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Your Sinclair Issue 84 - Dec 1992 (images4.imgbox.com)
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Well now, look at this, our Dizzy chap, cracking a smile on this month's glorious cover as he delves into Crystal Kingdom! And don't you dare forget that free tape with Light Corridor and Sergeant Seymour, or you'll be sprinting back to the newsagents like a headless chicken! Plus, a peek at Streetfighter 2 and reviews of Atom Ant and Boulder Dash. All this Speccy goodness, just for you!
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Your Sinclair Issue 32 (Page 104) - Aug 1988 (images4.imgbox.com)
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It's **October 1987**. Well hello, you lot! Aunty Madge here, with this month's glorious POKE page! Chuckie Egg II, Classic Muncher, Commando – oh, you name it, we’ve got the cheats to make 'em a doddle. Infinite lives, immunity... who needs to learn patterns when you can just breeze through? Get those fingers ready to POKE in some BASIC, because fun without frustration is the *only* way to play, eh? Ta-ra!
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Your Sinclair Issue 32 (Page 89) - Aug 1988 (images4.imgbox.com)
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  • Bernie Drummond (Interview) - Jon Ritman & Bernie Drummond
  • Jon Ritman (Interview) - Jon Ritman & Bernie Drummond

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Well, Jon Ritman and Bernie Drummond had us "Only Kidding" they'd left the Speccy! Imagine abandoning our beloved machine for some fancy "Razz boards" and arcade fluff. Good old Graeme Kidd found them, still clean, though their *new* game sounds suspiciously over-specced. At least Jon Ritman's success means he'll never have to wash dishes. Bah! Some people just don't know true perfection, do they?
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Your Sinclair Issue 32 (Page 59) - Aug 1988 (images2.imgbox.com)
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  • Night Raider (CompoEntry)

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Well, well, what have we here? Bandits at 12 O'Clock sounds like a thrilling Speccy dogfight! This page delivers a corker of a compo from those Gremlin chaps, offering a *proper* flying machine as a prize (none of your puny 16-bit tat, this!). And look, more flight sim action, showing just what our beloved ZX can do. Find those words, chums! Pure YS fun. Just don't let Squiffy and Boffo choose words for next time!
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Your Sinclair Issue 32 (Page 115) - Aug 1988 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Alright, you lot! Aunty Madge is back, brimming with more crucial Speccy intel. Infinite lives for Grand Prix Simulator (finally, a reason to play it!), Great Escape and even that multi-cloned Green Beret! Loads of POKEs for Great Gurianos and Greyfell too. But the real gem? A monster walkthrough for Gryzor – every secret, every Skull Key, every pepper pot to smack that allergic Mauron. You're welcome, now go play!
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Your Sinclair Issue 32 - Aug 1988 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Right then, duckies, new Your Sinclair's arrived! Barbarian II graces the cover, looking rather... bloody for your Spectrum, I must say! And a Smash Tips freebie for getting to grips with all those new games. Plus, scoops on Night Raider and R-Type, not to mention a chance to win a Hercules poster! Only a pound, too. Don't dally!
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Your Sinclair Issue 43 (Page 66) - Jul 1989 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Aunty Madge here, solving all your dire ZX Spectrum dilemmas on the Superstore's "Dear Uncool..." page! From dodgy BASIC to embarrassing fashion, I've got a *Your Sinclair* goodie for every pitiful problem. Wallets, binders, Psycho Pig tees – my solutions are pure genius, darling. Get your order in before my patience runs out!
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Your Sinclair Issue 43 (Page 46) - Jul 1989 (images2.imgbox.com)
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ZOO ALORS! Our lot are out gallivanting at the zoo, badgering folk for another Vox Pop. Apparently, people are more concerned with taking ponies on safari and who's the sexiest zoologist than, say, a cracking Speccy game. Typical! Still, it looks a gloriously 'greenhouse-effecty' day for it. I just hope they remembered their sun cream – and a decent joystick!
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Your Sinclair Issue 43 (Page 51) - Jul 1989 (images2.imgbox.com)
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  • Deathchase (Review)
  • Tetris (Review)
  • Street Gang Football (Review)

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Well, look at this, dearies. A smashing page! They’re finally admitting our Speccy version of Tetris is better than those flashy 16-bit machines – about time! Elsewhere, there’s baseball, an American pursuit, but Hardball!’s a good Speccy conversion. Then some Code Masters budget bafflement and Death Chase, a surprise treat. Good, honest fun, mostly!
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Your Sinclair Issue 43 (Page 68) - Jul 1989 (images2.imgbox.com)
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  • Scapeghost (News/Note) - ref. "Spook"
  • Diablo! (Review)

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Well hello there, pet! This month’s YS Adventures is jam-packed, especially with a huge review of DIABLO! Looks like a proper epic, with a Devil on board the Discovery! Good to see our Speccy writers are mostly staying loyal, though those 16-bit temptresses are always lurking. Uncle Mike's had a good chat with one, bless him. And a new Zenobi game by Mike Gerrard, perhaps? Ooh, I do love a good mystery!
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Your Sinclair Issue 43 - Jul 1989 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Well, aren't we a fine looking bunch this month, poppets! Issue 43, fresh off the press. That cheeky shark's got your free game tape! Honestly, the fuss! But don't you fret, there's a treasure trove of Speccy fun inside, including all the new reviews and those all-important Game of the Year results. Far better than trying to fish it out of that beast's gullet, I say!
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Your Sinclair Issue 66 (Page 29) - Jun 1991 (images2.imgbox.com)
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  • Switchblade (Solution)

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Well, my little Speccy addicts, Leigh Loveday’s done the business combining the Tip O' The Month with a frankly enormous Switchblade solution. All those enemy facts, weapons, and general tips – a right mega-humongous treat! No silly joystick waggling here, just pure, brain-taxing Speccy triumph. Now off you go, chop chop!
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Your Sinclair Issue 66 - Jun 1991 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Cor blimey, look at that lot! Maniacs in Mercs and a shed full of games from 'The Magnificent 7'! No tape? You'd better have checked your newsagent, you lot! And Thunderjaws, eh? Sounds like more fun than a barrel of monkeys on a Commodore 64. Plus a shed to win! Proper Speccy madness, this is. More reviews than you can shake a joystick at, too!
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Your Sinclair Issue 29 (Page 58) - May 1988 (images2.imgbox.com)
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  • Feature (Poster) - Vixen
  • Vixen (Poster)

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Ooh, Aunty Madge spots a wild one! This month's Your Sinclair poster features a rather striking jungle girl with a formidable whip and a rather stylish leopard print number. Plenty of green foliage, and she's certainly got that 'ready for action' look. Just the sort of eye candy to inspire your next epic Spectrum quest, unlike those drab Amstrad posters, eh?
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Your Sinclair Issue 29 - May 1988 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Alright, Speccy faithful! Aunty Madge here with a May issue that’ll make you drop your joystick. Vixen's on the cover, ready to whip you into a frenzy, and yes, there’s a pin-up! PLUS, a full, mind-bending new game, Blind Panic – if you can read this, you *should* ask for your copy! No rubbish demos here, just pure Speccy brilliance and over 1,000 prizes. Always No.1!
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Your Sinclair Issue 28 (Page 32) - Apr 1988 (images2.imgbox.com)
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  • Platoon (Map)

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Aunty Madge here, with another vital YS MAP! This Platoon beauty is a godsend for any proper Speccy soldier. Forget fumbling around aimlessly like those poor C64 owners; Andrew Waller's laid out your path to the village, torch, and explosive. No excuses for getting lost now, is there? Get stuck in, soldier!
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Your Sinclair Issue 28 - Apr 1988 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Well, hello there, dearest! Just look at this month's stunning YS! Karnov's on the cover, wielding his worker's tools – ready to bash any heathen who dares suggest another 8-bit is better than our beloved Spectrum! All for a mere quid, with over 90 cheats, glorious maps, and a chance to win a genuine coin-up! Absolute Speccy gold, as always.
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Your Sinclair Issue 02 (Page 80) - Feb 1986 (images2.imgbox.com)
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  • The Worm in Paradise (Review)

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Your Sinclair Issue 61 - Jan 1991 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Cor blimey, it's January already! They tell me this is a special, seeing as it's our 5th birthday bonanza. Where has the time gone eh? Not been wasted on those other 8-bit machines I TELL THEE! We've got another free tape this month for all yer Speccy owners, and a free badge, if you can work out which one of them pop stars was engaged to a Five Star girly. Get those coupons filled in, I wanna see some correct answers.

And if you're stuck inside because it's freezing, then you can curl up and read the bumper reviews. Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Dragon Breed... and of course, some complete rubbish too. Well, not if I'm giving 'em away in the Superstore, mind. Now, off you pop - and tell your friends, the Spectrum's still the bestest!

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Your Sinclair Issue 12 (Page 104) - Dec 1986 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Ooh, hello there, my little cherubs! Aunty Madge has been having a gander at these Red Boxes, and cor, what a marvel! Why settle for just playing Manic Miner when your Speccy can stop daylight robberies, eh? They've even got code words on ‘em – like a secret agent's lair it is.

For only one hundred and twenty-nine smackers, you can have your humble Spectrum bossing the kettle and toaster when Dan Dare is on the telly! It’s just the ticket for a lazy Sunday. Tell you what, though, don’t go fitting any Commodore clobber in your Speccy set-up, that’s just asking for trouble, that is. Now where's my crimplene shopping bag. I'm off for a gin! Toodle-pip!

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Your Sinclair Issue 12 (Page 65) - Dec 1986 (images2.imgbox.com)
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  • Cyrus II (Review)
  • The Ice Temple (Review)
  • Phantomas 2 (Review)

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Alright, petal, picture this: two great big cartoon hands, like they've wandered off the telly, are holding up a tattered bit of what looks like stained parchment. It's all aged yellowy colour and crinkly at the edges from whoever sketched this map having sweaty palms. The map itself is a wonky, isometric maze, all zig-zaggy brickwork and bizarre rooms drawn in crude black lines. Scattered about inside are symbols - a little stick man getting hit by lightning, a cauldron, and loads of 'X' marks the spot. At the bottom is scrawled a legend and I'd hate to be the one trying to decipher it on my rubber-keyed wonder. This is how real Speccy owners used to game, before all the touchy-feely modern nonsense. And don't get me started on them Commodore and Amstrad owners!
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Your Sinclair Issue 59 (Page 86) - Nov 1990 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Alright love, let's get this page described for you. The page is all about Robocop II, which is coming to the Spectrum. At the top left, there's a chunky, pixelated Robocop sprite, shooting away! Next to it is a grey-ish blue screenshot of what looks like the inside of a building; the lounges and corridors, as they say, straight from Level Three. Below this is a write up about the guys who programmed and did graphics for the Ocean's latest software. They said it was hard work getting it working, but it is going to be mega. "Late November" it will be released. And, thankfully, they've left that awful naughty ten-year-old hob out of the game. Good!
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Your Sinclair Issue 59 - Nov 1990 (images2.imgbox.com)
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Alright then, love. Listen up 'cos Aunty Madge is laying it down for you. It's the cover of Your Sinclair, November 1990 issue; Number 59, 'cos that's how many times they've ripped us off. The main image is of that cyber-gorilla from Strider 2, with our hero, the one with the ponytail, about to get squished. Fancy that, eh? Down below there's lurid text telling everyone that there's four complete games free with it, just in case they fancy chucking away a perfectly good fiver and a bit. And, more exciting than a night out with Jim Davidson, there's a question about what will be Christmas number one! No spoilers, hen. It is from blummin' 1990, mind you. Grab it for some backdated Christmas spirit!
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Your Sinclair Issue 46 - Oct 1989 (i.ibb.co)
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Alright mate, listen up. The new YS has landed, October 1989 edition fresh off the press. The cover's a total scream this month. We've got a massive, monstrous, blue-green fella clawing his way off the page, it's ripped right out of Altered Beast! Proper monstrous! Expect Ghouls and Ghosts on the cover tape. Speaking of which, the usual 'can you see this' guff is plastered on a red blob at the bottom about Smash Tape 22. Anyway. Don't miss out on this, it says it's got more games than any other mag. Get it bought!
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Your Sinclair Issue 57 (Page 58) - Sep 1990 (i.ibb.co)
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  • Datel Electronics Ltd (Two-page ad)

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Alright, so, turn the page! This Datel Electronics ad is almost as dazzling as a full-screen colour clash. Top of the page, there's this "Special Value Pack" - looks like a couple of Quickshot joysticks bundled with a RAM Turbo interface, and to make it even more irresistable, they're chucking in a copy of Super Sprint! The text reckons it's the best joystick interface ever, which is fighting talk, if you ask me. Below those joytastic beauties, we have the "OCP Micro Managers" – some kind of business software on Microdrive. There is an Address Manager, Finance Manager and Stock manager, all for £14.99 On the right, we have the "OCP Master Toolkits". It contains a Master toolkit, Editor Assambler and Machine code tester, again all for £14.99 Further down, more interfaces are available, and finally, at the bottom, some contraption called "Ramprint". Seems like a printer interface with a word processor stuffed in, so you can type away without even needing to load a tape. Crikey.
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