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Next month's mag is starting to take shape. Another incredible selection of games. We'll have to see which of these get picked next month! #zxspectrum #retro #print

¡S1ncla1r C1ty es Crash Smash (n. 31, versión inglesa, enero 2026)! Felicidades compartidas con @molomazo.bsky.social y nuestro compi Javier Fopiani, de cuya idea original partió todo el desarrollo, ¡mereció la pena todo el esfuerzo! 🌃

As another year winds down, the CRASH team want to thank every one of our readers for their support this past year. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you. Plenty more to come so keep it CRASH. 👍

Hard to complain about any of that really. The CRASH offering was superb though, Lightforce is top tier, an exclusive Dizzy game and demos of NARC and SWIV, two fantastic games from the Spec's twilight era. What a Christmas! The Robocop 2 demo was quite a scoop for Sinclair User though. Good times.

There's a few games I can fire up and just pick up like it was 35 years ago. Batman: The Movie is very possibly peak Ocean. The platforming levels were well designed and well balanced. The arcade and puzzle levels were clever and it looked and sounded great. I still speedrun it every year. 🕹️

A fine looking game to be sure, yaaar, yaaar.

My totally neutral and completely unbiased view is that gaming magazines are great to still have around. 😀 It's just a different experience to online viewing, especially if you design your pages to capture the essence of the games you're reviewing. #longLivePrint

It is the eve before I start the layout on CRASH 31! Some great games this month. We're finally checking out Speccy Saga and the intriguing S1nclair C1ty, our very own Cyberpunk action adventure. We're also catching up on the ZX Touch, to see how it's evolved. I'll share updates as I go. 👍

Hope everyone's annuals are successfully landing on door mats. 🙂 Thanks for all your support. 👍

Crash Live 2025 is in 10 days! Here's the guest line up for the whole weekend:-

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As ever, thanks so much for your support. It's such a privilege to work on this mag and give Spectrum software developers a place in print to showcase their work. You can subscribe over at Patreon (bit.ly/3LFrH1r) and purchase separate issues at Fusion Retro Books (bit.ly/43OhdD8). Thanks all. 👍

If you can make it, we'd love to see you on the 15th / 16th of November at the Holiday Inn in Kenilworth for our annual get together. The whole CRASH team will be there this year, so do come and say hello. The Saturday is sold out but tickets remain for the Sunday (bit.ly/47SnkZA).

CRASH 30 cover.

CRASH 30 is wrapped and it's stuffed tighter than Wally’s Christmas stocking! We've got reviews (Asymmetry, Magenta Sky & Zak McDrucken etc.), a look at the Currah Microspeech, an interview with Chris Hinsley and an Investigation into what Spectrum devs were paid back in the day.

Our Fusion Retro Books 2026 Annuals - 4 in total! Another year - some more XMAS Annuals to read!

It's that time of the year again and the CRASH annual is currently being funded on Kickstarter. 116 pages of A5/A4 goodness, with about a third of minty fresh new content. If you'd like to support us (and why wouldn't you 😀), then you can back your copy at:

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I think it's a lock for the January issue mate. Thanks so much to creators like yourself. Where would CRASH be in 2025 without the ingenuity and efforts of the Spectrum's fantastic independent scene. 👍

BubbleBack: The Story of Forward to the Past 2 by Sloanysoft ZX Spectrum platform game inspired by Bubble Bobble

Well it's taken a few years but we have finally made it. It took quite a bit to get it over the line in the end, but Lee Bee has done a phenomenal job on the music

BubbleBack, our sequel to Forward to the Past, now available for free on Itch.

Enjoy!

sloanysoft.itch.io/bubbleback

#ZXSpectrum

Well on the plus side, the Christmas hols are getting closer too, haha.

Fantastic. I'll give it a shout out in the news section this month and hopefully we'll squeeze in a review at some point. Really enjoyed the first one mate. Looking forward to it. :)

Yup, this one is looking special. It won't be for review this month but I'd say it'll be a very good candidate for our New Year issue. Yes, it's that time of year already!!!

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Hey CRASH readers, just to let you know there's been a few hiccups on the Patreon side this month, but CRASH 29 is now available. It's absolutely packed this month, with the mind blowing Cubix taking centre stage:

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Yeah, we can definitely do more in the T-Shirt space, that design would be great.

Yes, it seems we all crashed into each other you could say, haha. But thanks a lot Nick, really appreciate the shout out and I hope the mention drives a bit of extra traffic your way.

So which of this month's games are you enjoying? Bubble In Trouble is a clever little game. Telethugs is fun too, gives me a Robocop 2 vibe. Paulo always delivers great work. I'd love a proper game in the style of the original Robocop though. It seems Zosya were working on one: is.gd/nnE1wM

An ambitious game this. I tended to enjoy games which were essentially a mix of mini-games. They kept you playing because you were always keen to see what the next level held!

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We've also got reviews of Bubble Cop and Telethugs amongst others, Martyn Carroll explores the Prince which escaped us and Paul Davies is reconciling himself to forty years of failure! It's a Spellbound thing! If you're subbed, as ever thanks for all your support and if not:

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Hey CRASH fans! Issue 28 will be with you by the end of the week. This month we've got more Sam Fox than you can wiggle a joystick at! She's the cover star and we've given her the centre spread to celebrate her new game, Pin-Up Poker! We're also interviewing Paul Holmes, so get your bomb vests on!

Yeah, you're not wrong. It's a machine for enthusiasts, by enthusiasts, which always feels that bit more special.

Isn't it though! Goran is so passionate about the device and he's always thinking about how to improve it. It's been lovely finding out a bit more about the story behind it.

Thanks so much Davey and congrats on the launch of your own mag, with Break Space. It's clear a lot of time and love has gone into it. I'll be sure to give you all a shout out in the news pages this month. Good luck with it. :)

CRASH 27 is on the way! This issue features an interview with Spec legend, Sandy White, our lead review is of Lee Chops' new shooter shooter, Hair Trigger and we'll be talking to Goran Radan, inventor of the ZX Touch. Oh and any Myth fans? 😜 Support us at: www.patreon.com/crashmagazine/ Thanks.