''ST Review'' was a

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in the

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covering the

Atari ST The Atari ST is a line of personal computers from Atari Corporation and the successor to the Atari 8-bit family. The initial model, the Atari 520ST, had limited release in April–June 1985 and was widely available in July. It was the first per ...

during the early to mid 1990s. Published by

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and launched in May 1992 and placed at the "serious end" of the market, it catered to ST users who wished to use their ST for a variety of productive uses, such as its

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capabilities, programming or

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, as opposed to casual gaming. The title was sold to Europress after EMAP decided to close it due to lower-than-expected sales and it ran for another two years with Freelance Editor Vic Lennard, full-time Deputy Editor, Tony Kaye and a full-time designer. This three-man team, along with several freelance contributors, kept the magazine popular for almost another two years before it finally succumbed to falling sales and the lack of success of Atari's Falcon, the expected replacement of the ST. This was due in part to the increasing PC market. The magazine was eventually sold to Future Publishing, producers of rival ST Format. The last issue was published in January 1995.Atari ST Review
/ref> Like many similar magazines, it contained sections of news, game reviews, previews, tips, help guides, columnists, reader's letters, and cover-mounted disks of

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Atari ST magazines Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1992 Magazines disestablished in 1995 {{UK-sci-mag-stub