From: din@grad1.cis.upenn.edu (Clarence Din)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video
Subject: TurboPlay magazine "review"
Date: 23 Jul 92 13:24:18 GMT
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

Okay, Turbopeople (silly isn't it?  Turbopad, Turbostick, TurboKid, etc.),

	Here's my semi-objective, but highly enlightening "review" of the
newest issue of TurboPlay (June/July)...

	Pages 6 and 7 display the new TTI ad, entitled "This ain't exactly
Kansas anymore, kid!"  There are some never-before-seen-in-print screen shots
of many popular TG-16 titles.  Cool!  Even Fighting Street looks good!
There's even a free video giveaway (probably the one you see in Toys R Us
stores)!!!  Even cooler!
	The Turbo Tips section includes hints for Addams Family, Bonk's Rev,
Valis 3, Raiden, and Turrican.
	The feature article is entitles "Bonk to the Future" and gives us
more than a dozen never-before-seen screen shots of the upcoming Bonk's
Thunder Shooting to make our mouths drool!  There is also a history of Bonk
in a special section and news about Bonk 3 and an RPG Bonk to come in the
future.  Bonk 3 has a powerup to make you into a gigantic-size Bonk (1/6
of the screen... really!) and allows for 2-player simultaneous play.  SNES
Mario lovers... eat your heart out!
	The Turbo News section talks about the CD-ROM lowering in price (old
news), the TG-16 lowering in price (old news), and the Turbo Duo being set
to release on October 10 (semi-old news).  Decent-looking screen shots of
the games packaged with the Duo (or Super System Card), but they made Dungeon
Explorer look loads better than Y's Book 1 and 2!!!
	There are reviews of Neutopia 2, Falcon, and Lords of the Rising Sun
in the Closer Look section.  Neutopia 2 looks to be about a 7/10, Falcon is
about a 6 or 7/10, and Lords is an 8/10, but don't take these "averages"
seriously.  Take a look at the article for the breakdowns!
	Games Around the World is my favorite section simply because of their
coverage of Japanese games.  This month, they do a mini-review on Valis:
Fantasm Soldier (graphics are about the same as Valis 3), Coryoon (cute...
in the Fantasy Zone and Monster Lair genre), Future Boy Conan (looks very
cartoony), Terraforming (okay-looking... probably bad screen shots... I've
seen better screen shots of the game), Twin Bee (vertical shooter... HUGE
bosses!  The firepower looks fantastic (you have these pillars of fire which
shoot from your ship), Cyber Dodgeball (2-D "sports" game... yick), Macross
(very graphically impressive), Babel (an RPG), Parodius (any cute graphics
game... but done EXTREMELY WELL... just look at the screen shot of the
"Shiva" woman!!!  And... it's on an 8-MEG Hu-Card!!!).
	In the Coming Soon section, there are screen shots of Dead Moon
(Sept), Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu (Aug), and TV Sports Baseball (Sept).
Looks like Buster Bros (aka Pomping World) has been bumped up to some
"future" month (last issue said it would be ready in Aug or Sept).
	There's a lot in this issue to digest, so pick up a copy wherever
TG-16 stuff is sold!

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Clarence K. Din
Programmer/Analyst II, Language Analysis Center, University of Pennsylvania
din@grad1.cis.upenn.edu
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"I have my toys (D-50, SR-16, TG-16 CD-ROM, SNES) and you don't!  Nyah!!!"