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Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« on: December 21, 2010, 12:25:19 PM »
Just out of interest which Amiga magazine did you buy, and why? I bought CU Amiga which was excellent. Bought Format a few times but not as good as CU Amiga in my opinion.:)
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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2010, 12:28:40 PM »
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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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2010, 12:32:29 PM »
In the early 90's, I had subscriptions to the following:
Amiga Format
Amiga Shopper
CU Amiga

I used to also buy (but not all the time):
The One Amiga
Amiga Power

The last magazine I bought regularly was Amiga Active.
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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2010, 12:32:46 PM »
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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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I totally agree.:)
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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2010, 12:34:39 PM »
Every issue of the following and I mean every issue... :)

Amiga Format
Amiga Computing
Amiga Shopper
Amiga User International
CU Amiga

At the height of Amiga mags in the mid 1990s it was costing me nearly 40 quid a month in magazines alone... :eek:

The hardest ones to get hold of were the Amiga User International mags when Robert Maxwell took over and all the money took a tumble along with him when he fell of his yacht and went down to Davie Jones locker... :)
 

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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2010, 12:36:32 PM »
@Franko
You're hardcore... You even bought AUI, which I always found utterly tedious  :lol:

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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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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2010, 12:36:43 PM »
CU Amiga, Amiga Format and Amiga Power, it may surprise some of you but I did have quite an Amiga fascination when I was a youngen...
 

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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2010, 12:36:49 PM »
Mostly Amiga format but I did purchase Amiga Power & CU Amiga from time to time.
 

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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2010, 12:39:47 PM »
Amiga Format when it was sold in Spain, in Valladolid and Bilbao cities.
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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2010, 12:40:30 PM »
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Amiga User International


Oh yeah, forgot about that one, still got a few lying around :)
 

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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2010, 12:42:02 PM »
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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:


You can turn off avatar display in your UserCP preferences btw ;)
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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2010, 12:43:58 PM »
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You can turn off avatar display in your UserCP preferences btw ;)


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

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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2010, 12:45:04 PM »
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Can I just turn off /his/? :hammer:

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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2010, 12:45:14 PM »
@ 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... :)

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Re: Which Amiga magazine did you buy?
« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2010, 12:46:28 PM »
Amiga Format and CU Amiga, mostly because it was what Real Amigan (tm) was supposed to do at that time. Never read them properly, though.
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