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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's Celebrity Video Gamers, August/September 1991

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.CELEB
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: August/September 1991

GamePro's Handheld Video Games, Spring 1991

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.HAND1
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: Spring 1991

GamePro's Official Mortal Kombat Strategy Guide, 1992

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-GUIDES.MK
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: 1992

GamePro's Official NBA Jam Strategy Guide, 1994

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-GUIDES.NBA
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: 1994

GamePro's ProPlayer Series, Handheld Video Games, October/November 1991

 Item — Location: GamePro
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO-SPECIAL.HAND2
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: October/November 1991

PSX-Pro, Issue 4, March 1996

 Item — Location: SonyPro
Identifier: MAG-SONYPRO.04
Scope and Contents

This issue of PSX-Pro is sealed with a poster for Zero Divide, the cover story for this issue.

Dates: Publication: March 1996

SonyPro, Issue 1, November/December 1995

 Item — Location: SonyPro
Identifier: MAG-SONYPRO.01
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes all three issues of SonyPro, plus one issue of PSX-Pro, running through March 1996.

Dates: Publication: November/December 1995

SonyPro, Issue 2, Christmas 1995

 Item — Location: SonyPro
Identifier: MAG-SONYPRO.02
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes all three issues of SonyPro, plus one issue of PSX-Pro, running through March 1996.

Dates: Publication: Christmas 1995

SonyPro, Issue 3, January/February 1996

 Item — Location: SonyPro
Identifier: MAG-SONYPRO.03
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This collection includes all three issues of SonyPro, plus one issue of PSX-Pro, running through March 1996.

Dates: Publication: January/February 1996

SonyPro / PSX-Pro

 Series
Identifier: MAG-SONYPRO
Abstract

SonyPro (later PSX-Pro) was a British spinoff of GamePro magazine focusing on the Sony PlayStation. After three issues, the magazine switched from a bimonthly to monthly format and was renamed PSX-Pro. In total, this short-lived spinoff ran for about one year.

Dates: Publication: 1995–1996