ACE launched in October 1987, roughly the same time as Ludlow-based publisher Newsfield's own multi-format magazine The Games Machine.[2]
The magazine staff consisted mainly of ex-Amstrad Action (AA) and Personal Computer Games staff, including launch co-editors Peter Connor and Steve Cooke. Andy Wilton, ex-AA, was brought in as Reviews Editor, while Dave Packer and Andy Smith were hired as Staff Writers. Trevor Gilham, another ex-AA member, held the position of Art Editor.[2]
Between June and July 1989 (issues 21 and 22) the magazine was sold to EMAP, and Future Publishing redeployed the original ACE staff to work on their Amiga Format and ST Format titles.[2] After the magazine was cancelled in April 1992, a number of the staff working on ACE at the time were moved to The One (for Amiga Games) to relaunch the latter magazine.
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Coverage initially included Atari ST, Amiga, C64, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC, but also included newer machines as they were released. Although games features were the mainstay, other articles on graphics and computer music were featured. A cover cassette, and later a floppy disk, was included with the magazine featuring games demos.
Regular editorial features included Interface; News, Letters, The Blitter End. The Specials; features and Gameplay; Screen Test, Arcades, Tricks 'n' Tactics, Adventures.
Screen Testedit
Screen Test was the games review section. Games were rated (out of ten) on Visual effects, Audio, IQ Factor, Fun Factor and an overall rating. Games were seen by all the reviewers, and the overall rating was notable for scoring games out of 1000 rather than the usual percentage or mark out of 10. Also introduced was the Predicted Interest Curve graph where the game was given a line graph predicting the long term interest in the game over many months.
magazine, confused, with, magazines, advanced, computer, entertainment, multi, format, computer, video, game, magazine, first, published, united, kingdom, future, publishing, later, acquired, emap, aceace, magazine, issue, october, 1987editorpeter, connor, ste. Not to be confused with Ace Magazines 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 2 ACEACE magazine issue 1 October 1987EditorPeter Connor amp Steve Cooke co editors CategoriesVideo game journalismFrequencyMonthlyCirculation48 170 circa April 1991 1 First issueOctober 1987Final issueNumberApril 199255CompanyFuture plc 1987 to 1989EMAP 1989 to 1992CountryUnited KingdomBased inBathLanguageEnglishISSN0954 8076 Contents 1 History 2 Content 2 1 Screen Test 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editACE launched in October 1987 roughly the same time as Ludlow based publisher Newsfield s own multi format magazine The Games Machine 2 The magazine staff consisted mainly of ex Amstrad Action AA and Personal Computer Games staff including launch co editors Peter Connor and Steve Cooke Andy Wilton ex AA was brought in as Reviews Editor while Dave Packer and Andy Smith were hired as Staff Writers Trevor Gilham another ex AA member held the position of Art Editor 2 Between June and July 1989 issues 21 and 22 the magazine was sold to EMAP and Future Publishing redeployed the original ACE staff to work on their Amiga Format and ST Format titles 2 After the magazine was cancelled in April 1992 a number of the staff working on ACE at the time were moved to The One for Amiga Games to relaunch the latter magazine Content editCoverage initially included Atari ST Amiga C64 ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC but also included newer machines as they were released Although games features were the mainstay other articles on graphics and computer music were featured A cover cassette and later a floppy disk was included with the magazine featuring games demos Regular editorial features included Interface News Letters The Blitter End The Specials features and Gameplay Screen Test Arcades Tricks n Tactics Adventures Screen Test edit Screen Test was the games review section Games were rated out of ten on Visual effects Audio IQ Factor Fun Factor and an overall rating Games were seen by all the reviewers and the overall rating was notable for scoring games out of 1000 rather than the usual percentage or mark out of 10 Also introduced was the Predicted Interest Curve graph where the game was given a line graph predicting the long term interest in the game over many months See also editVideo game journalism Video game industryReferences edit Gary Whitta amp Gary Liddon 1 April 1991 April 1991 issue of ACE EMAP a b c d Future plc History Future Publishing Archived from the original on 2 May 2006 Retrieved 23 May 2006 External links editProfile of ACE magazine at Amiga History ACE Magazine Archive at the Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ACE magazine amp oldid 1218075767, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
