The One

The One
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Launch Editor	Gary Penn
Company	EMAP, Maverick Magazines
ISSN	0955-4084
First Date	October 1988
Final Date	Apr 1996
Total Issues	92 + 11

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The One was a videogaming magazine launched by EMAP in 1988. The magazine initially covered the three main 16-bit computers at the time, the Amiga, Atari ST and the PC, but split into two separate titles in May 1991 (The One for Amiga Games and The One for ST Games, while PC coverage was relegated to sister title PC Leisure).

History[]

In 1988, the 16-bit computer scene was beginning to emerge. With the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST starting to gain more coverage in the multi format titles, EMAP decided to launch a dedicated magazine to cater for these 16-bit computers. The One for 16-Bit Games was launched and covered the Atari ST, Amiga, and PC games market.

Produced by Editor Gary Penn and a small team of contributors, the magazine went on to gain respectable circulation figures of over 40,000 readers, even winning the ‘Magazine of the Year’ accolade in February 1990.

During 1991, the Atari ST and Amiga had reached new heights of success with many magazines dedicated to each format. With this in mind, EMAP split the magazine after issue 31 into The One for Amiga Games and The One for ST Games. PC games coverage was merged in with the content of recently launched sister publication PC Leisure.

In 1992, the Atari ST edition was incorporated into ST Action after 11 issues, ACE magazine had closed, and this allowed the staff to move into a revitalised magazine. New editor Jim Douglas and his team produced the new magazine, with its shortened logo THE ONE, with the subtitle 'Incorporating all the best of ACE'. As the subtitle suggested, the magazine layout and content was essentially The One with some of the best content of ACE, all gelled together to produce an entirely new magazine.

Just months after the redesign, most of the staff moved on and David Upchurch took over as Editor. Again, the magazine gained the 'Amiga' onto its title. Now called The One Amiga, this would allow potential readers recognise the magazine as an Amiga title. In March 1994, David Upchurch announced that this would be his last issue. Deputy Editor, Simon Bryon, stepped up to replace him. Just eight issues later and the cycle repeated itself, Simon Byron left and, then Deputy Editor, Andy Nuttall replaced him.

July 1995 and it was announced that EMAP was closing the magazine down. The One content was incorporated into EMAP's other Amiga title, CU Amiga. This wasn't the end of The One magazine as Maverick Magazines bought the title and launched their first edition in August 1995, running it for 9 more issues until April 1996, when the magazine was permanently closed.

Editors[]

Gary Penn (Oct 88-Feb 91)
Ciaran Brennan (Mar 91-Feb 92)
Heather Turley, Paul Presley & Jools Watsham (Apr 92)
Jim Douglas (May 92-Aug 92)
David Upchurch (Sep 92-Mar 94)
Simon Byron (Apr 94-Nov 94)
Andy Nuttall (Dec 94-July 95)
Toby Gunton (Nov 95-?)

Stats[]

Reviews[]

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Issue	Reviews	Avg Score	High Score	Highest scoring game(s)	Low Score	Lowest scoring game(s)
1	21	70%	89%	Federation of Free Traders, Starglider 2	36%	Army Moves
2	26	70%	90%	Speedball	33%	Game Over II
26	14	87%	94%	Speedball 2	76%	The Spy Who Loved Me
27	11	87%	95%	Sim Earth	81%	Death Trap
28	8	86%	96%	Lemmings	66%	STUN Runner
76	17	77%	91%	Pinball Illusions	33%	Mr. Blobby

Other Info[]

Issue	Cover Date	Release Date	Pages	Price	Editor	Publisher
1	October 1988	14 September 1988	108	£1.50	Gary Penn	EMAP
2	November 1988	28 October 1988	108	£1.50	Gary Penn	EMAP
3	December 1988	28 November 1988				EMAP
76	January 1995	22 December 1994	116	£3.95	Andy Nuttall	EMAP

External links[]

The Many Faces of The One - Amiga History Guide

Issue Index[]

**The One** Index
Date	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Xmas
1988										1	2	3
1989	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
1990	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
1991	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
1992	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51
1993	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63
1994	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75
1995	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88
1996	89	90	91	92