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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 238 Collections and/or Records:

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

Code Vault

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CODEVAULT
Abstract

Code Vault, originally known as GamePro Code Vault, was a spinoff of GamePro dedicated to game tips and cheat codes. The magazine was published on an irregular monthly or bi-monthly schedule until 2005, at which point it switched to seasonal publication before being discontinued in Fall 2007.

Dates: Publication: September 2001 – Fall 2007

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

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

PSM

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PSM
Abstract

PSM was an independent PlayStation magazine by Imagine Publishing. The magazine ran until 2007, when it was discontinued and restarted as PlayStation: The Official Magazine, now affiliated with Sony Computer Entertainment.

Dates: Publication: September 1997 – December 2007

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

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

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

PlayStation: The Official Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PSTHEOFFICIAL
Abstract

PlayStation: The Official Magazine was the successor to PSM, published between 2007 and 2012. Unlike PSM, PlayStation: The Official Magazine was formally affiliated with Sony Computer Entertainment, rather than being an independent magazine.

Dates: Publication: Holiday 2007 – Holiday 2012

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