As you can view all the pages of various speccy magazines on WOS, who has had letters published? I read mine the other day which was printed in issue 39 of Crash and it made me cringe in embarrassment...
As you can view all the pages of various speccy magazines on WOS, who has had letters published? I read mine the other day which was printed in issue 39 of Crash and it made me cringe in embarrassment...
Bloody hell! I remember reading that back in the day and thinking "how can you read Crash and not know what LMLWD is?"!!
I never did get around to sending a letter in but a friend sent in what he thought was the solution to Contact Sam Cruise and was convinced he was going to get vouchers/software. He was horrified when the next issue of Crash came out and it wasn't his solution. He'd done 99.9% of the game, but had failed to call the cops right at the end when that moll goes to Sams apartment. If you don't call the cops she shoots you, call the cops and they arrest her before she can.
Wasnt that embarassing but it was about your mate who didnt know what Crash is. Its like having a computer nowadays and not knowing you can get on something called the 'internet' ?
As you can view all the pages of various speccy magazines on WOS, who has had letters published? I read mine the other day which was printed in issue 39 of Crash and it made me cringe in embarrassment...
Read that April 1987 issue dozens of times over the years.
Never sent a letter in myself, but congrats on having your embarrassment immortalised forever in the pages of CRASH :p
I had one published in the infamous issue 19, under the alias 'Long John Silver'. Also a bit cringe worthy, but the points are still valid today (just substitute todays 'DRM' for "Hyperload").
When Crash turned into a pamphlet, I was one of the many voices which went "you WHAT??!!"
Yeah, that was in late 1989-1990 wasn't it? I had just moved to Australia from the UK in '89, and I remember picking up copies of CRASH in Oz (months late of course, due to shipping) and wondering what happened to the great mag. The "Tape Wars" were mostly to blame, I think. And the decline in Speccy interest which was happening at the time.
I sent a letter into YS when it was really becoming just games and zero technical content. Not that I minded the games, because I played them, but it was becoming a bit one dimensional I thought, so I thought I'd write and tell them.
They printed the first sentence of my letter in "Small Print", because I had started my letter with "I bet you don't print this letter 'cos it's a complaint!". To which the reply was "Just shows how wrong you could be -- Ed".
I had written "Why don't you put a bit about getting the Spectrum onlline? There's lots of fun stuff on bulletin boards, and of course Shades on Micronet". That issue, guess what - they had a section on Spectrum comms. I like to think it was me who inspired them to do that (and at the time was convinced, and convinced that's why they didn't print my whole letter, because then everyone would have known it was my idea!). In reality, they probably had it planned anyway, and it was just a coincidence that I sent my letter off in time for that issue of the mag.
Wasnt that embarassing but it was about your mate who didnt know what Crash is. Its like having a computer nowadays and not knowing you can get on something called the 'internet' ?
Weird !
That reminds me, I keep meaning to ask... what is that internet thing? I hear a lot about it... ;-)
I had nothing printed in Speccy mags :( but I did get letters printed in the Live-era Retro Gamer magazine twice, and one of those mentioned Dragon's Lair on the Speccy. :)
As you can view all the pages of various speccy magazines on WOS, who has had letters published? I read mine the other day which was printed in issue 39 of Crash and it made me cringe in embarrassment...
noticed that edition reviewed Leaderboard....feck i loved that game. Cost me my first proper girlfriend (LB and Football Director), but they were worth it.
No hard feelings eh, Sam? (Got no feelings at all....)
noticed that edition reviewed Leaderboard....feck i loved that game. Cost me my first proper girlfriend (LB and Football Director), but they were worth it.
No hard feelings eh, Sam? (Got no feelings at all....)
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Which page? Give us a link?
Now we want to read it too!!!
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue39/Pages/Crash3900044.jpg
It's the "Big tie in" one.
I never did get around to sending a letter in but a friend sent in what he thought was the solution to Contact Sam Cruise and was convinced he was going to get vouchers/software. He was horrified when the next issue of Crash came out and it wasn't his solution. He'd done 99.9% of the game, but had failed to call the cops right at the end when that moll goes to Sams apartment. If you don't call the cops she shoots you, call the cops and they arrest her before she can.
Oh, how we laughed.
:oops:
i did say it was embarrassing...
Weird !
No-one else had any letters printed then? Is it just me?
And how long am I gonna be a bloody Junior Member for?
nah never sent a letter in. congrats on your letter tho, its not too bad, seen much worse letters.
i think theres a few on here that have had stuff printed.
Been in Crash before though which was good at the time but years later very embarassing to look at.
Read that April 1987 issue dozens of times over the years.
Never sent a letter in myself, but congrats on having your embarrassment immortalised forever in the pages of CRASH :p
What was that for ?
My claim to fame ...
The solution was for Phantomas (don't laugh at my English, I was a kid at that time).
It's funny how I refer to rooms in a map that I also sent him but he didn't print the map ...
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue92/Pages/Crash9200039.jpg
And ...
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue87/Pages/Crash8700017.jpg
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue19/Pages/Crash1900050.jpg
And the question we all want to know the answer to: What did you spend your ?10 voucher on?
Yeah, that was in late 1989-1990 wasn't it? I had just moved to Australia from the UK in '89, and I remember picking up copies of CRASH in Oz (months late of course, due to shipping) and wondering what happened to the great mag. The "Tape Wars" were mostly to blame, I think. And the decline in Speccy interest which was happening at the time.
They printed the first sentence of my letter in "Small Print", because I had started my letter with "I bet you don't print this letter 'cos it's a complaint!". To which the reply was "Just shows how wrong you could be -- Ed".
I had written "Why don't you put a bit about getting the Spectrum onlline? There's lots of fun stuff on bulletin boards, and of course Shades on Micronet". That issue, guess what - they had a section on Spectrum comms. I like to think it was me who inspired them to do that (and at the time was convinced, and convinced that's why they didn't print my whole letter, because then everyone would have known it was my idea!). In reality, they probably had it planned anyway, and it was just a coincidence that I sent my letter off in time for that issue of the mag.
Regards,
Shaun.
ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue36/Pages/Crash3600142.jpg
A wee revelation that 128k games would run on a 48k speccy.
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"...Dictionary"
are you the person with no address and bad handwriting?
noticed that edition reviewed Leaderboard....feck i loved that game. Cost me my first proper girlfriend (LB and Football Director), but they were worth it.
No hard feelings eh, Sam? (Got no feelings at all....)
Sam Fox? :wink: