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Sinclair User, issue 94 (January 1990)

Sinclair User editors. 1990. “Sinclair User, issue 94 (January 1990).” Sinclair User, issue 94. EMAP.

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Sinclair User 94
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https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-094
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Scan in the Internet Archive item "sinclair-user-magazine-094"; the pin is the item's OCR, as DjVu XML.
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Pinned in stubs batch 32 for Chase H.Q. (the Spectrum review with its Fax Box, and the playable demo on side B of Megatape 23).

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Sinclair User reviewed the ZX Spectrum version in January 1990 as a Sinclair User Classic and gave it 96 (graphics 93, sound 80, playability 98, lastability 97): its Fax Box gives the label as Ocean, the author as "In house", the price as £8.95, and 48K and 128K memory, and sums it up as "Absolutely incredible. The best driving game ever. Superb." The reviewer judged the Spectrum version far better than the Atari ST and Amiga ones and called it a driving game "without any flaws".image 105, Chase HQ review, Fax Boximage 105, Chase HQ review, Fax Boximage 105, Chase HQ review, Fax Boximage 105, Chase HQ review, scoreimage 104, Chase HQ reviewimage 104, Chase HQ reviewMagazine
Sinclair User's January 1990 cover tape, Megatape 23, carried a playable demo of one level of the ZX Spectrum version on its B side.image 6, Megatape 23 pagesimage 6, Megatape 23 pagesimage 7, Megatape 23 pagesMagazine
Virgin promoted the Spectrum game in Sinclair User: a Shinobi competition in November 1989 offered copies of the game and posters, and in January 1990 Shinobi was one of six Virgin Games arcade games in a Christmas prize draw entered with tokens from the games. Virgin's blurb there made the player Masashi, a tough ninja warrior on a mission to clear the town from rebel martial arts fanatics, and warned of end-of-level guardians.p. 10 (image 10)p. 10 (image 10)p. 10 (image 10), Virgin Games advertisementp. 10 (image 10)p. 11 (image 11), Shinobip. 11 (image 11)Magazine