Zero (video game magazine)
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Jackie Ryan (Jan 90)
Tim Ponting (Feb 90-Apr 91)
David Wilson (May 91-Aug 92)
Amaya Lopez (Sep 92-Oct 92)
 Issue 20, June 1991
Publisher and launch Editor = Teresa Maughan (Sept 89 - 1992) | |
| Editor | Gareth Herincx (Nov 89-Dec 89) Jackie Ryan (Jan 90) Tim Ponting (Feb 90-Apr 91) David Wilson (May 91-Aug 92) Amaya Lopez (Sep 92-Oct 92) |
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| Categories | Video game journalism |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 60,636 (c. 1991) |
| First issue | October 1989 |
| Final issue Number | October 1992 36 |
| Company | Dennis Publishing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London |
| Language | English |
| ISSN | 0957-9303 |
| OCLC | 50819394 |
Zero was a video game magazine in the UK, published monthly by Dennis Publishing Ltd. between November 1989 and October 1992. (Actual publication dates were in the preceding month, as usual for UK magazines.) It won the InDin Magazine of the Year award in both 1990 and 1991, and was also briefly the best-selling multi-format 16-bit computer magazine in the UK.
The pre-launch editor and publisher was Teresa Maughan (also publisher of Your Sinclair) and initial editor was Gareth Herincx, who left during the compilation of issue 3, at which point Tim Ponting took over. Reviewers for the launch issue were: Jonathan Davies, Sean Kelly, Duncan MacDonald, David McCandless, Marcus 'Binky' Berkmann, and Matt Bielby (all former writers for Your Sinclair). Other journalists of note who worked at Zero included David 'Whistlin' Rick' Wilson, 'Lord' Paul Lakin, Amaya Lopez, Jackie Sutton, Rich Pelley and Jane Goldman.
Issue 1 contained a coverdisk containing two free games for the Amiga and Atari ST.[1] A regular coverdisk was later introduced which included full games and playable demos. Zero caused controversy when issue 31 included a playable demo of Cover Girl Poker on the cover disk.[2] This resulted in the magazine being banned from the leading newsagents.[citation needed] By issue 33 the magazine was re-designed without the spine and had taken on a more youth orientated look. The magazine was cancelled three issues later, with issue 36 being the last one.
