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4 ISSUE #2 AUG 93 3 SINCLAIR NEWS 3 EDITOR: DARREN RANDLE 3 NEON GRAFIX SOFTWARE 3 BY D MORRIS. MUSIC B 3 CODE,MASTERING AND PACKI 1 |><<f>~||<> 1 SONG BY ST COMPILE@ 1 SINCLAIR NEWS ISSUE #2 AUG 93 1 O Darren Randle. (Editor) 1 NEWS2.1 +/ 1 NEWS2.1 1 = DON'T YOU DARE.... 1 < CONTROL A DRAGON. 1 ; AMIGA SALES DROP! 1 : * A LITTLE POINT * 1 7 Attacked! 1 5 Wot no dosh? 1 5 GOOD NEWS! 1 4 WAGGLE-O-MANIA comes 1 4 The Towers Of Hanoi: AARGH! It'sa puzzle game... Written byDominic (man of many talents) Morris. Basically, you have to move a pile of discs from onepeg to the other (Like on theCrystal Maze). I'm not too goodat these games, but I completedit in about 588 moves. By mystandard that was good. I wasthen told the minimum amounts ofmoves was, well, lets just say alot less! This is simple butGREAT fun. If you want a copy,Its on next issues tape.OVERALL: 90%. 1 3 NEW LAYOUT 1 3 A few notes on the above, Joyceenjoys Death Chase because shelikes knocking down trees, She loves dropping Fella in thewater (Murderer! Ed.), and NIGELMANSELL'S W.C sounds like somesort of public toilet! 1 2 Sinclair news. Issue: 2. 1 1 MQM3: Another fun filled demofrom the MQM team. Yes, you'veguessed it, more smashing 128music. This time, the demofeatures 'Digisound' which wasno doubt created on thisinfamous 'SampleTracker' thingy.Anyway, I was very impressedwith this and it would be anideal program to show to a 16bitowner whilst saying "SPECTRUMSARE CRAP ARE THEY?". There isalso an option for 48 owners tohear the samples. OVERALL: 80% 1 0307$7$5+3 1 / The best of the Pet Shop Boys: Iwas interested to see how thisone turned out, for those of youwho have viewed AMD2 from TOM, you'll know there was abrilliant QJETA conversion of'You were always on my mind'.So, in went the program and oncame the music. Now, it's notas good as QJETA's music, but atthe same time, all the tunes areof a fairly good standard. Someof the tracks sound a little bit'bitty', but fans of TPSB'swill like this 1 - MANCHESTER UTD, MANCHESTER UTDEUROPE, EUROPEAN SUPER LEAGUE,GAZZA'S SUPER SOCCER, GARYLINEKER'S SOCCER, FOOTBALLMANAGER 1,2 & 3, FOOTBALLMANAGER W.C EDITION ANDFOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR. 1 , We need YOU! to write for us.If you think you could write aninteresting section for eachissue, drop me a line. Pleasenote, we can't offer payment.Send a sample of your work,either written or on *TASWORD. *(Please set Tasword margins to32 Columns.) 1 + If you are feeling a bit leftout because of the lack ofsoftware at the moment, checkout the SPECTRUM SOFTWARE HIRE.They can offer you over 1000!Speccy programs, from Games toUtilities. On cassette and Disc.For details check out the advertlater in the magazine. 1 + For those of you who read'AlchNews', you may have noticeda comment about me 'ripping' offthe program to produce our ownPD REVIEW program. Can I justset the record straight bysaying, A preview issue was sentto Andy Davis who replied "Theprogram is my copyright.Therefore, the magazine wasnever released. I would like tooffer my apologys to Andy forany confusision over the matter. 1 * These wonderful titles were onJoyce's black list: 1 * The next issue of 'SN' will beout: 1st September 1993. 50p. 1 * Can I please remind you, if youdon't send money with yourorders, your tapes will bereturned 'Empty'! Up until now,I have been quite nice andcopied a few orders when paymentwas lacking. I will no longer doit. 1 ) Well, basically that's it forthis month. Next month morereviews etc. See you then 1 ) Now, I don't know why, but Ithink she dislikes footballgames. Not that it notices! Didyou notice another W.C in there?Well, no doubt Joyce will beback next month with morekind words for soccer games. 1 (C) 1993 NEON GRAFIX SOFTWARE 1 ( As you will have noticed, wehave a new layout this issue.This was very kindly created byour new team member: DominicMorris (Of Magican & Quarkfame). We know it looks a bit like Enigma, but like Dominicsaid to me, "How many ways canyou scroll text up and down ascreen?". Still, other featuresinclude a funky soundtrack andthe ability to change colours ofpaper and ink. Check out thekeys at the bottom of thescreen. The new format alsoallows us to include screen$between pages. I'm sure you'llall agree, it's a bigimprovement on Issue 1. 1 ( A big thank you goes toD.Stephens for his kind wishesand backing of 'Sinclair News'. 1 ( 'SINCLAIR NEWS' is produced by: 1 ' This was a letter from AlexanderYoung, published in issue 92 ofYOUR SINCLAIR. 1 ' Sales of the Amiga dropped lastyear and some high street shopshave stopped stocking thecomputer. Bye Bye A500 1 ' If we rate anything over 40%then its worth having. Anythingbelow 40 and above 30 is a bitdodgy, but anything below 30 isa total washout! If you want anyof these fine programs, dropme a line at the usual address. 1 ' Don't forget to write to DOMARKasking for the release of PRINCEOF PERSIA. We need as much software as we can possibly layour hands on. 1 & Hi all, welcome to the secondIssue of 'Sinclair News'. Thanksto all those who brought thefirst issue, As you can see (andhear) we have a new format thismonth. We hope you like it. 1 & Doctor Randle's Bit! 1 & All sections are (C) by theirrespective owners. 1 & 1> DEATH CHASE. 1 " With Best Wishes, 1 " MQM4: No sooner had I finishedwith the above, I found thislittle gem. This is more of yeraverage soundtracker demo. Itfeatures 17 different tracks,Pop, Amiga and ST conversionsand also has a snippit ofsampled speech at the front end.The music is up to the usualstandard that we come to expectof QJETA, and the program has abrill loading screen. (Looksabit like my old mathsteacher!)So, another demo worthadding to your PD collection.OVERALL: 82% 1 ! Thanks also to Zuitek of ESI whocomposed this wondrous piece of music that you're listening to. 1 ! Please note, 1 ! NEWS: A new 'TMG' demo is to bereleased soon. As yet, we havn'trecived our copy but as soon aswe get it, we'll tell you allabout it. PD software creator'Neon Grafix' have created a REDDWARF demo. It costs only 20p,ask for it when ordering if youwant it. It cannot not be foundin any of the PD packs. 1 ! Editor: Darren Randle. 1 wascomplaining about the use of'Stolen' or 'Ripped' music and graphics in PD programs. He wenton to say "I think it'sdisgraceful that people hackinto other peoples programs forthe sole purpose of stealingtheir ideas." Well, can I justsay, Although it's naughty topinch graphics etc from games,theres no real harm if theprogram isn't being re-sold andthe original Artist/Author iscredited. I mean come on, what'sthe difference between using ascreen than copying a game? Andno doubt we've ALL done that atsome point... Case Dismissed... 1 fromDominic Morris and is based on awrist wrecking TEAM 17 Amigagame. Basically you waggle your joystick as hard as possible(AHEM!) to try and get thearrow to rise up to the top ofthe table. It's a bit like thosetest your strength machines.Although its only a basic 2player game, I found it a lot offun. OVERALL: 75% 1 demo. OVERALL: 60% 1 WHO ARE WE 1 Technical: Dominic Morris. 1 Special Thanks. 1 Sadly Y.S will soon be gone. MayI just wish all of the Y.S teamall the best for the future.Don't worry, 'SN' isn't goinganywhere. Well, thats all I'vegot to say at the moment, soI'll leave you. Enjoy the mag. 1 SINCLAIR NEWS. 1 Reviewers: Terry Davis. 1 Public Sector: Darren Randle. Rave Corner: Ian Mortlock. 1 Public Sector. 1 Next Issue. 1 Joyce Cook. 1 JOYCE'S TOP TEN! 1 ISSUE 2. AUGUST 1993. 1 Darren Randle. 1 BY D MORRIS. MUSIC BY ZUITEK 1 =Well, this month I received awhole new batch of goodies.After sorting through, I foundthe MQM3 demo and MQM4. Alsoan interesting game fromDominic. Anyway, here's thismonths reviews. 1 9> LITTLE COMPUTER PEOPLE. 1 8> HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER. 1 7> YOGI BEAR. 1 6> NIGEL MANSELL'S W.C. 1 5> TIN BONCE 1,2 & 3. 1 4> P47 THUNDERBOLT. 1 3> GRELL & FELLA. 1 2> CASTLE MASTER. 1 10> THE PAWN. 1 (C) 1993 NEON PUBLISHING 1 This issue, Joyce reveals all(AHEM!) her top ten games. 1 It's not really agood idea to copy or 'PIRATE'software. If your copying PDsoftware theres no problem butsoftware houses may get a little'heavy' when you start to pinchtheir programs. You have beenwarned!!!! 1 CODE,MASTERING AND PACKING 1 "NEWS2."+ 1 EDITOR: DARREN RANDLE