The History of CRASH

Issue No. 21

Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Crash

We hadn't had a space shoot-'em-up picture on the cover of CRASH all year, and only the footballer from Issue 16 had managed to get above the stratosphere. Oliver looked around for a possible subject for this issue, settling on a game previewed in it: Hewson's Astro Clone. In truth the cover could be referring to any number of games, or no game at all, but it's a fascinating insight into an illustrator's mind, showing that without some subject to hang the design on in the first place it's hard to get going at all. The ends need a means to justify them.

Crash
  Cover of CRASH #2  
Crash

October 1985

Crash
Sinclair ZX Spectrum

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