Issue No. 33 October 1986

REGULARS

• EDITORIAL
  
• NEWS
  A quick roundup of the PCW Show and the first good look at Amstrad’s Spectrum Plus 2
• FEAR AND LOATHING
  Hunter S Minson is missing... what can this mean?
• LLOYD MANGRAM’S FORUM
  Another postbag-pounding session from Mr Mangram
• CRASH HOTLINE AND ADVENTURE CHARTS
  
• CRASH COURSE
  Rosetta continues her journey through the blackboard jungle. The teachers are programming nowadays!
• FRONTLINE
  Sean takes a peek at LOTHLORIEN’s American Civil War Game and gets two whole pages of FRONTLINE FORUM this month. Lucky Sean!
• PBM MAILBOX
  Mr Kavanagh gets a double-sized column this month as well, and he’s FORUMising too... Lloyd will get jealous soon!
• HANNAH SMITH’S PLAYING TIPS
  Oodles of maps and tips this month, introduced by the only REAL Girlie Tipster
• TECH NICHE
  A quick musical roundup from Mr Bates
• SIMON GOODWIN’S TECH TIPS
  Mr Goodwin’s got the letter-answering bug too!
• JETMAN
• DEREK BREWSTER’S ADVENTURE TRAIL
  Normal service is resumed this month after last issue’s concatenation (LMLWD)
• SIGNSTUMPS
  Stuck on an adventure? Write to Derek for a tip or hint, and maybe get your name in print
• LLOYD MANGRAM’S HALL OF SLIME
  High score heroics from across the land
• MERELY MANGRAM
  Another collection of previews with Lloyd at the front end
• CRASH GALLERY
  RAINBIRD will soon be sending more full colour screendumps to our artistic readers...

DIY

• THE JON RITMAN INTERVIEW
  Graeme Kidd talks to the man behind classic like BATMAN and MATCH DAY
• THE GENESIS UPDATE
  We report on the first meeting between the programmer and designer of the GENESIS Birth of a Game project.
• GAMES IN 3D
  COSTA PANAYI and LUKE ANDREWS from VORTEX came visiting...

FEATURES

• WIN A PERSONALISED GAME
  FIREBIRD are going to write a special version of DRUID for the winner of this comp. Lots of T Shirts up for grabs, too
• GO TO WAR WITH MARTECH
  Fifty copies of a new shoot em up on offer
• JOIN THE STRIKE FORCE
  PIRANHA are offering 50 games and a day out for two people in the Hunt the Minson comp
• GET FIT AND HEALTHY
  Get fit and healthy with CRL and win a squash outfit. Copies of ROOM 10 on offer, too

As Autumn draws in and the nights get longer, what better way to spend an evening than curled up with a copy of CRASH? October 23rd should be a good evening... a whole new CRASH should be in the shops that day.

REVIEWS

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PUBLISHERS Roger Kean, Oliver Frey, Franco Frey
Editor Graeme Kidd
Staff Writers Tony Flanagan, Hannah Smith, Lloyd Mangram
Adventure Editor Derek Brewster
Strategy Editor Sean Masterson
Tech Tipster Simon Goodwin
Contributing Writers Jon Bates, Brendon Kavanagh, Rosetta McLeod, John Minson
Production Controller David Western
Art Director Dick Shiner
Illustrators Ian Craig, Oliver Frey
Production Gordon Druce, Tony Lorton, Cameron Pound, Jonathan Rignall, Matthew Uffindell
Advertisement Manager Roger Bennett
Advertisement Assistant Nick Wild
Subscriptions Denise Roberts
Mail Order Carol Kinsey

• 1942 Elite
• Buccaneer Firebird
• Bullseye Macsen
• Captain Slog Alpha-Omega
• Countdown Macsen
• Dekorating Blues Alpha-Omega
• Esperanto Lezperanto
• Future Zoo Clwyd Adventure Software
• Greatest Show on Earth Americana
• Grimble Microtech
• Headcoach Addictive
• Hunchback the Adventure Ocean
• ICUPS Odin
• Johnny Reb II Lothlorien
• Kane Mastertronic
• Knight Games II Black Knight Software
• Knight Rider Ocean
• Lap of the Gods Mastertronic

• Moonlight Madness Bubble Bus
• Mindstone The Edge
• Nexor Design Design
• Octagon Squad Mastertronic
• Olympiad ’86 Atlantis
• Paperboy Elite
• Rescue on Fractalus Activision
• Revolution Vortex
• Rugby Manager Artic
• Scooby Doo Elite
• Strike Force Cobra Piranha
• Strike Force Harrier Mirrorsoft
• Tennis Imagine
• Trap Door Piranha
• Trivial Pursuit Domark
• Universal Hero Mastertronic
• Zythum Mirrorsoft
• ZZZZ Mastertronic