[{"TitleName":"It's TV Showtime","Publisher":"TV Games","Author":"","YearOfRelease":"1991","ZxDbId":"0011290","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 89, Jun 1991","Price":"£2.99","ReleaseDate":"1991-05-23","Editor":"Richard Eddy","TotalPages":52,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"EDITORIAL\r\n[redacted]\r\n\r\nEditor: Richard Eddy\r\nSub Editor: Warren Lapworth\r\nStaff Writers: Mark Caswell, Nick Roberts, Lloyd Mangram\r\nArt Editor: Mark Kendrick\r\nPhotography: Michael Parkinson\r\nProduction and Circulation Director: Jonathan Rignall\r\nSystems Operator: Paul (Charlie) Chubb\r\nReprographics: Matthew Uffindell (Supervisor), Robert Millichamp, Robb Hamilton, Tim Morris, Jenny Reddard\r\nGroup Advertisement Manager: Judith Bamford\r\nAdvertisement Sales Executive: Christine Moore\r\nAdvertisement Production: Jackie Morris (Supervisor), Joanne Lewis\r\nMail Order: Carol Kinsey\r\nSubscriptions: Caroline Edwards [redacted]\r\n\r\nTypesetting Apple Macintosh Computers using Quark Express and Bitstream Fonts.\r\n\r\nSystems Manager: Ian Chubb\r\n\r\nColour origination Scan Studios [redacted]. Printed in England by BPCC Business Magazines (Carlisle) Ltd, [redacted].\r\n\r\nDistributor COMAG, [redacted]\r\n\r\nYearly subscription rates: UK £17.20 Europe £24.00, Air Mail overseas £37. US/Canada subscriptions and back issues enquiries Barry Hatcher, British Magazine Distributors Ltd [redacted]. Yearly subscription rates US$47.00, Canada CAN$57.00 Back Issues US$5.20, Canada CAN$6.20 (inclusive of postage). \r\n\r\nCOMPETITION RULES\r\nThe Editor's decision is final in all matters relating to adjudication and while we offer prizes in good faith, believing them to be available; If something untoward happens we reserve the right to substitute prizes of comparable value. We'll do our very best to despatch prizes as soon as possible after the published closing date. Winners names will appear in a later issue of CRASH. No correspondence can be entered into regarding the competitions (unless we've written to you stating that you have won a prize and it doesn't turn up, in which case drop us a line). No person who is related, no matter how remotely, to anyone who works for either Newsfield or any of the companies offering prizes, may enter one of our competitions.\r\n\r\nNo material may be reproduced whole or in part without the written consent of the copyright holders. We cannot undertake to return anything sent into CRASH - including written and photographic material, software and hardware - unless it is accompanied by a suitably stamped addressed envelope. Unsolicited written or photo material on 35mm transparencies is welcome, and if used in the magazine is paid for at our current rates. Copy published in CRASH will be edited as seen fit and payment will be calculated according to the current printed word rate. The views expressed in CRASH are not necessarily those of the publishers.\r\n\r\nCopyright CRASH Ltd 1991 A Newsfield Publication. ISSN 0954-8661. Cover design and illustration by Oliver Frey"},"MainText":"Domark\r\n£10.99 (cassette only)\r\n\r\nHave you ever fancied taking part in a game show alongside some of the worlds elite hosts, Bob Monkhouse, Paul Daniels, Bob Holness, Jim Bowen and Gordon Burns? Well, It's TV Showtime allows you to do just that with all five games in one pack. The compilation includes Bullseye, The Krypton Factor, Bob's Full House, Every Second Counts and Blockbusters.\r\n\r\nEach game follows their shows closely but are graphically dull and most have awful multi-loads. The best of the bunch for graphics and presentation is The Krypton Factor. Each section has to load in separately (even on the 128K machine) but feature the graphics from the show. Unfortunately, one of the best sections of the TV show, the video clip bit, isn't there.\r\n\r\nIf you are a freaky fan of these game shows and think you can put up with lots of badly digitised graphics and animation, well, this is for you. Normal people look elsewhere.\r\n\r\nBob's Full House: 10/20\r\nEvery Second Counts: 11/20\r\nBullseye: 5/20\r\nThe Krypton Factor: 15/20\r\nBlockbusters: 12/20","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"33","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Nick Roberts","Score":"53","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"53%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[{"Header":"Bob's Full House","Score":"10/20","Text":"Bob's Full House"},{"Header":"Every Second Counts","Score":"11/20","Text":"Every Second Counts"},{"Header":"Bullseye","Score":"5/20","Text":"Bullseye"},{"Header":"The Krypton Factor","Score":"15/20","Text":"The Krypton Factor"},{"Header":"Blockbusters","Score":"12/20","Text":"Blockbusters"}]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Sinclair Issue 66, Jun 1991","Price":"£1.95","ReleaseDate":"1991-05-02","Editor":"Andy Ide","TotalPages":84,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Andy Ide\r\nArt Editor: Sal Meddings\r\nGames Editor: James Leach\r\nStaff Writer: Linda Barker\r\nDesign Assistant: Andy Ounsted\r\nAdvertising Manager: Simon Moss\r\nDeputy Advertising Manager: Philip Davenport\r\nProduction Coordinator: Melissa Parkinson\r\nPublisher: Jane Richardson\r\nPublishing Assistant: Michele Harris\r\nGroup Publisher: Greg Ingham\r\nCirculation Director: Sue Hartley\r\n\r\nYour Sinclair, Future Publishing [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscriptions: Computer Posting [redacted]\r\nDistribution: MMC [redacted]\r\n\r\nCover Illustration: Robert Bliss\r\nISSN 0269 6983\r\nABC July-Dec 1990 60,368\r\n\r\nYS comes to you from the same folks who 'knock out' Commodore Format, ST Format, Amiga Format, New Computer Express, Amstrad Action, MacPublishing, Classic CD, PC Plus, 8000 Plus & Sega Power, Amiga Power, Amiga Shopper & Needlecraft"},"MainText":"Domark\r\n£10.99 cass\r\nReviewer: Linda Barker\r\n\r\nIf there's something that really tickles my fancy, it's getting a few friends round in the evening, putting some groovy tunes on the dansette, and then playing a spot of Triv Pursuit. It really works a treat. And by spooky coincidence that's remarkably similar to what this TV triv quiz compilation's all about (well, sort of). What fun, eh?\r\n\r\nBULLSEYE\r\nSo let's kick off with a darts game. Er, actually I didn't think much of this at all. (Ahem.) Its only saving grace is that we're spared any digitised pics of Jim Bowen. Instead there's that crap bull with the beer gut. The aim of the game is that 1 or 2 players throw darts and answer questions. What a load of bull.\r\n1991 Verdict: 50°\r\n\r\nTHE KRYPTON FACTOR\r\nI didn't even know this was still on the box! it used to be on after Crossroads when I were a young 'un. It was a very dull programme then, and the game's not much better. Up to 4 players have to get through 6 sections (including the infamous assault course) to prove themselves 'superpeople'. Personally, I'm quite content to remain a crap person if it means giving this a miss. On release (in May '88) it got 60. But now we'll give it...\r\n1991 Verdict: 55°\r\n\r\nBLOCKBUSTERS\r\nWhat a game! it was always a bit of a sore point with me that I never actually got to appear on Blockbusters - but, hey, now I can. There are 6 difficulty levels and zillions of questions (so you can carry on playing for days) and if you can persuade a mate to play then it gets dead competitive. It's a bit of a stickler on the old spelling though and the Gold Runs are blimmin' hard. Still, it's jolly good solid fun.\r\n1991 Verdict: 80°\r\n\r\nBOB'S FULL HOUSE\r\nWhat a lovely pic of Bob! And what prizes! The aim here is to answer loads of questions (surprise, surprise), but you've got to be jolly quick off the mark to manage it. Each player (and there can be up to 4) has a bingo card and you've got to light up the corners, than a line and then the whole thing.\r\n1991 Verdict: 80°\r\n\r\nEVERY SECOND COUNTS\r\nReliable sources inform me that this is hosted by Paul Daniels (slimeball!}. But fortunately he doesn't pop up in the game at all. Instead you get a load of contestants who have to say whether things are true or false and answer the odd question. Up to 3 couples can play - that's 6 people (Well done. Ed), so clear a large playing space.\r\n1991 Verdict: 80°\r\n\r\nIt may look like an incredibly boring pack but when you get into it It's: TV Showtime ain't half bad, with 3 pretty solid titles to play your friends against. If you like triv then you'll have some fun.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"Surprisingly good TV quiz compilation. Fun.","Page":"36,37","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Linda Barker","Score":"75","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"Bendy bullies ahoy! (What a crap screen, eh, Spec-chums? And the questions aren't that much cop either. Ho hum.)"},{"Text":"I'm the bod with the cropped hair. It's a peasy question so I don't know why I look so confused. Maybe I'm just nervous."},{"Text":"Oooh! That Paul Daniels, eh? What an annoying little so-and-so! I'm Nancy (yes I am!) and I know the answer to this one! (Yes I do!)"},{"Text":"Yo Bob! How ya doin'? I'm doing pretty well, even if I say so myself. It's jolly lucky that I know my chestnuts from my ginger nuts."}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Life Expectancy","Score":"78%","Text":""},{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"73%","Text":""},{"Header":"Addictiveness","Score":"76%","Text":""},{"Header":"Instant Appeal","Score":"73%","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"75%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[{"Header":"Bullseye","Score":"50%","Text":"Bullseye"},{"Header":"The Krypton Factor","Score":"55%","Text":"The Krypton Factor"},{"Header":"Blockbusters","Score":"80%","Text":"Blockbusters"},{"Header":"Bob's Full House","Score":"80%","Text":"Bob's Full House"},{"Header":"Every Second Counts","Score":"80%","Text":"Every Second Counts"}]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Sinclair User Issue 112, Jun 1991","Price":"£1.85","ReleaseDate":"1991-05-16","Editor":"Garth Sumpter","TotalPages":52,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Garth 'baseball' Sumpter\r\nDesign Editor: Andrea 'diamond' Walker\r\nDesign: Yvette 'Slide, slide!' Nicholls\r\nStaff Writers: Steve 'Pitcher' Keen\r\nSU Crew: Tony 'Home base' Naqvi, John 'home run' Cook, Pete 'you're out!' Gerrard, Phillip 'no ball' Fisch\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Jerry 'Fatboy' Hall\r\nAd Production: Jo 'I want a change' Gleissner\r\nMarketing Dept: Sarah 'New Flat' Ewing, Sarah 'Homeless' Hillard\r\nPublisher: Graham 'let's talk' Taylor\r\nManaging Director: Terry 'Umpire' Pratt\r\n\r\n(c)1991 EMAP IMAGES\r\n[redacted]\r\n\r\nDISTRIBUTION: BBC FRONTLINE\r\nSU SUBSCRIPTIONS: [redacted]\r\n\r\nTypesetting by Garthtype.\r\nColour work by Proprint.\r\nBlack and White by no-one.\r\n\r\nIf you want to reproduce this magazine you can try. Budgets are tight and quite frankly, you won't make any money unless you're as streetwise as the SU team.\r\n\r\n(c)1991 EMAP - the same miserable sods that produce these healthy titles: C+VG, SU, CU, Ace, Mean Machines, PC Leisure, The One Amiga, The One ST, Smash Hits, Performance Bike, Just 17, Q, Empire, Motor Cycle News, Radio and Music, Period Homes, Gas Bills Quarterly................"},"MainText":"Label: Domark\r\nMemory: 48K/128K\r\nPrice: £10.99 Tape\r\nReviewer: Steve Keen\r\n\r\nThere's always been a good reason to wait for compilations to come out. Normally you get a few of the full-price games that you really wanted (but couldn't quite afford) packaged up with a couple of real stinkers. It seemed a small price to pay - but things just got better...\r\n\r\nDomark have taken five of the most successful question and answer orientated shows and turned them into computer form.\r\n\r\nYou can enter into \"TV's ultimate test of intelligence and quick wits\" The Krypton Factor, trade double entendres with Paul Daniels in Every Second Counts, mark your card in Bob's Full House, step up to the ocky with Bully on Bullseye or go for the Gold Run in Blockbusters. The variety of games certainly is wide and whatever your taste it's catered for here. Most of the quizzes carry a difficulty level and quite a few parents will be stumped on level 6 with Bob Holness posing the questions. Even the dreaded Krypton Factor assault course is represented. You can play the computer or any number of friends, depending on the game and, as you progress, you will actually feel you're learning something. The only thing I miss with TV Showtime is Bob's blushes when he gets asked for a \"P\". I picture parents rampaging software stores for this one, throwing small children and pensioners behind them in their wake, grasping with out-stretched hands and sighing with relief at the thought of their child's imminent salvation from 'Shoot 'Em And Blast 'Em 2'. If you feel your I.Q.'s slipped below fifty I would prescribe TV Showtime, it's a cracker star makers!","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"Great to see something that you can get your parents to buy because it's 'educational'. A worthy buy to please your parents - or even to tighten up on your general knowledge.","Page":"22","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Steve Keen","Score":"79","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[{"Text":"SHOW FAX\r\n\r\nThe highest recorded salary for a 30 second commercial was $1,500,000 paid to Boy George for promoting gin in Japan.\r\n\r\nThe longest serving quiz-master is Bamber Gascoigne of University Challenge which has run since 21 September 1962.\r\n\r\nThe highest single British viewership was 39,000,000 people in 1982 for the Royal Wedding between TRH Prince and Princess of Wales.\r\n\r\nThe most often portrayed character in film history is Sherlock Holmes. Over seventy actors have portrayed him in 186 films between 1900 and 1984."}],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"60%","Text":""},{"Header":"Sound","Score":"40%","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"80%","Text":""},{"Header":"Lastability","Score":"85%","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"79%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"C&VG (Computer & Video Games) Issue 115, Jun 1991","Price":"£1.35","ReleaseDate":"1991-05-11","Editor":"Julian Rignall","TotalPages":132,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Managing Editor: Julian Rignall\r\nAssociate Editor: Paul Glancey\r\nArt Editor: Jon Billington\r\nStaff Writers: Richard Leadbetter, Robert \"Song\" Swan\r\nAdvertisement Manager: James \"The Man\" Owens\r\nDeputy Advertisement Manager: Martha \"The Woman\" Moloughney\r\nSales Exec: Greg \"The Lad\" Watson\r\nProduction Assistant: Emma \"The Sexy\" Sadler\r\nPublisher: Graham \"The Kingpin\" Taylor\r\n\r\nSubscription Enquiries: C+VG Subscriptions, [redacted]\r\nEditorial and Advertisement Offices: [redacted]\r\n\r\nPrinted By: Kingfisher Web, [redacted]\r\nColour By: Proprint, [redacted] and Colour Connection\r\nTypeset By: Me (and him)\r\nDistributed By: BBC Frontline\r\n\r\n©Computer And Video Games 1991\r\nISSN No: 0261-3697"},"MainText":"Domark/TV Games\r\nSpectrum £14.99\r\n\r\nAnother compilation, this features Bob's Full House, Blockbusters, Every Second Counts, The Krypton Factor and Bullseye. None of these were received with any great deal of enthusiasm when first released, but this is okay value for trivia freaks who enjoy answering lots of silly questions. Quiz show buffs, check it out.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"83","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Robert Swan","Score":"83","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"83%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]