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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 242 Collections and/or Records:

Electronic Games / Computer Entertainment

 Series
Identifier: MAG-EGAMES
Abstract Electronic Games is the earliest known American magazine dedicated to video games. The magazine was spun off from Arcade Alley, a column previously published in Video magazine, also owned by Reese Publishing Company. Electronic Games was a formative magazine for video game journalism and was the starting place for several notable early video game journalists, including Arnie Katz, Bill Kunkel, and Joyce Worley.Electronic Games was discontinued in 1985 and reworked as the more...
Dates: Publication: Winter 1981 – August 1985

Play

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PLAY
Abstract Play (sometimes Play Magazine) is a gaming magazine started by Dave Halverson, who previously founded GameFan and Gamers' Republic. Similar to Halverson's prior magazines, Play has a special focus on Japanese culture, import games, and niche genres that appeal to a dedicated gaming audience. Embracing fan interests more than other gaming publications, Play also had a dedicated anime section, which comprised a significant portion of each issue, as well as...
Dates: Publication: December 2001 – January 2010

RePlay Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-REPLAY
Abstract

RePlay Magazine is a long-running trade magazine for the American game center industry. Published monthly since October 1975, RePlay broadly focuses on "other out-of-home entertainment venues," according to their website, which includes not only electronic games but other coin-operated amusements, such as jukeboxes and claw machines.

Dates: Publication: September 1977 — May 1996; Publication: Majority of material found within 1985 – 1990

DuoWorld

 Series
Identifier: MAG-DUOWORLD
Abstract

DuoWorld was a bi-monthly magazine focusing on the TurboDuo game console. The magazine was the successor to Larry Flynt Publication's TurboGrafx-16 magazine TurboPlay, itself a spinoff of Video Games & Computer Entertainment. DuoWorld ran for only three issues, completing its entire run in 1993.

Dates: Publication: July 1993 – December 1993

Turbo Force

 Series
Identifier: MAG-TURBOFORCE
Abstract

Turbo Force was a short-lived TurboGrafx magazine by Sendai Publishing, the publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly. It is believed this magazine was not distributed independently but was instead a pack-in with another Sendai Publishing magazine.

Only four issues of Turbo Force were produced.

Dates: Publication: June 1992 – Spring 1993

Mega Visions

 Series
Identifier: MAG-MEGAVISIONS
Abstract Mega Visions (also called Mega Visions Magazine) is a retrogaming magazine edited and published by Chris Powell. Originally launched in 2016 as a digital-only retro Sega fan magazine, Mega Visions has been relaunched twice, first in 2018 as a physical and digital hybrid artbook magazine, then again as a "neo retro" magazine in 2021 that also covers modern retro-style games.Originally intended to be published quarterly, since 2018, the magazine...
Dates: Publication: 2016–

Comics, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-COMICS
Abstract

This is a collection of official licensed comics based on a variety of video game franchises. Sometimes, these comics were produced was one-off promotional or tie-in runs, but others were part of longer-running series.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 1993–2004

Voodoo: The Official Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VOODOO
Abstract

Voodoo was the official magazine of graphics card manufacturer 3dfx Interactive. The magazine was produced and published by Dimension Publishing and covered computer games with an emphasis on 3D graphics.

Dates: Spring 1998 – Fall 1999

Byte

 Series
Identifier: MAG-BYTE
Abstract Byte was a long-running computing magazine published between 1975 and 1998. Byte was one of the major American computing publications and, among other topics, covered computer games.Byte was originally published by Green Publishing before moving to its own company, Byte Publications, in early 1976. The magazine was purchased and published by McGraw-Hill in July 1979 and would be published by them until the final issue on July 1998, when it was shut down by new owners CMP...
Dates: Publication: September 1975 – July 1998

Computer Play

 Series
Identifier: MAG-COMPPLAY
Abstract

Computer Play was a monthly computer game magazine that ran from 1988–1989. The magazine focused on reviews and industry trends, as well as occasional coverage of select console and arcade games.

Dates: Publication: August 1988 – October 1989?