P474 Teletext 474 Dec22 23:32:18 —————————————————— CLASSIC HOT TOPIC — Dear Digitisjr Leopard, Let's examine rental's pros and cons: For: You can try games before buying As a result, sales of good games will increase, and vice vjrsa Dui to more selective customers, software houses will HAVE to make better games, or they won't sell. So we'll get better games. continues... ——————————————————————————————————1/8—— Arise Sir Year 471 Charts 476 TEST YOUR NEWS SENSE - p328 ITV (ips Compymania Fun & Games CinemasP474 Teletext 474 Dec22 23:20:17 ———————————————— CLASSIC HOT TOPIC ———— ...continued With carts, there's no fear of piracy US consumers demanded rental and got it - why not us? Sega already allows £2 rental through Ritz and Blockbuster: conj on, Nintendo, stop being so shortsighted. Against: Manufacturers say they'll lose sales - unlikely if a free market is ensured. Jar Hayre, Maidstonj ——————————————————————————————————2/8—— Features 480 Generator 440 WIN! WEN! WIN! FUN & GAMES p4u0 Tips Compznania Fun & Games CinemasP474 Teletext 474 Dec22 23:30:33 —————————————————— CLASSIC HOT TOPIC — Dear Digitisjr, The advantages of product placement: It may help lower game prices Games may benefit from added realism Advjrtisjrs may "push" software companies to make better games. And the disadvantages: In the long run, if more games feature real-life products, they'll look dull and lifeless. ...continues ——————————————————————————————————3/8—— Features 480 Generator 440 WEN! WEN! WEN! FUN & GAMES p450 Tips Compznania Fun & Games CinemasP474 Teletext 474 Dec22 23:28:11 —————————————————— CLASSIC HOT TOPIC — ...continued Using products may make programmers lazy. Instead of inventing wonderful new sprites and backdrops, they may just copy Penguin wrappers or whatever. Overall, there are some great games with products in (James Pond 2, Batman Returns*. But if software houses use adverts too often, games will suffer. Atman Mehta, Chjltenham Whoooooosh. ——————————————————————————————————4/8—— Turner the Worm 448 "Hunter" 626 HAVE YOU MET BAMBER YET? p458 Tips Compynanja Fun & Games CinemasP474 Teletext 474 Dec22 23:21:27 —————————————————— CLASSIC HOT TOPIC — Dear Digitisjr, Is the games mag market too crowded? I reckon there are 10 Amiga mags, two ST, three Nintendo, three Sega, one PC and three multi-format (Digi included). This is only rough, as I imagine there are many more than this. But I don't think 22 gaming mags is excessive. I can think of 17 njwspapjrs; from these you get a heck of a lot of good and, in some, not-so-good reading. ...continues ——————————————————————————————————5/8—— MK special 475 Rjvjew of 1993 471 NATIONAL & REGIONAL WEATHER p180 ITV Tips Compzmania Fun & Games CinemasP474 Teletext 474 Dec22 23:31:37 —————————————————— CLASSIC HOT TOPIC — ...continued It's the same with computer mags, and I actually think it's quite healthy. The mag market is doing fine, and if it remains stable and doesn't go like washing powders (Super Mag for games, Super Mag for tips, Super Mag for this and that), then it should bj OK. Patrick Grady, Invjrnjss One of Grady's more concise efforts. ——————————————————————————————————6/8—— Features 480 Generator 440 WEN! WEN! WIN! FUN & GAMES p450 Tips Compzmania Fun & Games CinemasP474 Teletext 474 Dec22 23:11:30 ——————————————————————————————————————— What's that dripping with bad soup? Not the Databank. And not you: you're too busy sending us horse and cobbler. Owing to our flood of festive poo, this Hot Topic will just run and run until it stops, prob-ly for a month. So we give three subs to different gaming mags from Future's savoury selection. And for this prize, we ask you: WHAT WAS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT EVENT IN THE GAMING WORLD IN 1993 DIGITJSER, PO BOX 297, LONDON SW6 1XT ——————————————————————————————————7/8—— LETTERS OVER v0 WORDS WILL BE "TAILED" WHAT'S ON AT YOUR CINEMA p613 Tips Compznania Fun & Games CinemasP474 Teletext 474 Dec22 23:29:41 WITH PAT WALKER ————————— — "How are your Christmas plans going I'm hoping to have some friends over for dinner. My best mate, Gary Clark, said he'd conj, but none of the others have replied yet." "Still, old "Clarkuss" is usually good for a laugh, so no matter what happens, this'll bj a great Christmas!" ——————————————————————————————————8/8—— WRITE TO PAT AT THE USUAL ADDRESS BAMBER THE MAMBA SAMBAS ON p458 Tips Compznania Fun & Games Cinemas