[{"TitleName":"The Tolkien Trilogy","Publisher":"Beau-Jolly Ltd","Author":"","YearOfRelease":"1989","ZxDbId":"0012185","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Sinclair Issue 49, Jan 1990","Price":"£1.7","ReleaseDate":"1989-12-18","Editor":"Matt Bielby","TotalPages":108,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Matt Bielby\r\nArt Editor: Catherine Peters\r\nDeputy Editor: David Wilson\r\nProduction Editor: Andy Ide\r\nDesigner: Martin Sharrocks\r\nTechnical Consultant: Jonathan Davies\r\nContributors: Robin Alway, Marcus Berkmann, Phoebe Cresswell-Evans, Jonathan Davies, Mike Gerrard, Sean Kelly, Paul Lakin, Duncan MacDonald, Rich Pelley, Dave Robinson, Jackie Ryan, Phil South, Wag, Louise Willers\r\nGroup Advertisement Manager: Lynda Elliott\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Caroline Day\r\nClassified Advertisement Executive: 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\nGroup Publishing Director: Richard Howell\r\nGroup Creative Director: Tony Spalding\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":"Title: The Tolkien Trilogy\r\nPublisher: Beau-Jolly Ltd, [redacted]\r\nPrice: £12.99 (tape only)\r\nReviewer: Mike Gerrard\r\n\r\nThis is a release that took everyone by surprise, with Beau Jolly, the compilation company, taking the very enterprising move of releasing a bumper box containing the first three Tolkien adventures.\r\n\r\nInside the dandy pack you get two tapes containing The Hobbit, Shadows Of Mordor, both parts of Lord Of The Rings and even the beginner's adventure for Lord Of The Rings. No +3 disk version, old chums. The machine you need to get the best of these games is the original +2 Speccy. This allows you to consecutively load in the two parts of Shadows Of Mordor, the text-only game and the additional graphics file, to create a graphics version of this adventure. With 48K machines, the +3 and the recent version of the +2, the +2A, you can only load the programs separately.\r\n\r\nA 16-page booklet is included, and for once someone's gone to a bit of trouble with it. There's everything you need, including backgrounds to the games, loading instructions, recognised words (though not all are mentioned), general hints and so on.\r\n\r\nNo point in going into detail about the stories, as (a) how do you explain The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings in 100 words, and (b) most people know them already. It's just great to see all the games made available again at a bargain price. The Hobbit was, of course, the adventure that started it all, and got so many people hooked on adventures in the first place. Despite its faults it's one of those games that everyone ought to play, a landmark in adventure history. It's already sold a few hundred thousand copies, so if you don't have it already, where have you been?","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"82","Denied":false,"Award":"Your Sinclair Megagame","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Mike Gerrard","Score":"9","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"6/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Text","Score":"7/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Value For Money","Score":"9/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Personal Rating","Score":"9/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"9/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"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":"BEAU JOLLY\r\n£12.99\r\n\r\nCONTENTS:\r\n\r\nTHE HOBBIT: One of the all-time classic Spectrum adventure games.\r\n\r\nLORD OF THE RINGS: Tricky to get into, and not without bugs, but adventure fans will love it.\r\n\r\nSHADOWS OF MORDOR: A sprawling RPG/adventure with massive depth.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"A wonderful package which Spectrum adventurers will find very appealing. The games are brilliant and all offer literally months of entertainment.","Page":"74","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"89%","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":"TOLKIEN TRILOGY\r\nCONTENTS: The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, Shadows of Mordor\r\nSpectrum/Amstrad/C64 £12.99\r\n\r\nThe Hobbit is a classic adventure game, and although it's nearly six years old, it's still challenging and addictive. Lord of the Rings is a similar, but larger game which comes in three parts and features multi-character control. Shadows of Mordor is relatively new, and is a complex RPG-style adventure. The Tolkien Trilogy is a brilliant package for adventure fans, and is highly recommended.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"94","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Julian Rignall","Score":"85","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[{"Text":"AMSTRAD SCORES\r\n\r\nOverall: 86%\r\n\r\nAll the versions play identically to the Spectrum games, but the graphics are far more colourful, and where relevant, the sound is better. Look out for The Tolkien Trilogy - it'll keep you engrossed for months!"},{"Text":"C64 SCORES\r\n\r\nOverall: 88%\r\n\r\nOnce again, exactly the same gameplay as the other versions, but with even better graphics and sound. If you're a C64 adventurer, check this one out!"}],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"85%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]