Oli Frey illustration CRASH

Issue 40 May 1987

CRASH 40 cover

FEATURES


  • SPECIAL CRASH READERS' OFFER
    Four great Gremlin Graphics games in a not-to-be-missed offer!
  • TAMARA KNIGHT
    Mel Crunchy Fast-Food Salesperson in Punningly Penurious Shock Horror Continuation
  • PLAYING TIPS SUPPLEMENT
    Lloyd Mangram brings you 32 pages of tips, cheats, POKEs, solutions and maps - all EXTRA in this issue of CRASH.
  • CRASHTIONNAIRE
    Yes folks, it's the annual question-time beano. You tell us what you think! There's a prize draw too!
  • THE TERMINAL MAN RETURNS
    A six-page update of the first twelve episodes, just to get you in the mood.

REGULARS


  • EDITORIAL
    Roger Kean introduces some more new faces on the CRASH team.
  • NEWS
  • FEAR AND LOATHING
    More leggy blonds and Gin Martinis from the intrepid ligger
  • LOONAR JETMAN
    Lunar-cy leads to lingering liquidation almost
  • LLOYD MANGRAM'S FORUM
    Someone's angry about Arkanoid, plus other hair-raising complaints from readers in the letters pages.
  • BREWSTER'S ADVENTURE TRAIL
    After leaving Grange Hill, Derek graduates to PAWing and weird oriental arts. Plus SIGNPOST, STUMPS and HEROES.
  • PBM MAILBOX
    The Latest news from Brendon Kavanagh, plus your letters.
  • PHILLIPA IRVING'S FRONTLINE
    Tobruk and Battlefield Germany reviewed by the Scourge of Japanese Tourists. Letters and tips too from the bayonet-heeled one.
  • CRASH COURSE
    Rosetta McLeod pulls some more educational software down from the school library shelves.
  • COMPETITION WINNERS
  • TECH NICHE
    Jon Bates continues Midi and Franco Frey does some advanced artwork.
  • PREVIEWS
    Merely Mangram returns to head up the Preview section with special looks at Mask, Hydrofool and the bouncy Thing on a Spring.
  • CRASH READERS' CHARTS
  • THE TERMINAL MAN
    Oliver Frey's comic strip hero, Cross, comes back to life for the start of a new 12-part adventure in the alien Dyson Sphere.

DO IT YOURSELF


  • CREATE A NEW GREMLIN HERO
    And win yourself a Spectrum +3! Games and T-shirts to go too!
  • FERGUSON'S CRASH TRIVIA
    Second of our chances to win a Ferguson MC05 Monitor, Interface and a Spectrum +2.
  • WIN A HOME AQUARIUM!
    FTL have a fishy prize to celebrate their next Sweevo release.
  • WIN CRASH SECOND-HAND!
    Well, almost! A rare opportunity to catch up and get your hands on the fabled Issue One of CRASH, courtesy of a kind reader and his collection.
Sidney Affair screenshot
Auf Wiedersehen Monty screenshot
Terminal Man

The next issue of CRASH is on sale from 28 May, in the Year of Our Lord Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Seven or MCMLXXXVII for Latin scholars - and it's the lions for anyone who forgets to buy it...

REVIEWS

  • Editor Roger Kean
  • Assistant Editor Ciarán Brennan
  • Staff Writers Lloyd Mangram,
    Richard Eddy,
    Ian Phillipson
  • Adventure Editor Derek Brewster
  • Strategy Editor Philippa Irving
  • Tech Tipster Simon Goodwin
  • Contributing Writers Jon Bates,
    Brendon Kavanagh,
    John Minson
  • Production Controller David Western
  • Art Director Gordon Druce
  • Illustrator Oliver Frey
  • Production Tony Lorton,
    Mark Kendrick,
    Tim Croton,
    Seb Clare
  • Process and Planning Matthew Uffindell,
    Jonathan Rignall,
    Nick Orchard
  • Advertisement Manager Roger Bennett
  • Advertisement Assistant Nick Wild
  • Subscriptions Denise Roberts
  • Mail Order Carol Kinsey

Cover by Oliver Frey

  • Amaurote MAD
  • Auf Wiedersehen Monty Gremlin
  • Battlefield Germany PSS
  • Big Trouble in Little China Electric Dreams
  • Brain Ache Code Masters
  • Colony Mastertronic
  • Cyrox The Power House
  • Doc The Destroyer Melbourne House
  • Enduro Racer Activision
  • Grange Hill Argus
  • How to be a Hero Mastertronic
  • Kinetic Firebird
  • Kobyashi Naru Mastertronic
  • Koronis Rift Activision
  • Knuckle Busters Melbourne House
  • Martianoids Ultimate
  • Matt Lucas Players
  • Nemesis Konami
  • Nemesis The Warlock Martech
  • Nether Earth Argus
  • Professional Adventure Writer Gilsoft
  • Psi 5 Trading Company US Gold
  • Rasterscan MAD
  • Sceptre of Baghdad Players
  • Sentinel Firebird
  • Short Circuit Ocean
  • Star Raiders II Electric Dreams
  • The Sidney Affair Infogrames
  • Throne of Fire Melbourne House
  • Thrust II Firebird
  • Time Flight The Power House
  • Tobruk PSS
  • Tomb of Syrinx The Power House
  • Transmuter Code Masters
  • Trivial Pursuit: Baby Boomer Domark
  • World Games US Gold