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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:

Computer Play

 Series
Identifier: MAG-COMPPLAY
Abstract

Computer Play was a monthly computer game magazine that ran from 1988–1989. The magazine focused on reviews and industry trends, as well as occasional coverage of select console and arcade games.

Dates: Publication: August 1988 – October 1989?

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

Consumer Electronics Show clipped flyers

 Collection
Identifier: PROMO-CESFLYERS
Abstract

Around the time of the twice-annual Consumer Electronics Expo (CES), electronics trade magazines would include flyers for upcoming CES booths. These flyers have been clipped from their magazines.

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 1987–1991

Consumer Electronics Show Daily

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CESDAILY
Abstract Consumer Electronics Show Daily (also known as CES Daily) was the official daily magazine for the Consumer Electronics Show. Originally launched alongside the first CES show in 1967, CES Daily covered news, exhibitors, and other event information for the biannual CES events.It is unclear how long Consumer Electronics Show Daily was published; the latest year with a registered copyright is 1988.This magazine is not to be confused with CES Trade...
Dates: Publication: 1967–1988?

Crash

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CRASH2020
Abstract

Crash (also called Crash Micro Action or Crash Magazine) is a reboot of the British ZX Spectrum magazine Crash (1984–1992), now owned by retrogaming publisher Fusion Retro Books. Like the original magazine, Crash covers games for the ZX Spectrum computer platform, with a new focus on homebrew titles developed by the Spectrum community.

Dates: Publication: December 2020 –

Creative Computing

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CREATIVECOMP
Abstract Creative Computing was an early computing magazine founded by David H. Ahl that covered, as the name implies, creative and hobbyist uses of computers. The magazine emphasized accessible and educational computer programs rather than the more technical or hardware-focused coverage in similar magazines. Ahl self-published the magazine until around June 1982, when it was acquired by Ziff Davis, although Ahl continued to serve as editor until the magazine was discontinued at the end of...
Dates: Publication: 1974–1985

Cube

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CUBE
Abstract Cube was an unofficial British magazine covering the Nintendo GameCube console, later briefly expanding to cover emerging Nintendo platforms like the Nintendo DS and the Wii. The magazine ran for roughly the lifespan of the GameCube platform, beginning in late 2001 and ending in late 2005, one year before the Wii's launch.An Australian edition of Cube (sometimes titled Australian Cube) was also produced; while the magazines typically shared content,...
Dates: Publication: 2001–2005

CyberSurfer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CYBERSURFER
Abstract

CyberSurfer was a "magazine of entertainment technology," covering computer-related entertainment topics like games, multimedia software, screensavers, and the emerging World Wide Web. Images online suggest that at least eight issues of CyberSurfer were published through January 1997.

Dates: Publication: 1995

DCM

 Series
Identifier: MAG-DCM
Abstract

DCM (subtitled The Unofficial Dreamcast Magazine) was a short-lived unofficial Sega Dreamcast magazine by Ziff Davis. The magazine ran for a little over a year, publishing only four issues on a sporadic seasonal schedule before it was discontinued.

Dates: Publication: Fall 1999 – Winter 2000

Develop

 Series
Identifier: MAG-DEVELOP
Abstract

Develop was a UK game industry trade magazine, covering trends in development, emerging technologies, and profiles of developers. The magazine was published monthly and ran for 21 years before it was discontinued at the end of 2017 and absorbed into MCV, another gaming trade magazine owned by NewBay Media.

Biz Media, which later acquired NewBay Media, revived the Develop brand name in 2019 by renaming MCV into MCV/Develop.

Dates: Publication: August 1996 – December 2017