CRASH magazine

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

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

New Kickstarter is up for CRASH/Next annuals 2026

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ZX History - October 1973: Sinclair’s Project 80!

READ: https://archive.org/details/practical_electronics-1973_11/page/1014/mode/2up?view=theater #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Crash (Nov 1985) - Robot Messiah preview. Also Geoff Capes Strong Man full-page ad

READ: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-22/Crash_22_Nov_1985#page/n47/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Frontline crashonline.org.uk/10/frontline...

Crash (Nov 1985) - Daley Thompson's Supertest review. Also Cassette 50 advert

READ: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-22/Crash_22_Nov_1985#page/n20/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Crash (Nov 1985) - Rupert and the Toymaker's Party review. Also Sweevo's World full-page ad

READ: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-22/Crash_22_Nov_1985#page/n67/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming

In the fine tradition of capitalism, now that someone has shown weakness I can push my book - you know, if you want a retro book that isn’t written by someone pandering to the right mixam.co.uk/print-on-dem...

Crash (Nov 1985) - The Custard Kid review. Also Bounty Bob Strikes Back full-page ad

READ: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-22/Crash_22_Nov_1985#page/n77/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Issue 34 contents crashonline.org.uk/34/

Manic Miner is a true #retrogaming classic, I enjoyed it on the #ZXSpectrum, then in the 1990s on the #SAMCoupe which has to be the definitive #8bit version, with 60 caverns! I recently revamped the back issue of SAM Revival magazine (#9) which features the game on the coverdisk. www.samcoupe.com

Fairlight crashonline.org.uk/22/fairlght....

“Ultimate first introduced us to realistic 3D graphics but sadly not a lot of game was bolted on to them. Now, thanks to The Edge, that gap has been filled.”

One more performance of this - well worth a trip if you are in the area

The WEEEeeeee Splat! thing, where a CRASH writer was going to do a parachute jump, never happened

One of the best original games on the Spectrum IMO

This is a great game, and still feels incredibly slick

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Crash (Nov 1987) - Werewolves of London advert. Also El Misterio del Nilo review

READ: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-46/Crash_46_Nov_1987#page/n25/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Crash (Nov 1985) - Magic review. Also Plus 80 Stock Manager, Chess - The Turk, Full Screen Editor/Assembler, Word Manager, Address Manager, Master Toolkit, Machine Code Test Tool, Video Pool, VAT Manager, Finance (1/2) #zxspectrum #retrogaming

CRASH Catalogue crashonline.org.uk/cat02/arcade...

Starquake crashonline.org.uk/22/starquke....

“Starquake’s main appeal lies with its design. It’s so well thought out. The graphics are very good indeed, both the movement and backgrounds. The content of the graphics is amazing — they don’t get very repetitive even over the 512 screens.”

Quite proud of this. This is the original Taito flyer art for Renegade (as used for the loading screen on the Speccy version). I've had a few partial scans and B/W photocopies over the years, but finally found a dog-eared over exposed full image. Several days of re-touching and I think we're there!

Here are the computer hardware and software charts from November 1983 - PCN Magazine, UK. There were so many computers to choose from back then. Many disappeared without a trace, but the Spectrum, Commodore and BBC Micro sold really well. Great games available from Ultimate, Imagine, Bug Byte etc.

A funky colour scheme for Elite's Smash logo crashonline.org.uk/22/elite.htm

old games were cool because it was long before anyone had to give a shit about mass market appeal so could just make a game about Shit Simon the Stupid Old Fuck and that rules

Crash (Nov 1985) - Countabout, Sum Scruncher, Wild Words, A, B and C ... Lift-Off! reviews

READ: https://archive.org/stream/crash-magazine-22/Crash_22_Nov_1985#page/n84/mode/2up #zxspectrum #retrogaming

Winter Games – “Calgary, Ontario” While the UK’s market for computer games grew rapidly from 1983, things were not going the same way with adjacent markets over in America. As former Action Graphics programmer David Thiel exp…

After the 1984 Olympics, there was a glut of multi-sport computer games. One Epyx game managed to stand out through its graphics and elegant mechanics, and because it took on a whole new season. New post on the story of Winter Games:

www.superchartisland.com/winter-games

Weekly uplifting small YouTubers thread:

#1: @jimblimey.com

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crashonline.org.uk/22/marsport....

‘I thought Marsport was far better than previous Gargoyle games because there really is so much more to do.’

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