Computer Games Strategy Plus
Scope and Contents
The library's physical collection includes all but one issue from the main run of Computer Games Strategy Plus, as well as several special issues. It is unknown how many of these supplemental guides were published.
Most issues in this collection are from the American edition of CGSP. The first eleven issues were only published in the United Kingdom and had no corresponding US edition.
Although the library does not intend to acquire British issues of CGSP, some British issues were shelved with this collection when they were available, sometimes in lieu of the American edition. British issues are marked in their individual records; apart from their physical dimensions and advertisements, the two editions are identical.
Dates
- Publication: October 1990 – April 2007
Creator
- Foxray, Ltd (Publisher, Organization)
- Strategy Plus, Inc (Publisher, Organization)
- Chips & Bits (Owner, Organization)
- theGlobe.com (Owner, Organization)
Historical Note
The magazine's titles were:
- Strategy Plus (October 1990 – August 1991)
- Computer Games Strategy Plus (September 1991 – September 1999)
- Computer Games Magazine (October 1999 – October 2000)
- Computer Games (November 2000 – April 2007)
Published by:
- Foxray Ltd. (October 1990 – September 1991)
- Strategy Plus, Inc (November 1991 – October 2007)
- Chips & Bits (owner, September 1991 – September 1999)
- theGlobe.com (owner, October 1999 – October 2007)
Full Extent
200 Magazines
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Computer Games Strategy Plus was a monthly magazine covering computer games. Originally titled Strategy Plus and focused heavily on strategy, war, and military games, the first eleven issues of the magazine were published exclusively in the United Kingdom. After a brief hiatus and a change of publisher in late 1991, the magazine was also distributed in the United States. CGSP was printed under a number of different titles over the course of its 27-year run, often changing along with the magazine's owners.
Some issues of Computer Games Strategy Plus were also bundled with Interactive Entertainment, a digital magazine distributed on CD-ROM.
Holdings
Held:
- Strategy Plus: Issues 1–2, 4–10
- Computer Games Strategy Plus: Issues 11–106
- Computer Games Magazine: Numbers 107–119
- Computer Games: Numbers 120–196
- Special issues:
- 1997 Annual Computer Games Buyer's Guide
- 1998 Annual Computer Games Buyer's Guide
- 1999 Annual Computer Games Buyer's Guide
- 2000 Annual Computer Games Buyer's Guide
- 2001 PC Game Guide Computer Games Preview Guide
- PC Game Guide: 3D Action Buyer's Guide
- PC Strategy Game Guide, Premiere Issue
Known Missing:
- Strategy Plus:
- Issue 3 (December 1990)
- Computer Games Strategy Plus:
- Missing US editions:
- Issue 16 (March 1992)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository