European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes computers tuesday december 13.1994 doom ii appalling popular graphics Gore realism add to 3-d action game s allure by John Straus the associated press Indianapolis just in time for Christmas computer game players can pick up a Chain saw or machine gun and go Hunting for flesh eating zombies. Santa May be shocked but doom ii looks like Abi Gseller. If you Haven t heard of this three dimensional alien like action game yet be assured a nearby teen or computer maven has. Doom was launched last december As shareware distributed on a free trial basis. Id software of suburban Dallas gave it away through compute networks and then charged Tor add on episodes allowing players to shoot their Way into More challenging  cult hit because of its stunning graphics Gore and immersive realism some people reported doom induced motion sickness the game began National retail distribution in its new form doom ii in october with 500,000 copies pre sold to stores. That s a very High number for games especially computer game said Walter Miao of link resources a new York based research firm. Atypical big hit in that Market a smash hit of a game title might be 100,000 to 200,000 titles in a  doom ii Sells for about $49 and is available neither 3.5-Inch diskettes or cd rom. And the game has multiplayer options that allow Modem connected friends to go blasting together. In the first game the player is a . Marine sent to the Martian Moon phobos to fight mutant humans and other vile creatures. In doom ii the action shifts if you thought mortal combat was bad Yoi a be completely appalled by doom r / software reviewer Vox Day to Earth climaxing with a trip to hell for a fight with the Devil himself. Both versions give the player a first person Point of View. And in both the object is basically to shoot anything that moves scampering past pits of toxic waste and finding the secret keys needed to plumb deeper Levels. The bad Guys never just keel Over when popped with the business end of a pump action Shotgun they go flying backward blood spurting to lie in twitching heaps. You can also waste an opponent by blasting nearby barrel of toxic sludge engulfing them in the resulting explosion. Software reviewer Vox Day of Knight Ridde newspapers Calls it aliens 2 meets Friday the 13th" and compares the Jolt to mortal combat which set an Early Standard for Gore by allowing victorious players to rip the spines from losers. There s Good Money in All that mayhem in its latest version combat a game that usually Runson to based players instead of computers registered sales of $50 million in september in its first week on the Market. If you thought mortal combat was bad you la be completely appalled by doom Day said. This is probably not a game you la want your kids  Sears Roebuck & co., one of the nation s largest retailers won t sell it said spokeswoman Paula Davis. _. ". We actually have a policy that Bur games have Tobe approved by the Independent interactive software association Davis said. And we Don t sell game with nudity sexual scenes or overtones profanity or realistic human on Buman  the 200-store Best buy consumer electronics Chain though is stocking doom ii to go with the new Sega genesis 32-bit video game player. It s three stooges with blood said Jay Wilbur a Programmer at id. I be got a 4-year-old kid who does Nave any trouble distinguishing Between fantasy and reality. It s too bad some adults can t do  Rob Hauser a buyer for Minneapolis based Best buy said he had seen a videotaped demo and predicted brisk sales because of the Scarcity of titles for the new faster and clearer 32-bit video game systems.". I Don t think it s any worse than mortal combat he said. A it interactive software of new York is distributing the game for id and has marked the boxes mature Ages 17  id feel any special responsibility now that the game formerly an underground sensation found on computer bulletin boards is going into stores Well still be responsible Wilbur said. We re responsible for making the greatest game in the world. That is our one and Only  controversial of. Can los Angeles a the judge in the , Simpso trial monday refused to remove a member of the prosecution team rejecting defense arguments that the prosecutor unfairly had Access to grand jury information. In a written ruling Superior court judge Lance Ito said that there appears to be no conflict of interest with Deputy District attorney Chris Darden who headed the grand jury probe of Simpson Friend Al  Cowlings. There is nothing in the record which would support any finding of fundamental unfairness or Lack of due process Ito wrote. The defense wanted Darden removed from the ease on the grounds that the prosecution had an unfair advantage Over the defense because Arderi was expose to information during the Cowlings grand jury probe which was supposed to be separate from the simpsoncase.--, .".,. The grand jury completed the investigation without returning an indictment against Cowlings who drove the Ford Bronco during the june 17 freeway Chase. Among the documents to which Darden had Access were Simpson s personal diary and items seized from Simpson s business office. Defense attorney Johnnie Cochran  that Darden was appointed by the prosecution because he like Simpson and the majority of jurors is Black. The same suggestion was made by Legal analysts when Cochran who also is Black was appointed to the then All White defense team. The ruling came As Simpson was reportedly on the rink of a major change in his Legal strategy. After hiring a High priced team of lawyers to Chal Lenge virtually every drop strand and speck of Evi Dence Simpson has decided to abandon an Effort to have genetic evidence the heart of the prosecution Scase dismissed can reported Over the weekend. Instead Simpson s lawyers will Challenge the Evi Dence in front of the jury can reported sunday citing unidentified sources with the defense team. Simpson s lawyers Are to file a motion As Early a today seeking the cancellation of a hearing on whether Dan evidence May be introduced at the trial can re ported. That could allow lawyers to begin opening statements in Early january. None of Simpson s lawyers returned Calls from the associated press seeking comment on the report. Also this week All jurors and their alternates were ordered to Goto court monday for further instructions. Last week the judge attorneys and three jurors met privately. Rosey Grier a former professional football player and a Friend of Simpson s who is now a minister was ordered to return to court wednesday to continue test Timony Over an apparently overheard Jailhouse conversation Between him and Simpson. Dan evidence makes up the heart of the prosecution s Case in the june 12 knife slayings of Simpson second sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. Prosecutors Hope to show genetic matches Between Simpson s blood and blood at the crime   Challenging Dan evidence at a pretrial hearing would Cost the defense time an estimated $200,000 in Legal fees and expert expenses. Simpson has requested speedy trial. The Dan hearing set for Early january was expected to last a month or More and there was no Indi cation it would succeed in having the evidence excluded. The judge has rejected almost every defense request so far. The hearing originally was supposed to have begun monday but one of Simpson s Dan experts attorney Peter Neufeld was unable to free himself from a new York murder trial in which he is the defense lawyer. . Troops round up. ,-.- 7x -.,.--. H hundreds of c u bans Panama City Panama a american troops arrested about 400cuban refugees on suspicion of inciting the riots that injured hundreds of soldiers and refugees last week the . South Ern come said. At least 31 refugees were Hurt in disturbances As soldiery tried to make the arrests according to a statement issued by the command. The arrests  Dawn sunday in two of four refugee Camps run by the . Military the statement said. Those arrested were identified As cuban agita tors who caused the recent disturb Bancesabout 28 cubans were slightly injured in disturbances during the arrests and three others were hospitalized in stable condition for unspecified injuries the statement said. It did t say How the three were injured. No american soldiers were Hurt it  1,000 cuban refugees rioted wednesday and thursday in two Camps injuring More than 200 us. Soldiers and several refugees. About 1,000 cubans escaped. All but 31 returned voluntarily or were  cubans who fled economic misery and repression in their Homeland were demanding to know where they will be sent. Most want to enter the unite states which has refused to let them in. About 8,500 cubans Are housed in the Camps in  cubans identified As Rolando Rodriguez ors and Lazaro Roberto Jerome apparently drowned in the Panama . Soldiers guard cuban refugees lying on the ground after being recaptured last week in Panama. About 1,000 refugees escaped from two Camps during last week s riots. Canal while fleeing the panamanian gov cases against the refugees. On saturday e rement said sunday. . Authorities had said some 350 Refu Southern come spokesmen refused to gees were being investigated for causing comment further on the arrests or the the riots