VGHF-MAG. Magazine Library
Classification
Identifier: VGHF-MAG
This collection represents the magazines available in the Video Game History Foundation Research Library.
Found in 225 Collections and/or Records:
PC Accelerator
Series
Identifier: MAG-PCXL
Abstract
PC Accelerator (abbreviated PCXL) was a computer game magazine targeted to men, in the style of men's magazines such as Maxim. PCXL is mostly notable for its pervasive crude, sexist content, which was objectionable even in its own time.
A one-off revival issue of PC Accelerator was published by PC Gamer in Fall 2007.
Dates:
Publication: September 1998 – June 2000
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
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PC Accelerator
PC Gamer (US)
Series
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMERUS
Abstract
PC Gamer is the longest-running American computer game magazine, first published in 1994.The magazine was originally spun off from Game Players PC Entertainment, a computer game magazine by GP Publications. When British magazine conglomorate Future acquired GP Publications in 1994, they relaunched PC Entertainment as the US edition of their UK magazine PC Gamer. In recent years, the American and British versions of PC Gamer have starting sharing a substantial amount of...
Dates:
Publication: May 1994 –
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
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PC Gamer (US)
PC Games / Electronic Entertainment
Series
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMES
Abstract
PC Games was a computer games magazine from IDG Communications, the publishers of GamePro. The magazine was rebranded multiple times through its run. Originally known as PCGames, it was relaunched in 1994 as Electronic Entertainment, a magazine with a broader focus on multimedia and CD-ROMs. As the market for multimedia CD-ROMs cooled, the magazine was renamed again to PC Entertainment in 1996, before finally...
Dates:
Publication: Fall 1988 – April 1999
PC Pilot
Series
Identifier: MAG-PCPILOT
Abstract
PC Pilot is a British magazine dedicated to coverage of computing flight simulator games. PC Pilot is published by Key Publishing, a niche magazine publisher that specializes in aviation and transit; the magazine is written for aviation enthusiasts, rather than a general gaming audience, and includes interviews with pilots and others in the aviation industry.
Dates:
Publication: January 2020 –
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
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PC Pilot
PC PowerPlay
Series
Identifier: MAG-PCPOWERPLAY
Abstract
PC PowerPlay (abbreviated PCPP) is a long-running Australian computer game magazine, originally launched by Next Publishing as a complement to their console game magazine Hyper. The magazine was acquired in 2018 by the Australian division of Future, which continues to run the magazine as part of the PC Gamer family.The magazine started as a monthly publication but later in its run (circa 2019, following its acquisition by Future) shifted to a bimonthly...
Dates:
May 1996 —
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
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PC PowerPlay
Penny Power / Zillions
Series
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER
Abstract
Penny Power (later titled Zillions) was a consumer economics magazine for children, publishing by the makers of Consumer Reports. Like the adult version of Consumer Reports, Penny Power reviews and analyzed products for children and their associated costs. This included coverage of video games and electronic games. The magazine was relaunched under the name Zillions in mid-1990, though its content remained the same.Across its entire run, the magazine was...
Dates:
Publication: 1980–2000
Personal Computer Combat Simulations / PC Ace
Series
Identifier: MAG-PCCOMBAT
Abstract
Personal Computer Combat Simulations was a computer game magazine by military enthusiast publisher Challenge Publications. The magazine primarily covered military simulation games. Special issues of PC Combat Simulations were released under an alternate title PC Special, featuring much of the same staff.Following the apparent end of Personal Computer Computer Combat Simulations, former Challenge Publications editor ...
Dates:
Publication: 1993–1996
Personal Software
Series
Identifier: MAG-PERSOFT
Abstract
Personal Software (also referred to as Personal Software Magazine) was an early computer software magazine, published by the Hayden Publishing Company. Each issue featured extensive reviews of new software products, including entertainment titles such as games. The magazine appears to have been a spinoff of Hayden's other computer magazine, Personal Computing (according to the letter from the editor in the final issue).The magazine would only run for...
Dates:
Publication: November 1983 – September 1984
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
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
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Play
Play (UK)
Series
Identifier: MAG-PLAYUK
Abstract
Play is a British unofficial PlayStation magazine published by Future plc. The magazine was first published in 1995 and discontinued in 2018. Future re-launched the magazine in 2021 after a three-year hiatus under the GamesRadar brand.
Not to be confused with Play, an American gaming magazine launched in 2001.
Dates:
Publication: June 2021 –
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
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Play (UK)