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Issue No. 28 May 1986

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REGULARS

EDITORIAL

News of the Amstrad takeover reaches Ludlow...

NEWS INPUT

Roving reporter John Minson attended the press conference where Alan Sugar and Clive Sinclair told the world what was happening. Fortunately, they didn’t serve alcohol so THIS report is coherent!

LLOYD MANGRAM’S FORUM

In which Lloyd is taken to task once more, and takes on the task of collating the best of this month’s correspondence

PREVIEW PAGES

An early shufti at Incentive’s GRAPHIC ADVENTURE CREATOR, Mikro-Gen’s EQUINOX and of course more from Merely Mangram

PLAYING TIPS

Fresh from the excesses of last month’s extravaganza, Robin C puts finger to Spectrum keyboard and comes up with another selection of tips, hints and pokes

CRASH HOTLINE AND ADVENTURE CHARTS

LLOYD MANGRAM’S HALL OF SLIME

Yukky poo! It’s open season this Spring on the Ludlow gibbet

CRASH COURSE

Rosetta finds a little bit of software for all ages this month

SEAN MASTERSON’S FRONTLINE

The tiny terror of strategical synergy peeks into the past with a mini Strategyback

JETMAN

DEREK BREWSTER’S ADVENTURE TRAIL

Derek goes on a budget adventure this month, a sort of package tour

SIGNSTUMPS

Another collection of adventurer’s problems solved

TECH NICHE

Franco Frey examines a brand new animation package, while Jon Bates wrestles with the MIDI capabilities of the 128K machine

SIMON GOODWIN’S TECH TIPS

Mr Goodwin explains all this RGB/Composite Video business, comes up with a Composite Video interface, delves into the SpecDrum and looks over some utilities

RESULTS

A prizewinning extravaganza in which we reveal not just winning names, but some of the entries to recent competitions

FEATURES

STRAW POLL TIME

We take an early peek at the results of CRASHTIONNAIRE ’86

GONZO JOURNALISM

Hunter S Minson continues his peregrinations (LMLWD) through life

MY, MY, MARTECH

In which we learn of Martech’s plans for the future and take a good look at their next release, THE PLANETS

DOWN AT DATA DESIGN SYSTEMS

Halesown is the place, computer programming is the game and selling products is the aim

FANZINES UPDATE

Hannah Smith checks out what’s been happening on the independent publishing front since we last looked

DIY

SAI COMBAT COMPETITION

Invent a martial art and you could have £100 worth of lessons in a real martial art of your choice

VROOM VROOM

The folks at Durell are offering a radio controlled Porsche to the winner of their Design an Agentmobile competition. Games on offer, too!

WIN ANOTHER 128K SPECTRUM

Well, we probably wouldn’t let you win two in a row, but here’s another chance to have a go at collecting some very nifty hardware, courtesy of Newsfield

DR WHO COMPETITION

All sorts of Dr Who goodies on offer in this delightful little challenge... Micropower are stumping up the prizes

CRASH into June: at the newsagent’s on May 29th