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1984 Newstield Limited
Crash Micro is published
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Comment plus Advertisers* and Reviews Index
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NEWSINPUT
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CRASH June 1984
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Crashtionnaire
As I write, the 'Crashtionnaire'
forms are still coming in. so
thank you everyone who has
taken the trouble to complete
and send them back to us.
Some interesting results have
emerged from a pre-collation
done on the first 500 forms
received. A full collation will be
undertaken as soon as
possible - its quite a
mammoth task!
Just briefly for now, here are
some answers. On reviews of
software, 95.5% said they like
to have some sort of rating
system, 4 4
the present system used in
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CRASH works excellently,
% a further 52% said it
and
s a i reasonably. We also
works d
asked how much reading
t h e
software reviews in CRASH
y
has affected recent games
t h and 70% replied that it
buying i
n k
has. Most interestingly on the
subject of CRASH reviews, we
asked whether, on playing a
new game. you have agreed
with the review of it.19cY0 said,
'always', and 73% said, Most
of the time. Further details on
the review section of the
questionnaire have yet to be
collated.
On the subject of including
software for other computers
in CRASH, the result seemed
overwhelmingly against the
idea. 78%said they would be
irritated, 12% disturbed, and
10% were either not bothered
or actually interested We
were impressed by the
number of forms which added
that they would stop buying
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CRASH if it did move on to
including other machines.
Another overwhelming NO
was to program listings.
96.5% replied that they did not
miss them, and a similar
percentage said that they did
not want any space used up
for listings.
We will be publishing the full
results as soon as possible.
but in the meantime you may
be sure we are taking note of
the findings! The one, slightly
touchy subject was The
Terminal Man comic strip.
This question seems to have
aroused very strong partisan
feelings! At the moment the
split seems to be
approximately 48% for it and
52')/0 against it. What is
surprising, though, is that
those for it are generally
VERY for it, whereas those
against are VERY against! But
given the figures we have
seen, we feel that if almost
half the readership really do
like it. then four pages is well
worth having, as it hardly
detracts from the total amount
of pages devoted to reviews
and other articles, and
shouldn't really be a severe
annoyance to those who do
not appreciate it.
The response to this
questionnaire has been most
encouraging, with well over
one thousand returns already.
Since that one was compiled,
we have thought of several
other interesting questions to
which we would appreciate
answers, so there may well be
another questionnaire in the
near future. You're warned!
INDEX TO REVIEWS
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OVERAL PERCENTAGE which is
There seems to have been some
confusion among readers a nd
software houses about ratings -
not so much about the way they
work, but more over what the
OVERALL percentage represents
in value. When CRASH started, we
said that we would not be crunch-
ing ell reviewed games Into the
an average of the other six ratings
Under 30%
a waste of sme
31-40%
generally poor but
may appeal to some
41-50%
51-55%
high percentage bracket. The idea
55-60%
was to give some latitude to distin- 61-70%
guish between programs ratings.
Once again, we repeat what the 7140%
percentages mean. BUT STRESS
THAT THE WRITTEN REVIEWS 61-90%
AND OPINIONS ARE FAR MORE
IMPORTANT T H A N T H E A b o v •
average
reasonable average
it game type enjoyed
good on most counts
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highly r e c o m -
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GRID PATROL ollteden e s
HARRY GOES HOME Puleordc 3 7
HERE COMES THE SUN Mote 76
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SPECTRUM SAFARI COS 9 0
SUINSAR/NE STRIKE PuINNW I S
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Having just said that we are
taking care to bow to your
recommendations regarding
the inclusion of other
computers in CRASH, it is
worth keeping an eye on new
developments. In April the
Hi-Fi tower unit giants
Amstrad launched their first
ever computer, the Amstrad
CPC 464. In keeping with
Amstrad's policy of systems,
the CPC 464 comes complete
with built-in datacorder and a
monitor - a green screen for
around £200 and a coloured
one for around MOO. For
around another E100 more
you will be able to get it with
CNA disc drive. Quite clearly,
the CPC 464 is aiming to bonk
the OL on the head.
What's interesting from a
Spectrum owner's point of
view is that quite a bit of
Spectrum software, slightly
re-written, is likely to appear
for the machine when it arrives
in the shops later this month.
At the launch in London we
saw one well-known Spectrum
game running on the Amstrad
- D urrel I' s Harrier Attack.
Romik also had a game there,
one which was designed
specifically for the machine,
and so used its excellent
resolution and colour
capabilities rather better. It is
going to be interesting to see
how many Spectrum software
houses turn their hands to the
new Amstrad during the latter
part of this year.
Meanwhile the Spectrum
software goes on from
strength to strength and
continues to show how easily
it leads all other computers
when it comes to ideas and
content. It isn't often you find
one magazine praising a rival
publication, but
congratulations to Computer
& Video Games o r rather to
the parent company E.M.A.P.
for their excellent game
Psytron , released under
E.M.A.P.'s new software
got off to a rather soggy start
with the good-looking but
unplayable Space Station
Zebra. Psytron. a CRASH
SMASH this month, is a
different kettle of alien fish
altogether, and indicates that
programmers are still
determined to pack everything
possible into the available
RAM of the Spectrum.
company, Beyond. Beyond
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Despite an assertion in last
months issue that the Living
Guide would be dealing with
the arcade section this month,
there is no Guide in this
month's issue, for which we
apologise. There are two
reasons, one being that we
have had to make some room
to include programs for
younger players in our 'Crash
Course' section. This will be
an occasibnal look at what
might be loosely termed
'educational software'. The
second reason is that the
Guide itself is in need of a
revamp and some updating!
This is an enormous task, as
you might well appreciate. At
the same time we have
received literally hundreds of
letters with update details on
guide info and with
suggestions to improve it, all
of which we wish to examine
carefully.
The Guide has become
rapidly very big and we would
like it to be helpful, informative
but without becoming a bore.
It needs some thought - but
don't despair, it hasn't
vanished from our pages for
ever!
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In response to the demand for
more competitions, this issue
is crammed full of them! We
hope you enjoy them, and the
prizes too. Thanks to all the
companies who have
participated and made them
possible.
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Applications
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Cambridge Computing
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CDS . Microsystems
Cheetah Soft
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rash Mall Order
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Creative Sparks
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CHM
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Lotus-Soft
MC lothlorien
Melbourne House
Micromanis
Micromege
Mlitro-Gen
New Generation
Howson
P.S.S.
Phipps Associates
Sage Systems
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Vortex
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WALKERS
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Howson
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Software Proieote
Sterzons
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