Source: Advanced Computer Entertainment – Issue Number 21 – June 1989

Advanced Computer Entertainment (ACE for short) covered games for various computer platforms as well as console platform over the years it was published in the U.K. In 1989 that included the Atari ST, Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Spectrum, PC (DOS), the Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Master System. The June 1989 issue includes:

Specials

• Games Without Frontiers – An article on the impact that CD-ROM will have on gaming. One prediction was that games would become multimillion dollar productions in seven or eight years.

• Playing Roles – The first part in a three-part guide to RPG games. Some games discussed here include The Black Crystal, Ring of Darkness, Swords and Sorcery, Questron II, Wizards Crown, Legend of Blacksilver, Might and Magic, and more.

Gameplay

• Up and Coming – Previews of Xenon II, DDT, RVF, Inner Space, Sporting Triangles, Bomber, Shinobi, Hyperforce, Nightbreed, Tangled Tales, Dominator, Vendetta, Tusker, and more.

• Arcade Ace – A look at some of the latest arcade games including Saint Dragon, Ikari III, Fighting Hawk, Nastar, and Rally Bike.

• Screen Test – Reviews of Voyager (Atari ST), Raider (Amiga), Silkworm (Atari ST), Typhoon Thompson (Atari ST), Grand Monster Slam (Amiga), Hillsfar (Commodore 64), Bio Challenge (Atari ST, Amiga), Stormlord (Spectrum), Fright Night (Amiga), California Games (Sega), Vigilante (Sega), Time Soldier (Sega), Altered Beast (Sega), Time Scanner (Amiga), Run the Guantlet (Atari ST), Kick Off (Atari ST), Danger Freak (Commodore 64), Skweek (Atari ST), Steve Davis World Snooker (Atari ST), The Real Ghostbusters (Spectrum), Renegade III (Spectrum),

• Tricks ‘N’ Tactics – Tips and strategies for R-Type, Heroes of the Lance, Fusion, The President is Missing, Golvellius, Wonderboy in Monsterland, TV Sports Football, War in Middle Earth, Robocop, Incredibly Shrinking Sphere, Xenon, and more.

• Adventures – A look at two adventure games, Shogun and Journey.

Regulars

• News – The Atari 7800 and Sega Genesis coming soon to the U.K.; Circus Attractions coming soon; an updated port of Federation of Free Traders coming for the Amiga, Dungeon Master port for Amiga cancelled, and more.

• Letters – Letters from readers about video game value, the effects of violence in video games, Federation of Free Traders on the Atari ST, and more.

• Graphics – An article on object-oriented drawing systems and specifically Professional Draw on the Amiga.

• Music – A detailed look at Track 24 and The Waddington Sequencer for the Atari ST plus an overview of sequencers for other computers.

…and more!