[{"TitleName":"Classic Arcadia 2","Publisher":"Alternative Software Ltd","Author":"","YearOfRelease":"1990","ZxDbId":"0011222","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Sinclair Issue 87, Mar 1993","Price":"£2.5","ReleaseDate":"1993-02-11","Editor":"Linda Barker","TotalPages":52,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"YOUR SINCLAIR\r\nABC 40,648\r\n\r\nEditor: Linda Barker\r\nArt Editor: Andy Ounsted\r\nStaff Writer: Jonathan Nash\r\nEditorial Contributors: Steve Anderson, Craig Broadbent, Dave Golder, Tim Kemp, Simon Cooke\r\nArt Contributors: Phil McCardle\r\nCover Artwork: Paul Kidby\r\nSenior Sales Executive: Jackie Garford\r\nProduction Co-ordinator: Tracy O'Donnell\r\nProduction Technicians: Chris Stocker\r\nScanning: Simon Windsor, Jon Moore, Simon Chittenden\r\nPublisher: Colin Campbell\r\nPromotions Manager: Tamara Ward\r\nGroup Publisher: Greg Ingham\r\nCirculation Director: Sue Hartley\r\n\r\nYour Sinclair, Future Publishing [redacted]\r\n\r\nManaging Director Chris Anderson\r\n\r\nPrinters: Riverside Press [redacted]\r\nBack Issues: Future Publishing Ltd. [redacted]\r\n\r\n©Future Publishing 1992. No part of this magazine may be reproduced unless you phone us and ask us incredibly nicely. A small bribe might just help - bubbles, small furry mammals and Tunes all gratefully received.\r\n\r\nISSN 0269 6983\r\n\r\nYour Sinclair suffers the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune along with Commodore Format, Amstrad Action, Amiga Format, PCW Plus, PC Answers, Mega, Super Play, PC Plus, Sega Power, Amiga Power, Amiga Shopper, Classic CD, Needlecraft, Cycling Plus, Photo Plus, Mountain Biking UK, Games Master, PC Format, ST Format, Total!, Today's Vegetarian and Caravan Plus."},"MainText":"Alternative\r\n£3.99 cassette\r\n[redacted]\r\nReviewer: Jonathan Nash\r\n\r\nIf you're nearly dead, you'll probably know these games in their original incarnations. Ah, happy days. (Sniff. ) And now Alternative have brought the games back in Speccy incarnations. What a marvellous idea. Or is it? (Clue: no.)\r\n\r\nGREBIT\r\n\r\nGrebit (surely it should be Ribbit?) involves jumping your frog across a busy road, then over a lazy river via logs and obliging turtles into one of five hidey-holes. Apart from the tragic lapse in the plot (a frog that can't swim?), Grebit is pretty faithful to the original. Except for the time limit, which robs the game of its urgency. And the fast lane of the road, which robs the game of any surprise. Erm, and the diving turtles. which etc etc. In fact, Grebit is rubbish. The only thing of note is that the traffic has been stolen from Spy Hunter. Spook, eh?\r\n15%\r\n\r\nMISSILE\r\n\r\nOr Aftermath, as the program itself claims. With your devastating nuclear, erm, cursor, you have to protect a cluster of six cities from a sneak missile attack. Well, so much for the plot.\r\n\r\nSadly, Aftermath limits itself to just two types of enemy missile, thus losing the relentless pressure of the arcade game, which kept piling on new stuff as quick as you like. As a result, Aftermath is fun to start with but falls apart very quickly. A bit like my ambitious Lego TARDIS, as I recall.\r\n48%\r\n\r\nCRAZY ER'BERT\r\n\r\nTrapped on a pyramid of blocks, you have to change them all to a certain colour by jumping on top of them. But watch out for the bouncing balls and snakes and things! (He could've been a blurb wnter, him Ed) Such is Er'Bert. which is nothing to do with the famous stick insect of a similar name.\r\n\r\nFirst impressions are good: everything moves smoothly and the frenetic gameplay is a lot of fun. Later on you have to jump on the blocks more than once, and on about Level Five a swine of a baddy pops up who insists on repainting all the blocks he touches. In short, a smart conversion that keeps your interest by adding different hazards the further you get. However! When that novelty value wears off, I think you'll be returning to Rebelstar.\r\n62%\r\n\r\nRight. Grebit is crap. Missile/Aftermath starts well but collapses in ruins, and Er'Bert is a good conversion of an odd game that has little lasting appeal. Overall, the comp's not really worth it unless you're into tripping down memory lane.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"18","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Jonathan Nash","Score":"40","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"Sort of reminiscent of the 70's disco scene, eh? (A-ha! Ed) Oops."},{"Text":"That, my friends, is not a frog. Hamster maybe, but not a frog."},{"Text":"There's hardly enough space for even a single gag (Damnation.)"}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"40%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[{"Header":"Grebit","Score":"15%","Text":"Grebit"},{"Header":"Missile","Score":"48%","Text":"Aftermath"},{"Header":"Crazy Er*Bert","Score":"62%","Text":"Crazy Er*Bert"}]}]}]