Crash Issue 55

Issue dated August 1988 and priced at £1.25p

News
Fire-breathing Fantasy
 * AD&D coming to the Spectrum in the form of Heroes of the Lance.

Vinyl is a Girl's Best Friend
 * Destiny Software's new release Diamond comes with free audio tape from 'The Company She Keeps'.

Byte the Big Apple
 * The Big Apple Entertainment Group announces it's arrival with 3 new games: Oops, Delphian and Neutron.

New Look for Code Masters
 * Codemasters forced to change front cover of The Race Against Time from Jesse Owens to Carl Lewis.

Amstrad in 16-Bit Launch
 * Amstrad producing new machine called 'Sinclair Professional PC'.

Features
Cecco's Log

Magnetic Scrolls Interview

State of the Art? A look at the Amiga and Atari ST.

Censor nonsense? - Ian Phillipson and Kati Hamza go head to head on the censorship debate.

Previews
T-Wrecks

Supersports

R-Type

The Train: Escape to Normandy

Barbarian II

Hot Shot

Comments
The Great Giana Sisters - 92%
 * Highly addictive and great fun to play. Plenty of hidden passages and surprise features should keep you hooked for weeks.

Virus - 77%
 * A playable conversion of a 16-bit game. Just slightly too hard to keep you really hooked.

Pogostick Olympics - 20%
 * It's probably safer to stick to the real thing.

Impossible Mission II - 84%
 * With so many improvements and expansions on the original, Impossible Mission II shouldn't be missed. Immediate fun and long term addiction.

ArcticFox - 41%
 * A botched rejuvenation of an ageing genre.

The Fury - 72%
 * A compelling action game but not quite as fast and furious as the racy title suggests.

Dream Warrior - 31%
 * Keep hoping you'll never have a dream as bad as this.

Marauder - 90%
 * An immensely playable shoot-'em-up with plenty of variety. Up to Hewson's characteristically high standards.

Night Raider - 79%
 * A cool and competent flight simulation with plenty of attention to detail.

Alternative World Games - 85%
 * An enjoyably weird and whacky world tour, slightly marred by a very tedious multiload.

Overkill - 39%
 * Not much to pay, not much to play.

Hoppin' Mad - 78%
 * The unusual control method and the attractive presentation are great fun at first. However, repetitive and difficult gameplay suggest that initial enthusiasm may not last.

Roadblasters - 84%
 * Initially enjoayble and exciting gameplay, with long-lasting addictiveness.

Battleships - 78%
 * Even more fun than the pencil 'n' paper version.

Ready Steady Go - 13%
 * A very basic joystick-waggling game with no appeal.

Stunt Bike Simulator - 55%
 * An uninspired simulator that won't breathe life into more than a few hours of play.

Octan - 51%
 * A standard quality shoot-'em-up at a cheap and cheerful price.

European Five-a-Side - 56%
 * Not a bad little football game, even better with a friend...

Rogue - 63%
 * An interesting stab at a computerised version of a Dungeons and Dragons style game.

Kemshu - 79%
 * Initially addictive, it's not likely to keep a storm raging in your brain for long.

Summary
Crash Smashes in bold

Frontlines
Stalingrad - 90%
 * Another highly recommended game in the same mould as Wright's Blitzkrieg and Overlord.

First Past the Post - 32%
 * A non-starter.

Tips
The Flintstones - Solution

The Race Against Time - Tips

Cybernoid - Map, Poke + Tips

Beyond the Ice Palace - Tips