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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...

Dates: Publication: Winter 1988 – October 1998

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Game production art, assorted

Collection

Identifier: MISCDEV-ART

Scope and Contents

This is an assorted collection of video game production art that does not fit into any other collection. These are typically individual or one-off acquisitions that do not belong to a larger body of work held by the library. In all cases, we have recorded the provenance of each item.

Dates: est. 2010–2011

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Game production audio, assorted

Collection

Identifier: MISCDEV-AUDIO

Scope and Contents

This is an assorted collection of audio from video game production that does not fit into any other collection. These are typically individual or one-off acquisitions that do not belong to a larger body of work held by the library. In all cases, we have recorded the provenance of each item.

Dates: est. 1992

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Game publisher publicity kits, brochures, and catalogs, assorted

Collection

Identifier: PROMO-KITS

Scope and Contents

This is a collection of folders and catalogs that video game publishers used to advertise their games. Based on the included information, it is unclear if these were intended for retailers or the press, possibly both, since they contain information about product ordering as well as general press releases. Unless otherwise noted, the original provenance of these folders is unclear.

Dates: 1987–2012

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Game-specific promotional magazines, assorted

Collection

Identifier: MAG-GAMEMAGS

Abstract

As part of their promotional campaigns, game publishers would occassionally publish one-off or short-run magazines based on individual game titles or franchises.

Dates: Publication: 2005

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

Collection

Identifier: EPHEMERA-GWU

Abstract Game Workers Unite (GWU) was one of the first labor advocacy groups for the video game industry. The organization, which was founded in 2018, promoted awareness of labor rights and the benefits of unionization. One of GWU's most visible forms of advocacy was distributing zines at video game industry events between 2018 and 2020. The international GWU parent organization appears to have disbanded in 2020 amid ...

Dates: Publication: 2018–2020

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

GameFan

Series

Identifier: MAG-GAMEFAN

Abstract GameFan (originally titled Diehard GameFan or Diehard Game Fan through October 1995) was a monthly publication that billed itself as a "next generation video game magazine" and, later, as "the last true enthusiast magazine." Although the magazine covered a wide variety of games, they focused on specialty topics for a video game enthusiast audience, such as import games and role-playing games. GameFan was founded by...

Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within October 1991 – December 2000; Publication: April 2010 – Summer 2015

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

GamePro

Series

Identifier: MAG-GAMEPRO

Abstract

GamePro was one of the longest-running American video game magazines, published continuously from May 1989 until the end of 2011. The magazine was originally published by SuperPlay, before being acquired by IDG Communications after the first issue.

GamePro continued to operate as an independent unit of IDG until the magazine was dissolved in Winter 2011, following a final issue which attempted to pivot the magazine from a monthly to quarterly format.

Dates: Publication: May 1989 – Winter 2011

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

GamePro press CD collection

Collection — Container: GamePro press CD collection

Identifier: GAMEPRO-CDS

Abstract Over its 22-year run, the video game magazine GamePro received a large amount of publicity materials from video game publishers, including screenshots, artwork, and press releases. This collection includes all known press assets received by GamePro from roughly 1995–2004, as originally organized by GamePro designer Katrin Auch. The CDs in this collection were either sent to GamePro by various game publishers, or they are backup CDs created by the...

Dates: circa 1995–2004

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

@Gamer

Series

Identifier: MAG-@GAMER

Abstract

@Gamer (rarely written as AtGamer for searchability) was the short-lived official gaming magazine of retailer Best Buy, similar to Game Informer's relationship with FuncoLand and GameStop. The short-lived magazine ran for 35 issues.

Dates: Publication: July 2010 – December 2014

Found in: Video Game History Foundation Library

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Game Player's / Game Players / Game Buyer

Game production art, assorted

Game production audio, assorted

Game publisher publicity kits, brochures, and catalogs, assorted

Game-specific promotional magazines, assorted

Game Workers Unite ephemera collection

GameFan

GamePro

GamePro press CD collection

@Gamer

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