Amstrad Action

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Amstrad Action was a British magazine about the Amstrad CPC, published from October 1985 (issue #1) to June 1995 (issue #117).

Adventure Columns

It had a column about Amstrad CPC adventure (mainly IF) games, with several distinct eras:

  • Pilgrim (by Steve Cooke a.k.a. "The Pilgrim") ran from issue #1 (October 1985) to issue #46 (July 1989).
  • The Balrog (by Stuart Whyte a.k.a. "The Balrog") ran from issue #49 (October 1989) to issue #93 (June 1993).
  • The Examiner (by Debby Howard) ran from issue #95 (August 1993) to issue #110 (November 1994); and issue 112 (January 1995).

Notable Articles

  • Venture Forth (by Simon Forrester with Tim Norris); an adventure programming tutorial; issue #93 (June 1993) to issue #100 (January 1994).

Issues of The Pilgrim

These links are from the CPCWiki Mags archive.

1985

1986

  • 4 (January): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
  • 5 (February): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
  • 6 (March): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
  • 7 (April): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
  • 8 (May): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
  • 9 (June): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • 10 (July): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • 11 (August): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • 12 (September): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • 13 (October): 1, 2, 3.
  • 14 (November): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
  • 15 (December): 1, 2, 3, 4.

1987

  • 16 (January): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 17 (February): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
  • 18 (March): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 19 (April): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • 20 (May): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • 21 (June): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 22 (July): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • 23 (August): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • 24 (September): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 25 (October): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 26 (November): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
  • 27 (December): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

1988

  • 28 (January): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
  • 29 (February): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 30 (March): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 31 (April): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 32 (May): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 33 (June): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 34 (July): 1, 2, 3.
  • 35 (August): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 36 (September): 1, 2, 3, 4.
  • 37 (October): 1, 2, 3.
  • 38 (November): 1, 2, 3.
  • 39 (December): 1, 2, 3.

1989

  • 40 (January): 1, 2, 3.
  • 41 (February): 1, 2, 3.
  • 42 (March): 1, 2, 3.
  • 43 (April): 1, 2, 3.
  • 44 (May): 1, 2.
  • 45 (June): 1, 2.
  • 46 (July): 1, 2.

Issues of The Balrog

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