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583:. This led to a successful injunction being taken out against the magazine two days before the official publication date on the grounds of copyright infringement. Copies were withdrawn from newsagents and an apology published in the following issue. Readers were also offered a back issue with the offending pages removed at a reduced price and priority delivery. 528:, a Spectrum hardware add-on. The magazine also covered technical information and stories about future hardware and peripherals in its "Tech Niche" and "Tech Tips" sections, the latter frequently written by Simon N Goodwin. In 1988, a special "Tech Tape" was released, containing utilities and programs associated with this section. 58: 310:
schoolchildren to review the games, including Ben Stone and Robin Candy. To produce screenshots, a camera was set up to directly capture the television set or monitor that the Spectrum was plugged into. The film was then processed in-house, printed and delivered to a local print shop to prepare the final page.
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The cover of issue 18, July 1985, which depicted a scantily clad sorceress with a man on his knees in collar and chains, was considered provocative by some shops who moved it to the top shelf. Issue 31 in August 1986 was criticised for the front cover featuring staff writer Hannah Smith in a swimsuit
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Reviewers would give their direct opinions on whether a game was good or not, regardless of advertising or any pressure from software houses. Though publishers sometimes tried to bribe the magazine editors to give games good reviews, the children would not do that, and once gave a game a low score of
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and Franco Frey. The trio had met the previous year when they were working for newspaper publisher Alan Purnell, learning how to write and produce a magazine from scratch. Franco Frey had worked for an electronics company, and had been asked by one of his business contacts if could get hold of video
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The "Playing Tips" section featured solutions to games cheats to make them easier. Candy was a regular host of this section in its early years. Issue 27 in April 1986 included a special "Robin Candy's Playing Tips" supplement of cheats and game modifications, including a room editor for the Crash
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a good reputation and made it highly influential in the games industry. If a game was awarded a "Crash Smash" (an overall rating of 90% or above), the industry believed it was genuinely good and it would sell well. The logo was used in advertisements for games, big and small. Notable Crash Smashes
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had occasionally featured cassettes on the cover, but began to lag in circulation. It was relaunched that June with a free cover-mounted cassette with a number of complete games, which continued as a regular feature. This came at the expense of page count and editorial content, both of which were
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Though he had regularly played video games throughout the 1970s, the middle-aged Kean realised that the target market for the magazine was teenagers and young men, and the writing needed to accommodate this. Consequently, he hired teenage staff writer Matthew Uffindel and the pair recruited local
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Much editorial content (such as previews and responses to readers' letters) was credited to Lloyd Mangram, a fictional character, although written by members of the editorial staff. He was created by the team simply to make the magazine look more important and professional by appearing to have a
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it was published in February the following year. The magazine maintained focus squarely on Spectrum gaming. It was an instant hit thanks to Oliver Frey's artwork and Kean's writing, assisted by Uffindel. Kean and the Frey brothers would continue to be involved with the magazine throughout its
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In 2017, the magazine was commemorated in a special exhibition in Ludlow Buttercross Museum documenting Newsfield's contribution to the local industry. The same year, a special edition of the magazine was issued following a
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The magazine was launched to cater for the booming Spectrum games market. It was immediately popular owing to its quality of writing and distinctive, though occasionally controversial, artwork created by
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published by the company was in September 1991. Following the company's liquidation, the magazine was relaunched by Europress that December, continuing until the final issue in April 1992. After this,
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with an alien. The cover of issue 41, June 1987, was a particularly violent image depicting two barbarians fighting, with one about to slit the throat of another. The picture was deemed too strong by
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games. Kean remembers that "The High Street was ignorant of computer games" and they wanted to source titles and sell them. They set up a mail order catalogue called
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campaign that raised £12,000. Kean, Oliver Frey and Nick Roberts all returned to contribute to this issue. The following year, a similar campaign led to the 2019
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reduced. Kean was annoyed by having to put tapes on the cover to keep up with the competition, as it increased costs and obscured Frey's cover artwork.
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figure of 101,483 copies a month for the period of January to June were claimed by the magazine to be higher than any other British computer magazine.
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The first issue was intended to be published in November 1983, in time for the pre-Christmas trade, but owing to a conflict with retailers
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featured distinctive cover art, mostly drawn by Oliver Frey. Much of his work was published in book form for the first time in 2006.
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Sabre Wulf arrived too late for a full review and received no percentage score, but was considered a Crash Smash nevertheless.
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The "Crash Smash" accolade, awarded to reviewers' favourite games, was considered important by the UK software industry.
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included the occasional column which seemed unusual for a computer magazine. Its first year saw the launch of both the
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and that issue was relegated to the top shelves. However, these controversial covers helped boost the sales of
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Starting in 1984, the magazine published an annual readers awards article, based on votes from the readers.
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regularly came with a free cassette attached to the cover that contained a complete game and various
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Newsfield was suffering increasing financial difficulties by the early 1990s. The last edition of
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annual – issue 100. The magazine was relaunched as an A5 quarterly publication in December 2020.
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to do so. Kean and Oliver Frey wanted a catchy title for the magazine, choosing "Crash" after
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strip (written and illustrated by John Richardson, based on the character from the games by
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The July 1985 cover caused controversy and was placed on the top shelf of some newsagents.
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and illustrated by Oliver Frey. Later years would see a brief revival of
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Defunct video game magazines published in the United Kingdom
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and advertised in contemporary computer magazines such as
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campaign leading to the new publication by Fusion Retro.
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as the premises of Newsfield while it was publishing
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In May 2016, No. 2 King Street, Ludlow was awarded a
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Video game magazines published in the United Kingdom
1624:. No. 30. July 1986. p. 61. Archived from 39:"Lloyd Mangram" redirects here. For the golfer, see 1771:. No. 41. June 1987. p. 7. Archived from 1343:. No. 65. June 1989. p. 5. Archived from 577:featured "Unclear User", a spoof on rival magazine 196: 186: 178: 168: 152: 140: 132: 122: 114: 104: 67: 1419:"Crash magazine returns with a crowdfunded annual" 524:in memory that allowed a player to cheat) using a 504:greater number of writers, and named after golfer 2103:Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom 570:inherited its video reviews for a short period. 236:until their liquidation, and then until 1992 by 1280: 1278: 1801:. July 1987. pp. 108–109. Archived from 8: 2113:1992 disestablishments in the United Kingdom 954: 952: 950: 948: 946: 944: 48: 942: 940: 938: 936: 934: 932: 930: 928: 926: 924: 382:reported sales of over 100,000 copies. Its 1237:. No. 57. EMAP. 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Index

Crash magazine
Crash Magazine
Lloyd Mangrum
The cover of Crash issue 1 (1984)
Roger Kean
Steve Jarratt
Oliver Frey
Computer games magazine
Circulation
Newsfield Publications Ltd
Europress
United Kingdom
http://www.crashonline.org.uk/
ISSN
0954-8661
magazine
ZX Spectrum
home computer
Newsfield Publications Ltd
Europress
Oliver Frey
kickstarter

Ludlow
Shropshire
Oliver Frey
Computer and Video Games
Newsfield
J. G. Ballard
novel of the same name

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