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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:

Foul Videogame Subculture

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FOUL
Abstract

Foul Videogame Subculture was an independent magazine published by Multimedia 1.0, a video game store in New York. The magazine attempted to cover video games from an edgy, explicit angle celebrating "every sin imaginable" (issue 8, p.6). Most content in Foul is deliberately offensive, sexist, and obscene, at times verging into hate speech and pornography.

Dates: Publication: est. 2001–2002

FREEZE64

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FREEZE64
Abstract

FREEZE64 is a British fan magazine by Vincenzo Mainolfi about Commodore 64 games. The magazine includes retrospectives about Commodore 64 games and interviews with developers.

Dates: Publication: August 2016 –

From Gamers Magazine

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FROMGAMERS
Abstract

From Gamers Magazine is a crowdfunded fan magazine that covers current-release video games and includes interviews with developers. The magazine is a print spinoff of Guide Fall, a gaming strategy guide website also owned by editor-in-chief Andrew Smith.

Dates: Publication: May 2021 –

Fusion

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FUSION
Abstract

Fusion (also called Fusion Magazine) is a British retrogaming magazine, focusing in particular on British computer games from the 80s and 90s. The magazine also includes several special issues, typically themed around specific games or platforms.

Fusion is the flagship retro magazine of its namesake retrogaming magazine publisher, Fusion Retro Books.

Dates: Publication: 2018–

Future Play

 Series
Identifier: MAG-FUTUREPLAY
Abstract Future Play was a promotional magazine and mail-order catalog by video game retailer Try Soft, which sold Nintendo products at their retail locations in the Pacific Northwest. The magazine seems to have been given away for free at Try Soft stores and distributed through the company's mailing list. Future Play's content mostly consisted of advertisements, as well as small amounts of hints, commentary, and letters from readers.This magazine is notable for containing unique ads for...
Dates: Publication: 1989–1990

Game Developer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GD
Abstract Game Developer was a monthly magazine that covered "the art and business of video games," published by UBM, which also managed the Game Developers Conference (GDC) and Gamasutra.com. In addition to the monthly (or occasionally bi-monthly) magazine, Game Developer would occasionally release special issues or supplements, most notably a Game Career Guide published every fall (after the June/July issue) starting in 2002. For several years, UBM also bundled a GDC preview guide with the...
Dates: Publication: April 1994 – Fall 2013

Game Genie Code Update

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEGENIE
Abstract

Lewis Galoob Toys, Inc., the American manufacturer of the Game Genie series of cheat devices, published a newsletter (also called Game Genie Update) that contained new cheat codes for games for a variety of consoles. The newsletter, which was produced as a supplement to the codebooks distributed with Game Genie products, was sent directly to Game Genie owners who subscribed via advertisements included with their devices.

Dates: Publication: 1991–1995

Game Informer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEINFORMER
Abstract

Game Informer was one of the longest-running monthly American video game magazines. Game Informer was originally a promotional magazine owned by the game retailer FuncoLand, which was reorganized as GameStop in December 2000. For many years, the magazine was tied to GameStop's reward program; it was decoupled from the rewards program and relaunched as a standlone subscription in March 2024 before being discontinued shortly after in August 2024.

Dates: Publication: Fall 1991 – August 2024

Game On! USA

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEONUSA
Abstract Game On! USA: The Magazine of Electronic Manga Gaming was the American edition of the Japanese gaming magazine Game On! (ゲームオン!). The magazine focused exclusively on the Japanese game industry, particularly games with distinctive Japanese aesthetics, dubbed "manga gaming" by the magazine. As its marquee feature, each issue included several chapters of manga adaptations of video games with new English translations.Game On! USA was published by...
Dates: Publication: 1996

Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-GAMEPLAYERS
Abstract Game Players (first published under the name Game Player's, later as Ultra Game Players) was a series of video game magazines that ran from the late 1980s through the 1990s. The magazine originated as a buyer's guide for Nintendo Entertainment System games but quickly expanded into a number of spinoff publications that covered additional platforms. Each version of Game Players was published under a variety of names during its lifetime, sometimes changing in multiple back-to-back issues....
Dates: Publication: Winter 1988 – October 1998