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CPC Attack!

Issue 1
Editor	Pat Kelly
Technical editor	Rob Scott
Sub-editor	Paul Hales
Staff writers	Vic Barnes Richard Fairhurst Richard Wildey
Categories	Computer magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	HHL Publishing
First issue	June 1992 (1992-06)
Final issue Number	November 1992 (1992-11) 6
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London, England
Language	English
OCLC	807116186

CPC Attack! was a magazine dedicated to Amstrad CPC gaming. The magazine was a successor to Amstrad Computer User magazine. It was characterised by a strong comic-like graphical style featuring a recurring mascot - a Tank Girl-like character called Amy Strad. Funnily enough, this same character featured in C+VG magazine under 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 Attack! was probably an attempt to appeal to Amstrad Action readers.

The magazine only ran for six issues between June and November 1992. This may have been because it did not have a cover-mounted tape (like Amstrad Action) and was devoted entirely to gaming leaving little room for other computer uses, but was probably also due to the waning popularity of the Amstrad 8-bit computer systems. The magazine did give away a number of free gifts with its early issues, although their relevance to readers was questionable. Issue 1 came with a pair of 3D glasses and a poster.

The magazine also drew criticism for running features that promoted the new wave of 16-bit consoles such as the Mega Drive and SNES. CPC Attack! also openly dismissed its rival Amstrad Action within its pages on several occasions, which many readers thought was unnecessary and immature.

External links

• CPC Attack! archived at Internet Archive

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Acquired by Sky Group in 2007
People	Alan Sugar (founder and chairman)
Hardware	Computers CPC CPC 464 CPC 472 CPC 664 CPC 6128 464 & 6128 plus GX4000 ZX Spectrum +2 +3 Notepad NC100 Notepad NC150 Notepad NC200 Notebook PCW PCW 8256 & 8512 PCW 9512, 9256 & 9512+ PcW10 PcW16 PC compatible PC1512, 1640, 6400 & 500 PPC512 & 640 PC200 & 20 PC2286 Mega PC Appliances E-mailer Digibox PenPad Other Magnum Light Phaser
Software	AMSDOS Amstrad PCW games LocoScript Mallard BASIC
Assets	Amsoft Sinclair Research
Related articles	Amstrad Action Amstrad CP/M Plus character set AMX Mouse CPC Attack! Locomotive Software Multiface Schneider Rundfunkwerke

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