Your Sinclair Issue 3

Your Sinclair Issue 3
Editor	Kevin Cox
Managing Editor	Roger Munford
Publisher	Sportscene
Pages	100
Cover Date	March 1986
Previous issue	Issue 2
Next issue	Issue 4

This issue was cover-dated March 1986 and cost 95p.

Regulars

Inside (Contents) - 1 page (1)

Letters - 2 pages (11,13)

The Hitlist (Charts) - 1 page (35)

Task Force - Ian Hoare - 1 page (41)

Microdrivin' - Andrew Pennell - ¾ page (55)

Heart to Hartnell - Tim Hartnell - 1 page (59)

MegaBasic Hints & Tips - Mike Leaman - 1 page (69)

Hard Facts - Stephen Adams - 1 page (71)

Backlash - Iolo Davidson on the new Spectrum - is its number up? - 1 page (96)

Frontlines (News)

Frontlines - 3 pages (2-4)

• Posthorn, Tasword Three, Max Headroom, Bounces, Cyberun, The Flintstones - (2)
• Your Horoscope, The Planets, Back to the Future, US Gold and Ultimate join forces - (3)
• Rock'n Wrestle, The Incredible Shrinking Fireman, Sound Boost, The Way of the Tiger, Knight Rider - (4)

QL News - ½ page (6)

Features

Three Into One Will Go - 2½ pages (81,83-84)

Ever felt you needed a spare Speccy to save you from all that SAVEing and LOADing? Save your money — Max Phillips lets you run three programs at once with Switcha...

Previews

V: The Game - Rachael Smith - 2 pages (60-61)

Reviews

Spectrum Games

Game Title	Publisher	Reviewer	Pages	Page No	Score
Cosmic Wartoad	Ocean	Gwyn Hughes	0.75	16	8
Graham Gooch's Test Cricket	Audiogenic	Rick Robson	0.33	17	3
Raiders of the Lost Ring	Arcade Systems	Steve Malone	0.10	17	N/A
Just Imagine	Central Solutions	Steve Malone	0.20	17	4
Screen Play	Macmillan	Rick Robson	0.33	17	7
Yie Ar Kung-Fu	Imagine	Alison Hjul	0.50	19	8
Dungeon Dare / Classroom Chaos	Central Solutions	Rick Robson	0.15	19	4
Gunfright	Ultimate	Gwyn Hughes	0.33	19	7
2112 AD	Design Design	Gwyn Hughes	0.33	21	9
Battle of the Planets	Mikro-Gen	Luke C	0.33	21	8
The Forbidden Planet	Design Design	Alison Hjul	0.33	21	7
Sweevo's World	Gargoyle Games	Rachael Smith	0.85	23	9
Myla Di'Kaich	Global Software	Rachael Smith	0.15	23	4
West Bank	Gremlin Graphics	Rick Robson	0.33	26	8
Mikie	Imagine	Peter Shaw	0.33	26	9
Antteroo / Prelude	Central Solutions	Gwyn Hughes	0.20	26	4
Automata 10 Pack Volume Two	Automata	Steve Malone	0.10	26	5
Automata 10 Pack Volume Three	Automata	Steve Malone	0.10	26	5
Blade Runner	CRL	Alison Hjul	0.50	28	7
Rambo	Ocean	Alison Hjul	0.25	28	8
William Wobbler	Wizard Computer Games	Rachael Smith	0.25	28	6
Death Wake	Quicksilva	Luke C	0.25	29	8
The Transformers	Ocean	Max Phillips	0.25	29	6
N.O.M.A.D.	Ocean	Luke C	0.50	29	9
Winter Games	US Gold	Gwyn Hughes	0.75	30	8
World Cup Soccer	Macmillan	Rick Robson	0.25	30	8
Their Finest Hour	Century Communications	Max Phillips	0.50	33	9
Arena	Lothlorian	Steve Malone	0.25	33	6
1985: The Day After	Mastertronic	Rick Robson	0.25	33	7
Zoids	Martech	Alison Hjul	2	36-37	9
Movie	Imagine	Gwyn Hughes	2	72-73	9
The Snow Queen	St Brides School	Uncredited	0.25	77	5
Beatle Quest	Number 9 Software	Uncredited	0.25	77	6

QL Games

Game Title	Publisher	Reviewer	Pages	Page No	Score
Knight Flight	Realtime Software	Andrew Pennell	0.25	67	7
QL Fictionary	Sinclair Research	Andrew Pennell	0.25	67	7
Flight Simulator	Microdeal	Andrew Pennell	0.25	67	7
QL Bounder	Sinclair Research	Andrew Pennell	0.25	67	8

Utilities

SpecDrum - Rachael Smith - 1 page (43)

Wham!: The Music Box - Iolo Davidson - 1 page (75)

Tips

Hack Free Zone - 1 page (14)

Robin of the Wood - Map - 2 pages (44,53)

Hacking Away - Chris Wood - 1¼ pages (54-55)

Hacker, Glass, Gyroscope - 1 page (66)

Type-Ins

Program Power - 8 pages (45-52)

• Battle Fleet Orion, Mega-Bert,

Other Credits

Art Editor

Martin Dixon

Deputy Editor

Teresa Maughan

Production Editor

Sara Biggs

Designer

Caroline Clayton

Technical Consultant

Peter Shaw

Editorial Consultant

Andrew Pennell

Software Consultant

Gavin Monk

Contributors

Stephen Adams, Dougie Bern, Luke C, Steve Colwill, Steve Cooke, Iolo Davidson, Tim Hartnell, Alison Hjul, Ian Hoare, Gwyn Hughes, Steve Malone, Max Phillips, Rick Robson, Rachael Smith, Phil South, Chris Wood

External Links

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Issue Index

Your Sinclair Index

Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1987	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
1988	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
1989	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48
1990	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60
1991	61	62	63	64	Cover missing 65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72
1992	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84
1993	85	86	87	Cover missing 88	Cover missing 89	Cover missing 90	Cover missing 91	Cover missing 92	Cover missing 93