United Kingdom · 1988–1996
EMAP's magazine for the 16-bit computer generation — Amiga, Atari ST and PC — launched in 1988 under former Zzap!64 writer Gary Penn.
EMAP launched The One in October 1988 to cover the 16-bit home computers that were replacing the Spectrum and Commodore 64 in Britain: the Atari ST, the Commodore Amiga and IBM-compatible PCs. Its founding editor was Gary Penn, one of the original Zzap!64 reviewers, who edited it until February 1991. The magazine carried the usual mix of the era — news, reviews, previews, tips and guides, columns, readers' letters and cover-mounted disks of game demos — and built a circulation of more than 40,000. As the Amiga came to dominate British computer gaming, the magazine narrowed its focus. From May 1991 it became The One for Amiga Games, and from October 1992 The One Amiga. Its editors over the years included Ciarán Brennan, David Upchurch, Simon Byron, Andy Nuttall and Toby Gunton. The final issue appeared in August 1996, as the Amiga market itself collapsed.