VGHF-MAG. Magazine Library
Classification
Identifier: VGHF-MAG
This collection represents the magazines available in the Video Game History Foundation Research Library.
Found in 243 Collections and/or Records:
GameWEEK / ieMAGAZINE
Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEWEEK
Abstract
GameWEEK was a video game trade paper published by CyberActive Media Group, Inc. as a successor to their previous trade magazine, Videogame Advisor. Originally launched a weekly trade publication, the paper had an irregular schedule, sometimes publishing every other week instead.GameWEEK was rebranded as ...
Dates:
Publication: 1998–2001
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
This Week In Consumer Electronics
Series
Identifier: MAG-TWICE
Abstract
This Week In Consumer Electronics (abbreviated TWICE) is a trade newspaper for the consumer electronics industry. The magazine covers new developments in the electronics business, including trade show coverage and blurbs about new products. Historically, TWICE also covered electronic toys and their overlap with the early video game industry.TWICE has run continuously since 1986, although its focus shifted away from video games as the game industry began...
Dates:
Publication: 1989–
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
S.W.A.T.Pro
Series
Identifier: MAG-SWATPRO
Abstract
S.W.A.T.Pro (originally short for GamePro's Secret Weapons And Tactics Guide, also referred to as SWATPro or simply SWAT) was a spinoff of GamePro that covered game tips, tricks, cheats, and walkthroughs. The magazine began as a special issue of GamePro before growing into a full magazine. After a year of one-off special issues, S.W.A.T.Pro eventually became a bimonthly magazine, published twice a year until...
Dates:
Publication: Majority of material found within Fall 1990 – November 1995
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
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
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
IGN magazines
Series
Identifier: MAG-IGN
Abstract
The gaming news website IGN tried multiple times to produce a magazine based on their site. Their first attempt, IGN64.com The Magazine, was published by their owner Imagine Media back when the site originally exclusively covered Nintendo 64 games. This iteration of the magazine listed only one issue. Later in 2001 as an independent company, they attempted to relaunch their magazine with GameShark under the title IGN.com The Magazine....
Dates:
Publication: 1998–2001
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
NGamer
Series
Identifier: MAG-NGAMERUS
Abstract
NGamer was a short-lived magazine by Imagine Media covering Ninetndo games and platforms, billed as "the magazine for Nintendo freaks." NGamer was discontinued almost immediately; Imagine canceled the magazine in November 1999—one month before the publication date listed on the first issue—citing the waning interest in the Nintendo 64 as the reason for its cancelation.
Not to...
Dates:
Publication: December / January 2000
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Game Intelligence Magazine
Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEINTEL
Abstract
Game Intelligence Magazine was a short-lived trade publication covering the video game business, intended for a wide audience of video game professionals. Very few issues of the magazine were produced before it appears to have been discontinued.
Dates:
Publication: September 1998 – February 1999?
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Tomb Raider comic magazines
Collection
Identifier: MAG-TOMBRAIDER
Abstract
From 1999–2005, Top Cow Productions published a comic book based on the Tomb Raider game franchise. The comic was syndicated in multiple different Tomb Raider magazines published in both the United States and United Kingdom, with some limited supplemental content.
Dates:
2001–2002?
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Internet Underground
Series
Identifier: MAG-IUNDERGROUND
Abstract
Internet Underground was an internet culture magazine by Sendai Publishing, the publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Like other internet magazines published in the mid-1990s, Internet Underground covered current topics in internet culture. The magazine also included featured articles and reviews of popular websites at a time when the web was small enough to cover within the scope of a magazine.
Internet Underground ran for about a year and a half. According to ...
Dates:
December 1995 – June 1997
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
MultiMedia Merchandising
Series
Identifier: MAG-MMM
Abstract
MultMedia Merchandising (stylized as M³) was a magazine for retailers that covered the electronic entertainment market. The magazine focused on retail trends and lists of best-selling titles across the interactive entertainment space, including console games, educational computer software, and interactive music CDs. Issues also included spotlights on specific stores that sold multimedia. With exceptions, the magazine was published monthly and is known to have run...
Dates:
Publication: 1994–1996?
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library