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GamePro Media

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: October 1988 - 2011
  • Usage: October 1988 - July 1989

Biography

Originally founded as SuperPlay, Inc. in 1988 and acquired by IDG Communications some time after the publication of GamePro, Issue 1, May 1989. The group was left uncredited in the following issues until GamePro, Issue 25, August 1991, when they were first listed as a division of IDG (as GamePro Publishing, Inc).

Found in 394 Collections and/or Records:

2009 Game Guide, Winter 2008

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.GUIDEWINTER08
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These special issues of GamePro were published outside the magazine's normal publishing schedule and numbering scheme. They include issues for specific games, consoles, and subject areas.

This sub-series currently includes 10 special and supplemental magazines that were published between 1990–1993. Other special issues of GamePro have not been cataloged yet.

Dates: Publication: Winter 2008

2010 Ultimate Buyer's Guide, Winter 2010

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.GUIDEWINTER10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

These special issues of GamePro were published outside the magazine's normal publishing schedule and numbering scheme. They include issues for specific games, consoles, and subject areas.

This sub-series currently includes 10 special and supplemental magazines that were published between 1990–1993. Other special issues of GamePro have not been cataloged yet.

Dates: Publication: Winter 2010

Cheats! The Ultimate Guide for Genesis and SNES, 1996

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-GUIDES.CHEATS
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes every issue of GamePro magazine from May 1989–Winter 2011, as well as a number of special issues and strategy guides published throughout the magazine's run.

Dates: Publication: 1996

Code Vault

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CODEVAULT
Abstract

Code Vault, originally known as GamePro Code Vault, was a spinoff of GamePro dedicated to game tips and cheat codes. The magazine was published on an irregular monthly or bi-monthly schedule until 2005, at which point it switched to seasonal publication before being discontinued in Fall 2007.

Dates: Publication: September 2001 – Fall 2007

Code Vault, December 2003

 Item — Location: Code Vault
Identifier: MAG-CODEVAULT.017
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection includes all 33 known issues of Code Vault. This magazine was not numbered, and issues were published irregularly; as such, the total issue count for Code Vault is not certain.Full issue list corraborated by The Kids Block Blog+. Although this source speculates that there may have been an April 2004 issue, it likely does not exist. Starting in...
Dates: Publication: December 2003

Code Vault, September 2001

 Item — Location: Code Vault
Identifier: MAG-CODEVAULT.001
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection includes all 33 known issues of Code Vault. This magazine was not numbered, and issues were published irregularly; as such, the total issue count for Code Vault is not certain.Full issue list corraborated by The Kids Block Blog+. Although this source speculates that there may have been an April 2004 issue, it likely does not exist. Starting in...
Dates: Publication: September 2001

Code Vault, December 2001

 Item — Location: Code Vault
Identifier: MAG-CODEVAULT.002
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection includes all 33 known issues of Code Vault. This magazine was not numbered, and issues were published irregularly; as such, the total issue count for Code Vault is not certain.Full issue list corraborated by The Kids Block Blog+. Although this source speculates that there may have been an April 2004 issue, it likely does not exist. Starting in...
Dates: Publication: December 2001

Code Vault, February 2002

 Item — Location: Code Vault
Identifier: MAG-CODEVAULT.003
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection includes all 33 known issues of Code Vault. This magazine was not numbered, and issues were published irregularly; as such, the total issue count for Code Vault is not certain.Full issue list corraborated by The Kids Block Blog+. Although this source speculates that there may have been an April 2004 issue, it likely does not exist. Starting in...
Dates: Publication: February 2002

Code Vault, April 2002

 Item — Location: Code Vault
Identifier: MAG-CODEVAULT.004
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection includes all 33 known issues of Code Vault. This magazine was not numbered, and issues were published irregularly; as such, the total issue count for Code Vault is not certain.Full issue list corraborated by The Kids Block Blog+. Although this source speculates that there may have been an April 2004 issue, it likely does not exist. Starting in...
Dates: Publication: April 2002

Code Vault, June 2002

 Item — Location: Code Vault
Identifier: MAG-CODEVAULT.005
Scope and Contents From the Series: This collection includes all 33 known issues of Code Vault. This magazine was not numbered, and issues were published irregularly; as such, the total issue count for Code Vault is not certain.Full issue list corraborated by The Kids Block Blog+. Although this source speculates that there may have been an April 2004 issue, it likely does not exist. Starting in...
Dates: Publication: June 2002