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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:

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 –

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 –

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

FREEZE64

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FREEZE64
Abstract

FREEZE64 is a British fan magazine by Vincenzo Mainolfi about Commodore 64 games. The magazine includes retrospectives about Commodore 64 games and interviews with developers.

Dates: Publication: August 2016 –

Nintendo newsletters

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-NINTENDONEWS
Abstract

Through the 1980s and early 1990s, Nintendo ran a series of regional newsletters to promote Nintendo games and consoles, similar to Nintendo Power magazine. These include Nintendo Power Flash in Canada and multiple editions of Club Nintendo in several European, Central American, and South American countries.

Dates: Publication: 1988–1993

Play (UK)

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PLAYUK
Abstract

Play is a British unofficial PlayStation magazine published by Future plc. The magazine was first published in 1995 and discontinued in 2018. Future re-launched the magazine in 2021 after a three-year hiatus under the GamesRadar brand.

Not to be confused with Play, an American gaming magazine launched in 2001.

Dates: Publication: June 2021 –

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