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THE SPECTRUM HAD BUILT UP A MASSIVE LIBRARY OF SOFTWARE BY 1991 AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF CHOICE FOR MAGAZINE EDITORS LOOKING TO FILL THEIR COVERTAPES. FOR LUCKY CRASH READERS, THIS MEANT TWO PACKED OFFERINGS, WITH EIGHT WHOLE GAMES TO CHOOSE FROM, IN THIS MONTH’S COVERMOUNT CORNER