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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 217 Collections and/or Records:

TurboPlay

 Series
Identifier: MAG-TURBOPLAY
Abstract

TurboPlay was a bi-monthly spinoff of Video Games & Computer Entertainment, focusing on the TurboGrafx-16 console. The magazine ran for two years before ending its run in Fall 1992.

Dates: Publication: June 1990 – September 1992

UK children's magazines bundled items

 Collection — Location Magazine bundled toys
Identifier: MAG-UKBUNDLES
Abstract

British children's magazines are frequently sold in a polybag that included toys, posters, stickers, and other trinkets. These items have been separated from the magazines themselves and placed in their own collection.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 2019–2021

Ultimate Fortnite Challenges

 Series
Identifier: MAG-ULTIMATEFORTNITE
Abstract

Ultimate Fortnite Challenges was a British magazine about Fortnite strategies and Creative mode designs, framing them as "challenges" for the reader to undertake. The magazine described itself as "The Fortnite mag that's also a game." The magazine was discontinued in 2019 after eight issues, redirecting readers to The Independent and Unofficial Guide to Fortnite, also by Dennis Publishing.

Dates: Publication: 2018?–2019

Ultimate Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-ULTIMATEGAMER
Abstract

Ultimate Gamer was a short-lived monthly magazine by Larry Flynt Publications covering next-generation game consoles and 3D technology. The magazine ran for less than a year, ending after six issues.

Dates: Publication: 1995–1996

Video Game Buyers Guide

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VGBG
Abstract The Video Game Buyers Guide (identified in trademark registration as V: The Video Game Buyers Guide) was a short-lived monthly pamphlet advertising newly released video games. The pamphlet consists almost entirely of ads, as well as a brief editorial note from the pseudonymous "Editor At Large T.T." The Video Game Buyers Guide was meant to be distributed for free at video game retailers, although it was not affiliated with a particular store.The...
Dates: Publication: December 1998 — April 1999

Video Games

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VIDEOGAMES
Abstract

Video Games was an early American video game magazine, published monthly. The magazine focused on console and arcade games, and later, computer games.

Dates: Publication: August 1982 – Fall 1984

Video Games Player / Computer Games

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VGPLAYER
Abstract

Video Games Player, renamed Computer Games in 1984, was a video game magazine by Carnegie Publications Corp., usually published bimonthly. Despite its change in title, both incarnations of the magazine covered home consoles, arcade games, and computer games.

Dates: Publication: Fall 1982 – February 1985

Video Games Underground

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VGUNDERGROUND
Abstract

Video Games Magazine was a bimonthly publication that billed itself as "the source for next-generation gamers." A substantial amount of each issue was dedicated to game hints, strategy guides, and cheat codes, though the magazine also covered upcoming video games with a focus on large screenshots. The magazine appears to have run for nine issues, ending after one-and-a-half years.

Dates: Publication: May 2002 – September 2003

VideoGame Advisor

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VGADVISOR
Abstract VideoGame Advisor was a monthly game industry trade magazine that covered news in the game industry, as well as interviews with game industry figures, previews and reviews of upcoming games, and other information relevant to the games business, such as financial date and industry directories. The magazine was formatted like a newspaper, with dense news items up-front followed by special features.The magazine ran through the end of 1997, ...
Dates: Publication: 1995–1997

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment / VideoGames: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-VGCE
Abstract VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (VG&CE) was a monthly gaming magazine by Larry Flynt Publications, spun-off from the Video Game Digest column in the Atari computer magazine ANALOG Computing. The magazine's name was changed to VideoGames: The Ultimate Gaming Magazine starting with Issue 80 in September 1995.VG&CE begat several of its own spinoffs, including Tips & Tricks and the TurboGrafx magazines TurboPlay...
Dates: Publication: December 1988 – September 1996