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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 243 Collections and/or Records:

Vidiot

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VIDIOT
Abstract Vidiot was a video game spinoff of the rock music magazine Creem. The magazine began as a one-time special issue of Creem in 1982, then continued as a bimonthly magazine for most of 1983. Presented as a lifestyle magazine, Vidiot covered arcade games and home consoles, with a slightly tongue-in-cheek emphasis on the nascent gaming culture in America in the early 1980s. As a spinoff of Creem, the magazine also covered the intersection of music and home video and often featured...
Dates: September 1982 – September 1983
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

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
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Computer Games Strategy Plus

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CGSP
Abstract Computer Games Strategy Plus was a monthly magazine covering computer games. Originally titled Strategy Plus, the magazine focused heavily on strategy, war, and military games, including tabletop gaming. The first eleven issues of the magazine under the name Strategy Plys were published exclusively in the United Kingdom. After a brief hiatus and a change of publisher in late 1991, the magazine was also distributed in the United States. ...
Dates: Publication: October 1990 – April 2007
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

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 the web game franchise Neopets, published from 2003–2008 by collectibles publication company Beckett Media. In addition to covering Neopets lore and game strategy—including tips on designing HTML webpages—the magazine also heavily featured guides to collecting Neopets trading cards and plushies, which was Beckett Media's speciality. The magazine was...
Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within September 2003 – February 2008
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

News and media magazines, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-NEWSMAGS
Abstract

Various news, media, and business magazines have covered video games and video game developers, usually as part of their culture or business coverage.

Dates: Publication: 1985–2015
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Genre-specific game magazines, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-GENREMISC
Abstract

Several short-lived or one-off video game publications covered specific game genres and their communities.

Dates: Publication: 2008
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Nintendo newsletters

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-NINTENDONEWS
Abstract

Through the 1980s and early 1990s, Nintendo ran a series of regional newsletters to promote Nintendo games and consoles, similar to Nintendo Power magazine. These include Nintendo Power Flash in Canada and multiple editions of Club Nintendo in several European, Central American, and South American countries.

Dates: Publication: 1988–1993
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Nintendo Comics System

 Series
Identifier: MAG-COMICS-NCS
Abstract

From 1990–1991, Nintendo licensed Valiant Comics to produce Nintendo Comics System, a series of comics based on Nintendo games and consoles. Over the two-year run of Nintendo Comics System, Valiant produced seven comics series, one series of graphic novel books, and published two collected "Best of" volumes.

Dates: 1990–1991
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

CD-ROM Professional

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CDROMPRO
Abstract CD-ROM Professional was a magazine that covered the rise of the CD-ROMs as a digital information medium. Although the magazine covered entertainment titles, its main focus was CD-ROM hardware, professional applications of CD technology, and non-entertainment titles. The magazine ran bimonthly through the end of 1994. As the quantity of news in the multimedia business increased, starting in 1993, CD-ROM Professional was supplemented with a special edition...
Dates: 1988–2000?
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Digital Diner

 Series
Identifier: MAG-DIGITALDINER
Abstract Digital Diner was a short-lived multimedia magazine from Metropolis, the publishers of GameFan. The magazine covered a wide range of computer, internet, and multimedia topics, with a particular focus on entertainment and games, and was presented in the style of a media magazine like Rolling Stone rather than a computer magazine. Content included interviews with game and software developers, explorations of new topics in multimedia, a cover story celebrity profile with a multimedia angle, and...
Dates: Publication: est. late 1996 – July 1997
Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

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