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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 232 Collections and/or Records:

Nintendo Comics System

 Series
Identifier: MAG-COMICS-NCS
Abstract

From 1990–1991, Nintendo licensed Valiant Comics to produce Nintendo Comics System, a series of comics based on Nintendo games and consoles. Over the two-year run of Nintendo Comics System, Valiant produced seven comics series, one series of graphic novel books, and published two collected "Best of" volumes.

Dates: 1990–1991

S.W.A.T.Pro

 Series
Identifier: MAG-SWATPRO
Abstract S.W.A.T.Pro (originally short for GamePro's Secret Weapons And Tactics Guide, also referred to as SWATPro or simply SWAT) was a spinoff of GamePro that covered game tips, tricks, cheats, and walkthroughs. The magazine began as a special issue of GamePro before growing into a full magazine. After a year of one-off special issues, S.W.A.T.Pro eventually became a bimonthly magazine, published twice a year until...
Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within Fall 1990 – November 1995

Billboard

 Series
Identifier: MAG-BILLBOARD
Abstract

Billboard is an American magazine covering the entertainment industry. Although the magazine primarily focuses on the music industry, issues of Billboard from the 1980s also covered the burgeoning video game business.

Dates: Publication: 1894–

CES Trade News Daily

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CESNEWSDAILY
Abstract CES Trade News Daily (originally titled Trade News Daily) was an independent daily newspaper published during the Consumer Electronics Show starting in 1973, covering news and exhibitors at the trade show. Before the debut of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 1995, CES was the primary trade show for the video game industry, and the CES show dailies from...
Dates: Publication: 1973–1994?

Trade magazines, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-TRADEMISC
Scope and Contents

This collection includes various assorted issues trade magazines from the game, toy, amusement, electronics, and entertainment businesses. Issues are collected when relevant to the history of video games.

Larger runs of trade magazines are cataloged separately.

Dates: Publication: 1988–1994

Cash Box

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CASHBOX
Abstract

Cash Box (also spelled Cashbox) was a trade magazine for the American music and amusement industries. Similar to other music trade magazines like Billboard, although Cash Box primarily covered the music business, the magazine would also go on to cover jukeboxes and other coin-op amusements, including arcade games.

Dates: Publication: July 1942 – November 1996

Pocket Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-POCKETGAMER
Abstract

Pocket Gamer was a specialty magazine that covered games for handheld consoles. The magazine was part of Imagine Media's Hard Core Gaming Guides brand of niche gaming publications. Like the Hard Core Gaming Guides brand itself, Pocket Gamer appears to have been short-lived, with only two currently known issues.

Dates: est. July–October 2000?

The Dirty Book

 Series
Identifier: MAG-DIRTYBOOK
Abstract The Dirty Book (subtitled "Users Guide to Erotic Software") was a biannual magazine covering the early adult software industry in the 1980s. Originally started as a catalog for adult software distributors whose products were not carried by other catalogs and retailers, The Dirty Book evolved into a longer publication that contained jokes and stories about sex and computers. It is unclear how long the magazine ran, though it appears to have started in 1981...
Dates: Publication: 1981– 198?

Electronics magazines, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-ELECMISC
Scope and Contents

This collection includes various issues of electronics hobbyist and industry magazines. Issues are collected when relevant to the history of video games.

Larger runs of electronics magazines are cataloged separately.

Dates: Publication: 1994

Incite Video Gaming / Incite PC Gaming

 Series
Identifier: MAG-INCITE
Abstract

Incite Video Gaming and Incite PC Gaming were two gaming magazines published simultaneously by Computec Media. The magazine was targed toward young men and included extensive ancillary content like sports and wrestling coverage, celebrity interviews, and model photoshoots.

Dates: Publication: July 1999 – August 2000