ST Format

ST Format

ST Format issue 1, August 1989
Editor	Nick Peers
Categories	Atari ST, Video games
Frequency	Monthly
First issue	August 1989
Final issue Number	September 1996 86
Company	Future plc
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
ISSN	0957-4859

ST Format was a computer magazine in the UK covering the Atari ST during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Like other members of the Future plc Format stable - PC Format and Amiga Format, for instance, it combined software and hardware reviews with columnists, letters pages and a cover disk.

The magazine was launched in 1989 when its predecessor, the short-lived ST/Amiga Format was split into two separate publications. Most of the staff went on to work at ST Format with Amiga Format essentially being a whole new magazine.

Latterly, the magazine was kept alive by enthusiastic freelancers such as Frank Charlton and Andy Curtis, as well as dedicated staff writers and editors such as Clive Parker and Nick Peers.

ST Format continued publication until 1996, when production of the Atari ST and Atari Falcon computers was all but over. The final issue was published in September 1996, and was the eighty-sixth issue of the magazine. Fan sites for the magazine still exist on the internet, some featuring archives of features from the magazines.

External links

• The ST Format Shrine
• ST Format Cover Images
• ST Format Digital Archive