[{"TitleName":"Action Pack 3","Publisher":"WH Smith","Author":"Alligata Software Ltd","YearOfRelease":"1987","ZxDbId":"0011467","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Sinclair Issue 23, Nov 1987","Price":"£1.5","ReleaseDate":"1987-10-12","Editor":"Teresa Maughan","TotalPages":108,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Teresa Maughan\r\nArt Editor: Peter George\r\nProduction Editor: Lucy Broadbent\r\nTechnical Editor: Phil South\r\nSoftware Editor: Marcus Berkmann\r\nDeputy Art Editor: Darrell King\r\nEditorial Assistant: Angela Eager\r\nContributors: Richard Blaine, Audrey & Owen Bishop, Chris Donald, Mike Gerrard, Gwyn Hughes, ZZKJ, Tony Lee, Rick Robson, Peter Shaw, Rachael Smith, Mischa Welsh, Tony Worrall\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Mark Salmon\r\nAdvertisement Executive: Julian Harriott\r\nProduction Manager: Sonia Hunt\r\nManaging Editor: Kevin Cox\r\nPublisher: Roger Munford\r\nPublishing Director: Stephen England\r\n\r\nPublished by Dennis Publishing Ltd, [redacted] Company registered in England.\r\nTypesetters: Carlinpoint [redacted]\r\nReproduction: Graphic Ideas, London\r\nPrinters: Chase Web Offset [redacted]\r\nDistribution: Seymour Press [redacted]\r\n\r\nAll material in Your Sinclair ©1987 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":"ACTION PACK\nWH Smith\n£4.99\nReviewer: Marcus Berkmann\n\nFeeble collection of Alligata's least distinguished games. Trap (April '87) is probably the best thing here, a vertical scroller that already looks dated when compared to what we've seen since. Who Dares Wins II (June '86) was never daring enough and lost, while Indoor Bowling is too much like all the other 349276 indoor bowling games we've seen of late. And Octagon is very late indeed - we only reviewed it in May! Not the most sparkling compilation I've seen, though by no means appalling value at a fiver. (Available only at WH Smith.)\n\nCOMING SOON...\n\n...two more splendid compilations for the autumn. Activision's got a collection of all those fab Lucasfilm games (Ballblazer, The Eidolon and so on) which should be out in the shops by the time you read this. And Gremlin's Star Games II is out soon, with one or two titles you may have seen elsewhere, like The Eidolon and Ballblazer! (Not to mention Highway Encounter, also available on the Vortex comp.) But we'll keep you posted.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"64","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Marcus Berkmann","Score":"5","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"Who Dares Wins II"}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"5/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[{"Header":"Trap","Score":"7/10","Text":"Trap"},{"Header":"Who Dares Wins II","Score":"4/10","Text":"Who Dares Wins II"},{"Header":"Octagon","Score":"6/10","Text":"Octagon"},{"Header":"Indoor Bowling","Score":"6/10","Text":"Indoor Bowling"}]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Sinclair User Issue 66, Sep 1987","Price":"£1","ReleaseDate":"1987-08-18","Editor":"David Kelly","TotalPages":108,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: David Kelly\r\nDeputy Editor: Graham Taylor\r\nStaff Writer: Jim Douglas\r\nStaff Writer: Tamara Howard\r\nArt Editor: Gareth Jones\r\nAdventure Help: Gordo Greatbelly\r\nZapchat: Jon Riglar\r\nHelpline: Andrew Hewson\r\nContributors: Richard Price, Andy Moss, Gary Rook\r\nHardware Correspondent: Rupert Goodwins\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Louise Fanthorpe\r\nDeputy Advertisement Manager: Mike Corr\r\nProduction Assistant: Alison Morton\r\nAdvertisement Secretary: Linda Everest\r\nSubscriptions Manager: Carl Dunne\r\nPublisher: Terry Pratt\r\n\r\nTelephone [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscription Enquiries [redacted]\r\n\r\nSinclair User is published monthly by EMAP Business & Computer Publications\r\n\r\nCover Illustration: Lee Sullivan, Jerry Paris, James MacDonald\r\n\r\nSinclair User\r\nEMAP Business & Computer Publications\r\n[redacted]\r\n\r\nTypeset by PRS Ltd, [redacted]\r\nPrinted by Nene River Press, [redacted]\r\nDistributed by EMAP Publications Ltd.\r\n\r\n©Copyright 1986 Sinclair User ISSN No 0262-5458\r\n\r\nABC 84,699 July-Dec 1986"},"MainText":"Label: WH Smith/Alligata\r\nAuthor: various\r\nPrice: £4.99\r\nMemory: 48K/128K\r\nJoystick: various\r\nReviewer: Tony Dillon\r\n\r\nYippee, it's here! The new Action Pack from WH Smith, and look at the wonderfully exciting games it contains. Who Dares Wins II. Wow, what a terrible... sorry, I'm supposed to say terrific game - it's Commando goes flip screen. Trap, cor! This is nearly as exciting as championship mould breeding. It's ruined, though, by the fact that you cant see the bullets, the aliens, the missiles and generally anything in the game. Indoor Bowling. Weeelaagh! Primitive, man! (Cue Orson Wells) Probably the worst bowling game ever. (You don't even get the the little man bowling the ball!) Finally, it's Octagon. Now, I've gota terrible memory but... what was I saying? Oh, yes, my memory, but I can remember when this game was released and correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't that only a month or two ago. Blimy guy, that didn't take long to hit the compilation train, lub-a-dub, stone the crows.\r\n\r\nIt's not exactly an action packed Action Pack, but it is very cheap.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"Easily one of the most boring compilations I have ever played - but it's very, very cheap.","Page":"86","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Tony Dillon","Score":"5","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"5/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]