FEATURES

THE SIR CLIVE SINCLAIR STORY

We begin a four-part history of the man behind the ZX Spectrum

GREAT SCOTT!

Graeme Kidd interviews the adventure guru SCOTT ADAMS and talks about HULK and SPIDERMAN

OUT OF THE SHADOWS

The men behind MIZAR revealed

ON THE COVER

DAVID ROWE, cover artist talks about how he got started illustrating computer games

DIY

MOVE ALONG THE BUS, PLEASE!

A two-part competition involving WIZARD’S LAIR from BUBBLE BUS

WELCOME TO BROAD STREET

Test your knowledge of London’s Underground and win some fabulous prizes from ARGUS PRESS SOFTWARE

THE MICROMEGA SLIME CHALLENGE

Win the chance to compete in an unusual hi-score challenge competition and be the first to see a brand new game

WIN A ‘BRIAN’

THE EDGE offer a competition with a difference for people with Bloodaxe on their Brain (or is that Brian?)

ROCKY HORROR COMPETITION

New from CRL comes the game and a chance to win it

BECOME A POP SUPERSTAR

with Virgin Games and Chris Sievey, plus LESLIE BUNDER interviews the man behind THE FRESHIES

AN EVERYDAY STORY OF PI FOLK

Yes, Folks, the comPItition everyone’s been waiting for and a chance to tell Automata where to get on (or is that off?)

WALLY WEEK NEEDS YOU!

Win some Wally games and help form the Official Wally Fan Club

REGULARS

EDITORIAL

plus games and advertisers’ index

MERELY MANGRAM

A new column for Lloyd as he does some summing up

TECH NICHE

A new section which includes all things technical

CRASHBACK

Back again, the popular look back at older games with ROBIN CANDY & BEN STONE

NEWS INPUT

News from L.E.T. and a brief round-up for the month

PLAYING TIPS

ROBIN CANDY undoes a few Pokes and looks at DRAGONTORC, plus the map of BACKPACKERS

CRASH HOTLINE & ADVENTURE

New look Top 30

HALL OF SLIME

More goo from you, plus MICROMEGA competition

CRASH FORUM

Lloyd Mangram examines the state of the nation

ADVENTURE TRAIL

Derek Brewster wonders about the sense behind a new statute to levy a fine on blank tapes

SIGNPOST

More adventure tips and hints

CRASH COURSE

Rosetta McLeod examines some educational programs

ADVENTURES OF JETMAN

Can our intrepid idiot survive his famished friends?

FRONTLINE

Angus takes a look at ALIEN and TRIPODS

The next issue of CRASH goes on sale on April 25th.

  • Editor Roger Kean
  • Assistant Editor Graeme Kidd
  • Consultant editor Franco Frey
  • Art editor Oliver Frey
  • Production designer David Western
  • Adventure editor Derek Brewster
  • Strategy editor Angus Ryall
  • Staff Writer Lloyd Mangram
  • Contributing writers Matthew Uffindell, Chris Passey, Robin Candy
  • Client liaison John Edwards
  • Subscription manager Denise Roberts
  • Cover by Oliver Frey

REVIEWS

  • Afghan Attack Southern Software
  • Alien Argus Press Software
  • Alien 8 Ultimate
  • The Cartoon Guide to Computer Science Harper and Row
  • Casino Royal OCP
  • Chiller Mastertronic
  • Connect 4 Atlantis
  • Day in the Life Micromega
  • Dead at the Controls Artic
  • Deathstar Interceptor System 3
  • Designer’s Pencil Activision
  • Dukes of Hazzard Elite
  • Funhouse Pacific Software
  • The Hollow Gilsoft
  • Nicotine Nightmare Atlantis
  • Psychedelia Llamasoft
  • Pud Pud Ocean
  • Raid Over Moscow US Gold
  • Sam Stoat Gremlin Graphics
  • Sea Battles Atlantis
  • The Solar System Eaglesoft
  • Software Star Addictive Games
  • Space Scan MacMillan
  • Starsphere Eclipse
  • Stay Kool Bug Byte
  • Thinker Atlantis
  • Toy Bizarre Activision
  • The Tripods Red Shift
  • Videopool OCP
  • Village Underworld Orpheus
  • Wriggler Romantic Robot