Amstrad Action was a monthly magazine, published in the United Kingdom, which catered to owners of home computers from the Amstrad CPC range and later...
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Amstrad was a British consumer electronics company, founded in 1968 by Alan Sugar. During the 1980s, the company was known for its home computers beginning...
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The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to...
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The GX4000 is a video game console that was manufactured by Amstrad. It was the company's short-lived attempt to enter the games console market. The console...
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Lemmings (video game) (category Amstrad CPC games)
early 1990s. It was the second-highest-rated game in the history of Amstrad Action, and was considered the eighth-greatest game of all time by Next Generation...
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CPC Attack! (category Amstrad CPC)
the name Sadie. Originally, Amstrad Computer User had been a much more serious magazine than its main rival Amstrad Action. The radical redesign to CPC...
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late 1980s and early 1990s. Originally created for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, the series appeared on multiple home computer and video game console...
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Smash TV (category Amstrad CPC games)
1991). "Smash TV". ACE. No. 51. pp. 80–85. Retrieved August 30, 2021. Amstrad Action magazine, issue 75, Future Publishing "Archive – Magazine viewer". World...
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Gauntlet (1985 video game) (category Amstrad CPC games)
"Gauntlet Review". ACE (37). EMAP: 87. October 1990. "Gauntlet Review". Amstrad Action (16). Future plc: 68–69. January 1987. "Gauntlet Review". Crash! (37)...
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Doppleganger (video game) (category Amstrad CPC games)
Doppleganger is an action-adventure game designed by David T. Clark for the Amstrad CPC and published by Alligata and Americana in 1985. You control a...
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The Blues Brothers (video game) (category Amstrad CPC games)
vigilantes to get to a blues concert. The game was released for IBM PC, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Commodore 64, and Atari ST in 1991, and for the NES and Game...
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The Action Game was published in 1989 by Lucasfilm Games, based on the film of the same name. The game was released for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC,...
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Laser Squad (category Amstrad CPC games)
originally released for the ZX Spectrum and later for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga, Sharp MZ-800 and Atari ST and PC computers between 1988...
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Alien 8 (category Amstrad CPC games)
8 is an action-adventure video game developed and published by Ultimate Play the Game. It was released for the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Amstrad CPC and...
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Stormlord (category Amstrad CPC games)
Retrieved 2023-09-19. GamePro 28 (November 1991) Amstrad Action #99, December 1993 Game review, Amstrad Action magazine, Future Publishing, issue 46, July...
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Untouchables is a video game released by Ocean Software in 1989 on ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, Atari ST, Amiga, DOS, NES, and SNES. It is based...
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HeroQuest (video game) (category Amstrad CPC games)
Sinclair User magazine issue 112, June 1991, page 43 Game review, Amstrad Action magazine, Future Publishing, issue 71, August 1991 Presley, Paul (June...
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Fun School (category Amstrad CPC games)
1990. p. 9. "Amstrad Action Issue 055". Amstrad Action. No. 55. Future plc. April 1990. p. 19. "Amstrad Action Issue 059". Amstrad Action. No. 59. Future...
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Emlyn Hughes International Soccer (category Amstrad CPC games)
initially appeared on the Commodore 64, with other versions produced for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST and Amiga. The game was programmed by Graham...
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Turrican (category Amstrad CPC games)
2012. MegaTech rating, EMAP, issue 5, page 79, May 1992 Game review, Amstrad Action magazine, Future Publishing, issue 57, June 1990 "Readers' Top 100 Games...
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Paperboy 2 (category Amstrad CPC games)
Paperboy 2 is an action video game, the sequel to the arcade video game Paperboy. It was released in 1991–1992 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS, Game Boy...
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some incredible madness". Your Commodore (Aug, 1987) Zzap! (Jul, 1987) Amstrad Action (Jun, 1987) Happy Computer (Jul, 1987) ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)...
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Stunt Car Racer (category Amstrad CPC games)
with a few ideas of its own. Amstrad Action defined it as a "truly stunning racing sim" and one of the best ever on Amstrad CPC. The Games Machine felt...
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Titus the Fox (category Amstrad CPC games)
side-scrolling platform game developed by Titus France for the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, and MS-DOS. The game was originally released in 1991 under...
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Rick Dangerous (category Amstrad CPC games)
game developed by Core Design for the Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The game was released in 1989...
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Sid Meier's Pirates! (category Amstrad CPC games)
original on 9 October 2016. Retrieved 18 September 2016. "Pirates!". Amstrad Action (32): 45. May 1988. Sebatianos (1 October 2006). "Download Pirates!"...
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Knight Lore (category Amstrad CPC games)
among the Amstrad's best adventures. Their one complaint was the graphical slowdown when too many elements were moving onscreen. Amstrad Action shared this...
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North & South (video game) (category Amstrad CPC games)
South is a strategy action game released in 1989 for the Amiga, and Atari ST and ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Amstrad CPC, MSX, MS-DOS,...
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Rick Dangerous 2 (category Amstrad CPC games)
2 is a platform game developed by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. It was released in 1990 and...
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Nebulus (video game) (category Amstrad CPC games)
64 review, Newsfield Publications, issue 32, page 156 Game review, Amstrad Action magazine, Future Publishing, issue 33, June 1988 Randall, Neil (January...
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