Psychic World

Try your hand or, shall we say, brain at a round of psychic mind-games with one of Sega's premier games, Psychic World. Dr. Knavik's ESP research lab has been obliterated by an accidental explosion and all of his monstrous experiments have escaped into a strange and twisted psychic world. They've got a hostage, the doctor's assistant, Cecile, and you play her twin sister, Lucia, as you go head-to-head against 20 different types of creatures spread out over four stages of multi-scrolling action. How do you fight 'em?! With your four psychic skills, of course-nifty powers that enable you to do things such as whisk back to the beginning of a round and fly and leap. There are more traditional weapons, such as an Ice Gun, a Fire Gun, and a Stun Gun, at your disposal, too, but you have to figure out when and where to use each one! Psychic World's a real mind-blower!

Ari Comet of Beachwood, Ohio, has sent in an Easter egg that will let you access a sound test as well as a level select. Simply press and hold U and L, 1 and 2 then press START during the main title screen. If you've done this correctly, you'll see "Special Mode" on the screen along with "Sound Test ED". You can adjust the ED by pressing U to increase the number of the test. If you press 1 and 2 while it reads ED, a number will appear on the last line, and it should now read "Round NO 1". Press U or D and you can scroll through and pick which of the four levels to start at. When you begin play on any of the four, you'll start with all the items you would have normally received playing to that point. This is a nice find, Ari. Thanks.