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These days people just don't seem to be interested in greed any more. They want violence. Which explains why The Killing Game Show is at the top of the ratings. The rules of the show are simple. Contestants are surgically implanted into an armoured bio-mech unit, and lowered into a pit full of deadly artificial life forms.

The pit gradually fills with poisonous sludge, so there's only one way to go. Onwards and upwards, ledge to ledge all the while fending off attacking waves of electronic killers. As you'd expect, very few people volunteer to appear on Tlie Killing Game Show. Most contestants are supplied by the Police Corporation they're usually lawbreakers and dissidents who deserve everything they get. The Amiga version of Tlie Killing Game Show has just been released by British software house Psygnosis.

Regular gamers will know that Psygnosis has a reputation for producing technically excellent games with brilliant Roger Dean-inspired graphics all they lacked was decent gameplay. Their games looked Illustration by JUDY DUNN damage. These guys mean business. Let me out. I'll take back all the nasty things I said about Alyce Piatt's dress sense.

I promise. Graphics in Tlie Killing Game Show are highly detailed. Animation is smooth. And the soundtrack is brilliant. I've just linked my Amiga 2500 to an old hi-fi system a Sansui AU-101 15 watt amplifier and a pair of small speakers.

The effect is sensational. The music is fast paced and tense, and the optional sound effects add realism and drama. Mind you, regular reader Rhonwen M. McCormack will not be impressed. Ms McCormack complained last week that this column is full of "war, shoot-'em-ups and space And to this I plead guilty.

At least today. The Killing Game Show is clearly just a warmongering space invaderish shoot-'em-up. But a darn good one. Next week, Rhonwen, we will deal with something more civilised. I promise.

The Killing Game Show is distributed in Australia bv Mindscape International (telephone 02 899 2277), and is not available in Commodore 64 format. great, they were clever, but they were no fun to play. That's changed. The Killing Game Show is fast, slick and compelling. The technical polish is still there, the graphics are still top class but above all, the game is fun.

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