|colspan=6|'''1985'''
|-
|[[File:CPC Schneider International 01-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC Schneider International, 1986-01]]<br>[[CPC Schneider International, 1986-01|CPC Schneider<br>January 1986]]
|[[File:CPC Schneider International 02-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC Schneider International, 1986-02]]<br>[[CPC Schneider International, 1986-02|CPC Schneider<br>February 1986]]
|[[File:CPC Schneider International 03-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC Schneider International, 1986-03]]<br>[[CPC Schneider International, 1986-03|CPC Schneider<br>March 1986]]
|[[File:CPC Schneider International 04-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC Schneider International, 1986-04]]<br>[[CPC Schneider International, 1986-04|CPC Schneider<br>April 1986]]
|[[File:CPC Schneider International 05-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC Schneider International, 1986-05]]<br>[[CPC Schneider International, 1986-05|CPC Schneider<br>May 1986]]
|[[File:CPC Schneider International 06-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC Schneider International, 1986-06]]<br>[[CPC Schneider International, 1986-06|CPC Schneider<br>June 1986]]
|-
|[[File:CPC Schneider International 07-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC Schneider International, 1986-07]]<br>[[CPC Schneider International, 1986-07|CPC Schneider<br>July 1986]]
|[[File:CPC Schneider International 08-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC Schneider International, 1986-08]]<br>[[CPC Schneider International, 1986-08|CPC Schneider<br>August 1986]]
|[[File:CPC Schneider International 09-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC Schneider International, 1986-09]]<br>[[CPC Schneider International, 1986-09|CPC Schneider<br>September 1986]]
|[[File:CPC Schneider International 10-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC Schneider International, 1986-10]]<br>[[CPC Schneider International, 1986-10|CPC Schneider<br>October 1986]]
|[[File:CPC + PC Schneider International 11-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC + PC Schneider International, 1986-11]]<br>[[CPC + PC Schneider International, 1986-11|CPC + PC Schneider<br>November 1986]]
|[[File:CPC + PC Schneider International 12-1986.jpg|100px|link=CPC + PC Schneider International, 1986-12]]<br>[[CPC + PC Schneider International, 1986-12|CPC + PC Schneider<br>December 1986]]
<gallery caption="Amstrad Action">
|colspan=6|'''1985'''
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 001.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 1, 1985]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 1, Oct 1985 |Issue 1 - Oct 1985]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 002.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 2, 1985]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 2, Nov 1985 |Issue 2 - Nov 1985]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 003.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 3, 1985]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 3, Dec 1985 |Issue 3 - Dec 1985]]
|colspan=3|
|-
|colspan=3|
|colspan=6|'''1986'''
|-
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 014.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 14, Nov 1986]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 14, Nov 1986|Issue 14 - Nov 1986]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 015.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 15, Dec 1986]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 15, Dec 1986|Issue 15 - Dec 1986]]
|-
|colspan=6|'''1987'''
|-
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 026.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 26, Nov 1987]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 26, Nov 1987|Issue 26 - Nov 1987]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 027.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 27, Dec 1987]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 27, Dec 1987|Issue 27 - Dec 1987]]
|-
|colspan=6|'''1988'''
|-
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 038.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 38, Nov 1988]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 38, Nov 1988|Issue 38 - Nov 1988]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 039.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 39, Dec 1988]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 39, Dec 1988|Issue 39 - Dec 1988]]
|-
|colspan=6|'''1989'''
|-
|-
|colspan=6|'''1990'''
|-
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 052.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 52, Jan 1990]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 52, Jan 1990|Issue 52 - Jan 1990]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 053.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 53, Feb 1990]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 53, Feb 1990|Issue 53 - Feb 1990]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 062.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 62, Nov 1990]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 62, Nov 1990|Issue 62 - Nov 1990]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 063.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 63, Dec 1990]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 63, Dec 1990|Issue 63 - Dec 1990]]
|-
|colspan=6|'''1991'''
|-
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 074.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 74, Nov 1991]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 74, Nov 1991|Issue 74 - Nov 1991]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 075.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 75, Dec 1991]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 75, Dec 1991|Issue 75 - Dec 1991]]
|-
|colspan=6|'''1992'''
|-
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 086.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 86, Nov 1992]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 86, Nov 1992|Issue 86 - Nov 1992]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 087.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 87, Dec 1992]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 87, Dec 1992|Issue 87 - Dec 1992]]
|-
|colspan=6|'''1993'''
|-
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 098.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 98, Nov 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 98, Nov 1993|Issue 98 - Nov 1993]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 099.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 99, Dec 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 99, Dec 1993|Issue 99 - Dec 1993]]
|-
|colspan=6|'''1994'''
|-
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 110.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 110, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 110, 1994 |Issue 110 - Nov 1994]]
|[[Image:Amstrad Action 111.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 111, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 111, 1994 |Issue 111 - Dec 1994]]
|-
|colspan=6|'''1995'''
|-
|-
|}
== History ==
Published by Future Publishing, a company set up by Chris Anderson (ex-Personal Computer Games and Zzap!64 editor). Launch Editor, Peter Connor, also an ex-PCG staff member, shared the writing duties with the only other staff writer, Bob Wade. Bob, another ex-PCG/Zzap!64, was given the title ‘Software Editor’ and would review the vast majority of the games featured, with Peter giving a second opinion. Trevor Gilham, Art Editor, would complete the four man team.
Issue 1 (dated October 1985) was released in September 1985 with the cover price of £1; 1 pence for every one of the 100 pages. It took the new publication a few issues to find its readers, but with the help of a bumper 116 page Christmas 1985 issue with a cover mounted tape, the circulation figures grew rapidly.
In October 1986 Amstrad Action split into three separate publications. AA still catered for the CPC range, while 8000 Plus and PC Plus focused on the Amstrad PCW and PC range respectively.
AA finally gave in to reader’s pleas to have a permanent cover tape. An announcement was made, in AA66, that the following issue would, not only contain a cover tape, but contain more colour and be printed on different paper. Review pages were also slightly re-designed.
April 1992 and the ABC (Audit Bureau of Circulation) figures showing, yet another, increase: 37,120 - The highest ABC since July-December 1988’s 38,457.
AA 100 looked at the top 100 products for the CPC and also a trip down memory lane, including past editors and staff. As circulation figures wind down further still there was a drastic drop in page numbers from 60 to 36 in July 1994's AA106. More compact issues mean no superfluous columns or features. AA107 became the first issue with only one member of official staff.
AA111 and no credits list, although we could deduct that the new editor was Karen Levell, who answered the Reaction letters and confirmed her appointment as editor. June 1995 and although everything appeared as normal in AA117, with AA118 advertised in the next month box, this is the last AA ever.<br>
== Magazine content ==
AA covered both 'games' and 'serious' side of the CPC, maintaining a balanced coverage throughout its run. The editorial coverage was always seen as being one of the three main areas; there was the games (or leisure), serious (programming, business software etc.), and the regulars. Features would come and go, but there was long-running features including 'Amscene', 'Forum', 'Action Test', and 'Cheat Mode'.
Chris Anderson used his previous success of covermounted cassette tapes - with Personal Computer Games - to include one with the AA Christmas special issue of 1985. This included two unreleased games from Ocean Software; Kung Fu and Number 1. But the covermount cassette tape was only an occurrence on the Christmas and AA birthday issues, not becoming a regular feature until AA67 in 1991, mainly due to requests from many readers. Cover-cassettes featured game demos, applications, software utilities and, in some instances, complete games.
Codemasters produced a Dizzy game specially for the AA birthday covertape in October 1988. This 'Special Edition' included different rooms and objects to explore. AA67, dated April 1990, came with the first of the permanent cover tapes called Action Pack #1, along with a new cover price of £2.20. A playable demo of Ocean Software's Total Recall and complete games Hydrofool and Codemasters' Dizzy were included on the tape.
Action Pack #2 caused some controversy among the readers as one of the featured games How To Be A Complete Bastard featured mild swearing, plus the game's quest was to be violent and obnoxious throughout a house party.
December 1993 AA99’s Serious Action cover tape included the complete Stormlord game, albeit a censored version. With the self-censoring of the Hewson game it seemed that AA was trying to avoid similar controversy that followed AA68’s Action Pack #2.<br>
== AA staff and contributors ==
=== Editors ===
* Pete Connor
* Matt Nicholson
* Jim Nagel
* <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1215614731792_59"></span>[[Bob Wade]]
* [[Steve Carey]]
* [[Rod Lawton]]
* Linda Barker
* [[Dave Golder]]
* [http://web.mac.com/tim.norris/ Tim Norris]
* Karen Levell
=== Other full-time editorial staff ===
* Richard Monteiro (technical editor)
* Pat McDonald (technical editor)
* Trenton Webb (staff writer)
* Adam Waring (technical editor)
* Frank O'Connor (staff writer)
* Adam Peters (staff writer)
* [[Simon Forrester]] (staff writer)
* Rebecca Lack (production editor)
* lots and lots more
=== Freelance writers ===
* [[The Pilgrim]] aka Steve Cooke (adventure columnist)
* [[The Balrog]] aka Stuart Whyte (adventure columnist)
* Jerry Glenwright (PD columnist)
* Caroline Lamb aka [[Steve Williams]] (PD columnist)
* [[Tim Blackbond]] (PD columnist)
* [[Keith Woods]] (PD columnist)
* [[David Crookes]] (fanzine columnist)
* [[Wild Thang|Richard Wildey]] (reviewer)
* [[Merline|Angela Cook]] (reviewer)
* [[ChaRleyTroniC|Richard Fairhurst]] (technical writer)
== Links ==
* [http://mat.tl/ee/aa/ Amstrad Action scans] - every issue online (currently offline)
* [http://www.futurenet.com/ Future Publishing]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Publishing Wikipedia entry for Future Publishing]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_Action Wikipedia entry for Amstrad Action]
* [http://users.durge.org/~nich/cpcmags/aa/ Coverscans of every issue]
== Action Test ==
Please click this link for details of every game to under go the [[Action Test]]
== AA Type Ins ==
[[AA Type Ins]]
== Covers ==
<gallery caption="Amstrad Action">
Image:Amstrad Action 001.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 1, 1985|Issue 1 - Oct 1985]]
Image:Amstrad Action 002.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 2, 1985|Issue 2 - Nov 1985]]
Image:Amstrad Action 003.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 3, 1985|Issue 3 - Dec 1985]]
Image:Amstrad Action 004.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 4, 1986|Issue 4 - Xmas 1985]]
Image:Amstrad Action 005.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 5, 1986|Issue 5 - Feb 1986]]
Image:Amstrad Action 006.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 6, 1986|Issue 6 - Mar 1986]]
Image:Amstrad Action 007.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 7, 1986|Issue 7 - Apr 1986]]
Image:Amstrad Action 008.jpg|Issue 008 - May 1986
Image:Amstrad Action 009.jpg|Issue 009 - Jun 1986
Image:Amstrad Action 010.jpg|Issue 010 - Jul 1986
Image:Amstrad Action 011.jpg|Issue 011 - Aug 1986
Image:Amstrad Action 012.jpg|Issue 012 - Sep 1986
Image:Amstrad Action 013.jpg|Issue 013 - Oct 1986
Image:Amstrad Action 014.jpg|Issue 014 - Nov 1986
Image:Amstrad Action 015.jpg|Issue 015 - Dec 1986
Image:Amstrad Action 016.jpg|Issue 016 - Xmas 1986
Image:Amstrad Action 017.jpg|Issue 017 - Feb 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 018.jpg|Issue 018 - Mar 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 019.jpg|Issue 019 - Apr 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 020.jpg|Issue 020 - May 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 021.jpg|Issue 021 - Jun 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 022.jpg|Issue 022 - Jul 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 023.jpg|Issue 023 - Aug 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 024.jpg|Issue 024 - Sep 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 025.jpg|Issue 025 - Oct 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 026.jpg|Issue 026 - Nov 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 027.jpg|Issue 027 - Dec 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 028.jpg|Issue 028 - Xmas 1987
Image:Amstrad Action 029.jpg|Issue 029 - Feb 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 030.jpg|Issue 030 - Mar 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 031.jpg|Issue 031 - Apr 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 032.jpg|Issue 032 - May 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 033.jpg|Issue 033 - Jun 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 034.jpg|Issue 034 - Jul 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 035.jpg|Issue 035 - Aug 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 036.jpg|Issue 036 - Sep 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 037.jpg|Issue 037 - Oct 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 038.jpg|Issue 038 - Nov 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 039.jpg|Issue 039 - Dec 1988
Image:Amstrad Action 040.jpg|Issue 040 - Jan 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 041.jpg|Issue 041 - Feb 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 042.jpg|Issue 042 - Mar 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 043.jpg|Issue 043 - Apr 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 044.jpg|Issue 044 - May 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 045.jpg|Issue 045 - Jun 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 046.jpg|Issue 046 - Jul 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 047.jpg|Issue 047 - Aug 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 048.jpg|Issue 048 - Sep 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 049.jpg|Issue 049 - Oct 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 050.jpg|Issue 050 - Nov 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 051.jpg|Issue 051 - Dec 1989
Image:Amstrad Action 052.jpg|Issue 052 - Jan 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 053.jpg|Issue 053 - Feb 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 054.jpg|Issue 054 - Mar 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 055.jpg|Issue 055 - Apr 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 056.jpg|Issue 056 - May 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 057.jpg|Issue 057 - Jun 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 058.jpg|Issue 058 - Jul 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 059.jpg|Issue 059 - Aug 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 060.jpg|Issue 060 - Sep 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 061.jpg|Issue 061 - Oct 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 062.jpg|Issue 062 - Nov 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 063.jpg|Issue 063 - Dec 1990
Image:Amstrad Action 064.jpg|Issue 064 - Jan 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 065.jpg|Issue 065 - Feb 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 066.jpg|Issue 066 - Mar 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 067.jpg|Issue 067 - Apr 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 068.jpg|Issue 068 - May 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 069.jpg|Issue 069 - Jun 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 070.jpg|Issue 070 - Jul 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 071.jpg|Issue 071 - Aug 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 072.jpg|Issue 072 - Sep 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 073.jpg|Issue 073 - Oct 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 074.jpg|Issue 074 - Nov 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 075.jpg|Issue 075 - Dec 1991
Image:Amstrad Action 076.jpg|Issue 076 - Jan 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 077.jpg|Issue 077 - Feb 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 078.jpg|Issue 078 - Mar 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 079.jpg|Issue 079 - Apr 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 080.jpg|Issue 080 - May 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 081.jpg|Issue 081 - Jun 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 082.jpg|Issue 082 - Jul 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 083.jpg|Issue 083 - Aug 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 084.jpg|Issue 084 - Sep 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 085.jpg|Issue 085 - Oct 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 086.jpg|Issue 086 - Nov 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 087.jpg|Issue 087 - Dec 1992
Image:Amstrad Action 088.jpg|Issue 088 - Jan 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 089.jpg|Issue 089 - Feb 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 090.jpg|Issue 090 - Mar 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 091.jpg|Issue 091 - Apr 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 092.jpg|Issue 092 - May 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 093.jpg|Issue 093 - Jun 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 094.jpg|Issue 094 - Jul 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 095.jpg|Issue 095 - Aug 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 096.jpg|Issue 096 - Sep 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 097.jpg|Issue 097 - Oct 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 098.jpg|Issue 098 - Nov 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 099.jpg|Issue 099 - Dec 1993
Image:Amstrad Action 100.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 100, 1994|Issue 100 - Jan 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 101.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 101, 1994|Issue 101 - Feb 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 102.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 102, 1994|Issue 102 - Mar 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 103.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 103, 1994|Issue 103 - Apr 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 104.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 104, 1994|Issue 104 - May 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 105.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 105, 1994|Issue 105 - Jun 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 106.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 106, 1994|Issue 106 - Jul 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 107.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 107, 1994|Issue 107 - Aug 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 108.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 108, 1994|Issue 108 - Sep 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 109.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 109, 1994|Issue 109 - Oct 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 110.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 110, 1994|Issue 110 - Nov 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 111.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 111, 1994|Issue 111 - Dec 1994]]
Image:Amstrad Action 112.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 112, 1995|Issue 112 - Jan 1995]]
Image:Amstrad Action 113.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 113, 1995|Issue 113 - Feb 1995]]
Image:Amstrad Action 114.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 114, 1995|Issue 114 - Mar 1995]]
Image:Amstrad Action 115.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 115, 1995|Issue 115 - Apr 1995]]
Image:Amstrad Action 116.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 116, 1995|Issue 116 - May 1995]]
Image:Amstrad Action 117.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 117, 1995|Issue 117 - Jun 1995]]
</gallery>
[[Category:CPC_Press]] [[Category:Magazines]]
