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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 10 Collections and/or Records:

Arcade / Dynamite

 Series
Identifier: MAG-ARCADEDYNA
Abstract

Arcade was an early children's arcade magazine that was published together with Dynamite, a children's celebrity magazine by Scholastic. Both magazines were printed as a single publication, with each taking up a portion of the issue. The back cover of Dynamite was the front cover of Arcade, and vice-versa.

Dates: Publication: approx. 1982–1983

Arcade / Electronic Entertainment

 Series
Identifier: MAG-ARCADE
Abstract Arcade: The Electronic Entertainment Magazine (later known as Electronic Entertainment) was an early magazine that broadly covered the electronic game business, including arcades, consoles, and home computers. The magazine contained extensive news coverage in the style of a trade magazine, as well as previews and reviews of upcoming games and coverage of related media, like computer books.The magazine appears to have...
Dates: Publication: 1982–198?

Cash Box

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CASHBOX
Abstract

Cash Box (also spelled Cashbox) was a trade magazine for the American music and amusement industries. Similar to other music trade magazines like Billboard, although Cash Box primarily covered the music business, the magazine would also go on to cover jukeboxes and other coin-op amusements, including arcade games.

Dates: Publication: July 1942 – November 1996

Enter: The World of Computers and Electronic Games

 Series
Identifier: MAG-ENTER
Abstract

Enter: The World of Computers and Electronic Games (rebranded Enter: The World of Computers and New Technology in March 1984) was a magazine by Children's Television Workshop that focused on emerging computer technology, especially computer and arcade games.

Dates: Publication: 1983–1985

Japan Amusement Monthly

 Series
Identifier: MAG-JAM
Abstract Japan Amusement Monthly (abbreviated JAM) was an English-language Japanese trade magazine covering the Japanese amusement and coin-op industry. The magazine covered business developments and trade shows for the Japanese and international arcade businesses, as well as a dedicated section for covering the karaoke industry.Based on a listing from the National Diet...
Dates: Publication: August 1991 – September 1995

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

New Earth

 Series
Identifier: MAG-NEWEARTH
Abstract

New Earth was a monthly British Neo Geo fan zine by Graham Pike. The magazine featured coverage of new and upcoming games for Neo Geo platforms, as well as game tips and discussions of Neo Geo-related topics such as music.

Dates: Publication: November 1994 – December 1998

NewType Gaming

 Series
Identifier: MAG-NEWTYPE
Abstract

NewType Gaming was a gaming magazine with a focus in competitive games and fighting games. Although the magazine covered a variety of topics, including import games, the cover stories were often about recent fighting games and arcade games. The magazine was publishing bimonthly on an irregular schedule for nearly two years.

Dates: Publication: November 1993 – August 1995

RePlay Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-REPLAY
Abstract

RePlay Magazine is a long-running trade magazine for the American game center industry. Published monthly since October 1975, RePlay broadly focuses on "other out-of-home entertainment venues," according to their website, which includes not only electronic games but other coin-operated amusements, such as jukeboxes and claw machines.

Dates: Publication: September 1977 — May 1996; Publication: Majority of material found within 1985 – 1990

Video Games Player / Computer Games

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VGPLAYER
Abstract

Video Games Player, renamed Computer Games in 1984, was a video game magazine by Carnegie Publications Corp., usually published bimonthly. Despite its change in title, both incarnations of the magazine covered home consoles, arcade games, and computer games.

Dates: Publication: Fall 1982 – February 1985