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:
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
Game-specific promotional magazines, assorted
Collection
Identifier: MAG-GAMEMISC
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
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
Computer Player
Series
Identifier: MAG-COMPPLAYER
Abstract
Computer Player was a monthly computer game magazine, originally published by Larry Flynt Publications. After about two years, the magazine was revamped and changed publisher to Air Age Media, where it began to specialize in computer multiplayer gaming coverage. The magazine was briefly renamed Computer & Net Player in 1997.The magazine also begat a computer gaming website, OGR.com (Online Gaming Review). At the end of its...
Dates:
Publication: June 1994 – March 1998
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer
Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS
Abstract
Game Players (first published under the name Game Player's, later as Ultra Game Players) was a series of video game magazines that ran from the late 1980s through the 1990s. The magazine originated as a buyer's guide for Nintendo Entertainment System games but quickly expanded into a number of spinoff publications that covered additional platforms. Each version of Game Players was published under a variety of names during its lifetime, sometimes changing in multiple back-to-back...
Dates:
Publication: Winter 1988 – October 1998
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Multimedia and internet magazines, assorted
Collection
Identifier: MAG-MULTIMEDIA
Abstract
Through the 1990s and early 2000s, some publishers produced short-lived magazines covering multimedia software and internet culture. Rather than borrowing their style from computer magazines, these publications were often presented like lifestyle or culture magazines.
Dates:
Publication: 1986–2000
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
MCV
Series
Identifier: MAG-MCV
Abstract
MCV (originally The Market for Computer & Video Games) is a long-running game developer trade magazine, originally published weekly and first printed in September 1998. After the magazine was sold to Biz Media in 2019, it was renamed MCV/Develop, reviving the name of the defunct trade magazine Develop from the same publishers and moving from a weekly to monthly format.MCV was originally published in both the United...
Dates:
Publication: September 1998 –
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