Issue 89 (Dec 1996) is Amiga Action’s loud, sarcastic, surprisingly heartfelt “last ever issue,” basically a wake with jokes: the team declares the Amiga finished as a viable games platform (in their view), explains the mag is folding into Amiga Computing, and spends the rest of the pages doing victory laps through old in-jokes, petty gripes, and genuine nostalgia. The cover leans hard on “LAST EVER ISSUE!” energy, the coverdisk is pared down to a single “exclusive” full game (Egor in Toyland) with plenty of mockery about the missing second disk, and the main games content is a final burst of footy and late-era Amiga optimism (a big Championship Manager 2 piece) plus a couple of solid send-off reviews. Around that you get the magazine’s trademark oddball mix—competitions that feel like office clear-outs, a “last ever” lifestyle section, rant-poems, guides, swaps, and a goodbye roll-call—ending less with a dignified bow than a wink and a shove out the door.

Highlights

• End-of-an-era tone: blunt farewell editorial(s), lots of “we’re done, it’s over” humour, and a clear handover pitch to find AA-style games coverage inside Amiga Computing.
• Coverdisk: Egor in Toyland as the “exclusive full game,” paired with jokes/excuses about why there isn’t a proper second disk.
• Big feature: Championship Manager 2 coverage as the last big “maybe the Amiga still has one more classic in it” hope, packed with nitpicks, promises, and sceptical hype.
• Reviews (standouts):
  • Ruffian reviewed as a top-tier platformer send-off (mid-80s score).
  • TFX flight sim reviewed as impressive but clearly aimed at higher-end/accelerated setups (low-80s score).
• Guides & long-running bits: a chunky Sensible World of Soccer guide; the “Dead Celebrity Game Guide” gag returns with Boris Yeltsin fronting King’s Quest VI help.
• Competitions (peak “closing down sale” vibes): giveaways framed like clearing the office cupboards, plus a collector-bait contest offering a full run of Amiga Action issues 1–89.
• Weird ephemera: a “last issue” free poster that’s basically a surreal collage, and a full goodbye/thanks section name-checking a ton of contributors and in-house characters.