Amiga Action Issue 87 (Oct 1996) is a lean, sports-tilted “Kick Off ’96” issue that tries to win you over with pure value: two full games on the coverdisks (a fantasy hack-’n’-slash sequel and a bright, toy-themed platformer), a run of big-name sports sim reviews (football, cricket, and a standout management game), and a chunky set of walkthrough/help pages for adventure/trading titles. It’s very late-era Amiga-mag in tone—cheeky, deal-focused, and community-driven—rounded out with competitions (including a very 1996 Oasis/Knebworth giveaway), mail-order pages, and the ongoing “Dead Celebrity” game-guide comedy bit.

Highlights:

• Coverdisks (pages 2–4):
  • Return of Gwendor: Wrath II — Full Game
  • Seemore Doolittle’s Toyland Capers — Full Game
• Big reviews & scores:
  • Player Manager 2 — 92% (pages 18–19)
  • Kick Off ’96 — 73% (pages 10–12)
  • Brian Lara’s Cricket ’96 — 52% (pages 6–7)
• Guides / help pages:
  • Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis guide segment (pages 22–23)
  • High Seas Trader guide segment (pages 24–25)
• “New(ish) feature” comedy: Dead Celebrity Game Guides returns (pages 26–27), framed as advice “from beyond the grave.”
• Competitions / culture bits:
  • Oasis live at Knebworth giveaway (page 16)
  • Simpsons comics compo (“Simpsonorama”) (page 20)
• Classic AA back pages: Swap Shop classifieds (pages 28–29) + chunky mail-order/ad pages (pages 9, 17, 30)