Video Swapper
Scope and Contents
This is a partial collection of Video Swapper. New issues are accured by the library when they have relevant video game-related content. It is unclear how many issues of Video Swapper were published.
Content Note: Video Swapper contains images and descriptions of pornography.
Dates
- Creation: 1981–1983?
Creator
- Video Swapper Magazine (Organization)
Full Extent
8 Magazines
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Video Swapper was a magazine for home video collectors. The magazine covered new developments with home video technology and new videocassette releases, as well as limited coverage of video games in a section titled "Video Fun & Games." The magazine also had a classifieds section where readers could trade video tapes.
A significant portion of each issue of Video Swapper was dedicated to adult videos, to such an extent that this content was spun off into its own magazine, Adult Video Swapper, in July 1983.
Physical Description
Many issues of Video Swapper were printed on newsprint, which has browned and become brittle with age. Due to the fragility of these items, all issues of Video Swapper have been stored in protective sleeves.
Holdings
Held:
- Numbers 3–7 (May–September 1981)
- Numbers 10–11 (December 1981 – January 1982)
- Volume 2, Number 6 (June/July 1983)
Known Missing:
- Numbers 1–2 (est. March–April 1981)
- Numbers 8–9 (October–November 1981)
- Number 12 – Volume 2, Number 5 (est. February 1982 – end date unclear
- Any issues after Volume 2, Number 6 (after June/July 1983)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Video Game History Foundation Library Repository