''CPC Attack!'' was a short-lived magazine dedicated to Amstrad CPC gaming. The magazine was a successor to ''

Amstrad Computer User ''Amstrad Computer User'' was the official magazine for the Amstrad CPC series of 8-bit home computers. This monthly publication, usually referred to as ''ACU'' by its readers, concentrated more on the hardware and technical side of the Amstrad ...

'' magazine. It was characterised by a strong comic-like graphical style featuring a recurring mascot - a

Tank Girl ''Tank Girl'' is a British comic book character created by Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett, and first appeared in print in 1988 in the British comics magazine ''Deadline''. After a period of intense popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, ...

-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 ''Amstrad Action'' was a monthly magazine, published in the United Kingdom, which catered to owners of home computers from the Amstrad CPC range and later the GX4000 console. It was the first magazine published by Chris Anderson's Future Publishin ...

''. 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 ''

'' within its pages on several occasions, which many readers thought was unnecessary and immature.

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