Atari ST User is a discontinued Britishcomputer magazine aimed at users of theAtari ST range. It started as a pull-out section inAtari User magazine. From April 1987^[1] onwards it became a magazine in its own right (as explained on page 5), outlasting its parent by a number of years. It was published initially byDatabase Publications inStockport, and later byEuropress in London.

Atari ST User

Cover of March 1988 issue
Editor	John Butters
Categories	Computer magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Circulation	33,706 (July–December 1988)
First issue	March 1986
Final issue	November 1994
Company	Database Publications Ltd. (a subdivision ofEuropress)
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	London
Language	English
ISSN	0952-3006

AlthoughST User did review games and carry demos, far more of the magazine was concerned with 'serious' issues such as hardware, programming, and music than its rivalsST Action andST Format.

The Cover Disk that was supplied with issue 59, cover dated January 1991 had aboot sectorcomputer virus which infected the memory of the Atari ST and was written to other disks that were not write-protected. Issue 60 had a free games cover disk as an apology, and was supplied with a virus killer.^[2] Source ishttp://www.atarimania.com/mags/hi_res/atari-st-user-issue-059_5.jpg

Towards the end of its print run,ST User merged with the game-oriented magazineST Action, and publication finally ceased in November 1994,^[3] leavingST Format as the only surviving Atari ST publication that was still widely available.

• Archived Atari ST User magazines on the Internet Archive