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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:

GamePro Presents The Ultimate Guide to PlayStation Games, Winter 1997

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.PSGUIDE
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 1997

GamePro press CD collection

 Collection — Container: GamePro press CD collection
Identifier: GAMEPRO-CDS
Abstract Over its 22-year run, the video game magazine GamePro received a large amount of publicity materials from video game publishers, including screenshots, artwork, and press releases. This collection includes all known press assets received by GamePro from roughly 1995–2004, as originally organized by GamePro designer Katrin Auch. The CDs in this collection were either sent to GamePro by various game publishers, or they are backup CDs created by the...
Dates: circa 1995–2004

GamePro press CD collection

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: 2023-16
Dates: circa 1995–2004

GamePro, Special Fall Issue, Halo: Reach, Fall 2010

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.HALOREACH
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 2010

GamePro special issues

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents

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: May 1989 – Winter 2011

GamePro strategy guides

 Sub-Series
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: May 1989 – Winter 2011

GamePro, Winter Quarterly 2011, Winter 2011

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO.278
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: Winter 2011

GamePro's 16-Bit CD-ROM Video Gaming, January 1993

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.CDROM
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: January 1993

GamePro's 16-Bit Video Gaming, February 1992

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.16BIT1
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: February 1992

GamePro's 16-Bit Video Gaming, May 1992

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.16BIT2
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: May 1992