FEATURES
THE ONE DAVID
Mercenary David Aubrey-Jones, unsung hero of many Smashes, talks to Richard EddyDEDICATED
CRASH takes another games console through its paces — Sega’s Master SystemTHE CRASH CHALLENGE
It’s arrived! The first ever reader/reviewer challenge. What did they play, who won, will they ever be the same again?QUILLED UNTIL DEAD
Mike Dunn and Derek Brewster on the state of homegrown softwareREGULARS
EDITORIAL
Musical Towers, plus That Demo Cassette in fullNEWS
Looking ahead to The PCW ShowFEAR AND LOATHING
On the eve of his bachelor demise, Minson grows nostalgicLLOYD MANGRAM’S FORUM
The Barbarian backlash backlash dominatesPHILIPPA IRVING’S FRONTLINE
We’re facing more Conflicts — only an Armageddon Man can save the dayLLOYD MANGRAM’S PLAYING TIPS
Mammoth Killed Until Dead section, plus those essential POKEsBREWSTER’S ADVENTURE TRAIL
Derek throws some Custerds pies at Captain T Cake and the crew of the ParalysedPBM MAILBOX
First reader reviews on Shattered WorldTECH NICHE
Simon Goodwin gives the first ever review of the SWIFT DISC, plus SCREEN$ handling and model trainsCRASH READERS’ CHARTS
CRASH COURSE
Rosetta McLeod returns with an autumn roundup of educational gamesON THE SCREEN
Mike Dunn presents reader graphics in The CRASH GalleryCOMPETITION WINNERS
PREVIEWS
Merely Mangram on Tintin, The Ultimate Combat Mission, and the art of illegitimacyTHE TERMINAL MAN
That Searing in fullDIY
WIN A BUBBLE BOBBLE ARCADE MACHINE
It’s from Firebird, and there are Spectrum copies of the coin-op hit!BIG’N’SLEAZY
Piranha has cinema tickets, games and memberships of the exclusive Fin Club to give away!WIN A GODDESS!
Greek Goddess Caught In Ocean Goodie Bag Shock. See Athena for more news...
The next CRASH will be singing for its supper at all good high-street purveyors of periodical literature from 24 September next. You won’t miss it, because it will be the magazine that keeps falling off the shelves owing to the fat tape cassette stuck to its cover — the one that annoys the newsagent so much because it takes up a lot of space. Make your newsagent a happy person — buy it quickly.
EDITOR Roger Kean
ASSISTANT EDITOR Barnaby Page
STAFF WRITERS Richard Eddy, Lloyd Mangram,
Ian Phillipson, Ben Stone
PHOTOGRAPHERS Cameron Pound, Michael Parkinson
OFFICE Sally Newman
TECHNICAL EDITOR Simon N Goodwin
ADVENTURE Derek Brewster
PBM Brendon Kavanagh
STRATEGY Philippa Irving
LONDON John Minson
CONTRIBUTORS Jon Bates, Robin Candy,
Mike Dunn, Franco Frey,
Dominic Handy, Nick Roberts,
Mark Rothwell, Paul Sumner
EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE Rosetta McLeod
PRODUCTION CONTROLLER David Western
ART DIRECTOR Gordon Druce
ILLUSTRATOR Oliver Frey
LAYOUT Tony Lorton, Mark Kendrick
PROCESS AND PLANNING Matthew Uffindell, Jonathan Rignall, Nick Orchard
ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER Roger Bennett
ADVERTISEMENT ASSISTANT Nik Wild
SUBSCRIPTIONS Denise Roberts
MAIL ORDER Carol Kinsey
PUBLISHING EXECUTIVE Graeme Kidd
COVER BY Oliver Frey
REVIEWS
- The Armageddon Man Martech
- Battle Axe Scot Johnstone
- Batty (6-Pak Vol. 2)
- Championship Basketball Gamestar
- Conflicts II PSS
- Custerds Quest The Power House
- Dawnssley Top Ten
- Destructo Bulldog
- The Fifth Quadrant Bubble Bus
- Flunky Piranha
- Game Over Imagine
- GFL Championship Football Gamestar
- Homicide Hotel Wallsoft
- Hybrid Starlight
- Joe Blade Players
- Last Mission US Gold
- Masters of the Universe Adventuresoft
- Mayhem The Power House
- Mercenary Novagen
- Mission Jupiter Code Masters
- Oriental Hero Firebird
- Rebel Virgin Games
- Renegade Ocean
- Rockman Alligata
- Satcom Atlantis
- Sidewize Firebird
- Slingshot The Power House
- Soft and Cuddly The Power House
- Star Wreck Alternative
- Streaker Bulldog
- Stifflip & Co Palace Software
- Survivor US Gold
- Ten Pin Challenge Atlantis
- The Tube Quicksilva
- Z Rino