The History of CRASH

Issue No. 1

Sinclair ZX Spectrum
Crash

The 'Chairman', as he's now known, hangs in the Newsfield boardroom. This first cover of CRASH was not based on any particular game, but took its inspiration from the chrome-teethed, machine-oil-dripping alien from the film Alien. It's really a simple gag - an alien playing Space Invaders, the screen reflected in his eyes. The object was to provide a striking and ferocious image to leap off the news shelves, and to declare to the world that CRASH was very different to existing computer magazines with their reliance on photographed hardware.

Crash
  Cover of CRASH #1  
Crash

February 1984

Crash
Sinclair ZX Spectrum

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