CONTENTS JANUARY
85

Christmas greetings, Spec-chums! Welcome to issue 85 - the Christmas issue. You'll probably notice a new ad in this ish - one with Games Master written all over it. Why are we advertising Games Master the telly programme? Well, we're not. Future, home of YS, has got a brand new mag that's edited by none other than Jim Douglas. Any bells ringing? Well, there should be - he used to edit Sinclair User! Also on the team is another old Spec-chum - James Leach. (Don't know where they picked him up from!) With that background it has to be a beaut mag.

That's enough about other mags, back to YS. (Hurrah!) This month we've got all the usual games and letters and techy bits plus something very different altogether. It's a feature all about a software house. Jim Scott from Beyond Belief came along to the Shed with a basketful of games and news and photos of his office in Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire... Crikey, I thought Jonathan's desk was untidy!

You can read all about his visit on page 41, but before you do that the whole YS crew would like to wish you an incredibly happy Christmas and a decidedly spiffy New Year.

Goodbye
Lots of love,
Linda

THE REGULARS

• Credits
• Jolly, snow-laden cover
• The YS Christmas Collection
• Pssst
• Charts
• Meet the Shed Crew
• Amazing Alternative/YS compo
  Win absolutely every single Alternative game ever and a big bag to carry them home in. Double hurrah with holly berries on it!
• Letters
• Tipshop
• Adventures
• Extra-length festive Pitstop
• Ernie
• Steve's Programming Launderette
• Spec Tec Jr
• Public House
• Christmas avec les Picos
  Spec Tec Jr pulls his hat over his eyes, loads up his pockets with festive goodies and takes a trip to visit a variety of Picos.
• Behind the Scenes at Beyond Belief
  Beyond Belief are one of the country's newest software houses. We talk to Jim Scott about games, games, more games, a few more games and the Speccy scene. Catch up on BB's latest releases, find out what happened to all those games we reviewed but you haven't seen in the shops and find out once and for all what all this W Scribo nonsense is really about!
• SAM Centre
• Crossword Clues/Back Issues
• Killer Kolumn from Outer Space
• Next Month
• Santa's Phone Number

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