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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 232 Collections and/or Records:

Computer Pilot

 Series
Identifier: MAG-COMPPILOT
Abstract

Computer Pilot was a long-running magazine covering flight simulator games and hardware, published by PC Aviator, a distributor of flight simulation software.

The magazine appears to have run from 1997 through 2012. The exact publication history of Computer Pilot is unclear; the magazine was purchased by German flight magazine publisher Marc Goergen in early 2012 and appears to have run through December 2012.

Dates: 1997–2012

Forgotten Worlds

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FWORLDS
Abstract

Forgotten Worlds is a limited edition zine series celebrating the history of video game magazines, fan zines, and pccassionally related topics such as game box art. The zine is independently published by Melbourne-based writer Mikolai Napieralski (doing business as American 80s) and includes highlights of historical video game magazines and interviews with their editors.

Dates: 2023–

3DO Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-3DOMAG
Abstract

3DO Magazine was a British magazine covering the 3DO platform and adjacent news from the British video game industry. As the only English-language 3DO publication in Europe, 3DO Magazine included many interviews with staff from 3DO Europe in England.

According to the website UK Games Magazines, 3DO Magazine ran for 14 issues.

Dates: Publication: Winter 1994 – July 1996?

Multimedia and internet magazines, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-MULTIMEDIA
Abstract

Through the 1990s and early 2000s, some publishers produced short-lived magazines covering multimedia software and internet culture. Rather than borrowing their style from computer magazines, these publications were often presented like lifestyle or culture magazines.

Dates: Publication: 1986–2000

Neopets The Official Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-NEOPETS
Abstract Neopets The Official Magazine (sometimes referred to as Neopets Magazine) was the official licensed magazine for Neopets, published from 2003–2008 by collectibles publication company Beckett Media. In addition to covering Neopets strategy — including tips on designing HTML webpages — the magazine also included guides to collecting Neopets trading cards and plushies, which was Beckett Media's speciality. The magazine appears to have been published...
Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within September 2003 – February 2008

Beckett Massive Online Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-BECKETTMMO
Abstract Beckett Massive Online Gamer (abbreviated Beckett MOG) was a bimonthly magazine about massively multiplayer online games (MMOs). Published by collectible magazine company Beckett Media, Beckett MOG covered current developments in a wide range of online games, including some non-MMO multiplayer games such as first-person shooters.Beckett also published a short-lived spinoff magazine, Ultimate Guide to World of Warcraft, with...
Dates: Publication: June 2006 – April 2012

Mortal Kombat magazines

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-MK
Abstract

Several magazines were published to promote the Mortal Kombat franchise, including the Mortal Kombat movie.

Dates: 1994–1995

CyberSurfer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CYBERSURFER
Abstract

CyberSurfer was a "magazine of entertainment technology," covering computer-related entertainment topics like games, multimedia software, screensavers, and the emerging World Wide Web. Images online suggest that at least eight issues of CyberSurfer were published through January 1997.

Dates: Publication: 1995

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?

Computer Game Entertainment

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CGE
Abstract

Computer Game Entertainment was a short-lived computer game magazine published in the United States in the late 1990s by Punchline Publishing. The magazine ran for at least five issues.

Dates: Publication: 1997–1998?