The Your Sinclair Rock'n'Roll Years - September 1989
Andrew Pattison
Andrew.
<ne...@ysrnry.co.uk> wrote in message
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> The YS Rock'n'Roll Years
> ------------------------
>
> Every owner of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, in any of its forms,
> should remember one of the most entertaining computer magazines
> ever published: Your Sinclair. YS ran as Your Spectrum for a couple
> of years before being relaunched as Your Sinclair at Christmas 1985.
>
> YS ran until 1993 and outlasted all the other Spectrum magazines
> that were sold at the time. During this time various breakthroughs
> in game design arose that we now all take for granted in these days
> of multi-megabyte memory, multicolour graphics home computer systems.
>
> The YS Rock'n'Roll Years aims to relive those days, so sit back,
> relax, and indulge yourself into some serious nostalgia.
>
> September 1989 - Issue 45
> -------------------------
>
> General
> -------
>
> Average cover tape - Dream Warrior (US Gold, 8, September 1988),
> a demo of Passing Shot (ImageWorks) and the long-awaited appearance
> of the one and only Advanced Lawnmower Simulator!
> Crackdown is reviewed in Slots of Fun.
> Ocean announces two similar games for Christmas '89: Cabal and
> the sequel to Operation Wolf, Operation Thunderbolt. Meanwhile,
> Robocop continues to break all records accross all formats.
>
> Top Ten Games
> -------------
>
> 1 Robocop/Ocean
> 2 Forgotten Worlds/US Gold
> 3 Microprose Soccer/Microprose
> 4 Run the Gauntlet/Imagine
> 5 Dragon Ninja/Ocean
> 6 Emlyn Hughes International Soccer/Audiogenic
> 7 Football Manager II/Addictive
> 8 The Running Man/Grandslam
> 9 Crazy Cars II/Titus
> 10 Silkworm/Virgin
>
> Previews
> --------
>
> Super Wonderboy/Activision
>
> Reviews
> -------
>
> The New Zealand Story/Ocean 93
> Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade/US Gold 92
> The Crash Collection Vol 1/US Gold 85
> Special Action/Ocean 82
> Jack the Nipper/Kixx 82
> Austerlitz 1805/CCS 82
> Saboteur II/Encore 80
> Bob's Full House/TV Games 80
> Licence to Kill/Domark 79
> Kosmos/Atlantis 79
> Arcade Flight Simulator/Codemasters 76
> Titan/Titus 75
> Soviet Fighter Mig 29/Codemasters 59
> High Steel/Screen 7 56
> Buffalo Bill's Rodeo Games/Tynesoft 54
> Ninja Commando/Zeppelin 53
> Roller Coaster/Encore 46
> Gemini Wing/Virgin 43
> Masters of the Universe - The Movie/Kixx 40
>
> Misc Reviews
> ------------
>
> Retarded Creatures and Caverns/Zenobi 90
>
>
> You can view this whole series by visiting the YS Rock'n'Roll Years
> website at http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/ and also see all sorts of
> extra goodies, like Java games, Flash movies, hundreds of original
> articles, game screenshots, arcade screenshots, game download links,
> Joystick Jugglers information, and loads of other stuff. The site is
> being updated all the time, so keep coming back to it.
>
> Hell, if the original YS writers like it, then chances are you might
> do too! :)
>
> The YS Rock'n'Roll Years is compiled by Nick Humphries. If you
> have any comments, suggestions, corrections or additions to this
> series, please e-Mail me at ni...@ysrnry.co.uk.
Geoff Wearmouth
Pattison <and...@dsl.pipex.com> writes
>That's fine, but can you PLEASE stop posting the same message twice???
>
>Andrew.
>
><ne...@ysrnry.co.uk> wrote in message
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>> The YS Rock'n'Roll Years
>> ------------------------
>> -------------------------
Actually it was you who posted it a second time.
Nick's 'what happened 14/15 years ago this month' posts
are a nostalgic trip back to the magazine days
and posted infrequently enough not to annoy.
I always read 'em.
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ammo...@cc.full.stop.helsinki.fi
> That's fine, but can you PLEASE stop posting the same message twice???
He always posts two months' summaries at a time. Read the subject lines
of the messages. And don't top-post. And trim your quotes.
-a
Lee Prince
20 GO TO 10
And don't forget to eat all your greens!
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Nick Humphries
<ge...@wearmouth.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <3d54dd72$0$8513$cc9e...@news.dial.pipex.com>, Andrew
>Pattison <and...@dsl.pipex.com> writes
>>That's fine, but can you PLEASE stop posting the same message twice???
>
>Actually it was you who posted it a second time.
>Nick's 'what happened 14/15 years ago this month' posts
>are a nostalgic trip back to the magazine days
>and posted infrequently enough not to annoy.
>
>I always read 'em.
Ta mate. I was wondering if people were still reading them!
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Just remember, it's only 137 days until Christmas...
Andrew Pattison
Andrew.
Llama-Wax Len
"Nick Humphries" <ni...@egyptusWIBBLE.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> Ta mate. I was wondering if people were still reading them!
I do as well, but stopped responding a while ago as there's only so many
times I could post something like "what a great month!", "what a pish
month!", "I've never heard of these games", or "at least three of those
games are rock hard".
Len
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Ivan Ruiz Etxabe
>
>Ta mate. I was wondering if people were still reading them!
Yes we do, I like to compare the rate given by YS with
the rate given by spanish mags, and from time to time I like
to ask things!
I think it's a good idea to import to our Spanish group
Ivan
Nick Humphries
wrote:
>I think it's a good idea to import to our Spanish group
If you can translate the text (or can find someone to do it), I can set up the
autoposter to post a Spanish version to the Spanish newsgroup as well if you
life.
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Remember, it's only 137 days until Christmas...
Nick Humphries
<al...@SPAMOFFauldgreytoon.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>"Nick Humphries" <ni...@egyptusWIBBLE.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>
>> Ta mate. I was wondering if people were still reading them!
>
>I do as well, but stopped responding a while ago as there's only so many
>times I could post something like "what a great month!", "what a pish
>month!", "I've never heard of these games", or "at least three of those
>games are rock hard".
Excellent - with the site now quickly approaching its fifth birthday (Friday
16th August) I was worried everyone might be getting sick of the posts.
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Remember, it's only 137 days until Christmas...
david
"Andrew Pattison" <and...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
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> That's fine, but can you PLEASE stop posting the same message twice???
>
> Andrew.
Two different years if you look properly...
david
> Ah, good point. My apologies to one and all.
>
> Andrew.
Top posting is evil!
Ivan Ruiz Etxabe
<ni...@egyptusWIBBLE.co.uk> va y suelta:
>On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 19:37:53 GMT, jai...@navegalia.com (Ivan Ruiz Etxabe)
>wrote:
>
>>I think it's a good idea to import to our Spanish group
>
>If you can translate the text (or can find someone to do it), I can set up the
>autoposter to post a Spanish version to the Spanish newsgroup as well if you
>life.
Well if I guess right, the text to translate is the upper header
explaining what YS is, there's not much to translate in the
scores, right? It would be good to make known this review in
spanish ng, and might be an inducement to make the same thing
with the Spanish main review MH someday, so I'll translate after my
miniholiday, if you find it ok.
Ivan
Nick Humphries
wrote:
>Well if I guess right, the text to translate is the upper header
>explaining what YS is, there's not much to translate in the
>scores, right?
Yep, it would just be the intro and the General (news) section that would need
translating.
>It would be good to make known this review in
>spanish ng, and might be an inducement to make the same thing
>with the Spanish main review MH someday, so I'll translate after my
>miniholiday, if you find it ok.
No probs - send me an email when ready, and I'll send you the master text
file.
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Cheer up, it's only 136 days until Christmas...
Lee Prince
20 GO TO 10
> "Andrew Pattison" <and...@dsl.pipex.com> wrote in message
It is, because it breaks up the flow of the thread, but I've become far
more tolerant of top-posting than I was a year ago. I just can't be
bothered having a go at people for it any more (at least, in this
newsgroup).
Although if everyone running Windows used Xnews or Agent instead of OE
to read news, we wouldn't have this problem in the first place...
</troll>
/|ndy |<avanagh
2002 11:44:14 +0100, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do comp.sys.sinclair,
yawatina tan reek esk Nick Humphries <ni...@egyptusWIBBLE.co.uk> fornis do
marikano es bono tan el:
>Ta mate. I was wondering if people were still reading them!
I read them too! :)
deKay
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Otaku
> >Nick's 'what happened 14/15 years ago this month' posts
> >are a nostalgic trip back to the magazine days
> >and posted infrequently enough not to annoy.
> >
> >I always read 'em.
>
> Ta mate. I was wondering if people were still reading them!
FACT: I don't read them but do insist on replying to them. And I like to
quote the entire message too!
Otaku
> On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 20:05:24 +0100, "Llama-Wax Len"
> <al...@SPAMOFFauldgreytoon.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Excellent - with the site now quickly approaching its fifth birthday
(Friday
> 16th August) I was worried everyone might be getting sick of the posts.
Wow! Fifth birthday. That means you've been around longer than the actual
magazine? ;-)
Peter THOMA$
wrote:
>> Excellent - with the site now quickly approaching its fifth birthday
>(Friday
>> 16th August) I was worried everyone might be getting sick of the posts.
>Wow! Fifth birthday. That means you've been around longer than the actual
>magazine? ;-)
Er, it started in 1986, IIRC, and finished in 1993.
I bought my first issue in 1987 (the Moley Christmas one), and bought
every issue since, bar one.
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Hob
> Er, it started in 1986, IIRC, and finished in 1993.
>
> I bought my first issue in 1987 (the Moley Christmas one), and bought
> every issue since, bar one.
Surely it was earlier than 86? I dropped it 87, and I'm sure I've got
more than 12 issues. That's actually frightening, that I left the Speccy
mag scene before some people even took it up.
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Nick Humphries
Your Spectrum ran from 1984 to 1985, and then it was renamed to Your Sinclair
and ran from 1986 to 1993.
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To put things into perspective, it's only 133 days until Christmas...
Lister
far, far away, Nick Humphries <ni...@egyptusWIBBLE.co.uk> slammed a
pint glass on the table and said :
>
>Your Spectrum ran from 1984 to 1985, and then it was renamed to Your Sinclair
>and ran from 1986 to 1993.
I'm sure I remember seeing some issues of YS in a local newsagents
back then
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> I'm sure I remember seeing some issues of YS in a local newsagents
> back then
>
the little gnome that lived at the bottom of my garden! Learn something new
every day.
Seriously though, where the hell else did you expect to find YS if not in a
newsagents?
Steve
Lister
far, far away, "Steve Orr" <mrt...@ntlworld.com> slammed a pint glass
on the table and said :
>
>newsagents?
That's not the point I was trying to make, I was just saying I'd seen
it.
Vlad
Rock'n'Roll Years - September 1989" Thu, 15 Aug 2002 09:43:10 +0100
comp.sys.sinclair:
L> That's not the point I was trying to make, I was just saying I'd
L> seen it.
Of course you have seen it - no one ever tried to conceal its presence
at a newsagents.
Did you try to read it as well, after having detected that it was
there?
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Lister
far, far away, Vlad <sat...@inwind.it> slammed a pint glass on the
table and said :
>
>Of course you have seen it - no one ever tried to conceal its presence
>at a newsagents.
>Did you try to read it as well, after having detected that it was
>there?
Sadly, no