VGHF-MAG. Magazine Library
Classification
Identifier: VGHF-MAG
This collection represents the magazines available in the Video Game History Foundation Research Library.
Found in 234 Collections and/or Records:
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
Promotional trade event periodicals, assorted
Collection
Identifier: PROMO-EVENTMAGS
Abstract
Various one-off promotional magazines and newspapers were distributed at video game industry trade shows. Although these items are simliar in function to press kits, they have been cataloged separately.
Dates:
Publication: 2002–2006
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Play
Series
Identifier: MAG-PLAY
Abstract
Play (sometimes Play Magazine) is a gaming magazine started by Dave Halverson, who previously founded GameFan and Gamers' Republic. Similar to Halverson's prior magazines, Play has a special focus on Japanese culture, import games, and niche genres that appeal to a dedicated gaming audience. Embracing fan interests more than other gaming publications, Play also had a dedicated anime section, which comprised a significant portion of each issue, as well as...
Dates:
Publication: December 2001 – January 2010
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