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                  SINCLAIR USER  1986  POLL POSITIONS!
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@3  Best Overall Program Of 1986:@2 STAR GLIDER@6 (Rainbird)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Uridium, The Great Escape, Gauntlet.

@3  Peripheral Of The Year:@2 SPECDRUM@6 (Cheetah)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Opus Disc Drive, Multiface 1, AMX Mouse.

@3  Most Exciting Software House:@2 ELITE
@3  Runners up:
@5  Ocean, Hewson, US Gold.

@3  Programmer Of The Year:@2 STEPHEN CROW
@3  Runners up:
@5  Keith Burkhill, Bo Jangeborg, Jonathan Smith.

@3  Worst Product Of 1986:@2 WORLD CUP CARNIVAL@6 (US GOLD)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Ninja Master, Amstrad's Joystick, 128K+2.

@3  Best Soundtrack Of A Game:@2 GLIDER RIDER@6 (Argus Press)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Ping Pong, Cobra, Fairlight II.

@3  Best Graphics In A Game:@2 LIGHT FORCE@6 (Faster Than Light)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Uridium, The Great Escape, Dan Dare.

@3  Best Adventure Game:@2 HEAVY ON THE MAGIC@6 (Gargoyle)
@3  Runners up:
@5  The Boggit, Price Of Magic, Vera Cruz.

@3  Best Toolkit Program:@2 GRAPHIC ADVENTURE CREATOR@6 (Incentive)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Art Studio, Artist II, Super Toolkit III.

@3  Best Arcade Game:@2 URIDIUM@6 (Hewson)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Gauntlet, Lightforce, Space Harrier.

@3  Best Strategy/Wargame:@2 THEATRE EUROPE@6 (PSS)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Napoleon at War, Samurai, Trivial Pursuit.

@3  What Colour Should The +2 Have Been?@2 BLACK
@3  Runners up:
@5  Blue, Red, White, Grey.

@3  Best QL Software:@2 GRAPHICS TOOLKIT@6 (Talent)
@3  Runners up:
@5  QL Chess, The Wanderer, Better Magic.

@3  Rip -Off Of The Year:@2 WORLD CUP CARNIVAL@6 (US GOLD)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Dragon's Lair, Knight Rider, Amstrad Joystick.

@3  Most Horrific Licence Deal:@2 HIGHLANDER@6 (Ocean)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Sinclair Sell-Out, Knight Rider, Friday 13th.

@3  Best Licence Deal:@2 ALIENS@6 (Electric Dreams)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Gauntlet, Cobra, Paperboy.

@3  Most Attractive Programmer:@2 ANITA SINCLAIR@6 (Magnetic Scrolls)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Clare Edgeley, Steve Crow

@3  Div Of The Year:@2 CLIVE SINCLAIR@6 (For Selling Out)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Jon Riglar, Alan Sugar, British Gas Sid, Maggie T.

@3  Most Unforgivable Marketing Concept Of 1986:@2 SINCLAIR SELL-OUT
@3  Runners up:
@5  World Cup Carnival, +2.

@3  Character Who You Most Enjoy Watching Die:@2 JET SET WILLY
@3  Runners up:
@5  Berk, Wally Week.

@3  Least Impressive Software House:@2 ALPHA OMEGA
@3  Runners up:
@5  Players, Sparklers, Piranha.

@3  Best Dressed Industry Figure:@2 ALAN SUGAR
@3  Runners up:
@5  Sir Clive, Andrew Hewson, David Kelly.

@3  Adventure With The Smallest Vocabulary:@2 ZZZZ@6 (Mastertronic)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Hunchback The Adventure, Quest For The Orange Peel.

@3  Dullest Arcade Game:@2 KUNG FU MASTER@6 (US GOLD)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Ninja Master, Breakthru, Donkey Kong

@3  Best Film:@2 TOP GUN@6 (Tom Cruise, Kelly McGilis)
@3  Runners up:
@5  Aliens, Back to the Future, Rocky IV

@3  Worst Film:@2 HOWARD - A NEW BREED OF HERO
@3  Runners up:
@5  Top Gun, Cobra, Labyrinth, Shanghai Surprise.

@3  Best LP:@2 QUEEN - A KIND OF MAGIC
@3  Runners up:
@5  Brothers in Arms (Dire Straits), Slippery When Wet (Bon Jovi),
    True Blue (Madonna).

@3  Worst LP:@2 WHAM! THE FINAL
@3  Runners up:
@5  True Blue (Madonna), Notorious (Dur Dur), Now 8 (Various)
    Flaunt It (Sputnik)

@3  Most Ridiculous Event Of 1986:@2 SINCLAIR SELL-OUT
@3  Runners up:
@5  Royal Wedding, Micro Fairs, 1986 Poll Positions!