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| title = Computer Gamer

| image = [[Image:computer_gamer_covercomputer gamer cover.jpg|thumb|center|200px|''Computer Gamer'', cover dated [[May]] [[1987]]]]

| editor = Eric Doyle

| frequency = Monthly

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'''''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.

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