[{"TitleName":"Superheroes","Publisher":"Domark Ltd","Author":"","YearOfRelease":"1992","ZxDbId":"0012144","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 95, Jan 1992","Price":"£2.2","ReleaseDate":"1991-12-27","Editor":"Lucy Hickman","TotalPages":68,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Coming to you live from CRASH Towers are:\r\n\r\nEditor: Lucy 'Whiplash' Hickman\r\nDeputy Editor: Nick 'One Drink And He's Anybody's' Roberts\r\nProduction Editor: Warren 'Monster Munch' Lapworth\r\nStaff Writer: Mark 'Whip Me' Caswell\r\nAdventures: Ian 'Pot Noodle' Osborne\r\nArt & Design: Mark 'Not tonight I've got a headache' Kendrick and Charlie 'Chastity' Chubb\r\nSystems Manager: Ian 'Soft-top' Chubb\r\nScreenshots: Michael 'Fatso' Parkinson\r\nPublisher: Roger 'Sir' Kean\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Sheila 'Vera Duckworth' Jarvis\r\nAdvertisement Sales Executive: George 'Dougal' Keenan\r\nAdvertisement Production: Jo 'Little Bum' Lewis\r\nProduction: Jackie 'It's not my job' Morris\r\nReprographics: Rob 'Go 'n' Wash' Millichamp\r\nManaging Director: Jonathan 'Call Me In A Restaurant' Rignall\r\nCirculation Manager: David 'Sir Chris' Wren\r\nAccounts: Sheila 'Pin-up' Adams\r\nSubscriptions: David 'Jingle Bells' Bingle\r\n\r\nProduced using Apple Macintosh II computers running Quark Express and Adobe Illustrator 3.0. Printing BPCC Business Magazines (Carlisle) Ltd\r\nDistribution COMAG, [redacted]\r\n\r\nThis month's cover: Titanic Blinky/Bubble Dizzy. Cover design by Oliver Frey. Powertape inlay by Mark Kendrick."},"MainText":"Domark\r\n£14.99 cass\r\n\r\nThe follow up to the Heroes compilation is finally here! Superheroes (how original!) Includes four games: Last Ninja 2, The Spy Who Loved Me, Strider II and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.\r\n\r\nLast Ninja 2 takes place in modern day America, our hero, Armakuni, thrown forward in time by his arch-nemesis, Shogun Kunitoki. Now Armakuni, the last of the ninja, must battle his way through downtown Manhattan for the final showdown with Kunitoki. But Kunitoki's henchmen have murder on their minds so Armakuni had better find a weapon pretty damn pronto!\r\n\r\nThe Spy Who Loved Me is based on the James Bond movie of the same name. 007 and Anya Amasova (also known as Agent Triple X) are investigating arch-baddy Karl Stromberg. Two nuclear submarines have been nicked - all Stromberg's doing, of course - and its up to Bond to prove it. As always, a comes up with a range of gadgets to help out, including machine guns, missile launchers, smoke guns and the good old submarine car.\r\n\r\nStrider 2 is more swashbuckling fun as our springy-legged pal sets out on an important mission to the planet Magneta. He has to save the world leader, but this isn't some old fogie in a bath chair, it's a very attractive woman (hurrah! - Ed). So with plasma sword and a couple of new weapons in hand (gyro laser and matter converter, to be precise), Strider sets out to fight for truth, justice and a luscious damsel in distress.\r\n\r\nAnd finally, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade follows in the footsteps of Harrison Ford's fedora-hatted hero. Indy has to explore four levels, collecting artefacts from each. But in his way are an array of Nazi troops who, like Indy, are after the legendary Holy Grail.\r\n\r\nThe Superheroes package is quite a pleasant surprise, the only dud being Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The rest of the titles are all very playable and individually would still be worthy of full price status. Unless you already own some of the games in this pack, you could do far worse than buy Superheroes.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"60","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Mark Caswell","Score":"84","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"Gosh, it's The Spy Who Loved Me, but then everyone loves me really don't they?"}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Presentation","Score":"82%","Text":""},{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"83%","Text":""},{"Header":"Sound","Score":"79%","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"81%","Text":""},{"Header":"Addictivity","Score":"85%","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"84%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Sinclair Issue 74, Feb 1992","Price":"£2.2","ReleaseDate":"1992-01-02","Editor":"Andy Hutchinson","TotalPages":68,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"BACK TO OUR ROOTS\r\n\r\nWe're not talking about the roots in the land, we're talking 'bout the roots in the man!\r\n\r\nEditor: Andy (Manchester) Hutchinson\r\nNew Art Editor: Andy (Bristol) Ounsted\r\nGames Editor: James (Hamelin) Leach\r\nStaff Writer: Linda (Hackney) Barker\r\nArt Assistant: Maryanne (Portsmouth) Booth\r\nAdvertising Manager: Cheryl (Tunbridge Wells) Beesley\r\nProduction Coordinator: Lisa (Bath) Read\r\nPublisher: Jane (Chelmsford) Richardson\r\nPublishing Assistant: Michele (Amersham) Harris\r\nGroup Publisher: Greg (New Forest) Ingham\r\nCirculation Director: Sue (Guildford) Hartley\r\n\r\nYour Sinclair (London), Future (Somerton) Publishing [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscriptions: The Old Barn [redacted]\r\nDistribution: MMC [redacted]\r\n\r\nCover Illustration: Max (Wokingham) Ellis\r\nISSN 0269 6983\r\nABC Jan-June 1991 65,444\r\n\r\nYour Sinclair canters briskly into the paddock with a whinny and a neigh from the same stable as these fillies: Commodore Format (Bath), Amstrad Action (Somerton), Amiga Format (Bath), PCW Plus (Somerton), Sega Power (Bath), Amiga Power (Bath), Amiga Shopper (Bath), Classic CD (Bath), Needlecraft (Bath), Mountain Biking UK (Faversham), PC Format (Bath), Public Domain (Bath) and ST Format (Bath).\r\n\r\nBut what we really want to know is... who invented liquid soap, and why?"},"MainText":"SUPERHEROES\r\nDomark\r\n£14.99 cass\r\nReviewer: Jon Pillar\r\n\r\nOh, blimey. This is a compilation, and it features four superheroes. Um... (They've been brought together for the first time in one pack and the question on everyone's lips is, will they burst out and explode into action, or just make their excuses and go home on the bus? Ed). Gosh, thanks Mighty intro Man. (Just in the nick of time.)\r\n\r\nLAST NINJA 2\r\n\r\nDress in black and lurk behind trees as you play a sinister assassin with severe personality problems. In the game that was a hair-breadth away from being called The Last-Ninja-Apart-From-This-One-And-Possibly-A-Few-Others-Of-Course, you've been transported to modern-day New York and have to scurry around, bashing villains and solving extremely well-designed puzzles. The 3D graphics are sharper than a bucket of razors and the clever, addictive gameplay is only slightly spoiled by the amazingly tricky controls. Tough, but fun.\r\n83°\r\n\r\nSTRIDER 2\r\n\r\nMore of the same from the Lionel Blair of Speccydom, as Strider leaps, springs and somersaults his way through five alien-packed levels. There's a bit of colour, snazzy graphics, and this time ol' rubber limbs twirls both a sword and a laser pistol. Playable stuff, though it's not as hot as it should have been, and a let-down when compared to the original.\r\n70°\r\n\r\nTHE SPY WHO LOVED ME\r\n\r\nA clone of the rather-James-Bondish-anyway Spy Hunter, The Spy Who Loved Me is far more polished than its predecessor. It adds to the formula such things as narrower, twistier roads, a wider range of power-ups and pedestrians. Unfortunately, all the extra features piled on top of the basic shoot-'em-up idea sort of swamp the game itself. Fair, but not a patch on the wrinkly original in terms of playability.\r\n61°\r\n\r\nINDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE\r\n\r\nA spanking arcade-adventure with tasty graphics, this was covered as a re-release in issue 71. I wrote the review then and I can't be bothered to say it all again. I still like it a lot, in fact, I've got onto level three since, so I'll give it an extra degree!\r\n80°\r\n\r\nNot an overly inspiring compilation. Strider 2 is disappointing, and Spy knocks the overall rating down quite a bit. Only for those who don't have any of the games already, methinks.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"58,59","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Jon Pillar","Score":"70","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"Crufts Supreme Champion, Winsor Brown Frampton, a Great Dane, with his owner, Mr Fido."},{"Text":"The moment of glory - Italy finally manage to put three stoats on the moon. (Picture by Snowdon.)"}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"70%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[{"Header":"Last Ninja 2","Score":"83%","Text":"Last Ninja 2"},{"Header":"Strider 2","Score":"70%","Text":"Strider II"},{"Header":"The Spy Who Loved Me","Score":"61%","Text":"The Spy Who Loved Me"},{"Header":"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade","Score":"80%","Text":"Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"}]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Sinclair User Issue 119, Jan 1992","Price":"£1.85","ReleaseDate":"1991-12-18","Editor":"Garth Sumpter","TotalPages":60,"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 'Lost in Space' Sumpter, John 'Bad Boy' Cook, Alan 'Space Cruiser' Dykes, Pete 'Astro' Gerrard, Yvette 'Brightstar' Nichols, Phillip 'Black Hole' Fisch\r\nAd Manager: Jerry 'Astonomical' Hall\r\nAd Production: Jo 'Venus' Gleissner\r\nMarketing Man.: Mark 'Starman' Swallow\r\nMarketing Women: Sarah Ewing, Sarah Hillard\r\nPublisher: Graham Taylor\r\nManaging Director: Terry Pratt\r\n\r\n(c)1991 EMAP IMAGES\r\n[redacted]\r\n\r\nColour by Proprint\r\nPrinted by Kingfisher\r\n\r\nIncidentally, just before Garth disappeared into a spaceship, he said that he would always believe in Santa and wished all the readers (including his mum and dad) merry Christmas and the rest of the Crew wished a merry Christmas to mum and dads everywhere, without whom, nothing would be possible! Would it?"},"MainText":"Label: Domark\r\nMemory: 48K/128K\r\nPrice: £14.99 Tape\r\nReviewer: Big Al Dykes\r\n\r\nThere's nothing people like more than a hero and Super Heroes is packed with them.\r\n\r\nThe Spy Who Loved Me last month in the Bond compilation and now it's available on Super Heroes where you get a chance to compare Bondy with three other lean, mean fighting machines. The game itself involves action on land, sea and air and although the playability and graphics aren't stunning, the game has lots of variety.\r\n\r\nStrider 2 also appears on the Capcom collection and I haven't changed my opinion of it, despite having several cold showers in the meantime. It's a worth follow-up to the original game with oodles of playability, power-ups and some nice graphic backgrounds.\r\n\r\nThe hero is back in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and is an amazingly accurate and atmospheric game and probably the best of the Indy series, featuring good rope swinging, whip crackin' action and cute realistic graphics. A fun game whose only real fault is the frustratingly difficult playability.\r\n\r\nLast Ninja 2 is based around Japanese feudal warriors, the last of whom must defend their honour. The game is part puzzle and part beat 'em up and excellent graphics and gameplay make it a fine addition to a fine compilation. Super Heroes isn't a quantity compilation, but what is there is quality and promises lots of enjoyment.","ReviewerComments":["It's sad but most bods will look at the quantity of games on Super Heroes and not the quality of the product.\r\nGarth Sumpter"],"OverallSummary":"Not a very big collection by comparison with some others on offer this Christmas nevertheless it does have lots of action and adventure and unlike the larger packages there are no really naff games on board.","Page":"27","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Alan Dykes","Score":"81","ScoreSuffix":"%"},{"Name":"Garth Sumpter","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"Da, da, da... That Indy is a real swinger."},{"Text":"Last Ninja 2 has superb graphics but strange controls."}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"81%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]