Issue 43 August 1987

FEATURES

• RUN IT AGAIN
  Richard Eddy and Robin Candy compare the DYNAMIC DUNGEONS of Gauntlet clones
• FANZINE FILE
  Barnaby Page and Robin Candy shuffle through some of the latest computer game fanzines
• VOTE 87
  Who listens to Radio One? Find out as we reveal your answers to this year's CRASHTIONNAIRE
• SOFTWARE PROJECTS CLASSICS
  Another great CRASH Special Readers' Offer
• 3-D GAMES
  Franco Frey takes a look at CRL's new perspective game maker
• FATE OF A NEW MACHINE
  A built-in disk drive for Spectrum owners is here at last, but how will the +3 really fare in the high streets?

REGULARS

• EDITORIAL
  Bits and pieces from the august desk of R Kean Rsq
• NEWS
  That Buggate in full
• FEAR AND LOATHING
  Minson has the Living Daylights scared out of him, sees Activision and talks about THE GAMES MACHINE
• LLOYD MANGRAM'S FORUM
  That Barbarian scandal in full, and do we like videos?
• PHILIPPA IRVING'S FRONTLINE
  More strategy from the Lady in Arms
• LLOYD MANGRAM'S PLAYING TIPS
  A whole load of The Sentinel codes, plus POKEs galore and a map or two
• TECH NICHE
  Simon Goodwin delves into the complexities of the Multiprint interface
• BREWSTER'S ADVENTURE TRAIL
  It's detectives all the way from sleazy Manhattan to the rural backwaters of England
• PBM MAILBOX
  Brendon Kavanagh puts the butter on some more roles
• COMPETITION WINNERS
  
• PREVIEWS
  Merely Mangram on the next batch of games including Stifflip & Co and Freescape
• ON THE SCREEN
  Mike Dunn presents The CRASH Gallery, plus an Art Studio competition
• JETMAN
  
• VIDEO REVIEWS
  
• CRASH READERS' CHARTS
  
• THE TERMINAL MAN
  Cross finds himself in the middle of The Searing

DO IT YOURSELF

• WIN A WATER ZAPPER
  From Hewson in our Exolon competition
• GET IN FOR FREE!
  To the 10th Personal Computer World Show. We've got 50 tickets to give away for the event of the year!
• KILLED UNTIL DEAD
  Super sleuth competition from US Gold

The next CRASH from platform four will be leaving on 27 August, calling at all stations between Ludlow and the world in general. Passengers are advised that there is no dining car on this service, but the buffet's quite good and the sandwiches, though a touch dry, have delicious and colourful fillings. If you miss this CRASH you might just miss the bus. Thank you (click).

REVIEWS

EDITOR Roger Kean
ASSISTANT EDITOR Barnaby Page
STAFF WRITERS Richard Eddy, Lloyd Mangram, Ian Phillipson, Ben Stone
PHOTOGRAPHERS Cameron Pound, Michael Parkinson
OFFICE Sally Newman
TECHNICAL EDITOR Simon N Goodwin
ADVENTURE Derek Brewster
PBM Brendon Kavanagh
STRATEGY Philippa Irving
LONDON John Minson
CONTRIBUTORS Gareth Adams, Jon Bates, Robin Candy, Mike Dunn, Franco Frey, Dominic Handy, Nick Roberts, Mark Rothwell, Paul Sumner
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER David Western
ART DIRECTOR Gordon Druce
ILLUSTRATOR Oliver Frey
LAYOUT Tony Lorton, Mark Kendrick, Tim Croton, Seb Clare
PROCESS AND PLANNING Matthew Uffindell, Jonathan Rignall, Nick Orchard
ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER Roger Bennett
ADVERTISEMENT ASSISTANT Nik Wild
SUBSCRIPTIONS Denise Roberts
MAIL ORDER Carol Kinsey
PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE Graeme Kidd
COVER BY Oliver Frey

• Apocalypse Lothlorien
• The Big Sleaze Piranha
• Bride of Frankenstein 39 Steps
• Catch 23 Martech
• Challenge of the Gobots Ariolasoft
• Championship Basketball Activision
• Convoy Raider Gremlin Graphics
• Dark Empire Infogrames
• Deadringer Reaktör
• Exolon Hewson
• The Fantasy Mediandroid
• Flash Gordon M.A.D.
• Galletron Bulldog
• Hades Nebula Nexus
• Inspector Flukeit Top Ten
• Killer Ring Reaktör
• Leviathan English Software
• The Living Daylights Domark
• Micronaut One Nexus
• Mountie Mick's Deathride Reaktör

• Mutants Ocean
• The Mystery of Arkham Manor Melbourne House
• Ninja Hamster CRL
• Operation Berlin Wrightchoice
• Pneumatic Hammers Firebird (Silver)
• Prohibition Infogrames
• Trio Elite Systems
• Road Runner US Gold
• Rubicon Bug-Byte
• Slap Fight Imagine
• Spaced Out Firebird (Silver)
• Starfox Ariolasoft
• Super G-Man Code Masters
• Table Football Budgie
• Tai-Pan (128) Ocean
• Trans-Atlantic Balloon Challenge Virgin Games
• Ultima Ratio Firebird (Silver)
• Voidrunner M.A.D.
• Wolfan Bulldog
• Wonder Boy Activision