Oli Frey illustration CRASH

Issue 52 May 1988

CRASH 52 cover

FEATURES


  • ALL THE ARCADE ACTION
    The ATEI show is the place to be for all the latest arcade machines. Steve Jarratt and Julian Rignall report
  • COMPILATIONS
    The latest anthologies, collated and compiled
  • NICK ROBERTS' PLAYING TIPS SPECIAL
    More maps and more pokes than you ever thought possible
  • HARD GAMERS
    Only the tough will survive, but EVERYONE must enter the National Computer Games Championships!
  • THE CRASH CHALLENGE
    Can Robin Candy finally break the CRASH jinx?
  • FABULOUS FANZINES
    A flip through and glance over all the latest homemade magazines

REGULARS


  • EDITORIAL
  • NEWS
    Up, up and away... Twice!
  • LLOYD MANGRAM'S FORUM
    There's US Military action in Southern America, says a reader. Yes, says Lloyd, but it's only a game
  • ADVENTURE TRAIL
    Samara looks at Topologika's Countdown to Doom and a couple of homegrown hits
  • CRASH COMMS
    Enter the foyer of Hotel California
  • CRASH READERS' CHARTS
  • TECH NICHE
    Jon Bates clutches a bloodied letter-opener, while Simon N Goodwin goes ZipZaping
  • ROBIN CANDY'S SCORES...
    ... on the doors
  • KING GRUB
    The big man talks about a few chart heroes
  • ET AL
    Mad Max Headroom heads the video releases, and Roger Kean looks at Skallagrigg
  • PREVIEWS
    The summer is upon us
  • LUNAR JETMAN

DO IT YOURSELF


  • GET ON TARGET...
    ... and win a Spectrum +3 and portable TV from Imagine
  • WATCH THE ACTION...
    ... by winning a Sony Watchman from Virgin Games
  • HEAR AND SEE EVERYTHING...
    ... by winning a portable TV/stereo radio cassette system from CRL

'Mind your backs, please! Please, watch out sir, we've a very special delivery in 'ere. Now don't touch madam, that would spoil all the fun.'

'Why? What have you got in there? Is it really very importa...?'

'Put her round the back George, and tell her the facts of life...'

'What we have here ladies and gentlemen is the very latest issue of CRASH.'

'That's great! When can we have it?'

'I'm sorry to tell you sir, but you'll have to wait till May 26 for the next delivery.'

'Aaarghh!'

REVIEWS

EDITOR Steve Jarratt
SOFTWARE EDITOR Dominic Handy
STAFF WRITERS Katharina Hamza, Mark Caswell, Nick Roberts, Lloyd Mangram
TECHNICAL WRITERS Jon Bates, Simon N Goodwin
EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Frances Mable
PHOTOGRAPHY Cameron Pound, Michael Parkinson (Assistant)
CONTRIBUTORS Robin Candy, Paul Evans, Roger Kean, Julian Rignall
ART DIRECTOR Markie Kendrick
ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Wayne Allen
DESIGN & LAYOUT Yvonne Priest, Melvyn Fisher
PRE-PRINT MANAGER Jonathan Rignall
REPROGRAPHICS/FILM PLANNING Matthew Uffindell, Nick Orchard, Ian Chubb, Robert Millichamp
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER David Western
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Roger Kean
ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER Roger Bennett
ADVERTISEMENT EXECUTIVE Andrew Smales
ASSISTANT Jackie Morris
MAIL ORDER Carol Kinsey
SUBSCRIPTIONS Denise Roberts
COVER DESIGN & ILLUSTRATION BY Oliver Frey

ABC TOTAL: 96,590
UK/EIRE 90,822

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