If you're not sure where to start, here are a few places to look.
(These are personal recommendations, rather than the most
popular articles.)
-
Ultimate interview
Ultimate's first interview with the computing press, in which the terrible
truth about the Lunar Jetman trailer is revealed...
Unreleased software
A number of games made it as far as a preview or even a review in
CRASH, but were never released.
- Great Giana Sisters review
The Great Giana Sisters was completed and sent for review but, due to legal
action, never made it to the shops. Read the review here.
- Solar Jetman preview
Solar Jetman (eventually an NES game) did have a start on the Spectrum,
but was never released. See how it might have looked...
CRASH fiction
- Jetman **COMPLETE**
The Jetman strip ran for almost the whole lifetime of CRASH, featuring the
exploits of the universe's least heroic hero and his quest for the Eye of Oktup.
The Jetman scans are now complete and are stored at WoS (you can
search for
Jetman scans with Sinclair Info-Seek); there is also
an interview with the author, John Richardson, on this site.
- The Terminal Man **COMPLETE**
The Terminal Man ran in two sections, the first during the early days of CRASH,
and the second during 1987. All scans are now available in the WoS archive and
linked to from the appropriate issue.
Search
for Terminal Man scans with Sinclair Info-Seek.
- Tamara Knight **COMPLETE**
Mel Croucher's pun-packed story was terminated prematurely in CRASH, being cut
after the first seven episodes due to poor reader response. The final two parts
were, however, published in CRASH's sister magazine, ZZAP!, from where they
have been rescued...
- King Grub
King Grub was a series of cartoons, most of which are creditted to "Markie" (Mark Kendrick) and "Gordini".
Search
for King Grub scans with Sinclair Info-Seek.
Artwork
In addition to many smaller pieces of artwork scattered throughout the
magazines, you can search for the following at WoS:
Most of these (with the exception of a few covers) are by Oli Frey.
Sinclair history
A comprehensive look at the history of Sinclair products: a five-part series
from the early days of CRASH, supplemented by some later articles on hardware.
Mel Croucher interview
In which Mel talks about Deus, ID, and the PiMan...
Ritman and Drummond
The team behind Match Day, Batman, and Head over Heels
interviewed in issues 33 and
38...
Lloyd Mangram's lookbacks
Lloyd regularly reviewed the year's software and events, generally concluding
that licensed games and tie-ins were taking over the industry:
[1984]
[1985]
[1986]
[1987]
[1988]
Unclear User
In 1985 CRASH published a four-page spoof of SU. Legal action meant that the
issue was withdrawn while the pages were removed, but many CRASH readers did
end up with copies.
The Imagine collapse
Details of the Imagine fiasco
