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Grabbed it! Very good chance this will be reviewed next issue. 👍

One of my faves, honestly. It was my go-to game to cite when the playground wars kicked off. That and the intro to Kwik Snax. 😆

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G.O.A.T. tier Spectrum game. Although I often forget some of those mad combos, haha.

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I have so many questions. 🤣

Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We've got a cracking interview with David Perry this month, we're launching a "POKE Corner" which covers a range of recently reviewed games and the fantastic Bloodstone is up for review. Thanks for your patience with us this month folks, we'll make sure the wait is worth it. 👍

Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Hey guys, so just a heads up, CRASH 34 will be a little delayed this month. We're a small team at CRASH Towers and a mix of work obligations and personal events have conspired to knock us off course. Rest assured though, it's all written, I just have to assemble it into a magazine. 😉

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Great game to wind down to as well. You don't need the stress of pixel perfect jumps in this heat. ;)

Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Eskimo Eddie anyone???? Or are we thinking more Rainbow Islands. Really lean into it, haha. 😀

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

So what's a good game to play when we're busy melting? Treasure Island Dizzy? Just don't forget your snorkel!

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

A very happy 44th birthday to the Rubber Keyed Wonder! Hard to imagine just how big a part of my life this little computer has played. Work, play, friends and family. All touched by my love of this little machine! 🎉

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Get CRASH direct from Fusion Retro Books at: fusionretrobooks.com/pages/crash-... Oh, and in case you missed it, our expanded Ocean Software book reprint is on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/zza... We’re also making a 64-page companion mag, celebrating our favourite Ocean games. Thanks.

Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

CRASH 32 drops any moment now 😉 Our lead review is Samera & The City Of Thinis. Also reviewed: Welcome To The Machine, Full Spectrum Defence & Perseus, plus plenty more (and a few Smashes). Who needs Resident Evil Requiem… 😉 plenty of cool features too, covering MPAGD and Shift Comics. Enjoy!

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Happy to see your success with BubbleBack mate. I agree with you though, I think Cubix is going to sweep. Mind boggling technical achievement, plus the game itself is a lot of fun.

Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Spectrum Game Of The Year awards happening live now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1RC...

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Fun game with two different play style if memory recalls. Truly does recall the simple days of video games.

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ZXVintage @zxvintage.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Cover Tape Wars - Feb 1991: YS adds more heat to the cover tape wars by bumping up to a Six Pack - ancient Dun Darach and Biggles gets re-released, top notch reader game Earth Skaker gets released, and there are demos of Switchblade and (1/3)

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Truth is it's incredibly close. These tapes are each holding over a solid month's worth of fun. If I had to pick..... yeah, probably CRASH. Side Arms was a solid shooter and even CHIRON was a good riff on the Commando format. Topped off with a look at Chip's Challenge, yeah, give it to the smasher.

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

For YS, it's another strong collection. Dun Darch is a classic, but not for me. Fans of this style should check out the recent Sinclair City. Biggles was a surprisingly decent mix of flying and platforming too. The Back To The Future 3 demo was great, hard as nails, spent all afternoon on it!

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Side Arms was great and I remember enjoying Draughts Genius with the wonderfully animated Albert Einstein. A demo for Chip's Challenge is a nice get too. For SU, Survivor was a bloody odd game, haha. Dynamite Dan 2 was a great get and the Viz demo was a lot of fun, with some great detailed sprites.

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I know that feeling! Just opened up In Design, haha.

I remember enjoying this on the Spec. This looks like a nice conversion.

This was an amazingly ambitious game for the Spec. So much work went into the art and map. The only thing which held it back from top tier greatness was that stutter in the engine, every time you attacked an enemy. Can't wait to see what the team is cooking up next.

Just finished our review of it! It's quite the game!

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You'd want to reach out to Chris at Fusion Retro Books. If you're on Facebook, feel free to post the question in the CRASH group (www.facebook.com/groups/18349...) as I think a lot of fans would be interested to know more about that and Chris monitors that page reasonably closely.

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Next month's mag is starting to take shape. Another incredible selection of games. We'll have to see which of these get picked next month! #zxspectrum #retro #print

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FurilloProductions @furillo.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

¡S1ncla1r C1ty es Crash Smash (n. 31, versión inglesa, enero 2026)! Felicidades compartidas con @molomazo.bsky.social y nuestro compi Javier Fopiani, de cuya idea original partió todo el desarrollo, ¡mereció la pena todo el esfuerzo! 🌃

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

As another year winds down, the CRASH team want to thank every one of our readers for their support this past year. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you. Plenty more to come so keep it CRASH. 👍

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Hard to complain about any of that really. The CRASH offering was superb though, Lightforce is top tier, an exclusive Dizzy game and demos of NARC and SWIV, two fantastic games from the Spec's twilight era. What a Christmas! The Robocop 2 demo was quite a scoop for Sinclair User though. Good times.

Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

There's a few games I can fire up and just pick up like it was 35 years ago. Batman: The Movie is very possibly peak Ocean. The platforming levels were well designed and well balanced. The arcade and puzzle levels were clever and it looked and sounded great. I still speedrun it every year. 🕹️

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

A fine looking game to be sure, yaaar, yaaar.

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

My totally neutral and completely unbiased view is that gaming magazines are great to still have around. 😀 It's just a different experience to online viewing, especially if you design your pages to capture the essence of the games you're reviewing. #longLivePrint

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

It is the eve before I start the layout on CRASH 31! Some great games this month. We're finally checking out Speccy Saga and the intriguing S1nclair C1ty, our very own Cyberpunk action adventure. We're also catching up on the ZX Touch, to see how it's evolved. I'll share updates as I go. 👍

Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Hope everyone's annuals are successfully landing on door mats. 🙂 Thanks for all your support. 👍

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Graeme Mason @wizwords.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Crash Live 2025 is in 10 days! Here's the guest line up for the whole weekend:-

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

As ever, thanks so much for your support. It's such a privilege to work on this mag and give Spectrum software developers a place in print to showcase their work. You can subscribe over at Patreon (bit.ly/3LFrH1r) and purchase separate issues at Fusion Retro Books (bit.ly/43OhdD8). Thanks all. 👍

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

If you can make it, we'd love to see you on the 15th / 16th of November at the Holiday Inn in Kenilworth for our annual get together. The whole CRASH team will be there this year, so do come and say hello. The Saturday is sold out but tickets remain for the Sunday (bit.ly/47SnkZA).

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CRASH Live 2025 – Holiday Inn, Sat 15 Nov 2025 - Sun 16 Nov 2025 - Fusion Retro Books are proud to announce our CRASH 2025 Live gaming event that will take place in the Holiday Inn hotel in Kenilworth...

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

CRASH 30 is wrapped and it's stuffed tighter than Wally’s Christmas stocking! We've got reviews (Asymmetry, Magenta Sky & Zak McDrucken etc.), a look at the Currah Microspeech, an interview with Chris Hinsley and an Investigation into what Spectrum devs were paid back in the day.

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Crash Micro @crashmicro.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

It's that time of the year again and the CRASH annual is currently being funded on Kickstarter. 116 pages of A5/A4 goodness, with about a third of minty fresh new content. If you'd like to support us (and why wouldn't you 😀), then you can back your copy at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/zza...

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Our Fusion Retro Books 2026 Annuals - 4 in total!

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