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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 44 Collections and/or Records:

Amiga Addict

 Series
Identifier: MAG-AMIGAADDICT
Abstract

Amiga Addict is a British retrogaming magazine that exclusive covers Amiga computers. The magazine covers Amiga games, software, and the community, as well as interviews with people who were once involved with the Amiga scene. Amiga Addict was published monthly for the first seven issues, at which point it switched to an irregular publishing schedule.

Dates: Publication: January 2021 –

Beckett Massive Online Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-BECKETTMMO
Abstract Beckett Massive Online Gamer (abbreviated Beckett MOG) was a bimonthly magazine about massively multiplayer online games (MMOs). Published by collectible magazine company Beckett Media, Beckett MOG covered current developments in a wide range of online games, including some non-MMO multiplayer games such as first-person shooters.Beckett also published a short-lived spinoff magazine, Ultimate Guide to World of Warcraft, with...
Dates: Publication: June 2006 – April 2012

CD PowerPlay

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CDPOWERPLAY
Abstract CD PowerPlay (later renamed PC PowerPlay in 1996) was a British computer game magazine. While the magazine itself is short, typically 24 pages, the main attraction for each issue was the included demo CD, which had an extensive collection of game demos, shareware, and reviews. The first issue of CD PowerPlay declared the magazine to be a "revolutianry" advancement of tge magazine format for a "paperless society."Not to be confused with...
Dates: Publication: Winter 1994 – 1996?

Commodore Power/Play

 Series
Identifier: MAG-MAG-COMMODOREPP
Abstract

Commodore Power/Play was an official Commodore computer user magazine, published seasonly and later bimonthly by Commodore Business Machines. Power/Play targeted a consumer audience, covering home software, games, and hobbyist use. CBM published Power/Play in tandem with another Commodore computer magazine, the business-focused Commodore Microcomputers magazine.

The two magazines were merged in late 1986 into a single publication, Commodore Magazine.

Dates: Publication: 1982–1986

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

Computer Game Review

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CGR
Abstract Computer Game Review (abbreviated CGR) was a computer game magazine by Sendai Publishing, publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Although it was a computer game magazine, early issues of CGR also covered console games, giving it the short-lived title Computer Game Review and 16-Bit Entertainment. The magazine eventually adopted the multimedia-focused title Computer Game Review and CD-ROM Entertainment for...
Dates: Publication: August 1991 – June 1996

Computer Games Strategy Plus

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CGSP
Abstract Computer Games Strategy Plus was a monthly magazine covering computer games. The first ten issues were published exclusively in the United Kingdom under the title Strategy Plus, after which it was also distributed in the United States. CGSP was printed under a number of different titles over the course of its 27-year run, depending on which company owned the magazine.Some issues of Computer Games Strategy Plus were also bundled...
Dates: Publication: October 1990 – April 2007

Computer Gaming World

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CGW
Abstract

Computer Gaming World (often abbreviated CGW) was one of the longest-running magazines about computer games. Originally published by Golden Empire Publications, Inc., CGW was sold to Ziff Davis, Inc. in November 1993.

After a 25-year run, CGW was relaunched as Games for Windows: The Official Magazine, officially licensed by Microsoft, and continued for another 17 issues.

Dates: Publication: November 1981 – April 2008

Computer magazines, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-COMPUTERMISC
Abstract

During the peak era of personal computing (from the late 80s through the mid-2010s), many publishers released magazines broadly covering the field of computing, often with a focus on new hardware and software, including games.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 1994

Computer Pilot

 Series
Identifier: MAG-COMPPILOT
Abstract

Computer Pilot was a long-running magazine covering flight simulator games and hardware, published by PC Aviator, a distributor of flight simulation software.

The magazine appears to have run from 1997 through 2012. The exact publication history of Computer Pilot is unclear; the magazine was purchased by German flight magazine publisher Marc Goergen in early 2012 and appears to have run through December 2012.

Dates: 1997–2012