FEATURES

LEVEL 9 PROFILE

Chris Holland goes to Level 9 and finds out who does what to who and why they do it

CRASH INDEX — PART II

Lost your tips? Don’t know where to find them? Don’t despair, we’ve got an index for every tip ever published in CRASH

THE REAL THING

In their pursuit of ‘the real thing’ Julian Rignall and Steve Jarratt zoomed down to Heathrow to see what British Airways would give them. The flight simulator was enough

ON THE SCREEN

Films, music and LM provide inspiration for this month’s selection of artistic accomplishments

REGULARS

EDITORIAL

More cryptic comment from the pen of Page

LLOYD MANGRAM’S FORUM

CRASH is wonderful, says a reader. Indeed it is, says Lloyd

NICK ROBERT’S PLAYING TIPS

Wizball, Thundercats and Athena get mapped, as well as some helpful hints on Nebulus. Plus the usual dose of Jon North

ADVENTURE TRAIL

Knight Orc presents a few problems. Like how do you get down that well?

BRENDON KAVANAGH’S PBM MAILBOX

An amazing preview of the 3rd astounding British PBM convention, wow!

ROBIN CANDY’S SCORES

The new section allowing anyone a chance to appear in CRASH

PHILLIPA IRVING’S FRONTLINE

Blitzkrieg and Sorceror Lord provide a perfect opportunity for more Celtic comment

CRASH READERS’ CHARTS

The Top 30 returns along with your democratic votes on adventure and strategy games

PREVIEWS

The software retailers’ most hated section. But at least we’ve got some idea when they’re coming out

THE CLASSIFIEDS

COMPETITION WINNERS

KING GRUB

(and the lemons) A reader’s artwork gets published

ET AL

CRASH COMMS

for the phonogenic

DO IT YOURSELF

ANNOY THE NEIGHBOURS

... with a portable CD system from Hewson

HOLY HOLOGRAMS BATMAN!

... from Incentive who are still drilling

SOLVE FAMILY ARGUMENTS

... thanks to System 3, and a very nice video player

‘Now is the winter of our discontent’, the poet wrote — but then he didn’t realise CRASH Issue 50 was going on sale February 25

Oli Frey illustration

ACTING MANAGING EDITOR Barnaby Page
STAFF WRITERS Mark Caswell, Dominic Handy, Gordon Houghton, Lloyd Mangram, Ian Phillipson
SUBEDITOR David Peters
PHOTOGRAPHERS Cameron Pound, Michael Parkinson
OFFICE Frances Mable, Glenys Powell
TECHNICAL WRITERS Simon N Goodwin, Jon Bates
PBM WRITER Brendon Kavanagh
STRATEGY WRITER Philippa Irving
EDUCATION WRITER Rosetta McLeod
CONTRIBUTORS Robin Candy, Mike Dunn, Paul Evans, Dave Hawkes, Nathan Jones, Nick Roberts, Ben Stone, Paul Sumner, Bym Welthy
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Roger Kean
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER David Western
ART DIRECTOR Markie Kendrick
DESIGN 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

REVIEWS

  • Andy Capp Mirrorsoft
  • Blitzkrieg CCS
  • Blockbusters TV Games
  • Brave Starr US Gold
  • California Games US Gold
  • Clever & Smart Magic Bytes
  • Combat Zone Alternative
  • Compendium Gremlin Graphics
  • Dan Dare II Virgin Games
  • Dynatron Mission Mastertronic
  • Enlightenment — Druid II Firebird
  • Eye Prism
  • Firetrap US Gold
  • Flying Shark Firebird
  • Galactic Games Activision
  • Gary Lineker’s Super Star Soccer Gremlin
  • Gauntlet II US Gold
  • Gryzor Ocean
  • IK+ Activision
  • Inside Outing The Edge
  • Knightmare Activision
  • Knight Orc Rainbird
  • Masters Of The Universe Gremlin Graphics
  • Out Of This World Reaktor
  • Out Run US Gold
  • Pro Golf II Atlantis
  • Psycho Soldier Ocean
  • Rampage Activision
  • Salamander Konami
  • Scruples Virgin Games
  • Sorceror Lord PSS
  • Street Hassle Melbourne House
  • Super Hang-On Activision
  • Super Stuntman Code Masters
  • Terramex Quicksilva
  • Tour De Force Gremlin Graphics
  • Winter Olympiad Tynesoft