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Europress
Europress was a British magazine and software publisher based in Adlington, near Macclesfield, Cheshire. Their magazine publishing business was previously known as Database Publications. The software division was renamed in 1999 to Actualize. History Europress was formed by Derek Meakin in 1965. It began by publishing magazines and newspapers, then during the 1980s as an expansion of its magazine publishing business, it became involved in the rapidly growing software industry. Under the name Database Software, they released software including the Red Arrows game for the ZX Spectrum and the office suite Mini Office II, as well as games and educational software for children. During the late 1980s Europress decided to spin off its software publishing division as a separate company: Europress Software, with Christopher Payne as managing director and Diane O'Brien as Sales Director. Chris Payne came up with the name Mandarin Software as the brand for all the planned games, graphic de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fun School
Fun School is a series of educational packages developed and published in the United Kingdom by Europress Software, initially as ''Database Educational Software''. The original Fun School titles were sold mostly by mail order via off-the-page adverts in the magazines owned by Database Publications. A decision was made to create a new set of programs, call the range Fun School 2, and package them more professionally so they could be sold in computer stores around the UK. Every game comes as a set of three versions, each version set to cater for a specific age range. Fun School 1 ''Fun School 1'' is the first set of educational games, created in 1984 by Database Educational Software for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro computers. The three individual games catered for children aged under 6 years, between 6 and 8 years and over 8 years respectively. They also includes five children's Nursery Rhymes. The products were tested in classrooms and were educationally approved. Fun School 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zzap!64
''Zzap!64'' was a computer games magazine covering games on the Commodore International series of computers, especially the Commodore 64 (C64). It was published in the UK by Newsfield Publications Ltd and later by Europress Impact. The magazine launched in April, with the cover date May 1985, as the sister magazine to ''CRASH''. It focused on the C64 for much of its shelf life, but later incorporated Amiga game news and reviews. Like ''CRASH'' for the ZX Spectrum, it had a dedicated cult following amongst C64 owners and was well known for its irreverent sense of humour as well as its extensive, detailed coverage of the C64 scene. The magazine adopted an innovative review system that involved the use of the reviewers' faces, artistically rendered by in-house artists Oli Frey and Mark Kendrick, to express their reaction to the games. These eventually evolved into static cartoons as the magazine began catering for a younger market. By 1992, the magazine had changed so dramatically i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commodore Force
{{Infobox magazine, , based = Ludlow, Shropshire , editor = Steve Shields James Price , image_file = File:Commodore_Force_Issue_12_November_1993_Issue_Cover.jpg , image_caption = November 1993 cover , frequency = Monthly , category = Computer and video games , company = Europress Impact , firstdate = January 1993 , finaldate = March 1994 , finalnumber = 16 , issn = 0967-7461 , country = United Kingdom , language = English , website = {{URL, www.zzap64.co.uk ''Commodore Force'' was a computer games magazine covering games for the Commodore 64. It was published in the UK by Europress Impact. Its predecessor was ''Zzap!64''. Background ''Commodore Force'' was created when ''Zzap! 64'' was re-launched with a new name and design. The name change was not only in line with the then current Europress Impact titles, ''Sega Force'', ''N-Force'', ''Amiga Force'', but served to distance t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sega Force
''Sega Force'' was an early 1990s publication that covered the Sega console range (Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Master System and Game Gear). History ''Sega Force'', along with ''Nintendo Force'', was initially announced in mid-1991 by Newsfield. However, the liquidation of the publisher resulted in the magazine being significantly delayed. It was eventually launched by Europress Impact in December 1991. The magazine featured artwork created by Oliver Frey that was inspired by Japanese anime, such as '' Akira''. Frey often introduced a horror element into his artwork. His artwork for a Lemmings cover replaced the rodents with humans, depicting their horrified faces as they fell to the ground. The title also featured work by Stuart Wynne, Phil King, Steve Shields, Adrian Pitt and Matt Yeo. The magazine occasionally featured novellas based on console games. Staff writer, Matt Yeo worked in conjunction with Acclaim software to publish a novella based on ''Super Smash TV''. The narra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amiga Force
''Amiga Force'' was a video games magazine launched towards the end of 1992 by Europress Impact. It lasted for 16 issues before being closed by its publishers. The first issue of ''Amiga Force'' went on sale around September 1992. The magazine would switch to monthly release soon after. ''Amiga Force'' showed many similarities to other Europress Impact titles, particularly ''Sega Force''. Unlike rival magazine ''Amiga Power ''Amiga Power'' (''AP'') was a monthly magazine about Amiga video games. It was published in the United Kingdom by Future plc, and ran for 65 issues, from May 1991 to September 1996. Philosophy ''Amiga Power'' had several principles which com ...'', ''Amiga Force'' decided not to include any coverdisks on the issues. The magazine went through various designs and staff through its lifetime. The March 1994 issue was the last ''Amiga Force'' published when Impact Magazines went bust. References External links Amiga History article on ''Amiga Force'' A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsfield
Newsfield Publications Ltd (also known as Newsfield) was a British magazine publisher during the 1980s and early 1990s. Newsfield Publications Ltd was founded by Roger Kean, Franco Frey and Oliver Frey in 1983. Based in Ludlow, Shropshire, Newsfield published a number of popular computer game magazines from the mid-1980s to early 1990s. This line-up was later supplemented by a number of less successful magazines covering role-playing games, film, horror and youth culture. Faced with financial difficulties, the company went bankrupt towards the end of 1991. This didn't spell the immediate end for some of their magazines though. Another magazine publisher, Europress, continued to publish Newsfield's flagship publications, Zzap!64 and Crash, for a further six months before the former was relaunched as Commodore Force and the latter sold to rival publisher EMAP and merged with Sinclair User. Thalamus Ltd, Newsfield's sister company, was set up in 1985 to publish a number of compu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amiga Computing
''Amiga Computing'' was a monthly computer magazine of a serious nature, published by Europress and IDG in both the UK and USA. A total of 117 issues came out. The games section was called Gamer, although later ''Amiga Action'' was incorporated into the magazine and became the games section. History The magazine's first 80 issues were published by Europress, known as Database Publications from June 1988 to March 1990, Interactive Publishing from April 1990 to May 1991, and finally as Europress Publications From June 1991 until December 1994. It was then sold to IDG and published by them starting Christmas 1994 and until its final 117th issue in October 1997.''Amiga Computing'' #81 (1994-XMas); ''Amiga Computing'' #117 (1997-10) See also * Amiga Survivor ''Amiga Survivor'' was a monthly computer magazine published by Crystal Software. The first issue was published in June/July 1998. This publication originally started as a black and white A5 size fanzine A fanzine (blend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hasbro Interactive
Hasbro Interactive was an American video game developer, video game production and video game publisher, publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the large game and toy company. Several of its studios were closed in early 2001 and most of its properties were sold to Infogrames (now Atari SA) which completed its studio's closures at the end of 2001. History Hasbro Interactive was formed late in 1995 in order to compete in the video game arena. Several Hasbro properties, such as Monopoly (game), Monopoly and Scrabble, had already been made into successful video games by licensees such as Virgin Interactive. With Hasbro's game experience, video games seemed like a natural extension of the company and a good opportunity for revenue growth. Hasbro Interactive's objective was to develop and publish games based on Hasbro properties. In January 1997, the company announced they would publish games for the PlayStation (console), PlayStation. Strong growth (1997–1999) In 1997, revenues inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amiga Action
''Amiga Action'' was a monthly magazine about Amiga video games. It was published in the United Kingdom by Europress (later IDG Media) and ran for 89 full issues, from October 1989 to December 1996. After its closure, it was merged into sister publication ''Amiga Computing'', replacing its games section. This ran for 10 issues until September 1997 when that magazine also folded. References External links Archived Amiga Action magazineson the Internet Archive The Internet Archive is an American digital library with the stated mission of "universal access to all knowledge". It provides free public access to collections of digitized materials, including websites, software applications/games, music, ...Digitized Amiga Action magazines and Retro CDN Amiga magazines Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1989 Magazines disestablished in 1996 Mass media in West Sussex Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Video g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mini Office II
Mini Office II, published by Database Software in 1986, was an office suite available for several home computers, among which were the Amstrad CPC, the Atari 8-bit family, the BBC Micro, the Commodore 64, and others. The software package could be purchased on cassette tape or floppy disk. Mini Office II was originally written for the BBC Micro Computer (in 6502 assembler) and was also available in EPROM format. The office applications included in Mini Office II were listed as: *Word processor *Database *Spreadsheet *Graphics *Communications *Label Printer An enhanced version, ''Mini Office Professional'', was released for the 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. ... in 1989.Steve Gold, Newsbytes News Network, October 24, 1989. The word processor on Mini Offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atari User
''Atari User'' was a British computer magazine aimed at users of Atari home computers, and published by Europress, Database Publications (later known as Europress) between 1985 and 1988. ''Atari User'' was a general-interest computer magazine, containing Video game, games reviews as well as type-in programs, tutorials and Computer hardware, hardware projects. As with Database's other publications, its appearance was somewhat Conservatism, conservative in comparison with its more games-oriented contemporaries, such as ''Computer and Video Games (magazine), Computer and Video Games (C&VG)''. The editorial style was equally restrained and relatively formal. Andre Willey was one of the early editors of this magazine after being promoted from Technical Editor. History Early editions primarily focused on the Atari 8-bit family (400/800/XL/XE) and the newly launched Atari ST range (although they included news of other Atari products such as the relaunched Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 conso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atari ST User
''Atari ST User'' was a British computer magazine aimed at users of the Atari ST range. It started life as a pull-out section in ''Atari User'' magazine. From March 1986 onwards it became a magazine in its own right, outliving its parent by a number of years. It was published by Europress in London. Although ''ST User'' did review games and carry demos, far more of the magazine was concerned with 'serious' issues such as hardware, programming, and music than its rivals '' ST Action'' and '' ST Format''. The Cover Disk that was supplied with issue 59, cover dated January 1991 had a boot sector computer virus A computer virus is a type of computer program that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code. If this replication succeeds, the affected areas are then said to be "infected" with a compu ... which infected the memory of the Atari ST and was written to other disks that were not write-protected. Issue 60 had a free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |