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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 214 Collections and/or Records:

Combo

 Series
Identifier: MAG-COMBO
Abstract

Combo was a collectibles magazine primarily covering trading cards, comics, and action figures. The magazine also included limited coverage of video and tabletop games, particularly in early issues.

Although it is unclear how long Combo was published, it appears to have run through at least January 1998 (issue 36).

Dates: Publication: 1994?–1998

Comics, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-COMICS
Abstract

This is a collection of official licensed comics based on a variety of video game franchises. Sometimes, these comics were produced was one-off promotional or tie-in runs, but others were part of longer-running series.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 1993–2004

Commodore Power/Play

 Series
Identifier: MAG-MAG-COMMODOREPP
Abstract

Commodore Power/Play was an official Commodore computer user magazine, published seasonly and later bimonthly by Commodore Business Machines. Power/Play targeted a consumer audience, covering home software, games, and hobbyist use. CBM published Power/Play in tandem with another Commodore computer magazine, the business-focused Commodore Microcomputers magazine.

The two magazines were merged in late 1986 into a single publication, Commodore Magazine.

Dates: Publication: 1982–1986

Compute!

 Series
Identifier: MAG-COMPUTE
Abstract Compute! was an American computing magazine that ran for 15 years. In addition to the flagship magazine, which covered a wide range of subjects, Compute! Publications also produced four spinoff magazines: Compute!'s Amiga Resource; Compute!'s Gazette covering Commodore 64 8-bit computers; Compute!'s PC Magazine for IBM computers and compatibles; and Compute II for single-board...
Dates: Publication: Fall 1979 – September 1994

Computer Entertainer / Video Game Update

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CEVGU
Abstract Computer Entertainer, also referred to as The Video Game Update, was a video game newsletter published from 1982–1990. It began as a newsletter for the video game mail-order company Video Take-Out (published untitled for the first three issues) before branching out into general video game coverage. Computer Entertainer was one of the few American video game publications that ran continuously through the 1983–1984 American game industry crash. As such, it...
Dates: Publication: 1982–1990

Computer Game Review

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CGR
Abstract Computer Game Review (abbreviated CGR) was a computer game magazine by Sendai Publishing, publishers of Electronic Gaming Monthly. Although it was a computer game magazine, early issues of CGR also covered console games, giving it the short-lived title Computer Game Review and 16-Bit Entertainment. It eventually adopted the multimedia-focused title Computer Game Review and CD-ROM Entertainment for most of its...
Dates: Publication: August 1991 – June 1996

Computer Games Strategy Plus

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CGSP
Abstract Computer Games Strategy Plus was a monthly magazine covering computer games. The first ten issues were published exclusively in the United Kingdom under the title Strategy Plus, after which it was also distributed in the United States. CGSP was printed under a number of different titles over the course of its 27-year run, depending on which company owned the magazine.Some issues of Computer Games Strategy Plus were also bundled...
Dates: Publication: October 1990 – April 2007

Computer Gaming World

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CGW
Abstract

Computer Gaming World (often abbreviated CGW) was one of the longest-running magazines about computer games. Originally published by Golden Empire Publications, Inc., CGW was sold to Ziff Davis, Inc. in November 1993.

After a 25-year run, CGW was relaunched as Games for Windows: The Official Magazine, officially licensed by Microsoft, and continued for another 17 issues.

Dates: Publication: November 1981 – April 2008

Computer magazines, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-COMPUTERMISC
Abstract

During the peak era of personal computing (from the late 80s through the mid-2010s), many publishers released magazines broadly covering the field of computing, often with a focus on new hardware and software, including games.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 1994

Computer Pilot

 Series
Identifier: MAG-COMPPILOT
Abstract

Computer Pilot was a long-running magazine covering flight simulator games and hardware, published by PC Aviator, a distributor of flight simulation software.

The magazine appears to have run from 1997 through 2012. The exact publication history of Computer Pilot is unclear; the magazine was purchased by German flight magazine publisher Marc Goergen in early 2012 and appears to have run through December 2012.

Dates: 1997–2012