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{{Short description|UK video game magazine}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| image_file = cpcattack1.jpg
| image_size = 
| image_caption = Issue 1
| editor = Pat Kelly
| editor_title = 
| editor2 = Rob Scott
| editor_title2 = Technical editor
| editor3 = Paul Hales
| editor_title3 = Sub-editor
| previous_editor = 
| staff_writer = Vic Barnes<br />Richard Fairhurst<br />Richard Wildey
| frequency = Monthly
| circulation = 
| category = Computer magazine
| company = 
| publisher = HHL Publishing
| firstdate = {{Start date|1992|06}}
| country = United Kingdom
| based = [[London]], [[England]]
| language = English
| website = 
| issn = 
| oclc = 807116186
| finaldate = {{End date|1992|11}}
| finalnumber = 6
}}
'''''CPC Attack!''''' was a magazine dedicated to [[Amstrad CPC 464|Amstrad CPC]] gaming. The magazine was a successor to ''[[Amstrad Computer User]]'' magazine. It was characterised by a strong comic-like graphical style featuring a recurring mascot - a [[Tank Girl]]-like character called Amy Strad. Funnily enough, this same character featured in ''[[Computer and Video Games (magazine)|C+VG]]'' magazine under the name ''Sadie''. Originally, ''Amstrad Computer User'' had been a much more serious magazine than its main rival ''[[Amstrad Action]]''. The radical redesign to ''CPC Attack!'' was probably an attempt to appeal to ''Amstrad Action'' readers.

The magazine only ran for six issues between June and November 1992. This may have been because it did not have a cover-mounted tape (like ''Amstrad Action'') and was devoted entirely to gaming leaving little room for other computer uses, but was probably also due to the waning popularity of the Amstrad 8-bit computer systems. The magazine did give away a number of free gifts with its early issues, although their relevance to readers was questionable. Issue 1 came with a pair of 3D glasses and a poster.

The magazine also drew criticism for running features that promoted the new wave of 16-bit consoles such as the [[Mega Drive]] and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]]. ''CPC Attack!'' also openly dismissed its rival ''[[Amstrad Action]]'' within its pages on several occasions, which many readers thought was unnecessary and immature{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}}.

==External links==
* [https://archive.org/details/cpc-attack-magazine CPC Attack!] archived at [[Internet Archive]]

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