[{"TitleName":"Video Olimpic","Publisher":"Dinamic Software","Author":"Luis Rodriguez Soler, Santiago Morga B., Snatcho","YearOfRelease":"1984","ZxDbId":"0005563","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Sinclair Issue 11, Nov 1986","Price":"£0.95","ReleaseDate":"1986-10-09","Editor":"Kevin Cox","TotalPages":113,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Kevin Cox\r\nArt Editor: Martin Dixon\r\nDeputy Editor: Teresa Maughan\r\nProduction Editor: Sara Biggs\r\nDesigner: Caroline Clayton\r\nStaff Writer: Phil South\r\nTechnical Consultant: Peter Shaw\r\nContributors: Stephen Adams, Luke C, Mike Gerrard, Tim Hartnell, Ian Hoare, Gwyn Hughes, ZZKJ, 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":"Mastertronic\n£1.99\nReviewer: Tommy Nash\n\nFor all those of you missing out on your Daley dose, Mastertronic has come up with the cheapie version of his Decathlon - with a cut-down six events to match the cut price.\n\nFor your two quid you get running, hurdles, long jump, hammer, javelin and swimming. Though I'm taking that lot on trust. The shame of it is, I didn't manage to get through the 100m dash. Now it could've been me and it could've been my joystick (I'm not above blaming my tools), but in this case I reckon it was the game. It's just pitched too hard too quickly. Sure, if you've had years of practice with Daley and your wrists are now like strengthened steel you may not have as much trouble. But in that case you'd be better off having another bash at the games you've already got or earning a useful living as a weightlifter. There's not enough new in the way of graphics or gameplay to interest you.\n\nIf you've never had a good joystick waggle before, then it might be worth putting your while putting this through it paces. But you'd better take out the insurance policy on your joystick - and your wrists!","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"36","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Tommy Nash","Score":"3","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"3/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"2/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Value For Money","Score":"3/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Addictiveness","Score":"2/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"3/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Sinclair User Issue 56, Nov 1986","Price":"£1","ReleaseDate":"1986-10-18","Editor":"David Kelly","TotalPages":124,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: David Kelly\r\nDeputy Editor: John Gilbert\r\nSenior Staff Writer: Graham Taylor\r\nStaff Writer: Jim Douglas\r\nDesigner: Gareth Jones\r\nEditorial Secretary: Norisah Fenn\r\nAdventure Writers: Gordo Greatbelly\r\nZapchat: Jon Riglar\r\nHelpline: Andrew Hewson\r\nHardware Correspondent: John Lambert\r\nContributors: Brendon Gore, Richard Price, Rupert Goodwins, Andy Moss, Gary Rook, John Pope\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Louise Fanthorpe\r\nSenior Sales Executive: Jacqui Pope\r\nProduction Assistant: Alison Morton\r\nAdvertisement Secretary: Linda Everest\r\nSubscriptions Manager: Carl Dunne\r\nPublisher: Terry Pratt\r\n\r\nTelephone [redacted]\r\n\r\nSinclair User is published monthly by EMAP Business & Computer Publications\r\n\r\nCover Illustration: Stewart Hughes\r\n\r\nIf you would like to contribute to Sinclair User please send programs or articles to:\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. Please write Program Printout on the envelopes of all cassettes submitted. We cannot undertake to return cassettes unless an SAE is enclosed. We pay £20 for each program printed and £50 for star programs.\r\n\r\nTypeset by Saffron Graphics Ltd, [redacted]\r\nPrinted by Nene River Press, [redacted]\r\nDistributed by EMAP Publications Ltd.\r\n\r\n©Copyright 1986 Sinclair User ISSN No 0262-5458\r\n\r\nABC 90,215 July-Dec 1985"},"MainText":"Label: Mastertronic\r\nAuthor: in house\r\nPrice: £1.99\r\nJoystick: various\r\nMemory: 48K/128K\r\nReviewer: John Gilbert\r\n\r\nWhen Video Olympics came in for review, I groaned out loud. Here we go I thought, another visit to the electronic doctor will be required after looking through this game. I wasn't disappointed, because the final tally was two joysticks and one very pulled muscle in my forearm coupled with tennis wrist! if by this casualty list you have gathered that this is another stick wiggling, keyboard bashing, go-as-fast-as-you-can-before-times-runs-out, Olympics game, you have gathered right.\r\n\r\nThis is a great Mastertronic cheapie, very similar to the old Ocean/Artic, one player, decathalon games of a couple of years back and gives you six events to compete in starting with (groan) the 100 metres dash, then on to a not so tiring long jump and javelin, followed by (groan, groan) 100 metres hurdles, hammer throwing and (gasp) swimming; all worked by simply how fast you can wiggle your joystick.\r\n\r\nThere is of course a gulf of difference between say the frills of Epyx's Summer Games series and Video Olympics', so don't expect arcade quality graphics but, nevertheless, the look of the game is quite reasonable and the whole thing is immensely playable although, a word of warning, you have to qualify through each event before being allowed to progress to the next.\r\n\r\nThe only sound I could find was at the beginning of the game where a simple rendition of Chariots of Fire is played before the first race. But in all honesty it's not sound effects or fabulous graphics that give this game its appeal, it is simply that old adage that you always try to do better than last time.\r\n\r\nI think Video Olympics has a lot going for it, it's unfussy, comical and most of all maddeningly frustrating for a small outlay. Just how much it's going to cost you in repairs is another matter though!","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"Smartly produced six-event sports game that works up a sweat. Great value for money. Daley on a budget.","Page":"78","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"John Gilbert","Score":"4","ScoreSuffix":"/5"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"4/5","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]