''Amiga Active'' was a monthly

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published by Pinprint Publishing, it launched at a time when most other

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magazines had already closed, and as a result only had one major competitor: ''

Amiga Format ''Amiga Format'' was a British computer magazine for Amiga computers, published by Future plc. The magazine lasted 136 issues from 1989 to 2000. The magazine was formed when, in the wake of selling '' ACE'' to EMAP, Future split the dual-format ...

''. A large proportion of the ''Amiga Active'' staff were from '' CU Amiga Magazine'', which had closed the previous year. In total 26 issues were published, the first in October 1999, and the last in November 2001. The closure of ''Amiga Active'' ended the news-stand distribution of UK Amiga magazines after almost 14 years.

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