CRASH

ISSUE 85 FEBRUARY 1991

CRASH 85 cover

CONTENTS

GAME THRILLS

Trantor (US Gold)! Ocean Conqueror (Hewson)! Moron (Atlantis)! Master Brain (Powertape)! North and South — rolling demo (Infogrames)! And another selection of game busting pokes in Pokemania!

THAT HARD!!

Plug ’em in! DJ Nicko gets to grips with the latest hardware add-ons to power up your Speccy!

POWER PREVIEW

Gauntlet’s coming back to the Speccy! Yayyy! And it’s in 3D! Berlimey! It is, indeed, US Gold’s Gauntlet 3D (hence the title)!

PREVIEWS

Early sneaky peeks at Linel’s Neverending Story 2 and CodeMasters750CC Grand Prix! Vrooooom!

POWER PREVIEW 2

The chequered flag is about to be hoisted for US Gold’s Super Monaco GP! Is it going to be the fastest ride around?! Probably.

S’AMAZING

A selection of super stuff smashing onto your Coupé! Nicko checks out what’s going down!

LIVE CIRCUIT

It’s Lloyd Mangram’s bit (that’s almost) in the middle! The Forum! Jetman! Bug Box! The news! And discover if your name’s been plucked from the glittering skip in Compo Winners!

BAK 2 SKOOL

Yes! You boy! Caswell, stand up! Get your essay out! Yes, that one. The one titled ‘Educational Software Isn’t At All Boring, It’s Quite Fun Really.’ C’mon then. Read it out!

ARCADE ACTION

And what did Mark Caswell do over the Chrissy holidays? Played coin-ops, that’s what! What’s worth the dosh?

DJ NICKO’S TIPS

Don’t get stuck! Discover all the tricks and cheats to help you beat the toughest games around!

WIN JUDGE DREDD!

Borag thungg Earthlets! Loads of Dredd-ful prizes up for grabs from Virgin Games!

REVIEWS

The latest and greatest selection of games! They’ve come in! They’ve been checked out! They’ve been lost in the tip that is DJ Nicko’s desk!! Oh dear.

BACKPAGE

The almighty powers of the almost legendary backpage bring you the chance to win a stunning Sony portable colour TV! And games! Thanks to those very nice (very, very nice) people at CodeMasters!

Editor: Oliver Frey Features Editor: Richard Eddy Staff Writers: Mark Caswell, Nick Roberts, Lloyd Mangram Art Editor: Mark Kendrick Photography: Michael Parkinson Production and Circulation Director: Jonathan Rignall Systems Operator: Paul (Charlie) Chubb Reprographics: Matthew Uffindell (Supervisor), Robb Hamilton, Robert Millichamp, Tim Morris, Jeni Reddard, Lisa McCourt Group Advertisement Manager: Judith Bamford Advertisement Sales Executive: George Keenan Advertisement Production: Jackie Morris (Supervisor), Jo Lewis Group Promotions Executive: Richard Eddy Mail Order: Carol Kinsey Subscriptions: Caroline Edwards Systems Manager: Ian Chubb

Cover design and illustration by Oliver Frey