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Amstrad Action was a British magazine about the Amstrad CPC, published from October 1985 (issue #1) to June 1995 (issue #117).

Adventure Columns

It had a column about Amstrad CPC adventure (mainly IF) games, with several distinct eras:

Pilgrim (by Steve Cooke a.k.a. "The Pilgrim") ran from issue #1 (October 1985) to issue #46 (July 1989).
The Balrog (by Stuart Whyte a.k.a. "The Balrog") ran from issue #49 (October 1989) to issue #93 (June 1993).
The Examiner (by Debby Howard) ran from issue #95 (August 1993) to issue #110 (November 1994); and issue 112 (January 1995).

Notable Articles

Venture Forth (by Simon Forrester with Tim Norris); an adventure programming tutorial; issue #93 (June 1993) to issue #100 (January 1994).

Issues of The Pilgrim

These links are from the CPCWiki Mags archive.

1985

1 (October): Pages 39-42 [1].
- Reviews of Red Moon, Subsunk, The Shadow of the Bear, North Sea Bullion Adventure, and Smugglers Cove.
- The Pilgrim's Pick (with short comments about Colossal Adventure, The Hobbit, Fantasia Diamond, Lords of Time, Castle Blackstar, Heroes of Karn, The Ring of Darkness, and Gremlins).
- Hints for Lords of Time, Heroes of Karn, Snowball, Colossal Adventure, and Gremlins.
2 (November): Pages 78-83 [2].
- Reviews of Robin of Sherwood, Warlord, Ashkeron, and Mordon's Quest.
- Hints for Return to Eden, Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest, Lords of Time, Erik the Viking, Snowball, Emerald Isle, and Gremlins.
- Article about transfering adventure games from tape to disc.
3 (December): Pages 78-79, 81-84 [3].

1986

4 (January): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
5 (February): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
6 (March): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
7 (April): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
8 (May): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
9 (June): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
10 (July): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
11 (August): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
12 (September): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
13 (October): 1, 2, 3.
14 (November): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.
15 (December): 1, 2, 3, 4.

1987

16 (January): 1, 2, 3, 4.
17 (February): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
18 (March): 1, 2, 3, 4.
19 (April): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
20 (May): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
21 (June): 1, 2, 3, 4.
22 (July): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
23 (August): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
24 (September): 1, 2, 3, 4.
25 (October): 1, 2, 3, 4.
26 (November): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
27 (December): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

1988

28 (January): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
29 (February): 1, 2, 3, 4.
30 (March): 1, 2, 3, 4.
31 (April): 1, 2, 3, 4.
32 (May): 1, 2, 3, 4.
33 (June): 1, 2, 3, 4.
34 (July): 1, 2, 3.
35 (August): 1, 2, 3, 4.
36 (September): 1, 2, 3, 4.
37 (October): 1, 2, 3.
38 (November): 1, 2, 3.
39 (December): 1, 2, 3.

1989

40 (January): 1, 2, 3.
41 (February): 1, 2, 3.
42 (March): 1, 2, 3.
43 (April): 1, 2, 3.
44 (May): 1, 2.
45 (June): 1, 2.
46 (July): 1, 2.

Issues of The Balrog

See The Balrog's website.

Links

The Balrog. With all the issues of The Balrog. (Archived version)
The Balrog at CPCWiki.
Amstrad Action at CPCWiki.
Amstrad Action at Wikipedia.

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 ** The Pilgrim's Pick (with short comments about ''[[Colossal Adventure]]'', ''[[The Hobbit]]'', ''[[Fantasia Diamond]]'', ''[[Lords of Time]]'', ''[[Castle Blackstar]]'', ''[[Heroes of Karn]]'', ''[[The Ring of Darkness]]'', and ''[[Gremlins]]'').
 ** Hints for ''[[Lords of Time]]'', ''[[Heroes of Karn]]'', ''[[Snowball]]'', ''[[Colossal Adventure]]'', and ''[[Gremlins]]''.
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+* 2 (November): Pages 78-83 [https://archive.org/details/amstrad-action-magazine_202105/AmstradAction002/page/n77/mode/2up].
 ** Reviews of ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]'', ''[[Warlord]]'', ''[[Ashkeron]]'', and ''[[Mordon's Quest]]''.
 ** Hints for ''[[Return to Eden]]'', ''[[Colossal Adventure]]'', ''[[Adventure Quest]]'', ''[[Lords of Time]]'', ''[[Erik the Viking]]'', ''[[Snowball]]'', ''[[Emerald Isle]]'', and ''[[Gremlins]]''.
 ** Article about transfering adventure games from tape to disc.
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+* 3 (December): Pages 78-79, 81-84 [https://archive.org/details/amstrad-action-magazine_202105/AmstradAction003/page/82/mode/2up].
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