Crash Issue 2

News
Abacus Arcade pack available containing Sentinel, Fireflash, Avenger & Proteus

Gilsoft release "The Gold Collection". A series of adventures created by their own Quill package

Matthew Smith close to completing Jet Set Willy

Features
Roger Kean visits Imagine

Clip-on Joysticks

Franco Frey looks at the Currah Speech module

Reviews
All reviews are for the Spectrum

Main Reviews
Key for table:- UoC: Use of Computer, Gra: Graphics, Pla: Playability, Get: Getting Started, Add: Addictive Qualities, Val: Value for Money, Ove: Overall

Paintbox reviewed by Franco Frey. Games Designer (Quicksilva) reviewed and awarded 92%.

Kong Games
A separate feature on the many Donkey Kong clones there are on the Spectrum. The reviewers gave separate ratings, the table below shows an average of those scores

Living Guide
The Living Guide was an attempt to index every game on the Spectrum. Each game comes with its own mini review. It was to build in each successive magazine as new games are reviewed. It was dropped after a few issues.

Game of Month

Froggy by DJL Software

Invader/Galaxian/Phoenix

Arcadia, Astro Blaster, Cosmic Guerilla, Firebirds, Firehawks, Galactic Abductors, Galactic Trooper, Galakzions, Galaxians, Hawks, Invaders, Invasion Force, Headbanger's Heaven, Kamikaze, Space Intruders, Space Raiders, Space Zombies, Terror-Daktil 4D, The Detective, Winged Avenger

Asteroids/Space

Confusion, Black Hole, Blockade Runner, Cosmic Debris, Deep Space, Jetpac, Kosmic Pirate, Meteoroids, Meteor Storm, Mission Impossible, Planetoids, Schizoids, Sentinel, Shuttle, Spectroid Storm, 3-Deep Space, Violent Universe

Scramble/Defender/Missile Defence

Armageddon, Armageddon, Cosmic Raiders, Defendar, Fireflash, Ground Attack, Harrier Attack, Hidden City, Invasion of the Body Snatchas, Orbiter, Penetrator, Repulsar, Rocket Raider, Scramble, Zaxxan

Cockpit Games

Black Planet, Cosmos, Galaxy Attack, Timegate, 3D Space Wars, Spawn of Evil, Zzoom

Maze Games

Androids, Android 1, Bedlam, Brain Damage, Corridor's of Genon, Crazy Balloons, Cybertanks, Dodo, Embassy Assault, Escape, Escape-MCP, ETX, Frenzy, Last Sunset for Lattica, Lord Harry, Maze Death Race, Maziacs, Pluggit, Quetzalcoatl, Raider of the Cursed Mine, Robber, Robon, Robotics, Robot Panic, Splat, Styx, Tobor, 3D Monster Chase, 3D Maze of Gold, Tutankhamun, Volcanic Planet, Warlock of Firetop Mountain, The Wizard's Warriors

Ghost Gobbling

Egg Farm, Ghost Hunt, Ghost's Revenge, Gnasher, Gobble-a-Ghost, Gobbleman, Gulpman, Haunted Hedges, Hungry Horace, Maze Chase, Mazeman, Monster Muncher, Muncher

Platform Games

Barmy Burgers, Bonkers, Bugaboo (The Flea), Digger Dan, Godzilla & the Martians, Gotcha, Home Runner, Jumpin' Jack, Killer Kong, Kong,  Manic Miner, Monsters in Hell, Morris Meets the Bikers, Panic, Stomping Star, Super Digger

Creepy Crawlies

Bozy Boa, Caterpilla, Caterpillar, Centipede, Cyber Rats, Centropods, Creepy Crawler, Galactic Warriors, Gridrunner, Megapede, Millimon, Slippery Sid, Spectipede, Spectrapede

Froggers

Frogger, Frogger, Frogger/Specman, Frogrun, Froggy, Jogger, Leapfrog, Road Frog, Road Toad, Yomp

Grid Runners

Blind Alley, Cruising on Broadway, Grid Run, Gridrunner, Light Cycle, Transversion

Painters

Colour Clash, Highrise Harry, Oh Mummy, Painter, Traxx

Trekkies

Starfire, Starship Enterprise, Star Trek, Star Trek, Star Trek, ZX Trek

Arcade Miscellaneous

Ah Diddums, Angler, Aquaplane, Barreldrop, Chopper Rescue, Cookie, Cyber Tanks, Doom Bugs, Exterminator, Gold Digger, Gold Mine, Gold Rush, Grand Prix Driver, Ground Force Zero, Gun Law, Jaws Revenge, Jawz, Jungle Fever, Jungle Trouble, Knot in 3D, Luna Crabs, Lunar Jetman, Mined-Out, Molar Maul, Mrs Mopp, Naanas, Paradroids, Odyssey 1, Ostron, Pssst, Push Off, Quackers, Race Fun, Rider, River Rescue, Road Racer, Santa, Shadowfax, Shark Attack, Siege, Snake Pit, Spectron, Sub Chase, Tranz-Am, Turbo Driver, Ant Attack, 3D Combat Zone, Deathchase, 3D Desert Patrol, 3D Tanx, 3D Tunnel, 3D Vortex, Train Game, Wild West Hero, Zip Zap

Sports Simulation

Bowls, Championship Darts, Football Manager, Abrasco Golf, Spectrum Golf, Golf, St. Andrews Golf, Pool, Pool, Pool, Snooker, Star Soccer, Test Match

Simulations

Admiral Graf Spee, Airliner, Flight Simulation, The Forest, Heathrow: Air Traffic Control, Hunter-Killer, Nightflite 2, Strike Attack

Strategies

Airline, Apocalypse, Autochef, Baron, British Lowland, Corn Cropper, Dallas, Dictator, Everest Ascent, Gangsters, Great Britain Ltd., General Election, Inheritance, Jerico 2, Jigsaw, Johnny Reb, Lojix, Lost, Paras, Plunder, Print Shop, Privateer, Red Baron, Redweed, Reflections, Roman Empire, Samurai Warrior, Sheepwalk, Ship of the Line, Smuggler, Tyrant of Athens, Warlord

Adventure Games

Abyss, Black Crystal, Byte, Camelot, Colossal Caves, Devils of the Deep, Dungeons of Doom, Espionage Island, Faust's Folly, Ghost Town, Golden Apple, Greedy Gulch, Groucho, The Hobbit, Hummer House of Horror, Inca Curse, Invincible Island, The Island, Knight's Quest, Mad Martha, Mad Martha II, Magic Mountain, Mines of Moria, Mines of Saturn, The Oracle's Cave, Pharaoh's Tomb, Pimania, Planet of Death, Quest, SAS Assault, Ship of Doom, Smuggler's Cove, Spectrum Safari, Super Spy, Timequest, Valhalla, Vampire Village, Velnor's Lair