EGM2 / Expert Gamer / GameNOW
Scope and Contents
This is a near-complete collection of EGM2, Expert Gamer, and GameNOW, as well as several issues of Expert Codebook published under the Expert Gamer brand.
Issues are numbered based on the issue and volume numbers in the magazine mastheads; issue numbering is inconsistent through Volumes 3–4 of EGM2 and is reproduced as it was printed.
Dates
- Publication: July 1994 – January 2004
Creator
- Sendai Publishing (Publisher, Organization)
Extent
127 Magazines
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
EGM2 (stylized as EGM²) was a spinoff of Electronic Gaming Monthly that focused on in-depth coverage of games, such as strategy and tip guides, and import games. The magazine was published monthly in-between issues of EGM, acting as a second edition of the magazine. As with its parent magazine, Ziff Davis replaced Sendai Publishing as the publisher for EGM2 beginning with the July 1996 issue.
Starting with issue 50, EGM2 was rebranded Expert Gamer. It was eventually relaunched as a new magazine, GameNOW, featuring broader gaming coverage targeted to a teenage audience.
The varying forms of the magazine's title are:
- EGM2 (July 1994 – July 1998)
- Expert Gamer (August 1998 – October 2001)
- GameNOW (November 2001 – January 2004)
Holdings
Held:
- EGM2: Volume 1, Issue 1 – Volume 4, Issue 8
- Expert Gamer: Issues 50–88
- GameNOW: Issues 1–27
- Expert Codebook: Volumes 1–5, 7–8
Known Missing:
- Expert Codebook:
- Volume 6, Special Pokemon Edition (2001)
- Volume 9? (2002, "Display Until July 29, 2002")
Creator
- Sendai Publishing (Publisher, Organization)
- Ziff Davis, Inc (Publisher, Organization)
- Steve Harris (Editor, Person)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository