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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:

Flux

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FLUX
Abstract

Flux was a short-lived video games and comics magazine by Harris Publications, published quarterly. For the first two issues, the magazine also focused on popular music.

Dates: Publication: July 1994 – January 1996

From Gamers Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FROMGAMERS
Abstract

From Gamers Magazine is a crowdfunded fan magazine that covers current-release video games and includes interviews with developers. The magazine is a print spinoff of Guide Fall, a gaming strategy guide website also owned by editor-in-chief Andrew Smith.

Dates: Publication: May 2021 –

Arcade / Dynamite

 Series
Identifier: MAG-ARCADEDYNA
Abstract

Arcade was an early children's arcade magazine that was published together with Dynamite, a children's celebrity magazine by Scholastic. Both magazines were printed as a single publication, with each taking up a portion of the issue. The back cover of Dynamite was the front cover of Arcade, and vice-versa.

Dates: Publication: approx. 1982–1983

Videogaming & Computergaming Illustrated

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VGI
Abstract

Videogaming & Computergaming Illustrated (originally Videogaming Illustrated) was a gaming magazine that included reviews, gaming industry news coverage, and strategy guides, as well as interviews and editorials from celebrities about their opinions on video games. The magazine ended its brief run in early 1984, coinciding with the downturn of the American home video game market.

Dates: Publication: August 1982 – March 1984

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

Activisions

 Series
Identifier: MAG-ACTIVISIONS
Abstract

Activisions was a promotional newsletter by Activision, published seasonally from Fall 1981 to Fall 1983. The newsletter included previews of upcoming Activision games and interviews with Activision staff.

Dates: Publication: Fall 1981 – Fall 1983

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