The Rise and Fall of Amiga Format (1989-2000)

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Amiga Format was my magazine of choice from 1989 to 1994, and my provided me with my fondest memories of all computer magazines. A teenager discovering 16-bit computing, the games and the applications and creativity tools that AF introduced me to.

Today I rediscover the issues I owned, and look at what happened after I stopped buying the magazine.

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00:00 Intro
01:18 ST Amiga Format
04:08 Amiga Format is born
05:15 Oh wow! It's PCBWay.com
05:44 we continue
15:35 The "Fat" era of Amiga Format
21:16 1994, I Surrender!
30:51 The end it nigh



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