Sinclair User Issue 78

Issue dated September 1988 and priced at £1.50p

On The Tape
Amaurote - Full Game

Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge - Demo

Previews
Savage

Gary Lineker's Super Skills

Gary Lineker's Hot-Shot

Netherworld

1943

Cybernoid II

ACE 2088

Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge

Features
Spectrums Around the World.

Code Talk - Andrew Whittaker of Graftgold and Software Creations

Blueprint - Guerrilla War

Coin-Ops
Toobin' - 8
 * Sort of Californian Canoeing on an assortment of rivers in plan view.

Galaxy Force - 10
 * Possibly the most mind-blowingly impressive arcade game.

Last Duel - 9
 * Vertical scrollers are back! A game that will leave you breathless.

Scores out of 10

Comments
Foxx Fights Back - 75%
 * Comedy shoot-out without a hint of naffness. Good graphics and an amusing style.

The Great Giana Sisters - 55%
 * Great idea, with some really nice graphics, playability really lets it down.

Octan - 75%
 * One of the best top-bottom scrtolling shoot-outs of the moment.

Overlander - 81%
 * Exciting and enjoyable racey-shooty epic not unlike a certain coin-op.

Diamond - 48%
 * Unplayable multi-scroller with low amount of attraction.

Vectorball - 75%
 * Original, inventive and slickly programmed but hard to play.

Roadblasters - 81%
 * Nice-looking coin-op conversion with a bit of racing and shooting.

Vampire's Empire - 58%
 * Cute idea and great graphics but it doesn't hang together.

Mr. Wino - 60%
 * Tried and tested platforms and ladders formula.

Psycho Pigs U.X.B. - 59%
 * Cutesy-wutesy but less than rivetting pig-out.

Hoppin' Mad - 46%
 * Half-hearted attempt at a zany arcade challenge.

Droidz - 91%
 * Brilliant budget Gauntlet clone, plenty of fun for the solo explorer.

Barbarian - 92%
 * Barbaric hack-slash and shoot-'em-up. A must buy.

Tracksuit Manager - 93%
 * The best ever managerial game. The one your Speccy has been waiting for.

Impossible Mission II - 46%
 * Disappointing sequel. Arcade action and puzzle solving.

Stalingrad - 70%
 * A reasonably competant strategy game - don't buy it if you already have Overlord.

Last Ninja 2 - 92%
 * Huge, wonderful, unmissable martial arts graphic adventure.

Table
Sinclair User Classic's in Bold

Zapchat
Dark Side - Tips

Bionic Commando - Tips + Maps

The Fury - Tips

Skate Crazy - Tips