RE: Amstrad Computer User (June 1991)
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Amstrad even in europe was less popular than Spectrum, Commodore or Atari but it was very interesting piece of hardware, from what I remember quite capable.
Active demoscene as well.
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The CPC did survive a long time though. Introduced in like 1983 and here's a magazine still active for it in 1991. It was almost as long lived as the C64 and Spectrum. I know Spectrum and the Commodore 64 were huge in Europe. The Amiga and Atari ST later on too. My perception is that the Atari 8-bit (Atari 400/800/etc.) line was virtually unheard of in Europe though.
Atari 65 and 130 to smaller degree were very strong in Poland - the reason was one of two big shop networks that were importing western goods was selling Atari, while the other one was importing Commodore.
Price was like 2 or 3 salaries but it was trendy to have one ;)
When the Atari 8-bit line first came out in the U.S. (all the way back in 1978 I think) it was very expensive. However, by the time the 65XE and 130XE came out (in 1985 or 1986 I think) they were quite cheap. But by that time they weren't very popular here. In the mid to late 1980s it was the Commodore 64 and Apple II that had all the popularity. The Amiga and to a lesser extent the Atari ST were also popular but by the time the Atari 1200 came along, the PC was already starting to take over everything. They all hung on through the early 1990s though.