CRASH

ISSUE 74 MARCH 1990

CRASH 74 cover

CONTENTS

GAME THRILLS

Hot, hot, hot!! Four fab games to melt your Speccy! We’ve got Gilligan’s Gold from Ocean, Karyssia from Incentive, 1985 from Mastertronic, and Mission Fallout selected from your home grown games! Plus Turbo’s back with even more Pokemania!!

FINALLY! THE SAM COUPÉ

Finished, completed, at last! Franco Frey checks out the so-called Mega Speccy. It’s a four-page mega special!!

LIVE CIRCUIT

The beauty of the Letters! The glamour of Jetman! The action of news! The stunning compo winners! The glory of Comix — it’s all here in a whizz-bang tour of Live Circuit!

PREVIEW

The first shots of the latest fames, including Castle Master, Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters, Klax, Out For The Count and Hammerfist!!

DJ NICKO’S TIPS

Smash your way through the toughest games with DJ Nicko and his tips, pokes and maps!

SHUT YOUR FACE!!

Ahem. Well, we’ll shut ours for a page while you get the chance to tell us your opinions in the 1990 Crashtionnaire!!

REVIEWS

Don’t buy a game until you’ve read the CRASH review! Checked out this month are Rock’n’Roll, Scramble Spirits, Black Tiger, Kick Off, Space Harrier II, P-47, The General, and Invasion Force!

BUDGET BONANZA

There’s more budget games than ever before. DJ Nicko gives the cheapies a spin in a four-page special!

BACKPAGE

It’s the page at the back. And quite exciting it is too!

Editor: Oliver Frey Features Editor: Richard Eddy Staff Writer: Mark Caswell Editorial Assistant: Viv Vickress Photography: Michael Parkinson Contributors: Nick Roberts Production Manager: Jonathan Rignall Production Supervisor: Matthew Uffindell Art Director: Mark Kendrick Reprographics: Robert Millichamp, Tim Morris, Robb (the Rev) Hamilton, Jenny Reddard Design: David Western, Mark Kendrick, Melvyn Fisher Systems Operator: Ian Chubb Group Advertisement Manager: Neil Dyson Advertisement Sales Executives: Caroline Blake, Christian Testa Assistant: Jackie Morris Group Promotions Executive: Richard Eddy Mail Order: Carol Kinsey

Cover design Oliver Frey