VGHF-MAG. Magazine Library
Classification
Identifier: VGHF-MAG
This collection represents the magazines available in the Video Game History Foundation Research Library.
Found in 238 Collections and/or Records:
Consumer Electronics Show Daily
Series
Identifier: MAG-CESDAILY
Abstract
Consumer Electronics Show Daily (also known as CES Daily) was the official daily magazine for the Consumer Electronics Show. Originally launched alongside the first CES show in 1967, CES Daily covered news, exhibitors, and other event information for the biannual CES events.It is unclear how long Consumer Electronics Show Daily was published; the latest year with a registered copyright is 1988.This magazine is not to be confused with CES Trade...
Dates:
Publication: 1967–1988?
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
PS Max
Series
Identifier: MAG-PSMAX
Abstract
PS Max was a short-lived PlayStation magazine written for a teenage audience. The magazine, spun off from the magazine PSM (according to the masthead), is credited to the PS Max Team, a team of fictional comic characters who love video games. Games are reviewed on an A-to-F scale, like a school report card.In addition to typical game magazine content such as reviews, previews, and cheat codes, PS Max also included an original comic featuring the PS Max Team.Only one...
Dates:
Publication: Fall/Winter 1999
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
PlayStation Solutions
Series
Identifier: MAG-PSSOLUTIONS
Abstract
PlayStation Solutions was a British PlayStation tips magazine by Rapide Publishing. The magazine was also published in the United States, but the only difference appears to be their physical dimensions and numbering scheme; their content is identical (including British advertisements in the US edition).
Dates:
1996–1998?
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Penny Power / Zillions
Series
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER
Abstract
Penny Power (later titled Zillions) was a consumer economics magazine for children, publishing by the makers of Consumer Reports. Like the adult version of Consumer Reports, Penny Power reviews and analyzed products for children and their associated costs. This included coverage of video games and electronic games. The magazine was relaunched under the name Zillions in mid-1990, though its content remained the same.Across its entire run, the magazine was...
Dates:
Publication: 1980–2000
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Personal Software
Series
Identifier: MAG-PERSOFT
Abstract
Personal Software (also referred to as Personal Software Magazine) was an early computer software magazine, published by the Hayden Publishing Company. Each issue featured extensive reviews of new software products, including entertainment titles such as games. The magazine appears to have been a spinoff of Hayden's other computer magazine, Personal Computing (according to the letter from the editor in the final issue).The magazine would only run for...
Dates:
Publication: November 1983 – September 1984
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
PoJo's Video Game Review
Series
Identifier: MAG-POJO
Abstract
PoJo's Video Game Review (later simply titled Video Game Review) was a short-lived video game magazine published around 2001. It was styled like a consumer product guide, featuring news and reviews about upcoming games and consoles, as well as spotlights on gaming accessories. Game reviews in PoJo's Video Game Review did not have scores assigned but rather acted more like product recommendations.The PoJo brand started out as The Almighty PoJo, a Pokémon...
Dates:
Publication: 2000–2001
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Gamestar (US)
Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMESTARUS
Abstract
Gamestar was a short-lived adult-focused video game magazine by IDG Communications, the publishers of GamePro. The magazine was targered to adult men and featured coverage of movies, music, and electronics, in addition to video games and computer games. Like similar magazines like PC Accelerator, Gamestar was written from an edgy men's perspective that frequently sexualized women and included model photoshoots interspersed throughout the magazine.The magazine appears to have only...
Dates:
Publication: 2004–2005?
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Wired
Series
Identifier: MAG-WIRED
Abstract
Wired is a long-running technology magazine that focuses on the intersection of tech and culture. Besides broadly covering topics like computers, multimedia, and the internet, the magazine regularly features coverage of video games, which includes in-depth interviews with game developers and other industry figures.
Dates:
Publication: March/April 1993 –
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
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
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library