Oli Frey illustration CRASH

Issue No. 27 April 1986

CRASH 27 cover

REGULARS

  • EDITORIAL
  • NEWS INPUT
    Including a roundup of what's happening in London from John Minson, our bucolic gastronome!
  • LLOYD MANGRAM'S FORUM
    The only debating society to appear in print
  • CRASH COURSE
    Rosetta Loads and Goes with more learning material
  • CRASH HOTLINE AND ADVENTURE CHARTS
  • RESULTS GALORE
    The page where you just might find your name and address...
  • DEREK BREWSTER'S ADVENTURE TRAIL
    A bit of a mixed bag this month, including an interesting adventure competition
  • SIGNSTUMPS
    Where Derek starts examining the contents of his ever-growing mailbag
  • FRONTLINE
    Sean Masterson starts a FRONTLINE FORUM, visits MC LOTHLORIEN and reviews a couple of games - what a busy fellow!
  • LLOYD MANGRAM'S HALL OF SLIME
    A double dose this issue delicately presented in Lloyd's inimitable style
  • LUNAR JETMAN
    More lunar lunacy from the ever idiotic cartoon character
  • TECH NICHE
    Mr Bates continues in a musical vein, while Franco Frey cuddles up to a mouse. Special offer on MCODER III, an' all!
  • SIMON GOODWIN'S TECH TIPS
    Another DIY add-on project, a look at some letters plus the usual mix of technical tidbits
  • MERELY MANGRAM
    Lloyd moves towards the back of the magazine to head up the previews section with news of imminent releases

FEATURES

  • A CLOSER LOOK AT THE 128
    A quick look at the 128 games lurking in CRASH Towers, a peek at the inbuilt music commands on the new machine and Mr Kidd has a few words to say...
  • IT'S IN THE POST
    A visit to the first ever UK Play By Mail Convention
  • PALATIAL PLANS
    In which we learn what PALACE SOFTWARE is up to, now they've hired some artists
  • THE 1985 CRASH READER'S AWARDS
    After much frantic keying-in of your voting forms, we can announce who won what in the annual reader's poll
  • THE MEL CROUCHER INTERVIEW
    We find out what Mr Croucher thinks about life, the industry and a few other things, including the demise of the PiMan
  • A DAY OUT ADVENTURING
    The winning entry in our MUD competition appears in full for your amusment
  • IMAGINE THAT!
    Julian Rignall scampers off towards IMAGINE's headquarters, tape record in hand to find out what's afoot

DIY

  • WIN A 128K SPECTRUM
    A super neat competition, courtesy of CRASH
  • COLLECT £1,000 WORTH OF KART
    RAINBIRD give you the chance to zoom round the track in style
  • WIN A VIDEO - PART II
    We explain what went wrong with the DURELL comp in the February issue and extend the deadline for SABOTEUR mappers
  • WIN A BOMBJACK ARCADE MACHINE
    A chance to play ELITE's conversion of the arcade original on your Spectrum AND on the original machine, set to free play of course!
  • MUGSY GETS HIS REVENGE
    Melbourne House comes up with another caption competition and have lots of copies of MUGSY'S REVENGE to give away

The May Issue of CRASH arrives in your newsagent on 24th April. Mark the date in your diary!

  • Publishing Executive Roger Kean
  • Editor Graeme Kidd
  • Technical Editor Franco Frey
  • Tech Tipster Simon Goodwin
  • Adventure Editor Derek Brewster
  • Strategy Editor Sean Masterson
  • Staff Writer Lloyd Mangram
  • Contributing Writers Robin Candy,
    John Minson, Rosetta McLeod
  • Art Editor Oliver Frey
  • Art Director Dick Shiner
  • Production Contoller David Western
  • Production Gordon Druce, Tony Lorton
  • Process camera Matthew Uffindell
  • Photographer Cameron Pound
  • Advertisement Manager Roger Bennett
  • Subscriptions Denise Roberts
  • Mail Order Carol Kinsey

REVIEWS

  • Anagrams Azed Software
  • Beatle Quest Number 9
  • Blade Runner CRL
  • Bombjack Elite Systems
  • Bridge Player III CP Software
  • Costa Capers Firebird
  • Curse of Shaleth Central Solutions
  • Desperado Central Solutions
  • Devil's Crown Mastertronic
  • FA Cup Football Virgin
  • Falklands '82 PSS
  • Fourmost Adventures Global
  • Frank the Flea Megasoft
  • Gerry the Germ Firebird
  • Henry's Hoard Alternative Software
  • Hypa Raid Atlantis
  • Outworld Sapphire Software
  • Play Your Cards Right Britannia Software
  • Raiders of the Lost Ring Arcade Systems
  • Rasputin Firebird
  • Realm of Impossibility Ariolasoft
  • Roboto Bug Byte
  • Showjumping Alligata
  • Skyfox Ariolasoft
  • Sodov the Sorceror Bug Byte
  • Surfchamp New Concepts
  • Temple Terror Atlantis
  • THINK! Ariolasoft
  • Time Sanctuary MC Lothlorien
  • Transformers Ocean