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VGHF-MAG. Magazine Library

 Classification
Identifier: VGHF-MAG
This collection represents the magazines available in the Video Game History Foundation Research Library.

Found in 232 Collections and/or Records:

Super NES Buyer's Guide

 Series
Identifier: MAG-SUPERNESBUYER
Abstract

Super NES Buyer's Guide was a spinoff of Electronic Gaming Monthly focusing on upcoming games for the Super Nintendo. The magazine published on an irregular bi-monthly schedule for three years before being discontinued at the end of 1994.

Dates: Publication: Winter 1991 – December 1994

GameFan

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEFAN
Abstract GameFan (originally titled Diehard GameFan or Diehard Game Fan through October 1995) was a monthly publication that billed itself as a "next generation video game magazine" and, later, as "the last true enthusiast magazine." Although the magazine covered a wide variety of games, they focused on specialty topics for a video game enthusiast audience, such as import games and role-playing games. GameFan was founded by...
Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within October 1991 – December 2000; Publication: April 2010 – Summer 2015

Silicon Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-SILICON
Abstract

Silicon Magazine (later known as Silicon Mag) was a video game magazine given away for free at game stores in the United States. The magazine appears to have been published from October 1998 (inferred) until at least February 2002. Issues were short, typically 36 pages or fewer.

Dates: Publication: April 1999 – February 2002

EGM2 / Expert Gamer / GameNOW

 Series
Identifier: MAG-EGM2
Abstract EGM2 (stylized as EGM²) was a spinoff of Electronic Gaming Monthly that focused on in-depth coverage of games, such as strategy and tip guides, and import games. The magazine was published monthly in-between issues of EGM, acting as a second edition of the magazine. As with its parent magazine, Ziff Davis replaced Sendai Publishing as the publisher for EGM2 beginning with the July 1996 issue.Starting with issue 50, EGM2 was rebranded Expert...
Dates: Publication: July 1994 – January 2004

Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-ODCM
Abstract

Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine (sometimes abbreviated ODCM) was the official licensed American magazine for the Sega Dreamcast. Like the Dreamcast itself, the magazine was discontinued after March 2001.

Dates: Publication: June 1999 – April 2001

Kill Screen

 Series
Identifier: MAG-KILLSCREEN
Abstract Kill Screen was a gaming magazine that offered literary magazine-style coverage of the video games and the gaming industry. The printed editions of Kill Screen were a supplement to the Kill Screen website, both of which included profiles of developers, critical commentary on games and the game industry, features on the independent and art game scenes.The Kill Screen magazine was discontinued in 2014 and was later relaunched through a Kickstarter campaign. Both the website and...
Dates: Publication: 2010 – 2012

JoyStik

 Series
Identifier: MAG-JOYSTIK
Abstract

JoyStik was an early magazine that offered tips and strategies for arcade games. The magazine was subtitled "How to Win at Video Games." Later, the magazine would expand to also cover home console games and computer games.

Dates: Publication: September 1982 – December 1983

PC Accelerator

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PCXL
Abstract

PC Accelerator (abbreviated PCXL) was a computer game magazine targeted to men, in the style of men's magazines such as Maxim. PCXL is mostly notable for its pervasive crude, sexist content, which was objectionable even in its own time.

A one-off revival issue of PC Accelerator was published by PC Gamer in Fall 2007.

Dates: Publication: September 1998 – June 2000

Flux

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FLUX
Abstract

Flux was a short-lived video games and comics magazine by Harris Publications, published quarterly. For the first two issues, the magazine also focused on popular music.

Dates: Publication: July 1994 – January 1996

From Gamers Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FROMGAMERS
Abstract

From Gamers Magazine is a crowdfunded fan magazine that covers current-release video games and includes interviews with developers. The magazine is a print spinoff of Guide Fall, a gaming strategy guide website also owned by editor-in-chief Andrew Smith.

Dates: Publication: May 2021 –