Issue 47 December 1987

FEATURES

• EVERY TIE-IN EVER MADE
  Almost... Robin Candy's two-parter on all the Spectrum tie-ins starts with four years of film and TV licences
• COPYING GAMES THE LEGAL WAY
  Visiting a factory where Spectrum hits are made
• 16 PAGES OF JUDGE DEATH
  A graphic glimpse behind Piranha's Judge Death game - from the comic where the saga started. Plus: a pin-up of the Judges
• 2000AD ODYSSEY
  More on 2000AD: the games, the comic, and the Titan books
• RUN IT AGAIN
  Those racing games in full throttle
• THE CHRISTMAS LIST
  Joysticks and gadgets for the technical stocking

REGULARS

• EDITORIAL
  The state of the universe (it's full of mistakes)
• LLOYD MANGRAM'S FORUM
  Budget games are taking over, says a reader. Oh no they're not, says Lloyd
• DEREK BREWSTER'S ADVENTURE TRAIL
  
• PHILIPPA IRVING'S FRONTLINE
  Debriefing time - the year's best and worst
• LUNAR JETMAN
  
• NICK ROBERTS'S PLAYING TIPS
  Indiana Jones and Dizzy mapped: plus the usual shameful cheats
• BRENDON KAVANAGH'S PBM MAILBOX
  
• TECH NICHE
  Simon N Goodwin on +2 printing, Jon Bates with answers and a 128 tune
• CRASH READERS' CHARTS
  
• PREVIEWS
  Match Day II's the big one
• THE CLASSIFIEDS
  
• ET AL
  Including video news
• CRASH COMMS
  Be my BB - Paul Evans on homegrown Prestels
• COMPETITION WINNERS
  

DO IT YOURSELF

• WIN AN EYEFUL
  Endurance Games offers optical prizes and the strange new Eye
• WIN JUDGE DEATH
  
• TWO FROM GREMLIN GRAPHICS
  A Photon Double Warrior set plus Deflektor and MASK II - and there's plenty to go round
• WIN A PAPER BAG
  One you can really get into!

JUDGE DEATH FEATURE AND PULL-OUT

THE CHRISTMAS LIST

FILM AND TV TIE-INS

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REVIEWS

• 720° US Gold
• Aliens (US version) Electric Dreams
• Basil The Freat Mouse Detective Gremlin Graphics
• Bobsleigh Digital Integration
• Dark Sceptre Firebird Gold
• Death or Glory CRL
• Deflektor Gremlin Graphics
• Driller Incentive Graphics
• Excalibur Sword of Kings Alternative Software
• Freddy Hardest Ocean
• Fruit Machine Simulator Code Masters
• The Gods of War Nebula Designs
• Gunship MicroProse
• Lazer Wheel MAD
• Level 5 MAD
• Nebulus Hewson
• Necris Dome Code Masters
• Rigel's Revenge Mastertronic
• Scrabble De Luxe Leisure Genius
• Through The Trap Door Piranha
• U.C.M. MAD
• Wizard's Warrior Crusader
• Yogi Bear Piranha

MANAGING EDITOR Barnaby Page
STAFF WRITERS Dominic Handy, Lloyd Mangram, Ian Phillipson
SUBEDITOR David Peters
PHOTOGRAPHERS Cameron Pound, Michael Parkinson
OFFICE Frances Mable, Glenys Powell
TECHNICAL WRITERS Simon N Goodwin, Jon Bates
ADVENTURE WRITER Derek Brewster
PBM WRITER Brendon Kavanagh
STRATEGY WRITER Philippa Irving
EDUCATION WRITER Rosetta McLeod
CONTRIBUTORS Robin Candy, Mike Dunn, Paul Evans, Ben Stone, Paul Sumner, Bym Welthy
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