Oli Frey illustration CRASH

Issue No. 33 October 1986

CRASH 33 cover

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

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