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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:

Future Play

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FUTUREPLAY
Abstract Future Play was a promotional magazine and mail-order catalog by video game retailer Try Soft, which sold Nintendo products at their retail locations in the Pacific Northwest. The magazine seems to have been given away for free at Try Soft stores and distributed through the company's mailing list. Future Play's content mostly consisted of advertisements, as well as small amounts of hints, commentary, and letters from readers.This magazine is notable for containing unique ads for...
Dates: Publication: September 1989 – October 1990

Interactive Quarterly

 Series
Identifier: MAG-INTERACTIVEQ
Abstract

Interactive Quarterly was a seasonal magazine that covered adult CD-ROMs and multimedia.

Dates: Publication: Spring 1995 – Fall 1996

NewMedia

 Series
Identifier: MAG-NEWMEDIA
Abstract NewMedia was a magazine that covered emerging multimedia technologies in the 1990s. Each issue covered a range of multimedia development tools, consumer-facing content such as games and hardware, and articles about industry trends. The magazine was discontinued in 1999 at the tail end of the multimedia era. The magazine is notable for hosting the Invision Awards, which were given to multimedia titles. Recipients included games as well as educational software, informational and...
Dates: 1991–1999

Hyper

 Series
Identifier: MAG-HYPER
Abstract

Hyper was a long-running Australian video game magazine by Next Publishing. The magazine was published monthly from 1993 until early 2015; from 2015–2018, it was published quarterly before being discontinued.

Dates: Publication: December 1993 – 2018

Pocket Games

 Series
Identifier: MAG-POCKETGAMES
Abstract

Pocket Games was a spinoff of Electronic Gaming Monthly focusing on handheld game consoles. The game primarily focused on Nintendo handheld consoles and games, but it expanded to include competing consoles, such as the Neo Geo Pocket and the PlayStation Portable. The magazine was published on an irregular seasonal schedule for around six years.

Dates: Summer 1999 – Summer 2006

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

Blip

 Series
Identifier: MAG-BLIP
Abstract

Blip was a monthly video game magazine for children published by Marvel Comics. The magazine included a mixture of game tips, reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, and comics inspired by popular games. The magazine ran through 1983 and was discontinued in August that year, likely due to the downturn of the American console game industry.

Dates: Publication: February–August 1983

Incite Video Gaming / Incite PC Gaming

 Series
Identifier: MAG-INCITE
Abstract

Incite Video Gaming and Incite PC Gaming were two gaming magazines published simultaneously by Computec Media. The magazine was targed toward young men and included extensive ancillary content like sports and wrestling coverage, celebrity interviews, and model photoshoots.

Dates: Publication: July 1999 – August 2000

Billboard

 Series
Identifier: MAG-BILLBOARD
Abstract

Billboard is an American magazine covering the entertainment industry. Although the magazine primarily focuses on the music industry, issues of Billboard from the 1980s also covered the burgeoning video game business.

Dates: Publication: 1894–

@Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-@GAMER
Abstract

@Gamer (rarely written as AtGamer for searchability) was the short-lived official gaming magazine of retailer Best Buy, similar to Game Informer's relationship with FuncoLand and GameStop. The magazine ran for 35 issues.

Dates: Publication: July 2010 – December 2014