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[]
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
Features[]
Graphics: Back to Basics
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[]
Screen Test[]
Game Title | Publisher | Format | Reviewer | Gra | IQ | Aud | Fun | Rat |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Dan Dare II: Mekon's Revenge - Solution
Cybernoid - Map
Play by Mail[]
New Order - 6/10
Chronicles - 8/10
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