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Games, games, posters, T-shirts, games, Konix Liberators, games, South African nose flutes, games, Zoids, games, games and, er, games. And you can win them all. (Well, all except for the South African nose flutes 'cos that was a fib.)     We've brought together all your favourite software houses and persuaded then to cut their profits for another year by giving away lots'n'lots of lovely goodies. There are five Zoids, enough T-shirts to keep you clothed for a whole year and simply squillions of games.

1 Gargoyle Games' great new game's gonna have you going ga-ga. Sweevo's World is all about a tin-pot robot who's more than a little accident prone. Rather like the comedian who was the inspiration for his antics. What Gargoyle wants to know is who you reckon that funny man is. (If you need a clue, take a look at the drawing in Gargoyle's ad for the game). Oh, and the prize? Twenty copies of said madcap mayhem - that's the game to you! Seweeeeeeeeeeevo!   Oliver Hardy   Stan Laurel   Stan Andeliver		2 How'd you like to win a copy of 2112AD or Forbidden Planet? Well read this way, m'boy (If you read that way you'll go blind! Ed) 'cos Design 'so good they named it twice' Design is offering a copy of each to the first ten readers who come up with the answer to the ultimate question. And no, 42 just won't do. All we want to know is the password at the end of Dark Star. Is it:   Everyone's a Wally?   Everyone's a nervous wreck?   Everley Brothers (Who they? Ed)		3 Zounds, itza Zoid! Yes, mighty Martech's offering five amazing Zoid models to the five lucky winners of this simple competition. All you've got to do to be the envy (and enemy) of your friends is answer this simple question. Redhorn The Terrible is the evil baddy but who is his goodly counterpart? Is it:   Troubleshootin' Pete?   The Mighty Zoidzilla?   The Mighty Wurlitzer?
4 How d'you like to adorn your manly, or womanly, torso with a stylish T-shirt to welcome the spring months? You would? Lucky then that we've got five Bubble Bus T-shirts up for grabs and all you have to do is answer one measly question. And even if you don't cart off the clothing, there are still ten copies of Starquake to be won. Just tell us which star is nearest the Earth? Is it:   Alpha Centauri?   The Sun?   The Mirror?		5 Okay schweethearts, it's Humph here - you know, the one Bogey that doesn't get right up your nose. Ocean's asked me to give away twenty copies of its new game Movie that based on the exploits of a dick like me. Private dick, smartassh! But if you wanna win one you're gonna have to do a bit of detective work yourself. Jusht tell me which of these black and white Saturday afternoon BBC2 films I appeared in. Here's looking at you kid!   The Maltese Penguin   The African Queen   Blanketyblanca		6 Did you have visitors over Chrimble? Well, Ocean did and it wasn't just Auntie Vera and Uncle Frank turning up to polish off the best brandy and natter on through the big film. Oh no, Ocean was visited by aliens from the outer cosmos, horrid slimy green things that ate Harry the Hamster for breakfast and drank Domestos cocktails. In fact, so entertaining was the company that Ocean's put the visitors into its new game V based on the TV series of the same name. To win one of the twenty copies of the game that Ocean's putting up for grabs just tell use whether these aliens are really:   Distant relatives of the Ed?   Lizard type creatures?   Armadillos wearing rain hats?
7 Well, it was along time coming but for Dungeons and Dragons freaks it was worth the wait - PSS's Swords and Sorcery has arrived. And to prove that it's not so much a game, more a way of strife, PSS if offering ten S&S T-shirts and twenty S&S posters to YS readers. So, now for the question. A long time ago there was this geezer called Arthur who had a modest country dwelling called Camelot. And he had a magical sword called... well, what was it called?   Wilkinson?   Excalibur?   Damocles?		8 Hello sailor. Oh, a life on the ocean waves. Take an exotic cruise, travel to distant shores and blow the hell out of other battleships. Perhaps we forgot to mention that we're talking about Quicksilva's new game Death Wake. It's a war game in which you play the commander of The Undaunted in his mission to blow up lots of things, preferably those belonging to the enemy unless you liberate them by answering this simple question. Sailors who pop their socks at sea can't be said to push up the daisies, so where do they end up? Is it in:   Davy Jones's Locker?   Mother Hubbard's Cupboard?   Dolly Parton's Chest?		9 Brrrrr. Cold? You don't know what cold is. It's like a zoo in here, there are so many brass monkeys. Lucky I've got ten Bladerunner T-shirts from CRL to keep me warm. Course the Ed wants me to give 'em away to you lot but what the heck, my need is greater than yours. (No it ruddy well is not. Hand 'em over! Ed) Oh, alright, but only on one condition. You must send me all your spare winter clothing. No? Oh well answer this question instead. Who was the star of the film Bladerunner? Was it:   Sting?   Model T Ford?   Harrison Ford?
10 How's this sound for a spec? An interface that adds a full ten functions to your Speccy - Centronics port, RS232 port, sound through the telly, clow mode, video port, all joystick protocols, reset button, through port, Save/Load and a power indicator. OK, now name the price? £150? £100? Nope, to you John, £34.95. Sounds incredible, doesn't it? (Sounds like you took the info straight from the ad! Ed) Might've done, might've done. But although we haven't seen Konix's miracle Liberator yet, we still reckon it's worth answering the following doddle of a question? Who's the leader of the Liberal Party in 1986? (Liberator/Liberal, geddit?) Is it:   Terry Wogan?   David Steel?   Stainless Steel?		11 Puff, puff, pant, pant. No, it's not a dirty compo entry up to a spot of heavy breathing, but Silversoft arriving in the nick of time - mind you, have you played its spoof adventure, Robin Of Sherlock? Nope, well we're giving away fifteen copies plus twenty-five posters. All you have to do... well, you know what you have to do by now. What was the name of the fat guy in the cassock who knocked around with Robin Hood? Was it:   Friar Tuck?   Cyril Smith?   Dolly Parton (again)?		12 And finally, Fairlight. Imagine what the inlay card might look like to an ant. Now think how big a full-size, full colour poster of the same piccy would look. Meg-aah! To win one of ten copies of such a poster, tell us the name of the game's hero?   Istvan?   Igor?   Another name beginning with I?

    

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Published in the March 1986 issue of Your Sinclair

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