Issue 45 October 1987

FEATURES

• RUN IT AGAIN
  Ricky Eddy and Robin Candy don their black belts for a good kick-'em up
• THE CRASH SAMPLER
  An inlay card with full details plus screenshots!
• THE BUDGET BOOM
  Are cheap games good for you? Barnaby Page asks the big cheeses
• BREAKING INTO SOFTWARE
  Programmer David Lester on how to get your software published - with inside information from the men who choose the games
• THE CRASH HISTORY
  L Mangram Esq goes back to 1984 in the first instalment of the complete CRASH story
• MICRONET MADNESS
  Paul Evans introduces an occasional column on Spectrum comms
• COMPILATIONS
  Paul Sumner sums up the latest compilations
• ARCADES
  Ben Stone and Tony Thompson get through a bagful of 10ps on the hot new coin-ops

REGULARS

• NEWS
• FEAR AND LOATHING
  Hunter S (I'm getting married in the morning...) Minson goes out with a beet piranha
• LLOYD MANGRAM'S FORUM
  CRASH is dull, says a reader. Oh no it isn't, say Lloyd and several million other readers
• ON THE SCREEN
  Those logo winners in full from Mike D, king of the skirting board, in an extra-big gallery
• LLOYD MANGRAM'S PLAYING TIPS
  A Game Over map and all the POKEs you can eat
• BREWSTER'S ADVENTURE TRAIL
  Derek answers yet more Signstumps and relaxes with The Labours of Hercules
• PHILIPPA IRVING'S FRONTLINE
  An egghead on Roundheads - plus the philosophy of reviewing, and making sense of Chaos
• BRENDON KAVANAGH'S PBM MAILBOX
  An in-depth look at Earthwood with a special startup offer
• JETMAN
  Heap big loony faces death... yet again! Ack!
• TECH NICHE
  Simon N Goodwin looks in the Mira and Jon Bates gets into chords
• PREVIEWS
  Go Through The Trap Door and meets Freddy Hardest in Lloyd's look forward
• ET AL
  Etc, ad infinitum, con brio, service compris - all the odd bits like that. Nerf Ball in full and this month's videos

DO IT YOURSELF

• COMBAT SCHOOL
  Win a Combat School arcade game from Imagine and grab a look at the Spectrum version
• SUPER ACTION MEN & GIRLS
  Get the Mean Streak mood and win a fab day out at Super Action from Mirrorsoft
• WIN A BERK
  One cuddly Berk up for grabs in a preview comp!

THE CRASH HISTORY

Aa-tenn-shon! Right, list'n up you disgustin' bunch of waifs and strays, the next CRASH will be on parade as from October 29 so I want you smart, tidy and ready for inspecshon! MOVE OUT!

Oh, and Mangram get your 'air cut you 'orrible little man and no lagging behin! Hut, hut, hut!

REVIEWS

MANAGING EDITOR Barnaby Page
STAFF WRITERS Richard Eddy, Lloyd Mangram,
Ian Phillipson, Ben Stone
PHOTOGRAPHERS Cameron Pound, Michael Parkinson
TECHNICAL WRITERS Simon N Goodwin, Jon Bates
ADVENTURE COLUMN Derek Brewster
PBM COLUMN Brendon Kavanagh
STRATEGY COLUMN Philippa Irving
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN Rosetta McLeod
LONDON CORRESPONDENT John Minson
CONTRIBUTORS Robin Candy, Mike Dunn,
Paul Evans, Dominic Handy,
Nick Roberts, Mark Rothwell, Paul Sumner
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Roger Kean
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER David Western
ART DIRECTOR Gordon Druce
ILLUSTRATOR Oliver Frey
LAYOUT Tony Lorton, Markie Kendrick, Wayne Allen
PROCESS AND PLANNING Matthew Uffindell, Jonathan Rignall, Nick Orchard
ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER Roger Bennett
ADVERTISEMENT EXECUTIVE Andrew Smales
SUBSCRIPTIONS Denise Roberts
MAIL ORDER Carol Kinsey
COVER BY Oliver Frey

• Athena Ocean
• Bubble Bobble Firebird
• Dragonscrypt Venom Games
• Death Wish 3 Gremlin Graphics
• Draughts Genius Rack-It
• Evening Star Hewson
• Football Director D&H
• Grand Prix Simulator Code Masters
• The Guest Stephen Wadsworth
• Heist 2012 Firebird Silver
• How To Be A Complete Bastard Virgin Games
• Hysteria Software Projects
• I, Ball 2 Firebird Silver
• Labours of Hercules Terry Taylor

• Mask I Gremlin Graphics
• Mean Streak Mirrorsoft
• Moonstrike Mirrorsoft
• Motos MAD
• Ocean Conqueror Rack-It
• Pi R Squared Mindgames
• Plexar MAD
• Rapid Fire Mastertronic
• Roundheads Lothlorien
• Samurai Trilogy Gremlin Graphics
• Solomon's Key US Gold
• Sun Star CRL
• Wizball Ocean
• Xecutor Ace