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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Crash (March 1984)

Crash (March 1984)

It seems that in the U.K., every 8-bit computer had a gaming magazine dedicated to it. Crash was dedicated to the ZX Spectrum, one of the most popular 8-bit computers in the U.K. Crash was published from 1984 all the way until 1992. The second issue from March 1984 includes:

Features

  • Below Us The Shadow, Above Us Stars - Profile on Starzone and on Steven Turner.
  • Flying High! - We look at computer retail outlets in this, the first of an occasional series, the CRASH team checks out W.H. Smith.

Articles

  • Pardon Me, I'll Say That Again - Franco Frey interfaces with the Currah Microspeach unit.
  • Learning At Play - We begin an occasional look at educational software and some reviews.

Regulars

  • Editorial & Your Letters - Plus Advertisers Index and Reviews.
  • News Input - A brief roundup for the month.
  • Run It Again - In our second comparison we Roll Out The Barrel and take a look at Kong games.
  • The Terminal Man - Comic Strip excitement as shipwrecked Arcadians discover the true identity of Gross.

D.I.Y.

  • Fantasy/Crash Super Quiz
  • Crash Hotline Charts - The phones have been buzzing! This month we publish Britain's first ever top selling software chart compiled from votes.
  • Crash Quiz - Test your knowledge of Adventure games.

Guide

  • Froggy - Pick of the month from among the established games that are available.
  • Spectrum Software Guide - Pages and pages reviewing both old and new games.

Reviews

  • Reviews In This Issue - Include games from Ultimate, Imagine, Silversoft, Mikrogen, Rabbit, Microsphere, Software Projects, Micromega, C.D.S. and many, many others.

...and more!

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