[{"TitleName":"Quattro Fighters","Publisher":"Code Masters Ltd","Author":"","YearOfRelease":"1992","ZxDbId":"0011337","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 96, Feb 1992","Price":"£2.2","ReleaseDate":"1992-01-16","Editor":"Lucy Hickman","TotalPages":68,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Coming to you live from CRASH Towers are:\r\n\r\nEditor: Lucy 'Hot Lips' Hickman\r\nDeputy Editor: Nick 'Get Yer Kit Off' Roberts\r\nStaff Writer: Mark 'Gas Mark 6' Caswell\r\nProduction Editor: Warren 'Technicolour Neck' Lapworth\r\nAdventures: Ian 'Gerald Kaufman' Osborne\r\nArt & Design: Charlie 'De-cherried' Chubb, Mark 'Newt' Kendrick\r\nSystems Manager: Ian 'Modest Bast' Chubb\r\nScreenshots: Michael 'Anorexic' Parkinson\r\nPublisher: Roger 'Milton' Kean\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Sheila 'Omni-present' Jarvis\r\nAdvertisement Sales Executive: George 'Cassanova' Keenan\r\nAdvertisement Production: Jo '0898' Lewis\r\nProduction: Jackie 'Memo' Morris\r\nReprographics: Rob 'I've got a brand new shower' Millichamp\r\nManaging Director: Jonathan 'Liquid Lunch' Rignall\r\nCirculation Manager: David 'Birdie-dick' Wren\r\nAccounts: Sheila 'Morticia' Adams\r\nSubscriptions: David 'Bradford and Bingley' Bingle(y)\r\n\r\nTypesetting Europress Impact, using Apple Macintosh II computers, running Quark Express and Adobe Illustrator 3.0. Printing BPCC Business Magazines (Carlisle) Ltd. Distribution COMAG, [redacted]\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 write to us at the address below). No person who has any relationship, no matter how remote, to anyone who works for either EUROPRESS IMPACT or any of the companies offering prizes, may enter one of our competitions. No 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, hardware or software - unless it is accompanied by a suitably stamped addressed envelope. Unsolicited written or photo material 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 by the printed word rate. The views expressed in CRASH are not necessarily those of the publishers.\r\n\r\nEuropress Impact Ltd, CRASH [redacted]\r\n\r\nThis month's cover: Never Ending Story II. Cover design by Oliver Frey. Powertape inlay by Mark Kendrick."},"MainText":"Code Masters\r\n£3.99\r\n\r\nHands up if you've got a violent streak (yeah, now what? - Ed). Are you the sort of person who goes around the house kicking the cat and looking dead mean? Well STOP! Leave the moggy alone and buy Quattro Fighters. The four games offer a mixture of beat- and shoot-'em-up to keep any trigger-happy gamesplayer occupied for a long time.\r\n\r\nThe action pack kicks off with Guardian Angel, a real fist-cruncher of a game where battles are fought through the docks of Manhattan using hands, feet, iron bars, baseball bats and even teeth if you're that way inclined! There are some great graphics and there's always a surprise around the new corner.\r\n\r\nOn first play, Kamikaze seems just another plane-zapping game but there's a lot more to it than that. True, there are lots of planes of different slopes and sizes to be destroyed, but you also have to rescue blokes from one side of the level and take them back to base. To get them out of their prison you have to load the plane with explosives and dive-bomb it!\r\n\r\nMIG-29 Soviet Fighter offers shooting action of a different kind. This time the game's viewed from behind the plane, After Burner style. Lots of tanks, aircraft and power-up balloons fill the screen with great graphics.\r\n\r\nThe final game's a bit of a cop-out, meth. SAS Combat has been seen on another Quattro compilation so if you're collecting them all you'll be a little disappointed. But with four areas to be cleared of troops and a gun full of bullets to do the job, it's a right good blast.\r\n\r\nAll the Quattro packs are great value for money. Four budget games for the price of one - you can't go wrong, can you?","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"59","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Nick Roberts","Score":"68","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"Chocs away! Grab the balloon for a super dooper bonus!"}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"68%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[{"Header":"Guardian Angel","Score":"68%","Text":"Freddy Hardest en Manhattan Sur"},{"Header":"Kamikaze","Score":"60%","Text":"Kamikaze"},{"Header":"Mig-29 Soviet Fighter","Score":"72%","Text":"Soviet Fighter MiG 29"},{"Header":"Sas Combat","Score":"60%","Text":"SAS Combat Simulator"}]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Sinclair Issue 75, Mar 1992","Price":"£2.2","ReleaseDate":"1992-02-06","Editor":"Andy Hutchinson","TotalPages":68,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"LOVE? PAH!\r\n\r\nLove sought is good, but giv'n unsought is better. Ha! Give us a lot of good Knicks/Pisons basketball match any day! So, what's the greatest love of your life?\r\n\r\nEditor: Andy (Honda Custom Motorbike) Hutchinson\r\nArt Editor: Andy (Shergold Meteor Guitar) Ounsted\r\nDeputy Editor: Linda (Green duffle bag) Barker\r\nActing Staff Writer: Jon (SAM) Pillar\r\nArt Assistant: Maryanne (My mum) Booth\r\nAdvertising Manager: Cheryl (Highland Toffees) Beesley\r\nProduction Coordinator: Lisa (George Michael) Read\r\nPublisher: Jane (David Cassidy and Roy Ayers) Richardson\r\nPromotions Manager: Michele (Chips 'n' Gravy) Harris\r\nGroup Publisher: Greg (Trot-along) Ingham\r\nCirculation Director: Sue (Her Greenhouse) Hartley\r\n\r\nYour Sinclair (Peace & Fudge), Future (World Domination) Publishing [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscriptions: The Old Barn [redacted]\r\nDistribution: MMC [redacted]\r\n\r\nCover Illustration: Paul (His Kate Bush CDs) Kidby\r\nISSN 0269 6983\r\nABC Jan-June 1991 65,444\r\n\r\nYour Sinclair leaps into its scooter and vrooms around the carpark with these mighty organs: Commodore Format (Scuba Diving), Amstrad Action (Draught Bass), Amiga Format (Wadworth 6X), PCW Plus (Insomnia), PC Answers (Well balanced yacht moored in the Aegean), PC Plus (Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica album), Sega Power (Eliza Smith-Meddings), Amiga Power (Sherbert Lemons), Amiga Shopper (Sophia Loren aged 23), Classic CD (Worms), Needlecraft (Mary Whitehouse), Mountain Biking UK (Manic MTB down hill rides), PC Format (London Monarchs), Public Domain (Debauchery), ST Format (Michelle Pfeiffer) and Total! (Ladies, and errmm, associated activities with said gender).\r\n\r\nBut what we really want to know is... have you ever gone to the loo and discovered too late that there's no paper and no lock on the door?"},"MainText":"QUATTRO FIGHTERS\r\nCode Masters\r\n£3.99 cass\r\nReviewer: Jon Pillar\r\n\r\nPunch! Kick! Strike repeatedly! Gouge! (Okay Linda, okay! The Pastels are quite a good band really). Oh hello everyone. Heres a review of Quattro Fighters. (Ouch).\r\n\r\nTHE GUARDIAN ANGEL\r\n\r\nFresh from his triumphant interstellar tour in \"One Man And His Quiff,\" Freddy Hardest comes down to Earth with a bump in this horizontally-scrolling beat-'em-up. The plot is typically simple - clean up the Manhattan docklands armed only with an old coat. What's more, after years of battling finger-twisting controls it's refreshing to find a game that can be played perfectly well using just two fighting moves. The action is clearly-presented and manically busy, with villains attacking from both directions at once. This leads to some tense bouts of fisticuffs as you attempt to deal with minor baddies before the loony with the large, blunt object creeps up from behind. Topped off with lots of levels and a good variety of opponents, this is a pleasingly playable little number.\r\n77°\r\n\r\nSAS COMBAT SIMULATOR\r\n\r\nTipped to sweep the board at the annual Worst Title And Cover Artwork awards, this game is a surprisingly good Commando clone. Each excitingly plump level contains both vertically- and horizontally-scrolling sections, with a short beat-'em-up bit tacked on the end. There are enemies and power-ups galore, and although the graphics are occasionally dodgy (at one point you filch a jeep which looks remarkably like a very badly drawn jeep), the shockingly addictive gameplay shines out like a freshly brushed smile. Scribble out the inlay, and you've got a winner.\r\n86°\r\n\r\nMIG 29 SOVIET FIGHTER\r\n\r\nFrom Russia with lurve comes this innovative slant on Afterburner. Cleverly picking up on that oh-so-obvious omission from the original, the programmers of MIG 29 have included some gameplay. Hurrah! Power-ups, limited ammo and ridiculously numerous ground defences all add up to far more than an impressive display of fast graphics. Alas, the game is destined to be known as no more than A Brave Attempt - even with a bit of gameplay bunged in, the basic Afterburner idea just doesn't work. Any game that can be played for ages simply by circling round the screen doesn't, I'm sorry to say, cut the mustard.\r\n41°\r\n\r\nKAMIKAZE\r\n\r\nA merry little shoot-'em-up that finds you puttering about the skies in a bi plane. Programmers Big Red (already famous for tweaking Dizzy into Seymour have twanged the braces of convention once more - the idea is to collect what can only be described as a bomb, and then, clenching it between your teeth, crash into the enemy stronghold. Cheery graphics help things bob along, and with everything from jet fighters to men wearing rocket packs in the air, the game is no pushover. Like Cavemania, a very Game-'n'-Watchish sort of thing - bright and breezy, instantly forgettable and great fun.\r\n73°\r\n\r\nNot bad! MIG 29 lets the side down rather, but overall this barg is a bargain. Lucky coincidence, eh?","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"59","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Jon Pillar","Score":"84","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"And suddenly, just as Jack began to breathe again, out of a clear blue sky dived Anneka Rice with all guns blazing."},{"Text":"I mean, come on, that's never a jeep. It looks more like a manhole cover, or a chimney pot. Or a casserole. Or something."}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"84%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[{"Header":"The Guardian Angel","Score":"77%","Text":"Freddy Hardest en Manhattan Sur"},{"Header":"SAS Combat Simulator","Score":"86%","Text":"SAS Combat Simulator"},{"Header":"MIG-29 Soviet Fighter","Score":"41%","Text":"Soviet Fighter MiG 29"},{"Header":"Kamikaze","Score":"73%","Text":"Kamikaze"}]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Sinclair User Issue 120, Feb 1992","Price":"£1.85","ReleaseDate":"1992-01-18","Editor":"Garth Sumpter","TotalPages":52,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Commander Coloninabadway\r\nDesign: Captain Ooneneeky Cheeky\r\nSoftware Editor: Star Commander Angus Headrush\r\nAdditional Design: Earthling Jane Davies\r\nSU Crew: Garth 'Space Cowboy' Sumpter, John 'B'tardy' Cook, Alan Dykes, Pete 'Astro' Gerrard, Phillip 'Black Hole' Fisch\r\nAd Manager: Jerry 'Astonomical' Hall\r\nAd Production: Jo 'Goodbye Girl' Gleissner\r\nMarketing Man.: Mark 'Hard to..' Swallow\r\nMarketing Women: Sarah Ewing, Sarah Hillard\r\nPublisher: Graham Taylor\r\nManaging Director: Terry Pratt\r\n\r\n(c)1992 EMAP IMAGES\r\n[redacted]\r\n\r\nColour by Proprint\r\nPrinted by Kingfisher Web\r\n\r\nNo part of this magazine may be reproduced without the consent of the publishers. So there. Incidentally, I hope you all got what you wanted for Christmas. I, Fnot the Irreverent, have got what I wanted - I'm rid of the pesky SU Crew and have got my hands on their magazine - in a short while now, my plans for Earth domination will be complete - and the SU Crew are stuck are the other side of the galaxy. No-one can save the Earth now!"},"MainText":"Label: Codemasters\r\nMemory: 48K/128K\r\nPrice: £3.99 Tape\r\nReviewer: Big Al Dykes\r\n\r\nBouncing around the world with a cheerful smile may well be the stuff of Codemasters legend, as borne out by that chart busting eggy fellow, Dizzy, but believe me, there's no substitute for a good blast 'em up. It gets the adrenalin flowing and works up a 'moowst bagelicious' appetite. Quattro Fighters could be the solution!\r\n\r\nOf the four games available on Quattro Fighters, two are flying shoot em ups, Soviet fighter MiG 29 and Kamikaze. MiG 29 is a fast, forward looking flight sim game with excellent graphics and well above average gameplay. There are five different combat scenarios and the game, unsurprisingly involves destroying aerial and land based targets including American F15s, tanks and helicopter gunships. Skill and judgement are called for as you avoid flak, missiles and serious gunfire. It'll take a little while to get used to the various weapons and their selection but the game is all action the whole way through.\r\n\r\nKamikaze is less impressive and belongs to the Harrier Attack school of computer game. Scramble off the ground and attack the enemy's HQ with a dinky little aircraft that appears to fire peas at the old Bosche. The enemy will throw planes, paratroopers, helicopters, anti-aircraft guns and even UFO's at you. Yes, it seems as though the whole galaxy is against the kamikaze pilot. The graphics are colourful though basic but the game remains fun, if a little infuriating, to play.\r\n\r\nThe best of the two ground action games is without doubt Guardian Angel. A thumping good beat 'em up that's sometimes a little overdone in the difficulty stakes. In Guardian Angel you must low kick, high kick, thump and jump your way past the thugs of New York to make the city safe to live in (some hope!). Sometimes you're up against just one or two easy enemies but very often you'll end up fighting off many more, all at once, including some very tough dudes. Watch out for and avoid at all costs the bad guy with the fork lift truck, if he hits you you'll automatically loose a life, and the vicious rats of doom must be wiped out with punishing, long distance, low kicks. The action is fast and the graphics are quite clear. Unfortunately it can be a little difficult to control your sprite but this game is worth a look.\r\n\r\nSAS Combat Simulator is very similar in concept to Airborne Ranger (reviewed last month as part of US Gold's Super Sim Pack) and although I personally don't like this type of game, it's still an average shoot 'em up with lots of weapon power-ups and a multitude of potential targets. The battlefield is vertically viewed and colourful although it sometimes gets a little difficult to distinguish between the various sprites on screen.\r\n\r\nQuattro Fighters may not be an outstanding collection of big licences but there is lots of playability and lastability there. I would find it difficult to get enthusiastic about some of these games by themselves but they do put up a darn good fight as a collection!","ReviewerComments":["Codemasters are not known for outstanding quality of their games but their excellent playability makes them one of the most successful producers of games. This is borne out with Quattro Fighters - a reasonable and very playable quartet.\r\nGarth Sumpter"],"OverallSummary":"Furious action from Codemasters as they put the eggs back in the fridge and concentrate on some firepower for the new year. Give me a gun, give me a plane, give me this game.","Page":"38","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Alan Dykes","Score":"79","ScoreSuffix":"%"},{"Name":"Garth Sumpter","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"\"Mum, mum. There 're a load of Hells Angels shooting at me from the bottom of the garden!\""},{"Text":"Absolutely lovely graphics."},{"Text":"Accky, 1. 2. 3. In the bushes."},{"Text":"At home with the G.A.'s Lesson 1. Impressing neighbours."},{"Text":"Easy boy, easy!!"},{"Text":"Home, sweet home.."},{"Text":"Tally ho, you big rotters!!"},{"Text":"Watch that tank shooting at you or you'll have to silk it!"},{"Text":"Weeny graphics make Kamikaze tricky to play at the best of times. This is the weakest game though."}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"79%","Text":""},{"Header":"Sound","Score":"76%","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"81%","Text":""},{"Header":"Lastability","Score":"83%","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"79%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]