Commodore User
Commodore User, November 1988
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| Editor | Dennis Jarrett (Oct 83-Aug 84) Bohdan Buciak (Sep 84-Nov 84) Eugene Lacey (Dec 84-Jan 88) Mike Pattenden (Jan 88-Feb 90) |
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| Categories | Computer magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 72,892 July-Dec 1988 |
| First issue | October 1983 |
| Final issue — Number |
February 1990 77 |
| Company | EMAP |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0265-721X |
| Editor | Steve James (Mar 90-Mar 92) Dan Slingsby (Apr 92-Feb 94) Alan Dykes (Apr 94-Nov 96) Tony Horgan (Dec 96-Oct 98) |
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| Categories | Computer and video games magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| First issue | March 1990 |
| Final issue — Number |
October 1998 104 |
| Company | EMAP |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Website | http://www.cu-amiga.co.uk/ |
| ISSN | 0963-0090 |
Commodore User, known to the readers as the abbreviated CU, was one of the oldest British Commodore magazines. A publishing history spanning over 15 years, mixing content with technical and video game features. Incorporating Vic Computing in 1983 by publishers EMAP, the magazine's focus moved to the emerging Commodore 64, before introducing Amiga coverage in 1986, paving the way for Amiga's dominance and a title change to CU Amiga in 1990. Covering the 16-bit computer, the magazine continued for another eight years until the last issue was published in October 1998 when EMAP opted to close the magazine due to falling sales and a change in focus for EMAP. The magazine also reviewed arcade games.
Carrying on from where Vic Computing left, Commodore User was launched in October 1983, with an initial preview issue in June. Initially the magazine contained what was referred to as the serious side of computing, with programming tutorials, machine code features and business software reviews. The first issues were produced and written by a small team, consisting of editor Dennis Jarrett, a writer (future editor Bohdan Buciak) and editorial assistant Nicky Chapman. Features were written by a range of contributors. Rapidly the issue sizes grew from 64 to 96 pages.
First 12 issues were published by Paradox Group, and then from October 1984 by Emap for the rest of magazine's lifetime.
Games coverage began to appear during 1984, consisting of a small section called Screen Scene. This became a permanent fixture throughout the magazines life.
By 1985 the Commodore 64 became more popular and the magazine began covering the newer machine more and more, leaving the Vic-20 in the dark. The amount of technical coverage also decreased as the games market took over. Gradually the circulation began to rise and CU produced more colour through the magazine. At the height of the C64's success, CU had a page count of 116.
In 1986 CU began to cover the new 16-bit computer; the Amiga. The magazine was at an all-time high, covering all the Commodore platforms, from the C16, all the way up to the Amiga. Circulation figures were also showing an all-time high of over 70,000 for the 1988 period.
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