Which Amiga magazine did you buy?

[motorollin]

When I was in my early teens I loved Amiga Power - the attitude of the writing, the focus on games, and the cool coverdisks.

When I got a bit older (and AP became a shadow of its former self) I moved to Amiga Format for a bit, then eventually got a subscription to CU Amiga. This was by far the best in terms of quality, content and the amazing CUCDs.

I really miss those magazines :cry:

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moto

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@Franko
You're hardcore... You even bought AUI, which I always found utterly tedious  :lol:

Edit-
BTW your new avatar is forcing me to move the leftmost 250 pixels of my browser window off the edge of the screen as it makes me feel all funny :nervous:

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moto

[motorollin]

You can turn off avatar display in your UserCP preferences btw

Can I just turn off /his/? :hammer:

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moto

[motorollin]

Tricky, the only thing you could do there is use the "ignore" feature, but it's kinda draconian. How about locating the image in your browser cache and replacing it with a picture of a fluffy bunny?

I don't want to ignore him... yes I'll try hacking the cache

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@ motorollin

I loved AUI, it taught me a lot about programming in 68K and they even gave away special crib cards with every Guru Meditation on them...

Ahh back in those days I wasn't interested in programming, mostly because I thought it was too hard :rolleyes:

Sorry bout the avatar... I'll try and find something to give you your 250 pixels back...

Hehe, don't change it just for me

[motorollin]

@ moto

zat better...

Much, thanks

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moto

[motorollin]

I have the last edition of CU Amiga which had the front cover printed upside down as a bit of a prank.

Yeah! I remember that! :lol:

But there was no warning to it's going pre this.

It really was a shock. Mind you, I think it's better for them to go out on a high than to let the magazine shrink away to a stapled leaflet like Amiga Power. ISTR CU printing words to that effect in the last issue.

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moto

[motorollin]

That's correct they wanted to end on a high and they did. In fact I think they released some heavy duty software stuff on the last disk. Talking of the disks they gave away SCALA 100MM free which was a fantastic piece of software.

CU gave away some amazing software. Here's a link to the last ever issue:
http://amr.abime.net/issue_668

Not their best CUCD TBH, but then they were probably more focussed on making the last issue :cry:

[motorollin]

ST/Amiga Format - Anyone remember that?
then Amiga Format once the magazine split

ISTR one coverdisk which was both Amiga and ST formatted. IIRC the Amiga side had a demo of Rick Dangerous where he was a baby. How did they do that, put two disk formats on the one floppy?

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moto

[motorollin]

It's weird reading these issues. I find myself remembering the articles and ads even though it's been 15+ years since I read them. It makes me miss the Amiga even more.

+1

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moto

[motorollin]

I grew up in Denmark. THere were two.. one I dont remember, and another called "Det Nye Computer" which was great, until they ditched all the amiga stuff without a word or warning, changed their name to "Privat Computer" and lost every ounce of fun and good writing they had ever had.

Are you sure you didn't just buy a different magazine by mistake? :razz:

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moto

[motorollin]

There's a good list on AMR:

http://amr.abime.net/magazines

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moto

[motorollin]

He actually said the reason he gave up on the Amiga dream was because of the closer of CU Amiga

I felt exactly the same the day CU died. It really was at that exact moment that I realised the Amiga wasn't coming back :cry: