August 1985: Unclear User, a four-pages spoof by #crashmagazine on rival #sinclairuser

This led to a successful injunction against Crash. Copies were withdrawn from newsagents and an apology published in the following issue. Readers were offered a back issue with the offending pages removed at a reduced price and priority delivery
(from Wikipedia)

Gamer of the day

Sinclair Simon turns into Maxwell Simon in this issue of #sinclairuser of august 1985...

August 1985 started with #sinclairuser telling the adquisition of 75% of Sinclair Research by Robert Maxwell.

Let's see who the new company's owner is

ROUND 1 Poll 259

Sinclair User issue 88: Megatape 17
Spectrum Load'n'Run v1 issue 11 - Extra

BATTLE OF THE COVERTAPES
Top cassette to go through to next round

#BattleoftheCovertapes #ZXSpectrum #SinclairZXSpectrum #RetroGaming

Repairing problems
(#sinclairuser, 1985)

Letter from a #crashmagazine reader in #sinclairuser

(I didn't even know of this game, here it is to try:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2735/ZX-Spectrum/Komplex )

Letter from a visionary
(#sinclairuser, july 1985)

In 1985 #sinclairuser traveled to Israel and visit a Kibbutz where computers play a large role, being many of them Spectrums

Bug invades the pitch

ROUND 1 Poll 251

Sinclair User issue 121: Great Eight 10
Ordenador Educativo issue 02

BATTLE OF THE COVERTAPES
Top cassette to go through to next round

#BattleoftheCovertapes #ZXSpectrum #SinclairZXSpectrum #RetroGaming

#sinclairuser, 1984: new production target at Sinclair

Summer 1985: rumours of a 128K model, tells #sinclairuser

Cartridges vs cassettes
(#sinclairuser, 1985)

ROUND 1 Poll 237

48k issue 05
Sinclair User issue 72: Megatape 1

BATTLE OF THE COVERTAPES
Top cassette to go through to next round

#BattleoftheCovertapes #ZXSpectrum #SinclairZXSpectrum #RetroGaming

Summer is time of fairs, and you can emulate it with this #BASIC game from #sinclairuser

Download:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/26742/ZX-Spectrum/Rifle_Range