[{"TitleName":"Gyron Arena","Publisher":"Firebird Software Ltd","Author":"Dominic M.N. Prior, Mark Wighton, Philip Mochan, Ricardo J.M. Pinto","YearOfRelease":"1986","ZxDbId":"0002193","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Sinclair Issue 12, Dec 1986","Price":"£0.95","ReleaseDate":"1986-11-13","Editor":"Kevin Cox","TotalPages":122,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Kevin Cox\r\nArt Editors: Martin Dixon, Caroline Clayton\r\nDeputy Editor: Teresa Maughan\r\nProduction Editor: Sara Biggs\r\nStaff Writer: Phil South\r\nTechnical Consultant: Peter Shaw\r\nContributors: Stephen Adams, Mike Gerrard, Ian Hoare, Gwyn Hughes, ZZKJ, Steve Marsden, Tommy Nash, Chris Palmer, Max Phillips, Rick Robson, Rachael Smith\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Mark Salmon\r\nAdvertisement Executive: Julian Harriott\r\nProduction Managers: Sonia Hunt, Judith Middleton\r\nPublishing Manager: Roger Munford\r\nPublishing Director: Stephen England\r\n\r\nPublished by Sportscene Specialist Press 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 ©1986 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":"Firebird\n£1.99\nReviewer: Chris Palmer\n\nYou could say this is something like a software industry version of a 12 inch remix of a remix. You could... but I won't. It's basically the competition version of the original Gyron game that was used to put the Gyron competitors through their paces at the final showdown. The winner apparently finished the game in 18 minutes - an amazing feat since I found it hard to stay alive for that long let alone complete the thing.\n\nThe gameplay is exactly the same as in the original - you wander round a maze shooting at towers. It's just the area of play that's been changed - there's still the smoothly moving vector style graphics which show your view down the trenches. And the cute little spinning status displays on the right of the screen. Also included on one side of the tape is an easy to follow graphic tutorial that shows you how to control the craft and what to look for in the maze.\n\nIt's difficult to know how to judge Gyron Arena - if you didn't like the original there's no reason why you should get off on this. However if you were addicted to the original here's your chance to see whether or not you would have stood a chance of winning the Porsche. And if you missed out first time round, then this is still a really good buy at £1.99.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"67","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Chris Palmer","Score":"7","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"8/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"7/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Value For Money","Score":"8/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Addictiveness","Score":"7/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"7/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]