[{"TitleName":"Spectral Panic","Publisher":"Hewson Consultants Ltd","Author":"John Hardman","YearOfRelease":"1983","ZxDbId":"0004708","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 5, Jun 1984","Price":"£0.75","ReleaseDate":"1984-05-24","Editor":"Roger Kean","TotalPages":126,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Roger Kean\r\nConsultant Editor: Franco Frey\r\nProduction Designer: David Western\r\nArt Editor: Oliver Frey\r\nClient Liaison: John Edwards\r\nStaff Writer: Lloyd Mangram\r\nContributing Writers: Matthew Uffindel, Chris Passey\r\nSubscription Manager: Denise Roberts\r\n\r\nTelephone numbers\r\nEditorial/office [redacted]\r\nAdvertising [redacted]\r\nHot Line [redacted]\r\n\r\n©1984 Newsfield Ltd.\r\nCrash Micro is published monthly by Newsfield Ltd. [redacted]\r\n\r\nNo material may be reproduced in whole or in part without written consent from the copyright holders.\r\n\r\nPhotosetting by SIOS [redacted]\r\nColour origination by Scan Studio, [redacted]\r\nPrinted in England by Carlisle Web Offset Ltd, [redacted].\r\nDistribution by Comag, [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscriptions: 12 issues £9.00 UK Mainland (post free)\r\nEurope: 12 issues £15 (post free).\r\n\r\nWe cannot undertake to return any written or photographic material sent to CRASH MICRO unless accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope.\r\n\r\nCover by Oliver Frey"},"MainText":"SPECTRAL PANIC\r\nHewson Consultants\r\nMemory Required: 16K\r\nRetail Price: £5.95\r\n\r\n(We only have one reviewer on as Chris Passey was unable to see the game at the time.)\r\n\r\nFive platforms, skinny ladders and poorly drawn moving characters make this game a bore to look at. But the key positions make it a tangle to play. They are placed in a joystick-like cross with dig and fill way over on the other side of the board - out of reach - just impossible. One screen gives the game poor playability. Knocking a monster through one of the platforms only causes another to appear at the bottom of the screen. Use of colour, sound and graphics is very poor and it is a badly thought out game. Some of Hewson's recent games have been very sophisticated and playable, so all I can say about this one is that if it helped them get going (it is quite old now) and up to where they are now, then that's the best thing about it.\r\nMU","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"106","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Matthew Uffindell","Score":"16","ScoreSuffix":"%"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"20%","Text":""},{"Header":"Use of Computer","Score":"15%","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"20%","Text":""},{"Header":"Addictive Qualities","Score":"15%","Text":""},{"Header":"Value For Money","Score":"10%","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"16%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"C&VG (Computer & Video Games) Issue 21, Jul 1983","Price":"£0.75","ReleaseDate":"1983-06-16","Editor":"Terry Pratt","TotalPages":156,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Terry Pratt\r\nStaff Writer: Eugene Lacey\r\nEditorial Assistant: Clare Edgeley\r\nReader Services: Robert Schifreen\r\nArt Editor: Linda Freeman\r\nDesigner: Lynda Skerry\r\nProduction Editor: Tim Metcalfe\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Rita Lewis\r\nAdvertising Executives: Louise Matthews, Mick Cassall\r\nAdvertisement Assistant: Louise Flockhart\r\nPublisher: Tom Moloney\r\n\r\nEditorial and Advertisement Offices: [redacted]\r\n\r\nCOMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES POSTAL SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. By using the special Postal Subscription Service, copies of COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES can be mailed direct from our offices each month to any address throughout the world. All subscription applications should be sent for processing to COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES (Subscription Department), [redacted]. All orders should include the appropriate remittance made payable to COMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES. Annual subscription rates (12 issues): UK and Eire: £10.00, Overseas surface mail: £12.00, Airmail Europe: £20.00. Additional service information including individual overseas airmail rates available upon request. Circulation Department: EMAP National Publications. Published and distributed by EMAP National Publications Ltd. Printed by Eden Fisher (Southend) Ltd.\r\n\r\n©Computer & Video Games Limited ISSN 0261 3697.\r\n\r\nCover: David Scutt\r\nNext Issue: July 16th"},"MainText":"FRANTIC FUN WITH MONSTERS!\r\n\r\nDon't Panic! Just keep digging holes for those monsters and watch them tumble into the traps. Then bank them on the head with your pick axe and you are safe!\r\n\r\nWell - not quite safe, as some of these monsters are tougher than others. The easy ones can quite easily be buried by making them fall through one level.\r\n\r\nThe really tough old boots will just get up and walk away if they only fall through one level and must be made to crash through several.\r\n\r\nSounds familiar? Arcade fans will recognise this game as the early classic coin operated game - Alien Panic.\r\n\r\nThe game has now been converted for home use by Sinclair Spectrum owners.\r\n\r\nSpectrum Panic is the latest game from Hewson Consultants - the authors of Nightflite. It runs on the 16 or 48K machines, and is in the shops now £4.95.\r\n\r\nAlso new from Hewson for confirmed computer pilots is an air traffic control simulation which enables you to try your hand at the nail biting job of controlling the comings and goings at a busy airport.\r\n\r\nAdventure enthusiasts have also been included in the latest batch from Hewson in the shape of a 48K graphic adventure called the Quest. The program is available now at £7.95.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"17","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":null,"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]