PC Review Issue 3

This issue is dated January 1992 and cost £2.95.

INCOMPLETE

Coverdisk
Oh No! More Lemmings, Gods - Playable Demos - 2 pages (20-21)

News
Headlines - 4 pages (7-10)
 * Technology
 * Power in your palm: Look Sharp with the latest in PC handhelds - (7)
 * Know all the answers?: Neuro-computing and the Faraday connection - (7)
 * Helping hand: Portable Computer Exhibition - (7)
 * Keeping a clean screen: Protect your monitor from screen burn - (8)
 * Silver swing: Philips wins multimedia award - (9)
 * Let's go on with the show: CD-ROM in San Franscisco - (10)
 * Games News
 * It's got to be perfect: Utopia, from Gremlin promises a type of SimCity set in space - (8)
 * Who dares wins: New programs in Wing Commander series (Special Operations) - (8)
 * Join the Brat pack: Not as cute as he looks... Imageworks' Brat has a mean streak - (9)
 * Tolkien makes a come back: Lord of the Rings - the role playing series continues (The Lord of the Rings Vol. II: The Two Towers) - (9)
 * Just can't get enough: Play our cover disk, then buy the game... Oh No! More Lemmings - (9)
 * Wild blue yonder: Thunderhawk AH-73M from Core Design - (9)
 * Heavy duty danger: Microprose applies its flight sim expertise to the B-17 Bomber (B-17 Flying Fortress - (10)
 * Tanks for the memory: Team Yankee: the sequel (Pacific Islands) - (10)
 * Camera, lights, action: Eye of the Storm from Empire - (10)
 * Compilations
 * Once the master: Ideal for late Christmas ideas... five games in the Action Masters pack. - (8)
 * Over here, Granny!: ..three classy simulations in Air, Land and Sea - (10)

Features
Contents - 2 pages (4-5)

Cover Story: The no-nonsense guide to buying a GAMES PC - 3½ pages (22-25)
 * Thinking of buying a new PC? Christina Erskine takes you through the minefield of configurations, specifications, suppliers and what you need to know before you part with your cash.

Cover Story: In search of PC paradise - 2 pages (26-27)
 * Can heaven really be in a warehouse in Croydon? Yes, says Laurence Scotford, as he investigates Europe's first computer superstore and finds it stocks everything a PC enthusiast could ever want... and lots more besides.

On The Spot: Electronic Arts' Mark Lewis- 2 pages (29-30)

Lapping Up the Action - 2 pages (32-33)
 * Last month PC Review discussed the pros and cons of laptop gaming. Here Kati Hamza rolls up her sleeves and puts some genuine software to the test. Find out which games turn out to be movable feasts.

Next Month - 1 page (98)

PC Buyer's Guide - 20 pages (99-108,110-119)

Letters - 3 pages (140-142)

Queries - 2 pages (144-145)

Quit - 1 page (146)

Coming Soon
Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss - 2 pages (12-13)

Midwinter 2: Flames of Freedom - 1 page (14)

Gods - 1 page (16)

Daemonsgate - 1 page (18)

Reviews
Games

Other Software

Shareware

Shareware Reviews - 15 pages (121-122,124-136)

Other Credits
Art Editor
 * Gareth Jones

Deputy Editor
 * Laurence Scotford

Production Editor
 * Paula Shields

Staff Writer
 * Matt Regan

Trainee Designer
 * Yvette Nichols

Contributors
 * Tim Carrigan, Steve Cooke, Alan Dykes, Kati Hamza, Rik Haynes, Gordon Houghton, Heinrich Lenhardt, Paul Presley, Gufran Beg