[{"TitleName":"The Star Wars Trilogy","Publisher":"Domark Ltd","Author":"","YearOfRelease":"1989","ZxDbId":"0011425","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Sinclair Issue 46, Oct 1989","Price":"£1.6","ReleaseDate":"1989-09-18","Editor":"Matt Bielby","TotalPages":100,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Matt Bielby\r\nArt Editor: Catherine Higgs\r\nDeputy Editor: Jackie Ryan\r\nProduction Editor: Andy Ide\r\nStaff Writer: David Wilson\r\nDesigner: Catherine Peters\r\nTechnical Consultant: David McCandless\r\nContributors: Marcus Berkmann, Jonathan Davies, Mike Gerrard, Kati Hamza, Peter Shaw, Phil South\r\nGroup Advertisement Manager: Lynda Elliott\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Alison Morton\r\nAdvertisement Executives: Stephen Bloy, Chris Skinner\r\nAdvertisement Director: Alistair Ramsay\r\nProduction Manager: Judith Middleton\r\nAdvertisement Production: Claire Baker\r\nMarketing Manager: Bryan Denyer\r\nNewstrade Circulation Manager: Stephen Ward\r\nSubscription Manager: June Smith\r\nPublisher: Teresa Maughan\r\nFinance Director: Colin Crawford\r\nManaging Director: Stephen England\r\nChairman: Felix Dennis\r\n\r\nPublished by Dennis Publishing Ltd, [redacted] Company registered in England.\r\nTypesetters: Point Five [redacted]\r\nReproduction: Graphic Ideas, London\r\nPrinted By: Riverside Press [redacted]\r\nDistribution: Seymour Press [redacted]\r\n\r\nAll material in Your Sinclair ©1989 Felden Productions, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of the publishers. Your Sinclair is a monthly publication."},"MainText":"Domark\r\n£12.99 cass/£19.99 dis\r\nReviewer: Kati Hamza\r\n\r\nIf you can remember when Star Wars first came out, you probably use Grecian 2000 and still wear thermal underpants. Yup, you're a bit of an old dodderer!\r\n\r\nSo here's your chance to reminisce by using The Force and all that stuff, not once, but three times 'cos Star Wars, The Empire Spikes Back and Return Of The Jedi are now available on one compilation.\r\n\r\nSTAR WARS\r\nA slick little 3D vector graphics thingy this, which has you blasting the stuffing out of the Empire's Tie Fighters, laser towers and barriers before plunging into the trenches of Darth Vader's Death Star itself. Phew! Course, once you've done it you've got to start the whole thing over again but you don't care 'cos you're a Jedi Knight. Lucky that. One of the best-known Speccy games of all time, it's dated a bit but the 3D's fast and there's plenty of action.\r\n'89 Rating: 80°\r\n\r\nTHE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK\r\nWell, blow me it it isn't another one of those vector graphics jobs. Good old Tie Fighters appear in this one as well but first you've got to stop the robots sending transmissions of the Rebels' power generator to nasty old Darth. Next come brilliantly animated AT-ST and AT-AT Walkers and after that you've got to negotiate a pretty hairy asteroid field. There's just a tad more sound on this but the gameplay's even more faithful to the coin-op than on the 16-bit. The pick of the bunch.\r\n'89 Rating: 86°\r\n\r\nRETURN OF THE JEDI\r\nWossiss? Not a vector graphic in sight! Instead, you're slogging it out in the forest and the inside of, yep, the Death Star again. First off, you're on a speeder bike trying to blow up enemy bikes and making them crash into trees. Then you're negotiating the Millenium Falcon to the centre of the Death Star dodging Tie Fighters and watching out for energy gates before manoeuvring a Scout Walker through the forest again. It's a nifty little number this, but somehow it just doesn't match the atmosphere of the other two.\r\n'89 Rating: 74°\r\n\r\nAnd that's it. If you've never seen them before, now's your chance to experience the whole kaboodle in one go. It may not be the most original thing since sherbert dips but who's complaining when you get three ultra-playable classic Speccy games for such good value?","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"Not bad at all even if it does cost more than you usually have to pay for a compilation. A must if you haven't already got the games.","Page":"65","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Kati Hamza","Score":"84","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"Blimey! It took a long time for Domark to get around to converting the old Star Wars arcade machine (it finally reached the Speccy in early '88, fact fans) and it's taken a long time for them to put it out on compilation too! Planting a proton torpedo or what have you in the Death Star garbage port (and so completing the game) is a bit of a doddle, but the action up 'til then is fast and furious."},{"Text":"Oi! Who's nicked the vector graphics? Return Of The Jedi is a bit of a different ball game, with heaps of fast, smooth, diagonal scrolling and nice control response, but perhaps a little short on substance. Duncan insists you watch out for the Ewoks at the end of Level One (the speeder bikes). They're \"doing something that will make them go blind, or at least that's what it looks like,\" he confided. Blimey!"},{"Text":"Yet more vector graphics in The Empire Strikes Back and - spook! - the Speccy version was programmed by Leeds-based Vektor Grafix! Small universe, eh? The joystick action is a bit odd (the cursor moves up the screen when the stick is pushed down and vice versa) and again some complained that it's all a bit too easy. But that said it's perhaps the best vector graphics blaster ever coded. Yowsa!"}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Life Expectancy","Score":"85%","Text":""},{"Header":"Instant Appeal","Score":"92%","Text":""},{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"75%","Text":""},{"Header":"Addictiveness","Score":"86%","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"84%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[{"Header":"Star Wars","Score":"80%","Text":"Star Wars"},{"Header":"The Empire Strikes Back","Score":"86%","Text":"The Empire Strikes Back"},{"Header":"Return of the Jedi","Score":"74%","Text":"Return of the Jedi"}]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Sinclair User Issue 95, Feb 1990","Price":"£1.6","ReleaseDate":"1990-01-18","Editor":"Jim Douglas","TotalPages":100,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"AaaChhhoo!\r\n\r\nJIM \"Black Death\" DOUGLAS (Editor)\r\nGood grief, he's looking pretty manky this month, eh readers? Poor Jimbly has been struck by the dreaded Flu epidemic. He's almost overdosed on Chloraseptic and is feeling very sorry for himself, and would like someone to give him a cuddle, please. Eurgh yuk, go away drippy bogey snout.\r\n\r\nALISON \"Super Fit\" SKEAT (Production Editor)\r\nBig Al's looking well smug with herself as she's the only one who's managed to avoid the lurgie. That's because she's been holed up in her Michael Jackson-style oxygen tent munching on garlic pills and Halibo-range tablets. But naughty Oz has set about her bubble with his designer scalpel and all the germies are getting in, tee hee. Somebody pass All the Junior Disprin please.\r\n\r\nGARTH \"Firestone\" Sumpter (Staff Writer)\r\nAfter a major bout of Christmas jollies, poor Garthy is certainly a wee bit worse for wear. Jim made him attend every software house chrimbo doo because the rest of us were too \"ill\" to go, but it looks like he had a few too many beakers of Um Bongo. Quick lads abandon the loo, here he comes.\r\n\r\nOSMOND \"wibbly limbs\" BROWNE (Designer)\r\nPoor little Ossie. Wicked Uncle Jim has been working him so hard, that he's developed a rather severe case of Designer's elbow. He's been scribbling away so hard that both of his elbows have turned to gungey runny stuff and his arms have gone all loppy. What a shame, looks like he's headed for the Municipal home for crumblie old clapped out Designers.\r\n\r\nAdventure: The Sorceress\r\nI've Got This Problem: Rupert Goodwins\r\nAdvertisement Manager: James Owens\r\nSenior Sales: Martha Moloughney\r\nAd Production: Emma Ward\r\nMarketing Manager: Dean Barrett\r\nMarketing Assistant: Sarah Ewing\r\nPublisher: Terry Pratt\r\n\r\nOur Address: [redacted]\r\nOur Phone Number: [redacted]\r\nOur Fax No: [redacted]\r\n\r\nCover Illustration: Jerry Paris\r\n\r\nPrinted by Nene River Press, [redacted]\r\n\r\n©Copyright Sinclair User 1990\r\n\r\nNo part of this magazine may be reproduced/transcribed, stored in a data retrieval system etc, without permission of the publishers, EMAP B+CP. Special thanks this issue: Kevin at Nene, John Cook, Jaz Rignall and of course, old Santa himself for forcing us to produce this issue in two weeks flat. Hope you get terminal frostbite, fatso."},"MainText":"STAR WARS TRILOGY\r\nDomark\r\n£12.99\r\n\r\nCONTENTS:\r\n\r\nSTAR WARS: A bit slow and jerky, but has all the features of the arcade original.\r\n\r\nEMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Thrilling conversion of the coin-op - the best of the series.\r\n\r\nRETURN OF THE JEDI: Mediocre translation ruined by rancid graphics and putrid sound.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"If you're a Star Wars fans and missed these games first time around, this is a great way to collect the set.","Page":"74","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"80%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"C&VG (Computer & Video Games) Issue 97, Dec 1989","Price":"£1.2","ReleaseDate":"1989-11-16","Editor":"Julian Rignall","TotalPages":164,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"CONTACTS AND CREDITS\r\n\r\nEditor: Julian Rignall\r\nArt Editor: Andrea Walker\r\nStaff Writers: Paul Glancey, Paul Rand\r\nArt Assistant: Osmond Browne\r\nAdvertising Manager: Nigel Taylor\r\nDep Ad Manager: Joanna Cooke\r\nSales Executive: Tina Zanelli\r\nProduction Assistant: Glenys Powell\r\nPublisher: Graham Taylor\r\nThis Month's Cover: Ghostsbusters II from Activision\r\nCover Artist: Jerry Paris\r\n\r\nSubscription Enquiries to: EMAP Frontline, [redacted]\r\nEditorial and Advertisement Offices: [redacted]\r\n\r\nPrinted By: Nene River Press, [redacted]\r\nColour By: Proprint, [redacted]\r\nTypeset By: Jaz and Mr T at EMAP\r\nDistributed By: EMAP Frontline\r\n\r\n©C+VG 1989\r\nISSN No: 0261-3697"},"MainText":"STAR WARS TRILOGY\r\nCONTENTS: Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi\r\nSpectrum/Amstrad/C64 £12.99, ST £24.99\r\n\r\nThe first two vector graphic Star Wars games are nicely executed, and contain all the features of the original, the third one is a bit of a disappointment. One for the collectors...","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"88","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Julian Rignall","Score":"78","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[{"Text":"AMIGA SCORES\r\n\r\nOverall: 81%\r\n\r\nExactly the same criticisms as the ST package - the only difference is the clearer sampled speech on all the games. Star Wars fans shouldn't miss this."},{"Text":"AMSTRAD SCORES\r\n\r\nOverall: 80%\r\n\r\nThe vector games are both excellent renditions of the arcade originals, and Return of the Jedi, although juddery is colourful and playable. Recommended"},{"Text":"ATARI ST SCORES\r\n\r\nOverall: 81%\r\n\r\nStar Wars and Empire Strikes Back are both virtually indistinguishable from the arcade versions. Return of the Jedi packs all the features of the coin-op, but is let down by poor graphics and occasionally quirky gameplay. Still, this is a superb package for Star Wars fans."},{"Text":"C64 SCORES\r\n\r\nOverall: 63%\r\n\r\nThe C64 isn't much cop at doing vector graphics, and the versions of Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back suffer as a consequence, with slow frame update making the game jerky to look at and tricky to play. The Return of the Jedi is blocky and doesn't really capture the atmosphere of the arcade original."}],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"78%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]