| company =#REDIRECT [[ Argus Press#Argus Specialist Publications]] ▼{{about|magazine|information about computer gamers in general|gamer}}
{{unreferenced|date=January 2009}}
{{Rcat shell|
{{Infobox Magazine
{{R to related topic}}
| title = Computer Gamer
| image_file = computer gamer cover.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_caption =
| editor = Eric Doyle
| frequency = Monthly
| circulation = 20,000
| category = [[Computer magazine]]
▲ | company = [[Argus Specialist Publications]]
| firstdate =
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = [[English language|English]]
| website =
| finaldate =
| finalnumber =
| issn = 0744-6667
}}
'''''Computer Gamer''''' was a [[video game]] [[video game magazine|magazine]] published in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Argus Specialist Publications]], covering home gaming during the late 1980s. It was a colourful relaunch of the failing "Games Computing", a more conservative magazine published throughout in monochrome.
Like many similar magazines, it contained sections of news, game reviews, previews, tips, help guides, columnists, reader's letters, and occasionally cover-mounted [[game demos]].
Although lost in the crowd of titles on the market in the mid-80s, Gamer did achieve the distinction of having an issue banned by W H Smith and other UK newsagents. The cover promoted a game called "Blood And Guts" but was considered to be too gory and was replaced by a plainer rush cover. The offending image, constructed from pink hessian, bubblewrap, red paint and a Turkish knife, was demoted to background art on the revue pages - without complaint.
[[Category:Home computer magazines]]
[[Category:British video game magazines]]
[[Category:Defunct computer magazines]]
{{videogame-mag-stub}}
{{compu-mag-stub}}
{{Europe-mag-stub}}
[[hu:Computer Gamer]]
| 