It was the first title published by [[Future Publishing]], which has subsequently grown to become the UK's fifth largest magazine publishing company. Broad-based coverage of all things CPC, together with an irreverent writing style, made 'AA' a perennial favourite and at its peak it recorded ABC circulation figures in excess of 38,000.
AA was one of the first magazines to have a software cassette mounted to the front cover. Such covermounts (of tapes or discs) latterly became almost obligatory for computer magazines. Though AA's covertapes were initially for special issues only, Christamas Christmas and AA birthdays, the magazine eventually began to issue one every month - containing user listings, utilities, and demos or full versions of commercial games. == Game Ratings ==[[Amstrad_Action_ratings | All scores]] given by AA throughout its history
== Download ==
*[[File:Amstrad_Action_CoverTapes_Complete_Archive.rar]] == Online Issues == [[Amstrad Action #COMPLETE#- What is online]]*http{||colspan=6|<big>'''1985'''</big>|-|[[Image:Amstrad Action 001.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 1, Oct 1985]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 1, Oct 1985 |Issue 1 - Oct 1985]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 002.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 2, Nov 1985]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 2, Nov 1985 |Issue 2 - Nov 1985]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 003.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 3, Dec 1985]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 3, Dec 1985 |Issue 3 - Dec 1985]]|colspan=3||-|colspan=6|<big>'''1986'''</big>|-|[[Image:Amstrad Action 004.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 4, Jan 1986]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 4, Jan 1986 |Issue 4 - Jan 1986]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 005.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 5, Feb 1986]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 5, Feb 1986 |Issue 5 - Feb 1986]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 006.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 6, Mar 1986]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 6, Mar 1986 |Issue 6 - 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Sep 1988]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 037.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 37, Oct 1988]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 37, Oct 1988|Issue 37 - Oct 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|<big>'''1989'''</big>|-|[[Image:Amstrad Action 040.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 40, Jan 1989]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 40, Jan 1989|Issue 40 - Jan 1989]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 041.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 41, Feb 1989]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 41, Feb 1989|Issue 41 - Feb 1989]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 042.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 42, Mar 1989]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 42, Mar 1989|Issue 42 - Mar 1989]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 043.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 43, Apr 1989]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 43, Apr 1989|Issue 43 - 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Feb 1991]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 066.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 66, Mar 1991]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 66, Mar 1991|Issue 66 - Mar 1991]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 067.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 67, Apr 1991]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 67, Apr 1991|Issue 67 - Apr 1991]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 068.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 68, May 1991]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 68, May 1991|Issue 68 - May 1991]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 069.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 69, Jun 1991]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 69, Jun 1991|Issue 69 - Jun 1991]]|-|[[Image:Amstrad Action 070.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 70, Jul 1991]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 70, Jul 1991|Issue 70 - Jul 1991]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 071.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 71, Aug 1991]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 71, Aug 1991|Issue 71 - Aug 1991]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 072.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 72, Sep 1991]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 72, Sep 1991|Issue 72 - Sep 1991]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 073.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 73, Oct 1991]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 73, Oct 1991|Issue 73 - 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May 1992]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 081.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 81, Jun 1992]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 81, Jun 1992|Issue 81 - Jun 1992]]|-|[[Image:Amstrad Action 082.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 82, Jul 1992]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 82, Jul 1992|Issue 82 - Jul 1992]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 083.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 83, Aug 1992]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 83, Aug 1992|Issue 83 - Aug 1992]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 084.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 84, Sep 1992]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 84, Sep 1992|Issue 84 - Sep 1992]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 085.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 85, Oct 1992]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 85, Oct 1992|Issue 85 - Oct 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|<big>'''1993'''</?dbig>|-|[[Image:Amstrad Action 088.jpg|100px|link=DDP3P7BPAmstrad Action, Issue 88, Jan 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 88, Jan 1993|Issue 88 - Jan 1993]]*http|[[Image:Amstrad Action 089.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 89, Feb 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 89, Feb 1993|Issue 89 - Feb 1993]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 090.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 90, Mar 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 90, Mar 1993|Issue 90 - Mar 1993]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 091.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 91, Apr 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 91, Apr 1993|Issue 91 - Apr 1993]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 092.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 92, May 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 92, May 1993|Issue 92 - May 1993]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 093.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 93, Jun 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 93, Jun 1993|Issue 93 - Jun 1993]]|-|[[Image:Amstrad Action 094.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 94, Jul 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 94, Jul 1993|Issue 94 - Jul 1993]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 095.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 95, Aug 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 95, Aug 1993|Issue 95 - Aug 1993]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 096.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 96, Sep 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 96, Sep 1993|Issue 96 - Sep 1993]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 097.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 97, Oct 1993]]<br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 97, Oct 1993|Issue 97 - Oct 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|<big>'''1994'''<//wwwbig>|-|[[Image:Amstrad Action 100.megauploadjpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 100, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 100, 1994 |Issue 100 - Jan 1994]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 101.comjpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 101, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 101, 1994 |Issue 101 - Feb 1994]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 102.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 102, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 102, 1994 |Issue 102 - Mar 1994]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 103.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 103, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 103, 1994 |Issue 103 - Apr 1994]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 104.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 104, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 104, 1994 |Issue 104 - May 1994]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 105.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 105, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 105, 1994 |Issue 105 - Jun 1994]]|-|[[Image:Amstrad Action 106.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 106, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 106, 1994 |Issue 106 - Jul 1994]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 107.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 107, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 107, 1994 |Issue 107 - Aug 1994]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 108.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 108, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 108, 1994 |Issue 108 - Sep 1994]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 109.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 109, 1994]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 109, 1994 |Issue 109 - Oct 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|<big>'''1995'''</?dbig>|-|[[Image:Amstrad Action 112.jpg|100px|link=F7B6DO69Amstrad Action, Issue 112, 1995]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 112, 1995 |Issue 112 - Jan 1995]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 113.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 113, 1995]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 113, 1995 |Issue 113 - Feb 1995]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 114.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 114, 1995]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 114, 1995 |Issue 114 - Mar 1995]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 115.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 115, 1995]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 115, 1995 |Issue 115 - Apr 1995]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 116.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 116, 1995]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 116, 1995 |Issue 116 - May 1995]]|[[Image:Amstrad Action 117.jpg|100px|link=Amstrad Action, Issue 117, 1995]] <br>[[Amstrad Action, Issue 117, 1995 |Issue 117 - Jun 1995]]|-|}
== History ==
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 took a trip down memory lane, including past editors and staff. As circulation figures wind wound 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 official member of official staff.
AA111 and no credits list, although we could deduct deduce 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 was the last AA ever.<br>
== Magazine content ==
AA covered both 'games' and the '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 were 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 19901991, 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.
== 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]
* [https://archive.org/details/amstrad-action-magazine archive.org full scans of every issue in various formats]
== Action Test ==
== Covers ==
<gallery caption="Amstrad Action">Image:Amstrad Action 001.jpg|* [[Amstrad Action, Issue 1, 1985|Issue 1 - Oct 1985Cover Gallery]]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]]== Cover Tapes ==Image:Amstrad Action 004.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 4, 1986|Issue 4 - Xmas 1985]]ImageHere are some covertapes converted to disks and uploaded by forum member '''dodogildo''':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]]ImageFile:Amstrad Action 007AAcoverdsks.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 7, 1986|Issue 7 - Apr 1986zip]]Image:Amstrad Action 008.jpg|Issue 008 - May 1986Image:During the first six years, Amstrad Action 009.jpg|Issue 009 - Jun 1986Imagefeatured a cover tape on special occasions, such as the Christmas and Birthday editions:Amstrad Action 010.jpg|Issue 010 - Jul 1986Image:Amstrad Action 011.jpg|Issue 011 - Aug 1986Image:Amstrad Action 012.jpg|Issue 012 * AA4 (Christmas 1985) - Sep 1986Image:Amstrad Action 013.jpg|Issue 013 Kung- Oct 1986Fu, Number 1Image:Amstrad Action 014.jpg|Issue 014 - Nov 1986Image:Amstrad Action 015.jpg|Issue 015 - Dec 1986Image:Amstrad Action 016.jpg|Issue 016 - Xmas 1986Image:Amstrad Action 017.jpg|Issue 017 - Feb * AA16 (January 1987Image:Amstrad Action 018.jpg|Issue 018 ) - Mar 1987Druid Demo (Level 2), Amfile, Ramdisk, Fastform (NB bug causes error message, see page 21), Blitter, Drumkit, GigoImage:Amstrad Action 019.jpg|Issue 019 - Apr 1987Image:Amstrad Action 020.jpg|Issue 020 - May 1987Image:Amstrad Action 021.jpg|Issue 021 - Jun 1987Image:Amstrad Action 022.jpg|Issue 022 - Jul 1987Image:Amstrad Action 023.jpg|Issue 023 - Aug 1987Image:Amstrad Action 024.jpg|Issue 024 - Sep 1987Image:Amstrad Action 025.jpg|Issue 025 - Oct 1987Image:Amstrad Action 026.jpg|Issue 026 - Nov 1987Image:Amstrad Action 027.jpg|Issue 027 - Dec 1987Image:Amstrad Action 028.jpg|Issue 028 - Xmas 1987Image:Amstrad Action 029.jpg|Issue 029 - Feb * AA28 (January 1988Image:Amstrad Action 030.jpg|Issue 030 ) - Mar 1988The Duct full game, 464 to 6128, Disk Editor, First Numbers, Thoughtlink, Sound DigitizerImage:Amstrad Action 031.jpg|Issue 031 - Apr * AA37 (October 1988Image:Amstrad Action 032.jpg|Issue 032 ) - May 1988Dizzy Special Edition, Micro Assembler, Special Disk Formatter, SmArt IIImage:Amstrad Action 033.jpg|Issue 033 * AA40 (January 1989) - Jun 1988Total Eclipse Special Edition, Isotopes, Solar System, Perspective Art, Disk Library System, Gibberish, ReviewsImage:Amstrad Action 034.jpg|Issue 034 * AA49 (October 1989) - Jul 1988Shinobi Demo, Daleks, DataMaker, WordFinder, SelfDest, EasisheetImage:Amstrad Action 035.jpg|Issue 035 * AA52 (January 1990) - Aug 1988The Untouchables Demo, Sun Crossword, Gunslinger, Word Processor, TypewriterImage:Amstrad Action 036.jpg|Issue 036 * AA61 (October 1990) - Sep 1988Ironman Demo, Tau CetiImage:Amstrad Action 037.jpg|Issue 037 * AA64 (January 1991) - Oct 1988Puzznic Demo, Lost Caves, Space FroggyImage:Amstrad Action 038.jpg|Issue 038 - Nov 1988Image:Beginning with issue 67, Amstrad Action 039began to feature a cover tape on each issue.jpg|Issue 039 - Dec 1988Image:Amstrad Action 040.jpg|Issue 040 - Jan 1989Image:Amstrad From issue 67 to issue 90 the cover tape was known as the Action 041Pack.jpg|Issue 041 - Feb 1989ImageThis tended to feature a demo of a new game, a full older game (or sometimes two), an application or piece of serious software and type ins or pokes:Amstrad Action 042.jpg|Issue 042 - Mar 1989Image:Amstrad Action 043.jpg|Issue 043 * AA67 (April 1991) - Apr 1989Total Recall Demo, Hydrofool, DizzyImage:Amstrad Action 044.jpg|Issue 044 - * AA68 (May 1989Image:Amstrad Action 045.jpg|Issue 045 1991) - Jun 1989Predator 2 Demo, How to be a Complete Bastard, Biggles, AA ToolboxImage:Amstrad Action 046.jpg|Issue 046 * AA69 (June 1991) - Jul 1989Spindizzy, Wizard's Lair, TooliktImage:Amstrad Action 047.jpg|Issue 047 * AA70 (July 1991) - Aug 1989Switchblade Demo, Megaphoenix, Future Knight, BalldozerImage:Amstrad Action 048.jpg|Issue 048 * AA71 (August 1991) - Sep 1989Hero Quest Demo, Technician Ted, 3D Construction Kit Demo, DevpacImage:Amstrad Action 049.jpg|Issue 049 * AA72 (September 1991) - Oct 1989Robozone Demo, Lightforce, Heavy on the Magick, Rambase, DatafileImage:Amstrad Action 050.jpg|Issue 050 * AA73 (October 1991) - Nov 1989Turrican 2 Demo, Thunderjaws Demo, Marsport, XREFImage:Amstrad Action 051.jpg|Issue 051 * AA74 (November 1991) - Dec 1989Turtles 2 Demo, Terror of the Deep, Sweevo's World, Drumkit, SmArt IIImage:Amstrad Action 052.jpg|Issue 052 * AA75 (December 1991) - Jan 1990Image:Amstrad Action 053.jpg|Issue 053 Cisco Heat Demo, Impossaball, Tir Na Nog, RSX- Feb 1990LIBImage:Amstrad Action 054.jpg|Issue 054 * AA76 (January 1992) - Mar 1990Graphic Adventure Creator, Southern Belle, Pagemaker Plus, Extended BasicImage:Amstrad Action 055.jpg|Issue 055 * AA77 (February 1992) - Apr 1990Seymour Take One, Firelord, Football Forecaster, FontsImage:Amstrad Action 056.jpg|Issue 056 * AA78 (March 1992) - May 1990Space Crusade Demo, The Sphinx Jinx, Shockway Rider, DiscContentImage:Amstrad Action 057.jpg|Issue 057 * AA79 (April 1992) - Jun 1990RanaRama, Maze Mania, Word Pro, Easisheet, Powerbase 2Image:Amstrad Action 058.jpg|Issue 058 * AA80 (May 1992) - Jul 1990Stryker and the Crypts of Trogan Demo, Croco Magneto, Anarchy, GPaintImage:Amstrad Action 059.jpg|Issue 059 * AA81 (June 1992) - Aug 1990Forbidden Planet, Sprites, The Addams Family DemoImage:Amstrad Action 060.jpg|Issue 060 * AA82 (July 1992) - Sep 1990Lemmings Demo, Dragontorc, PowerpageImage:Amstrad Action 061.jpg|Issue 061 * AA83 (August 1992) - Oct 1990Defenders of the Earth Demo, Drehdriss, SuperSonicImage:Amstrad Action 062.jpg|Issue 062 * AA84 (September 1992) - Nov 1990Famous Five, City Slicker, Notepad, LiteprogImage:Amstrad Action 063.jpg|Issue 063 * AA85 (October 1992) - Dec 1990On the Run, Link, Worktop, Disc OrganiserImage:Amstrad Action 064.jpg|Issue 064 * AA86 (November 1992) - Jan 1991Image:Amstrad Action 065.jpg|Issue 065 Glider Rider, Animator, Screen Compressor, G- Feb 1991Image:Amstrad Action 066Paint.jpg|Issue 066 - Mar 1991Image:Amstrad Action 067Side B of this cassette had an audio track demonstrating the result of MIDI software on the CPC.jpg|Issue 067 - Apr 1991Image:Amstrad Action 068.jpg|Issue 068 * AA87 (December 1992) - May 1991Nexor, Pakman, PilotImage:Amstrad Action 069.jpg|Issue 069 * AA88 (January 1993) - Jun 1991Image:Amstrad Action 070.jpg|Issue 070 Tankbusters, Penguins, JL- Jul 1991COPYImage:Amstrad Action 071.jpg|Issue 071 * AA89 (February 1993) - Aug 1991Wriggler, MagicDOS, Superchars, FlikImage:Amstrad Action 072.jpg|Issue 072 * AA90 (March 1993) - Sep 1991Steve Davis Snooker, LARAImage:Amstrad Action 073.jpg|Issue 073 - Oct 1991Image:Amstrad Action 074From issue 91 to 97 the cover tape was known as the Classic Collection.jpg|Issue 074 - Nov 1991ImageThis tended to feature one full game and one application:Amstrad Action 075.jpg|Issue 075 - Dec 1991Image:Amstrad Action 076.jpg|Issue 076 * AA91 (April 1993) - Jan 1992Tasword, Colossus Chess 4Image:Amstrad Action 077.jpg|Issue 077 - Feb 1992Image:Amstrad Action 078.jpg|Issue 078 - Mar 1992Image:Amstrad Action 079.jpg|Issue 079 - Apr 1992Image:Amstrad Action 080.jpg|Issue 080 - * AA92 (May 1992Image:Amstrad Action 081.jpg|Issue 081 1993) - Jun 1992BooTracker, Syntax, Balloon BusterImage:Amstrad Action 082.jpg|Issue 082 * AA93 (June 1993) - Jul 1992Racing Boxform, Who's Afraid of the Balrog, MysticalImage:Amstrad Action 083.jpg|Issue 083 * AA94 (July 1993) - Aug 1992Instant Recall, VFProg, ContraptionImage:Amstrad Action 084.jpg|Issue 084 * AA95 (August 1993) - Sep 1992Mastercalc, BiffImage:Amstrad Action 085.jpg|Issue 085 * AA96 (September 1993) - Oct 1992Screen Designer, Neil AndroidImage:Amstrad Action 086.jpg|Issue 086 - Nov 1992Image:Amstrad Action 087.jpg|Issue 087 - Dec 1992Image:Amstrad Action 088.jpg|Issue 088 - Jan * AA97 (October 1993Image:Amstrad Action 089.jpg|Issue 089 ) - Feb 1993Zapp Assembler, Rik the RoadieImage:Amstrad Action 090.jpg|Issue 090 - Mar 1993Image:Amstrad Action 091.jpg|Issue 091 - Apr 1993Image98's cover tape was not named:Amstrad Action 092.jpg|Issue 092 - May 1993Image:Amstrad Action 093.jpg|Issue 093 - Jun * AA98 (November 1993Image:Amstrad Action 094.jpg|Issue 094 ) - Jul 1993The Blues BrothersImage:Amstrad Action 095.jpg|Issue 095 - Aug 1993Image:Amstrad From issue 99 onwards the cover tape was known as Serious Action 096.jpg|Issue 096 - Sep 1993Imageand typically contained an application and a full game:Amstrad Action 097.jpg|Issue 097 - Oct 1993Image:Amstrad Action 098.jpg|Issue 098 - Nov * AA99 (December 1993Image:Amstrad Action 099.jpg|Issue 099 ) - Dec 1993Image:Amstrad Action 100.jpg|[[Amstrad ActionStormlord (full game, Issue 100AA censored version), 1994|Issue 100 - Jan 1994]]Image:Amstrad Action 101.jpg|[[Amstrad ActionFont Editor, Issue 101Dartsma's Clip Art, Grab Converter* AA100 (January 1994|Issue 101 ) - Feb 1994]]EliteImage:Amstrad Action 102.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 102, * AA101 (February 1994|Issue 102 ) - Mar 1994]]Exolon, AccountsImage:Amstrad Action 103.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 103, * AA102 (March 1994|Issue 103 ) - Apr 1994]]Image:Amstrad Action 104.jpg|[[Amstrad ActionGraph Master, Issue 104DIYFX, Cybernoid 2* AA103 (April 1994|Issue 104 ) - Nebulus, Speech* AA104 (May 1994]]) - Uridium, AA ToolkitImage:Amstrad Action 105.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 105, * AA105 (June 1994|Issue 105 ) - Jun 1994]]Image:Amstrad Action 106.jpg|[[Amstrad ActionDeliverance, Issue 106BLITZ!, Status Window, Disk Encoder* AA106 (July 1994|Issue 106 ) - Jul 1994]]Zynaps, Spriting Back UtilityImage:Amstrad Action 107.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 107, * AA107 (August 1994|Issue 107 ) - Aug 1994]]Image:Amstrad Action 108.jpg|[[Amstrad ActionIkari Warriors, Issue 108Screen Dump, Picasso* AA108 (September 1994|Issue 108 ) - Sep 1994]]Image:Amstrad Action 109.jpg|[[Amstrad ActionFantasy World Dizzy, Issue 109Routeplanner, Graph Plot* AA109 (October 1994|Issue 109 ) - Oct 1994]]Turbo the Tortoise, Crossword CompilerImage:Amstrad Action 110.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 110, * AA110 (November 1994|Issue 110 ) - Nov 1994]]Image:Amstrad Action 111.jpg|[[Amstrad ActionCrazy Cars 3, Issue 111RTC Player, Daily Diary, Crossword Compiler* AA111 (December 1994|Issue 111 ) - Dec 1994]]Image:Amstrad Action 112D.E.S.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 112Dos Copy, Breakdown, Minesweeper, Logistic* AA112 (January 1995|Issue 112 ) - Jan 1995]]Image:Amstrad Action 113.jpg|[[Amstrad ActionTitus the Fox, Issue 113Mega Blasters, DES* AA113 (February 1995|Issue 113 ) - Feb Samurai Trilogy, Power Spell* AA114 (March 1995]]Image:Amstrad Action 114.jpg|[[Amstrad Action) - Ball Bearing, Issue 114Masters of Space, Columbia* AA115 (April 1995|Issue 114 ) - Mar 1995]]Image:Amstrad Action 115.jpg|[[Amstrad ActionSpaghetti Western, Issue 115Cyberboy, TUSS* AA116 (May 1995|Issue 115 ) - Apr 1995]]Image:Amstrad Action 116.jpg|[[Amstrad ActionHercules, Issue 116Chuckie Egg, 1995|Issue 116 Disc Editor- May 1995]]Image:Amstrad Action 117Archiver, Columbia 1.jpg|[[Amstrad Action, Issue 1171, Bankman* AA117 (June 1995|Issue 117 ) - Jun 1995]]North & South, Imageprint </gallery>
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