Cover of the June 1989 issue of The Games Machine
The Games Machine was a gaming magazine published in the U.K. that covered both console and computer games. It was relatively short-lived being published only from 1987 to 1990. The June 1989 issue includes:
Regulars
- TGM News and Previews - A story about how Konix is upgrading their console to have 256K RAM (from 128K) before release; Sega Mega Drive release in the UK delayed until early 1990; Sam Coupe release delayed until September; plus previews of Xenon II, Hawkeye, Sleeping Gods Lie, Battle Chess, Altered Beast, Interphase, Murders in Venice, and more.
- Review Catalogue - Tons of reviews for the Amiga (Airball, American Ice Hockey, Archipelagos, Battle Hawks 1942, Battle Tech, Bio Challenge, Blood Money, Chuckie Egg II, Crazy Cars II, Danger Freak, Dark Side, The Duel - Test Drive II, Forgotten Worlds, Grand Monster Slam, Kick Off, The Kristal, Mayday Squad, Milliennium 2.2, Operation Neptune, Pac-Land, Raider, Real Ghostbusters, The Running Man, Steve Davis World Snooker, and Victory Road), Atari ST (American Ice Hocky, Archipelagos, Battle Hawks 1942, Bio Challenge, Butcher Hill, Chicago 30s, Chuckie Egg II, Dark Side, Forgotten Worlds, Kick Off, The Kristal, MAyday Squad, Millennium 2.2, Operation Neptune, Pac-Land, Populous, Raffles, Real Ghostbusters, and Steve Davis World Snooker), Amstrad CPC (Dark Fusion, Forgotten Worlds, Pac-Land, and Navy Moves), Commodore 64 (Danger Freak, Dark Fusion, Forgotten Worlds, Powerdrome, Real Ghostbusters, Speedball, and Xenon), MSX (RoboCop and Operation Wolf), PC (American Ice Hocky, Chuck Yeager Advanced Flight Trainer 2.0, Echelon, Kings of the Beach, M1 Abrams Tank, Nebulus, Sinbad, and Times of Lore), and the Spectrum (Butcher Hill, Forgotten Worlds, HATE, Navy Moves, Sanxion: The Remix, Stormlord, and Vindicators).
- Confrontation: Coin-Op - A look at some of the latest arcade games including Rompers (Namco), Mechanised Attack (SNK), The Final Round (Konami), Super Off Road (Leland), Turbo Out Run (Sega), and more.
- Robin Candy's Playing Tips - Game tips for Populous on the Atari ST, Pipeline, Sanxion on the Spectrum, Rocket Ranger, Kensiden on the Sega Master System, Altered Beast on the Mega Drive, Mike Tyson's Punch Out on the NES, Double Dragon on the Sega Master System, and much more.
- Fantasy Games - A look at some of the latest releases in the pen and paper RPG world including the Earth/Cybertech Sourcebook and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay.
- Back Bytes - 16-bit music sampling for the Atari ST and Amiga, a guide to repair services, a look at multiuser games, and more.
- Console Dawn! - A look at new and upcoming 16-bit consoles including the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis), Super Famicom, and PC-Engine. Plus a look at new games for both 8- and 16-bit consoles including the Atari 2600.
- A Captive Audience - A look at upcoming Capcom arcade conversions including Black Tiger (Spectrum, Amstrad, Atari ST, Amiga, and Commodore 64) and Strider, and Ghouls 'N' Ghosts. I also learned from this article that Capcom is short for Captive Communications. Learn something new every day...
- Gallery - Artwork created with something called the Spaceward Supernova Paint System which was apparently hardware system consisting of a 68020 based computer with 12MB RAM, and 600MB hard disk controlled by a graphics tablet.
- Jez San - Confessions of a Coder - The second of a multi-part look at the making of Argonaut's F-117A Aggressor. In this part, Ian Crowther recounts the various issues they ran across.
Table of Contents from the June 1989 issue of The Games Machine
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