[{"TitleName":"Adventure E: Golden Apple","Publisher":"Artic Computing Ltd","Author":"Simon Wadsworth, Stuart Hughes","YearOfRelease":"1983","ZxDbId":"0005920","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 1, Feb 1984","Price":"£0.75","ReleaseDate":"1984-01-19","Editor":"Roger Kean","TotalPages":112,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Roger Kean\r\nDesigner: Oliver Frey\r\nConsultant Editor: Franco Frey\r\nStaff Writers: Lloyd Mangram, Rod Bellamy\r\nAdvertisement Manager: John Edwards\r\nProduction Designer: Michael Arienti\r\n\r\n©1984 Newsfield Ltd.\r\n\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\nMono printing, typesetting & finishing by Feb Edge Litho Ltd. [redacted]\r\nColour printing by Allan-Denver Web Offset Ltd. [redacted].\r\nColour origination by Scan Studios, [redacted]\r\nDistributed by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscriptions: 12 issues £9.00 UK Mainland (post included)\r\nEurope: 12 issues £15 (post included).\r\nSingle copy: 75p\r\n\r\nIf you would like to contribute to CRASH please send articles or ideas for projects to the above address. Articles should be typed. We cannot undertake to return them unless accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope\r\n\r\nCover Illustration:Oliver Frey"},"MainText":"Producer: Artic, 48K\r\n£6.95\r\nAuthor: Simon Wadsworth\r\n\r\nAdventure 'E' is the latest from Artic and its title card explains this text only adventure very well - a large mansion, a ship and a mountainous island in the distance. Looks easy until you start. The object is to find 13 secret objects, find a safe place to store them in and do this through tons of locations. Finding a key can be hard enough, but the key you need near the start of this game is hidden in a very obvious place - so obvious you would never think of looking there until you sneezed after sniffing the - no I musn't give any secrets away. Absorbing!","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"63","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":null,"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 2, Mar 1984","Price":"£0.75","ReleaseDate":"1984-02-23","Editor":"Roger Kean","TotalPages":112,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Roger Kean\r\nDesigner: Oliver Frey\r\nConsultant Editor: Franco Frey\r\nStaff Writers: Lloyd Mangram, Rod Bellamy\r\nAdvertisement Manager: John Edwards\r\nProduction Designer: Michael Arienti\r\n\r\n©1984 Newsfield Ltd.\r\n\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\nMono printing, typesetting & finishing by Feb Edge Litho Ltd. [redacted]\r\nColour printing by Allan-Denver Web Offset Ltd. [redacted].\r\nColour origination by Scan Studios, [redacted]\r\nDistributed by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscriptions: 12 issues £9.00 UK Mainland (post included)\r\nEurope: 12 issues £15 (post included).\r\nSingle copy: 75p\r\n\r\nIf you would like to contribute to CRASH please send articles or ideas for projects to the above address. Articles should be typed. We cannot undertake to return them unless accompanied by a stamped addressed envelope\r\n\r\nCover Illustration:Oliver Frey"},"MainText":"Producer: Artic, 48K\r\n£6.95\r\nAuthor: Simon Wadsworth\r\n\r\nAdventure 'E' is the latest from Artic and its title card explains this text only adventure very well - a large mansion, a ship and a mountainous island in the distance. Looks easy until you start. The object is to find 13 secret objects, find a safe place to store them in and do this through tons of locations. Finding a key can be hard enough, but the key you need near the start of this game is hidden in a very obvious place - so obvious you would never think of looking there until you sneezed after sniffing the - no I musn't give any secrets away. Absorbing!","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"66","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":null,"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 4, May 1984","Price":"£0.75","ReleaseDate":"1984-04-19","Editor":"Roger Kean","TotalPages":128,"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\n©1984 Newsfield Ltd.\r\nCrash Micro is published monthly by Newsfield Ltd. [redacted]\r\n\r\nTelephone numbers\r\nEditorial [redacted]\r\nSubscriptions [redacted]\r\nAdvertising [redacted]\r\nHot Line [redacted]\r\nNo material may be reproduced in whole or in part without written consent from the copyright holders.\r\n\r\nColour origination by Scan Studio, [redacted]\r\nPrinted in England by Plymouth Web Offset Ltd, [redacted].\r\nDistribution by Comag, [redacted]\r\nAdditional setting and process work by The Tortoise Shell Press, [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":"Producer: Artic, 48K\r\n£6.95\r\nAuthor: Simon Wadsworth\r\n\r\nAdventure 'E' is the latest from Artic and its title card explains this text only adventure very well - a large mansion, a ship and a mountainous island in the distance. Looks easy until you start. The object is to find 13 secret objects, find a safe place to store them in and do this through tons of locations. Finding a key can be hard enough, but the key you need near the start of this game is hidden in a very obvious place - so obvious you would never think of looking there until you sneezed after sniffing the - no I musn't give any secrets away. Absorbing!","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"74","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":null,"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"ZX Computing Issue 12, Apr 1984","Price":"£1.95","ReleaseDate":"1984-03-29","Editor":"Ray Elder","TotalPages":156,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Ray Elder\r\nEditorial Assistant: Fiona Eldridge\r\nGroup Editor: Wendy J Palmer\r\nAdvertising Manager: Barry Bingham\r\nDivisional Advertising Manager: Beverley McNeill\r\nCopy Controller: Ann McDermott\r\nManaging Editor: Ron Harris\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 the Argus Specialist Publications Ltd.\r\n\r\n©Argus Specialist Publications Limited 1984"},"MainText":"THE GOLDEN APPLE\r\nArtic Computing\r\nStuart Rogerson\r\n\r\nThe Golden Apple is the fifth of Artic Computing's adventure games and the first to include colour and sound. The program begins with a colourful picture of the main locations of the adventure, a mansion house, a ship and a mountainous island.\r\n\r\nThe plot is simple - you are on quest to find The Golden Apple and on the way you must find thirteen treasures and a safe place in which to deposit them. This is not the kind of adventure where you are killed in every second location and meet strange monsters round every comer. Rather, it is a test of skill, insight and ingenuity. You will find yourself seeking water to fill a watering can to water seeds or fishing for salmon (assuming you find the net) and be left puzzling over the unpleasant crocodile.\r\n\r\nThe program understands over one hundred and fifty words and although a fairly standard textual adventure, it contains three new features for Artic. By requesting instructions you are given a page of useful hints including some of the key words and advice on which abbreviated entries are acceptable. Requesting help produces the message \"What and spoil your fun!\" followed by Artic's address and the promise of a crib sheet if you really get stuck. Asking for your score not only produces an update on the treasure position but gives you a rating out of one hundred and tells you the number of turns you've had so far. The latter might seem a nice but irrelevant touch but it isn't as I soon discovered.\r\n\r\nThe whole point of adventure games is to explore new worlds and use your wits to survive, finding uses for the various objects you see lying around. This is a high quality adventure game which more than fulfills this aim. It is for the experienced adventurer only, if you are an adventure game enthusiast it is certainly one worth considering adding to your collection. It is for the 48K Spectrum at £6.95 and the ZX81 at £5.95. Like all Artic adventures so far, The Golden Apple is completely machine code and includes a save routine. Two hints: beware of sunset and don't be tempted by the nice soft bed!\r\n\r\nFor further information on the cassettes reviewed in this article you can write to the following addresses:\r\n\r\nSilversoft Ltd, [redacted].\r\n\r\nNew Generation Software, [redacted].\r\n\r\nRed Shift, [redacted].\r\n\r\nArtic Computing, [redacted].\r\n\r\nAutomata UK Ltd, [redacted].\r\n\r\nAbacus Programs, [redacted].\r\n\r\nBug Byte, [redacted].\r\n\r\nSoftek Software, [redacted].\r\n\r\nPSS, [redacted].","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"49,50","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Stuart Rogerson","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":null,"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]