Amstrad Action
Amstrad Action issue #1, October 1985
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| Launch Editor | Peter Connor |
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| Categories | Computer, Amstrad CPC, GX4000 |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 38,457 |
| First issue | October 1985 |
| Final issue — Number |
June 1995 117 |
| Company | Future plc |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0954-8068 |
| Editors | |
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| Peter Connor | Oct 1985 – May 1986 |
| Matt Nicholson | Jun 1986 – Nov 1986 |
| Jim Nagel | Dec 1986 – Jan 1987 |
| Bob Wade | Feb 1987 – Jul 1988 |
| Steve Carey | Aug 1988 – Nov 1989 |
| Rod Lawton | Dec 1989 – Feb 1993 |
| Linda Barker | Mar 1993 |
| Tim Norris | Apr 1993 – Aug 1993 |
| Dave Golder | Sep 1993 – Oct 1994 |
| Tim Norris | Nov 1994 |
| Karen Levell | Dec 1994 – Jun 1995 |
| Staff Writers | ||
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| Bob Wade | Software Editor | Oct 1985 – Jan 1987 |
| Richard Monteiro | Technical Editor | Dec 1986 – May 1988 |
| Gary Barrett | Staff Writer | Oct 1987 – Feb 1989 |
| Pat McDonald | Technical Editor | Jun 1988 – Oct 1989 |
| Trenton Webb | Games Editor | Mar 1989 – Aug 1990 |
| Adam Waring | Reviews Editor | Nov 1989 – Aug 1992 |
| James Leach | Staff Writer | Sep 1990 – Jan 1991 |
| Frank O'Connor | Staff Writer | Feb 1991 – Sep 1991 |
| Adam Peters | Staff Writer | Oct 1991 – Jan 1993 |
| Simon Forrester | Staff Writer | Feb 1993 – Jul 1994 |
| Clur Hodgson | Staff Writer | Jan 1994 – Apr 1994 |
Amstrad Action was a monthly magazine, published in the United Kingdom, which catered to owners of home computers from the Amstrad CPC range and later the GX4000 console.
It was the first magazine published by Chris Anderson's Future Publishing, which with a varied line-up of computing and non-computing related titles has since become one of the foremost magazine publishers in the UK.
The publication, often abbreviated to AA by staff and readers, had the longest lifetime of any Amstrad magazine, running for 117 issues from October 1985 until June 1995 - long after the CPC had ceased production and games were no longer available.
Published by Future plc, a company set up by Chris Anderson (ex-Personal Computer Games and Zzap!64 editor). Launch Editor, Peter Connor, also an ex-PCG staff member, shared the writing duties with the only other staff writer, Bob Wade. Bob, another ex-PCG/Zzap!64 staff member, was given the title ‘Software Editor’ and would review the vast majority of the games featured, with Peter given a second opinion. Trevor Gilham, Art Editor, would complete the four man team.
Issue 1 dated October 1985 was released in September 1985 with the cover price of £1; 1p for every one of the 100 pages. It took the new publication a few issues to find its readers, but with the help of a bumper 116 page Christmas 1985 issue with a cover mounted tape, the circulation figures grew rapidly. In October 1986 Amstrad Action split into three separate publications. AA still catered for the CPC range, while 8000 Plus and PC Plus focused on the Amstrad PCW and PC range respectively.
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