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A.N.A.L.O.G. (from Atari News And Lots Of Games) was the name of a computer magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit home computer line (the Atari 400/800 and compatible models). It ran from around 1981 to about 1985/86. ...more on Wikipedia about "A.N.A.L.O.G."

Amiga Format was a British computer magazine for Amiga computers, published by Future Publishing. The magazine lasted 136 issues from 1989 to 2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amiga Format"

Amiga Power (or AP for short) was a monthly magazine about Amiga computer games. It was published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and ran for 65 issues, from May 1991 to September 1996. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amiga Power"

Amiga World was a magazine dedicated, unsurprisingly, to the Amiga computer platform. It was a prominent Amiga magazine, particularly in the United States, and was published by IDG Publishing from 1985 until 1994. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amiga World"

Amstrad Action was a monthly magazine, published in the United Kingdom, which catered to owners of home computers from the Amstrad CPC range. It was the first magazine published by Chris Andersen'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. ...more on Wikipedia about "Amstrad Action"

ANTIC was the name of a home computer magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit computer line (Atari 400/800 and compatibles). It took its name from the ANTIC chip which produced the Atari line's graphics. The first issue was published in April of 1982 as bimonthly magazine. Within a year it had gone monthly. The last issue was in June/July of 1990. All told, 88 issues were published. A "Best of" book was also published. Its main rival was A.N.A.L.O.G. magazine, another long-lived magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit line. ...more on Wikipedia about "ANTIC (magazine)"

Atari ST User was a British computer magazine aimed at users of the Atari ST range. It started life as a pull-out section in Atari User magazine. From April 1987 onwards it became a magazine in its own right, outliving its parent by a number of years. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari ST User"

Atari User was a British computer magazine aimed at users of Atari home computers, and published by Database Publications (later known as Europress) between 1985 and 1988. ...more on Wikipedia about "Atari User"

C (sometimes written as C=) was a Finnish computer magazine targeted specifically at Commodore computers. ...more on Wikipedia about "C (magazine)"

Commodore User is a now defunct computer magazine for the Commodore computers, most famously the Commodore 64. ...more on Wikipedia about "Commodore User"

COMPUTE! ( ) was a classic computer magazine that was published from 1979 to 1994. In its 1980s heyday it covered all major platforms, and several single-platform spinoffs of the magazine were launched. One of these was COMPUTE!'s Gazette, catering to Commodore computer users. ...more on Wikipedia about "COMPUTE!"

COMPUTE!'s Gazette ( ) was a computer magazine of the 1980s, directed at users of Commodore's home computers (primarily the 8-bit range). Publishing its first issue in July 1983, the Gazette was a Commodore-only daughter magazine of the computer hobbyist magazine COMPUTE!. ...more on Wikipedia about "COMPUTE!'s Gazette"

Computer Gamer was a video game magazine in the United Kingdom covering home gaming during the late 1980s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Computer Gamer"

Computer Shopper is a magazine published monthly in the UK by Felix Dennis's company, Dennis Publishing Ltd.. It contains reviews of home computers and related hardware and software products, as well as news and features on related subjects. It is currently the biggest-selling monthly consumer IT magazine in the UK. ...more on Wikipedia about "Computer Shopper" www.shortopedia.com - now!

Computing Today was a computer magazine published by Argus Specialist Publication, it was printed in the UK from the late 1970s to the mid 1980s. ...more on Wikipedia about "Computing Today"

CPC Attack! was a short-lived magazine dedicated to Amstrad CPC gaming. The magazine was a successor to Amstrad Computer User magazine. It was characterised by a strong comic-like graphical style featuring a recurring mascot - a Tank Girl-like character called Amy Strad. Originally, Amstrad Computer User had been a much more serious magazine than its main rival Amstrad Action. The radical redesign to CPC Attack! was probably an attempt to appeal to Amstrad Action readers. ...more on Wikipedia about "CPC Attack"

CRASH was a magazine dedicated to the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published from 1984 to 1991 by Newsfield Publications Ltd until their liquidation, and then until 1992 by Europress. ...more on Wikipedia about "CRASH (magazine)"

Creative Computing was one of the earliest magazines covering the microcomputer revolution. Published from 1974 until 1985, Creative Computing covered the whole spectrum of hobbyist/home/personal computing in a more accessible format than the rather technically-oriented BYTE. The magazine was founded by David H. Ahl, who sold it to Ziff-Davis in the early 1980s, but remained as Editor-in-Chief. At the end of its run, Creative Computing was attempting to refocus on business computing (as was the trend in most computer magazines of the time), but was not successful at this and ultimately ceased publication. ...more on Wikipedia about "Creative Computing"

CU Amiga Magazine was a monthly computer magazine published by EMAP in the United Kingdom. The last issue of which, was published in October 1998 when EMAP opted to close the magazine due to falling sales and a change in focus for EMAP. ...more on Wikipedia about "CU Amiga Magazine"

Custom PC (abv. CPC) is a UK based computer customization magazine published by Dennis Publishing Ltd. The first issue was released in October 2003 and is published monthly. Audited circulation figures are just over 24,000 (ABC, Jul-Dec 2004). ...more on Wikipedia about "Custom PC"

Family PC was a computer magazine printed by Ziff-Davis. It became defunct in the year 2002. ...more on Wikipedia about "Family PC"

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Hi-Res Magazine was a short-lived US computer magazine in the mid-1980s. The magazine only lasted for four issues. With the first issue (November, 1983), the focus of the magazine was the Atari computers and Atari Video Game systems. With the second issue, the magazine expanded to include the Commodore Computers. This was a mistake, as fans of these two lines of home computers did not get along very well. The fourth issue would be the last, in 1984. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hi-Res Magazine"

Nibble was a magazine for Apple II computer users with the slogan "The Magazine for Apple II Enthusiasts." a focus on hobbyist programming. Most of the articles incorporated a listing of a small to medium-sized utility, application program, or game (each written specifically for the magazine) and a detailed description of how it worked. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nibble (magazine)"

Page 6 (subtitled Atari User's Magazine, and later known as New Atari User) was an independent British publication aimed at users of Atari home computers. It was published between 1982 and 1998. The magazine supported both the Atari 8-bit computers (400/800/XL/XE) and the ST range. ...more on Wikipedia about "Page 6"

Popular Computing Weekly was a computer magazine in the UK published from the early 1980s until the early 1990s. It was sometimes referred to as PCW (although that abbreviation is more commonly associated with Personal Computer World magazine). ...more on Wikipedia about "Popular Computing Weekly" Who is shortopedia? shortopedia

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