Issue 72 (July 1995) balances big-name strategy and a wave of upcoming games with the usual Amiga-scene reality check: the news section leads on the post-Commodore fallout (including Escom speculation) and a cover price bump to £4.25, while the reviews crown Virocop as the standout (a slick, fast, very tricky shooter that lands an overall 91%). Strategy fans are well served with Colonization scoring 87% for its deep New World colony-building and long-term push toward independence, and CD32 owners get a “revisited” look at Syndicate CD32, which is rated even higher than before (updated to 93%). Not everything shines—International Golf and Behind the Iron Gate both stall at 52%—but the previews are packed: All Stars Tennis, The Big Red Adventure, Star Crusader, Gloom, Timekeepers, and Limbo of the Lost all get substantial look-ins, and the issue is rounded out with guides (including Brutal, Ultimate Soccer Manager, Bloodnet, and Fate of Atlantis), reader pages, and league tables.

Highlights

• News & scene talk: Leads with Commodore/Amiga uncertainty and Escom chatter, plus a blunt note that the mag now costs £4.25; also plugs a SimCity 2000 cheats/strategy book.
• Coverdisks (3 games): Ultimate Soccer Manager (a two-disk A1200-only demo of the Impressions 92% rated football management sim), plus Ruffian (platformer where your “attack” is literally spitting) and the PD oddball fighter Mortal Kumquat vs Super Fruit Fighter II.
• Review pick – Virocop (91%): Warner Interactive’s HD-installable shooter earns 91%, praised for looking/feeling polished and staying tense thanks to its “very tricky” difficulty and constant on-screen chaos.
• Strategy heavyweight – Colonization (87%): MicroProse’s Sid Meier-era empire-builder hits 87%, built around founding colonies, managing resources/trade/politics, and grinding toward eventual independence.
• CD32 revisit – Syndicate CD32 (updated 93%): Bullfrog’s cyborg-squad classic returns on CD32 and gets an updated 93% (up from an original 87%)—still all about mission-based corporate takeover and tactical carnage.
• Disappointments: International Golf (52%) is criticised as clunky and low on spark despite basics like course selection and tournaments; Behind the Iron Gate (52%) gets slammed for sluggish, awkward play despite its Doom-ish first-person ambitions.
• Preview – All Stars Tennis: A bright, cartoony tennis game with 11 characters, multiple court types (clay/grass/indoor/cement plus a bonus ice court), globe-trotting tournament locations, and an unlockable “Power Play” mode featuring bombs/turbo/slow/multi-ball chaos.
• Preview – The Big Red Adventure: A comic-styled adventure set around the free streets of Moscow, boasting 100+ hand-drawn locations and multiple playable characters (including Doug Nuts, plus Dino Fagoli and Donna Fatale) with puzzle-driven conversations shown in speech bubbles.
• Preview – Star Crusader: A cockpit-and-command space war game mixing dogfights with strategy—pick sides in a larger conflict, manage multi-ship missions, and deal with several alien factions (the write-up calls out races like the Tancreds, Mazumas, Envies, and Nuubyans).
• Preview – Gloom / Timekeepers / Limbo of the Lost: Gloom promises A1200/CD32 Doom-style gore, weapon upgrades, 24 mazes, and optional split-screen play; Timekeepers is a budget time-travel puzzler about disarming nukes across themed eras (Stoneage/Medieval/Vietnam/Space); Limbo of the Lost sets its adventure on the Mary Celeste with Captain Benjamin “Spooner” Briggs, but the preview flags ugly loading/disk-access issues that need fixing.