[{"TitleName":"Travel with Trashman","Publisher":"New Generation Software","Author":"Malcolm E. Evans","YearOfRelease":"1984","ZxDbId":"0005392","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 11, Dec 1984","Price":"£0.85","ReleaseDate":"1984-11-15","Editor":"Roger Kean","TotalPages":164,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Roger Kean\r\nConsultant Editor: Franco Frey\r\nProduction Designer: David Western\r\nArt Editor: Oliver Frey\r\nAdventure Editor: Derek Brewster\r\nStaff Writer: Lloyd Mangram\r\nContributing Writers: Matthew Uffindel, Chris Passey\r\nClient Liaison: John Edwards\r\nSubscription Manager: Denise Roberts\r\nCirculation Manager: Tom Hamilton\r\nAll circulation enquiries should ring [redacted]\r\n\r\n©1984 Newsfield Limited.\r\nCrash Micro is published monthly by Newsfield Ltd. [redacted]\r\n\r\nGeneral correspondence to: [redacted]\r\n\r\nTelephone numbers\r\nGeneral office [redacted]\r\nEditorial/studio [redacted]\r\nAdvertising [redacted]\r\nHot Line [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 Studios, [redacted]\r\nPrinted in England by Carlisle Web Offset Ltd (Member of the BPCC Group), [redacted].\r\nDistribution by COMAG, [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscriptions: 12 issues £10.50 (UK Mainland post free)\r\nEurope: 12 issues £17.50 (post free).\r\n\r\nWe cannot undertake to return any written or photographic material sent to CRASH Magazine unless accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope.\r\n\r\nCover by Oliver Frey"},"MainText":"Producer: New Generation\r\nMemory Required: 48K\r\nRetail Price: £5.95\r\nLanguage: Machine code\r\nAuthor: Malcolm Evans\r\n\r\nThe sequel to New Generation's successful and novel Trashman sees our intrepid dustman on an exotic trip around the major cities of the works as a sort of freelance waste collection consultant. Travels with Trashman is set in Spain, the USA, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Israel and Samoa.\r\n\r\nThe object is to collect litter from the various sites and score points. On the right there is a cash figure which increases as you collect, but decreases if you keep bumping into people like waitresses or guests, or annoying them. This cash figure is important because unless you earn enough, you won't be able to afford the flight to anywhere else in the game. The Spanish Part is set in the bull ring. Trashman has to collect all the bouquets of roses that the spectators keep throwing into the ring. But he has to watch out for the black bull, which gets increasingly angry. In the USA the scene is the streets of New Orleans, picking up the money being thrown at the jazz band, but the musicians are a mean lot. In Samoa, it's the beach, littered with holiday makers' rubbish, while overhead the ripe coconuts keep falling down. Israelis are noted for their wailing wall in Jerusalem - what few people realise is how many tissues are discarded by the tearful Jews. Parisian street cafes may look pleasant but there are loads of waiters, irritated diners and tons of frogs - it's the frogs that are the litter problem. Germany sees Trashie clearing away empties at the beerfest, while in Hong Kong there is a lively scene with a carnival.\r\n\r\nEach separate section of the game is accessed through a screen which shows the world globe and the various destinations.\r\n\r\nCOMMENTS\r\n\r\nControl keys: user defined, four directions and fire (used for option selection only)\r\nJoystick: Kempston, Sinclair 2, Cursor type\r\nKeyboard play: responsive\r\nUse of colour: varied, but not as colourful as Trashman and there are some attribute problems\r\nGraphics: again, varied and neatly animated, but generally a bit small\r\nSound: nice tunes, not much in play apart from some spot effects\r\nSkill levels: 1\r\nLives: 1\r\nScreens: 7\r\nSpecial features:","ReviewerComments":["I must say that I was looking forward to seeing the follow up to Trashman with its clearly defined bright graphics and a high degree of skill required to play it. Generally speaking I was immediately addicted to it. Travels with Trashman, however, is a different matter. I don't find it very addictive at all, and not really playable, just travelling around the world, going to find what rubbish you can collect to earn a living. In my opinion, it is not a very adequate follow up to a previous top seller. Graphics are quite pleasant to look at, but in most cases suffer with a high degree of attribute and clarity problems. Also, there seems to be a definite lack of colour in many areas. The graphics just don't look half as solid as in Trashman, and in many areas look quite weak. On some occasions Trashman (you, the character) is more often than not difficult to find on the screen for the simple reason that there's no outstanding colour of his own to show him up. This poses problems and loss of money and loss of time during the game. To be quite honest, if you enjoyed playing Trashman I cannot seriously say that you will enjoy playing Travels with Trashman because they are two totally different games based around the common factor of Trashman.\r\r\nUnknown","Travels with Trashman starts off with a realistic world map showing locations where you may go. The various places have slight differences to the basic task (collecting rubbish), like frogs in France. TWT has, in my opinion, graphics which are not quite as good as in the original, but it offers more variation. One thing is certain, this is no easy game, and you really have to earn your travel money. The game should stand the test of time well.\r\r\nUnknown","Part of the game is to get to see the various locations. This is not possible at the start because you are never given enough cash to fly to the more exotic ones, this has to be earned, otherwise you may find yourself restricted to one or two, or even stranded. As in Trashman, there are humourous comments at the bottom of the screen, when you bump into people, or at the end of game. I very quickly got gored by the bull in Madrid and was informed that my (meagre) 30 bonus points would be flown back home (presumably for the poor destitute family). On some screens the graphics work very well and the game is jolly. But there are some where this is not so good, and generally the game lacks the intensity that Trashman had. This lowers its addictivity considerably. I think it's likely to appeal widely but I doubt that it will have the staying power of the earlier game because the playability has been dissipated by the fact that less attention to detail has gone into each of the different locations, than went into the suburban Trashman.\r\nUnknown"],"OverallSummary":"General Rating: Mixed opinions from the reviewers from above average to very good.","Page":"54","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Unknown","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""},{"Name":"Unknown","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""},{"Name":"Unknown","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""}],"ScreenshotText":[{"Text":"Frogs begin at Calais, and get quite out of hand in Paris. Can TRASHMAN get enough cash together to TRAVEL somewhere else?"}],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Use of Computer","Score":"79%","Text":""},{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"70%","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"68%","Text":""},{"Header":"Getting Started","Score":"72%","Text":""},{"Header":"Addictive Qualities","Score":"63%","Text":""},{"Header":"Value For Money","Score":"76%","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"71%","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Sinclair User Issue 33, Dec 1984","Price":"£0.85","ReleaseDate":"1984-11-15","Editor":"Bill Scolding","TotalPages":244,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Bill Scolding\r\nDeputy Editor: John Gilbert\r\nConsultant Editor: Mike Johnston\r\nStaff Writer: Chris Bourne\r\nIllustrator/Designer: Craig Kennedy\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Rob Cameron\r\nDeputy Advertisement Manager: Louise Fanthorpe\r\nProduction Assistant: James McClure\r\nAdvertisement Secretary: Claudia Viertel\r\nEditorial Assistant: Colette McDermott\r\nSubscriptions Manager: Carl Dunne\r\nAssistant Publisher: Neil Wood\r\nPublisher: Gerry Murray\r\n\r\nSinclair User is published monthly by EMAP Business & Computer Publications\r\n\r\n96,271 Jan-June 1984\r\n\r\nTelephone\r\nEditorial and advertising departments\r\n[redacted]\r\n\r\nIf you would like to contribute to Sinclair User please send programs or articles:\r\nSinclair User\r\nEMAP Business & Computer Publications\r\n[redacted]\r\n\r\nOriginal programs should be on cassette and articles should be typed. 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They include collecting roses from a Spanish bullring, coconuts from a Samoan beach, and secret papers fluttering from the windows of the KGB offices on the Red Square.\r\n\r\nTrashman was greatly admired for its superlative graphics, but unfortunately the sequel does not match the earlier program in that respect. It is true that the thirteen screens are all completely different, whereas Trashman was built around various streets using the same few houses in different configurations, but there are too many occasions where colours flicker and change messily. Were that not the case, the graphics would be excellent, but as it is you are forced to conclude that New Generation has overreached itself slightly in designing screens too complex.\r\n\r\nThat does not, however, make the game any the less addictive, and on that score Travel with Trashman is a worthy successor to the original. You start with a fixed sum of money, with which to buy a ticket to a variety of destinations. The money is replenished according to your success in clearing up the rubbish at each location. That allows the player to try at least three screens immediately, even though unable to complete them. It also requires some tactical thinking from the more experienced player, in order to travel as cheaply as possible while still visiting all the locations.\r\n\r\nAs ever, New Generation has included its own style of humour in the game, not only with the visual gags about what constitutes foreign rubbish, but also with comments on the screen. The comments occur when Trashman bumps into the locals while attempting to do his job, such as tangling with French waitresses at a Parisian cafe, or upsetting the efficient service at the Munich beer festival.\r\n\r\nMost of the humour is based on excruciating language jokes, such as 'Gettenze artz a vay' in Germany. By and large, the jokes are inoffensive, although more likely to produce groans than laughs. However, the scene in Benares, where Trashman has to collect the sandals of the faithful as they immerse themselves in the Ganges, is rather more disturbing. Apart from the concept of making fun out of religious beliefs, which also occurs at the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem, the line 'Hurry curry Trashman' is at best puerile and at worst offensive. If that was the best the company could think of, it should have left the screen out altogether.\r\n\r\nIf you are impervious to that sort of humour, and do not expect miracles of graphics programming, you will find the game great fun to play and highly addictive. There is a considerable range of difficulty in the various screens, and although the mechanics of picking up litter remain the same, you will have to change your tactics to suit each particular situation.\r\n\r\nIt is a pity, therefore, that New Generation could not have taken more care with the graphics and humour.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"33","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Chris Bourne","Score":"7","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Gilbert Factor","Score":"7/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"C&VG (Computer & Video Games) Issue 38, Dec 1984","Price":"£0.95","ReleaseDate":"1984-11-16","Editor":"Tim Metcalfe","TotalPages":212,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Tim Metcalfe\r\nDeputy Editor: Eugene Lacey\r\nEditorial Assistant: Clare Edgeley\r\nStaff Writers/Reader Services: Robert Schifreen, Seamus St. John\r\nArt Editor: Linda Freeman\r\nDesigner: Lynda Skerry, Ian Noble\r\nProduction Editor: Mary Morton\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Louise Matthews\r\nAdvertising Executives: Bernard Dugdale, Sean Brennan, Phil Godsell\r\nProduction Assistant: Melanie Paulo\r\nPublisher: Rita Lewis\r\n\r\nEditorial and Advertisement Offices: [redacted]\r\n\r\nCOMPUTER AND VIDEO GAMES POSTAL SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. 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Typeset by In-Step Ltd.\r\n\r\nCover: Universal Lorimar Productions."},"MainText":"MACHINE: Spectrum\r\nSUPPLIER: New Generation Software\r\nPRICE: £6.95\r\n\r\nAfter cleaning the streets of London in the first Trashman game, our hero now sets out on a much more ambitious project to clean up the entire world in the sequel to New Generation's hit of the year - Travels With Trashman.\r\n\r\nAt the beginning game, you are given a certain amount of fare money. A map of the world shows all the cities that Trashman can travel to, providing has enough cash to do so.\r\n\r\nThe Paris involves catching all the frogs that have been let loose by a made chef at a cafe in the Champs Elysees. No easy job this as our hero must also avoid bumping into the waitresses and losing points.\r\n\r\nOther possible starting points are Germany where Trashman is offered the job of collecting the empties at the Munich Beer Festival. Trashman does not have to accept the first job offer he gets. He can fly onto another destination - providing of course he has enough of the folding stuff to pay for his airline ticket.\r\n\r\nThe most dangerous of his early jobs, and one of the best screens in the game, is the Spanish job where Trashman has to collect up all the roses thrown into a bullring during a bullfight - the bull would prefer them to stay there.\r\n\r\nThere are ten destinations in the game altogether and it will take a good deal of practice to visit them all.\r\n\r\nComparisons with Trashman 1 are inevitable if a little pointless as the game is really quite different. However, Travels With Trashman is slightly more difficult to get into than the first game.\r\n\r\nPersonally I prefer Trashman 1, but it is no poor reflection Travels With Trashman that this is the case. After all, there have been very few games launched this year that are in the same league as Trashman for graphics and gameplay. If you liked Trashman 1, you won't be disappointed with the sequel.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"46","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"8/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Sound","Score":"6/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Value","Score":"8/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"8/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Personal Computer Games Issue 14, Jan 1985","Price":"£0.75","ReleaseDate":"1984-12-13","Editor":"Chris Anderson","TotalPages":172,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Chris Anderson\r\nDeputy Editor: Steve Cooke\r\nProduction Editor: Roderick George\r\nArt Editor: Ian Findlay\r\nStaff Writers: Peter Connor, Bob Wade\r\nEditorial Assistant: Samantha Hemens\r\nCartoons: Kipper Williams\r\nScreenshots: Chris Bell\r\nArt Director: Jim Dansie\r\nGroup Publisher: John Cade\r\nPublisher: Tony Harris\r\nGroup Advertisement Manager: Peter Goldstein\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Sarah Barron\r\nAssistant Advertisement Manager: Phil Pratt\r\nSenior Sales Executive: Ian Cross\r\nProduction Manager: Noel O'Sullivan\r\nAdvertisement Assistant: Andrea Lawrence\r\n\r\nPublished by VNU Business Publications, [redacted]. Typesetting by Spectrum Typesetting, [redacted] Origination by Fourmost Colour [redacted]. Printed and bound by Chase Web Offset [redacted]. © VNU Business Publications 1984."},"MainText":"MACHINE: Spectrum 48K\r\nCONTROL: Keys, Kemp, Curs, Sinc\r\nFROM: New Generation, £5.95\r\n\r\nBritish rubbish is no longer good enough for Trashman and he is now jetting round the world cleaning up after everybody else. He starts his wanderings in Britain with £250 and a choice of three affordable destinations. These are Paris, Madrid and Munich all of which are marked on a world map, your choice flashing vigorously.\r\n\r\nParis is the closest destination and costs only £100 to reach. Once there, you are placed in a street cafe packed with tables, people and four waitresses running around. Your job is to pick up the green frogs (looking remarkably like a single pixel) which are hopping about. You score points and gain cash for each frog caught but lose cash if you leave too many lying around or bump into a waitress.\r\n\r\nOnce you have got all the frogs, you need to get to another city. If you don't have the fare then you are stranded. There are destinations all over the world and those further afield like Australia, the USA and Africa take a lot of cash to reach. Flying to a new city gives you another task, which will take the same general form as the first one picking up a number of objects in a single screen.\r\n\r\nControl is difficult, especially in the beer hall in Munich, and the fact that you travel slower than everything else is of constant annoyance.\r\n\r\nThe real lasting interest of the game is the attempt to explore the whole world rather than the challenge of each individual screen. Some of the scenarios are quite imaginative, others a bit cliche'd. In Madrid you face a deadly threat as you try to collect roses in a bullring. The bull is less than happy with your presence and if he touches you with his horns you'll meet a grisly end.\r\n\r\nThe game isn't as riveting as the original Trashman but there is still enough action to keep me garbage grabbing.","ReviewerComments":["For once a company has managed to bring out a game that is, in my opinion, inferior in every way (including graphics) to the one before. I reckon that takes some beating.\r\r\n\r\r\nHalf the problem of course is that this game has a lot to live up to. If you've never seen Trashman then you may not be too disappointed by seeing him on his travels. I quite enjoyed the game, but was irritated by the long delay every time you lost a round and the amount of time you had to spend on each screen doing the same thing.\r\nSteve Cooke","The graphics in particular were disappointing, with stick-like figures rushing around the screen. There's a tedious interlude between each journey complete with annoying music.\r\nPeter Connor","Trashman was genuinely original, the follow-up is a disappointment. At first glance it appears to offer more with so many different locations. But each is just a single screen in which you indulge in the hackneyed game idea of collecting objects while avoiding nasties. Yawn.\r\nChris Anderson"],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"84,85","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Bob Wade","Score":"6","ScoreSuffix":"/10"},{"Name":"Steve Cooke","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""},{"Name":"Peter Connor","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""},{"Name":"Chris Anderson","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"6/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Sound","Score":"6/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Originality","Score":"6/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Lasting Interest","Score":"6/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"6/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Computer Issue 1, Jan 1985","Price":"£0.9","ReleaseDate":"1984-12-20","Editor":"Toby Wolpe","TotalPages":212,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Toby Wolpe\r\nAssistant Editor: Meirion Jones\r\nStaff Writer: Simon Beesley\r\nProduction Editor: Ian Vallely\r\nSub-Editor: Paul Bond\r\nEditorial Assistant: Lee Paddon\r\nEditorial Secretary: Lynn Dawson\r\nEditorial: [redacted]\r\nSubscriptions: U.K. £12.50 for 12 issues.\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Nick Ratnieks\r\nAssistant Advertisement Manager: Neil Marchant\r\nAdvertisement Executives: Nigel Borrell, Julian Bidlake, Kay Filbin\r\nNorthern Office: Geoff Parker\r\nAdvertisement Secretary: Maxine Gill\r\nClassified: Lucy O'Sullivan\r\nPublishing Director: Chris Hipwell\r\nGroup Advertisement Manager: Shobhan Gajjar\r\n\r\nYour Computer, [redacted]\r\n©Business Press International Ltd 1985\r\n\r\nPrinted in Great Britain for the proprietors of Business Press International Ltd, [redacted].\r\nISSN 0263-0885\r\nPrinted by Riverside Press Ltd, [redacted], and typeset by Instep Ltd, [redacted]\r\n\r\nABC 154,334 January-June, 1984."},"MainText":"Spectrum\r\nNew Generation Software\r\nSweep-'em-up\r\n£6.95\r\n\r\nGarbage in, garbage out, as we used to say at break - but Travel with Trashman is a worthy successor to the first Trashman game although not as visually revolutionary as some of the computer games we have looked at this month.\r\n\r\nThe first screen shows all the cities of the world that Trashman can travel to - but it all costs money. You can travel to America, Spain, Paris, Munich and finally, Jerusalem.\r\n\r\nIn Paris you have to collect a load of tiny bouncing green dots which are meant to be frogs loose in a cafe. If you bump into a waitress while endeavouring to recapture the rogue amphibian appetisers you lose points. In New Orleans you have to gather up money thrown at a marching jazz band, in Munich you collect the empties after a beer festival.\r\n\r\nThe deadliest early job is in Spain - and Trashman is not even a football supporter. To show their appreciation of British sanitary technology the Spaniards get Trashman to pick up roses in a bull-ring - while the bull is still in it. A news report about Trashman being killed in Spain is mysteriously followed by the information that you are stranded there without money.\r\n\r\nIf you do get Trashman to Jerusalem, his job is to mop up tears at the Wailing Walt. So, if you missed giving this game to someone for Chanukah, there's always the Jewish New Year. But I think New Generation are going to have to put in a lot of work on their graphics and brush up their ideas for games if they're going to keep ahead of some of the excellent stuff being produced by companies like Ultimate Play the Game, US Gold and Beyond Software.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"57","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Paul Bond","Score":"2","ScoreSuffix":"/5"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"2/5","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"ZX Computing Issue 18, Apr 1985","Price":"£1.95","ReleaseDate":"1985-03-28","Editor":"Ray Elder","TotalPages":132,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Ray Elder\r\nEditorial Assistant: Cliff Joseph\r\nGroup Editor: Wendy J Palmer\r\nSales Executive: Jonathan McGary\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Barry Bingham\r\nDivisional Advertising Manager: Chris Northam\r\nCopy Controller: Sue Couchman\r\nPublishing Director: Peter Welham\r\nChief Executive: T J Connell\r\n\r\nOrigination and design by MM Design & Print, [redacted]\r\nPublished by Argus Specialist Publications Ltd, [redacted]\r\n\r\nZX Computing is published bi-monthly on the fourth Friday of the month. Distributed by: Argus Press Sales & Distribution Ltd. [redacted]. Printed by: Garnett Print, Rotherham and London.\r\n\r\nThe contents of this publication including all articles, designs, plans, drawings and programs and all copyright and other intellectual property rights therein belong to Argus Specialist Publications Limited. All rights conferred by the Law of Copyright and other intellectual property rights and by virtue of international copyright conventions are specifically reserved to Argus Specialist Publications Limited and any reproduction requires the prior written consent of Argus Specialist Publications Ltd.\r\n\r\n©Argus Specialist Publications Limited 1985"},"MainText":"This is the sequel to the original \"TRASHMAN\" game and by and large is just as good. The mission is to go forth into the world and throw away all the trash.\r\n\r\nAt the start of the game, you are shown a world map and all the countries that can be visited, this obviously takes money (everything seems to these days), and where you can go depends on the amount of money that you have got. Quite a few places of interest can be visited, Spain, America, Hong Kong, France, Germany, Samoa and Israel.\r\n\r\nParis is the cheapest place to start, and whilst there the job offered is to collect all the frogs that the chef has accidentally let loose in the cafe, whilst avoiding bumping into the French waitresses (I know what I would rather do!). The cafe was generally well depicted with tables, umbrellas etc. but the leaping reptiles appeared as white dots bouncing around the screen, even the delicacy of its legs was not apparent.\r\n\r\nIn Germany, you're at the famous Festival with the mammoth task of clearing away all the empties, whilst trying to forget about your love for the drink as well. This screen was slightly easier to play and the only real difficulty was to catch sight of an empty glass.\r\n\r\nAfter these two locations, you can go on to Spain, where you have to pick up roses in a bull ring. Sounds easy? The bull is still moving about the ring and still fancies a game or two. In New Orleans, you are employed to pick up the money that the crowd are throwing at the band, but some members of the band are mean and greedy, so you have to watch out for them. If you manage to get enough money, then you can be on your way to Jerusalem, where worshippers' tissues have to be tidied up around the Wailing Wall.\r\n\r\nThe only problem with this game was the fact that the visit to each country lasted far too long and as the money decreased with your inefficiency, it was quite difficult not to find yourself stranded, penniless, and with no means of getting home.\r\n\r\nThere is quite a lot of action in this game, and although occasionally the graphics were poor, this is a challenging game and should keep you amused for some time.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"96","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"David Harwood","Score":"7","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Instructions","Score":"80%","Text":""},{"Header":"Addictability","Score":"80%","Text":""},{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"80%","Text":""},{"Header":"Value For Money","Score":"85%","Text":""},{"Header":"ZXC Factor","Score":"7/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Spectrum Issue 9, Nov 1984","Price":"£0.85","ReleaseDate":"1984-10-18","Editor":"Roger Munford","TotalPages":90,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Roger Munford\r\nDeputy Editor: Tina Boylan\r\nTechnical Editor: Peter Shaw\r\nEditorial Consultant: Andrew Pennell\r\nSoftware Consultant: Gavin Monk\r\nContributors: Ron Smith, John Torofex, Dr D C Threlfall, Roger Willis, David Lester, Ian Beardsmore, Ross Holman, Dave Nicholls, Clive Gifford, Mike Leaman, Henry Budgett, Simon Goodwin, Sue Denham\r\nArt Editor: Hazel Bennington\r\nArt Assistant: Steve Broadhurst\r\nGroup Advertising Manager: Jill Harris\r\nAdvertising: Dave Baskerville\r\nTypesetters: Carlinpoint\r\nGroup Art Director: Perry Neville\r\nPublisher: Stephen England\r\n\r\nPublished by Sportscene Specialist Press Ltd, [redacted] Company registered in England. Telephone (all departments): [redacted]\r\nReproduction: Graphic Ideas, London\r\nPrinters: Chase Web Offset [redacted]\r\nDistribution: Seymour Press [redacted]\r\n\r\nAll material in Your Spectrum ©1984 Felden productions, and may not be reproduced in whole or in part without the written consent of the publishers. Your Spectrum is a monthly publication."},"MainText":"TRASHMAN ON THE MOVE\r\n\r\nNot content with cleaning up the streets in sunny Suburbia, New Generation's hero, Trashman, is off on a plane to de-litter the rest of this mucky planet.\r\n\r\nTravel with Trashman takes you to 13 countries around the world collecting a whole host of items apart from the usual rubbish. In Germany, for instance.\r\n\r\nTrashman has to collect the empties at a beer festival, whereas in Paris he devotes his skills to newly-released frogs outside a cafe!\r\n\r\nTWT is available for the 48K Spectrum and costs a mere £5.95 from 'the usual stockists'. 'Dirty' phone calls should be made to [redacted].","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"3","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":null,"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Personal Computer News Issue 90, Dec 1984","Price":"","ReleaseDate":"1984-11-30","Editor":"Peter Worlock","TotalPages":66,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editorial\r\nEditor: Peter Worlock\r\nDeputy Editor: David Guest\r\nProduction Editor: Lauraine Turner\r\nSub Editor: Harriet Arnold\r\nEditor's Assistant: Karen Isaac\r\nNews Writer: Ralph Bancroft, Sandra Grandison\r\nFeatures Editor: John Lettice\r\nSoftware Editor: Bryan Skinner\r\nPeripherals Editor: Kenn Garroch\r\nHardware Editor: Stuart Cooke\r\nPrograms Editor: Nickie Robinson\r\nArt Director: Jim Dansie\r\nArt Editor: Dave Alexander\r\nAssistant Art Editor: Tim Brown\r\nLayout Artist: Bruce Preston\r\nPublisher: Cyndy Miles\r\nPublishing Assistant: Tobe Bendeth\r\n\r\nAdvertising\r\nGroup Advertising Manager: Peter Goldstein\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Bettina Williams\r\nAssistant Advertisement Managers: Laura Cade, Claire Rowbottom\r\nSales Executives: Claire Barnes, Phil Benson, Mike Blackman, Steve Corrick, Tony Keefe, Andrew Flint, Christian McCarthy, Isabel Middleton, Sarah Musgrave, Tony O'Reilly, Anita Stokes\r\nProduction: Richard Gaffrey\r\nAdvertisement Assistant: Jan Moore\r\nSubscription Enquiries: Gill Stevens\r\nSubscription Address: [redacted]\r\nEditorial Address: [redacted]\r\nAdvertising Address: [redacted]\r\n\r\nPublished by VNU Business Publications, [redacted]\r\n© VNU 1983. No material maybe reproduced in whole or in part without written consent from the copyright holders.\r\nPhotoset by Quickset, [redacted]\r\nPrinted by Chase Web Offset, [redacted]\r\nDistributed by Seymour Press, [redacted]\r\nRegistered at the PO as a newspaper"},"MainText":"PRICE: £5.95\r\nPUBLISHER: New Generation Software [redacted]\r\n\r\nHaving won your Diploma of Trashmanship in Trashman, New Generation now makes you an offer you can't refuse (sorry) - the chance to be a bin-man all round the world.\r\n\r\nYou start with £250 in your pocket, which obviously won't get you far with the price of air fares these days, but it will take you to Paris, Munich or Madrid and still leave you some change, in Paris the problem is frogs hopping about a pavement cafe.\r\n\r\nYou have to move in and out of the tables to collect them, avoiding the waitresses, who say something rude in French should you bump into them. Your cash decreases with time passing, especially if you're inefficient or clumsy. You can increase it by clearing the screen enough to allow you a little hop to another city.\r\n\r\nLike Munich, perhaps, where you wind up in a beer hall and have to clear the tables of empties as the beer-swilling Germans go about the serious business of getting persistently drunk. Different tables raise their arms in unison, and some characters can put away more than others. It's up to you to nip round and collect the empty glasses, trying to avoid the temptation of a quick tipple yourself.\r\n\r\nIf you're capable of standing and haven't lost the air fare you can maybe then go to Madrid, keeping a bull-ring clean.\r\n\r\nThe only complaint is the long delay between games. You really want to get on rather than watch messages scroll across the screen. There's a lot of rubbish about, after all.\r\n\r\nYou'll have to work hard and efficiently in the cheaper places to earn enough to reach exotic locations like Samoa and Hong Kong. Don't ask me what the trash trouble is in Samoa - I'm have enough trouble with the frogs. A fun game, and a good follow-up.\r\n\r\nYou shouldn't need to bin this one.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"46","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Mike Gerrard","Score":"8","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"8/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]