{"id":36162,"date":"2025-11-07T09:45:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=36162"},"modified":"2025-12-19T01:21:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T06:21:52","slug":"amiga-power-issue-number-0-may-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/amiga-power-issue-number-0-may-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"Amiga Power &#8211; Issue Number 0 &#8211; May 1991"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Computer_Magazines%2FAmiga_Power%2FIssue00&amp;twg_show=032.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/001-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/001-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/001-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/001-768x1087.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/001-1085x1536.jpg 1085w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/001-85x120.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/001.jpg 1238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amiga Power is an Amiga gaming magazine that was published in the U.K. by the publishers of Amiga Format. It had a pretty good run lasting from 1991 to 1996. This is Issue 0 which has a May 1991 cover date. This seems to have been more of a preview issue. For some reason, Issue Number 1 also had the same cover date. Contents of Issue 0 is pretty limited but includes:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=36165\" class=\"attachment wp-att-36165\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/002-721x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/002-721x1024.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/002-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/002-768x1090.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/002-1082x1536.jpg 1082w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/002-85x120.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/002.jpg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=36164\" class=\"attachment wp-att-36164\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/003-1-721x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"721\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/003-1-721x1024.jpg 721w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/003-1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/003-1-768x1091.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/003-1-1081x1536.jpg 1081w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/003-1-84x120.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/003-1.jpg 1230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Amiga Power&#8217;s All-Time Top 100 Games<\/b> &#8211; Seems a little odd to start of a new magazine with a greatest games list but that&#8217;s what Amiga Power did, at least in their preview issue. The top 10 in order include Rainbow Islands, Lemmings, Speedball 2, Sim City, Virus, Populous, Kick Off 2, Falcon, Indianapolis 500, and Stunt Car Racer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>The 100 Greatest Games Wallchart<\/b> &#8211; This is a pull-out poster featuring the top 100 games with a screenshot of each.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Bombuzal: Get It Free!<\/b> &#8211; Info on this classic puzzle game for the Amiga that advertised here as being included free with issue number 1.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Outrageous Claims<\/b> &#8211; Subscription info and claims they are makind that include Amiga Power having more game reviews than any other magazine, Amiga Power only reviewing finished games, and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/032-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-36163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/032-717x1024.jpg 717w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/032-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/032-768x1097.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/032-1075x1536.jpg 1075w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/032-84x120.jpg 84w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/032.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amiga Power is an Amiga gaming magazine that was published in the U.K. by the publishers of Amiga Format. It had a pretty good run lasting from 1991 to 1996. This is Issue 0 which has a May 1991 cover date. This seems to have been more of a preview issue. For some reason, Issue Number 1 also had the same cover date. Contents of Issue 0 is pretty limited but includes: Amiga Power&#8217;s All-Time Top 100 Games &#8211; Seems a little odd to start of a new magazine with a greatest games list but that&#8217;s what Amiga Power did, at least in their preview issue. The top 10 in order include Rainbow Islands, Lemmings, Speedball 2, Sim City, Virus, Populous, Kick Off 2, Falcon, Indianapolis 500, and Stunt Car Racer. The 100 Greatest Games Wallchart &#8211; This is a pull-out poster featuring the top 100 games with a screenshot of each. Bombuzal: Get It Free! &#8211; Info on this classic puzzle game for the Amiga that advertised here as being included free with issue number 1. Outrageous Claims &#8211; Subscription info and claims they are makind that include Amiga Power having more game reviews than any other magazine, Amiga [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,4,16],"tags":[169,471,3049,2362,2524],"class_list":["post-36162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amiga","category-computer-arcana","category-retro-games","tag-amiga","tag-commodore","tag-gaming","tag-retrocomputing","tag-retrogaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36162"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36347,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36162\/revisions\/36347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}