Favourite Amiga magazine

[MigaTech]

Originally Posted by arcanist

I have a crusty old copy of AF issue 1 which has been thoroughly crushed by the weight of AF issues 2-136 stacked on top of it. It's been read on the toilet many times over the years.

Extremely amusing, although, just make sure you don't use the pages for cleaning up, after you finished your business!

[TCD]

It's very interesting to read through the early Commodore User issues. Quite some hype about the Amiga, then a bit of dissapointment as the first Amigas to reach the UK are NTSC and won't work with standard TVs and monitors. First ad for an Amiga game shows up in issue 10/1986, but they are pretty rare from then on (to be fair so are ads for the ST at that point).

[Fiery Phoenix]

ZERO were terrible for high percentage reviews - not many low ones. Humour a bit too wacky and out there too (used the like the highest joystick pics though!)

I used to love early CU and CU Amiga but got too techy for me (also Amiga Format - but that was always a bit more techy)

Amiga Action, never liked that league system they used to do and like ZERO I found their percentages on the high side.

Always was an avid reader of Zzap and did the Amiga Kick Off readers challenge in 1990 against Phil "Footy" King. I personally think it was an error to drop the Amiga and focus on the C64 imho.

Used to like early C&VG before it became too console focused. Games X was a great short lived weekly mag too.

As a sole Amiga publication, Amiga Power was probably the best

[Tpod]

I liked & voted for Amiga Shopper, it was probably the most informative & it was cheaper; however it had no games coverage & for several years no cover disk which probably made it unique for an Amiga mag as well!

It was always a dilemma in the newsagents between Shopper, CU or one of the others. CU Amiga was my joint favourite. I even brought a 1 year subscription which ended with the October 1998 issue which was the final ever issue … sad day. Still things are pretty good these days on the Amiga Mag front.

[Megalomaniac]

Originally Posted by TCD

It's very interesting to read through the early Commodore User issues. Quite some hype about the Amiga, then a bit of dissapointment as the first Amigas to reach the UK are NTSC and won't work with standard TVs and monitors. First ad for an Amiga game shows up in issue 10/1986, but they are pretty rare from then on (to be fair so are ads for the ST at that point).

I seem to recall reading that either Zzap! or Commodure User were quite dismissive of the Amiga initially, when the A1000 was reduced one of them said something to the effect of "they can't get shot of the things" (I'll dig out the quote when I've got some time). Understandable really because at £1300 it was never going to be a mainstream system for games. No wonder the ST got such a big lead in Europe before the A500 launched

The funny thing about the AA Super League is how many games they recommended - even in the first one (March 1991, the issue with their pasty skinny staff alongside people dressed as NFL players on the cover) they recommended that we buy over 250 games - did they not know there was a recession going on? But generally, if Action and Power disagreed I more often agreed with Power.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by Megalomaniac

I seem to recall reading that either Zzap! or Commodure User were quite dismissive of the Amiga initially, when the A1000 was reduced one of them said something to the effect of "they can't get shot of the things" (I'll dig out the quote when I've got some time). Understandable really because at £1300 it was never going to be a mainstream system for games. No wonder the ST got such a big lead in Europe before the A500 launched

It's interesting that around the time the Amiga launched in 1985 there was quite a bit of coverage, but at the end of 1986/start or 1987 there is pratically nothing about it in Commodore User. The Amiga 1000 didn't do well at all in the UK it seems. At that point pratically all the adverts are for the C64 with most of them also for the Spectrum and the Amstrad. By early 1987 ST versions in adverts become a bit more frequent, so that machine also failed to hit a running start in the UK.

[TCD]

In Commodore User 6/1987 Atari placed an ad for the ST. No ads for the Amiga from Commodore, but an ad from Atari for the ST...

Edit: Peartree Computers as a 'Commodore Approved Dealer' put ads in Commodore User for the Amiga though.

Edit 2: A month later the first Amiga 500 ad by Commodore shows up.

[Minuous]

It's hard to vote because the magazines could vary in quality throughout their lifespan, and it also depended of course on what sort of coverage you wanted. Some examples: ZZAP! was best for games in the '80s but began a dramatic decline in quality in the '90s. Amiga Shopper was best for serious software but if you wanted game reviews you were reading the wrong magazine :-/

[demether]

definitly amiga format. I bought it in a specialized library when I could afford it. It helped me (a lot!) to learn english.

[TCD]

In CU Amiga 2/1991 are tests for Turrican 2, Speedball 2, SWIV, and Lemmings. All getting 90%+ scores. Fine month for Amiga gaming I'd say

[gimbal]

Originally Posted by demether

definitly amiga format. I bought it in a specialized library when I could afford it. It helped me (a lot!) to learn english.

Nice. Watching early morning cartoons on a British TV channel did it for me Optimus Prime taught me English.

[TCD]

Originally Posted by gimbal

Nice. Watching early morning cartoons on a British TV channel did it for me Optimus Prime taught me English.

It was Monty Python for me At least for spoken English. I learnt a lot of English words while playing Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and Champions Of Krynn.

[Dj Dishcloth]

I still have all my issues of CUAmiga that I bought with the cash in hand paycheck from my first job. I`ve got all a couple of complete years 1992 & 93 I think and 94, 95, 96 have a few missing! I don`t know why but I just love the fact that I`ve had them for 30ish years!

[NorthWay]

I have begun cataloging my magazines and I was suprised to find that I have a complete run of CU from January 1985 until it ceased production (plus 2 issues from 1984).

[matt3k]

No Amiga World or Amazing?

Amiga World was pretty good for productivity items and reviews.

[freehand]

No sure but there was amiga magazine which showed the menace source code I learned how to double buffer and take over the system with that article.

I still have every magazine I bought including zx spectrum c64 and amiga & popular computing weekly I think it was called which cost 50p lol.