[{"TitleName":"System 3 Pack","Publisher":"U.S. Gold Ltd","Author":"","YearOfRelease":"1991","ZxDbId":"0012155","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 89, Jun 1991","Price":"£2.99","ReleaseDate":"1991-05-23","Editor":"Richard Eddy","TotalPages":52,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"EDITORIAL\r\n[redacted]\r\n\r\nEditor: Richard Eddy\r\nSub Editor: Warren Lapworth\r\nStaff Writers: Mark Caswell, Nick Roberts, Lloyd Mangram\r\nArt Editor: Mark Kendrick\r\nPhotography: Michael Parkinson\r\nProduction and Circulation Director: Jonathan Rignall\r\nSystems Operator: Paul (Charlie) Chubb\r\nReprographics: Matthew Uffindell (Supervisor), Robert Millichamp, Robb Hamilton, Tim Morris, Jenny Reddard\r\nGroup Advertisement Manager: Judith Bamford\r\nAdvertisement Sales Executive: Christine Moore\r\nAdvertisement Production: Jackie Morris (Supervisor), Joanne Lewis\r\nMail Order: Carol Kinsey\r\nSubscriptions: Caroline Edwards [redacted]\r\n\r\nTypesetting Apple Macintosh Computers using Quark Express and Bitstream Fonts.\r\n\r\nSystems Manager: Ian Chubb\r\n\r\nColour origination Scan Studios [redacted]. Printed in England by BPCC Business Magazines (Carlisle) Ltd, [redacted].\r\n\r\nDistributor COMAG, [redacted]\r\n\r\nYearly subscription rates: UK £17.20 Europe £24.00, Air Mail overseas £37. US/Canada subscriptions and back issues enquiries Barry Hatcher, British Magazine Distributors Ltd [redacted]. Yearly subscription rates US$47.00, Canada CAN$57.00 Back Issues US$5.20, Canada CAN$6.20 (inclusive of postage). \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. 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The views expressed in CRASH are not necessarily those of the publishers.\r\n\r\nCopyright CRASH Ltd 1991 A Newsfield Publication. ISSN 0954-8661. Cover design and illustration by Oliver Frey"},"MainText":"US Gold\r\n£16.32\r\n\r\nThis compilation is great because of the variety of game styles on offer, each presenting the player with a new challenge. Two of the games, Myth and Vendetta, were CRASH Smashes, so you're definitely getting value for money.\r\n\r\nMyth is an arcade adventure game with platform overtones featuring superbly detailed graphics and puzzles that'll have you perplexed for ages. You're faced with such perils as Medusa, Hydra and Thor, the god of thunder. To destroy each one you need to collect the correct weapons, which change from one time zone (level) to the next. Myth is not easily completed but you'll have a good time trying.\r\n\r\nI just loved Vendetta when it was first released. Most games of its type have great graphics but are short on gameplay; but that isn't the case here. There's so much in it, you can play for ages and never get fed up. The game is mainly an arcade adventure with objects to find to get you into new locations but there's the added bonus of a car racing level. Once you've found the keys you can jump into the sports car and off you got!\r\n\r\nTusker tackles the arcade adventure style in a different way to the last two games. Instead of each screen being highly detailed and you being able to roam around freely, many of the screens are largely empty and you have to battle through them one at a time. The game uses elements of beat-'em-ups and mixes them with adventure to produce a thoroughly enjoyable game.\r\n\r\nThe final game in the pack is IK+, a karate beat-'em-up extravaganza. What makes the game stand out from the rest is that there are three men on screen at the same time, a lethal game!\r\n\r\nSystem 3 Pack is an excellent compilation, packed with a good variety of top-notch games.\r\n\r\nVendetta: 23/25\r\nMyth: 20/25\r\nTusker: 18/25\r\nIK+: 17/25","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"31","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Nick Roberts","Score":"78","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"78%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[{"Header":"Vendetta","Score":"23/25","Text":"Vendetta"},{"Header":"Myth","Score":"20/25","Text":"Myth: History in the Making"},{"Header":"Tusker","Score":"18/25","Text":"Tusker"},{"Header":"IK+","Score":"17/25","Text":"IK+"}]}]}]