Issue 44 September 1987

FEATURES

• THE ONE DAVID
  Mercenary David Aubrey-Jones, unsung hero of many Smashes, talks to Richard Eddy
• DEDICATED
  CRASH takes another games console through its paces - Sega's Master System
• THE CRASH CHALLENGE
  It's arrived! The first ever reader/reviewer challenge. What did they play, who won, will they ever be the same again?
• QUILLED UNTIL DEAD
  Mike Dunn and Derek Brewster on the state of homegrown software

REGULARS

• EDITORIAL
  Musical Towers, plus That Demo Cassette in full
• NEWS
  Looking ahead to The PCW Show
• FEAR AND LOATHING
  On the eve of his bachelor demise, Minson grows nostalgic
• LLOYD MANGRAM'S FORUM
  The Barbarian backlash backlash dominates
• PHILIPPA IRVING'S FRONTLINE
  We're facing more Conflicts - only an Armageddon Man can save the day
• LLOYD MANGRAM'S PLAYING TIPS
  Mammoth Killed Until Dead section, plus those essential POKEs
• BREWSTER'S ADVENTURE TRAIL
  Derek throws some Custerds pies at Captain T Cake and the crew of the Paralysed
• PBM MAILBOX
  First reader reviews on Shattered World
• JETMAN
  
• TECH NICHE
  Simon Goodwin gives the first ever review of the SWIFT DISC, plus SCREEN$ handling and model trains
• CRASH READERS' CHARTS
  
• CRASH COURSE
  Rosetta McLeod returns with an autumn roundup of educational games
• ON THE SCREEN
  Mike Dunn presents reader graphics in The CRASH Gallery
• COMPETITION WINNERS
  
• PREVIEWS
  Merely Mangram on Tintin, The Ultimate Combat Mission, and the art of illegitimacy
• THE TERMINAL MAN
  That Searing in full

DO IT YOURSELF

• WIN A BUBBLE BOBBLE ARCADE MACHINE
  It's from Firebird, and there are Spectrum copies of the coin-op hit!
• BIG'N'SLEAZY
  Piranha has cinema tickets, games and memberships of the exclusive Fin Club to give away!
• WIN A GODDESS!
  Greek Goddess Caught In Ocean Goodie Bag Shock. See Athena for more news...

The next CRASH will be singing for its supper at all good high-street purveyors of periodical literature from 24 September next. You won't miss it, because it will be the magazine that keeps falling off the shelves owing to the fat tape cassette stuck to its cover - the one that annoys the newsagent so much because it takes up a lot of space. Make your newsagent a happy person - buy it quickly.

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 Jon Bates, Robin Candy,
Mike Dunn, Franco Frey,
Dominic Handy, Nick Roberts,
Mark Rothwell, Paul Sumner
EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE Rosetta McLeod
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER David Western
ART DIRECTOR Gordon Druce
ILLUSTRATOR Oliver Frey
LAYOUT Tony Lorton, Mark Kendrick
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

• THE ARMAGEDDON MAN Martech
• BATTLE AXE Scot Johnstone
• BATTY (6-Pak Vol. 2)
• CHAMPIONSHIP BASKETBALL Gamestar
• CONFLICTS II PSS
• CUSTERDS QUEST The Power House
• DAWNSSLEY Top Ten
• DESTRUCTO Bulldog
• THE FIFTH QUADRANT Bubble Bus
• FLUNKY Piranha
• GAME OVER Imagine
• GFL CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL Gamestar
• HOMICIDE HOTEL Wallsoft
• HYBRID Starlight
• JOE BLADE Players
• LAST MISSION US Gold
• MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Adventuresoft

• MAYHEM The Power House
• MERCENARY Novagen
• MISSION JUPITER Code Masters
• ORIENTAL HERO Firebird
• REBEL Virgin Games
• RENEGADE Ocean
• ROCKMAN Alligata
• SATCOM Atlantis
• SIDEWIZE Firebird
• SLINGSHOT The Power House
• SOFT AND CUDDLY The Power House
• STAR WRECK Alternative
• STREAKER Bulldog
• STIFFLIP & Co Palace Software
• SURVIVOR US Gold
• TEN PIN CHALLENGE Atlantis
• THE TUBE Quicksilva
• Z Rino