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Your 64
Your 64 magazine (front cover - April-May 1984 issue).jpg
Issue #1, APR/MAY 1984
EditorBruce Sawford
Categories Computer magazine
Frequencybi-monthly
Circulation 38,012 (circa 1985)
First issueApril/May 1984
Final issue
Number
October 1985
14
CompanySportscene Specialist Press
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Your 64 was a British computer magazine aimed at users of the Commodore 64 and VIC-20 home computers, launched by Sportscene Specialist Press in 1984 [1] as a sister title to Your Spectrum . Initially a bi-monthly release it later changed to monthly. The content of issues were balanced between serious and leisure features. The title lasted 14 issues until it was incorporated into Your Commodore .

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