[{"TitleName":"The Crypt","Publisher":"Carnell Software Ltd","Author":"Emmanuel, Stephen Renton","YearOfRelease":"1984","ZxDbId":"0001178","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Spectrum Issue 2, Mar 1984","Price":"£0.95","ReleaseDate":"1984-02-16","Editor":"Roger Munford","TotalPages":98,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Roger Munford\r\nContributing Editor: Bruce Sawford\r\nTechnical Editor: Ron Smith\r\nSoftware Consultant: Gavin Monk\r\nEditorial Consultant: Andrew Pennell\r\nSub Editor: Nik Lumsden\r\nContributors: Toni Baker, Simon Goodwin, Mike Lord, Ian Beardsmore, Max Philips, Guy Kewney, Henry Budgett, Gary Marshall, Dilwyn Jones, Phil Manchester\r\nArt Editor: Jimmy Egerton\r\nArt Assistants: Steve Broadhurst, Mike Wilkes\r\nGroup Advertisement Manager: Jeff Raggett\r\nAdvertisement Managers: Shane Campbell, Gill Harris\r\nProduction Editor: Derek Cohen\r\nTypesetters: Anne Ashby, Maggie Kayley, Velma Miller\r\nProduction Manager: Sonia Hunt\r\nGroup Art Director: Perry Neville\r\nPublisher: Stephen England\r\nDistribution Manager: Colin James\r\nPublished by Sportscene Specialist Press Ltd, [redacted] Company registered in England. Telephone (all departments): [redacted]\r\nReproduction: Graphic Ideas, London\r\nPrinters: Chase Web Offset [redacted]\r\nDistribution: Seymour Press [redacted]\r\n\r\nAll material in Your Spectrum ©1984 Felden productions, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of the publishers. Your Spectrum is a bi-monthly publication and the third issue will be available during the second week of April 1984."},"MainText":"THE CRYPT\r\nCarnell Software\r\n£4.95\r\n\r\nA very graphical adventure, in the same style of Atic Atac (in that you look down upon the action from above). You can choose your weapons, etc, by picking them up off the floor of the crypt. An extremely complex game, with graphics and text.","ReviewerComments":["You can select which level you wish to play and. at the end, the game refuses to tell you the secret of the Crypt!\r\nStephen Cathrall","The speed of this game is adequate, given that it is essentially an adventure game. I would describe the use of colour and graphics as average. A complex adventure, but I found ways of cheating quite easily.\r\r\r\nStewart McPherson","The graphics are used imaginatively throughout this game, and the response time isn't bad. Overall, it's a very nice graphical adventure,\r\r\r\nPeter Shaw"],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"57","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Stephen Cathrall","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""},{"Name":"Stewart McPherson","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""},{"Name":"Peter Shaw","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":null,"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Micro Adventurer Issue 1, Nov 1983","Price":"£0.75","ReleaseDate":"1983-10-20","Editor":"Graham Cunningham","TotalPages":52,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Graham Cunningham\r\nAssistant Editor: Carmel Anderson\r\nSoftware Editor: Graham Taylor\r\nMaster Adventurers: Tony Bridge, Mike Grace\r\nNews Editor: David Kelly\r\nAdvertisement Manager: David Lake\r\nAdvertisement Executive: Simon Langston\r\nAdministration: Theresa Lacy\r\nManaging Editor: Brendon Gore\r\nPublishing Director: Jenny Ireland\r\nTelephone number (all departments): [redacted]\r\nUK Address: [redacted]\r\nUS Address: [redacted]\r\nSubscriptions: UK £10.00 for 12 issues, overseas surface (excluding US and Canada) £16 for 12 issues, US and Canada air-lifted US$33.95 for 12 issues.\r\n\r\nMicro Adventurer is published monthly by Sunshine Books, Scot Press Ltd. Typesetting by In-Step Ltd, [redacted]. Printed by Eden Fisher (Southend) Ltd, [redacted]. Distributed by SM Distribution, [redacted].\r\n\r\nISSN 0265-4156\r\n\r\n© Sunshine Books 1983"},"MainText":"CHALLENGE IN THE CRYPT\r\n\r\nMICRO: Spectrum 48K\r\nPRICE: £4.95\r\nFORMAT: Cassette\r\nSUPPLIER: Carnell Software, [redacted]\r\n\r\nPrepare yourself for the many challenges that shall confront you when you dare to enter The Crypt. You will battle with Giant Scorpions, Hell Spawn, Craners, PosNegs and if you are unlucky enough, the Dark Cyclops!\r\n\r\nSo runs the blurb on the packaging of a new program, released this very month by Carnell Software. Written by 17 year-old Stephen Renton, The Crypt is a mixture of graphics and fantasy.\r\n\r\nSeveral levels of dangers make up the game, and each level contains a large number of mini-crypts for the player to explore. There is a chest in each location which may contain treasure, or, if you're unlucky, something horrible like a black mamba. There is a catch, of course - there is also a Guardian present, who doesn't take very kindly to having its personal chest examined in this way, and will come after you, intent on drinking your blood. Carnell doesn't want to lose all its customers, though (there are a lot more goodies on the way from the company), so it wants to provide a weapon for the intrepid adventurer to pick up.\r\n\r\nThe monsters aren't easy to kill, and precise positioning is called for. At screen-bottom is displayed your combat rating, along with the monster's, and these are reduced as battle progresses.\r\n\r\nThere are plenty of other hazards - watch out for the lethal lightning bolts, and the invisible walls.\r\n\r\nYour reason for indulging in all this wandering about is not just mere monster-bashing. Your mission is to find a certain bauble and return it to the first location. Once this is accomplished, the player is given a code word which is used to advance to the next level - then the trouble starts all over!\r\n\r\nThe program is so new that I visited The Crypt a mere few hours before press time, so I haven't even rated a mention in the Fantasy HiScore Table, but I'm looking forward to finding all the secrets of this weird place.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"20,21","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Tony Bridge","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":null,"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]