The CPC's longest-running fanzine and user group, WACCI was based in Britain and it catered mostly for serious users.
Its acronym has never been satisfactorily explained although the official WACCI explanation was that it stood for World Amstrad Computer Club International.[[Jeff Walker]], who was the original founder, said he always thought the name would be good for a magazine and that he used it without any intention of it being an acronym at all. In [[Amstrad Addict]]'s "The WACCI days of the CPC" article, published in 2023, the next editor [[Steve Williams]] said:<blockquote>'''What about the name?'''
However, [[Jeff Walker]], who ''WACCI'' was meant to stand for the original founderWorldwide Amstrad Computer Club International which, said he always thought if you think about it, didn't really make much sense. Surely Worldwide means International so why is it in the name would be good for a magazine and twice? Well, because Jeff once told me that the anachronism initially stood for Walker's Amstrad Computer Club International but he used swore me to secrecy so we'll keep it without any intention of it being an acronym at all.just between you and me, eh? No one else will ever know!</blockquote>
As well as a (more or less) regular paper-based magazine, WACCI also provided a [[PD library]] (of mostly [[CP/M]] software) and it also had a 'homebrew' library.
Some of the CPC's best writers, such as [[Auntie John]](John Kennedy), were contributors to early WACCIs and one of Amstrad Action's finest journalists, [[ChaRleyTroniC|Richard Fairhurst]](Richard Fairhurst), was its final editor.
The decline in serious use of the CPC inevitably led to a petering out of the publication and the last issue - number 140 - was published in the Summer of 2003.
==Issues==
(Maybe these links should just appear below the relevant cover below.) The first three issues had printed and disc/tape versions. Here are the disc images:* [[Media:WACCI magazine disc 1 side A (issue 1)available in .dsk|October 1986 (issue 1)]]* [[Media:WACCI magazine disc 1 side B (issue 2)DSK format.dsk|November 1986 (issue 2)]]* [[Media:WACCI magazine disc 2 side A (issue 3).dsk|December 1986 (issue 3)]]* [[Media:WACCI magazine disc 2 side B (images).dsk|Images]]. Side B of issue 3 (unsure whether it was originally supplied with the magazine) The following PDFs were scanned for CPWiki (only final two issues are available in 200x200 HTML format, when file size seemed important):*[[Media:Wacci 82 200x200.pdf|September/October 1994 (Issue 82)]] *[[Media:Wacci 83 200x200.pdf|November 1994 (Issue 83)]]*[[Media:Wacci 84 200x200.pdf|December 1994 (Issue 84)]]*[[Media:Wacci 85 200x200.pdf|January 1995 (Issue 85)]]*[[Media:Wacci 86 200x200.pdf|February 1995 (Issue 86)]]*[[Media:Wacci 87 200 x 200.pdf|March 1995 (Issue 87)]]*[[Media:Wacci 103 200x200.pdf|August 1996 (Issue 103)]]*[[Media:Wacci 104 200x200.pdf|September 1996 (Issue 104)]]*[[Media:Wacci 105 200x200.pdf|October 1996 (Issue 105)]]*[[Media:Wacci 107 200x200.pdf|December 1996 (Issue 107)]] HTML versions on archive.org:* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080119094206/http://www.wacci.org.uk/magazine/136/136_01.html July/August 2001 (issue 136)]* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080119075753/http://www.wacci.org.uk/magazine/137/137_01.html September/October 2001 (issue 137)]* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080119075758/http://www.wacci.org.uk/magazine/138/138_01.html January/February 2002 (issue 138)] PDFs on archive.org:* [https://web.archive.org/web/20031002185723/http://www.wacci.org.uk/magazine/139/139.pdf Spring 2003 (issue 139)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20031004221857/http://www.wacci.org.uk/magazine/140/140.pdf Summer 2003 (issue 140)] The following issues Some others are available in PDF format on , as set out below. A few of the [https://acpccover scans are missing.me/ACME/?FANZINES/FANZINES_PAPIER/%5BENG%5DENGLISH/WACCI(001-140)%5BINCOMPLETE%5D#filter=pdf acpc.me website]: * 26, 28, 30, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 58, 61, 89, 90, 95, 97, 100, 101, 102, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117 (partial), 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 139, 140 (also the following as listed above: 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 103, 104, 105, 107) == Covers ==
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Image:Wacci 001.jpg|[[WACCI issue 1 (October 1986)]] - disc image