''CPC Attack!'' was a magazine dedicated to

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gaming. The magazine was a successor to ''

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

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-like character called Amy Strad. Funnily enough, this same character featured in ''

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'' magazine under the name ''Sadie''. Originally, ''Amstrad Computer User'' had been a much more serious magazine than its main rival ''

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''. 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

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and

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. ''CPC Attack!'' also openly dismissed its rival ''

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

External links

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