# Commodore Power/Play

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***Commodore Power/Play*** was one of a pair of computer magazines published by [Commodore Business Machines](/source/Commodore_Business_Machines) in the United States in support of their [8-bit](/source/8-bit) [home computer](/source/Home_computer) lines of the 1980s. The other was called *Commodore Interface*, changed to just *Commodore* in 1981, *Commodore Microcomputer* in 1983, and finally to *Commodore Microcomputers* in 1984 and for the rest of its run. The two magazines were published on an alternating, bimonthly schedule.

## History and profile

*Power/Play* was started in 1982 as a quarterly publication.[1] The magazine was targeted at the home computer user, emphasizing [video games](/source/Video_games), educational and hobbyist uses of the [Commodore 64](/source/Commodore_64)/[128](/source/Commodore_128) and [VIC-20](/source/VIC-20) models.[2] *Commodore Microcomputers* initially served Commodore's business customers using the [PET](/source/Commodore_PET) and [CBM](/source/Commodore_CBM-II) lines but as the business market segments standardized on [CP/M](/source/CP/M) and later [MS-DOS](/source/MS-DOS), the coverage of the two magazines essentially overlapped, until the November 1986 issue, when both magazines were switched from a bi-monthly to a monthly schedule and retitled *Commodore Magazine*.[3]

## References

1. Roberto Dillon (December 3, 2014). [*Ready: A Commodore 64 Retrospective*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ecuoBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA113). Springer. p. 113. ISBN 978-981-287-341-5. Retrieved February 12, 2017.

1. ["Commodore 64 Programmers Reference Guide"](http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/c64_programmers_reference/c64-programmers_reference_guide-00-toc_introduction.pdf) When it comes to entertainment, learning at home and practical home applications, Power/Play is THE prime source of information for Commodore home users

1. [Issue 2672](http://amr.abime.net/issue_2672)

## External links

- [Oct/Nov 1985 issue](https://www.scribd.com/doc/14501153/Commodore-PowerPlay-1985-Issue-17-V4-N05-Oct-Nov)

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