Happy computer

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Happy computer
Happy Computer magazine logo
description Computer magazine
publishing company Markt + Technik Verlag
First edition November 1983
attitude February 1990
Frequency of publication per month
Editor-in-chief Michael Lang
ISSN (print) 0344-8843

The Happy Computers from the former Markt + Technik Verlag (sometimes later by WEKA taken) was assigned to various German computer magazines ( 64'er , chip , CPC Amstrad International , computer Personal ) one of the publications for home computer users in the 1980s.

From November 1983 to the last edition in 1990 it offered the latest innovations, comparative tests, tips and tricks as well as listings for home computer systems such as Amstrad CPC , Atari 400 , Atari 800 , Commodore 64 , Dragon 32 , Dragon 64 , MSX , TI-99 / 4A , VC 20 , Sinclair ZX81 , Sinclair ZX Spectrum . The Happy Computer was one of the computer magazines that dealt with different systems, and offered to the reader located in each issue carefully with "Hello Freaks", a the bigger picture of "his" system.

Logo of the special game section
Logo of the "big special game part"

The game part of the Happy Computer initially consisted of just a few pages. It became “The big special game part”, which appeared from issue 11/1986 to 9/1988. From this, in turn, the game magazine Power Play emerged from the beginning of 1988 . Some of the early authors are still known today, especially Heinrich Lenhardt and Boris Schneider .

The first edition was titled Hobby Computer . After a legal dispute because of the similarity of the name to the magazine Hobby , the magazine was renamed Happy Computer with the second issue (December 1983) .

Another name change, combined with a complete change of the magazine concept, took place in January 1990: “Happy Computer” became Computer Live , which was not accepted by the previous readership due to the change from home computer-oriented to “serious” PC magazine.

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