C+VG Issue 74

C+VG Issue 74
Editor	Tim Metcalfe
Publisher	EMAP
Pages	196
Cover Date	December 1987
Release Date	15 Nov 1987
Previous issue	Issue 73
Next issue	Issue 75

December 1987 issue which cost £1.

News

UMS, Stratton, 500cc Grand Prix, Octapolis - (8)

The Hunt for Red October, Knight Games 2, Roy of the Rovers, Zarch, Sky Fighter, Dr. Fruit, Leviathan, Carrier Command (9)

Pac-Land, Winter Olympiad 88 (10)

Arcade Action - After Burner, Free Kick, Rainbow Islands, Street Fighter, Road Racer, Sky Wolf, Charge, Aaargh!, Road Wars (139)

Adventures - Border Zone, The Lurking Horror (146)

Mean Machines - Missile Defense 3D (174), Salamander, Super Xevious, Highway Star,

Features

Game Related

US Gold Special

OutRun - (1 page) (52)

Coin It - 720°, Side Arms, Bionic Commando, Shackled - (2 pages) (57-58)

Go! - Lazer Tag, Wizard Warz, Fast 'n Furious, Captain America - (2 pages) (60-61)

Gauntlet II - (1 page) (63)

Screenstars - Starring Charlie Chaplin - (1 page) (64)

Fast Lane - Nigel Mansell's Grand Prix - (1.5 pages) (74-75)

Hot Gossip - Tony Takoushi - (1 page) (194)

Space Ranger

Other

Star Trek: The Next Generation - TV Series - John Gilbert - (2 pages) (70-71)

Dreams Come True - Fantasy Role Playing Special - Wayne - (9 pages) (83,85,87-88,90-91,93,95-96)

Frame Up - (2 pages) (122-123)

The Big Screen - Movies - Ward R. Street - (2 pages) (126-127)

Comix - (1 page) (140)

Street Scene (Previews)

Skate or Die, I-Alien, Rimrunner (180)

Jackal, Judge Death, Knightmare, Predator, Out of this World, Dick Special (181)

Reviews

Main Reviews

Game Title	Publisher	Format	Reviewer	Pages	Pg No's	Gra	Sou	Val	Pla
Thundercats	Elite	Spectrum	Tim Metcalfe	1	16-17	8	8	9	9
Thundercats	Elite	Amstrad CPC	Tim Metcalfe	1	16-17	9	9	9	9
Thundercats	Elite	C64	Tim Metcalfe	1	16-17	8	9	9	9
Nebulus	Hewson	C64	Paul Boughton	1	16-17	10	10	9	10
Nebulus	Hewson	Spectrum	Paul Boughton	1	16-17	9	7	9	10
Buggy Boy	Elite	C64	Tim Metcalfe	1	19	9	8	9	10
Captain America	Go!	C64	Ian Machin	1	22	8	8	8	8
Through the Trap Door	Piranha	Spectrum	Ian Machin	1	25	8	7	8	7
Jack the Nipper II	Gremlin	Amstrad CPC	Paul Boughton	0.5	29	9	8	9	9
Jack the Nipper II	Gremlin	Spectrum	Paul Boughton	0.5	29	9	8	8	9
Jack the Nipper II	Gremlin	C64	Paul Boughton	0.5	29	9	8	9	9
Terrorpods	Psygnosis	Amiga	David Bishop	0.5	29	10	10	9	9
Morpheus	Rainbird	C64	Ian Machin	1	32	8	7	8	7
Thunderceptor	Go!	Spectrum	Tim Metcalfe	0.5	34	8	6	7	8
Rygar	US Gold	Spectrum	Tim Metcalfe	0.5	34	6	6	7	8
Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper	Go!	Spectrum	Tim Metcalfe	1	36	8	7	8	9
Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper	Go!	Amstrad CPC	Tim Metcalfe	1	36	9	7	8	9
Implosion	Cascade	C64	Paul Boughton	0.5	39	9	8	8	7
How to be a Complete Bastard	Virgin Games	Spectrum	Lee Paddon	0.5	39	7	5	7	8
How to be a Complete Bastard	Virgin Games	C64	Lee Paddon	0.5	39	7	6	7	8
How to be a Complete Bastard	Virgin Games	Amstrad CPC	Paul Boughton	0.5	39	7	6	4	4
Shoot'em-up Construction Kit	Outlaw	C64	Paul Boughton	0.5	42	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Zig Zag	Mirrorsoft	C64	Ian Machin	0.5	42	8	7	8	7
Cruncher Factory	Anco	Amiga	Chris Jenkins	0.5	44	7	7	10	10
Chuck Yeagar's Advanced Flight Trainer	Electronic Arts	C64	Steve Badsey	0.5	44	7	-	8	9
Action Force	Virgin Games	Spectrum	Tim Metcalfe	1	45	9	7	9	10
Action Force	Virgin Games	C64	Tim Metcalfe	1	45	9	8	9	10

Chuck Yeagar's Advanced Flight Trainer also scored 9 for realism

Arcade Action

Operation Wolf - (1 page) (136)

Wardner - (0.5 page) (137)

Top Speed - (0.5 page) (137)

Adventures

Game Title	Publisher	Format	Reviewer	Pages	Pg No's	Voc	Atm	Per	Val
Passengers on the Wind II	Infogrames	Atari ST, C64	Paul Boughton	1	149	N/A	8	7	7
Plundered Hearts	Infocom	C64, Atari ST, Amiga, Apple II, Mac, PC	Keith Campbell	0.5	151	9	10	7	7
Nord and Bert couldn't make Head or Tail of It	Infocom	C64, Atari ST, Amiga, Apple II, Mac, PC	Keith Campbell	0.5	151	6	N/A	7	7

Mean Machines

Golf - NES - (174-175)

Clu Clu Land - NES - (175)

Ideas Central (Tips)

Red L.E.D., The Last Ninja (77)

Army Moves, Gunship, Tai-Pan (79)

Mean Machines - Kung-Fu Master (175)

Analysis

Type	Pages	%
News	5.5	3%
Features	29	15%
Reviews	18	9%
Previews	3.5	2%
Competitions	10	5%
Comic Strip	4	2%
Other Editorial (Contents, Surveys, etc..)	8	4%
Tips	3	2%
Letters	2.5	1%
Advert: Games	86.5	44%
Advert: Magazines	0	0%
Advert: Other	26	13%
Total Editorial	83.5	43%
Total Adverts	112.5	57%

Credits

Deputy Editor

Paul Boughton

Editorial Assistant

Lesley Walker

Sub Editor

Seamus St. John

Art Editor

Craig Kennedy

Adventure Writers

Keith Campbell, Steve Donoghue, Matthew Woodley

American Correspondent

Marshal M. Rosenthal

Arcades

Clare Edgeley

Software Consultant

Tony Takoushi

Pubisher

Terry Pratt

External Links

You can find this magazine at the World of Spectrum archive.

Issue Index

C+VG Index

Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Xmas
1981											1	2
1982	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
1983	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
1984	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
1985	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50
1986	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62
1987	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74
1988	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86
1989	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	93a	94	95	96	97
1990	98	99	100	101	102	103	104	105	106	107	108	109
1991	110	111	112	113	114	115	116	117	118	119	120	121
1992	122	123	124	125	126	127	128	129	Cover missing 130	131	Cover missing 132	133
1993	Cover missing 134	Cover missing 135	Cover missing 136	Cover missing 137	Cover missing 138	Cover missing 139	Cover missing 140	Cover missing 141	142	143	144	145
1994	146	147	148	149	150	151	152	153	154	155	156	157
1995	158	159	160	161	Cover missing 162	Cover missing 163	Cover missing 164	Cover missing 165	Cover missing 166	Cover missing 167	Cover missing 168	Cover missing 169
1996	170	171	172	Cover missing 173	Cover missing 174	175	Cover missing 176	177	178	179	180	181
1997	182	183	184	185	186	187	188	Cover missing 189	190	191	192	193
1998	194	195	196	197	198	199	200	201	202	203	204	205
1999	206	207	208	209	210	211	212	213	214	215	216	217
2000	218	219	220	221	222	223	224	225	226	227	228	229
2001	230	231	232	233	234	235	236	237	238	239	240	Cover missing 241
2002	242	243	244	245	246	247	248	249	250	251	252	253	254
2003	255	256	257	258	259	260	261	262	263	264	265	266	267
2004	268	269	270	271	272	273	274	275	276	277