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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 325 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 all known special issues (and several strategy guides) published throughout the magazine's run.

Dates: Publication: 1996

Fall Preview Guide, Fall 2009

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.GUIDEFALL09
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: Fall 2009

GamePro

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO
Abstract

GamePro was one of the longest-running American video game magazines, published continuously from May 1989 until the end of 2011. The magazine was originally published by SuperPlay, before being acquired by IDG Communications after the first issue.

GamePro continued to operate as an independent unit of IDG until the magazine was dissolved in Winter 2011, following a final issue which attempted to pivot the magazine from a monthly to quarterly format.

Dates: Publication: May 1989 – Winter 2011

GamePro Greatest Strategies, Fall/Winter 2003

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.GREATEST2003
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: Fall/Winter 2003

GamePro, Issue 2, July/August 1989

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO.002
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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

Dates: Publication: July/August 1989

GamePro, Issue 3, September/October 1989

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO.003
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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

Dates: Publication: September/October 1989

GamePro, Issue 4, November 1989

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO.004
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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

Dates: Publication: November 1989

GamePro, Issue 5, December 1989

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO.005
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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

Dates: Publication: December 1989