Issue 46 NOVEMBER 1987

FEATURES

• NEWS FROM THE PCW SHOW
  The full story on the year's biggest week - the hardware, the history, an Electronic Arts interview, a roundup of the season's promised games and more
• THE 3-D STORY
  Kicking off a 16-page 3-D section: games and graphics in the third dimension, plus Freescape details
• THE CRASH HISTORY
  Lloyd Mangram takes the CRASH story into 1985 with 12 Oli Frey covers
• GRAPHICS AND SOUND SPECIALISTS
  Interviews with the men behind the sprites and sound
• THE CRASH CHALLENGE
  Mike Dunn loses Zynaps
• FANZINE FILE
  The best of the Spectrum rags - and a few of the others, too

REGULARS

• EDITORIAL
  What's happening with the +3?
• LLOYD MANGRAM'S FORUM
  CRASH hates fanzines, says a reader. Oh no it doesn't, says Lloyd
• NICK ROBERTS'S PLAYING TIPS
  Exolon, Panzadrome and Mutants mapped - plus lots of POKEs POKEd
• JETMAN
  
• CRASH READERS' CHARTS - IN 3D
  
• BRENDON KAVANAGH'S PBM MAILBOX - IN 3D
  New games and a special Chronicles Of The Knights of Avalon comp - win a castle with Jade Games!
• PHILIPPA IRVING'S FRONTLINE
  Philippa enters the Arena - plus Briefing tips
• TECH NICHE
  Simon N Goodwin with Tech Tips, tape tweaks and all the electrickery, plus Jon Bates on Music Machine software
• CRASH COMMS
  Paul Evans continues his column with the secrets of the VTX5000 modem
• BREWSTER'S ADVENTURE TRAIL - IN 3D
  Nothing stumps Derek in a full month of reviews, tips and letters
• COMPETITION WINNERS
  
• THE CLASSIFIEDS
  
• ON THE SCREEN
  Those screen dumps in full
• PREVIEWS
  Rampage, Star Wars and Knightmare - licences to thrill
• ET AL
  Those vids in part and the Sentinel chess set

DO IT YOURSELF

• GAME SET AND MATCH
  Win a video recorder and Ocean's sports sims
• THE KING GRUB COMP
  A rather distasteful little chance to win your own greasy, stinking original King Grub artwork
• WIN AN APE ON THE RAMPAGE
  Activision's game and horrifying monster suits are up for... uh... GRABS!

'Allo, 'allo, what's all this, then? Another issue of this 'ere CRASH magazine coming out next month? Entering innocent newsagents all over the country on November 26... adding full-colour pages without due care and attention... I'd better 'ave a look at that. Well, move along there please, haven't you got newsagents to go to?

REVIEWS

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

• Action Force Virgin Games
• Angleball MAD
• Arena Bug Byte
• ATV Simulator Code Masters
• Ballbreaker CRL
• Call Me Psycho Pirate Software
• Centurions Ariolasoft
• The Crown of Ramhotep Tartan
• Dizzy Code Masters
• The Fast And The Furious GO!
• Future Tense Mystic Software
• Holiday In Sumaria Pirate Software
• Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom US Gold
• Jack The Nipper II In Coconut Capers Gremlin Graphics
• Karyssia Incentive

• Mystery Of The Nile Firebird Silver
• Outcast CRL
• Park Patrol Firebird Silver
• Professional Ski Simulator Code Masters
• The Prospector Tartan
• Red LED Reaktor
• Smash Out! Pirate Software
• Supernova Players
• Super Sprint Activision
• Thundercats Elite
• Thunderceptor GO!
• Trantor US Gold
• War Cars Firebird Silver
• White Heat Code Masters
• XOR Logotron
• Yes Prime Minister Mosaic Publishing