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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 238 Collections and/or Records:

Hyper

 Series
Identifier: MAG-HYPER
Abstract

Hyper was a long-running Australian video game magazine by Next Publishing. The magazine was publishing every month from 1993 until early 2015; for its last three years, it was published quarterly.

Dates: Publication: 1995–2018

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

Egmont children's magazines

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-EGMONTKIDS
Abstract

British publisher Egmont publishes a variety of children's magazines in the UK, some of which will have issues about video games. The library has collected several of these issues.

Dates: Publication: 2017–2020

Eight Bit

 Series
Identifier: MAG-EIGHTBIT
Abstract

Eight Bit is an Irish retrogaming magazine, part of the family of Retro Format magazines by editor John Cavanagh. The magazine focuses on 8-bit computer platforms, their games and software, their accessories, and their developers, as well as the collector scene for these platforms.

Dates: Publication: 2012?–

64 Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-64MAG
Abstract

64 Magazine was a British magazine covering games and accessories for the Nintendo 64 console, running for the roughly the lifespan of the platform. Towards the end of its run, the magazine pivoted to being a broader Nintendo magazine that covered new and upcoming Nintendo platforms like the Game Boy Advance and GameCube.

Dates: Publication: 1997–2001

CD PowerPlay

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CDPOWERPLAY
Abstract CD PowerPlay (later renamed PC PowerPlay in 1996) was a British computer game magazine. While the magazine itself is short, typically 24 pages, the main attraction for each issue was the included demo CD, which had an extensive collection of game demos, shareware, and reviews. The first issue of CD PowerPlay declared the magazine to be a "revolutianry" advancement of tge magazine format for a "paperless society."Not to be confused with...
Dates: Publication: Winter 1994 – 1996?

PC PowerPlay

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PCPOWERPLAY
Abstract PC PowerPlay (abbreviated PCPP) is a long-running Australian computer game magazine, originally launched by Next Publishing as a complement to their console game magazine Hyper. The magazine was acquired in 2018 by the Australian division of Future, which continues to run the magazine as part of the PC Gamer family.The magazine started as a monthly publication but later in its run (circa 2019, following its acquisition by Future) shifted to a bimonthly...
Dates: May 1996 —

Nintendo Official Magazine (UK)

 Series
Identifier: MAG-NOMUK
Abstract Nintendo Official Magazine (abbreviated NOM) was the licensed Nintendo magazine in the United Kingdom from 1992 until February 2006. It went by several different titles during its run, including Nintendo Magazine System, Nintendo Magazine, Nintendo Official Magazine UK, and, in the pages of the magazine, Official UK Nintendo Magazine.Starting in...
Dates: October 1992 – February 2006

DVLSBLSH

 Series
Identifier: MAG-DVLSBLSH
Abstract DVLSBLSH (also presented as devils blush or devilsblush) is a series of art books published by Will Stevenson containing collages of screenshots from retro video games. The games featured in DVLSBLSH are typically (but not exclusively) Japanese games from the late 80s to early 2000s with a pixelated aesthetic; the screenshots have simulated television scanlines to evoke a nostalgic aesthetic.Issues of DVLSBLSH are published as...
Dates: Publication: 2023–

3DO Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-3DOMAG
Abstract

3DO Magazine was a British magazine covering the 3DO platform and adjacent news from the British video game industry. As the only English-language 3DO publication in Europe, 3DO Magazine included many interviews with staff from 3DO Europe in England.

According to the website UK Games Magazines, 3DO Magazine ran for 14 issues.

Dates: Publication: Winter 1994 – July 1996?