[{"TitleName":"Last Ninja Remix","Publisher":"System 3 Software Ltd","Author":"Brian Marshall, Gary Thornton, Mevlüt Dinç","YearOfRelease":"1990","ZxDbId":"0002829","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 84, Jan 1991","Price":"£2.95","ReleaseDate":"1990-12-13","Editor":"Oliver Frey","TotalPages":84,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"EDITORIAL\r\n[redacted]\r\n\r\nEditor: Oliver Frey\r\nFeatures Editor: Richard Eddy\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, Lisa McCourt\r\nGroup Advertisement Manager: Judith Bamford\r\nAdvertisement Sales Executive: Kevin Gallagher\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 by Scan Studios [redacted]. Printed in England by BPCC Business Magazines (Carlisle) Ltd, [redacted] - a member of the BPCC Group.\r\n\r\nDistribution by 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 1989 A Newsfield Publication. ISSN 0954-8661. Cover Design by Oliver Frey"},"MainText":"System 3\r\n£12.99/£14.99\r\n\r\nWith the release of Last Ninja 3 planned for the middle of 1991, System 3 is offering gamesters who missed out on Ninja 2 a chance to catch up on the adventures of the Last Ninja, in this Remix of the Christmas 1988 hit. The game is a clever arcade adventure with appealing graphics, viewed in 3-D.\r\n\r\nThere are no changes to the game - it's Ninja 2 and no mistake - the additions are an attractive opening sequence and an improvement in the sound. If you've been off planet for the last couple of years and don't own a copy of Last Ninja 2 this is a good opportunity to see a great bit of Speccy gaming.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"76","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Nick Roberts","Score":"70","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"70%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Sinclair User Issue 107, Jan 1991","Price":"£1.85","ReleaseDate":"1990-12-18","Editor":"Garth Sumpter","TotalPages":84,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Garth Sumpter\r\nDesign Editor: Andrea 'Hotlips' Walker\r\nDesign: Amanda Young, Margaret Goldrick\r\nStaff Writer: Jason Nalk\r\nSU Crew: Chris 'Hateful' Jenkins, Matt Regan, John Cook, Pete Gerrard, Gary Liddon\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Jim Owens\r\nAd Production: Jo 'Titters' Gleissner\r\nMarketing Manager: Dean Barrett\r\nMarketing Assistants: Sarah Ewing, Sarah Hillard\r\nPublisher: Graham Taylor\r\nManaging Director: Terry Pratt\r\n\r\n(c)1990 EMAP IMAGES\r\n\r\nDISTRIBUTION; FRONTLINE\r\n\r\nTypesetting by Garthtype\r\nTypos by A.C.C. Ident\r\nColour work by Proprint. B&W filming by PRS. I'd just like to say a merry Christmas to all you SU Crewers and Squaddies out there. Have a great time and the all new Crew and I will see you in January.\r\n\r\nReproduction of any part of this magazine is illegal. However, as it's Christmas, we might not sue you this time. Also, the first person to write in with the last word of this sentence will win the Christmas number one game. Have a nice break - Garth."},"MainText":"Label: System 3\r\nPrice: £9.99/£14.99\r\nReviewer: Garth Sumpter\r\n\r\nPull on your Ninja Balaclavas, and boogie on down to the latest sounds... Eh? Oh, yes hang on minute - this looks awfully like Last ninja as released by System 3 over 18 months ago - so how can they justify the new price tag of 9.99. Well, I don't think that they really can. With brand new software on the market that is all singing, all dancing product, it's a shame that companies feel they can (slightly) jazz up an old game and flog it to unsuspecting punters but as I took some two years out of the software market (while I rebuilt the Cavalier) I can review the game without prejudice. (Which no-one else could eh kids?)\r\n\r\nArmakuni, the master of the Ninjas, has struggled to assemble his followers and regain some of the prestige the clan had before they were wiped out by the Evil Shogun, Kunitoki. However, during a training session Armakuni begins to feel odd, and notices that his followers have frozen in their places! Then Armakuni blacks out... When he finally opens his eyes, he finds himself in a strange place, surrounded by unknown objects. Only his Ninja skills will enable him to fight his way out and defeat the forces of Kunitoki!\r\n\r\nThe hero is initially unarmed, but soon comes across weapons and useful items in his travels that he can pick up and wield to great effect. By punching and kicking, the Ninja also operates buttons and switches, the effects of which are not always that obvious - for example, a switch may open a trapdoor in another room. Split over six levels, the game takes place in a variety of exotic locations, such as sewers, opium factories and mugger-infested parks.\r\n\r\nLast Ninja has some of the prettiest graphics I've ever seen on the Speccy, but unfortunately they are not enough to rescue this game. The playability is haphazard and irritating - it can be hard to see which way the Ninja is facing, which means you punch the wall instead of the baddie; and when the hero is trapped in a corner, it's nigh on impossible to escape. Add to this the difficulty of the control method (half the time he decides to somersault instead of punch), and the game becomes lethal - you'll soon kill someone in frustration. A shame, but if a little more effort had been put in the play rather than the graphics and {REVIEW MISSING}","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"Looks good, sounds good, but golly, why didn't they update the archaic joystick control?","Page":"20,21","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Garth Sumpter","Score":"51","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"85%","Text":""},{"Header":"Sound","Score":"82%","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"52%","Text":""},{"Header":"Lastability","Score":"36%","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"51%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]