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| View Poll Results: Which Amiga magazine would you say is most reliable for reviews? | |||
| Amiga Action. |
   
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0 | 0% |
| Amiga Format. |
  
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11 | 30.56% |
| Amiga Power. |
  
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16 | 44.44% |
| The One Amiga. |
  
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2 | 5.56% |
| CU Amiga. |
  
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6 | 16.67% |
| Amiga Joker. |
  
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4 | 11.11% |
| Other (please specify). |
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5 | 13.89% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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03 February 2010, 12:44
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uber cool demi god
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Kent/England
Posts: 2,073
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Which Amiga magazine would you say is most reliable for reviews?
As per the title, it's multiple choice too. Oh and it's public.
EDIT: Really didn't know where to post this so please feel free to move it if it's in the wrong section. |
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03 February 2010, 13:02
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Still an Amiga user
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Kent
Age: 55
Posts: 2,715
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Amiga Format for me but I still miss reading The One!!
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03 February 2010, 13:47
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Lesser Talent
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK
Age: 42
Posts: 7,957
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To be honest most UK magazines weren't great at reviews. They all seem to have been influenced by "outside factors", whatever they were at the time
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03 February 2010, 13:51
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Settler
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Serf City
Posts: 1,760
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Amiga power back in the day. Seems the most accurate for me with the least bias.
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03 February 2010, 14:02
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HOL/FTP busy bee
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Germany
Age: 46
Posts: 31,532
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Too bad Amiga Joker was German only. Except for the name, most of the reviews were spot on
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03 February 2010, 14:13
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Zone Friend
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Gargore
Age: 43
Posts: 17,789
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Polish mags Gambler and Amiga Computer Studio. You can not trust reviews from Top Secret and Secret Service. I can not specify exactly why, you need to read some of them.
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03 February 2010, 14:35
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Michigan USA
Posts: 168
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I always thought Amiga Shopper had excellent reviews. My vote is one of the "other" votes.
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03 February 2010, 14:43
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Wipe-Out Enthusiast
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: .
Age: 43
Posts: 2,538
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CU Amiga i seem to recall being overly influeneced, especially in the late days.
Amiga Format probably for me, but Amiga Power did right great reviews, which sometimes you did, sometimes you didnt agree with. |
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03 February 2010, 15:03
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Moderator
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Norwich, Norfolk, UK
Age: 37
Posts: 11,167
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Quote:
 Some very talented writers there also. |
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03 February 2010, 15:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Amiga 4-ever!
Posts: 121
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Swedish Datormagazin was awesome!
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03 February 2010, 16:29
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 41
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Rise of the Robots ratings:
Amiga Action 92% CU Amiga 80% Amiga Power 5% That sums it up for me 
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03 February 2010, 16:39
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Amiga Games Database
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: South West England
Posts: 1,240
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Generally I think the reviews were pretty good, although the reviewers seemed to be convinced they were "young soul rebels" and I think that sometimes afftected their objectivity. On the whole I preferred to read the One which gave you a good idea what to expect from a game without being as opinionated as Amiga Power - who were also a bit fixated on "cutesie" games like Rainbow Islands. |
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03 February 2010, 17:33
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Needs a life
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: England
Posts: 1,707
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Amiga Computing
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03 February 2010, 17:37
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Lesser Talent
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: UK
Age: 42
Posts: 7,957
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03 February 2010, 17:58
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Missile Command Champion
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Germany
Age: 52
Posts: 12,438
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They didn't "bought" Amiga Power?
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Last edited by Retro-Nerd; 03 February 2010 at 18:08. |
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03 February 2010, 19:09
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: CLI
Posts: 1,462
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I only bought Amiga Shopper every month, which was a great mag for me. After it folded i started to buy Amiga Format, but it was not the same thing.
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03 February 2010, 19:39
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Amigaville
Age: 46
Posts: 3,334
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Amiga Power without a shadow of a doubt. They wrote the truth and annoyed a lot of developers as I recall
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03 February 2010, 21:57
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: USA
Posts: 111
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Amiga Power, no contest.
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04 February 2010, 04:26
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Coder/webmaster/gamer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Canberra/Australia
Posts: 2,631
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ZZAP! for games, Amiga Shopper for non-games.
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04 February 2010, 07:18
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Nagoya, Japan (moved!)
Age: 41
Posts: 746
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I thought they were all a good read tbh.... I was a monthly CUAmiga reader
.. no, I didnt buy Rise of the Robots ..... but its incredible how such a naff game got to be a household name but the writeup in Amiga Power on Lotus 2 was AMAZING.... It was written by a member of Sensible Software I think ;-) |
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