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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:

InterAction / Sierra News Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-INTERACTION
Abstract

InterAction was a promotional magazine by developer Sierra On-Line, published seasonally. Starting around 1987 as Sierra Newsletter, the magazine grew and started to feature more graphics and color printing, eventually becoming Sierra News Magazine before it was rebranded InterAction. Sierra would publish the magazine until the company underwent significant layoffs and restructuring in early 1999.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 1987 – Spring 1999

Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-ODCM
Abstract

Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine (sometimes abbreviated ODCM) was the official licensed American magazine for the Sega Dreamcast. Like the Dreamcast itself, the magazine was discontinued after March 2001.

Dates: Publication: June 1999 – April 2001

Consumer Electronics Show clipped flyers

 Collection
Identifier: PROMO-CESFLYERS
Abstract

Around the time of the twice-annual Consumer Electronics Expo (CES), electronics trade magazines would include flyers for upcoming CES booths. These flyers have been clipped from their magazines.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 1987–1991

NGamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-NGAMERUS
Abstract NGamer was a short-lived magazine by Imagine Media covering Ninetndo games and platforms, billed as "the magazine for Nintendo freaks." NGamer was discontinued almost immediately; Imagine canceled the magazine in November 1999—one month before the publication date listed on the first issue—citing the waning interest in the Nintendo 64 as the reason for its cancelation. Not to...
Dates: Publication: December / January 2000

Hardcore Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-HARDCORE
Abstract Hardcore Gamer was a magazine by DoubleJump Publishing, founded by alumni of GameFan magazine, that covered current and retro games. Similar to GameFan, Hardcore Gamer had a special focus on import gaming and niche subgenres that received less coverage in mainstream publications, like Japanese role-playing games.The magazine ran for three and a half years on a semi-regular schedule until 2009, when publisher Tim Lindquist sold the rights to Hardcore Gamer on eBay to an unknown...
Dates: Publication: June 2005 – Winter 2009

Game On! USA

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEONUSA
Abstract Game On! USA: The Magazine of Electronic Manga Gaming was the American edition of the Japanese gaming magazine Game On! (ゲームオン!). The magazine focused exclusively on the Japanese game industry, particularly games with distinctive Japanese aesthetics, dubbed "manga gaming" by the magazine. As its marquee feature, each issue included several chapters of manga adaptations of video games with new English translations.Game On! USA was published by...
Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within May – November 1996

Game-specific promotional magazines, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-GAMEMAGS
Abstract

As part of their promotional campaigns, game publishers would occassionally publish one-off or short-run magazines based on individual game titles or franchises.

Dates: Publication: 2005

Game Intelligence Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEINTEL
Abstract

Game Intelligence Magazine was a short-lived trade publication covering the video game business, intended for a wide audience of video game professionals. Very few issues of the magazine were produced before it appears to have been discontinued.

Dates: Publication: September 1998 – February 1999?

Mega

 Series
Identifier: MAG-MEGA
Abstract

Mega was a British magazine covering the Sega Mega Drive. The magazine ran for three years, ending in late 1995.

Dates: Publication: October 1992 – October 1995

PS Max

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PSMAX
Abstract PS Max was a short-lived PlayStation magazine written for a teenage audience. The magazine, spun off from the magazine PSM (according to the masthead), is credited to the PS Max Team, a team of fictional comic characters who love video games. Games are reviewed on an A-to-F scale, like a school report card.In addition to typical game magazine content such as reviews, previews, and cheat codes, PS Max also included an original comic featuring the PS Max Team.Only one...
Dates: Publication: Fall/Winter 1999