[{"TitleName":"3D Starfighter","Publisher":"Code Masters Ltd","Author":"James Wilson, Jon Paul Eldridge, Mervin James, The Oliver Twins","YearOfRelease":"1988","ZxDbId":"0009423","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Your Sinclair Issue 29, May 1988","Price":"£1.5","ReleaseDate":"1988-04-13","Editor":"Teresa Maughan","TotalPages":116,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Teresa Maughan\r\nArt Editor: Darrell King\r\nDeputy Editor: Marcus Berkmann\r\nTechnical Editor: Phil South\r\nProduction Editor: Jackie Ryan\r\nDesigner: Catherine Higgs\r\nContributors: Guy Bennington, Richard Blaine, Audrey & Owen Bishop, Ciaran Brennan, Lucy Broadbent, Jonathan Davies, Mike Gerrard, David McCandless, Duncan McDonald, John Minson, David Powell, Peter Shaw, Tony Worrall\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Mark Salmon\r\nAdvertisement Executive: Simon Stansfield\r\nAdvertisement Director: Alistair Ramsay\r\nProduction Manager: Judith Middleton\r\nMarketing Manager: Bryan Denyer\r\nArt Director: Hazel Bennington\r\nPublisher: Kevin Cox\r\nPublishing Director: Roger Munford\r\nFinance Director: Colin Crawford\r\nManaging Director: Stephen England\r\nChairman: Felix Dennis\r\n\r\nPublished by Dennis Publishing 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 ©1988 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":"Code Masters\r\n£1.99\r\nReviewer: Duncan MacDonald\r\n\r\nWhat's this strange piece of rectangular plastic I have in my hand? Ah, I know, it's an audio cassette with a game called 3-D Starfighter magically enclosed within. Via Spectrum and telly, this unassuming object should be transformed into a real-time, visuo-tactile, interactive fantasy experience. Or will it, by Jingo? Well no, actually, it won't.\r\n\r\n'Digitised Speech Synthesis' boasts the inlay blurb. Unfortunately, the chaps at Code Masters seem unwittingly to have digitised the voice of Lestor Piggott. \"Kmmmnn, Ynnng,\" says the computer, \"Gmmmmnn, myuuub, bnnng.\" Fascinating. Actually this is the high point of the game.\r\n\r\nThe game's ingredients are one scenario: ten 'space zones'; on challenge: move your sights over alien craft and shoot; one main objective: clear each 'space zone' and move to the next: E102, E434 and edible starch. You're faced with a black screen (ie outer space), on which a myriad of jerky sprites move about. Get the old 'sights' over an 'alien' and fire. Then do it again. (And again and again and...) Oh - I forgot about the 3D 'effect': the alien ships get suddenly bigger (ie nearer you), and then equally suddenly smaller again (ie further away). Clever, eh? I had to chew on one of last week's socks to contain the excitement.\r\n\r\nOh dear, oh dear, oh dear. 3-D Starfighter isn't really a very good game I'm afraid, Spec-chums. It's not very good at all, by cracky. I'd better cheer things up with a joke.\r\n\r\nQ: What's small, green and goes up and down 3000 times every second?\r\n\r\nA: Eeeerrmm... a small green vibrating thing! Crickey, I'm not very good at this joke 'lark', am I? (No. Ed) Crumbs.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"Feeble blasters well below Code Masters' usual standard. Less gripping than a hernia.","Page":"72","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Duncan MacDonald","Score":"4","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Graphics","Score":"4/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Playability","Score":"4/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Value For Money","Score":"4/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Addictiveness","Score":"3/10","Text":""},{"Header":"Overall","Score":"4/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]},{"Issue":{"Name":"Sinclair User Issue 72, Mar 1988","Price":"£1.5","ReleaseDate":"1988-02-18","Editor":"David Kelly","TotalPages":100,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Editor: Graham Taylor\r\nStaff Writer: Jim Douglas\r\nStaff Writer: Tamara Howard\r\nArt Editor: Gareth Jones\r\nDesigner: Andrea Walker\r\nAdventure: The Sorceress\r\nZapchat: Jon 'Call me Bon Jovi' Riglar\r\nTechnical: Andrew Hewson, Rupert Goodwins\r\nContributors: Tony 'a fiver if my name goes first in the list' Dillon, Chris 'a fiver? You must be joking!' Jenkins\r\nAdvertisement Manager: Katherine Lee\r\nAdvertisement Executive: Alison Morton\r\nAd Production: Emma Ward\r\nPublisher's Assistant: Debbie Pearson\r\nPublisher: Terry Pratt\r\nMarketing: Clive 'I'll leave that with you then' Pembridge\r\n\r\nPhone: [redacted]\r\nFax: [redacted]\r\nSubscriptions: [redacted]\r\nEditorial and Advertisement Offices: [redacted]\r\n\r\nThis Month's Cover: Brian Talbot\r\n\r\nPrinted by Nene River Press, [redacted]\r\nDistributed by EMAP Publications Ltd.\r\n\r\n©Copyright 1988 Sinclair User ISSN No 0262-5458"},"MainText":"Label: Codemasters\r\nAuthor:\r\nPrice: £1.99\r\nMemory: 48K/128K\r\nJoystick: various\r\nReviewer: Chris Jenkins\r\n\r\nA Big disappointment after the heady excitement of the Oliver Twins' previous offerings Grand Prix Simulator and Pro Ski Simulator. This is a Star Trek-style game in which you travel through different time zones of the universe, shooting up aliens and... er... shooting up more aliens.\r\n\r\nAt the start of each level you must dock with a mother ship with the aid of your radar scanner. Apart from that, the only gimmick is that your energy levels fall as you shoot, so you must conserve your laser energy and make very sparing use of your shields to ward off careering alien fighters.\r\n\r\nSome nice perspective effects as the alien ships and missiles zoom towards you, the usual \"hyperspace\" sequence, and some nifty voice samples, don't do much to lift 3-D Starfighter above average.","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"A superficially enjoyable space shoot-'em-up which lacks depth and soon palls.","Page":"31","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Chris Jenkins","Score":"5","ScoreSuffix":"/10"}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":[{"Header":"Overall","Score":"5/10","Text":""}],"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]