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Switch Player

 Series
Identifier: MAG-SWITCHPLAYER
Abstract

Switch Player was a monthly fan magazine published by Ninty Media that covers games for the Nintendo Switch platform. The magazine ran for over six years, launching with an issue covering The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and ending with a special issue about The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Dates: Publication: February 2017 –

Tabletop magazines, assorted

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-TABLETOP
Scope and Contents

This is a collection of assorted issues of tabletop gaming magazines. Generally, the Video Game History Foundation does not collect tabletop or board game magazines, but specific issues may have content relevant to video game history. When possible, the significance of each magazine to the library's collections is noted in the issue's Abstract field.

Dates: Publication: 1983

The Cursor: Game Developer Life

 Series
Identifier: MAG-CURSOR
Abstract The Cursor: Game Developer Life was a short-lived game industry trade magazine published by the International Game Developers Network, a professional organization for game developers. In addition to covering game design and technology, the magazine also covered "developer life" topics dealing with professional issues, such as workplace dynamics and salaries.Due to apparent production difficulties alluded to in the second issue, only two issues of The Cursor were produced, one...
Dates: Publication: 1997–1998

The Dirty Book

 Series
Identifier: MAG-DIRTYBOOK
Abstract The Dirty Book (subtitled "Users Guide to Erotic Software") was a biannual magazine covering the early adult software industry in the 1980s. Originally started as a catalog for adult software distributors whose products were not carried by other catalogs and retailers, The Dirty Book evolved into a longer publication that contained jokes and stories about sex and computers. It is unclear how long the magazine ran, though it appears to have started in 1981...
Dates: Publication: 1981– 198?

The Journal of Computer Game Design

 Series
Identifier: MAG-JCGD
Abstract The Journal of Computer Game Design was an early journal for the electronic games industry, edited and self-published by Chris Crawford, the founder of the Game Developers Conference. Many articles in the journal were written by Crawford's early collaborators in the computer game industry.Over its nine-year run, the journal's content shifted away from technical writing and industry news, focusing heavily more game design theory and editorial articles, often written by Crawford...
Dates: June 1987 – August 1996

The Logical Gamer

 Series
Identifier: MAG-LOGICAL
Abstract

The Logical Gamer was an early independent video game newsletter, edited by Alan R. Bechtold. The newsletter covered recent video games and hardware, interviews with game developers, and industry events like the Consumer Electronics Show.

Dates: August 1982 – December 1983

This Week In Consumer Electronics

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Identifier: MAG-TWICE
Abstract This Week In Consumer Electronics (abbreviated TWICE) is a trade newspaper for the consumer electronics industry. The magazine covers new developments in the electronics business, including trade show coverage and blurbs about new products. Historically, TWICE also covered electronic toys and their overlap with the early video game industry.TWICE has run continuously since 1986, although its focus shifted away from video games as the game industry began...
Dates: Publication: 1989–

Tips & Tricks

 Series
Identifier: MAG-TIPSTRICKS
Abstract Tips & Tricks was a long-running video game magazine that covered game strategies and cheat codes. The magazine was a spinoff of VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, also published by Larry Flynt Publications. For most of its run, Chris Bieniek was the magazine's editor-in-chief.Starting in 1998, Larry Flynt Publications also published a supplementary magazine, Tips & Tricks Video Game Codebook, which continued to be published for several...
Dates: Publication: Spring 1994 – February 2011

Tom Payne collection

 Collection
Identifier: PAYNE-STI
Abstract

Tom Payne is a game artist who worked at the Sega Technical Institute from 1991–1993, and LucasArts from 1993–1997.

This collection of Payne's artwork and notes comes primarily from his work at the Sega Technical Institute and particularly from his work on Sega's 1992 game Sonic the Hedgehog 2. This collection includes much of Payne's original art for his Sonic 2 zones, Metropolis Zone and Cyber City (also labeled Genocide City).

Dates: 1991–1995

Tomb Raider comic magazines

 Collection
Identifier: MAG-TOMBRAIDER
Abstract

From 1999–2005, Top Cow Productions published a comic book based on the Tomb Raider game franchise. The comic was syndicated in multiple different Tomb Raider magazines published in both the United States and United Kingdom, with some limited supplemental content.

Dates: 2001–2002?

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Joyce Worley Katz, 1939-2016 6
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Green Publishing 2
Highbury Communications plc 2
Imagine Publishing (UK) 2
InterAct Accessories, Inc 2
Lee H. Pappas 2
Lucasfilm, Ltd 2
Maverick Magazines 2
Metropolis Publishing 2
Midway 2
NewBay Media 2
Next Publishing Pty Ltd 2
Rapide Publishing 2
Reese Publications 2
Sega Technical Institute 2
Softalk Publishing Inc 2
Starlog Press 2
Ubisoft Entertainment SA 2
20th Century Fox 1
3dfx Interactive 1
A Profound Waste of Time Ltd 1
ABC Publishing Companies 1
ASCII Entertainment 1
Agetec Inc 1
Ahl Computing, Inc 1
Air Age Media 1
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American 80s 1
Andrew Harrington 1
Andrew Nelson 1
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Argonaut Software 1
Arter & Hadden 1
Artificial Intelligence Design Systems 1
Atari SA 1
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Australian Consolidated Press 1
BC Productions, Inc 1
BPI Communications, Inc 1
Benn Dunnington 1
Best Buy 1
Bill Appleton 1
Billboard Publications, Inc 1
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Boy Scouts of America 1
Broderbund Software, Inc 1
Byte Publications, Inc 1
CCP Games 1
CES Publishing Corp 1
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