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Children's magazines

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 226 Collections and/or Records:

Penny Power, Volume 9, Number 4, February/March 1989

 Item — Location Penny Power
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER.V9N4
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a partial collection of Penny Power and Zillions. The library is not actively collecting these magazines but will accept issues that include video game coverage.

Dates: Publication: February/March 1989

Penny Power, Volume 9, Number 5, April/May 1989

 Item — Location Penny Power
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER.V9N5
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a partial collection of Penny Power and Zillions. The library is not actively collecting these magazines but will accept issues that include video game coverage.

Dates: Publication: April/May 1989

Penny Power, Volume 10, Number 1, August/September 1989

 Item — Location Penny Power
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER.V10N1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a partial collection of Penny Power and Zillions. The library is not actively collecting these magazines but will accept issues that include video game coverage.

Dates: Publication: August/September 1989

Penny Power, Volume 10, Number 2, October/November 1989

 Item — Location Penny Power
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER.V10N2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a partial collection of Penny Power and Zillions. The library is not actively collecting these magazines but will accept issues that include video game coverage.

Dates: Publication: October/November 1989

Penny Power, Volume 10, Number 3, December/January 1990

 Item — Location Penny Power
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER.V10N3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a partial collection of Penny Power and Zillions. The library is not actively collecting these magazines but will accept issues that include video game coverage.

Dates: Publication: December/January 1990

Penny Power / Zillions

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PENNYPOWER
Abstract Penny Power (later titled Zillions) was a consumer economics magazine for children, publishing by the makers of Consumer Reports. Like the adult version of Consumer Reports, Penny Power reviews and analyzed products for children and their associated costs. This included coverage of video games and electronic games. The magazine was relaunched under the name Zillions in mid-1990, though its content remained the same.Across its entire run, the magazine was...
Dates: Publication: 1980–2000

PS Max

 Series
Identifier: MAG-PSMAX
Abstract PS Max was a short-lived PlayStation magazine written for a teenage audience. The magazine, spun off from the magazine PSM (according to the masthead), is credited to the PS Max Team, a team of fictional comic characters who love video games. Games are reviewed on an A-to-F scale, like a school report card.In addition to typical game magazine content such as reviews, previews, and cheat codes, PS Max also included an original comic featuring the PS Max Team.Only one...
Dates: Publication: Fall/Winter 1999

PS Max, Volume 1, Number 1, Issue 1, Fall/Winter 1999

 Item — Location PS Max
Identifier: MAG-PSMAX.1
Scope and Contents

The cover of this magazine says that the issue comes with memory card stickers. These stickers were not included in the copy acquired by the Video Game History Foundation.

Dates: Publication: Fall/Winter 1999

Showcase, est. 2016–2019?

 Series
Identifier: MAG-EGMONTKIDS-SHOWCASE
Abstract

Showcase was a British children's pop culture magazine that covered a new topic every issue, including several issues about Fortnite

Like other British kids magazines, issues of Showcase were sold in a polybag that included toys, collectibles, and other trinkets for readers.

Dates: Publication: est. 2016–2019?

Showcase, Issue 37, est. 2018

 Item — Location Egmont children's magazines: Series MAG-EGMONTKIDS-DOWNLOAD; Series MAG-EGMONTKIDS-SHOWCASE; Series MAG-EGMONTKIDS-MISC
Identifier: MAG-EGMONTKIDS-SHOWCASE.37
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This is a limited collection of issues of Showcase about Fortnite. The library has chosen not to collect issues of Showcase unrelated to gaming, and in general we are no longer actively collecting this magazine.

Issues of Showcase were bundled with toys and other trinkets. These items have been stored in their original bags, labeled by issue number, and stored separate from the magazine collection (see collection record "UK children's magazines bundled items").

Dates: Publication: est. 2018