About this episode

The episode celebrates the Christmas special of CRASH magazine, focusing on various games reviewed in the December 1984/January 1985 issue.

Kingy is joined by Almac and Drisky as they cover the games in Newsfield's incredibly popular ZX Spectrum magazine, CRASH. CRASH at this time of year always had a bumper edition Christmas special and it is with issue 12 (Dec '84/Jan '85) that the lads celebrate the games that were reviewed. Games featured in episode: Astronut - Software Projects Backpackers Guide to the Universe - Fantasy Software Boulderdash - First Star Software Cyclone - Vortex Software The Fall Guy - Elite Knight Lore - Ultimate Lode Runner - Software Projects New Cylon Attack - A 'n' F Software Pole Position - Atarisoft Potty Pigeon - Gremlin Graphics The Runes of Zendos - Dorcas Software Skyranger - Microsphere Underwurlde - Ultimate

People in this episode

Host: Kingy

Guests: Almac, Drisky

Topics covered

• ZX Spectrum
• CRASH magazine
• Christmas special
• retro gaming
• video game reviews

Keywords

• CRASH magazine
• ZX Spectrum
• retro games
• video game reviews
• Christmas special

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CRASH, Newsfield

Products: Astronut, Backpackers Guide to the Universe, Boulderdash, Cyclone, The Fall Guy, Knight Lore, Lode Runner, New Cylon Attack, Pole Position, Potty Pigeon

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