[{"TitleName":"Butterfly","Publisher":"Pulsonic","Author":"Hugh Davis","YearOfRelease":"1984","ZxDbId":"0010462","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 5, Jun 1984","Price":"£0.75","ReleaseDate":"1984-05-24","Editor":"Roger Kean","TotalPages":126,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Roger Kean\r\nConsultant Editor: Franco Frey\r\nProduction Designer: David Western\r\nArt Editor: Oliver Frey\r\nClient Liaison: John Edwards\r\nStaff Writer: Lloyd Mangram\r\nContributing Writers: Matthew Uffindel, Chris Passey\r\nSubscription Manager: Denise Roberts\r\n\r\nTelephone numbers\r\nEditorial/office [redacted]\r\nAdvertising [redacted]\r\nHot Line [redacted]\r\n\r\n©1984 Newsfield Ltd.\r\nCrash Micro is published monthly by Newsfield Ltd. [redacted]\r\n\r\nNo material may be reproduced in whole or in part without written consent from the copyright holders.\r\n\r\nPhotosetting by SIOS [redacted]\r\nColour origination by Scan Studio, [redacted]\r\nPrinted in England by Carlisle Web Offset Ltd, [redacted].\r\nDistribution by Comag, [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscriptions: 12 issues £9.00 UK Mainland (post free)\r\nEurope: 12 issues £15 (post free).\r\n\r\nWe cannot undertake to return any written or photographic material sent to CRASH MICRO unless accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope.\r\n\r\nCover by Oliver Frey"},"MainText":"Producer: Pulsonic\r\nRetail Price: £2.99\r\nLanguage: BASIC\r\nAuthor: Hugh Davis\r\n\r\nButterfly shows a simple looking window with one vertical and one horizontal dividing it up into four panes. Curtains hang on either side, and the sill contains an electric wire. You are a spider who must eat at least twelve butterfiles per minute and watch out for the purple spider eater that lives in the curtains. There are usually two butterflies visible at any one time. That's it!\r\n\r\nCOMMENTS\r\n\r\nControl Keys: Q/A up/down, N/M left/right\r\nJoystick: None\r\nKeyboard Play: unresponsive and slow\r\nUse of colour: fair to average\r\nGraphics: very poor\r\nSound: very poor, just a few beeps\r\nLives: 1","ReviewerComments":["The moving around to eat butterflies is very, very jerky - real basic BASIC. The game itself is poor. To be honest, the less said about this one the better!\r\r\nUnknown","I have seen some of these Pulsonic games on sale in Woolworth's, and having now actually played five of them, I have come to the conclusion that they must have been specially designed to sell in such places, in the hope that lots of people, perhaps new to the Spectrum will think them amazing value. You're warned! This one certainly is utter rubbish.\r\r\nUnknown","In fact this could have been a reasonable but simple game. Catching 12 butterflies in a minute is a hard task, not because a high degree of skill is required, but because an inordinate amount of luck is needed! The graphics don't even rate a primitive award. Sorry, a waste of time.\r\nUnknown"],"OverallSummary":"General Rating: Rubbish.","Page":"84","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Unknown","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""},{"Name":"Unknown","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""},{"Name":"Unknown","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"A purple people eater lunges out from the curtains while another million butterflies go free."}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Use of Computer","Score":"28%","Text":""},{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"15%","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"10%","Text":""},{"Header":"Getting Started","Score":"40%","Text":""},{"Header":"Addictive Qualities","Score":"1%","Text":""},{"Header":"Value For Money","Score":"10%","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"17%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Personal Computer Games Issue 7, Jun 1984","Price":"£0.75","ReleaseDate":"1984-05-17","Editor":"Chris Anderson","TotalPages":132,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Chris Anderson\r\nProduction Editor: Roderick George\r\nArt Editor: Ian Findlay\r\nTechnical Editor: Stuart Cooke\r\nStaff Writers: Steve Cooke, Peter Connor\r\nEditorial Assistant: Samantha Hemens\r\nSoftware Consultant: Tony Takoushi\r\nCartoons: Kipper Williams\r\nProgram Control Guardians: Jeff Riddle\r\nScreenshots: Chris Bell\r\nCover Illustration: Pat Weedon\r\nGroup Editor: Cyndy Miles\r\nArt Director: Jim Dansie\r\nGroup Publisher: John Cade\r\nPublisher: Mark Eisen\r\nAssistant Publishing Manager: Sue Clements\r\nPublishing Secretary: Jenny Dunne\r\nAdvertising Manager: Herbert Wright\r\nAssistant Advertisement Manager: Jan Martin\r\nGroup Advertisement Manager: Mike Caroll\r\nAdvertisement Production: Simon Carter\r\nAdvertisement Assistant: Coraline Turner\r\nSales Executives: Joey Davies, Marion O'Neill\r\n\r\nPublished by VNU Business Publications, [redacted]. Typesetting by Spectrum Typesetting, [redacted] Origination by Fourmost Colour [redacted]. Printed and bound by Chase Web Offset [redacted]. © VNU Business Publications 1984."},"MainText":"MACHINE: Spectrum 48K\r\nCONTROL: Keys\r\nFROM: Pulsonic, £2.99\r\n\r\nAnother cheapo game from Pulsonic, who are to be congratulated for lowering software prices, but severely reprimanded for offering this particular specimen to the general public.\r\n\r\nA spider must eat butterflies to stay alive. Sparse graphics, jerky movement, Basic program. For far better value for money, try typing in one of the PCG listings.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"58","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Steve Cooke","Score":"2","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"2/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Sound","Score":"1/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Originality","Score":"5/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Lasting Interest","Score":"1/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"2/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]