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SCD Game Reviews -December 1 - Elvira: Mistress Of The Dark ³B - The Jetsons 2 - Joe Montana Football ³C - Dragon Lord 3 - Nobunaga's Ambition II ³D - Lord of the Rings 4 - James Bond: The Stealth Affair³E - Xmen II: The Fall Of The Mutants 5 - The Amazing Spiderman ³F - Continuum 6 - Rise Of The Dragon ³G - 7 - Bard's Tale III ³H - 8 - Shanghai: The Dragon's Eye ³I - 9 - AirStrike USA ³J - A - Crack Down ³K - 

Product : Continuum By : Infogrames/DataEast Graphic : CGA/EGA/VGA/Tandy Control : Keyboard Sound : PC Internal, Adlib Group : THG Rating : Graphic 6 : Smooth animation, overall not bad. Design 8 : Neat design, one of the kind. Sound 9 : Good number of music tracks, doesn't sound bad. Playability 10 : One of the most playable games around. Overall rating : 8.3 Summary : This is the American version of Alpha Waves, and this one WORKS. Overall, the game is pretty cool with average soundtrack. Very smooth animation even on EGA. Reviewed by Atz 

Product : X-Men II : The Fall Of Mutants By : Paragon Graphic : CGA/EGA/TGA/16VGA? Control : Keyboard, Joystick Sound : PC Internal, Adlib, SOundblaster...etc. Rating : --------- Graphic 7 : The graphic looks pretty good, even though it doesn't seem to be 256 colors. The scrolling screen is quite impressive also. Desgin 7 : Not much to say. Pretty ordinary. Sound 5 : No Sound FX, no digitalize sound, Aarrrghh... Playability 6 : Kinda hard to get around without the DOCs, but if you get into the game long enough, it's not all that hard. Overall Rating : 6-7 Summary : ---------- Welp, here it is, the long awaited X-Men sequal. T...

Product : Lord of the Rings By : Interplay Graphic : Herc/CGA/EGA/TGA/MCGA/256VGA Control : Keyboard/Joystick/Mouse Sound : Nearly All. Group : INC Rating : -------- Graphic 8 : Nice looking graphics, and good portraits. Design 9 : The concept is based on the book, and the plot is nice. Sound 6 : Although it has FX and Music, it is annoying since the FX doesn't sound nice, especially the wolves, but the music was not bad. Playability 7 : I would not call this game fast. A bit slow on response, but it is playable. Overall rating : 7.5 Summary : The game is pretty good, aside from the fact that there is no docum...

Product : Dragon Lord By : Spotlight Graphic : Herc/CGA/EGA/TGA/MCGA/256VGA Control : Keyboard/Joystick/Mouse Sound : PC Internal, Adlib Group : THG Rating : -------- Graphic 8 : Although VGA, The graphic is not so hot by today's standards. It's just plain average Sort-Of-EGAish graphics with more colors, but still look better than EGA. Design 8 : Nice game, good concept. Sound 8 : Not too bad. Playability 10 : A wargame alike, playability has to be 10, or else it is not a game.. Overall rating : 7 Summary : Pretty nice design for the game of this type, a little below average VGA graphics. The game itself is i...

Product : The Jetsons By : Hi Tech Expressions Graphic : CGA/EGA Control : Keyboard/JoyStick Sound : PC Internal Group : INC Release Dt : 11/29/1990 Rating : -------- Graphic 1 : Gawd, they can do WAAAAAAY better than that with 16EGA graphics ! The graphic on this game is a total waste for my monitor. ( And a waste for the Jetsons characters ). Design 2 : Stupid Arcade Game, anyone ? Anyone ? Sound 1 : Beep-O-Beep-beep-O ! Playability 3 : I'll give it some credits for actually putting the help menus into the game. Overall Rating : 1.8 Summary : -------------------- Tired of the sophisticated game like KQ5 and U6 ? Then tr...

Product : Crack Down By : Sega Graphic : Herc/CGA/EGA/TGA/MCGA/256VGA Control : Keyboard/Joystick Sound : PC Internal, Adlib, Tandy 3-Voice. Group : TWA, INC Release Dt : 11/27/1990 Rating : -------- Graphic 7 : 256 colors ? Welp, I guess if they say it's 256 colors, then the game is 256 colors. The graphic looks a lot like the arcade version though. Design 8 : Just like the arcade, nothing to fuzz about. Sound 5 : Nice beeps. No Digitalize FX, and the music is only a little bit less than OK. Playability 8 : Whoa ! This game is actually fast on my 386-20 ! ( A big surprise coming from Sega ) The keys and c...

Product : Air Strike USA By : Spotlight Software Graphic : CGA/EGA/TGA/16VGA Control : Keyboard/Stick/Mouse Sound : PC Internal Group : NEUA Release Dt : 11/29/1990 Rating : -------- Graphic 8 : They did a pretty good job with only 16color VGA. Design 7 : Just like your typical flight simulation type of design, got every info on your panels. Sound 3 : Whoa ?! No Digitalize FX ? No Sound Boards support ? Playability 7 : Kinda hard to figure out certain keys without the Docs. But once you get used to it, flying a jet is a piece of cake. Also, kinda hard to aim at the enemies. Overall Rating : 6.3 Summary : -----...

Product : Shanghai II : Dragon's Eye By : Activision. Graphic : EGA/TGA/MCGA/16VGA(640x400) Control : Keyboard/Joystick/Mouse Sound : PC Internal ( DFX ), Adlib, Soundblaster, Gameblaster LAPC-1, PS/1, Tandy 3-voice, Roland MT-32. Group : NEUA Release Dt : 11/28/1990 Rating : -------- Graphic 8 : Fairly good 640x400 VGA graphic. Too bad it isn't 256 colors. Desgin 9 : Got everything you'll need to know about the game in the menu bar on the top. The game layout looks pretty good too. Sound 8 : Nice Digital Sound FX. Sorta unrealistc though, especially the wind blows. Nice Music. Playability 10 : Docs ? Gimm...

Product: Bard's Tale III By: Electronic Arts Graphics: CGA/EGA Controls: Keyboard/Mouse Sound: IBM Speaker Cracking Group: Fix by THG Ratings ------- Graphics: 6 - EGA, Not much Design: 8 - Not much technological breakthrough Sound: 4 - Same old PC beeper Playability: 7 Overall Rating: 6 Summary: Well to sum it up it plays like the second one and if you have played it on the Commodore then you can expect the same thing. The playability is exactly like the second one. And unfortunately in this day and age so are the graphics. I really think that they had room for improvement on the graphics and sound, but if you liked the 1st and ...