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Issue 280

If you've been reading the magazine for any length of time, you'll know me to be something of a score chaser.

When I first came across Sky Jinks on the excellent Activision Anthology for Sony's PlayStation 2, I erroneously believed it would be a shooter, similar to 2600 hits like Plaque Attack or River Raid. There may be a plane in Bob Whitehead's game, but its goal is to not shoot down objects, but to instead avoid them.

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WarTech: Senko No Ronde

As a frequent importer of Dreamcast games, I came to love a small studio called G.Rev.

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GAMING 101

Adam Barnes formulates the perfect gaming education for his kids

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FORMULA 1 97

PLATFORM: PLAYSTATION » RELEASED: 1997 » CHEAT TYPE: SECRET STAGE » CHEAT COMPLEXITY: VERY HIGH

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ALIEN SYNDROME

REMEMBER THE BACK OF THE ARCADE, WHERE THE NOT-SO-FLASHY COIN-OPS LURKED IN THE DARKNESS, WAITING TO BE DISCOVERED? BACK IN 1987, THIS IS WHERE YOU'D LIKELY HEAR A BLOODCURDLING FEMALE SCREAM THAT COULD BELONG TO ONLY ONE GAME...

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A MULTITUDE OF MEGA MAGAZINES

Marc Jowett holds the front pages with his impressive Sega magazine collection

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THE MAKING OF EARTHWORM JIM 2

THERE AREN'T THAT MANY GAMES THAT CAN CALL THEMSELVES \"ONE OF THE CRAZIEST ADVENTURES OF ALL TIME\". EARTHWORM JIM 2 IS DEFINITELY ONE OF THE TOP THREE CANDIDATES

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KNUCKLES' CHAOTIX

Released on Sega's 32X add-on for the Mega Drive, Knuckles' Chaotix is a colourful 2D platformer that introduced some unique gameplay elements and new characters, as well as giving Knuckles his only ever starring role

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Evercade Multi-Game Cartridges

BLAZE ENTERTAINMENT FINISHES 2025 WITH A BANG

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ENIGMATIC EXCAVATIONS

GAMES ARE OFTEN CANCELLED, AND THIS WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE IN THOSE TURBULENT EARLY YEARS OF THE UK VIDEOGAMES INDUSTRY. MOST DEVELOPERS WOULD EXPERIENCE A FEW, BUT ENIGMA VARIATIONS AND THE OWNERS' SUBSEQUENT COMPANIES HAD MORE THAN THEIR FAIR SHARE. IT'S TIME TO DISCOVER WHY

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It's-a me, Pauline!

My daughter turned 16 this year, which means I've officially entered the stage of parenthood where anything I say is answered with eye-rolling. It also means I've been thinking a lot about when she was small - specifically the time she inadvertently sent me on one of the strangest, most meaningful missions of my life.

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