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:
Trade magazines, assorted
Collection
Identifier: MAG-TRADEMISC
Scope and Contents
This collection includes various assorted issues trade magazines from the game, toy, amusement, electronics, entertainment, and retail businesses. Issues are collected when relevant to the history of video games. Larger runs of trade magazines are cataloged separately.
Dates:
Publication: 1988–1994
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
PSExtreme / Dimension PS-X / PSE2
Series
Identifier: MAG-PSEXTREME
Abstract
PSExtreme (sometimes written as PS Extreme) was a PlayStation magazine by Dimension Publishing. Originally launched as Dimension PS-X, the magazine was quickly renamed by the fourth issue. The staff of PSExtreme included several alumni from GameFan magazine.Around the launch of the PlayStation 2 console in fall 2000, the magazine was relaunched as PSE2: PlayStation Extreme Magazine, focusing on...
Dates:
Publication: December 1995 – May 2006
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
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
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Next Generation / NextGen
Series
Identifier: MAG-NEXTGEN
Abstract
Next Generation was an American multiplatform video game magazine focusing on industry news and trends, published by Imagine Media. The magazine was relaunched in September 1999 as NextGen.Next Generation was one of the few wide-distribution magazines that covered the game industry itself rather than individual products was targeted towards an adult audience. As a result, the magazine had a cross-over audience that included game professionals and the general public and...
Dates:
Publication: January 1995 – January 2002
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Sega Magazine
Series
Identifier: MAG-SEGAMAG
Abstract
Sega Magazine was the official licensed Sega magazine in the United Kingdom from 1994–1998, published monthly. The magazine featured reviews, previews, and tips for new games on Sega consoles, including accessory-specific add-ons like the 32X. Starting in November 1995, the magazine was rebranded Sega Saturn Magazine to promote the new system. It was eventually discontinued in 1998 when Sega pulled their license, choosing instead to produce an official Dreamcast...
Dates:
Publication: 1994–1998
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Arcade / Electronic Entertainment
Series
Identifier: MAG-ARCADE
Abstract
Arcade: The Electronic Entertainment Magazine (later known as Electronic Entertainment) was an early magazine that broadly covered the electronic game business, including arcades, consoles, and home computers. The magazine contained extensive news coverage in the style of a trade magazine, as well as previews and reviews of upcoming games and coverage of related media, like computer books.The magazine appears to have...
Dates:
Publication: 1982–198?
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine
Series
Identifier: MAG-ODCM
Abstract
Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine (sometimes abbreviated ODCM) was the official licensed American magazine for the Sega Dreamcast. Like the Dreamcast itself, the magazine was discontinued after March 2001.
Dates:
Publication: June 1999 – April 2001
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Sega Visions
Series
Identifier: MAG-SEGAVISIONS
Abstract
Sega Visions was the official North American magazine for Sega consoles, seemingly inspired by Nintendo's official magazine Nintendo Power. The magazine covered new and upcoming games for Sega platforms, Sega hardware, and interviews with developers.For the first nine issues, Sega Visions was produced by a small advertising firm called The Communiqué Group, before Sega switched production over to GamePro publisher IDG Communications. The magazine ran for five years and was mostly...
Dates:
Publication: 1990–1995
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
Sega newsletters and brochures
Collection
Identifier: MAG-SEGANEWS
Abstract
This is an assorted collection of newsletters and promotional publications from Sega of America, currently from the 1980s.
Dates:
Publication: Majority of material found within 1988–1989
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library
PC Gamer (US)
Series
Identifier: MAG-PCGAMERUS
Abstract
PC Gamer is the longest-running American computer game magazine, first published in 1994.
The magazine was originally spun off from Game Players PC Entertainment, a computer game magazine by GP Publications. When British publisher conglomorate Future acquired GP Publications in 1994, they relaunched PC Entertainment as the US edition of their UK magazine PC Gamer. In recent years, the American and British versions of PC Gamer have starting sharing a substantial amount of...
Dates:
Publication: May 1994 –
Found in:
Video Game History Foundation Library