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Acorn User ran from 1982-2003 for 267 issues. Scans available on Internet Archive.
Most issues do not appear to have much about video games. There are, however, certain issues that have relevant content. Being a general Acorn computing magazine, this can offer some "outside" view. For most games, they don't seem to do score-based reviews and many game pages are basically press releases/ads. Game Show section focuses on game semi-reviewing and can have general industry info intro.
- #137 (Dec 1993) - Game Show: Play it Again Sam, Demon's Lair, Blood Sport, James Pond 2: Robocod
- #137-S Top 100 Games Supplement (1993-94) - #1 Lemmings 2 (full page), #2 Zool (couple paragraphs, including the rest), #3 Gods, #4 Sensible Soccer, #5 Lotus Turbo Challenge 2, #6 Chocks Away Extra Missions, #7 Lemmings, #8 Populus, #9 Saldon Cars Deluxe, #10 SWIV, (rest are short paragraph) Technodream, Sim City, Elite, Chuck Rock, Stunt Driver 2000, Twin World, Magic Pockets, Cataclysm, Ixiom, Battle Chess, Break 147 & Superpool, Mig-29 Fulcrum, Heimdall, Nevryon, Xenon 2, Mad Professor Mariarti, James Pond, Axis, Black Angel, Sphere’s of Chaos, E-Type, James Pond 2: Robocod, Enter The Realm, Pandora’s Box, Fervour, Chopper Force, Dungeon, Chocks Away, Manchester United Europe, Oh No! More Lemmings!, Fireball 2, Alderbaran, Saloon Cars, Arcade Soccer, Grievous Bodily Arm, Bug Hunter In Space, Pacmania, Hostages, Virtual Golf, Guile, Paradroid 2000, Manchester United, Pipemania, Interdictor 2, Cyber Chess, Apocalypse, Quark, Galactic Dan, Cycloids, Nebulus, Ego, Starch, Gribby’s Day Out, Microdrive, Top Banana, Superior Golf, Aggressor, Blitz, Bug Hunter, Corruption, Zarch, Bubble Fair, Quest For Gold, Conqueror, Fred, Loopz, Iron Lord, Drop Ship, Inertia, Hero Quest, The Last Ninja, Blood Sport, Dreadnoughts, Demon’s Lair, Jahingar Khan Squash, Revelation, Boogie Buggy, Terramex, Zelanites, Master Break, Air Supremacy, World Champ Boxing Man, 2067 BC, Bambuzle, Pesky Muskrats, Pinball, Chess, Omar Shariff’s Bridge, Cyborg, Pleb Up Pleb Down
- #198 (Sep 1998) - Game Show: Doom editors: Deth, DeHackEd; Ankh
- #199 (Oct 1998) - Game Show: Syndicate Plus
- #200 (Nov 1998) - Game Show: no reviews
- #201 (Dec 1998) - Game Show: SunBurst