Cover of the May 1990 issue of Amstrad Computer User
The Amstrad CPC was a European computer of the 1980s (and early 1990s) and not generally available in North America. I was not even aware of its existence until the Internet came along. However, it's neat to look back at old magazines for these machines. It feels a bit like a 1980s alternate reality.
The May 1990 issue of Amstrad Computer User includes:
Regulars
- Letters - Letters from readers about the "serious side" of computing (meaning non-games), permanently erasing files from disk, a quicker way to load, copying disks, and more.
- News - The latest Amstrad and Amstrad adjacent news. A game starring Asterix coming soon; Thomas the Tank Engine games coming soon; Virgin Games releasing World Cup Soccer '90; Atari's Klax being released simultaneously for arcade and computer; and more.
- Competition - A Cyberball competition in which you can win NFL shirts.
- Combat Zone - An overview of the Amusement Trades Show. Some new items on display include Line of Fire (Sega), Beast Busters (SNK), Tetris, Aliens (Konami), Badlands (Atari), Rough Racer (Sega) and more.
- 10 Liners - Short type-in programs including Rock Dangerous (a game where you avoid the falling rocks), Screen Inverter, Circle (create messages in a circle), Rainbow Scape (graphics demo), The Singer (creates a face with a mouth that moves with your speech), Odd One Out (pick the odd word out of four), and Skulls (a graphics demo featuring skulls).
- Hairy Hacker - Maps for Kettle, Dizzy III, and Batman.
Table of Contents from the May 1990 issue of Amstrad Computer User
Features
- Players - Profile and interview with Richard Paul Jones, the young software developer who partnered with Jeff Minter at Llamasoft and went onto Interceptor.
- Education - The first in a three part series on education software for the Amstrad.
Back cover of the May 1990 issue of Amstrad Computer User
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