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VGHF-MAG. Magazine Library

 Classification
Identifier: VGHF-MAG

Staff Only
This collection represents the magazines available in the Video Game History Foundation Research Library.

Found in 224 Collections and/or Records:

3DO Club News

 Series
Identifier: MAG-3DOCLUB
Abstract

The 3DO Club was the official promotional fan magazine for the 3DO platform published by The 3DO Company. The magazine featured company and platform news, coverage of new 3DO games, as well a direct order catalog for 3DO titles. It is believed to have run from 1993 to 1995.

Dates: Publication: 1993–1995
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Future Play

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FUTUREPLAY
Abstract Future Play was a promotional magazine and mail-order catalog by video game retailer Try Soft, which sold Nintendo products at their retail locations in the Pacific Northwest. The magazine seems to have been given away for free at Try Soft stores and distributed through the company's mailing list. Future Play's content mostly consisted of advertisements, as well as small amounts of hints, commentary, and letters from readers.This magazine is notable for containing unique ads for...
Dates: Publication: 1989–1990
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Videogame Advisor

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VGADVISOR
Abstract Videogame Advisor was a monthly game industry trade magazine that covered news in the game industry, as well as interviews with game industry figures, previews and reviews of upcoming games, and other information relevant to the games business, such as financial date and industry directories. The magazine was formatted like a newspaper, with dense news items up-front followed by special features. The magazine ran through the end of 1997, ...
Dates: Publication: 1995–1997
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Multimedia World

 Series
Identifier: MAG-MULTIWORLD
Abstract

Multimedia World is a spinoff of PC World focusing on multimedia hardware and software. The magazine paid special attention to multimedia games and CD-ROMs, as well as operating systems, music software, and anything adjacent to home computer media production.

Like its parent magazine, Multimedia World was owned by IDG Communications.

Dates: Publication: December 1993 – 1996?
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Computer Entertainer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CEVGU
Abstract Computer Entertainer, originally titled The Video Game Update, was a video game newsletter published from 1982 until July 1990. It began as a newsletter for the video game mail-order company Video Take-Out, operated by sisters Marylou Badeaux and Celeste Dolan, before branching out into general video game coverage. Computer Entertainer was one of the few American video game publications that ran continuously through the 1983–1984 American game industry...
Dates: Publication: 1982–1990
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Electronic Games / Computer Entertainment

 Series
Identifier: MAG-EGAMES
Abstract Electronic Games is the earliest known American magazine dedicated to video games. The magazine was spun off from Arcade Alley, a column previously published in Video magazine, also owned by Reese Publishing Company. Electronic Games was a formative magazine for video game journalism and was the starting place for several notable early video game journalists, including Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel, and Joyce Worley.Electronic Games was discontinued in 1985 and reworked as the more...
Dates: Publication: Winter 1981 – August 1985
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Casual Connect

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CASUALCONNECT
Abstract Casual Connect (also known as Casual Connect Magazine and originally Minna Magazine) was a game industry trade publication about casual games, published three times yearly by the Casual Games Association. The magazine covered the business of the casual games market, including product development and marketing strategies. Casual Connect ran for around nine years, discontinuing midway into 2015.Casual Connect was also distributed...
Dates: Publication: 2006–2015
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Xbox Nation

 Series
Identifier: MAG-XBOXNATION
Abstract

Xbox Nation (abbreviated XBN) was a magazine by Ziff Davis, Inc. that covered the original Xbox console. The magazine had an irregular release pattern, publishing seasonally, then bimonthly, before settling into a monthly publishing schedule. It ran for three years, ending in February 2005.

Dates: Publication: January 2002 – February 2005
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Play

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PLAY
Abstract Play (sometimes Play Magazine) is a gaming magazine started by Dave Halverson, who previously founded GameFan and Gamers' Republic. Similar to Halverson's prior magazines, Play has a special focus on Japanese culture, import games, and niche genres that appeal to a dedicated gaming audience. Embracing fan interests more than other gaming publications, Play also had a dedicated anime section, which comprised a significant portion of each issue, as well as...
Dates: Publication: December 2001 – January 2010
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

PSM

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PSM
Abstract

PSM was an independent PlayStation magazine by Imagine Publishing. The magazine ran until 2007, when it was discontinued and restarted as PlayStation: The Official Magazine, now affiliated with Sony Computer Entertainment.

Dates: Publication: September 1997 – December 2007
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

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