Amstrad Action, the Glossary

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1. 88 relations: ACE (magazine), Activision, Amiga Format, Amiga Power, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad GX4000, Amstrad PCW, Arcade game, Ascential, Atari SA, Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK), Balrog, Beam Software, Black & White (video game), Black & White 2, Chase H.Q., Chris Anderson (entrepreneur), Chuckie Egg, Codemasters, Commodore Format, Computer and Video Games, Computer magazine, Computeractive, CPC Attack!, Demoscene, Dizzy (series), Dizzy – The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure, Dungeon Keeper, E-Motion, Edge (magazine), Elite (video game), Fable, Future plc, Game demo, GamesMaster, GamesMaster (magazine), Halo (franchise), Hewson Consultants, How to Be a Complete Bastard, Hydrofool, Imagine Software, Interactive fiction, Internet Archive, Laser Squad, Lemmings (video game), List of manga magazines published outside Japan, Marathon Trilogy, Mega (magazine), Myth (video game series), Newsfield, ... Expand index (38 more) »

2. 1995 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
3. Amstrad CPC
4. Amstrad magazines

ACE (magazine)

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) was a multi-format computer and video game magazine first published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing and later acquired by EMAP. Amstrad Action and ACE (magazine) are video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Activision

Activision Publishing, Inc. is an American video game publisher based in Santa Monica, California.

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Amiga Format

Amiga Format was a British monthly computer magazine for Amiga computers, published by Future Publishing. Amstrad Action and Amiga Format are Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Amiga Power

Amiga Power (AP) was a monthly magazine about Amiga video games. Amstrad Action and Amiga Power are Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Amstrad CPC

The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990.

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Amstrad GX4000

The GX4000 is a video game console that was manufactured by Amstrad. Amstrad Action and Amstrad GX4000 are Amstrad CPC.

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Amstrad PCW

The Amstrad PCW series is a range of personal computers produced by British company Amstrad from 1985 to 1998, and also sold under licence in Europe as the "Joyce" by the German electronics company Schneider in the early years of the series' life.

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Arcade game

An arcade game or coin-op game is a coin-operated entertainment machine typically installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars and amusement arcades.

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Ascential

Ascential plc (formerly EMAP) is a British business-to-business media company specialising in exhibitions & festivals and information services.

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Atari SA

Atari SA (formerly Infogrames Entertainment SA) is a French video game holding company headquartered in Paris.

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Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)

The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is a non-profit organisation owned and developed by the media industry.

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Balrog

A Balrog is a powerful demonic monster in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.

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Beam Software

Krome Studios Melbourne, originally Beam Software, was an Australian video game development studio founded in 1980 by Alfred Milgrom and Naomi Besen and based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Black & White (video game)

Black & White is a god video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows in 2001 and by Feral Interactive in 2002 for Mac OS.

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Black & White 2

Black & White 2 is a video game developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Electronic Arts released in October 2005.

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Chase H.Q.

is a vehicular combat racing game, originally released as an arcade video game by Taito in 1988.

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Chris Anderson (entrepreneur)

Chris Anderson (born 1957) is a British-American businessman who is the head of TED, a non-profit organization that provides idea-based talks and hosts an annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Chuckie Egg

Chuckie Egg is a platform game released by A&F Software in 1983 initially for the ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, and Dragon 32/64.

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Codemasters

The Codemasters Software Company Limited (trade name: Codemasters) is a British video game developer and former publisher based in Southam, England, which is a subsidiary of American corporation Electronic Arts and managed under EA Sports division.

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Commodore Format

Commodore Format was a British magazine for users of the Commodore 64 home computer. Amstrad Action and Commodore Format are 1995 disestablishments in the United Kingdom, Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom, magazines disestablished in 1995 and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Computer and Video Games

Computer and Video Games (also known as CVG, Computer & Video Games, C&VG, Computer + Video Games, or C+VG) was a UK-based video game magazine, published in its original form between 1981 and 2004. Amstrad Action and Computer and Video Games are video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Computer magazine

Computer magazines are about computers and related subjects, such as networking and the Internet.

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Computeractive

Computeractive (sometimes written as Computeract!ve, to reflect the logo) is a fortnightly computer magazine published by Future plc in the United Kingdom.

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CPC Attack!

CPC Attack! was a magazine dedicated to Amstrad CPC gaming. Amstrad Action and CPC Attack! are Amstrad CPC, Amstrad magazines and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Demoscene

The demoscene is an international computer art subculture focused on producing demos: self-contained, sometimes extremely small, computer programs that produce audiovisual presentations.

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Dizzy (series)

Dizzy is a series of video games, created by the Oliver Twins and published by Codemasters.

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Dizzy – The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure

Dizzy – The Ultimate Cartoon Adventure is an adventure-platform game, the first video game featuring the character Dizzy, an anthropomorphic egg.

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Dungeon Keeper

Dungeon Keeper is a strategy video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and released by Electronic Arts in June 1997 for MS-DOS and Windows 95.

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E-Motion

E-Motion (also known as Sphericule or The Game of Harmony) is a 1990 puzzle video game developed by The Assembly Line.

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Edge (magazine)

Edge is a multi-format video game magazine published by Future plc. Amstrad Action and Edge (magazine) are video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Elite (video game)

Elite is a space trading video game.

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Fable

Fable is a literary genre defined as a succinct fictional story, in prose or verse, that features animals, legendary creatures, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature that are anthropomorphized, and that illustrates or leads to a particular moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly as a concise maxim or saying.

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Future plc

Future plc is a British publishing company. It was started in 1985 by Chris Anderson. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Among its many titles are Country Life, Homes and Gardens, Decanter, Marie Claire, and The Week. Zillah Byng-Thorne was chief executive officer from 2014 to 2023, when she was replaced by Jon Steinberg.

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Game demo

A game demo is a trial version of a video game that is limited to a certain time period or a point in progress.

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GamesMaster

GamesMaster is a British television programme which originally aired on Channel 4 from 1992 to 1998.

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GamesMaster (magazine)

GamesMaster was a monthly multi-format computer and video game magazine published by Future plc in the United Kingdom. Amstrad Action and GamesMaster (magazine) are video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Halo (franchise)

Halo is a military science fiction media franchise, originally developed and created by Bungie and currently managed and developed by 343 Industries, part of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios.

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Hewson Consultants

Hewson Consultants were one of the smaller software companies which produced video games for home computers in the mid-1980s.

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How to Be a Complete Bastard

How to be a Complete Bastard is a 1986 book by Adrian Edmondson, Mark Leigh and Mike Lepine.

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Hydrofool

Hydrofool is an isometric 3D action-adventure game released by FTL in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.

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Imagine Software

Imagine Software was a British video games developer based in Liverpool which existed briefly in the early 1980s, initially producing software for the ZX Spectrum and VIC-20.

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Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction (IF) is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Laser Squad

Laser Squad is a turn-based tactics video game, originally released for the ZX Spectrum and later for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Amiga, Sharp MZ-800 and Atari ST and PC computers between 1988 and 1992.

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Lemmings (video game)

Lemmings is a puzzle–strategy video game originally developed by DMA Design and published by Psygnosis for the Amiga in 1991 and later ported for numerous other platforms.

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List of manga magazines published outside Japan

The following is a list of notable manga magazines that were, and are published outside Japan.

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Marathon Trilogy

The Marathon Trilogy is a science fiction first-person shooter video game series from Bungie, originally released for the Classic Mac OS.

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Mega (magazine)

Mega was a British monthly magazine that covered the Mega Drive video game console. Amstrad Action and Mega (magazine) are 1995 disestablishments in the United Kingdom, Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom, magazines disestablished in 1995 and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Myth (video game series)

Myth is a series of real-time tactics video games for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS.

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Newsfield

Newsfield Publications Ltd (also known as Newsfield) was a British magazine publisher during the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Nigel Mansell

Nigel Ernest James Mansell, (born 8 August 1953) is a British retired racing driver who won both the Formula One World Championship (1992) and the CART Indy Car World Series (1993).

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Nintendo

is a Japanese multinational video game company headquartered in Kyoto.

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Ocean Software

Ocean Software Ltd was a British software development company that became one of the biggest European video game developers and publishers of the 1980s and 1990s.

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Official Xbox Magazine

Official Xbox Magazine (OXM) was a British monthly video game magazine which started in November 2001 around the launch of the original Xbox.

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Oni (video game)

Oni is a third-person action video game developed by Bungie West, a division of Bungie.

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Paragon Publishing

Paragon Publishing Ltd (or Paragon for short) was a magazine publisher in the UK, which published computer games and other entertainment titles from 1991 to 2003.

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PC Answers

PC Answers was a computer magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future plc. Amstrad Action and pC Answers are Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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PC Format

PC Format was a computer magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future plc, and licensed to other publishers in countries around the world. Amstrad Action and pC Format are Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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PC Gamer

PC Gamer is a magazine and website founded in the United Kingdom in 1993 devoted to PC gaming and published monthly by Future plc. Amstrad Action and pC Gamer are video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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PC Plus

PC Plus was a computer magazine published monthly from 1986 until September 2012 in the UK by Future plc. Amstrad Action and pC Plus are Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Personal computer

A personal computer, often referred to as a PC, is a computer designed for individual use.

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Personal Computer Games

Personal Computer Games was a multi-format UK computer games magazine of the early/mid-1980s published by VNU. Amstrad Action and Personal Computer Games are video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Psygnosis

Psygnosis Limited (/sɪɡˈnəʊ.sɪs/; known as SCE Studio Liverpool or simply Studio Liverpool from 1999) was a British video game developer and publisher headquartered at Wavertree Technology Park in Liverpool.

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Rainbow Arts

Rainbow Arts Software GmbH was a German video game publisher based in Gütersloh.

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Retro Gamer

Retro Gamer is a British magazine, published worldwide, covering retro video games. Amstrad Action and retro Gamer are video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Rick Dangerous 2

Rick Dangerous 2 is a platform game developed by Core Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.

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Sega Pro

Sega Pro was the first publication from Paragon Publishing and catered for the Sega consoles: the Master System, Game Gear and the Mega Drive. Amstrad Action and Sega Pro are video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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SFX (magazine)

SFX is a British magazine covering the topics of science fiction and fantasy.

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ST Format

ST Format was a computer magazine in the UK covering the Atari ST during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Amstrad Action and ST Format are Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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ST/Amiga Format

ST Amiga Format was a computer magazine that covered the Atari ST and Amiga computers. Amstrad Action and ST/Amiga Format are Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Super Nintendo Entertainment System

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, commonly shortened to Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit home video game console developed by Nintendo that was released in 1990 in Japan and South Korea, 1991 in North America, 1992 in Europe and Oceania and 1993 in South America.

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Super Play

Super Play was a British Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) magazine which ran from 1 October 1992 to September 1996. Amstrad Action and Super Play are Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Syndicate Wars

Syndicate Wars is an isometric real-time tactical and strategic game, developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts.

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Target: Renegade

Target: Renegade is a beat'em up video game released on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum systems in the late 1980s by Ocean Software on their "Imagine" label, as well as a Nintendo Entertainment System version published by Taito.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, commonly abbreviated as TMNT, is a media franchise created by the comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

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The A-Team

The A-Team is an American action-adventure television series that ran on NBC from January 23, 1983 to March 8, 1987 about former members of a fictitious United States Army Special Forces unit.

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The Addams Family (video game)

The Addams Family is a platform game based on the 1991 film of the same name and developed and published by Ocean Software.

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The Way of the Exploding Fist

The Way of the Exploding Fist is a 1985 fighting game based on Japanese martial arts developed by Beam Software, by a team consisting of Gregg Barnett, Bruce Bayley, Neil Brennan and David Johnston.

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Theme Hospital

Theme Hospital is a business simulation game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1997 for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows compatible PCs in which players design and operate a privately owned hospital with the goal of curing patients of fictitious comical ailments.

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Total Recall (video game)

Total Recall is a 1990 platform game developed and published by Ocean Software that was released for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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Total!

Total! was a video game magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future plc. Amstrad Action and Total! are video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Turrican

Turrican is a 1990 video game developed by Manfred Trenz.

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Type-in program

A type-in program or type-in listing was computer source code printed in a home computer magazine or book.

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U.S. Gold

U.S. Gold Limited was a British video game publisher based in Witton, Birmingham, England.

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Your Sinclair

Your Sinclair, or YS as it was commonly abbreviated, was a commercially published and printed British computer magazine for the Sinclair range of computers, mainly the ZX Spectrum. Amstrad Action and Your Sinclair are Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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Zzap!64

Zzap!64 was a computer games magazine covering games for computers manufactured by Commodore International, especially the Commodore 64 (C64). Amstrad Action and Zzap!64 are 1985 establishments in the United Kingdom, magazines established in 1985 and video game magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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.net

The domain name net is a generic top-level domain (gTLD) used in the Domain Name System of the Internet.

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8000 Plus

8000 Plus (renamed PCW Plus early in 1992) was a monthly British magazine dedicated to the Amstrad PCW range of microcomputers. Amstrad Action and 8000 Plus are Amstrad magazines and Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom.

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See also

1995 disestablishments in the United Kingdom

• Acme Press
• Amstrad Action
• BBC Select (1992–1995)
• BBC World Service Television
• Chiltern Radio Network
• Commodore Format
• Defence Research Agency
• Electrical and Plumbing Industries Union
• Fast Forward (magazine)
• Mega (magazine)
• Mega Power
• Motorail (British Rail)
• National Communications Union
• Royal Naval Engineering College
• Royal Observer Corps
• Scallywag (magazine)
• Stapleton baronets of the Leeward Islands (1679)
• Storyville (magazine)
• TV Asia
• Terminal Power Company
• Today (UK newspaper)

Amstrad CPC

• AMSDOS
• AMX Mouse
• Amsoft
• Amstrad Action
• Amstrad CPC
• Amstrad CPC 464
• Amstrad GX4000
• C-One
• CPC Attack!
• Locomotive BASIC
• Locomotive Software
• Multiface
• Romantic Robot
• SymbOS

Amstrad magazines

• 8000 Plus
• Amstrad Action
• Amstrad Computer User
• Amtix
• CPC Attack!

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_Action

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