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Wales on Sunday from Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales • 36

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Wales on Sundayi
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Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales
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36
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Games This on fire TRICKY TRIVIA TO TEST YOUR BRAIN DRIVING games have been with us for well over 10 years as has the complaint that a joystick cannot provide the tactile feedback required for a realistic sense of control In an effort to rectify this Logic 3 produced a peripheral for the Amiga and PC called the Freewheel a steering wheel which the user held in both hands and tilted in the direction he wished his on-screen vehicle to move Buttons located on the wheel controlled other driving functions such and at £3498 each the wheels which have an enviable reputation for reliability and durability will give a whole new lease of life to any elderly driving games currently languishing on shelves gathering dust Authenticity addicts will be pleased to hear the wheels which are perfectly complemented by roping in an ageing parent to tilt your chair while cornering are now available from all good computer stores Rumours that Logic 3 intend releasing a add-on are so far unconfirmed as accelerator and brake The device proved very popular and still sells well today If anything the complaint is even worse on machines such as the Megadrlve and SNES moving your thumb half-an-inqh hardly gives an impression of careering around a race-track Now Logic 3 have produced SNES and Megadrive versions of the Freewheel to enhance the driving experience They are compatible with all driving games COMPUTER CORNER Groupies POP MUSIC Who are the three current members oflhe Duran Duran pop group? TOWNS: The administrative centres for Fife and Gwent are both new towns Name them 1950s: Name the leader of the expedition and the two men who reached the summit when Mount Everest was first climbed in 1953? COUNTRIES: Which four countries in the Commonwealth have names beginning with SOCCER: Which three managers of English Premier League dubs have surnames beginning with Today's targat for 14 answers: 0-2 Dreadful 3-4 Poor 5-7 Average 8-10 Good 11-12 Excellent 13-14 Mastermind ANSWERS 'B8 ubjv Uesseg sabo Afflg 'eduoi 8 pepruuj TBurzuej edieqs puroupg Tuny uqop UBjquiMQ yojAej uqop M3N eq uotujg i petition Night bird's game WE have three SNES and three Megadrive Freewheel steering wheel add-ons from Logic 3 to give away to the first six correct replies we get to the following question What is Nigsl Monsai famous for? A Being the first driver to hold both Formula One and Indy Car championship titles simultaneously? Popularising caterpillar-type moustaches as fashion accessories for young men Reading weather reports on breakfast television? Answers on a postcard to: Games on Sunday Wales on Sunday Thomson House Havelock Street Cardiff CF1 1XR State whether you want a Megadrive or SNES version Closing date for entries is Tuesday April 12 1994 Usual newspaper competition rules apply want to play a primitive flick-screen role-player like Dungeon Master again The only slight maggot in the apple is that need a macho 25MHz PC with 4MB RAM and 25MB precious hard-drive space to run it BARKLEY SHUT UP AND JAM 0 Accolade £3999 Sega Megodri ve FROM the producers of the disappointing Pele soccer game comes a disappointing basketball game who said software houses were inconsistent? competent PRIZE: A Logic 3 steering wheel (see competition) enough but if got NBA find it hard to justify splashing out on this as well If you got NBA but want a basketball game then be advised to check out both before making a purchase I think I know which basket your ball would drop into NEW RELEASES THE ELDER SCROLLS: ARENA PubBshed by US Gold £3999 for IBM PC Compatibles FOR those who still get misty-eyed at the mention of Dungeon Master this game will come as an oasis of light in a desert of darkness the usual cliche-ridden quest to complete but should you choose not to accept that particular challenge face it we all tire of saving the world sometimes) there is a whole world to explore and interact with This is the first game sat up all night with for a long time Be warned though you'll never -T SENDER of the first correct solution pulled from the postbag will win £50 cash and books to the value of £50 Deadline for your entry is noon on Thursday Send it to: Wales on Sunday Prize Crossword Thomson House Havelock Street Cardiff CF1 1XR Lost week's winner was Edwards of Wrexham Clwyd Last week's prize solution Across: 1 Worms 4 Diderot 8 Lemur 9 Collage 10 Own 1 1 Propagate 12 Peel 13 El Al 18 Tessitura 20 Tun 21 Elution 22 4 Lorca 23 Netsuke 24 Renal Down: 1 Willow pattern 2 Remanie 3 Seraph 4 Doctor 5 Dallas 6 Reata (or riata) 7 The Berlin Wall 14 Lateran 15 Milieu 16 Nuance 17 Mahler 19 Squat ACROSS Impossible 1 What was the name of the Coventry firm which was prosecuted in 1992 for having exported material of military value to Iraq in 1988? 2 Brodick is the capital of which island and holiday resort off the west coast of Scotland? 3 In which month of the year is the famous Royal Ascot horse race meeting held annually? 4 Who wrote the plays Absurd Person Singular and Relatively Speaking? 5 What slang term for Britain used particularly by soldiers abroad during World War One derives its name from bilayit which is Hindustani for distant province? 6 From what expression does the word derive? 7 Name the prison in Belfast where republican and loyalist suspects are held on remand and which has an underground tunnel that connects it with one of main courts? 8 Who in 1 982 competing in the Lada Classic was the first player to record a snooker maximum 147 break on TV? 9 Baron Crickhowell was the Conservative MP for Pembroke from 1980-87 How is he better known? 10 Which pop singer and actor's real name is Terry Nelhams? ANSWERS 14HBJ UIBpV 01 sepipiN 6 avejs 8 peou utfiuruo qj! eq pog 9 ubiv 'ItkRJnqo xiabw (5) Broin Teaser Work out the anagrams from the dues: 1 Hang a fast in (a country) 2 Hi designs (boats) 3 Mean among (famous person) 4 Adjicheck (captured) ANSWERS papeftH 1 QUICK DOWN 2 Wire plucking sound 3 Observed (7) 4 Furnace operator (6) 5 Happen again (5) 6 Tranquility (5) 7 Forward (5) 9 Rent (5) 14 Pinch (3) 15 Drunkard (3) 17 Note of hand (3) 18 Curve (3) 20 Everlasting (7) 21 All (5) 22 Confesses (6) 23 Beer (5) 24 Regretting (5) 25 Spa (5) 27 Endrdes(5) Quick solution ACROSS 1 Glossy fabric (5) 4 Divest (5) 8 Grain (3) 9 Clever (5) 10 Demand (5) 11 Clan (3) 12 Reasoning (5) 13 Serious (7) 16 Invective (6) 19 Renown (6) 23 Staggered (7) 26 nest (5) 28 Impair 29 Abrade (5) 30 Simpleton (3) 31 Hot beverage (3) 32 Lustre (5) 33 Searing ray (5) DOWN 1 Metallic element Hg messenger (7) 5 Billiards shot with near-vertical cue (5) 8 One who is tardy (7) 9 Tsarist edict (5) 1 0 Lowest singing voice of woman (9) 12 Euro currency unit (3) 1 3 dose-fitting brimless hat (5) 1 7 Luminous discharge of electricity across gap (3) 19 Aquilegia flower (9) 21 Platter of the Last Supper (5) 22 Wood wedged in to keep cargo steady (7) 24 NE Massachusetts town (5) 25 Height of ambition (7) 1 Semitic god to which children were sacrificed (6) 2 Interregnum period as of son (7) 3 Grape grape-Wre berry (3) 4 Sing alternating between normal voice and falsetto (5) 5 Magnificent tomb monument (9) 6 Balance pan (5) 1ifi: 7 Dark gloomy cavgpi between earth and Hades (6) 1 1 Second stomach of a ruminant (9) 14 Bishop archbishdj3X7) 1 5 Getulio DomellaS3 Brazilian president 1930-45(6) 16 Lying on the grouoB and rooting (6) 18 Swim using attaraate overhand stroke (5) 20 Meeting-place branch (5) 23 Indication of maiep name (3) s6uib LZ pz Me6eq eg stiuipv ZZ 12 og 81 TlOl Li SI Pi 6 eoeed 9 Mnoey jeseq ee eai te 08 6Z 8g 9g eg 61 ei Zl i 1 01 6 8 i SS010V.

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