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Friday, December 11, 2020

The Games Machine (December 1987)


The Games Machine (December 1987)
The Games Machine was a video game magazine that was published from 1987 until 1990 and covered both consoles and home computers. The second issue from December 1987/January 1988 includes: Features
  • Violence In Software - Mel Croucher accuses the industry
  • Graphics Matter - Robin Candy paints with Degas Elite (ST)
  • Not A Penny More - An adventure story to get you in the mood, specially written for The Games Machine by Robin Waterfield
  • Heavens Above - Getting into Satellite TV with Mel Croucher
  • Licensed to Kill - John Gilbert looks at licences, how they get them, do them and how they turn out
  • The Advertising Game - There's more to games than playing, as Ocean's Steve Blower explains
Regulars
  • News - What's been happening lately
  • Readerpage - The first of The Game Machine's readers' letters
  • Previews - Ocean's Christmas bundle, plus all the important games for tomorrow
  • Reviews - An incredible 38 pages of latest games across the formats rated - sorry, we couldn't fit all of them in!
  • Getting Adventurous - With Rob Steel and two from Infocom among others
  • Fantasy Games - John Woods rounds up some of the best role-playing games, and explains how the system works
  • Music Matters - Jon Bates starts a series on the 'tapeless music studio' by going to the top - the Fairlight CMI
  • Endpiece - Mel's infinitely trivial quiz, and details of next issue's contents
Win!
  • Win A Sports Outfit - Gremlin Graphics have a massive collection of clothes and equipment suitable for Alternative World Games (which you can win as well)
  • Win Yogi Bear Shirt 'N' Shorts - No need to be bear - look smarter than the average in Piranha's natty boxer shorts and T-shirts; and there are copies of the game too
  • Re-Shades - Re-run of the Micronet Shades competition from last issue due to the error made in the copy. Two modems and free subs plus free time on Shades
  • Win A Joystick - Courtesy of Britannia, we have 20 super new hand-held joysticks to give away
...and more!

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