New entry and the first profile of one of so many magazines dedicated to our 'oldies goldies' home computer machines. To start, I'll begin my blogging journey with a Spanish magazine that was launched in late 80s. So, here we go...
"Amstrad Sinclair Ocio" (ASO, for brief) magazine was the subsequent sequel to Spanish "Amstrad User" magazine, dedicated exclusively to the world of Amstrad. Once Amstrad acquired Sinclair in 1986, this magazine started its commercial life few years later. dedicated to both computer systems (Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum). Indescomp S.A. was the main editorial, being at the same time the official distributor of Amstrad and Sinclair products in Spain.
From issue 15 on, ASO changed its name to Mega Ocio, but continued the numbering of the previous magazine, covering all 16-bit systems, as computers as consoles. The last issue was published in April of 1992.
In most of ASO and Megaocio issues, main cover has been always a complete artwork designed by illustrator Miguel Alcón (1964 - 2022). From issue 21 onwards, concept compositions using photographs, linear drawings, logos and screenshots were used as covers.
Amstrad CPC - https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&lemot=Amstrad%20Sinclair%20Ocio&r3=1&r4=1
COMPLETE LIST:
1 Borrador de pantalla Amstrad CPC ? 47
Mozart Amstrad CPC Francisco M. Fernández 47
2 Música por interrupc. Amstrad CPC Luis Jorge García 46-47
Cuadrator Amstrad CPC ? 48
Mini Juego Amstrad CPC ? 48
Hard-Copy Amstrad CPC ? 49
San Valentín Amstrad CPC ? 49
Letras Dobles ZX Spectrum Carlos D. Pérez 50-51
y Max.
Marcófono Amstrad CPC Hard-Soft 56-59
3 Compresor pantallas Amstrad CPC Luis Jorge García 21
Agenda telefónica Amstrad CPC Manuel Ballestero 50-51
Animator Amstrad CPC Luis Jorge García 52-53
Traductor de memoria Amstrad CPC José Pujal 58-59
y Ramón Linares.
4 Discover Amstrad CPC Manuel Ballestero 42-45
Letras multicolor Amstrad CPC ? 46
Criba de Eratóstenes Amstrad CPC Luis Jorge García 46
Curvas de Dragón II Amstrad CPC ? 46
Asteroides * Amstrad CPC Honorio García 47
* Probably, Asteroides (also called Space Storm) type-in was copied from British magazine Amstrad Computer User #54 (May 1989), developed as Space Storm I by David Hall.
5 Sprites BASIC Amstrad CPC Manuel Ballestero 28-29
Counter ZX Spectrum Carlos Doral Pérez 30-31
y Max.
Impresión de gráficos ZX Spectrum Carlos Doral Pérez 58-59
6 Chequeo de Joysticks Amstrad CPC Amstrad Ocio 15
Traductor de Memoria Amstrad CPC Amstrad Ocio 29
Mongui Amstrad CPC Óscar Valladares 35-40
Bonoloto ZX Spectrum José Glez. Villareal 43-46
Bingo Amstrad PCW José Luis Frases 47-50
7 Sopa de Letras Amstrad CPC Jaime Oliva 26-28
Recover +3 Spectrum +3 Amstrad Sinclair Ocio 47
8 Inteligencia art. Amstrad CPC Sergio Ríos Aguilar 42-44
9 No listings at all, except poke-loaders
10 Impresión en pantalla Amstrad CPC Luis Jorge García 28-29
Volcado de pantallas Amstrad CPC A.S.O. 49
11 Rutina FILL ZX Spectrum A.S.O. 8-9
Paisajes fractales Amstrad CPC A.S.O. 50-51
Protector ficheros Amstrad CPC A.S.O. 52
12 Lector cabeceras Amstrad CPC Ricardo Palomares 24-25
Editor Caracteres ZX Spectrum José G. Villareal 30-32
13 Lectura de teclas Amstrad CPC Gamesoft 13-15
Micro-Agenda de Luxe Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 25-29
Editor de Sprites ZX Spectrum A.S.O. 30-32
14 Database Plus Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 24-27
Efectos "FX" ZX Spectrum A.S.O. 30-31
As Megaocio:
15 Contabilidad Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 42-44
Turbo CPC-Word Amstrad CPC BMF-Soft 68-71
Dagoba Amstrad CPC Jorge Pérez Barreiro 72-75
Cuatro en Raya PC MS-DOS César Valencia Perello 76-77
Cavern ZX Spectrum ? 78
NIM CBM Amiga J. G. Villarreal 79-81
16 Digitalizador Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 58-60
17 Micro-Tenis Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 72-73
Base de Datos Amstrad CPC Enrique Sánchez 100-103
Parchíse Amstrad PCW Alfredo Comas 104-107
Ahorcado 2000 Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 108-109
Miliman ZX Spectrum ? 110
IFF20BJ CBM Amiga Juan José Valverde 111-113
18 Perseguir y disparar Amstrad CPC Pedro Muñoz Samarriba 64
Túnel Multicolor Amstrad CPC Juan Manuel Gutiérrez 64
Orden Alfabético Amstrad CPC Juan Antonio García 65
Bota, bota... Amstrad CPC José Manuel Robledo 65
Urgg! Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 68-71
19 Squash Amstrad CPC Juan Antonio García 72
Puzzle Amstrad CPC Juan José V. 72
Fire Amstrad CPC José González 72
CPC-DOS Amstrad CPC José Manuel Rodríguez 73
Lámpara Amstrad CPC Tomás López 73
Tenis y Frontón Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 74
Parchís Amstrad CPC Javier Macías 75-78
Paranoid Amstrad PCW Jorge Pérez Barreiro 79-81
Buscador de POKEs ZX Spectrum A.S.O. 82
20 Ficheros Amstrad CPC José Luengo 68
Space Pang Amstrad CPC Francisco J. Olivares 68
Conversor Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 68
La Gran Ciudad Amstrad CPC Víctor Pachecho 69
Música Maestro Amstrad CPC David Molina 69
Graph-X Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 70-73
21 Acid Amstrad CPC Julio Ramos 82
Juegos de letras Amstrad CPC Jordi Cebria 82
Cumpleaños Feliz Amstrad CPC César Valencia 83
Metralla Amstrad CPC ? 83
Borrador Amstrad CPC ? 83
Composer Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 90-93
Invaders 3D PC MS-DOS César Valencia Perello 94-95
El Faraón ZX Spectrum ? 96-97
22 Volcado de memoria Amstrad CPC John Badley - C.V.P. 70
Bolasbotan Amstrad CPC ? 70
Bola mágica Amstrad CPC ? 71
Borrado 1 Amstrad CPC C. V. P. 71
Interminable Amstrad CPC ? 71
El Golpe Amstrad CPC Juan M. Ronda Camús 72-74
23 Push-Pop Amstrad CPC ? 60
Mega-Texto Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 60
Mega-Flop Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 61
Cargador discos Amstrad CPC C. V. P. 61
Tirachinas Amstrad CPC C. V. P. 61
Meganoid (+ Editor) Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 62-64
Super-Symon PC MS-DOS César Valencia Perello 65
Thron Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 66-67
Batalla ZX Spectrum ? 68-69
24 Trapper Amstrad CPC ? 68
Magic Amstrad CPC ? 68
CLS Multicolor Amstrad CPC ? 68
Multi-Prog Amstrad CPC A.S.O. 69
Música Amstrad CPC A.S.O. 70-71
Ruleta numérica Amstrad CPC A.S.O. 71
25 Aterriza como puedas Amstrad CPC Megaocio 68
Música Amstrad CPC Megaocio 68
Números romanos Amstrad CPC Megaocio 69
Tablas de multiplicar Amstrad CPC Megaocio 69
Cursor Amstrad CPC Megaocio 69
Pirámide Amstrad CPC ? 70-71
26 Snake Amstrad CPC Megaocio 68
Palabras Amstrad CPC Megaocio 69
Reflejos Amstrad CPC Megaocio 69
Hockey Espacial Amstrad CPC Megaocio 70-71
27 Presentaciones Amstrad CPC Megaocio 68
Efectos de pantalla Amstrad CPC Megaocio 68
Bosque Amstrad CPC Simon Watson / Megaocio 68
Mensajes con scroll Amstrad CPC Megaocio 69
Intereses Amstrad CPC Megaocio 69
Árboles Amstrad CPC Megaocio 70-71
28 Tetron Amstrad CPC César Valencia Perello 90-95
29 Cuatro en raya Amstrad CPC Steve Bennett 68
Guerras de números Amstrad CPC Megaocio 69
Morse Amstrad CPC Megaocio 69
30 Disk Doctor Amstrad CPC Zak Hirt 70-71
31 Conversor Amiga-PC CBM Amiga Ricardo Palomares 67-69
From issue 32 to last 36, no more listings were published.
Hope you find this info quite interesting for any documentation you need. I observed some short CPC programs appeared between issues 15 to 23 were taken or copied from another Amstrad magazines back in time. You may find them at CPC Power web archive and their relationship with their respective original listings.
