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< October-November 2012    September-October 2012    > July-August 2012

COPS! The GX4000 gets some love as Chris reviews an 8-bit shooter that surprised us all by turning out far better than your average film tie-in. Meanwhile, Tom wonders how games like Dead to Rights keep getting sequels. 

ROBOCOP 2 GX4K
1990, Ocean, 2D Run 'n' Gun 16/10/2012
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DEAD TO RIGHTS II PS2
2005, Namco, Shoot 'em up 16/10/2012
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VROOM! Two rocket-fuelled racers for our petrolheads. Shane looks at how incredible craft and the culmination of little details make Forza 3 a modern great, whilst Tom relives the joys of running over the chequered flag man in SMGP.

SUPER MONACO GP SMD
1991, SEGA, Racing 14/10/2012
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FORZA MOTORSPORT 3 X360
2009, Microsoft, Racing 14/10/2012
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BALLS! Contrasting styles and fortunes for today's titles. Chris serves up a dose of Super Tennis, the progenitor of the modern tennis game, whilst Shane suffers through a terrible cartoon movie tie-in. The things our writers go through, honestly. 

SUPER TENNIS SNES
1991, Nintendo, Sport/Tennis 7/10/2012
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SCOOBY-DOO AND THE CYBER CHASE PS
2001, THQ, 3D Platformer 7/10/2012
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BRUTAL! Two fine examples of why sometimes it's kind to be cruel. Alan relives the awesome, violent futuristic sport of Speedball, whilst Tom looks at how new technology can make destruction an art-form in the third PS3 MotorStorm.

SPEEDBALL 2 AMI
1990, Image Works, Extreme Sports 5/10/2012
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MOTORSTORM APOCALYPSE PS3
2011, Sony, Racing 5/10/2012
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JEWELS AND DUELS! Two cracking games this week: a revered puzzler makes a successful transition to the small-screen, and the game that was once known as True Crime: Hong Kong exorcises a few of the series demons.

BEJEWELED TWIST DS
2008, PopCap Games, Puzzler 27/9/2012
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SLEEPING DOGS X360
2012, Square Enix, Sandbox; Adventure 27/9/2012
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LEGO! Ah, the number of puns we could have made around Lego is positively eye-watering. Alan and Tom try their best not to descend too far into such rhetoric with reviews of two excellent portable titles that are (wait for it) clearly built to last. Whoops.

LEGO STAR WARS II PSP
2006, LucasArts, 3D Platformer 22/9/2012
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LEGO BATMAN PSP
2008, Warner Bros Interactive, 3D Platformer 22/9/2012
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_RACING! Well, okay. Racing, and in the case of Driver, er, driving. Chris remembers the GX4000's pack-in speedster whilst Shane charts a modern series' unexpected revival, in two titles separated by 21 years and four generations of gaming.

BURNIN' RUBBER GX4K
1990, Ocean, Racing 18/9/2012
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DRIVER: SAN FRANCISCO X360
2011, Ubisoft, Driving 18/9/2012
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_RETRO! Old is good in gaming, and especially in the case of the evil genius that is Prince of Persia. As if that's not enough vintage goodness, Chris got all misty-eyed over his GX4000. Never heard of it? Now's the time to atone for your sins.

PRINCE OF PERSIA SMS
1990, Domark, 2D Platformer 17/9/2012
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PIXEL MEMORIES: AMSTRAD GX4000
14/9/2012
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_PREVIEW! Rumour has it that Alan needed several new pairs of pants after getting wind of Half-Life remake Black Mesa and retro-modern sandboxer Retro City Rampage. Just to clear this up: The Pixel Empire did not pay for them.

BLACK MESA PC
2012, Black Mesa Modification Team, FPS 12/9/2012
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RETRO CITY RAMPAGE PC PS3 X360 WII 2012, D3 Publisher, Retro; Sandbox 10/9/2012
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_MISCELLANY! It's never been explained how Tom managed to review a spy adventure, a motion-based party game and a handheld golf title in such close proximity, but he's understood to have altered his medication since. 

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE
PS2
2005 12/9/2012
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START THE PARTY! SAVE THE WORLD PS3 2012 2/9/2012
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MARIO GOLF: ADVANCE TOUR 
GBA 2004 21/8/2012
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