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<h2 id="history-and-profile">History and profile</h2> <p><i>Power/Play</i> was started in 1982 as a quarterly publication.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> The magazine was targeted at the home computer user, emphasizing <a href="/facts/Video_games/vmTdNASJ">video games</a>, educational and hobbyist uses of the <a href="/facts/Commodore_64/3TPcKDbb">Commodore 64</a>/<a href="/facts/Commodore_128/vKlttwT1">128</a> and <a href="/facts/VIC-20/bLE8KkRE">VIC-20</a> models.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> <i>Commodore Microcomputers</i> initially served Commodore's business customers using the <a href="/facts/Commodore_PET/08R12Xk4">PET</a> and <a href="/facts/Commodore_CBM-II/JQEW0QDC">CBM</a> lines but as the business market segments standardized on <a href="/facts/CP/M/n5rTgXdC">CP/M</a> and later <a href="/facts/MS-DOS/fVrrz1uN">MS-DOS</a>, 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 <i>Commodore Magazine</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://www.scribd.com/doc/14501153/Commodore-PowerPlay-1985-Issue-17-V4-N05-Oct-Nov">Oct/Nov 1985 issue</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Roberto Dillon (December 3, 2014). Ready: A Commodore 64 Retrospective. Springer. p. 113. ISBN 978-981-287-341-5. Retrieved February 12, 2017. <a href="978-981-287-341-5" target="_blank">978-981-287-341-5</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Commodore 64 Programmers Reference Guide" (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 <a href="http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/c64_programmers_reference/c64-programmers_reference_guide-00-toc_introduction.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/c64_programmers_reference/c64-programmers_reference_guide-00-toc_introduction.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Issue 2672 <a href="http://amr.abime.net/issue_2672" target="_blank">http://amr.abime.net/issue_2672</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>