VGHF-MAG. Magazine Library
Classification
Identifier: VGHF-MAG
This collection represents the magazines available in the Video Game History Foundation Research Library.
Found in 242 Collections and/or Records:
Wireframe
Series
Identifier: MAG-WIREFRAME
Abstract
Wireframe is a magazine by the Raspberry Pi Foundation that "lifts the lid on video games," featuring close looks at game development and developers from an outside perspective. The magazine was published biweekly until spring 2020, when it switched to a monthly format. It was discontinued in January 2023.
Dates:
Publication: November 2018 – January 2023
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Gamesauce
Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMESAUCE
Abstract
Gamesauce (also called Gamesauce Magazine) was a short-lived game industry trade magazine. Similar to other trade magazines like Game Developer, Gamesauce combined game design analysis, developer interviews, and professional advice. Three issues of Gamesauce were published from 2009 to 2010, after which the Gamesauce brand continued as a web-based game industry news publication.Gamesauce had a close but unclear association with the Casual Games...
Dates:
Publication: Fall 2009 – Fall 2010
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
TurboPlay
Series
Identifier: MAG-TURBOPLAY
Abstract
TurboPlay was a bi-monthly spinoff of Video Games & Computer Entertainment, focusing on the TurboGrafx-16 console. The magazine ran for two years before ending its run in Fall 1992.
Dates:
Publication: June 1990 – September 1992
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment / VideoGames: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine
Series
Identifier: MAG-VGCE
Abstract
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (VG&CE) was a monthly gaming magazine by Larry Flynt Publications, spun-off from the Video Game Digest column in the Atari computer magazine ANALOG Computing. The magazine's name was changed to VideoGames: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine starting with Issue 80 in September 1995.VG&CE begat several of its own spinoffs, including Tips & Tricks and the TurboGrafx magazines TurboPlay...
Dates:
Publication: December 1988 – September 1996
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Electronic Games / Fusion / Intelligent Gamer
Series
Identifier: MAG-EGAMES2
Abstract
Electronic Games (later known as Fusion, Intelligent Gamer's Fusion, and Intelligent Gamer) was the second run of Electronic Games, a video game magazine which originally ran from 1981–1985. The staff for the second run of Electronic Games initially included many of the editors from the original magazine, such as Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel, and Joyce Worley.
The magazine went through a number of...
Dates:
Publication: October 1992 – January 1997
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Next Generation / NextGen
Series
Identifier: MAG-NEXTGEN
Abstract
Next Generation was an American multiplatform video game magazine focusing on industry news and trends, published by Imagine Media. The magazine was relaunched in September 1999 as NextGen.Next Generation was one of the few wide-distribution magazines that covered the game industry itself rather than individual products was targeted towards an adult audience. As a result, the magazine had a cross-over audience that included game professionals and the general public and...
Dates:
Publication: January 1995 – January 2002
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Super NES Buyer's Guide
Series
Identifier: MAG-SUPERNESBUYER
Abstract
Super NES Buyer's Guide was a spinoff of Electronic Gaming Monthly focusing on upcoming games for the Super Nintendo. The magazine published on an irregular bi-monthly schedule for three years before being discontinued at the end of 1994.
Dates:
Publication: Winter 1991 – December 1994
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
GameFan
Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEFAN
Abstract
GameFan (originally titled Diehard GameFan or Diehard Game Fan through October 1995) was a monthly publication that billed itself as a "next generation video game magazine" and, later, as "the last true enthusiast magazine." Although the magazine covered a wide variety of games, they focused on specialty topics for a video game enthusiast audience, such as import games and role-playing games. GameFan was founded by...
Dates:
Publication: Majority of material found within October 1991 – December 2000; Publication: April 2010 – Summer 2015
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Silicon Magazine
Series
Identifier: MAG-SILICON
Abstract
Silicon Magazine (later known as Silicon Mag) was a video game magazine given away for free at game stores in the United States. The magazine appears to have been published from October 1998 (inferred) until at least February 2002. Issues were short, typically 36 pages or fewer.
Dates:
Publication: April 1999 – February 2002
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
EGM2 / Expert Gamer / GameNOW
Series
Identifier: MAG-EGM2
Abstract
EGM2 (stylized as EGM²) was a spinoff of Electronic Gaming Monthly that focused on in-depth coverage of games, such as strategy and tip guides, and import games. The magazine was published monthly in-between issues of EGM, acting as a second edition of the magazine. As with its parent magazine, Ziff Davis replaced Sendai Publishing as the publisher for EGM2 beginning with the July 1996 issue.Starting with issue 50, EGM2 was rebranded Expert...
Dates:
Publication: July 1994 – January 2004
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library