Oli Frey illustration CRASH

Issue No. 30 July 1986

CRASH 30 cover

REGULARS

  • EDITORIAL
    With an index or two...
  • NEWS
    A few tasty morsels of information to peruse
  • FEAR AND LOATHING
    Hunter S Minson finds himself in a bit of a daze, owing to a heavy schedule and a round of free lunches, some good, some not so good
  • LLOYD MANGRAM’S FORUM
    Another riffle through the bulging CRASH Mailbag sets up pages and pages of your views
  • CRASH COURSE
    Rosetta gets going on some more exam related software and Cameron continues learning
  • CRASH HOTLINE AND ADVENTURE CHARTS
  • SEAN MASTERSON’S FRONTLINE
    Two games from PSS come winging into the office, together with a simulation of a day in the life of the Boys in Blue
  • CRASH/RAINBIRD GALLERY
    A selection of cartoon style SCREEN$ hang in the gallery
  • HANNAH SMITH’S PLAYING TIPS
    In which our Girlie Tipster throws down the gauntlet to a putative (LMLWD — again) rival and reveals a host of tips ’n hints ’n POKEs
  • RESULTS PAGES
    Even more prizes are given away. Is your name here?
  • DEREK BREWSTER’S ADVENTURE TRAIL
    A SMASH this month for... no, that’d be telling.
  • SIGNSTUMPS
    Some assistance for the beleagured adventurer followed by Derek’s letters pages
  • PBM MAILBOX
    In which Brendon Kavanagh takes a look at a couple of PBM games that are well suited to the novice
  • TECH NICHE
    Franco Frey examines a suite of business software from GEM/Centresoft and Jon Bates gets tuneful. Dominic Handy juggles with TAS-words
  • SIMON GOODWIN’S TECH TIPS
    An exclusive look at the 128’s display and an in-depth appraisal of LASER GENIUS are among Simon’s tidbits this month
  • LLOYD MANGRAM’S HALL OF SLIME
    Another does of High Score Gore freshly plucked from the Ludlow Gibbet
  • LUNAR JETMAN
    After a brief holiday, Dat Looney’s back and taking part in an intergalactic Conker Championship...
  • MERELY MANGRAM
    Not that Mere this month — Lloyd fronts a five page section of the magazine

FEATURES

  • MORE MYSTICAL NUMBERS
    The MYSTICAL SUBSCRIBER NUMBER gets into its stride — see what’s on offer this month!
  • GOOD GAMES BY DESIGN
    Our roving reporter JOHN MINSON pays a visit to the TIGRESS lair and peers into the Think! Tank
  • HOMEGROWN SOFTWARE
    An early appraisal of the submissions we’ve received so far...
  • GENESIS — BIRTH OF A GAME
    A Peek inside a few of the envelopes that have arrived for the Design A Game And Become Rich and Famous Comp. There’s still time to get your entry in.

DIY

  • MAKE A MINION’S MAP
    And collect a limited edition hologram from MELBOURNE HOUSE. Fifty Hobbits on offer, too!
  • ADORN YOUR WALLS
    Ten full colour screen dumps in frames form the top prize in this SPLIT PERSONALITY competition
  • CHOCKS AWAY!
    No, not scrummy comestibles (LMLWD), the kind that air aces use. Lots of Biggles goodies up for grabs from MIRRORSOFT
  • SLIP YOUR DISCO
    Map MANTRONIX and collect an Opus Disk drive for your pains. PROBE SOFTWARE T Shirts and posters on offer an’ all...

August will be a very dull month unless you pick up your copy of CRASH on 31st July!

REVIEWS

See all reviews for this issue at zxspectrumreviews.co.uk

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

Cover by Oliver Frey

  • Biggles Mirrorsoft
  • Cliff Hanger New Generation
  • Equinox Mikro-Gen
  • The Force Argus Press Software
  • Human Torch and The Thing All American Adventures
  • Ghosts And Goblins Elite Systems
  • Iwo Jima PSS
  • Jack the Nipper Gremlin Graphics
  • Kidnap Sparklers
  • The Master Antartic
  • Molecule Man Mastertronic
  • Ninja Master Firebird
  • The Planets Martech
  • The Price of Magik Level 9
  • The Prisoner Stephen Preston
  • Rock ’N’ Wrestle Melbourne House
  • Sarlmoor Atlantis
  • Seabase Delta Firebird
  • Snodgits Sparklers
  • Space Detective Celerysoft
  • Splitting Images Domark
  • Theatre Europe PSS
  • World Cup Carnival US Gold