Computer Entertainer

Series

Identifier: MAG-CEVGU

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes the complete run of Computer Entertainer from 1982 – January 1990, as well as bound volumes of all issues from 1982–1989.

Dates

Publication: 1982–1990

Creator

Video Take-Out (Publisher, Organization)

Extent

96 Magazines

3 Volumes

0.33 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Computer Entertainer, originally titled The Video Game Update, was a video game newsletter published from 1982 until July 1990. It began as a newsletter for the video game mail-order company Video Take-Out, operated by sisters Marylou Badeaux and Celeste Dolan, 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 was one of the few American press outlets to cover early-to-mid-80s video games, notably featuring one of the only printed American reviews of the original Super Mario Bros. Because of its connection with Video Take-Out's mail order business, Computer Entertainer is also one of the few reliable sources of American release date information for 1980s video games, which were printed in each issue.

Custodial History

The bound volumes of Computer Entertainer in this collection previously belonged to the newsletter's publisher, Marylou Badeaux. These were the official bound reference copies of the newsletter for 1982–1989. The publisher did not bind their issues from 1990.