[{"TitleName":"Bridge Player 2","Publisher":"CP Software","Author":"Richard Wheen","YearOfRelease":"1984","ZxDbId":"0000704","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Spectrum Issue 12, Mar 1985","Price":"£0.95","ReleaseDate":"1985-02-21","Editor":"Roger Munford","TotalPages":74,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Roger Munford\r\nArt Editor: Hazel Bennington\r\nDeputy Editor: Tina Boylan\r\nTechnical Editor: Peter Shaw\r\nProduction Editor: Louise Cook\r\nArt Assistant: Martin Dixon\r\nEditorial Consultant: Andrew Pennell\r\nSoftware Consultant: Gavin Monk\r\nContributors: John Torofex, Ian Beardsmore, Tony Samuels, Stephen Adams, Dave Nicholls, Ross Holman, Roger Willis, Stuart Jamieson, Clive Gifford, Simon Goodwin, Adrian Wagner, Chris Somerville, Chris Wood, Hunt Emerson\r\nAdvertising Manager: Joe Harrower\r\nAdvertising: Dave Baskerville\r\nGroup Advertising Manager: Jill Harris\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\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 Spectrum ©1985 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":"BRIDGE PLAYER 2\r\nCP Software\r\n£9.95\r\n\r\nRoss: Bridge Player 2 is intended as an aid for those wishing to practise playing bridge, and not as a guide on how to play the game. The accompanying manual describes all the features of the program, but does tend to slip into 'Bridge jargon'; having said that, though, I'm far from a hardened Bridge player and I could still understand most of the finer points!\r\n\r\nThe program works by dealing the pack to all four hands, but there is the restriction that no more than eight cards of one suit can appear in one hand; this is due to the graphical layout of the cards on-screen. Once dealt, the bidding begins and follows the Acol system, with commands such as '5C' being interpreted as a bid of five clubs; however, as the human player, you always play south and enter the card you wish to play with the suit first and then its value. Some nice refinements are the automatic play of cards if you have only one legal response, and hitting the Enter key to play the lowest card when following suit.\r\n\r\nThe graphical display is clear and easy to follow, and the computer plays very reasonably. This will not appeal to the masses, but it's worth trying if you want to become the Bridge equivalent of the Cincinatti Kid.","ReviewerComments":["Hah! Hands up who thought this was a sophisticated platform game. I'm not that good at Bridge but, after playing this package for a while, I think I'm a bit better...\r\nDave Nicholls\r\n4/5 MISS","I'd have preferred something a little more racy... maybe. Spectrum poker! Generally, though card games are a sunset industry.\r\nRoger Willis\r\n1/5 MISS"],"OverallSummary":"","Page":"30","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Dave Nicholls","Score":"4","ScoreSuffix":"/5 MISS"},{"Name":"Ross Holman","Score":"3","ScoreSuffix":"/5 MISS"},{"Name":"Roger Willis","Score":"1","ScoreSuffix":"/5 MISS"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":null,"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]