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Sinclair User, issue 85 (April 1989)

Sinclair User editors. 1989. “Sinclair User, issue 85 (April 1989).” Sinclair User, issue 85. EMAP.

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Sinclair User 85
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https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-085
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https://archive.org/download/sinclair-user-magazine-085/SinclairUser_085_Apr_1989_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-085"; the pin is the item's OCR, as DjVu XML.
Notes
Pinned for Pac-Land's Spectrum review.

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Grandslam's Spectrum version, written by Steve Marsden, reached the reviewers in April and May 1989, more than a year after the earliest advertisements found (January 1988). Crash gave its price as £8.95 on cassette and £12.95 on disk; Sinclair User gave £8.95 and Your Sinclair £8.99.p. 67 (image n67), fax boxMagazine
Sinclair User's April 1989 review of the Spectrum version found a strange land of fluffy buildings, fruit and ghosts that drive cars and fly planes, crossed by left-right flip screens. The reviewer judged it more about playability than visual appeal, "and it's pretty good too", and called it a very faithful conversion of a game players would either love or hate.p. 67 (image n67)p. 67 (image n67)p. 67 (image n67)p. 67 (image n67)p. 67 (image n67)Magazine
Sinclair User gave the Spectrum version 70 overall, with 68 for graphics, 60 for sound, 74 for playability and 72 for lastability.p. 67 (image n67), score boxp. 67 (image n67), fax boxMagazine