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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 242 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

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?

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

Game Developer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GD
Abstract Game Developer was a monthly magazine that covered "the art and business of video games," published by UBM, which also managed the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and Gamasutra.com. In addition to the monthly (or occasionally bi-monthly) magazine, Game Developer would occasionally release special issues or supplements, most notably a Game Career Guide published every fall (after the June/July issue) starting in 2002. For several years, UBM also bundled a GDC preview guide with the...
Dates: Publication: April 1994 – Fall 2013

Edge

 Series
Identifier: MAG-EDGE
Abstract Edge is a long-running British video game magazine, published for its entire run by Future plc since 1993. The magazine has a special focus on the video game industry itself, covering the business of games in more detail than other enthusiast magazines published during its run. Edge is also noted for its highly critical editorial tone, particular through the 90s and early 2000s. From 1995–2002, Edge was affiliated with Next Generation, an American magazine also owned by Future...
Dates: Publication: October 1993 –

Gamers' Republic

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMERSREPUBLIC
Abstract

Gamers' Republic was a monthly gaming magazine managed by Dave Halverson, founder of GameFan magazine, after leaving his previous publication. Like GameFan, Gamers' Republic was aimed at the hardcore gaming audience, with a focus on Japanese games and developers, along with coverage of anime.

Dates: Publication: June 1998 – August 2001

GamePro

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO
Abstract

GamePro was one of the longest-running American video game magazines, published continuously from May 1989 until the end of 2011. The magazine was originally published by SuperPlay, before being acquired by IDG Communications after the first issue.

GamePro continued to operate as an independent unit of IDG until the magazine was dissolved in Winter 2011, following a final issue which attempted to pivot the magazine from a monthly to quarterly format.

Dates: Publication: May 1989 – Winter 2011

PSM

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PSM
Abstract

PSM was an independent PlayStation magazine by Imagine Publishing. The magazine ran until 2007, when it was discontinued and restarted as PlayStation: The Official Magazine, now affiliated with Sony Computer Entertainment.

Dates: Publication: September 1997 – December 2007