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Sinclair User, issue 46 (January 1986)

Sinclair User editors. 1986. “Sinclair User, issue 46 (January 1986).” Sinclair User, issue 46 (January 1986). EMAP.

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Sinclair User 46
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https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-046
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https://archive.org/download/sinclair-user-magazine-046/SinclairUser_046_Jan_1986_djvu.xml
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2026-11-06
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© EMAP (at the time of publication); scan hosted by the Internet Archive
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Scan in the Internet Archive item "sinclair-user-magazine-046"; the pin is the item's OCR, as DjVu XML.
Notes
Pinned in stubs batch 34 for the news item on Lenslok and Elite (image 5) and the Top 30 chart (p. 35, image 35).

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Sinclair User reported in January 1986 that Elite was the first game to use Lenslok, and that within days of its release Firebird had calls from players unable to get past it. Firebird did not deny that the faulty instructions had been a hindrance, and new instructions were available.p. 5 (image 5), news, "The lens: 20/20 vision or mirage?"p. 5 (image 5), newsp. 5 (image 5), newsp. 5 (image 5), newsMagazine
Sinclair User's Top 30 for January 1986 said that within days of release Elite had become the biggest seller since Melbourne House's Exploding Fist.p. 35 (image 35), Top 30Magazine