp Firebird Amiga 825
Lords of Conquest Electronic Arts Atari ST 848
Dark Castle Mirrorsoft C64 580
Starring Charlie Chaplin US Gold Spectrum -

Pilgrim[]

Game Title Publisher Format Lnd Sys Cha Enc Rat
Corruption Rainbird Amiga/ST/PC 93 92 91 95 920
Legend of the Sword Rainbird Atari ST 75 92 79 65 815
Mindfighter Activision C64/Spec/Ams/Amiga/PC/ST 88 68 91 65 820

News

Dungeons & Dragons: Heroes of the Lance Preview
Mediagenic to release Infocom compilation pack (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Zork I, Leather Goddesses of Phobos
The Bard's Tale III: The Thief of Fate & Wasteland also previewed.

Tricks 'n' Tactics[]

Platoon - Map

Samurai Warrior: The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo

Oids

Dan Dare II: Mekon's Revenge - Solution

Mercenary: The Second City

Impossible Mission

Carrier Command

Cybernoid - Map

Zybex

OutRun

Starquake

Target; Renegade

North Star

Play by Mail[]

New Order - 6/10

Chronicles - 8/10

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