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 Issue 85April 1989
Meet the groovy April guys (and girlie)GRAHAM TAYLOR 
   HISTORY Graduated from the Vienna Conservatorium at the age of six, studied under Berlioz and then joined the Southend PhilharmonicJIM DOUGLASPLAYS Steinway grand piano and kazoo
 INFLUENCES Karlheinz Stockhausen, James Joyce, Timothy Leary and George Formby
 HOBBIES Erecting satellite dishes, wrestling with cats and cleaning weeds from the goldfish pond
 MESSAGE "In an indeterminate universe, only the subjectivity of the observer maintains the dualism of the animus. Right?"
 
   HISTORY "Elvis Costello came up and spoke to me once in the Wimpy. He said, 'Push off ya git, I was in front of you'."ALISON SKEATPLAYS Saxophone (actually he jigs about in the background holding a sax and looks moody
 INFLUENCES Mickey Rourke in 9½ Weeks ("Now there's a guy I can identify with")
 HOBBIES Ignoring Sam Fox in Stringfellows ("I hate fat bimbos")
 MESSAGE "Never trust women"
 
   HISTORY Auditioned for Buck's Fizz' new girlie - was laughed off the stageTIM NOONANPLAYS Triangle and with certain other members of the band
 INFLUENCES Sheena (serious) Easton, Bananarama (they're so talented) and her mate Kelly who was in the Stu Stu Studio Line advert
 HOBBIES Picking up Greek/Spanish/Italian male tourists outside the Hippodrome ("I'm very cosmopolitan me")
 MESSAGE "Always keep your dancing knickers ironed"
 
   HISTORY Lead chair chucker at Millwall v LutonCHRIS JENKINSPLAYS Drums and the silly fellow
 INFLUENCES Lager and vindaloo
 HOBBIES Getting thrown out of pubs/clubs/salvation army hostels
 MESSAGE "I'll 'ave you John, you're well aat of order"
 
   HISTORY Born on the planet Zob, came to Earth in 1960 and has been trying to absorb our strange culture ever sincePLAYS Synths that make widdly widdly noises, Japanese woodflute and zither
 INFLUENCES Klaus Schultz, Tangerine Dream, Kraftwerk and various other German hippies
 HOBBIES Trying to get Sabrina to notice him in Stringfellows
 MESSAGE "Phasers on stun, sequencers armed and pump up the volume"
 AdventureThe Sorceress
 ZapChat
 Jon Riglar
 Technical
 Andrew Hewson, Rupert Goodwins
 Contributors
 Tony "Saucy" Dillon
 Chris "Whingey" Jenkins
 Advertisement manager
 Katherine "Top Girlie" Lee
 Advertising executive
 Martha Moloughney
 Ad production
 Emma "Choccy Face" Ward
 Publisher's assistant
 Debbie Pearson
 Publisher
 Terry "Location Unknown" Pratt
 Marketing
 Clive "Starless and Bible Black" Pembridge
 This month's cover Brian Talbot | 
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| ADVANCED SOCCER SIMULATOR | MAD |  | BLASTEROIDS | Image Works |  | CAPTAIN BLOOD | Infogrames |  | CHICAGO 30'S | US Gold |  | COLOSSEUM | Kixx |  | DNA WARRIOR | Artronic |  | ELIMINATOR | Hewson |  | FAST FOOD | Code Masters |  | HIT SQUAD | Code Masters |  | PACLAND | Grandslam |  | REPTON MANIA | Superior/Alligata |  | ROCK STAR ATE MY HAMSTER | Code Masters |  | RUN THE GAUNTLET | Ocean |  | RUNNING MAN | Grandslam |  | SAS COMBAT SIMULATOR | Code Masters |  | STREET GANG FOOTBALL | Code Masters |  | TITANIC | Kixx |  | WANDERER | Elite |  |  | COVER GAME |  | The Running Man   They seek him here, they seek him there, they seek that chappie with the big machine-gun everywhere. But where has he ended up? In SU, of course. It's the Running Man, it's Big Arnie Schwarzenegger, it's Grandslam Software and it's here now. We rather like it, which is good news because we don't like being horribly crushed and mangled by weightlifters. Read the review if you don't want to suffer the same fate. |  | MEGATAPE 14 |  | Worralorra luverly tape we've got for you this month! After the overwhelming success of Escape we've decided to give you another adventure as well as one of the best arcade games of all time and a berilliant playable demo! Cyclone is a fabulous 3D helicopter attack game. It's even more fun than ooh, let's say another helicopter game we could mention ... and we're confident you'll love it. Portals of P'Thall is a follow up to the success of Escape - last month's adventure. It seems there are a lot of people out there who would like things other than arcade games and we'll try to cater them from time to time. Portals is a sort of magic, strategy, adventurey sort of thing and it's loads of fun and will last for ages. Finally we've got a fab playable demo of Captain Blood, one of the most sophisticated programs we've seen for ages. |  | PREVIEWS |  | What EXACTLY have you done to deserve all these goodies? There's the third Renegade game,; there's pectoral bulging action in Arnie Schwarzenegger's Red Heat; and for the weeds there's the cutesy Puffy's Saga and goodie-goodie Thunderbirds. And that's just a sniff, a little nibble, a teensy bitette of the excitement in store for GOOD people |  | FEATURES |  | Sinclair User Saves The World - Again!Only now can it be told! The true* story of how we fought off an alien invasion. Shudder with fear at the Attack of the Dildoids in pin-sharp focus.
 *NB: The word "true" must be very loosely interpreted in this case
 Big Pinball Special FeatureIf your idea of a good time is flicking silver balls around glass cases while lights flash in your eyes, you'll rather enjoy this. It's Our Man in the Dark Glasses reporting on the latest in PBT (Pin Ball Technology, dope).
 PosterWhat can we say about this month's Timescanner poster except that it nestles with almost innocent ease slap bang in the middle of the mag?
 |  | COMPETITIONS |  |   Win Some Muscles!Not strictly true, we aren't going to send you a cardboard box of severed limbs. Mummy wouldn't like that would she? In fact you can win berilliant Weider weight-training gear and make yourself look just like muscular Arnie Schwarzenegger in our Running Man compo.
 Win A Space Chuff-Chuff!If the greatest ambition in your life is to be a train driver, firstly it's not as much fun as it used to be in the good old days of steam, and secondly you can win an entire train layout in our fabulous H.A.T.E. competition. It's no ordinary train either, it's a super spiffing futuristic Turbo Train. Lotsa games 'n' posters to win too!
 Win A Flying JoystickIt looks like something from the cockpit of an F-16, but it plugs into your Spectrum to control any joystick-compatible game! More to the point, you can get one for NOWT in our Entertainments International contest. Many games are up for grabs also.
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