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  1. üREVIEW:טUPITERסROBE Çbyפichardיarsmakers
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  3. For⇩millenia,⇩it⇩layΓenignΘn⌠he≤ky.⇩Three⇩hundred⇩times
  4. greater⌠hanדarth;⇩aוentleוiant⌠hatΣwarfedβll⌠he⇩planets
  5. in∩ur≤olar≤ystem.⇩But...JupiterπoncealedβΣeadly≤ecret.⇩A
  6. hostile≥ace∩fΓeings≡rogrammed⌠oπonquer.⇩Mysteriousβliens,
  7. about⇩whom≈eδnow∈othing...except⌠heirΣesire⌠oΣestroy⇩our
  8. Earth.
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  10. Quite⇩something⌠oπome⌡pβgainstΘnלicrodeal'sºfollower⇩up'
  11. ofóGoldrunner",⇩"Jupiterסrobe".⇩A∮otΦadΓeenσxpected⇩from
  12. this⇩game⇩(An⇩even⇩faster⇩scroll?⇨Even⇩more⇨magnificent
  13. graphics?),⇩butחβmβfraidלr.⇩Steveאak,⇩the≡rogrammer,Φas
  14. let⌡sΣownβΓit.
  15. Not⇩that⇩"Jupiter⇩Probe"ΘsβΓadτame⇩-⇩no!⇩But⇩the⇩fast
  16. scrollingΦasΣisappeared¡⌠he∮andscapeΩust≤crollsΣown∩n⇩a
  17. defined⇩speed.⇩The⇩game⌠husτets⇩many⇩characteristics⇩from
  18. "Xevious",⇩although⇩the∩verallτraphics¿byבhrisיew)βre⇩of
  19. courseΓetter,⇩the≤hip'sϕovementµasterβnd⌠heϕusic¿by⇩Rob
  20. Hubbard)σxcellent⌠houghβΓit≤hort¡∮ess⌠hanØϕinutes.
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  23. The⇩people⇩atלicrodeal≤houldΦave⇩launched⇩"Jupiter⇩Probe"
  24. before⇩theyΓrought∩utóGoldrunner"¡≤omething⌠o⇩wetten⇩our
  25. appetites,≤o⌠o≤ay.חtΩustΘsn'tβsτoodβsΘts≡redecessor.
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  27. Actually,⇩"Jupiter⇩Probe"Θsϕuch∮ike⇩"Goldrunner",⇩but⇩the
  28. status≤creenβnd⌠heβction≤creenΦave≤wapped≡laces.⇩Youµly
  29. a≈ellΣrawn≤pacecraft¿that,⇩unfortunately,πannot⌠urnβround
  30. asΓeautifullyβs⌠he∩neΘnóGoldrunner")βnd∙ouΦave⌠o⇩shoot
  31. theσnemy⌠o≡ieces⌠hatβppearsΘn⌠heβction≤creenµrom⇩above
  32. or,⇩in∮ater∮evels,µrom⌠he≤ides.קhis≈ay,∙ouϕustπomplete
  33. aϕultitude∩f∮evels≈ith÷ery≈ellΣoneτraphics.⇩Theτame⇩is
  34. very⇩difficult⇩-ϕuchϕore⇩difficult⇩than⇩"Goldrunner",⇩but
  35. easier⌠hanóXevious"βnd⌠he∮ike.
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  37. Though⇩not⇩asτoodβsóGoldrunner",⇩"Jupiterסrobe"⇩lies⇩way
  38. ahead⇩of⇩allπomparable≤hoot-'em-upτames.⇩This⇩is⇩probably
  39. because⇩of⌠heτoodτraphicsβnd⌠he⌠errificϕusic⇩(the⇩sound
  40. effects,Γy⌠he≈ay,βreβΓitºsoft').קhe≈holeΘsπompletedΓy
  41. digital≤peech∮ikeΘnóGoldrunner"¡ºFormation',ºMutation'βnd
  42. 'Shield'βre≤ome∩f⌠he≈ordsΘn⌠heτame's÷ocabulary.
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  44.  
  45. Let'sτet⌠o⌠he≡oint¡⌠heτame≥ating.
  46.  
  47. Name: ╱Jupiterסrobe
  48. Author: ⇦Steveאak
  49. Company: ⇨Microdeal
  50. Sound: ❎9
  51. Graphics: ⇩8
  52. Hookability: ♪8.5
  53. Lastability: ♪8.5
  54. Overall≥ating: ✓8.5
  55. Price: ❎59.50גutchוuilders
  56. Remark: ⇦Still÷eryτood
  57.  
  58. Many⌠hanksϕustτo⌠oזomesoft,⇩Haarlem,⇩Theמetherlands,⇩for
  59. sendingβ≥eview≤ample∩f⌠his∈ewלicrodealτame.
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