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Europress was a British company and publisher of magazine and software titles. Their magazine publishing business was previously known as Database Publications. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...

Europress was formed by Derek Meakin in 1965. It began by publishing magazines and newspapers, then during the 1980s as an expansion of their magazine publishing business, they became involved in the rapidly-growing software industry.

Europress purchased Mandarin Software during the late 1980s, and the company was later renamed Europress Software. Their output included a high proportion of educational material, such as the Fun School series.

The publishing business was purchased by IDG, and became IDG Media towards the end of 1994. A reorganisation of the titles promptly followed, with the Atari, Amiga and Acorn divisions each losing one or more titles along the way.

Their software publishing business was purchased by Hasbro Interactive in 1999. [1]. At first, the studio prospered and expanded. It was able to produce titles using some of the brands owned by Hasbro, even producing two for Hasbro Germany. A little over a year later, Hasbro Interactive was losing money and was sold to Infogrames for a small amount; Infogrames gained ownership of all the Hasbro brands. However, Infogrames were not interested in the educational multimedia, which was Europress's focus, and ignored the company for several months. Ownership was then returned to the Meakin family. They ran the company for little over a year before it went into liquidation. A major factor in this was Granada TV's ignorance of their rights over Countdown. They had encouraged Europress to produce a Countdown CD Rom, but only weeks before the launch, with large pre-orders, they discovered that they did not have the interactive rights. Hasbro Interactive was a video game production and publishing subsidiary of Hasbro, the game and toy giant. ... Year 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar). ... Infogrames Entertainment SA (IESA) is an international holding company headquartered in Lyon, France. ...

Derek Meakin sold the rights to the Europress brand name to Atari, who then sold them to Koch Media in 2002. Meakin then cofounded Meakin Enterprises with Chris Phillips.

Past magazines that have since ceased publication include: Amiga Computing, Atari User, Atari ST User. Amiga Computing was a monthly computer magazine published by Europress and IDG in both the UK and USA, it published a total of 117 issues and was of a serious nature. ... Atari User was a British magazine aimed at users of Atari computers, and published by Database Publications (later known as Europress) between 1985 and 1988. ... Atari ST User was a British computer magazine aimed at users of the Atari ST range. ...

Europress Impact

When Europress bought Newsfield in 1991, Europress Impact, a satellite company of Europress, was launched. Run by ex-Newsfield directors Roger Kean, Oliver Frey and Jonathan Rignall. In 1993 the publishers name changed to Impact Magazines. Beginning of 1994 Imact Magazines closed.

Key titles from Europress / Impact Magazines included:

Zzap!64 - Along with CRASH, Zzap!64 was one of the two main titles brought in from Newsfield. After issue 90 Zzap! was re-launched as Commodore Force, which lasted for 16 more issues ending with the last one on March 1994. Zzap!64 was a computer games magazine covering games on the Commodore International series of computers, especially the Commodore 64. ... Look up crash in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Newsfield Publications Ltd (also known as Newsfield) was a British magazine publisher during the 1980s and early 1990s. ... Commodore Force was a computer games magazine covering games for the Commodore 64. ...

CRASH - CRASH was Newsfield's first ever magazine title and the best seller at its peak. In 1992 the tile was sold to EMAP after only five issues and was incorporated into their own Spectrum title Sinclair User. Look up crash in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... EMAP plc (LSE: EMA) is a British media company, specialising in the production of magazines, and the organization of business events and conferences. ... Sinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum. ...

Sega Force - As with N Force, Sega Force was in its planning stage and ready to go ahead just when Newsfield collapsed. Covering the range of Sega consoles at the time. In July 1993 the magazine was split into Sega Force Mega, for the Mega Drive, and Sega Master Force, for the Master System and Game Gear. The titles disappeared as Imapct Magazines closed. Sega Force was an early 90s publication from Europress Impact focusing on the Sega console range. ... N Force was a small New Zealand Army unit which garrisoned Norfolk Island between October 1942 and February 1944. ... Sega Corporation ) is a multinational Japanese video game software and hardware development company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ... Sega MegaDrive 2 European version with joypad, game cart + box Sega Mega Drive (Japanese: メガドライブ Mega Doraibu) was a 16-bit video game console released by Sega. ... Sega Master System The Sega Master System (SMS for short) (Japanese: マスターシステム), was an 8-bit cartridge-based gaming console manufactured by Sega. ... The Sega Game Gear was Segas first portable gaming system. ...

'N Force' - Similar to sister title Sega Force but covered the Nintendo consoles NES, SNES and Game Boy. Later renamed SNES Force. N Force was a small New Zealand Army unit which garrisoned Norfolk Island between October 1942 and February 1944. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Nes is: A municipality in the county of Akershus in Norway, see Nes, Akershus. ... The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, also known as Super Nintendo, Super NES or SNES, is a 16-bit video game console released by Nintendo in North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia. ... The Game Boy ) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo,[1] released in 1989 at US$89. ...

Amiga Force - Amiga Force was very much a video games magazine launched towards the end of 1992. Covering the Commodore Amiga computer games scene. It lasted for 16 issues before going down with its publishers. Amiga Force was a video games magazine launched towards the end of 1992 by Europress Impact. ... Commodore has several meanings: Commodore International is a computer company Commodore 64 and Amiga were home computers Commodore (rank) is a naval rank Commodore (yacht club) is the senior officer of a yacht club The Holden Commodore is a type of car The Opel Commodore is a type of car... The original Amiga 1000 (1985) with various peripherals The Amiga 500 (1987) was the most popular variant of the Amiga. ...

Mega Machines - Impact Magazines launched Mega Machines in the summer of 1993. Similar to the existing Sega Force Mega, the new title catered for the Sega Megadrive and Mega CD. However, it was aimed at a younger audience and was printed in landscape.

External links

• [2] Koch Media History
• [3]Meakin Enterprises
• [4]MobyGames info for EuroPress Software
• [5]MobyGames info for Mandarin Software