Crash24-Jan86.pdf

A NEWSRELD PUBLICATION

No.24 1985/1986

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Games, Colour Telly, ﬁlicrodrives, a Weekend Away, T-Shirts etc . . .

POKES EXTRAVAGANZA!

Rob Candy goes bananas

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1(1) GARGOYLE GAMES

We talk to the men behind the heroes.

44 /A HEWSON'S SPHINX

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All the

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Your driving skills will be driven to

the limit in this simulation of the

hit T.V. series. Just you and a car

named "IGTT" the ultimate

driving team!

Warrior robots in disguise.

Earth has been invaded by

powerful robots from the

planet Cybertron.

Transform into the role of the

heroic autobots (Jazz, Hound,

Mirage and Optimus Prime) in

their deadly battle with the evil

decepticons.

TRANSFORMERS - More

than meets

the eye!

FOR

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create. Take the role of

Sylvester Stallone in the

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battle scenes.

Become the hunter and

the hunted in this

breathtaking simulation

of the famous ﬁlm and

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Hyperthrust feature,

helicopter attacks and

daring rescue attempts

that only the man and

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response was phenomenal.

And no wonder!

Hailed by the press as 'probably the best input device that has

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same sophisticated, positive control that has, unti now, been the

province of more expensive computers kke the Macintosh.

The fantastic AMX Mouse Package opens up an entirely new and

exciting world to Spectrum users and comes complete with Mouse,

interface, which also includes a Centronics printer interface, and all

these fabulous programs. Amx AKr

This computer aided, drawing program has to be seen to be

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printers. tt's a program ideal for both hours of family fun or for serious

professional applications.

AMX COLOUR PALETTE

The wonderful pictures you create with AMX ART can be brought

vividly to life with rich vibrant colours using AMX COLOUR PALETTE.

And with 8 Foreground and 8 Background colours you won't be short

of insfration.

AMX CONTROL

Now you can create a 'Mouse environment' in your

own programs, AMX Control adds 28 commands to

normal Sind& Basic and contains three programs.

.1. The machine code program to extend the Basic interpreter, which

gives you full use of windows, icons, pull clown menus, pointers and

at,o supports AMX printer interface.

2. An Icon designer, an inddual program for creating and storing icons

for use in your own programs. The number and variety of icons you

can create is limited only by your needs and imagination.

3. A demonstration program containing on screen calculator and

puzzle.

This fabulous AMX Mouse Package costs only E69.95, a price as

remarkable as the package itself and it includes a fully ilustrated

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The software is supplied on cassette and a tape-to-

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ISSUE No. 24

1985/86

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ZX SPEtTRUM

Publishing Execut

Roger Kean

Editor

Graeme Kidd

Technical Editor

Franco Frey

Art Editor

I • • Oliver Frey

• • Production Designer

David Western

Production Assistants

Gordon Druoe

Matthew Ufﬁndell

Software Editor

Jeremy Spencer

Adventure Editor

Derek Brewster

Sub Editor

Sean Masterson

Staff Writer

Lloyd Mangram

Contributing Writers

Chris Passey, Robin Ca

Ben Stone, John Mins

_t Mark Hamer. Gary Lid

Julian Rignall, Gary Pe

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70 LOOKBACK

Lloyd Mangram peers into his backward looking

Cr ystal Ball and revisits the games of 1985

88 GOING GA-GARGOYLE

A trip to the Dudley lair of Gargoyle games reveals

the secrets behind the men who brought you TIR

NA NOG, DUN DARACH and MARSPORT

126 THE HUMAN TOUCH

A Little Christmas Diversion — a short story by

Wilt Prig more

141 THE CRASH READERS' AWARDS

Your chance to have your say about what went on

in 1985

174 AT THE CONSULTANTS

Hewson Consultants, that it. Roger Kean Om it is

he) learns a few secrets of the future

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THIRTEEN MAY BE UNLUCKY FOR

SOME

But there's going to be lots and lots of winners in

our Christmas Competitions this year. Can you

afford the chance to pick up so many free

goodies?

44 SWORDS AND SWORCERY

Well, Swords and Sorcery really. Win a Dragon's

Lair laser disk video machine

46 THE OCEAN EXTRAVAGANZA

Ocean Goixtiebags and bags of games up for

grabs

69 WIN A SYNTHESISER

In Micro Musicals MIDI competition

82'1'83 WIN THE COMPLETE WORKS —

TWO CHANCES

Melbourne House sponsor a couple of caption

comps for Rock 'n Wrestle and Fighting Warrior

96 YABBA DAIWA DOO

A colour telly and three VTX5000s up for grabs in

the Fred Flintstone Comp

101 A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY

Or a diary for your dates. 50 Letts computer

diaries to be won, with educational software as

top prize

122 EEK1 A SCARY ONE

Fifty T Shirts for ﬁfty runners up and a weekend in

London for the winner in Domark's Friday the 13th

Comp

125 THE ULTIMATE FIGHTING MACHINE

You've got to design it in Ma rtech's Zold

Challenge

128 Ballblazer cassettes to be won,

apart from the VTX5000s, that is

1.34 CREAM OF THE CROP

US Gold have a couple of Microdrive and Interface

1 packs up for grabs. 50 Impossible Missions, too

188 ON THE COVER

Another treat. Lots and lots of background on Dli

Frey, our very own Airbrush Maestro

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Deni se Robertso

Mail Order

Carol Kinsey

1985 Newsﬁeld Limited

CRASH Magazine is pubh

onthl y by Newslmaid Ltd.

rig Street. Ludlow, Shro

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• !John Edwards

REGULARS

49 CRASH FORUM

• Once again Lloyd picks over your letters. For the

festive season, he's arranged a Bug Box Special

10.3 CANDYRAMA — PLA YING TIPS

PART ONE

A veritable compendium of POKES, lots of tips

and a map of Starquake

114 CRASH HOTLINE AND ADVENTURE

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OW current rates The opinions

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117 PLAYING TIPS PART TWO

Is there no stopping the lad?

139 LLOYD MANGRAMS HALL OF

SLIME

Christmas Creepy Crawly High Score types air

their egos

147 TECH NICHE

Fast Storage roundup; The Plastic Policeman; Art

Studio and more

157 RESULTS

A selection of lucky winners get their names in

• print and prizes in the post

• 161 ADVENTURE TRAIL

• Derek Brewster's thrown into a dungeon in

Swords and Sorcery. and visits a whole host of

4 strange places

169 SIGNPOST

Including Sig nstumps, tips for adventurers in

difﬁculties as well as another Superhero and

letters

180 FRONTLINE

Mr Masterson's Strategy Shop

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Newsﬁeld

ublications Ltd.

136 ONE FOR THE °LIMNS

Your comp minion secures an Oh i Original to give

away. And the winner can collect it from Ludlow

and have a day out at CRASH Towers

156 THE SINCLAM STORY

Duckworths, the publishers, are giving away

copies of their biography of Sir Clive Sinclair

172 HEWSON's EXTRAVAGANZA

Play Programmer's Photolit and win Hewson's

Goodiebags. Worth lots of money, they are

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A NE WSFIELD PUBLICA

The 23rd January is the ﬁrst date in 1986

not to miss. February CRASH is in the

1 6 shops, that's why!

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'a CRASH Christmas Special 1985 5

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