Those were the years when computers were just starting out. When video games demanded more imagination from players who were chasing dots and small sprites on screens. Great years. Anyone still remembers such brands like Commodore, Amiga, and Spectrum? Things have changed drastically in the past decade or two and we were all here to see that. Today we take a look at some computer related magazines from the past decades which had some great illustrations on their covers.
ACE – Advanced Computer Entertainment

Old Computer Magazine Cover - ACE - Advanced Computer Entertainment
AC’s Tech for the Commodore Amiga

Old Computer Magazine Cover - AC's Tech for the Commodore Amiga
Amazing Computing for the Commodore Amiga

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Amazing Computing for the Commodore Amiga

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Amiga Action

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Amiga Computing

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Amiga Dream

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Amiga Format

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Amiga Fun

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Amiga Joker

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Amiga Magazine

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Amiga Power

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Amiga World
The Australian Commodore Review

Old Computer Magazine Cover - The Australian Commodore Review
Commodore Computing International

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Commodore Computing International

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Commodore Horizons

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Computer + Video Games

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Commodore User

Old Computer Magazine Cover - DatorMagazin

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Games-X

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Oberoende Computer

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Pixel

Old Computer Magazine Cover - PSM

Old Computer Magazine Cover - The One

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Zero

Old Computer Magazine Cover - Zzap 64
Of course, covers shown here are not the best covers of all time because it is almost impossible to check every single magazine cover. These are just nicely illustrated ones we found at Amiga Magazine Rack and Old Computer Mags which are two currently popular projects for scanning and preserving old computer magazines. For more covers and inside pages you should check them out.


JG on November 20, 2009
Go and hunt down Byte magazine covers from the 1970s and early 1980s. They are even better than most of those shown here!
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/mags/byte-covers/index.html
Print Radar on November 20, 2009
Yeah they are great
Thanks for sharing…