Amiga Action – Issue 52 (Christmas 1993) is a big “end-of-year blowout” issue built around heavyweight reviews and a proper festive extras pile: the mag leads with an enthusiastic verdict on Beneath a Steel Sky (p28) as a near-top-tier graphic adventure (helped by the included Steel Sky comic/graphic-novel style backstory in the package), backs it up with major coverage of Frontier: Elite II (p50) and Alien Breed II (p34), then rounds out the review section with a very “1993 Amiga” mix of shooters, platformers, and CD32-era curios—Space Hulk (p40), Globdule (p42), Prime Mover (p48), D/Generation (p52), Wiz ’n’ Liz (p54), Second Samurai (p56), Stardust (p58), Wonderdog (p62)—plus a “blueprint” style mini-section that includes King’s Quest VI (p70), Rabbit Thang (p72) and Snapperazzi (p74). Away from reviews, the feature “The Next Step” (p20–23) is a candid “what’s coming in ’94” Q&A with publishers (Team17, Psygnosis, Domark, MicroProse, etc.) and the charts page is basically a Christmas run-up snapshot with Space Hulk at #1 and big hitters like Championship Manager ’93, Hired Guns, Premier Manager, Syndicate, Sensible Soccer, Flashback all clustered near the top.

Highlights

• Cover feature + big review: Beneath a Steel Sky (p28) — positioned as a must-play adventure, with praise for its atmosphere/storytelling and the extra “graphic novel” flavour in the package.
• Other headline reviews: Frontier: Elite II (p50) and Alien Breed II (p34) as the other “main event” titles.
• Action/review stack: Space Hulk (p40), Globdule (p42), Prime Mover (p48), D/Generation (p52), Wiz ’n’ Liz (p54), Second Samurai (p56), Stardust (p58), Wonderdog (p62).
• Blueprint / lighter reviews: King’s Quest VI (p70), Rabbit Thang (p72), Snapperazzi (p74).
• Three-disk Christmas coverdisks:
  • Disk 1: Bob’s Bad Day (5-level demo).
  • Disk 2: Campaign 2 (Gulf War strategy demo) + Charlie the Xmas Chimp (PD platformer in a Santa outfit).
  • Disk 3: Jack the Ripper (guided tutorial demo) + a Goochy Classic Match scenario that loads via the saved-game restore method if you’ve got the earlier disk.
• “What’s in store for ’94” feature: publisher Q&A (p20–23) with specific mentions like Domark pushing a Championship Manager update + an “International” version, MicroProse talking CD32 support, and plenty of “sequels/next projects” teasing.
• Charts snapshot: Space Hulk top, with Championship Manager ’93, Hired Guns, Premier Manager, Syndicate, Sensible Soccer, Flashback all prominent—basically the era’s “most-played” list in one table.