This issue is dated March 1992 and was £2.95. A coverdisk was attached to this issue.
On the Disk[]
Thunderhawk AH-73M (Demo) - 1½ pages (7-9)
Crystal Caves (Shareware Game) - ½ page (8)
Parents (Family Tree Program), Secrets, RAMFree, SimCGA, PKZip (Utilities) - (9-10)
News[]
US Leisure Show puts PCs in pole position - John Minson - 1¼ pages (14-15)
- The Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas features mountains of hype, gems of new releases and trend-setting advances in computer leisure. John Minson save you the air-fare as he returns with the pick of the crop.
Multi-million Mario primed for PC - (14-15)
- Interplay and Software Toolworks sign educational deals with Nintendo.
Bike Bytes - (15)
- Funex Motion Converter (Exercise bike) with 4 games. Final Quest Challenge, RenMan, Geo Quest & Fitness Tracking System.
Synch ports - (16)
- Even more 'cinematic' realism set for PC games in 1992.
More Midi - (19)
- UK company to distribute top music software as the PC vies to dominate the computer music market.
CD-ROM attack - (20)
- As this still fledgling year advances more and more software houses are pinning their colours to the mast with games designed for CD-ROM
Software announcements:-
- Miracle Piano Teaching System (Software Toolworks), The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Serrated Scalpel (Electronic Arts), Tales of Magic: Prophecy of the Shadow (SSI) - (15)
- Patriot, V for Victory: D-Day Utah Beach (Three-Sixty), F-15 Strike Eagle III, Johnny Crash - MicroProse, Grand Prix Unlimited (Accolade), Frederik Pohl's Gateway (Legend) - (16)
- SimAnt, A-Train, RoboSport (Maxis), Plan 9 from Outer Space (Gremlin), Cameo Image 2.1 (Noble Campion), Maupiti Island (Lankhor), Jack Nicklaus' Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition (Accolade) - (18)
- Dark Seed (Cyberdreams), Dress Shop (Livingsoft), Air Bucks (Impressions) - (19)
Hardware announcements:-
- SpectraVideo ProMouse - (18)
- Suzo PC Adapter (Euromax) - (19)
- NCR 3125 - (20)
Features[]
Letters - 3 pages (22-24)
Company Profile: Origin - Tim Smith - 3 pages (27-29)
- Tim Smith reports on the evolving offspring of the US company that brought us the Ultima series and Wing Commander.
Company Profile: Electronic Arts - John Minson - 4 pages (30-33)
- John Minson delivers the lowdown on future offerings from the high-flying US software house Electronic Arts.
Character Building - Mark Ramshaw - 4 pages (40-43)
- Fantasy role-playing games are more popular than ever and with some exciting new releases coming up, Mark Ramshaw charts the genre's past, present and fantastical future.
Opinion: Game Packaging - John Minson - 2 pages (54-55)
- First they take your money, then you get to open the box. John Minson tackles packaging
CD Format - Andy Storer - 1⅓ pages (62-63)
- Andy Storer engages PC Format's regular CD-ROM column with a look at what optical disk technology holds in stor for you.
Space Wars - Paul Rigby - 4 pages (88-91)
- As the software houses continue to vie for dominance in the space-sim market, Paul Rigby examines new contenders in the space race.
Q&A - 3 pages (94-96)
Reviews[]
Games[]
Game Title | Publisher | Reviewer | Pages | Pg no(s) | Score (%) |
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Twilight 2000 | Empire | Mark Ramshaw | 4 | 35-38 | 67 |
HeroQuest | Gremlin | Sean Masterson | 2 | 44-45 | 80 |
Hyperspeed | MicroProse | Cliff Ramshaw | 2 | 52-53 | 64 |
Nova 9 | Dynamix / Sierra On-Line | Richard Longhurst | 2 | 57-58 | 70 |
L'Empereur Napoleon I | Infogrames / Koei | Bob Wade | 2 | 60-61 | 43 |
Stellar 7 (CD Version) | Dynamix / Sierra On-Line | Andy Storer | 0.66 | 62-63 | 62 |
Gods | Renegade | Jason Saunders | 3 | 65-67 | 73 |
Thunderhawk AH-73M | Core Design | Andy Smith | 3 | 72-74 | 78 |
Charge of the Light Brigade, The | Impressions | Richard Longhurst | 0.25 | 103 | 41 |
Deathbringer | Empire | Richard Longhurst | 0.25 | 103 | 50 |
Elvira II: The Jaws of Cerberus | Accolade | Richard Longhurst | 0.25 | 103 | 48 |
Mystical | Action Sixteen | Richard Longhurst | 0.25 | 103 | 65 |
Golden Eagle | Loriciel / Infogrames | Richard Longhurst | 0.20 | 105 | 43 |
Les Manley in: Lost in L.A. | Accolade | Richard Longhurst | 0.20 | 105 | 42 |
Medieval Warriors | Merit Software | Richard Longhurst | 0.20 | 105,106 | 40 |
Rotox | Action Sixteen | Richard Longhurst | 0.20 | 105 | 60 |
Resolution 101 | Gremlin | Richard Longhurst | 0.15 | 106 | 59 |
NeverEnding Story II, The | Linel | Richard Longhurst | 0.15 | 106 | 40 |
Thunderstrike | Gremlin | Richard Longhurst | 0.15 | 106 | 65 |
Tilt | Genias | Richard Longhurst | 0.15 | 106 | 12 |
Children's Software[]
Game Title | Publisher | Reviewer | Pages | Pg no(s) | Score (%) |
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Playroom | Infogrames | Richard Longhurst | 0.80 | 46 | 50 |
Mixed-Up Fairy Tales | Sierra On-Line | Richard Longhurst | 1 | 46-47 | 60 |
Castle of Dr. Brain | Sierra On-Line | Richard Longhurst | 1 | 47-48 | 76 |
Other Software
Game Title | Publisher | Reviewer | Pages | Pg no(s) | Score (%) |
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Composer's Pen, The | Composite Software | Rob Ainsley | 2 | 76-77 | 78 |
Laffer Utilites, The | Sierra On-Line | Richard Longhurst | 0.2 | 105 | 38 |
Public Domain
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Reviews by Jason Saunders and Andy Storer - 4 pages (81-82,84,86)
Software Title | Publisher | Type | Score |
---|---|---|---|
Back & Forth | Progressive Solutions | Program Management | 7/10 |
Hugo II: Whodunit? | David P. Gray | Game | 8/10 |
Super ZZT | Epic Megagames | Game | 6/10 |
CED | Chris Dunford | DOS Utility | 10/10 |
CAT | Anon | DOS Utility | 6/10 |
No | Charles Petzold | DOS Utility | 7/10 |
Winfract | TheStoneSoup Group | Fractal Generator | 9/10 |
Big Desk | I Heath | Virtual Desktop | 9/10 |
Elana | Andrew Rowe | Windows Utility | 9/10 |
Blitzer | Steve Sherman | Game | 7/10 |
Tips[]
Space Quest IV, Wing Commander, Monkey Island 2, Night Shift, Terminator 2, Railroad Tycoon, Golden Axe, Helter Skelter, SimCity, Lemmings - 2 pages (68-69)
Other Credits[]
Consultant Editor
Features Editor
Production Editor
Staff Writers
Art Editor
Graphic Designer
Contributors
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